UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 2: 1950 up to and including 1959, v1.46 - Compiled 10/3/2023

An automated compilation by Richard Geldreich, Jr. using public data from Dr. Jacques Vallée, Pea Research, George M. Eberhart, Richard H. Hall, Dr. Donald A. Johnson, Fred Keziah, Don Berliner, Larry Hatch, NICAP, Thomas R. Adams, George D. Fawcett, Chris Aubeck, Philip L. Rife, Richard Dolan, Jérôme Beau, Godelieve Van Overmeire, and an anonymous individual or group.

Some non-summarized events fall under one of these copyrights:

• Richard Geldreich, Jr. - Copyright (c) 2023 (events marked "maj2" unless otherwise attributed)
• Dr. Jacques F. Vallée - Copyright (c) 1993
• LeRoy Pea - Copyright (c) 9/8/1988 (updated 3/17/2005)
• George M. Eberhart - Copyright (c) 2022
• Dr. Donald A. Johnson - Copyright (c) 2012
• Fred Keziah - Copyright (c) 1958
• Larry Hatch - Copyright (c) 1992-2002
• Thomas R. Adams - Copyright (c) 1991
• Richard Dolan - Copyright (c) 2002
• Jérôme Beau - Copyright (c) 2000-2023

Update History:

• v1.46: Adding ~3700 events, translated from the French chronology Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI by Belgian ufologist Godelieve Van Overmeire, 1935-2021. Note these events are from the old HTML version on archive.org, not the larger (10k event) PDF version. It is unclear if these events are copyrighted. I didn't see a copyright in either the HTML or PDF versions.
• v1.43: Added ~3160 events, translated from a French chronology to English using OpenAI, from rr0.org. I believe this chronology was composed by Jérôme Beau. Its license is here.
• v1.40: Added digitized events/newspaper clippings from Frank Scully's papers at the American Heritage Center in Laramie, WY, summarized the events from the timeline on the Disclosure Diaries website, and added more misc. events. Fixed auto-translation issue in the search page.
• v1.38: Added a client-side search engine. There are a bunch of features I'm going to add to this engine, for now it can only search for keywords in the desc, location and and reference fields.
• v1.37: Updated intro text, added total number of events to each event year, added a few 1800's events.
• v1.36: Extracted and summarized the events in the book It Didn't Start with Roswell by Philip L. Rife. Also extracted the military UFO events from Richard Dolan's book UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973.
• v1.34: Added more modern events, 1917 Mystery Airplane newspaper articles.
• v1.33: More events: Events from George D. Fawcett, short AI summaries of Stringfield's 1978 MUFON symposium presentation, and short AI summaries of the pre-industrial era sighting events from the book Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times.
• v1.30: Added 203 Mystery Helicopter/mutilation related events (1970's-1980's) compiled by author/researcher Thomas R. Adams (1945-2015) (or see here), from his book The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, minor fixes
• v1.28: Added KWIC (Key Word in Context) index.
• v1.27: Imported Anonymous PDF's contents, originally from here, with fixed URL's
• v1.23-1.24: Added a handful of key historical events, such as Edward Tauss the head of CIA UFO disinformation in the 50's
• v1.22: Fixing the date of Dr. Eric W. Davis's March, 2020 classified briefing to the Senate (I had it listed as March 2019) - info from NY Times. Basic locations added to Eberhart records using OpenAI.
• v1.20: Split up into 5 parts, to work around iPhone web browser limits. Minor spelling and grammer fixes throughout timeline.
• v1.15: Eberhart records now have basic locations, thanks to OpenAI's Davinci-3 AI model. They aren't perfect, but it's a good start to geocoding them.
• v1.14: Added nuclear test data, over 2000 records, from the Worldwide Nuclear Explosions paper by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards. Note the locations in the paper are approximate, and the yields are not super accurate, which are two problems I'll fix over time. I improved the coordinates of the earliest USA/USSR tests by looking them up from Wikipedia.
• v1.13: Split up the timeline into 4 parts. Still not the best solution, but it avoids croaking browsers.
• v1.12: Added *U* database record data, using a custom event description decoder to handle his 1k+ abbreviations and custom syntax
• v1.11: Crawled all ~10.5k unique URL's in this timeline using curl and fixed dead URL's to use archive.org.
• v1.10: Added NICAP DB data.

Important Notes:

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I've split up the timeline into 4 parts, to reduce their sizes: distant past up to 1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1979, and 1980-present.

The majority of the events in this chronology are sighting related, however it's important to be aware that this is a timeline of UFO/UAP related events, not necessarily or exclusively UFO sightings. This is not exclusively a UFO sightings timeline or database.

Some sighting reports or events appear multiple times in this timeline because they appear in more than one data source. I view this as a useful feature.

Currently, the events are not sorted by time of day, only by date. Some sources have separate "time" fields, but most don't. This will be fixed once the event times are automatically extracted from the description fields.

A few events don't have firm dates, for example "Summer of 1947", or "Late July 1952". In these instances the compilation code uses fixed dates I selected for date sorting purposes. (See the code for the specific dates.)

Source Code:

This website is created automatically using a C++ command line tool called “ufojson”. It parses the raw text and Markdown source data to JSON format, which is then converted to a single large web page using pandoc. This tool's source code and all of the raw source and JSON data is located here on github.

Year Ranges

1. Part 1: Distant past up to and including 1949
2. Part 2: 1950 up to and including 1959
3. Part 3: 1960 up to and including 1969
4. Part 4: 1970 up to and including 1979
5. Part 5: 1980 to present

Timeline Search Engine

KWIC (Key Word in Context) Index

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Table of Contents

Year Histogram

Years

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Event Timeline

Year: 1950, 1139 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 7688 (89A44C8A)

Date: 1950's
Location: Area 51
Description: “Area 51” designation appears on several atomic fallout maps.
Type: book reference
Reference: “Dreamland” by Lazar
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_385

Event 7689 (AD5E156B)

Date: 1950's
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: At least 11 nuclear explosions were carried out at the Soviet Kapustin Yar test site, in addition to all other launches
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_386

Event 7690 (77FFDA69)

Date: Early 1950's
Location: Carson's Field, New Zealand
Description: Carson’s Field (speculated location), New Zealand: A New Zealand investigator receives a letter from a respected US researcher who spoke with a young American pilot. The pilot mentions he had just been sent on a mission to Australia, where he landed at a vast airport. A gigantic spacecraft was already there, where he meets a group of friendly, intelligent and good-looking men. He was told they were scientists from other planets, and he was to fly them to Scotland for a meeting. He flew them to Scotland and remained with his plane during the conference. He said that scientists from many of the world’s nations were also present.
Type: book reference
Reference: “Alien Gene”, McGhee, page 69
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_387

Event 7691 (71A01B50)

Date: 1950's
Location: USA, New York
Description: (Translated from French) (Sometime in June.) One evening in June, people were leaving a New York theater. It was 11 pm when suddenly they saw in the middle of the intersection a man who seemed from another era. He was wearing a jacket with a row of buttons on the back, a wrinkle-free and non-reversible pants and a top hat. The people who saw him declared: "He was there, in the middle of the intersection, looking with an astonished air at the red lights, as if he had never seen them before". Suddenly what was predictable happened, a taxi could not avoid the man who died on the spot. On him was found an identity card with the name Rudolf Fentz and old coins. The police investigation will allow to trace the trace of a certain Rudolf Fentz who mysteriously disappeared in the spring of 1876, wore the same clothes and had the same age as the man who died at an intersection of another era than his own. (1950's)
Reference: Christian DE ZAN: "Guide of the UFO Phenomenon Hunters", ed. De Vecchi1980, p. 25, 26; he cites J. Bergier and the team of Giornale dei Misteri in the collection "The Paths of the Impossible" ed. Albin Michel
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1434

Event 7692 (B0DD2638)

Date: 1950
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet “Krasnoyarsk-26” atomic weapons project plant opens (Plutonium production)
Type: atomic plant
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_388

Event 7693 (85EC9337)

Date: 1950
Location: WA
Description: Aviator Kenneth Arnold publishes the pamphlet “The Flying Saucer as I Saw It”
Type: publication
Reference: Archive.org
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_389

Event 7694 (EDDD5476)

Date: 1950
End date: 1951
Location: US
Description: This period has been called the "Dark Ages" of UFO investigation. Following the Project Grudge report, the project was not disbanded. However, those who believed in a more positive investigation could not win support for their views--until late in 1951 when the situation was reviewed partly due to public protests.
Type: time period
Reference: "The UFO Evidence" (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: "Report on Unidentified Flying Objects" (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_861

Event 7695 (B39DDBA6)

Date: 1950
End date: 1951
Location: US
Description: USAF Investigation Summary: These conclusions challenged on basis of lack of proof; "explain-away" approach adopted by investigators.
Type: investigation
Reference: "The UFO Evidence" (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: "Report on Unidentified Flying Objects" (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_897

Event 7696 (85C7CD89)

Date: 1950
End date: 1955
Locations: US; UK
Description: American columinst, journalist, and television game show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen (1913-1965) writes about UFO's, saucers and crash retrievals in her newspaper column. One of her sources was in the UK: "The British government, I learned, is withholding an official report on the 'flying saucer' examination at this time, possibly because it does not wish to frighten the public." "Flying Saucer" Wreckage Assures Britons of Reality." She was told by Lord Mountbatten tthat at least one of the crashes took place during WW2. “British scientists and airmen” have examined the wreckage of a crashed flying saucer. Her informant is a “British official of Cabinet rank,”, who said “Saucers were staffed by small men—probably under four feet tall.” "Flying saucers are now regarded as of such vital importance that they will be the subject of a special hush-hush meeting of world military heads next summer." "The Air Force has been ordered to minimize the importance of the 'flying saucers'. But some of the official reports in locked government files read like a Buck Rogers comic strip..." The CIA may have made an attempt to gain Kilgallen as an informant. Kilgallen was a friend of Marilyn Monroe and was possibly killed.
Type: newspaper articles
Reference: Twitter
Reference: Twitter
Reference: Twitter
Reference: Twitter
Reference: Twitter
Reference: Twitter
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_955

Event 7697 (74E278DA)

Date: 1950
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) A lesser-known contactee, John Watts, claims to have been able to visit the planet Venus in 1950 aboard a flying saucer piloted by a Venusian who was called Mara.
Reference: Jean SIDER: "Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués", ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 84
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1510

Event 7698 (DFF07604)

Date: 1950
Description: N. Meade Layne publishes The Ether-Ship Mystery and Its Solution, which identifies UFOs as emanating from the etheric world, which coexists with and interpenetrates ours. The etherians must lower their “vibrational” rate in order to enter our realm. UFOs are “thought-constructs” that can take many forms and densities. He considers the etherians benign.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Meade Layne, The Ether-Ship Mystery and Its Solution, Borderland Sciences Research Associates, 1950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1454

Event 7699 (5E34ECF7)

Date: 1950
Location: Colombia
Description: William Ortiz, a deaf-mute, claims to have the first of three close encounters (the others in 1969 and 1975) with large-eyed aliens in UFOs in Colombia. After the first two events, he finds his hearing temporarily restored. The entities communicate to him using hand signals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “First Reported CEIII Alien Communicating with Deaf-Mute,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1982): 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1455

Event 7700 (667D50E4)

Date: 1950
Location: Muroc AFB CA, AFB in NM
Description: Pilot Chet Swital reported that his plane and another plane were circled by UFOs, which paralyzed the plane motors and instruments over the Muroc Air Force Base in California and a New Mexico Air Force Base.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_16

Event 7701 (1866D0D5)

Date: 1950
Location: US
Description: An Air Force Intelligence Analysis showing "controlled UFO maneuvers", that the “Flying Saucers” were real and spaceships.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_17

Event 7702 (7D6B31AC)

Date: 1950
Description: Source “LH” at Bell Laboratories states a source of his, a former NASA employee, had access to information regarding a crash retrieval in 1950. He claims the employee had access to technical material about a head-band transceiver worn by some UAP occupants; LH states the source believes he has been under surveillance and one of his colleagues at NASA involved in security risk related to UAP “disappeared.”

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p180

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_20

Event 7703 (CC68ECBF)

Date: Early 1950
Description: Author and military historian Fletcher Pratt initiated rumor waves in the press by announcing that he had obtained through confidential channels information that a flying saucer had crashed to earth and that bodies of a vaguely human appearance and about 35 inches tall had been found dead in the wreckage.
Type: rumors
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_392

Event 7704 (B5822C76)

Date: 1/1950
Description: TRUE magazine publishes first article on Flying Saucers
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_106

Event 7705 (8BDFB3E4)

Date: 1/1950
Location: ALASKA (USA) Gulf of Alaska
Description: (Translated from French) Two Aerobee launches from the SS Norton Sound.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, 286
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1435

Event 7706 (1A71A17C)

Date: 1/1950
Description: (Translated from French) As in December of the previous year, the magazine True publishes a resounding article by Donald Keyhoe, with the evocative title Flying Saucers are Real, where he explains that flying saucers come from other planets, that the USAF knows it and carefully keeps the secret. He concludes: I think we are being prepared for what the UFO project already knows: that the Earth is being watched by interplanetary travelers. (January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_811

Event 7707 (F2778630)

Date: 1/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST / FT. SUMNER, NM
Description: T6 pilot. Round glowing object going quickly southwest / 500mph. 600' away. / NICAP 1969.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1474

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1250", HatchDesc: "NE/Ft.SUMNER,NM:T6 PILOT:ROUND GLOWING OBJ >>SW/500mph:600'AWAY:/NICAP 1969", LatLong: "34.833335 -103.500005", LatLongDMS: "34:50:00 N 103:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7708 (CC4828EF)

Date: 1/1950
Description: The Ground Observer Corps, an organization of civilians who watch the skies for enemy airplanes, is created by the US Air Defense Command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Ground Observer Corps” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1456

Event 7709 (E9C4532A)

Date: 1/1950
Locations: Seattle, Washington; Anchorage, Alaska
Description: On the Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska, route, an air freighter is paced for five minutes by a UFO. When the pilots try to close in, the craft zooms away at terrific speed. Later, the airline head reports that intelligence officers quizzed the pilots for hours. “From their questions,” he said, “I could tell they had a good idea of what the saucers are. One officer admitted they did, but he wouldn’t say any more.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1457

Event 7710 (41FA1B92)

Date: 1/1950
Locations: Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Keyhoe meets with Gen. Sory Smith, director of public relations for the Air Force; Maj. Jesse E. Stay and Jack T. Shea, press officers; and Maj. Jere Boggs, Pentagon liaison to Project Grudge. Most of the interview involves questions for Boggs. Keyhoe is given two looseleaf notebooks with summaries of “Project Saucer” cases. His request to visit Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio to look at the actual case files is turned down weeks later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, pp. 147–154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1458

Event 7711 (73C8DE55)

Date: 1/1/1950
Description: Donald Keyhoe publishes a condensed version of “The Flying Saucers are Real” in Newspapers
Type: publication
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_391

Event 7712 (4B777AC2)

Date: 1/6/1950
Description: Wyandotte Echo Kansas City newspaper: “Coulter” (George T. Koehler) story on 2 recovered saucers, saucer near a radar installation, exotic metals, acclimation program, etc.
Type: rumors
Reference: Amazon
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_393

Event 7713 (1A749AB1)

Date: 1/6/1950
Location: HOWARD, KS
Description: Blue Book. C47 Carswell going [to] Offutt Air Force Base. 45' metal ovoid / SL flight / 2K' altitude. 400mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1475

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "317", HatchDesc: "HOWARD,KS:BBK:C47 CARSWELL>OFFUTT AFB:45'MTL OVOID/SL FLITE/2K'alt:400mph", LatLong: "37.472224 -96.261116", LatLongDMS: "37:28:20 N 96:15:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7714 (4916CEF6)

Date: 1/6/1950
Location: Howard (near), KS
Description: Crew of C-47 transport saw a 30-60 ft silver football-shaped object flying in straight level flight. (Project 1947; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_645

Event 7715 (5CFB729B)

Date: 1/6/1950
Description: Three military witnesses, including one named Zimmerman, were flying in a U.S. Air Force C-47 transport plane near Howard, Kansas on this day when they sighted a silverly metallic, football-shaped object flying on a straight level flight path. They estimated the object was between 30 and 60 feet long, was flying at 2,000 feet altitude at a speed of 400 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, January 1950; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 2; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_162

Event 7716 (6DA7CC33)

Date: 1/7/1950
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTH / CORONA, NM
Description: Blue Book. 1 Air Force-man / car. Green fireball maneuvers / tens. Changes course and color. Lands?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1476

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2050", HatchDesc: "S/CORONA,NM:BBK:1 AF-MAN/CAR:GRN FBL MNVRS/10s:CHANGES COURSE+COLOR:LANDS?", LatLong: "34.166668 -105.594449", LatLongDMS: "34:10:00 N 105:35:40 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7717 (0C1540AA)

Date: 1/7/1950
Location: Corona (south of), NM
Description: OSI Case 161 yellowish-white ball of light at about 45° elevation changing color to orange with trailing flame (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_646

Event 7718 (5F827084)

Date: 1/7/1950
Locations: Holloman AFB; Corona, New Mexico
Description: 10:15 p.m. The assistant maintenance officer at Holloman AFB is driving south of Corona, New Mexico, when he sees a green fireball. It descends at a 60° angle, then levels out and travels 10° east before dropping out of sight behind a mountain. When first seen, it is yellowish-white, changes to orange as it descends, then turns bright blue-green as it levels out and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “January 7, 1950, Corona, NM, OSI Case 161”: Clark III 544; Sparks, p. 78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1459

