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.
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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.)
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.
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_955
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_20
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
Date: 1/1950
Description: TRUE magazine publishes first article on
Flying Saucers
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_106
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
Date: 2/22/1950
Description: USAF denies existance of flying
saucers
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_107
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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
Date: 3/8/1950
Description: Mysterious "Silas Newton" speaks at
University of Denver
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_108
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
Date: 3/25/1950
Location: Rome, Italy
Description: HITLER STILL FLYING AROUND IN
ONE? Professor Giuseppe Belluzzo, a 73-year-old Italian turbine
engineer, said today that designs for flying saucers were prepared for
Hitler and Mussolini in 1942. Belluzzo said: "It has crossed my mind
that some great power is experimenting with flying disks—without
explosives or atomic bombs. There is nothing supernatural or Martian
about flying disks. It's just the most rational use of recently-evolved
techniques." Belluzzo personally drafted plans for a "flying disk" 32
feet in diameter, but claimed they disappeared with Benito Mussolini
when he fled to northern Italy in 1943.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_67
Date: 3/25/1950
Location: NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: Writer. Brilliant undimming ovoid near
home. / LA Times report. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1579
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "198", HatchDesc: "N.HOLLYWOOD,CA:WRITER:BRILL. UNDIMMING OVOID nr HOME:/L.A.Times rpt:NFD", LatLong: "34.133335 -118.383339", LatLongDMS: "34:08:00 N 118:23:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/25/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: PATERNA, SP
Description: Numerous observer(s). Flying plate east
going quickly west / very high altitude. Brusk turn and disappears. /
news.
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_1580
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Spain", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PATERNA,SP:NMRS OBS:FLYING PLATE E>>W/VHI ALT:BRUSK TURN+DISAPPEARS:/NEWS", LatLong: "39.500002 -0.433333", LatLongDMS: "39:30:00 N 00:26:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Valencian", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/25/1950
Time: 12:00
Location: BARCELONA, SP
Description: Several observer(s). 1-2 metallic disks
high and fast north going quickly south. / Noticiera Universal.
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_1581
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: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BARCELONA,SP:SVRL OBS:1-2 MTLC DISKS HIGH+FAST N>>S:/Noticiera Universal", LatLong: "41.416669 2.133333", LatLongDMS: "41:25:00 N 02:08:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Barcelone", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/26/1950 (approximate)
Location: OVER ACRE, ISRAEL
Description: Leb. airliner. Objects going quickly west.
Very fast. Others see saucers going quickly north. Very high.
Smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1582
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Israel", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "ovr ACRE,ISRAEL:LEB.AIRLINER:OBJS >>W:VFAST:OTHERS SEE SCRS >>N:VHIGH:SMOKE", LatLong: "32.933335 35.050002", LatLongDMS: "32:56:00 N 35:03:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NRT", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/26/1950
Time: ~10:00
Location: WEST NATIONAL AIRPORT, DC
Description: Man dives private plane / 40' metallic
saucer. Going up / clouds and going quickly east. / r134#4p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1583
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "W.NATL AIRPORT,DC:MAN DIVES PVT PLANE/40'MTLC SCR:↑/CLOUDS+>>E:/r134#4p47", LatLong: "38.833335 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/26/1950
Time: 11:20
Location: BRUNSWICK, GA
Description: 3 pilots and 2 / (seen thru) binoculars.
3+2 saucers / 25K' altitude. 1800+mph going south. Returns going quickly
north. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1584
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "15", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "BRUNSWICK,GA:3 PILOTS+2/BINOCS:3+2 SCRS/25K'alt:1800+mph> S:RETURNS >>N:/r43", LatLong: "31.150001 -81.500004", LatLongDMS: "31:09:00 N 81:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "7500", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/26/1950
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR ALGECIRAS, SP
Description: Rancher Jose Ayala. Flying disk east going
quickly west / 1 second(s). No further details. / ABC News /
Spain.
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_1585
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr ALGECIRAS,SP:RANCHER JOSE AYALA:FLYING DISK E>>W/1sec:NFD:/ABC News/Spain", LatLong: "36.133335 -5.416667", LatLongDMS: "36:08:00 N 05:25:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CDZ", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/26/1950
Time: 20:50
Location: RENO AIRPORT, NV
Description: CAA Air Traffic Controller and 2 United
Airlines (UAL) men. Brill night light / northwest. Hovers / 5 minute(s)
then going up / clouds extremely fast.
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_1586
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "7", Elev: "1345", HatchDesc: "RENO AIRPORT,NV:CAA ATC+2 UAL MEN:BRILL NLT/NW:HVRS/5min THEN ↑/CLOUDS XFAST", LatLong: "39.500002 -119.783339", LatLongDMS: "39:30:00 N 119:47:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 3/26/1950
Location: Reno, NV
Description: CAA control tower operator saw maneuvering
light source. [V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_684
Date: 3/26/1950
Location: Washington (near), D.C.
Description: Mar 26, 1950; near Washington, DC, Totten
(P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_685
Date: 3/26/1950
Locations: London; Mars
Description: Vice-Admiral Louis
Mountbatten, in
a letter to his friend Charles Eade, editor of the
London Sunday Dispatch, rejects the idea that flying saucers are secret
weapons, admitting that “they do not come from our Earth…. Maybe it is
the Shackletons or Scotts of Venus or Mars who are making their first
exploration of our Earth.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p.
37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1497
Date: 3/26/1950
Location: Fairfax County, Virginia
Description: Day. Bertram
A. Totten, a
clerk at the Library of Congress, is flying his plane at 5,000 feet over
Fairfax County, Virginia, when he spots an aluminum-colored disc about
40 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick flying 1,000 feet below him. He
dives toward it, but it speeds up into the overcast. It glints when the
sun hits it, and he notices a vapor trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 5, January–March 1950, The Author, 1983, pp.
79–80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1498
Date: 3/26/1950
Location: Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Description: 4:00 p.m. Former First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt interviews airline pilots Jack Adams and G. W. Anderson
about their March 20 UFO sighting on her NBC television program, Today
with Mrs. Roosevelt.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Anatomy
of a Hoax,
Part Five,” Saturday Night Uforia Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1499
Date: 3/26/1950
Locations: Hubbard Field; Reno–Tahoe International
Airport; Reno, Nevada
Description: 8:50 p.m. CAA Tower operator Marie H.
Matthews and United Airlines employees Robert Higbee and Fred Hinkle see
a brilliant light northeast of Hubbard Field [now Reno–Tahoe
International Airport] outside Reno, Nevada. It hangs motionless for 5–6
minutes, then moves slowly across the sky with a green light on either
side of it. It suddenly zooms upward into a cloud bank.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp.
44–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1500
Date: 3/26/1950
Description: Several discs were seen from a Lebanese
airliner off the coast of the ancient city of Acre (now Akko), Israel.
They were travelling north and flying at a high altitude while emitting
trails of smoke. At 11:15 a.m. five disc-shaped UFOs were seen, first
three, then another two, flying over Bruswick, Georgia. They were silver
in color, and flew at 30,000 feet altitude at a speed greater than 1,800
mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1671
Date: 3/27/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Motobu
(Okinawa), the USAF radar operator Cpl. Bolfango spotted on his radar an
object stationary for 2 minutes and then moving at 500 miles/h. A visual
observation also took place. (March 27, 10:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #678 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_824
Date: 3/27/1950
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: FLYING SAUCER NEAR
PENTAGON. UP -- A flying saucer has been reported almost in the
backyard of the Air Force, the service that says the mysterious disks
don't exist. Bertram A. Totten, a veteran private pilot, said he sighted
an aluminum-colored disk about 40 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick
while he was flying over Fairfax County, Virginia, on the outskirts of
Washington.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_64
Date: 3/27/1950
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Description: TULSA CHECKS IN WITH 25.
C.W. Hughes, 1338 N. Boston Place, Tulsa, sighted at 6:16 am, 25 flying
saucers. The objects were silver-colored and flying at an elevation of
1000 feet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_65
Date: 3/27/1950
Location: BERLIN, GERM
Description: Astronomers. Odd new star. Bright. Zigzags
going west. Stops at times..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1587
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", HatchDesc: "BERLIN,GERM:ASTRONOMERS:ODD NEW STAR:BRITE:ZIGZAGS >W:STOPS AT TIMES.. ", LatLong: "52.500003 13.383334", LatLongDMS: "52:30:00 N 13:23:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BRL", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/27/1950
Time: 06:00
Location: TULSA, OK
Description: 2+3 observer(s). Pie-pans pass /
low-altitude. 1 stops and darts off. Glowing saucers 1 vertical.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1588
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: "9", Duration: "60", Elev: "241", HatchDesc: "TULSA,OK:2+3 OBS:PIE-PANS PASS/LO-ALT:1 STOPS+DARTS OFF:GLOWING SCRS 1 VERTICL", LatLong: "36.150002 -96.000005", LatLongDMS: "36:09:00 N 96:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/27/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: MOTOBO, OKINAWA, JP
Description: Project Bluebook Case #678. Military
RADAR-visual. 500mph approximate. Stops and starts. Going quickly
southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1589
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "Japan", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "MOTOBO,OKINAWA,JP:BBK#678:MIL RDR-VISUAL:500mph aprx:STOPS+STARTS:>>SW", LatLong: "26.666668 127.922228", LatLongDMS: "26:40:00 N 127:55:20 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OKN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/27/1950
Time: 18:30
Location: ALGORTA, SP
Description: 2 military / observer(s) tower. Blue-ovoid
with red glowing east going quickly west / low altitude in nearby
mountains.
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_1590
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ALGORTA,SP:2 MIL/OBS.TOWER:BLU-OVOID W/RED GLO E>>W/LO ALT in NEARBY MTNS", LatLong: "43.338891 -3.000000", LatLongDMS: "43:20:20 N 03:00:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VZC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/27/1950 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: NORTH / WORLAND, WY
Description: 5 / car. Saucer hovers over sulfur plant.
Going quickly [to] away / car nears. Row / blue lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1591
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "1810", HatchDesc: "N/WORLAND,WY:5/CAR:SCR HVRS ovr SULFUR PLANT:>> AWAY/CAR NEARS:ROW/BLUE LITES", LatLong: "44.116669 -107.938894", LatLongDMS: "44:07:00 N 107:56:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/27/1950
Location: Motubu Peninsula, Okinawa
Description: Tracked stationary target on radar at 18
miles range for 10 mins (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
BB: 678)
Reference: NICAP: 500327
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_686
Date: 3/27/1950
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Motobo, Okinawa
Description: Witness: USAF radar operator Cpl.
Bolfango. Tracked on radar for 2 minutes while it was stationary and
then moved at 500 m.p.h.. Visual observation not detailed, only
mentioned in summary.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_35
Date: 3/27/1950
Location: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan
Description: 10:30 a.m. USAF antiaircraft radar
operator Cpl. Bolfango tracks a stationary target on radar over the
Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan, at 18 miles range for 10 minutes at
13,000 feet. The object then moves on a 220° heading for 16.9 miles in 2
minutes (about 500 mph) to a point over a mountain, where it is
lost.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Tracked Stationary
Target at 18 Miles”; Sparks, p. 85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1501
Date: 3/27/1950
Locations: US; Hollywood
Description: Radio broadcaster Henry J.
Taylor, on his
syndicated radio program Your Land and Mine, announces the “wonderful
news” that saucers are in fact US secret weapons, which will reassure
the nation when the US Air Force confirms it. Within days, the story is
twisted to specifically credit the Navy’s alleged “top secret” project
the Flying Flapjack Vought XF5U. The story is apparently disinformation
planted by ex-Hollywood writers in the CIA Office of Policy
Coordination’s Political and Psychological Warfare staff headed by Joseph
Bryan III, a
future president and board chairman of NICAP.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Radio Man Certain U.S.
Is Owner of ‘Flying Saucer’ Missile Secret,” Miami
\(Fla.) News, March 29, 1950, p. 9; NICAP, “1950 UFO
Chronology”; Swords 97; Curt Collins, “1950
Disclosure: UFOs Are Made in the USA,” November 9, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1502
Date: 3/27/1950
Description: Radio broadcaster Henry J. Taylor
announces flying saucers are USAF/Navy secret weapons. It is later
claimed the entire story was disinformation planted by the CIA Office of
Policy Coordination Political and Psychological Warfare Staff headed by
Joseph Bryan III to confuse the American public. Taylor later admitted
to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he didn’t know the origin of
UAP.
Note: CIA psychological warfare head Joseph Bryan III later became President and Board Chairman of NICAP, a nonprofit supported by payments from U.S. citizens to study UAP. Former DCI VADM Roscoe Hillenkoetter was also a Board member. Bryan III’s background in psyops was not known at the time publicly when he was involved with NICAP.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_21
Date: 3/28/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Santiago
(Chile), M/Sgt. Patterson, from the US Air Attache office,
observed through binoculars for 5 to 10 seconds a white object flying
quickly at high altitude, crossing 30° of the sky. (March 28, 3:15
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #680 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_825
Date: 3/28/1950
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 3 observer(s). Silver saucer parks / sky /
10 minute(s). Shoots straight up until O / O / sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1592
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: "8", Duration: "11", Elev: "1105", HatchDesc: "AMARILLO,TX:3 OBS:SLVR SCR PARKS/SKY/10min:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP UNTIL O/O/SIGHT.", LatLong: "35.233335 -101.816672", LatLongDMS: "35:14:00 N 101:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/28/1950
Time: 03:20
Location: NEAR EUREKA, CA
Description: Yellow-glowing-cylinder/cylindrical object
hovers overhead. Going quickly west. Night lights maneuver very fast /
1920 hours. / r134#4p52.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1593
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "8", Elev: "14", HatchDesc: "nr EUREKA,CA:YLW-GLOW-CYL HVRS OVHD:>>W:NLTs MNVR VFAST/1920 hrs:/r134#4p52", LatLong: "40.800002 -124.133339", LatLongDMS: "40:48:00 N 124:08:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/28/1950
Time: ~21:30
Location: OAKLAND, CA
Description: 5 observer(s). Luminous/glowing white ball
leaves (something behind) white smoke. Fast and slow circles. Going
quickly east. / r134#4p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1594
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "14", HatchDesc: "OAKLAND,CA:5 OBS:LUMN WHT BALL LVS WHT SMOKE:FAST+SLOW CCLs:>>E:/r134#4p54", LatLong: "37.816668 -122.266672", LatLongDMS: "37:49:00 N 122:16:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/28/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: CEGLIE MESSAPICO, ITL
Description: 80cm wide double-umbrella takes off
vertically. / balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1595
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "CEGLIE MESSAPICO,ITL:80cm WIDE DOUBLE-UMBRELLA TAKES OFF VERTICALLY:/balloon?", LatLong: "40.650002 17.516668", LatLongDMS: "40:39:00 N 17:31:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BR", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/28/1950
Location: Santiago, Chile
Description: White object through binoculars flying at
extreme altitude and speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
680)
Reference: NICAP: 500328
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_687
Date: 3/28/1950
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Santiago, Chile
Description: Witness: M/Sgt. Patterson, of the office
of the U.S. Air Attache. One white object observed for 5-10 seconds
through binoculars while it flew high and fast, crossing 30 degree of
sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_36
Date: 3/28/1950
Description: In response to a request from J. Edgar
Hoover to his aide D.
Milton (“Mickey”) Ladd on “just what are the facts re ‘flying
saucers,’ agent S.
Wesley Reynolds interviews Maj. Boggs and
Lieut. Col. John
V. Hearn Jr. of Air Force Intelligence, who tell him that most UFOs
are misidentifications and weather balloons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 95; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 5, January–March 1950, The Author, 1983, pp.
84–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1503
Date: 3/28/1950
Locations: Centralia, Washington; Markham; Morton
Description: Samuel
Eaton Thompson is on his way home to Centralia, Washington, from
Markham. He drives through a wooded area between Morton and Mineral and
decides to stop to take a break. On foot, he comes upon a large,
globe-shaped craft hovering above a clearing. Naked children with dark
tans and blond hair are playing on steps that lead from an open door to
the side of the UFO. Several naked adults—humanoid, attractive, and also
deeply tanned—then appear at the ship’s door. After realizing that
Thompson means them no harm, they beckon him closer. The crew consists
of 20 adults and 25 children, the latter from about 5–15 years of age.
Thompson claims to have spent the next 40 hours with the humanoids. They
are from Venus, he learns, and have stopped at Earth despite the fact
that other Venusian saucers have been shot at by Earth-based military
forces. The Venusians further claims that they are vegetarian and that
they never grow ill. Thompson also claims the Venusians are naïve and
childlike; they do not know who has built their flying saucers and seem
to possess little to no curiosity. He goes back to get a camera and
tries to take photos, but the object is too bright to appear on film.
Thompson returns home on March 30.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Centralian Tells Strange Tale of Visiting
Venus Space Ship in Eastern Lewis County,” Centralia (Wash.) Daily
Chronicle, April 1, 1950; Clark III 1127–1129; Jerome Clark, “The Coming
of the Venusians,” Fate 34, no. 1 (January 1981): 49–55; Patrick Gross,
URECAT, November
16, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1504
Date: 3/29/1950
Location: USA, Marrowbore Lake, Tennessee.
Description: (Translated from French) 7 a.m. Witnesses:
Whiteside and Williams. From 6 to 12 dark objects shaped like 150 kg
bombs, 5 feet long, flying at 500 mph, descending, making a sound like
the wind in the trees.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1451
Date: 3/29/1950
Location: SPAIN, Burgos - Villafria
Description: (Translated from French) At noon, Ruiz
Gomez, head of the weather service at the air base, the sergeant in
charge of transmissions, and the officer responsible for teletypists,
heard a sound similar to that of an airplane approaching the airfield.
They were surprised because no plane was expected in Villafria. From the
top of the control tower where they were, they saw a flying saucer
appear, coming from the southwest, soon to be vertical to the tower. It
then changed its route abruptly and headed east. The three observers
calculated that the aircraft was flying between 500 and 1000 meters in
altitude and resembled one of those airplanes called "winged wings".
However, the object observed was much smaller than the planes of this
type .. one could have thought that it was simply an eagle. The UFO
passed over the witnesses at 1800 km / h, three times as fast as the
fighter planes of the time. (March 29, 1950)
Reference: A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" - De
Vecchi 1976, p. 322, 323
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1452
Date: 3/29/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Lake
Marrowhode (Marrowbore?) (Tennessee), Whiteside and Williams, real
estate agents, observed 6 to 12 dark objects resembling bombs, about 5
feet long, flying at 500 miles/h and descending, emitting a sound like
the wind blowing through the trees. (March 29, 7 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #682 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_826
Date: 3/29/1950
Location: FT WILLIAM AND MORE/OTHERS, ON
Description: Crowds. Brill fireball. No wings. 4 night
lights join. Hover. Going quickly northeast. / r134#4p51.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1596
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "12", Duration: "5", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "Ft WILLIAM++,ON:CROWDS:BRILL FBL:NO WINGS:4 NLTS JOIN:HOVER:>>NE:/r134#4p51", LatLong: "48.416669 -89.233338", LatLongDMS: "48:25:00 N 89:14:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/29/1950
Location: AUSTIN, TX
Description: 3 men. Flat silver featureless "saucer"
hovers / 3 seconds. Then going quickly northeast. No further details /
news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 455)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1597
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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "150", HatchDesc: "AUSTIN,TX:3 MEN:FLAT SLVR FEATURELESS "SCR" HVRS/3 secs:THEN >>NE:NFD/news", LatLong: "30.266668 -97.766671", LatLongDMS: "30:16:00 N 97:46:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 03:00
Location: MONTUIRI, MALLORCA, SP
Description: 3 photographs. Flash! Photographs shows
ovoid with glowing-antennas rotate.
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_1598
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MONTUIRI,MALLORCA,SP:3 FOTOGs:FLASH!:FOTOS SHOWS OVOID W/GLO-ANTENNAS ROTATE", LatLong: "39.566669 2.966667", LatLongDMS: "39:34:00 N 02:58:00 E", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BLR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 07:00
Location: MARROWBONE LK, TN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #682. 2 fishing. 3
black saucers maneuver / unison / 75m altitude below clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1599
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "235", HatchDesc: "MARROWBONE Lk,TN:BBK#682:2 FISHING:3 BLK SCRS MNVR/UNISON/75m alt BELOW CLOUDS", LatLong: "36.300002 -86.900004", LatLongDMS: "36:18:00 N 86:54:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "75", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 08:30
Location: LA PALMA DEL CONDADO, SP
Description: Several observer(s). Square object hovers
and makes wild maneuvers. Going quickly south.
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_1600
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "La PALMA del CONDADO,SP:SVRL OBS:SQR OBJ HVRS+MAKES WILD MNVRS:>>S", LatLong: "37.394446 -6.550000", LatLongDMS: "37:23:40 N 06:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HLV", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: ALBANY, CA
Description: Teen. White cone saucer spins / 150M
altitude. Blue streaks / bottom/underside. Going quickly east. / Oakland
Tribun.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1601
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: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "ALBANY,CA:TEEN:WHT CONE SCR SPINS/150M ALT:BLU STREAKS/BTM:>>E:/Oakland Tribun", LatLong: "37.883335 -122.316672", LatLongDMS: "37:53:00 N 122:19:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "45", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 11:20
Location: BURGOS, SP
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and more/others.
Sounds / unexpected plane. Saucer buzzes tower. Quickly going up [to]
and going quickly east. 1800kph. / r57.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1602
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, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BURGOS,SP:ATCs++:SOUNDS/UNEXPECTED PLANE:SCR BUZZES TOWER:↑↑+>>E:1800kph:/r57", LatLong: "42.333335 -3.733334", LatLongDMS: "42:20:00 N 03:44:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VLD", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 15:00
Location: IRONWOOD, MICH
Description: 6 airline(s)/airliner pilots / ground /
(seen thru) binoculars. Saucer zips going quickly north. Skips and slips
side = to-side.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1603
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: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "458", HatchDesc: "IRONWOOD,MICH:6 AL PILOTS/GND/BINOCS:SCR ZIPS>>N:SKIPS+SLIPS SIDE=TO-SIDE", LatLong: "46.455558 -90.172227", LatLongDMS: "46:27:20 N 90:10:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: Night light going south. Circles city.
Casts orange light. Speeds away going quickly northeast. / S. D.
union.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1604
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "SAN DIEGO,CA:NLT > S:CIRCLES CITY:CASTS ORG LITE:SPEEDS AWAY >>NE:/S.D.UNION", LatLong: "32.716668 -117.166672", LatLongDMS: "32:43:00 N 117:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 22:10
Location: UNION POINT, GA
Description: 3 / train crew. Round object hovers / 10
minute(s). Orange glow. No further details / train pulls away.
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_1605
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: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "209", HatchDesc: "UNION POINT,GA:3/TRAIN CREW:RND OBJ HVRS/10min:ORG.GLOW:NFD/train pulls away", LatLong: "33.616668 -83.072226", LatLongDMS: "33:37:00 N 83:04:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1950
Location: Marrowhode Lake, TN
Description: 6-12 dark objects shaped like 300-lb.
bombs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 682)
Reference: NICAP: 500329
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_688
Date: 3/29/1950
Time: 7 AM
Location: Marrowbore Lake, Tennessee
Description: Witnesses: real estate salesmen Whiteside
and Williams. Six-twelve dark objects shaped like 300-lb. bombs,
estimated 5 feet long. Flew 500 m.p.h. and descended, making a noise
like wind blowing through the trees.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_37
Date: 3/30/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In an article
titled "Untertassen-Flieger Kombination", the magazine Der
Spiegel states ...Rudolph Schriever, who claims that engineers from
around the world were experimenting with flying saucers in the early
1940s, wishes to build one for the United States in 6 to 9 months. This
40-year-old graduate of the University of Prague states that he had made
plans for such a machine, which he calls "flying top", before Germany
collapsed and the plans were stolen from his laboratory. He states that
the machine would be capable of travelling at 2600 miles/h over a range
of 4000 miles. Schriever is a driver for the US Army in
Bremerhaven.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_827
Date: 3/30/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Objective
Moon begins to appear in Tintin.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_828
Date: 3/30/1950
Location: ASTRONOMER H.P.WILKINS
Description: Vibrant bright oval glow lights
Aristarchus-Herotodus crater.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY;
Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1606
Attributes: HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account
Extra Data: Country: "The Moon", Credibility: "8", Duration: "99", HatchDesc: "ASTRONOMER H.P.WILKINS:VBRITE OVAL GLOW LITES ARISTARCHUS-HEROTODUS CRATER ", LatLong: "90.000004 -0.000000", LatLongDMS: "90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ARH", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 3/30/1950
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: 5 National Guardsmen. White saucer follows
plane 300' over plane / rear. (UPI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1607
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "335", HatchDesc: "SIOUX CITY,IA:5 NATl GUARDSMEN:WHT SCR FOLOS PLANE 300' OVR PLANE/REAR:(UPI)", LatLong: "42.500002 -96.416671", LatLongDMS: "42:30:00 N 96:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "90", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/30/1950
Time: 17:30
Location: NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE, AL
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 saucers in formation. Go
up and down and away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP
SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1608
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "49", HatchDesc: "nr AUTAUGAVILLE,AL:2 OBS:3 SCRS/FORMATION:GO UP+DOWN+AWAY:NFD", LatLong: "32.433335 -86.655560", LatLongDMS: "32:26:00 N 86:39:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/30/1950
Time: 18:00
Location: SELMA, AL
Description: Radio engineer and 20. 3 saucers zip going
quickly west. Stop / 5 minute(s). 1 goes going up. 2 continue going
west.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1609
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: "7", Elev: "42", HatchDesc: "SELMA,AL:RADIO ENGINEER+20:3 SCRS ZIP>>W:STOP/5min:1 GOES↑:2 CONTINUE >W:", LatLong: "32.405557 -87.022226", LatLongDMS: "32:24:20 N 87:01:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/30/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: OFF ST. IGNACE, MI
Description: 3 separate observer(s). 60cm white disk
over straits. Blue smoky film. Very high.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 452)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1610
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "176", HatchDesc: "off St.IGNACE,MI:3 SEP.OBS:60cm WHT DISK ovr STRAITS:BLUE SMOKY FILM:VHIGH", LatLong: "45.866669 -84.716671", LatLongDMS: "45:52:00 N 84:43:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/30/1950
Time: 22:20
Location: CORAOPOLIS, PA
Description: 2 military observer(s). Silent saucer
circles airport/apartment / 50mph. Flat turns. Then goes going up /
60K'.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1611
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "244", HatchDesc: "CORAOPOLIS,PA:2 MIL OBS:SLNT SCR CCLS APT/50mph:FLAT TURNS:THEN GOES ↑/60K'", LatLong: "40.516669 -80.166670", LatLongDMS: "40:31:00 N 80:10:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/30/1950
Description: A UFO was seen hovering over Adrian,
Michigan at noon. At 11:00 p.m. that night another UFO was seen hovering
between Worland and Greybull, Wyoming.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clippings, March 31, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1726
Date: 3/30/1950
Description: Three discs flew in formation over
Autaugaville, Alabama at 5:30 p.m. They went up, down, and then flew
away. Thirty-eight minutes later Mr. Townsend, a radio engineer, and 20
others in Selma, Alabama sighted three discs zip across the sky toward
the west. One stopped for five minutes, and then shot up vertically, the
other two continued on westward.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1623;
newspaper clippings, March 31, 1950; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence
(Volume I), p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1727
Date: 3/30/1950
Description: On this night astronomer Harold Wilkins
watched a very bright oval glow illuminate the Aristarchus-Herotodus
crater on the Moon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy,
p. 74
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1728
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: Denver, CO
Description: Secret tape of an AFOSI interrogation of
radio time salesmen George Koehler (“Coulter” in newspaper articles),
recorded at station KMYR in Denver. The 2 federal agents were looking
for “parts” and “gadgets” from crashed flying saucers. Digitized from
the Frank Scully archive at the American Heritage Center (Box #34 Item
#17).
Type: tape recording
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_404
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: Washington DC
Description: Memo to Director, FBI pertaining to flying
saucers. Memo names a person in Denver, Colorado that claims to possess
a UFO radio transmitter.
Type: memo
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_405
Date: 3/31/1950 (approximate)
Location: USA, Stuggart, Arkansas.
Description: (Translated from French) March 31: 9:26
p.m. Witnesses: Chicago & Southern Airlines Capt. Jack Adams, First
Officer G. W. Anderson, Jr. A circular disc of 100' with 9 to 12
portholes along its lower part, emitting a soft purple light and at the
upper part a white flashing light that blinked 3 times in 9 seconds,
flying at least 1,000 m.p.h. Observation of 25-35 seconds. (Project Blue
Book - cfr Don Berliner). On the night of March 31 at 9:29 p.m. the
pilot Jack Adams noticed the presence of a white light on his left. His
companion the second pilot G. W. Anderson made the same observation.
When the UFO passed in front of the DC 3 they were able to examine it
closely. Neither of them was able to indicate its exact shape because,
according to them, its contours were blurred. Because of the arrangement
of the 8 or 10 portholes through which a bluish light could be seen,
they assumed it must have been round. In addition, a white light was
flashing intermittently at the top of the craft. (Edward J. Ruppelt:
"Confronting the Flying Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 105) and
"plagiarized" word for word in: (March 31 (or 20?) 1950)
Reference: "Ufo's: A Century of Sightings" by Michael
David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 130, 131, which dates to March 20
at 9:26 p.m.
Reference: A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious Ufos" - De
Vecchi 1976 p. 108, 109
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1450
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Description: VETERAN PILOTS RATE THEM
SUPERSONIC. Capt. Jack Adams, and co-pilot G.W. Anderson, Jr.,
veterans of 7000 and 6000 flying hours for the Chicago and Southern Air
Lines, en route in their DC-3 from Memphis to Little Rock were within
forty miles of Little Rock at 2,000 feet, they saw a lighted,
fast-moving object about 1,000 feet above the DC-3 half a mile away and
moving at a terrific speed: 700 to 1,000 m.p.h. They saw no reflection,
exhaust, or vapor trail. It traveled in an arc, flashing a strong
blue-white light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_66
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: Jalapa, Mexico, El Universal
Description: MEXICO SEES THEM SET AT
SUNDOWN. 300 flying disks were reported flying above the city.
They began to disappear about sundown.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_68
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: ESCANABA, MICH
Description: Fiery blue-glowing disc races over town.
Spews ribbon / blue-fire / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1612
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "182", HatchDesc: "ESCANABA,MICH:FIERY BLU-GLOWING DISC RACES OVR TOWN:SPEWS RIBBON/BLU-FIRE/NEWS", LatLong: "45.744447 -87.066671", LatLongDMS: "45:44:40 N 87:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 3/31/1950
Time: 13:30
Location: MCALISTERVILLE, PA
Description: Farm boy. 2 ovoids dive fast. Level off /
600M altitude. Buzz and whirl / 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1613
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: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "195", HatchDesc: "McALISTERVILLE,PA:FARM BOY:2 OVOIDS DIVE FAST:LVL OFF/600M alt:BUZZ+WHIRL/2min", LatLong: "40.638891 -77.277781", LatLongDMS: "40:38:20 N 77:16:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/31/1950
Time: 21:30
Location: LITTLE ROCK, AR
Description: Saucer arcs over airliner. Light flashes /
top. 8 10' portholes / underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1614
Attributes: 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "LITTLE ROCK,AR:SCR ARCS OVR AIRLINER:LITE FLASHES/TOP:8 10'PORTHOLES/UNDERSIDE", LatLong: "34.750002 -92.266671", LatLongDMS: "34:45:00 N 92:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/31/1950
Location: Pentagon
Description: Syndicated columnist Drew
Pearson publishes “Worried about Flying Saucers?” in which he
sympathizes with the Air Force, which has to reply to groundless public
excitement. His USAF contact has told him, “there ain’t no such animal.”
Pentagon Public Relations Officer Maj. DeWitt
Searles tells the press that all UFO cases are the result of
misinterpretations, mass hysteria, and hoaxes: “As far as the Air Force
goes, there’s no such thing as a flying saucer.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Drew Pearson, “Worried about Flying
Saucers?” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 31, 1950, p. 5; “Major
Debunker of Flying Saucers, Keeps Saying, ‘No, No, 1,000 Times No,’”
Rock Island \(Ill.) Argus, March 31, 1950, p. 18; Swords 96–99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1505
Date: 3/31/1950
Description: In 1950 a woman driving at night on
Highway 80 in Jacumba, California reported that she saw a little man
jump out of a landed disc-shaped UFO, and then run down the highway
"faster than Jesse Owens."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International News Service, March 31, 1950;
David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports,
case A0161
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1757
Date: 4/1950
Location: 60KM NORTH / JUNEAU, AK
Description: M. Konrad takes movies. 8 saucers land and
take off. No further details. / Quincy.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1615
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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "60km N/JUNEAU,AK:M.KONRAD TAKES MOVIES:8 SCRs LAND+TAKE OFF:NFD:/Quincy", LatLong: "58.916669 -134.500006", LatLongDMS: "58:55:00 N 134:30:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/1950
Time: 01:50
Location: OFF BLACKPOOL, ENGL
Description: Several / pier. Luminous silver disk
maneuvers. Halo. Beams going [to] clouds. Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 505)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1616
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "4", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "off BLACKPOOL,ENGL:SVRL/PIER:LUMN.SLVR DISK MNVRS:HALO:BEAMS>CLOUDS:AWAY XFAST", LatLong: "53.833336 -3.116667", LatLongDMS: "53:50:00 N 03:07:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/1950
Time: 12:00
Location: CHICLAYO, PERU
Description: PAF Commander and engineer chase disk /
light plane. Can't reach / 9km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1617
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "8", Duration: "120", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "CHICLAYO,PERU:PAF COMMANDER+ENG CHASE DISK/LITE PLANE:CAN'T REACH/9km alt", LatLong: "-6.766667 -79.850004", LatLongDMS: "06:46:00 S 79:51:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "9000", State/Prov: "LMB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/1950
Time: 23:00?
Location: 100MI NORTHWEST / KAUAI IS., HI
Description: CAA C54 crew. 6 red night lights. Magnetic
indicators go crazy.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1618
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects
Extra Data: Country: "Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "100mi NW/KAUAI Is.,HI:CAA C54 CREW:6 RED NLTS:MAGNETIC INDICATORS GO CRAZY ", LatLong: "23.000001 -161.000008", LatLongDMS: "23:00:00 N 161:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NPC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/1950
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Description: Mikel Konrad made a movie of eight disks
he saw landing and taking off 60 km north of Jun.au.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_74
Date: 4/1950
Location: Canby, Oregon
Description: Daytime. While working on her lawn in
Canby, Oregon, Ellen Jonerson glances over at her neighbor’s yard and
sees a 12-inch-tall man with his back turned to her. When he turns
around, she sees that he has a heavily tanned face, is of stocky build,
and wears overalls and a plaid shirt. There is a skullcap on his head.
She dashes inside to call a friend, then runs outside again in time to
see the figure “waddling” away. He walks under a parked car and
disappears. Kenneth
Arnold, who
interviews her, is convinced of her sincerity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT
Index, 1950–1951, p. 2; Clark III 270
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1507
Date: 4/1/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Land-Air Inc. is
officially commissioned to conduct scientific research on the phenomenon
of green fireballs. (April 1st)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_829
Date: 4/1/1950
Time: 19:00?
Location: OFF RICCIONE, ITL
Description: Boat crew. Ovoid dives / sea. Column /
water shoots up. Meteor?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1619
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "off RICCIONE,ITL:BOAT CREW:OVOID DIVES/SEA:COLUMN/WATER SHOOTS UP:meteor?", LatLong: "43.983335 12.650001", LatLongDMS: "43:59:00 N 12:39:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "FO", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 4/1/1950
Description: Project Twinkle officially begins.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1508
Date: 4/1/1950
Description: At seven o'clock in the evening the crew
of a fishing boat off the coast of Perugia, Italy watched an ovoid
object dive into the sea and a column of water shoot up into the
sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I
(Periodo 1907-1953), p. 117.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1779
Date: 4/2/1950
Location: NORTHWEST / CARACAS, VNZ
Description: US airliner rocks violently. Huge turtle
passes. "Controlled".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1620
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Venezuela", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "260", HatchDesc: "NW/CARACAS,VNZ:US AIRLINER ROCKS VIOLENTLY:HUGE TURTLE PASSES:"CONTROLLED"", LatLong: "10.550001 -67.016670", LatLongDMS: "10:33:00 N 67:01:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DF", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/2/1950
Location: SR38 NORTHEAST / BUTLER, PA
Description: 4 / car. Silver football flashes going
quickly west. 6K' altitude. No plane insists observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1621
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "320", HatchDesc: "SR38 NE/BUTLER,PA:4/CAR:SLVR FOOTBALL FLASHES>>W:6K'alt:NO PLANE INSISTS OBS", LatLong: "40.900002 -79.866670", LatLongDMS: "40:54:00 N 79:52:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1800", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/2/1950
Time: 05:00
Location: TIPP CITY, OH
Description: 4+5 separate observer(s). 2 brilliant
night lights hover and maneuver. Going south. Going west. Hover /
wright-Pat Air Force Base and quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1622
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "65", Elev: "253", HatchDesc: "TIPP CITY,OH:4+5 SEP.OBS:2 BRILL.NLTS HVR+MNVR:>S:>W:HVR/WRIGHT-PAT AFB+↑↑", LatLong: "39.961113 -84.172226", LatLongDMS: "39:57:40 N 84:10:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/3/1950
Location: Mount Diabo, CA
Description: Bay Area Aviation News, San
Francisco. COL FLYNN BELIEVE THEY ARE OURS. A U.S. Air
Force Reserve Colonel, Frank A. Flynn, talked in detail today of his
encounter with a flight of more than a dozen "flying saucers". He said
he is convinced that the objects he saw near Mount Diablo while flying
his own plane from San Francisco to Sacramento in April of 1948, were
controlled, experimental, American aircraft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_73
Date: 4/4/1950
Time: 21:30
Location: SOUTH / DELANO, CA
Description: Many calls to Edwards Air Force Base. 65cm
round object circles / 200' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1623
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "10", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "S/DELANO,CA:MANY CALLS to EDWARDS AFB:65cm ROUND OBJ CIRCLES/200'alt:", LatLong: "35.733335 -119.244450", LatLongDMS: "35:44:00 N 119:14:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/4/1950
Locations: US; Caltech
Description: Presidential press secretary Charlie
Ross states that Truman has
conferred with his two top military advisers, Rear Adm. Robert
Dennison and Brig. Gen. Robert
B. Landry, and that they claim the US has no such technology.
Furthermore, the Air Force study has concluded there are no such things
as flying saucers. Caltech aeronautics professor Clark
Blanchard Millikan agrees, saying: “If anyone should know about such
a project, I should know—and I know of no development in the aircraft or
guided missile field.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 97–99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1509
Date: 4/5/1950
Location: WHITBY, NORTH YORKS
Description: 3 observer(s). 2 concentric hoops spin.
Going [to] over coast. / London daily express.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 209)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1624
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "WHITBY,N.YORKS:3 obs:2 CONCENTRIC HOOPS SPIN:>OVR COAST:/LONDON DAILY EXPRESS", LatLong: "54.466669 -0.616667", LatLongDMS: "54:28:00 N 00:37:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1950
Time: 11:20
Location: EAST / SAN JOSE, CA
Description: Mt. Hamilton Road. 1 observer. Dull white
saucer straight and level going quickly northwest / 18 second(s). Lost
behind trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1625
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "50", HatchDesc: "E/SAN JOSE,CA:Mt HAMILTON Rd:1 OBS:DULL WHT SCR S/L >>NW/18sec:LOST BHND TREES", LatLong: "37.338891 -121.705561", LatLongDMS: "37:20:20 N 121:42:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1950
Time: 14:40
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 1+5 separate observer(s). Silver saucer
and sphere spin and dip and wobble and maneuver / 10 minutes. Going
west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1626
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: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "1580", HatchDesc: "DENVER,CO:1+5 SEP.OBS:SLVR SCR+SPHERE SPIN+DIP+WOBBLE+MNVR/10mins:>W", LatLong: "39.761113 -104.955561", LatLongDMS: "39:45:40 N 104:57:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1950
Time: ~17:00
Location: WOODLAND, NC
Description: Military observer(s). 18' silent white
cylinder/cigar-shape seen / low altitude. Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1627
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "21", HatchDesc: "WOODLAND,NC:MLT.OBS:18' SILENT WHT CGR SEEN/LO alt:DIRECTION UNKNOWN", LatLong: "36.333335 -77.211115", LatLongDMS: "36:20:00 N 77:12:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: AHOSKIE, NC
Description: Numerous observer(s) / Rhue St. Vibrant
bright red rectangular "neon tube" going north slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1628
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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "16", HatchDesc: "AHOSKIE,NC:NMRS OBS/RHUE St:VBRITE RED RECTANGULAR "NEON TUBE" >N SLOWLY", LatLong: "36.288891 -76.983337", LatLongDMS: "36:17:20 N 76:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/5/1950
Time: 20:50
Location: SOUTHWEST / WINSLOW, AZ
Description: Several observer(s). White night light
hovers. Sudden extremely fast maneuvers. Quickly going up / lost in
stars.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 543)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1629
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "1480", HatchDesc: "SW/WINSLOW,AZ:SVRL OBS:WHT NLT HVRS:SUDDEN XFAST MNVRS:↑↑/lost in stars", LatLong: "34.916668 -110.783339", LatLongDMS: "34:55:00 N 110:47:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/5/1950
Locations: Ga.; Md.; Mich.; Neb.
Description: Sen. Richard
Russell Jr. (D-Ga.) states to the press that he is “completely
baffled” by flying saucer reports that are made by many pilots who would
not be fooled by hallucinations or clouds. Sen. Millard
Tydings (D-Md.), chair of the Armed Services Committee, says he
thinks saucers might be experimental US aircraft “in embryo stage.” Rep.
Albert J.
Engel (R-Mich.) thinks the same. Sen. Kenneth S.
Wherry (R-Neb.) says the saucers are “like our foreign policy. It is
in a state of confusion and no one seems to know what it is all
about.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Congress Split about Saucers,”
Miami \(Fla.) News, April 5, 1950, pp. 1, 6; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July
1950, The
Author, 1990, pp. 9–10; Swords 98
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1510
Date: 4/6/1950
Time: 13:00?
Location: ASMARA, ERITRIA
Description: Thousands. Double-hoop disk hovers / high
altitude. Small object detaches and away. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 514)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1630
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Ethiopia", Credibility: "13", Duration: "85", HatchDesc: "ASMARA,ERITRIA:1000s:Dbl-HOOP DISK HVRS/hi alt:SML OBJ DETACHES+AWAY:>N", LatLong: "15.333334 38.966669", LatLongDMS: "15:20:00 N 38:58:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ERT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/6/1950
Time: 16:50
Location: WESTFIELD AND AGAWAM, MA
Description: Airman and 1. Huge saucer slowly going
west. Roars and sparkles. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 513)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1631
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "43", HatchDesc: "WESTFIELD+AGAWAM,MA:AIRMAN+1:HUGE SCR SLOWLY >W:ROARS+SPARKLES:sep obs", LatLong: "42.127780 -72.750003", LatLongDMS: "42:07:40 N 72:45:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/6/1950
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Description: 4:45 p.m. Lt. John
J. Sevila, a
pilot with the 131st Fighter Squadron, hears a sound like a flight of
jet airplanes and rushes out of his house in Springfield, Massachusetts,
to see them. Instead, he sees a perfectly circular object moving slowly
westward at an altitude of 25,000 feet. He watches it for 5 minutes as
it moves at a speed of 50– 100 mph. When the sun hits it directly, it
shines like a mirror.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: The Thunderbolt 1, no. 12 (April 1950): 5;
Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1511
Date: 4/6/1950
Description: A huge sparkling saucer shaped object
moved across the sky heading west over Westfield, Massachusetts on this
day. It made a roaring sound as it flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1855
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: Letter sent from BSRA to President
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_406
See also: 5/16/1950
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: USA, Logan (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) The duty officer
of the Logan International Airport control tower and the other
controllers saw from 21:55 GMT to 22:05 GMT, while on the ground and at
altitude the wind was blowing in gusts at 75 km/h from the northeast,
full west, 15° above the horizon a dark blue light, sailing towards the
southwest. During the observation it changed to a bright white, then
back to a dark blue. This point split into two blue lights that were
spinning around each other and their trajectory led them to 45° above
the horizon. (Cloud cover at 5000 m altitude). There was also a mass
that was once luminous white, and then cherry red. The object was moving
against the wind. [Note from vog: if the wind was blowing from the
northeast and the object was flying west and then southwest, it was not
flying against the wind!] (April 7, 1950)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 66-68
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1453
Date: 4/7/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Boston, the
Logan Airport tower observed for 10 minutes an oval light changing from
blue to white, then to red. It split in two and ended in a dance of
lights, which disappeared to the northeast, against the wind. (April 7,
9:55 PM)
Reference: Hynek,
1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_830
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: Grenoble and Chambéry, France
Description: FRANCE SIGHTS SAUCERS,
TOO. Flying saucers were reported to have been seen in two
localities of France. Residents of Grenoble reported a metallic object
which appeared to remain stationary high in the sky. Inhabitants of
Chambéry reported a saucer-like object which left a stream of
vapor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_69
Date: 4/7/1950 (approximate)
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: 2 military observer(s). Pink
pancake-object flips in sky. / Brawley, CA newspapers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1632
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "1", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "LONG BEACH,CA:2 MIL OBS:PINK PANCAKE-OBJ FLIPS IN SKY:/BRAWLEY,CA NEWSPAPERS", LatLong: "33.800002 -118.166672", LatLongDMS: "33:48:00 N 118:10:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: DUNCANNON, PA
Description: 2 railroad/railway men. Saucer is size /
large plane. 3K' over train. No means / propulsion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1633
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: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "DUNCANNON,PA:2 RR MEN:SCR is SIZE/LRG PLANE:3K' ovr TRAIN:NO MEANS/PROPULSION", LatLong: "40.383335 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "40:23:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "900", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: JERICHO AND RAM ALLAH, PALESTINE
Description: Many observer(s). 2 silver saucers north
going quickly south. Clearly seen. 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_1634
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: "Israel", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "JERICHO+RAM ALLAH,PALESTINE:MANY OBS:2 SLVR SCRS N>>S:CLEARLY SEEN:NFD", LatLong: "31.850002 35.466668", LatLongDMS: "31:51:00 N 35:28:00 E", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OCC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: ST. IGNACE, MICH
Description: 2 Ferrymen. Saucer races all over/all
about sky over strait / Mackinac. Plasma-glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1635
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: "5", Elev: "176", HatchDesc: "ST IGNACE,MICH:2 FERRYMEN:SCR RACES ALLO SKY OVR STRAIT/MACKINAC:PLASMA-GLOW", LatLong: "45.861113 -84.727782", LatLongDMS: "45:51:40 N 84:43:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Time: 10:10
Location: MIDDLETOWN, IA
Description: 4 separate observer(s). Silver disk going
[to] over pen factory. 5M cylinder/cigar-shape going southeast over
ammunition plant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1636
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "221", HatchDesc: "MIDDLETOWN,IA:4 SEP.OBS:SLVR DISK >OVR PEN FACTORY:5M CGR >SE OVR AMMO PLANT", LatLong: "40.827780 -91.261115", LatLongDMS: "40:49:40 N 91:15:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Time: ~16:30
Location: PITTSBURGH, PA
Description: Kids / baseball. Blue-white object /
lightning tail. All tell parents.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1637
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "232", HatchDesc: "PITTSBURGH,PA:KIDS/BASEBALL:BLU-WHT OBJ/LIGHTNING TAIL:ALL TELL PARENTS", LatLong: "40.433335 -79.966670", LatLongDMS: "40:26:00 N 79:58:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/7/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: SALAMANCA, SP
Description: Several observer(s). Luminous metallic
ovoid without fuselage going quickly ESE. No further details. / ABC /
Spain.
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_1638
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SALAMANCA,SP:SVRL OBS:LUMN.MTLC OVOID W/O FUSELAGE >>ESE:NFD:/ABC/Spain", LatLong: "40.900002 -5.700000", LatLongDMS: "40:54:00 N 05:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SLM", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Time: 21:50
Location: LOGAN AIRPORT, MASS
Description: 3 Air Traffic Controllers and more. Object
with lights maneuvers. Splits. Play about. Go going quickly
northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1639
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "LOGAN Airport,MASS:3 ATCs+:OBJ W/LITES MNVRS:SPLITS:PLAY ABOUT:GO>>NE", LatLong: "42.372224 -71.011114", LatLongDMS: "42:22:20 N 71:00:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: EL CENTRO, CA
Description: Many observer(s). Hundreds / night lights
south going quickly north. Some hover. Others dart all over/all about. /
Brawley News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1640
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "60", Elev: "-14", HatchDesc: "EL CENTRO,CA:MANY OBS:100s/NLTS S>>N:SOME HOVER:OTHERS DART ALLO:/BRAWLEY NEWS", LatLong: "32.794446 -115.561117", LatLongDMS: "32:47:40 N 115:33:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: Boston (Logan Airport), MA
Description: Deep-blue ellipsoid object at 15°
elevation moving SW-NE opposite the winds (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_689
Date: 4/7/1950
Locations: Logan Airport; Boston; Massachusetts
Description: A CAA control tower operator at Logan
Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, watches a blue light split into two
lights that revolve around each other for 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp.
65–68; Sparks, p. 86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1512
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: Muroc AFB
Description: Newsman Edward R.
Murrow produces the first extended TV commentary on UFOs, “The Case
of the Flying Saucer” on CBS. He begins with the Kenneth
Arnold case, mentions Muroc AFB cases and Mantell,
and quotes both True magazine and Donald
Menzel. Also
on the show are Henry J.
Taylor, engineer
Charles
H. Zimmerman, and Charlie
Ross, as
well as people on the street.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Transcript
of Ed Murrow–Kenneth Arnold Telephone Conversation,”
CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 1 (Feb./March 1984): 3; Edward R.
Murrow, “The Case
of the Flying
Saucer [audio only],” Bryce Zabel YouTube channel, February 24,
2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1513
Date: 4/7/1950
Description: US News and World Report comes out with a
story on saucers that hints they are top-secret, jet-propelled Navy
aircraft “that can outfly other planes.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying
Saucers—the Real Story: U.S. Built First One in 1942,” US News and
World Report 28, no. 14 (April 7, 1950): 13–15; Michael D. Swords,
“Balloons, Missiles, and UFOs,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1514
Date: 4/7/1950
Location: US
Description: The National Security Council presents
President Truman with
Report 68 (NSC-68), a 56-page top secret policy paper that provides the
“blueprint for the militarization of the Cold War.” It advocates a large
expansion in the military budget, the development of a hydrogen bomb,
and increased military aid to US allies for the containment of Communist
expansion. It essentially warns Truman that the US is losing the Cold
War. Truman does not approve it until 1951.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “NSC-68”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1515
Date: 4/7/1950
Description: Two ferrymen in Saint Ignace, Michigan
watched a flying saucer race all over the sky over the Strait. It gave
off a plasma glow. On the same day two railroad workers saw a flying
saucer the size of a large airplane 3,000 feet over their train. Two
silver discs were seen flying over Jericho and Ramallah in Israel and
Palestine. At eleven o'clock in the morning a silver, rotating disc flew
over a pen factory in Fort Madison, Iowa. It left a shower of sparks
behind it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clippings, April 11 & 8, 1950;
Loren Gross, UFOs: A History - 1950: April-July, pp. 10 & 12;
Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 211
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1878
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: USA, Kokomo, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 2 a.m. Witness:
Earl Baker. A gray metallic disc 50 feet in diameter, 15 feet thick,
saucer-shaped with a conical turret, three openings on the belt emitting
blue light. It hovered for 2 minutes and flew away. Baker was awakened
by his dog's barking. (Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner). Above
northern Indiana, another T.W.A. DC3 saw a UFO resembling "a large globe
of molten metal". (April 8, 1950)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Confronting Flying
Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p.105
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1454
Date: 4/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Kokomo,
Indiana, Earl Baker is awoken by his dog. He observes a 50 foot
diameter, 15 foot wide metal disc, topped with a "conning tower" and
having 3 openings on the edge emitting a blue light. The object remains
stationary for 2 minutes, then flies away. (April 8, 2:00am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #706 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_831
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: HENDERSON, KY
Description: 3 farmers. Several 10m oil-drums whiz by
in formation. Trail / smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1641
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "132", HatchDesc: "HENDERSON,KY:3 FARMERS:SVRL 10m OIL-DRUMS WHIZ BY/FORMATION:TRAIL/SMOKE.", LatLong: "37.838891 -87.588893", LatLongDMS: "37:50:20 N 87:35:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: 2 saucers buzz house. Stop. Go going up
[to] going down [to] and around like a game of tag. 1 observer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1642
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: "2", Elev: "19", HatchDesc: "SAN FRANCISCO,CA:2 SCRS BUZZ HOUSE:STOP:GO↑↓+AROUND LIKE A GAME OF TAG:1 OBS", LatLong: "37.766668 -122.466673", LatLongDMS: "37:46:00 N 122:28:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: NEAR TERRA BELLA, CA
Description: Rancher. Group / saucers swoop climb and
circle. Emit black smoke / ascending.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1643
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "148", HatchDesc: "nr TERRA BELLA,CA:RANCHER:GROUP/SCRS SWOOP CLIMB+CCL:EMIT BLK SMOKE/ASCENDING", LatLong: "35.961113 -119.044450", LatLongDMS: "35:57:40 N 119:02:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: 02:00
Location: KOKOMO, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #706. 5M domed
saucer 30m from observer(s). 3 portholes / blue light. Going quickly
north very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1644
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, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "253", HatchDesc: "KOKOMO,IN:BBK#706:5M DOMED SCR 30m FROM OBS:3 PORTHOLES/BLU LITE:>>N VFAST", LatLong: "40.488891 -86.133337", LatLongDMS: "40:29:20 N 86:08:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: 11:00
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: Boys. 3' saucer / ground. Dome turns. Red
sprays cause welts. / APRO 1-63.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1645
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "2", Duration: "3", Elev: "1105", HatchDesc: "AMARILLO,TX:BOYS:3'SCR/GND:DOME TURNS:RED SPRAYS CAUSE WELTS:/APRO 1-63", LatLong: "35.283335 -101.800005", LatLongDMS: "35:17:00 N 101:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: SHELBY, NC
Description: Blue Book. 5 observer(s). Metal saucer
wobbles going southwest / 2 minute(s). Then shoots straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 519)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1646
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "260", HatchDesc: "SHELBY,NC:BBK:5 OBS:MTL SCR WOBBLES>SW/2min:THEN SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP:", LatLong: "35.288891 -81.538893", LatLongDMS: "35:17:20 N 81:32:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: Kokomo, IN
Description: Grey metallic disc, 50 ft in diameter, 15
ft thick, top-shaped (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: 706)
Reference: NICAP: 500408
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_690
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: 0200
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Description: A metal worker was awakened by his dog and
observed an object 60 m away at low altitude. It was a gray metal disk,
5 m in diameter, shaped like a top with a kind of turret. It was
oscillating, spinning slowly, and had three portholes shining with a
blue-white light. It hovered for about 2 min, left toward the north,
very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_75
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: afternoon
Location: River Road near Amarillo, Texas
Description: David, 12, and Charles, 9, Lightfoot saw a
disk land behind a hill and touched it. It was the size of a car tire,
about 30 cm high, with a rounded top that rotated and a pivot between
the base and the top. It took off very fast. The faces and arms of the
boys later became red.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 200 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_76
Date: 4/8/1950
Time: 2 AM
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Description: Witness: Earl Baker. One grey metallic
disc, 50' in diameter, 15' thick; top-shaped with a "conning tower" at
the top and three ports on the rim giving off a blue light. It hovered
for 2 minutes, then flew away. Baker aroused from sleep by his
dog.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_38
Date: 4/8/1950
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Description: Paul
Limerick, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Shelby, North
Carolina, watches a round, aluminum-colored object with four other
people for 2 minutes. It follows a horizontal course toward the
southwest without making a sound, then shoots straight up and
disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July
1950, The
Author, 1990, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1516
Date: 4/8/1950
Description: At 2:00 a.m. Mr. Earl Baker, a metal
worker in Kokomo, Indiana was awakened by his dog and observed an object
outside his bedroom window only 60 meters away hovering at a low
altitude. It was a gray metallic disc, five meters in diameter and
15-feet thick. It was shaped like a top with a kind of "conning tower"
turret on top. It had three ports on the rim giving off a blue light. It
was oscillating, spinning slowly, and had three portholes shining with a
blue-white light. It hovered for about 2 minutes and then left toward
the north at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #706; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the
Saucers, p. 166; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1893
Date: 4/8/1950
Description: Later that day shortly before noon near
Amarillo, Texas, David Lightfoot, age 12, and his brother Charles saw a
disc land behind a hill. They were able to walk up to it and touch it.
It was the size of a car tire, about 30 cm high, with a rounded top that
rotated. It had a pivot between the base and the top. It took off very
fast. The faces and arms of the boys later became red with welts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 194
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1894
Date: 4/8/1950
Description: On the same day two disc-shaped objects
buzzed a house in San Francisco, California. They stopped in mid-flight,
then went up and around like playing a game of tag.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1895
Date: 4/9/1950
Location: USA, Amarillo (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) Young Lightfoot
approached the UFO so closely that he could touch it. It was a small
flying saucer no bigger than a truck tire. The bottom was rounded and
the top looked like a shallow plate, with a slight space between the two
parts. David Lightfoot was injured on his face and hands by a burning
jet that came out of the craft at takeoff. The top part kept spinning
during the landing and this movement accelerated to take off. (April 9,
1950)
Reference: Inforespace #43, January 1979, p. 18
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1455
Date: 4/9/1950 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: HAPEVILLE, GA
Description: Silent bright red 6M pencil shape going
south. Flickers like neon light.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1647
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "305", HatchDesc: "HAPEVILLE,GA:SLNT BRITE RED 6M PENCIL SHAPE >S:FLICKERS like NEON LITE:", LatLong: "33.661113 -84.405560", LatLongDMS: "33:39:40 N 84:24:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/9/1950
Description: A bright red pencil-shaped UFO, about six
meters in length, moved through the sky over Hapeville, Georgia, flying
to the south. It flickered like a neon light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: M. Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987,
p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1918
Date: 4/10/1950
Location: NEAR YORK, PA
Description: 9 / road crew. Whine! 6m saucer 150m
overhead spews fire and smoke. No propellers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1648
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "120", HatchDesc: "nr YORK,PA:9/ROAD CREW:WHINE!:6m SCR 150m OVHD SPEWS FIRE+SMOKE:NO PROPELLERS", LatLong: "39.950002 -76.722226", LatLongDMS: "39:57:00 N 76:43:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "150", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/10/1950
Time: 04:00
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Pilot and 1 / ground. Silent flash. 8M top
saucer going north. Neon-red glow. 90° turn going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1649
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "ROBINS AFB,GA:PILOT+1/GND:SLNT FLASH:8M TOP SCR >N:NEON-RED GLOW:90°TURN >E", LatLong: "32.600002 -83.600004", LatLongDMS: "32:36:00 N 83:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/10/1950
Time: ~08:00
Location: SOUTH / MONTEREY, CA
Description: 7+separate observer(s) and cops. 30'
saucer / 4K' altitude. Stops. Spins. Goes going west / sea. Army
investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 215)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1650
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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "S/MONTEREY,CA:7+SEP.OBS+COPS:30'SCR/4K'alt:STOPS:SPINS:GOES>W/SEA:ARMY INVSTn", LatLong: "36.583335 -121.866672", LatLongDMS: "36:35:00 N 121:52:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/10/1950
Time: 11:30
Location: LINDSBORG, KS
Description: P. Patchin. Grey-white clam-shape / 2
miles altitude. Goes going quickly southwest / 650mph. / news?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1651
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: "406", HatchDesc: "LINDSBORG,KS:P.PATCHIN:GRY-WHT CLAM-SHAPE/2mi ALT:GOES >>SW/650mph:/NEWS?", LatLong: "38.572224 -97.672227", LatLongDMS: "38:34:20 N 97:40:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3200", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/10/1950
Location: Mobile (Brookley AFB & Bates Field),
AL
Description: Object flying to the NE or E over Brookley
AFB at 3,500 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_691
Date: 4/10/1950
Locations: University of California, Berkeley;
Berkeley, California; Monterey, California; San Francisco
Description: 7:00 p.m. Several University of
California, Berkeley, graduate students, including Garniss H.
Curtis, Robert Scott
Creely, and Louis
I. Briggs, watch
a bright light moving against the wind at about 10–15 mph at 1,500 feet
altitude about 3–4 miles away from Berkeley, California, for two hours.
It turns slowly to the south then turns around and heads slowly back.
Four high school students in Monterey, California, see a gleaming object
over San Francisco in the early afternoon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file; “Saucer Visits San
Francisco, Schoolboys Say,” Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1950, p.
17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1517
Date: 4/10/1950
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Description: David Lightfoot, 12, reported that he had
touched a landed "flying saucer," but that the object released a gas or
spray of something when it took off, which turned his arms and face
bright red, causing welts. A younger boy confirmed his story.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_14
Date: 4/11/1950 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: PEPPERWOOD, CA
Description: 3 / farm. Shiny disk circles / 5 minutes.
Then shoots going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1652
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: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "34", HatchDesc: "PEPPERWOOD,CA:3/FARM:SHINY DISK CCLS/5mins:THEN SHOOTS >>NE:NFD", LatLong: "40.444446 -123.994450", LatLongDMS: "40:26:40 N 123:59:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/11/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: MONTCLAIR, NJ
Description: 2 women. 6 softly glowing saucers play in
sky. Rise descend and circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1653
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: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "91", HatchDesc: "MONTCLAIR,NJ:2 WOMEN:6 SOFTLY GLOWING SCRS PLAY IN SKY:RISE DESCEND+CIRCLE", LatLong: "40.827780 -74.211115", LatLongDMS: "40:49:40 N 74:12:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/12/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: REUS GOING [TO] TARRAGONA, SP
Description: 2 / truck. 1M saucer glows low over trees.
Away fast. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) Special #4.
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_1654
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Spain", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "REUS>TARRAGONA,SP:2/TRUCK:1M SCR GLOWS LOW OVR TREES:AWAY FAST:/FSR Special #4", LatLong: "41.183335 1.116667", LatLongDMS: "41:11:00 N 01:07:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TRG", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/13/1950
Location: SALINAS, CA
Description: 5 observer(s). Silent silvery "long-rooted
sweet-potato" dives. Hovers. Maneuvers?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1655
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "23", HatchDesc: "SALINAS,CA:5 OBS:SILENT SILVERY "LONG-ROOTED SWEET-POTATO" DIVES:HVRS:MNVRS?", LatLong: "36.666668 -121.650006", LatLongDMS: "36:40:00 N 121:39:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/13/1950
Location: MOFFETT NAS, CA
Description: Many observer(s). Object hovers. 3 flames
shoot / tail. Swish. Flutters. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1656
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "MOFFETT NAS,CA:MANY OBS:OBJ HVRS:3 FLAMES SHOOT/TAIL:SWISH:FLUTTERS:TYPE UNK", LatLong: "37.411113 -122.088895", LatLongDMS: "37:24:40 N 122:05:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/13/1950
Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Description: Minister and 1. 2 saucers on edge. Both
right themselves together.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 223)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1657
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "358", HatchDesc: "OKLAHOMA CITY,OK:MINISTER+1:2 SCRS ON EDGE:BOTH RIGHT THEMSELVES TOGETHER:", LatLong: "35.450002 -97.516671", LatLongDMS: "35:27:00 N 97:31:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/14/1950
Location: USA, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:30 p.m.
Witness: Army M/Sgt. James. Four rectangular objects of amber color,
about 1 m to 1 m 20 in length, changed speed and direction abruptly. The
group of objects rose together at a high speed at the end of the
observation which lasted from 3 to 4 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1456
Date: 4/14/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey), M/Sgt. James of the Army saw 4 amber
rectangular objects about 3 or 4 feet. During the 3 to 4 minutes of
observation, James saw them quickly change speed and direction, go up
and down. (April 14, 2:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #711 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_832
Date: 4/14/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In a remote
region of Argentina, E. C. Bosa discovers a crashed flying disc and the
corpses of 4 small pilots. Returning the next day with a friend, he
finds only a pile of still smoking ashes. An object shaped like a cigar
is seen while he is flying over the area at high altitude.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_833
Date: 4/14/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The object
photographed on April 23 at Redbud. See photo at
images/1950-04-23.jpg.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_834
Date: 4/14/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: CAMARASA, SP
Description: Several observer(s). Bright object lands /
reservoir / hydro power station/depot/facility. Floats. Submerges.
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_1658
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "CAMARASA,SP:SVRL OBS:BRITE OBJ LANDS/RSRVR/hydro power stn:FLOATS:SUBMERGES", LatLong: "41.866669 0.866667", LatLongDMS: "41:52:00 N 00:52:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LRD", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/14/1950
Time: 14:30
Location: PORT MONMOUTH, NJ
Description: Military observer(s). 4 amber rectangles
rise and fall. Fast changes / speed and direction.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1659
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "4", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PORT MONMOUTH,NJ:MIL OBS:4 AMBER RECTANGLES RISE+FALL:FAST CHANGES/SPEED+DIRn", LatLong: "40.427780 -74.100004", LatLongDMS: "40:25:40 N 74:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/14/1950
Location: Fort Monmouth, NJ
Description: 4 rectangular, amber objects (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 711)
Reference: NICAP: 500414
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_692
Date: 4/14/1950
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Army M/Sgt. James. Four
rectangular, amber objects, about 3' by 4'. changed speed and direction
rapidly; the group of objects rose and fell during the 3-4 minute
sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_39
Date: 4/14/1950
Description: RAND Corporation writer Jean M. Hungerford
writes a 32-page research memorandum for the US Air Force titled “The
Exploitation of Superstitions for Purposes of Psychological Warfare.”
She uses recent examples of religious miracles that were used in Western
propaganda, as well as horoscopes, chain letters, and folklore.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jean M. Hungerford, “The
Exploitation of Superstitions for Purposes of Psychological
Warfare,” USAF Project Rand Research Memorandum, RM-35, April 14,
1950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1518
Date: 4/14/1950
Description: USAF Project Rand
contracts a white paper on the “Exploitation of Superstitions for
Purposes of Psychological Warfare.” The paper writes that convincing a
population to believe in paranormal and fringe phenomena, or prophesies
concerning future events, could cause them to be non-rational. At scale,
this would negatively affect a society. UFOs and UAP are not mentioned.
Project Rand was a regular recipient of UAP reports
from USAF (see 23 September 1947).
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_22
Date: 4/16/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: LUDLOW, MASS
Description: Silver saucer over Minnechaug Mountain.
Very slow. Gaseous tail. Rises slowly going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1660
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "7", Elev: "73", HatchDesc: "LUDLOW,MASS:SLVR SCR OVR MINNECHAUG Mtn:VSLOW:GASEOUS TAIL:RISES SLOWLY >E", LatLong: "42.166669 -72.505559", LatLongDMS: "42:10:00 N 72:30:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/17/1950
Location: Glens Falls, NY
Description: Variety author Frank Scully’s book “Behind
the Flying Sauces” announced coming soon.
Type: announcement
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_407
Date: 4/17/1950
Time: 13:30
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: 15+scientist/science / (seen thru)
telescope. 3 9' metallic saucers / E. horizon. Faster / any jet. /
r95v5#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1661
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "2231", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS,NM:15+SCI/TSCOPE:3 9'MTLC SCRs/E.HRZN:FASTER/ANY JET:/r95v5#3", LatLong: "35.883335 -106.300005", LatLongDMS: "35:53:00 N 106:18:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/17/1950
Time: 20:20
Location: SPRINGFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 teens. 2 glowing saucers buzz car. Hop
about. Rise going up [to] very fast and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1662
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "21", HatchDesc: "SPRINGFIELD,MASS:2 TEENS:2 GLOWING SCRS BUZZ CAR:HOP ABOUT:RISE↑ VFAST+GONE", LatLong: "42.100002 -72.583337", LatLongDMS: "42:06:00 N 72:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/17/1950
Description: Newsweek publishes an article, “Flying
Saucers Again,” on crashed saucers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucers Again,” Newsweek, April 17,
1950, p. 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1519
Date: 4/17/1950
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: More than 15 people report seeing a UFO
for 20 minutes at 2,000 feet on the eastern horizon at Los Alamos, New
Mexico. One scientist watches the object through a telescope and says it
looks flat, circular, metallic, and roughly 9 feet in diameter. It moves
faster than any conventional aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume
6, April–July 1950, The
Author, 1990, p. 26; Sparks, p.
86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1520
Date: 4/17/1950
Description: Three flat, metallic flying objects were
sighted east of the Los Alamos AEC nuclear facility in New Mexico by 15
University of California scientists at 1:30 p.m. The sighting lasted for
20 minutes and the UFO was viewed through a telescope. They estimated
the size of the objects as approximately nine feet in diameter, and they
flew faster than conventional aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, FSR, volume 25, number 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2074
Date: 4/17/1950
Description: At 8:15 p.m. EDT two teenagers were
driving in a car in Springfield, Massachusetts when their vehicle was
bussed by two glowing saucers. The objects then hopped about in the sky,
ascend very fast and are gone from sight in about a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2075
Date: 4/18/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: MEMPHIS, TX
Description: F610 crew and separate ground RADAR's.
Silver sphere tilts. 4 hours / RADAR. B36 scrambles.
Type: sighting
Reference: ACTAEON ADVISOR (qtrly) Actaeon Group;
PO.Box 515123, St. Louis, MO 63151-1290 314/994-1290. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1663
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "240", Elev: "77", HatchDesc: "MEMPHIS,TX:F610 CREW+SEP.GND RDRS:SLVR SPHERE TILTS:4hrs/RDR:B36 SCRAMBLES", LatLong: "34.722224 -100.533338", LatLongDMS: "34:43:20 N 100:32:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/18/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: PULLMAN, WA
Description: 3 observer(s). 2 dark
delta/triangle/box-like crafts going north. Join saucer and circle hill.
Saucer going quickly north. "Kites" going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 532)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1664
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "7", Elev: "732", HatchDesc: "PULLMAN,WA:3 OBS:2 DRK DLTS >N:JOIN SCR+CCL HILL:SCR >>N:"KITES" >>S", LatLong: "46.733336 -117.172228", LatLongDMS: "46:44:00 N 117:10:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/18/1950
Time: 10:50
Location: SHERMAN, TX
Description: 2 military wives. 18-20 flat silent silver
saucers race going quickly north. Maneuver / 4-5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1665
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "227", HatchDesc: "SHERMAN,TX:2 MIL WIVES:18-20 FLAT SLNT SLVR SCRS RACE >>N:MNVR/4-5min", LatLong: "33.633335 -96.600005", LatLongDMS: "33:38:00 N 96:36:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/18/1950
Location: Memphis (near), TX
Description: Object Triangulated, Observed From F-61C
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500418
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_693
Date: 4/18/1950
Description: At 10:30 a.m. three observers in Pullman,
Washington saw two dark delta-shaped objects fly to the north; they
joined a saucer-shaped object and circled a hill. The saucer then flew
off to the north, while the "kites" flew off to the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #
1691; newspaper clipping dated April 21, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2104
Date: 4/18/1950
Description: CAA observers in Clarendon, Texas saw an
unidentified object to the southeast, while observers in Childress,
Texas about 50 miles to the SE saw the object to the northwest, and
triangulated the stationary object about midway between, near Memphis,
Texas. The sighting began around 9 a.m. and the object was on radar for
four hours. This radar-visual case involved the crew of an F-61C as it
was flying over Memphis around 11:00 a.m. as well as separate ground
radars. A silver sphere that tilted was seen, and it did not move
significantly despite winds aloft. Northrop engineering test pilot Max
Stanley and observers Lloyd Balsam and Sam F. West were asked to
intercept the object when they took off in their F-61C (AF 8357) from
Amarillo on an MX-775 test of a Navaho missile celestial guidance test.
A B-36 was also scrambled and took off from Fort Worth to intercept. On
the same day at 10:50 a.m. two military wives in Sherman, Texas saw
18-20 flat silent silver discs race to the north, then maneuver for 4-5
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, pp. 26-27; Jan Aldrich
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2105
Date: 4/19/1950
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Description: St. Paul's Dispatch.
AIRMAN SEES BANANAS WITH SAUCERS. Fort Worth AP: Ira
Maxey, a veteran of 3,600 flying hours in the United States Air Force,
said he saw six flying "bananas" plus a flying saucer. They were moving
slowly and appeared to be six or seven miles away. He described the air
objects as without tails or noses, not like a saucer but more like a
banana. The pictures Maxey took showed they left vapor trails.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_70
Date: 4/19/1950
Location: SOUTH / EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Fiery red rod or
light hangs / sky. Same / Dallas, TX.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1666
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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "13", Duration: "10", Elev: "661", HatchDesc: "S/EDMONTON,ALTA:1000s/OBS:FIERY RED ROD OR LITE HANGS/SKY::SAME/DALLAS, TX", LatLong: "53.500003 -113.466672", LatLongDMS: "53:30:00 N 113:28:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alberta", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 4/19/1950
Time: 03:00
Location: CALEXICO, CA
Description: 2 cops. 3 dark silent 150' saucers slowly
circle town and entire valley in formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1667
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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "CALEXICO,CA:2 COPS:3 DARK SILENT 150'SCRS SLOWLY CCL TOWN+ENTIRE VALLEY/FORMn", LatLong: "32.683335 -115.500006", LatLongDMS: "32:41:00 N 115:30:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/19/1950
Time: ~06:00
Location: ANDERSON, MO
Description: Swarm / 80+4' saucers in 30 minute(s)
traffic jam east / town. Fly going quickly east at sunrise.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1668
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "30", Elev: "271", HatchDesc: "ANDERSON,MO:SWARM/80+ 4' SCRS in 30min TRAFFIC JAM E/TOWN:FLY>>E AT SUNRISE", LatLong: "36.650002 -94.433338", LatLongDMS: "36:39:00 N 94:26:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/19/1950
Description: A silver, cigar-shaped object was sighted
by a pilot in the morning sky over Clarendon, Texas. It flew slowly and
vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, page 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2131
Date: 4/20/1950
Location: BELGIUM, Bruges (Flanders)
Description: (Translated from French) Residents
observed for one minute to the northwest of the city, a flat "U" shaped
crescent, with a fringed edge. It was located at a high altitude in a
different direction than the Moon. (April 20, 1950)
Reference: listing by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt,
Belgium
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1457
Date: 4/20/1950
Time: 04:20
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Dim fake moon hovers /
1800M. Suddenly quickly going up / 45° angle whoosh!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1669
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "HOUSTON,TX:2 OBS:DIM FAKE MOON HVRS/1800M:SUDDENLY ↑↑/45°ANGLE WHOOSH!", LatLong: "29.738890 -95.333338", LatLongDMS: "29:44:20 N 95:20:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1800", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/20/1950
Time: 18:00
Location: LORIENT, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Saucer going quickly
south to sea fast. 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_1670
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "LORIENT,FR:SVRL OBS:SCR >>S TO SEA FAST:NFD", LatLong: "47.716669 -3.366667", LatLongDMS: "47:43:00 N 03:22:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Morbihan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/20/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST / LUFKIN, TX
Description: 3M saucer follows car. 50° turn. Sparks.
Spins. Observer's face burnt. / LDLN#123+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 533)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1671
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, 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, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "W/LUFKIN,TX:3M SCR FOLOS CAR:50°TURN:SPARKS:SPINS:OBS'FACE BURNT:/LDLN#123+/r8", LatLong: "31.338890 -94.850005", LatLongDMS: "31:20:20 N 94:51:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/20/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: STAMFORD, CT
Description: 1+observer(s) / 2 nights. Upside-down
banana like inverted moon. Back next night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 234)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1672
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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "136", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "STAMFORD,CT:1+obs/2 NITES:UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA LIKE INVERTED MOON:BACK NEXT NITE", LatLong: "41.050002 -73.538892", LatLongDMS: "41:03:00 N 73:32:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/20/1950
Time: night
Location: Lufkin, Texas
Description: Jack Robertson was driviug about 13 km
west of town when he saw a round object about 3 m in diameter hovering
about 7 m above him with a dull red glow. It took off with a "swooshing
roar" as sparks flew from a slot under it. Minutes later the witness
feIt a burning sensation on his face.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_77
Date: 4/20/1950
Description: Mr. Robertson was driving about 13 km west
of Lufkin, Texas when he saw a round object about three meters in
diameter hovering about 7 meters above him. It had a dull red glow. It
took off with a "swooshing roar" as sparks flew from a slot under it.
Minutes later the witness felt a burning sensation on his face.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, July 1959; Jacques Vallee,
Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 195
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2151
Date: 4/20/1950
Location: Lufkin, Texas
Description: Pharmacist Jack Robertson reported that a
globe-like UFO, which emitted a red glow, hovered above his car about 20
feet, then made a "whooshing sound” and threw off sparks that burned his
face.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_15
Date: 4/22/1950
Location: SOUTHWEST / PRINCETON, MO
Description: Several separate farmers. Flying disk
speeds by trailing white smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1673
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "262", HatchDesc: "SW/PRINCETON,MO:SVRL SEP FARMERS:FLYING DISK SPEEDS BY TRAILING WHT SMOKE", LatLong: "40.366669 -93.600004", LatLongDMS: "40:22:00 N 93:36:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/22/1950
Description: On this morning in Princeton, Missouri
several farmers, including one named Kincaid, saw a flying disc speed
by, leaving a trail of white smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, A History: 1950:
April-July, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2205
Date: 4/23/1950
Location: USA, Red Bud (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) Dean Margen, an
amateur photographer, on an excursion in the forest around his hometown,
ran down a small hill, crossed a thicket and found himself in the open
air. He directed his gaze to the sky and almost fell back in terror.
"Seven meters above my head, I saw the metal base of a huge circular
craft, absolutely motionless as if suspended in the air. On top there
was a red-colored dome, the craft started moving." He had time to arm
his camera and take a picture. It was then 3:38 PM. During the same day,
around 4 PM, a young newspaper carrier, Donald Gene, who was cycling
about fifty miles from Red Bud, stopped in front of the Green family
house. As he glanced at the roof being repaired, he saw a silver
"saucer" flying very high in the sky. (April 23, 1950)
Reference: A. Schneider-H. Malthaner: "The Secret File
of UFOs", De Vecchi ed., 1978, pp. 103-105
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1458
Date: 4/23/1950
Time: 03:00
Location: SOUTH / MORINVILLE, ALTA
Description: 2 / car. Big flash and near collision / 8M
glowing-ovoid. 150kph / low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 507)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1674
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: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "691", HatchDesc: "S/MORINVILLE,ALTA:2/CAR:BIG FLASH+nr COLLISION/8M GLO-OVOID:150kph/lo alt:", LatLong: "53.750003 -113.633339", LatLongDMS: "53:45:00 N 113:38:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alberta", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/23/1950
Time: 16:00
Location: RED BUD, IL
Description: Several separate observer(s). Huge red
domed saucer seen several X. Going quickly southeast. Photograph /
r97#52.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1675
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: "6", Duration: "44", Elev: "129", HatchDesc: "RED BUD,IL:SVRL SEP.OBS:HUGE RED DOMED SCR SEEN SVRL X:>>SE:FOTO /r97#52", LatLong: "38.211113 -89.994449", LatLongDMS: "38:12:40 N 89:59:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/23/1950
Location: Red Bud, IL
Description: Red Bud, IL (NICAP: 08 - Photographic
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_694
Date: 4/24/1950
Location: ITALY, Abbiate Guazzone (Varese)
Description: (Translated from French) At 10 pm Bruno
Facchini heard and saw sparks and discovered an object, dark in color,
hovering between a pole and a tree at a distance of 100 to 200 meters
from his house. A man wearing tights and a helmet was making repairs,
and three other silhouettes were working around the craft. When Facchini
offered his help, the men spoke among themselves with guttural sounds
and one of them projected a kind of beam at Facchini, which knocked him
down a few meters away. Then he was caught in a kind of whirlwind of air
which threw him back to the ground. The work finished, a hatch was
closed and the craft flew away with a sound like that of a giant
beehive. Bruises and wounds. Traces. Police investigation. Other
witnesses (April 24, 1950)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of E.T.
Appearances" - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J'AI LU, p. 222, 223
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1459
Date: 4/24/1950 (approximate)
Location: LARAMIE, WY
Description: 4 university/universe(al) students.
Extremely slow round glittering object going west / 3K' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1676
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: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "2183", HatchDesc: "LARAMIE,WY:4 UNIV STUDENTS:EXTREMELY SLOW ROUND GLITTERING OBJ >W/3K'alt", LatLong: "41.350002 -105.616672", LatLongDMS: "41:21:00 N 105:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "900", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/24/1950
Time: 00:30
Location: ANSONIA, CT
Description: Cops and more/others. Amber-glow.
Gravy-boat object flies overhead. Back / 0130hrs next day.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1677
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "196", Elev: "43", HatchDesc: "ANSONIA,CT:COPS++:AMBER-GLOW:GRAVY-BOAT OBJ FLIES OVHD:BACK/0130hrs NEXT DAY", LatLong: "41.344446 -73.077781", LatLongDMS: "41:20:40 N 73:04:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/24/1950
Time: 14:10
Location: DORRIS, CA
Description: 1+2 observer(s). 7 silver round objects
float overhead. Then shoot away extremely fast. 2400M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 534)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1678
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1292", HatchDesc: "DORRIS,CA:1+2 OBS:7 SLVR RND OBJS FLOAT OVHD:THEN SHOOT AWAY XFAST:2400M alt", LatLong: "41.950002 -121.916672", LatLongDMS: "41:57:00 N 121:55:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/24/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: ABBIATE GUAZZONE, ITL
Description: 3 pseudo-human/entity weld saucer body.
Metal fragments left! Observer(s) zapped. / FSRv32#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1679
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "7", Duration: "25", HatchDesc: "ABBIATE GUAZZONE,ITL:3 PSH WELD SCR BODY:MTL FRAGS LEFT!:OBS ZAPPED:/FSRv32#4", LatLong: "45.700002 8.900000", LatLongDMS: "45:42:00 N 08:54:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Varese", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 4/24/1950
Time: 2200
Location: Abbiate Guazzone, Italy
Description: Bruno Facchini heard and saw sparks coming
from a dark, hovering object, near which a man dressed in tight-fitting
clothes and wearing a helmet seemed to be making repairs. Three other
men were seen near the craft. When the work was finished, a trap through
which light had been shining was closed and the thing took off. The
witness had the time to note many details of the machine and its
occupants.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 2; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_78
Date: 4/24/1950
Locations: Abbiate Guazzone, Varese, Italy; outskirts
of Abbiate Guazzone, Varese, Italy
Description: 10:00 p.m. Bruno Facchini steps outside
his house on the outskirts of Abbiate Guazzone, Varese, Italy, and
notices something flashing near a power line. He goes to investigate and
encounters a landed disc with an open door and steps leading down. Three
or four men in diving suits and helmets are inside. One seems to be
welding a pipe. Facchini speaks to them, but they respond with growling
sounds. One points a small “camera” at him that emits a beam that knocks
him over. Facchini lies still while the repairs are completed, and the
UFO takes off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Pino Carminati Ghidelli, “Un
Diaco è Atterrato,” Notiziario UFO, no. 37 (Jan./Feb. 1971): 19–22;
Antonio Giudici, “The
Case of Bruno Facchini,” Flying Saucer Review 20, no. 6 (April
1975): 30–32; Ezio Barnardini, “Facchini:
Un CE3 Rivisitato,” Notiziario UFO, no. 104 (March 1985/Jan. 1986):
4–7; Clark III 267; Marcus Lowth, “Bruno
Facchini’s Extraterrestrial Encounter in Varese, Italy,” UFO
Insight, September 5, 2020; 1Pinotti 30–40; Patrick Gross, “Abbiate
Guazzone, Italy, April 24, 1950” Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1521
Date: 4/24/1950
Description: At 12:30 a.m. three men watched a
crescent-shaped object maneuver through the sky over Ansonia,
Connecticut. The object looked like a half-moon with a squared off end,
and was sighted by two policemen and a restaurant proprietor. It moved
unevenly thru the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2272
Date: 4/24/1950
Description: Later, at 10 p.m. in Abbiate Guazzone,
Italy, Sr. Bruno Facchini heard and saw sparks coming from a dark,
hovering object. Nearby stood a man dressed in tight fitting clothes and
wearing a helmet who seemed to be making repairs. Three other men were
seen near the craft. When the work was finished, a trapdoor through
which light had been shining was closed and the thing took off. The
witness time to note many details about the craft and its
occupants.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Antonio Giudici, Flying Saucer Review,
April-May 1975, p. 30; Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I,
(Periodo 1907-1953), p. 120; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 195
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2273
Date: 4/25/1950
Time: 03:00?
Location: DUGWAY MOUNTAIN, UT
Description: Odd night lights. Beams / light extend /
all directions. 24hr search ordered. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 234)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1680
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "60", Elev: "1955", HatchDesc: "DUGWAY Mtn,UT:ODD NLTS:BEAMS/LITE EXTEND/ALL DIRs:24hr SEARCH ORDERED:NFD", LatLong: "40.166669 -113.166672", LatLongDMS: "40:10:00 N 113:10:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/25/1950
Time: 16:00
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Thousands / observer(s). 200' cone over
city and airport. 700mph. 15K' altitude. Goes west going quickly
southeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1681
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "13", Duration: "1", Elev: "72", HatchDesc: "VANCOUVER,BC:1000s/OBS:200'CONE OVR CITY+AIRPORT:700mph:15K'alt:GOES W>>SE:NFD", LatLong: "49.200002 -123.116673", LatLongDMS: "49:12:00 N 123:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4500", State/Prov: "British Columbia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/25/1950
Time: 19:50
Location: ROCKY HILL, CT
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer / low altitude.
Erratic flight. Lit windows / edge. Hartford Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1682
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "ROCKY HILL,CT:2 OBS:SCR/LO ALT:ERRATIC FLITE:LIT WINDOWS/EDGE:Hartford Times", LatLong: "41.666669 -72.650003", LatLongDMS: "41:40:00 N 72:39:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/25/1950
Location: Dugway Proving Ground in western Utah
Description: Early morning. Military security patrols
at the deactivated Dugway Proving Ground in western Utah view a series
of unusual lights and objects moving above an ammunition storage area.
One object is “surrounded by an aura of spears of light jutting
diagonally from the main body.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History, Volume 6: April–July
1950, The
Author, 1990, p. 34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1522
Date: 4/25/1950
Location: Montuïri, Majorca, Balearic Islands,
Spain
Description: 3:00 p.m. Enrique Hausmann Muller takes a
film of a bright, circular UFO with rays of flame spinning off its edge
in a pinwheel fashion in Montuïri, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Probable hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
88; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The Author, 1990, p. 32;
Matías Morey Ripoll, “El
Caso Hausmann:
Una Aproximación desde Ibiza,” UFO Fotocat Blog, September 20, 2019;
Centro Ufologico Nazionale, [Hausmann
photo]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1523
Date: 4/25/1950
Description: A series of unknown lights and UFOs where
seen near the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah. A "flying icebox,"
surrounded by an aura of spears was seen over the Ammunition Storage
Area near Dougway Mountain at 3:00 a.m. A 24-hour search of the area
ensued.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2289
Date: 4/25/1950
Description: At 4:00 p.m. a 200 foot long cone-shaped
device flew over the Vancouver, British Columbia airport at 15,000 feet
altitude, and there were many calls to the police and news media. A
white substance hung about the tail of the object but it left no
condensation trail. The sighting lasted one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: The Oregonian, April 26, 1950; Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, p. 35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2290
Date: 4/27/1950
Description: TWA flight 117 sights UFO
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_109
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: USA, Goshen (Indiana) in flight
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:25 PM a TWA
DC 3 heading west flew over Goshen. In the cockpit were Captain Robert
Adickes, and Captain Robert F. Manning, who was serving as second for
Flight 117 to Chicago. As the plane flew at 600 meters altitude, Manning
suddenly saw an unusual red light moving quickly behind them and a bit
below their plane. He saw it descend and then continue on its way
beneath the DC 3, approaching the plane. At this point the DC 3 was
flying at 280 km/h. The mysterious object passed them at great speed
while its brightness increased. It had an orange-red color and seemed
like a molten metal bar sliding through the sky. Manning could make out
a spherical shape at the top that shone intensely, while the bottom was
dark. He drew Adickes' attention (...) who decided to contact the
control tower. The UFO began to fly alongside the DC 3, and Adickes
suddenly made a turn, but immediately the mysterious craft veered away.
The pilot executed the maneuver a second time with the same result. He
called flight attendant Gloria Hinshaw and ordered her to alert the
passengers (to ensure their testimony). Suddenly the UFO began to dive
at a dizzying speed towards the north towards South Bend. Gloria Hinshaw
said: "It looked like a huge wheel of red color spinning close to our
plane. The spectacle was extraordinary. If I hadn't seen it with my own
eyes, I would have had a hard time believing the pilots' story. (...)
(April 27, 1950)
Reference: A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" - De
Vecchi 1976, pp. 369-373
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1460
Date: 4/27/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Above Goshen
(Indiana), sighting by pilot Robert
Adickes and his co-pilot. (April 27th, 8:25 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_835
Date: 4/27/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Photography of a
disk in Palma de Majorque, with a dome and in rotation.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_836
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Description: TWA PILOTS SEE ONE GO BY ON
EXPRESS LANE. Capt. Robert Adickes and First Officer Robert
Manning, TWA pilots, saw a round glowing mass in the air as they flew
over South Bend. The object was in sight for six or seven minutes as it
overtook their plane at 2,000 feet. It was round with no irregular
features and about one-tenth as thick as it was round. They gave chase
but were soon outdistanced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_71
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Inconclusive photograph of object
streaking across sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_56
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: WHITE SANDS PG, NM
Description: Theodolite films / missile test. 10M
objects / 150K' altitude. Very fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick
& Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index
354)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1683
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "1250", HatchDesc: "WHITE SANDS PG,NM:THEODOLITE FILMS/MISSILE TEST:10M OBJs/150K'alt:VFAST:NFD", LatLong: "32.666668 -106.466672", LatLongDMS: "32:40:00 N 106:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: RANGELY, CO
Description: 3 observer(s). Glowing-ball / clouds.
Electric. 2 see metallic 4' saucer / eye-level 60' away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1684
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "1594", HatchDesc: "RANGELY,CO:3 OBS:GLO-BALL/CLOUDS:ELECTRIC:2 SEE MTLC 4'SCR/EYE-LEVEL 60' AWAY", LatLong: "40.033335 -108.916672", LatLongDMS: "40:02:00 N 108:55:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/27/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: OVER PLYMOUTH, MASS
Description: F86 / Otis Air Force Base. Saucer / 17K'
rises / 28K' very fast. Shoots going quickly north / huge speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1685
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "ovr PLYMOUTH,MASS:F86/OTIS AFB:SCR/17K' RISES/28K' VFAST:SHOOTS>>N/HUGE SPEED", LatLong: "41.961113 -70.666670", LatLongDMS: "41:57:40 N 70:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5200", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1950
Time: 17:30
Location: 25KM ESE / SEVILLE, SPN
Description: Swiss engineer. Saucer going quickly ESE.
Much detail-see reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1686
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "25KM ESE/SEVILLE,SPN:SWISS ENGINEER:SCR >>ESE:MUCH DETAIL-see ref.", LatLong: "37.300002 -5.716667", LatLongDMS: "37:18:00 N 05:43:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SVL", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/27/1950
Time: ~18:00
Location: OSUNA, SPN
Description: 85KM ESE / Seville. Different observer(s).
Same saucer in dead-leaf motion. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1687
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "OSUNA,SPN:85KM ESE/SEVILLE:DIFFERENT OBS:SAME SCR IN DEAD-LEAF MOTION:NFD", LatLong: "37.216668 -5.066667", LatLongDMS: "37:13:00 N 05:04:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SVL", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1950
Time: 20:30
Location: SOUTH / SOUTH BEND, IN
Description: All / TWA DC3 / 2K'. Saucer paces DC3 / 8
minute(s). Veers going north. / r148p59. / r242p38.
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_1688
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "9", Elev: "220", HatchDesc: "S/SOUTH BEND,IN:ALL/TWA DC3/2K':SCR PACES DC3/8min:VEERS >N:/r148p59:/r242p38", LatLong: "41.633335 -86.250004", LatLongDMS: "41:38:00 N 86:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: Hachinohe (NE of Camp Haugen), Japan
Description: Rectangular cream-colored flat object
about 20 ft high, 60 ft long (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_695
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM
Description: Cinetheodolite Film Taken By Tracking
Station (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_696
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: Goshen, IN
Description: Adickes/Manning Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_697
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: Plymouth, MA
Description: Light-brown flat oval object that climbed
to 28,000 ft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_698
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
Description: While preparing for an MX-776A Shrike
air-to-ground missile test at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico,
Charles Riggs, a member of the Project Twinkle cinetheodolite camera
crew supplied by Land-Air Inc., sees, tracks, and manages to film four
high-flying objects streaking across the sky. Another station also
tracks the objects. The photos show only a smudgy dark object, but the
triangulation results in a calculation by mathematician Wilbur L.
Mitchell and Capt. Perry Bryant of the objects’ size as 30 feet in
diameter and 150,000 feet in altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cinetheodolite
Film Taken by Tracking Station”; Ruppelt, p.
88; Clark III 544–545; Sparks, p. 88; Thomas
Tulien, ed., Proceedings
of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical
Group, November 2001, p. 44; Good Above, pp.
354–355; Bruce Maccabee, “The White Sands Films,” IUR 21, no. 1
(Spring 1996): 22–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1524
Date: 4/27/1950
Location: Goshen, Indiana
Description: 8:25 p.m. TWA Flight 117 pilot Capt. Robert
Adickes and Flight Officer Robert F. Manning are flying near Goshen,
Indiana, when they see a bright-red disc-shaped UFO behind their DC-3.
It overtakes the plane in about 2 minutes. Stewardess Gloria Henshaw and
11 passengers (including Boeing engineers C. H. Jenkins and Dean
C. Bourland and
executives E. J. Fitzgerald and S. N. Miller) also see the object. It
veers off at 400 mph, drops down to 1,500 feet, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Adickes TWA DC-3
Case”; Sparks, p. 89;
Donald E. Keyhoe, “Flight 117
and the Flying Saucer,” True, August 1950, pp. 24–25, 75–79; 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. 46–47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1525
Date: 4/27/1950
Description: At 9:00 a.m. a U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre
jet had an encounter with a flat oval-shaped object near Plymouth,
Massachusetts. The object was light brown in color, climbed away from
the jet, and at 28,000 feet turned and flew away. At 8:25 p.m. a huge
reddish-orange disc passed a TWA DC-3 airliner being flown over South
Bend, Indiana by the crew named Adickes, Manning, and Hinshaw. The UFO
approached the plane from below and behind, overtaking the aircraft,
then moved rapidly away when the pilot attempted a closer
approach.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 12; (2) True Magazine, August 1950; Donald E. Keyhoe,
Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 145; Kenneth Arnold & Ray
Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 150
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2361
Date: 4/28/1950
Time: 09:20
Location: REUS, SP
Description: Several / railroad/railway station.
Brilliant flying cartwheel going quickly ESE vertically.
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_1689
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "REUS,SP:SVRL/RR STATION:BRILL.FLYING CARTWHEEL >>ESE VERTICALLY:", LatLong: "41.133335 1.083333", LatLongDMS: "41:08:00 N 01:05:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TRG", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/28/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: NORTH CHICAGO, IL
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2 15M
glowing-disks circle going north / 300kph. 600M altitude. / news
report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 539)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1690
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "N.CHICAGO,IL:SVRL SEP.OBS:2 15M GLOW-DISKS CCL >N/300kph:600M alt:/news rpt", LatLong: "41.900002 -87.666671", LatLongDMS: "41:54:00 N 87:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/28/1950
Location: Wakkanai (About 2 miles W of), Japan
Description: Unidentified Target Tracked / F-80
Intercepts (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500428
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_699
Date: 4/29/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Regulation of the
Air
Force Letter 200-5. (April 29)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_837
Date: 4/29/1950
Location: CENTRALIA, WA
Description: Woman. 2 saucers / sky. 6 more join / 1
red. All going quickly south into cloud. / LA Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1691
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: "5", Elev: "58", HatchDesc: "CENTRALIA,WA:WOMAN:2 SCRS/SKY:6 MORE JOIN/1 RED:ALL>>S INTO CLOUD:/L.A.TIMES", LatLong: "46.716669 -122.955561", LatLongDMS: "46:43:00 N 122:57:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/30/1950
Location: Mount Joy, Illinois
Description: IOWA REPORTS ONE
EXPLODING. Louis and Wilfred Wedemyer of Mount Joy saw a round
flat saucer-shaped object spinning across the sky. Suddenly it exploded
in the air like a firework display. It seemed to disintegrate. No noise
for a few seconds, then a low rumble that lasted half a minute. The same
phenomenon was observed in Burlington and Muscatibe, Iowa.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_72
Date: 4/30/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: SAVANNAH, GA
Description: Cops and 5 separate observer(s). 15M
upside down hat-saucer with small fins hovers / seconds. Going quickly
southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1692
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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "13", HatchDesc: "SAVANNAH,GA:COPS+5 SEP.OBS:15M UPSIDE DOWN HAT-SCR W/SML FINS HVRS/secs:>>SE", LatLong: "32.066668 -81.083337", LatLongDMS: "32:04:00 N 81:05:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/30/1950
Description: At around 8:00 p.m. police and five other
independent witnesses in Savannah, Georgia reported seeing an
upside-down, hat-shaped disc with small fins. It was an estimated 15
meters in diameter. It hovered for a few seconds, then shot off toward
the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping, May 1, 1950; Michael
Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2418
Date: 5/1950
Location: France, Vaux en Dieulet (near Buzancy)
Description: (Translated from French) M. Pierrard and
his daughter Madeleine, aged 14 at the time. "It was 6:30. As usual we
were going up to the meadows with our dog to get the cows. When we
reached the park I suddenly exclaimed: 'Dad, look at the sun, it's
really close? (...) We heard a strange noise, it was like: hou! hou!
hou! hou! and then a ball appeared. It was like a ball of fire. It came
closer, then it landed in front of us. My father asked me not to move or
go forward, for fear of being burned. It was after the ball was still
that we realized it was more like a kind of saucer. I then saw, right in
front of me, inside the object totally transparent like glass, a little
man about 1 m 40 tall, arms spread, perhaps hindered by the diving suit
he was wearing. He was absolutely motionless. He looked like a Michelin
man. He wore a kind of motorcyclist's helmet with a Plexiglas visor and
two tubes apparently connected to two tanks above his shoulders. What
shocked me the most was that it seemed to me that he was constantly
looking at me. I felt completely paralyzed during the whole observation.
I felt a heat stroke similar to the one felt when sunbathing. I did not
move during this period which lasted about two minutes. The object then
rose like a spinning top, turning slightly on itself, rising in
successive steps, emitting the same noise as at the beginning, after
which it moved away and disappeared in the direction of Buzancy. " (May
1950)
Reference: Jean-Michel LIGERON: "Ovni en Ardennes"
1981, p 23
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1461
Date: 5/3/1950
Time: ~15:00
Location: SAVOYEUX-HAUTE, FR
Description: Several girls. Large cylinder/cylindrical
object south going quickly north. Shoots silvery rays. 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_1693
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SAVOYEUX-HAUTE,FR:SVRL GIRLS:LRG CYL S>>N:SHOOTS SILVERY RAYS:NFD", LatLong: "47.550002 5.750000", LatLongDMS: "47:33:00 N 05:45:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSO", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/3/1950
Time: 16:30
Location: NEUVILLE-SUR-SARTHE, FR
Description: Numerous observer(s). 4 saucers / low
altitude. Going [to] horizon slowly. Leave trail / smoke.
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_1694
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", HatchDesc: "NEUVILLE-sur-SARTHE,FR:NMRS OBS:4 SCRS/LO ALT:> HRZN SLOWLY:LEAVE TRAIL/SMOKE", LatLong: "48.066669 0.200000", LatLongDMS: "48:04:00 N 00:12:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SRT", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/3/1950
Description: At 3:00 p.m. several girls in
Savoyeux-Haute, Haute-Saone department, France saw a large cylindrical
object fly rapidly from the south to the north shooting silvery rays. At
4:30 p.m. four discs were sighted by numerous observers in
Neuville-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe department, France flying at a low altitude
slowly toward the the horizon. They left a trail of smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 211
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2464
Date: 5/4/1950
Time: ~22:00
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Ghostly object grows and
changes shape. Flashes. Suddenly goes going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1695
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "BIRMINGHAM,AL:2+1 OBS:GHOSTLY OBJ GROWS+CHANGES SHAPE:FLASHES:SUDDENLY GOES ↑", LatLong: "33.500002 -86.816671", LatLongDMS: "33:30:00 N 86:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/4/1950
Description: At 10:00 p.m. in Birmingham, Alabama a
ghostly object grew and changed shape; it flashes; then suddenly shoots
up and is gone. There were two witnesses together and an additional
independent observer, and the event lasted 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #
1722; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2500
Date: 5/5/1950
Location: SYDNEY SUBURBS AND ALL AUSTRALIA
Description: Reports pour in. Huge cylinder/cigar-shape
flashes across sky. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1696
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "12", Duration: "77", HatchDesc: "SYDNEY SUBURBS+ALL AUSTRALIA:REPORTS POUR IN:HUGE CGR FLASHES ACRS SKY:NFD", LatLong: "-33.900002 151.200007", LatLongDMS: "33:54:00 S 151:12:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NSW", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/5/1950
Location: Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska
Description: 11:30 p.m. Capt. Marcellus D. O’Sullivan,
1Lt. William
J. Reisinger, and three enlisted men of the 625th Aircraft and
Warning Squadron at Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson],
Anchorage, Alaska, see a reddish-orange object hovering in the sky for 5
minuites. It puts on a burst of speed and disappears over the
horizon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “From History:
57th Fighter Interceptor Wing (Alaska), January–June 1950,” UFO
Historical Revue, no. 5 (July 1999): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1526
Date: 5/6/1950
Location: ABINGTON, PA
Description: Squadron / saucers circles all over town.
All see. No further details. / Scranton Tribune.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1697
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "20", Elev: "104", HatchDesc: "ABINGTON,PA:SQUADRON/SCRS CIRCLES ALL OVR TOWN:ALL SEE:NFD:/SCRANTON TRIBUNE", LatLong: "40.122224 -75.116670", LatLongDMS: "40:07:20 N 75:07:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/6/1950
Time: ~08:00
Location: ROMA, ITL
Description: Crowds / observers. 2 flashing saucers 1
mile over Piazza Colonna. Spin and move slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1698
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "12", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "ROMA,ITL:CROWDS/OBSs:2 FLASHING SCRS 1mi OVR PIAZZA COLONNA:SPIN+MOVE SLOWLY", LatLong: "41.900002 12.483334", LatLongDMS: "41:54:00 N 12:29:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Rome", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/6/1950
Description: Crowds of observers in Rome, Italy watched
two flashing saucer-shaped object one mile over the Piazza Colonna at
4:30 p.m. They were spinning and moved slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I,
(Periodo 1907-1953), p. 126; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2578
Date: 5/6/1950
Description: At 10:00 p.m. a squadron of discs flew in
circles for 20 minutes above the city of Abington, Lackawanna County,
Pennsylvania. There were many witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Riverside Daily Press, May 8, 1950; Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2579
Date: 5/7/1950
Description: (Translated from French) 9 miles south of
Easy Ely (Nevada), George Smith, his wife and their grandson saw a
white-silver object hovering at 100 feet altitude, going forward and
backward for 10 minutes then flying away high. (May 7, 6:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #721 unexplained, no investigation conducted
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_838
Date: 5/7/1950
Location: Colonna, Rome
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
WHEN IN ROME THEY FLY AS ROMANS. Hundreds of persons on
their way to work stopped to watch two flashing objects high over Rome's
central piazza, Colonna. The two objects seemed to be a mile or more
high and moved slowly. They appeared to be revolving on an axis and
flashing at regular intervals, like smaller air beacons.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_74
Date: 5/7/1950
Time: 18:50
Location: SOUTHEAST / ELY, NV
Description: 3 observer(s). Silver 100' saucer / 100'
altitude. Hovers 10 minute(s). Oscillates. Goes going up / great
speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1699
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "11", Elev: "2150", HatchDesc: "SE/ELY,NV:3 OBS:SLVR 100' SCR/100'alt:HOVRS 10min:OSCILLATES:GOES↑/GREAT SPEED", LatLong: "39.233335 -114.733339", LatLongDMS: "39:14:00 N 114:44:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/7/1950
Location: Ely (9 miles S of), NV
Description: Silvery white object hover at 100 ft
altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 721)
Reference: NICAP: 500507
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_700
Date: 5/7/1950
Time: 1845
Location: Ely, Nevada
Description: A couple and their grandson were returning
from a picnic when, about 14 km south of Ely, they saw a silvery-white
object at treetop level. It hovered for 10 min, then oscillated "as if
attempting to rise" and suddenly flew out of sight at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_79
Date: 5/7/1950
Time: 6:45 PM
Location: Nine miles sough of Ely, Nevada
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and
their grandson. One silvery white object hovered at 100' altitude, moved
back and forth for 10 minutes and then flew up and away. Note in case
file: "No investigation."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_40
Date: 5/7/1950
Description: A couple and their grandson were returning
from a picnic at 6:45 p.m. when they saw a silvery white object at
treetop level. They were about nine miles south of Ely, Nevada at the
time. It hovered for ten minutes, then oscillated "as if attempting to
rise" and suddenly flew out of sight at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 721; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century
of Landings, case # 79
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2613
Date: 5/9/1950
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Object with erratically varying height,
position and speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_701
Date: 5/10/1950
Location: ARGENTINA, Bahia Blanca region
Description: (Translated from French) Enrique
Caretenuto Botta (Enrico Botha, other authors write E.C. Bossa)), an
aeronautical engineer, was driving when he saw a metallic disk with a
shiny surface, 10 m in diameter and 4 m high (2 m high on the edges),
resting in a field near an infrequently used road. The only activity
detectable was a flashing light on the dome. There were no visible
landing gear, the disk was slightly tilted on the ground. The whole had
a smooth and shiny look, but at the same time like a kind of elasticity
like rubber). He approached and entered through an opening on the side.
(There was an odor of ozone and garlic. Three humanoids, about 1 m 30
tall, dressed in a lead-colored suit were sitting motionless on seats
(in the turret). (Their faces and hands were uncovered. Their skin was
tanned, their hair gray-brown, their eyes very large) He touched them:
they were dead (and rigid). In front of them were control instruments
and a kind of television screen. The humanoid sitting in the center held
his hands on two levers. The other two were lying on curved beds along
the circular wall). Above a flashing orange light. Very impressed, Botta
left (he had only been inside for 5 minutes) and returned the next day
with two engineer friends. They only found a pile of ashes (still hot,
leaving a greenish color on their hands). They then observed, very high
in the sky, a large cigar and two disks, one of which was hovering above
them. Then the two disks entered the cigar which (became all red) and
disappeared in a few seconds.
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: "General Alert OVNI"
ed. France - Empire, 1978, p.116 to 118
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: "The Enigma of the
E.T." - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 110, 111 - for the complements
between parentheses: Mufon Ufo Journal December 1996, n° 344, pages 15
to 17
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1462
Date: 5/10/1950
Time: 23:20
Location: ARLINGTON VA
Description: Man / window. 60 cm Lt. grey disk going
north / 150M altitude. Spins. Light smoke trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1700
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "74", HatchDesc: "ARLINGTON VA:MAN/WINDOW:60 cm Lt.GRY DISK >N/150M alt:SPINS:LITE SMOKE TRAIL", LatLong: "38.883335 -77.116670", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 77:07:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "150", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/11/1950
Location: McMinnville, OR
Description: McMinnville UFO photographs, also known as
the Trent UFO photos, were taken by a farming couple, Paul and Evelyn
Trent near McMinnville, Oregon.
Type: ufo photo
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_408
Date: 5/11/1950
Location: USA, Jarvis Island, Santa Barbara
Channel.
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:00 PM launch
of Viking IV, 169 km altitude, fire in the same rocket. (GESAG,
Launches: "Ley 1958, M.W. Rosen, N.Y. 1955) DURATION 435 SECONDS, RANGE
12 KM, FALL INTO SEA (May 11, 1950)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, 279/280
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1463
Date: 5/11/1950
Location: USA, McMinnville (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) On this day, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Trent, farmers, saw a metallic, shiny object with a
superstructure. As it came to their level, the witnesses felt a "gust of
wind". Mr. Trent took two photographs in 30 seconds. The object quickly
moved westward just after the second photo was taken. (May 11,
1950)
Reference: Henry DURRANT: "The UFO File" - Laffont 1973
- pp. 254-256 and photographic insert
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1464
Date: 5/11/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Mac Minnville
(Oregon) the
Trents photograph a saucer. (May 11, 7:45 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_839
Date: 5/11/1950
Location: McMinnville, Oregon
Description: OREGONIAN GETS TWO ON
FILM. Paul Trent, Route 3, McMinnville, captured two photos of
flying saucers in the backyard of his farm. The two pictures were taken
about 50 seconds apart.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_75
Date: 5/11/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: MCMINNVILLE, OR
Description: Classic 30' saucer over farm. 1st good
photographs. No spin. Going quickly west. / r221p132.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1701
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, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "49", HatchDesc: "McMINNVILLE,OR:CLASSIC 30'SCR OVR FARM:1st GOOD FOTOS:NO SPIN:>>W:/r221p132", LatLong: "45.233335 -123.200006", LatLongDMS: "45:14:00 N 123:12:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/11/1950
Location: McMinnville (9 miles W of), OR
Description: Paul Trent Photos (NICAP: 08 -
Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500511
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_702
Date: 5/11/1950
Locations: McMinnville, Oregon; Sheridan, Oregon;
Colorado
Description: 7:30 p.m. Evelyn
Trent, who
lives on a farm nine miles from McMinnville, Oregon [near Sheridan,
Oregon], is walking back to her farmhouse after feeding rabbits. Before
reaching the house, she sees a slow-moving, metallic disk-shaped object
heading in her direction from the northeast. She yells for her husband
Paul,
who is inside the house; he comes out and also sees the object. After a
short time, he goes back inside to get a camera and manages to take two
photos of the object before it speeds away to the west. Paul Trent’s
father briefly sees the object before it flies away. The Trents assume
they have seen some exotic military aircraft. They do not develop the
film in the camera until they use it up and show the photos only to a
few friends. Eventually it reaches the cover of Life magazine, but the
Trents show no desire to make any money from the photos. Although the
Colorado project initially thinks the photos seem genuine, three
Interface Pilote pour l’Analyse de Clichés d’OVNIs researchers in
2013–2015 claim to find evidence of a model suspended from a string.
Researcher Brad
Sparks finds major mathematical and scientific errors in IPACO’s
work, which actually supports a UFO conclusion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “McMinnville
UFO Photographs”; “Farmer
Trent’s Flying Saucer,” Life, June 26, 1950, p. 29; NICAP, “Trent / McMinnville
Photos”; Story, pp.
223–226; Sparks, p. 90; Hynek UFO
Report, pp.
244–245; Condon, pp.
396– 407;
Bruce S. Maccabee, “On
the Possibility that the McMinnville Photos Show a Distant Unidentified
Object (UO),”
Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, Center for UFO Studies, 1976,
pp. 152–163; Bruce S. Maccabee, “The
McMinnville Photos,” The Spectrum of UFO Research, CUFOS, 1988, pp.
13–57; Bruce S. Maccabee, “The Trent Farm Photos,”
April 2000; Bruce S. Maccabee, “The Trent Farm Photos
Appendix,” April 2000; Bruce S. Maccabee, “The McMinnville Photos,”
May 2000; Michael D. Swords, “Can
We Learn Anything from
UFO Photos? Part Five,” The Big Study, July 15, 2012; Antoine
Cousyn, François Louange, and Geoff Quick, “The McMinnville
Pictures,” Interface Pilote pour l’Analyse de Clichés d’OVNIs, May
2014; Clark III 702–704
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1527
Date: 5/11/1950
Description: Two famous UFO photographs were taken on
this evening by Mr. Paul Trent in McMinnville, Oregon. The UFO was also
witnessed by his wife. The images show a dark metallic, asymmetric
hat-shaped disc. The upper structure was described as like a "parachute
canopy", with slightly off-center triangular post or antenna. It
hovered, rocking slowly like a rowboat riding at anchor, and made no
sound. The photos were published in Life Magazine.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: McMinnville (OR) Telephone Register, June 8,
1950; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 6;
Edward U. Condon, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p.