Event 7719 (F75EA45D)

Date: 1/9/1950
Location: New Mexico
Description: Time magazine reports on rumors of crashed saucers and small humanoids in New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Visitors from Venus,” Time, January 9, 1950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1460

Event 7720 (5FE306D0)

Date: 1/10/1950
Location: Las Vegas AFB, NV
Description: A man and his father stated that an object was within their vision for approximately twenty five (25) seconds and that the appearance of the object was pure silver, round "like a balloon" and apparently constructed of. a solid material, "a metal". (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 500110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_647

Event 7721 (97214056)

Date: 1/12/1950
Location: Kvalleposten, Malmo, Sweden
Description: MAJORITY BELIEVE IN FLYING SAUCERS. More than 61 percent of Americans believe in flying saucers, according to a poll of opinion taken by Galaxy, the science-fiction magazine. Another 17 percent didn't believe they exist, while 32 percent were uncertain. The younger age group was more inclined to believe in saucers than older people.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_46

Event 7722 (68D79D3A)

Date: 1/12/1950
Time: 23:30
Location: GMX NORTHWEST / CUBA
Description: Blue Book. 3 RADAR blips hover and orbit B29 / 3000mph. RADAR jammed / an extra 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1477

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "9", Duration: "30", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "GMX NW/CUBA:BBK:3 RDR BLIPS HVR+ORBIT B29/3000mph:RDR JAMMED/an extra 10min:", LatLong: "24.000001 -85.333337", LatLongDMS: "24:00:00 N 85:20:00 W", Locale: "High Seas", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GMX", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7723 (F3497711)

Date: 1/12/1950
Location: Gulf of Mexico (SW of Florida), At Sea
Description: At 24° 0' N, 85°20' W. (McDonald list) B-29 Radar Tracks Objects (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500112
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_648

Event 7724 (73F693E8)

Date: 1/12/1950
Description: The AF Directorate of Intelligence quietly cancels the special intelligence collection directives to various government agencies for reporting UFO incidents, though routine intelligence channels still require UFO reporting, per AFCIR-CC7, “Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft.” Cancellation is a follow-up to the widely announced closure of “Project Saucer.” AFOIN Director Gen. Charles P. Cabell believes that in fact AMC is taking its UFO project underground by announcing the closure. Months later Cabell discovers that AMC Intelligence under Col. Harold E. Watson is not running a secret UFO investigation, and Cabell is forced to make up for AMC’s negligence by conducting his own UFO investigations via his AF Intelligence staff.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. C. P. Cabell, “Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft,” January 12, 1950; Swords 498
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1461

Event 7725 (75375A11)

Date: 1/12/1950
Location: Gulf of Mexico (southwest of Florida)
Description: 11:25 p.m. A B-29 aircraft is flying over the Gulf of Mexico (southwest of Florida) on a course of 260° when three objects are noted on the radar scope orbiting the B-29 from all quadrants. The objects are noticed by the radar operator, aircraft commander, navigator, and bombardier. One object is first sighted on a bearing of 330° traveling south. The objects travel across the scope in approximately 15–20 seconds on the 100-mile range setting. In a few minutes this object is joined by two others, which disappear in a few minutes. At short ranges the object is large and well-defined on the radar scope. The object goes off for about 100 miles, turns and comes in as if for an attack, passes through the center of the scope, and emerges on the other side. The estimated speed of the object is 2,500–3,000 mph. The one object remains on the radar scope for approximately 30 minutes, following the B-29 all the time. The radar operator switches ranges on the scope and picks up the object on the 20- and 50- mile settings. Twice the object comes to within 20 miles of the aircraft and then apparently has the ability to hover, because the movement on the radar scope ceases for 5–15 seconds. After altering course the object no longer appears, but the radar is jammed for approximately 10 minutes. The crew makes no visual sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-29 Radar Tracks Objects”; Clark III 58; Sparks, p. 79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1462

Event 7726 (3E0B2FAF)

Date: 1/12/1950
Description: Flying over the Gulf of Mexico northwest of Cuba, a USAF B-29 picked up three unidentified radar blips. The bogeys hovered for awhile, and then orbited the B-29 at 3,000 mph. The bomber's airborne radar jammed for an additional ten minutes after the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_272

Event 7727 (90F35045)

Date: 1/13/1950
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Observed a bright white object that changed color to red and green in northern sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500113
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_649

Event 7728 (AC34BCD6)

Date: 1/14/1950
Time: 16:50
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Carload / Fairchild-Nepa workers. Brill fireball hovers / restricted airspace.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2 booklets) Self published. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1478

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:CARLOAD/FAIRCHILD-NEPA WORKERS:BRILL FBL HVRS/RESTRICTED AIRSPACE", LatLong: "36.000002 -84.250004", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 84:15:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7729 (4BAD5E0C)

Date: 1/14/1950
Location: Key West, FL
Description: F6F Picks Up Object Tracked By Gnd Radar At 480 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_659

Event 7730 (A49341B5)

Date: 1/14/1950
Description: At 4:45 p.m. Fairchild plant workers at the nuclear research facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee watched a brilliant fiery ball of light hover over restricted military airspace for about two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_307

Event 7731 (5BC35D92)

Date: 1/15/1950
Location: COMECHINGONES MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST / V.DOLORES.ARG
Description: Horses spook. Cylinder/cylindrical object buzzes 4 riders. / r215p81.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1479

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: "Argentina", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1594", HatchDesc: "COMECHINGONES Mtns SE/V.DOLORES.ARG:HORSES SPOOK:CYL BUZZES 4 RIDERS:/r215p81", LatLong: "-32.500002 -65.000003", LatLongDMS: "32:30:00 S 65:00:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CRD", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7732 (08E13218)

Date: 1/15/1950?
Location: OFF ARGENTIA, NFLD
Description: Pilot. 15M saucer rotates just over sea. Rotates. Quickly going up / plane passes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1480

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off ARGENTIA,NFLD:PILOT:15M SCR ROTATES JUST OVR SEA:ROTATES:↑↑/PLANE PASSES", LatLong: "47.166669 -54.511114", LatLongDMS: "47:10:00 N 54:30:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7733 (EE9D1539)

Date: 1/15/1950
Location: Key West, FL
Description: UFO Tracked By Gnd Radar Nr. Two F6F Aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500115
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_660

Event 7734 (3E76C234)

Date: 1/16/1950
Description: CLASSIFIED USAF Staff Message: At a radar station near New Mexico a person reported seeing 2 saucers. One was badly damaged the other almost perfectly intact. Description: Each consisted of 2 parts, a cockpit or cabin about 6 ft. diam.; a ring approx. 18 ft. across and 2 ft. thick surrounding cabin, resembling aluminum, but actual metal has defied analysis by the Dearborn Plant. Two crew members in the damaged ship were charred but in the undamaged ship the two crew members were perfectly preserved.
Type: classified staff message
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p27, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_394
See also: 1/6/1950
See also: 1/30/1950

Event 7735 (B53CE056)

Date: 1/16/1950
Locations: Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado
Description: The AFOSI office at Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska, sends a message that recounts stories from Denver, Colorado, about crashed saucers in the southwest. The metal allegedly “defied analysis.” Bodies are said to be 3 feet tall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, p. 74
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1463

Event 7736 (742E79B3)

Date: 1/16/1950
Locations: Osaka Planetarium in Japan; Mars
Description: Tsuneo Saheki of the Osaka Planetarium in Japan sees an explosion on Mars, 60 miles high and 900 miles in diameter. Thomas Dobbins and William Sheehan investigate and find that this and other Martian flashes are likely caused by solar reflections on patches of ice crystals on the surface of Mars.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Terrific Explosion’ on Mars Reported by Japanese Observers,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 27, 1950, p. 13; John J. O’Neill, “Mars Blast Puzzles Science,” Ottawa \(Ont.) Citizen, July 16, 1952, p. 30; “Some Curious Objects: Meteoritic Perhaps,” The Strolling Astronomer 4, no. 5 (May 1, 1950): 8–9; Thomas Dobbins and William Sheehan, “Solving the Martian Flares Mystery,” 2002 Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1464

Event 7737 (263F76E2)

Date: 1/17/1950
Time: 18:30
Location: KAUAI ISLAND, HI
Description: 5 county officials. Silver saucer hovers. Rises going [to] clouds. 3rd even since Christmas.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2 booklets) Self published. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1481

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "KAUAI ISL,HI:5 COUNTY OFFICIALS:SLVR SCR HVRS:RISES>CLOUDS:3rd EVEN SINCE XMAS", LatLong: "22.150001 -159.250008", LatLongDMS: "22:09:00 N 159:15:00 W", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Hawaii", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7738 (B48F15EB)

Date: 1/18/1950
Location: Denver, CO
Description: T-6 Crews Encounter Object At 15,000' (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_650

Event 7739 (2366F56B)

Date: 1/18/1950
Description: A slow moving disc-shaped or spherical UFO moved through the sky over Summit, New Jersey at 7 p.m. It was reddish-orange in color, and gave off a steady light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI-Los Angeles case files, letter dated 1952 from W. Wilkinson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_363

Event 7740 (99F6D7CA)

Date: 1/21/1950
Location: New England
Description: The New York Times. BOSTON PITCHES FOR MORE INVESTIGATION. The Aero Club of New England, a 49-year-old organization dating back to the ballooning days, has asked the Air Force to reopen its investigation into "flying saucers" and other unknown aircraft. A letter to Thomas K. Finletter, Air Force Secretary, made public today, termed the discontinuance of the "saucer" investigation as "premature and regrettable."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_47

Event 7741 (11F62A76)

Date: 1/22/1950
Location: Kodiak, Alaska
Description: U.S. Navy patrol plane pilot, Lt. Smith, was on routine security flight when he picked up a radar track on an UFO, two times. Smith then radioed Kodiak radar station and was advised that no known traffic was in his radar area. Moored south of Kodiak was the USS Tillamook with Master Morgan standing on watch. Suddenly, at 3 a.m., “a very fast moving red glow appeared to be of exhaust nature, seemed to come from the south-east, moved clockwise in a large circle in the direction of, and around Kodiak and returned out in a generally south-east direction. The UFO was moving so fast that it was actually leaving a streak on Smith’s radarscreen. It was estimated to be moving at a speed of 1800 mph. Described as “two orange lights rotating about a common center like two jet aircraft making slow rolls in tight formation.” The UFO then made an abrupt turn and headed directly towards Smiths’ aircraft in a threatening gesture so Smith quickly turned off all of his lights turn make his plane less conspicuous in the inky colored sky. The UFO flew by him and disappeared in the south-east in a matter of minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_395

Event 7742 (C515A080)

Date: 1/22/1950
Location: ALASKA, Kodiak
Description: (Translated from French) At 02:40, Lt. Smith of the US Navy, the flight commander of a P2V3 patrol plane #4 of Squadron #1, reported a radar contact with a UFO (note: launch of AEROBEE???) 20 miles from the Naval Air Base of Kodiak. At 02:48 a second radar contact was made with an object located 10 miles southeast of the base. The radar operator, Lt. Gaskey, reported intermittent radar interference of a type he had never recorded before. The contact was then lost, but the intermittent echo persisted. At 04:40 Smith had a visual and radar contact with the object which was moving at a high speed, and for 10 seconds all the crew members saw the object flying above them at about 1800 mph. The object then seemed to return and was observed at a larger size. But it quickly turned and seemed to be heading towards Smith's side, who turned off all the lights and the plane's lights. Four minutes later the object was moving away to the southeast. It appeared as two orange lights rotating around a common center.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1436

Event 7743 (89584FB9)

Date: 1/22/1950
Location: Kodiak, AK
Description: Multiple radar/visual by Navy personnel; near collision; electromagnetic effects
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_50

Event 7744 (68571615)

Date: 1/22/1950
Time: 02:40
Location: 32KM NORTH / KODIAK NAS, AK
Description: 1800MPH blip. RADAR / visual (observation). Buzzes planes and boats. Silent. Going quickly southeast. / FBI.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1482

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "32km N/KODIAK NAS,AK:1800MPH BLIP:RDR/VIS:BUZZES PLANES+BOATS:SLNT:>>SE:/FBI", LatLong: "58.133336 -152.383341", LatLongDMS: "58:08:00 N 152:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7745 (FF89BA01)

Date: 1/22/1950
Location: Kodiak NAS, AK
Description: USN P2V3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook Encounter "threatening" Radar Target and E-M (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 500122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_651

Event 7746 (8C49EAAD)

Date: 1/22/1950
Location: Kodiak NAS (near), AK
Description: Maneuvering red exhaust-like or orange ball of fire circle (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_653

Event 7747 (F619BA1D)

Date: 1/22/1950
Locations: Naval Air Station Kodiak [now Coast Guard Base Kodiak], Alaska; Kodiak
Description: 2:40 a.m. Navy patrol pilot Lieut. Smith makes a routine security flight out of Naval Air Station Kodiak [now Coast Guard Base Kodiak], Alaska. He obtains a radar reading on an object 20 miles north. It quickly vanishes. At 2:48, he tracks a similar object 10 miles southeast. Kodiak radar reports no known aircraft in the vicinity, but they are seeing the same track. At 3:00 a.m., the tug USS Tillamook is south of Kodiak when one of the men on deck sees a “very fast-moving red glow light, which appeared to be of exhaust nature.” The object comes from the southeast, moves clockwise around Kodiak, and returns to the southeast. Another officer sees it for 30 seconds and describes it as a “large ball of orange fire.” At 4:40 a.m., Lieut. Smith picks up another blip moving so fast that it leaves a trail on his screen. His crew sees the UFO close a five-mile gap in 10 seconds, an apparent speed of 1,800 mph. Witnesses report two orange lights that rotate around a common center. The object makes a sharp turn and heads directly towards Smith’s plane. Smith considers this a threatening situation and turns off his lights; the UFO flies by and disappears. At least 35 copies of Smith’s report are sent to FBI, CIA, AFOSI, and the State Department. None are ever officially released or published.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “USN P2V3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook Encounter”; ClearIntent, pp. 165–166; Clark III 58; Sparks, p. 80; Swords 90–91
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1465

Event 7748 (CAFB72A5)

Date: 1/22/1950
Description: At around 4:00 a.m. a radar blip was detected approaching the Kodiak Islands at 1,800 mph over Kodiak, Alaska, according to airborne radar. It then buzzed several planes and boats. A U.S. Navy plane failed to intercept the UFO because it was too highly maneuverable. It had two orange lights rotating about the center, and made no detectable sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1978, p. 7; UNICAT, case # 359; Lawrence Fawcett & Barry J. Greenwood, UFO Coverup, p. 164; Richard Dolan, UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 399
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_406

Event 7749 (30A1F46D)

Date: 1/23/1950
Location: ALASKA, near Kodiak
Description: (Translated from French) At 04:35, Lts. Causer and Barco and Captain Paulson, the flight commander, saw an object for 10 minutes while they were in flight 62 miles south of Kodiak. At no time was a radar contact made. The object appeared to them like some kind of projectile in the shape of a flame of pulsating yellow-orange light, pulsing regularly every 3 to 5 seconds. When they saw the object more closely, the pulsations were at a beat of 7 to 8 seconds.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, trans. Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1437

Event 7750 (32551803)

Date: 1/23/1950
Time: 04:40
Location: 100KM SOUTH / KODIAK NAS, AK
Description: 6 Navy airmen can't catch fireball going quickly west / FBI documents. / r98#243p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1483

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "100km S/KODIAK NAS,AK:6 NAVY AIRMEN CANT CATCH FBL >>W./FBI DOCS:/r98#243p30", LatLong: "56.750003 -152.483341", LatLongDMS: "56:45:00 N 152:29:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7751 (9936F56A)

Date: 1/23/1950
Description: At 4:40 a.m. a U.S. Navy P2V3 patrol plane flying from the Kodiak Naval Air Station in Alaska spotted two orange lights rotating about a common central point, which maneuvered in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, September 1978, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_437

Event 7752 (F270D5E3)

Date: 1/24/1950
Time: 16:50
Location: OVER HALIFAX CO, NC
Description: 3 / USAF C45. 75M hemisphere maneuvers 5mi away. Cannot catch. Smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1484

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "78", HatchDesc: "ovr HALIFAX co,NC:3/USAF C45:75M HEMISPHERE MNVRS 5mi AWAY:CANNOT CATCH:SMOKE", LatLong: "36.216668 -77.300004", LatLongDMS: "36:13:00 N 77:18:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7753 (7F7C5F1E)

Date: 1/24/1950
Location: Blackstone (near), VA
Description: C-45 Transport Crew Encounters Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500124
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_654

Event 7754 (33098C05)

Date: 1/24/1950
Locations: Pope AFB [now Pope Field], Fayetteville, North Carolina; Bolling AFB [now Joint Base Anacostia- Bolling], Washington, D.C.; Blacksburg, Virginia
Description: 4:50 p.m. USAF Capt. G. B. Edwards and copilot Theron C. Fehrevach are flying a C-45 transport plane from Pope AFB [now Pope Field], Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Bolling AFB [now Joint Base Anacostia- Bolling], Washington, D.C. While at 5,000 feet near Blacksburg, Virginia, Fehrevach notices a dark, 200–250 foot in diameter, hemispherical parachute-shaped object above them about 5–10 miles away. A large black smoky region is below it, possibly obscuring the lower portion of a sphere. The UFO is darker than the 50% cloud cover and “easy to distinguish as not being cloud.” The object moves smoothly without any noticeable turn radius. Edwards puts the C-45 into a climb to 7,000 feet so they are at the same altitude as the UFO and turns to head directly toward it. Army Courier Service passenger 1st Lt. John H. Van Santen is alerted by Fehrevach and also sees the object move right then left again, then they all see the object recede at high speed and disappear. About 90 seconds later the object reappears about 30°–45° to the right of their heading, then oscillates right to left. It moves horizontally to dead ahead again and disappears by receding in the distance at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “C-25 Transport Crew Encounters Object”; Martin Shough and Wim van Utrecht, “Blackstone, Virginia, USA: January 24, 1950,” September 30, 2015; Swords 91
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1466

Event 7755 (9376EAE2)

Date: 1/24/1950
Description: At 4:50 p.m. a UFO shaped like a hemisphere with a flattened lower part, and estimated to be 70-80 meters in diameter, maneuvered in the sky five miles away from a C-45 transport plane flying from Pope AFB in Halifax County, North Carolina. The C-45, flying at an airspeed of 160 mph, could not catch up with it. The object oscillated with a pendulum motion. The Air Force explanation was that the object sighted by military pilots Fehrevach and Edwards was a balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 14; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_473

Event 7756 (464922FC)

Date: Late 1/1950
Location: Kodiak, Alaska
Description: Gen. Charles Cabell, possibly inspired by the Kodiak, Alaska, case, sends a letter to ATIC asking why Project Grudge has ended, because he never disbanded it. ATIC responds that Grudge is no longer a special project and that UFO reports will be processed through normal intelligence channels.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 69–70
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1467

Event 7757 (C2850F7B)

Date: 1/26/1950
Time: 16:00
Location: ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Lt. Col. and 1. 3 orange cylinders going north / 1600kph. Lost / odd small lone thin cloud..
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: UFO HISTORICAL REVUE (UHR Qtrly) Barry Greenwood. Issue #8 Febr, 2001. POB 176, STONEHAM,MA 02180
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1485

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "65", HatchDesc: "ELMENDORF AFB,AK:Lt.Col+1:3 ORG CYLS >N/1600kph:LOST/ODD SML LONE THIN CLOUD..", LatLong: "61.250003 -149.766674", LatLongDMS: "61:15:00 N 149:46:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7758 (CFF552A2)

Date: 1/26/1950
Locations: Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson]; Anchorage, Alaska
Description: 4:00 p.m. Lt. Col. Lester F. Mathison, commanding officer of the 625th Aircraft and Warning Squadron at Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska, notices three reddish objects above the cirrus cloud layer at 25,000–30,000 feet. They are moving to the north in a sightly curled trail fashion and disappear into some clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Extract: History of the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, January 1–March 31, 1950 (Elmendorf AFB, Alaska),” UFO Historical Revue, no. 8 (February 2001): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1468

Event 7759 (BD80D252)

Date: 1/26/1950
Description: Three orange cylinders flew to the north at 1600 km/h over Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. It was witnessed by a Lieutenant Colonel and another military witness. It was lost from sight when it disappeared into an odd looking, lone small thin cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1498
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_512

Event 7760 (A8417135)

Date: 1/28/1950
Location: ALMANSA, SP
Description: Night lights and fireballs north going quickly south / 2 days. Radios pick up strange voices / unknown language.
Type: sighting
Reference: GUASP, Miguel: TEORIA de PROCESOS de los OVNI; Valencia, Spain, 1973. Self published. Scholarly. Short catalog. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1486

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "240", HatchDesc: "ALMANSA,SP:NLTS+FBLS N>>S/2 DAYS:RADIOS PICK UP STRANGE VOICES/UNK LANGUAGE", LatLong: "38.883335 -1.150000", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 01:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Albacete", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7761 (83E7895B)

Date: 1/29/1950
Location: SOUTH TABLE MOUNTAIN, CO
Description: Silver-green 20M ovoid hovers / 15M / slope. Lands / ravine. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast. Odor.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1487

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, ODR: Odors associated with UFO's

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1800", HatchDesc: "S.TABLE Mtn,CO:SLVR-GRN 20M OVOID HVRS/15M/SLOPE:LANDS/RAVINE:↑↑ XFAST:ODOR", LatLong: "39.750002 -105.200005", LatLongDMS: "39:45:00 N 105:12:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7762 (17E2E342)

Date: 1/29/1950
Location: South Table Mountain, Colorado
Description: Mr. Quintana of Denver saw a silvery-green ovoid object hovering about 15 m above a slope and landing slowly in a small ravine. Then it shot upward at very high speed. Its diameter was about 20 m, and it had a revolving middle band. A greenish light flashed under it, and the witness felt a rush of air and a pungent smell.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_72

Event 7763 (A590D85B)

Date: 1/29/1950
Description: Mr. Quintana of Denver, Colorado saw a silvery green ovoid object hovering about 15 meters above a slope on South Table Mountain. It landed slowly in a small ravine. Then it shot upward at very high speed. Its diameter was about 20 meters, and it had a revolving middle band. A greenish light flashed under it, and the witness felt a rush of air and a pungent smell.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 194, citing Flying Saucers, July 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_570

Event 7764 (8BAD8B6C)

Date: 1/30/1950
Location: Kodiak, Alaska
Description: The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, prints article referring to the Wyandotte Echo Kansas City newspaper article on “Coulter” (George T. Koehler) story on 2 recovered saucers, acclimation program.
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_396
See also: 1/6/1950

Event 7765 (20970766)

Date: 1/30/1950
Location: SPAIN, Madrid
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight an intense phosphorescence accompanied by various luminous shapes was observed in the sky, going from north to south. At the same time in the Madrid radio receivers, words were spoken in an unknown language. (1950, night of January 30th to 31st)
Reference: and the Spaniards don't mention this anywhere???
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V." - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1438

Event 7766 (DCC6EED3)

Date: 1/31/1950
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Office MEMO, Director FBI, SAC, San Antonio: A UFO resembling a rocket ship without wings appeared out of a thunderhead of clouds narrowly missing an Eastern Airlines flight and disappeared into another cloud. It was traveling approx. 2700 mph and no sound or air disturbance was noted with it. During the past two months the UFO sightings appeared to be concentrated near Los Alamos, N.M. This UFO was also sighted near Los Alamos on Jan. 6, 1949.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_397
See also: 1/6/1950

Event 7767 (59ED8170)

Date: 1/31/1950
Location: Aleutian Islands (north of), AK
Description: 3 ft red and white elliptical object flying (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500131
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_655

Event 7768 (D6A0E934)

Date: 2/1950
Location: Korea
Description: Fate Magazine. NAVY DOES NOT SWALLOW OWN LINE. A few months before the Navy spokesman, Dr. Brener Liddell issued his report that flying saucers were all balloons. Naval Aviation News, an official Navy magazine, reported the sighting of two mysterious smoke-trailing objects by an American airship off Korea. The incident occurred in December of 1949, and personnel aboard the seaplane tender Gardiners Bay reported that the two objects struck the water at tremendous speed off the ship's port bow while it was steaming up the channel from Inchon. Under the title "Sighting Flying Disks Again?", the Navy magazine reported: "Two huge columns of smoke rose to about 100 feet in height at the point of contact. No aircraft could be sighted by radar, or visually overhead, although the ceiling was unlimited. Identification remains a great mystery."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_49

Event 7769 (8D2E9953)

Date: 2/1950
Location: US
Description: Air Force Magazine. CALLING HERR GENERAL FREUD. "It is concluded," the most recent official Air Force report states, "that there are sufficient psychological explanations for the reports of unidentified flying objects to provide plausible explanations not otherwise explainable. These errors in identifying real stimuli result chiefly from the inability to estimate speed, distance, and size."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_51

Event 7770 (542EFD2D)

Date: 2/1/1950
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Description: TELEPHONE TROUBLESHOOTER SEES ONE OFF CANADIAN COAST.. Pat Walsh, telephone company electrician and Navy veteran, reported seeing a tear-shaped object, bright as a fluorescent light, for twelve seconds before it headed out to sea in an arch-like flight at incredible speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_48

Event 7771 (CE024335)

Date: 2/1/1950
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: B-29 pilot follows fireball near Monthan AFB.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_51

Event 7772 (D585C757)

Date: 2/1/1950
Time: ~17:00
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and many. Fireball going quickly west / 9km altitude. Heavy smoke trail. Slows and going quickly west. B29 chases.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 405)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1488

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "717", HatchDesc: "TUCSON,AZ:ATCs+MANY:FBL >>W/9km alt:HEAVY SMOKE TRAIL:SLOWS+>>W:B29 CHASES", LatLong: "32.216668 -110.916672", LatLongDMS: "32:13:00 N 110:55:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7773 (FC65D8BF)

Date: 2/1/1950
Description: Harry S. Truman issues Executive Order 10104 and creates the “Top Secret classification” designation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Office of the Federal Register, “Executive Order 10104” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1469

Event 7774 (7858704F)

Date: 2/1/1950
Locations: Tucson, Arizona; Davis-Monthan AFB; University of Arizona
Description: A meteor-like object spewing smoke is seen by many people over Tucson, Arizona. The radio operator at Davis-Monthan AFB asks 1st Lieut. Roy L. Jones Jr. to investigate it in his B-29, but he cannot catch up with it. Edwin Francis Carpenter, head of the University of Arizona astronomy department, says he is certain the object is not a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, pp. 10–12; Sparks, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1470

Event 7775 (9C32913F)

Date: 2/2/1950
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
Description: Saw object trailing smoke (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_656

Event 7776 (F68FD3F9)

Date: 2/2/1950
Locations: Falmouth Airport; Frances Crane Wildlife Management Area north of Hatchville, Massachusetts; Otis AFB; Otis Air National Guard Base near Mashpee
Description: Lincoln LaPaz, citing the press of academic duties, withdraws from Project Twinkle. (Clark III 544) February 5 — 5:10 p.m. Four people at Falmouth Airport [now part of Frances Crane Wildlife Management Area north of Hatchville, Massachusetts] see two illuminated cylindrical objects in the western sky. The witnesses include Marvin R. Odom, owner of the airport, and Lt. Philip Foushee Jr. of Otis AFB [now Otis Air National Guard Base] near Mashpee. As the objects are maneuvering, a fireball drops from one. Five minutes later they both climb at high speed and disappear from view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Feb. 5, 1950; Teaticket, Mass.”; Hyannis \(Mass.) Cape Cod Standard Times, February 6, 1950; Sparks, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1471

Event 7777 (8FB60B10)

Date: 2/3/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTH BAY, ON
Description: Numerous observer(s). 2 blue 2.5M disks circle town / several minutes. Desripts vary.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 408)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1489

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "360", HatchDesc: "NORTH BAY,ON:NMRS OBS:2 BLU 2.5M DISKS CCL TOWN/SVRL MINs:desripts vary", LatLong: "46.216669 -79.450004", LatLongDMS: "46:13:00 N 79:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7778 (3BF9A67B)

Date: 2/5/1950
Location: USA, Teaticket, Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 5:10 p.m. Witnesses: former military pilot Marvin Odom, Lt. Philip Foushee, military pilot from Otis AFB, and two others. Two thin illuminated cylinders, one of which dropped a fireball, maneuvered together and disappeared at high altitude after 5 minutes of observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1439

Event 7779 (A0948525)

Date: 2/5/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Teaticket (Massachusetts), Marvin Odom, a former US Navy pilot, Lieutenant Philip Foushee, a pilot from the USAF base in Otis, and two other people observe two thin, illuminated cylinders. A glowing ball emerges from one of them. The two maneuvers then quickly disappear into the sky after 5 minutes. (February 5th, 5:10 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_812

Event 7780 (D778839F)

Date: 2/5/1950
Time: 17:10
Location: TEATICKET, MA
Description: Many / airport. 2 cigars maneuver. Fireball drops / 1+flies away. Vibrant bright / lights all.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1490

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "6", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "TEATICKET,MA:MANY/AIRPORT:2 CGRS MNVR:FBL DROPS/1+FLIES AWAY:VBRITE/LITES ALL", LatLong: "41.566669 -70.600003", LatLongDMS: "41:34:00 N 70:36:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7781 (A5CCE6FA)

Date: 2/5/1950
Location: Teaticket, MA
Description: 2 thin, illuminated cylinders, one dropped a fireball, both maneuvered together then disappeared high and fast. (Berliner) 5 mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500205
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_657

Event 7782 (D070DFED)

Date: 2/5/1950
Time: 5:10 PM
Location: Teaticket, Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: Marvin Odom, former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, USAF Lt. Philip Foushee, pilot from Otis AFB, and two others. Two thin, illuminated cylinders, one of which dropped a fireball, maneuvered together and then disappeared high and fast after 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_30

Event 7783 (C97B3BD6)

Date: 2/5/1950
Description: Seven people witnessed two cylindrical objects maneuvering in the sky at 5:10 p.m. near Falmouth Airport on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A fireball dropped from one of them, then they climbed into the western sky and disappeared. Listed as a Project Blue Book "unknown" case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Cape Cod Standard Times, February 6, 1950; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 17; Project Blue Book, February 1950 summary report
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_696

Event 7784 (E7A1F40E)

Date: 2/7/1950
Description: A 30-foot wide cone-shaped object flew in over the shoreline at Alameda Naval Yard in California. There were six military witnesses in total, and the sighting lasted several minutes. One witness reported it as possibly a plane with engine trouble.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated February 9, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_731

Event 7785 (1187A539)

Date: 2/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) First test of the French ground-to-ground missile SE 4200. (February 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_813

Event 7786 (2ED1A4C5)

Date: 2/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Upon the appearance of a giant sunspot, London television viewers saw for 1 hour on their screens "Russian" images with Swedish music.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_814

Event 7787 (7E7470D8)

Date: 2/8/1950
Location: SAN LEANDRO, CA
Description: 5+observer(s). 30' cone going north over Alameda Naval Yard. 5K' altitude. Going quickly southeast / 80mph / Scully.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1491

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "SAN LEANDRO,CA:5+OBS:30'CONE > N OVR ALAMEDA NVL YARD:5K'alt:>>SE/80mph/SCULLY", LatLong: "37.716668 -122.166672", LatLongDMS: "37:43:00 N 122:10:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7788 (6C468CD1)

Date: 2/8/1950
Location: Tampa, FL
Description: B-29 Crew, Others, See 300' Object At 2,000 MPH (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500208
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_658

Event 7789 (A64A0C5E)

Date: 2/8/1950
Description: AFOSI Letter #85 is issued, directing Air Force personnel to relay UFO sightings to the Pentagon or AMC only if they are of “priority Counterintelligence interest.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 5, January– March 1950, The Author, 1983, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1472

Event 7790 (C262974B)

Date: 2/9/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 14:45, launch of Viking III, altitude 80 km. With measuring instruments for the upper atmosphere. (February 9, 1950)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, 277 and M.W. Rosen, N.Y. 1955
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1440

Event 7791 (50C9D488)

Date: 2/13/1950
Time: 21:00?
Location: NORRE NEBEL, DK
Description: Saucer going [to] over farm. Maneuvers. Vanishes / flash! 2nd saucer passes. / AFU Sweden.
Type: sighting
Reference: VESCO, Renato: INTERCEPT but DON'T SHOOT; transl. from Italian. Goofy. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1492

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "NORRE NEBEL,DK:SCR >ovr FARM:MNVRS:VANISHES/FLASH!:2nd SCR PASSES:/AFU Sweden", LatLong: "55.783336 8.300000", LatLongDMS: "55:47:00 N 08:18:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Danemark", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7792 (00FD6A71)

Date: 2/13/1950
Description: In Norre Nebel, Denmark a disc-shaped object maneuvered over a farm at around 9 p.m. and then vanished in a flash. A second disc passed over the area eight minutes later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1505
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_890

Event 7793 (4B9031FA)

Date: 2/15/1950
Description: In a newspaper story published in December 1967, a man from Salzburg, Austria claimed that he was abducted by a five-foot tall Grey humanoid UFOnaut who wore a silver uniform with a fishbowl style helmet. The incident reportedly occurred in a forest five miles north of Salzburg at around 11:00 p.m. at night. He was paralyzed and was floated up to the top of a round craft that had landed in a nearby field. The UFO had a dark interior, and the experience involved an off-Earth journey. The encounter lasted about an hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1967, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_920

Event 7794 (353C2D1E)

Date: 2/17/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 148.7km attitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_398
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 148.7km

Event 7795 (B501D37C)

Date: 2/17/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V-2 #53 at 11:00 AM, reached altitude 148 km. (February 17, 1950)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1441

Event 7796 (93A94CED)

Date: 2/18/1950
Time: 05:20
Location: SOUTHWEST / DUVALL, WA
Description: Farmer. Bright night light going east. Blinks on and off slowly. Sudden zigzag departure.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 408)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1493

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "43", HatchDesc: "SW/DUVALL,WA:FARMER:BRITE NLT >E:BLINKS ON+OFF SLOWLY:SUDDEN ZIGZAG DEPARTURE", LatLong: "47.711113 -122.005561", LatLongDMS: "47:42:40 N 122:00:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7797 (A288E302)

Date: 2/20/1950
Locations: Massachusetts; USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories
Description: LaPaz writes to Peter H. Wyckoff of the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories in Massachusetts that a “fireball project” ought not be pursued because any objects that are not meteors are probably US test missiles. But he concedes he might be wrong and says in that case, “intensive, systematic investigation of these objects should not be delayed.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 544
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1473

Event 7798 (F905B7FB)