396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2734
Date: 5/12/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Hoover,
head of the FBI,
worries about the protection of vital installations such as Oak Ridge
and requests that an appropriate investigation be conducted to determine
if the unidentified objects flying over the Oak
Ridge area are related to ionizing effects of radars. The USAF
services are alerted, the CIA
sends a radar expert from Washington to check the reliability of the
instruments and... the poor technician is interrogated about his
alcoholic background. Without result. (May 12)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_840
Date: 5/13/1950
Location: SUTTER BUTTES, CA
Description: 2 / farm. Brilliant white objects play
around in sky. ".. here again".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1702
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: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "50", HatchDesc: "SUTTER BUTTES,CA:2/FARM:BRILLIANT WHT OBJs PLAY AROUND IN SKY:"..HERE AGAIN"", LatLong: "39.227780 -121.805561", LatLongDMS: "39:13:40 N 121:48:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/13/1950
Time: 20:50
Location: EAST / WILMETTE, IL
Description: 25m meteor-saucer going quickly south.
Glows. 25° elevation. 6mi out over Lake Michigan. Turns going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1703
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "176", HatchDesc: "E/WILMETTE,IL:25m METEOR-SCR >>S:GLOWS:25° ELEV:6mi OUT ovr LAKE Mi:TURNS>>E", LatLong: "42.072224 -87.616671", LatLongDMS: "42:04:20 N 87:37:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/15/1950
Time: 13:00?
Location: LA PAMPA, ARG
Description: Engineer. 10M saucer and 3 dead
pseudo-human/entity inside. Ashes. / APRO Aug'55+Flying Saucer Review
(FSR) 25 / 4.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly.
CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1704
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations
Extra Data: Country: "Argentina", Credibility: "3", Duration: "20", Elev: "700", HatchDesc: "La PAMPA,ARG:ENGINEER:10M SCR+3 DEAD PSH INSIDE:ASHES:/APRO Aug'55+FSR 25/4", LatLong: "-32.000002 -66.000003", LatLongDMS: "32:00:00 S 66:00:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LPM", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 5/15/1950
Locations: Bahía Blanca Partido; Macachín; Estación
Hidalgo Ferrocarril Sarmiento; La Pampa, Argentina
Description: Afternoon. Architect Enrique Carotenuto
Bossa is driving in an isolated region in Bahía Blanca Partido (possibly
between Macachín and Estación Hidalgo Ferrocarril Sarmiento), La Pampa,
Argentina, when he sees a metallic disc resting on the ground to the
left of the highway. He stops the car to investigate, approaches it, and
sees an open door in its side. He goes inside and sees a “curved divan
with three seats, two of which were occupied by small beings covered
from head to foot (except for an opening for the face (in a kind of
tight-fitting overall of a brown color.” The bodies are about 4 feet
tall, and their faces seem charred or burnt. In front of them is a
screen with “rays playing on it,” and on top of the screen is a rotating
globe. The engineer runs out and drives back to his hotel. He returns
the next day with two companions and finds only an ash heap. But they
look up and see three UFOs—one a cigar-shaped object and two discs,
hovering above them at 1,800 feet. The discs merge with the cigar and
speed away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: El Universal (Caracas, Venezuela), May 7,
1955; “Man
Enters Grounded Disc,” APRO Bulletin, August 1955, pp. 1–3; Clark
III 327–328; Willy Smith, “The Curious Case of the Argentine Crashed
Saucer,” IUR 11, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1986): 18–19; Roberto E. Banchs and
Richard W. Heiden, “Crash Landing in the Pampas,” IUR 24, no. 2 (Summer
1999): 4–10, 30; Roberto Banchs, “General
Acha (LP): Un Accidentado
Aterrizaje (Priemra Parte),” Marcianitos Verdes, July 4, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1528
Date: 5/16/1950
Location: Washington DC
Description: Reply letter from White House to
BSRA
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_409
See also: 4/7/1950
Date: 5/17/1950 (approximate)
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 1 military observer(s). Saucer lands /
airport / 5 minute(s). Sets grass afire. Going quickly west. / OSI
investigation/investigators.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1705
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "7", Elev: "1105", HatchDesc: "AMARILLO,TX:1 MIL.OBS:SCR LANDS/AIRPORT/5min:SETS GRASS AFIRE:>>W:/OSI INV", LatLong: "35.233335 -101.800005", LatLongDMS: "35:14:00 N 101:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/17/1950
Location: TIMPERLEY, MANCHESTER
Description: Dark 'absolute(ly) solid smoke-ring'
speeds through clouds. Plane-size.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1706
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "52", HatchDesc: "TIMPERLEY,MANCHESTER:DARK 'ABS SOLID SMOKE-RING' SPEEDS THRU CLOUDS:PLANE-SIZE", LatLong: "53.383336 -2.333333", LatLongDMS: "53:23:00 N 02:20:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/17/1950
Time: 03:00
Location: HAY CREEK, WY
Description: 4 oilmen. 2 saucers over oil field / 2
hours. Lights and flames / rim. Dives and maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1707
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "120", Elev: "1317", HatchDesc: "HAY CREEK,WY:4 OILMEN:2 SCRS OVR OIL FIELD/2hrs:LITES+FLAMES/RIM:DIVES+MNVRS", LatLong: "43.711113 -104.661116", LatLongDMS: "43:42:40 N 104:39:40 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WHY", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/17/1950
Description: At three o'clock in the morning four oil
men in Hay Creek, Wyoming watched two saucers over an oil field for two
hours. The object had lights and flames around its rim. It made dives
and maneuvers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 45
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2915
Date: 5/17/1950
Description: On this night a military witness reported
that a saucer-shaped object landed at the Amarillo, Texas airport for
five minutes. Its touchdown set the grass on fire. It took off and flew
to the west. There was an OSI investigation. On the same night a dark,
"absolutely solid smoke ring" sped through the clouds of Timperley,
Cheshire, England. It was the size of a plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, pp. 44 & 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2916
Date: 5/19/1950
Location: Honshu (100 miles E of), Japan
Description: Triangular Object Tracked By Gnd Radar
& Observed By F-80 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500519
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_703
Date: 5/20/1950
Location: USA, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff
(Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) At Lowell
Observatory, Professor Hall, an astronomer, affirmed to have seen
through the telescope a bright silver disk, moving slowly in the sky.
(Henry DURRANT: "Le livre noir des S.V." - Laffont 1970 - p.99)
Astronomer Seymour L. Hess made a remarkable observation at 9:20 PM. It
was a partially shaded disk flying against the south-east wind towards
the north-west and which disappeared into a cloud bank at an altitude of
12000 feet. (May 20, 1950)
Reference: "Ufo's: A Century of Sightings" by Michael
David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 134
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1465
Date: 5/20/1950
Location: FRANCE, Cours-les-Barres (Cher)
(Fourchambault)
Description: (Translated from French) A woman,
Micheline G., had a terrifying encounter at the place called "Givry"
during a walk, around 4 pm, along the Loire. Before that, there was a
great gust, a whirlwind, like a storm wind and she heard a strange
laugh, heard as if through water. The laugh stopped abruptly and then
she received a kick in the back, as if the knee was made of steel. She
fell and was forced to lie down, still with her head held tight, and
that's how the entity dragged her onto the path and into a bush of
thorns and nettles. Then it said "There she is. We have her!" as if
speaking to someone. She was dragged through the bushes into a small
pasture and there it gradually let go. She wanted to call out but had no
voice. She was able to stand up. She saw the tops of the trees bend, the
branches shaking violently. It didn't last very long. There was then a
bitter, unknown taste in the air. After the traumatic encounter there
was again a violent displacement of air and she was blinded by a burning
white light, while she felt an electric current in her body, like a
brief paralysis. It was brief, calm returned immediately. (Michel
BOUGARD: "Des S.V. aux OVNI" - SOBEPS 1976 - p 210) Micheline headed for
the lockkeeper's house in Givry, who treated the bloody and covered in
multiple bruises victim, with finger marks embedded in her neck. The
lockkeepers were inside the house and had been blinded by a great white
light shortly before her arrival. Numerous traces on the spot and
investigation by the gendarmerie of Fourchambault.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, le premier
dossier complet..." éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 52, 53
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1466
Date: 5/20/1950
Time: 12:20
Location: LOWELL OBSERVER(S), AZ
Description: Astronomer S. Hess / (seen thru)
telescope. 4' saucer southeast going quickly northwest across wind /
100mph. / r48p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1708
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "2130", HatchDesc: "LOWELL OBS,AZ:ASTRONOMER S.HESS/TSCOPE:4'SCR SE>>NW ACRS WIND/100mph:/r48p84", LatLong: "35.333335 -111.616672", LatLongDMS: "35:20:00 N 111:37:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/20/1950
Time: 16:00
Location: COURS-LES-BARRES, FR
Description: Cold hands grab woman. Invisible figure
nears. / LDLN#314+/ MJ#309.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES,
Vingt-cinq Ans d'Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN
2-250-00464-1 (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1709
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ABD: Human or animal abduction, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "20", HatchDesc: "COURS-les-BARRES,FR:COLD HANDS GRAB WOMAN:INVSBL FIG NEARS:/LDLN#314+/MJ#309", LatLong: "47.033336 3.050000", LatLongDMS: "47:02:00 N 03:03:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Cher", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 5/20/1950
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Description: Astronomer/meteorologist observed a
"powered" disc-like object from the grounds of Lowell Observatory. [I]
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_704
Date: 5/20/1950
Locations: Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff, Arizona
Description: 12:15 p.m. Meteorologist Seymour L.
Hess is strolling the grounds of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,
Arizona, when he notices a round, gray-colored object approaching from
the southeast at about 12,000 feet altitude. He follows it with a 4x
spyglass as it passes in front of a small cumulus cloud. Hess estimates
it is about 4 feet in diameter and moving about 100 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
3; Condon, pp.
245–248; 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. 61–62
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1529
Date: 5/21/1950
Time: ~09:00
Location: MONTROSE, CO
Description: 3+16 separate observer(s). Saucer hovers /
town. 2nd saucer joins. Both going quickly north. Then turn going
quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 548)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1710
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "1768", HatchDesc: "MONTROSE,CO:3+16 SEP.OBS:SCR HVRS/TOWN:2nd SCR JOINS:BOTH >> N:THEN TURN>>E", LatLong: "38.477780 -107.877783", LatLongDMS: "38:28:40 N 107:52:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/21/1950
Time: ~14:00
Location: WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WY
Description: 7 / Air National Guard. 4 white saucers /
V formation maneuver and regroup. 90° turn going quickly east
inline.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1711
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, 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: "1872", HatchDesc: "WARREN AFB,WY:7/AIR Ntl.GUARD:4 WHT SCRS/VFORM MNVR+REGROUP:90°TURN >>E INLINE", LatLong: "41.183335 -104.900005", LatLongDMS: "41:11:00 N 104:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/21/1950
Description: A second Gallup poll on UFOs is released,
showing that 5% of respondents think “these flying saucers” are “comets,
shooting stars, something from another planet.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The
Author, 1990, pp. 48-49; Robert J. Durant, “Evolution of Public Opinion
on UFOs,” IUR 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1993): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1530
Date: 5/21/1950
Location: Municipal Airport in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: 3:50 p.m. T/Sgt Edward Eles, Earl
DuQuoin, and
four other airmen of the 187th Fighter Squadron of the Wyoming National
Guard are on the airfield at the Municipal Airport in Cheyenne, Wyoming,
when they see a V- shaped formation of four round, pure-white discs
flying in a northerly direction. In a matter of seconds, the objects
change formation and make a sharp right-angle turn, flying single file,
and speed out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Cheyenne Wyoming State Tribune, May 22,
1950, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1531
Date: 5/21/1950
Description: A huge round object hung in the sky over
Montrose, Colorado. It was joined by a second large object. Both started
heading to the north, but turned and flew off to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 48, citing UPI release, May 22, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3014
Date: 5/22/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Seymour
Hess observes a UFO at the Flagstaff Observatory (Arizona) [Vallée].
(May 22, between 12:15 and 12:30)
Reference: Bonvin
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_841
Date: 5/23/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: LOVELAND, CO
Description: 3 observer(s). 2 large flat glowing-disks
make 10 circular orbits / N. sky. / Denver News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 547)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1712
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1518", HatchDesc: "LOVELAND,CO:3 OBS:2 LRG FLAT GLOW-DISKS MAKE 10 CIRC.ORBITS/N.SKY:/Denver news", LatLong: "40.416669 -105.072227", LatLongDMS: "40:25:00 N 105:04:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/24/1950
Location: Montrose, Colorado
Description: FIFTEEN WITNESSES CONFIRM MRS.
SEEVERS' SIGHTING. Mrs. Clyde Seevers, one of sixteen Montrose
ranchers who saw two sky objects as broad as large airplane's wings,
said the craft was absolutely round and smooth without windows, motors,
or tail assembly. They flew soundlessly and seemed to float along, then
suddenly soared up swiftly and disappeared. Her report was corroborated
by fifteen other ranchers in the vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_76
Date: 5/24/1950
Location: VAUGHN, NM
Description: Contractors / Project Twinkle. 8 30'
saucers and green fireballs / FBI. 150k' altitude. / International UFO
Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V9#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE
and the UFO'S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1713
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "160", Elev: "1806", HatchDesc: "VAUGHN,NM:CONTRACTORS/PROJ TWINKLE:8 30'SCRS+GRN FBLS./FBI:150k'alt:/IUR V9#1", LatLong: "34.616668 -105.216672", LatLongDMS: "34:37:00 N 105:13:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/24/1950
Location: Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM
Description: Askania Theodolite Films Objects At
Tracking Station (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500524
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_705
Date: 5/24/1950
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: During an MX-674 Tarzon controllable
vertical bomb test at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, Floyd Fannon and other
USAF crew members see eight unidentified objects. They separately track
and film two of the objects down the North American Aviation missile
firing range. Project Twinkle cinetheodolite station P-8 films one
object to the northeast for 6 frames (1.0 sec) moving uniformly to the
south. Cinetheodolite station P-10, located 5.7 miles down range to the
north from P-8 and 7 feet higher, films another object, hence no
triangulation is possible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cinetheodolite
Film Taken by Tracking Station”; Sparks, p. 91;
Good Above, pp.
354–355; Bruce Maccabee, “The White Sands Films,” IUR 21, no. 1
(Spring 1996): 22–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1532
Date: 5/25/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTHEAST / CANON CITY, CO
Description: 2 observer(s). Series / 11 glowing-saucers
pass Pikes Peak / 1 min intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 551)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1714
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "20", Elev: "4300", HatchDesc: "NE/CANON CITY,CO:2 OBS:SERIES/11 GLOW-SCRS PASS PIKES PEAK/1 min intervals", LatLong: "38.833335 -105.050005", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 105:03:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/25/1950
Locations: USAF Office of Special Investigations; New
Mexico area
Description: Lt. Col. Doyle
Rees of the USAF Office of Special Investigations writes a
confidential memo to Brig. Gen. Joseph
F. Carroll, Director
of Special Investigations. In part, it states: “In a liaison meeting
with other military and government intelligence and investigative
agencies in December 1948, it was determined that the frequency of
unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an
organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken. The
organization and physical location of units of this District were most
suitable for collecting these data, therefore, since December 1948, this
District has assumed the responsibility for collecting and reporting
basic information with respect to aerial phenomena in this general
area.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Summary of Observations
of Aerial Phenomena, New Mexico Area, Dec 1949 to May 1950”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1533
Date: 5/29/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Washington
(DC), observation
of Captain Sperry. (May 29)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_842
Date: 5/29/1950
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Object tracked by two theodolite stations;
movie footage.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_57
Date: 5/29/1950
Time: 06:00?
Location: WHITE SANDS PG, NM
Description: 2 separate theodolites film object just
prior / missile test. / r120p354.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1715
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1250", HatchDesc: "WHITE SANDS PG,NM:2 SEP THEODOLITES FILM OBJ JUST PRIOR/MISSILE TEST:/r120p354", LatLong: "33.483335 -106.333338", LatLongDMS: "33:29:00 N 106:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/29/1950
Time: 21:30
Location: 7MI WITH MT. VERNON, VA
Description: 3 crew. Blue-glowing cylinder/cigar-shape
buzzes DC6. Going quickly [to] ahead. Turns going quickly southwest. /
r29p85.
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_1716
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "7mi W/MT VERNON,VA:3 CREW:BLUE-GLO CGR BUZZES DC6:>> AHEAD:TURNS >>SW:/r29p85", LatLong: "38.716669 -77.200004", LatLongDMS: "38:43:00 N 77:12:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/29/1950
Location: Mt. Vernon, VA
Description: Sperry/Gates Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 500529
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_706
Date: 5/29/1950
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Theodolite photo (NICAP: 08 - Photographic
Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_707
Date: 5/29/1950
Location: Mt. Vernon (about 7 miles W of), VA
Description: A spindle-shaped 150 ft long metallic
object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_708
Date: 5/29/1950
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee;
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Description: 9:20 p.m. Capt. Willis T.
Sperry, copilot
Bill Gates, flight engineer Robert
Arnholt, a stewardess, and several passengers on an American
Airlines DC-6 airliner headed southwest out of Washington, D.C., en
route to Nashville, Tennessee, are flying at 7,500 feet at 250 mph.
About 7 miles west of Mount Vernon, Virginia, Gates alerts Sperry to a
bright blue or bluish light ahead of them and increasing in size. Sperry
makes an evasive 45° turn to the right and the object passes from 11
o’clock to 7 o’clock position to the left at a slightly higher altitude.
The light very briefly passes between the aircraft and the upper part of
the moon, revealing an object with a long silhouette (somewhat
reminiscent of a submarine) without visible wings or empennage. The blue
light is on the front of the object. Sperry turns left back onto his
original course to get the object back in view, but it apparently stays
stationary for about 30 seconds. Gates then notices the object circling
around to the right side. Sperry banks right again, while the object
paces the airliner about 20–30 seconds before it climbs to the east at a
30° angle at “fantastic” speed and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sperry UFO
Case”; NICAP, “Capt. Willis Sperry
Sighting”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The
Author, 1990, pp. 52–53; Project 1947, “UFO Reports 1950”;
Sparks, p. 91
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1534
Date: 5/29/1950
Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Description: A shiny, bright object streaking across
the sky is spotted by two cine-theodolite stations at White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico, just before firing a test missile. The object
is tracked and photographed by both stations. After the films are
developed, it turns out that the stations had photographed different
objects. Analysts estimate that the objects were higher than 40,000
feet, traveling more than 2,000 mph, and over 300 feet in
diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
89; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The Author, 1990, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1535
Date: 5/29/1950
Description: At 9:15 p.m. an American Airlines DC-6
flying at 8000' altitude, climbing from Washington, D.C. and
approximately over Rappahannock, Virginia encountered a spindle-shaped
UFO. The object changed course to parallel the plane, then circled the
aircraft, and reversed direction before it went out of sight very fast.
It had a blue light on its front end. The sighting lasted approximately
one minute, and the object was not detected on radar. There were three
witnesses among the crew: Sperry, Bates, and Arnholt.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 39;
UNICAT, case # 719, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July; True Magazine, August 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3144
Date: 6/1950
Description: Many sightings
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_110
Date: 6/1950
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) The experimental
aircraft Skystreak completed its last research flight (Vortex Generator)
and reached Mach 0.99. This was the limit of its possible performance.
It was not retired from the program until 1953.
Reference: NASA website 1997, "On the Frontier" Ref
2-25
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1467
Date: 6/1950
Location: AMERICA, Atlantic
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Suarez saw
four luminous objects emerge from the sea, close to the shore, one after
the other, while the sea boiled like a maelstrom, with a terrifying
noise.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: "Des S.V. aux OVNI" - SOBEPS
1976 - p 214
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1470
Date: 6/1950
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Frank Scully,
author of "Behind the Flying Saucers", claimed that he had boarded a
Venusian vessel equipped with an electromagnetic propulsion system and
had undertaken a journey with its occupants. [note from vog: I did not
find this in Scully's claims...] (June 1950)
Reference: A. RIBERA: "Ces mystérieux ovni" - De Vecchi
1976, p. 226
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1471
Date: 6/1950
Location: ARGENTINA, Tierra del Fuego, between San
Sebastian and Rio Grande
Description: (Translated from French) A man who was
walking along the beach, saw an oval-shaped UFO emerge from the sea and
fly towards the land. A few nights later he saw a similar phenomenon
near Santa Cruz.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: "Modern Mysteries of
the World" - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 307
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1472
Date: 6/1950
Location: GEELONG, VCT, AUS
Description: Saucer going quickly south / 1000mph.
Bronze top and silver bot. Absolute(ly) silent. Trails blue vapor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1717
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "GEELONG,VCT,AUS:SCR>>S/1000mph:BRONZE TOP+SLVR BOT:ABS SILENT:TRAILS BLU VAPOR", LatLong: "-38.100002 144.216674", LatLongDMS: "38:06:00 S 144:13:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Victoria", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1950
Time: 23:00
Location: OFF RIO GRANDE, ARG
Description: Sheep run. Splash! Luminous/glowing ovoid
rises / sea. 90° turn going quickly northwest. / MJ#130.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M.
Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN
(Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1718
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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Argentina", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off RIO GRANDE,ARG:SHEEP RUN:SPLASH!:LUMn OVOID RISES/SEA:90°TURN>>NW:/MJ#130", LatLong: "-53.333336 -68.000003", LatLongDMS: "53:20:00 S 68:00:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TDF", Strangeness: "7"
Date: Early Summer 1950
Location: CANADA, Vassan (Abitibi)
Description: (Translated from French) L. B. was
returning home after spending the evening playing cards with his
neighbors. The weather was nice, the sky was clear. It was between 1 and
2 o'clock in the morning. The witness was walking on the dirt road when
he saw, near an abandoned barn, a light. At the same time he heard
noises that he thought were of metallic origin. He wondered if it was
wise to approach, but after a moment of hesitation, he decided to
approach. He then heard voices perfectly. He thought it was people who
had taken up residence in this barn to make "bagosse" (illegal
moonshine). He had already heard that this had been seen in the region.
(...) he slipped behind a "pitoune" (wooden balls) rope. There he heard
the voices very well and he saw the object that emitted the light. It
was a bright and shiny disc 6 m in diameter, suspended one and a half
meters from the ground. (...) "Near this device, I clearly saw, because
of the light that was still quite strong and coming from the object, a
being 1 m 60 tall. He was well built, thin and looked rather young.
(...) I was not afraid to look (...) and so I advanced." Up close the
witness noticed that the man had a phosphorescent one-piece garment and
on his face he wore a mask that seemed to be made of a piece of soft
leather with holes for the eyes. It started in the middle of the
forehead and ended just under the mouth. (...) the character spoke words
in an unknown language (note from vog: detached syllables resembling
German) Almost immediately the witness felt movement under the luminous
object. Another character emerged from under the apparatus. (...) this
second character is smaller than the first; he is dressed in the same
way; his head is bigger and covered with a kind of hood. He has wide
shoulders, a hunched back. At the waist he wears an object similar to a
flashlight. With an awkward gesture he directs the instrument towards
the witness, who immediately feels "mortified". (note from vog:
paralyzed in place but seeing and hearing everything). (...) The two
beings began to talk. The character with the flashlight approached the
witness (...) he touched his forehead (...) with a hand with fingers
deformed as if by arthritis. (...) his head barely reached his shoulders
(...) he removed his hood. (...) L.B. had a shudder of disgust (...) The
skin was wrinkled and tanned... deformed by a grimace, one could clearly
see all his teeth... small and all alike. (...) because he was showing
me those eyes with his fingers all deformed. (...) the area around the
eyes had wrinkles like the area around the eyes of a chicken. And the
black dots of the two eyes did not reach the same height, as if they
were looking in different directions. I also saw that the face had no
mobility at all, it was stuck there, period. (...) he put his hood back
on. He stayed a few minutes looking at the witness's face. The other
(..) started talking very loudly. The one in front of me left me on the
spot to go to the luminous object. The two then climbed into the object
by a short ladder. (..) L.B. remembers nothing else. (...) he was able
to move again. (...) He was sitting in the grass. (1950, early
summer)
Reference: Jean Ferguson: "Les Humanoïdes, les cerveaux
qui dirigent les S.V." ed. Leméac 1978, p. 241 to 244
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1473
Date: 6/1/1950
Locations: RAF Tangmere; West Sussex, England; RAF
Wartling; Eastbourne
Description: A pilot on patrol from RAF Tangmere in
West Sussex, England, sights a “bright circular metallic object” that
speeds past his Gloster Meteor jet fighter at 20,000 feet. As he
undergoes a debriefing by squadron intelligence, he finds out that four
RAF controllers at the radar station at RAF Wartling near Eastbourne
have, at the same time, tracked an “unusual response” that vanishes from
their screens, moving at terrific speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Flying
Saucer Working Party,” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism,
January 3, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1538
Date: 6/2/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: ONSET, MA
Description: 6 observer(s). 2 small luminous silver
disks circle several X / 60M altitude. Shoot to distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1719
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "40", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "ONSET,MA:6 OBS:2 SML.LUMN.SLVR DISKS CCL SVRL X/60M alt:SHOOT TO DISTANCE", LatLong: "41.744446 -70.661114", LatLongDMS: "41:44:40 N 70:39:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "60", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/7/1950
Location: London, England
Description: RAF PILOT REPORTS SIGHTING, RADAR
A 'BLIP'. An RAF pilot radioed his base: "Strange object seen.
Looks like a flying saucer." Radar operators at the base picked up a
strong "blip" on their screens. The air ministry withheld all
information.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_77
Date: 6/7/1950
Time: 22:20
Location: OFF DUNKIRK, NY
Description: 2+observer(s) parachute glowing-saucer
going down [to] slow. Stops. 2 lights flash. Going quickly east
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 565)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1720
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "174", HatchDesc: "off DUNKIRK,NY:2+OBS PARACHUTE GLOW-SCR ↓ SLOW:STOPS:2 LITES FLASH:>>E FAST", LatLong: "42.500002 -79.333337", LatLongDMS: "42:30:00 N 79:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/8/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The Telephone
Register of McMinville (Oregon) publishes the
Trent story. (June 8)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_843
Date: 6/8/1950
Location: Korean Theatre
Description: Gen. Earle E.
Partridge of the Fifth Air Force, responsible for the Korean
Theatre, writes to Commanding Gen. George E.
Stratemeyer, asking
for an analysis of certain UFO cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 100–101
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1539
Date: 6/12/1950
Location: Unknown City, CA
Description: Geologist saw disc-shaped object loop
around plane. [VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_709
Date: 6/12/1950
Description: Eastern Airlines executive Eddie
Rickenbacker tells the press that if flying saucers “do exist, you
can rest assured that they are ours.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1540
Date: 6/12/1950
Location: California
Description: 4:00 p.m. Working in a quarry somewhere in
California, geologist John Zimmerman and civil engineer Charles Fisher
are watching a jet aircraft speeding through the sky and leaving a vapor
trail. Suddenly Zimmerman notices that the vapor trail has been cut.
Looking more closely, he notices a metallic disc making vertical loops
around the jet. Two other discs come into view and perform the same
aerobatics.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wells Alan Webb, Mars, the New Frontier,
Fearon, 1956, p. 124; UFOEv, p.
50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1541
Date: 6/13/1950
Time: ~16:00
Location: NEAR MILL VALLEY, CA
Description: Many observer(s). Huge disk hovers / high
over bay / 5 minute(s). Going quickly [to] away instantly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1721
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: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "nr MILL VALLEY,CA:MANY OBS:HUGE DISK HVRS/HIGH OVR BAY/5min:>> AWAY INSTANTLY", LatLong: "37.905557 -122.544450", LatLongDMS: "37:54:20 N 122:32:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/14/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: 4:45 PM. Fairchild plant workers at the
nuclear research facilities watched a brilliant fiery ball of light
hover over restricted military airspace for about two minutes. (Source:
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p. 3). (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_710
Date: 6/15/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: PARAMARIBO, SURNM
Description: Many observer(s). Moon-size silver ovoid
going northeast slow. Sudden dips and rises. / Bloe.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 566)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1722
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "Guyanas (all 3 of them)", Credibility: "12", Duration: "10", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "PARAMARIBO,SURNM:MANY OBS:MOONSIZE SLVR OVOID >NE SLOW:SUDDEN DIPS+RISES:/Bloe", LatLong: "5.866667 -55.166669", LatLongDMS: "05:52:00 N 55:10:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Surinam", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/16/1950
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Triangular Object Passes C-47 At 700 MPH
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500616
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_711
Date: 6/17/1950
Time: 02:30
Location: HASELBACH, GERM
Description: 0.Linke and 1. 15M saucer. 2 small
humanoids (or Greys) check ground. Going quickly southwest. Plug / dirt
gone. / MJ#153.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1723
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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "4", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "HASELBACH,GERM:0.LINKE+1:15M SCR:2 OIDS CHECK GND:>>SW:PLUG/DIRT GONE:/MJ#153", LatLong: "50.500002 10.350000", LatLongDMS: "50:30:00 N 10:21:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bavaria", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 6/17/1950
Location: Hasselbach, East Germany
Description: 40-50 ft frying pan-shaped object with two
rows of 1 ft holes (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_712
Date: 6/17/1950
Locations: Haselbach, Thuringia, East Germany; West
Berlin; Stockheim
Description: Oskar Linke and his 11-year-old daughter
Gabriele are walking toward Haselbach, Thuringia, East Germany, in the
twilight when she notices something about 420 feet away. It appears to
be two men dressed in shiny metallic clothing who are stooped over and
looking at something on the ground. Linke approaches to 30 feet away,
looks over a small fence, and sees a large object about 40 feet in
diameter that looks like a huge frying pan. It has two rows of holes in
its periphery and a black conical tower about 9 feet high. The two men
suddenly jump inside. The inside lights up, the object starts humming
and rises slowly from the ground, rotating like a top. It rises from the
ground with the aid of a central cylinder and is surrounded by flames,
then takes off in the direction of Stockheim. Later he finds a circular
depression in the ground at the spot. Linke resettles in West Berlin in
1951. He tells his story to a notary there on July 1, 1952, which is how
it turns up in the Western press and explains a confusion in the date of
the sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “CE III by Two
Witnesses / Oskar Linke Case”; Central Intelligence Agency, “‘Flying
Saucers’ in East Germany,” July 9, 1952; Andreas Müller, “Das
Haselbach-UFO von
1950: Die Augenzeugin spricht,” grenzWissenschaft-aktuell.de,
January 26, 2016; Sparks, p. 92; Good
Above, pp.
513–514
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1542
Date: 6/17/1950
Description: Oskar Linke and his 11-year-old daughter
saw two little men in silver suits in a forest outside of Hasselbach,
Germany in 1950. His motorcycle had gotten a flat tire and they were
pushing it toward the village around 2:30 a.m. when his daughter
Gabriele pointed to what she thought was a young deer about 150 yards
away. He approached and realized that what she had seen were apparently
human figures, wearing shimmering metallic clothing. They stood about
1.5 meters (4 feet) in height, and one of them wore a light on its chest
that flashed at regular intervals. He stealthily approached to about 30
feet from them, peering over a small ridge. Next to them was a
pan-shaped disc, approximately 40-50 feet (15-20 meters) in diameter.
The object was metallic and had two rows of holes along the sides each
about a foot in diameter, spaced 1.5 feet apart. Out of the top rose a
ten-foot high black, cylindrical "conning tower."
When his
daughter called to him it apparently alarmed the two figures, for they
rushed back to the object, clambering up the side of the conning tower
and disappearing inside. The outer rim of the disc in which the holes
were sunk began to glow a blue-green color, and a humming sound started.
As the glow and sound increased, the tower was retracted into the center
of the object, and the whole object rose from the ground. From the
swirling effect he got the impression the object was spinning like a
top. The color of the disc turned to red as it took off. A two-meter
circular depression of compressed ground, freshly made, was found at the
landing site, with ground indentations. At the time Mr. Linke lived in
communist controlled East Germany. He told his story to a judge and U.S.
Military intelligence when he was able to cross into West Germany two
years later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for
Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, pp. 8-9, citing Leonard Cramp, Piece
for a Jig-Saw, p. 158. This case is often erroneously cited as occurring
in 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3525
Date: 6/20/1950
Location: Oakland, California
Description: The Oakland Tribune. THIS
ONE DUSTS AIR FORCE BASE. The UP said a "disk-shaped object"
roaring at an estimated speed of 1000 to 1500 mph. made five passes near
Hamilton Air Force Base today.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_78
Date: Summer 1950
Location: CANADA, in Manitoba
Description: (Translated from French) The 8 year old
girl was playing in her grandparents' barn, when suddenly she found
herself hundreds of meters away in the farm yard, without understanding
how she had gotten to that place. A warm liquid was running down her
leg: at mid-calf a deep, clean and absolutely painless wound of 2.5 cm
long and 1 cm deep. She was bleeding abundantly: yet, the pants were
absolutely not torn. (1950, Summer)
Reference: Bertrand MEHEUST: "En soucoupes volantes" -
Imago 1992, p. 43
Reference: continued: summer 1966, France, in
Alsace
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1480
Date: Summer 1950 (approximate)
Location: Belgium, Maldegem
Description: (Translated from French) (Source: GESAG,
GS 552) Willy V. (aged 8-10) was outside the house with his younger
sister Yvette, at the hamlet of Broekhuize, Maldegem. Yvette first
noticed the phenomenon, looking up at the sky almost mechanically. It
was a disc rotating on itself, flat on the top and curved on the bottom.
At the periphery of the disc were short beams of grayish light. There
was no emission of smoke and the light rays remained fixed on the edge
of the object, like short pulsations. At 60 cm from the eyes, the
diameter was estimated at 20 cm, while the speed of movement could be
estimated as that of the planes of the time (900km/h). It seems that it
was not the outer ring that was rotating around the vertical axis.
Yvette specifies that sometimes the surface of the object sparkled,
despite the absence of the sun but that the sky was clear. The object
was moving from west to east, almost passing directly above the young
witnesses at an altitude estimated between 4000 and 6000 meters. The
children rushed into the house to alert the parents and when they all
returned outside, everything had disappeared. From the moment of the
observation until they returned to the house, about 3 minutes had
passed. (1950, Summer (or 1955?))
Reference: Investigation by Jacques Bonabot, in
September 1972.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1481
Date: Summer 1950
Location: ESTONIA, Liiduvere
Description: (Translated from French) A 6-year-old girl
spotted an "airplane" in a clover field not far from her father's farm.
She wanted to go and take a closer look. The airplane had no wings, only
a long fuselage about 6 m long with silver ends and a black middle. Four
small men, barely taller than her, were busy. They were extraordinary:
dressed in bright green, with a red face and a kind of cap on their
heads. They moved like puppets, one of them kicked the airplane, their
eyes were fixed and did not move. The girl then told them that they were
in a clover field in the village of Liiduvere, but suddenly she was
seized with panic and ran home. Looking back, she saw the plane rise
slowly. The next day she returned to see if the plane had returned, but
she was scared when she approached the place. For a long time, for her,
the word "airplane" evoked this cigar-shaped device. She had told her
story to her grandmother and her mother, but they did not believe her.
(1950, Summer)
Reference: International Ufo Reporter, vol. 2 n° 12,
1977
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1482
Date: 6/21/1950
Time: 01:30
Location: HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Blue Book. 2+3 pilots. Saucer / 3000'
altitude. 1200mph. Blue flame. Roars. 3 passes.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1724
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "25", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "HAMILTON AFB,CA:BBK:2+3 PILOTS:SCR/3000'alt:1200mph:BLUE FLAME:ROARS:3 PASSES", LatLong: "38.083335 -122.550006", LatLongDMS: "38:05:00 N 122:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "915", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/21/1950
Location: Misawa AFB, Japan
Description: 30' Disc Seen From Golf Course (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500621
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_713
Date: 6/21/1950
Location: Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: Disc Makes Five Passes At Control Tower
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500621
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_714
Date: Summer 1950
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Physicist Enrico
Fermi first formulates the “Fermi Paradox” during a casual
conversation (in Los Alamos, New Mexico?) with fellow physicists Edward Teller, Herbert York, and Emil
Konopinski. While
walking to lunch, the men discuss recent UFO reports and the possibility
of faster-than-light travel. The conversation moves on to other topics,
until during lunch Fermi allegedly says suddenly, “But where is
everybody?” (although the exact quote is uncertain).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Enrico Fermi”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1536
Date: Summer 1950
Location: Beaverdam, Virginia
Description: Evening. An 8- or 10-foot-disc lands in a
field behind Mrs. Mason Vaughan’s house in Beaverdam, Virginia. From an
open cockpit a “man with unusual goggles or headpiece” looks out.
Surprised, the disc takes off abruptly, breaking off a limb from an oak
tree on the way up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 267; Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT
Index 1950–1951, p.
20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1537
Date: 6/21/1950
Locations: Hamilton AFB; Novato, California
Description: 1:35 a.m. Control tower operators Cpl.
Roger G. Pryor and S/Sgt. Ellis
R. Lorimer and airways communications staffer S/Sgt. Virgil Cappuro
watch a flying disc speeding at 1,000–1,500 mph over Hamilton AFB [now
closed] in Novato, California. The object shoots blue flame and makes a
roar like thunder as it makes five passes over the base. They observe it
through binoculars for 25 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Makes Five
Passes at
Control Tower”; Sparks, p. 92
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1543
Date: 6/23/1950
Location: USA, Lake Michigan
Description: (Translated from French) American Navy
divers were unsuccessfully trying to retrieve debris from an airplane
buried 50 meters deep in the muddy waters of the lake. They found
nothing. Yet, shortly afterwards, something began to rise to the surface
on its own; it had bizarre shapes, with no relation to what is usually
found after an explosion. Imagine violently hammered glass tiles and you
will have an idea of what was collected that day in Indiana. (June 23,
1950)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" -
Albin Michel 1970, p. 304
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1468
Date: 6/23/1950
Location: Gulf of Mexico, At Sea
Description: Huge ball of fire descend slowly in 1-1/2
mins in a wavy spiral path (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_715
Date: 6/24/1950
Location: Near Los Angles, CA
Description: Navy transport plane sees UFO pace
airliner.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_58
Date: 6/24/1950
Location: COMMERCE, TX
Description: 2 / airliner. Saucer seen / 30 km. Sudden
burst speed / 600 kph and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1725
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: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "157", HatchDesc: "COMMERCE,TX:2/AIRLINER:SCR SEEN/30 km:SUDDEN BURST SPEED/600 kph AND AWAY", LatLong: "33.244446 -95.900005", LatLongDMS: "33:14:40 N 95:54:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/24/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR DAGGETT, CA
Description: Navy transport and all / airliners.
Cylinder/cigar-shape maneuvers. Follows liner / 20 mile(s). /
r22p139.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1726
Attributes: 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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "30", Elev: "611", HatchDesc: "nr DAGGETT,CA:NAVY XPORT+ALL/AIRLINERS:CGR MNVRS:FOLOS LINER/20mi:/r22p139", LatLong: "34.866668 -116.900006", LatLongDMS: "34:52:00 N 116:54:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/24/1950
Time: 19:40
Location: GULF OF MEXICO
Description: Military reconnaissance flight. Fireball
maneuvers / 90 second(s). Descends. Leaves contrail..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1727
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "GULF of MEXICO:MIL.RECON FLITE:FBL MNVRS/90sec:DESCENDS:leaves contrail..", LatLong: "26.833335 -86.083337", LatLongDMS: "26:50:00 N 86:05:00 W", Locale: "High Seas", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GMX", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/24/1950
Location: Daggett, CA
Description: Navy transport pilot Case (AL, M) (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500624
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_716
Date: 6/24/1950
Location: Daggett, California
Description: A cigar-shaped UFO paces a United Airlines
plane (Capt. E. L. Remlin, First Officer David Stewart, and observer
Capt. Samuel
B. Wiper) for 20 minutes near Daggett, California. The object is
also seen by the crew of another airliner and a navy transport plane.
The Navy pilot sees for 3 minutes a dark gray object with heat radiation
at the tail end. He estimates altitude as 50,000–100,000 feet and a
speed of 1,000–1,500 mph. The crews discuss the matter with two CAA
ground stations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Aircraft Crews
Observe UFO”; UFOEv, p.
31; Sparks, p. 93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1544
Date: 6/25/1950
Location: Korea
Description: Korean War
Type: war
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_410
Date: 6/25/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the
Korean War, increasing fear of a Soviet attack in Western Europe. (June
25)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_844
Date: 6/25/1950
Location: Baker, New Mexico
Description: UNITED AIRLINES CREW SEES ONE 4
MILES UP. Captain E. L. Remlin, First Officer David Stewart,
and Observer Sam B. Wiper noticed a mysterious object while flying their
UAL Main-liner at 14,000 feet between Las Vegas and Silver Lake about
eight miles north of Baker, New Mexico. The craft had a bluish center
with a bright orange tint and was flying horizontally at about 20,000
feet, faster than the plane, and about 20 miles away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_79
Date: 6/25/1950
Time: 09:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 1 observer. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape
tilts over city. / FBI records. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1728
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:1 OBS:SLVR CGR TILTS OVR CITY:/FBI RECORDS:NFD", LatLong: "38.866669 -76.983337", LatLongDMS: "38:52:00 N 76:59:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/25/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: NEWBURGH, NY
Description: WW2 plane spotter and more/others. 4 disks
in formation. "Not planes". Maneuver. / The New York Times (NYT) 27 Jun.
'47.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1729
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: "8", Duration: "180", Elev: "42", HatchDesc: "NEWBURGH,NY:WW2 PLANE SPOTTER++:4 DISKS/FORMn:"NOT PLANES":MNVR:/NYT 27JUN47", LatLong: "41.500002 -74.005559", LatLongDMS: "41:30:00 N 74:00:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/25/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: BARCELONA, SP
Description: 4 observer(s). Bright long metallic
cylinder south going quickly north / 10 second(s). No further
details.
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_1730
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BARCELONA,SP:4 OBS:BRITE LONG MTLC CYLINDER S>>N/10sec:NFD", LatLong: "41.400002 2.133333", LatLongDMS: "41:24:00 N 02:08:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Barcelone", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/25/1950
Locations: North Korea; South Korea
Description: North Korea invades South Korea, beginning
the Korean War.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Korean
War”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1545
Date: 6/26/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Wingless fuselage going quickly [to] MACH1
and more/others / several min. 3 planes and ground observer(s). Bluish
light.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1731
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "8", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "LAS VEGAS,NV:WINGLESS FUSELAGE >>MACH1++/SVRL MIN:3 PLANES+GND OBS:BLUISH LITE", LatLong: "36.166668 -115.133339", LatLongDMS: "36:10:00 N 115:08:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/27/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Texarkana
(Texas), Terrell and Yates, both employees of the Red River Arsenal, saw
a shiny object flying horizontally for 4 to 5 seconds, whose shape
resembled two overturned buckets against each other. (June 27, 7:50
AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #738 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_845
Date: 6/27/1950
Time: 07:50
Location: TEXARKANA, TX
Description: 2 / truck / Red River Arsenal. Fast
glittering "double-dishpan" zips by.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1732
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "97", HatchDesc: "TEXARKANA,TX:2/TRUCK/RED RVR ARSENAL:FAST GLITTERING "DOUBLE-DISHPAN" ZIPS BY", LatLong: "33.416668 -94.083338", LatLongDMS: "33:25:00 N 94:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/27/1950
Time: 11:00?
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY
Description: Newsman shoots 50' / 8mm film. Large
bright saucer near passing plane. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1733
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "139", HatchDesc: "LOUISVILLE,KY:NEWSMAN SHOOTS 50'/8mm FILM:LRG BRITE SCR nr PASSING PLANE:>>W", LatLong: "38.250002 -85.766671", LatLongDMS: "38:15:00 N 85:46:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/27/1950
Time: 11:30
Location: OAKLAND, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Bomber flies over. Shiny
spinning object overtakes plane / rear going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1734
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "OAKLAND,CA:2 OBS:BOMBER FLIES OVR:SHINY SPINNING OBJ OVERTAKES PLANE/REAR >>E", LatLong: "37.816668 -122.283339", LatLongDMS: "37:49:00 N 122:17:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/27/1950
Location: Texarkana, TX
Description: Huge "Dishpan" Flies Over Arsenal (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 738)
Reference: NICAP: 500627
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_717
Date: 6/27/1950
Location: Louisville, KY
Description: Movie film of UFO taken by newspaper
reporter Al Hixenbaugh (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_718
Date: 6/27/1950
Time: 7:50 AM
Location: Texarkana, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Terrell and Yates, employees of
Red River Arsenal. One object, bright, shaped like two dishpans
face-to-face, flew straight and level, fast for 4-5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_41
Date: 6/27/1950
Location: South Korea
Description: President Truman orders
US air and sea forces to help South Korea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Korean
War”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1546
Date: 6/27/1950
Locations: Louisville, Kentucky; Longest and Everett
avenues
Description: 4:15 p.m. Al Hixenbaugh, a photographer
for the Louisville Times, is at the corner of Longest and Everett
avenues in Louisville, Kentucky, when he hears the sound of a DC-3
airplane overhead. He looks up and sees the plane as well as a large
disc with a slight corona around it. He shoots 50 feet of film with his
16mm movie camera as the object remains motionless for 10 seconds before
it starts getting smaller and disappears to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Louisville (Ky.) Times, June 28, 1950, p. 1;
“How
to Film UFO’s,” Saucers 6, no. 3 (August 1958): 3; Sparks, p. 93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1547
Date: 6/28/1950
Time: 01:00
Location: SAN LEANDRO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Thunder-roar. Circular
object 2000' overhead. Jets / flame from edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1735
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "SAN LEANDRO,CA:2 OBS:THUNDER-ROAR:CIRCULAR OBJ 2000'OVHD:JETS/FLAME FROM EDGES", LatLong: "37.700002 -122.166672", LatLongDMS: "37:42:00 N 122:10:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/28/1950
Time: 04:20
Location: SAVANNAH, GA
Description: 2 observer(s). White fireball / night
light maneuvers erratically / 45 minute(s). Climbs swiftly going quickly
northeast and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1736
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: "45", Elev: "13", HatchDesc: "SAVANNAH,GA:2 OBS:WHT FBL/NLT MNVRS ERRATICALLY/45min:CLIMBS SWIFTLY>>NE+GONE", LatLong: "32.083335 -81.100004", LatLongDMS: "32:05:00 N 81:06:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/28/1950
Time: ~13:00
Location: CAIRO, IL
Description: 5 observer(s). Chrome-ovoids maneuver. 1
pauses-then tears off going quickly southwest. / Post Dispatch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1737
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "CAIRO,IL:5 OBS:CHROME-OVOIDS MNVR:1 PAUSES-THEN TEARS OFF >>SW:/POST DISPATCH", LatLong: "37.000002 -89.183338", LatLongDMS: "37:00:00 N 89:11:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/29/1950
Location: USA, Phoenix (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:45 PM
witnesses, including FBI agents, saw a very high object in the sky. It
was also picked up by radar. An airplane passing through the area at 290
miles/hour was able to make a circle under the object which was at about
35000 feet. The object had the shape of a balloon and was moving very
slowly (50 miles/hour) towards the west in the absence of any
wind.
Reference: Doc. FBI, Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean
Sider
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1469
Date: 6/29/1950
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Description: POSTMAN SPOTS ONE WITH SATERN
RING. Hubert Hutt, a post office worker at Fort Collins, saw an
object in the sky at 9:40 a.m. which appeared simultaneously with an
airliner at about 3,000 feet elevation. It was at about 4,500 feet,
traveling northwest, and resembled a silver snowball, circled by some
kind of a ring. It was extremely maneuverable.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_80
Date: 6/29/1950
Time: ~14:00
Location: DOWAGIAC, MI
Description: Farmer. Military C54 / 150m altitude! 8m
saucer / under plane and zips off / fantastic speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1738
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "DOWAGIAC,MI:FARMER:MIL C54/150m alt!:8m SCR/UNDER PLANE+ZIPS OFF/FANTASTIC SPD", LatLong: "41.983335 -86.100004", LatLongDMS: "41:59:00 N 86:06:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/30/1950
Time: 00:10
Location: KINGMAN, KS
Description: 4+/ car. 250' domed saucer hovers and
turns over road. Away as car nears. / r78p159.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1739
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "489", HatchDesc: "KINGMAN,KS:4+/CAR:250'DOMED SCR HVRS+TURNS ovr ROAD:AWAY as CAR NEARS:/r78p159", LatLong: "37.644446 -98.111116", LatLongDMS: "37:38:40 N 98:06:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/30/1950
Time: 23:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / DARTMOUTH, NS
Description: RADAR blip hovers. Shoots inland. Hovers /
oil refinery. Aims beams.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus
Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index
23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1740
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "70", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SE/DARTMOUTH,NS:RDR BLIP HVRS:SHOOTS INLAND:HVRS/OIL REFINERY:AIMS BEAMS", LatLong: "44.450002 -63.516670", LatLongDMS: "44:27:00 N 63:31:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/30/1950
Location: Dartmouth, NS, CAN
Description: Royal Canadian NAS, G,V Navy Men Report
Radar Contact (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500630
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_719
Date: 6/30/1950
Location: Kingman (near), KS
Description: Rotating disc hovered, sped away when car
approached [XII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_720
Date: 6/30/1950
Locations: Kingman, Kansas; Cunningham, Kansas; Meade,
Kansas; US Hwy 54
Description: Midnight. Rev. Ross Vermillion, a former
bomber pilot, and his wife are driving 9 miles west of Kingman, Kansas,
when they see a bright red light hovering over US Hwy 54 near
Cunningham, Kansas. They estimate it to be about 250 feet in diameter
with a small canopy on top. The family of druggist Dwayne Mulnix of
Meade, Kansas, also sees the object and they stop and watch it for about
20 minutes along the highway. They begin to drive closer, but it speeds
away. As seen in the bright moonlight, the object looks made of bright
metal and has an elliptical body “as big as the cross-section of a B-29”
with a rotor turning counterclockwise around its body.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “WWII Pilot Tells
of Seeing Flying Saucer”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The
Author, 1990, pp. 66–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1548
Date: 6/30/1950
Locations: Royal Canadian Naval Air Station Shearwater,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; North Dartmouth
Description: 11:15 p.m. Two navy men (Petty Officer
Carter and Able Seaman Connelly) at Royal Canadian Naval Air Station
Shearwater, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, are pulling duty on radar watch from
dusk until dawn. They report four separate radar contacts bearing 160°
at 5 miles over 90 minutes. Visual confirmation of two glowing objects
is made by a chief petty officer in North Dartmouth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Navy Men Report
Radar Contact” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1549
Date: 7/1950
Description: Flying Magazine: “THE FLYING SAUCERS-FACT
OR FICTION?”
Type: publication
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_411
Date: 7/1950
Location: AVOCA, AUSTR
Description: Farmer. Huge saucer rises / horizon.
Crosses sky going quickly north. 6 more follow. Very high and very
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1741
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "AVOCA,AUSTR:FARMER:HUGE SCR RISES/HRZN:CROSSES SKY >>N:6 MORE FOLO:VHI+VFAST", LatLong: "-37.083335 141.516673", LatLongDMS: "37:05:00 S 141:31:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Victoria", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1950
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: CAA flight engineer observed a "wingless,
fuselage-shaped" UFO. [V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_721
Date: 7/1950
Description: USAF Director of Intelligence Maj. Gen. Charles P.
Cabell orders secret UFO field investigations to be conducted by his
staff Technical Capabilities Branch in the Evaluation Division under
Maj. Milton
D. Willis. These begin this month and last until October 1951 when
Cabell is replaced by Gen. John A.
Samford.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 936
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1550
Date: 7/1950
Description: Editor Curtis
Fuller’s article, “The Flying Saucers: Fact or Fiction?” appears in
Flying magazine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curtis Fuller, “The
Flying Saucers: Fact or Fiction?” Flying 47 \(July 1950\): 16–17,
59–61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1551
Date: 7/1950
Locations: continental US; Las Vegas Bombing and
Gunnery Range in Nevada; Frenchman Flat
Description: Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
concludes a top secret study, named Project Nutmeg, to search for an
atomic weapons site in the continental US. AFSWP concludes that a site
on the Air Force’s Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range in Nevada is the
right place. President Truman approves
the location, known as Frenchman Flat.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sandia
Base”; “Project
Nutmeg: The Birth of the Nevada Test Site,” National Nuclear
Security Administration, June 2004
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1552
Date: 7/1950
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Mid-day. Electronics engineer Cliff Booth
is having lunch in his office at a private contractor’s building at
Holloman AFB, New Mexico, when he gets a call that a UFO has been
reported by one of the range stations. Booth and an Askania
cinetheodolite operator are asked to drive to another range station with
a manually operated Askania and look for the object. Through the finders
on the theodolite the object presents a side view to the observers and
appears to be cigar-shaped and metallic, with a straw-colored iridescent
radiance or luster. It also has fins one-third of the way back from the
front of the fuselage and a row of at least three oblong ports extending
to the rear of the object and located above the center line of the
fuselage. The ports are a dark smoky gray but not luminescent. The
object hovers in an almost horizontal position, elevation 20°–25°,
azimuth northeast. Shortly after the men focus the instrument on the
object to take a film, it begins maneuvering. Turning toward the camera,
the object moves in, and the men can see the front—a round shape with
the fins extending out from the sides. It then drops abruptly, as though
beginning to fall, but stops. It moves toward the camera, turns
sideways, then drops as before, but this time it exposes the side view
again. The operator leaves to report the coordinates to headquarters,
and when he returns the object is gone. The men turn over their exposed
film to the Data Reduction Division for development and analysis. A week
or so later they are called in and questioned by a young first
lieutenant unknown to them who asks them over and over again if they
have taken pictures and to describe the object they had seen. Then they
are asked if they can identify the film of the object they photographed.
One of the men becomes angry about the questioning, telling the officer
he had seen what he reported, had photographed the object, and is
convinced it is some sort of a vehicle from outer space. He is shown a
film of 14 frames on a Recordak projector. The black-and-white
presentation shows a blurred ellipsoid with a dark center, but no
details. (Puzzled about the film, he later talks to a
mathematician-analyst employed by Land-Air, Inc.; she conjectured the
object had been oscillating in the air, preventing a stable image.) The
men are then told by their superiors to forget the whole thing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp.
27–29; Project 1947, “APRO Files:
Coral E. Lorenzen,
Holloman Air Force Base UFO Sighting, July, 1950”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1553
Date: 7/1950
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: 1:45 p.m. A Civil Aviation Authority
flight engineer observes a “wingless, fuselage-shaped” object
maneuvering over Cincinnati, Ohio. The object climbs at a steep angle to
16,000–18,000 feet, hesitates, dives, and speeds away to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1554
Date: 7/1950
Description: Cliff Booth, a Holloman AFB contractor,
investigates reports of a range station sighting a UAP. Booth and a
camera operator film a cigar shaped metallic object. The men turn the
film over to the Data Reduction Division at Holloman AFB, and an analyst
at Land-Air Inc. states the object was oscillating preventing a stable
image. They are told by their superiors at Holloman to forget the
incident.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_23
Date: 7/1/1950
Location: USA, Chicago
Description: (Translated from French) The witness,
being in an observation tower north of Chicago, saw at around 01:00 an
object in the shape of a cigar. 2/3 of the front part were lit up with a
glow resembling the color of the flame of a kerosene lamp. The last
third of the object was dark. The UFO left a light blue trail in the
sky, of the same length as the object itself. No noise.
Reference: Doc. FBI, Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean
Sider
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1474
Date: 7/2/1950
Location: CANADA, Steep Rock Lake
Description: (Translated from French) A couple had
gone, as they often did, to a secluded cove of Sawbill Bay, a narrow and
deep arm of the lake, surrounded by rocks just above the water. In the
afternoon they had pulled their boat onto the beach, eaten and drunk tea
and were resting in the open air when it began to vibrate. The strange
sensation persisting, the man had climbed a rock, which was cut at its
top by a narrow slit through which one could see without being seen. "I
saw a large, shining object floating on the water in the curve of the
opposite shore, less than 40 m from the entrance of the farthest pass. I
quickly descended and, trying to keep my calm, I told my wife what I had
seen. We climbed the rock together. The thing was still there: it looked
like two large saucers joined by the edges. On the circumference there
were portholes bordered in black and spaced one meter apart. As the base
was in the water one could not see the underside. At the top there were
like hatches open and at the surface a dozen strange little beings were
slowly turning in a circle. An object in the shape of a hoop was
rotating around a central point 2.50 m in the air. As it was just
opposite us it stopped and the little beings imitated it. Everything
seemed to converge on the slit through which we were looking.
Instinctively we stepped back. Glancing over my right shoulder I caught
a movement in the bushes. A deer was coming down to drink. The circle or
hoop and the little beings faced the deer. The hoop having started to
turn again did not stop on the deer. My wife and I stepped back, we had
the impression that the rock was protecting us from the hoop. This one
was maneuvered by a being who was standing on a small platform. He had a
skull or a bright red helmet. All the others wore dark blue helmets. All
were the same size, about 1 m. All were dressed the same way and had
something shiny on their chest that seemed metallic and something darker
on their arms. They moved like automatons and did not turn around like
us, but had to move their feet to change direction. I watched one of
these beings grab the end of a flexible tube of a very bright green and
lift it while he was in a certain position and make his feet turn half a
turn to be able to go in the opposite direction. At the same time my
wife and I heard a regular humming. They seemed to be drawing water with
a tube and discharging something with another. We had to step back again
because of the hoop and when we looked again, everything had disappeared
from the surface of the object and it began to rise above the water. It
was about 2.50 m high. The water where it had landed was reddish blue
with golden reflections. The thing seemed to have a thickness of 4.50 m
in the center and 3.50 m on the circumference. There was a gust of wind
at the moment it flew at about 45° and quickly disappeared in the
distance. Comparing it to two trees on the opposite shore I estimated
its diameter to be about 14.50 m."
Reference: Frank Edwards: "Les S.V. affaire sérieuse" -
trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 144 to 146
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1475
Date: 7/2/1950
Description: (Translated from French) On Lake Ontario,
at Sawbill Bay, as a couple picnics on the beach, the air begins to
vibrate. They hide and see a disc resting on the lake, with portholes in
a ring, with a "mast" ending in a hoop like a goniometer. Beings turn at
regular intervals on the edge. They stop to look in the direction of the
witnesses, but actually look at a deer above them. The beings enter and
the disc lifts off vertically, leaving behind it a reddish water with
golden reflections. (Lob and Gigi). (July 2)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_846
Date: 7/2/1950
Location: Steep Rock Lake, Canada
Description: In a story strangely similar to that of
Mr. Kiehl (Aug., 1914) (Case 40) a man and his wife saw a double saucer
with portholes and a rotating antenna come to rest on the surface of the
lake. Ten figures, 1.20 m tall, dressed in shiny clothing, emerged and
walked on deck like robots "changing direction without turning their
bodies." Their faces could not be seen. One of them wore a red cap, had
darker arms and legs and "seemed to be their chief." They immersed a
hose in the lake, then took off. Fishermen later reported a green moss
forming on the lake.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins U (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_80
Date: 7/2/1950
Locations: Sawbill Bay on Marmion Lake, western
Ontario; Scarborough, Ontario
Description: Dusk. While picnicking on the shore of
Sawbill Bay on Marmion Lake, western Ontario, an anonymous employee of
the Steep Rock Iron Mine claims to have seen a UFO resting on the
water’s surface. A hatch opens and 10 figures, 3–4 feet tall, emerge,
wearing shiny, metallic clothing. They seem to be drawing in lake water
with a hose. The object soon rises and hovers, then swiftly takes off.
The story appears in the mine’s house newsletter, then gets picked up by
some Canadian newspapers and Fate magazine in its February/March 1952
issue. However, Robert Badgley, a Scarborough, Ontario, member of APRO,
finds in 1974 that Steep Rock employee Gordon Edwards had written the
fictitious tale to entertain readers of the newsletter and to satirize
saucer stories.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Steep
Rock Flying Saucer,” Fate 5, no. 2 (February–March 1952): 68–72; “1950
Steep Rock Lake,
Ontario Case Possible Hoax,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 5 (November
1977): 5; John Robert Columbo, UFOs over Canada, Hounslow, 1991, pp.
32–41; Patrick Gross, URECAT,
January 31, 2007; Hammerson Peters, “The Little Green Men of Steep Rock
Lake,” Mysteries of Canada, September 7, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1555
Date: 7/2/1950
Description: Steep Rock Lake, Ontario, Canada. A man
and his wife saw a double saucer with portholes and a rotating antenna
come to rest on the surface of the lake. Ten figures, four feet tall,
dressed in shiny clothing, emerged and walked on deck like robots
"changing direction without turning their bodies." Their faces could not
be seen. One of them wore a red cap, had darker arms and legs and seemed
to be their leader. They immersed a hose in the lake, apparently
extracted water, and then took off. Fishermen later reported a green
moss formed on the lake.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 195
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3784
Date: 7/4/1950
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Daniel Fry makes UFO contact and is taken
to NYC and back in 30 minutes
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_111
Date: 7/4/1950
Location: USA, White Sands (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) Daniel W. Fry,
supervisor of the rocket launching facility at White Sands, had gone for
a nighttime stroll. Suddenly he saw an oval object slowly descending and
landing 20 meters away from him: no sound except for the cracking of
branches. He walked around the object and estimated its diameter to be 9
meters and its height to be 8 meters. He found no openings. He touched
the shiny metal surface with violet reflections and found it to be
extraordinarily smooth and quite warm. He lightly tapped it with his
hand and immediately felt a tingling in his fingers. That's when a voice
came out of nowhere, telling him not to touch it. Fry was so scared that
he backed away, stumbled and fell. The voice spoke in correct English
and then spoke in a way that was meant to "advance mankind" and Fry was
invited aboard. A panel opened on the lower part and Fry entered the
cabin which was 2.7 meters long and 2.1 meters wide and contained 4
chairs adapted for humans. There was no one aboard. But Fry was able to
make a trip to New York in 30 minutes, and back. He had barely left the
spacecraft when the panel closed, the craft was surrounded by a red halo
and it rose vertically, while Fry felt as if he was being pulled off the
ground and almost lost his balance. (Johannes von BUTLAR: "UFO, We Are
Not Alone" - Presses de la Cité 1979 - pp. 39-41) On July 4, Daniel Fry
wanted to go to Las Cruces to see the fireworks of the Independence Day
celebration and missed the last bus. He decided to take advantage of the
beautiful night to go to the desert. Suddenly he saw a shooting star,
which went up and then down. It was a 20 meter diameter saucer that
landed. A voice echoed, coming from a mothership still in the sky. The
craft on the ground had no crew. In 30 minutes, Fry, who had entered the
craft on the ground, made a round trip to New York, at 13500 km/h.
(continued on July 28) (Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin, January
1998) In 1954, the contactee Daniel Fry published a book in which he
detailed several highly questionable experiences. However, he claims to
have had a telepathic dialogue with an extraterrestrial whose name is
sometimes written as A-lan and sometimes as Alan, who took him in his
flying saucer on July 4, 1954. (July 4, 1950)
Reference: Jean SIDER: "UFO, the Unmasked Invaders",
ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 78
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1476
Date: 7/4/1950
Locations: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico; New
York
Description: Evening. Aerojet engineer Daniel Fry is
alone during the holiday at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, when
a flying saucer appears and hovers just above the ground. Fry approaches
and strokes its surface when a voice booms, “Better not touch the hull,
pal, it’s still hot.” After some conversation with the disembodied
extraterrestrial named Alan, he is invited on board the craft, which
flies him to New York and back in 30 minutes. Fry has further encounters
and becomes a celebrity on the contactee circuit. He finally meets Alan
in person in 1961.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Daniel Fry, The White Sands Incident, New
Age, 1954; Clark III 518–520
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1556
Date: 7/5/1950
Time: 15:40
Location: HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UT
Description: 3 Sergeants. 50' silver saucer / 25K'
altitude going quickly southeast / 600mph / 3 minute(s). RADAR warms up
too late.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 271)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1742
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "1459", HatchDesc: "HILL AFB,UT:3 SGTs:50'SLVR SCR/25K'alt >>SE/600mph/3min:RDR WARMS UP TOO LATE", LatLong: "41.083335 -111.966672", LatLongDMS: "41:05:00 N 111:58:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/6/1950
Location: TOPEKA, KS
Description: 3 doctors / clinic. Saucer speeds over
city. 5 more see platter / 7 July. Extremely bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1743
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "TOPEKA,KS:3 MDs/CLINIC:SCR SPEEDS OVR CITY:5 MORE SEE PLATTER/7JLY:XBRITE", LatLong: "39.050002 -95.683338", LatLongDMS: "39:03:00 N 95:41:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/6/1950
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: 2 good observer(s). 50' saucer / 1000'
altitude. Goes / 50mph then zooms over hills (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK;
Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1744
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "LOS ANGELES,CA:2 GOOD OBS:50'SCR/1000'alt:GOES/50mph THEN ZOOMS ovr HILLS (AP)", LatLong: "34.033335 -118.250006", LatLongDMS: "34:02:00 N 118:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/6/1950
Description: A memo by Lt. Col. F. D. McGarrachy, USAF
chief of General Investigations Division, expresses strong interest to
acquire motion pictures of UFOs taken by civilians, perhaps in
cooperation with the FBI, but not in a way to arouse public suspicion of
USAF interest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp.
54–56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1557
Date: 7/6/1950
Description: USAF Lt. Col. F. D. McGarrachy states he
wants to collect UAP motion pictures taken by U.S. citizens with
cooperation from the FBI. He does not want the American population to
know of USAF interest in the subject.
Note: This is at a time when USAF public messaging is debunking UAP cases.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_24
Date: 7/7/1950
Location: Weisbaden, Germany
Description: GCA Scope Notices Targets Near Aircraft
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500707
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_722
Date: 7/7/1950
Description: Gen. Cabell, through
his aide Col. Barber, sends a notice to AMC Intelligence Chief Col. Harold
E. Watson, that despite the official closing of Project Grudge, the
Air Force still desires to receive UFO reports and take them seriously.
Project Grudge begins to be reactivated as Project 10073.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 12;
Swords 101–102, 498–499
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1558
Date: 7/8/1950
Location: PERIL STRAIT, AK
Description: 3 USCG. 2 white saucers connected / strut.
Banks. 350mph going quickly [to] WNW. 1500' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1745
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "0", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "PERIL STRAIT,AK:3 USCG:2 WHT SCRS CONNECTED/STRUT:BANKS:350mph>>WNW:1500'alt", LatLong: "57.500003 -135.216673", LatLongDMS: "57:30:00 N 135:13:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/9/1950
Time: 14:30
Location: SCHENECTADY, NY
Description: 2 cops and 1. Giant white
cylinder/cylindrical object hangs / sky. National Guard jets circle.
Silence.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1746
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "74", HatchDesc: "SCHENECTADY,NY:2 COPS+1:GIANT WHT CYL HANGS/SKY:NTL GUARD JETS CIRCLE:SILENCE", LatLong: "42.833335 -73.933337", LatLongDMS: "42:50:00 N 73:56:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/11/1950
Location: Osceola, AR
Description: Radar/visual of domed disc passing in
front of Navy personnel.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_59
Date: 7/11/1950
Time: 05:00
Location: RIVERSIDE, FL
Description: Fireball brightens and roars every 2
second(s). Another / 0515h. 3rd / 0530h. Going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1747
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "35", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "RIVERSIDE,FL:FBL BRIGHTENS+ROARS EVERY 2sec:ANOTHER/0515h:3rd/0530h:>NW", LatLong: "30.300001 -81.700004", LatLongDMS: "30:18:00 N 81:42:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/11/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: OSCEOLA, AR
Description: 2 Navy planes. 25' saucer So close / WW1
helmet shape shows / RADAR! / r242p31.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1748
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "73", HatchDesc: "OSCEOLA,AR:2 NAVY PLANES:25'SCR SO CLOSE/WW1 HELMET SHAPE SHOWS/RDR!:/r242p31", LatLong: "35.705557 -89.972227", LatLongDMS: "35:42:20 N 89:58:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/11/1950
Location: Osceola (near), AR
Description: USN pilots of 2 planes saw a domed disc
A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500711
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_723
Date: 7/11/1950
Location: Osceola (near), AR
Description: Martin/Moore Case (M) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500711
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_724
Date: 7/11/1950
Locations: NAS Millington; Naval Support Activity
Mid-South; Tennessee; Mississippi River; Osceola, Arkansas
Description: Two Navy aircraft crews from NAS
Millington [now Naval Support Activity Mid-South] in Tennessee, across
the Mississippi River from Osceola, Arkansas, see a domed disc pass in
front of them. Airborne radar confirms it. The object first appears as a
round ball; after it crosses their flight path, it appears like an
upside-down shallow bowl.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Millington
Men Report Seeing ‘Flying Saucer’ and Tracing It,” Memphis \(Tenn.)
Commercial Appeal, July 12, 1950, p. 1; NICAP, “Air, Radar/Visual
over Arkansas”; Sparks, p. 93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1559
Date: 7/12/1950
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Description: Cop and 2. 2 13' silent metal saucers
flutter going quickly northwest / Lambert Field. Pace plane / 13
July.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1749
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "138", HatchDesc: "ST LOUIS,MO:COP+2:2 13'SLNT MTL SCRS FLUTTER >>NW/LAMBERT Fld:PACE PLANE/13JLY", LatLong: "38.616669 -90.183338", LatLongDMS: "38:37:00 N 90:11:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1950
Location: USA, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
Description: (Translated from French) 5 p.m. Witnesses:
two experienced ballistic arsenal employees, including Mr. Washburn. An
object, in the shape of a pointed arrow, with the appearance of polished
aluminum, flew horizontally. Then this triangle rotated 1/4 turn on its
axis inversion and returned to its initial position. The object then
made an abrupt right angle turn, accelerated and disappeared in the
distance. Observation lasted 30 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1477
Date: 7/13/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At the Redstone
Arsenal (Alabama or Georgia?), two experienced Arsenal employees,
including Mr. Washburn, observed an object resembling a "bowtie",
seemingly made of polished aluminum, fly straight, then a triangle make
a quarter turn in the opposite direction and return to its original
position. The object then made a right
angle turn and accelerated away after at least 30 seconds. (July
13th, 5 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 758
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_847
Date: 7/13/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Houston,
Texas, a television station whose call sign (identification mark) was
made up of the 4 letters KLEE changed its name to KPRC TV. Surprisingly,
the old KLEE call sign continued to appear on various screens until
1954, not only around Houston, but also in other states as far away as
New York and even in England, where the transmission system is
different. These impossible delayed receptions are part of a whole range
of delayed TV and radio echoes, never fully explained.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_848
Date: 7/13/1950
Time: 11:50
Location: OVER FT PECK, MT
Description: USAF photograph-reconnaissance plane. 4
separate groups / 20' metallic saucers. Seen / 13 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1750
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "13", Elev: "685", HatchDesc: "ovr Ft PECK,MT:USAF FOTO-RECON PLANE:4 SEP GROUPS/20'MTLC SCRS:SEEN/13min:", LatLong: "48.011113 -106.444450", LatLongDMS: "48:00:40 N 106:26:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1950
Time: 13:50
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: CAA flight engineer and many. Silent
metallic cylinder/cigar-shape maneuvers. Going up [to] 17K'. Stops / 10
second(s). Going down [to] again.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1751
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "10", Elev: "210", HatchDesc: "CINCINNATI,OH:CAA FLT ENG+MANY:SLNT MTLC CGR MNVRS:↑17K':STOPS/10sec:↓ AGAIN", LatLong: "39.116669 -84.500004", LatLongDMS: "39:07:00 N 84:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/13/1950
Time: 17:00
Location: REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #758. 2 civil
observer(s). Bowtie object = 2 delta/triangle/box-like crafts. 1
rotates. 90 turn and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1752
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "195", HatchDesc: "REDSTONE ARSENAL,AL:BBK#758:2 CIV OBS:BOWTIE OBJ=2 DLTS:1 ROTATES:90 TURN+AWAY", LatLong: "34.750002 -86.583337", LatLongDMS: "34:45:00 N 86:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1950
Location: Fort Peck, MT
Description: Weather Recon flight crew saw 4 groups of
round metallic silver objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_725
Date: 7/13/1950
Location: Huntsville, GA
Description: Polished aluminum object, shaped like a
bowtie (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 758)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_726
Date: 7/13/1950
Time: 5 PM
Location: Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Description: Witnesses: two skilled Arsenal employees
including Mr. Washburn. one object, shaped like a bowtie, and like
polished aluminum. Flew straight and level, then one triangle rotated
1/4 turn in the opposite direction and returned to its original
position. The object then made a right-angle turn and accelerated away
after at least 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_42
Date: 7/13/1950
Description: USAF weather reconnaissance sighted four
groups of round, metallic silvery objects flying over Fort Peck, Montana
at 11:51 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, July 1950 report
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4026
Date: 7/13/1950
Description: At 1:45 p.m. a CAA flight engineer, flying
over Cincinnati, Ohio sighted a metallic cigar-shaped UFO maneuvering
silently in the sky. It ascended to 17,000 feet and stopped in midair,
hovering in place for ten seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
1766
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4027
Date: 7/13/1950
Description: Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. At 5:00 p.m.
two skilled Arsenal employees, witnessed a bowtie-shaped object flying
in the sky, appearing like it was made of polished aluminum. It flew
straight and level, then one triangle rotated one-quarter of a turn in
the opposite direction and returned to its original position. The object
then made a ninety-degree turn and accelerated away after at least 30
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 758; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4028
Date: 7/14/1950
Time: 20:50
Location: OCALA, FLA
Description: MD. Glowing-orbs play over home. Shrill
sounds (made by UFO's) going quickly southwest / checkmark formation. /
r106p125.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 569)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1753
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "OCALA,FLA:MD:GLOW-ORBS PLAY ovr HOME:SHRILL SND >>SW/CHECKMARK FORMn:/r106p125", LatLong: "29.183335 -82.150004", LatLongDMS: "29:11:00 N 82:09:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1950
Location: POMEROY, OH AND AREA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). White orbs and
disks play / small groups. Very fast (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1754
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "60", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "POMEROY,OH+AREA:100s/OBS:WHT ORBS+DISKS PLAY/SMALL GROUPS:VFAST (AP)", LatLong: "39.027780 -82.033337", LatLongDMS: "39:01:40 N 82:02:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/17/1950
Time: 14:30
Location: CERES HILL, WA
Description: 25' saucer follows road going [to] 100M
from observer(s) / low altitude. Swish sound. Suddenly going quickly
southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 570)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1755
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: "226", HatchDesc: "CERES HILL,WA:25'SCR FOLOS ROAD > 100M fm OBS/lo alt:SWISH SOUND:SUDDENLY >>SE", LatLong: "46.622224 -123.155561", LatLongDMS: "46:37:20 N 123:09:20 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1950
Description: Bruce
Bliven summarizes flying saucer news in a Look magazine
article.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bruce Bliven, “Flying
Saucers: Myth or
Menace?” Look, July 18, 1950, pp. 12–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1560
Date: 7/19/1950
Time: 23:30
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 3 Air Force men. 2 softball-size objects
hover. Change colors. Rise and vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1756
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "1248", HatchDesc: "HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:3 AF MEN:2 SOFTBALL-SIZE OBJS HVR:CHANGE COLORS:RISE+VANISH", LatLong: "32.866668 -106.066672", LatLongDMS: "32:52:00 N 106:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1950
Description: A memo by Col. Bruno W.
Feiling, chief of the
USAF Technical Analysis Division, on “Investigation of Flying Saucer
Reports” says that UFO investigation takes up too much time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, p.
57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1561
Date: 7/19/1950
Description: At Holloman AFB, New Mexico at 11:30 p.m.
two softball-sized spheres hovered, changed colors, then rose vertically
into the sky and vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History: 1950:
April-July, p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4189
Date: 7/20/1950
Location: Porto Novo, Brazil
Description: Mr. Campello and several others in a car
saw two large, silvery objects by the side of the road, one on a
hillock, the other on flat ground, about 50 m away from each other. They
came within 600 m of the objects, which went away at "an incredible
speed," causing a rush of air that rocked the car.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: SBEDV 30 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_81
Date: 7/20/1950
Description: In Porto Novo, Brazil Mr. Campello and
several others driving together in a car saw two large, silvery objects
by the side of the road, one on a hill, the other on flat ground. They
were about 50 meters away from each other. They drove to within 600
meters of the objects, which flew away at "an incredible speed," causing
a rush of air that rocked the car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 196 (case 81)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4222
Date: 7/23/1950
Location: FRANCE, Guyancourt (20 km from Paris)
Description: (Translated from French) Lucky Blondeau,
owner of the squadron bar, on the edge of the airfield, recounts:
"Around 11 o'clock at night I was going for a walk before going to bed.
I admired the starry sky on the airfield, where I was isolated more than
a kilometer from the first house. Suddenly I heard a sound of wind.
Turning around I saw at a hundred meters from me in the darkness, two
gray shapes: perfectly round objects of 5 m in diameter and about 1.60
to 1.70 m in height. All around the edge was glazed, sort of rectangular
portholes. On the lower face of each of the objects an ovoid door very
thick (40 cm) opened and I saw a man descend from each machine. These
pilots measured about 1.70 m and their hair was dark. They wore a
gray-brown or dark blue suit. These men rushed to one of the machines
where they placed or moved a kind of blade resting on something like
rubber. They did this work with their bare hands, without tools. Despite
my emotion I approached. Seeing me they seemed surprised but calm. "Are
you broken down?" I asked. And one answered "Yes, but not for long". A
minute later the repair finished, each of them advanced towards the door
of his machine and opened it. From the inside a formidable lighting
burst out. Hesitating I risked a look through the open hatch. It was the
most perfect lighting, throwing no shadows. In the middle there was a
kind of armchair and in front of it a radio station with 7 or 8 buttons.
Above there was a huge oval wheel with a handle at each end. It was
solid metal, covered with signs and buttons. Other devices were mounted
on blocks around the armchair. I asked other questions but the answer
was brief: "Energy". They entered, locking the doors. I had the
impression that the metal of the machines resembling aluminum, weighed
nothing and that the discs were suspended 10 cm from the ground without
touching it. From their horizontal position these machines immediately
passed to the vertical and thus disappeared, like shooting stars. After
takeoff I heard a small sound of wind, like a breath. In all, since I
had seen them, barely two minutes had passed. [IN REALITY: it would be a
hoax that at the time largely abused the press. Its author admitted to
having set up this story from scratch, without giving the
reasons.]
Reference: M. FIGUET / J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, First
Complete File ..." - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, pp. 655, 656
Reference: Henry DURRANT: "First Investigations on ET
Humanoids" - Laffont 1977 - pp. 86 to 88
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1478
Date: 7/24/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at Cape Canaveral LC3,
Reaches 16.1km attitude (Low-angle atmospheric flight over 320 km
range)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_412
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 16.1km
Rocket range: 320km
Date: 7/24/1950
Location: USA, Florida
Description: (Translated from French) At 09:29 launch
of V2 #B8, Bumper Program.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1483
Date: 7/24/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Inauguration of
Cap Canaveral. (July 24)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_849
Date: 7/25/1950
Time: 14:30
Location: NEAR LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 100' saucer hovers / 1K'
altitude. Dashes off. Leaves (something behind) blue = white vapor
trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1757
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "nr LOS ANGELES,CA:2 OBS:100'SCR HVRS/1K'alt:DASHES OFF:LVS BLU=WHT VAPOR TRAIL", LatLong: "34.000002 -118.216672", LatLongDMS: "34:00:00 N 118:13:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1950
Time: 07:30
Location: CESSON, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Several going east. Turns
going northeast. White beam going down. Vanishes in place as if
erased.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1758
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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "CESSON,FR:2 OBS:SVR > E:TURNS >NE:WHT BEAM ↓:VANISHES IN PLACE as if erased", LatLong: "48.566669 2.600000", LatLongDMS: "48:34:00 N 02:36:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Seine-et-Marne", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1950
Time: 19:20
Location: WIESBADEN, GERM
Description: Blue Book. 2 soldiers. Classic saucer.
Reflects sun / underside. Instant speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1759
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "4", HatchDesc: "WIESBADEN,GERM:BBK:2 GIs:CLASSIC SCR:REFLECTS SUN/UNDERSIDE:INSTANT SPEED", LatLong: "50.083336 8.250000", LatLongDMS: "50:05:00 N 08:15:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSS", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1950
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. July 4,
1950) Daniel Fry had a new contact with the extraterrestrial A-Lan. He
explained to Fry that the saucer had two poles and that electrons were
in free mixture between them. The control mechanism caused the electrons
to be expelled through the two rings above and below the saucer. He was
made to understand that it was a powerful electromagnetic field and Fry,
being a scientist, was able to follow the conversation. A-Lan specified
that his people had been living on board ships for generations. Tens of
thousands of years before, their ancestors had built an empire on the
Earth Lemuria, part of the continent Mu, now submerged in the Pacific
Ocean, A-Lan said. They were of a very advanced culture and technology.
This was also the case for the inhabitants of Atlantis, but the two
races were rather rivals. There was an atomic catastrophe, which is
related in the Mahabharata. The survivors fled to Mars (etc...) (...) As
proof of his contact, Fry received a cruciform disc 8 cm in diameter
which, according to analyses in scientific laboratories (note from vog:
which ones, and where are the results?), contained a curious mixture of
various elements. (July 28, 1950)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1479
Date: 7/29/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at Cape Canaveral LC3,
Reaches 16.1km attitude (Low-angle atmospheric flight over 320 km
range)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_413
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 16.1km
Rocket range: 320km
Date: 7/29/1950
Location: USA, Florida
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V2 #B7
at 06:25. Bumper Program.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1484
Date: 7/29/1950
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Description: CHIEF PILOT COLLIDES WITH ONE,
UNHURT. Jim Graham, chief pilot for Capital Aviation Co. of
Springfield reported his plane was struck by a mysterious object
resembling a blue streak with a tail of red flames. It was soundless and
did not damage his plane."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_81
Date: 7/29/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: OVER WILLIAMSVILLE, IL
Description: Air and ground observers. 3M
glowing-cylinder/cylindrical object explodes in DC3 prop! No
damage!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1760
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "ovr WILLIAMSVILLE,IL:AIR+GND OBSs:3M GLO-CYL EXPLODES IN DC3 PROP!:NO DAMAGE!", LatLong: "39.955557 -89.550004", LatLongDMS: "39:57:20 N 89:33:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/30/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Round objects
appear above the Hanford nuclear power plant at an altitude of 4600 m.
An interception attempt by USAF
fighters fails. (July 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_850
Date: 7/30/1950
Location: Hanford Nuc. Fac., WA
Description: Approx. date. Objects seen over
facility.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_60
Date: 7/30/1950
Location: HANFORD, WA
Description: 1st of many saucers seen over Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC) plant. RADAR's. Air Force jets can't
catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE;
Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1761
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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "12", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "HANFORD,WA:1ST OF MANY SCRS SEEN OVR AEC PLANT:RDRs:AF JETS CANT CATCH:", LatLong: "46.500002 -119.516672", LatLongDMS: "46:30:00 N 119:31:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/30/1950
Description: USAF jets were scrambled to chase a
disc-shaped UFO seen over the Hanford Atomic Energy Commission plant in
Washington State. The object was tracked on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, p. 4;
Richard M. Dolan, UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a
cover-up 1941-1973, p. 399
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4500
Date: 7/30/1950
Description: A ten-foot long long glowing cylinder
appeared to explode when it flew into the propeller of DC-3 over
Williamsville, Illinois. There was no damage to the aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
April-July, p. 80
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4501
Date: 8/1950
Location: US
Description: Author Frank Scully’s book “Behind the
Flying Saucers” published
Type: publication
Reference: Amazon
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_414
Date: 8/1950
Location: Japan Sea
Description: (Translated from French) One morning in
August, in the midst of the Korean War, a Russian reconnaissance plane -
which, escorted by two fighters, had taken off from Vladivostok - was
flying over the Japan Sea. A Japanese merchant vessel was sailing on the
same sea and its crew often looked up to follow the maneuvers of the
Soviet aircraft. The sailors were rightly worried; they were suddenly
stunned. A round, very bright thing had just crossed the sky and stopped
motionless at the height of the planes. Suddenly the reconnaissance
plane turned around while the fighters began to whirl around the
luminous ball and one of the two pilots took it under fire from his
machine guns. The thing, which seemed insensitive and invulnerable, the
fighter pilot seemed to want to approach it and at the moment when he
was about to touch it, the sailors saw the Soviet one remain motionless
for a few seconds, then waver, then tremble, then vibrate, then eject
planes exactly like him, he who still did not move. There were three,
four, five exactly identical ones arranged in a fan, connected to each
other by the beak. Then there was the explosion. (...) (August
1950)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" -
Albin Michel 1970, p. 338
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1490
Date: 8/1950 (approximate)
Location: VILJANDI, ESTONIA
Description: Girl. 6M ovoid / field. Small figure(s)
walk awkwardly. Telepathy! Silent takeoff.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1762
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Estonia, Latvia& Lithuania", Credibility: "5", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "VILJANDI,ESTONIA:GIRL:6M OVOID/FLD:SML FIGs WALK AWKWARDLY:TLP!:SLNT TAKEOFF.", LatLong: "58.400003 25.566668", LatLongDMS: "58:24:00 N 25:34:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "EST", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/1950
Time: 13:00?
Location: COURS-LES-BARRES, FR
Description: 4 observer(s). Metallic hat-saucer hovers
/ river / 60 minute(s). Animals flee. Going quickly [to] extremely
fast.
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_1763
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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "60", HatchDesc: "COURS-les-BARRES,FR:4 OBS:MTLC HAT-SCR HVRS/Rvr/60min:ANIMALS FLEE:>> XFAST", LatLong: "47.033336 3.033333", LatLongDMS: "47:02:00 N 03:02:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Cher", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1950 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: MEDFORD, OR
Description: Air Traffic Controller and several /
airport/apartment. Shiny silver disks hover and circle / high altitude.
Line up and going quickly southeast. / CUFOS.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1764
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "180", Elev: "117", HatchDesc: "MEDFORD,OR:ATC+SVRL/Apt:SHINY SLVR DISKS HVR+CCL/HI ALT:LINE UP+>>SE:/CUFOS", LatLong: "42.372224 -122.872228", LatLongDMS: "42:22:20 N 122:52:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1950
Time: 14:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / BIG SUR, CA
Description: Silent cylinder/cigar-shape hovers 5km
offshore. 200+M altitude. Going quickly south. Returns and circles.
Going quickly south again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1765
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SE/BIG SUR,CA:SLNT CGR HVRS 5km OFFSHORE:200+M alt:>>S:RETURNS+CCLS:>>S AGAIN", LatLong: "36.150002 -121.716672", LatLongDMS: "36:09:00 N 121:43:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "200", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1950
Time: 15:30
Location: NIZHNE-KOLYMSK, RUSSIA
Description: Disk / extreme-altitude / 3 days. Planes
chase. Zips up and away. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1766
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Russia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "120", HatchDesc: "NIZHNE-KOLYMSK,RUSS:DISK/XTREME-ALT/3 DAYS:PLANES CHASE:ZIPS UP+AWAY:/LDLN#204", LatLong: "68.533337 160.933341", LatLongDMS: "68:32:00 N 160:56:00 E", Locale: "Tundra", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "YKT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1950 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: ARLINGTON, VA
Description: Astronomer and 1. 8' glowing lens-disk
hovers near residential power lines.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of
the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977.
(Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1767
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "8", Duration: "7", Elev: "76", HatchDesc: "ARLINGTON,VA:ASTRONOMER+1:8' GLOWING LENS-DISK HVRS nr RESIDENTIAL PWR LINES", LatLong: "38.866669 -77.116670", LatLongDMS: "38:52:00 N 77:07:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1950
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Description: Engineer Eric
A. Walker becomes executive secretary of the Research and
Development Board. He later refers to a real group called MJ-12 and
admits attending meetings at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio concerning
“recovered UFOs.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The
Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2
(Summer 2001): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1562
Date: 8/1950
Locations: New Mexico; Lincoln LaPaz
Description: A CIA memo sent to FBI headquarters,
“Summary of Aerial Phenomena in New Mexico,” discusses the green
fireballs and notes that OSI is concerned with the phenomena seen over
sensitive installations. It reiterates that Lincoln
LaPaz does not think they are meteors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp.
167–168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1563
Date: 8/1950
Location: Big Sur coast at Anderson Creek,
California
Description: Keyhoe’s
article on the Adickes case
of April 27, “Flight 117 and the Flying Saucer,” appears in True
magazine. (Donald E. Keyhoe, “Flight
117 and the Flying Saucer,” True, August 1950, pp. 24–25, 75–79)
August — 2:00 p.m. Hugh O’Neill views a cigar-shaped object hovering
silently about 2–5 miles off the Big Sur coast at Anderson Creek,
California, at an elevation of 500–1,000 feet. It moves swiftly away to
the south, then returns less than 2 minutes later and slowly circles
above the ocean twice for 90 seconds, disappearing again to the
south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of
Hieronymus Bosch, New Directions, 1957, p.
75; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth
Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs a History: 1950 August–December,
Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1564
Date: 8/1/1950
Location: Washington DC
Description: Gen. Walter B. Smith fills the vacant MJ-3
position.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea
Research (B1-A)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_416
Date: 8/1/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Permanent
replacement at MJ-12
of Secretary Forrestal
by General Walter
B. Smith, Director of the CIA.
(August 1st)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_851
Date: 8/1/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: AUBURN, ME
Description: 2 pilots / ground. Large dark silent
cylinder/cigar-shape. Several sudden turns. Beams going down.
Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 604)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1768
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "91", HatchDesc: "AUBURN,ME:2 PILOTS/GND:LRG DRK SLNT CGR:SVRL SUDDEN TURNS:BEAMS ↓:vanishes!", LatLong: "44.100002 -70.233337", LatLongDMS: "44:06:00 N 70:14:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/2/1950
Location: SAN RAFAEL, CA
Description: Mysterious cloud / 15K'. Going [to]
against wind. Radiates green / blue / red / orange..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 301)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1769
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "60", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "SAN RAFAEL,CA:MYSTERIOUS CLOUD/15K':>AGAINST WIND:RADIATES GRN/BLU/RED/ORG..", LatLong: "37.966668 -122.550006", LatLongDMS: "37:58:00 N 122:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/2/1950
Description: On this day in San Rafael, Marin County,
California a strange cloud was seen over the city at 15,000 feet
altitude for about an hour, moving against the wind. It radiated many
different colors: green, blue, red, and orange.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gerald Heard, Is Another World Watching?, p.
150
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4588
Date: 8/4/1950
Location: Hanford, WA
Description: CONFIDENTIAL MEMO: From Lt. Colonel
Mildren (G-3) to Maj. U.G. Carlan (GSC Survey Section): Since July 30,
1950, UFO’s have been sighted over the Hanford AEC Plant. Air Force jets
fails to intercept them. FBI, anti-aircraft battalion, radar units and
fighter squadrons alerted for further observation. Atomic Energy
Commission still investigating.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p485)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_417
Date: 8/4/1950
Location: USA, approx. 100 mi. SE of New York City (39'
35' N., 72' 24.5' W.).
Description: (Translated from French) 10 a.m. EDT.
Witnesses: Quartermaster Nils Lewring, Chief Petty Officer Jacob
Koelwyn, Third Mate of the M/V Marcala. An object 3 meters long at an
altitude between 20 and 35 meters, flying in a wavy motion, accelerated
at the end of the 15 second observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1485
Date: 8/4/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In the North
Atlantic, approximately 100 miles southeast of the city of New York (39'
35' North, 72' 24.5' West), Quartermaster Nils Lewring, Second Jacob
Koelwyn, and Lieutenant of the M/V Marcala observed a cylindrical object
10 feet in altitude, flying and spinning, accelerating at the end of the
15 seconds of observation. (August 4th, 10am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #773 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_852
Date: 8/4/1950
Time: 10:00
Location: ATLANTIC SS MARCALA CREW
Description: Project Bluebook Case #773. 10'
cylinder/cylindrical object / 80' altitude. Churning motion. Going
quickly northeast / 500mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1770
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "ATLANTIC SS MARCALA CREW:BBK#773:10'CYL/80'alt:CHURNING MOTION:>>NE/500mph", LatLong: "39.583335 -72.405559", LatLongDMS: "39:35:00 N 72:24:20 W", Locale: "High Seas", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NAT", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/4/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: LITTLE ROCK, ARK
Description: 5 observer(s) / power company. Saucer
going northeast reflects sunlight. Turns going quickly east and
gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1771
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "LITTLE ROCK,ARK:5 OBS/POWER COMPANY:SCR> NE REFLECTS SUNLITE:TURNS>>E AND GONE", LatLong: "34.750002 -92.288893", LatLongDMS: "34:45:00 N 92:17:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1950
Location: North Atlantic, At Sea
Description: Object 100' Above Sea Observed By Ship MV
Marcala (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: U, Rating: 5, BB:
773)
Reference: NICAP: 500804
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_727
Date: 8/4/1950
Time: 10 AM EDT
Location: approx. 100 mi. SE of New York City (39' 35'
N, 72' 24.5' W)
Description: Witnesses: Master Nils Lewring, Chief Mate
Jacob Koelwyn, Third Mate, of M/V Marcala. One 10' cylindrical object at
50-100' altitude, flying with a churning or rotary motion, accelerated
at end of 15 second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_43
Date: 8/4/1950
Location: Hanford Site, Washington State
Description: A memo from Army Maj. Ulysses
Grant Carlan states that UFOs since July 30 have been seen at the
Hanford Site in Washington State. They are above 15,000 feet. Jets
attempting interception fail. The AEC says that the investigation is
continuing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. U. G. Carlan, “Flying Discs,” August 4,
1950; Good Above, pp.
267, 485;
Nukes 46; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 6, April–July 1950, The Author, 1990, p. 71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1565
Date: 8/4/1950
Locations: North Atlantic; Nova Scotia
Description: The crew (Master Nils Lewring, Chief Mate
Jacob Koelwyn) of the M/V Marcala in the North Atlantic between Nova
Scotia and the US Eastern seaboard watch an aluminum-colored
cylinder-shaped UFO, apparently 10 feet in diameter, 50–100 feet above
the surface. It initially moves 25 mph, makes no noise, wobbles
slightly, disappears over the horizon, then reappears. The ship’s
captain watches the object through binoculars for 90 seconds. One of the
other witnesses describes the sighting as “one of the most frightening
experiences I have ever had.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object 100ʹ
above Sea Observed by Ship MV Marcala”;
ClearIntent, pp.
115–116; Good Above, pp.
340–341
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1566
Date: 8/4/1950
Description: In the Atlantic Ocean approximately 100
miles southeast of New York City (39.58 degrees N, 72.41 degrees W). At
10:00 a.m. EDT Master Nils Lewring, Chief Mate Jacob Koelwyn, and the
Third Mate of the M/V Marcala sighted a ten-foot long cigar or ovoid
object at 50-100 feet altitude, flying with a churning or rotary motion.
The UFO was shaped like an egg cut lengthwise, and wobbled as it flew.
It also "sparkled in the sunlight." It accelerated away toward the end
of their fifteen-second observation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 773; UNICAT, case # 720; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4641
Date: 8/5/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Observation
of Great Falls (Montana): 2 UFOs are observed on radar, filmed (see
below) and photographed by 2 independent observers. The case is declared
inexplicable by physicist Mr. L. Baker. 35 of the 290 photos are
requisitioned by the USAF.
Electromagnetic and physiopathological effects are found. (August 5,
11:30)
Reference: Keyhoe 1973
Reference: Hynek 1974
Reference: DD-5
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_853
Date: 8/5/1950
Time: 11:30
Location: GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: 2 observer(s). 315 16 mm frames / 2
saucers over baseball field. Going quickly southwest. / MJ#223.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1772
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1000", HatchDesc: "GREAT FALLS,MT:2 OBS:315 16mm FRAMES/2 SCRS OVR BASEBALL FLD:>>SW:/MJ#223", LatLong: "47.500002 -111.300005", LatLongDMS: "47:30:00 N 111:18:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1950
Description: On this day one of the most famous UFO
movies of all time was shot in Great Falls, Montana. The 16mm film was
shot by Nick Mariana and was witnessed by his secretary, Virginia
Raunig. It shows aluminum colored discs, "like two new dimes", hovering
in the sky at a distance of two miles. It was sent to the U.S. Air Force
for analysis, but when it was returned Mr. Mariana claimed many frames
from the first part of the film, those showing the best closeup images
of the objects, had been deleted. The existing film consists of 280
frames of 16mm film. The UFOs first hovered, then moved smoothly at very
high speed (400 mph) in an arch beind a water tower. The objects
estimated diameter was 50 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 138; UNICAT, case 310; Edward U. Condon, Scientific
Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 407
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4670
Date: 8/6/1950
Location: RIVERDALE, IL
Description: 1 observer. Saucer going [to] overhead.
"Too round to be plane. To fast for balloon".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1773
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "RIVERDALE,IL:1 OBS:SCR > OVHD:"TOO ROUND TO BE PLANE:TO FAST FOR BALLOON"", LatLong: "41.633335 -87.633338", LatLongDMS: "41:38:00 N 87:38:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/6/1950
Time: 15:20
Location: LAKE STOREY, IL
Description: 7+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 2
shiny metallic balls hover and dart and circle. 1100 kph. Going quickly
NNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 606)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1774
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "222", HatchDesc: "LAKE STOREY,IL:7+OBS/BINOCS:2 SHINY MTLC BALLS HVR+DART+CCL:1100 kph:>>NNW", LatLong: "40.994446 -90.411115", LatLongDMS: "40:59:40 N 90:24:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1950
Time: 04:00
Location: OVER SANTA FE, NM
Description: Air Force jet / 30K'. C-47 with dark
object below. Jet follows. Can't catch / 620mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1775
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "2100", HatchDesc: "ovr SANTA FE,NM:AF JET/30K':C-47 W/DARK OBJ BELOW:JET FOLOS:CANT CATCH/620mph:", LatLong: "35.677779 -105.983338", LatLongDMS: "35:40:40 N 105:59:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/7/1950
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Description: Black Object Chased At 620 MPH (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500807
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_728
Date: 8/8/1950
Location: North of Orange County, CA
Description: Los Angeles Daily News.
FOUR COUNTIES POLLED ON THIS ONE. A strange, green
light the center of which seemed to be just north of Orange County in
California, was seen over four counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino,
San Diego, and Riverside. Its light covered the greater part of Southern
California south of the city of Los Angeles and north as far as Santa
Monica Bay. Observers at San Diego reported that the whole sky was
alight like a giant flash bulb. There was no sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_82
Date: 8/10/1950
Location: Pacific Coast, US
Description: NORTHWEST JOINS SOUTHWEST ON
SIGHTING. Another huge silent slow lit up the Pacific Coast
from Salem, Oregon to Seattle, Washington today.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_83
Date: 8/10/1950
Location: CAMPELLO, TICINO, SWITZ
Description: 12+observer(s). Saucers leave luminous
wake. Gyrates with 'organ-music' sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1776
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "Switzerland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "CAMPELLO,TICINO,SWITZ:12+OBS:SCRS LEAVE LUM WAKE:GYRATES W/'ORGAN-MUSIC' SOUND", LatLong: "46.483336 8.816667", LatLongDMS: "46:29:00 N 08:49:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VLS", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/10/1950
Time: ~06:00
Location: ENUMCLAW, WA
Description: Flat round silver object going west slow.
Turns going north. Then straight up like bullet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1777
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "219", HatchDesc: "ENUMCLAW,WA:FLAT RND SLVR OBJ > W SLOW:TURNS > N:THEN STRAIGHT UP LIKE BULLET", LatLong: "47.205558 -121.988895", LatLongDMS: "47:12:20 N 121:59:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1950
Time: 12:00?
Location: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Navy physicist Wykoff / (seen thru)
binoculars. Large saucer maneuvers. No further details. / r11p328.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA;
BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1778
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "702", HatchDesc: "EDWARDS AFB,CA:NAVY PHYSICIST WYKOFF/BINOCS:LRG SCR MNVRS:NFD: /r11p328.", LatLong: "34.883335 -117.900006", LatLongDMS: "34:53:00 N 117:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1950
Time: 21:30
Location: TOLOVANA PARK, OR
Description: Domed tank / US101. Lit portholes. Aims
beam / bank / clay. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 607)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1779
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "TOLOVANA PARK,OR:DOMED TANK/US101:LIT PORTHOLES:AIMS BEAM/BANK/CLAY:AWAY FAST", LatLong: "45.872224 -123.961117", LatLongDMS: "45:52:20 N 123:57:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/11/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: TOLOVANA PK, OR
Description: Saucer back studying clay bank / beam
again. Hides / cars in canyon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 608)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1780
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "TOLOVANA Pk,OR:SCR BACK STUDYING CLAY BANK/BEAM AGAIN:HIDES/CARS in canyon", LatLong: "45.872224 -123.966673", LatLongDMS: "45:52:20 N 123:58:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/11/1950
Time: 22:00?
Location: TWIN FALLS, ID
Description: 2 observer(s). 10M cube going [to] 400kph.
25 saucers or night lights. Then 25 more. All silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1781
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "15", Elev: "1137", HatchDesc: "TWIN FALLS,ID:2 OBS:10M CUBE >400kph:25 SCRS or NLTS:THEN 25 more:ALL SLNT", LatLong: "42.550002 -114.466672", LatLongDMS: "42:33:00 N 114:28:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/12/1950
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description: YUMA SIGHTING QUITS AT SIGHT OF
DRUGSTORE. William Schocke, Yuma, saw, along with dozens of
others, a dark, disk-shaped object with a dim glow around its rim. When
it reached a point just above a drugstore, it abruptly ceased lateral
flight and slices straight upwards, disappearing behind low-hanging
clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_84
Date: 8/12/1950
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: Many observer(s). Glowing saucer right
over main street. Goes straight going up [to] to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1782
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "2", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:MANY OBS:GLOWING SCR RIGHT OVR MAIN STREET:GOES STRAIGHT ↑ TO CLOUDS", LatLong: "32.700002 -114.616672", LatLongDMS: "32:42:00 N 114:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1950
Location: state forestry lookout tower on Round Top
Mountain north of Medford, Oregon
Description: 1:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Oliver are at
the state forestry lookout tower on Round Top Mountain north of Medford,
Oregon, when they see two UFOs, one disc-shaped, the other oblong. They
are about 100 feet apart, and the oblong one is tumbling in the air end
over end.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Lookouts Report Seeing
‘Saucers’ North of Medford,” Medford \(Oreg.) Mail-Tribune, August
17, 1950, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1567
Date: 8/12/1950
Description: More than eighty discs maneuvered in the
sky over Campello, Ticino canton, Switzerland, leaving behind luminous
wakes. They gyrated in the sky with a noise that was described as
similar to "organ music".
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Desmond Leslie & George Adamski, Flying
Saucers Have Landed, p. 104
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4931
Date: 8/12/1950
Description: In Yuma, Arizona a disc-shaped object with
a glowing outer edge zoomed to a position directly over Main Street at
5:45 p.m., then shot straight up into the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold, The Coming of the Saucers,
p. 153; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: August-December, p.
4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4932
Date: 8/14/1950
Location: Cromer (10 miles N of), UK
Description: Neatishead radar tracked an unidentified
aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500814
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_729
Date: 8/14/1950
Location: Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire,
England
Description: 11:27 a.m. Flight Lt. Stan
J. Hubbard and two other officers at Farnborough Airfield,
Hampshire, England, hear a humming noise. Hubbard looks up and sees a
flat gray disc, about 100 feet in diameter, at an altitude of 700–1,000
feet. He watches it for 30 seconds as it flies at a speed of 800–1,000
mph and makes a series of S- turns, oscillating as it moves. The other
two officers see nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Flying
Saucer Working Party,” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism,
January 3, 2015; Good Need, pp.
149–151; David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows, Piatkus,
2002, pp. 87–93; UFOFiles2, pp.
40–42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1568
Date: 8/15/1950
Location: USA, Great Falls (Montana)
Description: (Translated from French) DD; 11:30 - 2
witnesses, duration 1 minute UFO film: two small punctual lights in the
bright sky containing enough reference objects to allow for a
significant study. (J. Allen HYNEK: "UFOs, Myth or Reality?" - trans.
Belfond 1974, p.78,79, 274) Film shot by Nick Mariana of Great Falls.
(Henry DURRANT: "The UFO File" - Laffont 1973 - p.180) This color film
was carefully studied by physicist Dr. M.L. Baker, "top secret security
clearance card." The film contains 290 successive images. On the first
35 one sees a kind of mark or band at the periphery of the two objects
that rotate synchronically. Or rather: one saw. These 35 images were
confiscated by the Air Force. (August 15, 1950)
Reference: Aimé MICHEL/Georges LEHR: "FOR/AGAINST UFOs"
BERGER-LEVRAULT 1969, FOR section, p. 51, 52
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1486
Date: 8/15/1950
Location: Great Falls, MT
Description: Nick Mariana / Montana UFO Color Film
(NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500815
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_730
Date: 8/15/1950
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Description: 11:30 a.m. Nicholas
Mariana and his secretary Virginia Raunig are inspecting the Great
Falls, Montana, baseball stadium in preparation for a game. He walks up
to the grandstand and notices two fast-moving bright lights “like two
new dimes in the sky.” He rushes to his car, parked 60 feet away, and
gets his 16mm movie camera from the glove compartment. He films the
objects passing behind a water tower, which provides a frame of
reference for measuring distance, size, altitude, azimuth, and speed. In
October he takes it to an Air Force officer for analysis. USAF notes
that two jet interceptors were in the area and might be the objects on
the film, but Mariana and Raunig had seen those too. Controversy soon
arises when Mariana claims that the first 35 frames of his film—which he
says most clearly show the UFOs as rotating disks—are missing. People in
the Great Falls area who view Mariana’s film support him. They claim
that the missing frames clearly show the UFOs as spinning, metallic
disks with a “notch or band” along their outer edges. USAF personnel
deny this accusation and insist that they have removed only a single
frame of film that was damaged in the analysis. In 1952, Blue Book
reviews the film; so does Robert
M. L. Baker Jr. in 1954, and the Colorado project in 1967. All
studies of the film agree that it was not faked and that the objects
appear to be disc-shaped.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mariana
UFO incident”; NICAP, “Nick Mariana /
Montana UFO Color Film”; “Nick Mariana UFO
Footage 1950 Great Falls Montana,” parkerdonaldmusic YouTube
channel, September 29, 2012; “Air Force Takes over
Films of Flying Disks,” Spokane \(Wash.) Chronicle, October 5, 1950,
p. 8; “Colored Films
on Saucers to Be Shown,” Twin Falls \(Idaho\) Times-News, October
19, 1950, p. 17; Clark III 767–769; UFOs Yes, 81–108; Condon, pp.
407–415; Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, pp.
127–128; Barry Greenwood, “On the Question
of Tampering with the 1950
Great Falls UFO Film,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 7 (September 2000):
1–8; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman
Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, pp. 138–139; Michael D. Swords, “Can
You Learn Anything from UFO Photos? Part Three,” The Big Study, July
7, 2012; Patrick Gross, “The Great
Falls, Montana, UFO Color Film, August 15, 1950”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1569
Date: 8/15/1950
Location: Metropole Building on Northumberland Avenue
in London, England
Description: A top secret meeting on UFOs takes place
at the Metropole Building on Northumberland Avenue in London, England.
It is chaired by Hugh Young, deputy director of intelligence, and
attended by representatives of the Secret Intelligence Service and Wing
Commander Myles
Formby of the Air Ministry’s technical intelligence branch. Young
explains that Henry Tizard,
chief scientific advisor to the Ministry of Defence, feels that reports
of flying saucers should not be dismissed without investigation and has
asked that a working party be set up to look into significant reports.
RAF Fighter Command is advised that all future reports of aerial
phenomena should go to the Flying Saucer Working Party.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the
Shadows, Piatkus, 2002, pp. 77– 78; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January 1,
1947–December 31, 1959,
Supplemental Notes, The
Author, 2003, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1570
Date: 8/20/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Nicosia,
Cyprus, Liaison Officer Lieutenant William Ghormley, Colonel W. V.
Brown, and Lieutenant-Colonel L.w. Brauer of the USAF MATS observe a
round, shiny object flying quickly straight for 15-20 seconds. (August
20, 1:30 PM)
Reference: Case Blue
Book #793 Unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_854
Date: 8/20/1950
Time: 13:30
Location: NICOSIA, CYPRUS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #793. 3+USAF. Small
vibrant bright white sphere/orb/globe going quickly west / fantastic
speed. Very high.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1783
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Cyprus", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "NICOSIA,CYPRUS:BBK#793:3+USAF:SML VBRITE WHT ORB >>W/FANTASTIC SPEED:VERY HIGH", LatLong: "35.166668 33.533335", LatLongDMS: "35:10:00 N 33:32:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NIC", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/20/1950
Time: 13:30
Location: NORTH PORTLAND, OR
Description: Long "sharpened pencil" paces plane /
higher altitude through turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 615)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1784
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2000", HatchDesc: "N.PORTLAND,OR:LONG "SHARPENED PENCIL" PACES PLANE/HIGHER alt THRU TURNS", LatLong: "45.600002 -122.633339", LatLongDMS: "45:36:00 N 122:38:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/20/1950
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Description: Small, round or elliptical, bright object
overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 793)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_731
Date: 8/20/1950
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Description: Witnesses: USAF MATS liaison officer Lt.
William Ghormley, Col. W. V. Brown, Lt. col. L.w. Brauer. One small,
round, bright object flew fast, straight and level for 15-20
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_44
Date: 8/20/1950
Locations: Mount Palomar, California; Palomar Gardens
Café
Description: An FBI informant meets with George
Adamski at Alice Wells’s restaurant, the Palomar Gardens Café, south
of Mount Palomar, California. In addition to the standard flying saucer
tales, Adamski mentions that the Federal Communications Commission has
established contact with people from other planets who apparently have a
communist economic system. He also predicts that Russia will dominate
the world for the next 1,000 years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kremlin 63–71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1571
Date: 8/20/1950
Description: On this afternoon in Nicosia, Cyprus at
1:30 p.m., three military officers sighted a small, round, bright white
flying object. MATS liaison officer Lt. William Ghormley, Colonel W. V.
Brown, and Lt. Colonel L.W. Brauer reported that the UFO flew fast,
straight and level for 15-20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 793; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5165
Date: 8/21/1950
Location: ECHTERDINGEN ARMY AIR BASE, GERMANY
Description: White ovoid joins balloon / theodolite.
Going up and down. Turns going [to] WSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1785
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "ECHTERDINGEN AAB,GERMANY:WHT OVOID JOINS BALLOON/THEODOLITE:↑+↓:TURNS >WSW", LatLong: "48.733336 9.250000", LatLongDMS: "48:44:00 N 09:15:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bade-Wurtemberg", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/22/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / BERMUDA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #787. 8 civil and US
B29 RADAR. Blip lets B29 pass by. Then zips off / 400knt.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1786
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SW/BERMUDA:BBK#787:8 CIV+US B29 RDR:BLIP LETS B29 PASS BY:THEN ZIPS OFF/400knt", LatLong: "29.666668 -67.466670", LatLongDMS: "29:40:00 N 67:28:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bermuda", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/23/1950
Description: FBI memo from Alan H.
Belmont to D.
Milton Ladd on green fireballs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: A. H. Belmont, “Summary of Aerial Phenomena in
New Mexico, Miscellaneous—Information Concerning,” August 23,
1950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1572
Date: 8/24/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Approximately 250
miles southwest of the Bermuda (29' 40' North, 67* 28' West), on board a
B-29, the radar operator and S/Sgt. William Shaffer detected an unknown
object and a possible blue trail 3 minutes later. The B-29 followed the
unknown target, then passed it at 1/4 mile distance. The target was
followed for 5 minutes, then passed the B-29 and moved away. The total
duration of the detection was 20 minutes. (August 24 (25?) 20:00)
Reference: case Blue
Book #787 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_855
Date: 8/24/1950
Location: Bermuda (250 Miles SW of), At Sea
Description: Distinct bright unidentified target travel
at same speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 787)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_732
Date: 8/25/1950
Location: Paris, TX
Description: In The Paris News, an oddly
incomplete article with the title "Grounded Saucer Found by Police" was
published. The article's contents were about the Korean War and has no
reference to saucers or the police. Researcher/author Leonard
Stringfield said that newspapers were heavily censored of UFO crash
retrieval reports or information, making this newspaper article very
curious.
Type: newspaper article
Type: crash retrieval
Type: landed saucer
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_997
Date: 8/25/1950
Location: BERMUDA, approx. 250 mi. SW of Bermuda (29'
40' N., 67'28' W.).
Description: (Translated from French) 8 p.m. Witness:
B-29 radar operator S/Sgt. William Shaffer. Radar sighting and possibly
a blue light visually 2 to 3 minutes later. The B-29 pursued an
unidentified target, passed within 1/4 mile of it, then the B-29 was
followed for 5 minutes by the target before it accelerated away. Total
duration of the radar sighting: 20 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1487
Date: 8/25/1950
Time: 8 PM
Location: approx. 250 mi. SW of Bermuda (29' 40' N, 67'
28' W)
Description: Witness: B-29 radarman S/Sgt. William
Shaffer. Radar observation, plus possible blue streak 3 minutes later.
B-29 followed unidentified target, then passed it at l/4-mile distance,
target followed for 5 minutes, then passed B-29 and sped away. Total
time of tracking: 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_45
Date: 8/25/1950
Description: 250 miles southwest of Bermuda over the
Atlantic Ocean (29.67º N, 67.47º W). At 8:00 p.m. radarman S/Sgt.
William Shaffer, flying in a B-29, picked up an unidentified radar blip.
The B-29 followed the unidentified target, then passed it at
one-quarter-mile distance, whereupon the target followed them for the
next five minutes. It passed the B-29 and sped away. A blue streak was
seen in the sky three minutes later. Total time of tracking: 20
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5308
Date: 8/27/1950
Location: BROCKTON, MASS
Description: 1 observer. Shiny white 20' sphere speeds
into wind. Air Force says "a balloon".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1787
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "34", HatchDesc: "BROCKTON,MASS:1 OBS:SHINY WHT 20' SPHERE SPEEDS INTO WIND:AF SAYS "A BALLOON"", LatLong: "42.100002 -71.033337", LatLongDMS: "42:06:00 N 71:02:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1950
Location: Brockton (near), MA
Description: Shiny white spherical object about 20 ft
diameter (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_733
Date: 8/27/1950
Description: A shiny white 20-foot wide sphere sped
into the wind over Brockton, Massachusetts. The Air Force explained it
as a balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5387
Date: 8/29/1950
Time: 17:30
Location: HOLLY HILL, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). 60cm disk going down / dark
low cloud. Back up and down again. Going quickly south. Sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 616)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1788
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "HOLLY HILL,FL:2 OBS:60cm DISK ↓/DRK LOW CLOUD:BACK UP+DOWN AGAIN:>>S:SPARKS", LatLong: "29.244446 -81.038893", LatLongDMS: "29:14:40 N 81:02:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: CANADA, Sandy Point, Newfoundland
Description: (Translated from French) 1:30 p.m.
Witnesses: three people from the locality, including Kaeel and
Alexander, from the Air Force base. A dark object shaped like a barrel
with the opening facing down, in the water, flying at about 5km/hour, at
an altitude of 4 to 6 meters during the 5 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1488
Date: 8/30/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Experts from the
company Land-Air observe unidentified aerial phenomena during
tests of a Bell rocket plane.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_856
Date: 8/30/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Sandy Point
(Newfoundland, Canada), 3 local employees, including Kaeel and Alexander
from the USAF base, observed for 5 minutes a dark barrel-shaped object,
with a kind of pole descending into the water, moving at a speed of 3 to
5 miles/h, at an altitude of 15 to 20 feet. (13:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #790 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_857
Date: 8/30/1950
Time: 10:50
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Many HIQ observer(s). 2 saucers /
theodolites. Photographs hazy / objects. Back 31 Aug. 5.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the
Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally
"The Great F. S. Hoax". (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1789
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "4", Elev: "1248", HatchDesc: "HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:MANY HIQ OBS:2 SCRS/THEODOLITES:FOTOS HAZY/OBJS:BACK 31AUG5", LatLong: "32.850002 -106.083338", LatLongDMS: "32:51:00 N 106:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: Sandy Point, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: A black or dark round object (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 790)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_734
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: S of Kippens, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: (BB# may be wrong) black or
yellowish-brown object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 790)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_735
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: A black or dark round object (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 500830
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_736
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM
Description: Two Objects Filmed During Shrike Missile
Test (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500830
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_737
Date: 8/30/1950
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Sandy Point, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witnesses: three local employees,
including Kaeel and Alexander, of the Air Force Base. A dark,
barrel-shaped object with a pole down from it into the water, flew at
3-5 m.p.h. and 15-20' altitude for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_46
Date: 8/30/1950
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: 10:45 a.m. During a Bell Aircraft MX-776
Shrike missile test (for the later Rascal air-to-ground strategic
missile) a USAF M/Sgt and eight Bell Aircraft employees at Holloman AFB,
New Mexico, see two glaringly bright circular or elliptical objects
maintaining relative position to each other following the B-50
Superfortress launch aircraft from above on both the dry run and hot run
prior to missile release. The objects give a “strong glare at all times”
(not reflected sunlight), maneuver at high estimated speeds up to 10
times the B-50 (roughly 2,500 mph) for short distances, leave no vapor
trails, hover, accelerate rapidly, and make abrupt “square” turns with
apparent size changing to indicate ascent and descent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Objects Filmed
during Shrike Missile Test”; Sparks, p. 98; Maj. R.
G. Illing, “Aerial
Phenomena,” September 13, 1950; Swords 115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1573
Date: 8/30/1950
Description: At 1:30 p.m. three local employees of the
Air Force Base at Sandy Point, Newfoundland, Canada including Kaeel and
Alexander sighted a dark, barrel-shaped object with a pole extending
down from it into the water. The object flew very slowly at 3-5 mph just
15-20-feet above the water for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5485
Date: 8/31/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
Reaches 136.4km attitude (Blossom 7- Nominal performance)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_415
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 136.4km
Date: 8/31/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:09, launch
of V2 No. 51, 136 km altitude, weight 13672 kg. (GESAG, Launches: "Ley
1958, General Electric 09/1959) with mice on board, killed in the crash
on the ground.
Reference: Nieuwenhuis H. 1988, 17
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1489
Date: 8/31/1950
Description: (Translated from French) The same team
makes a similar observation to the one from the day before during a
rocket launch V-2
at the Holloman
base. (August 31)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_858
Date: 8/31/1950
Location: Alamogordo (Holloman AFB), NM
Description: Objects Filmed After V-2 Launch (NICAP: 08
- Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 500831
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_738
Date: 8/31/1950
Locations: Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Kirtland AFB
Description: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. After V-2 missile
launch no. 51 at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, Project Twinkle
cinetheodolite crews track and film multiple objects sporadically
several times from different directions at very high speeds over the
course of 3 hours. Cinetheodolite station P-5 films an object using a
one-frame-per-second 60 cm focal length camera with 35 mm color film.
Frames 593 and 595 (2 seconds of nearly 10 minutes of film) show its
elevation angle changing. An attempted interception by four F-86 jets
from Kirtland AFB for one hour fails to locate the objects, which
apparently return after the jets leave. Cinetheodolite observers note an
object with definite shape and 3D depth but indistinct edges and no
smoke or trail. The object seems to “rock or oscillate.” It is lost when
the observer looks away to get an angle reading.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Objects Filmed
after V-2 Launch”; Sparks, p. 99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1574
Date: 9/1950
Location: Venice, California
Description: BOY ASTRONOMER PHOTOGRAPHS ONE BY
ACCIDENT. Ivan Courtright, 14-year-old amateur astronomer set
his camera at a six-hour exposure to photograph sky trails and
accidentally obtained two photos. One of a saucer, when he clicked the
shutter too soon, and the other a saucer trail taken on a longer
exposure. The photo of the saucer coming right at the camera shows
clearly the illuminated cloud surrounding it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_86
Date: 9/1950
Location: Saw Bill Bay, Minnesota
Description: SAWBILLIES WATCH ONE LAND ON
BAY. F. A. Halstead of Duluth, Minn., and Ben Eyton, Editor of
the Steep Rocket Echo, Ontario, reported the experience of a
miner living in Antikokan who saw a flying saucer and a live crew in a
cove of Sawbill Bay. They gave full details and told that they went back
later with a camera and after a few days caught another saucer which
spotted them and took off in a flash of green. There was There was a
terrific high-pitched whine almost a blast, they explained, and then it
was gone. One little figure that had been near the water's edge was only
about halfway back when it took off. "Our impression was that something
fell off when the saucer was about halfway down the bay. For some
reason, our motor took a fit of not wanting to start. After we did get
it going, it began to run hot, which ruined our chances of pursuing the
object."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_87
Date: 9/1950
Location: DU BOIS, PA
Description: 80 National Guardsmen. 30' rotating metal
saucer / 4K' altitude over airport. Vapor trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1790
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", Elev: "163", HatchDesc: "DU BOIS,PA:80 Natl GUARDSMEN:30'ROTATING MTL SCR/4K'alt ovr AIRPORT:VPR TRAIL", LatLong: "41.116669 -78.761115", LatLongDMS: "41:07:00 N 78:45:40 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1200", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1950
Time: 07:00
Location: NORTH KOREA
Description: 6 US bombers. 200M saucers jam RADAR /
each frequency in turn. Going quickly northwest. / NICAP v3#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1791
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "N.KOREA:6 US BOMBERS:200M SCRS JAM RDR/EACH FREQ.IN TURN:>>NW:/NICAP v3#5", LatLong: "40.000002 126.500006", LatLongDMS: "40:00:00 N 126:30:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/1950 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: SAND PATCH, PA
Description: Kids. Huge metallic dome with square
portholes. WHIRRs and maneuvers. Bright yellow light /
bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1792
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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "683", HatchDesc: "SAND PATCH,PA:KIDS:HUGE MTLC DOME W/SQR PORTS:WHIRRs+MNVRS:BRITE YLW LITE/BTM", LatLong: "39.800002 -78.972226", LatLongDMS: "39:48:00 N 78:58:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1950
Location: City not noted, Korea
Description: Navy planes on mission approached by two
large discs, radar jammed, radio transmitter blocked by buzzing noise
each time new frequency tried (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_739
Date: 9/1950
Location: 100 miles south of the Yalu River in
Korea
Description: 7:00 a.m. Three US Navy planes on a combat
mission 100 miles south of the Yalu River in Korea are approached from
below by two huge discs, at least 600–700 feet in diameter, traveling at
1,000–1,200 mph. The radar shows them as 1.5 miles away. Suddenly the
objects halt, back up, and begin a jittering motion, keeping pace with
them, circling above and below. When one pilot readies his guns, the
aircraft radar goes haywire, apparently jammed. His radio transmitter is
blocked by a buzzing noise. The discs are silvery and shaped like a
“coolie’s hat, with oblong ports from which emanated a copper-green
colored light which gradually shifted to pale pastel-colored lights.” A
shimmering red ring circles the top portion of the disc. The objects
soon speed away in the direction from which they had come.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, pp. 28–30;
Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp.
30–32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1575
Date: 9/1950
Locations: San Francisco Bay Area, California; Norfolk,
Virginia
Description: The first US Army large-scale aerosol
vulnerability test occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
using two types of bacteria (Bacillus globigii and Serratia marcescens)
and fluorescent particles. Six simulated attacks are conducted, with the
conclusion that it is feasible to attack a seaport city with biological
aerosol agents from a ship offshore. The first open-air tests with
biological simulants are conducted in 1950 in various locales, one of
which is off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United
States biological weapons program”; David R. Franz, Cheryl D.
Parrott, and Ernest T. Takafuji, “The U.S. Biological Warfare and
Biological Defense Programs,” in Medical Aspects of Chemical and
Biological Warfare, Office of the US Surgeon General, 1997, chap.
19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1576
Date: 9/1950
Description: George
Adamski first receives national exposure as coauthor of an article
in Fate on his fake UFO photographs. A follow-up article in July 1951
features even more dramatic photos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 39; Maurice Weekley and George
Adamski, “Flying Saucers As Astronomers See Them,” Fate 3, no. 6
(September 1950): 56– 59; George Adamski, “I Photographed Space Ships,”
Fate 4, no. 5 (July 1951): 64–74; George Noory, “Fate Flashback:
‘Flying Saucers’ in the 1950’s,” Coast to Coast AM, August 18,
2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1577
Date: 9/1/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: NUNIVAK ISLAND, AK
Description: Aleuts terrorized. Huge fireball / ovoid
at sea. 3 repeats. Going west to Siberia.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1793
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "NUNIVAK ISL,AK:ALEUTS TERRORIZED:HUGE FBL/OVOID at SEA:3 REPEATS:>W to SIBERIA", LatLong: "60.416670 -167.700008", LatLongDMS: "60:25:00 N 167:42:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1/1950
Location: McKorryuk, Nunivak Island, Aleutians,
AK
Description: Strange deep red ball of fire near the
horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_740
Date: 9/2/1950
Time: ~22:00
Location: HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, NFL
Description: Air Force guard. Shadow-man at end of
runway. Vanishes in flash! No UFO.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS &
CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1794
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "33", HatchDesc: "HARMON AFB,NFL:AF GUARD:SHADOW-MAN at END of RUNWAY:VANISHES in FLASH!:no ufo", LatLong: "48.533336 -58.566669", LatLongDMS: "48:32:00 N 58:34:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 9/3/1950
Location: USA, Spokane, Washington.
Description: (Translated from French) 2 p.m. Witnesses:
Maj. R.J. Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner and a neighbor (one of the witnesses
saw 3 objects, the other two saw only one object). Disk of metallic
appearance and bronze color, 20-30 feet long and 2-6 feet thick.
Independent and erratic movements for 5 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1491
Date: 9/3/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Spokane
(Washington), Major R.J. Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner and a neighbor (who had
previously seen 3 objects, the others having seen 1), observed for 5
minutes disks seeming of metallic bronze, about 20 to 30 feet long, 2 to
6 feet wide, each moving in a disordered manner [[case Blue
Book #797 unexplained]]. (September 3, 2 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_859
Date: 9/3/1950
Time: 14:00
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #797. Air Force
Major and 2. 3 30' saucers / erratic motion. Going quickly [to] WSW
going [to] Fairchild Air Force Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1795
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:BBK#797:AF Major+2:3 30'SCRS/ERRATIC MOTION:>>WSW >FAIRCHILD AFB", LatLong: "47.633336 -117.416672", LatLongDMS: "47:38:00 N 117:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/3/1950
Location: Spokane, WA
Description: Three Pancake-Shaped Objects Observed
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 797)
Reference: NICAP: 500903
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_741
Date: 9/3/1950
Time: 2 PM
Location: Spokane, Washington
Description: Witnesses: Maj R.J. Gardiner, Mrs.
Gardiner and neighbor (former saw three objects, others saw one).
Metallic bronze discs, 20-30' long, 2-6' thick. Moved independently and
erratically for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_47
Date: 9/5/1950
Time: 10:30
Location: BIG RAPIDS, MI
Description: 2 / farm. 10m silent saucer with large
round portholes floats over barn going southwest. Drawing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1796
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "302", HatchDesc: "BIG RAPIDS,MI:2/FARM:10m SLNT SCR W/LRG RND PORTS FLOATS ovr BARN >SW:drawing", LatLong: "43.700002 -85.483337", LatLongDMS: "43:42:00 N 85:29:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1950
Location: Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire,
England
Description: 4:09 p.m. Flight Lt. Stan
J. Hubbard is standing on the watchtower at Farnborough Airfield,
Hampshire, England, with five other officers, one of whom is Wing
Commander Frank Jolliffe. They all see, at a range of 10– 15 miles, a
light gray disc following a rectangular flight path, consisting of a
“falling leaf, horizontal flight, an upward “falling leaf,” then another
horizontal stretch. The Working Party concludes they have imperfectly
viewed some conventional aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Flying
Saucer Working Party,” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism,
January 3, 2015; Good Need, pp.
150–151; David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows, Piatkus,
2002, pp. 87–93; UFOFiles2, p.
41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1578
Date: 9/8/1950
Location: Unkown location, Germany
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_742
Date: 9/8/1950
Locations: Illinois; Korea
Description: Henry Holt publishes Frank Scully’s
Behind the Flying Saucers, the first book on UFOs. It sensationally
claims that the US government has retrieved a crashed flying saucer and
several dead pilots. Rep. Edward
H. Jenison (R-Ill.)
condemns the book as contributing to mass hysteria during a time of war
in Korea. USAF Public Information Officer Clare Welch estimates that 3–4
million people have heard about saucers, thanks to the book.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Scully, Behind
the Flying Saucers, Holt,
1950; John L. Cotton, et al., “Flying Saucers
and Frank Scully,” in KNW 2333: The Scientific Method, Critical and
Creative Thinking (Debunking Pseudoscience), Southern Methodist
University; Swords 103; Curt Collins, “Operation
Hush-Hush: The UFO Crash and ET Bodies Cover- Up,”
The Saucers That Time Forgot, February 9, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1579
Date: 9/8/1950
Locations: The Pentagon; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Air Force Intelligence Collection
Division’s Collection Control Branch (AFOIN-CC-1) at the Pentagon issues
a new intelligence reporting directive requiring special handling and
reporting of UFO incidents, “Reporting of Information on Unconventional
Aircraft,” thus reversing the cancellation directive of January 12,
1950. The action reflects the increasing interest by AFOIN Director Gen.
Cabell and
his dissatisfaction with AMC inaction on UFO study at Wright-Patterson
AFB.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “1950 UFO
Chronology” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1580
Date: 9/10/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Retrieval of 3
bodies following a crash in Albuquerque (New Mexico). (September
10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_860
Date: 9/10/1950
Location: Mitchell Field, New York
Description: TW JET PILOTS LOSE in 30 MILE
CHASE. Lt. Wilbert S. Rogers and Capt. Edward Ballard, Mitchell
Field Air Force jet pilots, chased a mysterious round flying object for
thirty miles and couldn't catch it. They estimated its speed at 900 mph.
They sighted the object over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, while on a routine
flight. It was silvery-white and about the size of a fighter plane
traveling at 20,000 feet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_85
Date: 9/11/1950
Description: On this day 8 mm motion pictures were shot
with a telescopic lens of a spinning disk at Wickup Reservoir in Oregon
by a man named Murphy. He shot 10 feet of film showing the spinning
disc-shaped object. There was one other witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping, September 12, 1950;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: August-December, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5850
Date: 9/12/1950
Location: WICKIUP RESERVOIR, OR
Description: Fisherman. Telescopic 8mm movies. 10' /
film. Spinning disk-saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1797
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "480", HatchDesc: "WICKIUP RSVR,OR:FISHERMAN:TELESCOPIC 8mm MOVIES:10'/FILM:SPINNING DISK-SCR", LatLong: "43.688891 -121.700006", LatLongDMS: "43:41:20 N 121:42:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/13/1950
Location: Effingham (5 miles SW of), IL
Description: Red Lights On Collision Course With
Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 500913
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_743
Date: 9/13/1950
Location: Howard Hawks
Description: The Air Force responds to producer Howard Hawks’s
request for the use of military locations, personnel, and equipment for
his upcoming film The Thing from Another World by refusing to
participate and objecting to any display of USAF personnel or equipment
on the grounds that “it is our policy not to participate in any proposal
that will perpetuate this hoax.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 103–104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1581
Date: 9/15/1950
Location: Washington DC
Description: In a conference between Canadian Wilbert
Smith and Dr. Sarbacher (a consultant to the US Research and Development
Board), scientist reveals Frank Scully’s 1950 "Behind the Flying
Saucers" book is true and substantially correct, Flying Saucers exist,
we haven’t been able to duplicate their performance, it’s pretty certain
they didn’t originate on the earth, the subject is classified more
highly than the H-bomb.
Type: conference
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p519)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_418
See also: 9/23/1947
See also: 1/26/1953
Date: 9/15/1950
Location: Canada
Description: Canadian engineer Wilbert B.
Smith attends a classified briefing with physicist Robert I.
Sarbacher of the US Defense Dept.’s Research and Development Board.
Smith asks if there is any truth to the Scully crash-
and-retrieval story and Sarbacher replies,
“The facts reported in the book are substantially correct.” He says that
UFOs are “classified two points higher even than the H-bomb.” In 1983,
Sarbacher confirms the comment to Stanton T.
Friedman, although
he clarifies that he was speaking about crashed UFOs in general. He
tells UFO researcher William
Steinman in November 1983 that he “was invited to participate in
several discussions associated with the reported recoveries” of UFOs,
but is unable to attend the meetings. He claims Vannevar Bush,
Eric
A. Walker, and
John von
Neumann are “definitely involved” in the program and probably J.
Robert Oppenheimer as
well.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1029–1031; Good Above, pp.
519–521; Northern Ontario UFO Research and Study, “Dr. Robert
Sarbacher,” March 1, 2010; Wilbert B. Smith, [Sarbacher
interview notes], September 15, 1950; Dolan II 320; Robert I.
Sarbacher, [Letter
to William Steinman], November 29, 1983
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1582
Date: 9/17/1950
Time: 15:30
Location: FEEDING HILLS, MA
Description: 2 cone saucers going southwest / rigid
formation. Reverse going northeast with no stop. Separate
observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1798
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "66", HatchDesc: "FEEDING HILLS,MA:2 CONE SCRS > SW/RIGID FORMn:REVERSE >NE with no stop:sep obs", LatLong: "42.066669 -72.677781", LatLongDMS: "42:04:00 N 72:40:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/17/1950
Time: ~17:00
Location: TATUM, NM
Description: Blue Book. Fireball / grey edge going
south. Saucer inside? Separate saucers / Albuquerque and Walker Air
Force Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1799
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "240", Elev: "1218", HatchDesc: "TATUM,NM:BBK:FBL/GREY EDGE >S:SCR INSIDE?::SEP SCRS/ALBUQUERQUE+WALKER AFB", LatLong: "33.261113 -103.316672", LatLongDMS: "33:15:40 N 103:19:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/18/1950
Time: 16:00
Location: POPLAR, MT
Description: 2 ANG F51 pilots and Air Traffic
Controllers and ground observer(s). Round object / fast erratic
maneuvers. Then hovers.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1800
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "607", HatchDesc: "POPLAR,MT:2 ANG F51 PILOTS+ATCs+GND.OBS:RND OBJ/FAST ERRATIC MNVRS:then HOVERS", LatLong: "48.111113 -105.200005", LatLongDMS: "48:06:40 N 105:12:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/18/1950
Location: Poplar (Bluff?), MT
Description: Round object moving erratically at high
speed then hover (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_744
Date: 9/19/1950
Location: BLACKHEATH, KENT
Description: 18 silver spheres going quickly [to] over.
2 more follow. Direction unknown. No further details. / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT
INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1801
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "BLACKHEATH,KENT:18 SLVR SPHERES>>OVR:2 MORE FOLO:DIRECTION UNK:NFD:/r171", LatLong: "51.461114 0.005556", LatLongDMS: "51:27:40 N 00:00:20 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/20/1950
Location: USA, Kit Carson, Colorado.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:49 a.m.
Witness identified as "credible". Two large, bright round objects, and
three smaller objects "inside". The two large ones hovered for a minute,
while the three smaller ones entered and exited the large objects. All
of them rose and disappeared, accelerating.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1492
Date: 9/20/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Kit Carson
(Colorado), a "reliable" witness observed 2 large round and luminous
objects and 3 smaller ones inside. The 2 objects remained stationary for
1 minute and then moved, and the 3 smaller ones came out from behind or
inside the 2 larger ones. All of them quickly moved away into the sky.
(September 20, 10:49)
Reference: case Blue
Book #807 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_861
Date: 9/20/1950
Time: 10:50
Location: US40 EAST / KIT CARSON, CO
Description: 3 small glowing-balls exit 2 large ones.
Hover. Up / 3000kph. / r28p431.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1802
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "1280", HatchDesc: "US40 E/KIT CARSON,CO:3 SML GLOW-BALLS EXIT 2 LRG ONES:HVR:UP/3000kph:/r28p431", LatLong: "38.788891 -102.500005", LatLongDMS: "38:47:20 N 102:30:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 9/20/1950
Location: Kit Carson, CO
Description: Brilliant white star like object
accelerate and decelerate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
807)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_745
Date: 9/20/1950
Location: Murray, KY
Description: Dog cowers at bolide (IFO) (NICAP: 04 -
Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 500920
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_746
Date: 9/20/1950
Time: 10:49 AM
Location: Kit Carson, Colorado
Description: Witness identified only as a "reliable
source". Two large, round, glowing objects and three smaller, internally
lit objects. Two hovered for 1 minute, moved, and three smaller ones
came from behind or within the two larger objects, and all sped upward
and away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_48
Date: 9/20/1950
Description: Kit Carson, Colorado at 10:49 a.m. A
witness described by Project Blue Book as a "reliable source" reported
sighting two large, round glowing objects and three smaller, internally
lit objects. The two large objects hovered for one minute and then
moved, while the three smaller objects came from behind or from within
the two larger objects, and all shot upward and away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6117
Date: 9/21/1950
Location: USA, Provincetown, Otis, Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 9:52 a.m.
Witness/: M.I.T. research associate and Air National Guard Maj. M.H.
Ligda. Radar tracking of one object during M.I.T tracking of USAF flight
of F-84 or F-86 jet fighters. Object speed was 22 miles/minute (1,200
m.p.h.), made turn of 11-12 gs acceleration during 1 minute observation.
(Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner)... During the third mission we
detected another "airplane" in the radar sweep, heading roughly north on
a course converging with that of the F 86s. (...) The echo caught up
with the F 86s, passed them, and crossed their course, then, after a
sharp, tight turn to the right, reversed course back toward Boston,
passing directly over our aircraft. (...) A moderate estimate of the
speed of the object would be approximately 1,900 km/h, and the
centrifugal force exerted on the craft at the time of its turn would
exceed 5 g...."
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979 - pp. 138-140
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1493
Date: 9/21/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Provincetown
(Massachusetts), the MIT research associate and National Air Guard Major
H. Ligda spotted an object on radar during the MIT's detection of the
USAF F-84 or F-86 fighter flight. The object's speed was 22 miles/min
(200 miles/h), and it made turns with an acceleration of 11 to 12 g
during the minute of observation. (September 21, 9:52)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #809
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_862
Date: 9/21/1950
Location: Hollywood, California
Description: Citizens-News. MYSTERY
SHIPS OVER COLORADO. Hundreds of witnesses reported strange
objects which hurtled across Colorado last night just east of the Rocky
Mountains. Astronomy students and Air Force officials said they were not
meteorites. All reports said the objects moved horizontally, unlike
meteorites, and most trained observers placed their altitude at 3,000
feet. The CAA control tower at Peublo estimated their speed at about
1,000 mph. The speed of the objects was so fast that reports along the
200 mile path were almost simultaneous.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_88
Date: 9/21/1950
Location: Near Otis AFB, MA
Description: Object tracked on radar, overtakes two
F-86s; no visuals.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_61
Date: 9/21/1950
Time: 09:50
Location: PROVINCETOWN, MA
Description: Object buzzes F86's. 1200mph. Air and
ground RADAR confirm. 5g acceleration. / r201p105.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1803
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "5", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "PROVINCETOWN,MA:OBJ BUZZES F86s:1200mph:AIR+GND RDR CONFIRM:5g ACCEL:/r201p105", LatLong: "42.061113 -70.177781", LatLongDMS: "42:03:40 N 70:10:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/21/1950
Location: Provincetown, MA
Description: SCR-615B Tracks UFO (BBU 809) (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 809)
Reference: NICAP: 500921
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_747
Date: 9/21/1950
Time: 9:52 AM
Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: M.I.T. research associate and Air
National Guard Maj. M.H. Ligda. Radar tracking of one object during
M.I.T tracking of USAF flight of F-84 or F-86 jet fighters. Object speed
was 22 miles/minute (l,200 m.p.h.), made turn of 11-12 gs acceleration
during 1 minute observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_49
Date: 9/21/1950
Locations: MIT; Provincetown, Massachusetts
Description: MIT research associate and Air National
Guard Maj. Myron
Herbert Ligda and Joseph
V. Connelly are testing radar near Provincetown, Massachusetts,
under contract to the US Signal Corps, when they track an unknown object
on a converging course with two F-86s. The clear target passes the
planes at a speed of at least 1,200 mph, makes a right turn, then passes
directly over or under the F-86s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “SCR-615B Tracks
UFO”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
139–141; Sparks, p. 100; Swords
104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1583
Date: 9/21/1950
Description: Provincetown, Massachusetts. At 9:52 a.m.
an M.I.T. research associate and Air National Guard Major M. H. Ligda
observed the radar tracking of a UFO during an M.I.T. tracking of a
flight of two USAF F-84 or F-86 jet fighters. The object's speed was
calculated as 22 miles/minute (1,200 mph), and it executed a turn of
11-12 Gs acceleration during the one-minute observation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 809; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; J.
Allen Hynek, Hynek UFO Report, p. 139; UNICAT, case 275
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6175
Date: 9/25/1950
Time: ~21:00
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape drops right over
drive-in movie screen / 15 minute(s) during show.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1804
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "15", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "BIRMINGHAM,AL:CGR DROPS RIGHT OVR DRIVE-IN MOVIE SCREEN/15min DURING SHOW:", LatLong: "33.533335 -86.816671", LatLongDMS: "33:32:00 N 86:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/25/1950
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson
Description: JANAP 146(A) is issued: “Communications
Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings from Aircraft,”
the start of CIRVIS reporting for commercial and military pilots. This
adds UFOs to the list of sighting categories. All UFO reports are to be
sent to the Air Defense Command at the Pentagon and to the Secretary of
Defense. AMC at Wright-Patterson is not mentioned.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1584
Date: 9/25/1950
Description: The Air Force Intelligence office,
apparently at the request of Gen. Hoyt
Vandenberg, orders all copies of the December 10, 1948, revised
Project Sign report destroyed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p.
114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1585
Date: 9/26/1950
Location: USA, Philadelphia
Description: (Translated from French) Two police
officers patrolling in a car saw through the windshield an object slowly
approaching the ground. The object seemed to them at first to be a
parachute. Located at the tops of the trees it seemed to have a diameter
of six feet. It landed in a nearby field. The police officers, after
watching it for some time, wanted to take possession of it, but the
object disintegrated, leaving only a slight odorous residue. Total
duration of the observation: 25 minutes, during which the object emitted
a light so bright that the witnesses saw that the grass did not even
bend under the craft. (FBI doc. - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean
Sider) It was a circular mass about two meters in diameter, thick about
30 cm in the center and 5 to 6 cm at the edges. In the light of their
torches, they distinguished that the strange thing was reddish and that
it quivered like something alive. In the darkness the thing radiated a
faint red glow. "Should we pick it up?" one of the police officers
proposed. After a moment of hesitation, Collins tried. He only managed
to grasp pieces of a gelatinous material that broke and slipped between
his fingers, leaving a kind of grease or foam on his hands without
smell. In less than half an hour, the whole quivering mass had
disintegrated, evaporated. The police officers are certain of one thing:
it was alive. (September 26, 1950)
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: "These UFOs that announce
the Superman" - Laffont 1979, p. 80
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1494
Date: 9/26/1950
Location: WINDSOR LOCKS, CT
Description: Partly translucent "dinner plate". / doubt
Magzn.v2#43p212.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 325)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1805
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "WINDSOR LOCKS,CT:PARTLY TRANSLUCENT "DINNER PLATE":/DOUBT Magzn.v2#43p212", LatLong: "41.927780 -72.627781", LatLongDMS: "41:55:40 N 72:37:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/26/1950
Time: 20:00?
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: 2 cops / car. 6' saucer descends / grass.
Glows. Extremely light. Evaporates.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1806
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "PHILADELPHIA,PA:2 COPS/CAR:6'SCR DESCENDS/GRASS:GLOWS:XTREMELY LITE:EVAPORATES", LatLong: "39.950002 -75.150004", LatLongDMS: "39:57:00 N 75:09:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/26/1950
Location: Vare Avenue near 26th Street in South
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: 10:00 p.m. Policemen John Collins and
Joseph Keenan are patrolling on Vare Avenue near 26th Street in South
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when they see something like a parachute
drifting down ahead of them at treetop level. It is about 6 feet in
diameter and settles in an open field. After summoning Sgt. Joseph Cook
and Patrolman James Casper, they go into the field to investigate. When
they turn their flashlights on it, it gives off a purplish glow, “almost
a mist, that looked as though it contained crystals.” Collins touches it
and it dissolves in his hand, leaving an odorless, sticky residue. It
completely evaporates in 25 minutes. This event inspires producer Jack H.
Harris to ask his friend Irvine H. Millgate to come up with a story
for what eventually becomes the 1958 horror film The Blob.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1102; “Flying ‘Saucer’ Just
Dissolves,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 1950, pp. 1–2; Rebekah
McKendry, “The Supposedly True Story behind the Classic Film The Blob!”
13th Floor, October 21, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1586
Date: 9/30/1950
Time: 13:00
Location: NORTHWEST SEOUL, KOREA
Description: 7+soldiers. Classic metallic saucer going
west / high altitude. Yellow glow? 1.20M diameter?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 637)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1807
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "NW SEOUL,KOREA:7+GIs:CLASSIC MTLC SCR >W/hi alt:YLW GLOW?:1.20M diam?", LatLong: "37.583335 127.016673", LatLongDMS: "37:35:00 N 127:01:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/1950
Location: NEAR ABADAH, IRAN
Description: Metallic hour-glass shape spins / axis
near oil tanker. Then shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1808
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Iran", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "nr ABADAH,IRAN:MTLC HOUR-GLASS SHAPE SPINS/AXIS nr OIL TANKER:THEN shoots away", LatLong: "29.966668 48.616669", LatLongDMS: "29:58:00 N 48:37:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KHZ", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/1950 (approximate)
Time: ~14:00
Location: CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: 30 / 10 theodolites. Large ovoid by
balloon / 30 seconds. Shoots away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1809
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "CHANUTE AFB,IL:30/10 THEODOLITES:LRG OVOID by BALLOON/30secs:SHOOTS AWAY XFAST", LatLong: "40.300002 -88.150004", LatLongDMS: "40:18:00 N 88:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/1950
Time: ~18:00
Location: NEAR CROWFOOT, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). Brill 8M saucer? going up /
gully. Dogs react. Going northeast. Circles and returns. Going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 638)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1810
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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "116", HatchDesc: "nr CROWFOOT,OR:2 OBS:BRILL 8M SCR? ↑/GULLY:DOGS REACT:> NE:CCLS+RETURNS:>>E", LatLong: "42.633335 -122.700006", LatLongDMS: "42:38:00 N 122:42:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/1950
Description: Donald Keyhoe’s
True article is expanded into a paperback book, The Flying Saucers Are
Real, which sells 500,000 copies. It brings many interested civilians
and military people to accept UFO reality, government withholding of
information, and the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers
Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950; Wikipedia, “The
Flying Saucers Are Real” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1587
Date: 10/1950
Description: J[ack?]
L. Rohn is named a chief of Project Grudge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p.
14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1588
Date: 10/1950
Location: UK
Description: The Flying Saucer Working Party is created
in the UK by Ministry of Defence Chief Science Adviser Henry Tizard, assisted by Louis
Mountbatten and Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding,
both who have quietly concluded that flying saucers are real. It has
five members, representing UK intelligence branches. Its charge is to
study UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Flying
Saucer Working Party”; Mark Rodeghier, “Britain’s Secret UFO Study,”
IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 21–23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1589
Date: 10/3/1950
Location: POMONA, CA
Description: Geochemist. Wobble-disk going quickly [to]
behind mountain-peak. Min. speed = 720mph. / r242p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1811
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "285", HatchDesc: "POMONA,CA:GEOCHEMIST:WOBBLE-DISK >> BHND MTN-PEAK:MIN.SPEED=720mph:/r242p49", LatLong: "34.050002 -117.750006", LatLongDMS: "34:03:00 N 117:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/3/1950
Location: Pomona, CA
Description: Disc-shaped UFO reported by scientist.
[VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_748
Date: 10/3/1950
Location: Pomona, California
Description: Geochemist J. D. Laudermilk watches a disc
moving with a wobbling motion at 750 mph behind a mountain peak near
Pomona, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1590
Date: 10/5/1950
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) When the
California Central Airlines plane took off from Burbank-Hollywood
Airport at 7:55 PM, neither the captain nor the co-pilot suspected they
were on a collision course with a UFO. Five minutes after takeoff to
Oakland, the plane was somewhere between Van Nuys and San Fernando,
climbing to 4500 feet. Suddenly the captain, Cecil Hardin, drew the
co-pilot's attention to an illuminated object approaching directly
ahead. The co-pilot, Jack Conroy, later told reporters that the object
was only observed for a few seconds before passing beneath the plane.
"It's impossible to say how fast it was going and how far away it was,"
said Conroy. "But it seemed big, flying at a tremendous speed, and quite
close, say 500 feet from us," added Hardin. "What really seemed strange
to us was that it had absolutely no fuselage. We didn't feel the rush of
air from its engine or its speed when it passed beneath us." They
estimated the length of the object to be about 85 feet, with 6 to 8
bright lights arranged on the upper part, all of which were
blinking.
Reference: NUFORC, Looking Back, by Bob Gribble
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1495
Date: 10/5/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: SAN FERNANDO, CA
Description: Flying wing / 6-8 lights in near collision
/ airliner. Going north. / r32p150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1812
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "15", Elev: "294", HatchDesc: "SAN FERNANDO,CA:FLYING WING/6-8 LITES in NEAR COLLISION/AIRLINER:>N:/r32p150", LatLong: "34.333335 -118.433339", LatLongDMS: "34:20:00 N 118:26:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/5/1950
Location: San Fernando, CA
Description: California Central Airlines plane buzzed
by wing-like UFO. [V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_749
Date: 10/5/1950
Location: San Francisco (near), CA
Description: Hardin/Conroy Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_750
Date: 10/5/1950
Locations: California; San Fernando; Van Nuys
Description: A California Central Airlines plane,
piloted by Capt. Cecil Hardin and Flight Officer Jack Conroy, is buzzed
by a wing-like UFO with 8 bright lights between San Fernando and Van
Nuys, California. Bands of blue light are visible across its
width.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Now Add This to Saucer
Mysteries,” Los Angeles Daily News, October 6, 1950, p. 2; NICAP,
“Mysterious
Object Buzzes Airliner”; UFOEv, p.
34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1591
Date: 10/5/1950
Description: While flying over Van Nuys, California at
7:32 p.m., a CAL airliner had a near collision with a luminous object
that looked like a flying wing without a fuselage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: San Francisco Chronicle, October 7,
1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6562
Date: 10/6/1950
Location: Fort Sam Houston, TX
Description: Confidential Memo: Headquarters, 5th Army
Division: John de Reneaux photographed the saucer which crashed near
Aztec, N.M. He said that “army officials” had attempted to take the
photographs away from him but that he had given them another roll of
film. In a further interview with the 5th Headquarters, de Reneaux
denied any knowledge of the Aztec crash.
Type: confidental memo
Reference: Pea
Research (B1-A p117, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_419
See also: 3/25/1948
Date: 10/7/1950
Location: Denver, Col
Description: 'SAUCER' OVER ATOM
CENTER. UP - A Los Angeles construction worker has reported
that a strange "blinking object" soared over a highly restricted area of
the big atomic energy center last month. The object, which appeared to
be at an altitude of 20,000 feet, flashed alternately bright and then
black at intervals of two seconds. It was visible for three minutes and
forty seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_89
Date: 10/7/1950
Description: Walter
Bedell Smith takes over as director of central intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1592
Date: 10/9/1950
Location: WILLIAMSTOWN, VT
Description: 2 identical cylinders hang vertical. Swing
/ pendulums. 10 / 1 length ratio.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1813
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "259", HatchDesc: "WILLIAMSTOWN,VT:2 IDENT.CYLs HANG VERTICAL:SWING/PENDULUMS:10/1 LENGTH RATIO", LatLong: "44.116669 -72.544448", LatLongDMS: "44:07:00 N 72:32:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vermont", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/11/1950
Location: BUTTE, CA
Description: Hundreds / silvery balls join and part and
fly going quickly north. Webby "gossamer" found. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HUNT, Gerry: BIZARRE AMERICA; Berkley Books,
NY. PB 1988. [ inexpensive ] (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1814
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "15", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "BUTTE,CA:100S/SLVRY BALLS JOIN+PART+FLY >>N:WEBBY "GOSSAMER" FOUND:NFD", LatLong: "39.466669 -122.000006", LatLongDMS: "39:28:00 N 122:00:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/12/1950
Location: USA, Knoxville (Tennessee)
Description: (Translated from French) Radar detection
of at least eleven objects at 11:25 PM. They were moving in the heavily
monitored area of Oak Ridge. Their altitude varied between 1000 and 5000
feet, the density of the targets was comparable to that of the
navigation lights of a C.47, the estimated speed was 120/125 miles/hour.
A fighter was sent to try to intercept the unknown aircraft, but the
pilot could not distinguish anything on the on-board radar, nor with the
naked eye.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by
Jean Sider
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1496
Date: 10/12/1950
Description: (Translated from French) 11 UFOs are again
spotted above Oak
Ridge. A squadron of F-82 fighters takes off to intercept them,
without success: the craft dodge at an astonishing speed. (October
12)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_863
Date: 10/12/1950
Location: Oak Ridge Nuc. Fac., TN
Description: Wave of at least sixteen sightings in
three weeks begins now.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_62
Date: 10/12/1950
Time: 23:30
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Ground RADAR's direct F82 going [to] 5
blips. Pilot and air.rdr see nothing. / LDLN#331.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1815
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "44", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:GND RDRS DIRECT F82 >5 BLIPS:PILOT+AIR.RDR SEE NOTHING:/LDLN#331", LatLong: "35.983335 -84.266671", LatLongDMS: "35:59:00 N 84:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/12/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: Military Radar at Knoxville Tracks Eleven
Objects (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501012
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_751
Date: 10/12/1950
Location: Oak Ridger
Description: The Oak Ridger columnist Robert Sharon
Allen reports that the Atomic Energy Commission Security Service has
issued a questionnaire to be used when UFOs are reported at its
installations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert S. Allen, “AEC Wants Info on Flying
Saucers Seen near A-Plants,” The Oak Ridger, October 12, 1950; Project
1947, “Robert
S. Allen
Introduction” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1593
Date: 10/12/1950
End date: 11/5/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Some 15 radar and visual sightings of UFOs
take place over restricted airspace at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. After the
observation on October 23, an unexplained increase in alpha-beta
background radiation is detected; after the November 29 sighting, an
alpha and gamma ray increase is correlated with unidentified radar
targets in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp.
171–173; Memo from Strategic Air Command Knoxville to Director of
FBI, “‘Flying Saucers’ Observed over Oak Ridge Area,” October 25, 1950;
J. Edgar Hoover, [teletype in
response], December 5, 1950; Bruce S. Maccabee, “NCP-14: Saucers over Oak
Ridge,” from UFO–FBI Connection, Llewellyn, 2000, pp. 163–181;
Francis Ridge, “The Oak Ridge
Sightings including All the Tennessee Blue Book Unknowns,”
September 22, 2005; Sparks, pp. 100–102;
Clark III 950; Swords 106–107; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
142–143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1594
Date: 10/13/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Sightings by AEC security patrols (NICAP:
02 - Close Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501013
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_752
Date: 10/13/1950
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: J. Edgar
Hoover sends a teletype message to the Special Agent in Charge in
Los Angeles, California, asking him to determine whether Frank Scully is
the same man who has been active in communist activities since the
1930s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anthony Bragalia, “J.
Edgar Hoover’s Saucer Crash Secrets,” UFO Explorations, April
2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1595
Date: 10/14/1950
Time: 03:50
Location: MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Blue Book. Air Force navigator in-flight.
Night light makes every maneuver known / observer(s). Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1816
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "3", Elev: "467", HatchDesc: "MARCH AFB,CA:BBK:AF NAVIGATOR IN-FLITE:NLT MAKES EVERY MNVR KNOWN/OBS:>S", LatLong: "33.916668 -117.250006", LatLongDMS: "33:55:00 N 117:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/15/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Oak
Ridge (Knoxville?) (Tennessee), Trooper Rymer, J. Moneymaker, and
Captain Zarzecki of the AEC
saw two shiny silver objects in the shape of a rifle ball or bladder.
The objects dove, leaving a trail of smoke, and one of them disappeared.
The other stayed at 5-6 feet altitude, 50 feet away, and went away and
came back several times, going further each time. (3:20 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #819
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_864
Date: 10/15/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of
the USAF
of Pope (North Carolina), Daniel and Woodward each make an
observation.
Reference: case Blue
Book #821 unexplained, listed as "unidentified" in the index, but no
data can be found about it
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_865
Date: 10/15/1950 (approximate)
Time: 12:30
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Huge copper saucer hovers / seconds.
Shoots to cloud / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1817
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,OH:HUGE COPPER SCR HVRS/SECONDS:SHOOTS TO CLOUD/INCREDIBLE SPEED", LatLong: "39.966669 -83.000004", LatLongDMS: "39:58:00 N 83:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: 15:20
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #819. Several
RADAR's and visual (observation). Guards hear odd noises. Troopers see
saucers.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1818
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "44", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:BBK#819:SVRL RDRS+VIS:GUARDS HEAR ODD NOISES:TROOPERS SEE SCRS", LatLong: "35.988891 -84.294448", LatLongDMS: "35:59:20 N 84:17:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: 16:20
Location: OVER POPE AIR FORCE BASE, NC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #821. 4 shiny 100'
orbs 25' apart. DC4 chases. Gone / burst / speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1819
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "67", HatchDesc: "ovr POPE AFB,NC:BBK#821:4 SHINY 100' ORBS 25'APART:DC4 CHASES:GONE/BURST/SPEED", LatLong: "35.161113 -79.033337", LatLongDMS: "35:09:40 N 79:02:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: 16:30
Location: NEAR POPE AIR FORCE BASE, NC
Description: USAF pilot / ground. Same orbs as DC4
pilots above. Going quickly northwest / 10-12 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1820
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "66", HatchDesc: "nr POPE AFB,NC:USAF PILOT/GND:SAME ORBS as DC4 PILOTS ABOVE:>>NW/10-12sec", LatLong: "35.150002 -79.016670", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 79:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/15/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: Saw 2 shiny silver objects shaped like
bullet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 819)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_753
Date: 10/15/1950
Location: Pope AFB, NC
Description: 4 round shiny 100 ft objects (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, BB: 821)
Reference: NICAP: 501015
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_754
Date: 10/15/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: AEC Security Patrol Encounters Object 200'
Away (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501015
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_755
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: 3:20 PM
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Atomic Energy Commission Trooper Rymer, J.
Moneymaker, Capt. Zarzecki. Two shiny silver objects shaped like bullet
or bladder. They dove with a smoke trail and one vanished. The other
hovered at 5-6, altitude, 50' away, left and returned several times
somewhat further away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_50
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: Time unknown
Location: Pope AFB, North Carolina
Description: Witness: Daniel. Listed as "unidentified"
in folder index, but no supporting data could be found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_51
Date: 10/15/1950
Time: Time unknown
Location: Pope AFB, North Carolina
Description: Witness: Woodward. Same as previous
observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_52
Date: 10/15/1950
Locations: Raleigh, North Carolina; Pope AFB; Fort
Bragg; Pope Field
Description: 4:20 p.m. After taking off from Raleigh,
North Carolina, Miami Airlines DC-4 pilot Capt. George A. Woodward and
copilot William Bardsley see four round, metallic objects descending
slowly near Pope AFB [now Pope Field] at Fort Bragg. They look like two
saucers fitted together and are about 100 feet in diameter, flying in a
line about 25 feet apart. The pilots pursue the objects for about 3
minutes, but the objects recede then shoot away at tremendous speed.
Around the same time, a similar object crosses the path of an Air Force
jet near Pope AFB.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Pilots Report 100-Ft
Round Objects”; NICAP, “Aluminum-Like Object
Crosses Path of Jet” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1596
Date: 10/15/1950
Description: In Oak Ridge, Tennessee at 3:20 p.m.
Atomic Energy Commission Troopers Rymer, J. Moneymaker, and Capt.
Zarzecki sighted two shiny silver objects shaped like bullets. They dove
in the sky leaving a smoke trail and one vanished. The other hovered at
a low altitude only 50 feet away, then left and returned several more
times, but somewhat further away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 819; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1833
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6844
Date: 10/15/1950
Description: At 4:20 p.m. a pilot named Daniel, flying
from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina sighted four metallic spheres,
100 feet diameter, that flew in a perfect line formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 821; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6845
Date: 10/16/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Oak Ridge Security Guard Reports Spinning
Object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501016
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_756
Date: 10/16/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Security Guards Report Spinning Object/
Radar Detects UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501016
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_757
Date: 10/18/1950
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Ohio
Description: USAF Brig. Gen. Ernest
Moore writes a memo to Col. Harold
E. Watson at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, advising him of the
standing policy of releasing no details about UFO case investigations. A
form letter is to be used: “We have investigated and evaluated
incident and have found nothing of value and nothing which would
change our previous estimates on this subject.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 102–103, 500
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1597
Date: 10/19/1950
Time: 11:40
Location: SOUTH / ALTOONA, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Large silent silver ovoid
in 6 10M turns over orchard / 150M altitude. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1821
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "357", HatchDesc: "S/ALTOONA,PA:2 OBS:LRG SLNT SLVR OVOID in 6 10M TURNS ovr ORCHARD/150M alt:>N", LatLong: "40.461113 -78.422226", LatLongDMS: "40:27:40 N 78:25:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "150", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/20/1950
Time: 16:50
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) man. Metal
"balloon" hovers. Changes shape? RADAR confirm. Jets chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1822
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:AEC MAN:MTL "BALLOON" HVRS:CHANGES SHAPE?:RDR CONFIRM:JETS CHASE", LatLong: "35.983335 -84.283337", LatLongDMS: "35:59:00 N 84:17:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/20/1950
Time: 18:20
Location: NEW HAVEN, CT
Description: 3 observer(s). Huge silent glowing
sphere/orb/globe and night light / high-altitude. Going quickly [to] WSW
/ NYC. / Strategic Air Command (SAC) to FBI.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1823
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "NEW HAVEN,CT:3 OBS:HUGE SILENT GLOWING ORB+NLT/HI-ALT:>>WSW/NYC:/SAC to FBI", LatLong: "41.316669 -72.933337", LatLongDMS: "41:19:00 N 72:56:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/20/1950
Time: 19:40
Location: CAMAGUEY PROV, CUBA
Description: 4 good observer(s) / plane. 75' saucer
going quickly east / Mach 1. Passes Rt. wing going quickly [to]
cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1824
Attributes: 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "95", HatchDesc: "CAMAGUEY Prov,CUBA:4 GOOD OBS/PLANE:75' SCR >>E/Mach 1:PASSES Rt WING>>CLOUD", LatLong: "21.333334 -78.000004", LatLongDMS: "21:20:00 N 78:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CUB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/20/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: UFOs sighted over "Control Zone" (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501020
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_758
Date: 10/20/1950
Location: Kirtland AFB (and over Camp Hood, TX),
NM
Description: Flying Saucers Observed Over Kirtland AFB
and Camp Hood (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501020
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_759
Date: 10/20/1950
Description: Four people flying over Camaguey province,
Cuba in a Beech Bonanza aircraft sighted a circular object with a
diameter of 70-80 feet flying at terrific speed at 7:40 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 13; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 45
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6993
Date: 10/23/1950
Location: USA, Bonlee, North Carolina.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:42 p.m.
Witness: former USAF pilot Frank Risher. An aluminum object in the shape
of a dirigible or a Convair C-99 cargo, with 3 portholes, arrived from
the SE, hovered for 3 to 5 seconds and flew away towards the SSE at the
end of the 40 second observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1497
Date: 10/23/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Bonlee (North
Carolina), former USAF pilot Frank Risher sees an aluminum object shaped
like a dirigible or a Convair C-99 cargo plane with 3 openings, coming
from the southeast, hovering for 3 to 5 seconds, and flying towards the
south-southeast until the end of the 40 second observation. (October 23,
0:42)
Reference: case Blue
Book #824 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_866
Date: 10/23/1950
Location: North of Hancock Field
Description: Syracuse Post-Standard.
TWO SIGHT SAUCER AT AIRPORT. Allen Snyder and a
companion, a city operations employee, who declined the use of his name,
reported sighting a flying saucer three or four miles north of Hancock
Field at an altitude of 2,500 feet. Snyder, a veteran airplane observer
and employee of Northwest Airlines, said it seemed larger than a
conventional plane and was traveling at a good rate. It was colorless,
but the shape was not discernible. No flame or exhaust was
observed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_90
Date: 10/23/1950
Time: 12:40
Location: BONLEE, NC
Description: Ex-USAF pilot. MLT blimp with 3 portholes
hovers / 5 second(s). Going SSE after 40 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1825
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "160", HatchDesc: "BONLEE,NC:EX-USAF PILOT:MLT BLIMP W/3 PORTHOLES HVRS/5sec:>SSE AFTER 40sec", LatLong: "35.644446 -79.416670", LatLongDMS: "35:38:40 N 79:25:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/23/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Lab Employee Sees Flash/Radiation Detected
at Oak Ridge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501023
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_760
Date: 10/23/1950
Location: Bonlee, NC
Description: Aluminum object shaped like a dirigible
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 824)
Reference: NICAP: 501023
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_761
Date: 10/23/1950
Time: 12:42 PM
Location: Bonlee, North Carolina
Description: Witness: ex-USAF pilot Frank Risher. One
aluminum object shaped like a dirigible or Convair C-99 cargo plane,
with 3 portholes, arrived from southeast, hovered 3-5 seconds and flew
away to the south-south-east at end of 40 second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_53
Date: 10/23/1950
Description: A retired USAF pilot watched a metallic
blimp with three portholes hover for five seconds over Bonlee, North
Carolina. He lost sight of it but saw it again after 40 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case no. 824
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7034
Date: 10/24/1950
Time: 18:20
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Several observer(s) and RADAR targets.
Jets scramble. Silent object going quickly SSE. / r118 Feb. '97.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 173)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1826
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "60", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:SVRL OBS+RDR TARGETS:JETS SCRAMBLE:SLNT OBJ >>SSE:/r118 Feb97", LatLong: "36.016668 -84.266671", LatLongDMS: "36:01:00 N 84:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 10/24/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Assistant Chief of Security sees UFO and
radar tracks at Knoxville (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501024
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_762
Date: 10/26/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
Reaches 8km attitude (Explosion at 50s at Mach 3 terminated
flight)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_420
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 8km
Date: 10/26/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:02 launch
of V2 #61, explosion.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1498
Date: 10/27/1950
Time: 18:00
Location: DYCKESVILLE, WI
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Red-orange "moon"
vanishes and reappears as ovoid. Gets fuzzy.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1827
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: "2", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "DYCKESVILLE,WI:2 SEP.OBS:RED-ORG "MOON" VANISHES+REAPPEARS as OVOID:gets fuzzy", LatLong: "44.650002 -87.738893", LatLongDMS: "44:39:00 N 87:44:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/30/1950
Location: ENGLAND, Preston
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. A.W. Bearne,
of Preston, saw above his house a kind of cigar spewing flames and
descending at great speed. It changed direction and left horizontally.
Its tail flames suddenly decreased in intensity and two large disks of
silver-blue color appeared in front of the cigar at a higher speed. They
moved silently at about 2000 feet and approximately at the same speed.
Their minimum diameter must have been 15 to 20 meters. They stayed in
view for about fifteen seconds and disappeared above Goodrington and
Brixham.
Reference: Jimmy GIEU: "The S.V. come from another
World" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Omnium Littéraire Reissue 1972 p.34
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1499
Date: 10/30/1950
Location: ROME, Vatican
Description: (Translated from French) Pope Pius XII
(...) after getting up as usual at 6:30 and fulfilling his duties, went
out for a walk. (...) Pope Pius XII approached a statue of the Virgin at
the bottom of the garden (...) it was on his way back from this place
that he looked up at the sky. To his great astonishment, he saw the sun
dancing just like at Fatima thirty years earlier. Certainly the
phenomenon had something worrying about it in more than one respect. The
sun, although bright, did not dazzle him, he was able to look at it for
long minutes without feeling any discomfort. The "sun" began to vibrate
on itself, then it went zigzagging in the sky. It moved in abrupt,
almost violent and very fast movements from north to south, then from
east to west. Its trajectory often brought it back to its starting point
from where it started the same game again. Then it stabilized in the sky
and began to spin at an incredible speed. It had the appearance of a
wheel of fire and from this wheel came out in disorder spiral bursts of
light, pink, yellow, orange and mauve which shot towards the 4 points of
the horizon. Suddenly there was a complete stop and the sun became
normal again, but after a few moments it started its amazing game again
(...) and suddenly the heat seemed unbearable. (...) The phenomenon was
to be repeated for him again on October 31st and November 1st (1950,
October 30th, 31st, and November 1st)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: "Enigmas of the Present Time"
ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1979, p. 49
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1500
Date: 10/30/1950
Time: ~23:00
Location: PAIGNTON, DEVON
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape drops. 2 saucers
exit. All fly going quickly north. Also Denon / Exmoor /
Bexleyheath.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1828
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "PAIGNTON,DEVON:CGR DROPS:2 SCRS EXIT:ALL FLY>>N::ALSO DENON/EXMOOR/BEXLEYHEATH", LatLong: "50.416669 -3.566667", LatLongDMS: "50:25:00 N 03:34:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 10/30/1950
Description: At 11:00 p.m. in Paignton, Devonshire,
England a cigar-shaped object dropped from the sky, then ejected two
disc-shaped objects. All three craft flew off to the north. The
witnesses were two men named Cove and Clark. The sighting lasted two
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 47; newspaper clipping dated November 1, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7298
Date: 11/1950
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Syracuse Herald-Journal.
LIFE INDICATED ON OTHER PLANETS. AP - Dr. Harold C.
Urey, internationally known physicist and Nobel Prize winner in
chemistry who helped develop the Atom bomb, told science students at the
University of Miami that his study of the universe "leaves little doubt
that life has occurred on other planets." He said he doubted that the
human race was the most intelligent form of life.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_91
Date: 11/1/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Attack against
the American President Truman
by Puerto Rican extremists. (November 1st)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_867
Date: 11/5/1950
Location: USA, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:55 a.m.
Witnesses: Fairchild Aircraft illustrator Don Patrick. A translucent
light gray object with a dark rim, pear-shaped. Flew for 5-10 minutes in
a caracoling and rapid motion.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1501
Date: 11/5/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At Oak
Ridge (Tennessee), the illustrator of Fairchild Aircraft
Don Patrick observed a translucent, light gray object with a darker
core, shaped like a pear or a bean. The object flew for 5 to 10 minutes
making rapid and precipitous movements. (November 5, 11:55)
Reference: case Blue
Book #829 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_868
Date: 11/5/1950
Location: Heathrow, England
Description: ENGLAND REPORTS ONE, SPEED 1000
MPH. Four Pan-American Airways employees saw a brilliantly
lighted object flying east to west in a straight line. Its speed was
estimated at 1,000 mph, and the object was described as a bright white
light, metallic colored, elongated, but as it went out of sight,
spherical.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_92
Date: 11/5/1950
Location: HEATHROW AIRPORT/APARTMENT, ENG
Description: 4 / PanAm. Long object going [to] overhead
/ 1000mph. Spurts blue flame. / LDLN#211.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1829
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "HEATHROW APT,ENG:4/PanAm:LONG OBJ > OVHD/1000mph:SPURTS BLUE FLAME:/LDLN#211", LatLong: "51.450002 -0.466667", LatLongDMS: "51:27:00 N 00:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/5/1950
Time: 11:50
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Aircraft illustrator. Translucent
pear-shape darts about / 5-10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1830
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATOR:XLUCENT PEAR-SHAPE DARTS ABOUT/5-10min", LatLong: "36.011113 -84.266671", LatLongDMS: "36:00:40 N 84:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/5/1950
Time: 13:50
Location: SOUTHWEST / JONESVILLE, LA
Description: Blue Book. 7 observer(s). Extremely bright
"ghosts" right over farm-shed. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1831
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "18", HatchDesc: "SW/JONESVILLE,LA:BBK:7 OBS:XBRITE "GHOSTS" RIGHT OVR FARM-SHED:>>NW", LatLong: "31.561113 -91.883338", LatLongDMS: "31:33:40 N 91:53:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 11/5/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Aircraft Illustrator Reports Darting
Pear-Shaped Object Over Oak Ridge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
829, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501105
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_763
Date: 11/5/1950
Time: 11:55 AM
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Witness: Fairchild Aircraft illustrator
Don Patrick. One translucent object, light grey with dark core, shaped
like a pear or bean. Flew for 5-10 minutes with rapid, darting
movements.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_54
Date: 11/5/1950
Location: Heathrow Airport, London
Description: Four Pan American Airways employees (Fred
Wilkinson, Patrick Joseph Maloney, Fred Perrior, and E. Newman) see a
bright object fly east to west over Heathrow Airport, London, at 1,000
mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London Sunday Dispatch, November 12, 1950;
“Saucers over England,” Fate 4, no. 2 (March 1951): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1598
Date: 11/5/1950
Description: At 11:55 a.m. Fairchild Aircraft
illustrator Don Patrick in Oak Ridge, Tennessee saw a translucent pear
or bean-shaped object, light gray with a dark core, fly through the sky
for 5-10 minutes with rapid, darting movements.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #829; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7465
Date: 11/7/1950
Description: (Translated from French) "Duel" between a
fighter plane and a white light spinning around it, even in ascent.
(November 7)
Reference: Hynek, 1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_869
Date: 11/7/1950
Location: -
Description: Dogfight with light that circles aircraft
several times.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_63
Date: 11/7/1950
Location: BARROW-IN-FURNESS, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape like
200' silent submarine. / r232'76#3+/ r106p134.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1832
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "BARROW-in-FURNESS,ENGL:2 OBS:CGR LIKE 200'SLNT SUBMARINE:/r232'76#3+/r106p134", LatLong: "54.133336 -3.216667", LatLongDMS: "54:08:00 N 03:13:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 11/7/1950
Time: 19:20
Location: EAST / LAKEHURST, NJ
Description: Military jet in dogfight / 30cm night
light-fireball. Insane speeds and maneuvers. / r50p68.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 653)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1833
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "25", Elev: "23", HatchDesc: "E/LAKEHURST,NJ:MIL JET in DOGFIGHT/30cm NLT-FBL:INSANE SPDS+MNVRS:/r50p68", LatLong: "40.000002 -74.166670", LatLongDMS: "40:00:00 N 74:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/7/1950
Location: Lakehurst (E of), NJ
Description: Light Makes 5-6 Head On Passess At Navy
Plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 501107
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_764
Date: 11/7/1950
Location: Lakehurst, New Jersey
Description: A military pilot flying a Douglas AD-4Q
Skyraider near Lakehurst, New Jersey, engages in a dogfight with a
steady white light that he at first mistakes for an aircraft. He gets on
its tail, then the light reverses suddenly and passes 100–200 feet above
his plane at incredible speed. He again tails it and the same thing
happens. The light continues to “turn about me in wide, climbing turns,
making about two orbits to my one.” He abandons chase at 11,500
feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Light Makes 5–6
Head On Passes at Navy Plane”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
68–70; Sparks, p. 102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1599
Date: 11/8/1950
Location: Jarrow in Burgess, Britain
Description: The New York Times.
FLYING SAUCER OVER HUNGRY BRITAIN. A mysterious "flying
sausage" was reported over Jarrow-in-Burgess Tuesday. Two men, one a
reputable businessman, described the object as a "flying sausage with a
dark outline and a transparent center." The object was traveling north
at a fair speed both declared, and agreed there was no sound of
motors.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_97
Date: 11/10/1950
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: Private letter from BSRA Director Meade
Layne to Frank Scully. Mentions increased volume of correspondence since
the fall of 1946.
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_421
Date: 11/10/1950
Location: Pacific Ocean off Southern CA
Description: San Diego Union. NAVY
DESTROYER CHASES MYSTERIOUS OBJECT. The United States
destroyer, Blue, searched the Pacific Ocean off Southern
California trying to track down a mysterious "unidentified object." A
Navy report said the Blue picked up the object on its radar
screen and was trying to close in on it to identify it. No mention was
made of what, when, how, or where the contact was made.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_98
Date: 11/10/1950
Time: 09:00
Location: HESTON AIRDROME, LONDON
Description: Solid RADAR blip. 30 going [to] 1100mph.
13K going [to] 30K' altitude / 5 second(s). Impossible turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1834
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "HESTON AIRDROME,LONDON:SOLID RDR BLIP:30>1100mph:13K>30K'alt/5sec:IMPOSS.TURNS", LatLong: "51.477780 -0.383333", LatLongDMS: "51:28:40 N 00:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 11/10/1950
Location: South Ruislip, UK
Description: (McDonald list) Uncorrelated Targets
Comparable to B-29 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 501110
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_765
Date: 11/11/1950
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33
(3rd and Final Hermes II test)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_422
Rocket type: V-2
Date: 11/11/1950
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST WUHAN, HUBEI, CH
Description: 3 students. Saucer / 3000' altitude. Going
northeast slow. Turns going quickly southeast. 4 lights. / Flying Saucer
Review (FSR) v27#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO's Over MODERN CHINA. 1983
UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1835
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: "China", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", HatchDesc: "E.WUHAN,HUBEI,CH:3 STUDENTS:SCR/3000'alt:> NE SLO:TURNS>>SE:4 LITES:/FSR v27#5", LatLong: "30.583335 114.366672", LatLongDMS: "30:35:00 N 114:22:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HUB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/12/1950
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, England
Description: CIGAR-SHAPED OBJECT LOAFS OVER
ENGLISH TOWN. Edward Leslie Docker, wholesale fruit dealer in
Hindpool-Road, saw a huge disc-shaped object from the window of his
office. aluminum in color, flying at about 4,000 feet and around 80 mph.
It seemed to be at least 100 feet long.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_93
Date: 11/12/1950
Location: Didsbury, Manchester, England
Description: C.E. SPOTS ONE OVER MANCHESTER
TOWN? P.D. Bell, a civil engineer saw a strange circular
aircraft fly overhead at great speed. It was noiseless with a bright
light on the underside.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_94
Date: 11/14/1950
Time: 14:30
Location: ROME, GA
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 saucers over airfield. 1
going quickly north. 1 going quickly northeast. Airliners ordered to
watch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 356)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1836
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "184", HatchDesc: "ROME,GA:5 OBS:2 SCRS OVR AIRFIELD:1>>N:1>>NE:AIRLINERS ORDERED TO WATCH", LatLong: "34.250002 -85.166671", LatLongDMS: "34:15:00 N 85:10:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/14/1950
End date: 11/15/1950
Location: Key West, FL
Description: (24.58° N, 81.80° W). (McDonald list)
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 501114-15
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_766
Date: 11/16/1950
Description: Col. Harold
E. Watson at AMC brings in news columnist Bob
Considine for an in-depth interview on flying saucers. Watson says:
“I’ve seen lots of flying saucers…and every single saucer turned out to
be the sun shining off the wing or body of a distant DC-4, or jet, or a
weather balloon, or it was a reflection off a water-tank or something
else that is readily explainable.” He characterizes witnesses as
crackpots, religious fanatics, publicity hounds, or practical jokers.
Considine asks him about airline pilot witnesses. Watson accuses them of
being fooled by optical tricks and the power of suggestion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 107–108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1600
Date: 11/17/1950
Locations: Louisville (Ky.); Tucson, Arizona
Description: Telenews Productions releases a 9½-minute
short film, The Flying Saucer Mystery, apparently the first UFO
documentary. The film’s main focus is on the best new evidence of 1950,
the alleged first authentic photographs and motion picture film of
flying saucers, the two snapshots by farmer Paul
Trent, and
the film shot by Louisville (Ky.) Times photographer Al Hixenbaugh on
June 27, 1950. It also features UFO witness Arthur Weisberger of
Tucson, Arizona, describing his sighting, apparently the only record of
the event, as well as Donald E. Keyhoe and
Admiral Calvin
M. Bolster. The
film is apparently only shown for a few months and rotates among the
Telenews Theaters across the nation. It is lost for decades until it
resurfaces in the 1990s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer
Mystery,” historycomestolife YouTube channel, July 3, 2010; Curt
Collins, “The
First UFO Documentary: The
Flying Saucer Mystery,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 9,
2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1601
Date: 11/21/1950
Location: Canada
Description: Mr. Smith writes a “Top Secret” Memo on
Canadian government research into UFO’s and propulsion technology.
Type: top secret memo
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_423
Date: 11/21/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:18 AM,
launch of Viking V, altitude 173 km. Photographs of the Earth taken from
high altitude.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, 280, M.W. Rosen,
N.Y. 1955
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1502
Date: 11/21/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Canadian
physicist Dr. Wilbert
Smith sends a memorandum to his government on geomagnetism
indicating, that following a discreet inquiry by the Canadian Embassy,
it has been established that the subject has received the highest
classification from the US government (at a higher level than the
H-bomb), that flying saucers do exist, that their modus operandi is
unknown but that a significant effort is being made by a small group led
by Dr. Vannevar
Bush, and that the whole subject is considered by US authorities to
be of the utmost importance. (November 21)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_870
Date: 11/21/1950
Location: Rasco, Washington
Description: SCRIBES SEE CIGAR-SHAPOED ONE OVER
WASHINGTON. Perry Torbergson and Jack Anderson, both on the
editorial staff of the Columbia Basin News, watched an object
in the sky for eight minutes. It was shining, cigar-shaped, and
glistened brightly. It stopped and hung in the air over the Hanford
atomic plant and then disappeared on a southwesterly course.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_95
Date: 11/21/1950
Time: 16:40
Location: PASCO, WA
Description: 25+observer(s).
Glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape going southwest. Stops over Hanford plant.
Continues. / MJ#271.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 659)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1837
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, NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "8", Elev: "125", HatchDesc: "PASCO,WA:25+OBS:GLOW-CGR >SW:STOPS OVR HANFORD PLANT:CONTINUES:/MJ#271", LatLong: "46.222224 -119.094450", LatLongDMS: "46:13:20 N 119:05:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 11/21/1950
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Canada
Description: Wilbert
Smith writes a top secret memo to the Canadian Controller of
Telecommunications claiming that he has talked to Canadian embassy staff
in Washington, D.C., who tell him that the UFOs are the “most highly
classified subject in the US government” (what Sarbacher told
him) and that a “concerted effort is being made by a small group headed
by Dr. Vannevar
Bush.” Sarbacher later verifies the information, saying the small
group existed within the Research and Development Board.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: W. B. Smith, “Memorandum
to the Controller of Telecommunications,”
November 21, 1950; NICAP, “The Smith Memo, November
21, 1950”; Good Above, pp. 183, 464–466;
Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board:
Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1602
Date: 11/21/1950
Description: In 1950, Canadian government engineer
Wilbert B. Smith met with US scientist Robert J. Sarbacher, and was told
that it is the secret opinion of the US military that "flying saucers
exist."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Colombo, UFOs over Canada: Personal
Accounts of Sightings and Close Encounters, p. 210
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7763
Date: 11/23/1950
Time: 15:20
Location: MONTGOMERY, AL
Description: 3+observer(s). Saucer southwest going
quickly northeast. Does flips over town. 2nd saucer southwest going
quickly northeast. 2 more south going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 358)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1838
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "9", Elev: "75", HatchDesc: "MONTGOMERY,AL:3+OBS:SCR SW>>NE:DOES FLIPS OVR TOWN:2nd SCR SW>>NE:2 MORE S>>N", LatLong: "32.383335 -86.316671", LatLongDMS: "32:23:00 N 86:19:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/23/1950
Location: Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
Description: (32.37° N, 86.36° W). Thompson. (McDonald
list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_768
Date: 11/23/1950
Description: At 3:20 p.m. a disc-shaped UFO flew from
the southwest to the northeast near Maxwell Air Force Base, then
performed a flip over the city of Montgomery, Alabama. A second disc
flew from the southwest to the northeast, then two more flew from the
south to the north at a high rate of speed. town. There were three
witnesses, and the entire event lasted nine minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7834
Date: 11/26/1950
End date: 11/27/1950
Locations: Huron (South Dakota); Bismarck, North
Dakota; Rapid City; Aberdeen
Description: 11:50 p.m. A “mysterious lighted object”
flashing red, white, and green lights is seen above Huron (South Dakota)
Regional Airport. Weather Bureau observer Gene Fowler, Winfield
Henry of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Gordon Moore and
Chet Fuqua, ground personnel at Western Airlines, go up to the roof of
the airport administration building for a better look. Fowler is able to
watch it through a theodolite used for weather balloons for 8 minutes.
He says, “The azimuth reading changed from 147 degrees to 161 degrees
during that period and went up seven degrees vertically.” The Rapid City
weather bureau and Aberdeen CAA in South Dakota estimate the object is
40–50 miles northwest of Bismarck, North Dakota. The object reappears at
1:30 a.m. and is visible, sometimes hovering, until 3:00 a.m. when it
disappears to the northwest. In Aberdeen, CAA aircraft communicator
William B. Hiller sees a star-like object at 2:00 a.m. and watches it
for 90 minutes. It changes colors, glowing white, green, and red
alternately.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Sight May Be
‘Saucer,’” Rapid City \(S.Dak.) Journal, November 27, 1950, p. 3;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 7, August–December 1950, The Author, 1982, pp.
59–60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1603
Date: 11/26/1950
Description: On this day in 1950, two airmen flying
over the Sussex, England coastline saw a silver-blue disc flying south.
The object "tumbled over" and disappeared into some clouds at a terrific
speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Awareness, April 1979, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7933
Date: 11/27/1950
Location: EVANSVILLE, WI
Description: Pilot and ground observer(s). Group / 6
ovoids / 800kph. Helicopter noise! / r242p14+p34.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 460)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1839
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "280", HatchDesc: "EVANSVILLE,WI:PILOT+GND OBS:GROUP/6 OVOIDS/800kph:copter noise!:/r242p14+p34", LatLong: "42.788891 -89.300004", LatLongDMS: "42:47:20 N 89:18:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/27/1950
Time: ~03:00
Location: HURON, SD
Description: CAA observer(s). Glowing objects dart /
sky. CAA also sees / Aberdeen, Sd. / r242p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1840
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "391", HatchDesc: "HURON,SD:CAA OBS:GLOWING OBJs DART/SKY:CAA ALSO SEES/ABERDEEN,SD:/r242p45", LatLong: "44.361113 -98.216671", LatLongDMS: "44:21:40 N 98:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/27/1950
Time: 21:10
Location: WEST / BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: DC3. Large star / sharp turns and
maneuvers. Going quickly southeast toward(s) Palmdale very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1841
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "140", HatchDesc: "W/BAKERSFIELD,CA:DC3:LRG STAR/SHARP TURNS+MNVRS:>>SE twrd PALMDALE VFAST", LatLong: "35.416668 -119.666672", LatLongDMS: "35:25:00 N 119:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 11/27/1950
Location: Huron, SD
Description: CAA personnel saw hovering maneuvering
UFO. [V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_769
Date: 11/27/1950
Location: Evansville, WI
Description: Blair Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_770
Date: 11/27/1950
Location: Evansville, Wisconsin
Description: Bill
Blair, a
commercial pilot and flight instructor, watches six elliptical objects
in loose echelon formation over Evansville, Wisconsin. They are making
noises like a helicopter and are flying at 500 mph at 10,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1604
Date: 11/27/1950
Description: At 10:30 a.m. six elliptical UFOs flew
over Evansville, Wisconsin in a loose echelon formation at a speed of
500 mph and at an altitude of 10,000 feet, making a sound like
helicopters. They were seen by Mr. B. Blair, a commercial airline pilot
in flight at that time. At 9:08 p.m. a bright light made a sharp turn
toward a DC-3 transport plane over Bakersfield, California at 9:08 p.m.,
flew parallel to it for a short while, then pulled ahead and to the left
at a speed of over 200 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Edward Sullivan, letter dated April
1952; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 34; Richard Haines,
Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 180; Jay Rath, The W-Files:
True Reports of Wisconsin's Unexplained Phenomena, p. 68; (2) Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: August-December, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7951
Date: 11/28/1950
Location: OVER BRITISH GUIANA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew. Huge green
ball-saucer dives 3km toward(s) Stratocruiser.
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_1842
Attributes: 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Guyanas (all 3 of them)", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "ovr BRITISH GUIANA:AL CREW:HUGE GRN BALL-SCR DIVES 3km twrd STRATOCRUISER:", LatLong: "7.000000 -59.000003", LatLongDMS: "07:00:00 N 59:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BGU", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/28/1950
Description: On this night a huge green luminous ball
dove three kilometers toward a Stratocruiser airliner flying over
British Guinea, and was sighted by the entire airliner crew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 211; Dominique
Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7978
Date: 11/29/1950
Time: 05:00
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: RADAR blips going quickly west right
toward oak ridge. Big rise / radiation there.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1843
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "104", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:RDR BLIPS >>W RIGHT TOWARD OAK RIDGE:BIG RISE/RADIATION THERE", LatLong: "36.016668 -84.300004", LatLongDMS: "36:01:00 N 84:18:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 11/29/1950
End date: 11/30/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: Radar jamming and radiation at AEC plant
(Nov 29-30) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 3, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501129-30
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_771
Date: 11/29/1950
Description: Between 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. radar targets
were detected from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Fighter planes were, scrambled
but saw nothing. However, at 7:00 p.m. there were Geiger counter
detections in the restricted area of Oak Ridge that indicated an
abnormal increase in alpha and gamma ray radiation that could not be
attributed to any known source. Officials in charge of Oak Ridge
security held a two-day meeting to discuss the "operational
difficulties" of the early warning radar of the Air Defense Command at
Knoxville. AFI was asked to investigate the situation and set up a
separate radar set.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce Maccabee, UFO-FBI Connection, p.
178
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8024
Date: 11/30/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: More UFOs, Radar-Jamming, and Radiation at
Oak Ridge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501130
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_772
Date: 12/1950
Location: Canada
Description: Project "Magnet" authorized in
Canada
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_112
Date: 12/1950
Location: KOREA, at sea, Inchon Channel
Description: (Translated from French) In December 1950,
the American seaplane tender Gardiners Bay was heading up the Inchon
Channel in Korea when its crew spotted two mysterious objects with smoke
trails that struck the water at an incredible speed. Two huge columns of
water shot up more than 35m at the moment of contact. No aircraft was
observed, either visually or by radar; and the U.S. NAVY announced: "The
identification remains a great mystery."
Reference: Yvan T.SANDERSON: "The Invisibles Under the
Seas" Albin Michel 1979 p.51
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1509
Date: 12/1950
Location: Near Inchon, Korea
Description: Navy crews see two fast, smoke trailing
objects hit water.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_64
Date: 12/1950
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Description: AF officer reports metallic UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_65
Date: 12/1950
Location: Cheyenne (near), WY
Description: USAF officer saw aluminum-like oval UFO.
[III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_773
Date: 12/1950
Locations: US; Incheon, South Korea
Description: The US seaplane tender USS
Gardiners
Bay is steaming up the channel from Incheon, South Korea, when the
crew sees two mysterious, smoke-trailing objects that strike the water
at tremendous speed. Two columns of water rise to 100 feet in height. No
aircraft are sighted overhead.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sanderson, InvRes, p.
43; “Sighting
Flying Discs
Again?” Naval Aviation News 32, no. 2 (February 1951): 26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1605
Date: 12/1950
Locations: UK; US
Description: Science writer Gerald
Heard publishes The Riddle of the Flying Saucers in the UK, in which
he speculates that with conditions on Mars being severe, the only
intelligent beings that can exist there would be advanced insects. A US
edition is published in April 1951 as Is Another World Watching? The
Riddle of the Flying Saucers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gerald Heard, The Riddle of the Flying
Saucers, Carroll and Nicholson, 1950; Lyle Zapato, “Of
Bees and Men: The
Riddle of the Flying Saucers,” ZPi blog, January 27, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1606
Date: 12/2/1950
Location: KENYA, Nanyika
Description: (Translated from French) 10:50 a.m. Mr.
and Mrs. L. Scott. An object like a pearl, with the top flattened,
spinning and hovering and making a sound like a swarm of bees. Only
document in the file: East African newspaper "Standard"
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1503
Date: 12/2/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Nanyika
(Kenya), L. Scott and his wife observed an object shaped like a pear,
iridescent, with a flattened top, turning while remaining stationary and
emitting a sound similar to a buzzing of bees. (December 2, 10:50)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 845 unexplained, the only data comes from the archives of the
East African newspaper "Standard"
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_871
Date: 12/2/1950
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Description: ALASKAN PILOT OBSERVES ONE BLOW
UP. G.C. Kelly, Reeves Airway pilot, approaching an airfield
eight miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, saw an object overhead
traveling at 100 miles per hour, so bright it was impossible to look at.
Then there was an explosion and the object vanished.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_96
Date: 12/2/1950
Time: 10:50
Location: NANYUKI, KENYA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #845. 2 observer(s).
Pearly glowing saucer spins. Paces jeep. Bee buzz sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1844
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "Kenya", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "NANYUKI,KENYA:BBK#845:2 OBS:PEARLY GLOWING SCR SPINS:PACES JEEP:BEE BUZZ SOUND", LatLong: "0.016667 37.083335", LatLongDMS: "00:01:00 N 37:05:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NNY", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/2/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: SUBURBS / MELBOURNE, AUSTR
Description: Several separate observer(s). Saucer
crosses sky / 7 second(s). Blue-white with green side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1845
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: "Australia", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SUBURBS/MELBOURNE,AUSTR:SVRL SEP.OBS:SCR CROSSES SKY/7sec:BLU-WHT W/GREEN SIDE", LatLong: "-37.883335 145.172229", LatLongDMS: "37:53:00 S 145:10:20 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Victoria", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/2/1950
Time: 21:00?
Location: ELLENTON, SC
Description: Brilliant object maneuvers / 10 minute(s).
Site / 1st H-bomb plant not built yet! Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1846
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "ELLENTON,SC:BRILL.OBJ MNVRS/10min:SITE/1st H-BOMB PLANT not built yet!:>>SW ", LatLong: "33.494446 -81.744448", LatLongDMS: "33:29:40 N 81:44:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 12/2/1950
Location: Nanyika, Kenya, Africa
Description: Pearly, iridescent object with a flattened
top (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 845)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_774
Date: 12/2/1950
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Nanyika, Kenya
Description: Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott. One pearly,
iridescent object with a flattened top, spun while hovering and made a
sound like bees buzzing. Only data in files was from East African
"Standard" newspaper.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_55
Date: 12/2/1950
Description: Cmdr. Charles Peter
Edwards, Canadian Deputy Minister of Transport for Air Services,
approves Wilbert B. Smith’s
proposed plan to use the Department of Transport lab and field
facilities during off-hours to gather quality UFO data. It is called
Project Magnet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What
Was the Truth about Project Magnet?” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 4
(July/Aug. 1964): 29; Clark III 1078; Good Above, pp.
183–184
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1607
Date: 12/2/1950
Description: A pearl white, spinning, glowing
disc-shaped object closely paced a jeep along a road in Nanyuki, Kenya
at 10:45 a.m. It reportedly made a buzzing noise like bees. This case is
listed as a Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 845; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8120
Date: 12/2/1950
Description: At around 9:00 p.m. a brilliant UFO
maneuvered over Ellenton, South Carolina for ten minutes, the future
site of the Savannah River hydrogen bomb production facility, not yet
constructed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History - 1950
(volume 3), p. 62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8121
Date: 12/3/1950
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description: Stanton Friedman used the Freedom of
Information Act to procure a previously classified communique from a
field agent named Auerbach (first name not given) in Richmond, Virginia,
to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. According to Auerbach, of the Counter
Intelligence Corps, his office had been asked to stay attuned to “any
data on flying saucers.” Any information, the memo added, would be
telephoned, immediately, to Air Force Intelligence.
Type: classified communique
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_424
Date: 12/5/1950 (approximate)
Location: NEWBLISS, IRELAND
Description: Postman. 8 'table-knives' pass /
high-altitude. Weave up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1847
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "107", HatchDesc: "NEWBLISS,IRELAND:POSTMAN:8 'TABLE-KNIVES' PASS/HI-ALT:WEAVE UP+DOWN:", LatLong: "54.150003 -7.150000", LatLongDMS: "54:09:00 N 07:09:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ireland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/5/1950
Time: 13:00
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Blue Book. Saucer over post office / 60
second(s). Going east. Turns going quickly northwest. Separate
observer(s) see going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 363)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1848
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:BBK:SCR OVR POST OFFICE/60sec:> E:TURNS >>NW:SEP.OBS SEE >> W", LatLong: "36.016668 -84.250004", LatLongDMS: "36:01:00 N 84:15:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 12/5/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Wife of Security Officer Reports Object
Made of Polished Metal (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501205
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_775
Date: 12/5/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: FBI Memo - Detection of UFOs Over Oak
Ridge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501205
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_776
Date: 12/5/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Engineer Lt. Col. John R. Hood disperses
radiation counters around the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, National
Laboratory’s restricted area. The intent is to map the presence of any
unusual radiation, in the wake of numerous UFO reports over the
facility. He also sets up a source of radioactive material to see if its
presence has an effect on the air above it. If the air is unusually
ionized, it might be the source of the anomalous radar targets. He also
mentions using a magnetometer array, but there is no documentation of
the result of this effort.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 7, August–December 1950, The
Author, 1982, pp. 64–65; Swords 107
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1608
Date: 12/5/1950
Description: A postman in the farming community of
Newbliss, Monaghan County, Ireland watched at 1:00 p.m. as 8 "table
knives" passed over at high altitude, weaving up and down.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8194
Date: 12/5/1950
Description: On this afternoon a disc-shaped object was
seen over the post office for 60 seconds in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It
flew to the east, then turned and flew off to the northwest. A separate
witness saw it and reported it flew off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 63
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8195
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Limestone, Maine
Description: The ConAC Air Defense Controller notified
the Headquarters USAF Command Post that at 1030 hours a number of
unidentified aircraft were approaching the northeast area of the United
States and that there was no reason to believe the aircraft were
friendly. By 1040 hours, 40 aircraft at an altitude of 32,000 feet were
confirmed by radar in the vicinity of Limestone, Maine. President Truman
had been notified and interceptors scrambled. Truman even mentioned the
incident in his memoirs, not published until 1979. At the time, he noted
in his diary, "It looks like World War III is here. I hope not--but we
must meet whatever comes--and we will."
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_425
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Guerrero, Mexico
Description: A second flying saucer crashes in El
Indio-Guerrero area. The saucer is recovered and taken to the AEC
facility at Sandia, NM.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea
Research
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_426
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: USA, Ft. Myers, Florida.
Description: (Translated from French) 5 p.m. Witnesses:
former interceptor pilot Harry Lamp and four boys, with x10 binoculars.
An object of 25 meters, one meter thick, with a bubble on the upper
part, silver and white belt, with two orange reactors. The center is
rotating when the object is flying; then it takes off accelerating
prodigiously.
Reference: Project Blue Book -cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1504
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: USA, El Indio Guerrero, border between Texas
and Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Crash of a saucer
that burns completely. A photo of the event reached ufologists in 1980
[note of vog: which ones? The author is the only one I know to claim
this]
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1505
Date: 12/6/1950
Description: (Translated from French) A device similar
to the one from the Roswell
crash crashes to the ground at high speed in the El Indio-Guerrero
zone, in the Del Rio region (Texas), near the Mexican border, after
following a long trajectory through the atmosphere. The recoverable
debris of the completely charred object is transported to the AEC
complex in Sandia, New
Mexico for study.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_872
Date: 12/6/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Fort Meyers,
Florida, an ex-airplane salesman Harry Lamp and 4 boys observe with
LO-power binoculars an object of 75 feet, 3 to 4 feet thick, with a dome
on top, silver with a red edge with 2 white and 2 orange engines on its
sides. The center rotates when the object remains stationary, then the
object flies away very quickly. (5 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 848 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_873
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Laredo, TX
Description: Possible UFO crash retrieval.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_66
Date: 12/6/1950
Time: 17:00
Location: FT MYERS, FL
Description: 5 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars.
23m saucer with clear dome. Jets / sides. Edge rotates when
hovers.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1849
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "Ft MYERS,FL:5 OBS/BINOCS:23m SCR W/CLR DOME:JETS/SIDES:EDGE ROTATES WHEN HVRS", LatLong: "26.600001 -81.833337", LatLongDMS: "26:36:00 N 81:50:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Northeastern U.S, Various
Description: Radar-Inspired National Alert (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501206
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_777
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Fort Meyers, FL
Description: 75 ft object, 3-4 ft thick, bubble on top,
silver with a red rim having 2 white and 2 orange jets (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 848)
Reference: NICAP: 501206
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_778
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Westover AFB, MA
Description: Sighting 2 Hours Before National Alert
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 501206
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_779
Date: 12/6/1950
Time: 5 PM
Location: Ft. Myers, Florida
Description: Witnesses: former aircraft purchasing
agent Harry Lamp and four boys, using lO-power binoculars. One 75'
object, 3-4' thick, bubble on top, silver with a red rim having two
white and two orange jets along it. The center revolved when the object
hovered; then it flew away very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_56
Date: 12/6/1950
Locations: United States; Limestone, Maine; White
House
Description: 10:30–11:04 a.m. The ConAC Air Defense
Controller notifies the HQ USAF that a number of unidentified aircraft
are approaching the northeast area of the United States and that there
is no reason to believe they are friendly. By radar contact it is
determined that approximately 40 aircraft are in the flight at 32,000
feet on a course of 200° northeast of Limestone, Maine. The White House
is notified at 10:31 a.m., and President Truman discusses
the reports in a meeting with UK Prime Minister Clement
Attlee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar-Inspired
National Alert”; Bruce
Maccabee, “Immediate
Saucer Alert! The Mystery of December 6, 1950,” July 1999; Clark III
824; Sparks, p. 103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1609
Date: 12/6/1950
Locations: Dyess AFB near Abilene, Texas; Mexican
border near Del Rio, Texas; Hagerstown, Maryland
Description: While F-94s are being tested at Dyess AFB
near Abilene, Texas, radar catches a UFO on a high-speed intercept
course with the planes. Some personnel see the object shortly afterward.
Col. Robert
B. Willingham claims it is not a missile. It makes 90° turns at high
speed. NORAD tracks it and the object is said to crash near the Mexican
border near Del Rio, Texas. Willingham and a copilot take a light
aircraft to the site but are escorted away. They do see part of the
crash field and pick up a small piece of metal from the ground.
Willingham takes it to a Marine Corps metallurgy lab in Hagerstown,
Maryland, for analysis but never sees it again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes,
Avon, 1995, pp.
192–193; Clark III 338; “Del Rio 1955,”
Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, March 22, 2010; Kevin D. Randle,
“Del
Rio UFO Crash and MJ-12,” A Different Perspective, July 21, 2010;
Kevin D. Randle, “MJ-12’s Fatal Flaw and Robert Willingham,” IUR 33, no.
4 (May 2011): 4–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1610
Date: 12/6/1950
Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Description: 5:00 p.m. Former aircraft purchasing agent
Harry
Lamp and four boys spot a 75-foot silver object hovering at 3,000
feet above the northern part of Fort Myers, Florida. Through 10x
binoculars Lamp sees it is 3–4 feet thick at the edges and 14 feet thick
in the center, which revolves as it hovers. The object has a red rim
with two white and two orange jets along it. It flies away at high
speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large Object with
Bubble on Top” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1611
Date: 12/6/1950
Locations: El Indio, Texas; Guerrero, Coahuila,
Mexico
Description: Dubious MJ-12 documents refer to a UFO
crash on the Mexico side of the US border in the area between El Indio,
Texas, and Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “El Indio 1950,”
Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, February 5, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1612
Date: 12/7/1950
Location: Rangely, Colorado
Description: OIL WORKERS WATCH ONE OVER
RANGELY. A shining aluminum-colored object hovered for more
than a minute over the Rangely Oil Basin, then moved rapidly eastward.
It was flat, disc-like in appearance, with a dome-like structure on top.
It seemed to rotate as it hovered, emitting a flash of light at regular
intervals. Its altitude was approximately 2,000 feet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_99
Date: 12/7/1950
Time: 20:00
Location: MARYBOROUGH, QLD, AUS
Description: Several observer(s). Bright blue saucer
sweeps going north. Returns / low altitude. 450mph going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 365)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1850
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: "Australia", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "MARYBOROUGH,QLD,AUS:SVRL OBS:BRITE BLU SCR SWEEPS>N:RETURNS/LO ALT:450mph >N", LatLong: "-25.583335 152.666674", LatLongDMS: "25:35:00 S 152:40:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Queensland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/8/1950
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description: The FBI office in Richmond, Virginia,
sends a telegram to FBI headquarters saying that local Army Intelligence
has been put “on immediate high alert for any data whatsoever concerning
flying saucers.” It adds, “CIC advises data strictly confidential and
should not be disseminated.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Auerbach, [teletype
memo], December 8, 1950; ClearIntent, p.
175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1613
Date: 12/10/1950
Time: 19:30
Location: 1.5MI NORTHEAST / SEVENOAKS, ENG
Description: Absolute(ly)-silent object / 3500'
altitude. 140MPH. Type unknown. Wilderness area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick
& Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index
28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1851
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "1.5MI NE/SEVENOAKS,ENG:ABS-SLNT OBJ/3500'alt:140MPH:type unkn:wilderness area", LatLong: "51.266669 0.200000", LatLongDMS: "51:16:00 N 00:12:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 12/10/1950
Location: Wilderness Golf Course near Sevenoaks, Kent,
England
Description: 7:30 p.m. RAF Group-Captain B. S. Cartmel
and two friends are at the Wilderness Golf Course near Sevenoaks, Kent,
England, when they see a bright light moving east to west in complete
silence. It maintains a steady height of 3,000 feet moving at 130–150
mph and is visible for 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp.
28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1614
Date: 12/11/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Viking
VI. 64 km altitude, night fire, damaged wings.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, M.W. Rosen, N.Y.
1955
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1506
Date: 12/11/1950
Description: (Translated from French) In Alaska, 10
miles northwest of Gulcana, the crew of Northwest Air Lines
Flight 802 observed 2 white flashes followed by a dark cloud rising and
splitting into 2. (December 11, 10:13 PM)
Reference: case
Blue Book #849 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_874
Date: 12/11/1950
Description: (Translated from French) At an air show in
Longview, over a hundred people watched the maneuvers of several metal
discs.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_875
Date: 12/11/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Publication by
Henry Holt of the book by Frank
Scully, Behind the Flying Saucers.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_876
Date: 12/11/1950
Description: (Translated from French) Richard
Hall begins his career as a ufologist.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_877
Date: 12/11/1950
Time: 22:10
Location: 10 MI NORTHWEST / GULKANA, AK
Description: NW.Al crew. 2 flashes. Dark cloud rises
and splits / 2. / Lumieres dans la Nuit (monthly, Paris) #330p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1852
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "1", Elev: "500", HatchDesc: "10mi NW/GULKANA,AK:NW.AL CREW:2 FLASHES:DRK CLOUD RISES+SPLITS/2:/LDLN #330p18", LatLong: "62.266670 -145.383340", LatLongDMS: "62:16:00 N 145:23:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 12/11/1950
Location: Gulkana (10 miles NW of), AK
Description: 2 white flashes, followed by dark cloud -
rose and split in 2 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 849)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_780
Date: 12/11/1950
Time: 10:13 PM
Location: l0 mi. NW of Gulcana, Alaska
Description: Witnesses: crew of Northwest Air Lines
flight 802. Two white flashes, followed by a dark cloud which rose and
split in two.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_57
Date: 12/11/1950
Description: The crew of Northwest Air Lines flight 802
sighted two white flashes, followed by a dark cloud that rose higher in
the sky, and then split in two. The sighting occurred ten miles
northwest of Gulcana, Alaska at 10:13 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8334
Date: 12/12/1950
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) On December 12th,
an Aerobee was launched at 10am and another at 9pm. The following day,
an Aerobee was launched at 2am and another at 12pm. (1950, December 12th
and 13th)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, 288
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1507
Date: 12/12/1950
Location: SOUTH LONDON, ENG
Description: Blue Book. Silver ball high / 3 minute(s).
Then 18 more. All go silently going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1853
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "S.LONDON,ENG:BBK:SLVR BALL HI/3min:THEN 18 MORE:ALL GO SILENTLY >>NE", LatLong: "51.416669 -0.116667", LatLongDMS: "51:25:00 N 00:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 12/12/1950
Time: 20:50
Location: (NW), GA
Description: 3 / car. Silent radium-glow ovoid going
quickly south overhead into cloud bank. No trail. / CSI.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1854
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "210", HatchDesc: "(nw),GA:3/CAR:SLNT RADIUM-GLOW OVOID >>S OVHD into cloud bank:NO TRAIL:/CSI", LatLong: "34.500002 -85.000004", LatLongDMS: "34:30:00 N 85:00:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/12/1950
Location: Tonopah–Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range,
Nevada
Description: The AFSWP’s Project Nutmeg officially
selects the Tonopah–Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nevada, for
domestic nuclear testing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Nevada
Test and Training Range” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1615
Date: 12/13/1950
Time: 21:00
Location: OVER LAKE CHAMPLAIN, VT
Description: "Rocket" comes south / Canada. Turns going
west near Burlington. 5000' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1855
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "95", HatchDesc: "OVR LAKE CHAMPLAIN,VT:"ROCKET" COMES S/CANADA:TURNS >W nr BURLINGTON:5000'alt", LatLong: "44.500002 -73.250003", LatLongDMS: "44:30:00 N 73:15:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "Vermont", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/13/1950
Location: Kimberley, South Africa
Description: 4:55 p.m. J. G. F. Moult and his mother
are sitting at their home in Kimberley, South Africa, when they observe
a bright object “like a huge mirror in the sky,” hovering, and moving
laterally and up and down for about 3 minutes. It goes behind a cloud
but can still be seen, appearing like a “piece of magnesium wire burning
with a bright, purplish-white light.” It dives through the clouds, turns
sharply, and shoots out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Marais, “The Outspan
Magazine, January 1, 1954” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1616
Date: 12/14/1950
Location: NORTH / HAGERMAN, ID
Description: 3 / car. 2M sphere with fin lands.
Fantastic close maneuvers / 30M altitude. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 666)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1856
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "905", HatchDesc: "N/HAGERMAN,ID:3/CAR:2M SPHERE W/FIN LANDS:FANTASTIC CLOSE MNVRS/30M alt:>>SW", LatLong: "42.877780 -114.900005", LatLongDMS: "42:52:40 N 114:54:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/14/1950 (approximate)
Time: ~07:00
Location: BENTLEIGH, AUSTR
Description: Group women and kids. 20' ovoid passes
school-bus stop. Buzzes. Investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1857
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), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BENTLEIGH,AUSTR:GRP WOMEN+KIDS:20'OVOID PASSES SCHOOL-BUS STOP:BUZZES:INVESTGN", LatLong: "-37.916668 145.033340", LatLongDMS: "37:55:00 S 145:02:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Victoria", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/14/1950
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: Radar Targets Over AEC Plant (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501214
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_781
Date: 12/14/1950
Description: A group of teardrop-shaped UFOs was picked
up on multiple radar units for ten minutes near the Oak Ridge Nuclear
facility in Tennessee at around 4 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce S. Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal,
November 1978, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8388
Date: 12/15/1950
Location: WEST / INCHON, KOREA
Description: US Navy ship. 2 objects hit water very
fast. 30M splash! Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World
Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1858
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "W/INCHON,KOREA:US NAVY SHIP:2 OBJs HIT WATER VFAST:30M SPLASH!:type unk", LatLong: "37.416668 126.250006", LatLongDMS: "37:25:00 N 126:15:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SKR", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 12/15/1950
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Unidentified blips all over/all about
RADAR screens. Full fighter intercept finds nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1859
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:UID BLIPS ALLO RDR SCREENS:FULL FIGHTER INTERCEPT finds nothing", LatLong: "35.988891 -84.255560", LatLongDMS: "35:59:20 N 84:15:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 12/15/1950
Description: Ground radar tracked an unidentified
flying object over the Oak Ridge Nuclear Research Facility in Anderson
County, Tennessee at 11:45 p.m. The object was sighted visually as well
and described as teardrop shaped. The sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8403
Date: 12/16/1950
Time: 23:50
Location: OFF GRAND HAVEN, MI
Description: Extra moon speeds going down / Lake
Michigan. Glows / surface then sinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1860
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "off GRAND HAVEN,MI:EXTRA MOON SPEEDS ↓/LAKE MICH:GLOWS/SURFACE THEN SINKS", LatLong: "43.033335 -86.283337", LatLongDMS: "43:02:00 N 86:17:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 12/16/1950
Description: An unidentified object landed on the
surface of Lake Michigan near Grand Haven, Michigan at 11:45 p.m. making
the surface glow. It then sank beneath the surface.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8437
Date: 12/18/1950
Time: 08:20
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: 3+observers. Circular night light changes
shape and brilliance. Fades to a star going northwest?
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1861
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:3+OBSs:CIRC.NLT CHANGES SHAPE+BRILLIANCE:FADES TO A STAR >NW?", LatLong: "36.016668 -84.283337", LatLongDMS: "36:01:00 N 84:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/18/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: NEPA Employees Report Light In Control
Area (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, Code: M, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501218
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_782
Date: 12/18/1950
Description: At 8:39 a.m. a circular light changed
shape and brilliance as it hovered over Oak Ridge AEC Laboratories,
Tennessee. It faded to a star, then flew away to the northwest. There
was radar confirmation of the sighting from the nearby McGhee Air Force
Base.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce S Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal,
November 1978, pp. 11, 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8485
Date: 12/20/1950
Time: 12:50
Location: KNOXVILLE, TN
Description: RADAR blip. F82 intercepts. Only finds odd
small smoke cloud..
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1862
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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "8", Elev: "267", HatchDesc: "KNOXVILLE,TN:RDR BLIP:F82 INTERCEPTS:only finds odd small smoke cloud..", LatLong: "35.966668 -83.916671", LatLongDMS: "35:58:00 N 83:55:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/20/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Another Radar Sighting / Small Smoke Cloud
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501220
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_783
Date: 12/20/1950
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Another Radar Report. Log of the 663rd AN
and C Squadron, F-82 Intercept (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 501220
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_784
Date: 12/23/1950
Location: Amory, Mississippi
Description: MISSISSIPPI WATCHES ONE TURN OTHER
CHEEK. James Q. Tate of 2629 Avenue North, Birmingham, Ala.,
saw a red ball in the bright clear sky over Armory, Miss. He described
it as being deeper red in the center than at the perimeter. On second
look he saw that the red ball had turned over and appeared to be flat.
The red color might have been because of the sun's reflection. It was
one to one and a half miles above the town, approximately thirty feet in
diameter, and moving at a terrific speed before it disappeared towards
the northwest. Tate was about three miles away driving into town.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_100
Date: 12/23/1950 (approximate)
Location: PT LOMA, CA
Description: 7 TEARDROPs maneuver near pilot balloon.
Several Navy / theodolite. Turn going quickly west / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 368)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1863
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "Pt LOMA,CA:7 TEARDROPs MNVR nr PILOT BALLOON:SVRL NAVY/THEODOLITE:TURN>>W/SEA", LatLong: "32.700002 -117.244450", LatLongDMS: "32:42:00 N 117:14:40 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/23/1950
Description: In Point Loma, California on this date in
1950 seven teardrop-shaped flying objects maneuvered near a weather
balloon. Several navy personnel, including one using a theodolite to
view the object, watched the UFO turn toward the W and fly away out over
the Pacific Ocean.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950:
August-December, p. 68
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8567
Date: 12/24/1950
Location: USA, Datil (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) A white object,
which then turned red and green, with a tail, travelled 1° every 2
minutes. It was observed for 2 hours and 30 minutes before disappearing
and photos were taken by Mr. Stanfield. (1950, night of December 24th to
25th)
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, trans. Jean
Sider
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1508
Date: Late 12/1950
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: USAF Capt. J.
E. Broyles sees an aluminum-like oval object with a conical tail
moving slowly in the sky near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1617
Date: 12/26/1950
Location: Harvard University
Description: Harvard University historian William L.
Langer, special
assistant for intelligence analysis to US Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, organizes
the CIA Office of National Estimates, a forerunner of the National
Intelligence Council.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Staff
Conference: Minutes of Meeting Held in Director’s Conference
Room, Administration Building, Tuesday, 26 December 1950, at 1100
Hours” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1618
Date: 12/27/1950
Time: ~19:00
Location: OVER BRADFORD, IL
Description: TWA pilot. Night light / violent turns and
maneuvers / 25 minute(s). Going quickly [to] N. horizon. /
LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1864
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "25", Elev: "246", HatchDesc: "ovr BRADFORD,IL:TWA PILOT:NLT/VIOLENT TURNS+MNVRS/25min:>>N.HORIZON:/LDLN#330", LatLong: "41.177780 -89.655560", LatLongDMS: "41:10:40 N 89:39:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/27/1950
Location: Bradford (near), IL
Description: Shutts Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_785
Date: 12/27/1950
Location: Lakehurst, NJ
Description: (40.01° N, 74.31° W). Folean. (McDonald
list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_786
Date: 12/27/1950
Locations: Chicago; Kansas City; Bradford,
Illinois
Description: Sunset. A TWA flight, piloted by Capt. Art
Shutts, is enroute from Chicago to Kansas City. Near Bradford, Illinois,
Shutts notices a bright white light ahead of the plane, also flashing
red and green occasionally. It begins to “wobble and swerve unsteadily,”
then streaks back and forth in a north-south line through an arc of
10–30°, changing direction abruptly. He notices that the horizon near
the UFO appears to vibrate as if light is distorted, especially after
the object puts on a burst of speed. It dims to a pinpoint and begins to
slowly move south. Suddenly it lurches, accelerates rapidly, zooms
upward at a 45° angle, makes a nearly square turn, plunges downward, and
disappears below the horizon to the north. It is visible for 25
minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1619
Date: 12/29/1950
Location: SOVIET-IRAN BORDER AREA
Description: Wave / night lights fireballs etc. Green
and black. West going quickly east / several min. Explodes? Smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1950 (4+books)
1989+2000 Self published. (Index 369)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1865
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "Iran", Credibility: "9", Duration: "0", HatchDesc: "SOV-IRAN BORDER AREA:WAVE/NLTS FBLS ETC:GRN+BLK:W>>E/SVRL MIN:EXPLODES?:SMOKE", LatLong: "37.500002 59.000003", LatLongDMS: "37:30:00 N 59:00:00 E", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KHR", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 1951
Description: Meade Layne, BSRA director, founds the
“Borderland Sciences Research Foundation” as a CA non-profit (C0254263)
research and educational organization for the purpose of studying
parapsychology, UFO’s and extended consciousness. Previously, the BSRA
was a loose/unofficial association.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_428
Date: 1951
Location: Europe
Description: Project Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper,
describes seeing 100's of UFO's flying in formation at very high
altitudes over Europe.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_705
Date: 1951
Location: Georgia
Description: David Huggins was born in Georgia in 1943
on a farm and claims to be an abductee. At night strange creatures would
appear in his bedroom and escort him to a metallic, egg shaped craft. On
his first encounter he saw a short alien, covered in brown fur, with
large glowing eyes. He also encountered an "Alien Mantis", which often
seemed to be in control, followed by typical Alien Grays, eight the
first time. There were also short creatures wearing identical blue
jumpsuits, and a hybrid named Crescent who appeared initially as a
mother figure. Crescent had large eyes, pale skin, long hair that seemed
to be a wig, with definite human anatomical features. These encounters
ceased when he was 11 and the family moved to Acworth, but then
continued when he turned 17.
Type: abduction
Reference: Website: "The Night
Sky II", Article: David Huggins
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_901
Date: 1951
Location: AUSTRALIA, Halidon, Murray Bridge.
Description: (Translated from French) (Keith
Baskerfield) Mrs. X. was a young married woman and at the time of the
events her husband was away from the farm. They had also recently lost
their first baby. Very early in the morning Mrs. X. made her rounds
inspecting the livestock, accompanied by the dog. She climbed a small
hill from which she had a better overall view. To her surprise she then
saw an unusual object on the ground, resting on four feet. It seemed to
her to be the size of a "two-bedroom house". Mrs. X. looked at this
thing, then decided to go and see it more closely. As she set off she
saw three creatures emerging from under the object, these creatures
seemed to be floating. Mrs. X. however had no fear upon seeing this,
feeling rather confident. The creatures seemed to her to be male, of the
size and appearance of normal human beings, with a beautiful skin
without wrinkles and blue eyes. They wore one-piece silver-colored suits
and boots of the same color. On their heads they had hats. She was
taken, with her consent, into the object, by some kind of invisible
elevator which gave her the feeling of floating. Inside there was a
creature standing in front of what we would today call a computer
console. He moved his hands above a panel, without touching it, and
lights began to blink in response to his movements. There was also a
screen, like a television screen in this room. The conversation between
her and the "men" was in English, but she did not always have to speak
to be understood. Today Mrs. X. no longer remembers the subject of the
conversation. The "men" told her that they knew she had lost a child,
but that things would get better. She left the craft floating by the
invisible elevator and when the object had gone, the four circles of the
landing feet remained on the ground. When she later tried to talk to
people in her surroundings about this experience, she was laughed
at.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1566
Date: 1951
Location: France, Vaux, near Metz and Clémency (Meurthe
et Moselle)
Description: (Translated from French) (summary) story
of "Pope" Clément XV, born Michel Collin in 1905. He was ordained a
priest in 1933, crowned Pope on 7.10.1950 by Christ himself, suspended
"a divinis" and excommunicated in 1951; He founded in Vaux his little
Vatican of Infinite Love. He claims to hold the 3rd secret of Fatima. In
1970 he excommunicates the tax director of Nancy who demands back taxes
from him. Clément XV proclaims his Interplanetary Church, for he is
aware that many Martians have already descended to Earth and live
clandestinely among us". He dies on June 23, 1974. In his entourage are
mentioned Claude SEBASTIO, Swiss, and the Sicilian initiated by Asthar
Sheron and Adoniesis, Eugenio SIRRAGUSA
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: "Enigmes du temps présent"
ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1979, p.115 to 118
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1567
Date: 1951
Location: USA, Arizona desert
Description: (Translated from French) Liliane Roth, an
American artist, had her first encounter with a UFO. She was spending
the night with her husband Burt Mc Guire in an isolated motel located in
the Arizona desert. "Around 7 pm," Liliane Roth recounts, "I took out my
three little bichons. Suddenly I saw a huge ring, like a big hoop
hovering about 40 m in altitude. When this object with a metallic sheen,
measuring about 50 m, was right above my head, I quickly called my
husband. After about 5 minutes the UFO rose at a fantastic speed, then
returned to the same place shortly after. Two minutes later, this
strange craft, pierced with multicolored holes, slowly disappeared to
the east." (1951, no date)
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: "The Secret File
of UFOs," ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p 19
Reference: continued: March 1952
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1568
Date: 1951
Location: Germany
Description: UFOs outmaneuver pilot/future astronaut
Gordon Cooper.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_67
Date: 1951
Location: Iron Triangle, near Chorwon, Korea
Description: Craft hit soldier with light beam (NICAP:
03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510000
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_787
Date: 1951
Location: in airspace over, Korea
Description: UFO Circles Fleet of Fourteen Ships /
Tracked By Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 510000
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_788
Date: 1951
Locations: West Germany; Europe
Description: While flying an F-86 Sabrejet over West
Germany, USAF pilot Gordon
Cooper sees several metallic discs flying at a high altitude. He
claims to “have two days of observation of many flights of them, of
different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to
west over Europe.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson, Leap of
Faith: An Astronaut’s Journey into the Unknown, HarperCollins, 2000, pp.