Date: 2/21/1950
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Project Twinkle, with the assistance of Land-Air, Inc., has set up its first operations post, manned by two observers who scan the sky over Holloman AFB, New Mexico, with theodolite, telescope, and camera.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 544; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1474

Event 7799 (1B3E8DF6)

Date: 2/21/1950
Description: At 4:55 a.m. in Durban, South Africa three men in a truck and several other people witnessed a dark red, torpedo-shaped object that had a dark center, flying straight and level.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 896; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1030

Event 7800 (55F294D7)

Date: 2/22/1950
Description: USAF denies existance of flying saucers
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_107

Event 7801 (BEC67BBE)

Date: 2/22/1950
Location: Boca Chica Naval AS, FL
Description: Radar/visuals of two glowing objects; failed intercept.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_52

Event 7802 (9261B1F9)

Date: 2/22/1950
Location: PINCKNEYVILLE, IL
Description: 2 / private plane. 20m saucer / 1500m altitude. Going quickly [to] as plane nears. / r118-Feb. '97.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1494

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "122", HatchDesc: "PINCKNEYVILLE,IL:2/PVT PLANE:20m SCR/1500m alt:>> AS PLANE NEARS:/r118-Feb97", LatLong: "38.077780 -89.383338", LatLongDMS: "38:04:40 N 89:23:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7803 (C02DC9AB)

Date: 2/22/1950
Location: KEY WEST NAS, FL
Description: Pilots and more/others. 2 objects pause over town. Type unknown. 50 mile(s) altitude / RADAR. Chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1495

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "KEY WEST NAS,FL:PILOTS++:2 OBJs PAUSE ovr TOWN:TYPE UNK:50mi alt/RDR:CHASE", LatLong: "24.550001 -81.766671", LatLongDMS: "24:33:00 N 81:46:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "15", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7804 (C9DAE60A)

Date: 2/22/1950
Location: Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida
Description: Navy pilots and others see two glowing UFOs, confirmed by radar, above the Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida. A plane is sent to investigate but it is “hopelessly outdistanced.” After hovering momentarily at a high altitude (50 miles?), they speed away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, p. 12; Sparks, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1475

Event 7805 (EA6A782C)

Date: 2/23/1950
Location: Santiago, Chile
Description: CHILE STILL HOARDS ITS PIX.. Commander Augusto Vars Orrego, head of the Chilean Antarctic Base of Arthur Prat, saw, on several occasions during the Antarctic night, flying saucers, one above the other, turning at tremendous speeds. Photographs were taken.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_50

Event 7806 (7931BA24)

Date: 2/24/1950
Location: USA, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 1:55 p.m. Witnesses: Weather employees of the Luther McDonald Municipal Airport, Harrison Manson. A white oval, slightly elongated, was observed for 1.5 minutes with a theodolite, flying horizontally in a straight line. (February 24, 1950)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1442

Event 7807 (08793EE0)

Date: 2/24/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Albuquerque (New Mexico) Luther McDonald and Harrison Manson, both weather observers from the Municipal Airport, observed a white and oval slightly elongated object flying horizontally for about 1 minute and 30 seconds using a theodolite. (13 h 55)
Reference: case Blue Book unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_815

Event 7808 (B3202EEC)

Date: 2/24/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Near Datil (New Mexico), observation of green glowing ball (see below) from an USAF observation post.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_816

Event 7809 (3470E7D9)

Date: 2/24/1950
Time: 13:20
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #645. 2+12 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) inspect. Metal saucer circles base / erratic. Goes going up. Back / 25 th.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1496

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "2231", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS,NM:BBK#645:2+12 AEC INSP:MTL SCR CCLS BASE/ERRATIC:GOES↑:BACK/25th", LatLong: "35.888891 -106.305561", LatLongDMS: "35:53:20 N 106:18:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7810 (06CDCAC0)

Date: 2/24/1950
Time: 14:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Airport weathermen with theodolite. White ovoid. Straight and level flight / 90 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1497

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1488", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:AIRPt WEATHERMEN W/THEODOLITE:WHT OVOID:S/L FLITE/90sec:NFD", LatLong: "35.044446 -106.605561", LatLongDMS: "35:02:40 N 106:36:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7811 (539B40F6)

Date: 2/24/1950
Time: ~23:50
Location: DATIL, NMX
Description: USAF man photos disk. Astronomer LA Paz has no explanation. / FBI.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1498

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "2238", HatchDesc: "DATIL,NMX:USAF MAN PHOTOS DISK:ASTRONOMER LA PAZ HAS NO EXPLANATION./FBI", LatLong: "34.150002 -107.866672", LatLongDMS: "34:09:00 N 107:52:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7812 (9D5AFA0B)

Date: 2/24/1950
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: UAO observed over Los Alamos (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 642, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_661

Event 7813 (3E576BA0)

Date: 2/24/1950
Location: Datil, NM
Description: Saw and photographed a circular luminous object (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_662

Event 7814 (617D49B0)

Date: 2/24/1950
Time: 1:55 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Municipal Airport Weather Observers Luther McDonald, Harrison Manson. One white, slightly elongated oval was watched for 1.5 minutes through a theodolite while it flew straight and level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_31

Event 7815 (32F48E38)

Date: 2/24/1950
Locations: Holloman AFB; Datil, New Mexico
Description: 7:30 p.m. USAF Cpl. Lertis E. Stanfield and other Holloman AFB Photographic Branch project staff at an observation post at Datil, New Mexico, take five photos (using a Cineflex camera with 3-inch focal length lens) of a circular, luminous white object that changes to red and green. Its angular velocity is greater than 0.5°/min in azimuth calculated by Lincoln LaPaz. The object moves in a smooth straight-line motion from about 8:00–9:30 p.m. to the west, blinking red and green. It disappears at high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 175; Datil Observation Post Photographs Object”; Sparks, p. 82
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1476

Event 7816 (2EB6B3F2)

Date: 2/24/1950
Description: At 1:15 p.m. 16 A.E.S.S. inspectors watched an aluminum colored, round UFO hovering over Los Alamos, New Mexico. It moved around for 20 minutes as if observing the nuclear facility, zigzagged, and shot straight up in the sky. At 1:55 p.m. two Albuquerque, New Mexico Municipal Airport Weather Observers, Luther McDonald and Harrison Manson, watched a white, slightly elongated oval-shaped UFO for 90 seconds through a theodolite while it flew straight and level.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 26; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 642; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1073

Event 7817 (925396FA)

Date: 2/25/1950
Location: USA, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:55 p.m. Witnesses: twelve security inspectors from the Atomic Energy Commission. A silver, flashing cylinder with truncated ends flew slowly and then quickly, cavorted, and oscillated, changing direction. According to the witnesses, the observation lasted from 23 seconds to 2 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1443

Event 7818 (BC3BF79B)

Date: 2/25/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Los Alamos, New Mexico, 12 security inspectors from the AEC observe a silver, flashing cylinder with tapered ends, slowly and then quickly flying, pulsating and oscillating, and changing direction. The duration of the witnesses' observations varies between 3 seconds and 2 minutes. (February 25, 3:55 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_817

Event 7819 (B826C2F2)

Date: 2/25/1950
Time: 01:20
Location: NEW BEDFORD, MA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent shiny 1M glowing-saucer hovers 300M / city incinerator. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1499

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "NEW BEDFORD,MA:2 OBS:SLNT SHINY 1M GLO-SCR HVRS 300M/CITY INCINERATOR:>>NW", LatLong: "41.661113 -70.950003", LatLongDMS: "41:39:40 N 70:57:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7820 (71C2C15D)

Date: 2/25/1950
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AEC Investigators Sighted cylinder with tapered ends, silver and flashing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 645, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500225
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_663

Event 7821 (E258DCFF)

Date: 2/25/1950
Time: 3:55 PM
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Twelve Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors. One cylinder with tapered ends, silver and flashing, flew slow and hen fast, fluttered and oscillated, and changed course. observations by individuals varied from 3 seconds to 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_32

Event 7822 (7CA8C022)

Date: 2/25/1950
Description: Los Alamos, New Mexico. Twelve Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors sighted a cylindrical UFO at 3:55 p.m. while at the Los Alamos nuclear facility. It was silver colored and was flashing, and had tapered ends. The object flew slowly and then sped up, fluttered and oscillated, and changed course. The observations by the various individuals lasted from three seconds up to two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1095

Event 7823 (CA5C64A4)

Date: 2/26/1950
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Description: 2:45 p.m. Three witnesses observe a bronze-colored object that looks like two cigarette ashtrays placed face to face over Vancouver, British Columbia. It slows down as it passes overhead and wobbles as it moves along.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1477

Event 7824 (B183D92A)

Date: 2/27/1950
Time: 02:30
Location: JAMESBURG, NJ
Description: 2 / car. Metal saucer ringed / lights. Hovers low. Sudden takeoff / swish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1500

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "JAMESBURG,NJ:2/CAR:MTL SCR RINGED/LITES:HVRS LOW:SUDDEN TAKEOFF/SWISH:", LatLong: "40.350002 -74.438892", LatLongDMS: "40:21:00 N 74:26:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7825 (A72B615E)

Date: 2/27/1950
Location: Coulterville, IL
Description: Object in the shape of a discus approximately 60 feet in diameter, 10 feet thick in the middle and thin at the edges seen from private plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 500227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_664

Event 7826 (450C6BC8)

Date: 2/27/1950
Description: In Jamesburg, New Jersey two witnesses watched a metallic saucer-shaped object ringed with lights hovering at a low altitude, when it suddenly took off with a swishing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950 (volume 4), p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1148

Event 7827 (B2760D29)

Date: 3/1950
Description: James J. Rodgers is named a chief of Project Grudge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1478

Event 7828 (2F12114D)

Date: 3/1950
Location: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
Description: Naval Commander Robert Bright McLaughlin, in charge of a team of Navy scientists at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, writes about the Charles B. Moore sighting of April 24, 1949, in a True magazine article and speculates on saucer propulsion systems. McLaughlin writes that the saucers are indeed “spaceships from another planet, operated by animate, intelligent beings.” The Navy, having gotten a preview of the article, removes him from White Sands and gives him an assignment at sea aboard the destroyer USS Bristol.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert B. McLaughlin, “How Scientists Tracked a Flying Saucer,” True, March 1950, pp. 25–27, 96–99; Ruppelt, pp. 70– 72; Swords 94–95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1479

Event 7829 (E08DBD13)

Date: 3/1950
Location: Aztec, New Mexico
Description: According to Karl T. Pflock, two CIA agents clandestinely visit Aztec, New Mexico, UFO crash storyteller Silas Newton and tell him that, although they know he is lying, they want him to continue spreading the tale as disinformation. The two agents later wind up involved in the Psychological Strategy Board created in 1951.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kremlin 37–42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1480

Event 7830 (E6D51B1E)

Date: 3/1/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The Knoxville (Tennessee) regional office of the FBI receives a frantic call from a radar operator at a nearby military base. The technician has spotted a craft flying over the Oak Ridge atomic research center Oak Ridge. (March 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_818

Event 7831 (2D33D8D8)

Date: 3/1/1950
Location: CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
Description: Many observer(s). Metallic disk hovers 5km over city and airport. Then going quickly south. / r134#1p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1501

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "1433", HatchDesc: "CHIHUAHUA,MEX:MANY OBS:MTLC DISK HVRS 5km OVR CITY+AIRPORT:THEN >>S:/r134#1p27", LatLong: "28.616668 -106.100005", LatLongDMS: "28:37:00 N 106:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5000", State/Prov: "Chihuahua", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7832 (025B3B81)

Date: 3/1/1950
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: 1-6 March. Military and civil RADAR's and visual. 40k-80k altitude. No planes scheduled / area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1502

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "64", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:1-6MAR:MIL+CIV RDRs+VISUAL:40k-80k ALT:NO PLANES SCHEDULED/AREA", LatLong: "36.011113 -84.277782", LatLongDMS: "36:00:40 N 84:16:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7833 (0DB2B035)

Date: 3/1/1950
Time: 14:00
Location: HANNA, WY
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Odd birds circle area. 1 blows white smoke and streaks going quickly north. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1503

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "60", Elev: "2066", HatchDesc: "HANNA,WY:1/BINOCS:ODD BIRDS CCL AREA:1 BLOWS WHT SMOKE+STREAKS >>N:ABS SLNT", LatLong: "41.866669 -106.550005", LatLongDMS: "41:52:00 N 106:33:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7834 (5DB8BC8D)

Date: 3/1/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: Radio amateur tracks UFO with radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 500301
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_665

Event 7835 (815F88E0)

Date: 3/1/1950
Description: A metallic disc hovered over Chihuahua Airport in Mexico at five kilometers altitude during the day, then shot off quickly toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated March 5, 1950; Inforespace, December 1975
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1195

Event 7836 (AF48A514)

Date: 3/1/1950
Description: Military and civilian radars tracked a UFO flying at between 40,000 and 80,000 feet near Knoxville, Tennessee. At 11:15 a.m. Stuart Adcock, a Knoxville radio amateur with experience in radar technology, called the local FBI agent, Mr. Robey, to report that he had detected an object using a surplus military radar set. The object was circling at at altitude of about 40,000 feet over Oak Ridge nuclear facility. Mr. Adcock reported another detection the next day. No planes were scheduled in the area at the time. The US Air Force suggested that the visual sightings may have been due to a mirage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Bruce Maccabee, UFO-FBI Connection, p. 169
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1196

Event 7837 (4F645AD3)

Date: 3/2/1950
Location: Mexico City
Description: MEXICAN OBSERVATORY PHOTOGRAPHS ONE. Luis Enrique Erro, head of the Tonantzintla Observatory near Puebla, reports an object flew through space and crossed the field of his Schmidt telescope. Luis Munch, fellow astronomer, photographed the object, which showed as a broad white streak diagonally across a jet black field. The craft appeared to be about the diameter of the moon and at least as bright.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_52

Event 7838 (14ECE489)

Date: 3/3/1950
Location: USA, Selfridge AFB, Michigan.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:05 p.m. Witness: 1st Lt Frank Mattson. An intense and huge yellow light descended vertically, then began to fly horizontally at great speed. Duration of observation: 4 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1444

Event 7839 (906325AA)

Date: 3/3/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Selfridge (Michigan), Lieutenant Frank Mattson observed an intense light of a dull yellow descending vertically, then flying horizontally very quickly for 4 minutes. (March 3, 11:05 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #650 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_819

Event 7840 (C932F32A)

Date: 3/3/1950
Time: 23:10
Location: SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #650. 2 RADAR's and visual (observation). Wide swings and abrupt turns. Also unidentified blips / 08 March.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1504

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "SELFRIDGE AFB,MI:BBK#650:2 RDRs+VIS:WIDE SWINGS+ABRUPT TURNS:+UID BLIPS/08MAR", LatLong: "42.605558 -82.827782", LatLongDMS: "42:36:20 N 82:49:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7841 (5C798AC1)

Date: 3/3/1950
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: An intense, dull yellowish light descend vertically (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 650)
Reference: NICAP: 500303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_666

Event 7842 (EBEDF77C)

Date: 3/3/1950
Time: 11:05 PM
Location: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
Description: Witness: 1st Lt Frank Mattson. One intense, dull yellowish light descended vertically, then flew straight and level very fast for 4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_33

Event 7843 (174D09F8)

Date: 3/3/1950
Locations: Selfridge AFB; Selfridge Air National Guard Base; Mount Clemens, Michigan
Description: At Selfridge AFB [now Selfridge Air National Guard Base] near Mount Clemens, Michigan, a lone UFO causes multiple radar trackings and is logged at speeds up to 1,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Descends Vertically, Levels Out”; Patrick Gross, “Selfridge AFB, Michigan, March 3, 1950”; Sparks, p. 83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1481

Event 7844 (1E0686DF)

Date: 3/3/1950
Description: At Selfridge AFB in Macomb County, Michigan two radars tracked an unusual object in the sky at 11:10 p.m. whose presence was confirmed with a visual sighting by a witness named Mattson. The UFO was visible for four minutes and made wide swings and abrupt turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 650; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1268

Event 7845 (5D7927AB)

Date: 3/4/1950
Location: Newburgh (near), IN
Description: A man was driving east approximately two miles east of the junction of Indiana State Hwy 66 and 261 north of Newburgh, when he observed an object he believed to be a rocket at a distance of approximately 50-75 yards in front of his automobile. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 500304
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_667

Event 7846 (46664D53)

Date: 3/5/1950 (approximate)
Location: NEAR BLOOMFIELD, NM
Description: Object paces car. Car stops. Dark 5' saucer circles car / dizzy speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1505

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "1662", HatchDesc: "nr BLOOMFIELD,NM:OBJ PACES CAR:CAR STOPS:DRK 5'SCR CIRCLES CAR/DIZZY SPEEDS", LatLong: "36.711113 -107.983338", LatLongDMS: "36:42:40 N 107:59:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7847 (11430144)

Date: 3/5/1950
Time: 01:30
Location: SALTSBURG, PA
Description: Ex USAF Officer. 15M turtle saucer hovers / low altitude. Keeps away as observer(s) nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1506

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "274", HatchDesc: "SALTSBURG,PA:EX USAF OFCR:15M TURTLE SCR HVRS/LO ALT:KEEPS AWAY AS OBS NEARS", LatLong: "40.483335 -79.450004", LatLongDMS: "40:29:00 N 79:27:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7848 (E6E1D7FE)

Date: 3/5/1950
Time: 07:00
Location: GERING, NEBR
Description: 16+cop. 8m night light / 30m altitude. Changes shape. Extremely bright. Dangles and maneuvers. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1507