80–81; “UFO Sightings
by Astronauts,”
Syti.net, January 30, 2001; “Astronaut Gordon
Cooper Talks about UFOs,” Elhardt YouTube channel, December 27,
2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1620
Date: 1951
Location: Korea
Description: The intelligence unit of the 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing puts out periodic intelligence reports through 1953 that
cover ground and air operations, unusual incidents, and UFO reports in
Korea. The UFO reports are in a different category from unidentified
aircraft. Some of these reports do not appear in Project Blue
Book.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1621
Date: 1951
Description: The Atomic Energy Commission uses its
parallel system of secret-keeping to conduct controversial research,
development, and engineering on aircraft and pilot-related projects,
entirely without oversight.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1622
Date: 1951
Locations: France; Paris
Description: Marc
Thirouin founds the first UFO group in France, the Commission
Internationale d’Enquêtes sur les Soucoupes Volantes, in Paris. It
begins publishing Ouranos in June 1952 and issues 32 numbers through
1966, reviving in 1972 after Thirouin’s death with a new series that
lasts until 1980.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ouranos, no.
1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1623
Date: 1951
Description: USAF Maj. Dewey Fournet, while serving on
Project Blue Book, conducted his own FOIA-exempt
extragovernment investigation of undersea and aerial UAP with assistance
from the Navy dubbed Operation Interloper. Fournet used his access and
USG resources and all but three case files (up to 28) remain lost
because they were held in personal archives. Interloper briefed the CIA
in 1953 but its findings never reached Congress or the public.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_25
Date: 1/1951
Location: Belgian Congo, Africa
Description: TWO LOOK FOR URANIUM IN
AFRICA. Two disks were sighted hanging over the Uranium mining
pits and were pursued by planes. The object flew in a peculiar zig-zag
course. A Spitfire came close enough to see a whirling rim on one of the
saucers, but was easily and quickly outdistanced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_101
Date: 1/1951
Location: Washington, DC
Description: OLSON GUESSES THEIR SPEED AT
10,000 MPH. Robert Olson, 3708 35th St., NW, Washington, D.C.,
took a picture of seven or eight saucers flying over Washington in early
January. A shot was taken from someone's back porch, and a double
exposure resulted when the silvery saucers were sighted. Olson says: "I
assure you, noting on that porch, not even the lighting cord that you
can see hanging down is responsible for the images of the bright
circles. Calculate how fast the object would have to be going to make
such long streak in 1/50 of a second, assuming the saucers are 36 feet
in diameter. I'd say between 2,000 and 10,000 mph."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_102
Date: 1/1951
Location: Korea
Description: Twenty-four UFO cases reported by military
in the next fifteen months.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_68
Date: 1/1951
Locations: Cosmopolitan; USAF Public Information
Officer
Description: Author and journalist Bob Considine’s
article appears in Cosmopolitan, debunking all UFO stories as delusions
and hoaxes, and quoting a weary Air Force Col. Harold
E. Watson, who has replaced McCoy in
Project Grudge. It offends people so badly that many pilots afterward
refuse to report UFO sightings to the Air Force. USAF Public Information
Officer Clare Welch, who has set this interview up, believes the Air
Force has better things to do and is out of step with Cabell’s renewed
interest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bob Considine, “The
Disgraceful Flying Saucer Hoax!”
Cosmopolitan, January 1951, pp. 32–33, 100–102, republished by
Project 1947; Swords 113–114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1624
Date: 1/1/1951
Time: 07:00
Location: OAK GROVE, LA
Description: 12 / farm. 12M saucer spins
counterclockwise going east / low altitude. Rectangular windows / rim.
Maneuvers. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1866
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "12", Elev: "122", HatchDesc: "OAK GROVE,LA:12/FARM:12M SCR SPINS CCW >E/lo alt:RECT.WINDOWS/RIM:MNVRS:↑↑", LatLong: "32.861113 -91.388893", LatLongDMS: "32:51:40 N 91:23:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 1/1/1951
Location: Oak Grove, Louisiana
Description: 7:00 a.m. Katie Sowell watches an object
about 30–50 feet in diameter, like two “upside down saucers” revolving
counterclockwise and darting low over her farmhouse near Oak Grove,
Louisiana. It has rectangular, opaque windows. It is seen for 15–20
minutes at close range. It banks and disappears, going straight
up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Huntsville (Ala.) Times, February 5, 1974;
Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History:
1951, Supplemental Notes, The
Author, 2000, pp. 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1625
Date: 1/1/1951
Locations: Mitchel AFB; Long Island, New York; Ent AFB;
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: The Air Defense Command, inactivated since
July 1, 1950, is reinstated as a major command at Mitchel AFB [now
closed] in Long Island, New York. The HQ is moved to Ent AFB [now the US
Olympic Training Center] in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a week
later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Aerospace
Defense Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1626
Date: 1/6/1951 (approximate)
Location: BOWRAL, NSW, AUSTR
Description: Fast silent steel-blue moon-size object
crosses sky. Spirals going up [to] clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP
SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1867
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: "Australia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "BOWRAL,NSW,AUSTR:FAST SLNT STEEL-BLU MOONSIZE OBJ CROSSES SKY:SPIRALS↑CLOUDS", LatLong: "-34.500002 150.400007", LatLongDMS: "34:30:00 S 150:24:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NSW", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/8/1951
Location: USA, south of Ft. Worth, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:45 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Boggus, plus drivers and passengers of
several cars stopped to observe. Two groups of red and green lights in
triangular formation stationary before taking off.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1511
Date: 1/8/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In South Fort
Worth (Texas), W. J. Boggus, his wife and other drivers and passengers
stopped to observe 2 groups of red and green lights staying stationary
in a triangular formation in the sky, before leaving. (January 8, 10:45
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 864 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_878
Date: 1/8/1951
Time: 22:50
Location: SOUTH / FORT WORTH, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #864. 15'
delta/triangle/box-like crafts / night lights go overhead and by US81. 1
going north / low altitude. Light humming.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1868
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "6", Elev: "203", HatchDesc: "S/FORT WORTH,TX:BBK#864:15'DLTS/NLTS GO OVHD+BY US81:1 >N/LO ALT:LITE HUM", LatLong: "32.666668 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "32:40:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/8/1951
Location: Fort Worth (South of ), TX
Description: Watch 2 stationary groups of red and green
lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 864)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_789
Date: 1/8/1951
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: South of Ft. Worth, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Boggus, plus
unidentified drivers and passengers in other cars stopped to watch. Two
groups of red and green lights in triangular formations were stationary
and then moved.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_58
Date: 1/8/1951
Description: A group of three delta-shaped objects with
wingspans of 15’ flew over US Highway 81 south of Forth Worth, Texas at
10:45 p.m. One passed overhead at a low altitude, and made a faint
humming sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted
in official statistics case 864
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_190
Date: 1/12/1951
Location: USA, Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Description: (Translated from French) 10 p.m. Witnessed
by 2nd Lt. A.C. Hale of the Army. A light with a triangular outline
remained stationary like a star for 20 minutes before quickly flying
away.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1512
Date: 1/12/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort Benning
(Georgia), 2nd Lieutenant of the US
Army A. C. Hale observed a light with a fan-shaped trail. The light
remained still like a star for 20 minutes, then disappeared in the
distance. (January 12th, 10 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #868 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_879
Date: 1/12/1951
Time: 22:00
Location: FT BENNING, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #868.
10+observer(s). Saucer hovers / 20 minute(s). Going quickly south.
Matchhead / arms-length. / r43p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1869
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "94", HatchDesc: "Ft BENNING,GA:BBK#868:10+OBS:SCR HVRS/20min:>>S:MATCHHEAD/ARMS-LENGTH:/r43p13", LatLong: "32.350002 -84.950004", LatLongDMS: "32:21:00 N 84:57:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/12/1951
Time: 22:00
Location: STEWART AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: Blue Book. USAF man. Meteor going up [to]
and zigzags. Clear maneuvers. Changes colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1870
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "43", HatchDesc: "STEWART AFB,NY:BBK:USAF MAN:METEOR↑+ZIGZAGS:CLEAR MNVRS:CHANGES COLORS", LatLong: "41.505558 -74.066670", LatLongDMS: "41:30:20 N 74:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/12/1951
Location: Fort Benning, GA
Description: Light with a fan-shaped wake remain
motionless like a star (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 868)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_790
Date: 1/12/1951
Time: 10 PM
Location: Ft. Benning, Georgia
Description: Witness: U.S. Army 2nd Lt. A.C. Hale. One
light with a fan-shaped wake remained motionless like a star about 20
minutes and then sped away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_59
Date: 1/12/1951
Description: At 10:05 p.m. two U.S. Air Force airmen at
Stewart AFB in Orange County, New York saw a fireball drop from a high
altitude, and then zig-zag. It made clear cut maneuvers, and changed
colors. At 11:01 p.m. a saucer-shaped object hovered near Fort Benning,
Georgia for 20 minutes, then shot off to the south. U.S. Army 2nd Lt. A.
C. Hale saw a light with a fan-shaped wake remain motionless like a star
then speed away. It was estimated to be the size of a matchhead held at
arms length. There were nine other witnesses. A Project Blue Book
unknown.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951
(volume 2), pp. 2 & 3; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in
official statistics, case # 868
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_273
Date: 1/14/1951
Description: Einstein student and Roswell witness
Shirley J. Wright picked for “Who’s Who Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities”
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_429
Date: 1/14/1951
Time: 11:40
Location: JOLON, CA
Description: Private pilot / Navion 4582K. 3
rectangular objects. Flat tops. Shrink away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1871
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "293", HatchDesc: "JOLON,CA:Pvt.PILOT/NAVION 4582K:3 RECTANGLR OBJS:FLAT TOPS:SHRINK AWAY:NFD", LatLong: "36.016668 -121.200006", LatLongDMS: "36:01:00 N 121:12:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 1/14/1951
Time: 12:40
Location: BIG BEAR LAKE, CA
Description: Blue Book. Hillman and 3 / small plane.
50' saucer / 30K' altitude. Going quickly west. Wind = due going north /
60 kts.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1872
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "2050", HatchDesc: "BIG BEAR LAKE,CA:BBK:HILLMAN+3/SML PLANE:50' SCR/30K'alt:>>W:WIND=DUE> N/60kts", LatLong: "34.250002 -116.883339", LatLongDMS: "34:15:00 N 116:53:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "9000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/14/1951
Location: Jolon, CA
Description: Private Pilot Reports Mile-Wide Rectangles
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510114
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_791
Date: 1/14/1951
Location: Big Bear Lake, CA
Description: Pilot Sees 150' Circular Object At 30,000'
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510114
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_792
Date: 1/14/1951
Description: At 12:38 p.m. four witnesses flying in an
airplane over Big Bear Lake, California saw three circular or
disc-shaped UFOs that were 40 to 50 feet in diameter and flying at
30,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p. 3;
Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_308
Date: 1/16/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Artesia, New
Mexico, two members of a General Mills balloon project observe their
110-foot balloon at an altitude of 112,000 feet when they spot a round,
dull white object. It appears larger than the balloon, but does not
move. Later, the balloon team, the Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the
director of the Artesia airport, and three pilots see two objects from
the airport. They fly side by side, circle the balloon, then head
northeast. The second sighting lasted about 40 seconds. (January
16)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case, sometimes
reported, probably in error, in 1952
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_880
Date: 1/16/1951
Location: Kansas City, Mo
Description: AIR FORCE IMITATION DOESN'T FOOL
THESE GIRLS. Betty McCarty and Judy Royles of Kansas City
sighted a huge red light with a green flickering light in the center. It
appeared and disappeared several times. Betty and Judy, and Betty's
husband, drove up onto the Cliff drive, and saw it hanging in the air
over North Kansas City. It soared slowly around, down over Fairfax
Airport, and searchlights were turned on it. It disappeared again but
came back ten minutes later, appearing to be a green ball of light with
a red trail. It was now very high in the sky and the only shape
recognizable was that of a green sphere. The next day, the Air Force
rigged up a plane with green lights and flew it around the city. The Air
Force plane had a recognizable shape and a loud droning motor
besides.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_103
Date: 1/16/1951
Location: Artesia, NM
Description: Gen. Mills-Navy personnel see two
disc-shaped objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_69
Date: 1/16/1951
Time: 09:30
Location: ARTESIA, NM
Description: Blue Book. 6+GM scientists / theodolite
and photographs. 2 60' saucers maneuver and circle balloon. Going
quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1873
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "30", Elev: "1035", HatchDesc: "ARTESIA,NM:BBK:6+GM SCIs/THEODOLITE+FOTOS:2 60'SCRS MNVR+CCL BALLOON:>>NW ", LatLong: "32.861113 -104.400005", LatLongDMS: "32:51:40 N 104:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/16/1951
Location: Artesia (near), NM
Description: Two Discs Approach Skyhook (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510116
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_793
Date: 1/16/1951
Time: Time unknown
Location: Artesia, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Two members of a balloon
project from the General Mills Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the
manager of the Artesia Airport, and three pilots. The balloon crew was
observing their 110' balloon at an altitude of 112,000' when a dull
white, round object was spotted. It appeared larger than the balloon,
but made no movement. Later, the balloon crew and the others saw two
objects from the airport; flying side-by-side, they circled the balloon
and flew away to the northeast. The second observation lasted about 40
seconds. Note: there is confusion over the date of this case, with some
USAF records showing it as 1952; however, 1951 appears to be
correct.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_60
Date: 1/16/1951
Locations: Artesia, New Mexico; Artesia Airport
Description: Raymond Dugan and Raymond E. Stiles,
members of the General Mills Aeronautical Research Laboratory balloon
project, observe a round disc near their Skyhook balloon over Artesia,
New Mexico. The balloon is at a height of 112,000 feet. A short time
later, Dugan, Stiles, and four civilian pilots at Artesia Airport see
two similar objects circling the same balloon that then fly off to the
northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs Approach
Skyhook”; Project Blue Book, [Artesia
documents]; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed.,
1974, pp.
69–70; Sparks, p. 104; Swords 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1627
Date: 1/18/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
1.6km (Stalled on pad for 13s then rose slowly for 38s before
exploding)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_430
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 1.6km
Date: 1/18/1951
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 13:14, a V2
#54 was launched, only reaching 2 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1513
Date: 1/20/1951
Location: USA, Sioux City
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:20 PM two
controllers of the control tower observed a light above the airport. A
DC 3 plane of Mid Continent Airlines was taking off at the same time,
the crew (Lawrence W. Vinther and F. Bachmeier) observed it at 8:26 PM.
The object described a larger circle than the plane to take off, the
object turned and passed in front of the nose of the plane and seemed to
instantly appear on the other side, gliding under it. It had the shape
of an airplane whose fuselage had the shape of a cigar and the straight
wings a bit larger than a B-29. The pilot and co-pilot saw neither
nacelle nor engine. The light seemed to come from the bottom of the
object.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: "Ovni, nous ne sommes
pas seuls" - Presses de la Cité 1979 - P. 77
Reference: Brad STEIGER: "Ovni, le projet Blue Book" -
trad. Belfond 1979, p. 109,110
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1514
Date: 1/20/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the Sioux City
(Iowa) airfield, a DC-3 of the Mid-Continent Air Lines is about to take
off when the control tower signals a bluish fire to the west but allows
the departure. The tower then signals that the fire is heading towards
them. The pilots see it coming and it brushes past them. A passenger
colonel confirms: a B-29 fuselage without wings, a long black cigar and
ultra-fast. Official explanation: a B-36 was in the area (probably had
lost its wings). (January 20)
Reference: Log and Gigi
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_881
Date: 1/20/1951
Description: (Translated from French) An article from
Cosmopolitan magazine, titled "The Infamous Flying Saucer
Hoax", blames Kenneth
Arnold for setting off a chain reaction of mass hysteria and
fraud.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_882
Date: 1/20/1951
Location: US
Description: TWO PILOTS DENY THIS ONE AS KNOWN
AIRCRAFT. Capt. Larry M. Vinther and co-pilot James R.
Bachmeier, flying a Mid-Continent Airline plane, saw a straight-sided
object, with no exhaust glow, jet pods, or engines. It performed
maneuvers and turns at speeds impossible to known aircraft, according to
Vinther.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_104
Date: 1/20/1951
Time: 20:20
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and pilots.
Cylinder/cigar-shape circles and maneuvers. Paces DC3. Going quickly
northwest. / MJ#273+/ r242p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1874
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "335", HatchDesc: "SIOUX CITY,IA:ATCs+PILOTS:CGR CCLs+MNVRs:PACES DC3:>>NW:/MJ#273+/r242p44", LatLong: "42.516669 -96.400005", LatLongDMS: "42:31:00 N 96:24:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 1/20/1951
Location: Sioux City, IA
Description: UFO Buzzes DC-3 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510120
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_794
Date: 1/20/1951
Locations: Sioux City, Iowa; Mid-Continent Airlines
Flight 9
Description: 9:20 p.m. Sioux City, Iowa, CAA Control
Tower operator John M. Williams sees an odd light in the west. Capt. Lawrence
W. Vinther and copilot James
F. Bachmeier of Mid-Continent Airlines Flight 9 takes off and
Vinther is asked by the tower to look for the light. While still in a
climbing turn at about 1,000 feet, the pilots spot the object to the
north-northwest at about 8,000 feet and 4 miles away. It looks like a
B-29 fuselage with wings but no engines and blinks some lights like
running lights. The object comes towards the DC-3, flies across the nose
within 200 feet, then suddenly reappears on the other side, paralleling
them for 2–3 seconds. The object then flies under them and disappears to
the northwest. This is one of the first reports to make it into the
CIRVIS system specified by JANAP 146.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Buzzes
DC-3”; Lawrence W. Vinther, “Another
Saucer Mystery,” Flying 48 \(June 1951\): 23, 56, reprinted by
Project 1947; Ruppelt, p.
84; Jan Aldrich; Sparks, p. 104;
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. 43–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1628
Date: 1/20/1951
Description: At 8:26 p.m. the control tower in Sioux
City, Iowa warned the Mid-Continental Airlines DC-3 flight to watch for
an approaching unidentified aircraft. The crew saw a bright light that
quickly closed with them. They saw that it was cigar-shaped with no
wings, and it paced their aircraft for a short while before shooting out
of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, January 1951; Edward Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying
Objects, p. 118; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_391
Date: 1/21/1951
Location: Oakridge, TN
Description: F-82 Attempts Intercept of UFO Over AEC
Plant / Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 510121
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_795
Date: 1/21/1951
Locations: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee;
X-10 plant
Description: 4:20 p.m. A UFO that appears to be over
the restricted area at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, is
sighted on the radarscope of an F-82 fighter. The GCI gives the go-ahead
to intercept the target. The radar set on the F-82 is locked on and the
run begins. The interception is unsuccessful, and the fighter returns to
base. In all, three passes are made at targets, all with radar
indications, but they cannot be completed since the target is over the
restricted area that includes the X-10 plant.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-82 Attempts
Intercept of UFO over AEC Plant / Radar”; Sparks, p. 104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1629
Date: 1/22/1951
Time: 12:00
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Blue Book. Saucer hovers by test balloon.
Grows. Flashes 1 / second(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1875
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, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "1248", HatchDesc: "HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:BBK:SCR HVRS BY TEST BALLOON:GROWS:FLASHES 1/sec:>>W", LatLong: "32.816668 -106.066672", LatLongDMS: "32:49:00 N 106:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 1/22/1951
Location: Holloman AFB (50 miles SE of), NM
Description: C-47 Crew Encounter Object Near "Gopher"
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 510122
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_796
Date: 1/22/1951
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio; Holloman AFB,
New Mexico
Description: 11:00 a.m. USAF pilots Capt. Ernest
W. Spradley Jr. of Aerial Photo Lab and Capt. James E. Cocker of
All-Weather Flying Division (both based at Wright-Patterson AFB in
Ohio), a General Mills Aeronautical lab project engineer named McAleese,
and another airman are flying in a C-47 heading east about 50 miles
southeast of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, at about 10,000–12,000 feet,
tracking a Project Gopher plastic balloon at about 50,000–70,000 feet,
when they see a bright star-like object adjacent to the pear-shaped
balloon. As they approach and fly under the balloon, they notice the
object descend to the balloon’s level and grow larger in apparent size
until about one-quarter to one-half the size of the 70-foot balloon. It
appears to be round and flat like a dime, milky white or silvery in
color, with a clear outline. Cocker and McAleese leave the cockpit and
go to the astrodome to observe the object. After 3 minutes they see the
object separate from the balloon and head west at high speed. After
about 1 minute it emits a series of 3 bright photoflashes at one-second
intervals and disappears from sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “C-47 Crew Encounter
Object near ‘Gopher’”; NICAP, “White Object
Paces Balloon”; Sparks, p. 105; Swords
114–115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1630
Date: 1/22/1951
Description: A saucer-shaped object hovered next to a
test balloon 50 miles southeast of Holloman AFB, New Mexico. It grew in
dimensions, and flashed once every second. It flew off to the
west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p.
9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_407
Date: 1/24/1951
Location: Westover AFB, MA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Three
Uncorrelated Targets Like A B-36 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R,
Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510124
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_797
Date: 1/25/1951
Time: 18:30
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Blue Book. 2+observer(s). 150' dark
cylinder/cigar-shape follows night light. 4 staircase maneuvers
upward.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1876
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "ROBINS AFB,GA:BBK:2+OBS:150'DRK CGR FOLOS NLT:4 STAIRCASE MNVRS UPWARD", LatLong: "32.633335 -83.600004", LatLongDMS: "32:38:00 N 83:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 1/26/1951
Location: Stockholm
Description: Expressen. DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT OF SWEDEN DOUBTS SAUCER SIGHTING. The defense
department in Stockholm is of the opinion that the flying saucer Captain
Rudbuck chased over Skane yesterday was a meteorological balloon
released from the Physical Institute at Lund, though Captain Rudbuck
insists the object was lit and was observed at night, two factors not
common to balloons.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_158
Date: 1/26/1951
Location: Sea of Japan (off coast of South Korea), At
Sea
Description: Radar tracking of unidentified target at
3,000 knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510126
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_798
Date: 1/27/1951
Location: Carnoustle, Forfarshire
Description: London Weekly Overseas Mail.
FIVE TRADESMEN TRADE EXPERIENCES. live tradesmen in
Carnoustle, Forfarshire, claim to have seen a flying saucer. It was
glowing with a bright light "Just like a huge electric-light bowl," said
Edward Thompson. The five men were working on a roof on Queen-Street
when just after 2 p.m. they sighted the saucer moving through a cloudy
patch. All watched the object for about 30 minutes. Occasionally a
bright spark fell from it, as it moved through the sky. It was estimated
as being "enormous".
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_109
Date: 1/27/1951
Time: 13:44:51.0
Location: 36.82664 -115.95883
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Able” Yield: 1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_8
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.82664 -115.95883", LatLongDMS: "36:49:36 N 115:57:32 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.32", NukeName: "Able", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "1"
Date: 1/27/1951
Locations: US; Frenchman Flat; Nevada Test Site
Description: An Air Force B-50D bomber drops the first
atomic bomb, the Able blast, for testing in the US onto a dry lake bed
known as Frenchman Flat, inside the Nevada Test Site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation
Ranger” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1631
Date: 1/28/1951
Time: 13:52:04.5
Location: 36.82664 -115.95883
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Baker” Yield: 8KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_9
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.82664 -115.95883", LatLongDMS: "36:49:36 N 115:57:32 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.33", NukeName: "Baker", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "8"
Date: 1/29/1951
Location: New England
Description: USAF Lt. Col. Milton
D. Willis replies to Robert
B. Sibley, president of the Aero Club of New England, who has
written Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K.
Finletter asking that the UFO project be reinstated because pilots
are indeed seeing something that could be extraterrestrial. Willis
writes that, although the UFO project is disbanded, the Air Force still
investigates incidents and sends them to AMC if necessary, and an
officer (Willis himself, who has replaced Boggs)
monitors all UFO reports. As an aside to his superiors, Willis in a memo
notes that “there have been several incidents, during the last six
months, which cannot be explained and further investigation may be
necessary.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1951,
Supplemental Notes, The
Author, 2000, pp. 7 –8; Swords 113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1632
Date: 1/31/1951 (approximate)
Time: 17:00
Location: NNW / NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV
Description: Air Traffic Controller. Clam-saucer going
southwest. Circles 3X and hovers / 30M altitude. Atomic test in
progress.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 209)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1877
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "630", HatchDesc: "NNW/NELLIS AFB,NV:ATC:CLAM-SCR >SW:CCLs 3X+HVRS/30M alt:A-test in progress", LatLong: "36.333335 -115.066672", LatLongDMS: "36:20:00 N 115:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/1951
Location: NAVAL ASTRONOMER MARKOWITZ
Description: "New asteroid in unique orbit"
discovered.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1878
Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules", Credibility: "8", Duration: "0", HatchDesc: "NAVAL ASTRONOMER MARKOWITZ:"NEW ASTEROID IN UNIQUE ORBIT" DISCOVERED.", LatLong: "90.000004 -0.000000", LatLongDMS: "90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "---", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 2/1951
Location: C.AUSTRL DESERT
Description: Aborigines. 2 saucers land. Small humanoid
(or Grey) exits one & boards the other! Away.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS
BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1879
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "6", Duration: "12", HatchDesc: "C.AUSTRL DESERT:ABORIGINES:2 SCRS LAND:OID EXITS ONE & BOARDS THE OTHER!:AWAY", LatLong: "-30.000001 135.000006", LatLongDMS: "30:00:00 S 135:00:00 E", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Australia", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 2/1/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Johnson Air
Base (Japan), the pilot and the radar operator of a night fighter F-82
observed an amber light making 3 to 4 360° turns to the right,
redirecting itself towards the F-82 and then rising until out of sight.
(February 1st, 5:10 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #886 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_883
Date: 2/1/1951
Time: 05:10
Location: NEAR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: 2 / USAF F82. Amber night light makes 3
360° loops. Buzzes F82. Quickly going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1880
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "Japan", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr JOHNSON AFB,JPN:2/USAF F82:AMBER NLT makes 3 360° LOOPS:BUZZES F82:↑↑+AWAY", LatLong: "35.916668 139.600007", LatLongDMS: "35:55:00 N 139:36:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/1/1951
Location: Johnson AFB, Japan
Description: F-82 Encounters Maneuvering Amber Light
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 886)
Reference: NICAP: 510201
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_799
Date: 2/1/1951
Time: 5:10 PM
Location: Johnson Air Base, Japan
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of
F-82 night fighter. One amber light made three or four 360 degree turns
to the right, reversed toward the F-82 and then climbed out of
sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_61
Date: 2/1/1951
Time: 13:46:39.5
Location: 36.82664 -115.95883
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Easy” Yield: 1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_10
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.82664 -115.95883", LatLongDMS: "36:49:36 N 115:57:32 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.33", NukeName: "Easy", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "1"
Date: 2/2/1951
Time: 13:48:48.0
Location: 36.82664 -115.95883
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Baker-2” Yield: 8KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_11
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.82664 -115.95883", LatLongDMS: "36:49:36 N 115:57:32 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.34", NukeName: "Baker-2", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "8"
Date: 2/3/1951
Time: 19:00
Location: GALENA, IL
Description: 12m baseball-bat / 90M altitude. Skirts
hills. Silent. Lightning flashes / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1881
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "238", HatchDesc: "GALENA,IL:12m BASEBALL-BAT/90M alt:SKIRTS HILLS:SILENT:LIGHTNING FLASHES/REAR", LatLong: "42.416669 -90.427782", LatLongDMS: "42:25:00 N 90:25:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 2/4/1951
Time: ~07:00
Location: WITHDEAN, SUSSEX
Description: Girl. Grey-green domed object going down /
garden. 3 bald small humanoids (or Greys) exit. No further details /
repeater.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA;
BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1882
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "4", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "WITHDEAN,SUSSEX:GIRL:GRY-GRN DOMED OBJ ↓/GARDEN:3 BALD OIDS EXIT:NFD/repeater", LatLong: "50.816669 -0.133333", LatLongDMS: "50:49:00 N 00:08:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 2/4/1951
Description: A young girl, who was to have other UFO
encounters later in life, was playing in her garden in Withdean, East
Sussex, England between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. when she saw a hovering
disc-shaped object with a transparent dome on top. Inside the dome she
could see three men, and they appeared to be looking down at her. The
domed object made a descent into the garden and three humanoids with
bald, domed heads exited. The men wore khaki-colored outfits, and
carried a weird looking object. They floated toward the girl, then
reversed direction, reboarded, and took off. Their exit was "like a film
in reverse."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jenny Randles, Alien Contacts and
Abductions, p. 65
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_685
Date: 2/6/1951
Time: 13:46:55.0
Location: 36.82664 -115.95883
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Fox” Yield: 22KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_12
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.82664 -115.95883", LatLongDMS: "36:49:36 N 115:57:32 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.44", NukeName: "Fox", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "22"
Date: 2/8/1951
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Hermes
A 1 No. 4: missile test.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, and photo
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1515
Date: 2/8/1951
Description: A four engine Super-Constellation R5D Navy
transport, flying at a speed of 200 knots at 10,000 feet between Iceland
and Newfoundland, saw a UFO ascend from the surface of the Atlantic
Ocean in the pre-dawn hours. They watched it on the surface for 8-10
minutes while approaching it, and it was so bright that they thought at
first that perhaps the auto-pilot had gone off course and it was the
lights from a city. It moved at 1,500 mph with a white flow and with a
reddish-purple fiery ring around the rim. It shot up and at the
aircraft, and due to the object's high speed, its size and direction of
travel it looked like it would collide. The pilot quickly disengaged the
auto-pilot and stood by to push the nose of the plane over in hopes that
they could pass underneath. Everyone onboard began ducking, including
the relief crew. "It stopped its movement toward us and began moving
along with us about 45 degrees off the bow to the right, about 100 feet
or so below us and about 200 to 300 feet in front of us. It was not in a
level position; it was tilted about 25 degrees. It stayed in this
position for a minute or so. It appeared to be from 200 to 300 feet in
diameter, translucent or metallic, shaped like a saucer." When it moved
away it made no turns, and was out of sight in only a few seconds.Gander
radar did track the object in excess of 1,800 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September-October
1970; Weinstein Dominique, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 13; UNICAT, case
# 691; Carl Feindt, www.waterufo.net/item.php?id=76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_752
Date: 2/9/1951
Time: 21:50
Location: OFF NFLD
Description: Several / R5D Navy transport. 300' saucer
quickly going up / sea. 1800mph / RADAR. / r135p11+/ r120p268.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 849)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1883
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, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off NFLD:SVRL/R5D NAVY XPORT:300'SCR↑↑/SEA:1800mph/RDR:/r135p11+/r120p268", LatLong: "49.833336 -50.050002", LatLongDMS: "49:50:00 N 50:03:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NAT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/9/1951
Locations: Keflavík, Iceland; Gander, Newfoundland;
Ocean
Description: 9:55 p.m. The crew (including Lt. Fred
W. Kingdon Jr. and US Naval Reserve Lt. Graham
E. Bethune) and passengers of a US Navy R5D transport flying west
from Keflavík, Iceland, at 10,000 feet about 212 miles northeast of
Gander, Newfoundland, observe a large orange-rimmed UFO with a dark
center. It is about 400 feet in diameter and first seen moving above the
surface of the ocean. As the plane approaches, the object changes
colors, executes a sudden 180° turn and disappears over the horizon.
Over time, several attempts to disguise the participants have resulted
in confusion over the date.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Bethune
Encounter”; NICAP, “Huge
Object Rushes up from
Ocean Surface”; Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 9–26; “Casebook:
February 8, 1951,” UFO Investigator, no. 54 (September 1970): 3; “Casebook:
February 8, 1951,” UFO Investigator, no. 55 (October 1970): 3;
Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp.
78–79; “Unidentified Flying Object: A Provocative Tale,” Naval
Aviation News, June 1973, pp. 18–19, reprinted by Project
1947; Good Above, pp.
268, 486;
Good Need, pp.
137–139;
Graham E. Bethune, “Lights on the
Surface,” 1999; Kevin H. Knuth, Robert M. Powell, and Peter A.
Reali, “Estimating
Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles,”
Entropy, September 25, 2019; Patrick Gross, “The Bethune
Flight 124 Airmiss in 1951” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1633
Date: 2/10/1951
Location: Keflavik, Iceland
Description: Confidential Memo to Air Transport
Squadron One: Lt. Graham E. Bethune, U.S. Naval Reserve reported seeing
a circular, reddish-orange UFO flying at a speed in excess of 1000 mph,
approx. 300 ft. diam. approaching and reversing direction within 5 miles
of his plane (Flight 125 from Keflavik, Iceland.)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good, p486)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_431
Date: 2/10/1951
Location: Near Iceland
Description: Near collision between Navy plane and
large UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_70
Date: 2/10/1951
Location: Gander, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Bethune Case. Several onboard aircraft
compasses slowly rotated or spun during UFO encounter (NICAP: 03 - EME
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510210
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_800
Date: 2/10/1951
Location: Gander, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Bethune Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510210
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_801
Date: 2/10/1951
Description: A giant, bright orange-red disc was
observed by the pilot of a four-engine, U.S. Navy R-5D transport flying
90 miles from Gander, Labrador, Canada. The UFO maneuvered nearer to the
plane, which was flying at 10,000 feet altitude at the time. The UFO
sighting was dubbed the "Gander UFO case."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John R. Colombo, UFOs over Canada: Personal
Accounts of Sightings and Close Encounters, p. 211; Dominique Weinstein,
Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_793
Date: 2/13/1951
Location: Pentagon
Description: William
Webster, chair of the Defense Department’s Research and Development
Board, convenes a press briefing at the Pentagon and announces that
“Careful studies have been made [referring to the upcoming article in
Look]. I don’t believe anyone who has the opportunity to be informed and
to look into this thing believes there is a flying saucer as such. As
far as I know there is nothing to the flying saucers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History:
Volume 8, 1951, The
Author, 1983, pp. 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1634
Date: 2/14/1951
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: TWO CAPTAINS CAN'T GO ALONG WITH
LIDDEL'S BALLOON THEORY. Capr. J.E. Cocker and Capt. E. W.
Spradley of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, while tracking a large
weather balloon, saw an object hovering at 50 to 60 thousand feet. Flat
milky color made it resemble a dime. It gave three brilliant flashes and
then disappeared from sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_105
Date: 2/14/1951
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AF pilots spot flat, round, white object
hovering.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_71
Date: 2/14/1951
Location: ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 2 Air Force pilots watch large balloon.
Saucer / high altitude hovers. Going quickly northwest. / r78p159.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1884
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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "1351", HatchDesc: "ALAMOGORDO,NM:2 AF PILOTS WATCH LRG BALLOON:SCR/HI alt HVRS:>>NW:/r78p159", LatLong: "32.866668 -105.966672", LatLongDMS: "32:52:00 N 105:58:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/14/1951
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: Two Air Force pilots, while watching a
large balloon, saw a flat, round white object hovering at high altitude.
[III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_802
Date: 2/14/1951
Description: U.S. Air Force pilots Cocker and Spradley
saw a flat, round white UFO hovering as they were flying near
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Daniel Lang, The New Yorker, September 1952,
p. 6; Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p.
154, citing Fate, August 1951, p. 16; Richard M. Dolan, UFO's and the
National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p.
400
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_913
Date: 2/15/1951
Location: Sea of Japan (off coast of South Korea), At
Sea
Description: Radar tracking of unidentified target at
12,000 - 14,000 mph (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510215
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_803
Date: 2/16/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In the USA, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff approve the recommendation 51/1 of the PJBD
for an extension of the Permanent Radar Network, which requires an
extension and consolidation of the current control and alert system of
Canada and the United States into an operational system to meet the
defense needs of both countries. (February 16)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_884
Date: 2/19/1951
Location: AFRICA, Kilimandjaro (in flight)
Description: (Translated from French) (Source: Nicap)
Captain Jack Bicknell, the radio officer, D. W. Merrifield, of East
African Airways, and 9 passengers, saw while flying over Kilimandjaro, a
cigar-shaped object with vertical stripes, hovering for a long time,
before shooting off at a tremendous speed.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1516
Date: 2/19/1951
Location: Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa
Description: THIS ONE POSES 17 MINUTES FOR
PHOTOGRAPHS. Two pilots and nine passengers of a regular plane
flight from Nairobi to Mombasi, Africa, saw a huge cigar-shaped vessel,
at first quite stationary over the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, then as the
plane drew near, rising rapidly at an estimated 100 mph and disappearing
at 44,000 feet. The vessel was judged to be 200 feet long, brilliantly
polished except for four duller bars which ran vertically down its body.
It had a huge fin or paddle-rudder at the stern, no exhaust. It remained
in view for 17 minutes, long enough for three passengers to obtain
photographs of the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_106
Date: 2/19/1951
Location: San Diego Union
Description: MYSTERIOUS MISSILE ATTACKS NAVY
SHIP. The Navy reported today that one of its ships was
attacked recently off the western shore of Korea by a powerful
"mysterious" missile that kicked up a 100-foot column of water.
According to the report appearing in the Naval Aviation News,
the USS Gardiner's Bay was steaming through the channel off
Inchon when two "mysterious missiles, trailing long, white smoke
plumes", plunged from the sky and landed off the ship's port bow. "No
aircraft could be sighted by radar or visually overhead," the article
added, "although the ceiling was unlimited." Identification of the
missile remains a great mystery.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_107
Date: 2/19/1951
Time: 07:20
Location: MT. KILIMANJARO, KNYA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew and more/others.
Photographs. Huge bullet going up [to] and going east / 1K mph. /
r31p141+/ r242p123.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind,
editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1885
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Kenya", Credibility: "9", Duration: "18", HatchDesc: "Mt KILIMANJARO,KNYA:AL CREW++:FOTOS:HUGE BULLET ↑+>E/1K mph:/r31p141+/r242p123", LatLong: "-3.150000 37.300002", LatLongDMS: "03:09:00 S 37:18:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KMJ", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 2/19/1951
Location: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya, Africa
Description: Lodestar Crew Sees Stationary Silver
Elongated Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510219
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_804
Date: 2/19/1951
Location: Rodeo, NM
Description: Pilot saw a green flare [fireball?] pass
his plane. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_805
Date: 2/19/1951
Locations: Nairobi, Kenya; Mount Kilimanjaro in
Tanganyika [now Tanzania]
Description: 7:20 a.m. Capt. Jack Bicknell and Radio
Officer D. W. Merrifield are flying a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
aircraft out of Nairobi, Kenya, when they see a bright object hanging
motionless about 10,000 above Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika [now
Tanzania]. They watch it for 3 minutes, then tell the passengers about
it. Bicknell observes it through binoculars and sees a “metallic,
bullet-shaped object which must have been over 200 feet long.” It has a
vertical fin at one end, and at regular intervals along the fuselage are
vertical dark bands. It remains completely stationary for 17 minutes.
Two passengers take photos of it. Then it begins rising and moving
eastward, disappearing at 40,000 feet. It leaves no vapor trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Lodestar Crew
Sees Stationary Silver Elongated
Object”; “The
Flying Saucer: Captain Bicknell’s Own Story,” Nairobi \(Kenya\)
Sunday Post, February 25, 1951, p. 15; Center for UFO Studies, [case
documents]; UFOEv, p.
124; Sparks, p. 105; Patrick
Gross. “February
19, 1951, Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa”; Barry Greenwood, “Mt. Kilimanjaro,
Tanganyika, February 19, 1951: Photo
Located,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 16 (July 2015): 1–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1635
Date: 2/19/1951
Description: Aviation Week praises the upcoming article
in Look identifying UFOs as balloons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert H. Wood, “Saucers, Secrecy, and
Security,” Aviation Week 54 (February 19, 1951): 50, reprinted by Project
1947
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1636
Date: 2/19/1951
Description: Twelve witnesses flying in an airliner,
including two men name Bicknell and Merrifield, while flying near Mount
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania sighted a 200 foot long bullet shaped UFO at
7:20 a.m. At one end of the object was a square-cut, vertical fin. The
body of the craft was a dull silver cover, but at intervals along the
fuselage were dark vertical bands. The object hovered over Mount
Kilimanjaro for several minutes, then moved away fast towards the east
at an estimated speed of 1,000 km per hour. They took a photograph of
it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Nairobi Sun Post, February 25, 1951; Thomas
M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 9; J.
Bernard Delair, UFO Register, Volume 6 (1975), p. 36; Project Blue Book
files counted in official statistics; Cynthia Hind, UFO Afri-News,
January 1990
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_992
Date: 2/20/1951
Description: The Air Intelligence Training Bulletin
publishes a facetious news item on how to recognize flying saucers, but
implies they are all reflections.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Recognition of Flying
Saucers,” Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, February 20,
1951
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1637
Date: 2/21/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Durban (South
Africa), 3 men in a truck and various other people saw a dark red
object shaped like a torpedo with a darker center flying straight.
((February 21?) 4:55)
Reference: case Blue
Book #896 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_885
Date: 2/21/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Ladd (Alaska), USAF Sergeant J. B. Sells observed a grayish, metallic
object estimated to be 120 feet long and 10-12 feet thick. The object
was stationary, emitting smoke, and after 1-1:30 minutes it flew away.
(7:10am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #897, possibly February 25th
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_886
Date: 2/21/1951
Time: 04:50
Location: DURBAN, RSA
Description: 3 / truck and several others. Dark red
torpedo flies straight and level. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1886
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Republic of South Africa", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "DURBAN,RSA:3/TRUCK+SVRL OTHERS:DARK RED TORPEDO FLIES S/L:NFD", LatLong: "-29.783335 30.950001", LatLongDMS: "29:47:00 S 30:57:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KwaZulu-Natal", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/21/1951
Location: Durban, S. Africa
Description: Dark red, torpedo-shaped object with
darker center (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 896)
Reference: NICAP: 510221
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_806
Date: 2/21/1951
Time: 4:55 AM
Location: Durban, South Africa
Description: Witnesses: three men in a truck, several
other persons, none named. A dark red, torpedo-shaped object with darker
center, flew straight and level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_62
Date: 2/24/1951
Location: REDWOOD VALLEY, CA
Description: Flash fades to night light. Night light
circles / high speed. Heads going quickly south. Local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1887
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "216", HatchDesc: "REDWOOD VALLEY,CA:FLASH FADES TO NLT:NLT CIRCLES/HI SPEED:HEADS>>S:LOCAL NEWS", LatLong: "39.266669 -123.205561", LatLongDMS: "39:16:00 N 123:12:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/25/1951
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: BSRA’s “Gerald Light” associate reports
that he was attacked suffering injuries by a saucer, and his neighbor
and his neighbor's dog were also affected.
Type: ufological event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_432
Date: 2/25/1951
Locations: USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory in
Massachusetts; New Mexico; Los Alamos
Description: Project Twinkle head and chemist Anthony
O. Mirarchi at the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory in Massachusetts
tells the Associated Press that he thinks UFOs are not “just balloons”
(in response to Liddel’s
upcoming article\) and urges a full investigation of what could be
experiments by a “potential enemy of the United States.” He says that
UFO reports show “maneuvered motion” that are not characteristic of a
natural phenomenon. He says the “Navy report is erroneous. It lulls
people into a false sense of security.” He reminds the nation of the
critical installations in New Mexico, including Los Alamos, and argues
that they are a target of reconnaissance: “If they were launched by a
foreign power, then they could lead to a worse Pearl Harbor than we have
ever experienced.” He blasts the US government for a policy of “suicide
by secrecy.” The FBI and Air Force mull prosecuting Mirarchi for
violating AFR 205-1.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A.F. Scientist Warns
Saucers Major Threat,” Dayton \(Ohio\) Daily News, February 26,
1951, p. 1; “Scientist Fears
Flying Saucers Portend a Worse ‘Pearl Harbor,’” Oklahoma Daily
Oklahoman, February 26, 1951, p 1; Swords 119–120; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8, 1951, The
Author, 1983, pp. 18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1638
Date: 2/26/1951 (approximate)
Location: ALASKA, Ladd AFB
Description: (Translated from French) 7:10 a.m.
Witness: Sgt. J.B. Sells of the USAF. A dark grey metallic object,
estimated to be 120 feet long, 10-12 feet thick, flying, emitting puffs
of smoke before taking off after 1-1.5 minutes of observation. (1951,
February 26 (or 25?))
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1517
Date: 2/26/1951
Location: US
Description: Newsweek Magazine.
"SAUCERS? NO! SKYHOOKS!" SAYS BALLOONATIC FRINGE. Ever
since the summer of 1947, when an Idaho businessman spotted the first
flying saucer, excited people all over the country reported seeing the
flat shiny disks flashing across the sky. Three pilots died pursuing the
strange objects. So fantastic did the rumors and the resulting legend
become that "little men from Mars" were said to have landed in the
Mexican Desert in a spaceship, provoking the best seller Behind The
Flying Saucers by Frank Scully. Air Force officials were
understandably annoyed last week to find the Navy making front-page
headlines with a story long since buried in their files. Dr. Urner
Liddel, chief of nuclear-physics at the Office of Naval Research told
Look Magazine that the saucers were actually huge plastic
balloons carrying delicate instruments to study cosmic rays. Scully when
asked for comment consigned Dr. Liddel "to the balloonatic
fringe."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_108
Date: 2/26/1951
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Chicago Daily News.
SAUCERS MORE THAN JUST BALLOONS, SCIENTIST SAYS. Dr.
Anthony O. Mirachi, a former Air Force Scientist, brushed aside the idea
that flying saucers are just balloons and urged a full-scale
investigation. He said that as an assistant chief of a branch of the
geophysical research organization, he conducted an investigation and
recommended a considerable appropriation to press for the study of the
strange phenomena. When asked to comment an Air Force spokesman said "In
over 500 investigations, we have yet to find one concrete bit of
evidence to back up these flying saucers."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_110
Date: 2/26/1951
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Description: Syracuse Post-Standard
COPS, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY, SEE THIS ONE. A flying
saucer was seen west-northwest of Maquoketa, Iowa, dropping toward the
horizon. Chief operator at the state police radio station, off duty, and
the man on duty, Jim Wheeler, both saw it plainly. It hovered and seemed
to be orange or dull red. Then a second one, very bright white, came
from the north, slightly lower, and on nearing the first, came up to its
altitude. Both disappeared soon afterward.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_111
Date: 2/26/1951
Time: 07:10
Location: LADD AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #897. Observer(s) =
sells. 120' football over runway. Wobbles / 18K' altitude. Very fast
going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1888
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "167", HatchDesc: "LADD AFB,AK:BBK#897:OBS=SELLS:120'FTBALL ovr RUNWAY:WOBBLES/18K'alt:VFAST>>N", LatLong: "64.800003 -147.666674", LatLongDMS: "64:48:00 N 147:40:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5500", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/26/1951
Location: Ladd AFB, AK
Description: Oblong Object Hovers Over Runway (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 897)
Reference: NICAP: 510226
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_807
Date: 2/26/1951
Time: 7:10 AM
Location: Ladd AFB, Alaska
Description: Witness: USAF Sgt. J.B. Sells. One dull
grey, metallic object, estimated to be 120' long and 10-12' thick,
hovered, puffed smoke and sped away after 1-1.5 minutes. Note: may have
been Feb. 25.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_63
Date: 2/26/1951
Description: Ladd AFB, Alaska. At 7:10 a.m. USAF Sgt.
J. B. Sells watched a dull gray metallic object, estimated to be 120
feet long and 10-12 feet thick. The UFO hovered, puffed smoke, and sped
away after about 90 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1126
Date: 2/27/1951
Description: Physicist Urner
Liddel, Office
of Naval Research, says in a Look magazine article that there is not a
single reliable UFO report that is not attributable to the cosmic
[Skyhook] balloons. The article is based on Liddel’s study in ONR’s
Research Reviews in March. He claims to have studied “hundreds” of
sightings in detail (probably from Project Grudge). As for UFOs sighted
by Skyhook scientists themselves, he discounts them because these
technicians are not aware of mirages and internal reflections in optical
devices.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard Wilson, “A Nuclear Physicist Exposes
Flying Saucers,” Look, February 27, 1951, pp. 60–64; Swords 117–118;
Urner Liddel, “Bogies
at Angels 100,” Research Reviews, March 1951, pp. 1–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1639
Date: 2/27/1951
Description: Office of Naval Research physicist Urner
Liddel states in a public magazine article that all UAP reports are
mirages or balloons. He says trained observers are being fooled.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_26
Date: 2/27/1951
Description: AEC Project Twinkle head
Anthony O. Mirarchi tells the Associated Press that Urner Liddel and ONR
are purposefully misleading people and true UAP are not balloons and not
natural phenomena. Mirarchi states UAP show “maneuvered motion” and says
ignorance of them could lead to a “worse Pearl Harbor than we have ever
experienced.” The FBI and USAF consider prosecuting Mirarchi for
violating AFR 205-1.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_27
Date: 3/1951
Location: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Bangui
Description: (Translated from French) One night, around
4 o'clock in the morning, three officers of the military aviation were
on the field of the base of Bangui in ex A.E.F. The moon shone in a very
clear sky. Suddenly "at a distance impossible to appreciate, but
relatively low, appeared towards the southwest an luminous object
(double of Venus in its fullness approximately) which approached
quickly. Enormous speed, total silence: we first thought that it was a
shooting star. Arrived by the traverse of Bangui exactly to the west of
the base, the object slowed down strongly, made a hook of 90 degrees
approximately, then accelerated very clearly and moved away, to
disappear in the distance three to four minutes after the turn. All the
trajectory was apparently made at the same altitude, in five minutes
approximately. It was impossible to distinguish the outlines of the
object, which seemed very big and of a weak luminosity."
Reference: "Lights on the Flying Saucers" - Aimé
Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 136
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1522
Date: 3/1951
Time: 04:00
Location: BANGUI, FR. EQT.AFR
Description: White fireball buzzes Air Force Base. Fast
and silent. Stops. 90° turn and away. / r135p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1889
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Congo states", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "BANGUI,Fr.Eqt.AFR:WHT FBL BUZZES AFB:FAST+SLNT:STOPS:90°TURN+AWAY:/r135p16", LatLong: "4.366667 18.583334", LatLongDMS: "04:22:00 N 18:35:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "FEA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/1951 (approximate)
Time: 23:30
Location: 125MI SOUTHEAST / CAPE MAY, NJ
Description: New Navy RADAR. Blip going quickly west /
3Kmph. Stops. Going up / 150mi altitude. / r210v30#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of
the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977.
(Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1890
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "7", Duration: "35", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "125mi SE/CAPE MAY,NJ:NEW NAVY RDR:BLIP >>W/3Kmph:STOPS:↑/150mi ALT:/r210v30#7", LatLong: "34.750002 -72.500003", LatLongDMS: "34:45:00 N 72:30:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NAT", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/1951
Location: Off Cape May, NJ
Description: U.S.S. Dyess Tracks Object at 3,000 MPH
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 510300
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_808
Date: 3/1951
Locations: Suffolk County, Virginia; Nansemond County;
Turlington Road; Jackson Road
Description: A ghost light is seen in Suffolk County,
Virginia, and investigated by Nansemond County Deputy Sheriff Hurley
Jones, who
sees the light three times. It looks like a car headlight 5 feet off the
ground, three times. Jeston Reid said his father had seen the light in
the 1870s. The location is apparently either Turlington Road or Jackson
Road [they intersect] south of Suffolk, since locals say the old
railroad along the Jackson and Whaleyville logging road used to run down
that way, and the light has also been compared to a locomotive
headlight. Some 200 people have been gathering along the road, hoping to
catch a glimpse.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery
Light Is a Puzzle in Nansemond,” Richmond \(Va.) Times-Dispatch,
March 6, 1951, p. 2; “Nansemond’s
Mystery Light Is Nothing New to Old- Timers,”
Richmond \(Va.) Times-Dispatch, March 7, 1951, p. 2; “Mysterious
Suffolk Light Has Deputy Believing in
Ghosts,” Statesville \(N.C.) Daily Record, March 8, 1951, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1640
Date: 3/1951
Locations: Cape May, New Jersey; Nantucket Island,
Massachusetts
Description: 11:30 p.m. Operations Officer Robert Wood
is aboard the USS
Dyess approximately 125 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey,
when he picks up a radar target coming in from due east at a speed of
98–104 mph and an altitude of 3,000–4,000 feet. It stops and hovers
about 30 miles away. Wood notifies the bridge, and the captain orders
the ship to change course toward the object. About 30 minutes later, the
UFO suddenly takes off toward the north at 3,000 mph, getting to within
35–40 miles south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, before it zooms
straight up. Altitude-determining radar tracks the object to 100 miles
altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “March, 1951:
Approximately 125 Miles SE of Cape May,
N.J.,” Project 1947 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1641
Date: Early Spring 1951
Location: AUSTRALIA, East Port Macquarie, New South
Wales
Description: (Translated from French) (so September
October) At 10pm three teenagers were riding their bicycles when they
saw at a distance of 20 meters a vaporous human figure, about 180 cm
tall, dressed in a robe and floating above the ground. One of the boys
felt a vague communication, but all three of them fled from the scene.
(1951, Early spring)
Reference: UFOIC - Keith Basterfield
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1553
Date: Early Spring 1951
Location: Cheorwon, South Korea
Description: Dusk. US Army Pfc. Francis
P. Wall is on maneuvers with the 27th Infantry Regiment near
Cheorwon, South Korea, when he sees an orange light like a
jack-o-lantern coming down a mountain. Artillery airbursts do not seem
to harm it. As it approaches, it turns into a brilliant blue-green disc
pulsating with light. Wall asks permission to shoot and fires a round
from his M-1 rifle at it. The object starts moving erratically from side
to side, flashes on and off, and makes an engine-like noise. It sweeps
the soldiers with a beam of light, and they feel a burning and tingling
sensation. They retreat to their bunkers and continue to watch the
object, which is still lighting up the area, and then it shoots away at
a 45° angle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, pp. 18–27;
Richard F. Haines, “GI Fires on UFO in Korea,” IUR 15, no. 6 (Nov./Dec.
1990): 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1644
Date: 3/5/1951
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:30 PM,
George Adamski finally, after 5 years of observation, took a photo of a
"large" flying saucer with a makeshift camera on his telescope. The
photo of the "saucer" showed a craft resembling a twin to the lid of a
soda dispenser...
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1518
Date: 3/5/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Photograph
(below) of George
Adamski at Palomar Terraces (California). Adamski claims it is a
mothership. (March 5)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_887
Date: 3/8/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
3.1km (Blossom 8 — Three explosions at 15.5; 18.5 and 19.5s destroying
tail section)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_433
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 3.1km
Date: 3/8/1951
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:16 PM,
launch of V2 #57, Operation Blossom, altitude 3 km, 13620 kg,
explosion
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1519
Date: 3/9/1951
Location: Tsushima Island (about 20 miles SE of),
Japan
Description: Radar tracking of unidentified target at
3,350 mph (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510309
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_809
Date: 3/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Chinnampo
(Korea), the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber, including the scanner operators
or the tail gunner, saw a large red-yellow light burst and become
blue-white. (9:51)
Reference: case Blue
Book unexplained, no other information in the archives
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_888
Date: 3/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The US Army Air
Defense Command takes command of all air defense forces assigned to air
defense for the first time.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_889
Date: 3/10/1951
Time: 09:50
Location: 42 MI SOUTHWEST / CHINNAMPO, KOREA
Description: 9+observer(s). 2' orange fireball buzzes
B29. Flashes blue-white and shoots by.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1891
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "42mi SW/CHINNAMPO,KOREA:9+OBS:2'ORG FBL BUZZES B29:FLASHES BLU-WHT+SHOOTS BY", LatLong: "38.750002 125.394450", LatLongDMS: "38:45:00 N 125:23:40 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NMP", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/10/1951
Location: Chinnampo, Korea
Description: Large red-yellow glow burst and become
blue-white (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_810
Date: 3/10/1951
Time: 9:51 AM
Location: Chinnampo, Korea
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF B-29 bomber,
including scanners and tail gunner. A large red-yellow glow burst and
became blue-white. No further information in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_64
Date: 3/10/1951
Location: Puerto Rico
Description: Captain Matthew A. Van Winkle of Pan
American Airlines was forced off his course by a “green circular object
UFO,” which was witnessed by other pilots in the vicinity also. Due to
his sudden maneuver, some of the plane passengers were
hospitalized.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_52
Date: 3/12/1951
Time: 16:00
Location: CORCELLES, NEUCHATEL, SWZ
Description: Professor and 300. Saucer / spurts /
speed. Flips over and maneuvers. Going up / extreme
speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1892
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Switzerland", Credibility: "12", Duration: "15", HatchDesc: "CORCELLES,NEUCHATEL,SWZ:PROF+300:SCR/SPURTS/SPEED:FLIPS OVR+MNVRS:↑/XTREME SPD", LatLong: "46.983336 6.866667", LatLongDMS: "46:59:00 N 06:52:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vaud", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/13/1951
Location: USA, McClellan AFB, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:20 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF 1st Lt. B.J. Hastie and Mrs. Rafferty. A cylinder with
tail fins, 200 feet long, 90 feet wide, turned north and flew at
incredible speed. Two minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1520
Date: 3/13/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in MacClellan (California), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF B. J. Hastie
and Mrs. Rafferty observed for 2 minutes a cylinder with tails, 200 feet
long and 90 feet wide, turning north and flying at an incredible speed.
(March 13, 2:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #907 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_890
Date: 3/13/1951
Time: 15:20
Location: MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Blue Book. 2 observer(s). 200'
cylinder/cylindrical object with twin tails. Turns going quickly north.
Incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1893
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "23", HatchDesc: "McCLELLAN AFB,CA:BBK:2 OBS:200'CYL W/TWIN TAILS:TURNS>>N:INCREDIBLE SPEED", LatLong: "38.700002 -121.333339", LatLongDMS: "38:42:00 N 121:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/13/1951
Location: McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA
Description: Cylinder With Twin Trails (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 907)
Reference: NICAP: 510313
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_811
Date: 3/13/1951
Time: 3:20 PM
Location: McClellan AFB, California
Description: Witnesses: USAF lst Lt. B.J. Hastie, Mrs.
Rafferty. A cylinder with twin tails, 200' long and 90' wide, turned
north and flew at incredible speed. Two minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_65
Date: 3/13/1951
Description: At 3:15 p.m. a 200 foot long cylinder with
twin tails was sighted over McClellan AFB in Sacramento County,
California. It made a turn to the north and flew off at an incredible
speed. A Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case 907
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1447
Date: 3/14/1951
Time: 15:00
Location: EAST / HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 9 aero-engineers. 12+white objects swirl
randomly. Then shoot going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1894
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "1230", HatchDesc: "E/HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:9 AERO-ENGINEERS:12+ WHT OBJs SWIRL RANDOMLY:THEN SHOOT >>N", LatLong: "32.833335 -106.050005", LatLongDMS: "32:50:00 N 106:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/14/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: A group of nine Bell Aircraft engineers
are flying at 15,000 feet in a B-50 Superfortress near Holloman AFB, New
Mexico, during a test of a secret Bell aircraft. They spot a group of
unknown objects flying in a confusing “swirl” that breaks into a
V-formation and back to a “swirl,” then a V again. The objects are
slightly higher than the aircraft and seem to be moving at high
velocity. The engineers insist the objects are not geese, which actually
can fly this high. (This may be the same incident as the August 30,
1950, case at Holloman.)
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8, 1951, The
Author, 1983, pp. 21–22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1642
Date: 3/14/1951
Description: Nine aeronautical engineers at Holloman
Air Force Base, New Mexico watched at least 12 white objects swirl
around randomly in the sky, and then shoot off to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p.
21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1474
Date: 3/15/1951
Location: INDIA New Delhi
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:20 a.m.
(local time), thousands of people were witnesses to an astonishing
apparition: a "flying cigar" traversing the sky of India. George
Franklin Floate, chief engineer of the Delhi Flying Club and several
members of the club, observed with interest the strange phenomenon which
lasted 20 minutes. - This craft, explained Mr. Floate, had the shape of
a metallic cigar 100 feet long (about thirty meters), with a ring of
flames at its tail. It emitted a thick white exhaust and reflected the
rays of the sun. (This was confirmed by all the witnesses interviewed
and undeniably proves the metallic and material nature of the craft)
(note from vog: yes? too easy deduction, that proves nothing at all).
"It moved silently at an altitude of 5000 feet (about 1500 meters) and
at a maximum speed of 2000 miles/h (3200 km/h)." Two jet fighters of the
Indian Air Force were ordered to take off and approach the singular
vehicle, but it made a leap at their approach, up to 20,000 feet (6000
meters) and then suddenly disappeared. "It was there," Floate noted,
"and a second later it had vanished, evaporated into the sky!" The
fighters returned empty-handed to their base. That same night, the
object reappeared in Allahabad (about 650 km from Delhi). It was seen by
Mr. Y.R. Bahn Darkar, instructor of the local flying club. (Jimmy GIEU:
"The UFOs Come from Another World" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Omnium Littéraire
1972 p.36) New Delhi, India. 10:20 a.m. Witnesses: 25 members of a
flying club, including the chief aerial engineer and his two assistants.
One metallic cigar-shaped object with white exhaust which turned black
when it accelerated to an estimated 1,000 m.p.h. and made a large loop.
Seven minutes. (March 15, 1951)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1521
Date: 3/15/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In New Delhi
(India), 25 members of an aeronautical club, including the chief
aeronautical engineer and his two assistants, observed for 7 minutes a
metallic object in the shape of a cigar with a white exhaust that became
black when it accelerated to an estimated speed of 1000 miles/h. It then
made a large loop. (March 15, 10:20)
Reference: case Blue
Book #908 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_891
Date: 3/15/1951
Time: 09:50
Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #908. 25
observer(s). 100' metal cylinder/cigar-shape. Exhaust going quickly [to]
black / acceleration. Going southwest. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1895
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "India", Credibility: "11", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "NEW DELHI,INDIA:BBK#908:25 OBS:100'MTL CGR:EXHAUST>>BLK/ACCEL:>SW: VANISHES!", LatLong: "28.633335 77.200004", LatLongDMS: "28:38:00 N 77:12:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PJB", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/15/1951
Time: 10:20?
Location: ALLAHABAD, INDIA
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape leaves queer
fluorescent trail. Similar to new Delhi object.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1896
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "India", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "ALLAHABAD,INDIA:CGR LEAVES QUEER FLUORESCENT TRAIL:similar to NEW DELHI OBJ", LatLong: "25.338890 81.883337", LatLongDMS: "25:20:20 N 81:53:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "UTP", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/15/1951
Location: New Delhi, India
Description: 20+ Top Shelf Witnesses / Metallic Cigar
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 908)
Reference: NICAP: 510315
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_812
Date: 3/15/1951
Time: 10:20 AM
Location: New Delhi, India
Description: Witnesses: 25 members of a flying club,
including the chief aerial engineer and his two assistants. One metallic
cigar-shaped object with white exhaust which turned black when it
accelerated to an estimated 1,000 m.p.h. and made a large loop. Seven
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_66
Date: 3/15/1951
Location: New Delhi, India
Description: 10:20 a.m. George F. Floate, chief
engineer of the Delhi Flying Club, and two assistants observe a swirly
white cloud moving from north to south at about 4,000 feet altitude near
the club’s hanger in New Delhi, India. The cloud is about 700 feet in
length. At the end of it a bullet-shaped object appears, approximately
100 feet long and as big around as a C-47 fuselage. The witnesses shout
out, and 17–20 people rush out of the hanger and see the object. It
heads south for about 3 minutes where it makes an apparent loop, coming
back over the field. At the top of the loop it is out of sight, but it
is seen again in its dive. After recovering straight and level flight,
the UFO proceeds to the southwest until it is lost to sight. Its speed
is estimated at three times greater than the cruising speed of a British
Vampire jet. The total duration is about 7 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “20+ Top Shelf
Witnesses / Metallic
Cigar”; Sparks, p.
106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1643
Date: 3/15/1951
Description: Three men saw a one hundred foot long
metallic cigar-shaped object over the city of New Delhi, India at 9:50
a.m. It gave off a black exhaust when it accelerated. The UFO flew
toward the southwest and then vanished from sight. It was visible for
over seven minutes. A Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force files counted in official
statistics, case #908
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1522
Date: 3/18/1951
Location: New Delhi, India
Description: INDIA PILOT SEES CIGAR-SHAPED
SAUCER. AP -- O.B. Varma, a pilot in the Delhi Flying Club,
told of seeing a cigar-shaped saucer 100 feet long skimming overhead "at
the terrible speed of nearly 2,000 mph." "It was nearly 5,000 feet up,"
Varma said, "and made no sound." Varma mentioned 20 fellow Indian pilots
also noticed the sudden appearance of a white streak approaching from
the north headed by a cigar-shaped projectile. The object went in a
straight line, he said, then began making loops and disappeared in a
southwesterly direction.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_113
Date: 3/21/1951
Time: 18:50
Location: EL MOUIDZINE, MAROC
Description: 3 observer(s) / 15 second(s). Moon-size
saucer going quickly west. Very sharp turn / horizon. Luminous
trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: GUIEU, Jimmy: Les Soucoupes Volantes
vient de un Autre Monde: pg 48. [from 2 scanned pages]
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1897
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Morocco", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "El MOUIDZINE,MAROC:3 OBS/15sec:MOONSIZE SCR >>W:VSHARP TURN/HRZN:LUMn.TRAIL", LatLong: "34.294446 -6.416667", LatLongDMS: "34:17:40 N 06:25:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KNT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/24/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Project Twinkle Photographed UFO (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510324
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_813
Date: 3/26/1951 (approximate)
Location: TERRE HAUTE, IN
Description: News. Many observer(s). Silver saucer
passes over airport. Wind direction differs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1898
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", Elev: "151", HatchDesc: "TERRE HAUTE,IN:NEWS:MANY OBS:SLVR SCR PASSES OVR AIRPORT:WIND DIR. DIFFERS", LatLong: "39.472224 -87.416671", LatLongDMS: "39:28:20 N 87:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1951
Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
Description: Same observer(s). Same craft parks / sky /
20 minute(s). Vanishes in sight again!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1899
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "India", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", HatchDesc: "NEW DELHI,INDIA:SAME OBS:SAME CRAFT PARKS/SKY/20min:VANISHES IN SIGHT AGAIN!", LatLong: "28.633335 77.183337", LatLongDMS: "28:38:00 N 77:11:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HRY", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/1951
Location: AUSTRALIA, Woomera
Description: (Translated from French) The British
Minister of Supply, Duncan Sandys, announced that automatic and remotely
guided rockets had been developed. They were characterized by five times
greater maneuverability than fighter planes, speeds greater than 3,500
km/h and the possibility of reaching altitudes far beyond those of
bombers. More than one hundred British firms were involved in the
project. The known factories working on remotely guided projectiles in
Great Britain (Bristol, De Haviland, Armstrong-Siddeley,
Armstrong-Worthworth, Fairy, Vickers, English Electric, Napier) and
important test stations at Farnborough and Aberporth (England) existed,
but the largest test field was at Woomera in Australia, where tests had
been carried out since 1947 and where, in 1951, 3,000 people were
employed. (April 1951)
Reference: "The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future" - Hans
K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, pp. 121, 122
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1523
Date: 4/1951
Time: ~07:00
Location: FAYETTE CO, GA
Description: Private pilot. Silver white disk.
Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Compass spins etc. Object vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1900
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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "FAYETTE co,GA:Pvt PILOT:SLVR WHT DISK:EME:COMPASS SPINS etc.:OBJ VANISHES!", LatLong: "33.416668 -84.500004", LatLongDMS: "33:25:00 N 84:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/1951 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: CHORWON, KOREA
Description: Domed saucer / low altitude hit / M1
rounds. 1 observer has missing time later. Object quickly going up [to]
and going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1901
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "25", HatchDesc: "CHORWON,KOREA:DOMED SCR/LO ALT HIT/M1 ROUNDS:1 OBS HAS MST LATER:OBJ↑↑+>>W", LatLong: "38.266668 127.200006", LatLongDMS: "38:16:00 N 127:12:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CHR", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/1951
Location: E. coast of Korea, Korea
Description: U.S.S. Princeton Tracks Fast-Moving
Targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 510400
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_815
Date: 4/4/1951
Description: The Truman administration forms the
Psychological Strategy Board to coordinate and plan for psychological
operations. The board is composed of the Under Secretary of State, the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Director of Central Intelligence,
or their designated representatives. The board’s first director is Gordon
Gray, later
National Security Advisor during the Eisenhower administration. The
board is created in response to the growth of Office of Policy
Coordination covert activities during the Korean War. The PSB is tasked
with creating propaganda that will subconsciously turn people away from
communism and toward democracy. It is abolished in 1953.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Psychological
Strategy Board” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1645
Date: 4/7/1951
Time: 17:33:57.8
Location: 11.55234 162.34648
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Dog” Yield: 81KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_13
Extra Data: LatLong: "11.55234 162.34648", LatLongDMS: "11:33:08 N 162:20:47 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "Dog", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "81"
Date: 4/7/1951
Locations: Arctic; Everywhere
Description: Howard Hawks’s
film The Thing from Another World opens, starring Margaret
Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey,
and James
Arness, about a
crashed flying saucer found in the Arctic. It ends with the haunting
lines by Douglas Spencer: “Watch the
skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Watch the skies!”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Internet Movie Database, “The Thing from Another World”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1646
Date: 4/11/1951
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 2 scientists / plane and ground
theodolite. 2 very fast cigars. 1 going quickly east. / r107p226.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1902
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "245", HatchDesc: "MINNEAPOLIS,MN:2 SCIENTISTS/PLANE+GND THEODOLITE:2 VFAST CGRS:1>>E:/r107p226", LatLong: "44.966669 -93.266671", LatLongDMS: "44:58:00 N 93:16:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/11/1951
Description: Air Defense Command issues a memo on
“Unconventional Aircraft” to all USAF facilities, encouraging them to
report sightings in a timely manner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8, 1951, The Author, 1983, pp. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1647
Date: 4/12/1951
Location: NEAR MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: 9 military observer(s) and more. Extremely
fast object going northeast. Maneuvers. Bursts / light. Shoots quickly
going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1903
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), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "nr MCCHORD AFB,WA:9 MIL OBS+:XFAST OBJ >NE:MNVRS:BURSTS/LITE:SHOOTS ↑↑", LatLong: "47.183336 -122.466673", LatLongDMS: "47:11:00 N 122:28:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/14/1951
Location: Yellow Sea, At Sea
Description: Radar tracking of unidentified target at
3,755 mph. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510414
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_816
Date: 4/17/1951
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Project Grudge’s Col. Harold
E. Watson notes that JANAP 146 has no provision for UFO reports to
be sent to Wright-Patterson AFB under the CIRVIS system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1648
Date: 4/18/1951
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the
first Aerobee rocket containing a monkey. The parachute does not
function.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1524
Date: 4/20/1951
Time: 17:27:00.1
Location: 11.6689 162.2403
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Easy” Yield: 47KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_14
Extra Data: LatLong: "11.6689 162.2403", LatLongDMS: "11:40:08 N 162:14:25 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "Easy", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "47"
Date: 4/21/1951
Locations: Enewetak Atoll; Marshall Islands; Bogullua
Island
Description: Drones are again used in the series of
thermonuclear tests designated Operation Greenhouse at Enewetak Atoll in
the Marshall Islands. During the Easy detonation, two T-33 drones are
lost. One receives heavy damage from the shock wave, loses control, and
crashes; the other refuses to respond to control signals and crashes on
uninhabited Bogullua Island. The Air Force concludes that unmanned
samplers are unreliable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: M/Sgt Leland B. Taylor, History of Air
Force Atomic Cloud Sampling, US Special
Weapons Center, January 1963, pp. 34–37; Jacobsen, Area 51, p.
225
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1649
Date: 4/23/1951
Locations: USAF Director of Intelligence; AMC at
Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Col. Harold
E. Watson writes a memo to the USAF Director of Intelligence,
explaining his view that “little if any results” have been obtained from
Project Grudge other than the objects are not from a foreign power. But
since there is still dome doubt, all reports should be forwarded to AMC
at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio .
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1650
Date: 4/27/1951
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “The Thing from
Another World” is released
Type: movie
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_434
Date: 5/1951
Location: PHILIPPINES, Manila
Description: (Translated from French) Case of Clarita
Villanueva attacked by "inter-dimensional" entities. Witnesses: Doctor
of Medicine Marianna Lana, Mayor Arsenio Lascon, two policemen, a judge,
several journalists and others. It was a stormy evening in May 1951 and
the police were expecting trouble. A storm was forecast and there was
tension in the air. The patrol car received a message that there was a
crowd in front of one of the bars along the beach. They went there and
as the car stopped, they heard a piercing scream. They forced their way
through to see a young woman rolling on the ground screaming: "Help!
Catch him! Help me. I'm in too much pain, help!" But no one could do
anything since the young woman was alone on the ground in the middle of
a circle of onlookers. To their amazement they saw marks of bloody bites
appearing on the young woman's neck and arms. Finally, they took the
young woman, handcuffed her, took her away and brought her to the
station. Put in a cell, she cried all day "Please, get him away. I can't
take it anymore. Catch him... He's biting me, I'm going to die." So the
police called a doctor, suspecting Clarita Villaneuva of being drunk or
drugged. Dr. Marianna Lara, took a look and declared peremptorily: "She
is in an epileptic seizure." She was taken back to the cell, despite her
pleas not to be left alone. A few minutes later a terrible scream
brought the two policemen back. "This thing is back, it passed through
the walls. It has huge eyes and wears a cape. This thing can fly at
mid-height!" To make sure, the policemen entered the cell, but saw
absolutely nothing. While trying to calm the young woman, they noticed
that the marks of bites were increasing on Clarita's arms. The police
then called the mayor and recalled the doctor. When they were there,
they all agreed that the young woman could not inflict these bites on
herself, for example on her shoulders and in the middle of her back...
Finally everything calmed down, the young woman fell asleep. The next
day she had to appear before the judge, accused of "vagrancy" (note of
vog: ???) But, at the time of appearing, she was screaming that "the
thing was back". Everyone could see marks of bites appearing. The attack
lasted five terrifying minutes before Clarita fainted. Half an hour
later Mayor Arsenio Lascon was on the spot, spoke to the victim and in
view of her swollen and bite-covered state, asked for an ambulance to
take her to the hospital. He and Dr. Lara accompanied the unfortunate
one. But in the ambulance the attack started again: this time "there
were two identical creatures" biting her while the mayor and the doctor
watched helplessly the appearance of the horrible wounds, on her throat
and on her hands. The journey lasted fifteen minutes and Mayor Lacson
has several times admitted later that it was the longest quarter of an
hour of his life. Very strangely, once the young woman was admitted to
the hospital, nothing bad happened anymore. She was of course kept day
and night. She left six weeks later, healed, but covered with scars. "We
will never know what happened to Clarita," said Dr. Lara. Years later
all the scars were still visible.
Reference: A Look Through Secret Doors By John Mackim,
1969, Ace Publishing
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1527
Date: 5/1951 (approximate)
Location: OFF EAST KOREA
Description: April and May. US Princeton and PHL sea.
Many RADAR report(s). To 1200mph. 1 splits going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1904
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "11", Duration: "248", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off E.KOREA:APR+MAY:US PRINCETON+PHL SEA:MANY RDR RPTS:TO 1200mph:1 SPLITS >>N", LatLong: "36.200002 130.033340", LatLongDMS: "36:12:00 N 130:02:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/1951
Time: 16:00
Location: EAST / CHINHOYI, RHOD
Description: 3+many. Silent 20M metallic saucer going
south / 500M altitude. Stops. Turns going quickly west going up [to] and
away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind,
editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1905
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: "Zimbabwe & Zambia", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "E/CHINHOYI,RHOD:3+MANY:SLNT 20M MTLC SCR > S/500M alt:STOPS:TURNS >>W ↑+AWAY", LatLong: "-17.333334 30.633335", LatLongDMS: "17:20:00 S 30:38:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ZIM", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/8/1951
Time: 20:30:00.7
Location: 11.6269 162.3147
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “George” Yield: 225KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_15
Extra Data: LatLong: "11.6269 162.3147", LatLongDMS: "11:37:37 N 162:18:53 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.06", NukeName: "George", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "225"
Date: 5/12/1951
Location: SWITZERLAND Neuchâtel
Description: (Translated from French) On Monday, May
12th at 4 o'clock, several hundred people gathered on the quays of
Corcelles, in Neufchâtel, observed the mysterious appearance in the sky,
at a very high altitude, of a shining object propelling itself in sudden
bursts and leaving a white trail in its wake. The phenomenon, very
visible to the naked eye, lasted for a quarter of an hour. After that,
the craft described a half-circle in space and overturned, presenting to
the eyes the classic shape of a perfectly round flying saucer. Then, in
a fraction of a second, it shot up vertically into the sky at a
prodigious speed and disappeared. This was not a collective
hallucination: among the hundreds of testimonies is that of Swiss
professor Alfred Lombard.
Reference: Charles GARREAU: "Alerte dans le ciel: le
dossier des enlèvements" ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.45
Reference: Jimmy GIEU: "Les S.V. viennent d'un autre
monde" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 37
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1525
Date: 5/15/1951
Location: AUSTRIA, Salzburg
Description: (Translated from French) An American
soldier of the occupation army in Austria, was returning home by bicycle
on a shortcut at around 11pm. From a thicket, a small figure emerged
pointing a thin object the size of a pencil at him. The soldier heard a
clicking sound, felt paralyzed and thought he was going to fall. The
being approached and attached a black plate to his chest. Immediately
the witness felt as if he was no longer subject to gravity. The being
dragged him towards a large round mass about fifty meters in diameter,
which was resting in a field, and he felt pushed inside through the door
that had just opened. He found himself in a place with transparent
walls: he could see the landscape and the stars. The structure rose into
the air, the being went into another room without paying attention to
his prisoner, who was able to examine him: he was bald, wearing silver
tights, with an oversized forehead, immense faceted eyes, nose and ears
reduced to mere openings, and very long hands. The vessel flew so close
to the moon that the witness could see its craters. Then it set a course
for another planet covered with red fields, rivers and bridges and
landed vertically on a platform overlooking a vast parking lot where
hundreds of other gray, golden and silver vessels were already parked.
The pilot descended and spoke with the navigator of another craft. The
witness noticed men, women and children captured like him. A few moments
later the pilot returned to the vessel and flew back to Earth at
lightning speed. The soldier was dropped off near the place where he had
been taken, and the pilot pointed the thin instrument at him again. It
was midnight twenty. The witness felt sick but did not dare to tell his
wife about his adventure. (Marie Thérèse de BROSSES: Enquête sur les
enlèvements E.T." - Plon, 1995, p. 41 and 42) but also in:
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: «Les Humanoïdes…» - éd.
Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.85 to 94
Reference: …
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1526
Date: 5/19/1951
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Description: IOWA HAS A FIELD DAY.
Rev. Milton Nothdurft, pastor of the First Methodist Church of
Maquoketa, Iowa, reported that two saucers were seen this day from 10:20
to 10:45 p.m. The next night, an operator of the state police radio
reported another saucer in approximately the same area. Station WMT at
Cedar Rapids reported that two saucers took off in a blinding flash on
May 22 in broad daylight near Coggin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_114
Date: 5/20/1951
Location: International Falls, Minnesota
Description: STRANGE OBJECT SEEN IN MINNESOTA
SKY. UP -- A strange object that looked like a crystal ball
darted about the sky over Rainy Lake "just like a hummingbird,"
residents of the area reported today. Witnesses said the object streaked
across the eastern end of the lake with a tremendous burst of speed,
stopped suddenly, and hung apparently motionless in the sky for several
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_112
Date: 5/20/1951
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Description: SWEETER, NEW TO SAUCERS, DUMMIES
UP. Officer Sweeter, on duty at the state police radio station,
saw a moving light, west-northwest, but being a newcomer among saucer
enthusiasts, hesitated to say anything more.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_115
Date: 5/21/1951
Locations: Wright-Patterson; Pentagon
Description: Wright-Patterson’s Technical Intelligence
Department (T-2) becomes the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC)
and is assigned to the Directorate of Intelligence in the Pentagon.
Project Grudge goes along with it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 12; Clark III
936
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1651
Date: 5/22/1951
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Description: STUDENTS SPOT ONE TAKE
OFF. High school students reported seeing a saucer "take off"
in a blinding flash of speed near Coggan, Iowa, north of Cedar Rapids,
and west-northwest of Maquoketa.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_116
Date: 5/22/1951
Location: RAINY LAKE, MN
Description: 50 observer(s). Crystal ball maneuvers.
Hovers. Shoots going up / cloud. Joined / 2nd similar.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1906
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "15", Elev: "340", HatchDesc: "RAINY LAKE,MN:50 OBS:CRYSTAL BALL MNVRS:HVRS:SHOOTS↑/CLOUD:JOINED/2nd SIMILAR", LatLong: "48.627780 -93.000004", LatLongDMS: "48:37:40 N 93:00:00 W", Locale: "Wetlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/22/1951
Time: 02:50
Location: OVER DODGE CITY, KS
Description: AAL pilot buzzed / odd blue night light.
500 going [to] 2000MPH. Going quickly southwest. / r242p34 / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1907
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "20", Elev: "791", HatchDesc: "ovr DODGE CITY,KS:AAL PILOT BUZZED/ODD BLUE NLT:500>2000MPH:>>SW:/r242p34/r150", LatLong: "37.750002 -100.000005", LatLongDMS: "37:45:00 N 100:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/22/1951
Location: Dodge City (near), KS
Description: Hunt Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_817
Date: 5/22/1951
Locations: American Airlines; Dodge City, Kansas
Description: 3:20 a.m. American Airlines pilot Capt. W.
R. Hunt observes a blue-white, star-like object gyrating around the
airplane at 21,000 feet for 20 minutes about 100 miles southwest of
Dodge City, Kansas. It moves backward and forward, then up and down,
then dives below the plane and speeds away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious
Bright Light ‘Plays Tag’ with
Airliner over Kansas,” Iola \(Kan.) Register, May 22, 1951, p. 1;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8,
1951, The
Author, 1983, p. 26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1652
Date: 5/22/1951
Description: A bluish-white object circled around and
paced an American Airlines flight 100 miles southwest of Dodge City,
Kansas at 3:20 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3031
Date: 5/23/1951
Location: South of Dodge City, US
Description: Kansas City Times, Missouri.
PILOT SEES 'STAR' GO THROUGH GYRATIONS. AP - An
American Airlines pilot said today he saw what appeared to be a
bluish-white star moving back and forth at high speed in the Southwest
today. Captain W.R. Hunt said he saw the object about 100 miles south of
Dodge City. The object traveled at speeds from 500 to 1000 m.p.h. and
after playing tag with the airplane, descended to four or three thousand
feet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_117
Date: 5/23/1951
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Description: RADIO COMMENTATOR CHECKS SIGHTINGS
IN IOWA. A letter brought Bill Roberta of WMT, Cedar Rapids,
new bureau, on a 60-mile drive on the 23rd to investigate sightings at
Maquoketa. He had kept a record of the stories since 1947. He mentioned
that the mysterious phenomena had been seen by quite a few people on a
lake near International Falls, Minnesota, and that a pilot in Kansas
City had also reported a strange moving light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_118
Date: 5/23/1951
Time: 03:20
Location: SOUTH / GRAND RAPIDS, MN
Description: AA liner. Night light 500-1000mph. Hovers
and maneuvers. Nears and retreats / (UPI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP
SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1908
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "413", HatchDesc: "S/GRAND RAPIDS,MN:AA LINER:NLT 500-1000mph:HVRS+MNVRS:NEARS+RETREATS/(UPI)", LatLong: "47.133336 -93.583338", LatLongDMS: "47:08:00 N 93:35:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/24/1951
Time: 17:16:59.3
Location: 11.6730 162.2486
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Item” Yield: 45.5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_16
Extra Data: LatLong: "11.6730 162.2486", LatLongDMS: "11:40:23 N 162:14:55 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.06", NukeName: "Item", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "45.5"
Date: End of 5/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The T-2
section of the AMC
becomes the ATIC.
(End of May)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_892
Date: 5/29/1951
Time: 09:20
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Blue Book report. 4 airmen. Saucer going
ESE slow 2800' over Geiger field. Going up / 60 degree angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1909
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "23", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:BBK Rpt:4 AIRMEN:SCR >ESE SLOW 2800'ovr GEIGER Fld:↑/60dgr ANGLE", LatLong: "47.666669 -117.400006", LatLongDMS: "47:40:00 N 117:24:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "840", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/29/1951
Time: 15:50
Location: DOWNEY, CA
Description: 3 aero-science writers and more. 30 silent
glowing-saucers. 2500kph. 90° turns! / J. Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine
Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1910
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "36", HatchDesc: "DOWNEY,CA:3 AERO-SCIENCE WRITERS+:30 SLNT GLOW-SCRS:2500kph:90°TURNS!:/J.Guieu", LatLong: "33.900002 -118.166672", LatLongDMS: "33:54:00 N 118:10:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/29/1951
Description: At 3:41 p.m. there was a procession of a
large number of glowing objects--at least 30--over Downey,
California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: H. B. Darrach, Life Magazine, April 7, 1952;
Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO News, July 1954; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A
History. 1951, p. 27; Richard F Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 180; Jacques Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO
Enigma, p. 212
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3145
Date: 5/31/1951
Location: Galesburg, Illinois
Description: GALESBURG COPS LOSE
TRAIL. City police south of Galesburg heard on short wave from
Monmouth Ill., police talking about a strange moving light traveling
toward the northwest. They were trying to get the others to see if it
was observed from there, but evidently it was not.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_119
Date: 5/31/1951
Location: Kentucky
Description: Lexington Herald.
MAGNETIC SCIENTIST EXPOSES "BALLOONATIC FRINGE". US
Navy Electronics Engineer Milan Rafayko - 1916-2000, formerly Milan
Rafajko - took issue with the Lexington Herald for playing up Dr. Urner
Liddel's explanation that flying saucers were balloons. "If all saucers
were balloons at high altitudes," he wrote, "then what were those
saucers sighted at low altitudes?" He wanted to know how a balloon could
outmaneuver an F-51 fighter plane. The editor denied his paper was being
"used" by the government to further any special theory. Rafayko charged
it was an obviously fabricated story. Also see: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald-milan-rafayko/131986026/
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_121
Date: 5/31/1951
Time: 23:20
Location: NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #928. 3 military
observer(s). Glowing saucer with arc-wings rises very fast / 35
second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1911
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "NIAGARA FALLS,NY:BBK#928:3 MIL OBS:GLOWING SCR W/ARC-WINGS RISES VFAST/35sec", LatLong: "43.100002 -79.050004", LatLongDMS: "43:06:00 N 79:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/31/1951
Description: Niagara Falls, New York - A luminous disc
with arc-shaped wings rose into the sky at a very fast speed. It was
seen by several military witnesses for 35 seconds at 11:20 p.m. This
case is a Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #928
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3176
Date: 6/1951
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Description: AUSSIE CLOCKS ONE IN 7 SECONDS
ACROSS SKY. Roger Shinkfield of 49 Magill ROad, St. Peters,
Adelaide, sighting a white circular object directly over heasd and
traveling south. It took seven seconds to reach the horizon. He
estimated the height to be between 20,000 and 30,000 feet. No sound
could be heard.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_122
Date: 6/1951
Location: KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES, LONDON
Description: Plain metal parachute-size saucer over
river. 1 American observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1912
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "KINGSTON-upon-THAMES,LONDON:PLAIN MTL PARACHUTE-SIZE SCR OVR RIVER:1 AMER OBS", LatLong: "51.394447 -0.311111", LatLongDMS: "51:23:40 N 00:18:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1951
Location: CAMBRIDGE, OH
Description: 40cm double-hubcap / ground. Man picks it
up and sets it down. It flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1913
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "246", HatchDesc: "CAMBRIDGE,OH:40cm DOUBLE-HUBCAP/GND:MAN PICKS IT UP+SETS IT DOWN:it flies away", LatLong: "40.022224 -81.588893", LatLongDMS: "40:01:20 N 81:35:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "11"
Date: 6/1951
Time: 10:00
Location: NORTHWEST CAPE, WEST AUS
Description: 2 / seismic survey. Dull aluminum saucer
going quickly southeast to horizon. Faster / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: AUFORN
group, with Diane Harrison.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1914
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "NORTHWEST CAPE,W.AUS:2/SEISMIC SURVEY:DULL ALUMN.SCR >>SE to HRZN:FASTER/PLANE", LatLong: "-22.083334 114.050005", LatLongDMS: "22:05:00 S 114:03:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Western Australia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1951
Description: Project Grudge only has one person on
staff to investigate UFO reports, Lt. Jerry W.
Cummings, who reorganizes the system and uses a more open-minded
approach.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet
ed., 1976, pp. 56–57;
Sparks, p. 14; Swords
121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1653
Date: 6/1951
Locations: UK; Canada; US; UK
Description: The UK Flying Saucer Working Party
produces its six-page final report for the Ministry of Defence’s
Directorate of Scientific Intelligence, DSI/JTIC Report number 7,
Unidentified Flying Objects, classified Secret. The CIA’s chief
scientist, H.
Marshall Chadwell, attends the meeting when the report is delivered.
The report admits that no systematic investigation has been undertaken,
but from the evidence examined, including reports by RAF pilots,
explanations can probably be found for most reports. Copies are also
submitted to Canada as well as US and UK officials.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joe McGonagle, “Flying Saucer Working
Party: Commentary,” part 2, The Real UFO Project; Good Need, pp.
149–152; David Clarke, “Flying
Saucer Working Party,” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism,
January 3, 2015; UFOFiles2, pp.
38–40; Mark Rodeghier, “Britain’s Secret UFO Study,” IUR 26, no. 4
(Winter 2001–2002): 21–23; Ian Ridpath, “Report of the UK
Government’s Flying Saucer Working Party (1951 June),” Ian Ridpath’s
UFO Skeptic Pages, January 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1654
Date: 6/1/1951
Location: USA, Niagara Falls, New York.
Description: (Translated from French) 4:20 a.m.
Witnessed by M/Sgt H.E. Sweeney, and two militiamen. An illuminated
object of yellow color, in the shape of a disk, with wings in the shape
of an arc, rises vertically. Observed for 30-40 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1528
Date: 6/1/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Near Niagara
Falls (New York), Sergeant-Chief H. E. Sweeney and 2 other men saw for
30 to 40 seconds an object shaped like a saucer with arc-shaped wings,
emitting a yellow-orange light, flying towards the sky. (June 1st, 4:20
AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #925 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_893
Date: 6/1/1951
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH Base official
sees disc-shaped object moving sharply.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_72
Date: 6/1/1951
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR DAYTON, OH
Description: USAF officer / car. Saucer / 90° turns.
Faster / plane. Slower / meteor. / r135p28.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1915
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "225", HatchDesc: "nr DAYTON,OH:USAF OFFICER/CAR:SCR/90°TURNS:FASTER/PLANE:SLOWER/METEOR:/r135p28", LatLong: "39.750002 -84.150004", LatLongDMS: "39:45:00 N 84:09:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1/1951
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Description: Glowing yellow-orange, saucer shaped
object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 925)
Reference: NICAP: 510601
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_818
Date: 6/1/1951
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Wright-Patterson AFB official watched disc
make sharp turn. [III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_819
Date: 6/1/1951
Time: 4:20 AM
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Description: Witnesses: M/Sgt H.E. Sweeney, 2 enlisted
men. One glowing yellow-orange, saucer-shaped object with arc-shaped
wings, flew straight up. Seen for 30-40 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_67
Date: 6/1/1951
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio
Description: 10:00 p.m. An ATIC official at
Wright-Patterson AFB is driving west near Dayton, Ohio, when he sees a
large, bluish-white light moving parallel to the car. It looks like a
“stubby cigar.” After 15–20 seconds, it makes a right- angle turn,
becomes circular, and rapidly disappears. Its speed is “faster than an
airplane, slower than a meteor.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1655
Date: 6/1/1951
Description: At Niagara Falls, New York at 4:20 a.m.
three enlisted men watched a glowing yellow-orange, saucer-shaped object
with arc-shaped wings, shoot straight up into the sky. It was seen for
30-40 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3192
Date: 6/1/1951
Description: A Wright-Patterson AFB base official saw a
disc-shaped object turn sharply southeast of Dayton, Ohio at 10:00
p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 23;
Richard Dolan, UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a
Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 400
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3193
Date: 6/6/1951
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Description: HIS HOBBY IS THOSE FLYING
OOOOOOOOS. George Fawcett, a Mount Airy, NC senior at Lunchburg
College has been a collector of information on flying saucers since
1947. He was crossing the campus on the morning of June 5, when he saw
an orange-colored disk high in the sky. He reports the disk zig-zagged,
then settled down to a straight course and moved off to the west. Also
see: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article275097716.html
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_120
Date: 6/9/1951
Location: Richmond, VA
Description: The Kansas City Star. TOP
SECRET: MAGNETIC STORM CAUSES MASS JET CRASH. Air Force
officials were tight-lipped today as they investigated the cause of the
crash of eight F-84 jet fighters, the largest mass crash in jet aviation
history. Three pilots of the eight ill-fated jets were killed, and two
were injured as the planes tumbled out of the sky near Richmond
yesterday. No one could explain what occurred to cause eight planes to
crash from a formation of 34 at the same time. The Air Force quickly
dropped a curtain of secrecy over its investigation, and all personnel
were ordered "to give out absolutely no information regarding the plane
crashes."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_126
Date: 6/9/1951
Time: 20:10
Location: NORTH / MIKKELI, FINLAND
Description: 2 observer(s). 25M saucer / 300M altitude.
Absolute(ly) silent straight & level flight going southeast going
[to] Leningrad. 800mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1916
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "N/MIKKELI,FINLAND:2 OBS:25M SCR/300M alt:ABS SILENT S&L >SE >LENINGRAD:800mph", LatLong: "61.727781 27.300001", LatLongDMS: "61:43:40 N 27:18:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Finland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/9/1951
Description: At 8:10 p.m. in Mikkeli, Finland two
witnesses watched a 25 meter diameter disc-shaped object flying at 300
meters altitude. It was absolutely silent and continued to fly slowly at
a low altitude toward Leningrad, Russia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3382
Date: 6/14/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
0km (Exploded on pad at start of main-stage thrust after rising
6-inches)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_435
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 0km
Date: 6/14/1951
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 06:48 launch
of V2 #55, explosion.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric
09/1959
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1529
Date: 6/15/1951
Location: FRANCE, Vendée
Description: (Translated from French) Air Base 115,
Fighter Squadron, Fighter Squadron No. 1/5. For 6 minutes the pilots
attempted to approach a spherical object. At the final departure, the
object made a slight tilt and then appeared elliptical. (Robert ROUSSEL:
"Ovni, the end of the secret" - Belfond 1978 - p. 230 to 236) French
pilots Irénée Prio and Raymond Gallibert, each on board a Vampire from
the Orange base, saw a disk with a metallic reflection. The pilots tried
to approach the perfectly stationary craft in the air, but at the last
moment, the object escaped. The pilots set off in pursuit, but the disk
proved to be much faster than its pursuers.
Reference: Yves NAUD: "The E.T. and the UFOs in
history" Famot 1977, Volume 4, p. 166
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1530
Date: 6/15/1951
Description: (Translated from French) 10 km southeast
of La Roche-sur-Yon, R. Gavache observed at mid-height between a band of
clouds and the horizon, a spherical red fire, the size of an orange, a
beautiful bright red stable, no twinkling, motionless then moved slowly
towards the northeast then the southwest, rose a bit, with some very
slow swaying, downward movement, observation time 20 minutes, no sound,
good moonlight, 3 witnesses, ball
lightning (?), thunderstorm the previous night, heavy weather during
the day, but during the observation partially clear sky and dotted with
stars. (June 15, 11:30 PM)
Reference: BSAF, 1951, p. 174
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_894
Date: 6/15/1951
Time: 10:40
Location: ORANGE, FR
Description: 2 / jet. Metal saucer hovers / 500M
altitude. Jet chases. Quickly going up / 10000kph and gone. /
r135#1p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: VSD Magazine, France: Special
Issue. OVNIs: 50 ans de Rapports Officiels; June 2002 (Bernard
Thouanel)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1917
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "ORANGE,FR:2/JET:MTL SCR HVRS/500M alt:JET CHASES:↑↑/10000kph+GONE:/r135#1p29", LatLong: "44.133335 4.800000", LatLongDMS: "44:08:00 N 04:48:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vaucluse", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/15/1951
Time: 23:30
Location: LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FR
Description: Red sphere hovers. Going northeast. Going
southwest. Descends. Rises. Swings. Also away.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1918
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "La ROCHE-sur-YON,FR:RED SPHERE HVRS:> NE:>SW:DESCENDS:RISES:SWINGS:+away", LatLong: "46.650002 -1.450000", LatLongDMS: "46:39:00 N 01:27:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vendée", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/15/1951
Description: A metallic disc-shaped object, looking
like aluminum, appeared to stand motionless in the sky when it was
sighted by two military pilots flying between Orange and Aspres Buech,
France at 10:37 a.m. in a French Air Force Vampire jet. It then
accelerated away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3495
Date: 6/19/1951
Location: DENMARK, Sonderborg
Description: (Translated from French) A mechanic saw a
UFO land and felt paralyzed. The birds stopped singing and the cows
stopped moving. Four entities dressed in black and wearing helmets
emerged from the craft. Others were seen around the perimeter, as if
they were making repairs. Eight other saucers appeared in the sky,
hovered for a moment above the site, and then flew away.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: "Modern Mysteries of
the World" - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 324
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1531
Date: 6/19/1951
Location: CANADA, Goose Bay (Labrador)
Description: (Translated from French) (..) shortly
after midnight, a red light appeared towards the southwest. Alerted, the
tower's radar picked it up on its screen. Mentioned altitude:
approximately 1300 m. The object remained still and red for a moment,
then suddenly turned very bright white and moved away at a lightning
speed. At the precise moment when the red gave way to the white, the
spot on the screen had become very bright itself. The radar operators
know perfectly well the meaning of this transformation: it occurs when
an airplane, to turn, suddenly inclines and offers the radar beam all
the surface of its wings. [note from vog: ... which would mean that the
observed thing could have wings?]
Reference: "Glimpses on Flying Saucers" - Aimé Michel,
ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 102
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1532
Date: 6/19/1951
Time: 23:00
Location: Portland, OR
Description: The Oregonian. A glowing object
moving across the heavens and late-strolling Portlanders abuzz with
curiosity. Several persons who saw the thing about 11 pm described it as
a long streak of light traveling slowly from east to west. Some said it
resembled a meteor except that it was traveling too slowly. One man said
it was followed by a trail of white smoke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_123
Date: 6/19/1951
Time: 12:30
Location: SONDERBORG, DK
Description: Saucer / meadow. Observer(s) and birds and
cows paralyzed. 4 pseudo-human/entity work on saucer. Probes exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1919
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "30", HatchDesc: "SONDERBORG,DK:SCR/MEADOW:OBS+BIRDS+COWS PRLYZD:4 PSH WORK ON SCR:PROBES EXIT", LatLong: "54.916669 9.783334", LatLongDMS: "54:55:00 N 09:47:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Danemark", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 6/19/1951
Time: 1200
Location: Sonderborg, Denmark
Description: Joseph Matiszewski, a mechanic, heard a
whistling sound and saw an object land in a meadow. Approaching within
50 m, he found himself paralyzed and observed that birds had stopped
singing and cows seemed to be similarly unable to move. From the object
emerged four handsome men who had brown skin and wore black shiny suits
and translucent helmets. Eight objects also emerged from the craft and
hovered above it. Other men inside the craft and on its deck appeared to
be making repairs, then the objects flew to about 100 m altitude and
climbed rapidly out of sight. Only then did the paralysis subside.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Nachrichten May., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_82
Date: 6/19/1951
Location: Sønderborg, Denmark
Description: Day. Mechanic Joseph Matiszewski hears a
whistling sound as he is walking in Sønderborg, Denmark, and sees an
object land in a nearby meadow. Approaching to within 150 feet of it, he
finds himself paralyzed and notices that birds have stopped singing and
cows seem frozen in place. Four men with brown skin and wearing black
shiny suits and translucent helmets emerge from the object and send
Matiszewski some telepathic messages. Eight smaller objects are ejected
from the large one and float above it. Other figures inside the craft
and on its deck appear to be making repairs. The objects ascend to about
300 feet and climb rapidly after that. The paralysis subsides.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, URECAT, July
1, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1656
Date: 6/19/1951
Description: In Sonderborg, Denmark Joseph Matiszewski,
a mechanic, heard a whistling sound and saw an object land in a meadow.
Approaching within 50 meters, he found himself paralyzed and observed
that birds had stopped singing and cows seemed to be similarly unable to
move. From the object emerged four handsome men who had brown skin and
wore black shiny suits and translucent helmets. Eight objects also
emerged from the craft and hovered above it. Other men inside the craft
and on its deck appeared to be making repairs, then the objects flew to
about 100 m altitude and climbed rapidly out of sight. Only then did the
paralysis subside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 195, citing UFO Nachrichten, May 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3548
Date: Summer 1951
Location: US
Description: USAF project "Bluebook" is started
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_113
Date: Summer 1951
Location: FRANCE, Beausoleil
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9pm,
the three witnesses went to the placette to watch a performance of
Lucrèce Borgia by a travelling theatre. In the Rue des Martyrs, they saw
from a distance of 60m an oval-shaped object, entirely transparent, 4-5m
long and 2m high, 8m off the ground, on the place where the show had
started and where everyone had their backs to the phenomenon. The pilot
seemed thin and elderly and had a long beard. Normal skin colour and
light-coloured clothing. No visible equipment in the craft. The three
witnesses got to within 7-8m of the craft and called the others to
witness this incredible sight. The object immediately started up with a
slight whistle and disappeared in a second above the rooftops towards
the NNE. The witnesses were unable to convince anyone of their
observation and were thought of as "crazy". (1951, Summer)
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, le premier
dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 54, 55
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1534
Date: Summer 1951
Description: (Translated from French) A New Zealand
scientist, Doctor Rolf Alexander, during an interview with General Marshall,
receives the following confidences: UFOs exist and are piloted by
extraterrestrials, these beings are peaceful and authorities are aware
that they do not constitute a threat to the planet, the USAF
has ordered no action to be taken against these craft, there have been 3
UFO landings which have proven disastrous for their occupants.
(Summer)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_899
Date: Summer 1951
Locations: Mexico City International Airport;
Cuernavaca; New Zealand; US
Description: A dubious story surfaces in 1956 that
three UFOs had appeared above Mexico City International Airport at the
same time as a visit by US Secretary of Defense George C.
Marshall. (However,
there is no record of a visit by Marshall at this time; apparently his
first visit to Mexico was a vacation in Cuernavaca in February 1952.)
According to the story, Marshall tells a “highly placed American” and
“prominent medical scientist” that UFOs are interplanetary and friendly,
but they have crashed accidentally on three occasions. In 1965, the
American informant is revealed to be Rolf
Alexander, who is in fact Allan Alexander Stirling, a New Zealand
seaman who had jumped ship in 1920 and entered the US illegally. To
support himself he promoted various dubious health cures while
concocting a fictitious personal history. His activities were
interrupted by prison sentences for mail fraud and embezzlement, and in
1954–1960 he claimed the ability to break up clouds with his
psychokinetic abilities.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Let’s
Talk Space: ‘Flying Saucers’ Are Real,” Flying Saucer Review 2, no.
1 (Jan./Feb. 1956): 2–4; “Rolf
Alexander, M.D.,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1965):
9; RosRept, p.
99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1659
Date: 6/22/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of dogs
Dezik and Tzigane aboard a recoverable capsule; 4 minutes of
weightlessness. (June 22)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_895
Date: 6/22/1951
Location: Air Technical Intelligence Center at
Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Life magazine reporter Robert
Emmett Ginna Jr. visits Air Technical Intelligence Center at
Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio for the first time to gather information on
“Project Saucer” for an article. The visit is coordinated by Jack T.
Shea, special assistant to the director of public relations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Michael D. Swords, “1952:
Ruppelt’s Big Year,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1657
Date: 6/24/1951
Time: 03:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / RICHMOND, VA
Description: Odd blimp follows turnpike. Plays tag /
police car. Away quickly going up. / D. Gribble.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN
1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1920
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "15", Elev: "56", HatchDesc: "SE/RICHMOND,VA:ODD BLIMP FOLOS TURNPIKE:PLAYS TAG/POLICE CAR:AWAY↑↑:/D.Gribble", LatLong: "37.533335 -77.416670", LatLongDMS: "37:32:00 N 77:25:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/25/1951
Description: The UK Flying Saucer Working Party is
disbanded.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p.
152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1658
Date: 6/28/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
5.8km (Blossom 9 — Tail explosion at 8s and then cut-off signal given at
22s.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_436
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 5.8km
Date: 6/29/1951
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: ROWBOATS IN THE SKY. By
Matt Weinstock in LA Times. A man we know, a skeptic by the
way, observed a strange object while sitting on the patio of his home
near La Brea and Adams, Los Angeles, Saturday night (June 29, 1951) at
7:20 p.m. Its estimated height was 5,000 feet. Several friends were
present, one of whom observed it through binoculars. It looked like the
bottom of a rowboat, except it was a perfect ellipse with a ring of red
lights around the edges. In about five minutes, the object shot up at a
tremendous speed and disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_127
Date: 7/1951
Location: FRANCE, Orange
Description: (Translated from French) Pierre Monnet was
cycling home when, on the road connecting Orange to Courtaison, he was,
on this summer evening, as if magnetized towards a UFO which was
hovering a few meters above the ground. Pierre Monnet did not
immediately notice the beings standing in the radiant light of the
craft. There were four of them, wearing flight suits, tall, with long
blond hair falling on their shoulders. It seemed to him that a voice was
resonating in his head, a foreign voice, which was giving him reassuring
words. The contact was both physical and psychic since - at the moment
of the encounter - the witness was standing three meters away from the
extraterrestrials. Today, Pierre Monnet is still unable to say how long
this "unusual dialogue" lasted. The only thing he is sure of is that he
was, from the very first moments, manipulated by an intelligence foreign
to his own, which engraved in his memory a long message whose parts
appeared progressively over the years. (July 1951)
Reference: Guy TARADE: "OVNI: "Terre, Planète sous
contrôle" Ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979 p.138-143
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1533
Date: 7/1951
Time: 06:00
Location: MADOC, ONT
Description: 2 HIQ observer(s). Huge grey saucer covers
end / Moira Lake. Shoots off faster / jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London.
Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1921
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: "178", HatchDesc: "MADOC,ONT:2 HIQ OBS:HUGE GRY SCR COVERS END/MOIRA LAKE:SHOOTS OFF FASTER/JET", LatLong: "44.516669 -77.433337", LatLongDMS: "44:31:00 N 77:26:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1951 (approximate)
Time: ~21:00
Location: MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, ID
Description: 60 military observer(s). 25' saucer 500'
over runway. Observers reassigned widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1922
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "12", Elev: "913", HatchDesc: "MOUNTAIN HOME AFB,ID:60 MIL.OBS:25'SCR 500'OVR RUNWAY:OBSs REASSIGNED WIDELY", LatLong: "43.033335 -115.866672", LatLongDMS: "43:02:00 N 115:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/1951
Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Tennessee
Description: The radiation-counter network set up at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, in December 1950 by Lt. Col.
John R. Hood hits paydirt when a UFO appears, sighted both visually and
on radar over the facility. He finds that the radiation counters have
detected a significant rise in some kind of emission. Hood wants to
expand the equipment, adding a debris-catching pursuit plane. However,
information is lacking on this case and any follow- up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8, 1951, The
Author, 1983, p. 42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1660
Date: 7/1/1951
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Description: Several Pilots Saw Fireballs (Probable
IFO) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 2, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510701
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_820
Date: 7/1/1951
Location: Seoul, Korea
Description: 10:50 p.m. Four night pilots of the 1st
Marine Aircraft Wing in different areas around Seoul, Korea,
simultaneously report a large green ball, very bright and trailing
streaks of red then blue, passing overhead at 10,000–15,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, p. 31; Sparks, p.
106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1661
Date: 7/4/1951?
Location: Galena, Ohio
Description: 10:00 p.m. Future ufologist Irena Scott and
her sister Sue are sleeping at their home in Galena, Ohio, when they
wake to see a small glowing light circling their bedroom in a meandering
movement, but never bumping into anything. It circles the room three
times, maintaining the same shape, brightness, and size (less than one
inch). After a few minutes, it moves in tight circles around the
chandelier, then spirals downward, makes a noise, and emits tiny lights.
Terrified, they rush out of the room and tell their father, who inspects
the room but finds nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Irena Scott, “Bedroom Light,” IUR 13, no. 2
(March/April 1988): 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1662
Date: 7/6/1951
Time: 08:30
Location: LYNCHBURG, VA
Description: 1M saucer hovers / college building.
Zigzags. Rolls on edge. Going west. Silent. No trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1923
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "4", Elev: "249", HatchDesc: "LYNCHBURG,VA:1M SCR HVRS/COLLEGE BLDG:ZIGZAGS:ROLLS ON EDGE:>W:SLNT:no trail", LatLong: "37.400002 -79.177782", LatLongDMS: "37:24:00 N 79:10:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/6/1951
Description: A UFO zigzagged over Lynchburg, Virginia
at 8:25 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, letters received by
Civilian Saucer Intelligence, Los Angeles, March 2, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3872
Date: 7/8/1951
Time: 20:40
Location: MONTGOMERY, AL
Description: Air Force man. 75' saucer southwest /
drive-in movie. 1000' altitude. Wobbles. Shoots going quickly
south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1924
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "75", HatchDesc: "MONTGOMERY,AL:AF MAN:75'SCR SW/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:1000'alt:WOBBLES:SHOOTS>>S", LatLong: "32.350002 -86.300004", LatLongDMS: "32:21:00 N 86:18:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: Columbus, GA
Description: Pilot Lt. Kinmon sees and reports an
UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_437
See also: 7/10/1951
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: Dearing, GA
Description: F-51 pilot sees fast, disc-shaped object
approach.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_73
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: 18 MI SOUTHWEST / CORONA, NM
Description: EXP'l RADAR facility. Red fireball slowly
drops into trees. Glows / 10 sc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1925
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "1950", HatchDesc: "18mi SW/CORONA,NM:EXP'l RDR FCLTY:RED FBL SLOWLY DROPS INTO TREES:GLOWS/10sc", LatLong: "34.033335 -105.833338", LatLongDMS: "34:02:00 N 105:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1951
Time: 13:40
Location: OVER DEARING, GA
Description: 4M saucer does barrel-rolls around F51 /
10 minute(s)! Crazy speeds. / r43p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora
Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1926
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "143", HatchDesc: "ovr DEARING,GA:4M SCR DOES BARREL-ROLLS AROUND F51/10min!:CRAZY SPEEDS:/r43p14", LatLong: "33.422224 -82.383337", LatLongDMS: "33:25:20 N 82:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: Dearing, GA
Description: Pilot saw high speed white oval disc about
twice size of his plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510709
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_821
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: Corona, NM
Description: Red glowing ball about size of full moon
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_822
Date: 7/9/1951
Location: Augusta, GA
Description: Augusta, Georgia (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510709
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_823
Date: 7/9/1951
Locations: Lawson AFB; Lawson Army Airfield; Dearing,
Georgia
Description: Day. USAF Lt. George
H. Kinmon II, stationed
at Lawson AFB [now Lawson Army Airfield] with the 117th Tactical
Reconnaissance Wing, is flying an F-51 over Dearing, Georgia, when he
sees a white disc “completely round and spinning in a clockwise
direction.” It makes a headlong pass at his aircraft. It travels at
“tremendous speed” and leaves no vapor trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Aerial Encounter
with Disc”; “Saucer Attacked Me, Pilot Declares,” Cleveland Press,
July 30, 1952, p. 1, reprinted in
Saucer Attack, April 1998; Sparks, p. 107;
UFOEv, p.
23; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp.
328–330
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1663
Date: 7/9/1951
Description: At 1:40 p.m. a white, disc-shaped UFO,
spinning clockwise, confronted an F-51 over Dearing, Georgia with
head-on passes several times. Pilot Kinmon said he felt the air
disturbance as the UFO barrel-rolled around the airplane for 10
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 239
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3946
Date: 7/10/1951
Location: Macon, GA
Description: Classified OSI Message from Robins AFB,
Macon: UFO sighted by Lt. George H. Kinmon Jr. on July 9, 1951.
Description: Flat on top and bottom and appeared from front view to have
rounded edges, slightly beveled. Color was white. When it dived from its
position it appeared circular with a clockwise spinning motion. Appeared
to have a fractured surface. No exhaust fumes or visible means of
propulsion. At an approx. distance from his plane the UFO appeared to be
10 to 15 feet in diam. UFO caused air disturbance as it barrel-rolled
under his plane. His nose camera malfunctioned.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_438
Date: 7/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Start of
development of Redstone and the US
Army. (July 10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_896
Date: 7/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Abduction of Pierre
Monet.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_897
Date: 7/13/1951
Location: USA, Kirksville (Missouri)
Description: (Translated from French) It was 9 pm and
the radar operators were scanning the sky, when on the screen appeared a
spot corresponding to a metal body the size of a B36. The radar noted a
speed of 2700 km/h! The Air Technical Intelligence Center, an agency of
the Air Force charged with investigating UFO sightings, classified this
observation among the inexplicable cases.
Reference: "Lights on Flying Saucers" - Aimé Michel,
ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 103
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1535
Date: 7/14/1951
Location: Near White Sands, NM
Description: Radar/visual of fast-moving UFO captured;
probable movie footage, lost.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_74
Date: 7/14/1951
Time: ~09:00
Location: WHITE SANDS PG, NM
Description: 2 objects near B29. 2 RADAR's and film and
telescopes. / r120p355+/ r242p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1927
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1250", HatchDesc: "WHITE SANDS PG,NM:2 OBJS nr B29:2 RDRs+FILM+TELESCOPES:/r120p355+/r242p84", LatLong: "33.133335 -106.466672", LatLongDMS: "33:08:00 N 106:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Tracking Camera Film (NICAP: 08 -
Photographic Cases, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 510714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_824
Date: 7/14/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: White Sands Radar / Visual (McDonald list;
FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 510714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_825
Date: 7/14/1951
Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Description: Morning. During a guided missile launch,
two radar operators at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, catch a
fast-moving object on their scope. At the same time, a tracker watching
a B-29 with binoculars sees a large UFO near the bomber. Another
observer sights the UFO and, with a 35mm camera, shoots 200 feet of
film. The UFO shows on the film as a round, bright spot. The film has
never been released.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “White Sands
Radar/Visual”; Sparks, p. 107; Project
1947, “Radar and
Visual UFO Sighting, White Sands Missile Range, New
Mexico—July 14, 1951”; Good Above, pp.
354–355
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1664
Date: 7/14/1951
Description: At the White Sands Missile Range in New
Mexico on this morning an oval-shaped object flying near a B-29 was
viewed from the ground through a telescope during a rocket launch, and
then tracked on airborne radar by two jets. The radar confirmed the
visual sighting of a fast-moving UFO. Motion picture footage was
allegedly obtained, but subsequently lost.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald Keyhoe, True Magazine, December 1952;
Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 48; Richard Dolan,
UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a cover-up
1941-1973, p. 400
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4046
Date: 7/17/1951
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
BALL OF FIRE FLIES ACROSS LA SKIES. Police last night
received dozens of telephone calls from persons reporting a "ball of red
fire" moving across the southwestern skies. The object was said to be
traveling low on the horizon in an erratic fashion and was visible for
about 10 minutes. Griffith Park Observatory said it had no explanation
other than that the object may have been an airplane or the planet
Venus.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_128
Date: 7/19/1951
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: OHIO REPORTS FIREBALL WITH
FLOCK-LIGHTING. A fireball was seen over Dayton, hovering in
midair. It seemed to have two powerful beams of lights streaming down
from the underside.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_124
Date: 7/19/1951
Time: 16:50
Location: NEAR PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU
Description: Several observer(s). Luminous saucer south
going quickly north. Buzzes. Photographs. Main southwest radio
dead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1928
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "192", HatchDesc: "nr PUERTO MALDONADO,PERU:SVRL OBS:LUM SCR S>>N:BUZZES:FOTOS:MAIN SW RDO DEAD.", LatLong: "-12.566667 -69.183337", LatLongDMS: "12:34:00 S 69:11:00 W", Locale: "Rainforest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PUN", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/19/1951
Location: Maldonado, Uraguay
Description: Puerto Maldonado, Cigar Photo (NICAP: 08 -
Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_826
Date: 7/19/1951
Description: Several people witnessed a luminous disc
buzz the city of Puerto Maldonaldo, Peru at 4:50 p.m. The object flew
off toward the north, emitting fog or smoke. A short wave radio wouldn't
work during the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History: 1951, p.
35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4190
Date: 7/22/1951
Location: Soviet Union
Description: The Soviet R-1V carrier rocket brought the
dogs of Dezik and Tsygan to the upper atmosphere and returned them to
earth alive. It was the first successful flight of animals into space,
but for 40 years the story was classified due to the numerous
unsuccessful flights before that.
Type: aerospace
Reference: link
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_439
Date: 7/22/1951
Location: USSR, Kapustin Yar
Description: (Translated from French) Ballistic
missile, altitude 100 km, on board the dogs Misjka and Tsizik.
Reference: Nieuwenhuis 1988, 52
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1536
Date: 7/23/1951
Location: March Field, CA
Description: Radar-visual sighting of silvery object
circling high above aircraft. [VIII] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating:
5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_827
Date: 7/24/1951
Location: USA, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:10 Witnesses:
Capt. Cobb from Hanscom AFB Operations and Cpl. Fein. An object tubular
in shape, 100-200 feet long, 5 times wider than long, with a tail fin,
gray in color with black spots, flying at 800-1,000 m.p.h. at 1000 or
2000 feet altitude, raising the grass. Duration: 20 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1537
Date: 7/24/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Portsmouth
(New Hampshire), Captain Cobb and Cpl. Fein, both officers of the USAF
Hanscom base operations, observe for 20 seconds an tubular object 100 to
200 feet long, about 5 times longer than wide, with fins at one end,
grayish in color with many black spots. The object flies between 800 and
1000 miles/h at an altitude of 1000 to 2000 feet, leaving a slight
trail. (July 24, 7:10 AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #943 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_898
Date: 7/24/1951
Time: 07:10
Location: PORTSMOUTH, NH
Description: 2 military observer(s). 150'
cylinder/cylindrical object with black spots and fins / 1 end. 900mph /
1500' altitude / 20 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1929
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "PORTSMOUTH,NH:2 MIL OBS:150'CYL W/BLACK SPOTS+FINS/1 END:900mph/1500'alt/20sec", LatLong: "43.066669 -70.766670", LatLongDMS: "43:04:00 N 70:46:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "450", State/Prov: "New Hampshire", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/24/1951
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Description: Greyish 100-200 ft tubular object (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 943)
Reference: NICAP: 510724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_828
Date: 7/24/1951
Time: 7:10 PM
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Description: Witnesses: Hanscom AFB Operations Officer
Capt. Cobb, Cpl. Fein. One 100-200' tubular object, 5 times long as it
was wide, with fins at one end, and colored greyish with many black
spots. Flew 800-1,000 m.p.h. at 1-2,000' altitude, leaving a faint
swath. 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_68
Date: 7/24/1951
Description: A 150-foot long cylinder with many black
spots and fins at one end flew at 900 mph at an altitude of 1500 feet
over Portsmouth, New Hampshire at 7:10 p.m. It was seen for 20 seconds
by two military witnesses, Cobb and Fein. A Project Blue Book
"unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case # 943
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4343
Date: 7/25/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Personnel at Holloman AFB, New Mexico,
write a report compiling the results of an organized skywatch of UFOs at
the base. Several photos are taken. The report does not conclude what
the objects are, but it does establish that some kind of objects have
been seen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Status of
Project Blue Book,” T52-6888, [1952], p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1665
Date: 7/28/1951
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of a V2
for a biological experiment. It explodes after departure.
Reference: Nieuwenhuis 1988, 52, photo
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1538
Date: 7/30/1951
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) CPS-6B Picks
Up High Speed Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510730
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_829
Date: 8/1951
Location: France, Kerverrien
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. René
Talarmain, a farmer at the hamlet of Kerverrien, was returning home in
the night when he saw approximately 500 meters above him an "object
shaped like an overturned bowl with a convex bottom, making no noise and
spinning around itself quite quickly". (August 1951)
Reference: Jean François BOEDEC: "Les OVNI en Bretagne,
Anatomie d'un Phénomène", ed. Fernand Lanore 1978, p. 105
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1547
Date: 8/1951
Location: Sandia AFB, NM
Description: And 9-51. Several air space violations by
"large wing" craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_75
Date: 8/1951
Location: OVER NORFOLK, VA
Description: Navy jet. 2 slow lights. 1 shoots off. 60'
saucer tails jet into landing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1930
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "6", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "ovr NORFOLK,VA:NAVY JET:2 SLO LITES:1 SHOOTS OFF:60'SCR TAILS JET INTO LANDING", LatLong: "36.866668 -76.266670", LatLongDMS: "36:52:00 N 76:16:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1951
Location: Central, NM
Description: Mining engineer sighted two discs with
"portholes." [VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_830
Date: 8/1951
Description: In an article in Popular Science, the
editors ask UFO witnesses what they think the objects are. About 70%
believe they are intelligently controlled devices, either man-made or
extraterrestrial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What
Were the Flying Saucers?
Eyewitnesses Believe They Saw Secret Aircraft,” Popular Science 159
\(August 1951\): 74–75, 228
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1666
Date: 8/1/1951
Location: USA, Wright-Patterson (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) (..) the radar of
the Wright Patterson base fell around 10:45 am on an unidentified object
flying at high altitude. Spotted on the ground, the object appeared as a
bright ball of intense brightness. Two jet fighters F. 86 were
immediately charged to intercept it, and they climbed up to 10,000 m.
There, they consulted each other. Both of them saw above them the object
in question in the form of a circular body of metallic appearance moving
slowly in the sky. (...) Then the two pilots armed their machine guns
and went hunting. Their goal was to take pictures and, if necessary, to
shoot. But it had not been three minutes since they had gone up that the
saucer, suddenly accelerating with the brutality so often observed,
melted into the distance. The two pilots - Commander James B. Smith and
Lieutenant Donald J. Hemer - did not have time to shoot. But they had
pictures. On development, the films revealed a round shape, without
visible structural details.
Reference: "Glimpses of Flying Saucers" - Aimé Michel,
ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 103, 104
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1539
Date: 8/1/1951?
Time: 21:00
Location: BEAUSOLEIL, FR
Description: Cop and 2. 2 pseudo-human/entity /
transparent bubble see street play near crowd. Going quickly NNE. /
MJ#142.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1931
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BEAUSOLEIL,FR:COP+2:2 PSH/XPRNT BUBBLE see STREET PLAY nr CROWD:>>NNE:/MJ#142", LatLong: "43.750002 7.450000", LatLongDMS: "43:45:00 N 07:27:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alpes Maritimes", Strangeness: "11"
Date: 8/1/1951
Description: Three witnesses including police from
Beausoleil, France in the Alpes-Maritime viewed a transparent bubble in
the sky at nine o'clock in the evening. Two human-looking occupants of
the transparent sphere watched the street and the crowd below. The
bubble flew off towards the north-northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 175
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4557
Date: 8/3/1951
Time: 23:10
Location: SILVER LAKE, MI
Description: Astronomer Webb and many. Night light /
regular wavy course going quickly west / low elevation. / r70p3-6.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1932
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "2", Elev: "267", HatchDesc: "SILVER LAKE,MI:ASTRONOMER WEBB+MANY:NLT/REG.WAVY COURSE>>W/LO ELEV.:/r70p3-6", LatLong: "42.411113 -83.933337", LatLongDMS: "42:24:40 N 83:56:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/3/1951
Location: Pinckney (near), MI
Description: NICAP Adviser saw a glowing, yellowish UFO
which moved on an undulating course. [VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_831
Date: 8/3/1951
Locations: Camp Big Silver; Silver Lake; southern
Michigan; Pinckney
Description: 11:00 p.m. Walter N. Webb,
nature counselor at Camp Big Silver on the shore of Silver Lake in
southern Michigan, 3 miles south of Pinckney, is showing two boy campers
some celestial objects through a reflecting telescope. He sees a
glowing, yellowish light moving westward at a low elevation in an
undulating path over hills to the south. It disappears behind the hills
before he can train his telescope on it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1667
Date: 8/4/1951
Description: (Translated from French) A single-engine
plane vanishes over Alaska, along a route of approximately 60 km,
without sending any message. (August 4)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_900
Date: 8/5/1951
Time: 17:20
Location: PACOIMA, CA
Description: 2 1M dull-grey orbs going southeast low
and slow against wind. Turn going southwest. Flash and quickly going
up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1933
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "299", HatchDesc: "PACOIMA,CA:2 1M DULL-GRY ORBS >SE LOW+SLOW against wind:TURN >SW:FLASH AND ↑↑", LatLong: "34.244446 -118.405561", LatLongDMS: "34:14:40 N 118:24:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1951
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Viking
VII, altitude of 219 km, this is a record for this version of the
Viking.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, M.W. Rosen, N.Y.
1955
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1540
Date: 8/8/1951
Time: 14:10
Location: NNE / PORT CLINTON, OH
Description: Air Force pilot. 6M cylinder/cigar-shape /
1800M altitude. Going quickly [to] WNW very fast. Reported / Cleveland.
/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1934
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "174", HatchDesc: "NNE/PORT CLINTON,OH:AF PILOT:6M CGR/1800M alt:>>WNW VFAST:Rptd/CLEVELAND:/r150", LatLong: "41.538891 -82.944448", LatLongDMS: "41:32:20 N 82:56:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "550", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/8/1951
Location: Port Clinton (NE of ), OH
Description: 20 ft dark cigar-shaped object flying at
high speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510808
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_832
Date: 8/10/1951
Location: NEAR TESSALIT, MALI
Description: 2 pilots / AAC-1. Circular shadow /
ground. Source lost / sun. No balloons up.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1935
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Sahara", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr TESSALIT,MALI:2 PILOTS/AAC-1:CIRC.SHADOW/GND:SOURCE LOST/SUN:NO BALLOONS UP", LatLong: "20.250001 0.916667", LatLongDMS: "20:15:00 N 00:55:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MLI", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/11/1951
Time: 12:00?
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Ex-Air Force P47 pilot. 3 saucers fly in
perfect V-formation. / NICAP. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1936
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "PORTLAND,OR:EX-AF P47 PILOT:3 SCRS FLY IN PERFECT V-FORMATION:/NICAP:NFD", LatLong: "45.500002 -122.700006", LatLongDMS: "45:30:00 N 122:42:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/11/1951
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Dodge Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_833
Date: 8/11/1951
Location: Portland, Oregon
Description: Former USAF pilot Robert
O. Dodge watches three disc-like UFOs in formation over Portland,
Oregon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1668
Date: 8/14/1951
Location: ITALY, Voghiera - Voghenza
Description: (Translated from French) B.M., a
57-year-old farmer, was at the local cemetery to do some work. It was 1
o'clock. Suddenly he heard a humming and simultaneously felt a very hot
gust of wind. He turned around to see where it was coming from and then
witnessed the landing of a strange silver, spherical but flattened
craft, about 50 meters away from him. At the top, the dome had vertical
fins. The dome was spinning rapidly on a kind of wide ring with round
blue-colored portholes. The lower part had the rough shape of a funnel
and was motionless. Gradually the object came to the ground while
telescopic legs emerged in three places. Meanwhile two small hatches
opened and a kind of ladder descended. Six creatures, 1.2 meters tall,
wearing white suits and their heads in a transparent "globe" topped with
three antennas, descended the stairs. On their backs they carried a
"cylinder" connected to the helmet by a tube adjusted under the chin.
The creatures' arms were excessively long. They came towards the
witness, getting as close as 5 or 6 meters. They had round blue eyes, a
simian face, white skin and the one who seemed to be the leader had a
red beard. He smiled at the witness and showed a kind of strange drum
that he tapped, making a blinding light come out, like the witness had
never seen before. After that, the "leader" made a kind of salute and
immediately the six creatures returned to their craft, climbing the
ladder. A pink flame came out of the lower funnel, the object rose
vertically at such speed that in two seconds it was out of sight. A
cemetery worker, working on the other side, only saw the blinding light.
There were traces on the ground: a circle of burned grass and bare earth
7 meters in diameter.
Reference: CISU, archive file 5101 - sources: report by
Mr. F. Zo, Notiziario Ufo 18, 101, 52, FSR 24, 6, 24-25 and others
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1541
Date: 8/14/1951
Time: 13:00
Location: VOGHENZA, ITL
Description: Farm. 6M metallic saucer going down /
legs. 6 4' men going down / ladders and gesture! Going quickly
northeast. / FSRv24#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1937
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "VOGHENZA,ITL:FARM:6M MTLC SCR ↓/LEGS:6 4'MEN ↓/LADDERS+GESTURE!:>>NE:/FSRv24#6", LatLong: "44.766669 11.750001", LatLongDMS: "44:46:00 N 11:45:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "FE", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 8/14/1951
Time: 22:20
Location: RHEIN-MAIN AIR FORCE BASE, GERMANY
Description: 2 USAF. Circular / light descends slow.
Levels. Turns. Shoots going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1938
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "RHEIN-MAIN AFB,GERMANY:2 USAF:CIRC/LITE DESCENDS SLO:LEVELS:TURNS:SHOOTS>>S", LatLong: "50.016669 8.583334", LatLongDMS: "50:01:00 N 08:35:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSS", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1951
Description: At around one o'clock in the afternoon, a
six-meter in diameter, metallic saucer with legs landed on a farm in
Voghenza, Italy. Six four-foot tall humanoids climbed down ladders, then
gestured to each other. They later got back aboard and took off, flying
off toward the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #
1951, citing Maurizio Verga, ITACAT, CISU website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4999
Date: 8/15/1951 (approximate)
Time: 10:30
Location: NEAR CENTRAL, NM
Description: Engineer. 2 saucers with portholes going
[to] lone cloud. Instantly 800kph. / MJ#280.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1939
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1775", HatchDesc: "nr CENTRAL,NM:ENGINEER:2 SCRS W/PORTS>LONE CLOUD:INSTANTLY 800kph:/MJ#280", LatLong: "32.783335 -108.116672", LatLongDMS: "32:47:00 N 108:07:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/15/1951
Location: US
Description: US test pilot Bill
Bridgeman attains an unofficial altitude of 79,494 feet in a Douglas
D-558-2 Skyrocket, an air-launched rocket plane powered by the XLR-11
liquid fuel rocket engine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Bill
Bridgeman” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1669
Date: Mid 8/1951
Locations: 10 miles east of Silver City, New Mexico;
Fort Bayard, two miles to the northwest
Description: 10:30 a.m. Mining engineer Alfred Roos
hears a swishing sound at his ranch 10 miles east of Silver City, New
Mexico. He looks up and sees two lens-shaped UFOs swooping at tremendous
speed then hovering. They go back and forth between his location and
Fort Bayard, two miles to the northwest, where they finally disappear
into a cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1670
Date: Mid 8/1951
Location: Waco, Texas
Description: Midnight. A witness is on his porch in
Waco, Texas, looking at the sky when he sees a V-shaped formation of
10–20 round, luminous objects silently pass over from west to east in a
matter of seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet,
1969, pp. 41–42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1671
Date: 8/15/1951
Description: Five witnesses including an engineer
watched maneuvering disc-shaped UFOs in Grant County, New Mexico at
around 10:45 a.m. They first saw two disc-shaped objects that swooped
down at a 45 degree angle and entered a cloud, next hovered for a short
while, and then three objects emerged from the cloud, leaving behind a
vapor trail. They went from hovering to speeding off in excess of 500
mph instantaneously, and had portholes or orifices below the rim
line.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: letter to Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence--Los Angeles from one of the witnesses, dated March 2,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5029
Date: 8/17/1951
Locations: US; Germany
Description: 11:30 a.m. Otto
Bock, a
German scientist with a specialty in optics who came to the US as part
of Operation Paperclip, observes a high-altitude, metallic object
through his 20x telescope for about 4 hours. He says the sighting is
confirmed by four other persons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “Letter to Donald Keyhoe:
Otto Bock, August 22, 1951”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1672
Date: 8/19/1951
Location: USSR, Kapustin Yar
Description: (Translated from French) Ballistic
missile, dog Rizika on board.
Reference: Nieuwenhuis H. 1988, 17
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1542
Date: 8/20/1951
Location: Finland AFS, MN
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_834
Date: 8/20/1951
Description: The CIA, approved by DCI Roscoe
Hillenkoetter, starts
Project ARTICHOKE to study hypnosis, morphine addiction, and LSD to
produce amnesia and other vulnerable states in subjects, as a way of
exploring interrogation methods.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project
ARTICHOKE”; \[Central Intelligence Agency\], “Project
Artichoke,” declassified\(?), January 31, 1975
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1673
Date: 8/21/1951
Location: Sea of Japan, At Sea
Description: (at 41°55' N, 133°52' E). 12:05 p.m. Radar
tracking of unidentified target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R,
Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510821
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_835
Date: 8/22/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
213.4km (Army training test — last 5 launches by “Broomstick
Scientists”)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_440
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 213.4km
Date: 8/23/1951
Locations: Iran; Guatemala
Description: Frank
Wisner succeeds Allen Dulles as
CIA Deputy Director of Plans in the Office of Policy Coordination, with
Richard
Helms as chief of operations. In this position, Wisner is
instrumental in supporting pro-American forces that toppled Mohammed
Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and Jacobo
Árbenz in Guatemala in
1954. Sometime this year he visits Richard
M. Bissell Jr. and asks him to finance OPC operations by diverting
some Marshall Plan funds, presumably for covert black ops.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp.
45–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1674
Date: 8/25/1951
Location: USA, Lubbock (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9:10
PM, four professors from the Texas School of Arts and Crafts were
sitting in the yard of one of their houses to observe meteors as part of
a study undertaken by the school. They were W.L. Ducker, A.G. Bert, W.L.
Robinson and another man. They saw a group of lights pass over them from
north to south. They had the same light as a bright star but a larger
surface area and they moved at a great speed. The shape formed was
almost a perfect half-circle containing between 20 and 30 lights. Later
that evening a similar incident was observed and over a period of 3
weeks a total of twelve passes of this group (or a similar group) were
observed by these men. (Brad STEIGER: "UFO, the Project Blue Book" -
trans. Belfond 1979, pp. 68-83) In front of Doctor Robinson, a geology
professor, Doctor Oberg, a chemistry professor, Doctor Ducker, a
petroleum engineer, and hundreds of people, a group of about twenty
luminous discs in a V formation flew from one end of the horizon to the
other. Twelve minutes later, a formation of similar size flew by. And
thirteen similar flights were observed between August and September.
(Charles GARREAU: "Alert in the Sky: The Abduction File" ed. Alain
Lefeuvre 1981, p. 22) [IN REALITY: since the observations were explained
and positively identified as a very common natural phenomenon, all other
explanations lost their importance.]
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Facing the Flying
Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 143
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1543
Date: 8/25/1951
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) 9:58 p.m.
Witnesses: the security guard of the Sandia base, Hugh Young and his
wife. At nightfall, an Atomic Energy Commission employee and his wife
had seen a UFO. They were both sitting in the courtyard of their house,
in the suburbs of Albuquerque. They were admiring the beauty of the
night sky when they saw a huge airplane passing quickly and silently
above them. They only saw it for a few seconds but they clearly
distinguished it because it was very low, between 250 and 300 meters
they estimated. It had the shape of a "winged plane" and about one and a
half times the length of a B-36. The wing was strongly inclined towards
the back, almost taking the shape of a V. They did not distinguish the
color but noticed that dark stripes crossed the object lengthwise. At
the back they saw six or eight pairs of weak and bluish lights. (Edward
J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, p.
128) A flying wing object passed above them at an estimated altitude of
800-1,000', without noise. Estimated dimension: 1.5 times the wingspan
of a B-36 bomber, or 350'. Based on the dark lines and 6-8 pairs of soft
lights at the back of the winged plane. Estimated speed at 300-400
m.p.h., object seen for about 30 seconds. (August 25, 1951)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1544
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Hugh Young, a guard from the secret Sandia base, and another
witness accompanied by his wife see a huge V-shaped formation of lights
silently pass overhead, heading south. It appears to be a large winged
craft with these lights. Its size is estimated to be 1.5 times the
wingspan of a B-36 bomber or 350 feet. 8 blue-white lights shine along
the trailing edge of the wing of the formation. The estimated speed is
650 km/h (300 to 400 mph) and the altitude 240 to 300 m (800 to 1000
feet). Dark stripes are visible from below, and 6 to 8 pairs of
pulsating lights on the side band of the craft. The observation lasts
about 30 s. (9:58 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_901
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: (Translated from French) 4 Professors from
Texas Technical College see a semi-circular formation of 20 to 30 lights
moving quickly above Lubbock (Texas). (21:20)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_902
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: (Translated from French) They see two
other formations flying in the same direction and at the same speed. The
lights are a yellowish white, and they shine dimly.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_903
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The nearby USAF
radar station notices an unknown flying at 1450 km/h and roughly 3900 m
altitude at the same time. The spots remain on the screens for 6
minutes, and an F-86 Sabre quickly takes off, but fails to intercept the
UFO.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_904
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Dozens of
witnesses see groups of lights passing quickly above them, forming a
structure resembling a boomerang or a flying wing. The first
observation, confirmed by a radar station, takes place in the suburbs of
Albuquerque,
followed by Lubbock
(Texas). A group of professors, including Dr. W. I. Robinson, a
geologist, observe that the phenomenon appears in the north at an
angular elevation of about 45° above the horizon and disappears in the
direction of the south
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 955
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_905
Date: 8/25/1951
Time: 01:10
Location: ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: RADAR-man visually. Night light zigzags.
Turns. Going up [to] very high and blinks / 2s intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1940
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "ELLINGTON AFB,TX:RDR-MAN VISUALLY:NLT ZIGZAGS:TURNS:↑ VHI+BLINKS/2s INTERVALS", LatLong: "29.650001 -95.216671", LatLongDMS: "29:39:00 N 95:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/25/1951
Time: ~21:10
Location: NEAR LUBBOCK, TX
Description: 4 college PROFs and many. 2 waves / silent
night lights north going quickly south. 30° / arc / second(s).
Photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1941
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "15", Elev: "960", HatchDesc: "nr LUBBOCK,TX:4 COLLEGE PROFs+MANY:2 WAVES/SLNT NLTS N>>S:30°/ARC/SEC:FOTOS", LatLong: "33.600002 -101.850005", LatLongDMS: "33:36:00 N 101:51:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/25/1951
Time: 21:20
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 2 glowing ovoids. 5 minute(s) later 5
objects. All going quickly southwest faster / jet. Uneven
formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1942
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: "9", Duration: "6", Elev: "1110", HatchDesc: "AMARILLO,TX:2 GLOWING OVOIDS:5min LATER 5 OBJs:ALL >>SW FASTER/JET:UNEVEN FRMn", LatLong: "35.216668 -101.800005", LatLongDMS: "35:13:00 N 101:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1951
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Sandia guard&family. Flying wing
larger / B36 going quickly SSE. / r28p313.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1943
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "E.ALBUQUERQUE,NM:SANDIA GUARD&FAMILY:FLYING WING LARGER/B36 >>SSE:/r28p313", LatLong: "35.083335 -106.533338", LatLongDMS: "35:05:00 N 106:32:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1951
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Wife saw a flying wing-shaped craft pass
overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 955, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 510825
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_836
Date: 8/25/1951
Location: Lubbock, TX
Description: Lubbock, TX; (Hart photos) (NICAP: 08 -
Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510825
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_837
Date: 8/25/1951
Time: 9:58 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Sandia Base Security Guard Hugh
Young and wife. A flying wing-shaped craft passed over their heads at an
estimated 800-1,000' altitude with no sound. Size estimated at 1.5 times
wingspan of B-36 bomber,or 350'. Dark, chordwise stripes on underside,
and 6-8 pairs of soft, glowing lights on trailing edge of "wing". Speed
estimated at 300-400 m.p.h., object seen for about 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_69
Date: 8/25/1951
Locations: Brownfield, Texas; Lubbock
Description: Evening. Joseph Bryant and his wife, at
407 West Powell Street, Brownfield, Texas, see a loose group of glowing
lights heading north to south. They are a “little bigger than a star.” A
few minutes later a second group flies over, and then a third, which
circles around the house. This time Bryant can hear them, and he
identifies them as plovers. When he hears about the Lubbock lights, he
is sure the professors are seeing plovers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 691–692
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1675
Date: 8/25/1951
Locations: Texas Technical College; Lubbock, Texas;
Texas Tech
Description: 9:10 p.m. Three Texas Technical College
professors (geologist Wilbur
Irvin Robinson, chemist Aaron Gustav
“Gus” Oberg, and petroleum engineer William Lyon Ducker
Jr.) are sitting in a backyard at Lubbock, Texas, when they see a
fast-moving, semicircular formation of 20–30 lights, as intense as
bright stars but larger. Blue-green and silent, they move across the sky
in seconds. A second group appears and repeats the performance. Others,
including Carl Hemminger at Texas Tech, report seeing the same objects
the same night. J.
Russell Heitman,
head of the Texas Tech journalism department, says he had seen an
identical group of lights several days earlier. The professors watch
10–12 such flights through November 1 (including on September 1 and 5),
sometimes accompanied by colleagues Ellis
Richard Heineman, E.
F. George, Grayson
Mead, and John Brand. Some researchers, including Ruppelt and
Hynek,
think the witnesses are seeing migrating plovers attracted to Lubbock’s
new vapor street lights, although Ruppelt changes his mind later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lubbock
Lights”; NICAP, “The Lubbock
Lights / Carl Hart Photos”; Clark III 688–690; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: Volume 8,
1951, The
Author, 1983, pp. 45–55; Swords 130–132; “Lubbock 1951,”
Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, November 15, 1999
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1676
Date: 8/25/1951
Locations: Sandia Base; east Albuquerque, New
Mexico
Description: Around 9:58 p.m. Hugh Young, a security
guard at Sandia Base, and his wife Emily are in their trailer home in
east Albuquerque, New Mexico, and watch a large object like a flying
wing, but 1.5 times as large as a B-36, flying at 80 feet at about 300
mph. It has glowing white lights on the trailing edge of the wing and is
completely silent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flying Wing over
Sandia Base”; Clark III 691; Sparks, p.
108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1677
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: At 9:10 p.m. four Texas Tech
professors--Robinson, Oberg, Ducker, and George--in a backyard in
Lubbock, Texas saw the "Lubbock Lights", a string of perhaps 50 beads of
light in a semi-circle or wing shape, which passed over from north to
south. They were seen again less than one hour later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #2, December 1951, p.
31; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, p. 131; Michael David
Hall, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers--1952, p.
30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5309
Date: 8/25/1951
Description: In Albuquerque, New Mexico Sandia Base
Security Guard Hugh Young and his wife sighted a huge flying wing-shaped
craft pass over their heads at 9:58 p.m. at an estimated 800 to
1,000-feet altitude. The craft made no sound. Its size was estimated as
1.5 times the wingspan of a B-36 bomber, or 350 feet. It had dark,
chordwise stripes on the underside, and 6-8 pairs of soft, glowing
lights on the trailing edge of "wing". Its speed was estimated at
300-400 m.p.h., object seen for about 30 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
UNICAT, case # 479; Kevin D. Randall, The UFO Casebook, p. 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5310
Date: 8/26/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Above the city of
Washington, 2 radar stations simultaneously detect an unidentified echo
whose speed is 1300 km/h. No terrestrial aircraft is capable of such a
speed (the interceptors in service in the United States are unable to
exceed 800 km/h). (August 26)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_906
Date: 8/26/1951
Location: Washington State
Description: AF radar tracks object at 900 mph on two
sets.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_76
Date: 8/26/1951
Time: ~03:00
Location: NEAR LUBBOCK, TX
Description: 2 separate Air Defense Command RADAR's
track object going quickly northwest. Over 900 MPH / 13K'. F86
scrambled.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1944
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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: "10", Duration: "6", Elev: "959", HatchDesc: "nr LUBBOCK,TX:2 SEP.ADC RDRS TRACK OBJ >>NW:OVR 900 MPH/13K':F86 SCRAMBLED", LatLong: "33.583335 -101.866672", LatLongDMS: "33:35:00 N 101:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3900", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/26/1951
Location: Larson AFB, WA
Description: Two Radars Track 900 MPH Target (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510826
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_838
Date: 8/26/1951
Locations: Larson AFB [now Grant County International
Airport]; Moses Lake, Washington
Description: 8:28 p.m. A radar station at Larson AFB
[now Grant County International Airport], near Moses Lake, Washington,
tracks a UFO at 13,000 feet going 950 mph on two different sets,
AN/CPS-1 and AN/CPS-4, for about 6 minutes. An F-86 is scrambled, but
radar contact is lost before the plane gets off the ground. An
electronic signal is received from this object that appears to be a
mode-one IFF response from an AN/APX-6 transponder. This response is
received twice at approx.115 miles and 80 miles from the radar
station.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Radars Track 900 MPH
Target; Clark III 692; Ruppelt, pp.
96–98, 108–109;
Sparks, p.
108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1678
Date: 8/26/1951
Description: The driver of a transcontinental train in
Australia, on the east/west line, saw a flying object at four o'clock in
the morning that illuminated the countryside like a full moon. It flew
very fast, came close to the train, appeared ready to land in the
desert, then took off and disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 196
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5353
Date: 8/26/1951
Description: At Ellington AFB, Texas a radar operator
made a visual sighting of a nocturnal light at 1:18 a.m. The UFO
zig-zagged many times, then shot up to a very high altitude, blinking at
two second intervals.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #1, November 30,
1951
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5354
Date: 8/27/1951
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Description: PROFESSORS AGREE THEY SAW LUBBOCK
LIGHTS. Dr. W. L. Ducker, head of the Texas Technical College
Petroleum Engineering Department and Dr. A. G. Bert, professor of
chemical engineering, and Dr. W. I. Robinson, professor of geology, all
saw two strange formations hurtling through the sky over Lubbock, Texas
from horizon to horizon in three seconds. No shock waves were felt,
indicating the craft to be in the stratosphere, 50,000 feet or higher.
Speed was 1,800 mph. if at one mile high, 18,000 if 50,000 feet high.
Shape could not be determined, but each object gave off a glow of
light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_129
Date: 8/27/1951
Time: 20:20
Location: VANDALIA, IL
Description: 2 pilots and Air Traffic Controller. Large
orange night light buzzes plane. Going west. Returns and circles plane
and town.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1945
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "164", HatchDesc: "VANDALIA,IL:2 PILOTS+ATC:LRG ORG NLT BUZZES PLANE:>W:RETURNS+CCLS PLANE+TOWN", LatLong: "38.961113 -89.094449", LatLongDMS: "38:57:40 N 89:05:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/27/1951
Location: Vandalia, IL
Description: Large blinding orange light to the SW
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_839
Date: 8/27/1951
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: At a conference at Holloman AFB, New
Mexico, on the green fireballs, Project Twinkle’s Maj. Edward A. Doty expresses
skepticism about the project. Meteorologist Bernard
“Duke” Gildenberg tells those assembled that he has never seen
anything out of the ordinary, nor has astronomer Clyde
Tombaugh. The commanding officer at Holloman wants to cease
allocating funds for the project.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 545
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1679
Date: 8/28/1951
Description: Project Twinkle personnel talk to LaPaz about the
green fireballs and he insists they are not meteors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 545
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1680
Date: 8/30/1951
Location: USA, Lubbock (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Carl Hans
Jr., a professional photographer, took two photos of circular UFOs,
moving in formation at night, with a Kodak 35 mm, F 3.5 at 1/10". On
each photograph, the individual luminescences of the formation had
changed position according to a precise reference frame. (Henry DURRANT:
"Le livre noir des S.V." - Laffont 1970 - photographic insert, ref.
Capt. E. Ruppelt, The Report on UFO, p. 144 and following - photo United
Press). Carl Hart, an 18-year-old young man, photographed an identical
formation. The photos show about twenty bright blue objects in a V
formation and, a little apart, a large light... [note from vog: Was Carl
Hans or Hart a professional photographer or an 18-year-old young
man???]
Reference: Yves NAUD: "Les E.T. et les OVNI dans
l'histoire" Famot 1977, volume 4, p. 167
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1545
Date: 8/30/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In the night,
Carl Hart Junior, a student from Texas Tech, takes 5 photographs on
which UFOs similar to those of August
25 can be seen (photo below). (August 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_907
Date: 8/30/1951
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Description: LUBBOCK LIGHTS ON FILM
CONFIRMED. Carl Hart Jr. of Lubbock, Texas, took several
photographs today of 18 saucers flying in formation. An Air Force
Intelligence team, now admitted to be continuing flying saucer
investigations, said, "These photos are legitimate." In one, a larger
mother-ship could be seen off to one side, apparently controlling the
mass flight of the saucers which were in an inverted V formation. Hart
released the photographs to Acme and the Air Force.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_131
Date: 8/30/1951
Locations: Texas Tech; Lubbock, Texas; Lubbock Morning
Avalanche; Life; Lubbock Lights; Dr. Ducker's house; Texas Tech; Ralph
Sylvester Underwood
Description: 11:30 p.m. A Texas Tech freshman named
Carl Hart Jr. sees the same formation of 18–20 lights over Lubbock,
Texas, and takes five photos. He gets the roll of film developed the
next day and takes it to the Lubbock Morning Avalanche, which puts them
out on the Associated Press wire. ATIC examines the photos and notes
that the “two rows of spots behaved differently. One row only shows
slight variation from a precise V formation throughout, whereas the
other now appears to pass from above the first row, through it to a
position below.” Biologist James Cecil Cross looks
at the Lubbock photos under a microscope and rules out the bird
explanation. See also Life, Apr. 7, 1952. While investigating the
Lubbock Lights, Ruppelt also
learns that several people in and around Lubbock claim to have seen a
“flying wing” moving over the city. Among the witnesses is the wife of
Dr. Ducker, who reports that
in August 1951 she observed a “huge, soundless flying wing” pass over
her house. Ruppelt knows that USAF does possess a “flying wing” jet
bomber, and he feels that at least some of the sightings are caused by
the bomber, although he cannot explain why, according to the witnesses,
the wing makes no sound as it flies overhead. Ruppelt says that in
addition to Project Grudge investigators, another group of people who,
“because of their association with the government, had complete access
to our files” (scientists convinced of the ETH) were also looking into
the Lubbock cases. In March 1955, Ducker sends Ruppelt a telegram
indicating that he has figured out that the lights are a “natural
phenomenon” and requests no further publicity in his book. However,
Texas Tech mathematics professor Ralph
Sylvester Underwood has also observed three flights and estimates
the objects are at 2,000 feet altitude and flying at 700 mph—much too
fast for birds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Lubbock
Lights / Carl Hart Photos”; “‘Flying Whatsits’ Stir Dispute in
Area,” Lubbock (Tex.) Morning Avalanche, September 6, 1951; Clark III
690–693; Ruppelt, pp.
96–110; Kevin D. Randle, “Carl Hart and the Lubbock Lights,” IUR 18,
no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1993): 17–19; Michael D. Swords, “Classic Cases from
the APRO Files,” IUR 24, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 22; “Lubbock 1951,”
Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, November 15, 1999; Donald R.
Burleson, “New Findings on the Lubbock Lights,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer
2001): 3–5; “Lubbock Lights and
Roswell,” Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, December 7, 2005;
Michael D. Swords, “Can
We Learn Anything from UFO Photos? Part Five,” The Big Study, July
15, 2012; Swords 131– 132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1681
Date: 8/31/1951
Location: USA, Matador, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:45 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs. Tom Tilson, and one or two other women, all apparently
of excellent reputation (note from vog: ???) An object shaped like a
pear the size of a B-29 fuselage, aluminum or silver-white in color,
with a window or some other kind of opening on the side. The object with
the pointed end forward, hovering slowly at 50 meters altitude, began to
fly in circles until it disappeared from sight in a few seconds. (August
31, 1951)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1546
Date: 8/31/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Carl Hart Junior
returns the 5 photographs taken the day before to the Lubbock
Evening Avalanche. These documents have been authenticated by
experts.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_908
Date: 8/31/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Matador
(Texas), Mrs. Tom Tilson and 2 or 3 other women, all apparently of
excellent reputation, observe an object shaped like a pear, the length
of a B-29 (100 feet), seeming of aluminum or silver, with some kind of
opening on the side. It moves slowly drifting at an altitude of about
150 feet, then rises in a circular motion and disappears in a few
seconds. (0 h 45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #962 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_909
Date: 8/31/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The 3 UFOs
photographed in New Jersey. See photo at images/1951-09.jpg.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_910
Date: 8/31/1951
Time: 12:40
Location: MATADOR, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #962. 2 / car.
Silent 50' pear crosses US70 going east / 150' altitude. Porthole /
door.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1946
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "225", HatchDesc: "MATADOR,TX:BBK#962:2/CAR:SLNT 50'PEAR CROSSES US70 >E/150'alt:PORTHOLE/DOOR", LatLong: "34.011113 -100.822227", LatLongDMS: "34:00:40 N 100:49:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/31/1951
Location: Matador, TX
Description: Pear-shaped object the length of a B-29
fuselage (100 ft), (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: 962)
Reference: NICAP: 510831
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_840
Date: 8/31/1951
Time: 12:45 PM
Location: Matador, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. Tom Tilson, one or two
other women, all apparently of excellent reputations. One pear-shaped
object with a length of a B-29 fuselage (100'), aluminum or silver with
a port or some type of aperture on the side. It moved with smaller end
forward, drifting slowly at about 150' altitude, then headed up in a
circular fashion and out of sight after a few seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_70
Date: 8/31/1951
Location: Hwy 70 near Matador, Texas
Description: 12:45 p.m. Mrs. Tom Tilson and one or two
other women are driving north on Hwy 70 near Matador, Texas, when they
see to the west a pear-shaped object the length of a B-29 fuselage (100
feet). It is aluminum or silver-yellow with a port or some type of
aperture on the side, and it moves with its smaller end forward,
drifting slowly at about 150 feet altitude. It then shoots up in a
circular fashion and out of sight after a few seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 692; Sparks, p. 109
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1682
Date: 9/1951
Location: US
Description: Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt became chief of
the newly revitalized AF UFO project (which later became Project Blue
Book).
Type: personell assignment
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_863
Date: 9/1951 (approximate)
Location: AUSTRALIA, center
Description: (Translated from French) A group of
Aborigines from the Anmatjera tribe told authorities that they had seen,
from the top of a small hill, a shining circular object land a short
distance from another object already on the ground. In their opinion,
the two objects had the same dimensions, that is, 14 to 15 m and
"between one man and one and a half" in height. Afraid to approach these
objects, the people hid in the rocks and observed the strange scene.
After a few minutes, something resembling a very small man had come out
from under the second object and had gone to the first, entering it
through the base. This creature had shiny clothes and its round
(bulbous) head shone. Then the first object rose up buzzing like a swarm
of insects and the second followed quickly. (1951, September
(February?))
Reference: Keith Basterfield of UFORA - Australia,
cites this case in February 1951
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: "Les S.V. affaire sérieuse" -
trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 146-147
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1552
Date: 9/1951 (approximate)
Time: 15:00
Location: EDDINGTON, ME
Description: 1 / farm. Bee-swarm sound. 20M metallic
ovoid / low altitude overhead! Quickly going up [to] and away extremely
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1947
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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "45", HatchDesc: "EDDINGTON,ME:1/FARM:BEE-SWARM SOUND:20M MTLC OVOID/lo alt OVHD!:↑↑+away xfast", LatLong: "44.827780 -68.694448", LatLongDMS: "44:49:40 N 68:41:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1951
Location: Prom. E. Coast AF Base, unknown
Description: Sept of 1951 to Nov of 1952, Prom. E.
Coast AF Base, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_841
Date: 9/1951
Location: Central Australia
Description: A group of Unmatjera aborigines observed a
shiny circular object land near a similar craft, about 12 m in diameter.
Several min later, a dwarf dressed in a shiny suit and having "a round,
shiny head" came out of one craft and entered the other; both took off
with a buzzing sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Edwards 93 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_83
Date: 9/1951
Location: Bloomington, California
Description: 9:00 p.m. Louise McDougall is sitting on
the lawn outside her trailer park in Bloomington, California, when she
has the feeling someone is watching her. She looks up and sees a flying
saucer hovering some 20 feet up. It is lenticular, perhaps 100 feet in
diameter, and dull silver metallic in appearance. There are tall,
rectangular windows in its lower half, in which can be seen against an
amber glow four men, in one-piece “jump suits,” with shoulder- length
hair. She turns a spotlight on the saucer, whereupon it shoots off
silently at incredible speed. About 15 minutes later it returns,
hovering in the same spot, the figures still visible at the windows.
After 6 or 7 minutes, it takes off again to the southeast. McDougall’s
husband and three other people also see it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 267; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September
15, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1683
Date: 9/1/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In San Francisco,
USA, Australia and New Zealand conclude a Security Treaty. (September
1st)
Reference: [ATS 1952 No. 2 Act 1952 No. 6; UNTS 131 p.
83; TIAS 2493] [Pine Gap Treaty, 1966]
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_911
Date: 9/1/1951
Time: 23:20
Location: LUBBOCK, TX
Description: Good photograph. 18+bright saucers going
quickly south / 2 V formations and coin-disk / Ft. Sill. /
r135p52.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine
Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1948
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "6", Duration: "15", Elev: "960", HatchDesc: "LUBBOCK,TX:GOOD FOTO:18+BRITE SCRS >>S/2 VFORMNs+COIN-DISK/Ft.SILL:/r135p52", LatLong: "33.583335 -101.850005", LatLongDMS: "33:35:00 N 101:51:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) An unusual
fireball is seen skimming across the California coast and disappearing
before the eyes of many witnesses. (September 2)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_912
Date: 9/3/1951
Time: 14:00
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Project grudge. 30' bronze saucer / all
speeds. Silent erratic maneuvers. Northwest going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1949
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:PROJ GRUDGE:30'BRONZE SCR/ALL SPEEDS:SLNT ERRATIC MNVRS:NW>SE", LatLong: "47.650002 -117.416672", LatLongDMS: "47:39:00 N 117:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Claremont,
California, Sergeant W. T. Smith and Sergeant L. L. Duel (?) observed 6
orange lights in an irregular formation, flying straight into the coast
fog after 3 to 4 minutes. (September 6, 7:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #964 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_913
Date: 9/6/1951
Location: Matador, Texas
Description: The Matador Tribune.
MATADOR GENERATIONS BACK UP LUBBOCK. Three generations
of the Tilson family, Mrs. Tilson, her daughter, and her granddaughter,
all of Matador, saw at close range something strange in the sky which
might have been a flying saucer. They were not mistaken, nor were they
excited. The sighting over Lubbock occurred the same day.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_133
Date: 9/6/1951
Time: 19:20
Location: EAST / CLAREMONT, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #964. 2 USAF
observer(s) / US66. 6 orange-glowing objects circular form. Going
quickly southwest going [to] fogbank.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1950
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "357", HatchDesc: "E/CLAREMONT,CA:BBK#964:2 USAF OBS/US66:6 ORG-GLO OBJs CIRC.FORM:>>SW>FOGBANK", LatLong: "34.083335 -117.633339", LatLongDMS: "34:05:00 N 117:38:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1951
Location: Claremont, CA
Description: 6 orange lights in an irregular formation,
fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 964)
Reference: NICAP: 510906
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_842
Date: 9/6/1951
Time: 7:20 PM (not really clear)
Location: Claremont, California
Description: Witnesses: S/Sgt W.T. Smith, M/Sgt L.L.
Duel (?). Six orange lights in an irregular formation, flew straight and
level into a coastal fog bank after 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_71
Date: 9/6/1951
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: The Air Force issues JANAP 146(B),
“Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings
from Aircraft.” All UFO reports are to go to the Air Defense Command in
the Pentagon (which presumably will send them to AMC at Wright-Patterson
AFB in Ohio), the Secretary of Defense, and to the nearest US military
command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1684
Date: 9/6/1951
Description: In Claremont, California Sergeants W. T.
Smith and L. L. Deuel saw six orange lights flying in an irregular
formation at 7:20 p.m. They flew straight and level into a coastal fog
bank after approximately 3-4 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #964; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5674
Date: 9/9/1951
Location: 50 miles off coast of North Korea, At
Sea
Description: Radar tracking of multiple unidentified
targets at 900 mph (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510909
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_843
Date: 9/10/1951
Location: Asbury, NJ
Description: CONFIDENTIAL Air Intel REPORT: Maj.
Ballard and Lt. Rogers while flying at 20,000 ft. in a T-33 spotted a
disc-shaped UFO the size of an F-86 flying below them at 8000 ft. It was
travelling much faster than they were (900+ mph). It was steady in
flight, with no visible means of propulsion and shiny silver in color.
The radar station at Ft. Monmouth plotted the same UFO on radar at 1110
EDT flying above 700 mph. (p127 of Ruppelt’s book)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p487)
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_441
Date: 9/10/1951
Location: USA, Point Pleasant (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:30,
the pilot of a T-33 jet, with an air commander as a passenger and flying
at 6000 meters above Point Pleasant, saw below him an object in the
shape of a disk, with a silver color. He estimated the diameter to be
between 10 and 15 meters and noticed that the object was descending
towards Sandy Hook, from an altitude of around 1500 meters. He turned to
approach it. At that moment, the object stopped descending, gained
speed, changed direction by 120° and disappeared towards the sea.
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes
Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, p.122
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1548
Date: 9/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey), during a demonstration of anti-aircraft guns
pointed automatically by radar, an unidentified echo appears at low
altitude. It flies at about 11000 m to the South of the station, heading
North along the coast. The craft is moving too fast to be tracked
automatically, so the Army Signal Corps operator switches to
manual control. The operator estimates its speed at over 1100 km/h ---
700 miles/h, an incredible performance for the time, even for the best
army jets. The group follows the craft for about 3 minutes, until it
disappears from the screen to the North-East at about 13000 m altitude.
(11:10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_914
Date: 9/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) A USAF T-33
piloted by Lieutenant Wilbert S. Rogers and navigator Major Edward
Ballard over Point Pleasant (New Jersey) saw far below them a
silver-colored object - described by Rogers as round and flat and with a
diameter between 9 and 15 m (30 to 50 feet), traveling at 1400 km/h.
From its altitude of 6000 m (20000 feet), it began a rotating descent
towards the UFO but was unable to catch up. They saw it descend towards
Sandy Hook (climb and travel about 30 km?), before banking to the left
at 90° (at 120°?) and disappearing towards the sea. Ground radar picked
it up and estimated its speed at 1000 km/h. (11:35)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_915
Date: 9/10/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey), radar detected an object at an altitude of 18
miles moving slowly. Ground observers quickly confirmed the sighting
although they could only observe a small silver dot. This sighting was
later identified as a balloon. (3:15 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_916
Date: 9/10/1951
Location: Fort Monmouth, NJ
Description: Radar/visual of metallic, disc-shaped
object at 900 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_77
Date: 9/10/1951
Time: 11:10
Location: PORT MONMOUTH, NJ
Description: T33 pilot and RADAR. 40' saucer / 1000mph.
120° turns. Going quickly southeast. / r97#54+/ r29p91.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: SMITH, Willy: ON PILOTS and UFO's.
UNICAT Project, 8011 SW 189th St. Miami, FL 33175 USA. March 1997.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1951
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "25", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PORT MONMOUTH,NJ:T33 PILOT+RDR:40'SCR/1000mph:120°TURNS:>>SE:/r97#54+/r29p91", LatLong: "40.416669 -74.100004", LatLongDMS: "40:25:00 N 74:06:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/10/1951
Location: Fort Monmouth, NJ
Description: The Fort Monmouth Radar Incident (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 510910
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_844
Date: 9/10/1951
Location: Sandy Hook, NJ
Description: The Sandy Hook / T-33 Incident (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510910
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_845
Date: 9/10/1951
Locations: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Sandy Hook
Description: 11:10 a.m. At the Army Signal Corps radar
center at Fort Monmouth [now closed], New Jersey, a student operator
demonstrating radar functions to a group of visiting officers picks up a
target that is moving too fast to be tracked automatically. The object
seems to be following the coastline. He follows it off and on for 3
minutes, after which it disappears to the northeast, flying at 700 mph.
About 25 minutes later, a T-33 jet trainer piloted by Lt. Wilbert
S. Rogers, with
Maj. Edward Ballard as passenger, spots a “silver-colored object about
the size of a fighter plane” flying at 900 mph at 5,000–8,000 feet over
Sandy Hook. It makes a 90° banking turn and disappears out to sea. At
3:15 p.m., a second radar tracking occurs, but this slower object turns
out to be a balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Fort Monmouth
Radar Incident”; NICAP, “The Sandy Hook /
T-33 Incident”; 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, p. 66; Clark III 513– 515; Sparks, p. 110; Thomas
Tulien, ed., Proceedings
of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical
Group, November 2001, pp. 45–46; Swords 124–127; Good Above, pp.
269, 487
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1685
Date: 9/10/1951
Description: U.S. Air Force pilots Lt. Wilbert Rogers
and Major Ezra Ballard were flying in a T-33 at 20,000 feet from Dover
AFB when at 11:35 a.m. EDT they saw a silvery metallic disc-shaped
object to their 11 o'clock position and below their aircraft, three
miles northeast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. It was silhouetted against
the ground. Rogers immediately turned left and descended to intercept
the craft, which then banked revealing its flat round profile, with no
appendages. The UFO curved in a tight turn, covering an estimated 30
nautical miles in two minutes at a speed estimated between 1,000-1,500
mph. The object passed within about 8,000 feet distance of the T-33,
descending from about 12,000 feet to 5000 feet and heading out to sea at
high speed near Point Pleasant. The aerial sighting lasted two minutes
and was rated a high reliability unknown by Project Blue Book and Dr.
James McDonald.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, True Magazine, May 1954;
Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 127;
UNICAT, case # 637, citing James E. McDonald, 1968 Armed Services
Committee Congressional Hearings, p. 66; Richard H. Hall, The UFO
Evidence, p. 131; Brad Sparks, NICAP 1951 UFO Chronology webpage
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5820
Date: 9/11/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The radar at Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey) detected a new unidentified echo at very high
speed. No visual confirmation, as the sky was too cloudy. (10:50)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_917
Date: 9/11/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The radar at Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey) detected a second unidentified echo at very
high speed. No visual confirmation, as the sky was too cloudy.
(13:30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_918
Date: 9/11/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Two other similar
cases occur (5 since the beginning of the trial period); one of the
detected echoes moves at a constant altitude of 28300 m. Among the
witnesses is a group of senior officers responsible for evaluating this
cutting-edge material.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_919
Date: 9/11/1951
Location: Mitchell Field, New York
Description: AIR FORCE PILOTS CLOCKS THEM AS
TOO FAST FOR F-86'S. Two Air Force jet pilots reported today
that they chased a mysterious round flying object at 900mph, for thirty
minnutes. Lt. Wilbert S. Rogers of Columbia, PA, pilot of the plane
said: "We couldn't have caught it in an F-86." (The US's fastest jet
fighter.)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_130
Date: 9/11/1951
Location: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Description: 10:50 a.m. Two radars at Fort Monmouth,
New Jersey, pick up another object moving at 1,000 mph. At 1:30 p.m.,
another radar target appears, apparently hovering. Overcast conditions
prevent a visual sighting. The radar then shows it ascending at a rapid
rate then streaking to the south at 700+ mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 514
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1686
Date: 9/12/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The project Grudge,
dormant since December 1949, is reactivated under the name of project Blue
Book, under the direction of Captain Ruppelt.
(September 12)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_920
Date: 9/12/1951
Location: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Description: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, officials send
ATIC and USAF headquarters a three-foot-long teletype describing the
sightings. ATIC’s new chief, Col. Frank Dunn, gets a
wire from Gen. Charles
Cabell, who wants somebody from ATIC to find out what’s going on.
Dunn sends Lt. Jerry
Cummings (head of Project Grudge) and Lt. Col. Nathan
R. Rosengarten (chief of the ATIC Aircraft Performance
Section).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 514–515; Ruppelt, pp.
93–94; Swords 126; Good Need, pp.
164–165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1687
Date: 9/13/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Goose Bay (Labrador), Sgt. W. B. Maupin and Cpl. J. W. Green
observe 3 objects on the radar. 2 are on a collision course, and one
moves to the right at the radio request of one of the radar operators.
No known aircraft are in the area. A third unidentified object then
joins the first two. The observation lasts more than 15 minutes.
(September 13 (14?) 21:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #969 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_921
Date: 9/13/1951
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Two GCA operators observed what appeared
to be three targets on the PPI (Plan Position Indicator) scope. (See
report and reference to an attached photo on NARAPBB89-1203) (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 969)
Reference: NICAP: 510913
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_846
Date: 9/13/1951
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay],
Labrador
Description: 9:30 p.m. T/Sgt Warner B. Maupin and Cpl.
John W. Green track two objects on radar at Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose
Bay], Labrador, on a collision course. One of them tries to warn the
supposed aircraft of an imminent collision and is surprised to watch one
avoid danger by moving to the right. A third unidentified target joins
the other two. The incident lasts more than 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The
Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, p. 53; Sparks, p. 110; Chris
Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 261
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1688
Date: 9/14/1951
Location: CANADA, Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: (Translated from French) 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt W.B. Maupin and Cpl. J.W. Green. Radar targeted three
objects. There were first two, which were on a collision course. At the
request of one of the radar operators, one veered off to the right! No
known aircraft in the area. A third unidentified target then joined the
other two. Duration: over 15 minutes. (Project Blue Book - cf. Don
Berliner) RO. at 00:20 - crew of a B-36, duration: 20 minutes which puts
the date at September 18.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "UFOs, Myth or Reality?" -
trans. Belfond 1974 - p. 275
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1549
Date: 9/14/1951
Time: 21:30
Location: GOOSE BAY AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: RADAR's. 2 blips / collision course. 1
turns on radio warning.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1952
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "GOOSE BAY AFB,NFLD:RDRs:2 BLIPS/COLLSN COURSE:1 TURNS ON RADIO WARNING", LatLong: "53.300003 -60.450003", LatLongDMS: "53:18:00 N 60:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/14/1951
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt W.B. Maupin, Cpl. J.W.
Green. Three objects tracked on radar. Two were on a collision course,
then one evaded to the right upon the request, by radio, of one of the
radar operators! No aircraft were known to be in the area. A third
unidentified track then joined the first two. More than 15
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_72
Date: 9/14/1951
Description: At nine o'clock in the evening at the
Goose Bay AFB in Labrador, Canada Sgt W. B. Maupin and Corporal J. W.
Green tracked three objects on radar. Two were on a collision course
when one of the bogeys diverted to the right upon the request, by radio,
of one of the radar operators! No aircraft were known to be in the area.
A third unidentified track then joined the first two. This incident
lasted longer than 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 969; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5940
Date: 9/15/1951
Location: US
Description: Lt. Jerry Cummings, and a Lt. Col. from
ATIC, were called to Washington to brief a General (and a disgruntled
group of industrialists and scientists) about the conduct of the
investigation. Received orders to set up a new project.
Type: briefing
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,
pg. 128-130
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_862
Date: 9/15/1951
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR CROSSVILLE, TN
Description: 5 / USAF C45. 3 orange balls /
equilateral/equal triangular formation join and pace C45. /
Narcap.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1953
Attributes: 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "568", HatchDesc: "nr CROSSVILLE,TN:5/USAF C45:3 ORG BALLS/EQL TRNGLr FORMn JOIN+PACE C45:/Narcap", LatLong: "36.000002 -85.000004", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 85:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/17/1951
Location: Marion (3 miles NE of), OH
Description: Cessna In Near-Miss with Swept Wing UFO
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510917
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_847
Date: 9/17/1951
Location: Hudson Strait to Baffin Island, CAN
Description: B-36 Radar Picks Up Object Seen Visually
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510917
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_848
Date: 9/18/1951
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “The Day the Earth
Stood Still” is released
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_442
Date: 9/18/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Goose Bay
(Labrador), observation for 20 minutes of a disc the size of a B-36.
(September 18, 0:20)
Reference: Hynek, 1874, RO-11
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_922
Date: 9/18/1951
Location: 12 miles east of Kansas City, MO
Description: Kansas City Star. TWO
SAUCER SQUADRONS SHOW MISSOURI. Mrs. Betty McCarty reported
seeing two groups of circular objects one slightly above the other,
about 12 miles east of Kansas City. She estimated the lower group of
contained at least 150 and the upper group about 50. She said that they
changed color and position with no visible effort and she heard no motor
noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_132
Date: 9/18/1951
Time: 08:20
Location: SOUTH / THULE, GRNLND
Description: B36 crew paced. RADAR jammed. Autopilot
malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Unidentified object
passes overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique:
Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft
Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1954
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "9", Duration: "100", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "S/THULE,GRNLND:B36 CREW PACED:RDR JAMMED:AUTOPILOT EMEs:UID OBJ PASSES OVHD", LatLong: "63.500003 -70.000003", LatLongDMS: "63:30:00 N 70:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NAT", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/18/1951
Time: 20:00?
Location: SANTA FE, NM
Description: Meteor nears airport / loud noise. Air
Traffic Controller lights runway. Shoots going up. Hovers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1955
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "2100", HatchDesc: "SANTA FE,NM:METEOR NEARS AIRPORT/LOUD NOISE:ATC LITES RUNWAY:SHOOTS ↑:HVRS", LatLong: "35.666668 -106.016672", LatLongDMS: "35:40:00 N 106:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/18/1951
Location: ADC radar sites, Mich, Wisc, Minn,
various
Description: 6,000 MPH Targets Tracked By Radar In
Three States (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 510918
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_849
Date: 9/18/1951
Locations: New York City; Washington, D.C.
Description: The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by
Robert
Wise and starring Michael
Rennie and Patricia Neal,
premieres in New York City. The ultimate flying saucer science-fiction
movie, the plot revolves around an alien who lands in a UFO in
Washington, D.C., and demands that atomic testing cease. Lock Martin, who is more
than 7 feet tall, plays the robot Gort.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Internet Movie Database, “The Day the Earth Stood
Still” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1689
Date: 9/18/1951
Locations: Hudson Strait; northern Canada; southwest
Baffin Island, Nunavut; Labrador
Description: 10:20 p.m. USAF B-36 radar operator Maj.
Paul E. Gerhart and navigator Maj. Charles J. Cheever are flying
northwest at 239 mph over the Hudson Strait in northern Canada when they
pick up radar interference coming from an unidentified aircraft moving
away from them to the east about 32 miles away. The anti-jamming device
on their radar is turned on at 11:20 p.m. but does not affect the
jamming on the radar scope. At 11:35 p.m., a UFO is seen visually on the
right side of the B-36, which is flying at 18,000 feet over southwest
Baffin Island, Nunavut. The object has all-white “unconventional running
lights” and two white flashing tail lights, travels about 35 mph faster
than the B-36, crosses the front from right to left heading toward the
north-northwest, and is in view about 20 minutes. While the object is
still visible at 11:50 p.m., the B-36 autopilot and APQ-24 radar set
malfunction, the latter coming back a few minutes later when the object
disappears. ECM operators S/Sgt. Donald E. Jenkins and S/Sgt. Doty T.
Larimore on two B-36 flights over Labrador on September 19 detect
carrier wave signals at several frequencies and some radar-like pulses
at other frequencies, all below 1,000 MHz.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B- 36 Radar Picks up
Object Seen Visually”; Sparks, p. 111
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1690
Date: 9/18/1951
Description: A U.S. Air Force B-36 on a training flight
near Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada spotted a saucer-shaped object with
multiple white lights on a parallel flight course, which then crossed
over in front of them from right to left. The ADF went out for a few
minutes, then the radar jammed and also went out for a few
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 14; J. Allen Hynek files; Richard F. Haines, NARCAP: A
Preliminary Report of 64 Pilot Sightings Involving EM Effects on
Aircraft, case # 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6064
Date: 9/19/1951
Location: RICHMOND, CA
Description: Slow fiery pencil-cloud going east from
bay. Dozens / calls to police.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1956
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "2", Elev: "17", HatchDesc: "RICHMOND,CA:SLOW FIERY PENCIL-CLOUD >E FROM BAY:DOZENS/CALLS to POLICE", LatLong: "37.916668 -122.350006", LatLongDMS: "37:55:00 N 122:21:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/20/1951
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) For the first
time a monkey and eleven mice, launched with the second Aerobee rocket,
which reached 72 km, returned safe and sound. The device fell into the
desert.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1550
Date: 9/23/1951
Location: USA, Long Beach (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 7:55 two F-86s
on patrol were approaching Long Beach. Suddenly the section leader
called the ground control to announce that himself and his wingman were
seeing an object high "at 12 o'clock", turning to the left, which was
not another plane. The controller checked his radars, found nothing, and
told the section leader to try to identify the object. The two F-86s set
off in pursuit. The UFO continued to turn. They tried to intercept it
but never managed to gain enough altitude. From time to time, when they
seemed to be getting closer, the UFO casually moved away, climbing,
while describing a wide circle to the left. After ten minutes the planes
had to give up the pursuit due to lack of fuel. Four new F-86s took over
and in pairs tried to reach the UFO's altitude, which they estimated to
be 16,500 meters. They did not succeed. All the pilots spoke of a
"silver plane with wings very inclined to the rear" except one who spoke
of a round and silver object. [IN REALITY: it was a weather balloon
launched from Long Beach.]
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes
Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 125 and 147 for the
conclusion
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1551
Date: Autumn 1951
Description: (Translated from French) The Twinkle
project ends with the gradual disappearance of green fireball phenomena.
(Autumn)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_931
Date: 9/23/1951
Location: March AFB, CA
Description: Four F-86s attempt intercept of metallic,
high-altitude UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_78
Date: 9/23/1951
Time: 07:00
Location: MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: RADAR / ground and air. Silver object
circles / 17km altitude. Jets chase. / Lumieres dans la Nuit (monthly,
Paris) #330+/ r11p203.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1957
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "467", HatchDesc: "MARCH AFB,CA:RDR/GND+AIR:SLVR OBJ CCLs/17km alt:JETS CHASE:/LDLN #330+/r11p203", LatLong: "33.900002 -117.266672", LatLongDMS: "33:54:00 N 117:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/23/1951
Time: 08:00
Location: WEST / LONG BEACH, CA
Description: 2+4 F86's can't reach
cylinder/cigar-shape. Keeps circling and rising. 1 describes
saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1958
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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: "9", Duration: "11", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "W/LONG BEACH,CA:2+4 F86s CANT REACH CGR:KEEPS CIRCLING+RISING:1 DESCRIBES SCR", LatLong: "33.800002 -118.250006", LatLongDMS: "33:48:00 N 118:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/23/1951
Location: Victorville (1st jets scrambled from),
CA
Description: A bright silvery aircraft with highly
swept back 45° wings (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_850
Date: 9/23/1951
Location: March AFB, CA
Description: Swept Wing Aircraft At Above 50,000' /
Tracked By GCI (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 510923
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_851
Date: 9/23/1951
Locations: March AFB; Long Beach, California
Description: At March AFB [now March Air Reserve Base]
near Long Beach, California, two F-86 jets try to intercept an object in
controlled orbit at around 55,000 feet, but they run low on fuel and
have to land. Two more F-86s are scrambled, with the same results. Three
of the pilots report seeing a “silver airplane with highly swept- back
wings,” although one of them says the UFO looks round and silver.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Swept Wing
Aircraft at above 50,000ʹ / Tracked
by GCI”; Ruppelt, pp.
94–95, 111, 113–114;
Sparks, p.
112
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1691
Date: Fall 1951
Location: Korea
Description: Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Marvin
C. Davies is flying a plane off a CVE class aircraft carrier near
Korea when the crew tracks a radar target 3 miles astern. The object has
apparently been circling the fleet at an altitude of 5,000 feet and
speeds of “slow” to 1,000 mph. The UFO has been tracked on 14 ship
radars for 7 hours. It stops circling and takes up a position behind the
plane’s wingman, remaining there 5 minutes, then departing at high
speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1937, “UFO Reports,
Korea”; UFOEv, p.
84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1692
Date: 9/23/1951
Description: On this morning a total of seven F-86
fighters were scrambled to chase a UFO that remained over southern
California for nearly ninety minutes. Two F-86 jet interceptors were
scrambled from George AFB near Victorville, California then vectored by
air defense GCI radar to a target off the Pacific Coast 30 miles west of
Long Beach Airport, where the jets circled and then headed east toward
Long Beach when the object was seen at 7:55 a.m. PDT at the 12 o'clock
high position. It was in a left orbit at about 50,000 feet, above the
F-86's. It appeared to be a bright silvery aircraft with highly swept
back 45° wings. The F-86's tried to climb to intercept the object but it
climbed away in response. Another two F-86's were scrambled from George
AFB at about 8:00 a.m. as the first two were running low on fuel and
broke off pursuit. The second pair of F-86's was vectored by GCI radar
to Camp Pendleton, arrived there at 8:10 a.m. at 43,000 feet, and
spotted the object at the one o'clock high position back to the north
toward Muroc/Edwards AFB, appearing to be at about 50,000-55,000 feet in
a controlled orbit. It looked like a swept wing aircraft that sped up
when the F-86's tried to close. The object was again found near March
AFB, Riverside, California to the NNW but the jets broke off intercept
because they were low on fuel at about 8:20 a.m., landing at 8:45. A
third flight of two F-86's were scrambled from George AFB and saw the
object shortly after takeoff, heading south. The F-86's made climbing
turns up to 43,500 feet under the now round silvery object at 55,000
feet over the San Bernardino Mountains. They broke off the intercept at
about 9:25 a.m. A seventh F-86 was scrambled to the south toward Long
Beach but the UFO had gone. The Air Force explanation for the sightings
was a balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #1, November 11, 1951;
Project Grudge Report #2, December 31, 1951; Edward J. Ruppelt,
Unidentified Flying Objects, pp. 94-95; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers
from Outer Space, p. 48; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p.
42; Kenneth Larson, Flying Saucers, June 1968, p. 44; Richard M. Dolan,
UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up
1941-1973, p. 400; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 14;
Blue Book Archive Document Group NARA-PBB85 566 (566-568) -Francis
Ridge, From Long Beach to Camp Pendleton -MAXW-PBB8-1583-1588,1596-1617
- Dan Wilson, Blue Book Archive Document Group MAXW-PBB8 1604
(1604-1649) & PBB2 273 - Fran Ridge The Report and the Flimsy
Analysis - Francis Ridge The original Project Blue Book Special Report
Document, p. 16; Analysis: Air Force Documents Supporting Negative
Conclusion, Project Blue Book Special Report, pp. 44-47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6245
Date: 9/24/1951
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: Soviet atomic bomb test RDS-2 (Joe 2),
38.3kt
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_443
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 38.3
Date: 9/24/1951
Location: White Sands, New Mexico
Description: TWO MORE REFUSE TO JOIN MIDDEL'S
BALLOONATIC FRINGE. AP -- J. Gorden Vaeth, US Navy Aeronautical
engineer and Charles B. Moore, Jr., an aerologist engineer, saw a white
object which was not their balloon. Moore turned the telescope on it and
saw an ellipsoid about two and a half times as long as it was wide. It
was gleaming white, but didn't have any metallic shine. It was
travelling too fast to get a clear focus in the telescope.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_134
Date: 9/24/1951
Time: 11:00
Location: EAST / MOKENA, IL
Description: Man rolling tractor tire abduction. 5
hours missing time. Odd frogs. Saucer and 2 men / helmets.
Type: sighting
Reference: ROGO, D. Scott (ed): ALIEN ABDUCTIONS, True
Cases of UFO Kidnappings; Signet/Penguin, NY 1980. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1959
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "44", Elev: "215", HatchDesc: "E/MOKENA,IL:MAN ROLLING TRACTOR TIRE ABD:5hrs MST:ODD FROGS:SCR+2 MEN/HELMETS:", LatLong: "41.527780 -87.866671", LatLongDMS: "41:31:40 N 87:52:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 9/24/1951
Location: 50.43 77.83
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country:
USSR Name: “joe2” Yield: 38KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_1033
Extra Data: LatLong: "50.43 77.83", LatLongDMS: "50:25:48 N 77:49:48 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USSR", NukeDepth: "0.00", NukeName: "joe2", NukeSource: "RFAE", NukeType: "NACS", NukeY: "38"
Date: 9/30/1951
Time: 15:00
Location: 3MI SOUTHWEST / ORANGE, VA
Description: Blue Book. 3 teens. Saucer inside haze /
black smoke. Violent stops and maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1960
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "160", HatchDesc: "3Mi SW/ORANGE,VA:BBK:3 TEENS:SCR INSIDE HAZE/BLACK SMOKE:VIOLENT STOPS+MNVRS:", LatLong: "38.244446 -78.111115", LatLongDMS: "38:14:40 N 78:06:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/1951
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Project Grudge is on hold, Intelligence
Officer Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt has been assigned to reshape the study
and field mounting concern for the Pentagon.
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_444
See also: 12/1948
See also: 3/1952
Date: 10/1951
Location: Korea
Description: Fourteen ships track object circling fleet
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_79
Date: 10/1951
Location: Stockholm University, Sweden
Description: Per Sundh is
appointed head of a unit at the Swedish Defence Staff responsible for
investigating UFO reports. He remains in charge until October 1954.
During that time the department handles 6,000 reports, of which 400 are
investigated and 40 remain unexplained. Their astronomical consultant is
Bertil
Lindblad, an
astronomer at Stockholm University, Sweden. Sundh says that his
personnel always took even the weirdest observations seriously.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 364–365
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1693
Date: 10/1/1951
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: 10:00 a.m. At the Pentagon, Cummings and
Rosengarten brief
Cabell,
his staff, and a representative from Republic Aircraft Corporation who
“supposedly represented a group of top US industrialists and
scientists.” The meeting is recorded with a wire recorder. Edward
Ruppelt, later
head of Project Blue Book, hears the recording before it is ordered
destroyed and keeps detailed notes about the meeting. Cabell supposedly
learns that Grudge is effectively dead and demands to know “who in hell
has been giving me these reports that every decent flying saucer report
is being investigated?” Cabell says there is a great deal of doubt in
his mind as to what the saucers are and that the Grudge report is the
“most poorly written, inconclusive piece of unscientific tripe” he had
ever read. He orders Grudge to reactivate itself, and Cummings and
Rosengarten go back to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio to do just
that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 514–515; Ruppelt, pp.
93–94; Swords 127–128, 501–502; Michael Hall, “When UFOs Were
Serious Business: Then and Today,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004):
4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1694
Date: Early 10/1951
Location: FRANCE, Saint Samson "Bellevue"
Description: (Translated from French) M. Le Haziff, his
wife and two daughters, M. Jean Marteil and M. Robin (deaf-mute)
observed between 8 and 9 pm a luminous halo that descended. In the halo,
an oval shape soon illuminated the entire field on which it landed, 200
to 300 m from the witnesses and where cows were grazing. They observed
the object but did not approach it beyond a curtain of chestnut trees.
No one remembers how the thing disappeared. One of the cows was taken by
"crises as if she had gone mad". She had to be sold. Discovery of a
curious material about 10 cm in diameter, 3 or 4 cm thick, resembling
"bread without crust". (1951 or 1952, early October)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, Premier
dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 644, 645
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1564
Date: 10/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Columbus
(Ohio), Howard
Cross observed a bright oval object with a truncated tail flying
straight, disappearing due to the distance after 1 minute. (October 2, 6
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 980 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_923
Date: 10/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The Brazilian
battleship Sao Paulo which "disappeared" near the Azores. See photo at
images/saopaulo_300.jpg.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_924
Date: 10/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Kadena
(Okinawa), Sergeant M. W. Watson and Pvt. Gonzales, both radar
operators, along with another Sergeant, detected a large sausage-shaped
blip travelling at a speed of 4800 miles/h. (22:27)
Reference: case Blue
Book #984 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_925
Date: 10/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Two powerful
tugboats are towing the São Paulo, the most beautiful unit of
the Brazilian fleet, disarmed, to a demolition yard (discarded in 1945
after having only served in peacetime and bought by an entrepreneur for
the scrap metal it represents). A storm forces one of the two tugboats
to leave the convoy.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_926
Date: 10/2/1951
Time: 18:00
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #980. Physicist.
Bright ovoid with clipped tail. Straight and level flight going [to]
distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1961
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,OH:BBK#980:PHYSICIST:BRITE OVOID W/CLIPPED TAIL:S/L FLITE > DISTANCE", LatLong: "39.983335 -83.000004", LatLongDMS: "39:59:00 N 83:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/2/1951
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Three Separate Reports (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 511002
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_854
Date: 10/2/1951
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: Bright oval with a clipped tail fly
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 980)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_855
Date: 10/2/1951
Time: 6 PM
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Description: Witness: Battelle Memorial Institute
graduate physicist Howard Cross. One bright oval with a clipped tail
flew straight and level, fading into the distance after 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_73
Date: 10/3/1951
Location: JAPAN, Kadena, Okinawa.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:27 p.m.
Witnesses: radar operators: Sgt. M.W. Watson and Pvt. Gonzales and
another sergeant. A large radar echo of a round object on radar, flying
at 4,800 m.p.h.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1554
Date: 10/3/1951
Location: St. Regis and Hogansburg, New York
Description: New York Journal-American.
FOUR REPORT FANTASIC FLYING BALL. Four northern New
York residents claimed today to have seen a fantastic flying ball,
powered by a motor driven propeller, land near St. Regis and Hogansburg,
and then take off and vanish over Massena. Alex LaFrance, Peter Philips
and Francis Arquette told police they saw it land in a field near the
Canadian border. They said the sphere took off with a humming noise at
about 25 mph. Mrs. Angus Cook said the ball landed about 200 yards from
her home. Also see: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-report-balloon-lands-soar/132051701/
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_135
Date: 10/3/1951
Time: 22:30
Location: KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA
Description: 2 RADAR operators and 1. Large sausage
shaped blip tracked at 4800mph!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1962
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "KADENA AFB,OKINAWA:2 RDR OPS+1:LRG SAUSAGE SHAPED BLIP TRACKED AT 4800mph!", LatLong: "26.333335 127.716673", LatLongDMS: "26:20:00 N 127:43:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OKN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/3/1951
Location: Kadena AFB, Okinawa
Description: Large, sausage-shaped blip on radar
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 984)
Reference: NICAP: 511003
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_856
Date: 10/3/1951
Time: 10:27 PM
Location: Kadena, Okinawa
Description: Witnesses: radar operators Sgt. M.W.
Watson and Pvt. Gonzales and one other Sergeant. One large,
sausage-shaped blip tracked at an estimated 4,800 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_74
Date: 10/3/1951
Description: At 9:27 p.m. military radar picked up a
large sausage-shaped radar blip. It was tracked flying over Kadena AFB,
Japan moving at 4,800 mph. Listed as a Project Blue Book "unidentified"
case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 984
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6517
Date: 10/4/1951
Location: MALI, Tessalit
Description: (Translated from French) An air force
officer saw a UFO, dark yellow and circular in shape. The object seemed
to descend before rising and accelerating strongly. (Janet and Colin
BORD: "Modern Mysteries of the World" - Guild Publishing London 1989, p.
342, 343) On the night of October 3 to 4, two military aviation officers
and some men were sleeping outside the bordj, under the crystal clear
and still desert sky. "I woke up at 2 o'clock," one of the officers
said, "and couldn't get back to sleep. The night was dark, the stars
very bright, the air calm. Suddenly, coming from the east and quickly
approaching west or so, I saw a light. It was descending. (...) It was
not an airplane. After a few seconds the shape of the object became
clearly visible: it was an "object" approximately circular, with the
apparent diameter of a 10 centimeter circle, dark yellow, almost orange.
It continued to approach slowly descending, at the approach speed of a
night DC 3 type airplane. Arriving at the vertical of the bordj-village
of Tessalit, about 6 km southeast of where we were, the object made a
turn of more than 90 degrees to the left, thus passing approximately at
the heading of 170/180 degrees. It accelerated, its speed became
astonishing, it rose very quickly, while its apparent diameter
decreased, and disappeared.
Reference: "Lueurs sur les Soucoupes volantes" - Aimé
Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 133
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1555
Date: 10/4/1951
Description: (Translated from French) After the storm
passed, the São Paulo disappeared from the Azores.
The mooring that held it to the other tugboat had broken in the
meantime. A large search operation was then set in motion. As the
battleship had no radio, the 8 sailors on board could not give their
position. In the morning, a cargo ship spotted some light signals that
could be distress rockets. Another ship confirmed this observation. The
search continued with more intensity, and airplanes reported black
shapes in 2 or 3 different places, 35 to 40 km apart. A tugboat also
observed a kind of black mass lying on the waves, but it disappeared
afterwards. The investigation showed that the battleship had been
properly ballasted and it was impossible for it to capsize before the
search continued in the afternoon of the 4th. (October 4th)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_927
Date: 10/4/1951
Time: 02:00
Location: TESSALIT OASIS, MALI
Description: FAF officers and men / ground. Saucer east
going quickly west. 170° turn and away / amazing speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1963
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Sahara", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "TESSALIT OASIS,MALI:FAF OFFICERS+MEN/GND:SCR E>>W:170°TURN+AWAY/AMAZING SPEED:", LatLong: "20.233334 0.983333", LatLongDMS: "20:14:00 N 00:59:00 E", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MLI", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/4/1951
Locations: Mali; Tessalit
Description: 2:00 a.m. Two French aviation officers are
camped out several miles northwest of the village of Tessalit, Mali. A
luminous dark-yellow disc approaches slowly from the east, loses
altitude, makes a 90° turn, accelerates, and ascends at high
speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “Tessalit,
Mali, October 4, 1951” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1695
Date: 10/7/1951
Location: Honshu, Japan
Description: CPS-5 Established Radar Contact With UFO
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 511007
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_853
Date: 10/7/1951
Location: Honshu (a few miles off the coast),
Japan
Description: Radar tracking of unidentified target at
420 mph (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511007
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_857
Date: 10/9/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Terre Haute
(Indiana), Roy Messmore, Director of Communications with the CAA Devices
at Hulman Municipal Airport, observed a silver round object flying
straight above him, reaching the horizon in 15 s. (13 h 42)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_928
Date: 10/9/1951
Description: (Translated from French) A very similar
incident occurs near Paris (Illinois), 15 miles northwest, also listed
as "unidentified" for years, but eventually reclassified. (13 h
45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #985 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_929
Date: 10/9/1951
Time: 13:40
Location: EAST / TERRE HAUTE, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #985. CAA man and
pilot. Huge metal ovoid crosses sky going quickly northwest / 15
second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1964
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "153", HatchDesc: "E/TERRE HAUTE,IN:BBK#985:CAA MAN+PILOT:HUGE MTL OVOID CROSSES SKY >>NW /15sec", LatLong: "39.466669 -87.333337", LatLongDMS: "39:28:00 N 87:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/9/1951
Time: 13:50
Location: EAST / PARIS, IL
Description: Blue Book 985. Private pilot and separate
observer(s). Saucer going quickly northeast over Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) plant. / r242p44+/ r148p60.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1965
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "220", HatchDesc: "E/PARIS,IL:BBK 985:Pvt.PILOT+SEP.OBS:SCR >>NE OVR AEC PLANT:/r242p44+/r148p60", LatLong: "39.616669 -87.666671", LatLongDMS: "39:37:00 N 87:40:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/9/1951
Time: 14:00?
Location: LODI, OH
Description: Glittering silver barrel makes 90-turn at
speed. 2nd object / meteoric speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 282)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1966
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "282", HatchDesc: "LODI,OH:GLITTERING SLVR BARREL MAKES 90-TURN AT SPEED:2nd OBJ/METEORIC SPEED", LatLong: "41.016669 -82.016671", LatLongDMS: "41:01:00 N 82:01:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/9/1951
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: Object appearing as a silvery "flattened
tennis ball" (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB:
985)
Reference: NICAP: 511009
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_858
Date: 10/9/1951
Location: Paris, IL
Description: Hulman Fld (IN); Paris (IL); Newport
atomic plant Unknown (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 511009
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_859
Date: 10/9/1951
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: CAA employee saw h.s. "flattened tennis
ball" (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 511009
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_860
Date: 10/9/1951
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: CAA and pilot, "flattened sphere". (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 511009
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_861
Date: 10/9/1951
Time: 1:42 PM
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Description: Witness: CAA Chief Aircraft Communicator
Roy Messmore at Hulman Municipal Airport. One round silver object flew
directly overhead, reaching the horizon in 15 seconds. Note: a very
similar incident happened 3 minutes later near Paris, Illinois (15 miles
NW) and was also listed as "unidentified" for several years, but was
eventually reclassified.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_75
Date: 10/9/1951
Locations: Hulman Municipal Airport [now Terre Haute
Regional Airport]; five miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana; Paris,
Illinois
Description: 1:42 p.m. A fast-moving, silvery UFO
shaped like a “flattened tennis ball” is sighted by a Civil Aviation
Administration Chief Aircraft Communicator Roy Messmore at Hulman
Municipal Airport [now Terre Haute Regional Airport], five miles east of
Terre Haute, Indiana. At 1:45 p.m., private pilot Charles Warren, flying
at 5,000 feet east of Paris, Illinois, sees a silvery “flattened orange”
object that appears stationary to his left rear. It picks up speed and
heads to the northeast. Project Blue Book plots the sighting and
concludes that both cases involve the same object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “October 9, 1951,
Hulman CAA / Pilot Case”; NICAP, “Pilot Radios
Terre Haute:
Observes ‘Flattened Orange’”; Sparks, p. 114;
Swords 129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1696
Date: 10/9/1951
Description: At 1:42 p.m. CAA Chief Aircraft
Communicator Roy Messmore at Hulman Municipal Airport in Terre Haute,
Indiana sighted a round silver object that flew directly overhead. The
UFO reached the horizon in 15 seconds. A very similar incident happened
three minutes later near Paris, Illinois (15 miles NW) and was also
listed as "unidentified" for several years, but was eventually
reclassified.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6683
Date: 10/10/1951
Time: 19:15
Location: Kansas City, MO
Description: BETTY McCARTY REPORTING IN
AGAIN. Mrs. Betty McCarty reported seeing a large bright object
flashing red, green, and white. It was visible from 7:15 until 11:20.
While under her observation, the object, unlike a star, moved from south
to east.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_136
Date: 10/10/1951
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Description: ZIPPING AGAIN IN THE SKY.
Two CAA employees say they saw an oval object fly over Terre Haute
yesterday at a speed they estimated at 18,000 mph. The object appeared
at an altitude of about 3,000 feet and disappeared quickly in the
sunlight cloudless sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_137
Date: 10/10/1951
Location: Near Minneapolis, MN
Description: Gen. Mills-Navy personnel track fast UFOs
or two days.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_80
Date: 10/10/1951
Time: 10:10
Location: 10 MI EAST / ST. CROIX FALLS, WI
Description: 2 / light plane. Glowing
cylinder/cigar-shape / fast maneuvers. Slows. Quickly going up. /
r242p56.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1967
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "375", HatchDesc: "10mi E/St.CROIX FALLS,WI:2/LITE PLANE:GLOWING CGR/FAST MNVRS:SLOWS:↑↑:/r242p56", LatLong: "45.411113 -92.472227", LatLongDMS: "45:24:40 N 92:28:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/10/1951
Location: St. Croix Falls (10 miles E of), WI
Description: Maneuvering Object Spotted By Private
Pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511010
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_862
Date: 10/10/1951
Location: 10 miles east of St. Croix Falls,
Wisconsin
Description: 10:10 a.m. Engineer and pilot Joseph J.
Kaliszewski, flying with copilot Jack Donaghue on a Skyhook balloon
tracking mission for General Mills 10 miles east of St. Croix Falls,
Wisconsin, notices a strange object crossing the sky from west to east,
much higher and behind the balloon, which is at 20,000 feet. The UFO has
a peculiar glow. It comes into sight at a slight dive, then levels off
and slows down, makes a sharp left turn, climbs at an angle of 50–60°
into the southeast with terrific acceleration, and disappears. It is
seen for about 2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Kaliszewski
Sightings”; UFOEv, p.
56; Sparks, p. 114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1697
Date: 10/10/1951
Description: A cigar-shaped object crossed the sky ten
miles east of St. Croix, Wisconsin. It made a slight dive, levelled off,
then accelerated out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #3; January 31, 1952;
Project Blue Book, October 1951; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p.
56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6697
Date: 10/11/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Minneapolis
(Minnesota), the balloon researchers of General Mills,
including aeronautical engineer J. J. Kaliszewski, aerologist C.
B. Moore, pilot Dick Reilly in the sky, and Doug Smith on the
ground. The flight team observed the first object, glowing intensely
with a darker core and a halo around it. The object came high and fast,
then slowed and made slow ascending circles for about 2 minutes, before
finally disappearing in the distance to the east. Shortly after, a
second object arrived, which was confirmed by the ground observers using
a theodolite, who saw it fly through the sky. The total duration of the
first observation was 5 minutes, and a few seconds for the second.
(October 11, 6:30am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #989 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_930
Date: 10/11/1951
Time: 06:30
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #989. 2 / plane.
Object circles research balloon. Sways. Going quickly east. / APRO
B.v1#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: MANEY, Charles & HALL, Richard: The
CHALLENGE OF UFO'S; NICAP, Washington, DC. 1961 (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1968
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "245", HatchDesc: "MINNEAPOLIS,MN:BBK#989:2/PLANE:OBJ CCLs RSRCH BALLOON:SWAYS:>>E:/APRO B.v1#1", LatLong: "44.950002 -93.250004", LatLongDMS: "44:57:00 N 93:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/11/1951
Time: 08:50
Location: NEUBIBERG AB, GERM
Description: 2 Air Force sergeants. Odd blimp hovers /
30 second(s). Vanishes in plain sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1969
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "NEUBIBERG AB,GERM:2 AF SERGEANTS:ODD BLIMP HVRS/30sec:VANISHES IN PLAIN SIGHT", LatLong: "48.116669 11.600001", LatLongDMS: "48:07:00 N 11:36:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bavaria", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 10/11/1951
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Description: Kalizewski sighting (P). (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 989)
Reference: NICAP: 511011
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_863
Date: 10/11/1951
Time: 6:30 AM
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Witnesses: General Mills balloon
researchers, including aeronautical engineer J.J. Kaliszewski,
aerologist C.B. Moore, pilot Dick Reilly in the air, and Doug Smith on
the ground. The flight crew saw the first object, a brightly glowing one
with a dark underside and a halo around it. The object arrived high and
fast, then slowed and made slow climbing circles for about two minutes,
and finally sped away to the east. Soon they saw another one, confirmed
by ground observers using a theodolite, which sped across the sky. Total
time first object was seen was 5 minutes, second was a few
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_76
Date: 10/11/1951
Locations: Minneapolis, Minnesota; University of
Minnesota airport; General Mills tracking station at the University of
Minnesota
Description: 6:30 a.m. Joseph J.
Kaliszewski and Dick Reilly are flying at 10,000 feet north of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, observing a balloon when they see a brightly
glowing object to the southeast of the University of Minnesota airport
moving at high speed from west to east. It has a halo around it with a
dark under surface. It crosses rapidly, slows down, and starts to climb
slowly in lazy circles. Observers Doug Smith and Dick Dorion at the
General Mills tracking station at the University of Minnesota watch the
object through a theodolite. They watch another object 2 hours
later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Kaliszewski
Sightings”; UFOEv, p.
56; Sparks, p. 114; 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. 44–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1698
Date: 10/11/1951
Description: In Minneapolis, Minnesota at 6:30 a.m.
General Mills balloon researchers, including aeronautical engineer J. J.
Kaliszewski and aerologist C. B. Moore, pilot Dick Reilly in the air,
and Doug Smith on the ground sighted a UFO. The flight crew saw the
first object, a brightly glowing UFO with a dark underside and a halo
around it. The object arrived high and fast, then slowed and made slow
climbing circles for about two minutes, and finally sped away to the
east. Soon they saw a second UFO, confirmed by ground observers using a
theodolite, which sped across the sky. The total time for the sighting
of the first object was five minutes, and the second sighting lasted a
few seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #1, November 11, 1951;
Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 56; UNICAT, case # 362; Thomas M.
Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 12; Don Berliner,
Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6745
Date: 10/15/1951
Location: 11 miles northeast of Grover, Colorado
Description: The Denver Post. HUMAN
TRIANGULATION MEASURES THIS ONE. The flying saucers, long
grounded insofar as Colorado is concerned, were aloft again in the
lonely skies of Northern Weld County. M. G. Foster, operator of a ranch
11 miles northeast of Grover, Colorado, reported two members of his
family observed a strange object flying low in the sky near sunset on
September 27. The cigar-shaped object traveled in a perpendicular
position northward until it disappeared in the cloudless skies of
Wyoming. The object was also seen by Foster's son, who was several miles
away, and by an unrelated man in Hereford, Colorado, 12 miles
away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_139
Date: 10/15/1951?
Location: OFF KOREA
Description: Object circles fleet. 15+air and ships
RADAR's / 7 hours! Going [to] over 1600kph. / r116p32.
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_1970
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "13", Duration: "164", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "OFF KOREA:OBJ CIRCLES FLEET:15+ AIR+SHIPS RDRs/7 HRS!:> OVR 1600kph:/r116p32", LatLong: "36.033335 126.016673", LatLongDMS: "36:02:00 N 126:01:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEA", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/16/1951
Time: 11:00
Location: MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: USAF pilots and Navy persons / ground.
Grey round object high and fast. Silent. / Bloecher.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1971
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "McCHORD AFB,WA:USAF PILOTS+NAVY PERS/GND:GRY RND OBJ HI+FAST:SLNT:/Bloecher", LatLong: "47.133336 -122.433339", LatLongDMS: "47:08:00 N 122:26:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/16/1951
Location: Whidbey Island NAS, WA
Description: 3 F-94's Encounter Round Grey Object /
Photos Taken (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511016
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_864
Date: 10/16/1951
Locations: McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis- McChord];
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington
Description: 11:01 a.m. Air Force pilots flying three
F-94 fighters out of McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis- McChord] and
naval ground personnel see a round, gray object flying soundlessly at
high speed and high altitude west of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in
Oak Harbor, Washington. Photos taken from the F-94s show the object.
After 50 minutes, the aircraft abandon the chase. The Air Force
attributes the sighting to Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “3 F-94’s
Encounter Round Grey Object / Photos Taken”; Clark III 391–392; Sparks, p.
115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1699
Date: 10/18/1951
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: Soviet atomic bomb test RDS-3 (Joe 3),
41.2kt, first air dropped, released at 10km detonated at 400m
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_445
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 41.2
Date: 10/18/1951
Time: 03:00
Location: YELLOW SEA EAST / TSINGTAO, CH
Description: US Navy BD5 crew. Long flaming cone turns
white-orange.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1972
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "China", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "YELLOW SEA E/TSINGTAO,CH:US NAVY BD5 CREW:LONG FLAMING CONE TURNS WHT-ORG.", LatLong: "35.800002 123.266673", LatLongDMS: "35:48:00 N 123:16:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "YLS", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 10/18/1951
Location: Over Yellow Sea, At Sea
Description: Craft With Sweptback Wings Tracked By
Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 511018
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_865
Date: 10/18/1951
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country:
USSR Name: “joe3” Yield: 42KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_1034
Extra Data: LatLong: "50.4375 77.814167", LatLongDMS: "50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USSR", NukeDepth: "0.00", NukeName: "joe3", NukeSource: "RFAE", NukeType: "NACS", NukeY: "42"
Date: 10/19/1951
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: SAUCER SIGHTED OVER
FREEWAY. Stanley Parker and Robert Cadaret, industrial art
students, report seeing a flying saucer over the Hollywood freeway at
about 4pm.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_138
Date: 10/19/1951
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Description: TWO SAY 'HELLO' TO MINNESOTA'S
FALLS. Frank Aalstead of Duluth reported two saucers over
International Falls, Minnesota.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_140
Date: 10/20/1951
Description: Frank
B. Jewett Jr., director
of the Aeronautical Research Laboratory at General Mills Corporation,
writes to Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M.
Zuckert about UFOs seen by his personnel. (
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1951, Supplemental
Notes, The
Author, 2000, p. 51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1700
Date: 10/21/1951
Location: Battle Creek, MI
Description: Air Intelligence Report: Mr. (name
withheld), a civilian pilot of 14 years experience sighted a disk-like,
highly polished UFO which closed head on with his Navy aircraft at an
extremely high rate of speed near Battle Creek, MI.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_446
Date: 10/21/1951
Time: 10:30
Location: 17M EAST / BATTLE CRK, MI
Description: 10m domed saucer going quickly east
extremely fast. Near collision / private plane. / r135p83.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora
Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1973
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "290", HatchDesc: "17M E/BATTLE CRK,MI:10m DOMED SCR >>E XFAST:nr COLLISION/PVT PLANE:/r135p83", LatLong: "42.333335 -84.950004", LatLongDMS: "42:20:00 N 84:57:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/21/1951
Location: Battle Creek (20 miles E of ), MI
Description: Classic domed disc and a Navion aircraft
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511021
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_866
Date: 10/21/1951
Location: North Truro, MA
Description: (McDonald files; Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index)
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511021
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_867
Date: 10/22/1951
Time: 11:20
Location: WATERBURY, CT
Description: Silver-white ovoid going quickly southeast
/ 800mph. Stops overhead. Sharp edges. Shoots going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1974
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "WATERBURY,CT:SLVR-WHT OVOID >>SE/800mph:STOPS OVHD:SHARP EDGES:SHOOTS >>N", LatLong: "41.550002 -73.050003", LatLongDMS: "41:33:00 N 73:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 10/22/1951
Location: North Truro, MA
Description: Radar Tracks Near Truro (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 511022
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_868
Date: 10/22/1951
Time: 14:00:00.0
Location: 37.0839 -116.0239
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Able” YieldMax: .1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_17
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0839 -116.0239", LatLongDMS: "37:05:02 N 116:01:26 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.03", NukeName: "Able", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeYMax: ".1"
Date: 10/22/1951
Description: Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt officially takes over a revitalized Project Grudge,
relieving Lt. Jerry
W. Cummings and
2d Lt. Henry Metscher. He learns from some scientists and engineers who
visit ATIC frequently that “UFOs were being freely and seriously
discussed in scientific circles.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
114; Sparks, p. 14;
Clark III 933
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1701
Date: 10/22/1951
Description: The Directorate of Intelligence provides
answers to the problem that Col. Harold
Watson identified with the CIRVIS reporting system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “Flying
Saucers: Behind the Cold War Veil of Military Intelligence (Part II),”
European Journal of UFO and Abduction Studies 3, no. 1 (March 2002):
32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1702
Date: Late 10/1951
Location: EGYPT
Description: (Translated from French) In 1951, German
technicians organized in Egypt a rocket construction, the result of
which was, it is said, a new type of device with a length of 1.50 m and
a range of 15 to 30 kilometers. The first flight took place successfully
at the end of October 1951. (1951, late October)
Reference: "The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future" -Hans
K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 125
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1556
Date: 10/26/1951
Time: 04:00
Location: SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Train and tracks / main railroad/railway
line lit and examined. Object / nearly lands. Speeds off.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
191)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1975
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
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "S.AUSTRALIA:TRAIN+TRACKS/MAIN RR LINE LIT+EXAMINED:OBJ/NEARLY LANDS:SPEEDS OFF", LatLong: "-32.333335 135.000006", LatLongDMS: "32:20:00 S 135:00:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Australia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/26/1951
Time: 0400
Location: Australia
Description: The driver of a transcontinental train on
the east-west line saw an object that illuminated the countryside like
the full moon. It flew very fast, came close to the train, appeared
ready to land in the desert, then took off and disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 249 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_84
Date: 10/26/1951
Description: Australia. At around four o'clock in the
morning the driver of a transcontinental train on the east-west line saw
a flying object that illuminated the countryside like the full moon. It
flew very fast, came close to the train, and appeared ready to land in
the desert, then it took off and disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magoinia: A
Century of Landings, case # 84, citing Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on
the Attack, p. 249
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7137
Date: 10/27/1951
Location: US
Description: New AF UFO project (which later became
Project Blue Book) officially established.
Type: project established
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,
page 154
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_864
Date: 10/28/1951
Time: 15:20:08.9
Location: 37.0850 -116.0200
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Baker” Yield: 3.5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_18
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0850 -116.0200", LatLongDMS: "37:05:06 N 116:01:12 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.34", NukeName: "Baker", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "3.5"
Date: 10/29/1951
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
140.9km (Army training test. Payload released but damaged on
impact.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_447
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 140.9km
Date: 10/30/1951
Time: 06:40
Location: YUCCA FLAT, NV
Description: 3 silver ovoids hover 600M over atomic
test 20 minutes before blast. More join.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1976
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2416", HatchDesc: "YUCCA FLAT,NV:3 SLVR OVOIDS HVR 600M ovr A-TEST 20 mins before blast:MORE JOIN", LatLong: "37.066668 -116.044450", LatLongDMS: "37:04:00 N 116:02:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 10/30/1951
Location: Yucca Flats, NV
Description: Squadrons of UFOs over atomic test site
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 511030
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_879
Date: 10/30/1951
Time: 15:00:29.8
Location: 37.0850 -116.0203
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Charlie” Yield: 14KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_19
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0850 -116.0203", LatLongDMS: "37:05:06 N 116:01:13 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.35", NukeName: "Charlie", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "14"
Date: 10/30/1951
Location: Area 7 of the Nevada Test Site
Description: 6:40 a.m. A group of servicemen are
preparing to observe the Buster Charlie atomic test at Area 7 of the
Nevada Test Site. Just before the blast, they see at an altitude of a
few thousand feet a formation of 18 silvery, rotating, disc-shaped
objects, each with a dome, arranged in six groups of three stretched out
in a horizontal row. They fly low over the test site, hover for 30–60
seconds, and depart at an angle, disappearing in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 68–71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1703
Date: 10/31/1951
Location: France, between Niort and Fontenay
Description: (Translated from French) Then Mr. Ropert,
residing at 9 Place de la Préfecture in La Roche sur Yon, saw it in
turn, on the road from Niort to Fontenay. It was a very bright emerald
green light, passing below the clouds at about 1500 m. The green light
was sometimes speckled with yellow and gave a dazzling whiteness to the
clouds near it. It crossed the sky at great speed, without noise, then
turned mauve when it changed direction. The same evening, Mr. Sigot, a
taxi driver in Fontenay le Comte, also saw the emerald green light at
the same altitude.
Reference: Jean PLANTIER: "The Propulsion of Flying
Saucers by Direct Action on the Atom" ed. MAME 1955, p.108
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1557
Date: 11/1951
Location: BELGIUM, Langerbrugge (near Ghent)
Description: (Translated from French) At 5:50am Mr.
P.D. was in a train carriage at Langerbrugge station (north of Ghent).
He saw an elongated object, apparently 3mm in size, appear to the west.
There was a red, opaque flame visible at the back "like a nozzle with a
fairly sharp outline". The phenomenon crossed transversely over the
stopped train, heading east. Estimated duration of the observation was
15 seconds.
Reference: Investigation by Jacques Bonabot, 12.2.1972
- GESAG
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1561
Date: 11/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Around Boston,
nearly a thousand people rally the authorities: they saw a "mysterious
glow" above the sea.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_932
Date: 11/1951
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Chicago Herald-American.
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. Reproduction of photograph
taken by the Greenwoods. "It looks very mucuh like a fake," said a rival
photographer.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_142
Date: 11/1951
Description: Maj. Gen. Cabell is
promoted to staff director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is replaced
as director of Air Force Intelligence by Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 936
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1704
Date: 11/1/1951
Time: 15:30:01.6
Location: 37.0847 -116.0197
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Dog” Yield: 21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_20
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0847 -116.0197", LatLongDMS: "37:05:05 N 116:01:11 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.43", NukeName: "Dog", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "21"
Date: 11/1/1951
Description: The Air Force issues a Ground Observer’s
Guide for use by members of the Ground Observer Corps, a WWII Civil
Defense program reinstated during the Korean War to protect against
enemy attack.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Department of the Air Force, Ground
Observer’s Guide, AF Manual 50-12, November 1, 1951
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1705
Date: 11/2/1951
Location: USA, Abilene (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) An American
Airlines DC 4 was flying at 1,500 meters altitude, in the east of
Abilene, Texas. At 7:15 in the morning, an object of a beautiful bright
green passed the aircraft. It had passed very quickly, but its
characteristic shape of a ballistic projectile had not escaped the
captain and his co-pilot. It was emitting a white trail like an exhaust
vapor. Its heading and altitude were the same as the DC 4. Almost
immediately after passing it, the craft exploded, throwing red balls of
fire in all directions. (November 2, 1951)
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE - 1973 - Trans. "Les
Etrangers de l'Espace" Ed. France-Empire coll. Press Pocket 1975 p.
212
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1558
Date: 11/2/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Arizona, 165
witnesses witness the silent explosion of a giant green fireball in the
sky. (November 2)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_933
Date: 11/2/1951
Time: 07:20
Location: EAST / ABILENE, TX
Description: Many / DC4. Green
glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape paces plane. Bursts into red fireballs
going quickly [to] all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE;
Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1977
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "2", Elev: "515", HatchDesc: "E/ABILENE,TX:MANY/DC4:GRN GLOW-CGR PACES PLANE:BURSTS INTO RED FBLS>>ALL DIRs", LatLong: "32.450002 -99.666671", LatLongDMS: "32:27:00 N 99:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 11/2/1951
Time: 23:00
Location: SEQUOIA NT FOREST, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 10M saucer buzzes forestry
jeep. Vanishes like magic.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1978
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "8", Elev: "850", HatchDesc: "SEQUOIA Nt FOREST,CA:2 OBS:10M SCR BUZZES FORESTRY JEEP:VANISHES like MAGIC", LatLong: "35.500002 -118.366672", LatLongDMS: "35:30:00 N 118:22:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 11/2/1951
Location: AZ, NM, TX, OK, various
Description: Green fireball. (LIFE Incident 10; [FUFOR
Index?]) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_869
Date: 11/2/1951
Location: Mojave (30 (35?) miles N of), CA
Description: 30 ft disk-shaped flying object in the SW,
10 ft thick, blue green (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_870
Date: 11/2/1951
Time: 2300
Location: Mojave, California
Description: Two forest observers were in a canyon 50
km north of the Mojave when they saw a disk-shaped flying object in the
southwest; 10 m estimated diameter, 3 m thick, blue-green, well-defined,
surrounded with a glow of same color. Stopping their jeep, they signaled
to the object, which approached within a few meters, flew away, seemed
to play with them. Eventually it vanished "like a magician's
trick."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_85
Date: 11/2/1951
Location: Abilene, Texas
Description: 7:15 a.m. The crew of an American Airlines
DC-4 is flying east of Abilene, Texas, at 4,500 feet. They see a
bright-green, projectile-shaped object, about the same size as their
airliner, streak past at about same altitude and same easterly heading.
The object leaves a trail then explodes, shooting red balls of fire in
all directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS
Conspiracy, pp.
92–93; Nukes 74–75; Sparks, p. 115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1706
Date: 11/2/1951
Description: At 7:15 a.m. an American Airlines DC-4
passenger plane was followed by a bright green glowing cigar shaped
object east of Abilene, Texas. The object paced the airliner for about
one minute. It then burst into pieces that looked like red fireballs,
which scattered in all directions.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Aliens from Space…The Real
Story of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7410
Date: 11/2/1951
Description: Later that same night, two forest
observers were driving in a canyon 50 kilometers north of the Mojave
Desert in California when they saw around 11 p.m. a disc-shaped flying
object in the southwest sky. They estimated the diameter to be about 30
feet. It was blue-green in color, with well-defined edges, but
surrounded by a glow of same color. Stopping their jeep, they signaled
to the object, which approached to within a few meters, then flew away,
seeming to play with them. Eventually it vanished "like a magician's
trick."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics; Donald E. Keyhoe, Aliens from Space…The Real Story of
Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 204; Jacques Vallee, Passport to
Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 196
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7411
Date: 11/3/1951
Locations: Arizona; New Mexico; Texas; Oklahoma;
Flagstaff, Arizona
Description: 9:00 p.m. A green fireball is sighted in
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Capitol Airways pilot H. R.
DeHoney is flying at 11,000 feet about 20 miles south of Flagstaff,
Arizona, watches the object speed by as a bright blue-green ball that
leaves a streak of brilliant red fire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 75–76; “Mystery Meteor
Startles NM,
Arizona,” Santa Fe New Mexican, November 4, 1951, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1707
Date: 11/4/1951
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: The Examiner SAUCER IN
SKY SNAPPED BY TOURISTS. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greenwood of
Chicago, snapped pictures of what seems to be a flying saucer while
vacationing in Cody, WY. They had noticed nothing unusual in the sky nor
had they heard the road of any airplane motors. They found the strange
object in the top top center of the picture only after they returned
home and had their firm processed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_141
Date: 11/5/1951
Time: 16:29:58.2
Location: 37.0919 -116.0244
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Easy” Yield: 31KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_21
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0919 -116.0244", LatLongDMS: "37:05:31 N 116:01:28 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.40", NukeName: "Easy", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "31"
Date: 11/6/1951
Locations: Reese AFB; Reese Technology Center; Lubbock,
Texas
Description: Ruppelt flies
to Reese AFB [now Reese Technology Center] in Lubbock, Texas, to begin
his investigation of the Lubbock lights, accompanied by OSI agent Howard
Bossert.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 691
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1708
Date: 11/7/1951
Location: Sugarloaf Mountain, Western Arizona
Description: Kansas City Star. NOT
SURE ABOUT SKY LIGHT. AP -- Authorities were undecided tonight
whether the flash of light seen over Sugarloaf mountain in Western
Arizona this morning was a burning plane or a meteorite. Some persons
said they saw a flaming silver plane crash into the mountain. Others
reported seeing a flash of light, but said they didn't believe it was a
plane. A CAA spokesman said no plane had been known to be flying in the
area at the same of the reported crash.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_143
Date: 11/7/1951
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: Kansas City Star. A FIRE
STREAK IN THE SKY - EARLY. An AP dispatch from Oklahoma City
reported a meteorite which sounded like "someone running across the
porch." It startled Oklahoma residents this morning before it apparently
disintegrated. Reports from surrounding communities told of the ball of
fire that flashed through the heavens about 7:20 am. Enid residents
reported a ball of fire that flashed blue, purple, red, and silver. At
Waco where four people reported seeing the flash, Dr. Walter J.
Williams, astronomer at Baylow University, said the meteor was
apparently one of the Leonides which fall about November 19. Today's
visitor must have been an early one.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_144
Date: 11/7/1951
Time: ~19:00
Location: OVER LAKE SUPERIOR, MI
Description: Captain and crew / ship. Elongated orange
object with 6 portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine
Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1979
Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "ovr LAKE SUPERIOR,MI:CAPTAIN+CREW/SHIP:ELONGATED ORNG OBJ W/6 PORTHOLES", LatLong: "47.500002 -87.000004", LatLongDMS: "47:30:00 N 87:00:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 11/7/1951
Location: Lake Superior, MI
Description: Steamship Captain and crew watched
elongated orange object with six glowing "portholes" speed towards
Ontario. [XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_871
Date: 11/7/1951
Locations: Ontario; Lake Superior
Description: Evening. A steamship captain and crew
watch an elongated orange object with six glowing “portholes” speed
toward Ontario over Lake Superior.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1709
Date: 11/8/1951
Locations: Reese AFB; Brownfield, Texas
Description: Ruppelt and
an officer from Reese AFB visit Brownfield, Texas, to investigate UFO
sightings there.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 691
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1710
Date: 11/9/1951
Location: Middletown, NY
Description: Kansas City Star. FIERY
TRAIL IN THE SKY. AP -- Scores of New Yorkers reported seeing a
strange light streaking across the sky late this afternoon. Reports
described it as a "ball of fire", a "reddish streak of fire", and a
"pink streak" high in the sky. It took a few minutes to pass from
horizon to horizon, moving westward. The phenomenon was observed over a
20-mile area from Middletown to Port Jervis, where police said an object
with a bright head leaving a trail was seen for about 3 minutes,
vanishing in the direction of Scranton, PA. Meteorological and
aeronautical sources in New York had no explanation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_145
Date: 11/9/1951
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Kansas City Star. BAFFLED
BY SKY BLAZES. AP -- Twin fireballs blazed across the New
Mexico sky near the Mexican border yesterday. Ground observers and
fliers, some blinded momentarily, viewed the phenomena from points 350
miles apart. One eyewitness report came from nearly 100 miles south of
the border, in Chihuahua, Mexico. There were widely conflicting
estimates of where the objects crashed to earth. A ranking authority on
meteors said recent frequency of the fireballs is "without parallel in
the whole of recorded history."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_146
Date: 11/9/1951
Location: US
Description: San Antonio Express.