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "6", Elev: "1219", HatchDesc: "GERING,NEBR:16+COP:8m NLT/30m alt:CHANGES SHAPE:XBRITE:DANGLES+MNVRS: >SE", LatLong: "41.822224 -103.661116", LatLongDMS: "41:49:20 N 103:39:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7849 (7A19D26B)

Date: 3/5/1950
Time: ~16:00
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: 4+1 observer(s). Metal disk hovers and darts. Going quickly [to] cloud. Trails ribbon going east. / r134-4 / 13.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1508

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "HOUSTON,TX:4+1 OBS:MTL DISK HVRS+DARTS:>> CLOUD:TRAILS RIBBON >E:/r134-4/13", LatLong: "29.766668 -95.350005", LatLongDMS: "29:46:00 N 95:21:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7850 (4DBE7CEB)

Date: 3/5/1950
Location: Bloomfield, NM
Description: Night. A dark, five-foot diameter disc paced a car. When the driver stopped the car the object circled the car, then sped away at a high speed. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_668

Event 7851 (8EAFC5D3)

Date: 3/5/1950
Description: At 1:30 a.m an ex-Air Force officer driving on Highway 80 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania said he watched a turtle shell-shaped disc hovering at low altitude. The 15 meter wide object kept away from him when the witness attempted to approach it. At 7:00 a.m. on this same date twenty witnesses watched a 25 foot wide, extremely bright UFO maneuver in the sky over Gering, Nebraska. It appeared to change shape as it flew off toward the southeast. In the afternoon a metallic flying disc trailing some kind of ribbon hovered, darted about, and jumped into some clouds over Houston, Texas. It left flying toward the east. That night in Bloomfield, New Mexico a dark, five-foot diameter disc paced a car. When the driver stopped the car the object circled the car, then sped away at a high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clippings, March 10, 1950 and March 27, 1950; Loren Gross, UFOs: A History, 1950: January-March, pp. 11, 31-32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1308

Event 7852 (16FA22AC)

Date: 3/7/1950
Location: DURANGO, MEXICO
Description: Passing saucer stops / 2 hours. No further details. / Los Angeles Times. / r134#1p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1509

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1892", HatchDesc: "DURANGO,MEX:PASSING SCR STOPS/2 hrs:NFD:/Los Angeles Times:/r134#1p37", LatLong: "23.033334 -104.683338", LatLongDMS: "23:02:00 N 104:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DRG", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7853 (9826FE67)

Date: 3/7/1950
Description: In 1950, two discs passing over Durango, Mexico stopped in the sky for two hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 211, citing the Los Angeles Times
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1361

Event 7854 (FFD2E180)

Date: 3/8/1950
Description: Mysterious "Silas Newton" speaks at University of Denver
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_108

Event 7855 (CC7AB146)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: University of Denver
Description: Tape recorded University of Denver lecture on three crash retrievals. Tape recently found at the AHC in Frank Scully’s papers in Laramie WY. Was going to be given by a scientist involved in the retrieval that knew or worked with Dr. Vannever Bush during WW2, but was instead given by Silas Newton at the last minute.
Type: lecture
Reference: YouTube - Part 1
Reference: YouTube - Part 2
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_399

Event 7856 (703BC462)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: USA, Dayton
Description: (Translated from French) In the middle of the morning a T.W.A. aircraft was preparing to land at the Dayton municipal airport. As it maneuvered to present itself, the pilot and co-pilot saw a bright light, seeming to hover towards the southeast. They warned the control tower. The operators replied that they also saw this light and had warned the Ohio National Guard squadron stationed at the airport. A pilot was already running to his F-51. All the staff actually saw the UFO: an extremely bright light, much brighter and bigger than a star. It was at a very high altitude because the thick and high clouds masked it from time to time. In the air there was the F-51 of the (...) A few minutes later the object disappeared from the radar screen. The two F-51s descended. When the clouds dissipated, nothing could be seen anymore. (1950, 8 March)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 100, 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1445

Event 7857 (A2BD754B)

Date: 3/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) A Dayton (Ohio), visual and radar observation of a flying disc above the Wright-Patterson headquarters, headquarters of the ATIC. A TWA crew confirms the observation. The National Guard is put on alert and a (two?) Mustang P-51 takes off (s) to attempt an interception, in vain. (March 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_820

Event 7858 (E13DF649)

Date: 3/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The phenomenon of March 1st repeats itself several times. Establishment of the Twinkle project, charged with investigating the phenomena of "green fireballs" in New Mexico.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_821

Event 7859 (FFFEB5FC)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Radar/visuals of bright metallic disc; failed intercept.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_53

Event 7860 (D0090921)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: MAZATLAN, MEXICO
Description: Naval Commander. Object / sky. Type unknown. "Artificial device". No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1510

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "MAZATLAN,MEX:NAVAL COMMANDER:OBJ/SKY:TYPE UNK:"ARTIFICIAL DEVICE":NFD", LatLong: "23.233334 -106.450005", LatLongDMS: "23:14:00 N 106:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Sinaloa", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7861 (1F9A6EAB)

Date: 3/8/1950
Time: ~09:00
Location: VANDALIA AIRPORT, OH
Description: 2 airliners and Air Traffic Controller and many. Jets chase bullet cylinder/cigar-shape. Quickly going up [to] very fast. / r29p73.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1511

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "180", Elev: "296", HatchDesc: "VANDALIA AIRPt,OH:2 AIRLINERS+ATC+MANY:JETS CHASE BULLET CGR:↑↑ VFAST:/r29p73", LatLong: "39.766669 -84.183337", LatLongDMS: "39:46:00 N 84:11:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7862 (59AB9C21)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Three Aircraft Spot UFO / Radar Track At ATIC (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_669

Event 7863 (54F3A05B)

Date: 3/8/1950
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Kerr/Miller/Rabenek Case (AL) Three Aircraft Spot UFO / Radar Track At ATIC (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 500308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_670

Event 7864 (4200DE78)

Date: 3/8/1950
Locations: Dayton, Ohio; Vandalia, Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Mid-morning. TWA pilot Capt. W. H. Kerr reports to the CAA that he and two other TWA pilots (D. W. Miller and Malvern H. Rabeneck) are watching a UFO hovering at high altitude near Dayton, Ohio. The CAA has already received about 20 other reports about it from Vandalia, Ohio. ATIC control tower operators at Wright- Patterson AFB pick it up visually and on radar (“a good, solid target”). Four F-51 interceptors are sent up. They see it as a huge, round, metallic object, but clouds move in. The object climbs vertically out of sight at high speed. ATIC calls it the planet Venus, with radar returns from ice-laden clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Aircraft Spot UFO / Radar Track at ATIC”; UFOEv, p. 84; Ruppelt, pp. 72–75; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 5, January– March 1950, The Author, 1983, pp. 32–37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1482

Event 7865 (E31DCE98)

Date: 3/8/1950
Description: A Naval commander sighted a UFO in the sky over Mazatlan, Mexico which he described as an "artificial device." At five o'clock in the morning the crew of two airliners, the Air Traffic Controller, and many other ground witnesses at Vandalia Airport, Ohio sighted a bullet-shaped UFO being chased by military jets. The UFO ascended very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 84
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1375

Event 7866 (8097E609)

Date: 3/9/1950
Location: USA, Selfridge (Michigan)
Description: (Translated from French) Radar-optical observation. The object was detected on the screens of two radar stations. The object remained stationary for 2 minutes, its velocity magnitude and acceleration of three-dimensional movements exceeded the known capacity of lighter-than-air vehicles in directed flight. (March 9, 1950)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" - Belfond 1979 - pp. 123, 124
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1446

Event 7867 (AA637766)

Date: 3/9/1950
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Multiple radar, no visuals of object at extreme speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_54

Event 7868 (E4DDC0F2)

Date: 3/9/1950
Time: 10:00?
Location: SANTIAGO TO/FROM ANTILLA, CUBA
Description: All / airliner and many / ground. Classic saucer tracked / theodolite.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1512

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "11", Duration: "15", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "SANTIAGO><ANTILLA,CUBA:ALL/AIRLINER+MANY/GND:CLASSIC SCR TRACKED/THEODOLITE:", LatLong: "20.416668 -75.816670", LatLongDMS: "20:25:00 N 75:49:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CUB", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7869 (1D39BA99)

Date: 3/9/1950
Time: 19:50
Location: SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: Military Air Traffic Controllers. Blip paces jets. 4 blips to 2052h. 2500mph vertical!
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 295)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1513

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "45", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "SELFRIDGE AFB,MI:MIL ATCs:BLIP PACES JETS:4 BLIPS TO 2052h:2500mph VERTICAL!", LatLong: "42.594446 -82.827782", LatLongDMS: "42:35:40 N 82:49:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7870 (9B594337)

Date: 3/9/1950
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Selfridge AFB, Michigan, G,V,A air defense ground radar trackings of an object erratically varying height & speed (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500309
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_671

Event 7871 (3C61E9E1)

Date: 3/9/1950
Locations: Selfridge Air Force Base; Mount Clemens, Michigan
Description: 7:45 p.m. A crew of three radar controllers at Selfridge Air Force Base [now Selfridge Air National Guard Base] near Mount Clemens, Michigan, is busy monitoring the night flying units of the 56th Fighter-Interceptor Group. 1st Lt. Francis E. Parker, 1st Lt. Frank K. Mattson, Sgt. McCarthy, and Cpl. Melton observe an intermittent target on the height range indicator (HRI) scope of the CPS-4 radar at 47,000 feet altitude and higher. Further indications of what Parker describes as a well-defined, clear target like an aircraft are picked up with increasing regularity over the next 45–60 minutes. During this time, the target seems to stay in the area where the F-80s are flying, but 20,000 feet above them. The radar operators are monitoring two different systems—a CPS-5 radar operating on long-wave frequencies at 40,000 feet, and a CPS-4 radar operating on short-wave frequencies—and the target appears on both scopes simultaneously without fade. The speed varies from a hover in low-density air to nearly 1,500 mph, well in excess of the fastest operational jet at the time, and a climb rate of up to 7,000 feet per minute.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Selfridge AFB Incident”; Sparks, p. 84; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 123– 125, 295–297; Clark III 1047–1049; Martin L. Shough, “Radar and the UFO,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 215–217
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1483

Event 7872 (C52B7B37)

Date: 3/9/1950
Description: At ten o'clock in the morning a disc-shaped object was sighted by witnesses on the ground as well as by passengers and crew of an airliner flying from Santiago to Antilla, Cuba. The ground observers tracked the UFO with a theodolite.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1389

Event 7873 (CA26D02B)

Date: 3/9/1950
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Description: "Flying Disk" reported to have landed at Mexico City, Mexico.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_13

Event 7874 (3F8C8F4E)

Date: 3/10/1950
Location: USA, La Crescenta (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:45 many people from the locality saw coming from the north, towards Big Tujunga Canyon, a triangular object, at an altitude of 1500 to 3000 meters. Mrs. Ruby Lytle, one of the first witnesses, described it as having a construction resembling a gondola, inside a slightly colored halo. This object flew slowly, without audible noise. It eventually disappeared into the sky towards the southwest.
Reference: from the book "The Tujunga Canyon Contacts, p. 139 - Ufo Folklore Center
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1447

Event 7875 (0991E2AD)

Date: 3/10/1950
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Description: WEST CANADA CATCHES SIGHT OF THREE. F. Arnold Richards, civic employee, saw objects with a bluish-white flame shooting out of the wide end. He reported three in all.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_53

Event 7876 (41E14B2C)

Date: 3/10/1950
Location: CD.JUAREZ, MX
Description: Numerous observer(s). Top-like disk going quickly north. Big wave all over/all about / MX. / r134#1p46. / LDLN#211.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1514

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "12", Duration: "2", Elev: "1143", HatchDesc: "Cd.JUAREZ,MX:NMRS OBS:TOP-LIKE DISK >>N:BIG WAVE ALLO/MX:/r134#1p46:/LDLN#211", LatLong: "31.716668 -106.483338", LatLongDMS: "31:43:00 N 106:29:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "JLS", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7877 (F8BD4EB2)

Date: 3/10/1950
Time: ~08:50
Location: LA CRESCENTA, CA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Delta-gondola object goes going [to] N. toward(s) Tujunga. Altitude = 5000'.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1515

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "524", HatchDesc: "LA CRESCENTA,CA:NMRS.OBS:DELTA-GONDOLA OBJ GOES >N.TWRD TUJUNGA:ALT=5000'.", LatLong: "34.222224 -118.250006", LatLongDMS: "34:13:20 N 118:15:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7878 (9A397B8C)

Date: 3/10/1950
Time: ~17:30
Location: BURBANK, CA
Description: Near Lockheed works. Spoked wheel-object going quickly south from Tujunga.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1516

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "236", HatchDesc: "BURBANK,CA:nr LOCKHEED WORKS:SPOKED WHEEL-OBJ >>S FROM TUJUNGA.", LatLong: "34.183335 -118.316672", LatLongDMS: "34:11:00 N 118:19:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7879 (FB035804)

Date: 3/10/1950
Time: 18:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 7 observer(s). 200' metal ovoid / 45K' altitude. Silent and still. Then shoots going up / sky / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1517

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "330", HatchDesc: "SE/PHOENIX,AZ:7 OBS:200'MTL OVOID/45K'alt:SILENT+STILL:THEN SHOOTS↑/SKY/SECs", LatLong: "33.400002 -112.000005", LatLongDMS: "33:24:00 N 112:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "13200", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7880 (6E861A48)

Date: 3/10/1950
Time: 18:20
Location: ORANGEBURG, SC AND COLUMBIA AND FLORENCE AND SALLY, SC
Description: Saucer hovers over towns. Then speeds away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1518

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "60", Elev: "75", HatchDesc: "ORANGEBURG,SC+COLUMBIA+FLORENCE+SALLY,SC:SCR HVRS OVR TOWNS:THEN SPEEDS AWAY", LatLong: "33.494446 -80.855559", LatLongDMS: "33:29:40 N 80:51:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7881 (28A1CB00)

Date: 3/10/1950
Time: 19:00
Location: NORWOOD, OH
Description: 12+observer(s). Huge object in searchlight again. Rises to avoid beam? Many such.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1519

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "201", HatchDesc: "NORWOOD,OH:12+OBS:HUGE OBJ IN SEARCHLITE AGAIN:RISES TO AVOID BEAM?:MANY SUCH", LatLong: "39.166669 -84.450004", LatLongDMS: "39:10:00 N 84:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7882 (8075367E)

Date: 3/10/1950
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Description: Disc hovered over city, sped away. [XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_672

Event 7883 (732073C2)

Date: 3/10/1950
Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina
Description: A publisher and others see a bright disc hover over Orangeburg, South Carolina, for 15 minutes. It speeds away, leaving a trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1484

Event 7884 (7E4DDDF7)

Date: 3/10/1950
Description: An oval-shaped, aluminum colored object hung in sky at 40,000 feet altitude over Indian School Road southeast of Phoenix, Arizona at 6:00 p.m. It was estimated to be 200 feet in diameter, tapering to narrower proportions in the rear. It moved silently through the sky with a red fiery trail one hundred feet long, but left no vapor trail. It was gone from sight in 4 to 5 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 45
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1401

Event 7885 (F60F7655)

Date: 3/11/1950
Location: Juarez, Mexico
Description: THREE MEXICAN OFFICIALS SEE ONE. Robert Antorena, Amilcar Lopez Sousa and Manuel Espejo, customs and border officials, saw a top-like disk traveling high in the sky and headed towards El Paso.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_54

Event 7886 (34C73FAF)

Date: 3/11/1950
Location: Juarez, Mexico
Description: NEW AND OLD MEXICO REPORT SIGHTINGS THE SAME DAY. Luis Herrera, travel agency owner, saw a strange, disk-shaped object over the city for fifteen minutes. At the same time, John E. Baird of El Paso saw an object shaped like a globe, near Deming, New Mexico.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_55

Event 7887 (BCF5A34D)

Date: 3/11/1950
Location: CD MEXICO, DF, MX
Description: Airport observer(s) and Cadet with telescope. Many see several saucers. Others just 1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1520

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "10", Duration: "20", Elev: "1143", HatchDesc: "cd MEXICO,DF,MX:AIRPORT OBS+CADET W/TELESCOPE:MANY SEE SVRL SCRS:OTHERS JUST 1", LatLong: "19.450001 -99.133338", LatLongDMS: "19:27:00 N 99:08:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DF", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7888 (D03E2A7D)

Date: 3/11/1950
Time: 01:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Huge 5-minute meteor changes color / Provost Marshall Haynor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1521

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "1230", HatchDesc: "SW/HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:HUGE 5-MINUTE METEOR CHANGES COLOR/PROVOST MARSHALL HAYNOR", LatLong: "32.750002 -106.100005", LatLongDMS: "32:45:00 N 106:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "3"

Event 7889 (DFCFB67D)

Date: 3/11/1950
Time: 10:00
Location: PUNTA ARENAS, CHL
Description: 18cm sphere / 5400M altitude / 3 hours. Crosses sky going west. / Los Angeles Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1522

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Chile", Credibility: "9", Duration: "180", Elev: "35", HatchDesc: "PUNTA ARENAS,CHL:18cm SPHERE/5400M alt/3hrs:CROSSES SKY >W:/Los Angeles Times", LatLong: "-53.133336 -70.916670", LatLongDMS: "53:08:00 S 70:55:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5400", State/Prov: "TDF", Strangeness: "3"

Event 7890 (C054E942)

Date: 3/11/1950
Time: ~21:00
Location: CHUALAR AND SALINAS, CA
Description: 4 / car buzzed / saucer. Brill blue-light. Loops. Going quickly south. Many calls.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1523

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "32", HatchDesc: "CHUALAR+SALINAS,CA:4/CAR BUZZED/SCR:BRILL BLU-LITE:LOOPS:>>S:MANY CALLS", LatLong: "36.622224 -121.583339", LatLongDMS: "36:37:20 N 121:35:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7891 (BF1CA769)

Date: 3/11/1950
Location: Punta Arenas, Chile
Description: Silver ping-pong-shaped object at extreme altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_673

Event 7892 (FD509C37)

Date: 3/11/1950
Description: A car was buzzed by a brilliant blue disc at 9:00 p.m. as it was being driven from Chualar to Salinas, California. The UFO made a loop, then shot off to the south. There were many calls to the authorities reporting sightings of the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1421

Event 7893 (0A9F0772)

Date: 3/12/1950
Location: MEXICALI, MX AND CALEXICO, CA
Description: Many observer(s). Bright discs tumble / sky. Crescents zip about.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1524

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "11", Duration: "20", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "MEXICALI,MX+CALEXICO,CA:MANY OBS:BRITE DISCS TUMBLE/SKY:CRESCENTS ZIP ABOUT", LatLong: "32.450002 -115.483339", LatLongDMS: "32:27:00 N 115:29:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Baja California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7894 (E869D41C)

Date: 3/12/1950
Time: ~14:00
Location: PACIFIC CITY, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). Photograph. Turtle-shell object south going north over sea. 6 holes / bottom. No spin.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1525

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "PACIFIC CITY,OR:2 OBS:FOTO:TURTLE-SHELL OBJ S>N OVR SEA:6 HOLES/BOTTOM:NO SPIN", LatLong: "45.200002 -123.950006", LatLongDMS: "45:12:00 N 123:57:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7895 (B845BC6E)

Date: 3/12/1950
Time: 19:10
Location: NEAR COLUMBUS, MT
Description: 3 observer(s). Featureless cylinder/cigar-shape flames going quickly northwest. Separate weatherman reports saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 416)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1526

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1097", HatchDesc: "nr COLUMBUS,MT:3 OBS:FEATURELESS CGR FLAMES >>NW:SEP. WEATHERMAN REPORTS SCR", LatLong: "45.633336 -109.250005", LatLongDMS: "45:38:00 N 109:15:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7896 (19C02480)

Date: 3/12/1950
Time: ~22:00
Location: BROOKS CO, TX
Description: 11 observer(s) / 2 separate ranches. Plain 4M disk circles / 300M altitude. Going quickly southwest toward(s) Mexico.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1527

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "34", HatchDesc: "BROOKS co,TX:11 OBS/2 SEP.RANCHES:PLAIN 4M DISK CCLs/300M alt:>>SW twrd MEXICO", LatLong: "27.233335 -98.150005", LatLongDMS: "27:14:00 N 98:09:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TSX", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7897 (6F689226)

Date: 3/12/1950
Time: 23:00?
Location: SANTA FE, NM
Description: 2 saucers swoop over highway in front / car. Observer(s) terrified. (UPI) / WDC.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1528

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2100", HatchDesc: "SANTA FE,NM:2 SCRS SWOOP OVR HIGHWAY IN FRONT/CAR:OBS TERRIFIED:(UPI)/WDC", LatLong: "35.666668 -106.038894", LatLongDMS: "35:40:00 N 106:02:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7898 (B59057AA)

Date: 3/12/1950
Description: On this night a featureless four-meter wide disc circled a ranch in Falfurrias, Texas at 300 meters altitude for a few minutes. It flew off in a southwesterly direction toward Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950 Supplement, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1430

Event 7899 (52E75886)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Mexico City, D.F.
Description: AIRPORT WEATHER EXPERT SEES FOUR IN MEXICO. Santiago Smith, chief weather observer for the Mexico City Airport trained a telescope at an object shaped like a half-moon, one of four flying bodies crossing the airport at 35,000 to 45,000 feet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_56

Event 7900 (D454F50A)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Monterey, Mexico
Description: MONTEREY SEES ONE MAKE QUICK TURNS. Francisco Martinez Soto, government airport inspector, saw an object moving in a straight line and changing its altitude by one and a half degrees in three minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_57

Event 7901 (BD262616)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: CLARKSBURG, CA
Description: Big glowing saucer descends. Hovers / swaying motion. Stays / 15 minute(s). 2 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1529

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "15", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "CLARKSBURG,CA:BIG GLOWING SCR DESCENDS:HOVERS/SWAYING MOTION:STAYS/15min:2 OBS", LatLong: "38.422224 -121.527784", LatLongDMS: "38:25:20 N 121:31:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7902 (2D44CC22)

Date: 3/13/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: NORTH / MONTREAL, QB
Description: Pilot sighting. 2 saucers and 2 pear-shapes / 10K' altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1530

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "65", HatchDesc: "N/MONTREAL,QB:PILOT SIGHTING:2 SCRS+2 PEAR-SHAPES/10K'alt:NFD", LatLong: "45.666669 -73.583337", LatLongDMS: "45:40:00 N 73:35:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "Quebec", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7903 (94820B42)

Date: 3/13/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: EUNICE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Dull-red glowing-disk going east / oilfield / 150M altitude. 90° turn going quickly north / 1600kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1531

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1051", HatchDesc: "EUNICE,NM:2 OBS:DULL-RED GLO-DISK > E/OILFIELD/150M alt:90°TURN >>N/1600kph", LatLong: "32.438890 -103.161116", LatLongDMS: "32:26:20 N 103:09:40 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "150", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7904 (E8FAB143)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Clarksburg, CA
Description: Saucer-shaped object descended, hovered with swaying motion, moved away. [IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_674

Event 7905 (262DD764)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Mexico City, MX
Description: Airport observers saw 4 UFOs, one through theodolite. [V, Xl (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_675

Event 7906 (57FA865D)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Clarksburg, California
Description: Early morning. Army Signal Corps (Reserve) Maj. Taylor in Clarksburg, California, is sleeping when an odd droning noise wakes him up. Going outside, he notices the noise is coming from a brilliant light in the sky, one- half the size of the full moon. It sways for about 15 minutes, then moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 5, January–March 1950, The Author, 1983, p. 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1485

Event 7907 (4BA10841)

Date: 3/13/1950
Location: Central Airport in Mexico City, Mexico
Description: Day. At the Central Airport in Mexico City, Mexico, Santiago Smith (weather observer for Mexicana de Aviación), J. de la Vega of the airport commander’s office, and others see a total of four UFOs passing overhead. Smith observes one of them through a theodolite, describing it as the shape of a “half-moon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 44; “‘Saucers’ No Illusion: Hundreds See Shy Visitors,” Oakland \(Calif.) Tribune, March 14, 1950, p. 9; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 5, January–March 1950, The Author, 1983, pp. 50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1486

Event 7908 (CC533E28)

Date: 3/13/1950
Description: A glowing light descended, then hovered with a swaying motion over farm country in Clarksburg, California at 5:00 a.m. It made a droning sound, and stayed in the area for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: R. B. McLaughlin, True magazine, March 1950, p. 25; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 49, citing Civilian Saucer Intelligence Newsletter, October 1958, p. 83
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1445

Event 7909 (5294CD22)

Date: 3/13/1950
Description: An nine meter in diameter object, described as a spaceship with a propeller, allegedly landed in Penon de Los Banos, Mexico on this day. The pilot of the craft conversed in the Spanish language with the witness. His message was that "they" will colonize after we destroy ourselves. There was a reported odor of sulphur accompanying the presence of the UFOnaut.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0157, citing the Durango Herald, March 19, 1950; El Universal, March 14, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1446

Event 7910 (6ED6D1F8)

Date: 3/14/1950
Location: KAILUA, OAHU, HI
Description: Farm worker. Silver saucer trails smaller shining streaks. Goes southeast going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1532

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "KAILUA,OAHU,HI:FARM WORKER:SLVR SCR TRAILS SMALLER SHINING STREAKS:GOES SE>>NW", LatLong: "21.366668 -157.783341", LatLongDMS: "21:22:00 N 157:47:00 W", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Hawaii", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7911 (946CEDCF)

Date: 3/14/1950
Location: NEAR MEXICO CITY AIRPORT/APARTMENT, MX
Description: Private pilot. 7M dome with green glow / bottom. Quickly going up. / r134#1p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1533

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "2230", HatchDesc: "nr MEXICO CITY Apt,MX:PVT PILOT:7M DOME W/GRN GLOW/BOTTOM:↑↑:/r134#1p49", LatLong: "19.466668 -99.100005", LatLongDMS: "19:28:00 N 99:06:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DF", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7912 (E2256A88)

Date: 3/14/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: 16 KM NORTHEAST / SANTA FE, NM
Description: Teen. Huge shiny globe hovers / mountains. Sudden burst / speed going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1534

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "2098", HatchDesc: "16 km NE/SANTA FE,NM:TEEN:HUGE SHINY GLOBE HVRS/Mtns:SUDDEN BURST/SPEED >>NE", LatLong: "35.750002 -105.900005", LatLongDMS: "35:45:00 N 105:54:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7913 (A0BD1DF3)

Date: 3/14/1950
Time: 23:30
Location: PACIFIC BEACH, WA
Description: Blue Book. Civil observer(s) = Ballieu. Object / crazy maneuvers / 5 minute(s). Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1535

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "8", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "PACIFIC BEACH,WA:BBK:CIV.OBS=BALLIEU:OBJ/CRAZY MNVRS/5min:TYPE UNK:NFD", LatLong: "47.211113 -124.200006", LatLongDMS: "47:12:40 N 124:12:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7914 (BC582734)

Date: 3/14/1950
Description: At 1:00 p.m. in a cemetery in Veghenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy a witness witnessed a six-meter in diameter metallic saucer with legs. Six four-foot tall humanoids climbed ladders, then gestured. The craft took off and flew to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A2046
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1469

Event 7915 (F95A0D21)

Date: 3/14/1950
Description: At around noon a teenager named Richardson, who was located 16 km northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico, saw a huge shiny sphere hovering over the mountains. It made a sudden burst of speed to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated March 15, 1950; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950 (Volume 4), p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1470

Event 7916 (88F25AC6)

Date: 3/14/1950
Description: On this day a farmworker in Kailua, island of Oahu, Hawaii sighted a silver disc; it had trailing it smaller shining streaks. It flew from the southeast to the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. January-March, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1471

Event 7917 (AF4452FC)

Date: 3/14/1950
Description: On this night a private pilot at Mexico City Airport, Mexico witnessed a 7 meter in diameter dome with a green glow on the bottom. It shot up vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: H. Edward Hill, Catalog Through 1950, case #315; Frank Scully, Behind the Flying Saucers, p. 209; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 44; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1556
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1472

Event 7918 (3FBE84F0)

Date: 3/14/1950
Description: At 11:30 p.m. in Pacific Beach, Washington civilians watched a UFO maneuver erratically for about five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, March 1950; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. January-March, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1473

Event 7919 (293ECA1F)

Date: 3/15/1950
Time: 11:00
Location: GUATEMALA, GUAT
Description: 4 silver saucers / 25K' over airport/apartment runways. 1Kmph going quickly north. Also Mexico, DF / same day..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1536

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Guatemala", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "GUATEMALA,GUAT:4 SLVR SCRS/25K' OVR APT RUNWAYS:1Kmph>>N:+MEXICO,DF/SAME DAY..", LatLong: "14.616667 -90.533338", LatLongDMS: "14:37:00 N 90:32:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "7500", State/Prov: "GUA", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7920 (0D7E49AE)

Date: 3/15/1950
Time: 12:50
Location: PRESTONSBURG, KY
Description: 35 kids and more. Terrible roar. 3 star-saucers slow down and maneuver. 2 more later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 423)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1537

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "50", Elev: "196", HatchDesc: "PRESTONSBURG,KY:35 KIDS+:TERRIBLE ROAR:3 STAR-SCRS SLOW DOWN+MNVR:2 MORE LATER", LatLong: "37.666668 -82.772226", LatLongDMS: "37:40:00 N 82:46:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7921 (2AD40D43)

Date: 3/15/1950
Time: 18:20
Location: PENFIELD, PA
Description: 2 / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 30m saucer / 100m altitude trails streamer. Military investigation/investigators. (AP) news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1538

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "377", HatchDesc: "PENFIELD,PA:2/CAR/EMEs:30m SCR/100m alt TRAILS STREAMER:MIL INV:(AP) NEWS", LatLong: "41.211113 -78.577782", LatLongDMS: "41:12:40 N 78:34:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7922 (3F59BB97)

Date: 3/15/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: BATON ROUGE, LA
Description: 1 observer. 5 ovoids going quickly southeast fast in formation. White or aluminum color. Seen 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1539

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "16", HatchDesc: "BATON ROUGE,LA:1 OBS:5 OVOIDS >>SE FAST in FORMn:WHT or ALUMN CLR:seen 10 sec", LatLong: "30.450001 -91.155560", LatLongDMS: "30:27:00 N 91:09:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7923 (07A8A362)

Date: 3/15/1950
Locations: Guatemala; Guatemala City; Brookley Air Force Base; Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley; Mobile, Alabama
Description: An Air Force Captain Hall, flying in Guatemala, hears from other pilots at La Aurora Airport in Guatemala City that large, fast, and highly maneuverable objects have flown directly over the runway. The stories also appear in the local press. When Hall returns to Brookley Air Force Base [now Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley] in Mobile, Alabama, he is interrogated by a USAF intelligence officer and told: “Listen, there is no such thing as a flying saucer. You won’t discuss them.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1487

Event 7924 (9DE918B7)

Date: 3/15/1950
Description: At 6:15 p.m. a disc-shaped object circled a motorist on highway 153 north of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. There were humanoids inside the craft that were visible through windows, and a bluish-green ray was shot in the direction of the witness but missed. A white light lingered in the area for more than 30 seconds, then the UFO flew off toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: William Baggs, Miami Daily News, March 15, 1950; St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 2, 1950; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1521

Event 7925 (E554BE61)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: Lima, Peru
Description: Swiss engineer Julian Gardiol reported he spotted a UFO stop in the air stop for 5 minutes (Denver Post Special)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Newspapers.com
Reference: "Behind the Flying Saucers" by Frank Scully
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_400

Event 7926 (CDFEBAF8)

Date: 3/16/1950
End date: 3/18/1950
Locations: Farmington, NM; Aztec, NM
Description: Farmington Armada mass UFO sighting: 100’s of UFO’s spotted over town, and from nearby Aztec. Some UFO’s appeared red colored. Seen by thousands of witnesses over a period of several days. Local newspapers reportedly censored.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_401

Event 7927 (D617E84D)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: BELGIUM, Spa
Description: (Translated from French) (Source: GESAG, GS 006) A UFO above Spa! White smoke was coming out of the craft. On Thursday morning several inhabitants of Spa saw an object which they identified as a UFO! One of the witnesses specified that the craft left behind a trail of white smoke.
Reference: "Le Soir" of Brussels, 17.3.1950, "La libre Belgique" of 17.3.1950, Le journal de Bruges of 18.3.1950
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1448

Event 7928 (9611D69D)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: Delhi, Ontario
Description: ONTARIO REPORTS ONE PLAYING TAG. Paul Repai, Mr. and Mrs. Andre Hertal and Steve Fodor saw a flying saucer at 4 am moving in jerks as if controlled, faster than a jet. It seemed bigger and duller when moving, smaller and brighter when still. It swished from side to side and hovered up and down, then it suddenly rose sharply and disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_58

Event 7929 (1AB221C5)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: Miraflores, Peru
Description: SWISS IN PERU REPORTS ONE TAKE 5-MINUTE REST. Julian Guardiola, Swiss Engineer, saw a disk flying from the south giving off a red and yellow glow. It stopped directly above them at about 4500 feet and remained for about five minutes. It then flew southward at tremendous velocity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_59

Event 7930 (B550110E)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: San Jose Purua, Mexico
Description: LANSING M.D. FILMS ONE ONE IN MEXICO. Dr. W.C. Behen, of Lansing, Michigan, made both photographs and movies of a double truncated cone, silver in color, and eight or nine thousand feet in the air. The object disappeared from time to time, but would reappear to hover over one area for several minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_60

Event 7931 (A35EB894)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: Naval AS, Dallas TX
Description: Disc approaches B-36 from below; hovers, speeds away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_55

Event 7932 (0EB0A15F)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: MIRAFLORES, PERU
Description: Swiss engineer and family. Glowing saucer stops overhead / 5 minute(s). Continues going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1540

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "8", Duration: "6", Elev: "67", HatchDesc: "MIRAFLORES,PERU:SWISS ENGINEER+FAMILY:GLOWING SCR STOPS OVHD/5min:CONTINUES>>N", LatLong: "-12.133334 -77.050004", LatLongDMS: "12:08:00 S 77:03:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LMA", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7933 (EB8A206B)

Date: 3/16/1950 (approximate)
Location: COCHABAMBA AND LA PAZ, BLV
Description: 2+glowing-disks going northeast overhead and away. / local paper and more / r134#1p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1541

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Bolivia", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "2570", HatchDesc: "COCHABAMBA+La PAZ,BLV:2+GLOW-DISKS >NE OVHD+away:/local paper+/r134#1p35", LatLong: "-17.383334 -66.150003", LatLongDMS: "17:23:00 S 66:09:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LPZ", Strangeness: "5"