SPACE TRAVEL AS WAR SURPLUS? At the closing session
Friday of the USAF's symposium on physics and medicine of the upper
atmosphere, Dr. Hans Haber, of the Randolph Aviation School of Medicine
gave this report: "Our guided missiles are going to become ocean-hopping
passenger ships. They will be the express ships of the air, and bring
American and Europe within one or two hours of flight."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_149
Date: 11/9/1951
Location: University of New Mexico Institute of
Meteoritics
Description: Since October 30, seven green fireballs of
exceptional size have been seen over a seven-state area in the American
Southwest. Lincoln LaPaz, director of
the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics, says that
frequency is exceptional: “In fact, there has never been a rate of
meteorite fall in history that has been one fifth as high as the present
fall. If that rate should continue, I would suspect the phenomenon is
not natural.” The fireballs travel in straight lines and are completely
silent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Southwest’s
7 Fireballs in 11 Days Called ‘Without Parallel in History,’”
New York Times, November 10, 1951, pp. 1, 14; Nukes 76–79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1711
Date: 11/10/1951
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: The eighth fireball in 13 days was seen
here and as far away as Wyoming. (United Press) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_872
Date: 11/11/1951
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Description: 8:45 p.m. Thomas Bartis and his older
brother Francis are
driving through New Haven, Connecticut, when they see a huge yellow
fireball with a greenish-blue tail streak through the sky. Probable
bolide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Second Fireball Is Sighted,”
Meriden \(Conn.) Record-Journal, November 12, 1951, pp. 1, 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1712
Date: 11/12/1951
Location: Syracuse, NY
Description: The Post-Standard.
STRANGE 'BALLS OF FIRE' REPORTED OVER SYRACUSE. Ralph
Richer of Cedarvale Road reported that at exactly 8:42 something that
looked like a low-flying rocket flashed from east to west across the
sky. He said it had a blue head, a yellow tail and was trailed by red
sparks. An unidentified Westvale woman said she was driving home and
stopped at the corner of Salisbury and Orchard roads to watch an unusual
cloud formation when three round white spheres suddenly appeared in the
sky, two of them traveling at terrific speed while the remaining one
seemed motionlessly suspended in the air.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_147
Date: 11/15/1951 (approximate)
Location: DOWAGIAC, MICH
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright silver saucer / high
speed. Flies into Gale winds without effect.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1980
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "DOWAGIAC,MICH:2 OBS:BRITE SLVR SCR/HI SPEED:FLIES INTO GALE WINDS W/O EFFECT", LatLong: "41.983335 -86.116671", LatLongDMS: "41:59:00 N 86:07:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/16/1951
Location: Reading, PA
Description: Philadelphia Inquirer.
SAUCERS SPOTTED NEAR READING, PA. Flying Saucers over
Montgomery and Berks near Reading were reported tonight by a radio
control operator, a housewife, and a motorist. All agreed three streaks
of light, spinning counter-clockwise, passed rapidly through the sky
toward Philadelphia.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_148
Date: 11/18/1951
Location: USA, Washington, D.C.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:20 a.m.
Witnesses were the crew of Capital Airlines Flight 610 in a DC-4 and the
air traffic controller of Andrews AFB, Tom Selby. An object with
multiple lights followed the DC-4 for 20 minutes and then reversed its
trajectory.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1559
Date: 11/18/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Andrews (Washington, D. C.), the crew of Capital
Airlines flight DC-4 610 and Tom Selby, an air traffic controller
at the USAF base in Andrews, observe an object with various lights. It
follows the DC-4 for about 20 minutes, then turns around. (November 18,
3:20)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1011 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_934
Date: 11/18/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Photo of Guy
Marquand. See photo at images/1951-11-23_Bakersfield_Marquand.jpg.
Reference: Bettmann
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_935
Date: 11/18/1951
Time: 03:20
Location: NEAR ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Air Traffic Controller and capitol
airline(s)/airliner flight 610 crew. Liner paced / 20 minute(s)-turns
back.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1981
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "85", HatchDesc: "nr ANDREWS AFB,MD:ATC+CAPITOL AL Flt 610 CREW:LINER PACED/20min-TURNS BACK.", LatLong: "38.783335 -76.883337", LatLongDMS: "38:47:00 N 76:53:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/18/1951
Location: Washinton, D.C.
Description: Object with several lights, follow the
DC-4 for about 20 mins (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511118
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_873
Date: 11/18/1951
Time: 3:20 AM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Witnesses: Crew of Capital Airlines DC-4
Fliqht 610, Andrews AFB Senior air traffic controller Tom Selby. One
object with several lights, followed the DC-4 for about 20 minutes and
then turned back.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_77
Date: 11/18/1951
Description: near Washington, D.C. The crew of a
Capital Airlines DC-4, Flight 610, and Andrews AFB Senior air traffic
controller Tom Selby witnessed an unidentified object with several
lights at 3:20 a.m. It followed the DC-4 for about 20 minutes and then
turned back.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7724
Date: 11/19/1951
Time: 16:59:59.7
Location: 37.1317 -116.0386
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Sugar” Yield: 1.2KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_22
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.1317 -116.0386", LatLongDMS: "37:07:54 N 116:02:19 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.00", NukeName: "Sugar", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "1.2"
Date: 11/20/1951
Locations: Dodge City, Kansas; Lubbock, Texas; Big
Springs, Texas; Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 6:42 p.m. A vivid green fireball is
reported from Dodge City, Kansas, and Lubbock and Big Springs, Texas.
Two Air Force pilots landing at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
and a Trans World Airlines pilot also see the fireball.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1713
Date: 11/22/1951
Location: Riverside, CA
Description: SAUCER OBLIGES CARPENTER, SECOND
TIME 'ROUND'. Guy B. Marquand, Jr., a carpenter, photographed a
saucer from a mountain highway southeast of Riverside. He said the
object swept noiselessly by, "moving fast like a jet plane". He got his
camera, and snapped the picture when the object flew in front of it a
second time. Two friends were with him at the time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_150
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: USA, Mankato, Minnesota.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:53 p.m.
Witnesses: pilots W.H. Fairbrother and D.E. Stewart each in a P-51
Mustang. An object of milky white color, in the shape of the Northrop
flying wing (large, without fuselage or tail) with a wingspan of about 8
feet, was seen flying horizontally for 5 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1560
Date: 11/24/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Mankano
(Minnesota), W. H. Fairbrother and D. E. Stewart, pilots of the USAF or
ANG in their P-51 Mustangs, observe an object of milky white color of a
shape similar to the Northrop flying wing (wide, slightly raised wing,
without fuselage or tail). The wingspan of the object is estimated at 8
feet. It flies straight for 5 s. (November 24, 15:53)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1013 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_936
Date: 11/24/1951
Time: 15:50
Location: 40M SOUTHWEST / MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 2 / P51s. 8' white triangle saucer hovers
and passes over jets. / LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1982
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "250", HatchDesc: "40m SW/MINNEAPOLIS,MN:2/P51s:8'WHT TRIANGLE SCR HVRS+PASSES OVR JETS:/LDLN#330", LatLong: "44.583335 -93.833338", LatLongDMS: "44:35:00 N 93:50:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Radar Rumor /Radar Ceases Operation &
Antenna Moves (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 4)
Reference: NICAP: 511124
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_874
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: Coopersville, MI
Description: Capital Airlines Pilot Confirms Michigan
Sightings (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 511124
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_875
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: Mankato, MN
Description: Wingshaped Object Hovers Then Passes P-51
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511124
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_876
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: Coopersville, MI
Description: A large round object flying at 500-1,000
ft height at about 1,000 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_877
Date: 11/24/1951
Time: 33:53 PM
Location: Mankato, Minnesota
Description: Witnesses: USAF or ANG pilots W.H.
Fairbrother and D.E. Stewart in P-51 Mustangs. One milky white object
shaped like Northrop flying wing (broad, slightly swept-back wing with
no fuselage or tail). Estimated 8' span. Flew straight and level for 5
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_78
Date: 11/24/1951
Location: Mankato, Minnesota
Description: 3:53 p.m. Air Force Capt. William
Fairbrother is flying a P-51 over Mankato, Minnesota, at 25,000 feet
when he sees a white object shaped like a flying wing. It hovers at
first, then it passes 100 feet above and to the left of his aircraft. He
immediately turns to follow but loses sight of it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p.
115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1714
Date: 11/24/1951
Locations: Grand Rapids; Coopersville; Battle Creek;
Selfridge AFB near Mount Clemens
Description: 6:24 p.m. A Capital Airlines Flight 94
pilot and several control tower and other ground observers in four
different locations in Michigan (Grand Rapids, Coopersville, Battle
Creek, and Selfridge AFB near Mount Clemens) see a large round object
flying west at 500–1,000 feet at about 1,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 116;
Swords 130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1715
Date: 11/24/1951
Description: At 3:53 p.m. a milky white object looking
like a small Northrop flying wing (V-shaped with no fuselage or tail)
hovered in the skies over Mankato, Minnesota. It flew over two Air
National Guard F-51 fighter aircraft being flown by pilots W. H.
Fairbrother and D. E. Stewart . A Project Blue Book "unidentified"
case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1013; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters,
p. 14; Jay Rath, The M Files: True Reports of Minnesota's Unexplained
Phenomena, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7865
Date: 11/25/1951
Time: 10:40
Location: 20 MI EAST / BIMINI ISLANDS, BAHAMAS
Description: Military observer(s). 5 objects trail
smoke going south according to report to CIA.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1983
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "20mi E/BIMINI ISLS,BAHAMAS:MIL OBS:5 OBJs TRAIL SMOKE >S per REPORT to CIA:", LatLong: "25.666668 -79.077782", LatLongDMS: "25:40:00 N 79:04:40 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bahamas", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 11/26/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Fructus
(France), observation of a bolide appeared in the south at mid-Jupiter-horizon,
heading horizontally towards the west. Emerald green in color, it left
behind a wide trail ending in sparks, but without any sound.. (November
26, 10:22 PM)
Reference: BSAF, 1952, p. 23 Bolides
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_937
Date: 11/26/1951
Location: Milwaukee (25 miles E of), WI
Description: An orange ball of fire with blue tail
flying on a level trajectory (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_878
Date: 11/27/1951
Time: 17:15
Location: Oakland, CA
Description: SAUCER HEADS NORTH FROM SANTA
BARBARA. Mrs. L. E. Hewitt and her husband reported seeing a
saucer on Nov. 24, along the coast road just above Santa Barbara, at
about 5:15 pm. The object was shaped like a ball and seemed to be
suspended in air when it suddenly moved rapidly to the North.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_151
Date: 11/27/1951
Description: Geophysicist Louis Elterman releases the
final report on Project Twinkle. Basically, it admits that the low
frequency of occurrence of the fireballs does not justify the $50,000 a
year required for a useful monitoring facility. It speculates that “the
earth may be passing through a region in space of high meteoric
population. Also, the sun-spot maxima in 1948 perhaps in some way may be
a contributing factor.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Louis Elterman, Project Twinkle
Final Report, Atmospheric
Physics Laboratory, November 27, 1951; Clark III 544–545
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1716
Date: 11/28/1951
Time: 19:10
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: 2 USAF pilots. Odd craft glow and hover.
Up and down maneuvers. / Blue Book and USAF-OSI.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1984
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "ALEXANDRIA,VA:2 USAF PILOTS:ODD CRAFT GLOW+HVR:UP+DOWN MNVRS:/BBK+USAF-OSI", LatLong: "38.800002 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "38:48:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/29/1951
Time: ~21:00
Location: NEAR MADISON, IN
Description: Metallic saucer circles 3 hunters.
Maneuvers. Silent. 600M altitude. Away extremely fast. / r106p242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1985
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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "248", HatchDesc: "nr MADISON,IN:MTLC SCR CCLS 3 HUNTERS:MNVRS:SLNT:600M alt:AWAY XFAST:/r106p242", LatLong: "41.733335 -85.377782", LatLongDMS: "41:44:00 N 85:22:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 11/29/1951
Time: 19:59:59.7
Location: 37.1697 -116.0425
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed.
Country: USA Name: “Uncle” Yield: 1.2KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_23
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.1697 -116.0425", LatLongDMS: "37:10:11 N 116:02:33 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "0.01", NukeName: "Uncle", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NUCU", NukeY: "1.2"
Date: 11/30/1951
Description: Project Grudge issues its first Status
Report, classified “confidential.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and
Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 1–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1717
Date: 12/1951
Location: USA, Red Springs (North Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) Sam Coley and his
two children reported having seen an aerial craft in the shape of a
disk, with a human-shaped occupant inside. Coley was reportedly
questioned by the director of the Surety and the local police chief
(...)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: "In Search of Humanoids" -
J'ai Lu 1974, p. 174
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1563
Date: 12/1951
Description: (Translated from French) We observe in the
sky a meteor
of 60 m in width moving horizontally with a furiously burning tail,
above the Atlantic.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_938
Date: 12/1951
Location: RED SPRINGS, NC
Description: Man and 2 kids. Saucer hovers / low
altitude. Human-shape inside. / r67p144.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with
UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index
169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1986
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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "62", HatchDesc: "RED SPRINGS,NC:MAN+2 KIDS:SCR HVRS/LO ALT:HUMAN-SHAPE INSIDE:/r67p144", LatLong: "34.822224 -79.183337", LatLongDMS: "34:49:20 N 79:11:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 12/1951
Time: 03:00
Location: NORTHWEST / PERU, NEBR
Description: 10M saucer seen 6M / roadside. Row / 25cm
windows / top. No sign of life.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1987
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "8", Elev: "280", HatchDesc: "NW/PERU,NEBR:10M SCR SEEN 6M/ROADSIDE:ROW/25cm WINDOWS/TOP:NO SIGN OF LIFE", LatLong: "40.483335 -95.766671", LatLongDMS: "40:29:00 N 95:46:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "6", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 12/1951
Location: Peru (NW of), NB
Description: Blue light in the NW, vanish to the SE
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_880
Date: 12/1951
Time: 0300
Location: Peru, Nebraska
Description: A man from Lincoln was driving to Indiana
when he saw a blue light in the northwest sky. It vanished to the
southeast. The witness missed a turn, had to go back toward Auburn, and
had reached a point northwest of Peru when he saw an orange glow in the
sky. Coming near, he observed the glow came from a cauldron-shaped
object on the ground, about 12 m from the road. He stopped to examine
the object, which measured about 10 m diameter and seemed to be made of
cast iron. Thirty cm from the top was a row of windows, 25 cm in
diameter, from which the orange light was coming. On the other side was
a blue flamelike glow. There was no noise, no sign of life or activity,
and no antenna or protrusion. The witness drove away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_86
Date: 12/1951
Location: Red Springs, North Carolina
Description: Sam Coley and his two children saw an
object with a human-looking occupant.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_87
Date: 12/1951
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Ed J. Sullivan, a technical writer for
North American Aviation, holds a meeting of engineers, scientists, and
journalists in Los Angeles, California, who have been following the UFO
phenomenon. They form Civilian Saucer Investigation to collect reports
and forward them on to ATIC. Its most prominent member is Walther Riedel, German
rocket scientist retrieved by Project Paperclip.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case
Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, pp.
139–140; Clark III 241–242
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1718
Date: 12/5/1951
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: Early morning. Swedish Prince
Carl Bernadotte and a friend, Berl
Gutenberg, are driving near Stockholm, Sweden, when they see a
bright flash of light illuminate the sky. Bernadotte stops the car and
opens the door to listen for sounds. They go immediately to the
Stockholm Criminal Investigation Department, who reports the incident to
the Security Police and the military UFO desk. The report is instantly
classified, even though the object is probably a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 366
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1719
Date: 12/7/1951
Location: USA, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:15 a.m.
Witness, one of the guards of the Atomic Energy Commission, J.H.
Collins. A 20-foot square object, white-gray in color, but not
illuminated, flew low over the installations up to the clouds and back,
twice in succession. Each round trip took 30-40 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1562
Date: 12/7/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At Oak Ridge
(Tennessee), J.H. Collins, an AEC guard, observed a 20-foot square,
white-gray but not shiny, object flying above the mountains towards the
clouds and returning twice, the maneuver lasting 30 to 40 seconds each
time. (8:15)
Reference: case Blue Book #1021 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_939
Date: 12/7/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Sunbury, Ohio,
amateur astronomer Carl Loar observed a silver sphere for 30 minutes
with his telescope. With two spots on the sides, the object seemed to
explode and was replaced by a dark cloud and many spots. (4:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1023 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_940
Date: 12/7/1951
Location: Kansas City, MO
Description: COP SPOTS ONE ABOVE; 'NO BALLOON',
HE'S TOLD. A Kansas City policeman sighted a flying saucer
directly above him. He called the airport and asked if there was a
weather balloon up. They said no, because the wind was too strong. He
told them of his sighting. "If this was a balloon it would be going
about 70 mph due northwest and most certainly couldn't be going into
such a strong wind", was the airport's opinion.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_152
Date: 12/7/1951
Time: 08:20
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) guard. 20'
square object going up and down [to] twice. Canvas color. Taking
samples?
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1988
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:AEC GUARD:20' SQUARE OBJ ↑+↓ TWICE:CANVAS COLOR:TAKING SAMPLES?", LatLong: "36.000002 -84.283337", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 84:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 12/7/1951
Time: 10:20
Location: TORRANCE, CA
Description: 2 / private plane. Shiny metallic football
ovoid hovers.. then moves away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1989
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "2", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "TORRANCE,CA:2/Pvt PLANE:SHINY MTLC FOOTBALL OVOID HVRS..THEN MOVES AWAY:NFD", LatLong: "33.833335 -118.338895", LatLongDMS: "33:50:00 N 118:20:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/7/1951
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: 20' square obs by secty guard; F-47's
scrambled (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1021, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 511207
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_881
Date: 12/7/1951
Location: Sunbury, OH
Description: Silvery sphere through telescope; 2 specks
sighted at sides (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1023)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_887
Date: 12/7/1951
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Sunbury, Ohio
Description: Witness: amateur astronomer Carl Loar. One
silvery sphere seen through telescope. Two specks sighted at sides,
object seemed to explode and was replaced by a dark cloud and many
specks. 30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_79
Date: 12/7/1951
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Witness: Atomic Energy Commission guard
J.H. Collins. One 20' square object, white-grey but not shiny flew above
ridge to clouds and back again twice, taking 30-40 seconds each
time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_80
Date: 12/7/1951
Description: At 8:15 a.m. an Atomic Energy Commission
guard named Collins at the Oak Ridge Nuclear Research Facility in
Tennessee sighted a "canvas colored" square object, estimated to be 20
feet wide, that moved up and down twice. The case remained unexplained
by the Air Force.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1021; Project Grudge Report #3, January 1952, p.
31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8252
Date: 12/7/1951
Description: A pilot trainer and his student, flying in
an aeronca 65CV airplane over Torrance, California sighted a shiny
metallic football-shaped object in the sky at 10:21 a.m. The object
seemed to be stationary at first, then it moved away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8253
Date: 12/8/1951
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: L.W. Clopton and J. Junkurth sighted a
strange object, circular to elliptical of a brilliance very similar to
that of the moon which was seen at the same time. The craft was either
close at hand and moving slowly or distant and fast. The latter seems to
be true due to color and relative brilliance. A northwest wind about 15
or 20 mph was blowing. The saucer traveled in an apparent level arc W SW
of the Sun.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_153
Date: 12/11/1951
Description: Project Twinkle closes down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 545
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1720
Date: 12/12/1951
Time: 13:50
Location: HASTINGS, MN
Description: USAF F51 dives / 2 60cm discs 30cm apart.
Rapid climbs and maneuvers. Elusive.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1990
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "223", HatchDesc: "HASTINGS,MN:USAF F51 DIVES/2 60cm DISCS 30cm APART:RAPID CLIMBS+MNVRS:elusive", LatLong: "44.744447 -92.850004", LatLongDMS: "44:44:40 N 92:51:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 12/12/1951
Location: Hastings (or near Prescott?), MN
Description: "Deke" Slayton / P-51 Encounter (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511212
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_882
Date: 12/12/1951
Location: Hastings, Minnesota
Description: 3:50 p.m. USAF Capt. Donald “Deke”
Slayton, flying a P-51 fighter at 10,000 feet, sees a whitish or
gray object off his left wing about one mile away and 1,000 feet below
his flight level about five miles southeast of Hastings, Minnesota. It
looks like a kite at first, then like a weather balloon, then two
rapidly revolving discs that overlap with centers about 1 foot apart. He
attempts an intercept, but the UFO increases speed and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “‘Deke’ Slayton /
P-51 Encounter”; Sparks, p. 117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1721
Date: 12/13/1951
Location: TUCUMCARI, NM
Description: Fireball going quickly east from Portales
lands here. Gashes water tank. Big flood!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO'S a HISTORY 1951 (2
booklets) Self published. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1991
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "1245", HatchDesc: "TUCUMCARI,NM:FBL >>E from PORTALES LANDS HERE:GASHES WATER TANK:BIG FLOOD!", LatLong: "35.150002 -103.716672", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 103:43:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/15/1951
Time: 18:00?
Location: VICARAGE FARM, STAFFS
Description: Huge fireball-saucer stops and hovers.
Shoots going quickly north fast as plane nears!
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE
SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1992
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "86", HatchDesc: "VICARAGE FARM,STAFFs:HUGE FBL-SCR STOPS+HVRS:SHOOTS >>N FAST AS PLANE NEARS!", LatLong: "52.800003 -2.216667", LatLongDMS: "52:48:00 N 02:13:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/18/1951
Location: Andrews AFB, D.C.
Description: Civilian pilot. [Nov. 18, 1951, case??]
(NARA) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1011)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_883
Date: 12/19/1951
Locations: Pentagon; Columbus, Ohio
Description: Ruppelt travels
to the Pentagon with ATIC Chief Col. Frank Dunn. They visit with
Maj. Gen. John A. Samford,
who has replaced Cabell as
USAF director of intelligence and who seems “familiar with the general
aspects of the problem.” Samford’s aide, Gen. William
M. Garland,
tells them that ATIC has the sole authorization to carry out UFO
investigations for the entire US military (not exactly true), and they
discuss security problems posed by UFOs at sensitive installations.
Ruppelt reveals that his preliminary analysis of UFO sighting patterns
has uncovered a disturbing correlation of unexplained sightings around
nuclear weapons facilities and highly classified nuclear stockpile sites
and some SAC strategic air bases. Gen. Samford orders ATIC to conduct an
exhaustive statistical study to verify Ruppelt’s findings, using the
newly established ATIC Project WHITE STORK contract with the research
think tank Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio (which
eventually spends $100,000 on the study, Subproject PPS-100, confirming
Ruppelt’s pattern).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
115–116
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1722
Date: 12/20/1951
Location: USA, Pacific Coast base
Description: (Translated from French) On December 20,
at a Pacific Coast base, three "Sabres" took off wing to wing for a
training mission. Commander Scott was in charge of the patrol, his
crewmates were Lieutenants Powell and Hadley. The ceiling was at 4000
meters. At 6000 meters, the "Sabres" burst out of the clouds and shot
into the blue sky. Suddenly, the radio indicator lit up: "Unidentified
flying object just flew over the base. Heading from southeast to
northwest. Altitude 10,000 meters. Speed 6000 km/h. To all aircraft in
the sector, try to intercept and observe. Warning, danger!" In less than
two minutes, the mysterious object will be in the vicinity. Slightly
below the three aircraft, a black dot quickly grew larger. Less than two
minutes later, the charred remains of the three fighters were scattered
over a 5 km radius, finishing burning. [note from vog: it's amazing that
it's a Frenchman who tells this story, while the Americans are shying
away from it, attributing it to the collision of the aircraft between
them...]
Reference: Charles GARREAU: "Alert in the Sky: The
Abduction File" ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.23 and 24
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1565
Date: 12/22/1951
Location: Columbus (5 miles E of), OH
Description: F-84 Encounters Odd Object At 20,000'
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 511222
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_884
Date: 12/23/1951
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: GREEN FIREBALL OVER
ARIZONA. Mr. and Mrs. Hank Fine, former Air Force Intelligence
Major, of Hollywood California, saw a brilliant flash with a green tail
traveling horizontally across the sky. The night was clear and
brilliantly starlit.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_154
Date: 12/23/1951 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: NEAR AAL, BUSKERUD, NORWAY
Description: 4 separate events / winter. Fireballs
hover silently and going quickly / extreme speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1993
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "nr AAL,BUSKERUD,NORWAY:4 SEP EVENTS/WINTER:FBLS HVR SILENTLY+>>/XTREME SPEEDS", LatLong: "60.644447 8.594445", LatLongDMS: "60:38:40 N 08:35:40 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Norway", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 12/24/1951
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Two men at Selfridge AFB, Michigan sighted
a large oblong and brilliantly lighted object moving at a rapid rate of
speed with no apparent audible sound. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 511224
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_885
Date: 12/24/1951
Location: Mankato, MN
Description: Military witness(es). [Nov. 24, 1951,
case??] (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1013)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_886
Date: 12/26/1951
End date: 12/27/1951
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Description: Ruppelt and
Col. Sanford
H. Kirkland Jr. of ATIC meet with members of the Battelle Memorial
Institute in Columbus, Ohio, and ask them to help out with the USAF
evaluation of UFO reports: first, a study of witness perception and
recall, then a statistical study of UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for
Project Stork,” CUFON; Clark III 929
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1723
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Lincoln
LaPaz declares that the project Twinkle
is a failure and terminates it. (27 December)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_941
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Tours
(France), Mr. Pasquier saw unusual objects pass by four times.
Reference: BSAF 1952, p. 23 bolides
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_942
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Controversial
Photo of a Creature Recovered from the Crash Near Mexico. See photo at
images/1951.jpg.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_943
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Translation of
the book by Frank
Scully, Behind the Flying Saucers, under the title The
Mystery of the Flying Saucers.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_944
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Birth of the
International Commission for the Investigation of Flying
Saucers in France, which quickly becomes Ouranos.
Founded by Marc
Thirouin, it then brings together all people of good will interested
in the phenomenon.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_945
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The American
astronaut Gordon
Cooper observed UFOs for 2 days during test flights.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_946
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the
Civilian
Saucer Investigation in Log Angeles.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_947
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In Saint Paul
(Minnesota), Donald
Slayton, a test pilot on P-51, chased a disc at 3000 m which had
approached him at 150 m. The UFO quickly escaped.
Reference: Hynek, 1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_948
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) At the Ladd Air
Force Base in Fairbanks, P. Schumann, a lieutenant of the Air Defense
Corps, and 12 observers saw and tracked an UFO on the tracking radar.
The 12 sworn statements are lost.
Reference: Hynek, 1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_949
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) The release of
the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, inspired by a series
of incidents involving flying saucers in the late 1940s, but also
containing entirely new images. For example, one can see a circular room
inside a flying saucer, lit by an invisible source, with an examination
table used by doctors. The saucer itself is indestructible - a
characteristic reported in later investigations of recovered wreckage.
And the costume of the character Klaatu is almost identical to that worn
by the extraterrestrial that George
Adamski claimed to have met 2 years later.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_950
Date: 12/27/1951
Description: (Translated from French) In France, the Bureau
Scientifique de l'Armée de l'Air (BSAA) opens a file on the
"Mysterious Celestial Objects" (MOC) which will become "Unidentified
Flying Objects" (UFO) then "Unidentified Flying Objects" (OVNI)..
Reference: Record from the French Air Force dated
September 20 1974
< Velasco 2004
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_951
Date: 12/28/1951
Description: Project Grudge issues Status Report #2 and
a Special Report three days later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge
and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 21–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1724
Date: 1952?
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION: CIA, (not
dated): Walter B. Smith, (MJ-3 replacement), Director of CIA notifies
the Psychological Strategy Board that “Flying Saucers” have implications
for psychological warfare as well as for intelligence and operations.
Suggests discussion on the possible offensive or defensive utilization
of these phenomena for psychological warfare purposes.
Type: secret information
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p511)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_448
See also: 10/2/1952
Date: 1952
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet “Zlatoust-36” nuclear weapons
program plant opens (Warhead assembly)
Type: atomic plant
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_449
Date: 1952
End date: 1953
Location: US
Description: USAF Investigation Summary: After review
of situation, new serious investigation started; evidence uncovered led
many high-ranking officers to conclude UFOs were interplanetary.
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_898
Date: 1952
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: Radar specialist at Edwards AFB, CA saw
UFO crash on radar. Later learned it was 50+ ft in diameter with a row
of windows. Damaged craft and bodies taken to Edwards AFB hangar
temporarily before going to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard
Stringfield's 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_972
Date: 1952 (approximate)
Location: Arizona
Description: NICAP - Airline pilot Bill Nash said a
woman who worked in Army Intelligence told Stringfield in 1957 of a UFO
crash in Arizona around 1952. UFO was sent to Wright-Patterson AFB for
analysis. Craft had strange symbols on interior control panel.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard
Stringfield's 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_973
Date: 1952
Location: Norfolk (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) (p.47, but page
116, it is dated July 14) A DC 4 suddenly found itself in the presence
of six luminous red discs near Norfolk (Virginia).
Reference: A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" - De
Vecchi 1976, p. 135
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1630
Date: 1952
Location: CANADA, Sherbrook (Nouvelle Ecosse)
Description: (Translated from French) One night, the
wife of a railway employee heard knocking at her door. As she was alone
at home, she leaned out the window to see who it was. She vaguely saw
two squat silhouettes and almost at the same time a large round object
rose in the sky, followed by a blue-green trail. The next day, the
police came to investigate and noted that the shrubs planted in front of
the house had their branches torn off, chopped, as if an enormous object
had weighed on them. (1952,)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" -
Albin Michel 1970, p. 355, 356
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1721
Date: 1952
Location: CANADA, Woods Lake
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1951,
Labrador Desert) The third one crashed on the eastern shore of Woods
Lake between Minnesota and Canada. Some journalists who arrived at the
scene before the police were able to approach the last one. They said
they had seen something that looked like a large plate 15 to 16 meters
in diameter, very shiny, with a low dome made of steel and Plexiglas in
the center. They spoke of a nuclear-powered device, but according to
other details that have come to us, we tend to think that it was rather
a perfected version of the vehicle invented by Miethe. Canada has
admitted that it is trying to build a flying saucer (...)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: "Shadows on the Stars" -
Albin Michel 1970, p. 325
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1722
Date: 1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Summer, 1952; Secret fighter base,
Albuquerque, NM, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520000
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_888
Date: 1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Summer 1952; Albuquerque, NM, Secret
Fighter Base (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520000
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_889
Date: 1952
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Description: Summer of 1952; MacDill AFB, Florida, G,V
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_890
Date: 1952
Location: London, Ont, CAN
Description: Astronomer observed elliptical UFO with 2
bright body lights. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_891
Date: 1952
Location: N.Y. to Puerto Rico, Various
Description: 1952, Fall; N.Y. to Puerto Rico,
Zamott/Harris/Hutchins (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_892
Date: 1952
Locations: Livermore, California; UC Radiation
Laboratory at Berkeley; Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
is established in Livermore, California, as an offshoot of the UC
Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley. It is intended to spur innovation and
provide competition to the nuclear weapon design laboratory at Los
Alamos, New Mexico. Edward
Teller and Ernest
Lawrence, director of
the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, are regarded as its cofounders.
Los Alamos and Livermore soon establish a rivalry, fighting for weapons
contracts and feasibility-study awards.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1725
Date: 1952
Locations: Yale University; State Hospital for Mental
Diseases in Howard, Rhode Island; Bahamas; New Mexico
Description: José
Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, a
Spanish physiologist at Yale University, coauthors what he claims is the
first peer-reviewed paper describing deep-brain stimulation of humans.
Over the next two decades, he implants electrodes in some 25 subjects.
Most are schizophrenics and epileptics at the now-defunct State Hospital
for Mental Diseases in Howard, Rhode Island, where Delgado’s occasional
collaborator Hannibal
Hamlin is a staff psychiatrist. Delgado is reticent discussing his
experiments on humans. He is more enthusiastic recalling research on
monkeys, chimpanzees, and gibbons, which he kept both at Yale and in
open-air compounds in the Bahamas and New Mexico. He explores the
effects of stimulation not only on individuals but also on groups. In
one demonstration, he implants a stimoceiver (a tiny electrode able to
receive and transmit signals over FM radio waves) in a macaque who
terrorizes his cage-mates. Delgado installs a lever in the cage that,
when pressed, activates the stimoceiver in the bully and pacify him. A
female in the cage soon figures out the lever’s significance and yanks
it often and with gusto.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Horgan, “Tribute
to Jose Delgado, Legendary and Slightly Scary
Pioneer of Mind Control,” Cross-Check, Scientific American blog,
September 25, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1726
Date: 1952
Locations: Pentagon; Maxwell AFB in Montgomery,
Alabama
Description: World War II air intelligence records are
transferred from the Pentagon to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama.
This shift is probably why Blue Book’s Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt later cannot find anything about foo- fighters during his
trips to USAF intelligence to locate reports not forwarded to
ATIC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1727
Date: 1952
Locations: Argentine Navy; Puerto Belgrano Naval Base;
Punta Alta, Argentina
Description: The Argentine Navy establishes a temporary
inquiry commission dedicated to the UFO phenomenon at its Puerto
Belgrano Naval Base in Punta Alta, Argentina.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Milton Hourcade, “Argentina:
UFO Declassification,” U.A.P.S.G.–G.E.F.A.I., July 29, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1728
Date: 1952?
Locations: Austria; Mars
Description: An anonymous occupation soldier in Austria
meets a diving suit–clad being who paralyzes him, pulls him inside a
UFO, and flies him to an otherworldly place he takes to be Mars. He sees
other humans who do not acknowledge him. Then he is returned to his
base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Prince George (B.C.) Citizen, December 11,
1957; Clark 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1729
Date: 1952
Location: San Mateo, California
Description: 6:30 a.m. A carpool of people on their way
to work at United Airlines in San Mateo, California, observe five
smaller objects merging with a much larger, diamond-shaped object. The
big one is about 150–200 feet long, charcoal or gunmetal in color, and
is hovering 50–75 feet above some salt flats. The UFOs are directly in
front of them to the east, about 1,500–1,800 feet away. One of the
witnesses, airplane mechanic Leonard
L. Musel, said the smaller objects entered the large object through
a “transparent tail or sleeve.” After they were aboard, the bigger UFO
turned edgewise and zoomed off at a fantastic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A
Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1730
Date: 1952
Locations: Camp Okubo; Uji; Kyoto; Japan
Description: Night. USAF Pvt. Sinclair Taylor is on
guard duty at Camp Okubo in Uji, on the southern outskirts of Kyoto,
Japan, when he hears flapping sounds and sees what seems to be an
enormous bird. As it gets closer to him, Taylor sees that it is a winged
man well over 7 feet tall with a wingspread of 7 feet. Taylor fires at
it repeatedly with his rifle and thinks he hit it, but he can’t find the
body.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 778
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1731
Date: 1952
Location: Ohio
Description: An Air Force F-86 Jet Pilot opened fire at
a hovering UFO in Ohio.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_21
Date: 1952
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Description: A 10-inch “red hot” disk landed and burned
a child there.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_22
Date: 1952
Description: Former Naval officer and consultant to
Lockheed-Vega and Glenn L. Martin Co. Thomas Townsend Brown proposes
Project Winterhaven to the US military.
Brown proposes using Stanford Research Institute (SRI), University of Chicago, The Franklin Institute, the Glenn L. Martin Co’s Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS), Lear Inc., Jansky & Bailey, Brush Development Co., and Hancock Manufacturing Co. to create flying disc craft for the US military that can travel in excess of 1,800 mph in all levels of atmosphere. This is a peculiar hypothetical framework as it didn’t involve several major aerospace contractors and instead chose to subcontract to several entities outside of US aerospace. It is allegedly rejected.
Note: According to author Nick Cook, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) documents show an interest of USAF Maj. Gen. Victor E. Bertrandias’s visit to the Townsend Brown Foundation when it was proposing Project Winterhaven. ONR’s Willoughby M. Cady writes that Townsend Brown’s claims of gravitational anomalies are not well documented, and suggested the Navy and Air Force not pursue the disc designs.
Note: In 1955, Brown worked for French aerospace company SNCASO and ran his flying disc designs in a vacuum, where they performed even better than in atmosphere. SNCASO merged with Sud-Est a year later and canceled Brown’s contract.
In 1956, Brown helped found the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) with former DCI VADM Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Gen. Albert Coady Wedemeyer, USMC Maj. Donald Keyhoe and chief of the Navy’s guided missile program RADM Delmer S. Fahrney. Brown stepped down in 1957 and gave a press conference stating UAP were neither American nor Soviet and under “intelligent control.”
In 1957, Brown was hired as a consultant for the Bahnson Company of North Carolina and in 1959 he consulted on aerospace propulsion for General Electric, before retirement in 1960.
Note: It is worth highlighting that a secret memo dated 23 September 1947 from head of Air Materiel Command Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining to USAAF Brig. Gen. George Schulgen states: “It is possible within the present U.S. knowledge—provided extensive detailed development is undertaken—to construct a piloted aircraft which has the general description of the object above which would be capable of an approximate range of 7,000 miles at subsonic speeds.” Twining is specifically talking about the “flying disc” phenomena seen by civilians and military personnel that year.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_28
Date: 1952
Description: CIA Project Moonstruck
allegedly studies long range use of frequencies for the purpose of
stimulation of the brains of targets. It is claimed these implants were
placed in subjects during abductions; unknown if related to UAP
phenomenon.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_29
Date: 1952
Description: A disputed, possibly hoaxed report for
disinformation purposes, detail an annual report for MAJIC EYES ONLY
ACTIVITIES that mention the recovery of the ejection craft in 1947 with
five bodies, and the ejection craft were cylinders that ejected from the
collision of larger UAP discs and possibly an experimental US craft; it
states the occupants are “human or human like” and share the same
biological needs.
The term ULATT EXPLOITATION is used; the application of R&D at AEC facilities is mentioned; efforts to duplicate a “water drive and plastic core elements” found in an UAP engine are being conducted at Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Langley, with the engine kept at Holloman are also mentioned, as are autopsies of recovered occupants that fall in a Project Grey Suit within Projects 612 and 621.
Tissue samples of technicians in contact with occupants suggest the transfer of a highly contagious disease, their samples were kept at Fort Detrick, MD; and a crash recovery team from Project Moon Dust and Project Stork were sent to a crash site near the Texas-Mexico border at El Indio-Guerrero in December 1950 to respond to a crash with debris taken to AEC at Sandia.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_30
Date: 1952
Description: A family friend of McDonnell Douglas
engineer John Schuessler states he was a guard at Wright Patterson Air
Force Base in 1952 and saw a craft covered by a tarp taken into a tight
security area at the base. He also stated he saw bodies recovered from a
“UFO” told to him they were from the Southwest; the bodies were “little
people.” He stated “everything delivered had to pass by me.”
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_31
Date: 1952
Description: A source “ZO” states a colleague of his at
Rocketdyne told him he attended a meeting on celestial navigation at
another aircraft company in 1952, where one USAF officer told them he
was at the scene of one crash retrieval where a piece of metal was
broken from the ship and later studied. He said the piece was impervious
to diamond saws and torches, and a small body, badly burned, was
recovered.
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_32
Date: Early 1952
Location: JAPAN, north of Hokkaido - in flight
Description: (Translated from French) A B-29
Superfortress was perfectly tracked by the radars that had it in charge.
Soon an unknown aircraft entered the radar field. It seemed to merge
with the B-29 and the latter sent out a distress signal. It was never
found again. (1952, beginning of the year)
Reference: Guy TARADE: "S.V. and civilizations from
beyond space" - J'AI LU 1969, p. 224
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1569
Date: Early 1952
Time: 2242
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: A fiery, spherical object made a
right-angle turn during an observation by a C-54 crew flying from
Westover to Goose Bay. It was also seen from the ground by the control
tower and by two men who plunged to the earth when the object made a low
pass at them. It went away at 2247.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_89
Date: 1/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: GALLUP, NM
Description: Several fast saucers cavort and maneuver.
Some in front / sun. Military photos / Tucson Air Force Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with
UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index
245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1994
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "1952", HatchDesc: "GALLUP,NM:SVRL FAST SCRS CAVORT+MNVR:SOME IN FRONT/SUN:MIL PHOTOS/TUCSON AFB", LatLong: "35.500002 -108.750005", LatLongDMS: "35:30:00 N 108:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: WESTON, WYO
Description: Object maneuvers between rancher and
mountainside. Spins. Responds / lights. 2nd object..
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1995
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "1350", HatchDesc: "WESTON,WYO:OBJ MNVRS BTWN RANCHER+MOUNTAINSIDE:SPINS:RESPONDS/LITES:2nd OBJ..", LatLong: "44.638891 -105.333338", LatLongDMS: "44:38:20 N 105:20:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 1/1952
Location: Weston, WY
Description: A "shooting star" stop in mid-air between
him and a mountain, spinning (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_893
Date: 1/1952
Time: 2230
Location: Weston, Wyoming
Description: A 38-year-old rancher saw a "shooting
star" that suddenly stopped in mid-air between him and a mountain. It
was seen spinning in a clockwise direction. It had one red window
periodially facing the observer. It went down toward the Little Powder
River and came up again. The witness turned his car to send light
signals, to which the object seemed to respond by stopping its red
window facing the witness's location. Spinning resumed, the object rose
and came down. A similar craft arrived and both went into the deep
valley, out of sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_88
Date: 1/1952
Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Description: Jim
and Coral Lorenzen found the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Soon, a man claiming to have an intelligence
background becomes an active supporter and tries to lead the Lorenzens
into “metaphysical areas of research.” Coral Lorenzen rebuffs these
attempts. She discovers what seem to be the impressions of an
intelligence report about her on one of his letters. In the summer, two
suspicious men posing as building contractors seem to be lurking around
her home as well as the homes of the APRO treasurer and secretary the
same day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants,
Berkley Medallion, 1976, pp. 1–2, 248– 251; Clark III 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1732
Date: 1/1952
Locations: US; USSR; China
Description: Some 74% of the CIA’s money goes toward
covert operations. It has already infiltrated many US labor, business,
church, university, student, and cultural groups, usually channeling the
money through foundations. This year it begins HTLINGUAL, a secret
project to intercept mail destined for the USSR and China. It also
targets domestic peace and civil rights activists. It lasts until 1973,
photographing 2 million envelopes and opening 215,000 letters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank J. Donner, The Age of Surveillance:
The Aims and Methods of America’s Political Intelligence System, Knopf, 1980; Jim
Keith, Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mond Control,
Adventures Unlimited, 1997; David Wise, The American
Police State: The Government Against the People, Random House,
1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1733
Date: 1/1/1952
Location: North Bay, Ontario
Description: W. J. Yeo, a master telecommunications
superintendent, and Sgt. D. V. Crandell, an instrument technician,
reported sighting a saucer over the air base. The object appeared to be
at great height, probably outside the earth's atmosphere and moved at
supersonic speed. It was visible for 8 min. 43 sec. and moved roughly
parallel to the earth although changing directions slightly at times,
zig-zagging, climbing and diving. The object was reddish-orange in color
and Yeo said it definitely was not a meteor, balloon or ordinary
aircraft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_155
Date: 1/1/1952
Location: North Bay, Canada
Description: Large object circles, maneuvers over RCAF
base. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_81
Date: 1/1/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: NORTH BAY, ON
Description: 2 orange saucers zigzag all over brand-new
RCAF airfield. Supersonic.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1996
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "370", HatchDesc: "NORTH BAY,ON:2 ORG SCRS ZIGZAG ALL OVR BRAND-NEW RCAF AIRFIELD:SUPERSONIC", LatLong: "46.216669 -79.466670", LatLongDMS: "46:13:00 N 79:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/1/1952
Location: RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario
Description: 10:54 p.m. Warrant Officer W. J. Yeo (a
master telecomm specialist) and Sgt. D.
V. Crandell watch a silent, reddish-orange object circle and
maneuver for nearly 9 minutes at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. It
appears to be very large and travels at supersonic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Saucers’ Seen
Here: 2 Sighted
at RCAF Station,” North Bay \(Ont.) Nugget, April 15, 1952, pp. 1–2;
Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen,
1979, p. 92
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1734
Date: 1/1/1952
Description: On this night at the North Bay RCAF Base
in Nipissing, Ontario, Canada Warrant Officer W. J. Yeo and Airman
Crandell observed a strange craft in the sky at a NORAD installation.
The UFO swung like a pendulum in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated April 16,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1
Date: 1/3/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: SOUTH DAYTONA, FL
Description: Postal worker. 10m metallic hemisphere
going quickly southeast / 150m altitude. Silent. Faster / jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A
huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1997
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "S.DAYTONA,FL:POSTAL WORKER:10m MTLC HEMISPHERE >>SE/150m alt:SLNT:FASTER/JET", LatLong: "29.150001 -81.000004", LatLongDMS: "29:09:00 N 81:00:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/3/1952
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Brig. Gen. William
M. Garland, Assistant for the Production of Intelligence, writes a
secret memorandum for General John A.
Samford that lays down the investigative shortcomings of Project
Grudge and suggests policies and agendas for the immediate future.
Garland mentions that the aircraft inventions and models by the Horten
brothers had fallen into the hands of the Soviets at the end of
World War II.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brig. Gen. William M. Garland, “(Secret) Contemplated
Action to Determine the Nature and Origin of the Phenomena Connected
with the Reports of
Unusual Flying Objects,” January 3, 1952; Swords 141–143; Kremlin
34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1735
Date: 1/4/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: WATSONVILLE, CA
Description: Cops and more/others. Blue-green fireball
throws sparks / ends. Turns going SSE toward(s) fort ORD.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1998
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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "WATSONVILLE,CA:COPS++:BLU-GRN FBL THROWS SPARKS/ENDS:TURNS >SSE twrd FORT ORD", LatLong: "36.911113 -121.750006", LatLongDMS: "36:54:40 N 121:45:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 1/6/1952
Location: Watsonville, California
Description: LIT-UP CIGAR SCARES
COPPERS. A cigar-shaped object with a tail resembling a string
of lighted beads raced across the sky here and looked for a time as if
it was going to crash in the city, police said today. Sheriff's deputies
Al Bolman and Jim Mattney, who spotted the thing early yesterday, said
they thought originally it was a flaming airplane. They stated it threw
sparks and flame out both ends and cruised along at about 1,000 feet. It
appeared under control.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_156
Date: 1/6/1952
Locations: Giant Rock; Mojave Desert; Landers,
California
Description: Contactee George Van
Tassel, living at Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert near Landers,
California, receives the first of many psychic messages from
extraterrestrial starship commanders. This one is from “Lutbunn, senior
in command of first wave, planet patrol, realms of Schare. We have your
contact aboard 80,000 feet above this place.” Other messages soon come
from Elcar, Clota, Totalmon, Latamarx, Noma, Leektow, Luu, Oblow,
Kerrull, Locktopar, Molca, Clatu, Hulda, Lata, Singba, and others. One
of his contacts, Ashtar, will become a metaphysical superstar, and in
the years ahead many contactees will channel communications from him.
These aliens seek to raise humanity’s “vibrationary attunement” so that
earthlings will not threaten the wise and peace- loving space people.
Van Tassel reprints many of these messages in a misleadingly titled
book, I Rode a Flying Saucer!
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George W. Van Tassel, I
Rode a Flying Saucer! The Mysteries of the Flying Saucers Revealed,
New Age, 1952; Clark III 1218–1219
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1736
Date: 1/7/1952
Description: A dot appeared in the western sky over the
Apple Valley Airport in San Bernardino County, California that grew to a
golden shining disc, 100 feet in diameter. The UFO cavorted for several
minutes, made 90 degree turns, and flew away at twice the speed of a
jet. It also was completely silent. The witness was a 57-year-old man
named Mattern.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence--Los Angeles, letter from witness dated April 13,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_179
Date: 1/8/1952
Locations: Battelle Memorial Institute; Columbus,
Ohio
Description: Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus,
Ohio, agrees to help out the Air Force with analyzing UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 929
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1737
Date: 1/9/1952
Location: Kerrville, TX
Description: January 9, 1952; Kerrville, Texas. Odd
'roaring" interference on radio as UFO circled town. (NICAP: 03 - EME
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_894
Date: 1/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Artesia, New
Mexico, two researchers from General Mills who had just released a
weather balloon saw for about 40 seconds an object twice as big as their
balloon circling around, then with 4 pilots from Artesia Airport saw two
other objects doing the same, for the same duration. In Albuquerque, the
same scene was observed by several witnesses. (January 16, 3 PM)
Reference: Hynek 1974, DD-8
Reference: case Blue
Book #1037 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_952
Date: 1/16/1952
Location: Artesia, NM
Description: A motionless dull white, round object 5/3
larger than the balloon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1037,
NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_895
Date: 1/20/1952
Location: USA, Fairchild Base (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) At 7:30 PM two
Chief Sergeants, both intelligence specialists, were walking down an
alley of the Fairchild Base, near Spokane. Suddenly they saw a large,
spherical object of pale blue color approaching from the east. They
stopped to examine it, as several UFOs had been reported by officers of
the base in the preceding months. The object was moving at a rather fast
but moderate speed in a horizontal plane. It passed north of the
Sergeants' location. When it disappeared to the west they noticed it had
a long blue tail. At the time of the observation the sky was overcast
from the ceiling of 1400 meters with a thickness of 1800 meters. If the
object was just at the base of the clouds, it was 3000 meters away from
the observers and moving at more than 2000 km/h. It could not have been
a jet aircraft due to the absence of noise.
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "The Report on
Unidentified Flying Objects", France-Empire 1958, p.24,25
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1570
Date: 1/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Fairchild
base in Spokane (Washington DC), two sergeants-chiefs --- intelligence
specialists --- observed from 3 km away a white-bluish disc with a long
blue tail moving at 200 km/h without any noise. They flew under a cloud
ceiling of 1400 m which excludes the hypothesis of a meteor.
(January 20)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_953
Date: 1/20/1952
Location: Fairchild AFB, WA
Description: Large spherical object approaches at
tremendous 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_82
Date: 1/20/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: 2 Air Force intelligence OFFs. Silent
blue-white sphere/orb/globe going quickly west / 1400mph. Below
clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1999
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "750", HatchDesc: "FAIRCHILD AFB,WA:2 AF INT.OFFs:SLNT BLU-WHT ORB >>W/1400mph:BELOW CLOUDS", LatLong: "47.650002 -117.383339", LatLongDMS: "47:39:00 N 117:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/20/1952
Location: Fairchild AFB, WA
Description: Bluish-white spherical object with a long
blue tail that flew beneath a solid overcast (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520120
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_896
Date: 1/20/1952
Location: Fairchild AFB near Spokane, Washington
Description: 7:20 p.m. Two master sergeants, both
intelligence specialists, are walking down a street at Fairchild AFB
near Spokane, Washington, when they notice a large, bluish-white,
spherical object approaching from the east. It passes north of their
position, traveling horizontally and silently, and disappears in the
west. They notice it has a long blue tail. It travels underneath low
cloud cover at 4,700 feet at 1,400 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large Sphere with
Blue Tail at
500ʹ,”; Ruppelt, p.
12; Sparks,
p. 118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1738
Date: 1/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Mitchel Base
(New York), a pilot of a US Navy TBM takes off to chase a white circular
dome-shaped object that accelerates and disappears. (January 21)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_954
Date: 1/21/1952
Location: Mitchell AFB, NY
Description: Navy pilot chases dome-shaped, red object,
outdistanced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_83
Date: 1/21/1952
Time: 09:50
Location: MITCHELL AIR FORCE BASE, LI, NY
Description: White saucer makes 180° turn. Circles Air
Force Base. Goes going quickly south to sea. / LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2000
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "MITCHELL AFB,LI,NY:WHT SCR MAKES 180° TURN:CCLs AFB:GOES>>S TO SEA:/LDLN#330", LatLong: "40.722224 -73.583337", LatLongDMS: "40:43:20 N 73:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/21/1952
Location: Mitchell AFB, NY
Description: TBM And Possible Balloon? (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520121
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_897
Date: 1/21/1952
Locations: Mitchel AFB; Long Island, New York
Description: 9:50 a.m. A Navy pilot lieutenant
commander in a TBM Avenger chases a white, dome-shaped object over
Mitchel AFB [now closed] on Long Island, New York. It accelerates
rapidly, makes a 180° turn, and heads out to sea. He estimates it is
traveling at least at 300 mph. It looks like a parachute canopy and has
a dark undersurface. Although there is a balloon in the area, but its
flight path is completely different.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “TBM Chases
Climbing and
Accelerating Object”; Ruppelt, pp.
121–123; Sparks, p. 118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1739
Date: 1/21/1952
Description: Two pilots of a Navy TBM plane from
Mitchel AFB on Long Island, New York chased a white, circular, domed
disc at 9:50 a.m., which finally accelerated and outdistanced them,
climbing away. The TBM torpedo plane was flying at 6000 feet altitude
when the crew first spotted the object. The disc was very light on top,
but dark on the underside. It was estimated to be from 20 to 30 feet in
diameter, at a minimum distance of only 2000 feet. When it was first
seen it was at 200 feet, and then climbed to the plane's altitude. It
started a rapid climb from there and soon vanished from sight. The
official Air Force explanation at the time was that it was a balloon,
which nearly everyone who has reviewed the case doubts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, Richard M. Dolan, UFO's and the National Security State:
Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 401; Richard H. Hall,
Radar-Visual UFO cases in 1952: The UFO sightings that shook the
government, p. 9; Terrence Wright, Intelligent Man's Guide to Flying
Saucers, p. 139; UNICAT case 807, citing Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on
Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 161
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_399
Date: 1/22/1952
Location: ALASKA
Description: (Translated from French) At 0:20 local
time, an aviator who was monitoring the screen saw an object appear, in
the form of a clear, bright point, as airplanes usually give. The
abnormal fact was that this point was northeast of the station, i.e.
above a region that airplanes rarely flew over and where there was only
ice, snow, some Eskimos and, a little further, Russia. After plotting
three good contacts, the operators knew they had something exceptional.
The object was at 7000 m altitude and was moving at 2400 km/h. A few
minutes later, an F-94 jet interceptor took off from the base. Suddenly,
the unknown object slowed down, stopped and reversed its course, heading
straight for the station. When it was about fifty kilometers away, an
operator switched to a shorter range and, in doing so, lost both the
object and the plane. Two other F-94s had taken off. During the fourth
interception pass, the object suddenly seemed to move. Ground radar got
a brief echo, but it soon went out of range, moving away to the
west.
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes
Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, pp. 160, 161
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1571
Date: 1/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The ground radar
of Northern Alaska as well as the on-board radars of 3 F-94 interceptors
detect an unidentified object. (January 22)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_955
Date: 1/22/1952
Location: North Alaska
Description: Multiple radar UFO; three F-94s intercept;
near collision.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_84
Date: 1/22/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: LADD AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Objects / 3 ground and air RADAR's going
quickly southwest / 1500mph. Gravitational effects. F94s chase. /
r242p118.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2001
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "100", Elev: "167", HatchDesc: "LADD AFB,AK:OBJs/3 GND+AIR RDRs >>SW/1500mph:GRAV.EFFECTS:F94s CHASE:/r242p118", LatLong: "64.566670 -149.083340", LatLongDMS: "64:34:00 N 149:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 1/22/1952
Location: Nenana (E of), AK
Description: Radar operator at ADC tracks object
Alaska, G,A (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520122
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_898
Date: 1/22/1952
Location: Mitchell AFB (SE of), NY
Description: Bomber chased a a white circular
domed-disc which shot away (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_899
Date: 1/22/1952
Locations: northern Alaska outpost; Murphy Dome Air
Force Station
Description: 12:20 a.m. At a northern Alaska outpost,
Murphy Dome Air Force Station, radar captures a UFO traveling 1,500 mph
at 23,000 feet. When an F-94 is sent to intercept, the target stops,
slows down, reverses course, and heads directly for the radar station.
It comes within 30 miles, then disappears from the screen. The F-94
heads back to refuel, and a second fighter is scrambled. This pilot gets
a strong radar return. At first, the object is almost stationary, but
then it dives suddenly, at which point ground radar picks it up again. A
third F-94 is sent up, also tracks the object on radar, and closes to
within 900 feet. At this point, the pilot pulls away to avoid a
collision, as the UFO is nearly immobile. Since none of the pilots
obtained a visual sighting, the Air Force concludes that the radar
returns are weather-related, although the pilots strongly dispute
this.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Alaskan Radar
Case”; Ruppelt, pp.
123–127; Sparks, pp.
119–120
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1740
Date: 1/22/1952
Description: At 12:20 a.m. a radar station at Murphy's
Dome, Alaska tracked a UFO moving at 1,500 mph at 23,000 feet. Three
F-94s were vectored in. There were solid radar returns on the ground
radar as well as two airborne radars. At one point the short range radar
stopped working, preventing anything being tracked close to the station.
The third jet approached to within 200 meters of the UFO, but pulled up
for fear of a mid-air collision. No radar malfunctions were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects, p. 165; Michael David Hall, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt:
Summer of the Saucers -- 1952, p. 86; Project Blue Book Special Report #
3, report dated April 30, 1952; UNICAT, case # 599
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_408
Date: 1/25/1952
Location: Skanska Dagbladet, Malmo Sweden
Description: FLYING SAUCER OVER NORTHERN
SKANE. Capt. Claf Rudbeck of the War Pilot School in
Ljungbuhed, spotted a clearly lit and unfamilar object flying at great
altitude over Northern Skane, Thursday night. He chased the object until
it disappeared over the coast. A pursuit plane from the Skanske Air
Fleet joined the case but couldn't spot the saucer. No observation
balloons
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_157
Date: 1/25/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTH / SAN JOSE, CA
Description: Private pilot. Group / odd red night
lights play / sky. Away as plane nears. / Sj Merc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2002
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "12", Elev: "50", HatchDesc: "S/SAN JOSE,CA:PVT.PILOT:GRP/ODD RED NLTS PLAY/SKY:AWAY AS PLANE NEARS:/SJ Merc", LatLong: "37.250002 -121.833339", LatLongDMS: "37:15:00 N 121:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Wonsan
(Korea), a B-29 flies alongside a bright orange disc-shaped object
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_956
Date: 1/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of
another B-29 made a similar observation the same night 80 miles above
Sunchon.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_957
Date: 1/29/1952
Location: Wonsan and Sunchon, Korea
Description: Army Intelligence Report from
Korea. THEY LOOK OVER KOREA, TOO. Objects, globe
or disk-shaped, bright orange in color and emitting occasional flashes
of blueish light, were seen by crew members of two B-29's at widely
separated points around midnight, Jan. 29. One sighting was over Wonsan,
the other over Sunchon. Two crew members in each plane made the sighting
and confirmed each other's observations. The Sunchon disks flew parallel
to the B-29 for one minute -- The Wonson objects flew alongside for five
minutes. Both crews believes the objects to be globular.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_159
Date: 1/29/1952
Location: Korea
Description: Two B-29s paced by "huge ball of
fire."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_85
Date: 1/29/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: 30 MI WSW / WONSAN, NORTH KOREA
Description: 3 USAF / B29. Orange fireball / sphere.
Paces plane / 5 min. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora
Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2003
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "30 MI WSW/WONSAN,N.KOREA:3 USAF/B29:ORG FBL/SPHERE:PACES PLANE/5 min:NFD", LatLong: "39.033335 126.900006", LatLongDMS: "39:02:00 N 126:54:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/29/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: 5MI SSE / SUNCHON, NORTH KOREA
Description: 2nd B29. 3' orange glowing-saucer. Going
south. Turns back going quickly north. / r242p124.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2004
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "5mi SSE/SUNCHON,N KOREA:2nd B29:3'ORG.GLO-SCR:> S:TURNS BACK >>N:/r242p124", LatLong: "39.366669 125.900006", LatLongDMS: "39:22:00 N 125:54:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 1/29/1952
Location: Wonsan (30 miles SW of), South Korea
Description: Orange luminous rotating and pulsating 3
ft sphere with blue flame halo (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A,
Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520129
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_900
Date: 1/29/1952
End date: 1/30/1952
Location: Sunchon, South Korea
Description: USAF crew saw an orange sphere follow the
B-29 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520129-30
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_901
Date: 1/29/1952
Locations: Pentagon; AFOIN offices; Dayton, Ohio
Description: On his trip to the Pentagon to brief Gen.
William
M. Garland, Ruppelt visits
the AFOIN offices and discovers they have more complete files than ATIC
in Dayton, Ohio, does. He arranges to have copies made of the missing
files for him at Project Grudge (though multiple visits are required to
obtain the copies and Ruppelt probably does not succeed in getting
everything). The offices with UFO files include the Technical
Capabilities Branch (TCB) of the Evaluation Division and the Collection
Control Branch of the Collection Division.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The 1952 Sighting
Wave” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1741
Date: 1/29/1952
Locations: Pentagon; White Sands and Los Alamos, New
Mexico; Killeen Base, Texas; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Dayton, Ohio;
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: Brig. Gen. William
M. Garland, USAF Assistant for Production of Intelligence, and his
staff are briefed at the Pentagon on the status of Project Grudge by Edward
Ruppelt, who
with his colleagues at ATIC has prepared sighting maps that show a
concentration of cases at White Sands and Los Alamos, New Mexico;
Killeen Base, Texas; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Dayton, Ohio (where
Wright-Patterson AFB is situated). At this meeting, Garland introduces a
new intelligence policy that emphasizes the use of instrumentation for
intelligence collection, including the detection and tracking of UFOs
(the basis for terminating Project Blue Book as an intelligence
function). As an interim last-chance measure to prove whether anecdotal
sightings have any value, Garland approves Ruppelt’s publicity plan to
draw in UFO reports from the public so that triangulations might be
obtained. This leads to Garland secretly backing the Life magazine
article. Apparently on the same day, Garland gives the welcoming address
to the secret MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Ruppelt calls it the Beacon Hill
group) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he tells the assembled
scientists to study ways USAF intelligence methodology can be
revolutionized through the use of technology. (Later Garland sends
Ruppelt, Col. Sanford
H. Kirkland Jr. of ATIC, and Lt. Col. William A. Adams of AFOIN, to
brief the Lincoln Lab scientists on UFOs on March 26 and in April 1952,
respectively)
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Status of
Project Blue Book,” T52-6888, [1952]; NICAP, “The 1952
Sighting Wave”; Swords 144;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, January–May, The Author, 1993, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1742
Date: 1/29/1952
Location: Guam
Description: Evening. Violet M. Winstead and her
husband are at an open-air movie theater on Guam when they and others at
the theater see an orange light passing silently overhead.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Violet M. Winstead, Letter, IUR 9, no. 1
(Jan./Feb. 1984): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1743
Date: 1/29/1952
Locations: Wonsan; Sunchon; North Korea
Description: Night. A bright orange, disc-shaped
object, also described as a “huge ball of fire,” paces two B-29s on the
same night, 80 miles from each other over the towns of Wonsan and
Sunchon, North Korea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Rotating Light Seen by B-29
Crew”; NICAP, “B-29 Crew Followed
by UFO”; Haines, Korea, pp. 33–37;
Sparks, p. 121;
Patrick Gross, “UFO US
Military Reports, Korea, 1952” Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1744
Date: 1/29/1952
Description: Several bright discs, each estimated to be
three feet in diameter, followed a B-29 Superfortress flying 30 miles
west-southwest of Wonsan, Korea at 11:20 p.m. A second sighting occurred
at 11:24 p.m. with a different squadron of B-29s flying near Sunchon,
Korea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming
of the Saucers, p. 157; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p.
15; UNICAT, case 625, citing Life magazine, April 7, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_571
Date: 1/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Korea, an UFO
resembling a large horizontal wheel emitting orange light and spewing
blue flames from its circumference, is visible for a few minutes (=
observations from the previous day?). (January 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_958
Date: 1/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the
APRO.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_959
Date: 1/31/1952
Description: Ruppelt releases
Project Grudge Status Report #3, in which he reviews the geographic
distribution of UFO reports, states the project’s obstacle, and includes
a list of 15 cases reported to ATIC in January.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 144; US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 55–64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1745
Date: 2/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: BINGHAMTON, NY
Description: Several girls and more. Orange
burger-saucer going north. Portholes / rim. Accelerations very fast. Dwg
/ reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 707)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2005
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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "260", HatchDesc: "BINGHAMTON,NY:SVRL GIRLS+:ORG BURGER-SCR >N:PORTS/RIM:ACCELS VFAST:dwg/ref", LatLong: "42.100002 -75.916670", LatLongDMS: "42:06:00 N 75:55:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/1/1952
Location: Terre Haute (10 miles W of), IN
Description: Close group of moving lights changing
color from blue to green to yellow (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_902
Date: 2/2/1952
Location: KOREA, at sea, eastern coasts
Description: (Translated from French) Radar operators
of the aircraft carrier Philippine Sea, detected a UFO showing a high
speed of flight, initially detected at 40 km distance and having
approached to 32 km, it made a wide turn to the east, moving away on a
route opposite to that of the aircraft carrier. Recorded speeds: 960
km/h during the first minute, 1440 km/h during the second minute, 2880
km/h during the third minute. It separated into two contacts distant
from 9 to 20 km. Three helmsmen of the aircraft carrier saw on the deck
a triple incandescent wake.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, p. 125, 126
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1572
Date: 2/2/1952
Location: OFF EAST COAST / KOREA
Description: Blip all over AC carrier. Splits / 2. Much
RADAR. Zigzags going quickly north and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2006
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "12", Duration: "5", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off E.COAST/KOREA:BLIP ALL OVR AC CARRIER:SPLITS/2:MUCH RDR:ZIGZAGS >>N+AWAY", LatLong: "36.166668 130.016673", LatLongDMS: "36:10:00 N 130:01:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEA", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 2/2/1952
Location: Pusan (40 miles E of), South Korea
Description: Radar track of 767 mph unidentified target
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520202
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_903
Date: 2/2/1952
Location: east coast of Korea
Description: 7:35 p.m. Radar operators aboard the
aircraft carrier USS
Philippine Sea pick up an unidentified target off the east coast of
Korea. It is first detected at a distance of 25 miles; when it closes to
20 miles, it makes a wide turn to the east directly away from the
carrier, accelerating from 600 to 1,800 mph at 52,000 feet altitude. It
splits into two targets 5–12 miles apart on a slightly zigzag course to
the north. They disappear about 110 miles away. Observers on the carrier
see three exhaust flames.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “USS Philippine Sea Tracks Approaching
Target”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
126–127; Sparks, p. 121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1746
Date: 2/3/1952
Location: Amherst, Wisconsin
Description: PALMER JOINS THE
SIGHT-SEERS. Ray Palmer, editor of Fate Magazine and
co-author of The Coming of the Saucers sighted an object at 10
seconds past 6:00 pm CST, from his back window. He saw an orange globe
emitting blue flames traveling approximately 180 mph, 15 feet off the
ground and about the size of a basketball.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_160
Date: 2/8/1952
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson AFB; Wonsan
Description: Dewey
Fournet, on
the Pentagon’s UFO desk, writes to Ruppelt at
ATIC for help in interpreting the Korean sightings. Ruppelt has brought
in an expert from Wright-Patterson AFB’s Engineering Division, Peter
A. Stranges of the Propulsion Branch Power Plant Group, to help with
the analysis, which he passes on to Fournet and Garland. Stranges
compares the Wonsan sighting to the foo fighters of World War II.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Swords 144–145).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1747
Date: 2/11/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pittsburgh
(Pennsylvania), Captain G. P. Arns and Major R. J. Gedson fly aboard a
Beech AT-11 training aircraft. A yellow-orange object in the shape of a
comet emits flames for 1 to 2 seconds during a 1 minute observation of a
continuous horizontal flight. (February 11, 3 AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1052 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_960
Date: 2/11/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Veto on a request
for declassification of the final report of the Twinkle
project by the ARDC.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_961
Date: 2/11/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: PITTSBURGH, PA
Description: 2 / AT11 trainer plane. Comet-like pulses
flame / 2 second(s). Straight and level flight / 1 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2007
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "235", HatchDesc: "PITTSBURGH,PA:2/AT11 TRAINER PLANE:COMET-LIKE PULSES FLAME/2sec:S/L FLITE/1min", LatLong: "40.416669 -79.983337", LatLongDMS: "40:25:00 N 79:59:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/11/1952
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Description: AT-11 Encounters Object (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1052)
Reference: NICAP: 520211
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_904
Date: 2/11/1952
Time: 3 AM
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: Capt. G.P. Arns and Maj. R.J.
Gedson flying a Beech AT-ll trainer. One yellow-orange comet-shaped
object pulsed flame for 1-2 seconds of a 1 minute straight and level
flight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_81
Date: 2/11/1952
Description: A bright, yellowish orange object with a
pulsating flame exhaust was spotted at a high altitude by the crew of a
US Air Force AT-11 trainer flying near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at three
o'clock in the morning.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1052; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p.
15; Project Blue Book Special Report #5, March 31, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_817
Date: 2/12/1952
Location: Baltimore (Bet. Friendship Airfield and),
MD
Description: MATS C-47 Crew Encounter Object (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520212
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_905
Date: 2/12/1952
Description: The pilot and co-pilot of a MATS C-47
transport plane flying between Friendship Airfield and Baltimore,
Maryland sighted a bright white UFO at 10:30 p.m. The object moved
slowly at first, then accelerated away. The sighting lasted two
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #5, dated March 31,
1952; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_861
Date: 2/13/1952
Location: LONDON
Description: Sunday mirror reports luminous cigar. Blue
/ bottom. Both ends green. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2008
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "LONDON:SUNDAY MIRROR REPORTS LUM.CIGAR:BLUE/BOTTOM:BOTH ENDS GREEN:NFD", LatLong: "51.483336 -0.083333", LatLongDMS: "51:29:00 N 00:05:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/13/1952
Location: Granite City, IL
Description: The 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group
observed an unusual radar return while attempting to score a bomb run
(McDonald list; BB Rpt 6) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520213
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_906
Date: 2/13/1952
Description: A luminous cigar-shaped object, blue on
the bottom and green at both ends, flew over London, England on this
night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated February 14, 1952;
UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_891
Date: 2/14/1952
Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky
Description: SAUCER SIGHTED OVER NATION'S MONEY
BELT. PFC Richard F. McCloskey and Cpl. Conrad E. Horcher
report seeing a strange red object moving across the sky on Feb. 11.
They say it zig-zagged across the sky, but continued on a definite
course.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_161
Date: 2/14/1952
Location: Aldergrove, BC
Description: OPTICAL ILLUSION, OR DO THEY
CHANGE SHAPE. A resident, who wanted her identity kept secret,
saw a white streak in the southwest sky. It was about 6 or 7 feet long
and about a foot wide at the end closest to earth. It did not move, then
widened to about two feet wide and 12 or 14 feet long. It looked like a
mass of tiny stars and stayed in the same position. Then it closed up to
its original size and was gone in about three or four minutes. This
report can be found at the weather office of Lulu Island.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_162
Date: 2/16/1952
Location: Pusan (60 miles E of), South Korea
Description: Large Target Tracked By GCI CPS-5 (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520216
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_907
Date: 2/17/1952
Location: Roswell (25 miles SE of), NM
Description: Unusual Fireball Near B-29 Crew (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520217
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_908
Date: 2/18/1952
Time: 06:50
Location: TIJERAS CANYON, NM
Description: Bright blue-white 40M saucers hover / 6km
altitude. Tilt. Drop suddenly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 710)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2009
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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "1890", HatchDesc: "TIJERAS CANYON,NM:BRITE BLU-WHT 40M SCRS HVR/6km alt:TILT:DROP SUDDENLY:", LatLong: "35.027779 -106.544450", LatLongDMS: "35:01:40 N 106:32:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/19/1952 (approximate)
Location: MAGDALENA, NM AND SOCORRO AND RIO PUERCO AND
MORE
Description: Round object maneuvers. Ramp attached /
cop. / r136#7p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2010
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "2003", HatchDesc: "MAGDALENA,NM+SOCORRO+RIO PUERCO+:RND OBJ MNVRS:RAMP ATTACHED/cop:/r136#7p11", LatLong: "34.116668 -107.244450", LatLongDMS: "34:07:00 N 107:14:40 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 2/19/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: CORONA, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2364. Unidentified.
Observer(s) = Beyer. Red-orange fireball zigzags / 15 minute(s). Swoops
up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2011
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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: "15", Elev: "207", HatchDesc: "CORONA,CA:BBK#2364:UID:OBS=BEYER:RED-ORG FBL ZIGZAGS/15min:SWOOPS UP+AWAY", LatLong: "33.866668 -117.516672", LatLongDMS: "33:52:00 N 117:31:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 2/19/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: RICHMOND, CA
Description: Green orbs stop / midair. Shoot going
quickly SSW / San Francisco. Orange fireballs back 24 February.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2012
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "17", HatchDesc: "RICHMOND,CA:GRN ORBS STOP/MIDAIR:SHOOT >>SSW/SAN FRANCISCO:ORG FBLS BACK 24FEB", LatLong: "37.933335 -122.333339", LatLongDMS: "37:56:00 N 122:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/19/1952
Description: A reddish-orange fireball zig-zagged for
15 minutes over Corona, California shortly after 6:00 p.m. In addition
to zigzagging the ball of light swooped up and down. There were three
witnesses. The case was listed as an unknown by Project Blue Book. At
8:00 p.m. three or more green balls of light stopped in midair in
Richmond, California. They then shot away to the south-southwest toward
San Francisco.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Project Blue Book files counted in
official statistics, case # 2364; (1) & (2) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A
History. 1952: January-May, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_993
Date: 2/19/1952
Description: The USAF Scientific Advisory Board
Secretariat suggests Project Twinkle, which analyzed
UAP at the AEC’s Los Alamos National Lab, Sandia Base, White Sands
Proving Ground and Holloman AFB, not be declassified because the
phenomena could not be debunked by natural explanations.
Note: A 25 May 1950 summary shows UAP were seen near Los Alamos repeatedly by scientists, AFOSI personnel, airline and military pilots, security inspectors and “many other persons of various occupations whose reliability is not questioned.” The document from USAF Lt. Col. Doyle Rees states Land-Air Inc. was contracted by Air Materiel Command to study green fireball and disc phenomena near the facility.
- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3FVC1sWYAAB6fC?format=jpg&name=medium (URL not working)
- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3FVDV4WQAEmUTR?format=jpg&name=900x900 (URL not working)
Note: On 20 December 1948, Project Twinkle astronomer Lincoln LaPaz argued a green fireball he saw was no meteor, and turned its light on and off. LaPaz and Lt. Col. Rees started the informal Los Alamos Astrophysical Association to study green fireballs which eventually became Twinkle. All members were scientists and engineers with AEC/USAF security clearances.
- https://worldhistoryproject.org/1948/12/20/project-twinkle-established-to-monitor-green-fireball-sightings (URL not working)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220520164609/https://worldhistoryproject.org/1948/12/20/project-twinkle-established-to-monitor-green-fireball-sightings (jbr - archive.org version)
- https://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/rufo/rufo06.htm (alt URL added by RG)
- https://www.nicap.org/ncp/ncp-brumac.htm (alt URL added by RG)
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_33
Date: 2/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Greenfield
(Massachusetts), a Congressional Minister sees 3 very bright, apparently
spherical, objects flying in perfect V formation. (February 20)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_962
Date: 2/20/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: GREENFIELD, MA
Description: Minister and more / train. 3 silver
saucers going [to] overhead / V formation. 90° turn away. /
r71p129.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2013
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "76", HatchDesc: "GREENFIELD,MA:MINISTER+/TRAIN:3 SLVR SCRs >OVHD/VFORM:90°TURN AWAY:/r71p129", LatLong: "42.683335 -72.583337", LatLongDMS: "42:41:00 N 72:35:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/20/1952
Location: Mt. Diablo, CA
Description: On Collision Course & Definitely Not
Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520220
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_909
Date: 2/20/1952
Location: Greenfield, MA
Description: Congregational Minister saw three very
bright silver objects, apparently spherical, traveling in a perfect V.
[VII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_910
Date: 2/20/1952
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Description: 3:00 p.m. Rev. Albert
Baller is sitting in a train at the station in Greenfield,
Massachusetts, when he sees a “sharp flash of light about 35° or more
above the horizon.” Looking upward, he sees three perfectly circular,
silver objects approaching in a V-formation. They are moving at about
the “speed of a second hand on a watch.” They stop and hover for 10
seconds. The lead object reverses and pulls into a line with the other
two between them. Then they depart in a direction at right angles to
their approach.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1748
Date: 2/20/1952
Description: Joseph and Stewart
Alsop examine the January 29 Korean incidents in their syndicated
column, “Problems of Scientific Development.” They suspect a Russian
origin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 145–146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1749
Date: 2/21/1952
Locations: Ga.; Korean
Description: Sen. Richard
Russell Jr. (D-Ga.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, requests further information on the January 29 Korean UFO
incidents in a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K.
Finletter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Documents, 1952,
Korea” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1750
Date: 2/21/1952
Locations: Far East Air Forces; Wonsan/Sunchon,
Korea
Description: Far East Air Forces Commander Lieut. Gen.
Otto P.
Weyland tells reporters that “no conclusive evaluation had been made
at the present time” on the Wonsan/Sunchon, Korea, sightings of January
29–30.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Nothing Conclusive on Globes: Weyland,”
Stars and Stripes, Pacific edition, February 22, 1952; Project 1947, “UFO Documents, 1952,
Korea” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1751
Date: 2/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of
Véronique, first French probe rocket. (February 22)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_963
Date: 2/22/1952
Location: Key West, FL
Description: Ground/Visual (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases,
Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520222
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_911
Date: 2/22/1952
Locations: Manzano Base, New Mexico; Coyote Canyon;
Sandia Base; Killeen Base, adjacent to Gray AFB; Campbell AFB; Fort
Hood, Texas; Fort Campbell; Bossier Base, adjacent to Barksdale AFB;
Lake Mead Base, adjacent to Nellis AFB; Medina Base, adjacent to
Lackland AFB
Description: The now-completed Site Able is renamed
Manzano Base, New Mexico, and turned over to the operational control of
the Air Force. What appear to be secure bunkers are visible to people
(mostly military personnel) who go to a recreational camping area nearby
known as Coyote Canyon. The military, however, never officially confirms
the nature of the activities at Manzano Base [now part of Kirtland Air
Force Base]. At one point, a military spokesman says that Manzano Base
has nothing to do with Sandia Base. Manzano has since been identified as
the first of six original National Stockpile Sites for nuclear weapons.
The other original NSS installations similar to Manzano are: Site Baker
at Killeen Base, adjacent to Gray AFB [now Robert Gray Army Airfield] at
Fort Hood, Texas; Site Charlie at Campbell AFB [now Campbell Army
Airfield] near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and adjacent to Fort Campbell;
Site Dog at Bossier Base, adjacent to Barksdale AFB near Bossier City,
Louisiana; Lake Mead Base, adjacent to Nellis AFB, Nevada; and Medina
Base, adjacent to Lackland AFB [now Joint Base San Antonio],
Texas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sandia
Base”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1752
Date: 2/23/1952
Location: North Korea
Description: (Translated from French) 11:15 p.m.
Witness: Captain/B-29 pilot. A cylinder of bluish color, three times as
long as wide, with a tail, rapid pulsations, coming at high altitude at
great speed, made several turns, passed under the B-29 easily avoiding
the shots. Duration: 45 seconds
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1573
Date: 2/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Sinuiju (North
Korea), the captain and navigator of a B-29 observed for 45 seconds a
bluish cylinder, 3 times longer than wide, with a tail and emitting
rapid pulses, quickly rising in altitude, making several turns, then
stabilizing under the B-29 which was evading a harmless anti-aircraft
fire. (February 23, 11:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1061 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_964
Date: 2/23/1952
Time: 14:20
Location: SINUIJU, NORTH KOREA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1061. B29 crew.
Blue cylinder/cylindrical object pulses. Maneuvers to evade flak? /
r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2014
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SINUIJU,N.KOREA:BBK#1061:B29 CREW:BLU CYL PULSES:MNVRS TO EVADE FLAK?:/r185", LatLong: "40.100002 124.394450", LatLongDMS: "40:06:00 N 124:23:40 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/23/1952
Time: 11:15 PM
Location: over North Korea
Description: Witness: Captain/B-29 navigator. One
bluish cylinder, three times long as wide, with a tail and rapid
pulsations, came in high and fast, made several turns and levelled out
under B-29 which was evading mild antiaircraft fire. 45 second
sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_82
Date: 2/23/1952
Alternate date: 2/24/1952
Location: Sinuiju, North Korea
Description: 11:15 p.m. The navigator on a B-29 bomber
sees a pulsating bluish cylinder while the aircraft is evading
antiaircraft fire near Sinuiju, North Korea. It arrives high and fast,
makes several turns, and levels out underneath the aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1753
Date: 2/23/1952
Description: Over North Korea. At 11:15 p.m. the
navigator of a USAF B-29 sighted a bluish cylindrical UFO, three times
longer than it was wide, with a tail. It flew with rapid pulsations,
came in high and fast, and made several turns before leveling out under
the B-29. The bomber was evading mild anti-aircraft fire at the time,
and the UFO seemed to be maneuvering to avoid the flack as well. The
sighting lasted an estimated 45 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1061; Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
Reported During the Korean War, p. 37; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook
UFO Unknowns; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1059
Date: 2/24/1952 (approximate)
Location: KEYSVILLE, VA
Description: Silvery cigar-shaped "meteor" crosses sky
in short bursts / motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2015
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "196", HatchDesc: "KEYSVILLE,VA:SILVERY CIGAR-SHAPED "METEOR" CROSSES SKY IN SHORT BURSTS/MOTION", LatLong: "37.038891 -78.483337", LatLongDMS: "37:02:20 N 78:29:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/24/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: SHERMAN, TX
Description: Military and civil observer(s). Round
objects with big halos in tight circles climb and fade away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2016
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "227", HatchDesc: "SHERMAN,TX:MIL+CIV OBS:ROUND OBJs W/BIG HALOS in TIGHT CIRCLES CLIMB+FADE AWAY", LatLong: "33.650002 -96.583338", LatLongDMS: "33:39:00 N 96:35:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 2/24/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: SOUTH / ANTUNG, CH
Description: (XE2838). B29 hit / NK searchlights. 10'
cylinder/cylindrical object rises / ground and scouts B29 after.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2017
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, 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
Extra Data: Country: "China", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "S/ANTUNG,CH:(XE2838):B29 HIT/NK SEARCHLITES:10'CYL RISES/GND+SCOUTS B29 AFTER", LatLong: "40.166669 124.450006", LatLongDMS: "40:10:00 N 124:27:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LNG", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 2/24/1952
Location: Sinuiju, N. Korea
Description: Auto-Sized Cylinder Tries To Intercept
B-29? (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1061)
Reference: NICAP: 520224
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_912
Date: 2/24/1952
Description: A bright blue cylindrical object
approached a B-29 flying over Antung, Korea at 11:15 p.m. It had a
pulsating exhaust trail three times the length of the object. When it
came within 3,000 feet it emitted a luminous beam of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge Report #4, February 1952, p.
29; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1074
Date: 2/25/1952
Location: US
Description: Quick Magazine. 'QUICK'
OKAYS ARMY REPORTS. Quick reviews the Korea sightings
over Wonsan and Sunchon as stated in the Army Intelligence report.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_163
Date: 2/25/1952
Location: GASSVILLE, ARK
Description: Hoops tilt / great altitude. Light
reflects / invisible center. Turkeys panic.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2018
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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "229", HatchDesc: "GASSVILLE,ARK:HOOPS TILT/GREAT ALT:LIGHT REFLECTS/INVISIBLE CTR:TURKEYS PANIC", LatLong: "36.266668 -92.483338", LatLongDMS: "36:16:00 N 92:29:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 2/25/1952
End date: 2/27/1952
Location: USAF headquarters at the Pentagon
Description: Life magazine reporter Robert
Emmett Ginna Jr. visits USAF headquarters at the Pentagon to gather
information for his UFO article. He talks with Brig. Gen. Joseph
F. Carroll, Director of Special Investigations. Brig. Gen. William
M. Garland tells him that he has considered firing a guided missile
at a UFO to bring it down and requests that Ginna delay publishing an
article until the Air Force has come to a more definite conclusion.
Ginna also talks to Lt. Col. Doyle
Rees of OSI. (Jan L. Aldrich, “Have We Visitors
from Space?” Project 1947\) February 29 — Project Grudge issues a
secret Status Report #4, classified “secret.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and Blue
Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 65–78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1754
Date: 2/26/1952
Location: Albany, NY
Description: Minimum 3-5 Minute Incident Described As
Possible Meteor???? (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520226
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_913
Date: 2/27/1952
Location: Ft. Stockton, TX
Description: B-29 and radar (McDonald list; BB Rpt 5)
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_914
Date: 2/28/1952?
Time: 16:30
Location: SOUTH / LIMA, PERU
Description: Saucer 2M over road. 3 mummy small
humanoids (or Greys) take observer(s) / ride. / r8+Flying Saucer Review
(FSR) v16#6p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: UFO's OVER THE
AMERICAS; Signet Books, NY 1968. 243p. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2019
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "2", Duration: "30", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "S/LIMA,PERU:SCR 2M OVR ROAD:3 MUMMY OIDS TAKE OBS/RIDE:/r8+FSR v16#6p12", LatLong: "-12.188889 -76.916670", LatLongDMS: "12:11:20 S 76:55:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LIM", Strangeness: "12"
Date: 2/28/1952
Description: An oil company employee was driving on the
highway in Lomo de Ballena, Peru at 4:30 p.m. when he allegedly
encountered a 10 meter in diameter disc hovering 500 meters away. Three
uniped beings with rough, towel-like skin that looked something like
"mummies" glided from the hovering object toward him. They communicated
a message to him, warning of the dangers of atomic energy. He was also
given a short tour flight on the craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Greenwell, FSR, November-December
1970, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1172
Date: 3/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt recommends a new
name for Project Grudge, “Project Blue Book”.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_450
See also: 12/1948
See also: 10/1951
Date: 3/1952
Location: US
Description: Project Grudge had become a full-fledged
organization, the "Aerial Phenomena Group." Soon thereafter, the code
name was changed to "Blue Book."
Type: organization established
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,
page 176
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_865
Date: 3/1952
Location: USA, between Fort Lauderdale and Palm
Beach
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1951) Barely
a year later, in March 1952, Liliane Roth and her husband noticed on the
road from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach, a UFO in the shape of a cigar
and resembling the former Hindenburg-Zeppelin dirigible
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: "The Secret File
of UFOs", ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p 19
Reference: Beckley 1975
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1577
Date: 3/1952
Location: KOREA, in flight
Description: (Translated from French) In March 1952,
the famous wing-commander J. Baldwin disappeared in the sky of Korea,
the one who had taken Rommel's car under fire near Caen. The pilots who
escorted him reported "that he had entered a cloud and had not come out
of it!" An American patrol had noticed at about the same time an unknown
device in the sky.
Reference: Moustique n° 1505 of 28.11.54, p. 17,
article by Bert Brem
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1578
Date: 3/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: BARBERS POINT, HI
Description: Navy men. 16M saucer hovers silent / 3
minutes. Shoots going quickly south to sea. See sketch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 713)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2020
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "BARBERS POINT,HI:NAVY MEN:16M SCR HVRS SLNT/3mins:SHOOTS >>S to sea:see sketch", LatLong: "21.316668 -158.066674", LatLongDMS: "21:19:00 N 158:04:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Hawaii", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/1952
Location: Finland AFS, MN
Description: CPS-3 Tracks "Unknown Or Flying Saucer"
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 5203xx
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_915
Date: 3/1952
Alternate date: 4/1952
Locations: US Naval Reserve; US Naval Training Center
at Port Deposit, Maryland
Description: 5:00 a.m. Two women cryptographers in the
US Naval Reserve stationed at the US Naval Training Center at Port
Deposit, Maryland, are out taking a walk outside the base on a dirt
road. They notice a red light off to one side above the trees. It starts
moving toward them and stops about 100 feet above the road in front of
them, about 300 feet away. The object is a 250-foot black disc with two
large red lights at each side, an illuminated dome, and smaller lights
along the rim. A hole opens in the bottom and phosphorescent white
sparks drop toward the ground and disintegrate when they hit the road.
The two reservists sprint the quarter-mile back to the base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1755
Date: 3/1/1952
Description: The 4602nd Air Intelligence Service
Squadron is activated under ADC to collect air combat
intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFON, “4602d AISS Unit History
Sampler” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1756
Date: 3/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. Walter
Riedel, former German rocket scientist from Peenemunde, declares "I am
convinced that flying saucers have a basis outside of our world". (March
3)
Reference: Life, April 7, 1952
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_965
Date: 3/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) End of the Grudge
project and public launch of the Blue
Book project.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_966
Date: 3/3/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio;
Peenemünde, Germany
Description: Robert
Emmett Ginna Jr. of Life visits ATIC at Wright-Patterson AFB in
Dayton, Ohio, to obtain material for his UFO article. Walther
Riedel, former German rocket scientist at Peenemünde, Germany, tells
Ginna he has kept notes on UFO sightings from all over the world: “I am
completely convinced that they have an out-of-world basis.” He also
meets with visits Air Force UFO spokesman Albert M.
Chop. AMC claims
it is investigating every serious UFO report, but it can’t find the
files he requests. Ginna becomes suspicious.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Status of
Project Blue Book,”
T52-6888, [1952]; Jan L. Aldrich, “Have We Visitors
from Space?” Project 1947; Michael D. Swords, “1952: Ruppelt’s Big
Year,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 9; Swords 120–121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1757
Date: 3/4/1952
Time: 12:30
Location: 15 MI WITH ASHIYA, JPN
Description: US C54 crew. Bright-orange 75' ovoid going
quickly northwest extremely fast. Seen / 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2021
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "15mi W/ASHIYA,JPN:US C54 CREW:BRITE-ORG. 75'OVOID >>NW XFAST:seen/2min", LatLong: "33.916668 130.416673", LatLongDMS: "33:55:00 N 130:25:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/4/1952
Location: Ashiya AFB (15 miles W of), Japan
Description: Huge Oval Encountered By C-54 Crew (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520304
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_916
Date: 3/4/1952
Description: On this date in 1952, at 1:35 a.m. over
the Sea of Japan, a bright orange, 75-foot long ovoid object passed by a
US Army C-54 at a very high rate of speed. Project Blue Book explained
it as a meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book cases counted in official
statistics.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1289
Date: 3/5/1952
Description: The Air Force sends a letter, signed by
Lieut. Gen. Nathan
Twining, to Secretary Finletter in
response to Sen. Russell’s
February 21 inquiry. It offers two possible explanations: aircraft
exhaust from a Soviet Lavochkin La-9 or La-11 fighter aircraft, or
spotlights carried on enemy aircraft that have intercepted US
bombers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Documents, 1952,
Korea”; Swords 145 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1758
Date: 3/7/1952
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: 2 flat silver objects park in sky over
suburbs / several min. No RADAR. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2022
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: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "717", HatchDesc: "TUCSON,AZ:2 FLAT SLVR OBJS PARK IN SKY OVR SUBURBS/SVRL min:NO RDR:/NEWS", LatLong: "32.200002 -110.900005", LatLongDMS: "32:12:00 N 110:54:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/7/1952
Location: Tulsa (Bet. Claremore and), OK
Description: Bright Light Passes C-54, Drops Down
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520307
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_917
Date: 3/7/1952
Description: Physicist Joseph
Kaplan visits ATIC to discuss methods of obtaining more information
on green fireballs using a special diffraction grid to be placed on
patrol cameras that can be used as a field spectrometer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Status of Project Blue
Book,” T52-6888, [1952]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1759
Date: 3/7/1952
Description: On this day in 1952, two flat, silver
discs parked in the sky over the Tucson, Arizona suburbs for several
minutes. The objects were not detected on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs A History: 1952:
January-May, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1362
Date: 3/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Oakland
(California), an Inspector of Metal Engineering observed 2 dark objects
in the shape of a wing or hemisphere flying over him, one swaying back
and forth like a pendulum. (March 10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_967
Date: 3/10/1952
Time: 06:50
Location: OAKLAND, CA
Description: Engineer. Dark 45' saucers. 1 flies
straight and level at 6K' altitude. 2nd goes left and right of
1st.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2023
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "OAKLAND,CA:ENGINEER:DRK 45'SCRS:1 FLIES S/L @6K'alt:2nd GOES LEFT+RIGHT OF 1st", LatLong: "37.783335 -122.250006", LatLongDMS: "37:47:00 N 122:15:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1800", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/10/1952
Location: Oakland, CA
Description: An engineering metals inspector watched
two dark wing (or hemisphere) shaped objects pass overhead, swaying back
and forth like a pendulum. (NICAP report.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_918
Date: 3/10/1952
Location: Oakland, California
Description: 6:45 a.m. Clarence
K. Greenwood, inspector
of engineering metals, sees two dark objects come from behind him at an
altitude of 5,000–7,500 feet while he is waiting for a bus in Oakland,
California. They pick up speed, one of them moving in a pendulum-like
motion. He thinks they are about 45 feet long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp.
56–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1760
Date: 3/12/1952
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Wingless cylinder/cylindrical object turns
twice. Going quickly north. Seen / Wellston and Athens, oh same
day.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2024
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,OH:WINGLESS CYL TURNS TWICE:>>N:SEEN/WELLSTON+ATHENS,OH SAME DAY", LatLong: "39.983335 -82.983337", LatLongDMS: "39:59:00 N 82:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/13/1952
Location: Keflavik, Iceland
Description: Eight Radar Tracks by GCA Team (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520313
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_919
Date: 3/14/1952
Location: Hammond, BC
Description: The Vancouver Sun. SHINES
LIKE STAR. Four persons observed a star-like, silvery object
shortly before midnight. It moved toward the observers from the south
about 45 degrees over the horizon, then turned eastward. It looked like
a huge silvery star except that it shimmered. Observers were not able to
tell its size, height, or speed, as they had nothing to compare it with.
It flashed out of sight, and about a minute higher. Then it made a sharp
right angle turn and headed south. Before the object disappeared it
seemed to make 3 sharp jumps up and down. It made no sound and was in
sight for a total of about four minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_164
Date: 3/14/1952
Location: Pacific Ocean (near Hawaii), HI
Description: Admiral Radford & Navy Sec. Kimball
Planes Buzzed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520314
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_920
Date: 3/14/1952
Locations: US; Hawaii
Description: Evening. US Secretary of the Navy Dan A.
Kimball is flying to Hawaii when he sees two discs moving at 1,500
mph. The UFOs circle his plane twice, then move on 50 miles east to
another Navy plane carrying Adm. Arthur W.
Radford. The
UFOs circle Radford’s plane then zoom up out of sight. Kimball sends a
report to the Air Force, but hears nothing back, despite USAF demanding
reports from all Navy witnesses. Kimball threatens to initiate Naval
reports on UFOs through ONR to be kept separate from Blue Book. Keyhoe hears
about this from both Kimball and Chief of ONR Adm. Calvin
M. Bolster. The report is never made public.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Admiral Radford & Navy
Sec. Kimball Planes Buzzed”; NICAP, “Navy Secy Dan
Kimball’s Pilot’s Sighting, March 14, 1952”;
Swords 165 Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1761
Date: 3/15/1952 (approximate)
Location: HAWAII TO/FROM GUAM
Description: Longitude & latitude coords. and date
approximate. Navy Sec. Kimball. 2 planes paced and buzzed / saucer. /
speech.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2025
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "HAWAII><GUAM:LL+DATE APRX:NAVY SEC.KIMBALL:2 PLANES PACED+BUZZED/SCR:/speech", LatLong: "20.000001 175.000008", LatLongDMS: "20:00:00 N 175:00:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NPC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/15/1952
Location: Sandia Base, NM
Description: 4:30 p.m. (MST). (McDonald list; BB Rpt 7)
Flattened Oval As Large As B-29 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520315
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_921
Date: 3/17/1952
Location: IONIA, MICH
Description: Classic saucer tips and wobbles / sky.
Flashes silver light. / local papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2026
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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "249", HatchDesc: "IONIA,MICH:CLASSIC SCR TIPS+WOBBLES/SKY:FLASHES SILVER LITE:/LOCAL PAPERS", LatLong: "42.988891 -85.072226", LatLongDMS: "42:59:20 N 85:04:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/19/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Ruppelt and
other representatives of ATIC meet with the commander of the Air Defense
Command, Gen. Benjamin W.
Chidlaw, and
Gen. Grandison
Gardner and his staff in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on getting
radar scope camera films as UFOs are being tracked. “They agreed with it
in principle and suggested that I work out the details with the Director
of Intelligence for the ADC, Brigadier Gen. Woodbury
M. Burgess.” Chidlaw promises to issue a directive to all units
explaining procedures in UFO situations, including the scrambling of
interceptors. This is issued, apparently in April. Burgess assigns Maj.
Vernon
L. Sadowski of his staff to be liaison to Project Grudge., and the
Ground Observer Corps is brought into the UFO reporting net.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
128–129; “Status of Project Blue
Book,” T52-6888, [1952]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1762
Date: 3/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Queen Anne's
City/Centreville (Maryland) veteran of both World Wars A.D. Hutchinson
and his son observed for 30 seconds a dull yellow-orange light in the
shape of a saucer moving straight ahead. (March 20, 10:42 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1074 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_968
Date: 3/20/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: CENTREVILLE, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1074. 2
observer(s). Dull orange saucer straight and level. Very fast / 30
second(s). Unidentified. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2027
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "18", HatchDesc: "CENTREVILLE,MD:BBK#1074:2 OBS:DULL ORG SCR S/L:VFAST/30sec:UID:NFD", LatLong: "39.044446 -76.066670", LatLongDMS: "39:02:40 N 76:04:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/20/1952
Location: Centreville, MD
Description: Dull orange-yellow saucer-shaped light fly
straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1074)
Reference: NICAP: 520320
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_922
Date: 3/20/1952
Time: 10:42 PM
Location: Centreville, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: WWl/WW2 veteran A.D. Hutchinson
and son. One dull orange-yellow saucer-shaped light flew straight and
level very fast for 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_83
Date: Spring 1952
Location: Prescott, Arizona
Description: Occultist George
Hunt Williamson and his wife Betty move to Prescott, Arizona, and
immerse themselves in UFO literature.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30,
no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1775
Date: 3/21/1952
Description: At 10:42 p.m. a dull orange saucer was
sighted moving slowly at first, then very fast for 30 seconds over
farmland in Centreville, Maryland. There were two witnesses, named
Hutchison. A Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1074
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1593
Date: 3/22/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: YAKIMA, WA
Description: 2 / F94+ground RADAR's. 2 red fireballs /
90mph / 22K and 25K' altitude. Return. / LDLN#330+/ r185p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 728)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2028
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "320", HatchDesc: "YAKIMA,WA:2/F94+GND RDRS:2 RED FBLS/90mph/22K+25K'alt:RETURN:/LDLN#330+/r185p7", LatLong: "46.600002 -120.511117", LatLongDMS: "46:36:00 N 120:30:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/22/1952
Location: Yakima (20 miles S of), WA
Description: F-94 Crew Made Two Sightings / Gnd Radar
Track (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1076) (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520322
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_923
Date: 3/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Yakima
(Washington), the pilot and radar operator of an F-94 interceptor jet
observe twice a red fireball increasing in brightness and then fading
after 45 seconds. Each time the object remained stationary. The Status
Report No. 7 of the Blue
Book project (May 31, 1952) indicates that the object was also
detected by ground radar at a speed of 78 knots (90 miles/h) at an
altitude between 22500 and 25000 feet. (March 23(22?), 18:56 and
19:00)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 1076 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_969
Date: 3/23/1952
Time: 6:56 and 7 PM
Location: Yakima, Washington
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of
F-94 jet interceptor. On either occasion, a red fireball increased in
brightness and then faded over 45 second span. Stationary both times.
Note: (May 31, 1952) says target was also tracked by ground radar at 78
knots (90 m.p.h.) at 22,500' and 25,000' altitude.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_84
Date: 3/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 60 miles west of
Point Conception (California), the navigator and radar operator of a
B-29 spot a target for 20 to 30 seconds, estimated to be travelling at
3000 mph. (March 24, 8:45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1077 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_970
Date: 3/24/1952
Time: 08:50
Location: WEST / PT CONCEPTION, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1077. B29 navigator
and RADAR OP. Blip tracked / 3000mph / 30 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2029
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "W/Pt CONCEPTION,CA:BBK#1077:B29 NAVIGATOR+RDR OP:BLIP TRACKED/3000mph/30sec", LatLong: "34.450002 -121.500006", LatLongDMS: "34:27:00 N 121:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 3/24/1952
Location: Point Conception (60 miles W of), CA
Description: Airborne Radar Tracks 3,000 MPH Object
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1077)
Reference: NICAP: 520324
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_925
Date: 3/24/1952
Time: 8:45 AM
Location: 60 miles west of Pt. Concepcion,
California
Description: Witnesses: B-29 navigator and radar
operator. One target tracked for 20-30 seconds at estimated 3,000
m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_85
Date: 3/25/1952
Location: ITALY, Catania (Sicily)
Description: (Translated from French) Customs officer
Eugenio Siragusa, on his way to work, was waiting for the bus. A light
in the shape of a cross and shining like liquid mercury appeared in the
sky. It flew at very high speed. It came closer and closer and confirmed
a cross shape, like a priest's hat. At its aplomb, the object stopped.
An intense beam of light came out of it and went through Eugenio from
side to side. He then felt perfectly happy. After a moment, the light of
the beam returned to the object. The object then made a beautiful curve
in the sky and disappeared. When Siragusa regained contact with reality,
he felt completely different, he would say "redimensioned". He began to
hear a voice in his head speaking to him about Poseidonia, the capital
of Atlantis, where he would have lived 12,000 years ago. He started to
draw the map of the lost continent, on a 6 m long roll. At the same
time, his instruction by the extraterrestrials began. Messages were
dictated to him for President Eisenhower (USA) and for Kroutchev
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: following April 30, 1962
Reference: USSR
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1574
Date: 3/25/1952
Location: Iowa State University
Description: Project Grudge becomes a separate
organization under the title Aerial Phenomena Group and is renamed
Project Blue Book, apparently by Lt. Col. Charles Cooke, which he thinks
has “no overtones.” Ruppelt says it is based on the books provided for
taking college tests at Iowa State University.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952,
January–May, The
Author, 1993, pp. 20–21; Sparks, p. 12;
Ruppelt, p.
131; Clark III 916 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1763
Date: Late 3/1952?
Description: Ruppelt meets
with two RCAF officers and briefs them on the new procedures.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1767
Date: 3/26/1952
Time: 20:30?
Location: SOUTH / PECOS, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1079. 4 Air Force
B50D pilots and RADAR photographs. Red and green night lights /
aerobatics.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2030
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "12", Elev: "788", HatchDesc: "S/PECOS,TX:BBK#1079:4 AF B50D PILOTS+RDR FOTOS:RED+GRN NLTS/AEROBATICS", LatLong: "31.166668 -103.500005", LatLongDMS: "31:10:00 N 103:30:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 3/26/1952
Location: Fort Stockton, TX
Description: (Now an IFO) B-50 Radarscope / Scope
Photos (Downgraded) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
1079)
Reference: NICAP: 520326
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_926
Date: 3/26/1952
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Two yellowish discs passed by slowly; "as
they passed the radio was agitated twice." (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_927
Date: 3/26/1952
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: Day. Henry C. Davis is looking out at the
ocean through his second-floor window in Long Beach, California, and
listening to the radio. He spots two yellow discs in the sky about one
mile high and 2 miles away. He thinks they are 1,000 feet apart and
moving southeast to northwest at 100 mph. As they pass, his radio goes
to static twice.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, p.
78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1764
Date: 3/26/1952
Locations: MIT; Beacon Hill
Description: Ruppelt meets
with the MIT scientists he calls the Beacon Hill Group, which recommends
that Blue Book use “sound detection apparatus” in areas of UFO
activity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 916
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1765
Date: 3/26/1952
Locations: Georgia; North Carolina; South
Carolina
Description: Five trials are conducted through April 21
by the US Army Chemical Corps under Operation Dew. The tests release
zinc cadmium sulfide along a 100-to-150-nautical-mile line approximately
5–10 nautical miles off the coast of Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina. Two of the trials disperse clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide over
large areas of all three states. The tests affect over 60,000 square
miles of populated coastal region. The Dew I releases are from a Navy
minesweeper, the USS
Tercel. The
conclusion is that long-range aerosol clouds can obtain hundreds of
miles of travel and large-area coverage when disseminated from ground
level under certain meteorological conditions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Dew”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1766
Date: 3/27/1952
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 2 saucers exit cloud. Flip over
completely. Return to same "cloud" / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2031
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "185", HatchDesc: "CHICAGO,IL:2 SCRS EXIT CLOUD:FLIP OVR COMPLETELY:RETURN TO SAME "CLOUD"/NEWS", LatLong: "41.816669 -87.650004", LatLongDMS: "41:49:00 N 87:39:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 3/27/1952
Description: At 12:55 p.m. over Downey, California a
bright, aluminum colored spot of light hung motionless in the sky above
an aircraft factory for 15 minutes. It appeared to turn on edge, and
then went straight up out of sight. In Chicago, Illinois two discs were
seen exiting from a cloud. They flipped over completely, and then
returned to the same cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History - 1952:
January-May, p. 27; Edward Sullivan, CSI/Los Angeles case files, letter
dated March 27, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1690
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: JAPAN, 20 miles north of Misawa AFB,
Japan.
Description: (Translated from French) A report from
documents contained in the files of the American intelligence services
states that a small metal disc passed near an F-84 jet on March 29, 1952
at 11:20. Lieutenant pilot David Brigham, an eyewitness, reported that
the craft was following a seemingly directed trajectory. The disc had a
diameter of about twenty centimeters. Very thin, perfectly round, with a
shiny chrome finish, it left no trace or vapor trail. The disc-shaped
object moved significantly faster than the jet. It followed the jet for
a few moments, oscillated, swayed, and then disappeared at high
speed.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Les S.V. viennent d'un autre
Monde" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 48
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1575
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: USA, between Glen Burnie (Maryland) and
Baltimore
Description: (Translated from French) The two witnesses
in the car saw a flat disc appear on the horizon, topped on one side by
a dome. This dome had a kind of small porthole on one side and a dark
trace outlining a hatch. This craft came from the northeast towards the
witnesses and stayed hovering below them. It was luminous, silver, about
15 m in diameter and emitted light comparable to neon while it was
swaying. One of the two witnesses took the machine gun from the back
seat, circled the craft several times wondering if he should shoot. His
friend, remaining in the car, urgently asked him not to do so for fear
of a response. The stationary flight lasted at least three minutes, it
put itself on song, presenting a flat surface, seemed to roll on itself
and then crossed the sky at a speed higher than that of a jet plane. The
witness also claims that the craft cut off the engine of the car,
magnetized the electrical circuits and caused cracks in the paint.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 191 to 193
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1576
Date: 3/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Misawa
(Japan), observation of Brigham.
(11:20)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_971
Date: 3/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Butler
(Missouri), the President of the Missouri Industry Commission observes a
silver cylindrical object.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_972
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Misawa, Japan
Description: Small disc maneuvers between two F-86s and
a T-6.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_86
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: ELIZABETHVILLE, CONGO
Description: Many observer(s). 2 15M saucers hover and
zigzag going quickly northeast. Jet chases. Uranium.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2032
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Congo states", Credibility: "11", Duration: "15", HatchDesc: "ELIZABETHVILLE,CONGO:MANY OBS:2 15M SCRS HVR+ZIGZAG >>NE:JET CHASES:Uranium", LatLong: "-11.672223 27.466668", LatLongDMS: "11:40:20 S 27:28:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ZAI", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 3/29/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: NORTH / MISAWA AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1082. 2 pilots.
20cm saucer buzzes AT6+F84! / r111p38+/ r242p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2033
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "N/MISAWA AFB,JPN:BBK#1082:2 PILOTS:20cm SCR BUZZES AT6+F84!:/r111p38+/r242p5", LatLong: "41.000002 141.333340", LatLongDMS: "41:00:00 N 141:20:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: BUTLER, MO
Description: Bureaucrat. Silent silver 30M
cylinder/cylindrical object going northwest slow. No smoke. /
r136#1p28.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2034
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "272", HatchDesc: "BUTLER,MO:BUREAUCRAT:SLNT SLVR 30M CYL >NW SLOW:NO SMOKE:/r136#1p28", LatLong: "38.266668 -94.333338", LatLongDMS: "38:16:00 N 94:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Butler, MO
Description: Chairman of Industrial Commission of
Missouri saw cylinder-shaped, silver UFO, [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_928
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Misawa (20 miles N of), Japan
Description: Brigham/T-6 Case: UFO Makes Pass At F-84
(BBU 1082) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB:
1082)
Reference: NICAP: 520329
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_929
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Elizabethville, Belgian Congo
Description: Two Discs Over Uraniam Mines / Jet In
Pursuit (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, Code: N, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520329
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_930
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Glen Burnie, MD
Description: 50 ft flat silver disc with cupola/dome
(NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520329
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_932
Date: 3/29/1952
Time: 11:20 AM
Location: 20 miles north of Misawa AFB, Japan
Description: Witness: Brigham, pilot of AT-6 trainer.
One small, very thin, shiny metallic disc flew alongside the AT-6, then
made a pass at an F-84 jet fighter, flipped on edge, fluttered 20' from
the F-84's fuselage and flipped in the slipstream...all in 10
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_86
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Misawa, Japan
Description: Small, shiny disc made pass at Air Force
plane
Type: sighting
Reference: The
UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID:
HallUFOE2_0
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Misawa, Japan
Description: 11:20 a.m. Near Misawa, Japan, USAF Lt. David
Conant Brigham is flying a T-6 target plane on a practice intercept
mission for two F-84s. The first F-84 overtakes him at 6,000 feet when
the T-6 pilot notices a small disc gaining on the interceptor. The UFO
curves toward the F-84, decelerates rapidly, then flips on edge in a 90°
bank. It flies between the two aircraft, pulls away, flips again, passes
the F-84, crosses in front, and accelerates out of sight in a near
vertical climb. Both pilots notice the object, which comes within 30–50
feet of the T-6. The pilot estimates it is only 8 inches in diameter.
There is a ripple around the edge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Brigham/T6 Case:
UFO Makes Pass
at F-84”; UFOEv, p.
5; Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 192; Sparks, p. 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1768
Date: 3/29/1952
Locations: Belgian Congo; Elisabethville [modern
Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Description: Two fiery discs are sighted over the
uranium mines in the southern part of the Belgian Congo near
Elisabethville [modern Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo].
With a diameter of approximately 36– 45 feet, they travel in a precise
and light manner, both vertically and horizontally. They emit hissing
and buzzing sounds. Changes in elevation from 2,400 to 3,000 feet are
accomplished in a few seconds. The discs often move down to within 60
feet of the treetops. A Commander Pierre of the Belgian Air Force sets
out in pursuit in a fighter plane from the city airport. On his first
approach he comes to within about 260 feet of one of the discs. Suddenly
they hover in one spot then takes off in a unique zigzag flight to the
northeast at an estimated speed of 930 mph. Pierre gives up his pursuit
after about 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs
over Uranium Mines / Jet in Pursuit”;
Sparks, p. 123; Good
Above, p.
512
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1769
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Butler, Missouri
Description: 6:40 p.m. Carl
J. Henry, chairman
of the Industrial Commission of Missouri, along with several others,
watches a cylinder-shaped, silver UFO for 2 minutes almost directly
overhead in Butler, Missouri. It is moving silently in a northwesterly
direction leaving no trail or exhaust. He estimates its length at 100
feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1770
Date: 3/29/1952
Location: Governor Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie,
Maryland
Description: 10:45 p.m. Donald F. Stewart and George
Tyler III are driving northbound on the Governor Ritchie Highway in Glen
Burnie, Maryland. A 50-foot silvery domed disc with two portholes and an
apparent hatch appears from the northeast and hovers above their car,
causing the engine to fail, magnetizing the wiring, and cracking the
paint. Stewart takes a sub-machine gun from the back of the car and
debates whether to fire it at the object, which remains in view for 3
minutes before turning n its edge and speeding away to the southwest.
Tyler changes his story later, denying he was involved. Possible
hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “E-M Effects on
Car from Domed Disc”; Sparks, p. 124; Hynek UFO
Report, pp.
196–198; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 61–64, 229
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1771
Date: 3/30/1952
Location: Boston, MA
Description: Boston Traveler. EARLY
BIRD CATCHES ONE ON GO. Charles T. Earley heard wind in his
back yard and saw an object shining like chrome stop about 1,500 feet
overhead and hover. It was a big, whirling ring, about 30 feet across.