Event 7934 (732D6603)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: SAN JOSE PURUA, MICH, MEXICO
Description: AM tourist. Double truncated cone. Photographs (lost). 9000' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1542

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "1450", HatchDesc: "SAN JOSE PURUA,MICH,MEX:AM TOURIST:DBL TRUNCATED CONE:FOTOS(LOST):9000'alt", LatLong: "19.516668 -100.522227", LatLongDMS: "19:31:00 N 100:31:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "2700", State/Prov: "MCH", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7935 (EF8B11EF)

Date: 3/16/1950
Time: 04:00
Location: DELHI, ONT
Description: 3 observer(s). Dull "extra moon" jerks around sky generally going quickly south. Quite fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1543

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "233", HatchDesc: "DELHI,ONT:3 OBS:DULL "EXTRA MOON" JERKS AROUND SKY GENERALLY >>S:QUITE FAST", LatLong: "42.866669 -80.500004", LatLongDMS: "42:52:00 N 80:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7936 (85C26D4E)

Date: 3/16/1950
Time: 11:30
Location: DALLAS NAS, TX
Description: CPO Lewis. 25' saucer stops right under B36 bomber. Then quickly going up. / r29p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1544

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "125", HatchDesc: "DALLAS NAS,TX:CPO LEWIS:25'SCR STOPS RIGHT UNDER B36 BOMBER:THEN ↑↑:/r29p75", LatLong: "32.733335 -96.966671", LatLongDMS: "32:44:00 N 96:58:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "-1", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7937 (1CAA05A2)

Date: 3/16/1950
Time: 18:10
Location: NEAR TIOGA, TX
Description: 7 / bus. Slow silent flat disk suddenly flips and speeds away. Featureless.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1545

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "6", Elev: "212", HatchDesc: "nr TIOGA,TX:7/BUS:SLOW SLNT FLAT DISK SUDDENLY FLIPS+SPEEDS AWAY:FEATURELESS", LatLong: "33.466668 -96.916671", LatLongDMS: "33:28:00 N 96:55:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7938 (39241DF7)

Date: 3/16/1950
Time: ~22:00
Location: PIKES PEAK, CO
Description: Saucer over peak. Newpaper lines jammed / calls. Also Hobbs and Albuquerque / NM.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1546

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "30", Elev: "4300", HatchDesc: "PIKES PEAK,CO:SCR OVR PEAK:NEWPAPER LINES JAMMED/CALLS:ALSO HOBBS+ALBUQQ/NM", LatLong: "38.844446 -105.044449", LatLongDMS: "38:50:40 N 105:02:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7939 (C7B8062F)

Date: 3/16/1950
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: Navy Chief Petty Officer at Naval Air Station saw a flat oval UFO pass under a B36 bomber. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_676

Event 7940 (19280678)

Date: 3/16/1950
Locations: White Sands, New Mexico; New Mexico
Description: The efforts of Kaplan and Maj. Oder to start a fireball research project come to fruition when the AF Geophysical Research Directorate headed by Oder issues a letter directive authorizing Project Twinkle. A $20,000 half-year contract is signed with Land-Air, Inc. which operates the phototheodolites at White Sands, New Mexico. Land-Air is to set up a 24-hour watch at a location in New Mexico to be specified by the Air Force, and the phototheodolite operators at White Sands are to film any unusual objects that happen to fly past. The official contract gives April 1 as the starting date.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1488

Event 7941 (4337D9CA)

Date: 3/16/1950
Locations: Naval Air Station Dallas; Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex; Dallas, Texas
Description: Just before 12:00 noon. Chief Petty Officer Charles Lewis sees a flying disc streak across the sky at Naval Air Station Dallas [later Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex] near Dallas, Texas. It buzzes a high- flying B-36. It hovers under the bomber for a moment, then flies off and disappears. NAS Commander Capt. Milton Adolphus Nation vouches for Lewis and says that the base tower operators had seen a UFO 10 days before.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Buzzes B-36”; “‘Flying Saucers’ Sighted by Two,” Dallas Morning News, March 18, 1950; Ruppelt, p. 75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1489

Event 7942 (21165C57)

Date: 3/16/1950
End date: 3/18/1950
Location: Farmington, New Mexico
Description: 11 a.m.–noon. Former Army Engineer Capt. and Farmington Times business manager Clayton J. Boddy Jr. and dozens of others watch 12–15 shiny “saucer-like discs” cavorting around the sky over Farmington, New Mexico. They hover, then move in great bursts of speed. The objects appear three days in a row.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Farmington Invasion”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 5, January–March 1950, The Author, 1983, pp. 56–64; Sparks, p. 84; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 47–48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1490

Event 7943 (6D2D8B7D)

Date: 3/17/1950
Location: ANKARA, TURKEY
Description: Locals. 6 blue-white disks turn / sky. Suddenly shoot up and gone. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1547

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Turkey", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ANKARA,TURKEY:LOCALS:6 BLU-WHT DISKS TURN/SKY:SUDDENLY SHOOT UP+GONE:NFD", LatLong: "39.916669 32.833335", LatLongDMS: "39:55:00 N 32:50:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ankara", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7944 (5C75ECA6)

Date: 3/17/1950
Location: MEXICO CITY, MX
Description: Aircrew and 4 pilots / ground and more. Plane chases 30M saucer / 10km altitude. / r150p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1548

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "2221", HatchDesc: "MEXICO CITY,MX:AIRCREW+4 PILOTS/GND+:PLANE CHASES 30M SCR/10km ALT:/r150p11", LatLong: "19.466668 -99.116671", LatLongDMS: "19:28:00 N 99:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10000", State/Prov: "DF", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7945 (E168C68B)

Date: 3/17/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: FARMINGTON, NM
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Hundreds / saucers cones and cigars maneuver. 90° turns. / r212p65+/ r134#4+6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1549

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "13", Duration: "160", Elev: "1613", HatchDesc: "FARMINGTON,NM:1000s/OBS:100s/SCRS CONES+CGRS MNVR:90°TURNS:/r212p65+/r134#4+6", LatLong: "36.733335 -108.183338", LatLongDMS: "36:44:00 N 108:11:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7946 (6E5FC64E)

Date: 3/17/1950
Time: 15:00
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Night lights and fireballs zip all over town to 1645hrs. Drop from sky. Exit going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1550

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "105", Elev: "2231", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS,NM:NLTS+FBLS ZIP ALL OVR TOWN to 1645hrs:DROP FROM SKY:EXIT >>W.", LatLong: "35.877779 -106.283338", LatLongDMS: "35:52:40 N 106:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "4"

Event 7947 (1E56F2F9)

Date: 3/17/1950
Time: 15:00
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 4 Air Force men. 3 silver saucers tumble / 10K' altitude. 1 shoots going up. 1 going north. 1 going northeast / 15 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1551

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "KIRTLAND AFB,NM:4 AF MEN:3 SLVR SCRS TUMBLE/10K'alt:1 SHOOTS ↑:1>N:1>NE/15min", LatLong: "35.016668 -106.600005", LatLongDMS: "35:01:00 N 106:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7948 (EEA49F6C)

Date: 3/17/1950
Time: 15:00
Location: TUCUMCARI, NM
Description: Daily news swamped / calls. Saucers all over. 1 larger / rest. Big show..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1552

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "30", Elev: "1245", HatchDesc: "TUCUMCARI,NM:DAILY NEWS SWAMPED/CALLS:SCRS ALL OVR:1 LARGER/REST:BIG SHOW..", LatLong: "35.150002 -103.700005", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 103:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7949 (4CC051F6)

Date: 3/17/1950
Time: 16:30
Location: LITTLE ROCK, ARK
Description: Pilot sighting. 6-12 black octagons turn suddenly going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1553

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "LITTLE ROCK,ARK:PILOT SIGHTING:6-12 BLACK OCTAGONS TURN SUDDENLY >>SW:", LatLong: "34.733335 -92.300004", LatLongDMS: "34:44:00 N 92:18:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7950 (3801EED6)

Date: 3/17/1950
Location: Farmington, NM
Description: Retired Army Captain, others, saw dozens of discs gyrating in sky. [IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_677

Event 7951 (80B3DD9A)

Date: 3/17/1950
Description: Six bluish white disc-shaped objects turned in the sky over Ankara, Turkey on this day. They next shot straight up into the sky and vanished from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 211
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1534

Event 7952 (125E484D)

Date: 3/17/1950
Description: Six to twelve black octagon-shaped objects were seen from the air over Little Rock, Arkansas at 4:30 p.m. The object made a sharp sudden turn to the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, March 1950 report; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 179
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1535

Event 7953 (044149C9)

Date: 3/18/1950
Location: ARGENTINA, Lago Argenino
Description: (Translated from French) At 6:30 PM Wilfredo H. Arevalo saw a disc land, while a second craft hovered higher up. Arevalo got as close as 150 meters to the disc on the ground which emitted a bluish-green vapor and an "intense smell of burning gasoline" and seemed to be made of a phosphorescent metal similar to aluminum. On the disc a large flat part was spinning "like a gramophone disc". In the center the disc had a "glass" cabin very transparent through which he saw four tall, well-formed men, dressed in something like Cellophane, working on various instruments. He was particularly struck by the paleness of their faces. Seeing him, the men directed a spotlight towards him, a blue light illuminated the craft, there was an increase in vapor and red-green flames shot out from the base. The craft then rose with a low rumble and the two machines disappeared leaving bluish trails.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: "In Search of Humanoids" - J'ai Lu 1974, p. 108
Reference: ground traces
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1449

Event 7954 (1F4D1076)

Date: 3/18/1950
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description: PENNSY M.D. SKETCHES HOW HIS OPERATED. UP -- Dr. Craig Hunter, 47 of Berkeley Springs, WV, made a rough sketch of a flying saucer he saw at dusk Wednesday in the hope that it might help clear up the mysterious phenomena. The object appeared to be about 50 to 100 feet in diameter and was about 25 to 30 feet thick in the center. A streamer about 200 feet long and 10 inches wide trailed. The disk seemed to be constructed in three concentric partitions. The outer edge, which was 10 feet wide, appeared to be stationary and had slits covering about one-third of the area visible to him. Immediately in from the leading edge were two apertures about 4 and a half feet square. The second circle seemed to be the only part of the thing moving and it rotated with a great hissing whistle. Inner and largest part of the disk was also stationary. It was a dirty metallic color and definitely not an airplane.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_61

Event 7955 (60ABAF27)

Date: 3/18/1950 (approximate)
Location: ORLAND PARK, IL
Description: Man photographs 30m pie-plate saucer. Dives into clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1554

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "5", Elev: "213", HatchDesc: "ORLAND PARK,IL:MAN FOTOS 30m PIE-PLATE SCR:DIVES into clouds", LatLong: "41.627780 -87.855560", LatLongDMS: "41:37:40 N 87:51:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7956 (4C14CAE6)

Date: 3/18/1950
Time: 08:00?
Location: BURSA, TURKEY
Description: (AP) "Mohammedan Muzzeins / minarets see flying saucers in sky".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1555

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Turkey", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "BURSA,TURKEY:(AP) "MOHAMMEDAN MUZZEINS/MINARETS SEE FLYING SAUCERS IN SKY"", LatLong: "40.200002 29.066668", LatLongDMS: "40:12:00 N 29:04:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BRS", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7957 (EE500270)

Date: 3/18/1950
Time: 08:40
Location: BRADFORD, IL
Description: Several / private plane. Very fast metallic glowing-ovoid enters clouds. / r134#1p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1556

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "246", HatchDesc: "BRADFORD,IL:SVRL/Pvt.PLANE:VFAST MTLC GLOW-OVOID ENTERS CLOUDS:/r134#1p65", LatLong: "41.166669 -89.650004", LatLongDMS: "41:10:00 N 89:39:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7958 (5EF1E5EF)

Date: 3/18/1950
Time: 11:30
Location: ATLANTA AIRPORT/APARTMENT, GA
Description: 6 airline(s)/airliner pilots / ground. Silent aluminum disk going quickly southwest. 6-7km altitude. Impossible climb.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1557

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "320", HatchDesc: "ATLANTA Apt,GA:6 AL PILOTS/GND:SLNT ALUM.DISK >>SW:6-7km alt:IMPOSSIBLE CLIMB", LatLong: "33.750002 -84.416671", LatLongDMS: "33:45:00 N 84:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "6500", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7959 (BBD9D7DD)

Date: 3/18/1950
Time: 18:30
Location: LAGO ARGENTINO, ARG
Description: 2 saucers, 1 lands. Pseudo-human/entity / cabin. Smell and sound / jet engineer. Going quickly west. / r67p89.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1558

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO's

Extra Data: Country: "Argentina", Credibility: "4", Duration: "60", Elev: "200", HatchDesc: "LAGO ARGENTINO,ARG:2 SCRS,1 LANDS:PSH/CABIN:SMELL+SOUND/JET ENG:>>W:/r67p89", LatLong: "-50.333336 -72.300003", LatLongDMS: "50:20:00 S 72:18:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "STC", Strangeness: "10"

Event 7960 (E176F3C8)

Date: 3/18/1950
Location: Bradford (near), IL
Description: Fisher Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_678

Event 7961 (A589905E)

Date: 3/18/1950
Time: 1830
Location: Lago Argentino, Argentina
Description: A rancher, Wilfredo H. Arevalo, saw two objects, one of which landed. He walked within 150 m of the aluminum-looking craft which gave off a greenish-blue vapor and "an intense smell of burning benzine." A large, flat section on top was revolving above a glass cabin in which could be seen four tall men, dressed in something like cellophane, working at various instruments. They saw him and shone a light in his direction while a blue light illuminated the craft; the vapor increased and flames (alternately reddish and greenish) shot out of the base while the object rose with a faint hum. Both craft flew away toward Chile, leaving bluish trails.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 32 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_73

Event 7962 (92C4C3D5)

Date: 3/18/1950
Location: Bradford, Illinois
Description: 8:40 a.m. Private pilot Robert Fisher, flying a Beechcraft Bonanza over Bradford, Illinois, encounters an oval object with a metallic sheen. He can still see the object when it flies behind some thin clouds. It moves away at an estimated speed of 600–1,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 38
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1491

Event 7963 (26540B19)

Date: 3/18/1950
Description: The USAF publicly denies that UFOs are secret missiles or space-exploration devices.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1492

Event 7964 (9AC94395)

Date: 3/18/1950
Description: On this day in 1950, several sightings of daylight discs occurred over the United States, Europe, and South America.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1544

Event 7965 (69338106)

Date: 3/18/1950
Description: At the Atlanta Municipal Airport, Georgia six airline pilots on the tarmac reported sighting an aluminum colored disc that flew silently toward the southwest at between 6000 and 7000 feet altitude. It then made an "impossible climb."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon, 1947-1987, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1545

Event 7966 (D4E41837)

Date: 3/18/1950
Description: A large number of saucers, performing aerobatics, appeared over Farmington, New Mexico around noon, and then flew away at an estimated 1000 mph. A luminous, metallic appearing disc was sighted five miles northeast of Bradford, Illinois at 8:40 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: unnamed newspaper clippings, March 18 and 19, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1546

Event 7967 (3A771B51)

Date: 3/18/1950
Description: At a ranch in Lago Argentino, Argentina, Mr. Wilfredo H. Arevalo, a rancher, saw two objects, one of which landed at 6:30 p.m. He walked within 150 meters of the aluminum looking craft that gave off a blue-green vapor with "an intense smell of burning benzene." A large, flat section on top was revolving above a glass cabin in which could be seen four tall men with pallid faces, dressed in something like cellophane, working at various instruments. When they saw him they shone a light in his direction while a blue light illuminated the craft. The vapor increased and flames, alternately red and green, shot out of the base while the object rose with a faint hum. Both craft flew away toward Chile, leaving bluish trails.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 108; The Humanoids, FSR Special Issue #1, p. 32; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 194
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1547

Event 7968 (E7443235)

Date: 3/19/1950
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAST TORONTO, ON
Description: 2 Air Force Vets and 3. 4 silver grey saucers going east. Circle / 3000M altitude / 300kph. Maneuvers. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1559

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "77", HatchDesc: "E.TORONTO,ON:2 AF VETS+3:4 SLVR GRY SCRS > E:CCL/3000M alt/300kph:MNVRS:>>NW", LatLong: "43.683335 -79.350004", LatLongDMS: "43:41:00 N 79:21:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7969 (AF8EE88A)

Date: 3/19/1950
Time: 18:20
Location: GUIJUELO, SP
Description: Numerous observer(s). Glowing dark-grey 4M disk zips / 1 cloud into another.
Type: sighting
Reference: GUASP, Miguel: TEORIA de PROCESOS de los OVNI; Valencia, Spain, 1973. Self published. Scholarly. Short catalog. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1560

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "GUIJUELO,SP:NMRS OBS:GLOWING DRK-GRY 4M DISK ZIPS/1 CLOUD INTO ANOTHER", LatLong: "40.533335 -5.650000", LatLongDMS: "40:32:00 N 05:39:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SLM", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7970 (4DA5BF97)

Date: 3/19/1950
Description: In 1950 in Sonderborg, Denmark at 2:30 a.m., mechanic J. Matiszewski heard a whistling sound that drew him outside. He then watched a UFO land in a meadow. When he approached to within 50 meters he suddenly felt paralyzed, and he observed that birds and cows in the vicinity were also unable to move. He stood motionless as four handsome men with brown complexions, wearing shiny black suits and translucent helmets, emerged from the craft and engaged in repair activities.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Willy Wegner, UFO-Landinger 1 Danmark, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1561

Event 7971 (3CB7C36C)

Date: 3/20/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Stuttgart (Arkansas), Captain Jack Adams and First Officer G. W. Anderson Junior, both of Chicago & Southern Airlines, observed for 25 to 35 seconds a 100-foot disc with 9 to 12 openings along the lower part emitting a soft purple light, as well as a light at its top blinking 3 times in 9 seconds, flying at no less than 1000 miles/h. (March 20, 9:26 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #671 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_822

Event 7972 (4CCFEA7F)

Date: 3/20/1950
Time: 01:20
Location: SOUTH / MULESHOE, TX
Description: USAF T6. White sphere/orb/globe / 2Kmph / 15K' altitude goes by going quickly west / seconds. Leaves (something behind) contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1561

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1155", HatchDesc: "S/MULESHOE,TX:USAF T6:WHT ORB/2Kmph/15K'alt GOES BY >>W/SECONDS:LVS CONTRAIL", LatLong: "34.205557 -102.716672", LatLongDMS: "34:12:20 N 102:43:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4600", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7973 (BB3956A8)

Date: 3/20/1950
Time: 12:30
Location: NEAR GREENWOOD, MS
Description: Crew and several / airliner. Strange bright object / 10 minute(s). Vanishes. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1562

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "nr GREENWOOD,MS:CREW+SVRL/AIRLINER:STRANGE BRITE OBJ/10min:VANISHES:TYPE UNK", LatLong: "33.516668 -90.177782", LatLongDMS: "33:31:00 N 90:10:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mississippi", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7974 (B47F8004)

Date: 3/20/1950
Time: 21:20
Location: OVER HAZEN, ARK
Description: DC3 pilots. 27M saucer going quickly north / 900kph. 6-7 lit portholes / bottom/underside. Blue-glow. / r2p77.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1563

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "71", HatchDesc: "ovr HAZEN,ARK:DC3 PILOTS:27M SCR >>N/900kph:6-7 LIT PORTS/BTM:BLUE-GLOW:/r2p77", LatLong: "34.783335 -91.583338", LatLongDMS: "34:47:00 N 91:35:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7975 (43C04EFC)

Date: 3/20/1950
Location: Stuttgart, AR
Description: 100 ft flat cylinder-section circular disc (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 671)
Reference: NICAP: 500320
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_679

Event 7976 (30BA7C69)

Date: 3/20/1950
Location: Clovis (35 miles SE of), NM
Description: Spherical then elongated object flying at 2,000 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_680

Event 7977 (96BAA4CE)

Date: 3/20/1950
Time: 9:26 PM
Location: Stuggart, Arkansas
Description: Witnesses: Chicago & Southern Airlines Capt. Jack Adams, First Officer G. W. Anderson, Jr. One 100' circular disc with 9-12 portholes along the lower side emitting a soft purple light, and a light at the top which flashed 3 times in 9 seconds, flew at not less than 1,000 m.p.h. It was seen for 25-35 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_34

Event 7978 (CC411B27)

Date: 3/20/1950
Locations: Chicago; Southern Airlines; Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; Hazen, Arkansas
Description: 9:26 p.m. Chicago and Southern Airlines Capt. Jack Adams and First Officer G. W. Anderson Jr., flying a DC-3 at 2,000 feet and heading west from Memphis, Tennessee, to Little Rock, Arkansas, see a circular disc 100 feet in diameter approximately over Hazen, Arkansas. In the top center of the object is an extremely bright light blinking at an estimated 3 flashes per second. The bottom of the object appears to have 9–12 symmetrical oval or circular portholes in a circle approximately 75% of the distance from the center to the outer edge. The object passes directly in front of the airliner at a distance of not more than 2,640 feet and approximately 1,000 feet higher than the airliner. They watch the object for 25–35 seconds. Adams estimates its speed is greater than 1,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “DC-3 Encounters 100ʹ Disc”; Little Rock Arkansas Gazette, July 24, 1955; Sparks, p. 85; Swords 95–96; Tom Howell YouTube channel, “UFO from the 1950s,” October 3, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1493

Event 7979 (65034004)

Date: Spring 1950
Locations: Antarctica; Chilean Embassy
Description: Commander Augusto Vars Ortega of the Chilean Navy takes about 1,200 feet of color film of UFOs—one above the other, turning at tremendous speeds—in Antarctica. When NICAP asks the Chilean Embassy about the film in 1956, it tells Keyhoe that the film is classified and not available.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dan Lloyd, “Things Are Hotting Up in the Antarctic,” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1965): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1506

Event 7980 (8FB3A709)

Date: 3/21/1950
Time: 01:30
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND SANDIA, NM
Description: Silent MLT saucers circle / 30 minute(s). Going quickly east. 22 March. 11 military. Flying wing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1564

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "30", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "KIRTLAND AFB+SANDIA,NM:SLNT MLT SCRS CCL/30min:>>E::22MAR:11 MIL:FLYING WING", LatLong: "35.033335 -106.600005", LatLongDMS: "35:02:00 N 106:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7981 (AC9B53FC)

Date: 3/21/1950
Time: 10:00?
Location: RAPID CITY, SDAK
Description: Blue Book. 2 observer(s). Metal saucer makes 1 mile circle / 2 minute(s). Shoots straight going up / cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1565

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "974", HatchDesc: "RAPID CITY,SDAK:BBK:2 OBS:MTL SCR MAKES 1mi CIRCLE/2min:SHOOTS STRAIGHT↑/CLOUD", LatLong: "44.066669 -103.216672", LatLongDMS: "44:04:00 N 103:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7982 (D5C0B8FB)

Date: 3/21/1950
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: 4925th Test Group Sees UFO (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500321
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_681

Event 7983 (C519BAB2)

Date: 3/21/1950
Locations: Sandia Base, New Mexico; Kirtland AFB
Description: 1:00–1:30 p.m. Sergeant Woods at Sandia Base, New Mexico, reports four round, silvery objects to the northeast. The objects appear to be more maneuverable than any known aircraft. The maneuvers are similar to those in dogfights involving two aircraft, but there seems to be no similarity to a conventional plane. They make right-angle turns and reverse direction instantaneously. The duration is about 30 minutes. Other witnesses at Sandia and Kirtland AFB report similar observations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Base Personnel Sight Strange Objects”; Sparks, p. 85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1494

Event 7984 (48FEF7AF)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: Washington DC
Description: FBI “Guy Hottel” Memo: 3 saucers recovered in NM (corroborating Frank Scully’s later book on 8/1950). Description: Circular with raised centers, approx. 50 ft. diam. Each one occupied by 3 bodies, only 3 ft. tall, dressed in metallic suite, taped like high-speed flyers. It is believed that a very high powered Radar Station interfered with their control mechanisms, causing them to crash.
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p116, B1-F p326, "Above Top Secret" by Timothy Good p527, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_402
See also: 3/25/1948

Event 7985 (50F2FFE6)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: Ottawa, CA
Description: Dept. Transportation, Ottawa Canada, announces plans to build and test free energy geomagnetic engine. Also state that "Dr. Vannevar Bush heads highest secret saucer research group in the USA
Type: announcement
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A, "Above Top Secret" by Timothy Good p464)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_403

Event 7986 (33958CDF)

Date: 3/22/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The FBI agent Guy Hottel, stationed in Washington, sends a memorandum to his superiors in which he claims to have talked to an Air Force investigator. This informant told him that the Air Force had recovered 3 flying saucers in New Mexico, each with 3 bodies barely 1 m tall, dressed in black suits like those of supersonic pilots. (March 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_823

Event 7987 (44C9D7F3)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: NORTHWEST / KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 11 Air Force Sergeants. Tan flying wing going northwest. Turns going north and gone / fantastic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2 booklets) Self published. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1566

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "1495", HatchDesc: "NW/KIRTLAND AFB,NM:11 AF SGTS:TAN FLYING WING> NW:TURNS>N+GONE/FANTASTIC SPEED", LatLong: "35.150002 -106.500005", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 106:30:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"

Event 7988 (7765C010)

Date: 3/22/1950
Time: 05:50
Location: VILLARTA DE SAN JUAN, SP
Description: Cloud object hits car / bright light. Buzzes car repeatedly.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1567

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "7", Duration: "12", HatchDesc: "VILLARTA de SAN JUAN,SP:CLOUD OBJ HITS CAR/BRITE LITE:BUZZES CAR REPEATEDLY", LatLong: "39.300002 -3.700000", LatLongDMS: "39:18:00 N 03:42:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CRL", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7989 (C7751715)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: 4925th Test Group Sees UFO (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500322
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_682

Event 7990 (2B2467DC)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Description: 11:00 a.m. Eleven sergeants in the 4925th Test Group watch a UFO northwest of Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The shape is “similar to a flying wing air craft and tan in color, turning to brown around the edges.” It first travels northwesterly at 25,000–30,000 feet, then turns north and disappears with a tremendous burst of speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Atomic Test Group Witnesses UFO in Broad Daylight”; Sparks, p. 85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1495

Event 7991 (BE32D9E9)

Date: 3/22/1950
Location: New Mexico
Description: FBI agent Guy L. Hottel writes to FBI headquarters about a rumor that three UFOs have crashed and are recovered in New Mexico. They are 50 feet in diameter and “each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and test pilots.” It goes on, “According to Mr. [redacted], informant, the saucers were found in New Mexico due to the fact that the Government had a very high-powered radar set-up in that area and it is believed the radar interferes with the controlling [sic] mechanism of the saucers." The informant is probably Silas M. Newton or Leo GeBauer. On March 25, 2013, the FBI issues a release saying that the Hottel memo was simply a second- or third-hand claim “that we never investigated. Some people believe the memo repeats a hoax that was circulating at that time, but the Bureau’s files have no information to verify that theory.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Guy Hottel, “Flying Saucers, Information Concerning,” March 22, 1950; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 326–327; Good Above, p. 527; Federal Bureau of Investigation, “UFOs and the Guy Hottel Memo,” March 25, 2013; Robert L. Hastings, “The March 22, 1950 FBI Memo on Crashed Flying Saucers,” UFOs & Nukes, April 18, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1496

Event 7992 (C80FF9C1)

Date: 3/22/1950
Description: At 5:45 a.m. two industrialists in Spain saw a bright blue, cloud-like object while driving in Villarta de San Juan, Ciudad Real Province. It emitted a very bright light that appeared to collide with the object. The UFO was seen again 20 times during their drive.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, citing Stendek, June 1970, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1611

Event 7993 (2D892F34)

Date: 3/22/1950
Description: At Kirtland AFB, New Mexico eleven USAF Sergeants watched a tan-colored flying wing head towards the northwest, turn to the north, and then fly off at a fantastic speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p. 73
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1612

Event 7994 (F9386DE5)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: Laguna Beach, California
Description: 8 FLYING SAUCERS SPOTTED OVER LAGUNA. UP -- Flying saucers have been spotted again, this time along the California coast by Dudley Gourley, 26, an Army aircraft observer for nearly three years. He said he saw the saucers moving slowly out to sea as he drove past El Moro on the coast highway.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_62

Event 7995 (2E91D286)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: MORRO BAY, CA
Description: Ex-Air Force aircraft-observer(s). 8 metallic ovoids soar going quickly west to sea / 2000' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1568

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "MORRO BAY,CA:EX-AF AIRCRAFT-OBS:8 MTLC OVOIDS SOAR >>W TO SEA/2000'alt", LatLong: "35.366668 -120.850006", LatLongDMS: "35:22:00 N 120:51:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7996 (7DF49367)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: JALAPA, VERACRUZ, MX
Description: At least 300 saucers circle city. Gone by sundown. / El Universal.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1569

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "12", Duration: "44", Elev: "1381", HatchDesc: "JALAPA,VERACRUZ,MX:AT LEAST 300 SCRS CIRCLE CITY:GONE BY SUNDOWN:/El Universal", LatLong: "19.466668 -96.916671", LatLongDMS: "19:28:00 N 96:55:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VRC", Strangeness: "8"

Event 7997 (7F1EFEA2)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: J. McCullen. Huge saucer hovers / 20K' altitude. Then goes going quickly east very fast. / LA Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1570

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:J.McCULLEN:HUGE SCR HVRS/20K'alt:THEN GOES >>E VFAST:/L.A.TIMES", LatLong: "32.716668 -114.600005", LatLongDMS: "32:43:00 N 114:36:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7998 (BF714F6C)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: BARRE, VT
Description: 3+observer(s). Baseball-orbs dive to ground. Head going quickly northwest. Flying hubcaps pace B36 also.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1571

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "186", HatchDesc: "BARRE,VT:3+OBS:BASEBALL-ORBS DIVE TO GND:HEAD>>NW:FLYING HUBCAPS PACE B36 ALSO", LatLong: "44.194447 -72.500003", LatLongDMS: "44:11:40 N 72:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vermont", Strangeness: "6"

Event 7999 (2353E6FC)

Date: 3/23/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: PENSACOLA, FL
Description: Saufley Field. Group / military and separate civilians. Metal saucer / 500mph. Flies going quickly east into wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1572

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "30", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "PENSACOLA,FL:SAUFLEY FIELD:GRP/MIL+SEP CIVS:MTL SCR/500mph:FLIES>>E INTO WIND:", LatLong: "30.422224 -87.216671", LatLongDMS: "30:25:20 N 87:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8000 (589283DD)

Date: 3/23/1950
Time: 13:20
Location: OLIVEIRA DO HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Disk north going quickly south. 2nd disk does same / 1845hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GUASP, Miguel: TEORIA de PROCESOS de los OVNI; Valencia, Spain, 1973. Self published. Scholarly. Short catalog. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1573

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Portugal", Credibility: "9", Duration: "74", HatchDesc: "OLIVEIRA do HOSPITAL,PORTUGAL:NMRS OBS:DISK N>>S:2nd DISK DOES SAME/1845hrs", LatLong: "40.600002 -7.850000", LatLongDMS: "40:36:00 N 07:51:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BXA", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8001 (6DFB4EE8)

Date: 3/23/1950
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Description: Blue-White Flame Approaches C-47 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 500323
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_683

Event 8002 (B30A92D2)

Date: 3/23/1950
Description: A Mexican newspaper, El Universal, reported that at least 300 disc-shaped UFOs were sighted zooming around the sky above the city of Jalapa Enriquez, in the State of Veracruz, Mexico on this night. In Yuma, Arizona a UFO hovered over the park at 20,000 feet for two minutes during the day, then left at high speed to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 78, citing El Universal, March 24, 1950; (2) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: January-March, p. 75
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1619

Event 8003 (897C884E)

Date: 3/24/1950
Location: GUATEMALA, GUAT
Description: 4 / US include/including fed Judge and big crowd. Bright silver discs maneuver over city.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1574

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Guatemala", Credibility: "12", Duration: "3", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "GUATEMALA,GUAT:4/US incl FED JUDGE+BIG CROWD:BRIGHT SLVR DISCS MNVR OVR CITY", LatLong: "14.600001 -90.516671", LatLongDMS: "14:36:00 N 90:31:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GUA", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8004 (8A4DD57A)

Date: 3/24/1950
Location: WILLOWS AND CORNING, CA
Description: 2 police chiefs and co deputies. Silvery discs / 10 minute(s). Headlines.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1575

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "41", HatchDesc: "WILLOWS+CORNING,CA:2 POLICE CHIEFS+co DEPUTIES:SILVERY DISCS/10min:HEADLINES", LatLong: "39.522224 -122.194450", LatLongDMS: "39:31:20 N 122:11:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8005 (E4981B70)

Date: 3/24/1950 (approximate)
Location: TEUGUEGARAO, LUZON, PHL
Description: Flying saucer visible for over 40 minute(s) / Manila bulletin article.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1576

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "Philippines", Credibility: "7", Duration: "45", HatchDesc: "TEUGUEGARAO,LUZON,PHL:FLYING SCR VISIBLE for OVR 40min/MANILA BULLETIN article", LatLong: "17.638890 121.733339", LatLongDMS: "17:38:20 N 121:44:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LZN", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8006 (E20E5352)

Date: 3/24/1950
Location: PEARL HARBOR, HI
Description: Brill blue-green fireball passes overhead. Pauses and continues. Doesn't fall.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1577

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "PEARL HARBOR,HI:BRILL BLUE-GREEN FBL PASSES OVHD:PAUSES+CONTINUES:DOESN'T FALL", LatLong: "21.383334 -157.972230", LatLongDMS: "21:23:00 N 157:58:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Hawaii", Strangeness: "5"

Event 8007 (43469713)

Date: 3/24/1950
Time: 15:10
Location: SANDIA MOUNTAINS, NM
Description: 4 observer(s). Moon-size object loops over special military facility / 4 minute(s). Shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1578

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "2000", HatchDesc: "SANDIA Mtns,NM:4 OBS:MOON-SIZE OBJ LOOPS OVR SPECIAL MIL FCLTY/4min:SHOOTS↑", LatLong: "35.200002 -106.433338", LatLongDMS: "35:12:00 N 106:26:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"

Event 8008 (2C19231A)

Date: 3/25/1950
Location: Minnesota
Description: PICARD FORMS LIDDEL OF BALLOONATIC FRINGE. Dr. Jean Picard, University of Minnesota scientist and pioneer in balloon ascent work, suggested in an interview with United Press that some "flying saucers" may be experimental balloons being sent up into the stratosphere by General Mills in cooperation with several universities and under contract with the Navy.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_63

Event 8009 (D847FD75)