It shot sky-ward and vanished at unbelievable speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_165
Date: 3/30/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: GREENFIELD, MASS
Description: Whoosh! Saucer stops / 1500' altitude.
Turns / edge. Going quickly southwest. Goes going up / fantastic
speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2035
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "76", HatchDesc: "GREENFIELD,MASS:WHOOSH!:SCR STOPS/1500'alt:TURNS/EDGE:>>SW:GOES↑/FANTASTIC SPD", LatLong: "42.683335 -72.600003", LatLongDMS: "42:41:00 N 72:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "450", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 3/30/1952
Description: At about 3 p.m. in Greenfield,
Massachusetts Mr. Earley sighted a disc that stopped abruptly in the air
at 1500-feet altitude. It turned on its edge and then shot off at great
speed to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Boston Traveller, May 5, 1952; Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1729
Date: 3/31/1952
Description: Battelle begins its UFO study (referred to
as P-47S and nicknamed Little Stork) under the supervision of William T.
Reid, folding it into Project Stork, an initiative to examine the Soviet
Union’s technological warfare capabilities. Almost all of the UFO
analysis involves compiling IBM punch cards based on data forwarded by
Project Blue Book files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 929; Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember
Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 7–8; Jennie Zeidman and Mark
Rodeghier, “The Pentacle Letter and the Battelle UFO Project,” IUR 18,
no. 3 (May/June 1993): 4–12, 19–21; Michael Hall, “Was There a Second
Estimate of the Situation?” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1772
Date: 3/31/1952
Description: ATIC Chief Frank Dunn writes
to Gen. Garland requesting
that Project Blue Book be entirely declassified in order to make it
easier to encourage civilian pilots to send in reports. That is a bit
too much openness for Garland, who compromises by reclassifying certain
case investigations as “Restricted,” a relatively low level.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1773
Date: 3/31/1952
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report
#5.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 81–94
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1774
Date: 4/1952
Description: Life Magazine article: “Have We Visitors
from Space?”
Type: article
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_451
See also: 12/1948
See also: 10/1951
Date: 4/1952
Location: US
Description: Al Chop appointed public information
officer for UFO's.
Type: personell appointment
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_866
Date: 4/1952
Location: US
Description: Air Force Letter 200-5 gave Project Blue
Book authority to cut red tape, contact any Air Force unit in the U.S.
without going through channels; provided for wire transmission of
reports to ATIC, followed with details via Air Mail.
Type: air force letter
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_867
Date: 4/1952
Location: In flight, heading to Hawaii.
Description: (Translated from French) Dan Kimball,
Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Navy, took off for Hawaii with
his entire staff. A second plane followed with Rear Admiral Arthur
Radford on board. Suddenly two flying saucers appeared, dived towards
Kimball's plane, circled it several times and then disappeared in the
direction of the second aircraft which was 80 km away. The same
manoeuvre was repeated. The UFOs circled Radford's plane before moving
away at an inconceivable speed, as testified by the pilots. Their speed
was estimated at 3000 km/h. Upon his return to Washington, Kimball
quickly submitted a report and wanted to find out what efforts had been
made to clarify the matter. The Air Force and the CIA then made it clear
to him that it would be in his best interest to forget the incident
definitively if he wanted to keep his post.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: "UFOs, We Are Not
Alone" - Presses de la Cité 1979, p. 86, 87
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1591
Date: 4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Hammond
(British Columbia), a light appears in the clear sky heading silently
north. Its color turns to orange and when the object reaches the
witness's vertical, its tail seems to sparkle. The object then suddenly
turns west, stops and returns. Its color becomes reddish. When the
object reaches the South area, it heads towards the horizon and its
color turns to orange, then green and finally silver white.
(22:30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_973
Date: 4/1952
Location: Near Hawaii
Description: UFOs circle planes carrying Navy Secretary
& Adm. Radford.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_87
Date: 4/1952 (approximate)
Time: 07:00
Location: WEST / NASH, TX
Description: 30M fireball going quickly east over 2 /
car. 90° turn going quickly north. Spouts / flame unaffected by
air.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 723)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2036
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "W/NASH,TX:30M FBL >> E ovr 2/CAR:90°TURN >>N:SPOUTS/FLAME unaffected by air", LatLong: "33.433335 -94.133338", LatLongDMS: "33:26:00 N 94:08:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Sandia engineer and 1. Black rectangle
with bright yellow triangle / underside going quickly west to
cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the
Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally
"The Great F. S. Hoax". (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2037
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1490", HatchDesc: "ALBUQQ,NM:SANDIA ENG+1:BLK RECTNGL W/BRITE YLW TRIANGLE/UNDERSIDE >>W to CLOUD", LatLong: "35.066668 -106.616672", LatLongDMS: "35:04:00 N 106:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: NEAR NEWMAN, TX
Description: Dr. / US54. Yellow disk hovers between
mountains. Shoots up / enormous speed. / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 725)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2038
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: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1218", HatchDesc: "nr NEWMAN,TX:Dr./US54:YLW DISK HVRS BTWN MTNs:SHOOTS UP/ENORMOUS SPEED:/APRO", LatLong: "32.000002 -106.316672", LatLongDMS: "32:00:00 N 106:19:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/1952
Location: Hawaii (near), HI
Description: Navy Sec. Exec. Plane Encounters UFOs (M)
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520400
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_933
Date: 4/1952?
Location: London, Ontario
Description: Amateur astronomer W. Gordon
Graham sees a UFO “like a smoke ring, elliptical in shape, and
having two bright pinpoints of light along its main axis” at London,
Ontario. It sails overhead from west to east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London (Ont.) Free Press, May 1, 1952;
UFOEv, p.
49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1776
Date: 4/1952
Description: Secretary of the Navy Dan
Kimball, upset with
the way the Air Force has treated his UFO sighting, sets up an
independent Navy probe of UFOs under Lt. Commander Fred Lowell Thomas of
the Office of Naval Research. The project lasts through 1952, but
probably not much longer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Navy Secy Dan
Kimball’s Pilot’s Sighting, March
14, 1952” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1777
Date: 4/1952
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: Ruppelt again
meets with MIT Lincoln Laboratory scientists (the Beacon Hill group) in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, to brief them on Blue Book’s progress.
Afterward, he asks them about the flashes seen on Mars in 1951, and a
general discussion of life on other planets ensues. Michael D.
Swords suspects that some of those present are physicist George Valley Jr., engineer Julius
Adams Stratton, physicist
Albert G.
Hill, and chemical engineer Walter G.
Whitman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, “Are There Men on Mars?
Or Other Worlds?” IUR 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 10–12, 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1778
Date: 4/1952
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Description: Albert K.
Bender, a
factory worker in Bridgeport, Connecticut, announces the formation of
the International Flying Saucer Bureau.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 189, 623
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1779
Date: 4/1/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: GMX SOUTH / LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: Steamship Esso Bermuda. "Plane" falls /
sea. None missing. No debris.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World
Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2039
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "GMX S/LAKE CHARLES,LA:SS ESSO BERMUDA:"PLANE" FALLS/SEA:NONE MISSING:NO DEBRIS", LatLong: "27.400001 -93.200004", LatLongDMS: "27:24:00 N 93:12:00 W", Locale: "High Seas", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GMX", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/1/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: STOCKTON, KS
Description: Several observer(s). Bright metal
saucer-sphere/orb/globe / great altitude. Hovers or moves slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2040
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: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "601", HatchDesc: "STOCKTON,KS:SVRL OBS:BRITE MTL SCR-ORB/GREAT ALT:HOVERS OR MOVES SLOWLY", LatLong: "39.438891 -99.266671", LatLongDMS: "39:26:20 N 99:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 4/1/1952
Time: 17:00:07.5
Location: 36.7983 -115.9356
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Able” Yield: 1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_24
Extra Data: LatLong: "36.7983 -115.9356", LatLongDMS: "36:47:54 N 115:56:08 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.24", NukeName: "Able", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "1"
Date: 4/2/1952
Location: Lake Mead, NV
Description: A man observed a UFO. It was silver in
color, very large and at a tremendous altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520402
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_934
Date: 4/2/1952
Locations: Los Angeles, California; Mayfair Hotel
Description: On the eve of the release of the bombshell
Life magazine article, Ruppelt and
his boss, ATIC Technical Analysis Division Chief Col. Sanford
H. Kirkland Jr., give
an extraordinary briefing, technically unclassified but in fact
quasi-classified, to a group of aerospace engineers and saucer buffs
organized as Civilian Saucer Investigation of Los Angeles. These include
aeronautical consultant Felix W. A. Knoll,
technical writer Ed
J. Sullivan, and
North American Aviation project engineer Walther
A. Riedel. The briefing takes place at the Mayfair Hotel in Los
Angeles, California, along with national media reporters and the Life
magazine reporters who give them advance copies of the Darrach/Ginna
article in exchange.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Minutes of
Meeting of Civilian Saucer Investigations
Held Wednesday, April 2, 1952, 8:00 PM in the Mayfair Hotel, Los
Angeles, California,” April 2, 1952, transcribed by Sign Historical
Group; Willard D. Nelson, “When Blue Book Met the Ufologists,” IUR 12,
no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1987): 21–24; Ruppelt, p.
175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1780
Date: 4/2/1952
Location: Lake Mead, Nevada
Description: 9:00 a.m. While on a fishing trip to Lake
Mead, Nevada, with his wife and M/Sgt Lester Gossett, M/Sgt Sheldon
Smith observes a large silver UFO at a high altitude. It looks like a
B-36 without wings. Smith observes it right after a flight of F-86s
overfly the area at about 15,000 feet. After watching the hovering
object for about an hour at a much higher altitude than the vapor trails
from the F-86s, it suddenly disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-36 without Wings”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1781
Date: 4/3/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: BENSON, AZ
Description: 5 military and civil aviators / ground and
airborne. Vibrant bright huge silver ovoid hovers / one hour.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2041
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "60", Elev: "1093", HatchDesc: "BENSON,AZ:5 MIL+CIV AVIATORS/GND+AIRBORNE:VBRITE HUGE SLVR OVOID HVRS/1hr:", LatLong: "31.966668 -110.294450", LatLongDMS: "31:58:00 N 110:17:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/3/1952
Location: Marana, AZ
Description: Bright aluminum shiny oblong object above
54,000 ft (Project 1947; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520403
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_935
Date: 4/3/1952
Description: The Air Force publicly announces that it
has not stopped investigating and evaluating UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1782
Date: 4/4/1952
Location: USA, Duncanville, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:30 p.m.
Witnesses: two radar operators from the 147th AC&W Squadron.; An
object was tracked by radar for one minute at an estimated speed of
2,160 m.p.h.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1579
Date: 4/4/1952
Location: Benson, AZ
Description: Los Angeles Times. AIR
FORCE MEN SIGHT HUGE FLYING SAUCER. Two Air Force pilots said
today that they watched for an hour a huge, oval-shaped object, five or
six times the size of a B-29 bomber, which hovered about 55,000 feet
above them. The object had no wings. Chick Logan, veteran flight
commander from Marana Air Base, tried to investigate, but could go no
higher than 14,000 feet because of lack of oxygen. The object was bright
and shone like polished aluminum. Flight instructor Paul Wilkerson said
it was too large for a weather balloon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_166
Date: 4/4/1952
Location: Hammon, BC
Description: The Vancouver Sun.
HAMMOND STAR-GAZAERS SEE COLORED ONES. The same
observers who sighted an object over Hammond on March 14 reported a
similar sighting. A star-like object appeared in the southern sky (the
same place where the other had occurred) about 10:30 pm. The color was
green and turned orange-amber as it came closer. It seemed to be closer
than its predecessor. It made sharp turns, seemed to stop, then turned
bright red and became ovalish in shape. When it headed toward the
horizon, it turned back to amber, then faint green and silvery white as
it disappeared. No sound was heard.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_167
Date: 4/4/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: DUNCANVILLE, TX
Description: Blue Book. 2 RADAR operators. Blip tracked
at 2160mph / 1 minute(s). Type unknown / no visual.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2042
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "258", HatchDesc: "DUNCANVILLE,TX:BBK:2 RDR OPs:BLIP TRACKED at 2160mph/1min:TYPE UNK/NO VISUAL:", LatLong: "32.650002 -96.916671", LatLongDMS: "32:39:00 N 96:55:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 4/4/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: HAMMOND, BC
Description: Silent green ovoid going north. Turns red.
90-turn going west. Back / 11 19+21 Apr. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2043
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "HAMMOND,BC:SILENT GRN OVOID > N:TURNS RED:90-TURN >W:BACK/11 19+21 APR52", LatLong: "49.083336 -123.000006", LatLongDMS: "49:05:00 N 123:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "British Columbia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/4/1952
Location: Duncanville, TX
Description: Secret Report: Unidentified Radar Return
(BB 1095) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1095)
Reference: NICAP: 520404
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_936
Date: 4/4/1952
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Duncanville, Texas
Description: Witnesses: two radar operators of the
147th AC&W Squadron. One object was tracked for one minute by radar
at an estimated 2,160 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_87
Date: 4/4/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. two radar operators of the
147th AC&W Squadron in Duncanville, Texas tracked a UFO for one
minute by radar moving at an estimated speed of 2,160 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1830
Date: 4/5/1952
Location: USA, Phoenix, Arizona.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:40 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Ryan, R.L. Stokes, D. Schook. A large, dark
gray, circular object, followed by two identical ones, flying at high
altitude in a straight line and at high speed.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1580
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Duncanville
(Texas), 2 radar operators of the 147th AC & W Squadron detect an
object on radar for 1 minute, at an estimated speed of 2160 miles/h.
(April 5?, 7:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1095 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_974
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Phoenix
(Florida), L.G. Ryan and his wife, R.L. Stokes and D. Schook observed a
large, dull gray circular object, followed by two others, flying
straight at high speed. (10:40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1097 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_975
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Miami
(Florida), L. E. VanDercar and his 9 year old son observe 4 dark
circular objects with unclear outlines passing in front of the Moon,
each having an apparent diameter of half the Moon. (21 h 15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1099 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_976
Date: 4/5/1952
Time: 10:40
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 4 observer(s). 1 large dull-grey saucer
then 2 more. All fly straight and level at high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2044
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "335", HatchDesc: "PHOENIX,AZ:4 OBS:1 LRG DULL-GRY SCR THEN 2 MORE:ALL FLY S/L at HIGH SPEED", LatLong: "33.433335 -112.066672", LatLongDMS: "33:26:00 N 112:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). 4 dark circular objects
cross moons face. Each 1/2 moon-size. Fuzzy edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2045
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,FL:2 OBS:4 DARK CIRC.OBJS CROSS MOONS FACE:EACH 1/2 MOONSIZE:FUZZY EDGES", LatLong: "25.772223 -80.205559", LatLongDMS: "25:46:20 N 80:12:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/5/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA
Description: Flight crew. Small luminous object zigzags
all over/all about / 1000kts. Going up [to] and going quickly west. 20K'
altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2046
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), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "KADENA AFB,OKINAWA:FLITE CREW:SML LUM OBJ ZIGZAGS ALLO/1000kts:↑+>>W:20K'alt", LatLong: "26.333335 127.733339", LatLongDMS: "26:20:00 N 127:44:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OKN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/5/1952
Location: Phoenix (Glendale?), AZ
Description: Large, dull grey circular object, followed
by 2 more, fly straight and level at high speed. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1096)
Reference: NICAP: 520405
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_937
Date: 4/5/1952
Location: Miami, FL
Description: 4 dark circular objects with mostly fuzzy
edges each ½ the angular size of Moon. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1097)
Reference: NICAP: 520405
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_938
Date: 4/5/1952
Time: l0:40 AM
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Ryan, R.L.
Stokes, D. Schook. One large, dull grey circular object, followed by two
more, flew straight and level at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_88
Date: 4/5/1952
Time: 9:15 PM
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: Witnesses: L.E. VanDercar and 9 year old
son. Four dark circular objects with mostly fuzzy edges, crossed face of
Moon; each was half the apparent diameter of Moon. 2:59 PM Witness: H.L.
Russell.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_89
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: At 10:40 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Ryan, R.L.
Stokes, and D. Schook of Phoenix, Arizona watched a large, dull gray
disc-shaped object fly by, followed by two more objects. All three flew
straight and level at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1842
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: Miami, Florida. At 9:15 p.m. four dark
circular objects with mostly fuzzy edges, crossed the face of the Moon.
Each was half the apparent diameter of Moon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1843
Date: 4/5/1952
Description: At 11:30 p.m. Lt. W. R. Holder and Lt.
A.M. Jones, the flight crew of a USAF F-94 jet interceptor, saw a small
luminous object approach Kadena AFB, Japan from the north. It flew
straight and level at first at an estimated speed of 1,000 knots, but
then began to maneuver and zigzag. Airborne radar tracked the target for
90 seconds. Control tower operators watched for 50-60 minutes while a
dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 knots (380 mph). It hovered,
flew curves and performed a variety of maneuvers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
Reported During the Korean War, p. 62; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook
UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1844
Date: 4/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Temple
(Texas), H. L. Russell observed for 3.8 minutes between 50 and 75
gray-white discs moving continuously in formation and inclining in
unison every 12 to 15 seconds. (April 6, 2:59 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1099 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_977
Date: 4/6/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: TEMPLE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1099. 1 observer.
50-75 white saucers shift about. All tilt / unison each 12
second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2047
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "4", Elev: "208", HatchDesc: "TEMPLE,TX:BBK#1099:1 OBS:50-75 WHT SCRS SHIFT ABOUT:ALL TILT/UNISON EACH 12sec", LatLong: "31.100001 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "31:06:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/6/1952
Location: Temple, TX
Description: 50-75 grey white discs (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1099)
Reference: NICAP: 520406
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_939
Date: 4/6/1952
Time: 2:59 PM
Location: Temple, Texas
Description: Witness: H.L. Russell. 50-75 grey-white
discs changed position within formation continually, tilted in unison
every 12-15 seconds during 3.8 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_90
Date: 4/6/1952
Description: At 2:59 p.m. in Temple, Texas fifty to
seventy-five gray-white discs continually changed position within a
flight formation. The UFOs tilted in unison every 12-15 seconds during
the 3.8 minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1099; Project Blue Book Report # 7, May 31, 1952; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1856
Date: 4/6/1952
Description: A man named Poprocky wrote to report that
at 8:15 p.m. he watched five lights in the evening sky over Sharon,
Pennsylvania that looked like "a sideview of someone blowing smoke
rings."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence/Los Angeles case files, letter dated April 22, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1857
Date: 4/7/1952
Location: US
Description: Life Magazine article "Have We Visitors
From Space?", inspired by several top officers in the Pentagon.
Type: magazine article
Reference: Project
1947: LIFE Magazine - April 7, 1952
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,
page 177-178
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_868
Date: 4/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) On the cover of
Life, next to Marilyn Monroe, one can read at the top right:
There are arguments for the interplanetary origin of flying saucers. An
article entitled Have
We Visitors from Space? makes an impression (350 newspapers will
take up the conclusions of the article, and Life will receive
700 letters. Clearly open, even frankly sympathetic to the extraterrestrial
hypothesis, it is built (as we will learn later) around the
unofficial opinion expressed by various Pentagon officers. The
Pentagon's Public Relations Office will officially respond to this
subject that The article is factual, but the conclusions of
Life reflect only the opinion of the editorial staff. (April
7)
Reference: Lagrange
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_978
Date: 4/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Albert
K. Bender announces the creation of the IFSB
in the letter column of Other Worlds.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_979
Date: 4/7/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. ARE
THESE VISITORS FROM MARILYN MONROE? A full-page advertisement
by Life magazine raised the question: "Are these visitors from space?"
featured today's LA Times and other metropolitan dailies
throughout the country. Beneath a reproduction of Carl Hart's "Lubbock
Lights", was the simple, declarative statement in bold-faced type:
"There is a case for interplanetary saucers." The ad
copy went on to declare that the existence of flying saucers was no
longer being pooh-poohed by the Air Force, that the flying saucers and
fireballs, such as those pictured in the advertised feature, were no
psychological phenomena, not products of U.S. research, not Russian
developments, and not mirages. A reproduction of Marilyn Monroe as seen
on the cover of Life's April 7, 1952 issue, was inserted in the
lower right-hand corner of the ad.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_168
Date: 4/7/1952
Description: Henry B. Darrach
Jr. and Robert
Ginna’s article, “Have We Visitors from Space?” appears in Life and
reports on the revitalized USAF project. It comes close to advocating
the ETH, and its primary sources are high-ranking Air Force
officers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. B. Darrach Jr. and Robert Ginna, “Have
We Visitors from Space?” Life, April 7, 1952, pp. 80–96; NICAP, “Scholarly Commentary on LIFE
Article of April 7, 1952”; Michael D. Swords, “1952: Ruppelt’s Big
Year,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 8–9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1783
Date: 4/7/1952
Location: Lampasas, Texas
Description: During war games taking place in the
vicinity of Lampasas, Texas, nicknamed Operation Longhorn, the Air Force
announces that a new “aerial light” attached to a B-26 aircraft is in
use that makes an “attacking bomber look like a ball of fire in the
sky.” It is essentially a bright magnesium searchlight (dubbed a “Hell
Roarer” flare) that can illuminate a battlefield for nighttime
photography. USAF Public Information Officer Capt. Irving Rappaport
implies it could be mistaken for a flying saucer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Light Makes Bomber
Resemble Ball of Fire,” Chambersburg \(Pa.) Public Opinion, April 7,
1952, p. 3; “It’s No
Saucer! Strange Objects in the Sky Are Nothing New in Dayton,”
Dayton \(Ohio\) Daily News, November 9, 1952, magazine supplement, p. 7;
Curt Collins, “UFOs:
Confusing the Public,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 27,
2022
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1784
Date: 4/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) North of Big
Pines (California), an object of disc-shaped form is observed by a
television engineer. (April 8)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_980
Date: 4/8/1952
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: THEORY ON FLYING SAUCERS
EXPLAINED. Spokesmen for the University of Social Research
sought to convince newsmen that they have solved the flying saucer
mystery. Substance of the discovery credited to Inventor Townsend Brown
is that saucers operate in a field of electro-gravity that acts like a
wave, with the negative pole at the top and the positive pole at the
bottom. The saucer travels like a surfboard on the incline of a wave
that is kept moving by the saucer's electro-gravitational generator. All
three men are convinced that flying saucers are real, controlled by an
intelligence rather than a pilot and capable of speeds up to 186,000
mps. They say that space travel will be possible in 10 years. When asked
if he had a degree, Bradford Shank replied: "No, I'm free of those
encumbrances. That's why I find it so easy to talk in these new
terms."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_169
Date: 4/8/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: The Canyon Crier. HILL
SCIENTIST AND AND CRIER INVESTIGATE SECRET BEHIND WHIRLING
DISKS. Dr. Mason Rose said, "We've held our project a secret
for some years now, but since Life and Colliers have
now given credence openly in articles to the theory that saucers are
from outer space, we feel it is time for the public to know. Electricity
and magnetism have been coupled, which then creates a magnetic field to
propel an object with no machinery.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_170
Date: 4/8/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: BIG PINE, CA
Description: TV-network engineer / (seen thru)
binoculars. Reddish domed disk over mountains. / r78p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2048
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1215", HatchDesc: "BIG PINE,CA:TV-NETWORK ENGINEER/BINOCS:REDDISH DOMED DISK OVR MTNS:/r78p162", LatLong: "37.166668 -118.288895", LatLongDMS: "37:10:00 N 118:17:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/8/1952
Location: Big Pines (near), CA
Description: Disc-like UFO observed by TV network
engineer. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_940
Date: 4/8/1952
Description: A CBS-TV staff engineer named Smith saw a
copper red disc with sharply defined edges fly "unbelievably fast"
between Pear Blossom and Big Pine, California. It made no sound as it
flew and left no contrail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence--Los Angeles files, letter dated April 9, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1896
Date: 4/9/1952
Time: 14:40
Location: SHREVEPORT TO/FROM BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE,
LA
Description: USAF C54 buzzed / 35' saucer. Jets chase
55 mile(s) going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2049
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "16", Elev: "55", HatchDesc: "SHREVEPORT><BARKSDALE AFB,LA:USAF C54 BUZZED/35'SCR:JETS CHASE 55mi >>N.", LatLong: "32.505557 -93.683338", LatLongDMS: "32:30:20 N 93:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/9/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: PINTADA, NM
Description: "Aluminum bow-tie" somersaults / 5000'
altitude. Crosses sky faster / jet plane going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2050
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1618", HatchDesc: "PINTADA,NM:"ALUM.BOW-TIE" SOMERSAULTS/5000'alt:CROSSES SKY FASTER/JET PLANE>>W", LatLong: "34.883335 -105.066672", LatLongDMS: "34:53:00 N 105:04:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/9/1952
Location: Barksdale AFB (Bet. Shreveport and), LA
Description: Crew Of C-46 Encounters Cream-Colored Disc
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520409
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_941
Date: 4/9/1952
Location: Pecos (6 miles W of near Lackland AFB),
TX
Description: Bethune. (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 43; FUFOR
Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520409
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_942
Date: 4/9/1952
Description: At 2:30 p.m. a USAF C-54 transport plane
flying near Shreveport, Louisiana was buzzed by a disc-shaped UFO
estimated to be 35 feet in diameter. Air Force jets were scrambled from
Barksdale AFB and chased the UFO for 55 miles as it headed off to the
north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #6; Project Grudge
and Project Blue Book Special Reports 1-12, report dated April 30,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1919
Date: 4/9/1952
Description: On the same night a round, red colored UFO
moved silently above a drive-in movie screen in Asheville, North
Carolina at a high rate of speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI Los Angeles case files,
citing letter from F. Branch dated April 16, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1920
Date: 4/10/1952
Location: USA, Pecos (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) About 10 km west
of Pecos, an object in the shape of a diamond in a vertical position, 15
m wide and 23 m high was observed for 5 minutes. Brilliant and sparkling
like aluminum in the bright daylight. Made the sound of a jet engine,
rotating every second. It hovered for a few minutes, then climbed
straight up to about 600 m, turned slowly and disappeared to the
northwest.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, p. 43, 44
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1581
Date: 4/10/1952
Location: FRANCE, outskirts of Nîmes
Description: (Translated from French) The witness was a
23-year-old woman. She had gone with two dogs to a mazet to collect the
wool from two mattresses, was going to spend the night there and join
Nîmes the next day with the wool bundle. She was getting ready to go to
bed, it was 10 pm. The dogs were barking. She went out and saw a
stranger crouching in a thyme bush. He got up and asked her: "What are
you doing here?" She retorted that he was on her property. Exchange of
banalities: he was a terrestrial being who had left 10 years earlier
with an E.T. crew. Two other characters appeared, with a rather
Amerindian look. They spoke in an unknown language. They were wearing
green trousers and jerkins, without buttons. A third E.T., who seemed to
be the leader, appeared. He was small and seemed tired. On his forehead
shone a precious stone. He had an abdominal box attached by straps. The
witness was subjected to some kind of examination. The dogs, now
reassured, were frolicking, but suddenly ran away howling in pain. The
leader showed a "miracle" to the witness, he made stones from the
garrigue levitate, he passed a large one through the door without
damaging it. Soon after they headed towards the ship, which the witness
had not yet seen: like a Maurice Chevalier hat, but as big as a bus; it
was purring. The object left silently. Missing time. She did not go to
the appointment set a year later, day for day.
Reference: "Rencontre avec les Extraterrestres, par le
témoin sous le pseudonyme ROSE C. - ed. du Rocher 1979
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, le premier
dossier complet..." - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, pp. 55-57
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1582
Date: 4/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pecos (Texas),
observation of a 25 x 15 m bright, hovering, rotating diamond-shaped
object. It ascended 600 m, made a slow turn, then disappeared to the
Northwest. (April 10)
Reference: Hynek 1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_981
Date: 4/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Official launch
of the Blue
Book project.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_982
Date: 4/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At North Bay
(Ontario), Adjutant E.H. Rossell and Flight Sergeant R. McRae, both RCAF
line pilots, observed for two minutes an amber, extremely bright disc
coming from the southwest, hovering over an airfield, suddenly stopping,
turning and rising into the sky at an astonishing speed at an angle of
30°". (21:30)
Reference: case Blue Book n°1108 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_983
Date: 4/10/1952
Location: 6MI WITH PECOS, TX
Description: 50x75' diamond rotates 1 / second(s). Jet
sound. Quickly going up / 2000' and veers going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2051
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "791", HatchDesc: "6mi W/PECOS,TX:50x75' DIAMOND ROTATES 1/sec:JET SOUND:↑↑/2000'+VEERS >>NW", LatLong: "31.422224 -103.566672", LatLongDMS: "31:25:20 N 103:34:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/10/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NIMES, GARD, FR
Description: 1 observer. 3 giants and
pseudo-human/entity translator. Wants books. Shows tricks. /
MJ#309.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2052
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, CVS: Conversation/communication, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "4", Duration: "150", HatchDesc: "NIMES,GARD,FR:1 OBS:3 GIANTS+PSH TRANSLATOR:WANTS BOOKS:SHOWS TRICKS:/MJ#309", LatLong: "43.816669 4.366667", LatLongDMS: "43:49:00 N 04:22:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Gard", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/11/1952
Location: Hammond BC
Description: The Vancouver Sun.
HAMMOND REVISTED. A green fireball was seen over
Hammond BC, the same area which reported previous sightings this month.
It moved in from the south but clouds interfered and further observation
was not possible. The observer thought that the light operates on a
steady schedule.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_172
Date: 4/11/1952
Location: Temiskaming, Ontario, Canada
Description: North Bay Daily Nugget.
SAUCERS IGHT-SEE OVER CANADIAN TOWN. Villi Lefebvre
reported seeing six saucer-shaped objects diving up and down over
Temiskaming, Ontario. He said they made no noise and were not
conventional aircraft, although they left vapor trails in their
wake.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_173
Date: 4/11/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: LANCASTER, PA
Description: Saucer-like object seen / sky. / Richmond
news-leader. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2053
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "LANCASTER,PA:SAUCER-LIKE OBJ SEEN/SKY:/RICHMOND NEWS-LEADER:NFD", LatLong: "40.038891 -76.305559", LatLongDMS: "40:02:20 N 76:18:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/11/1952
Time: ~14:00
Location: TIMISKAMING CO, ONT
Description: 6 silent saucers leave vapor-trails. Go up
and down / sky. Not planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2054
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: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "200", HatchDesc: "TIMISKAMING co,ONT:6 SILENT SCRS LV VAPOR-TRAILS:GO UP+DOWN/SKY:NOT PLANES", LatLong: "47.666669 -80.000004", LatLongDMS: "47:40:00 N 80:00:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/11/1952
Description: On this afternoon six silent disc-shaped
objects flew over Temiscaming, Quebec leaving vapor trails. They flew in
an up-and-down motion, and were definitely "not planes."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of
Anomalies, p. 921, citing the North Bay (Ontario) Nugget
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1949
Date: 4/11/1952
Description: At 8:00 p.m. a silent green ovoid object
flew to the north in Hammond, British Columbia, turned red, and made a
ninety-degree turn.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated April 30,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1950
Date: 4/12/1952
Location: CANADA, North Bay (Ontario)
Description: (Translated from French) 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Royal Canadian Air Force Officer E.H. Rossell, Sgt. R. McRae.
A circular object, amber in color, flew quickly, stopped abruptly,
reversed its course, and rose out of sight on a 30° trajectory during
the 2 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1583
Date: 4/12/1952
Location: Minnesota and Wisconsin
Description: Racine Journal-Times.
SAUCERS STILL STIRRING. Strange aerial objects of
undetermined origin have been sighted whizzing through the skies once
again. Pilots and engineers at the General Mills balloon experimentation
project said the objects-neither balloons, airplanes, or stars--were
sighted in a spectacular series of aerobatics. J. J. Kaliszewski,
supervisor of balloon manufacture for the Aeronautical Research
Laboratories, said he first saw the objects on October 10, 1951, while
in an experimental balloon aloft. This object, showing a "peculiar
glow," came toward them in a shallow dive, then leveled off and slowed
down. It hovered momentarily, made a sharp left turn, climbed with
tremendous acceleration, and disappeared. Also see https://www.nytimes.com/1952/04/12/archives/balloon-project-men-see-strange-aerial-objects.html
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_171
Date: 4/12/1952
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Description: Ottawa Journal. ALL THAT
GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD BUT COULD BE SAUCER. E. H. Russell, a
veteran airman with 13 years in the service and Flight Sgt. Reg McRae
said they spotted a bright amber disk in the sky over the airfield at
North Bay, Ontario around 8:30 pm. The object came from the southwest,
moved across the field, stopped, an then took off in the reverse
direction. It climbed at an angle of 30 degrees at terrific speed and
disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_174
Date: 4/12/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTH BAY, ON
Description: 2 military observer(s). Bright amber
saucer stops / airfield. Rises going quickly southwest / terrific
speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2055
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "360", HatchDesc: "NORTH BAY,ON:2 MIL OBS:BRITE AMBER SCR STOPS/AIRFIELD:RISES>>SW/TERRIFIC SPEED", LatLong: "46.233336 -79.450004", LatLongDMS: "46:14:00 N 79:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/12/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: WINCHESTER, VA
Description: 20cm hazy orange sphere/orb/globe /
treetop level. Straight and level flight. Slow and silent.
Rotates.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2056
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "219", HatchDesc: "WINCHESTER,VA:20cm HAZY ORG ORB/TREETOP LEVEL:S/L FLITE:SLOW+SILENT:ROTATES:", LatLong: "39.183335 -78.155559", LatLongDMS: "39:11:00 N 78:09:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/12/1952
Location: North Bay CFS, Ontario, CAN
Description: The round amber object came in from the
southwest and moved across the RCAF Station airfield at North Bay,
stopped and moved off again in the reverse direction (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1108)
Reference: NICAP: 520412
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_943
Date: 4/12/1952
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Description: Witnesses: Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer E.H. Rossell, Flight Sgt. R. McRae. One round amber
object flew fast, stopped, reversed direction, climbed away at 30' angle
during a 2 minute observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_91
Date: 4/12/1952
Location: RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario
Description: 8:30 p.m. W/O E. H. Rossell and Flight
Sgt. Reginald McRae are driving on RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, when
they see a bright amber disc arrive from the southwest, move across the
airfield, stop, and then take off in the opposite direction at an angle
of 30° at terrific speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Amber Disc Stops,
Reverses Direction”;
Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen,
1979, pp. 92–94
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1785
Date: 4/12/1952
Description: North Bay, Ontario, Canada. At 9:30 p.m.
Royal Canadian Air Force Warrant Officer E. H. Rossell and Flight Sgt.
R. McRae sighted a round amber object that flew fast, stopped, reversed
direction, and climbed away at a 30-degree angle during the two-minute
observation. They said it with terrific speed, twice the speed of an
F-86.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1108;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 87; UNICAT, case
# 810
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1963
Date: 4/13/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: EAST / MORIARITY, NM
Description: 4 airmen. Very fast saucer. Erratic flight
path. Tilts vanishes and reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2057
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "8", Elev: "1890", HatchDesc: "E/MORIARITY,NM:4 AIRMEN:VFAST SCR:ERRATIC FLITE PATH:TILTS VANISHES+REAPPEARS", LatLong: "34.988891 -106.000005", LatLongDMS: "34:59:20 N 106:00:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/13/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Airline workers. Brill saucer / 3000'
altitude. Vibrates and fades into distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2058
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: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "207", HatchDesc: "CLEVELAND,OH:AIRLINE WORKERS:BRILL SCR/3000'alt:VIBRATES+FADES INTO DISTANCE:", LatLong: "41.466669 -81.700004", LatLongDMS: "41:28:00 N 81:42:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "900", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/13/1952
Time: ~21:40
Location: GMX SOUTH / BILOXI, MS
Description: Air Force Lieut. and more/others. Dull
orange saucers over Gulf change formation. Shoot going quickly
west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2059
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), 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: "0", HatchDesc: "GMX S/BILOXI,MS:AF LIEUT.++:DULL ORG SCRS OVR GULF CHANGE FORMn:SHOOT>>W:", LatLong: "30.333335 -88.916671", LatLongDMS: "30:20:00 N 88:55:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mississippi", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/13/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: TORPO, NORWAY
Description: 3 observer(s). Fireball going up / woods.
Lights area. Hovers. Maneuvers. Going quickly south / terrific speed. /
news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 138)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2060
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, 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: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "25", HatchDesc: "TORPO,NORWAY:3 OBS:FBL ↑/WOODS:LITES AREA:HVRS:MNVRS:>>S/TERRIFIC SPEED:/NEWS", LatLong: "60.666670 8.733334", LatLongDMS: "60:40:00 N 08:44:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Norway", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/13/1952
Location: Moriarty AFB, NM
Description: CPS Tracks Silver Disc (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520413
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_944
Date: 4/13/1952
Description: In Torpo, Norway at 10:35 p.m. a fireball
came down in some nearby woods. It lit up the area, hovered, maneuvered,
then shot away to the south at great speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping, June 7, 1952; Loren E.
Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 38
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2002
Date: 4/13/1952
Description: At 4:45 p.m. a disc-shaped object with an
erratic flight path moved very fast through the sky east of Moriarty,
New Mexico. It tilted and vanished, then reappeared. There were four
military witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP Projects Grudge and Blue Book Report,
p. 109; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2003
Date: 4/14/1952
Location: USA, Memphis, Tennessee.
Description: (Translated from French) 6:34 p.m.
Witnesses: U.S. Navy Pilots, Lt. jg. Blacky, Lt. jg. O'Neil. An inverted
saucer, 3 feet long, 1 foot high, with vertical grooves or slots, flew
quickly, in a straight line, 100 yards away from the witnesses' aircraft
for 45-60 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1584
Date: 4/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Memphis
(Tennessee), Lieutenants Blacky and O'Neil, both US Navy pilots,
observed for 45 to 60 seconds an object shaped like an inverted cup, 3
feet long and 1 foot high, with vertical openings, flying straight and
quickly, at 100 yards from their aircraft. (18 h 34)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1112 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_984
Date: 4/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In LaCrosse
(Wisconsin), a pilot of CAL airline observed various luminous
objects of color flying in formation in V. (0 h 35)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 1113 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_985
Date: 4/14/1952
Location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Description: 12 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars.
Huge "disk" crosses sky / 30 minute(s). No further details / news
report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2061
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "30", Elev: "35", HatchDesc: "ANCHORAGE,AK:12 OBS/BINOCS:HUGE "DISK" CROSSES SKY/30min:NFD/NEWS REPORT", LatLong: "61.216670 -149.883340", LatLongDMS: "61:13:00 N 149:53:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/14/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: LACROSSE, WI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1113. Central
airline(s)/airliner crew and passengers. Light colored objects / V
formation. High-speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2062
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", Elev: "199", HatchDesc: "LACROSSE,WI:BBK#1113:CENTRAL AL CREW+PASSENGERS:LITE CLRd OBJS/VFORM:HI-SPEED", LatLong: "43.800002 -91.238893", LatLongDMS: "43:48:00 N 91:14:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/14/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: OVER MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 1M inv. bowl passes 2 / United States Navy
(USN) plane. Vertical slots / top to bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2063
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "80", HatchDesc: "ovr MEMPHIS,TN:1M INV.BOWL PASSES 2/USN PLANE:VERTICAL SLOTS/TOP to BOTTOM", LatLong: "35.150002 -90.033338", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 90:02:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/14/1952
Location: Memphis, TN
Description: Inverted Bowl Passes Aircraft At 300'
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1112)
Reference: NICAP: 520414
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_945
Date: 4/14/1952
Location: La Crosse, WI
Description: CIRVIS Report / V-Formation Seen By Pilot
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1113)
Reference: NICAP: 520414
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_946
Date: 4/14/1952
Time: 12:35 PM
Location: LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: unidentified CAL airline pilot.
Several light colored objects flew in V-formation. No further details in
files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_92
Date: 4/14/1952
Time: 6:34 PM
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Description: Witnesses: U.S. Navy pilots Lt. jg.
Blacky, Lt. jg. O'Neil. One inverted bowl, 3' long and 1' high, with
vertical slots, flew fast, straight and level, 100 yards from observers'
aircraft for 45-60 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_93
Date: 4/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Santa Cruz
(California), Mr. Hayes, the brother of the Sergeant-Chief, observed for
6 to 8 seconds with his 20x telescope 2 pale objects flying quickly
along the horizon. (April 15, 7:40 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1115 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_986
Date: 4/15/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: FRENCHMAN FLAT, NV
Description: 6+observer(s). 4-6 saucers pass through
atomic cloud after atomic test. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 761)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2064
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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2420", HatchDesc: "FRENCHMAN FLAT,NV:6+OBS:4-6 SCRS PASS THRU ATOMIC CLOUD AFTER A-TEST:see ref", LatLong: "36.827780 -115.938894", LatLongDMS: "36:49:40 N 115:56:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/15/1952
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Description: 2 faint objects flying fast along the
horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1115)
Reference: NICAP: 520415
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_947
Date: 4/15/1952
Time: 7:40 PM
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Description: Witness: Mr. Hayes, brother of Master
Sergeant. Two faint objects observed flying fast along the horizon for
6-8 seconds, using 20x spotting telescope.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_94
Date: 4/15/1952
Time: 17:29:57.1
Location: 37.0842 -116.0194
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Baker” Yield: 1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_25
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0842 -116.0194", LatLongDMS: "37:05:03 N 116:01:10 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.34", NukeName: "Baker", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "1"
Date: 4/15/1952
Description: At Frenchman Flat, Nevada at 9:30 a.m.
four to six flying discs passed through the mushroom cloud created after
an Atomic bomb test blast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2082
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2018
Date: 4/15/1952
Description: That evening in Gardena, California a set
of unidentified nocturnal lights flew silently to the north slowly,
pulsating at regular intervals. The bright white light had a red glow
preceeding it and one behind. When the white light went off the red
glows seemed to merge to form a semi-elliptical red glow. It abruptly
changed direction in a zigzag maneuver.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence-Los Angeles, letter dated April 26, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2019
Date: 4/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Montreal
Gazette reveals the observation of April
12. (April 16)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_987
Date: 4/16/1952
Location: Canada
Description: Ottawa Evening Journal.
FLYING SAUCERS COULD BE REAL, ADMIT TOP CANADIAN
SCIENTISTS. No longer scoffing, RCAF Intelligence and top
Canadian scientists today went on record as believing that "flying
saucers" could not be laughed off as optical illusions. Theirs was the
complete change of attitude from that of three years ago when flying
saucer, mysterious disks and fireballs speeding through North American
skies were regarded as something close to a joke. The RCAF said its
intelligence was investigating as a bona fide phenomenon, the case of
the flying saucers. Dr. O.M. Solandt, Chairman of the Defence Research
Board said: "We are as mystified as anyone else.. are are keeping an
open mind."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_175
Date: 4/16/1952
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Description: SAUCER 'OUT OF THIS
WORLD'. 45 persons said they saw what appeared to be an unusual
form of blimp hanging motionless above Milton for about 15 minutes. A
woman reported the thing with 4 other persons, who were with her during
the time of the observation, and said that the main body looked black,
but there was a halo-like fringe of color around it. The object looked
like something out of this world, she said.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_176
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: ~08:00
Location: HALIBURTON, ONT
Description: 2 silver streaks. 1 follows other closely.
Jet plane seen nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2065
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "388", HatchDesc: "HALIBURTON,ONT:2 SLVR STREAKS:1 FOLOS OTHER CLOSELY:JET PLANE SEEN NEARBY", LatLong: "45.033335 -78.800004", LatLongDMS: "45:02:00 N 78:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: HAMILTON, ON
Description: Huge ring / dark center spins. Sky-blue
cylinder/cigar-shape? Hovers / 4 minute(s). Going east to Niagara
F.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2066
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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "16", Elev: "234", HatchDesc: "HAMILTON,ON:HUGE RING/DARK CTR SPINS:SKY-BLUE CGR?:HVRS/4min:>E to NIAGARA F.", LatLong: "43.233335 -79.866670", LatLongDMS: "43:14:00 N 79:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: TRUAX FIELD, WI
Description: Pilot and RADAR. 5-6 glowing-domes going
east in formation. Turn going quickly NNW. / r136#1p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2067
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "270", HatchDesc: "TRUAX FIELD,WI:PILOT+RDR:5-6 GLOW-DOMES > E/FORMn:TURN >>NNW:/r136#1p48", LatLong: "43.083335 -89.400004", LatLongDMS: "43:05:00 N 89:24:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: ALUMINUM ROCK, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer and 4. 2 glowing-orbs
hover. Going up [to] going down [to] motion. Photographs = twin streaks
and spiral.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 768)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2068
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "45", HatchDesc: "ALUM ROCK,CA:Am.ASTRON+4:2 GLOW-ORBS HVR:↑↓ MOTION:FOTOS=TWIN STREAKS+spiral", LatLong: "37.400002 -121.800006", LatLongDMS: "37:24:00 N 121:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR DALLAS, TX
Description: Campers. 1 white and 4 red and 4 yellow
night lights. Cross sky. Make 90-turn and fly away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2069
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "130", HatchDesc: "nr DALLAS,TX:CAMPERS:1 WHT+4 RED+4 YEL NLTS:CROSS SKY:MAKE 90-TURN+FLY AWAY", LatLong: "32.733335 -96.800005", LatLongDMS: "32:44:00 N 96:48:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/16/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR SHREVEPORT, LA
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) Commander /
ground. Saucer going quickly south. Instant 80° turn going quickly
north! / r136#1p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: SMITH, Willy: ON PILOTS and UFO's.
UNICAT Project, 8011 SW 189th St. Miami, FL 33175 USA. March 1997.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2070
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "63", HatchDesc: "nr SHREVEPORT,LA:SAC COMMANDER/GND:SCR >>S:INSTANT 80°TURN >>N!:/r136#1p48", LatLong: "32.483335 -93.800004", LatLongDMS: "32:29:00 N 93:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/16/1952
Location: Madison, WI
Description: Observed 5 or 6 semi-circular objects
almost overhead, glowing with a yellowishwhite light (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520416
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_948
Date: 4/16/1952
Location: Shreveport, LA
Description: Course reversing light. (Willy Smith pp.
25-29; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520416
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_949
Date: 4/16/1952
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: ADC becomes frantic about a possible
Soviet attack. Air Force Intelligence warns Brig. Gen. Woodbury Burgess, at
ADC Headquarters, Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, that a classified source (possibly an
electronic intercept) has provided an “indication” of ominous Soviet
military activity. With the simultaneous appearance of two waves of
unidentified targets, there is no alternative. At 3:10 a.m., ADC
Commander Gen. Frederic
H. Smith Jr. orders America’s first nationwide Air Defense Readiness
alert.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFOs and Alert Scare,
April 1952”; “Radar Scare,” Miami
\(Fla.) Herald, April 19, 1952, p. 23; “3 Plane Vapors Cause
Alert at Alaska Stations,” Long Beach \(Calif.) Independent, April
18, 1952, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1786
Date: 4/16/1952
Description: At 10:26 p.m. a U.S. Air Force captain and
his neighbor in Shreveport, Louisiana saw a bright white object make a
fast approach, reverse direction, then change shape from a flat circular
object to a thin lens. It also changed color from pink to red. Its speed
was estimated at 1285 mph, and showed a red exhaust tail after making
its turn. It was ten times brighter than the brightest star.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. H. Tessier, UNICAT computer database case
#812, citing Blue Book; Project Blue Book Report # 6, April 30,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2048
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: USA, Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: S.B. Brooks, chemical engineer and J.A. Eaton. A round
object, of pronounced orange color, flew erratically, quickly, emitting
from time to time a beam of light during the 40 minute
observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1585
Date: 4/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Nellis
base (Nevada), a large group of circular objects is observed.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_988
Date: 4/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Longmeadow
(Massachusetts), S.B. Brooks and chemical engineer J.A. Eaton observed
for 40 minutes a deep orange round object flying erratically,
occasionally emitting a flash of light from the back. (20:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1124 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_989
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Lake Ontario, Canada
Description: Toronto Daily Star.
SAUCER MISHAP? Lifesavers and police searched Lake
Ontario for an object reported to have plunged in flames more than a
mile off Scarborough Bluffs. Nothing could be found and there were no
aircraft missing. Several residents reported seeing an object trailing
black smoke shoot downward from the sky and then a puff of slow rising
smoke that lingered in the sky for a considerable time afterward. A
woman saw a ball of fire with a black tail of smoke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_177
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Description: North Bay North Bay Daily Nugget.
DISK SPEEDS OVER NORTH BAY. A resident of North Bay,
Miss Bernice Byers reported a noiseless, round object traveling "quite
fast and high" over the district at 11 a.m. The object passed from west
to east leaving a vapor trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_178
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Description: North Bay Daily Nugget.
FIREBALL OVER NORTH BAY. A glowing fireball was
observed by at least 15 people in two sections of the town. A group of
young people and crews in the ONR YARDS made the sighting and the two
reports were identical. It was a multicolored object, swooping and
climbing at high speed. Both groups spotted the object at about 10:00
p.m. It is interesting to note that the Canadian Atomic Research Center
at Chalk River is only about 130 miles northeast of North Bay, where the
highest activity of strange objects is reported.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_179
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Description: Ottawa Evening Journal.
FLYING SAUCER THEORY STUMPS DEFENSE RESEARCH BOARD. The
Defense Research Board this afternoon opened its file on investigations
made into the mystery of the Flying Saucers. The Board disclosed it had
30 different reports of strange objects scudding through the upper
atmosphere. In the great majority of cases, the Board frankly admitted,
it was baffled. It cautioned that the reports could not simply be
dismissed as imaginative nonsense. Among the 30 cases the Board was able
to specifically find the cause or source of a "few" of the phenomena.
But the rest, the Board openly confessed, cannot be explained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_180
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Description: Base personnel see large group of circular
objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_88
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: WILLIAMSPORT, PA
Description: Odd vapor trails. Then "big block of
silver" crosses sky!
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2071
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "161", HatchDesc: "WILLIAMSPORT,PA:ODD VAPOR TRAILS:THEN "BIG BLOCK OF SILVER" CROSSES SKY!", LatLong: "41.233335 -77.016670", LatLongDMS: "41:14:00 N 77:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV
Description: 5 military. 18 dull-white saucers going
quickly east / 1200mph. 40K' altitude. 1 ZIGZAGs. / r136#7p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2072
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "570", HatchDesc: "NELLIS AFB,NV:5 MIL:18 DULL-WHT SCRS >>E/1200mph:40K'alt:1 ZIGZAGs:/r136#7p61", LatLong: "36.233335 -114.983339", LatLongDMS: "36:14:00 N 114:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: 15:10
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1127. Numerous
observer(s). Silent saucer. 6mm / ARMs-length. Back / 2100 hours. /
r136#7p58.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2073
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:BBK#1127:NMRS OBS:SLNT SCR:6mm/ARMs-LENGTH:BACK/2100 hrs:/r136#7p58", LatLong: "32.583335 -114.500005", LatLongDMS: "32:35:00 N 114:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: LONGMEADOW, MA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1124. 2 engineers.
Silent night lights / 1000mph. Erratic quickly going up [to] and quickly
going down. 90° turns..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2074
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "40", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "LONGMEADOW,MA:BBK#1124:2 ENGINEERS:SLNT NLTS/1000mph:ERRATIC ↑↑+↓↓:90°TURNS..", LatLong: "42.050002 -72.594448", LatLongDMS: "42:03:00 N 72:35:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Longmeadow, MA
Description: Round, deep orange object fly fast and
erratic (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1124)
Reference: NICAP: 520417
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_950
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Yuma Test Station, AZ
Description: Flat-white, circular object flew with an
irregular trajectory (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1127)
Reference: NICAP: 520417
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_951
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Description: Large group of circular UFOs. [UFOE, III]
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520417
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_952
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Alaska, At Sea
Description: Another Radar-Inspired National Alert
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520417
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_953
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: S.B. Brooks, chemical engineer
J.A. Eaton. One round, deep orange object flew fast and erratic,
occasionally emitting a shaft of light to the rear during a 40 minute
sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_95
Date: 4/17/1952
Time: 3:05 PM
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: group of Army weather
observation students, including several graduate engineers. One
flat-white, circular object flew with an irregular trajectory and a
brief trail, for about 7 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_96
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Nunivak Island, Alaska
Description: 12:58 a.m. Four high-altitude contrails
heading east-southeast toward Alaska are seen by NORAD defense observers
at Nunivak Island, Alaska.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Another
Radar-Inspired National Alert” Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1787
Date: 4/17/1952
Locations: Caswell Air Force Station; Limestone, Maine;
US
Description: 5:10 a.m. Radar at Caswell Air Force
Station [now closed] in Limestone, Maine, tracks five unknown targets
headed southwest into the US. Three are later identified as off-course
civilian airliners, while two remain unidentified. A nationwide Air
Defense Readiness Alert is declared at 5:11 a.m. SAC is notified to
prepare launch of nuclear missiles. The alert is canceled at 7:40
a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Another
Radar-Inspired National Alert” Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1788
Date: 4/17/1952
Locations: Air Force T/S Orville Lawson; Nellis Air
Force Base; near Las Vegas; Nevada Test Site
Description: 12:05 p.m. Air Force T/S Orville Lawson,
Rudy
Toncer (sheet metal shop foreman), and sheet metal shop workers R.
K. Van Houtin, Edward Gregory, and Charles
Ruliffson at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, see 18 circular
objects flying an easterly course that carry them over or very close to
the Nevada Test Site. They watch the objects for about 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Work Crew Spots Flying
Saucers over A-Test Site,” Salt Lake Tribune, April 18, 1952, p. 1;
NICAP, “April 17,
1952: Nellis AFB, Nevada Large Group of Circular UFOs”; Nukes 83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1789
Date: 4/17/1952
Location: Baltimore
Description: Dewey
Fournet Jr. responds to a reporter from the Baltimore Sun who has
asked about details of the Blue Book investigation with a
two-and-a-half-page memo, vagued up a bit, but essentially saying that
“nothing detrimental to our national security has materialized from
these incidents.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1790
Date: 4/17/1952
Description: At 3:15 p.m. two military weather
observers from the 9575 TSU at the Yuma Test Station in Yuma, Arizona
watched a circular, flat-white craft with a short trail shoot across the
sky from zenith to the horizon in 7 seconds (traveling at 13 degrees a
second). It traveled so fast it could not be tracked with a theodolite.
There was a similar sighting at the same place the next day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT, case 813, citing Loren Gross, UFOs:
A History. 1952: January-May, p. 47; NICAP UFO Investigator, volume 3,
number 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2076
Date: 4/17/1952
Description: Two engineers watched several silent
noctunal lights make erratic maneuvers and ninety-degree turns in the
sky over Longmeadow, Massachusetts at 8:30 p.m. The sighting lasted for
400 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs a History, 1952:
January-May, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2077
Date: 4/17/1952
Description: Thirty minutes later two men in Westmont,
Illinois, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Hall, tracked an object traveling at a high
rate of speed from the east to the north, vanishing just under the Ursa
Minor constellation. No tail or exhaust were visible, nor were any signs
of propulsion visible. They watched the object through a pair of
binoculars.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI--Los Angeles letter
files, April 17, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2078
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: JAPAN, 50 miles northwest of Kyushu, Japan
(129* 51' E., 34' 19' N.).
Description: (Translated from French) Witness: a radar
operator. Unidentified target followed for one minute flying at 2,700
m.p.h.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1586
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Yuma
(Arizona) test station, a group of meteorology students, including some
graduated engineers, observe for 7s a thin white circular object flying
in an irregular trajectory with a short trail. (April 18 (17?)
15:05)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1127 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_990
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Bethesda,
Maryland, R. Poerstal and 3 other men observed 4 to 8 yellow-orange
circular lights flying above them in a V-formation of 40°, from South to
North. (11:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1128 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_991
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Corner Brook
(Newfoundland, Canada), reporter Chic Shave observed a round,
golden-yellow object flying south and returning for 1.5 minutes. (10:22
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1129 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_992
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 50 miles
Northwest of Kyushu (Japan) (129* 51' East, 34' 19' North), a radar
operator detected an unidentified target flying at 2700 miles/h.
Reference: case Blue
Book #1130 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_993
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Corner Brook
(Newfoundland, Canada), the concierge C. Hamilton observed for 1 minute
a yellow-gold object making a tight turn and leaving a short dark trail.
(4 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1131 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_994
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: Montreal
Description: MANY SEE ONE OVER
MONTREAL. A Montreal trainman saw a flying saucer over the city
shortly after 7 a.m. The object was very shiny, like a mirror with the
sun on it and the reflection was constant. He could see the object for a
good 15 to 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_181
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: 50 MI NORTHWEST / KYUSHU, JPN
Description: Radar OP. Unidentified target tracked /
2700mph / 1 minute. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2075
Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "Japan", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "50mi NW/KYUSHU,JPN:RADAR OP:UID TARGET TRACKED/2700mph/1 MINUTE:NFD", LatLong: "34.316668 129.850006", LatLongDMS: "34:19:00 N 129:51:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kyushu", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: 04:00
Location: CORNER BROOK, NFLD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1129+1131. Yellow
sphere/orb/globe circles town 2X. Going quickly northwest. Back 18 hours
later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2076
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "CORNER BROOK,NFLD:BBK#1129+1131:YEL.ORB CIRCLES TOWN 2X:>>NW:BACK 18hrs LATER", LatLong: "48.950002 -57.966669", LatLongDMS: "48:57:00 N 57:58:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: BETHESDA, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1128. Parstell and
3. 7-15 silent orbs / 40° V-formation going quickly north. Clear
weather.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2077
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "92", HatchDesc: "BETHESDA,MD:BBK#1128:PARSTELL+3:7-15 SLNT ORBS/40° VFORMn >>N:clear weather", LatLong: "38.983335 -77.100004", LatLongDMS: "38:59:00 N 77:06:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MRL", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: Bethesda, MD
Description: 7-9 circular, orange-yellow lights (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1128)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_954
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Janitor saw a yellow-gold object make a
sharp turn, leaving a short, dark trail. (Berliner; FUFOR Index) (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1129)
Reference: NICAP: 520418
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_955
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: Kyushu (50 miles northwest of), Japan
Description: Object Tracked At 2,700 MPH (Berliner;
FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
1130)
Reference: NICAP: 520418
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_956
Date: 4/18/1952
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Round, yellow-gold object fly S then
return (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1131)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_957
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: two Army weather observation
students. One flat-white circular object flew for 5-10 seconds in a very
erratic manner.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_97
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: l1:30 AM
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: R. Poerstal and three other
men. Seven to nine circular, orange-yellow lights in a V-formation flew
overhead silently for 4-8 seconds, from south to north.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_98
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: l0:l0 PM
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witness: reporter Chic Shave. One round,
yellow-gold object flew south and returned during 1.5 minute
sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_99
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: 50 miles northwest of Kyushu, Japan (129' 51'
E, 34' 19' N)
Description: Witness: one radar operator. Tracked
unidentified target for 1 minute at 2,700 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_100
Date: 4/18/1952
Time: 4 AM
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witness: janitor C. Hamilton. One
yellow-gold object made a sharp turn and left a short, dark trail during
l minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_101
Date: 4/18/1952
Locations: Korea Strait; Kyushu Island, Japan
Description: 12:07 p.m. Detachment 21 of the 618th
Aircraft and Warning Squadron, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, picks up a
radar target over the Korea Strait north of Kyushu Island, Japan, moving
at 2,700 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Tracked at 2,700
MPH”; Sparks, p. 127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1791
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: 50 miles northwest of Kyushu, Japan
(129.85 E, 34.32 N). Radar tracked an unidentified target for one minute
flying at 2,700 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted
in official statistics; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2106
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: At 4:00 a.m. in Corner Brook,
Newfoundland, Canada Mr. C. Hamilton, a janitor, saw a yellow-gold
colored spherical object make a sharp turn in the sky. It left a short,
dark trail for one minute. Eighteen hours later at 10:10 p.m. a
newspaper reporter, Chic Shave, sighted the same round, yellow-gold
object as it flew to the south and then returned. His sighting lasted 90
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, April 19, 1952;
Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2107
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: In Bethesda, Maryland at 11:30 a.m. Mr. R.
Poerstal and three other men sighted seven to nine circular,
orange-yellow lights in a 40-degree V or U-formation as they flew
overhead silently for eight seconds at a high speed, from south to
north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted
in official statistics, case 1128; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2108
Date: 4/18/1952
Description: On this day in Yuma, Arizona two Army
weather observation students sighted a flat-white circular object flying
in a very erratic manner. The sighting lasted approximately 10
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2109
Date: 4/19/1952
Location: Hammond Bay BC
Description: The Vancouver Sun. BLUE
SAUCER EXPLORES ALOUETTE RIVER. Hammond BC. -- A bluish object,
spherical in shape, was observed by Mrs. Walter Ritchie near Alouette
River. It was shimmering and stood still. Time of observation: 11:30
a.m. Sky, clear and cloudless.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_182
Date: 4/19/1952
Time: 14:40
Location: RED BLUFF, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 2
fat bullet objects straight and level fast for 25 second(s). No further
details / files.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2078
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "RED BLUFF,CA:GOC OBS:2 FAT BULLET OBJs S/L FAST for 25sec:NFD/FILES", LatLong: "40.183335 -122.227784", LatLongDMS: "40:11:00 N 122:13:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/19/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: TORONTO, ON
Description: 50+pale-orange objects / V-formation cross
30° / sky in seconds. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2079
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: "1", Elev: "76", HatchDesc: "TORONTO,ON:50+PALE-ORG OBJS/V-FORMn CROSS 30°/SKY IN SECONDS:ABS.SILENT", LatLong: "43.683335 -79.400004", LatLongDMS: "43:41:00 N 79:24:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/19/1952
Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Description: 9:20 p.m. USAF Brig. Gen. Edwin
M. Day is reclining on a patio in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, when he
sees an object traveling parallel to the ground at a constant altitude
(between 10,000 and 20,000 feet) and moving in his direction. Its speed
is greater than a jet’s. It breaks into two parts at one point but
maintains its constant course. He follows it visually for 5–6 seconds
until it disappears to the north-northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “When UFOs Were Serious Business: Then and
Today,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1792
Date: 4/19/1952
Description: At 2:30 p.m. a silvery cigar-shaped object
flew over Brooklyn, New York. It had a light orange streak two-thirds of
the way to the top of the object for its entire length. It flew into a
cloud, causing a sparkling light to emanate from the cloud, and did not
emerge. That night in Chestertown, Maryland a yellow-orange disc-shaped
UFO that was self-luminous moved through the sky in a zigzag motion. It
passed over the eastern horizon in two minutes, leaving a trail. At
10:30 p.m. 50 or more pale orange lights in a V formation were seen
flying in the sky over Toronto, Ontario. They crossed 30 degrees of sky
in seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI-Los Angeles case files,
letter dated April 25, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2132
Date: 4/20/1952
Location: Toronto, CA
Description: Toronto Telegram. 50
VISIT TORONTO. A Wychwood resident reported seeing a collection
of about 50 lights in V formation moving rapidly from southeast to
northwest around 10:30 p.m. He said the lights were dim orange in color
and appeared to be at a great height. He could hear no sound, but was
able to observe an arc of approximately 30 degrees in the sky and the
collection of lights appearing and disappearing over the distance in
approximately 6 seconds. The observer conceded he was shaken by the
experience. Several radio stations broadcasted this report and said that
the objects were picked up on Canadian and American radar, but this
never appeared in the newspapers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_183
Date: 4/20/1952
Location: London, ON
Description: Toronto Daily Star.
SAUCER OUTDISTANCES MUSTANG. A "mystery plane" was
reported over Toronto, London, and other places in southern Ontario. The
object could not be seen, but it left a vapor trail in the sky. Over
London, it was chased by a Mustang fighter plane (450 mph), and the
pilot of this plane said it seemed as though he were standing still in
comparison with the speed of the object. He was positive that it was not
an ordinary aircraft. In London the speed of the mystery "plane" was
estimated at 2,000 mph or more. The RCAF explained it as the new British
Canberra jet bomber (speed about 600 or 700 mph).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_186
Date: 4/20/1952 (approximate)
Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK
Description: Civil employ and more/others. Blue-green
saucer goes over base / terrific speed. 15k' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2080
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, 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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "394", HatchDesc: "TINKER AFB,OK:CIV EMPL++:BLU-GRN SCR GOES OVR BASE/TERRIFIC SPEED:15k'alt", LatLong: "35.433335 -97.383338", LatLongDMS: "35:26:00 N 97:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/20/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: LONDON, ONT
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Dark
cylinder/cylindrical object / 40K' altitude. North going quickly south /
1500mph. Jets can't reach or catch up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2081
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "12", Duration: "3", Elev: "263", HatchDesc: "LONDON,ONT:100s/OBS:DARK CYL/40K'alt:N>>S/1500mph:JETS CANT REACH OR CATCH UP", LatLong: "43.016669 -81.333337", LatLongDMS: "43:01:00 N 81:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "12000", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/20/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Aviation designer and 2. Silent flying
wing dives and maneuvers / 20 minute(s). Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2082
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "LOS ANGELES,CA:AVIATION DESIGNER+2:SILENT FLYING WING DIVES+MNVRS/20min:GLOWS", LatLong: "34.066668 -118.266672", LatLongDMS: "34:04:00 N 118:16:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/20/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: FLINT, MI
Description: Several observer(s). 20 separate groups /
fake planes maneuver impossibly. 1200mph. Going north. / LDLN#187.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2083
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "75", Elev: "225", HatchDesc: "FLINT,MI:SVRL OBS:20 SEP.GRPS/FAKE PLANES MNVR IMPOSSIBLY:1200mph:>N:/LDLN#187", LatLong: "43.016669 -83.683337", LatLongDMS: "43:01:00 N 83:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/20/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Commercial pilot / ground. Night lights
follow planes / landing approach / 4 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2084
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "4", Elev: "23", HatchDesc: "McCLELLAN AFB,CA:COMMERCIAL PILOT/GND:NLTS FOLO PLANES/LANDING APPROACH/4min", LatLong: "38.700002 -121.383339", LatLongDMS: "38:42:00 N 121:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/20/1952
Location: Flint, MI
Description: Twenty Groups of Objects Observed (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520420
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_958
Date: 4/20/1952
Location: Toronto (west of), CAN
Description: Pilot Tracks 11 Objects on radar (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520420
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_959
Date: 4/20/1952
Location: Flint, Michigan
Description: 9:15 p.m. Naval aviation student Edmund
Kogut and his wife Shirley are at a drive-in movie theater in Flint,
Michigan, when they see several groups of UFOs fly over. There are 2–9
objects in a group and about 20 groups, all flying in a straight line
except for some changes in direction accomplished unlike any known
aircraft. They are shaped like conventional aircraft but have an odd
reddish glow surrounding them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Flint, Michigan,
case documents]; Sparks, p.
128
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1793
Date: 4/20/1952
Description: A dark cylinder was sighted over London,
England at 10 o'clock in the morning, flying at 40,000 feet altitude. It
was moving from north to south at a speed in excess of 1,500 mph. Jet
interceptors couldn't reach or catch it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Toronto (Ontario) Globe & Mail, April
21, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2152
Date: 4/20/1952
Description: At 9:15 p.m. several people at a drive-in
theatre in Flint, Michigan saw several groups of UFOs fly over. There
were two to nine objects in a group, and a total of 20 groups. The UFOs
were shaped like "oat kernels" and made changes in direction like
conventional aircraft at a high rate of speed, but a red glow surrounded
each object. The weather was clear at the time, and the sighting was
reported to the Air Force by a Naval Aviation student.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 24;
Project Grudge/Blue Book Special Reports 1-12, May 1955; Richard F.
Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 121, citing
UNICAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2153
Date: 4/20/1952
Description: At 9:30 p.m. a commercial pilot named J.
Fidelli, on the ground at McClellan Air Field in Sacramento, California
saw eight luminous objects moving in a undulating motion at a high rate
of speed. They appeared to be following an aircraft during a landing
approach. The formation of objects passed thru 20 degrees of arc in 6-8
seconds. They made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: letter to Civilian Saucer Intelligence from
witness dated April 10, 1952; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2154
Date: 4/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Toronto
Globe & Mail reveals an observation in Ontario, where thousands
of witnesses were able to witness the pursuit of a dark cylindrical
object by 2 Mustang
P-51 fighters. The object crossed the sky at an estimated speed of
2500 km/h, leaving behind a vaporous trail. The witnesses did not
perceive any noise. The 2 fighter pilots returned empty-handed, and
declared: This absolutely cannot be an airplane. (April 21)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_995
Date: 4/21/1952
Location: Browerville, Minn
Description: SAUCERIANS JOIN BALL
GAME? "It was on a farm 3 miles east of Long Prairie, Minn.,
about 2:30 in the afternoon, April 21, 1952. I was playing 'catch' with
my cousin when a dirty grayish saucer began hovering above us," reported
Ronny Gmyrek of Browerville, Minn. "We ran to get my cousin's
binoculars, and both could see it had a definite hump in the middle with
another smaller one behind this. It made no sound, except when it left,
and then only a hum. I have seen many balloons but in the 3 minutes we
watched this one, I know it couldn't have been a balloon."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_184
Date: 4/21/1952
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Description: MYSTERY CRAFT REPORTED FLYING AT
1,000 MPH. Widely separated reports of an unidentified craft
high in the skies, leaving a vapor trail and traveling at a speed of
more than 1,000 mph, were received last night from western Ontario
points. Canadian Air Force reserve fighters here were ordered to
intercept the mysterious craft. The pilots reported they could not come
anywhere near the source of the vapor trail, although they pushed their
planes to more than 450 miles an hour. Air Force Officials said no
high-speed, high-flying jet aircraft were aloft at the time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_185
Date: 4/21/1952
Location: Moplson, Man
Description: MULTICOLORED DISK OVER
MOSLON. Several persons reported a whirling object that gave
off light. The sparkling disk kept changing color as it streaked across
the sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_187
Date: 4/21/1952
Time: 08:00
Location: ALMANSA, SPN
Description: Many observer(s). 4 silent glowing orbs
going quickly northeast very fast and high. Change colors. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2085
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: "Spain", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ALMANSA,SPN:MANY OBS:4 SLNT GLOWING ORBS >>NE VFAST+HIGH:CHANGE COLORS:NFD", LatLong: "38.866669 -1.150000", LatLongDMS: "38:52:00 N 01:09:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Albacete", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/21/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: MOLSON AND TUXEDO, MBA
Description: Saucers and cylinders change color(s)
fast. 1 stops and backtracks going quickly north. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2086
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "270", HatchDesc: "MOLSON+TUXEDO,MBa:SCRS+CYLS CHANGE CLRS FAST:1 STOPS+BACKTRACKS >>N:/NEWS", LatLong: "50.016669 -96.316671", LatLongDMS: "50:01:00 N 96:19:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Manitoba", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/21/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: WINNIPEG, MB
Description: 2 separate sightings. Night lights glow
green and white. 1 makes 90° turn back going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2087
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "230", HatchDesc: "WINNIPEG,MB:2 SEP SIGHTINGS:NLTS GLOW GRN+WHT:1 MAKES 90° TURN BACK >>S.", LatLong: "49.866669 -97.166671", LatLongDMS: "49:52:00 N 97:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Manitoba", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/21/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: WALLA WALLA, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). 8 moon-discs speed over
town. Straight and level. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2088
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "WALLA WALLA,WA:2 OBS:8 MOON-DISCS SPEED OVR TOWN:STRAIGHT+LEVEL:/NEWS", LatLong: "46.083336 -118.333339", LatLongDMS: "46:05:00 N 118:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/21/1952
Description: At 10:30 a.m. eight crescent-shaped
objects flew over Walla Walla, Washington. A dull gray disc with a hump
in the middle, looking something like a fin, was seen at 2:30 in the
afternoon by the Gmyrek family in Browerville, Minnesota. The disc made
no sound at first but as it was fading away behind some trees "we heard
a very low hum." It left no vapor trail, and flew at an estimated speed
of 300 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics; Project Blue Book Report # 7, reported dated May 31, 1952;
Edward Sullivan, CSI - Los Angeles, citing letter from R. Gmyrek dated
June 2, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2176
Date: 4/21/1952
Description: A flying disc was sighted in Tuxedo,
Manitoba at 8:26 p.m. Four minutes later several discs and cylindrical
UFOs were sighted in Molson, Manitoba. The UFOs were changing colors
quickly, and one object stopped in flight, reversed direction, and
backtracked by shooting off toward the north. At 10:15 p.m. there were
two separate sightings of nocturnal lights glowing green and white in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. One of the lights made a ninety-degree turn and
turned back in flight toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Winnipeg Free Press, April 23, 1952; Desmond
Leslie, Flying Saucers Have Landed, p. 60; Toronto Daily Star, April 23,
1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2177
Date: 4/22/1952
Location: JAPAN; Naha AFB, Okinawa.
Description: (Translated from French) Midnight
Witnesses: crew of a B-29 bomber, on the ground. An elliptical object,
followed by two identical ones, then by two more, each with a flashing
white light, emitting a flash every 1-2 seconds, while they performed
erratic maneuvers in the sky for 10 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1587
Date: 4/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Naha (Okinawa), the ground crew of a B-29 observed for 10 minutes an
elliptical object, followed by 2 more, and then 2 more, all with a white
light blinking every 1 to 2 seconds, performing erratic aerial
maneuvers. (April 22, 9:09 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1144 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_996
Date: 4/22/1952
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Description: Winnipeg Free Press.
MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS OVER CITY. Residents reported strange
lights and objects over the city, between 10 and 11 p.m. The lights
changed color from orange and red to green and black. Brilliant white
lights were also reported. The lights or objects make sharp turns and
were judged to be moving slower and higher than ordinary aircraft. They
came from the north, stopped, and then went back the same way. Traffic
control at Stevenson Field reported normal activity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_188
Date: 4/22/1952
Time: 12:20
Location: NORTH / CONDON, OR
Description: 1 observer. 3 saucers / V formation going
quickly east. Larger saucer turns and leads. All brown colored / bot and
silver tops.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2089
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "865", HatchDesc: "N/CONDON,OR:1 OBS:3 SCRS/VFORM>>E:LARGER SCR TURNS+LEADS:ALL BRN/BOT+SLVR TOPS", LatLong: "45.250002 -120.183339", LatLongDMS: "45:15:00 N 120:11:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/22/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NAHA, OKINAWA, JPN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1144. 6
military-air and more. 1+2+2 3' saucers east going west. Lights blink /
regularly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2090
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "NAHA,OKINAWA,JPN:BBK#1144:6 MIL-AIR+:1+2+2 3'SCRS E>W:LITES BLINK/REGULARLY", LatLong: "26.033335 127.716673", LatLongDMS: "26:02:00 N 127:43:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OKN", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/22/1952
Location: Naha AFB, Okinawa
Description: Elliptical object followed by 2 then
another 2 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1144)
Reference: NICAP: 520422
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_960
Date: 4/22/1952
Time: 99 PM
Location: Naha AFB, Okinawa
Description: Witnesses: crew of B-29 bomber, on ground.
One elliptical object, followed by two and then another two, each with a
white light that blinked every 1-2 seconds as they performed erratic
maneuvers for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_102
Date: 4/22/1952
Time: 17:30:10.0
Location: 37.0844 -116.0203
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Charlie” Yield: 31KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_26
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0844 -116.0203", LatLongDMS: "37:05:04 N 116:01:13 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-1.05", NukeName: "Charlie", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "31"
Date: 4/22/1952
Description: The Canadian Defence Research Board
establishes a UFO study group that meets for the first time today.
Project Second Storey, formed by Omond M.
Solandt, DRB chairman,
meets at least five times. It is chaired by astrophysicist Peter M.
Millman and includes Wilbert B.
Smith and representatives from Naval Intelligence, Military
Operations and Planning, and the Defence Research Board. At its April 24
meeting, it decides to meet with the US government on UFO matters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Project
Second Storey Minutes, 1952.04.24”; Clark III 1078; Good Above, p.
186; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report,
Dundurn Press, 2006, p. 225– 226
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1794
Date: 4/22/1952
Description: Six military witnesses saw a white
elliptical object, three feet in diameter and blinking regularly fly
over Naha Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan at 9:00 p.m. Two more similar
looking discs then followed the first, then two more in a procession
passed over flying east to west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1144; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 54; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 181; UNICAT, case # 814
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2206
Date: 4/22/1952
Description: At 12:30 p.m. MDT, three hours after an
atomic bomb test explosion, Mrs. M. Kennedy saw a propeller shaped
object moving at high speed and high altitude across the sky from Temple
Bar on the Colorado River, Nevada. It took only a few seconds to come
into view and then go completely across the sky, heading toward the
southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence--Los Angeles files, letter dated June 5, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2207
Date: 4/22/1952
Description: At 12:15 p.m. PDT three disc-shaped
objects were sighted flying toward the east in a V formation north of
Condon, Oregon. They were bottom on the bottom and had silver tops. The
larger disc turned and led the formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p.
52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2208
Date: 4/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Watertown
(Massachusetts), an engineer observes an object maneuvering at high
speed. (April 23)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_997
Date: 4/23/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: FORT WORTH, TX
Description: Newspaper reporter. 50 pink glowing winged
objects cross sky in formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2091
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "202", HatchDesc: "FORT WORTH,TX:NEWSPAPER REPORTER:50 PINK GLOWING WINGED OBJS CROSS SKY/FORMn", LatLong: "32.733335 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "32:44:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/23/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: AUSTIN, TX
Description: 50 pink-glow objects / 3 formations. 24
April saucer going quickly west and several fireballs in formation very
fast north going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2092
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "220", Elev: "150", HatchDesc: "AUSTIN,TX:50 PINK-GLOW OBJS/3 FORMNs::24APR SCR>>W+SVRL FBLS/FORMn VFAST N>>S", LatLong: "30.266668 -97.750005", LatLongDMS: "30:16:00 N 97:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/23/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: LEXINGTON, MASS
Description: Engineer. Object at 40K' altitude. Extreme
accelerations and flat turns. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2093
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "1", Elev: "61", HatchDesc: "LEXINGTON,MASS:ENGINEER:OBJ at 40K'alt:EXTREME ACCELS+FLAT TURNS:>>NE", LatLong: "42.433335 -71.216670", LatLongDMS: "42:26:00 N 71:13:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "12000", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/23/1952
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Description: 9:30 a.m. R. C. Munroe, engineering
standards section head for Raytheon Manufacturing Company, notices an
object near an AT-6 Texan trainer aircraft above Lexington,
Massachusetts. He estimates its altitude at 40,000 feet. It decelerates
abruptly and goes into a flat turn. He writes, “It is inconceivable to
me that any human being could have withstood the deceleration or
acceleration displayed by this aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1795
Date: 4/23/1952
Locations: Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sandia
Mountains; Tijeras Canyon; downtown Albuquerque
Description: 10:45 a.m. Engineers Carl
Hawk and Marvin
Harvey are at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, when they look
up to watch a jet fighter as it shoots to the north above the Sandia
Mountains. They also notice a soundless, flat, rectangular, wing-like
object streaking through the sky from east to west above Tijeras Canyon.
The object is completely black except for a distinct, bright yellow “V”
on its bottom. Two slight points extend from its rear corners. Hawk
estimates that it is passing overhead at 2,000 feet altitude at 200–400
mph and is roughly 60 feet wide by 20 feet long. They watch it for 10
seconds until it disappears in a cloud above downtown Albuquerque.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What Soared Against
Duke City Sky That Day in April, 1952?”Albuquerque \(N.Mex.)
Tribune, November 21, 1957, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1796
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: USA, Bellevue Hill, Vermont.
Description: (Translated from French) 5 a.m. Witnesses:
crew of a USAF C-124 transport plane. Three bluish circular objects, in
a loose formation, flew twice parallel to the plane. Duration of the
observation: 3-4 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1588
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: USA, Milton, Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:30 p.m.
Witnesses: three electronics engineers from the Cambridge Research
Center, one of whom is named Buruish. Two flat, square, red objects fly
in a wavelike pattern, rising up, then flying horizontally, during the
1.5 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1589
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Bellevue Hill
(Vermont), the crew of a USAF C-124 transport aircraft observed 3 bluish
circular objects in a circular formation ("fingertip") flying parallel
to their aircraft twice for 3 to 4 minutes. (5 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1147
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_998
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Milton,
Massachusetts, 3 electronic engineers from the Cambridge Research
Center, one of them named Buruish, observed for 1.5 minutes two flat
squares flying in a wavering horizontal motion, then rising in altitude,
continuing to fly at this new level, and then leaving. (14:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1148 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_999
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Clovis (New
Mexico), E. L. Ellis, surgical assistant and Major of the USAF,
observed for 5 minutes numerous orange-amber lights, sometimes distinct,
sometimes merged, moving erratically. Their speed varied from zero to
very fast. (20 h 10)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1151 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1000
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Dun
Kimball.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1001
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Vancouver
Description: The Vancouver Sun.
SCHOOLBOY SIGHTS SAUCERS. A 12-year-old Vancouver
schoolboy, Jonathan Parker reported 8 objects flying in two V-formations
at 7:30 p.m. Five orange-colored objects with bluish glow at their rear,
formed the first "V." Three formed a smaller V inside the first. They
came at terrific speed from the south and at their northern end of the
sweep they shot sharply upward and disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_189
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Austin, Texas
Description: GLOWING OBJECTS IN SKY REPORTED IN
TEXAS. Strings of glowing pink objects, all of them moving
northward, were reported in the skies over Austin Wednesday night.
Sightings were reported from widely scattered parts of town shortly
after 8 p.m. However, both the U.S. Weather Bureau and the Airport
Control Tower, where a 24-hour watch of the skies is maintained,
reported no unusual phenomena. Reports of the strange glowing objects
were also received in Fort Worth.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_192
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: OTTAWA, ON
Description: Trowel-shaped object with dark tail
crosses northeast sky / great speed. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2094
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "115", HatchDesc: "OTTAWA,ON:TROWEL-SHAPED OBJ W/DARK TAIL CROSSES NE SKY/GREAT SPEED:/NEWS", LatLong: "45.416669 -75.700004", LatLongDMS: "45:25:00 N 75:42:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: BELLEVUE HILL, VT
Description: USAF C124 crew. 3 blue circular objects
pace transport plane / 3-4 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2095
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "396", HatchDesc: "BELLEVUE HILL,VT:USAF C124 CREW:3 BLUE CIRC.OBJS PACE TRANSPORT PLANE/3-4min", LatLong: "44.816669 -73.083337", LatLongDMS: "44:49:00 N 73:05:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vermont", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: MILTON, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1148. 3 RADAR
experts. Silent odd-shaped ovoids / 2000' altitude. 240mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2096
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "MILTON,MASS:BBK#1148:3 RDR EXPERTS:SILENT ODD-SHAPED OVOIDS/2000'alt:240mph", LatLong: "42.250002 -71.072226", LatLongDMS: "42:15:00 N 71:04:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Double V formation glowing objects going
quickly north / extreme speed. Shoot upward and lost in sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2097
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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "72", HatchDesc: "VANCOUVER,BC:DBL VFORM GLOWING OBJs >>N/XTREME SPEED:SHOOT UPWARD+LOST IN SKY", LatLong: "49.266669 -123.100006", LatLongDMS: "49:16:00 N 123:06:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "British Columbia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 20:10
Location: CLOVIS, NM
Description: Blue Book. Flight surgeon and 1. Orange
night lights stop. Then go different directions / 1000mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2098
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "1300", HatchDesc: "CLOVIS,NM:BBK:FLITE SURGEON+1:ORG NLTS STOP:THEN GO DIFF.DIRECTIONS/1000mph", LatLong: "34.400002 -103.216672", LatLongDMS: "34:24:00 N 103:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: REGINA, SSK
Description: Saucer with kite-tail hovers / seconds.
Then spurts fire and moves going southwest. / Toronto star.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2099
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "571", HatchDesc: "REGINA,SSK:SCR W/KITE-TAIL HVRS/secs:THEN SPURTS FIRE+MOVES >SW:/TORONTO STAR", LatLong: "50.416669 -104.650005", LatLongDMS: "50:25:00 N 104:39:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Sasketchewan", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 4 good observer(s). Rocket-like object
races toward(s) town. Lights sky. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2100
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:4 GOOD OBS:ROCKET-LIKE OBJ RACES TWRD TOWN:LITES SKY:VANISHES", LatLong: "47.650002 -117.433339", LatLongDMS: "47:39:00 N 117:26:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Bellevue Hill, VT
Description: C-124 Crew Encounter Three Circular
Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1147)
Reference: NICAP: 520424
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_961
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Milton, MA
Description: Squarish Objects Observed By Tower Crew
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 1148)
Reference: NICAP: 520424
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_962
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Description: Dark (object) with luminous glow, swept
wing, no fuselage. Straight and level maneuvers (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520424
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_963
Date: 4/24/1952
Location: Clovis, NM
Description: Orange-amber lights, sometimes separate,
sometimes fused (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1151, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_964
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 5 AM
Location: Bellevue Hill, Vermont
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF C-124 transport
plane. Three circular, bluish objects in loose "fingertip" formation
twice flew parallel to airplane during 3-4 minute period.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_103
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Milton, Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: three Cambridge Research Center
electronics engineers, one named Buruish. Two flat, red squares flew
wobbly in level flight, climbed, levelled out during 1.5 minute
observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_104
Date: 4/24/1952
Time: 8:10 PM
Location: Clovis, New Mexico
Description: Witness: USAF light Surgeon Maj. E.L.
Ellis. Many orange-amber lights, sometimes separate, sometimes fused,
behaved erratically. Speed varied from motionless to very fast during 5
minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_105
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: An Air Force Intelligence memorandum to
Col. Frank
Dunn, chief of ATIC, transmits nine reports (not released) of
unidentified submarine objects reported to the Office of Naval
Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp.
141, 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1797
Date: 4/24/1952
Description: A special study group within Air Force
Intelligence assesses nine undersea UAP with the Office of Naval
Intelligence. ONI received the reports from U.S. Navy submarines that
encountered the undersea UAPs over an undisclosed timeframe prior to the
report. The incidents have never been released by ONI, and FOIA requests
into the USAF special study group, AFOIN-X(SG), have been denied.
The group is rumored to have included a Col. Kieling, USAF civil service intelligence specialist Dr. Stefan T. Possony as acting chief, and Lt. Col. F. Sterling as military chief and likely operated outside of Project Blue Book as a flexible study group to take on special ad hoc tasks. AFOIN-X(SG) findings were therefore not shared in open Congressional hearings or with the public.
Note: USAF Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt stated AFOIN was conducting a more complete investigation of UAP in the field than Project Blue Book. AFOIN offices doing UAP work included the Technical Capabilities Branch of the Evaluation Division (AFOIV-TC) and the Collection Control Branch of the Collection Division (AFOIC-CC).
Reference: Anonymous 2023
PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID:
Anon2023PDF_34
Date: 4/25/1952
Location: San Jose, CA
Description: UFO sighted flying over San Jose, CA, near
Mt. Hamilton by two scientists, Dr. W (biochemist; name withheld) and
Dr. Y (bacteriologist, name also withheld). Description of hovering
disk: at about 50 ft. it appeared to be 4 to 5 ft. in diam. The wobble
of the disk allowed them to estimate it’s thickness to be approx. 1.5ft.
No sound or means of propulsion observed. Later they observed a higher
flying silvery disc approx. 100 ft. in diam. Next to it more UFOs
appeared and bobbed around like boats in a stream. The objects
disappeared around 11:15 a.m. The two scientists decided not to report
the incident to Moffett Field for fear of ridicule.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research (B1-F p241)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_452
Date: 4/25/1952
Location: Toronto
Description: Toronoto Daily Star.
SASKATCHEWAN SEES DINNER PLATES. Mrs. N. Gataint of
Regina, Saskatchewan, said she awakened during the night and saw a
strange object moving in the sky in a southwesterly direction. The
object, she reported, stood still for a few seconds, then shot out
spurts of fire and moved on. It had a dark tail like a kite and was
shaped like a dinner plate.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_190
Date: 4/25/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: SAN JOSE, CA
Description: 2 scientists. 2m saucer wobbles over FMC
building. 2 30m saucers overhead rise going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 769)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2101
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "SAN JOSE,CA:2 SCIENTISTS:2m SCR WOBBLES OVR FMC BLDG:2 30m SCRS OVHD RISE >>N.", LatLong: "37.355557 -121.916672", LatLongDMS: "37:21:20 N 121:55:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/25/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: RHEIN-MAIN AIR FORCE BASE, GER
Description: 2 pilots. 5cm circle / white light / near
collision with C47. Rises going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2102
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "RHEIN-MAIN AFB,GER:2 PILOTS:5cm CCL/WHT LITE/NEAR COLLISION WITH C47:RISES>NW", LatLong: "50.016669 8.600000", LatLongDMS: "50:01:00 N 08:36:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSS", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/25/1952
Location: Rheim-Main AFB, West Germany
Description: C-47 Has Near Collision With UFO (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520425
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_965
Date: 4/25/1952
Location: San Jose, CA
Description: Scientists close encounter with small
daylight disc (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520425
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_966
Date: 4/25/1952
Locations: San Jose, California; Moffett Field, Santa
Clara County
Description: 11:00 a.m. A biochemist and a
bacteriologist are driving to their office in San Jose, California, when
they see a metallic-looking disc rotating around a vertical axis and
wobbling. It is moving slowly over the office and is about 4–5 feet in
diameter. It flies in a slow arc. Then they see a black object hovering
at a high altitude under an overcast. This one is about 100 feet in
diameter. Two identical objects come into view out of the clouds. The
three objects “jittered about like boats in a stream.” Then the small
disc stops spinning, hovers, then shoots upwards, followed by one of the
black objects. The remaining two objects linger another minute or so,
then take off separately. The episode lasts 15 minutes. The biochemist
calls Moffett Field in Santa Clara County, but hangs up before reporting
the sighting, which they describe as a “most disturbing experience.” The
object “utilized some propulsion method not in the physics books.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Scientist Sighting /
Extraordinary Propulsion Implied”; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited
Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 241–242
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1798
Date: 4/25/1952
Description: Battelle releases its first status report
on Project Stork, noting that it has selected a panel of consultants,
initiated a news clipping service, and devised a coding scheme for UFO
reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports
for Project
Stork,” CUFON Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1799
Date: 4/25/1952
Description: At three a.m. a shining white metallic
disc with legs, a ladder, a tube, and a transparent dome landed in the
Serchio River in Liguria, Italy. It shot red beams of light at the
witnesses, who were able to avoid being hit by them by jumping into a
ditch.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Marco Marianti, FSR, June 1977, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2291
Date: 4/26/1952
Location: North Bay, Ontario
Description: 'FLYING BASEBALL' OVER LAKE
WILCOX. Three persons reported a saucer five miles west of Lake
Wilcox which was bright and hazy, about the size of a baseball. Visible
for six seconds it flashed across the observers' view from south to
north. The object hovered for a while and suddenly shot upward with
tremendous velocity. When it turned on its side, it appeared to be
flat.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_191
Date: 4/26/1952
Location: MILWAUKEE, WI
Description: 5 disk-like objects seen. No further
details. / Frank Edwards radio program.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2103
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: "191", HatchDesc: "MILWAUKEE,WI:5 DISK-LIKE OBJS SEEN:NFD:/FRANK EDWARDS RADIO PROGRAM", LatLong: "43.050002 -87.933338", LatLongDMS: "43:03:00 N 87:56:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1952
Location: USA, Michigan: on Fifteen Mile Road
Description: (Translated from French) In a car, the
witness, his wife and two children, saw a white object quickly
descending from the northeast. It suddenly stopped and began to
oscillate. Stopping at a 30° angle, the light from what appeared to be
portholes dimmed in intensity. It remained there, motionless, for 3 or 4
minutes, at an altitude of about 1000 m. It seemed to have two rows of
portholes, each about 3 m high: it looked like the part of the harmonica
in which you blow. The craft was round and flat and must have been 60 m
in diameter, then it began to drift towards Pontiac at about 160 km/h,
stopping two or three times. It made no sound. The lights went off and
on three times, the fourth time they changed from bright white to
yellow-orange. The object disappeared behind the trees at 11:15
pm.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, p. 71, 72
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1590
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Roseville
(Michigan), H. A. Freytag and 3 other adult men, including a minister,
observe for 45 minutes an oval silver object turning, descending and
then stopping. 2 cigar-shaped objects appear, one going east and the
other west. A third silver cigar-shaped object flies next to it at high
speed. (16 h 15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1160 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1002
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Yuma
(Arizona), Miss G. S. Porter and the Sergeant-Chief (non-duty control
tower operator) observed bright or flaming red discs, of a size similar
to fighters. 7 observations of a disc, one of the two in formation for 2
hours. All seen under the 11000 feet cloud ceiling. (8:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1163 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1003
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Coming from the
horizon, a white and shining object stops at 1000 m altitude and 3 km
from 4 witnesses in a car. With a diameter of 60 m, it has 2 rows of
portholes. It performs an oscillation and turns orange.
Reference: Hynek 1979
Reference: One of the Blue Book cases of this
day?
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1004
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 08:20
Location: WASKISH, MN
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s).
Wingless silent aluminum cylinder/cigar-shape goes 30 mile(s) going
quickly north / 1 minute(s). / report going [to] USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2104
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "360", HatchDesc: "WASKISH,MN:GOC OBS:WINGLESS SILENT ALUM CGR GOES 30mi>>N/1min:/rept>USAF", LatLong: "48.111113 -94.511116", LatLongDMS: "48:06:40 N 94:30:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: ROYAL OAK AND BIRMINGHAM, MI
Description: Blue Book. Several separate observer(s).
White plates / sky. Saucers going northwest. / r136#1p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2105
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "60", Elev: "216", HatchDesc: "ROYAL OAK+BIRMINGHAM,MI:BBK:SVRL SEP.OBS:WHT PLATES/SKY:SCRS >NW:/r136#1p63", LatLong: "42.483335 -83.144448", LatLongDMS: "42:29:00 N 83:08:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: ROSEVILLE, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1160. 4
observer(s). Ovoid and 2 cigars hover and maneuver. Shoot going up /
extremely fast. All silent. 1 going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2106
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: "8", Duration: "45", Elev: "186", HatchDesc: "ROSEVILLE,MI:BBK#1160:4 OBS:OVOID+2 CGRS HVR+MNVR:SHOOT↑/XFAST:ALL SLNT:1>W", LatLong: "42.483335 -82.955560", LatLongDMS: "42:29:00 N 82:57:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1163. Air Traffic
Controller and military observer(s) / drive-in movie. 1+2 saucers
several times. Fast turns. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2107
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: "120", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:BBK#1163:ATC+MIL OBS/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:1+2 SCRS SVRL TIMES:FAST TURNS:>>S", LatLong: "32.683335 -114.600005", LatLongDMS: "32:41:00 N 114:36:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: MANCHESTER AND ANN ARBOR, MICH
Description: Bright green saucer with tail. Very high.
Crosses sky north going quickly south. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2108
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: "8", Duration: "31", Elev: "306", HatchDesc: "MANCHESTER+ANN ARBOR,MICH:BRITE GRN SCR W/TAIL:VHIGH:CROSSES SKY N>>S:VFAST", LatLong: "42.150002 -84.038893", LatLongDMS: "42:09:00 N 84:02:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/27/1952
Location: Roseville, MI
Description: Silver oval roll, descend and stop (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1160)
Reference: NICAP: 520427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_967
Date: 4/27/1952
Location: Pontiac, MI
Description: 11:06 pm. Witness observed an object
approximately 200 feet in daiameter and approximately 200 feet off the
ground. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_968
Date: 4/27/1952
Location: Birmingham, MI
Description: Witness observed an object approximately
200 feet in daiameter and approximately 200 feet off the ground (NICAP:
02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_969
Date: 4/27/1952
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: Bright red or flame-colored discs (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1163)
Reference: NICAP: 520427
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_970
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 4:15 PM
Location: Roseville, Michigan
Description: Witnesses: H.A. Freytag and three male
relatives, including a minister. One silver oval rolled, descended and
stopped. Two silver cigar-shaped objects appeared, one departing to the
east and one to the west. A third silver cigar-shaped object flew by at
high speed. Sightings lasted 45 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_106
Date: 4/27/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: M/Sgt. and Mrs. G.S. Porter (he
was off-duty control tower operator). Bright red or flame-colored discs,
appearing as large as fighter planes. Seven sightings of one disc, one
of two in formation during 2 hours. All seen below 11,000'
overcast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_107
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: At 4:15 p.m. H. A. Freytag and three male
relatives, including a minister, sighted a silver oval-shaped UFO that
rolled across the sky in Roseville, Michigan. The UFO descended and
stopped. Two silver cigar-shaped objects appeared, one departing to the
east and one to the west. A third silver cigar-shaped object flew by at
high speed. These sightings lasted for 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1160; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 61; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2362
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: A Ground Observer Corps member (GOC) in
Waskish, Minnesota sighted a silent aluminum colored cigar-shaped object
that flew over 30 miles to the north in less than one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #6, report dated
April 30, 1952; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p.
60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2363
Date: 4/27/1952
Description: At 8:30 p.m. Master Sgt. G. S. Porter, an
off-duty control tower operator, and his wife observed two bright red or
flame-colored discs that appeared in the sky over Yuma, Arizona. They
were said to be as large as fighter planes. They had seven sightings of
one disc, and two objects that they saw flying in formation. They
watched the UFOs for a total of two hours. All were seen below an
11,000-foot overcast sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1163; UNICAT database, case # 818; Loren E. Gross,
UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 59; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2364
Date: 4/28/1952
Time: 04:20
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Amber sphere going up [to] going down /
sky. Makes 3 passes over city. Finally goes going quickly
southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2109
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "72", HatchDesc: "VANCOUVER,BC:AMBER SPHERE ↑↓/SKY:MAKES 3 PASSES OVR CITY:FINALLY GOES>>SW", LatLong: "49.233336 -123.100006", LatLongDMS: "49:14:00 N 123:06:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "British Columbia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/28/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: HOMEWOOD, IL
Description: 2 women. Silver parachute canopy circles
plane / 3 minute(s). Going southeast. Not investigated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2110
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "198", HatchDesc: "HOMEWOOD,IL:2 WOMEN:SLVR PARACHUTE CANOPY CIRCLES PLANE/3min:>SE:not investgd", LatLong: "41.555558 -87.666671", LatLongDMS: "41:33:20 N 87:40:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/28/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: LAKE TANWAX, WA
Description: Loud humming. 20 dark saucers going east.
Make 90° turn going quickly north and away. / r136#1p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2111
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "LAKE TANWAX,WA:LOUD HUM:20 DARK SCRS > E:MAKE 90° TURN>>N+AWAY:/r136#1p66", LatLong: "46.938891 -122.277784", LatLongDMS: "46:56:20 N 122:16:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/28/1952
Location: Homewood, IL
Description: Two civilian witnesses reported to the Air
Force that an object in the SE that resembled a white parachute was
apparently circling a large airplane for about three minutes. Not listed
in BB unknowns (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520428
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_971
Date: 4/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Marshall,
Texas, private pilot R.R. Weidman observed a round object flying
straight for 1.5 minutes, with a swaying motion to each side.
(15:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1167 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1005
Date: 4/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) North of Goodland
(Kansas), Lieutenant R. H. Bauer of the B-29 observed a white light in
the shape of a fan pulsing 3 to 4 times per second for 2 seconds. (22
h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1168 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1006
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 08:00?
Location: JOHOR BAHARU, MALAYSIA
Description: Cigar-shaped object flies overhead. (20mi
north / Singapore.)
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2112
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Malaysia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "JOHOR BAHARU,MALAYSIA:CIGAR-SHAPED OBJ FLIES OVHD:(20mi N/SINGAPORE)", LatLong: "1.466667 103.766672", LatLongDMS: "01:28:00 N 103:46:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "JHR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 08:00?
Location: SINGAPORE
Description: Silver cylinder/cigar-shape puffs smoke at
intervals across sky. No jets / balloons up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2113
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "?", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SINGAPORE:SLVR CGR PUFFS SMOKE AT INTERVALS ACRS SKY:NO JETS/BALLOONS UP:", LatLong: "1.300000 103.866672", LatLongDMS: "01:18:00 N 103:52:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SNG", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 15:30
Location: MARSHALL, TX
Description: Private pilot. 1 white saucer in straight
and level path with side-to-side oscillations.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2114
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "109", HatchDesc: "MARSHALL,TX:PVT PILOT:1 WHT SCR IN S/L PATH WITH SIDE-TO-SIDE OSCILLATIONS", LatLong: "32.533335 -94.383338", LatLongDMS: "32:32:00 N 94:23:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / GOODLAND, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1168. B29
bombardier. White fan-shaped light pulses 8X / 4 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2115
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1120", HatchDesc: "N/GOODLAND,KS:BBK#1168:B29 BOMBARDIER:WHT FAN-SHAPED LITE PULSES 8X/4sec", LatLong: "39.433335 -101.711116", LatLongDMS: "39:26:00 N 101:42:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 4/29/1952
Location: Marshall, TX
Description: Private pilot saw a round white object fly
straight with side-to-side oscillation (Berliner; FUFOR Index) (NICAP:
03 - EME Cases, BB: 1167)
Reference: NICAP: 520429
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_972
Date: 4/29/1952
Location: Goodland (North of ), KS
Description: B-29 Encounters Pulsing Light (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1168)
Reference: NICAP: 520429
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_973
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Marshall, Texas
Description: Witness: private pilot R.R. Weidman. One
round, white object which flew straight, with a side-to-side oscillation
for 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_108
Date: 4/29/1952
Time: 100 PM
Location: Goodland, Kansas
Description: Witness: B-29 bombardier Lt. R.H. Bauer.
One white fan-shaped light pulsed 3-4 times per second for 2
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_109
Date: 4/29/1952
Description: Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K.
Finletter issues Air Force Letter 200-5, which directs intelligence
officers at every base to report UFOs immediately to ATIC and all major
USAF commands. It enables Project Blue Book staff to communicate
directly with any Air Force base without going through the normal chain
of command, and provides for wire transmission of reports to ATIC,
followed with details via air mail. AFL 200-5 is modified by AFR 200-2
in 1953.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Department of the Air Force, “Unidentified
Flying Objects Reporting,” Air Force Letter 200-5, April 29, 1952;
Ruppelt, pp.
132–133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1800
Date: 4/29/1952
Locations: Europe; USAF Intelligence
Description: An Air Force memorandum written to justify
a trip by Lt. Col. E. Sterling and Stefan
Possony to Europe mentions that their work for USAF Intelligence’s
“Special Study Group” is to evaluate Soviet advanced aerial delivery
systems, as well as to shed “some much needed light” on the “vexing
‘flying saucer’ problem.” It adds that the “Air Force cannot assume that
flying saucers are of non-terrestrial origin, and hence, they could be
Soviet.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “1952: Ruppelt’s Big
Year,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 10; Swords 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1801
Date: 4/29/1952
Description: While flying over Goodland, Kansas at one
o'clock in the afternoon, B-29 bombardier Lt. R. H. Bauer sighted a
white fan-shaped light that pulsed 8 times per second for four
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case 1167; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2403
Date: 4/29/1952
Description: At 3:30 p.m. on this same day in Marshall,
Texas private pilot R. R. Weidman sighted a round, white object that
flew straight and low but with a side-to-side oscillation for 1.5
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case 1167; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2404
Date: 4/30/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: TIJERAS CANYON, NM
Description: Professor. Small silver saucer hovers.
Goes slowly going north into cloud. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2116
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, NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1890", HatchDesc: "TIJERAS CANYON,NM:PROFESSOR:SML SLVR SCR HVRS:GOES SLOWLY >N INTO CLOUD:NFD", LatLong: "35.066668 -106.366672", LatLongDMS: "35:04:00 N 106:22:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/30/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: FRONT LINES, KOREA
Description: 2 white saucers / succession going
southeast. 900+mph. Odd holes found / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK;
Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2117
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "FRONT LINES,KOREA:2 WHT SCRS/SUCCESSION >SE:900+mph:ODD HOLES FOUND/GND", LatLong: "38.166668 126.333339", LatLongDMS: "38:10:00 N 126:20:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Unknown", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 4/30/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Bluish round object changes to cone-shape.
Goes going quickly southwest. / Vancouver Sun.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying
Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2118
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "72", HatchDesc: "VANCOUVER,BC:BLUISH RND OBJ CHANGES TO CONE-SHAPE:GOES>>SW:/VANCOUVER SUN", LatLong: "49.250002 -123.116673", LatLongDMS: "49:15:00 N 123:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "British Columbia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 4/30/1952
Location: Moriarty AFB, NM
Description: Radar tracking of 4,000 mph first (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520430
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_974
Date: 4/30/1952
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report
#6.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 95–112
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1802
Date: 4/30/1952
Location: Panmunjeom, Korea
Description: 6:00 p.m. Six members of the 3rd Platoon,
Heavy Mortar Company, 180th Infantry Regiment at the front lines around
Panmunjeom, Korea, see two silvery wingless objects, one behind the
other, flying in a valley in a southeasterly direction. Pfc H. B. Webb
thinks they are flying at 900–1,000 mph. Some slower northbound F-86
Sabre jets pass above them. They make a rumbling sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, p. 63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1803
Date: 4/30/1952
Description: At 6:00 p.m. two whitish-silver
disc-shaped objects rumbled high in the sky over a valley in Korea at
the front lines of the Korean War, according to military witnesses Webb,
Jones, and Smith. Later two anomalous holes, 25 feet apart and two feet
wide by 7.5 feet wide, were found in the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
Reported During the Korean War, p. 63
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2419
Date: 5/1952
Location: USA, Prospect Heights (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) At an unspecified
date in the month of May, Mrs. Ann Sohn put the coffee pot on and
glanced at the clock: it was 10:50 PM. She went to the back bedroom of
the house (on one level) to see if the children were well covered before
opening the window. Sitting on her son's bed she took a moment to look
at the starry sky. A little minute later her attention was drawn to a
bright light to the right and she was amazed to see a bright, round,
hovering object over the neighboring field to the east. There was a
screen in the window opening and Mrs. Sohn pressed her face against it
to get a better look at the object, which was partially hidden by the
corner formed by her house. The object, which was 30 to 40 feet in
diameter, was bright and hovered absolutely motionless about 100 feet
above the field for 3 to 5 minutes. Underneath the UFO there was a cloud
of vapor or mist that slowly slid along the bottom of the object to the
right, giving the impression that the object was resting on a small
cloud. Mrs. Sohn could not say where the mist was coming from, since she
could not see any exhausts or other openings. Since she was laterally
under the object she saw that it was round. Along the edge of the object
there were about 15 square portholes and just below a line that seemed
to be the edge joining the lower part to the upper part. The upper part
had a dome that seemed to be made of plastic or Plexiglas. The entire
object was a bright white, except for the windows. Several were black
and from the dome came a pale bluish glow, as if it were lit by other
elements of the UFO. Inside the dome there were two small vertical
objects, resembling antennas or small masts. At the farthest part of the
UFO from the witness, three windows emitted intense light and at each
window Mrs. Sohn saw "a member of the crew". The two closest windows
showed silhouettes looking outwards, the last occupant seen in profile,
at the extreme right, examining some kind of panel on the wall. The
three occupants did not move. Mrs. Sohn tried to wake her son, but he
continued to sleep. Mrs. Sohn's father was resting in another room of
the house, but the witness was too scared to call him out loud. She
defended herself from leaving the room for fear that when she returned
the object would have disappeared. Meanwhile, the silhouette at the
first window (on the left) made a movement of the right hand as if to
push a lever, which had the effect of increasing the emission of vapor.
This occupant moved back, pushed a lever with his left hand and the
vapor changed color: from white it became green with orange reflections,
then became orange with green remains. Immediately, while the silhouette
on the right remained motionless, the one in the center pushed a lever
with his right hand and the entire UFO, except for the non-lit and black
windows, became a bright orange and left, rising very little, at an
enormous speed towards the north, the speed being such that in a
fraction of a second the object was out of sight. At the time of
departure there was no emission of vapor or smoke, and no sound was
heard. The three occupants (one of whom did not move during the entire
observation) wore full-body suits, head included, except for the face.
The light was so intense that the facial features or the shape of the
hands were impossible to distinguish. There were secondary effects but
Mrs. Sohn did not make the connection with the observed UFO. In the
neighboring field which contained a whole parcel of garlic, there was
none left. The grass was dead over a width of 25 feet. Shortly after the
observation, the ten rosebushes planted on the east side of the house
withered on the spot to the great despair of the witness who took very
good care of them. The paint on the exterior woodwork on the east side
of the house peeled off after showing blisters. The owners of the
neighboring field had planted a green hedge to mark the separation: all
the shrubs died.
Reference: "UFO's: A Century of Sightings" by Michael
David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, pp. 168-170, he cites the report of
Police Captain Runser
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1603
Date: 5/1952
Location: Near Alexandria, VA
Description: UFO sighting by "one of the top people" in
CIA.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_91
Date: 5/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: Top CIA man and military brass / lawn
party. Vibrant bright night light going up. Going down. Streaks going
quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2119
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "nr ALEXANDRIA,VA:TOP CIA MAN+MIL.BRASS/LAWN PARTY:VBRITE NLT ↑:↓:STREAKS >>E", LatLong: "38.800002 -77.066670", LatLongDMS: "38:48:00 N 77:04:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PROSPECT HTS, IL
Description: 12m saucer hovers / 30M altitude near
observer(s). 3 figure(s) / square windows operate levers.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2120
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "198", HatchDesc: "PROSPECT Hts,IL:12m SCR HVRS/30M alt NR OBS:3 FIGs/SQR WINDOWS OPERATE LEVERS", LatLong: "42.094446 -87.938893", LatLongDMS: "42:05:40 N 87:56:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 5/1952
Location: NAS, Willow Grove, PA
Description: Target Follows Sweep (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520500
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_975
Date: 5/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; eastern Pennsylvania;
Pentagon; McGuire AFB [now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst] in
Burlington County, New Jersey
Description: Army radar specialist Jay Nogle is
stationed near Washington, D.C., when he picks up an unknown target on
his M33 scope at an altitude of 18,000 feet about 130 miles from the
capital (which would put it over eastern Pennsylvania). Two other Army
units also detect the object, which remains stationary for 30 minutes
before moving. By the time the object reaches the edge of the radar
scope, it is traveling at 1,000 mph. The report goes all the way to the
Pentagon, where orders are given to fire on it if it returns. Nogle says
that radar targets are frequently seen in May or June, and units have
their antiaircraft guns loaded after the first incident. When fighters
are scrambled from McGuire AFB [now part of Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst] in Burlington County, New Jersey, the targets
move speedily out of range.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1804
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: USA, BAF Davis-Montham, Tucson
(Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:10 two round
and shiny objects caught up with a B-36, slowed down to match its speed,
flew in formation with it for about 20 seconds, then executed a sharp
turn of 70-80°, returned to their initial speed, covered 1/4 of the
distance to the horizon and one of them suddenly stopped, remaining in
stationary flight. Witnesses: 2 officers from the base and the crew of
the B-36.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 109-112
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1592
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: USA, George AFB, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:50 a.m.
Witnesses: three men near the ammunition hangar, plus a Lt. Colonel 4
miles away. Five flat, white discs, approximately the diameter of a C-47
(95 feet) flew quickly, made a right angle turn in a formation of three
in front and two in back, and whirled in the air for 15-30 seconds.
(Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner) At 10:50. Four witnesses in the
control tower, 1 witness 6 km away on a golf course. They observed five
daylight discs for a short period of time, 15 to 30 seconds. The discs
were very maneuverable, seeming to go into collision, then suddenly
veering away. The diameter seemed greater than the length of an F-51
fighter. They were of a uniform, non-shiny white, moving in formation,
the last two with a rotary motion. They came from the southeast and flew
at an altitude of about 1200 m, at double the speed of a jet aircraft
(about 1600 km/h). They had sharp outlines.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 107-109
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1593
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Moses Lake
(Washington), 2 employees of the AEC,
Eggan and Shipley, observed a silver, wingless object flying
horizontally for 1.5 minutes. (5:32)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1174 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1007
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the George
(California) USAF base, 3 men on a battlefield, 1 lieutenant colonel 4
miles away, observed for 15 to 30 seconds 5 flattened white discs of a
diameter comparable to the wingspan of a C-47 (95 feet) flying quickly
and making a 90° turn, all in a formation of 3 in front and 2 behind,
then rushing around. (10:50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1176 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1008
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Canada, the
Vancouver Sun reveals the observation of April
4.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1009
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation
at Davis-Monthan Air Base of Tucson (Arizona).
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1010
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Description: OTTAWA SPOTS GREEN ONE. A
silvery green disk was reported by several persons at 9:22 p.m. It was
described as huge and traveling at a tremendous speed. The object was in
view for less than one minute, and the reports from different places
checked. One observer said, "There appeared to be an eerie strange
fluorescence of bluish-white tinge or delicate green-like halo
surrounding it and there was no sound."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_193
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Description: B-36 crew and others see two rounded
objects overtaking aircraft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_89
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: Five witnesses observe five daylight
discs; extreme maneuverability.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_90
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 05:30
Location: MOSES LAKE, WA
Description: 2 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) men.
Wingless silver object going straight and level for 90 second(s). Shape
unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2121
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "323", HatchDesc: "MOSES LAKE,WA:2 AEC MEN:WINGLESS SLVR OBJ > S/L FOR 90sec:SHAPE UNK:NFD", LatLong: "47.133336 -119.300006", LatLongDMS: "47:08:00 N 119:18:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 09:10
Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: 2 saucers pace B36 / wingtips. Going
quickly south. Big file vanishes. / r55p109.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB:
Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com
ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2122
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "824", HatchDesc: "DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:2 SCRS PACE B36/WINGTIPS:>>S:big file vanishes:/r55p109", LatLong: "32.166668 -110.866672", LatLongDMS: "32:10:00 N 110:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1176. 5 separate
observer(s). 5 silent 60' saucers maneuver / 20 second(s). Sharp turn
going quickly north and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2123
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "877", HatchDesc: "GEORGE AFB,CA:BBK#1176:5 SEP.OBS:5 SLNT 60'SCRS MNVR/20sec:SHARP TURN >>N+AWAY", LatLong: "34.600002 -117.366672", LatLongDMS: "34:36:00 N 117:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: NEAR ALFRED, ONT
Description: Square object descends / 20 second(s).
Curves going up [to] sharply / 1000mph. Tight turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2124
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "53", HatchDesc: "nr ALFRED,ONT:SQR OBJ DESCENDS/20sec:CURVES ↑ SHARPLY/1000mph:TIGHT TURNS", LatLong: "45.566669 -74.866670", LatLongDMS: "45:34:00 N 74:52:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: OTTAWA, ON
Description: Huge blue-green saucer curves / extremely
fast. White night light follows. 3 more / Toronto / r136#1p69.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2125
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "7", Elev: "115", HatchDesc: "OTTAWA,ON:HUGE BLU-GRN SCR CURVES/XFAST:WHT NLT FOLOS:3 MORE/TORONTO/r136#1p69", LatLong: "45.416669 -75.683337", LatLongDMS: "45:25:00 N 75:41:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: PORTLAND, ME
Description: 3 observer(s). 3 rotating night lights
change colors. 1 flies behind house. Others hover.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2126
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "PORTLAND,ME:3 OBS:3 ROTATING NLTS CHANGE COLORS:1 FLIES BHND HOUSE:OTHERS HVR", LatLong: "43.666669 -70.261114", LatLongDMS: "43:40:00 N 70:15:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Moses Lake, WA
Description: Civilian AEC employees observed a slow
moving wingless silver object at 5,000 feet altitude in the Hanford area
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1174)
Reference: NICAP: 520501
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_976
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Tucson (Davis-Monthan AFB), AZ
Description: The Case of the Missing Report (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520501
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_977
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: 5 flat white discs about the diameter of a
C-47's wingspan (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1176)
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520501
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_978
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 5:32 AM
Location: Moses Lake, Washington
Description: Witnesses: Two Atomic Energy Commission
employees, Eggan and Shipley. One silver object without wings flew
straight and level for 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_110
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: George AFB, California
Description: Witnesses: three men on the arms range,
plus one Lt. Colonel 4 miles away. Five flat-white discs about the
diameter of a C-47's wingspan (95') flew fast, made a 90^ turn in a
formation of three in front and two behind, and darted around, for 15-30
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_111
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Description: Two disc-shaped UFOs approached close to
B-36 bomber, also seen from ground
Type: sighting
Reference: The
UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID:
HallUFOE2_1
Date: 5/1/1952
Time: 16:29:59.1
Location: 37.0842 -116.0203
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Dog” Yield: 19KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_27
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0842 -116.0203", LatLongDMS: "37:05:03 N 116:01:13 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.32", NukeName: "Dog", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "19"
Date: 5/1/1952
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB base hospital, Tucson,
Arizona
Description: 9:10 a.m. Air intelligence officer Maj. Rudolph
Pestalozzi and an airman standing outside the Davis-Monthan AFB base
hospital, Tucson, Arizona, watch two shiny, round objects overtake a
B-36 flying above. The objects slow down to match the plane’s speed and
remain in formation with them for 20 seconds. Then they make a sharp,
no-radius turn away from the B-36, moving away a bit. Then one of the
objects stops and hovers. Both are silent, and the crew estimates they
have a diameter of 20–25 feet and a thickness of 10–12 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Case of the
Missing Report”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
109–112, 292–294;
Sparks, p. 131; Good
Need, pp.
166– 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1807
Date: 5/1/1952
Locations: George AFB [now Southern California
Logistics Airport] near Victorville, California; Apple Valley,
California
Description: 10:50 a.m. At George AFB [now Southern
California Logistics Airport] near Victorville, California, five
independent witnesses in the base control tower see a group of five
white discs moving in formation for about 30 seconds. The objects appear
very maneuverable, seem to almost collide, then break away in a
right-angle turn. They are traveling an estimated 900–1,200 mph and are
1,000–1,200 feet in diameter. Four miles away at Apple Valley,
California, the base’s wing director of personnel, playing on a golf
course, sees one of the UFOs at the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “George AFB / Apple
Valley, CA Radar Case”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
107–109; Sparks, p. 131; Swords
147–148; Good Need, p.
166; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March
2010): 10, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1808
Date: 5/1/1952
Locations: Albuquerque Journal composing room;
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sandia Base
Description: 1:45 p.m. Albuquerque Journal composing
room employee Eugene Cline sees four silvery objects seemingly playing
tag with a formation of 12 Air Force bombers—either B-29s or
B-50s—flying west over Albuquerque, New Mexico. The round objects are
keeping up with the planes at the same altitude, moving in a “tumbling
or pitching manner.” One object shoots straight up and takes off in a
southerly direction. About the same time, workmen (one of them Howard
Burgess) erecting an antenna at nearby Sandia Base watch three UFOs pass
directly overhead. One comes from the west and moves south; another
comes from the north and moves south; and a third, tan-colored rather
than silver like the others, passes low overhead and looks like a
“cylinder tumbling end over end.” Burgess and the others are debriefed
and sworn to secrecy about what they have witnessed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying
Saucers Play Tag with Bombers over City,” Albuquerque \(N.Mex.)
Journal, May 2, 1952, p. 2; Nukes 56–58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1809
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: At 5:32 a.m. two men who worked for the
Atomic Energy Commission, Eggan and Shipley, sighted a silver, wingless
object at Moses Lake, Washington for 90 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1174; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 261
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2436
Date: 5/1/1952
Description: At 10:50 a.m. several Air Force officers
and enlisted men at George AFB in San Bernardino County, California
watched five flat, white discs make a sudden 90 degree turn, then
disappear. The sighting lasted half a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1176; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 107;
Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 108;
UNICAT database, case 263, citing J. Allen Hynek, Kevin D. Randle,
Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 261; Richard M. Dolan,
UFO's and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up
1941-1973, p. 401
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2437
Date: Early 5/1952
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Description: 10:00 p.m. A senior CIA official is having
a lawn party at his home near Alexandria, Virginia, for some VIPs. He
and two others notice a light approaching silently from the west. It
stops then climbs almost vertically, stops again, then levels out. Then
it goes into a nearly vertical dive, levels out, and streaks off to the
east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
135–136; Swords 148 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1805
Date: Early 5/1952
Locations: Pentagon office; Harvard University;
Georgetown University
Description: A meeting is held in the Pentagon office
of Stefan
Possony, acting chief of the Directorate of Intelligence Study Group
under Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford to hear Harvard University astronomer Donald
Menzel express his views. Present are Possony, Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt, ATIC chief Col. Frank Dunn, Brig. Gen. William
M. Garland, Possony’s
assistant Leslie
Rosenzweig, and
one other officer. Menzel announces that he has solved all UFO reports
and claims to have helped out in the development of the cameras in
Project Twinkle. His attitude irks everyone in the meeting. When he asks
the Air Force to support his views in upcoming publications in Time and
Look, Gen. Garland gets angry. Col. Dunn says that Blue Book would have
put some money into more formal versions of his experiments, but he can
only offer a statement that Menzel has told them of his theory. Now
Menzel gets agitated, saying it is no theory. He refuses to leave them a
copy of his book to pass on to Joseph Kaplan and J. Allen
Hynek. In the
evening, Possony speaks with astronomer Francis J. Heyden at Georgetown
University, who tells him that Menzel’s work is based on no more than a
“couple of meaningless high school physics experiments.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 743; Michael D. Swords, “Strange
Days, Part 2,” IUR 32, no. 2 (December 2008): 9; Swords 152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1806
Date: 5/3/1952 (approximate)
Location: NEAR SYDNEY, NSW
Description: Pilots and RAAF. Huge "flying submarine".
Lights flash. 3X size / airliner.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2127
Attributes: 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), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "9", Duration: "7", HatchDesc: "nr SYDNEY,NSW:PILOTS+RAAF:HUGE "FLYING SUBMARINE":LITES FLASH:3X SIZE/AIRLINER", LatLong: "-33.900002 151.183341", LatLongDMS: "33:54:00 S 151:11:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NSW", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/3/1952
Location: WARRAGUL, VCT, AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 bright disks play tag. Join and merge
into 1 then gone!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2128
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "WARRAGUL,VCT,AUSTRL:2 BRITE DISKS PLAY TAG:JOIN+MERGE INTO 1 THEN GONE!", LatLong: "-38.150002 145.916674", LatLongDMS: "38:09:00 S 145:55:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Victoria", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 5/3/1952
Description: At dawn in Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia at least 13 witnesses, including pilots and the RAAF,
witnessed a huge "flying submarine" with flashing lights. It was
reported to be huge, three times larger than an airliner.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern
Hemisphere, p. 45; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May,
p. 68; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 2147
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2465
Date: 5/3/1952
Description: On this day two bright discs played tag in
the sky over Warragul, Victoria, Australia. They then joined together,
merged into one object, then vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 69; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 2146
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2466
Date: 5/3/1952
Description: On this evening three men in Chestertown,
Maryland heard a strange whooshing noise. Looking up, they saw a black
speck, high in the sky, moving back and forth. It went straight up out
of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, Civilian Saucer
Intelligence/Los Angeles investigation files, letter from E. Mifflin
dated May 5, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2467
Date: 5/4/1952
Location: Montreal
Description: Ottawa Journal. MOUNT
ROYAL OBSERVERS SPOT THREE. Three persons saw a long
cigar-shaped form, coming down at a terrific rate of speed. The object
was silvery in color; it paused for a moment and then suddenly whirled
over on its side, returning in the same direction where it came from.
The observers said that it was not a jet plane or any other
man-constructed machine. They were on the top of Mount Royal (in the
middle of the city) during the observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_194
Date: 5/4/1952
Location: Sydney, Australia
Description: SAUCER REPORTED SEEN UP THERE DOWN
UNDER. A dozen people reported they saw a flying saucer over
the Sydney area and at Pearkes, a town 180 miles west of here. The
witnesses described the object as a cigar-shaped, well-lighted and
silent in its operations. They reported it flew at an altitude of about
4,000 feet and at an estimated speed of 500 miles per hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_196
Date: 5/4/1952
Time: ~12:00
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1201. Clear photo
of ovoid / broad daylight. Looks black.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK;
Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2129
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "SAN FRANCISCO,CA:BBK#1201:CLEAR PHOTO OF OVOID/BROAD DAYLITE:LOOKS BLACK.", LatLong: "37.766668 -122.433339", LatLongDMS: "37:46:00 N 122:26:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tenafly (New
Jersey), Miss M. M. Judson observed 6 or 7 translucent objects, of a
creamy yellow. One of them moved in an ellipse, while the others moved
forward and backward. (Monday, May 5th, 10:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1183 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1011
Date: 5/5/1952
Location: En route from Pearl Harbor to Guam
Description: Boston Traveler.
SECRETARY OF NAVY GETS SAUCER ESCORT. Secretary of the
Navy Dan Kimball, en route from Pearl Harbor to Guam, said the pilot of
his ship and his co-pilot came back to the cabin and reported a flying
saucer had appeared and had flown abeam the Secretary's plane for some
distance, then vanished. A following plane was notified and reported
that a saucer had flown along his wing also, and then disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_195
Date: 5/5/1952 (approximate)
Location: DURANGO, CO
Description: 12 observer(s). Silver disks near vanadium
CORPs uranium processing plant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2130
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "1988", HatchDesc: "DURANGO,CO:12 OBS:SILVER DISKS NEAR VANADIUM CORPs URANIUM PROCESSING PLANT", LatLong: "37.266668 -107.866672", LatLongDMS: "37:16:00 N 107:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/5/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: TENAFLY, NJ
Description: 2 observer(s). 6-7 translucent cream
colored objects. One circled. Other out and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2131
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: "1", Elev: "16", HatchDesc: "TENAFLY,NJ:2 OBS:6-7 TRANSLUCENT CREAM CLRD OBJS:ONE CIRCLED:OTHER OUT+BACK", LatLong: "40.916669 -73.983337", LatLongDMS: "40:55:00 N 73:59:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/5/1952
Location: Tenafly, NJ
Description: 6-7 objects translucent, cream-yellow
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1183)
Reference: NICAP: 520505
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_980
Date: 5/5/1952
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Tenafly, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Mrs. M.M. Judson. Six or seven
translucent, cream-yellow objects. One moved in an ellipse, while the
others moved in and out.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_112
Date: 5/5/1952
Description: On this day two silver discs were sighted
by over a dozen witnesses near the Vanadium Corporation's uranium
processing plant in Durango, Colorado.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 72
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2533
Date: 5/5/1952
Description: At 10:50 p.m. six to seven translucent
cream-colored objects were sighted over Tenafly, New Jersey. One object
circled the area, while another flew away and then came back. This case
is listed as a Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1183; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 261
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2534
Date: 5/7/1952
Location: USA, Keesler AFB, Mississippi.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:15 p.m.
Witnesses: Capt. Morris, a Chief Sergeant, a Sergeant, and a First Class
Pilot. During the observation of 5 to 10 minutes, an object of aluminum
or silver appearance, cylindrical, was seen, ten times, entering and
leaving the clouds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1594
Date: 5/7/1952
Location: BRAZIL, Barra da Tijuca
Description: (Translated from French) Joao Martins and
Edwardo Keffel of the newspaper O Cruzeiro were preparing to do a report
on the Island of Lovers, and were looking for famous couples: movie
stars, personalities, etc. Martins then drew his companion's attention
to a strange bird flying over the promenade. It was about 4:30 pm. They
soon realized that it was neither a bird nor an airplane. Keffel grabbed
his camera and frantically took a series of five shots at 500th. The
disc-shaped craft was progressing with curious swaying, as if an
airplane was losing balance. It was about 100 meters high at an angle of
45° and disappeared on the horizon.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: "The UFO File" - Laffont 1973
- p.252-253 and photographic insert.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1595
Date: 5/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Keesler (Mississippi), Captain Morris, a Sergeant-Chief, a Staff
Sergeant and a First Class Pilot observed for 5 to 10 minutes a silver
or aluminum cylindrical object rushing in and out of the clouds a dozen
times. (0 h 15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1185 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1012
Date: 5/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Above one of the
islands of Barra
da Tijuca (Brazil), Eduardo Keffel, a reporter from the magazine O
Cruzeiro, accompanied by a friend, João
Martins, takes 5 shots of a large disk coming from the sea at high
speed. The observation lasts 1 minute.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1013
Date: 5/7/1952
Time: 12:20
Location: KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MS
Description: 3 military observer(s). Silver
cylinder/cylindrical object darts in & out / clouds 10 times / 5-10
minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2132
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "8", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "KEESLER AFB,MS:3 MIL OBS:SLVR CYL DARTS IN & OUT/CLOUDS 10 TIMES/5-10min", LatLong: "30.416668 -88.916671", LatLongDMS: "30:25:00 N 88:55:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mississippi", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/7/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: BARRA DA TIJUCA, BRZ
Description: 5 photographs. 200' silent saucer. Going
south / sea. / FSRv17#3. Possible hoax / r142#1p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2133
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Brazil", Credibility: "4", Duration: "2", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "BARRA da TIJUCA,BRZ:5 FOTOS:200'SLNT SCR:>S/SEA:/FSRv17#3:POSS.HOAX/r142#1p47", LatLong: "-23.000001 -43.316669", LatLongDMS: "23:00:00 S 43:19:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "RDJ", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/7/1952
Location: Keesler AFB, MS
Description: Aluminum or silver cylindrical object dart
in and out of the clouds 10 times. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1185)
Reference: NICAP: 520507
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_981
Date: 5/7/1952
Location: Barra da Tijuca, Brazil
Description: Brazil photos (NICAP: 08 - Photographic
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520507
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_982
Date: 5/7/1952
Time: 12:15 PM
Location: Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Description: Witnesses: Capt. Morris, a Master
Sergeant, a Staff Sergeant, and an Airman First Class. Ten times, an
aluminum or silver cylindrical object was seen to dart in and out of the
clouds during a 5-10 minute period.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_113
Date: 5/7/1952
Time: 12:14:59.3
Location: 37.0531 -116.1056
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Easy” Yield: 12KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_28
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0531 -116.1056", LatLongDMS: "37:03:11 N 116:06:20 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "Easy", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "12"
Date: 5/7/1952
Locations: Sandia Mountains, New Mexico; Bel-Air
neighborhood of Albuquerque
Description: 12:22 a.m. Mrs. Hanley Marks sees a
light-green, ball-shaped object fall from the sky into the Sandia
Mountains, New Mexico, from her home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of
Albuquerque.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fireball Falls
near Sandias
Early Today,” Albuquerque Journal, May 7, 1952, p. 1; “Green Fireball Falls in
Southwest, Three Here Report,”
Albuquerque Journal, May 7, 1952, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1810
Date: 5/7/1952
Location: Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi
Description: 12:15 p.m. A Captain Morris and three
enlisted men at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi, see one or two
aluminum or silver cylindrical objects darting in and out of the clouds
10 times.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book case
report]”; Sparks, p. 131
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1811
Date: 5/7/1952
Locations: Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Colorado
Description: 4:30 p.m. Magazine writer Ed Keffel, in
the company of João Martins, takes five photographs of a UFO over Barra
da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the first, the UFO resembles an
airplane coming directly toward them over a large group of trees. The
second shows the object as disc-shaped. The third photo is taken as the
object tilts slightly, showing both the top with a slight dome and the
now obvious disc shape. More trees, including a very tall palm, can be
seen in the photograph. The fourth picture, taken as the object tilts
the other way, shows a raised ring on the bottom. The final picture is
taken as the object is nearly vertical, seen over part of the ocean and
some distant hills. The UFO disappears shortly afterward. NICAP does not
see any negatives and is skeptical. The Colorado project finds a
“glaring internal inconsistency” in the illumination and dismisses the
photos as hoaxes. Today, the best evidence seems to suggest the case is
a hoax, perpetrated by two magazine writers who wanted an interesting
story.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Barra da
Tijuca Photos”; Olavo T. Fontes, “The
Barra da Tijuca Disc,” APRO Special Report no. 1 (October 1961):
1–6; Condon, pp.
83, 415–418;
Swords 460–461; Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga, “Os 90 Anos do O Cruzeiro, a
Revista que Inaugurou a Era Moderna dos Discos Voadores no Brasil,”
October 11, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1812
Date: 5/7/1952
Description: Five very clear photographs were taken on
this day at 4:30 p.m. in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They
show a disc-shaped object with a double protuberance on top. Its
estimated size was 300 feet in diameter. An apparent discrepancy with
some shadows was explained by the Brazilian UFO investigator, Dr. Olavo
T. Fontes, as having been due to some broken leaves. The witnesses were
named Keffel and Martins. The Brazilian Air Force conclusion on the
photos is that the "object is several kilometers from the camera."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Irene Granchi, APRO Bulletin, July 1973, p.
1; UNICAT, case # 402, citing Stendek; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying
Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, photo
plate 2; William K. Hartmann, in Edward Condon (ed.), Scientific Study
of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 415
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2614
Date: 5/8/1952
Location: US
Description: Capt. Ruppelt and a Lt. Col. from ATIC
briefed Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Finletter for one hour.
Type: briefing
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,
page 185
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_869
Date: 5/8/1952
Location: France, La Roche sur Yon
Description: (Translated from French) "Here is the
testimony of Mr. Raoul Roux: I was keeping the flock of sheep belonging
to Mr. René Loiseau, former café owner, residing in Place du Marché.
Roux is 38 years old, he had set up his flock on the Ajoncs airfield and
he was accompanied by his young son, Maurice, 8 years old. Suddenly,
around 6:30 pm, my son exclaimed: Look dad, an apparition, the Virgin is
coming. Skeptical, I looked up and I saw... very high in the sky a kind
of bright white ball whose size I could not estimate... Appearing to be
motionless, the object stayed for about three quarters of an hour above
the airfield before disappearing. A few moments before seeing the
phenomenon, Mr. Roux had observed the passage of a white trimotor, but
the sphere had appeared far from the wake of the aircraft ((private
file, without reference). Mr. Roux, a shepherd, and his son Maurice, 10
years old, were near La Roche sur Yon in the place called "Les Ajoncs"
former disused airfield. It was about 6 pm and they were changing parks.
An airplane passed in the sky, they looked up. "Dad, look what the plane
dropped off". But the object was higher than the plane in the sky. It
looked like a glass ball, very bright. It stayed about half an hour,
motionless, then, without any noise, it rose into the sky. " (1952, 8
May)
Reference: Michel MONNERIE: "The Shipwreck of the
Extraterrestrials" ed. Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes, Paris, 1979, p.
124, which considers this kind of press cut as a hoax to feed the
myth
Reference: Paris Match n° 169, of 7.6.1952, page
9
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1596
Date: 5/8/1952
Location: USA, above the Atlantic in flight
Description: (Translated from French) At around 1am a
Pan American Airlines DC4 was flying south towards Puerto Rico. It had
departed from New York and was above the Atlantic approximately 900 km
from Jacksonville (Florida) and at an altitude of 2500 meters.(...) At
this moment the light began to grow to the point of becoming "ten times
as big as the landing light of an airplane". It continued to approach
and passed like a flash at the end of the DC4's left wing. Before the
crew could react and make out anything precise, two other small balls of
fire flew in front of them. The two pilots later declared that they
remained frozen in their seats for several seconds, sweat running down
their backs.
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes
Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, pp. 170, 171
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1597
Date: 5/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Atlantic
Ocean off Jacksonville (Florida), the pilot and co-pilot of an
American Airways flight observe a light, 10 times bigger than a
landing light, coming towards them, then fleeing behind their left
wing.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1014
Date: 5/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The project
leader of Blue
Book and 2 colonels briefed the Air Force Secretary Finletter for 1
hour on UFOs.
Reference: Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying
Objects, p. 185
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1015
Date: 5/8/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: 600MI EAST / JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: PAA crew. 3 large night lights going
quickly north head-on. Pass left wing. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2134
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "600mi E/JACKSONVILLE,FL:PAA CREW:3 LRG NLTS >>N HEAD-ON:PASS LEFT WING:/r150", LatLong: "30.000001 -70.000003", LatLongDMS: "30:00:00 N 70:00:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NAT", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 5/8/1952
Location: Jacksonville (over the Atlantic 600 Miles E
of), FL
Description: Three UAO Sighted By Constellation Crew
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520508
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_983
Date: 5/8/1952
Locations: San Juan, Puerto Rico; New York; Atlantic
Ocean east of South Carolina
Description: 2:27 a.m. Pan American Airways pilot
Clayton C. Gallagher and his copilot, flying a Lockheed Constellation
aircraft at 8,000 feet en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York,
see a light, 10 times the size of an airplane landing light, approach
them over the Atlantic Ocean east of South Carolina. It streaks past
their left wing about a quarter mile away, followed by two smaller
orange balls of fire. Probable meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three UAO Sighted by
Constellation Crew”; Sparks, p. 131
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1813
Date: 5/8/1952
Description: Air Force Secretary Thomas
Finletter and his staff (including his special assistant, covert CIA
agent Joseph Bryan
III) receive a secret one-hour briefing on UFOs from Ruppelt and
Lt. Col. R. J. Taylor that covers USAF investigations over the previous
five years. Finletter asks questions about some specific
sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1814
Date: 5/8/1952
Description: Pan American Airlines flight 203 was
flying 600 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida over the Atlantic Ocean
at 2:27 a.m. when the pilot and co-pilot encountered three round, white
lights in a line that buzzed their aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects, p. 177; UNICAT database, case #345, citing Ruppelt;
Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume 1), p. 132; Richard F. Haines,
Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 77
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2649
Date: 5/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the George
(California) USAF base, Lt. G. C. Grindeland observed an object of a
dull white color in the shape of an arrowhead flying horizontally for 10
seconds. (Friday, May 9th, 5:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1194 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1016
Date: 5/9/1952
Location: Rio De Janeiro
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
PHOTOS OF SLYING SAUCERS SNAPPED AT RIO. Photographers
Ed Keffel and Joao Martins shot five pictures of a saucer as it came in
over the sea, losing altitude as it approached. They said it passed
several hundred feet over their heads and appeared to be rocking like a
slowly falling leaf. It seemed larger than a commercial airplane and was
round and wingless. Also see: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune-rio-papers-sa/132109928/
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_197
Date: 5/9/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: MISHAWAKA, IN
Description: Blue Book. Ghostly domed saucer circles
powerplant. Going quickly [to] St. Joseph airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 416)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2135
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "226", HatchDesc: "MISHAWAKA,IN:BBK:GHOSTLY DOMED SCR CIRCLES POWERPLANT:>> St.JOSEPH AIRPORT", LatLong: "41.661113 -86.150004", LatLongDMS: "41:39:40 N 86:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/9/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1194. 2 F86's and 3
Air Traffic Controllers. Saucer accelerations 0 to 5000kph in 2
seconds!
Type: sighting
Reference: LINDEMANN, Michael (ed.): UFO's and the
ALIEN PRESENCE - Six Viewpoints; 2020 Group, Santa Barbara, CA 1991.
233pp. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2136
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "877", HatchDesc: "GEORGE AFB,CA:BBK#1194:2 F86s+3 ATCs:SCR ACCELS 0 to 5000kph in 2 SECONDS!", LatLong: "34.600002 -117.350006", LatLongDMS: "34:36:00 N 117:21:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/9/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: 1194-1 Two F-86 Pilots Sight Round Silver
Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520509
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_984
Date: 5/9/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: 1194-2 2 [3?] PM MST - dull white
arrowhead-shaped object fly straight and level (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_985
Date: 5/9/1952
Time: 5:20 PM
Location: George AFB, California
Description: Witness: A/lc G.C. Grindeland. One dull
white, arrowhead-shaped object flew straight and level for 10
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_114
Date: 5/9/1952
Description: At 12:10 a.m. a ghostly domed saucer
circled the powerplant in Mishawaka, Indiana. It flew off quickly toward
St. Joseph Airport.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2154,
citing Project Blue Book; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August,
p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2674
Date: 5/9/1952
Description: Two F-86 pilots saw a round, silver object
flying north from George AFB, California at 10:20 a.m. A Project Blue
Book "unknown." At 12:30 two more UFOs were seen moving with the current
or breeze at a slow speed. They were silver metallic in color, with a
dark spot in the center, and at certain angles gave off a glare.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1194A & 1194B; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book
Unknowns; Michael Hall, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers
-- 1952, p. 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2675
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Paphos, Cypress
Description: RESTRICTED USAF Intelligence Report signed
by Col. William L. Travis, Chief USAF Intelligence Division. stating: at
2030 hours, in the city of Paphos, S.W. Cypress, a group of persons
including a noted British Scientist sighted an UFO which appeared to
rise sharply from the level of the sea and disappeared into the sky. It
was of a circular shape and emitted a luminous light. It appeared to
waver back and forth before fading out of sight directly overhead.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p540)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_453
Date: 5/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Ellenton
(South Carolina), 4 employees of duPont from the Savannah River nuclear
site observed up to 4 yellow disc-shaped objects on 5 occasions.
(Between 10:45 PM and shortly after 11:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1198 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1017
Date: 5/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In La
Roche-sur-Yon (France), 12 witnesses saw a flat, brightly shining disc,
which flew silently and passed a second UFO in stationary flight at a
higher altitude. The ball observed came from the bottom of the sky and
descended as if on an inclined slope with small jerks.
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1018
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Rio De Janeiro
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
RIO'S FLYING SAUCERS 'BEST'. The military attache at
the United States Embassy in Rio de Janeiro examined today negatives of
five photographs of a flying saucer sighted over Rio Wednesday and
called them the best he had ever seen of the phenomenon. Col. Jack
Werely Hughes and several Brazilian Air Force officers visited the
office of the newspaper O Cruzeiro to study the photographs
shot by the paper's cameramen, Ed Keffel and Joao Martains. Following
publication, the pictures will be made available to the United States
Embassy for study by the American Air Force. Also see: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune-rio-papers-sa/132109928/
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_198
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Air Force Col. and 1. Silver saucer going
northeast / 5 minute(s). 2nd same flips and flips going northeast. /
Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2137
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "KIRTLAND AFB,NM:AF COL+1:SLVR SCR >NE/5min:2nd SAME FLIPS+FLIPS >NE:/BBK REPt", LatLong: "32.333335 -106.066672", LatLongDMS: "32:20:00 N 106:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Odd object dives at car. Roars! 90° turns.
Project Bluebook Case #1260 / 7 June and #1263 / 8 June.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2138
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "1485", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:ODD OBJ DIVES AT CAR:ROARS!:90°TURNS:BBK#1260/7JUN+#1263/8JUN", LatLong: "35.083335 -106.633338", LatLongDMS: "35:05:00 N 106:38:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FR
Description: 12 observer(s). Silent glowing-ball
maneuvers. Going up [to] and meets 2nd object. / LDLN#125+/ r251.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2139
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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "LA ROCHE-sur-YON,FR:12 OBS:SLNT GLO-BALL MNVRS:↑+MEETS 2nd OBJ:/LDLN#125+/r251", LatLong: "46.633336 -1.450000", LatLongDMS: "46:38:00 N 01:27:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Vendée", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: PAPHOS, CYPRUS
Description: Scientist and several. Saucer rises from
sea. Shoots into sky and away. / reference unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: UFOHIST1.TXT from PEA
Research / Ultra Majic BBS: http://www.ipacific.net.au/~pavig/govtinvolvementincove_488.shtml
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2140
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Cyprus", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PAPHOS,CYPRUS:SCIENTIST+SVRL:SCR RISES fm SEA:SHOOTS INTO SKY+AWAY:/ref unk", LatLong: "34.750002 32.477779", LatLongDMS: "34:45:00 N 32:28:40 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PAP", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: VENTURA, CA
Description: USAF man and 3. 4 orange silent
glowing-disks / 2500M altitude. Swerve / diamond. 2400kph?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 777)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2141
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "VENTURA,CA:USAF MAN+3:4 ORG SLNT GLO-DISKS/2500M alt:SWERVE/DIAMOND:2400kph?", LatLong: "34.277779 -119.288895", LatLongDMS: "34:16:40 N 119:17:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "2500", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: SOUTH / ELLENTON, SC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1198. 8 small
saucers / Savannah H-bomb plant. 1 going southwest. 1 going north. /
r136#1p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2142
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "S/ELLENTON,SC:BBK#1198:8 SML SCRS/SAVANNAH H-BOMB PLANT:1>SW:1>N:/r136#1p75", LatLong: "33.344446 -81.738893", LatLongDMS: "33:20:40 N 81:44:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Saw 2 silvery disc-shaped objects (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520510
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_986
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Paphos, SW, Cyprus
Description: Luminous circular object rise from sea
level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520510
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_987
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: New Ellenton, SC
Description: UFO Incident at Savannah River (AEC) Plant
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1198, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520510
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_988
Date: 5/10/1952
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Ellenton, South Carolina
Description: Witnesses: 4 duPont employees at the
Savannah River nuclear plant. Up to four yellow, disc-shaped objects
were seen on five occasions between 10:45 and shortly after 11:15.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_115
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 3:00 p.m. USAF Lt. Col. Maurice G. Bechtel
and his wife are in the yard of their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
when they see two silvery disc-shaped objects flying straight and level,
one after the other, moving southwest to northeast at above 20,000 feet.
The first object seems to waver on its axis, the second object follows a
similar path but at a higher altitude. The first object is the size of a
B-36 at high altitude. Bechtel alerts the radar station but it is unable
to track the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs Observed by
Lt. Colonel and Wife”; Sparks, p.
132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1815
Date: 5/10/1952
Location: Paphos, Cyprus
Description: 8:30 p.m. A British scientist and others
at Paphos, Cyprus, see a luminous circular object rise from the sea and
waver back and forth before fading from sight directly overhead.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 132;
Good Above, p.
540
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1816
Date: 5/10/1952
Locations: AEC’s Savannah River Laboratory; Jackson,
South Carolina
Description: 10:45 p.m. Four employees of DuPont
Corporation at the AEC’s Savannah River Laboratory near Jackson, South
Carolina, see four disc-shaped objects approach, then two other discs
pass high overhead from different directions. They are a luminous
yellow-gold color and move at a high rate of speed. One of the discs
approaches at such a low altitude that it must ascend to pass over some
tall tanks at the facility. One witness says that the objects are
weaving from left to right while continuing on a steady course. The case
is investigated by the FBI and passed on to the Pentagon and the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Objects Sighted
near Vital Installation”;
Sparks, p. 132; Nukes
84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1817
Date: 5/10/1952
Description: At 11:40 p.m. four yellow disc-shaped
objects approached the Savannah River AEC nuclear facility near
Ellenton, South Carolina from the south at a very low altitude. They
flew straight and level for a short period of time, but they had to rise
to pass over tall tanks on the ground. They made no sound, and weaved
left to right as they flew. Four DuPont workers were the
witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #7, May 31, 1952;
Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1198;
George D. Fawcett, Rense.com, citing Look, June 24, 1952; Kevin D.
Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 262
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2711
Date: 5/11/1952
Location: GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Civil flight-student. 3 metallic disks
jump. 1 makes 90° turn going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2143
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "877", HatchDesc: "GEORGE AFB,CA:CIV FLITE-STUDENT:3 MTLC DISKS JUMP:1 MAKES 90°TURN >>S:", LatLong: "34.583335 -117.366672", LatLongDMS: "34:35:00 N 117:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/11/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: TOURS, FR
Description: M. Gerbaud and 1 via window. Brilliant
silver saucer going quickly south overhead fast. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2144
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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "TOURS,FR:M.GERBAUD+1 via WINDOW:BRILL.SLVR SCR >>S OVHD FAST:NFD ", LatLong: "47.366669 0.650000", LatLongDMS: "47:22:00 N 00:39:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indre-et-Loire", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/11/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_989
Date: 5/12/1952
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: “Blue Flash” phenomenon reported over
Seattle on front page of NY Times, reported as possible meteor but
meteorologists were not convinced as it did not follow the usual
patterns
Type: anomalous phenomenon
Reference: Dr.
Leon Davidson
Reference: NY
Times
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_454
Date: 5/12/1952
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: Los Angeles Herald & Express.
SEATTLE SKY EXPLOSION, SAUCER OR METEOR? Responsible
observers believed today that a blinding blast which rocked the city of
500,000 persons may have been an exploding meteor, but talk of flying
saucers or guided missiles could be heard on any street corner. An
intelligence officer at McChord Air Base near Tacoma said an official
statement may be released later today. Residents were awakened at 1:30am
yesterday by the blast, which "rumbled like a freight train". The eerie
blue-white light was seen at an estimated elevation of 2,000 feet and
was visible 60 miles away. The explosion occurred over North Seattle,
and was witnessed by many, including Northwestern Airlines pilot Bert
Carlson. He sighted the object as he prepared to land at the
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. "It was at about 7,000 feet when
it suddenly shattered into eight pieces which looked like chain
lightening. Fireballs trailed to the earth", he said.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_199
Date: 5/12/1952
Location: Roswell (near), NM
Description: An object was seen that was blue-green in
color and its estimated altitude above the terrain was 30,000 to 40,000
feet. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520512
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_990
Date: 5/12/1952
Locations: Walker AFB; Roswell, New Mexico;
Ruidosa
Description: 8:45 p.m. A UFO is seen by Walker AFB
T/Sgt. Raymond Bare in a car in downtown Roswell, New Mexico. The object
is blue-green in color, and its estimated altitude above the terrain is
20,000–30,000 feet. It appears to be about 40–50 miles distant over some
low mountains east of Ruidosa. The object travels three times over
approximately the same south-to-north / east-to-west, swaying,
triangular course. Rate of speed cannot be precisely estimated but is
faster than that of jet aircraft. Intensity of color brightness varies
with the object’s altitude. The Air Force explains it as the planet
Venus, but Venus is on the other side of the earth at the time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “High-Speed Object
Maneuvers over Mountains”; Clark III 390–391; Sparks, p. 132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1818
Date: 5/12/1952
Description: A restricted military document shows that
a UFO was sighted at 2145 hours UST 40 miles west of Roswell, New
Mexico. The object was blue-green in color and its estimated altitude
was 30,000-40,000 feet. The object traveled three times over
approximately the same triangular course. The rate of speed could not be
estimated precisely, but was faster than a jet aircraft. The intensity
of its color brightness varied with the object's altitude
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fran Ridge, http://www.nicap.org/waves/1952fullrep.htm,
citing AF Form 112
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2754
Date: 5/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In National City
(California), Convair design engineers, a former Navy pilot
and an amateur astronomer observe a bright circular white object
descending rapidly and circling an area. (Tuesday, May 13)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1019
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: CALDAS DA REINHA, PORTUGAL
Description: Odd cloud darts upward 'at breath-taking
speed'.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2145
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Portugal", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "CALDAS da REINHA,PORTUGAL:ODD CLOUD DARTS UPWARD 'AT BREATH-TAKING SPEED'", LatLong: "39.394446 -9.094445", LatLongDMS: "39:23:40 N 09:05:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Beira littoral", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: ALCOBATA, PORTUGAL
Description: Cigar goes back and forth several times.
'Blows up'. / Jimmy Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2146
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Portugal", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "ALCOBATA,PORTUGAL:CIGAR GOES BACK+FORTH SVRL TIMES:'BLOWS UP':/JIMMY GUIEU", LatLong: "39.550002 -9.000000", LatLongDMS: "39:33:00 N 09:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "RBT", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: SANTAREM, PORTUGAL
Description: Dazzlingly brilliant sphere with vapor
trail. Several min. / J. Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2147
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: "8", Duration: "6", HatchDesc: "SANTAREM,PORTUGAL:DAZZLINGLY BRILL.SPHERE W/VAPOR TRAIL:SVRL MIN.:/J.GUIEU", LatLong: "39.255557 -8.711112", LatLongDMS: "39:15:20 N 08:42:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "RBT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/13/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
Description: Pilot and engineer and amateur Ast and 5.
Metallic saucer dives / extreme altitude. Circles area 2X.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2148
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), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "NATIONAL CITY,CA:PILOT+ENG+AM.AST+5:MTLC SCR DIVES/XTREME ALT:CIRCLES AREA 2X", LatLong: "32.666668 -117.100006", LatLongDMS: "32:40:00 N 117:06:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/13/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: GREENVILLE, SC
Description: 3 amateur astronomers and more. 4 large
ovoids going NNW / box-formation / 300M. / r136#1+/ r172p148.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: SMITH, Willy: ON PILOTS and UFO's.
UNICAT Project, 8011 SW 189th St. Miami, FL 33175 USA. March 1997.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2149
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "290", HatchDesc: "GREENVILLE,SC:3 AM.ASTRONS+:4 LRG OVOIDS >NNW/box-FRMN/300M:/r136#1+/r172p148", LatLong: "34.850002 -82.394448", LatLongDMS: "34:51:00 N 82:23:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: Observers In T-6 Watch Round Object
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520513
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_991
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: Greenville, SC
Description: 4 oval reddish-yellow or reddish-brown
luminous objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520513
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_992
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: El Centro NAS, CA
Description: F9F Encounters "Shooting Star" (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520513
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_993
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: National City, CA
Description: Meteor-like obj seen descending in a
curving path to the northwest over the San Diego Bay area (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520513
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_994
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: National City, California
Description: 8:55 p.m. Aeronautical engineer Donald R.
Carr sees a meteor-like object descend over National City, California,
flying a curving path to the northwest. At 9:25 p.m., Carr watches a
similar object, seemingly returning from the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1819
Date: 5/13/1952
Location: Furman University in Greenville, South
Carolina
Description: 10:33 p.m. James Richardson and three
other amateur astronomers (among them Cyril
Thomas Wyche and Harry
B. Mooney), set up telescopes at Furman University in Greenville,
South Carolina, when they see a diamond formation of 4 oval,
reddish-yellow or reddish-brown luminous objects nearly overhead. They
disappear after 3 seconds moving through a 12° arc. The apparent size is
a half dollar at arms length. They wobble in flight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Diamond Formation
of 4 Objects Observed by Astronomers”; Willy Smith, “Blue Book
Pearls: Greenville, S.C.,” IUR 20, no. 3 (May/June 1995): 8–9, 24; Sparks, p. 133; Michael
D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 10,
15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1820
Date: 5/13/1952
Description: On this morning a cigar-shaped object flew
back and forth in the sky several times over the town of Alcobaca,
Portugal before "blowing up." Over the town of Santarem, Portugal a
dazzingly brilliant sphere that left a vapor trail was observed for
several minutes. Later that evening at 7:20 p.m. two orange balls of
light were sighted over the shoreline of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. One of
the object hovered while the second object darted out and back.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 78; (2) Edward Sullivan, letter from Garcia-Mendez dated
May 14, 1952 to Civilian Saucer Intelligence, Los Angeles
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2790
Date: 5/13/1952
Description: At 3:15 a.m PST an F9F pilot taking off
from El Centro Naval Air Station, California saw what appeared to be a
shooting star diving at an angle of 60 degrees. At around the same time
the El Centro's Sheriff's Office received reports of five "flying
saucers" as large as B-36's with a light underneath. They disappeared to
the southwest at terrific speed. All together there were four separate
reports of UFOs in the El Centro area on this date.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2791
Date: 5/13/1952
Description: At 10:33 p.m. EST in Greenville, South
Carolina James Richardson and three other amateur astronomers set up
telescopes in a dark area of Furman University, when they saw a box or
diamond formation of four oval dull glowing, reddish object nearly
overhead. They were the apparent size of a half dollar at arms length,
one-quarter turned and wobbling in flight. They disappeared after 3
seconds after moving through 12 degrees of arc.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #8; Donald E.
Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 148; Richard F. Haines,
Project Delta, p. 181, UNICAT, case 705
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2792
Date: 5/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Mayaquez
(Puerto Rico) the attorney and former USAF pilot Stipes and Mr.
Garcia-Mendez observe 2 bright orange spheres: one is stationary, the
other quickly moves away and returns after 30 minutes. (Wednesday, May
14th, 7 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1213 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1020
Date: 5/14/1952
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: MYSTERIOUS S.D. AERIAL VISITOR
SEEN HERE. A whatwasit took a quick cruise about San Diego
skies last night. Witnessed by at least three residents, the mysterious
object hurled earthward like a meteor, leveled off, circled the city
slowly and noiselessly and then disappeared to the west. "I think I
witnessed the arrival of a space-ship said Donald Carr, of 2408 East
18th St., National City, a design engineer at Convar. All those
witnessing the object felt its flight and appearance were proof that
flying saucers exist and are not from the earth.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_295
Date: 5/14/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: MAYAGUEZ, PR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1213. Ex-Air Force
pilot and Garcia. 2 orange orbs. 1 hovers. 1 darts out and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2150
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MAYAGUEZ,PR:BBK#1213:EX-AF PILOT+GARCIA:2 ORG ORBS:1 HVRS:1 DARTS OUT+BACK", LatLong: "18.183334 -67.133337", LatLongDMS: "18:11:00 N 67:08:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Puerto Rico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/14/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: T-6G Crew Encounters Hovering
Metallic-Looking Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520514
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_995
Date: 5/14/1952
Location: Mayaquez, Puerto Rico
Description: 2 shining orange spheres (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1213)
Reference: NICAP: 520514
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_996
Date: 5/14/1952
Time: 7 PM
Location: Mayaquez, Puerto Rico
Description: Witnesses: Attorney and ex-USAF pilot Mr.
Stipes, Sr. Garcia-Mendez. Two shining orange spheres: one was
stationary, while the other darted away and back for 30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_116
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: NEAR WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Navy officers. Red-orange saucer. Straight
and level-flight going quickly south. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2151
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "nr WASHINGTON,DC:NAVY OFFICERS:RED-ORG SCR:S/L-FLITE>>S:EXTREMELY FAST:", LatLong: "38.883335 -76.966670", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 76:58:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/15/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTH / CHANGSONG-NI, NORTH KOREA
Description: 2 F86's. Large silver ovoid / 1500mph.
Rolls going quickly west. / r96#70v2#20.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2152
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "S/CHANGSONG-NI,N.KOREA:2 F86s:LRG SLVR OVOID/1500mph:ROLLS >>W:/r96#70v2#20", LatLong: "40.916669 127.066673", LatLongDMS: "40:55:00 N 127:04:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 5/15/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: OVER RUIDOSO, NM
Description: Blue Book. USAF observer(s). Disc-star
makes long series / maneuvers generally going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2153
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "2048", HatchDesc: "ovr RUIDOSO,NM:BBK:USAF OBS:DISC-STAR MAKES LONG SERIES/MNVRS GENERALLY >N", LatLong: "33.350002 -105.666672", LatLongDMS: "33:21:00 N 105:40:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: S of Changsong-ni and N of Nangnim Mt - #1,
North Korea
Description: (11 AM) silvery oval shaped object larger
than a MiG jet airplane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520515
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_997
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: S of Changsong-ni and N of Nangnim Mt - #2,
North Korea
Description: (6 PM) silvery oval shaped object larger
than a MiG jet airplane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520515
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_998
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Description: Soft golden glowing oval object (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520515
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_999
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: Europe
Description: USAF Intelligence Special Study Group
Chief Lieut. Col. E. Sterling and Stefan
Possony begin a five-week temporary duty trip to Europe to study
Soviet missiles and aircraft. As a side project they study “flying
saucers” that might be of Soviet origin. No documents have yet been
found on this trip’s results.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1821
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: North Korea
Description: 6:35 p.m. The pilot of an F-51 assigned to
the 18th Fighter Bomber Group flying at 9,000 feet over North Korea
encounters a silver object estimated to be 50 feet in diameter. It
appears ahead of him to the right and begins climbing at 1,000 mph to
the east, pauses, then descends into some haze.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, pp.
39–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1822
Date: 5/15/1952
Location: North Korea
Description: 8:00 p.m. Two F-86E pilots of the 61st
Fighter-Interceptor Wing are on a mission in North Korea when they see a
silvery disc larger than a MiG aircraft 20 miles away and below them at
8,000–10,000 feet. Seen for only 3– 5 seconds, the object is traveling
at 1,200–1,500 mph in a rolling maneuver.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1823
Date: 5/15/1952
Description: An U.S.A.F. F-51 aircraft flying over
North Korea watched an unidentified object following a jet interceptor
at 6:35 p.m. The object was subsequently in front of the F-51, with a
positive radar lock-on. At 6,000 yards distance the object pulled away
with an acceleration of 20 G's. At 8:00 p.m. a silvery oval object was
seen below two F-86E jets flying south of Changson-Ni, North Korea at
8,000-10,000 altitude. The object was estimated to be 20 miles away, and
travelled at a speed of 1,200 -1,500 mph in a "rolling maneuver."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
Reported During the Korean War, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2849
Date: 5/16/1952
Location: MALUNG, SWEDEN
Description: Several observer(s). Object 'like glass
lit from inside'. Silently crosses sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2154
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MALUNG,SWEDEN:SVRL OBS:OBJ 'LIKE GLASS LIT FROM INSIDE':SILENTLY CROSSES SKY", LatLong: "60.666670 13.722223", LatLongDMS: "60:40:00 N 13:43:20 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Sweden", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/16/1952
Description: On this night a luminous object like a
"glass lit from the inside" moved silently across the sky in Malung,
Kopparberg, Sweden.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
January-May, p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2883
Date: 5/18/1952
Location: Greenville, SC
Description: Four amateur astronomers observed a
diamond-shaped formation, oval shaped objects, wobbled in flight (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1000
Date: 5/19/1952
Time: 20:10
Location: NEAR SONORA, TX
Description: 8 / USAF B36. 7-9 white ovoids pass /
tilted stack formation. Photographs. / r114p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2155
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "650", HatchDesc: "nr SONORA,TX:8/USAF B36:7-9 WHT OVOIDS PASS/TILTED STACK FORMn:FOTOS:/r114p66", LatLong: "30.616668 -100.783338", LatLongDMS: "30:37:00 N 100:47:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/19/1952
Location: San Angelo (30 miles SW of), TX
Description: RB-36 Crew Sees Seven Stacked Donuts
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520519
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1001
Date: 5/20/1952
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
103.5km (Army training test. Also designated TF-2)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_455
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 103.5km
Date: 5/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Houston,
Texas, Captains J. Spurgin and BB. Stephan, both pilots of the USAF,
observe a bright or white flying object moving alongside them while
making a gradual turn for 90 seconds. (May 20, 10:22 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1219 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1021
Date: 5/20/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: 2 Air Force pilots. Bright ovoid moves
side to side in gradual turn / 90 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2156
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "HOUSTON,TX:2 AF PILOTS:BRITE OVOID MOVES SIDE TO SIDE IN GRADUAL TURN/90sec", LatLong: "29.750001 -95.350005", LatLongDMS: "29:45:00 N 95:21:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/20/1952
Location: George AFB, CA
Description: 1:25 p.m. (PST) (McDonald list; FUFOR
Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1002
Date: 5/20/1952
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Bright or white oval object (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, BB: 1219)
Reference: NICAP: 520520
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1003
Date: 5/20/1952
Time: l0:l0 PM
Location: Houston, Texas
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilots Capt. J. Spurgin
and Capt. BB. Stephan. One bright or white oval object moved from
side-to-side while making a gradual turn for 90 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_117
Date: 5/21/1952
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) "Michael" and
"Patricia" monkeys, with two mice, reach 58 km in the third Aerobee
rocket. Return is normal.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1598
Date: 5/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Door County
(Wisconsin Peninsula), where hundreds of people see a UFO for a
considerable amount of time. Coral
Lorenzen has an appointment with a young woman about whom she thinks
to write an article for one of the newspapers she works for. She arrives
on time but the young woman is not at home and Lorenzen
decides to walk a few blocks to a nearby drugstore for a coffee. When
she turns onto the main street she notices people standing in the street
pointing at the sky. Looking in the designated direction, she sees a
silver, elliptical-shaped object to the northeast. The editor-in-chief
of the Door County Advocate and one of the journalists who are
also in the street tell her that the object was described to them in a
call from a point further north-east at Potawotami Park. Lorenzen
immediately enters the drugstore and calls the local police station,
asking if there is a patrol car in the vicinity of Fish Creek. She is
told yes and she then asks them to call and ask what they see. Shortly
after she gets the answer: at about 60° elevation to the northeast they
were looking at an object that was rather round with a silver color. She
then goes back out into the street, positioning herself with her back to
a certain area of a brick building and aligning the object at the top of
a television antenna mast, carefully noting the point from which she was
observing and the point where the antenna mast obscured the object. It
did not obscure it too much, however, there was a bit of the object
visible on either side of the mast, she will later state. Between
conversations with the officers at Fish Creek and her own observations
she tries several times to reach her husband, who is at home. He does
not answer and she will later learn that he had gone out into the
orchard to do some pruning. "I was sick with disappointment," Jim
Lorenzen will say. "I had never seen anything in the sky that was so
remarkable that I couldn't explain it, so I was disgusted to have missed
the opportunity. However, Coral
Lorenzen carefully measured the angles during the observation and
when she provided the results to her husband, he was able to
triangulate: they then estimated that the object, observed for 40
minutes, was at least 40 miles above the Earth and was about 780 feet in
diameter, ruling out the explanation of a balloon or other mundane
object. A third of the area of the object became a bright red shortly
after being observed, giving the appearance, from Sturgeon Bay, of a
silver cigar-shaped object with a glowing red base. When it was observed
by the policeman 25 miles away in Fish Creek, it was almost circular
with a "opening" red in the center too bright to be observed with
ordinary glasses. (May 21, 7 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1022
Date: 5/21/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: STURGEON BAY, WI
Description: Coral Lorenzen and many / various angles.
240m saucer going quickly northeast. / r210 v1#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the
Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally
"The Great F. S. Hoax". (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2157
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), COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "50", Elev: "221", HatchDesc: "STURGEON BAY,WI:CORAL LORENZEN+MANY/VARIOUS ANGLES:240m SCR >>NE:/r210 v1#1", LatLong: "44.816669 -87.383338", LatLongDMS: "44:49:00 N 87:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/21/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1522. Air Force
Captain. 15-20 night lights / 1-3 at a time. Going up [to] going down
[to] to/from. Vanish in place.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2158
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "232", HatchDesc: "RANDOLPH AFB,TX:BBK#1522:AF Capt:15-20 NLTS/1-3 AT A TIME:↑↓><:VANISH IN PLACE", LatLong: "29.522224 -98.266671", LatLongDMS: "29:31:20 N 98:16:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 5/22/1952
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Description: ONE FOR MYOPIC MENZEL.
Seymour L. Hess, astronomer at Lowell Observatory here, said today he
had seen "a bright object in the sky, a disk visible to the naked eye."
Hess had been studying atmospheric and weather conditions on Mars at
Lowell Observatory. "It was definitely not an airplane," Hess said. "The
object disappeared a few seconds after passing before a cloud. The
estimated size of the disk through the binoculars for a distance of
6,000 to 12,000 feet is equivalent to an object 3 to 6 feet in
diameter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_296
Date: 5/22/1952
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: Top CIA Official & Guests Have Notable
Sighting (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU,
NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520522
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1004
Date: 5/23/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles, California
Description: (Translated from French) Orfeo Angelucci
is a very fragile health mystic, who studies metaphysics, the works of
Edgar Cayce, and Yogi Paramahamsa Yogananda. On May 23rd he notices
strange electrical symptoms, which discharge inexplicably. As he heads
towards Los Angeles he sees an oval-shaped, red object flying in front
of him. Suddenly two green light balls detach from it and stop quite
close to him, between them he sees a kind of film and an unknown voice
says to him: "We are friends, do not be afraid." (...) (continued on
July 23rd, 1952) (Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin, January 1998)
In May 1952, six months before Adamski, Orfeu Angelucci would have had
contacts with an extraterrestrial from Neptune and another from Orion.
The latter was a female entity named Lyra. (...) Lyra took Angelucci to
her planet which she designated as Lucifer. And the journey only took
place in spirit. The planet Lucifer is Venus, as we have seen before
(May 23, 1952)
Reference: Jean SIDER: "Ovni, the unmasked invaders",
ed. RAMUEL 1999, p. 75, 76
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1599
Date: 5/23/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Ground observer(s). 50 targets / RADAR.
Oval red glow. Very fast erratic course.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine
Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2159
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "120", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "nr WASHINGTON,DC:GND OBS:50 TARGETS/RDR:OVAL RED GLOW:VFAST ERRATIC COURSE", LatLong: "38.883335 -76.983337", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 76:59:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/23/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: Silvery or aluminum color flat on the
bottom, slightly rounded on top (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code:
D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520523
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1005
Date: 5/23/1952
Locations: Victory Boulevard; Burbank, California; Los
Angeles River
Description: After 11:00 p.m. Lockheed worker Orfeo
Angelucci is driving home on Victory Boulevard from his job in
Burbank, California, when he senses a force and sees a red, glowing UFO.
After a while he begins to follow it, and after he crosses the Los
Angeles River and turns onto Forest Lawn Drive, he gets to within 30
feet of it when it hovers. Just before it streaks away, two smaller
green globes, 3 feet in diameter, shoot out of it and approach him. He
hears a voice saying, “Don’t be afraid, Orfeo, we are friends.” This
begins his contact with benevolent beings from other planets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Orfeo Angelucci, The Secret of the Saucers,
Amherst Press, 1955, pp.
1–15; Bryant and Helen Reeve, Flying Saucer Pilgrimage, Amherst
Press, 1957, pp.
222–232; Clark III 127–129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1825
Date: 5/24/1952
Location: Zuni, NM
Description: Two Reddish Torpedos Near TWA (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520524
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1006
Date: 5/25/1952
Location: USA, Walnut Lake, Michigan.
Description: (Translated from French) 9:15 p.m.
Witnesses: seven people including John Hoffman, his family and friends.
A large white circular object, with dark sections on the edges, was seen
for 30 minutes, entering and exiting a cloud.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1600
Date: 5/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Walnut Lake
(Michigan), 7 people, including John Hoffman, his family and friends,
observe a large white circular object with dark sections on its outline,
flying horizontally for 30 minutes and seeming red when behind a cloud.
(9:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1227 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1023
Date: 5/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Cover and
headline of the French magazine Radar issue with photos taken
in Rio de Janeiro by a reporter: Flying Saucers: First
Photos.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1024
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 09:00?
Location: OFF COAST, NJ
Description: Fishermen. Glowing saucer. Drops. Darts
going [to] and <. Flips. Vanishes in place!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2160
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off COAST,NJ:FISHERMEN:GLOWING SCR:DROPS:DARTS >+<:FLIPS:VANISHES IN PLACE!", LatLong: "39.916669 -73.916670", LatLongDMS: "39:55:00 N 73:55:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: ASHLAND, KY
Description: "Large oysters" circle town and double
back going quickly north. / FBI report.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2161
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, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "167", HatchDesc: "ASHLAND,KY:"LARGE OYSTERS" CIRCLE TOWN+DOUBLE BACK >>N:/FBI REPORT", LatLong: "38.416668 -82.666671", LatLongDMS: "38:25:00 N 82:40:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: WALNUT LAKE, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1227. Hoffman and
6. Saucer with dark parts / rim. Glows red behind cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2162
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "30", Elev: "269", HatchDesc: "WALNUT LAKE,MI:BBK#1227:HOFFMAN+6:SCR W/DARK PARTS/RIM:GLOWS RED BHND CLOUD", LatLong: "42.561113 -83.327782", LatLongDMS: "42:33:40 N 83:19:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: LUBBOCK, TX
Description: USAF Captain and 2. 12 "teardrops" / 3
tight V-FORMs. East going quickly west / 1800mph. Absolute(ly)
silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2163
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "960", HatchDesc: "LUBBOCK,TX:USAF Capt+2:12 "TEARDROPS"/3 TIGHT V-FORMs:E>>W/1800mph:abs SILENT", LatLong: "33.566668 -101.850005", LatLongDMS: "33:34:00 N 101:51:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 5/25/1952
Location: Tierra Amarilla AFS, NM
Description: Unknown Tracked At 1800 MPH (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520525
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1007
Date: 5/25/1952
Location: Randolph AFB, TX
Description: 12 orange-white tear-drop shaped lights
(McDonald files; Jan Aldrich; cf. Ruppelt p. 140; FUFOR Index) (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520525
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1008
Date: 5/25/1952
Location: Walnut Lake, MI
Description: Large white circular object having dark
sections on its rim (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1227)
Reference: NICAP: 520525
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1009
Date: 5/25/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Radiation was detected at Los Alamos at
2330 hours (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 520525
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1010
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 9:15 PM
Location: Walnut Lake, Michigan
Description: Witnesses: seven persons, including John
Hoffman, his family and friends. One large white circular object having
dark sections on its rim, flew straight and level for 30 minutes,
appearing red when behind a cloud.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_118
Date: 5/25/1952
Time: 11:59:59.6
Location: 37.0956 -116.1056
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “Fox” Yield: 11KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_29
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0956 -116.1056", LatLongDMS: "37:05:44 N 116:06:20 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "Fox", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "11"
Date: Late 5/1952
Locations: Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam;
Korea
Description: 1:00–3:00 a.m. Royal Canadian Navy
Commander George R. McFarlane is officer of the watch on the Canadian
warship HMCS
Iroquois in
the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam en route to Korea. He sees
many different lights, some single, others in formations of 3, 5, or 6,
appearing and disappearing instantly. Suddenly one of the objects
appears off the port bow at close range and low elevation. McFarlane and
the signalman on watch see that the light is attached to a disc-shaped
object with two dozen black windows running along its side. It hovers
nearby for at least 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp.
142–143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1824
Date: 5/25/1952
Locations: Randolph AFB; San Antonio, Texas
Description: 9:27 a.m. An Air Force captain in charge
of the navigation section of Combat Crew Training School at Randolph AFB
near San Antonio, Texas, his wife, and another pilot see a group of
about 12 orange-white, tear- drop shaped lights in 3 groups of 4 moving
from west to east at 2,000 mph and 10,000 feet altitude. They hear deep,
soft intermittent noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
140; Sparks, p.
134
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1826
Date: 5/25/1952
Description: A glowing disc-shaped object dropped from
the sky, darted about, flipped over, and then vanished in place over the
New Jersey shore at nine o'clock in the morning. It was sighted by a
group of fishermen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History, 1952:
January-May, p. 84
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3081
Date: 5/26/1952
Location: Georgeville, P.Q. Canada
Description: FAR HORIZONS SEES ONE
NEAR. Mr. Albert Ditman reports a flying saucer over Far
Horizons in the early morning with such a brilliant light that it lit up
the mountain range for miles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_200
Date: 5/26/1952
Location: unknown location, North Korea
Description: Bright white object that accelerated to
high speed and tracked by ground radar. (Weinstein; FUFOR Index) (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520526
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1011
Date: 5/26/1952
Location: North Korea
Description: 3:20 a.m. Ground radar alerts the crew of
an F-94 Starfire interceptor jet over North Korea that an unidentified
target is on its tail. The jet turns, locks onto the object with onboard
radar at 21,000 feet and begins to close. Both the pilot and radar
operator see a brilliant white light straight ahead. The UFO performs a
steady climbing turn and accelerates away at a tremendous speed. The jet
loses the object at a distance of 7,800 feet after 15 seconds of
contact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Haines, Korea, pp.
40–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1827
Date: 5/26/1952
Description: At 3:20 a.m. a brilliant white object was
seen overhead by a US Air Force F-94C fighter jet flying in Grid Area CT
4856 in Korea during the Korean War. The UFO was picked up by both
ground and airborne radar. It shot away with tremendous
acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3095
Date: 5/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Saigon (French
Indochina), many people in the crowd attending a ceremony observe a
white-silver disc-shaped object flying horizontally for 2 minutes.
(10:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1232 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1025
Date: 5/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque,
New Mexico, two municipal firefighters observed three times two circular
objects - one silver and shiny and the other orange or light brown -
performing very fast aerial maneuvers. (Between 1:45 PM and 2:20
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1233 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1026
Date: 5/28/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: SAIGON, FR INDOCHINA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1232. Many
observer(s). Cloud churns. Silver saucer exits and returns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2164
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Vietnam", Credibility: "11", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "SAIGON,FR INDOCHINA:BBK#1232:MANY OBS:CLOUD CHURNS:SLVR SCR EXITS+RETURNS:", LatLong: "10.766667 106.716672", LatLongDMS: "10:46:00 N 106:43:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SAI", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/28/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: NORTHEAST / ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1233. 2 firemen.
1+2+1 saucers / 50 minute(s). Abrupt turns over mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2165
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "50", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "NE/ALBUQUERQUE,NM:BBK#1233:2 FIREMEN:1+2+1 SCRS/50min:ABRUPT TURNS OVR MTNS", LatLong: "35.233335 -106.466672", LatLongDMS: "35:14:00 N 106:28:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/28/1952
Time: 20:10
Location: OTTO RADIO EAST / ALBUQUERQUE, NM AND WIDE
AREA
Description: 5 B29s see green fireballs-orbs straight
and level. 1 descends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2166
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "140", Elev: "1900", HatchDesc: "OTTO RADIO E/ALBUQUERQUE,NM+wide area:5 B29s SEE GRN FBLS-ORBS S/L:1 DESCENDS", LatLong: "35.072224 -106.005561", LatLongDMS: "35:04:20 N 106:00:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 5/28/1952
Location: Saigon, Indochina
Description: White-silver disc-shaped object (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, BB: 1232)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1013
Date: 5/28/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: (1:45-2:40 PM) 2 circular objects (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1233, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520528
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1014
Date: 5/28/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: (8:20-8:40 PM) 2 circular objects (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1233, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520528
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1015
Date: 5/28/1952
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Saigon, French Indo China
Description: Witnesses: many in crowd watching a
ceremony. One white-silver disc-shaped object flew straight and fast for
2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_119
Date: 5/28/1952
Time: 1:45-2:40 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: two city fire department
employees. Two circular objects--one shiny silver and the other orange
or light brown--were seen three times performing fast maneuvers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_120
Date: 5/28/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 1:45 p.m. Albuquerque, New Mexico, fire
department employees Martin Romero and Don Atteberry see two circular
objects, one shiny silver and the other orange or light brown,
performing fast maneuvers on three different occasions over the course
of an hour above the northeast part of the city.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book
case documents];
Sparks, p.
135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1828
Date: 5/28/1952
Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Santa Fe; Otto, New
Mexico
Description: 8:30–8:40 p.m. A green fireball about
one-third the size of the full moon is seen in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
from eight ground points and five aircraft. Lincoln
LaPaz pinpoints the fall near Santa Fe. Around the same time, the
crew of a Flying Tiger Line C-46 near Otto, New Mexico, sees a green
fireball rise up and drop steeply down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “2 Green Fireballs Seen
by Many, LaPaz Reports,” Albuquerque Journal, May 29, 1952, p.
2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1829
Date: 5/28/1952
End date: 5/29/1952
Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Enid, Oklahoma
Description: During a night refueling mission at 8:10
p.m., the crews of five USAF B-29 bombers see green spherical objects.
The primary sighting takes place near Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
involves three B-29s flying at 15,000 feet. Another sighting takes place
around 11:30 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. That crew
is flying at 25,000 feet. Three hours later the final sighting takes
place near Enid, Oklahoma, also with a B- 29 at 25,000 feet. The
aircrews making these reports do not think the objects are
meteorites.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Five B-29 Bomber Crews Observe
Green Objects”; Sparks, p.
135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1830
Date: 5/29/1952
Location: USA, San Antonio, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 7 p.m. Witness:
Maj. D.W. Feuerstein, USAF pilot, on the ground. A luminous tubular
object, gradually took a vertical position for 8 minutes, returned to a
horizontal position very slowly, went back to vertical, accelerated,
seemed to elongate before becoming red. The total observation lasted 14
minutes. (1952; May 29)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1601
Date: 5/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio
(Texas), Major D.W. Feuerstein, USAF pilot, observed from the ground a
bright tubular object moving from a horizontal to a vertical position
for 8 minutes, then slowly returning to a horizontal position, coming
back to vertical, accelerating, seeming to elongate and becoming red.
The total observation lasted 14 minutes. (May 29th, 7 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1236 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1027
Date: 5/29/1952
Location: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Several high-Tech observer(s). 2 metal
saucers curve east going quickly west. Silent. No contrail.
400mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2167
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "702", HatchDesc: "EDWARDS AFB,CA:SVRL HI-TECH OBS:2 MTL SCRS CURVE E>>W:SLNT:NO CONTRAIL:400mph", LatLong: "34.900002 -117.850006", LatLongDMS: "34:54:00 N 117:51:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/29/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: ST. NAZAIRE, FR
Description: Very luminous/glowing disk hovers here.
Going quickly northwest. Trail / sparks / 25 minute(s). Seen / St.
Gildas.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2168
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "St.NAZAIRE,FR:VERY LUMn DISK HVRS HERE:>>NW:TRAIL/SPARKS/25min:seen/St.GILDAS", LatLong: "47.300002 -2.216667", LatLongDMS: "47:18:00 N 02:13:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Loire Atlantique", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/29/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1236. Air Force
pilot / ground. Cylinder/cylindrical object tilts vertical and
horizontal. Reads Air Force radios?
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2169
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "14", Elev: "211", HatchDesc: "LACKLAND AFB,TX:BBK#1236:AF PILOT/GND:CYL TILTS VERTCL+HZNTL:READS AF RADIOS?", LatLong: "29.416668 -98.483338", LatLongDMS: "29:25:00 N 98:29:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/29/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Bright tubular object tilt from horizontal
to vertical (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1236)
Reference: NICAP: 520529
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1016
Date: 5/29/1952
Location: near the Florida Keys, at sea
Description: Carrier Oriskany OSI Report Describes
Domed Discs & Radar Track (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating:
5)
Reference: NICAP: 520529
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1017
Date: 5/29/1952
Time: 7 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witness: USAF pilot Maj. D.W. Feuerstein,
on ground. One bright tubular object tilted from horizontal to vertical
for 8 minutes, then slowly returned to horizontal, again tilted
vertical, accelerated, appeared to lengthen and turned red. The entire
sighting lasted 14 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_121
Date: 5/29/1952
Description: Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Keys -- At
approximately 1700 hours two eliptically shaped objects, larger than a
fighter aircraft, were observed from the USN aircraft carrier Oriskany
CV-34. One observer watched the objects through a telescope, while the
radar officer viewed the objects on the radar scope. The objects had a
bubble dome on the top. Each object flew at an estimated altitude of
between 10,000 and 15,000 feet at a supersonic speed and left a white
vapor trail. The objects' course paralleled that of the carrier. The
duration of the sighting was from 15 to 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Francis Ridge, Nuclear Connection Project,
OSI report, NARA Project Blue Book Roll 90, NARA-PBB90-1166
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3146
Date: 5/30/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: NORTH / OSHIMA, JPN
Description: 3 / USAF C54+. Saucer-cloud hovers / 6
minute(s). Shoots going quickly west. 10K-15K' altitude. /
r116p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2170
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "7", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "N/OSHIMA,JPN:3/USAF C54+:SCR-CLOUD HVRS/6min:SHOOTS >>W:10K-15K'alt:/r116p44", LatLong: "35.000002 139.583340", LatLongDMS: "35:00:00 N 139:35:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 5/30/1952
Location: Oshima island (Japan Sea, S of), Japan
Description: C-54 Crew Encounters Round Black Object
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520530
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1018
Date: 5/30/1952
Location: Oshima, Japan
Description: USAF Maj. William
D. Leet, copilot
on a C-54 transport mission at 8,500 feet near Oshima, Japan, sees a
dark object hovering in clouds for 7 minutes. It disappears, speeding
away in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “C-54 Crew Encounters Round
Black Object”; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 January–May,
Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 82–83; Sparks, p. 136
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1831
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: KOREA, Chorwon
Description: (Translated from French) At around 4:00 AM
I was on guard duty when I heard a jet engine in the direction of the
north. It made a stuttering sound, as if it was running at a slow speed.
At first I didn't see anything, then a small light appeared at about
1100 meters, the light began to fall at a very slow rate, and as it fell
it grew in size. As it grew it spread a glow. The fall stopped at about
800 meters in altitude and it took the shape of a disk, with a dull
center and a bright outline. The object left towards the east in short
bursts. It changed direction, the turn seemed instantaneous, and it went
west, another instantaneous change of direction to go east, it climbed
at an angle of 25°, then it left towards the north at an angle of 45°.
The guard at post #6 alerted his colleague at post #4 who confirmed, but
there was more: a F94 had orders to intercept it. Neither on the radar
screen of the plane nor on the ground was there an echo of this unusual
object.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 87-89
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1602
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chrowon
(Korea), 2 military guards observe an UFO, whose center is dull and the
perimeter is bright, rushing through the sky. An F-94 Starfire fighter
takes off to intercept it and engages in an aerial battle, until the UFO
accelerates and disappears. The pilot cannot describe or report its size
due to the blinding light of the object. (May 31)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1028
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) "Angel Hair
dropped by a UFO", in Oloron in 1952 (see file
images/1952_Oloron_AngelHair.jpg)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1029
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Tombstone
(Arizona), a pilot from the Navy
observed a disk remain stationary then quickly depart.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1030
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The USAF declares
taking the UFO problem seriously, many credible UFO reports coming from
Korea. Pilots have observed silver spheres or discs, and radars in
Japan, Okinawa and Korea have detected unidentified targets.
Reference: Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying
Objects, p. 192
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1031
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: Chorwon, Korea
Description: Object descends, climbs, changes course;
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_92
Date: 5/31/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: SOUTH / CHORWAN, KOREA
Description: Saucer / jerky trajectory. F94 chases
going [to] 450 Kts. On air RADAR / not ground RADAR. Going quickly
northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2171
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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "S/CHORWAN,KOREA:SCR/JERKY TRAJ:F94 CHASES>450 Kts:on air rdr/NOT gnd rdr:>>NE", LatLong: "38.033335 127.116673", LatLongDMS: "38:02:00 N 127:07:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: Chorwon (South of ), Korea
Description: Multiple sightings, RV (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520531
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1019
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: Chorwon (South of ), Korea
Description: Radar Visual case in Korea, (M) (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520531
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1020
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: Cheorwon, South Korea
Description: About 4:00 a.m. Over Cheorwon, South
Korea, several US soldiers see a bright UFO that looks like a falling
star, except that it stops falling and begins to climb again. It then
moves northeast at 150 mph, reverses course twice, then climbs at a 45°
angle and fades from sight. One guard hears a pulsating sound. An F-94
attempts to intercept the brilliant white object, which takes clearly
evasive maneuvers and pulls away at 30,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jerky Object
Observed and Tracked on Radar”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
87–90 ; Haines, Korea, pp. 63–64;
Sparks, p. 136; Patrick
Gross, “UFO US
Military Reports, Korea, 1952” Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1832
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report
#7.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects
Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 113–130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1833
Date: 5/31/1952
Location: Derna, Libya
Description: 9:30 p.m. Mr. R. Baits is on the beach at
Derna, Libya, with three companions when he notices a soft orange-
yellow light traveling soundlessly toward them from inland at great
speed and in a straight line. Suddenly, as it reaches a point overhead,
it swerves to the east over the town, gaining height. After a few
seconds it moves to the south and begins zigzagging until it fades away
into the background of stars.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Newcastle (UK) Evening Standard, June 13,
1952; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1834
Date: 5/31/1952
Description: South of Chorwon, Korea - At 4:20 a.m.
pilot Hufberry turned his F-94 jet to descend and intercept a round,
bluish white UFO. The F-94's radar locked onto the object, whereupon the
UFO made a left turn climb, silhouetting the F-94 against the dawn sky.
The UFO accelerated away after the fighter jet made two unsuccessful
attempts to pass the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
During the Korean War, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3177
Date: 6/1952
Location: US
Description: Reports of UFO's in Korean War
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_114
Date: 6/1952
Location: US
Description: Big month for sightings
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_115
Date: 6/1952
Description: Truman Bethurum meets Aura Rhanes and
visits saucer many times
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_116
Date: 6/1952
Location: USA-EUROPE
Description: (Translated from French) To study
aerodynamics at transonic speeds, researchers have adopted free fall.
The test vehicles, made of very thick sheet metal, are weighted to
increase the power of gravity, and launched at an altitude of 12,000
meters. Equipped with parachutes that open at low altitude, they are
recoverable.
Reference: "Science et Vie" No. 417, June 1952, p. 435
- cf. "Science et Vie" No. 957, June 97, p. 136
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1604
Date: 6/1952
Time: ~14:00
Location: PHILIPEVILLE, BELGIUM
Description: Military observer(s). Star dives swoops
going down [to] =. Domed disk. Flips over. 2 balls /
bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #.
May'68 -JAN'72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters &
individual members' UFO reports. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2172
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PHILIPEVILLE,BELG:MIL.OBS:STAR DIVES SWOOPS↓=:DOMED DISK:FLIPS OVR:2 BALLS/BTM", LatLong: "50.188891 4.544445", LatLongDMS: "50:11:20 N 04:32:40 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Belgium", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR BENSON, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer going quickly
southeast. Hovers and tilts and returns. Exact repeat. Absolute(ly)
silent. / MJ#290.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2173
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "1093", HatchDesc: "nr BENSON,AZ:2 OBS:SCR>>SE:HOVERS+TILTS+RETURNS:EXACT REPEAT:ABS SLNT:/MJ#290", LatLong: "31.950002 -110.300005", LatLongDMS: "31:57:00 N 110:18:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1952
Location: Tombstone, AZ
Description: Williams Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1021
Date: 6/1952
Description: Ruppelt has
four officers, two airmen, and two civilians on his permanent Blue Book
staff (including Lt. Anderson G.
Flues, Robert M.
Olsson, and Kerry Rothstien), as well as a number of scientific
consultants, including Hynek. In
the Pentagon, Maj. Dewey Fournet
Jr. is a full-time Blue Book liaison.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1835
Date: 6/1952
Location: Michigan
Description: In the wake of mass public and
governmental interest in UFOs kindled by the provocative Life magazine
article, CIA intelligence experts Sidney
N. Graybeal (Chief, Guided Missiles Branch, Weapons and Equipment
Division, Office of Scientific Intelligence) and Irl
D’Arcy Brent (Chief, Ground Branch, W&E Division, OSI) prepare a
summary of the UFO subject for the CIA/OSI hierarchy based on the past
several years of OSI intelligence (and OSI predecessor documents going
back to ghost rockets of 1946) and mentioning sightings going back to
the Bible. The possibility of swamp gas in Michigan as an explanation
for UFOs is suggested by Brent (foreshadowing the Hynek swamp-gas
fiasco in Michigan in 1966). This report has never been acknowledged or
released by the CIA despite FOIA litigation. Its existence and contents
are revealed in Brad
Sparks’s interviews with Brent and Graybeal and other OSI officials
in 1975–1976.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The 1952 Sighting
Wave” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1836
Date: 6/1952
Locations: Spitsbergen; Svalbard archipelago, Norway;
Narvik; Heligoland, Germany, North Sea
Description: Jet pilots allegedly discover the wreck of
a flying disc on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. It is
taken to Narvik, where it is identified as either a Russian or
extraterrestrial device. Other variants of the legend claim it is a Nazi
device or that it is actually discovered on Heligoland, Germany, in the
North Sea. Nick
Redfern suspects the story is planted by either Soviet or US
intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Auf Spitzbergen landete Fliegende
Untertasse,” Saarbrücker Zeitung, June 28, 1952; Hessische Nachrichten,
July 26, 1954; E. W. Grenfell, “First
Report on the Captured
Flying Saucer,” Sir! September 1954, pp. 16–17, 56–57; Le Lorrain,
October 15, 1954; Verdens Gang, December 19, 1954; Condon, pp.
90–91; William Steinman and Wendelle C. Stevens, UFO Crash at Aztec,
UFO Photo Archives, 1987, pp. 353–366; Ole Jonny Brænne, “Legend of the
Spitsbergen Saucer,” IUR 17, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1992): 14–20; Kremlin
45–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1837
Date: 6/1952
Locations: Tombstone, Arizona; Tucson
Description: Sunset. In Tombstone, Arizona, Navy Lieut.
Cmdr. John C. Williams, his wife Josephine, and a guest see a “huge
circular object” flying toward them from the direction of Tucson.
Suddenly it stops in mid-flight, hovers, then reverses direction and
retraces its course. A few seconds later it returns, stops gain, and
appears to oscillate and tilt from one side to the other. Again it
reverses its course, repeating everything 2–3 more times.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1838
Date: Early Summer 1952
Location: USA, Giant Rock, California
Description: (Translated from French) George Van
Tassel, an aviation mechanic and test pilot for 20 years, used Giant
Rock, purchased from the US government, for meditation. At the beginning
of the summer of 1952 he had his first telepathic contact with the
extraterrestrials "The 7 Lights" (1952,Early summer)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: following beginning of July 52
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1605
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: GABON Port-Gentil
Description: (Translated from French) At 2 o'clock in
the morning, it was in the sky of Black Africa, in Port-Gentil, that a
mysterious craft was seen. Testimony from the commander of a merchant
ship and several members of his crew. The commander specified that the
craft had described a double loop before diving out to sea at great
speed. It was an extremely bright and phosphorescent orange light,
moving with dizzying speed, following a substantially straight
trajectory. The craft, visible for three minutes, made no noise. It must
have been at 3,000 or 4,000 m altitude, and its apparent diameter was
that of a planet. At its appearance, the "object" had come from inland,
above Port-Gentil. It stopped, turned to the right and resumed its
initial route after having made the same maneuver. All this excludes the
"meteor" hypothesis. The same night, after investigation, it was
established that no plane had flown over Port-Gentil.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "The S.V. come from another
World" Fleuve Noir, 1954 - Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 49
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1606
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Walla Walla
(Washington), Major W. C. Vollendorf, a former military reserve pilot,
observed an oval object with a fin performing a rapid ascent in 7s. (13
h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1245 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1032
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Soap Lake
(Washington), Ray Lottman observed 3 shiny objects flying horizontally
for 10 minutes. (after 3 pm)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1246 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1033
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Los Angeles
(California), members of the Hughes Aircraft Co. radar test section
detect an unidentified target at 11000 feet, which suddenly triples its
speed.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1034
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: Hughes RADAR. Blip triples speed going
[to] 550mph. 35K' / min ascent! Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2174
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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "1800", HatchDesc: "SAN GABRIEL Mtns,CA:HUGHES RDR:BLIP TRIPLES SPEED>550mph:35K'/min ASCENT!:>>SE", LatLong: "34.300002 -117.916672", LatLongDMS: "34:18:00 N 117:55:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: WALLA WALLA, WA
Description: Ex military pilot. Ovoid with airfoil.
3500M altitude. Rocks. Away fast. / r185p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 804)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2175
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "WALLA WALLA,WA:EX MIL PILOT:OVOID W/AIRFOIL:3500M alt:ROCKS:away fast:/r185p9", LatLong: "46.066669 -118.350006", LatLongDMS: "46:04:00 N 118:21:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: RAPID CITY, SD
Description: Airman and 2 civil. 5+silver cigars in
neat box formation with 1 leading.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2176
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "975", HatchDesc: "RAPID CITY,SD:AIRMAN+2 CIV:5+ SLVR CGRS IN NEAT BOX FORMATION W/1 LEADING", LatLong: "44.083335 -103.233338", LatLongDMS: "44:05:00 N 103:14:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Radar Tracks Object Which Suddenly Climbs
To 55,000 Feet (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520601
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1024
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: Rapid City, SD
Description: USAF A/1c Beatty and two civilians saw at
least 5 long silver objects which flew in a neat box formation with a
leader. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1243)
Reference: NICAP: 520601
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1025
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: Walla Walla, WA
Description: Oval object with a "definite airfoil"
perform a fast climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1245)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1026
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: Soap Lake, WA
Description: 3 glimmering objects fly straight and
level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1246)
Reference: NICAP: 520601
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1027
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 6 PM
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Description: Witnesses: A/lc Beatty and two civilians.
At least five long silver objects flew in a neat box formation with a
leader for 15-20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_122
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 1 PM
Location: Walla, Washington
Description: Witness: ex-military pilot Reserve Maj.
W.C. Vollendorf. One oval object with a "definite airfoil" performed a
fast climb for 7 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_123
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 3+ PM
Location: Soap Lake, Washington
Description: Witness: Ray Lottman. Three glimmering
objects flew straight and level for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_124
Date: 6/1/1952
Time: 11:54:59.8
Location: 37.0481 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “George” Yield: 15KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_30
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.0481 -116.0211", LatLongDMS: "37:02:53 N 116:01:16 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "George", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "15"
Date: 6/1/1952
Location: Port-Gentil, Gabon
Description: 2:40 a.m. A cargo ship anchored at the
wharf in Port-Gentil, Gabon, observes a mysterious object fly from
behind the city, make a double loop, pass over the roadstead, and then
dive toward the sea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p.
119
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1840
Date: 6/1/1952
Locations: San Gabriel Mountains; Los Angeles,
California; Santa Monica; Riverside
Description: Morning. The chief of a radar test section
for Hughes Aircraft Company tracks an unidentified target coming across
the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, California. It is moving
at 180 mph toward Santa Monica at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The object
suddenly triples its speed to 550 mph, turns, and climbs over Los
Angeles at 35,000 feet per minute. The target then levels out for a few
seconds, goes into a high-speed dive, and levels out again at 55,000
feet. They lose the blip somewhere near Riverside.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar Tracks
Object Which Suddenly Climbs
to 55,000 Feet”; Ruppelt, pp.
141–143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1841
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: On this morning the Hughes Aircraft radar
facility in Los Angeles, California tracked a UFO that climbed to 35,000
feet, dove and then pulled out of the dive, heading off to the
southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ruppelt Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on
Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 190
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3194
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: Walla Walla, Washington. At 1:00 p.m.
ex-military pilot Major W. C. Vollendorf sighted an oval-shaped object
with a "definite airfoil" performed a fast climb for 7 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3195
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: Soap Lake, Washington. Sometime after
three o'clock in the afternoon Ray Lottman sighted three glimmering
objects that flew straight and level for 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3196
Date: 6/1/1952
Description: At six o'clock in the evening Airman
Beatty and two civilians in Rapid City, South Dakota watched at least
five long silver objects flew in a neat box formation with a leader for
15-20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case #1243; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion
Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 263; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3197
Date: 6/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Bayview
(Washington), Larry McWade observed a purple object. (17 h 02)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1249 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1035
Date: 6/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fulda, West
Germany, 1st Lieutenant John Hendry, navigator-photographer on a RB-26C
reconnaissance bomber, observed an object of porcelain white flying very
quickly.
Reference: case Blue
Book #1250 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1036
Date: 6/2/1952
Location: FULDA, GERMANY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1249.
Photograph-reconnaissance airman Hendry / B26. Very fast porcelain-white
object.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2177
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "FULDA,GERMANY:BBK#1249:FOTO-RECON AIRMAN HENDRY/B26:VFAST PORCELAIN-WHT OBJ", LatLong: "50.550002 9.683334", LatLongDMS: "50:33:00 N 09:41:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSS", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/2/1952
Location: Bayview, WA
Description: Purple object for unknown length of time
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1249)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1028
Date: 6/2/1952
Location: Fulda, West Germany
Description: Porcelain-white object fly very fast for
an unknown length of time (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1250)
Reference: NICAP: 520602
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1029
Date: 6/2/1952
Time: 5:02 PM
Location: Bayview, Washington
Description: Witness: Larry McWade. One purple object
seen for unknown length of time. No further information in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_125
Date: 6/2/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Fulda, West Germany
Description: Witness: lst Lt. John Hendry,
photo-navigator on an RB-26C reconnaissance bomber. One porcelain-white
object flew very fast for an unknown length of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_126
Date: Early 6/1952
Locations: Charleston; White Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia
Description: 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Violet M. Winstead and
her husband are driving in a narrow valley somewhere between Charleston
and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, when they see a number of
lights on a bridge crossing the valley. They begin blinking off, one by
one. When they get to the bridge, they see no street lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Violet M. Winstead, Letter, IUR 9, no.1
(Jan./Feb. 1984): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1839
Date: 6/2/1952
Description: In Bayview, Washington eight witnesses
watched an irregular bluish-white or silver sphere hover in the sky.
They viewed it through a theodolite. An intercept was attempted with a
C-47 but abandoned when the transport place couldn't close with the UFO.
At 5:02 p.m. Larry McWade observed a purple object for an unknown length
of time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1249; Kevin Randall, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 263; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3221
Date: 6/2/1952
Description: Fulda, West Germany. On this night Lt.
John Hendry, the photo-navigator on a RB-26C reconnaissance bomber,
sighted a porcelain-white object that flew very fast for an unknown
length of time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1249; Kevin Randall, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 263; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3222
Date: 6/3/1952 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR PALERMO, ITL
Description: 3 / outing. Disk hovers / 3km altitude.
Then sways and maneuvers. Going quickly north to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 806)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2178
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "nr PALERMO,ITL:3/OUTING:DISK HVRS/3km alt:then SWAYS+MNVRs:>>N to sea", LatLong: "38.083335 13.416667", LatLongDMS: "38:05:00 N 13:25:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SCL", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/3/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Ten Targets With Gnd Radar / No Visuals By
Jets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520603
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1030
Date: 6/4/1952
Description: RESTRICTED USAF Intelligence Report.
Type: intelligence report
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_456
See also: 5/10/1952
Date: 6/4/1952
Location: IN AND NEAR CHARTRES, FR
Description: 2 small and 1 huge saucer / 15K' altitude.
Hover then zoom up. No further details. / J. Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2179
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: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "44", HatchDesc: "in+near CHARTRES,FR:2 SML+1 HUGE SCR/15K'alt:HVR THEN ZOOM UP:NFD:/J.GUIEU", LatLong: "48.433336 1.483333", LatLongDMS: "48:26:00 N 01:29:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Eure-et-Loir", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/4/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: CATANIA AIRPORT/APARTMENT AND, ITL
Description: Numerous HIQ observer(s) / (seen thru)
binoculars. Silver disk / 9km altitude. Slow maneuvers. Shoots to
sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 809)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2180
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "Italy", Credibility: "11", Duration: "30", HatchDesc: "CATANIA Apt+,ITL:NMRS HIQ OBS/BINOCS:SLVR DISK/9km alt:SLO MNVRS:SHOOTS TO SEA", LatLong: "37.450002 15.083334", LatLongDMS: "37:27:00 N 15:05:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SCL", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/4/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: STUTTGART, GER
Description: C47 pilots chase night light and
vice-versa. Circular silhouette seen briefly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2181
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "STUTTGART,GER:C47 PILOTS CHASE NLT+VICE-VERSA:CIRCULAR SILHOUETTE SEEN BRIEFLY", LatLong: "48.800002 9.250000", LatLongDMS: "48:48:00 N 09:15:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bade-Wurtemberg", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/4/1952
Location: Stuttgart, West Germany
Description: Circular object with white lights on the
leading edge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1031
Date: 6/4/1952
Description: Air Force Secretary Finletter issues
a press release about his May UFO briefing, saying, “No concrete
evidence has yet reached us either to prove or disprove the existence of
the so-called flying saucers. There remain, however, a number of
sightings that the Air Force investigators have been unable to explain.
As long as this is true, the Air Force will continue to study flying
saucer reports.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1842
Date: 6/4/1952
Description: In 1952 at 6:45 p.m., two small and one
very large disc were sighted flying at 15,000 feet altitude in Chartres,
France. The three discs hovered, and then shot straight up and
away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, computerized catalogue, case
#655; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July 20th, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3267
Date: 6/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Yucatan
jungle, an archaeological expedition led by Alberto Ruz Lhuillier and 3
of his companions made the discovery of the Palenque sarcophagus, in the
county of Chiapas, near a Mayan city.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1037
Date: 6/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Albuquerque
(New Mexico), Sergeant/S T. H. Shorey observed for 6 seconds a round and
shiny object flying 5 to 6 times faster than an F-86 fighter. (18 h
45)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1256 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1038
Date: 6/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Lubbock
(Texas), Dan Benson and Mr. Bacon observed for 45 minutes up to 8 yellow
circular objects resembling large stars. The first two were in a line
formation, the others were observed alone. (23 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1255 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1039
Date: 6/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Offutt
(Omaha, Nebraska) USAF base, 2nd Lieutenant W. R. Soper, a top secret
SAC controller and former OSI agent, along with two other people,
observed a bright red object remain stationary for 4.5 minutes before
quickly departing, leaving a faint trail. (23 h)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1040
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 1 military observer(s). Shiny saucer 5-6X
F86 speed. Seen 6 second(s). Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2182
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:1 MIL OBS:SHINY SCR 5-6X F86 SPEED:SEEN 6sec:BBK#UNK", LatLong: "35.066668 -106.600005", LatLongDMS: "35:04:00 N 106:36:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBR
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) security man
and 2. Large red night light hovers 1000' / main gate / 5
minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2183
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, 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: "5", Elev: "319", HatchDesc: "OFFUTT AFB,NEBR:SAC SECURITY MAN+2:LRG RED NLT HVRS 1000'/MAIN GATE/5min:", LatLong: "41.116669 -95.900005", LatLongDMS: "41:07:00 N 95:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/5/1952
Location: Lubbock, TX
Description: 8 yellow circular objects (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1255)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1032
Date: 6/5/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Shiny round object fly 5-6x as fast as an
F-86 jet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1256, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520605
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1033
Date: 6/5/1952
Location: Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Description: Bright red stationary object for 4-5 mins
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1257)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1034
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 11 PM
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Dan Benson, Mr. Bacon. A total
of eight yellow circular objects, like large stars, were seen during 45
minutes. The first two were in a trail formation, the others were seen
singly.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_127
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 6:45 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witness: S/Sgt T.H. Shorey. One shiny
round object flew 5-6 times as fast as an F-86 jet fighter for 6
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_128
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 11 PM
Location: Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska
Description: Witnesses: 2nd Lt. W.R. Soper, a Strategic
Air Command top secret control officer and former OSI agent; and two
other persons. One bright red object remained stationary for 4.5 minutes
before speeding away with a short tail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_129
Date: 6/5/1952
Time: 11:55:00.3
Location: 37.1386 -116.1178
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA
Name: “How” Yield: 14KT
Type: atomic
Reference: "columbia.edu:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Reference: "archive.org:
Worldwide Nuclear Explosions", by Yang, North, Romney, and
Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID:
NukeExplosions_31
Extra Data: LatLong: "37.1386 -116.1178", LatLongDMS: "37:08:19 N 116:07:04 W", LocationLink: "Google Maps", NukeCountry: "USA", NukeDepth: "-0.09", NukeName: "How", NukeSource: "G+P", NukeType: "NACU", NukeY: "14"
Date: 6/5/1952
Description: On this evening in 1952 three cases
occurred that were listed by the Air Force Project Blue Book as
"unknowns." At 6:15 p.m. in Albuquerque, New Mexico a shiny disc was
reported moving through the sky by a military witness. Its speed was
estimated as 5-6 times faster than a F-86 jet and was seen for six
seconds. At Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska three security guards saw
a large red nocturnal light hover 1000 feet over the main gate to the
Strategic Air Command's major airbase at 11:00 p.m. At the same time,
eight star-like objects were seen flying over Lubbock, Texas. The first
two lights flew over in a trailing formation and the others followed
singly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, cases 1255, 1256, and 1257
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3291
Date: 6/6/1952
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Viking
VIII, altitude 6 km, destruction by fire in flight.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, M.W. Rosen, N.Y.
1955
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1607
Date: 6/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
the USAF
base in Kimpo (Korea). (6 June?)
Reference: unexplained
Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1041
Date: 6/6/1952
Time: 04:30
Location: SOUTH / CATAWBA, WI
Description: Family. Fake cloud circles and stops
several X. Finally going quickly south with vapor trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 812)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2184
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "460", HatchDesc: "S/CATAWBA,WI:FAMILY:FAKE CLOUD CCLS+STOPS SVRL X:finally >>S W/vapor trail", LatLong: "45.433335 -90.527782", LatLongDMS: "45:26:00 N 90:31:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/6/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: K14 = KIMPO AB, KOREA
Description: 20' flat disc spins tumbles and buzzes
F86. 250mph. / r136#2p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2185
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "8", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "K14=KIMPO AB,KOREA:20'FLAT DISC SPINS TUMBLES+BUZZES F86:250mph:/r136#2p5", LatLong: "37.361113 126.755562", LatLongDMS: "37:21:40 N 126:45:20 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEO", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/6/1952
Location: Kimpo AB, Korea
Description: (Case missing) cylinder-section flat
disc-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1035
Date: 6/6/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Kimpo AFB, Korea
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_130
Date: 6/6/1952
Locations: Kimpo Air Base; Gimpo International Airport;
Seoul, Korea
Description: 8:42 a.m. Flight Sgt. Kenneth Dudley
Smith from the 77th RAAF Squadron at Kimpo Air Base [now Gimpo
International Airport] in Seoul, Korea, observes a dull silver object in
the shape of a coin performing spinning and tumbling maneuvers for 4
minutes at 345 mph. Flight Sgt. Kenneth Fawner also sees the UFO for 30
seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue
Book case documents]; Sparks, p. 137
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1843
Date: 6/6/1952
Description: Battelle issues its second status report
on Project Stork to ATIC. It describes a “tentative” data sheet for
observers to fill out, a more detailed coding scheme, an example of an
IBM punch card that will be used, and plans for statistical
studies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for
Project Stork,” CUFON; “Seven Status Reports
for Project Stork, Part 2,”
CUFON; Clark III 929
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1844
Date: 6/6/1952
Description: At 8:42 a.m. local time a UFO traveled at
300 mph in a straight line while revolving. It stopped over airfield
K-14 at Kimpo, Korea. Next it rose straight up for ten seconds,
disappearing from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 24; Richard F.
Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p. 48;
Project Blue Book Special Report #14, p. 83
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3317
Date: 6/7/1952
Location: USA, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:18 a.m.
Witnesses: the crew of a B-25 bomber flying at 11,500 feet. An object
rectangular in shape, made of aluminum, 6 feet by 4, flying at 250-300
feet below the B-25. [see tests June 1952: aerodynamics at transsonic
speed...]
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1608
Date: 6/7/1952
Location: Germany, in flight, unspecified
location
Description: (Translated from French) Captain E.
returns to the field at the controls of his old Junker 52. Good weather
reigns over this corner of Germany. Suddenly the three crew members
jump: a few hundred meters in front of them, and at a slightly lower
altitude, a yellow "biroute" has just appeared. The three men
immediately think they have got themselves into a shooting range .. The
captain reduces the gas. "But it's a glider," he exclaimed a moment
later. Strange glider without fuselage and whose oblong and orange wing
shines strangely in the ending day. Suddenly it is miraculously in front
of the nose of the plane and the captain makes a "dog leg" abrupt to
counter the crazy recklessness of the object. The shaken and intrigued
passengers put their heads to the portholes and also see the appearance.
It is clarified for a moment in the form of an orange and incandescent
disk that immediately escapes at a dizzying speed.
Reference: Jean PLANTIER: "The Propulsion of Flying
Saucers by Direct Action on the Atom" ed. MAME 1955, p. 121, 122
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1609
Date: 6/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Albuquerque
(New Mexico), the crew of B-25 bomber No. 8840 at 11,500 feet observed a
rectangular object made of aluminum, about 6 x 4 feet, flying at 250 or
300 feet from their aircraft. (June 7, 11:18 AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book No. 1260 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1042
Date: 6/7/1952
Location: US/Canada
Description: New York Times. MENZEL
FOLLOWS COMMUNIST LINE. Two Soviet authors and two popular
science magazines were taken to task for spreading pseudo-scientific
theories that the famous Tunguska meteorite, which fell in Siberia in
1908, was actually an atomic-powered spaceship from Mars. In the
Provinces, some teachers and lecturers, having absorbed this material
uncritically, began presenting it as the latest word in science.
Editorial offices of papers that reprinted the sketches were showered
with letters containing questions such as the time when one could expect
the next arrival of Martians.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_202
Date: 6/7/1952
Time: 04:00
Location: SEOUL, KOREA
Description: 5th Air Force guards. Night light hovers /
1000'. Bobs going up and down. Rises fast. Going quickly east. Changes
color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2186
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "SEOUL,KOREA:5th AF GUARDS:NLT HVRS/1000':BOBS ↑+↓:RISES FAST:>>E:CHANGES CLRS", LatLong: "37.566668 127.033339", LatLongDMS: "37:34:00 N 127:02:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEO", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/7/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1260. B25 crew /
11.5K' altitude. 6' x4' rectangular object 300' under B25.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2187
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:BBK#1260:B25 CREW/11.5K'alt:6'x4' RECTANGLR OBJ 300' UNDER B25", LatLong: "35.033335 -106.666672", LatLongDMS: "35:02:00 N 106:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "-90", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/7/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: LORAIN, OH
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Silver domed saucer stops
and tilts. Purple glow. Shoots going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 813)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2188
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "189", HatchDesc: "LORAIN,OH:2+2 OBS:SLVR DOMED SCR STOPS+TILTS:PURPLE GLOW:SHOOTS >>E", LatLong: "41.455558 -82.183337", LatLongDMS: "41:27:20 N 82:11:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/7/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: B-25 Crew Encounters Rectangular Object /
Close Encounter (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB:
1260, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520607
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1036
Date: 6/7/1952
Time: 11:18 AM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: crew of B-25 bomber #8840 at
11,500'. One rectangular aluminum object, about 6'x4', flew 250-300'
below the B-25.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_131
Date: 6/7/1952
Description: On this day in 1952, at 4:00 a.m.,
security guards watched a light hover at 1,000 feet over the 5th Air
Force Base near Seoul, South Korea. The light bobbed in the sky, then
rose rapidly to the east, changing colors as it went. Several hours
later, at 11:18 a.m. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a rectangular-shaped,
aluminum colored object followed a B-25 bomber during its flight. Both
of these reports were listed by Project Blue Book as "unidentified"
cases.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, cases #1259 and #1260; (2) Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3347
Date: 6/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque,
New Mexico, J.D. Markland and his wife observed 4 bright objects flying
horizontally in diamond formation. (June 8, 10:50am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1263 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1043
Date: 6/8/1952
Location: MONTBAZON, FR
Description: 2 observer(s) / 15 second(s). Brilliant
circular machine going west over town. Rises. Going quickly north. No
further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2189
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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MONTBAZON,FR:2 OBS/15sec:BRILLIANT CIRC.MACHINE > W OVR TOWN:RISES:>>N:NFD", LatLong: "47.300002 0.700000", LatLongDMS: "47:18:00 N 00:42:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indre-et-Loire", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/8/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 2 civil observer(s). 4 shiny objects in
diamond formation. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2190
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1486", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:2 CIV OBS:4 SHINY OBJS IN DIAMOND FORMATION:NFD", LatLong: "35.100002 -106.666672", LatLongDMS: "35:06:00 N 106:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/8/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: NEAR CALGARY, ALTA
Description: Theodolite observer(s). Silver 8 / 1 ovoid
going / 50k' altitude. Sharp outline. Reflects.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 814)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2191
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1070", HatchDesc: "nr CALGARY,ALTA:THEODOLITE OBS:SLVR 8/1 OVOID >/50k'alt:SHARP OUTLINE:reflects", LatLong: "51.000002 -114.000005", LatLongDMS: "51:00:00 N 114:00:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "15000", State/Prov: "Alta", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/8/1952 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: AZROU AND IMMOUZER, MAROC
Description: Separate observer(s). 50M green-glow
cylinder/cigar-shape going northeast. Stops over monastery and
onward.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2192
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Morocco", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "AZROU+IMMOUZER,MAROC:SEP.OBS:50M GRN-GLOW CGR >NE:STOPS OVR MONASTERY+ONWARD", LatLong: "33.438890 -5.233334", LatLongDMS: "33:26:20 N 05:14:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "IFR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/8/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: 4 shiny objects fly straight and level in
a diamond formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5,
BB: 1263, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520608
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1037
Date: 6/8/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Markland.
Four shiny objects flew straight and level in a diamond formation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_132
Date: 6/8/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 10:50 a.m. Four flat, round, shiny objects
in a diamond formation are seen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from the
ground by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Markland. The objects are approximately
15,000 feet in altitude and traveling 300 mph. There is no audible
sound. They are first seen at about 60° above the horizon to the north
and are traveling to the southwest at approximately 240°.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Diamond
Formation of Flat Objects Observed”; Sparks, p. 138; Michael
D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 10,
15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1845
Date: 6/8/1952
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Description: During a launch of a pibal balloon at
Calgary, Alberta, a silvery ellipse with a sharp outline reflecting
sunlight and an aspect ratio of 8:1 crosses the field of vision of the
observer’s theodolite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Project Magnet Case V
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1846
Date: 6/8/1952
Description: In Albuquerque, New Mexico at 10:50 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Markland sighted four shiny objects flying straight
and level in a diamond formation. They made no sound, and were silver
white in color.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1263; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 264; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3367
Date: 6/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Minneapolis (Minnesota).
Reference: case Blue
Book unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1044
Date: 6/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Donald
H. Menzel publishes in Time an article titled These
Flying Saucers, and provides an explanation of light
reflections.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1045
Date: 6/9/1952
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Description: (Case missing) Berliner (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1039
Date: 6/9/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_133
Date: 6/9/1952
Description: Astronomer Donald H.
Menzel writes in Time magazine that most UFOs are light reflections
caused by ice crystals, refractions, or temperature inversions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “An
Astronomer’s Explanation: Those Flying Saucers,” Time, June 9, 1952;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1847
Date: 6/10/1952
Location: France, in flight, above Draguignan
Description: (Translated from French) Two experienced
pilots, Messrs. F. Cavasse and N. Clément, were piloting the DC-4 of the
regular London-Orly-Nice service. At 19:28 (local time) they were flying
over Draguignan when a kind of luminous white egg, but not blinding,
much bigger than a transport plane, crossed their path. It flew
horizontally, in a straight line, at a speed of around 2 to 3000 km/h
leaving behind it a trail of smoke "in dots" white and slightly bluish.
This trail was twenty to twenty-five times the length of the egg. The
two pilots observed it for 30 seconds with the astonishment that can be
imagined.
Reference: Jean PLANTIER: "The Propulsion of Flying
Saucers by Direct Action on the Atom" ed. MAME 1955, p.111, 112
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1610
Date: 6/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Flight of the
Espadon, first French jet aircraft. (June 10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1046
Date: 6/10/1952
Time: 16:40
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 2 men. Saucer going quickly southeast
against wind. Turns up and gone. Orange glow = sun reflection.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 815)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2193
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1578", HatchDesc: "DENVER,CO:2 MEN:SCR >>SE AGAINST WIND:TURNS UP+GONE:ORG GLOW=SUN REFLECTION", LatLong: "39.711113 -105.116672", LatLongDMS: "39:42:40 N 105:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/11/1952
Location: O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
Description: 6:44 p.m. Two round objects, dark blue
with gray centers, are seen moving southwest to northwest for 40 seconds
at 500 mph and 6,000 feet altitude several miles east of O’Hare Airport
in Chicago, Illinois. One passes the other before disappearing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, pp. 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1848
Date: 6/12/1952
Location: FRANCE, Ste Foy les Lyon
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:00 PM,
Colette, the maid, warned Mrs. Convert that there was something
resembling a parachute, which was not descending. A few moments later,
this thing flew towards the house, approaching to 500 m. The witnesses,
taken by panic, fled to another room, they were dazzled. The UFO stopped
above a meadow of the Bramafan castle, at 20 m of altitude, at 300 m
from the witnesses. Cars stopped on the road bordering this meadow and
people got out of them. Suddenly, bouncing, the object took altitude
while turning faster and faster, whispering slightly, attracting the
branches of the trees and the hair of the people. It disappeared in 5 or
6 seconds. The object resembled the classic saucer, with a dome on the
lower face, and a kind of chimney of 15 m long directed towards the
ground, from which were coming out colored moving filaments. Wires or
ropes were hanging, as if they had supported a gondola.
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni: le premier
dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 57, 58
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1611
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Marrakech
(Morocco), Sergeant/T H. D. Adams, using a SCR-584 radar system,
detected an unidentified blip at 650 knots (750 mph) at an altitude
higher than 60,000 feet. (11:26)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1270 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1047
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Eaubonne (Val
d'Oise), observation of a sphere. (17 h 20)
Reference: Gazette du Val d'Oise, 16 July
1997
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1048
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort Smith
(Arkansas), a Major and a Lieutenant Colonel of the US Army observed
through binoculars an orange ball with a tail flying at a low angular
speed. (19:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1269 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1049
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Nahon family
observes an immense silver leaf bordered by a kind of red halo that
moves abruptly in different directions (same observation as
below?).
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1050
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) (June 13?) An Air
France crew and controllers from the Bourget Airport (France) tower
observe a bright red ball stationary for 1 hour, then see it traverse
the sky to the Southwest of the airfield.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1051
Date: 6/12/1952
Location: ANGOULEME, FR
Description: Numerous observer(s). Ovoid moves / jerks.
Leaves (something behind) glowing contrail. / LDLN#125.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis:
OVNI - Le Premier Dossier..; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index
58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2194
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: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ANGOULEME,FR:NMRS OBS:OVOID MOVES/JERKS:LVS GLOWING CONTRAIL:/LDLN#125", LatLong: "45.666669 0.166667", LatLongDMS: "45:40:00 N 00:10:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Charente", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/12/1952 (approximate)
Location: MEDFORD, OR
Description: Strange object hovers. Spews white smoke.
Leaves (something behind) vapor trail 4' wide and 200' long.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2195
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "117", HatchDesc: "MEDFORD,OR:STRANGE OBJ HVRS:SPEWS WHT SMOKE:LVS VAPOR TRAIL 4'WIDE+200'LONG", LatLong: "42.300002 -122.883339", LatLongDMS: "42:18:00 N 122:53:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: MARRAKESH, MOROCCO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1270. US radarman.
Unidentified blip 650knts / 60K' altitude or greater!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2196
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "MARRAKESH,MOROCCO:BBK#1270:US RADARMAN:UID BLIP 650knts/60K'alt OR GREATER!", LatLong: "31.633335 -8.016667", LatLongDMS: "31:38:00 N 08:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MRK", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: ST. FOY LES LYON, FR
Description: 70M saucer. Dome. Pipe and ropes hang /
bottom. Same / Chasse going quickly southeast. / r30p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2197
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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "St.FOY les LYON,FR:70M SCR:DOME:PIPE+ROPES HANG/BOTTOM:SAME/CHASSE>>SE:/r30p57", LatLong: "45.738891 4.783334", LatLongDMS: "45:44:20 N 04:47:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Rhône", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 15:30
Location: LE BOURGET AIRPORT/APARTMENT, FR
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and pilots and
many. Saucer-night light plays to 0200hrs. / LDLN#121+#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
173)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2198
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "12", Duration: "58", HatchDesc: "Le BOURGET APT,FR:ATCS+PILOTS+MANY:SCR-NLT PLAYS to 0200hrs:/LDLN#121+#330", LatLong: "48.950002 2.433333", LatLongDMS: "48:57:00 N 02:26:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VDO", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: "Balloon". Jumps all over airport. Going
quickly east / 400mph. Globe shape becomes saucer!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2199
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "392", HatchDesc: "WICHITA,KS:"BALLOON":JUMPS ALL OVR AIRPORT:>>E/400mph:GLOBE SHAPE BECOMES SCR!", LatLong: "37.683335 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "37:41:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: FORT SMITH, ARK
Description: Army Colonel and Major with (seen thru)
binoculars. Orange ball with tail at low angular speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2200
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "134", HatchDesc: "FORT SMITH,ARK:ARMY COLONEL+MAJOR W/BINOCS:ORG BALL W/TAIL AT LO ANGULAR SPEED", LatLong: "35.400002 -94.416671", LatLongDMS: "35:24:00 N 94:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/12/1952
Location: Fort Smith, AR
Description: Orange ball with a tail fly with a low
angular velocity (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1269)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1040
Date: 6/12/1952
Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Description: Unidentified target at 650 knots at
60,000+ ft altitude (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
1270)
Reference: NICAP: 520612
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1041
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Description: Witnesses: U.S. Army Major and Lt.
Colonel, using binoculars. One orange ball with a tail flew with a low
angular velocity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_134
Date: 6/12/1952
Time: 11:26 AM
Location: Marakesch, Morocco
Description: Witness: T/Sgt. H.D. Adams, operating an
SCR-584 radar set. One unidentified blip tracked at 650 kts. (750
m.p.h.) at greater than 60,000' altitude.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_135
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: At 4:00 p.m. several disc-shaped UFOs
followed an airliner over Mill Valley in Marin County, California for
five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3433
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. A U.S. Army Major and a Lt.
Colonel, using binoculars, watched an orange ball with a tail fly with a
low angular velocity in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1269; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
264
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3434
Date: 6/12/1952
Description: At 11:26 a.m. at a U.S. Air Force radar
facility in Marakesch, Morocco Sgt. H. D. Adams, operating an SCR-584
radar set, tracked an unidentified radar blip moving at 650 knots (750
mph) and at an altitude greater than 60,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1270; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3435
Date: 6/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Middletown
(Pennsylvania), R. S. Thomas, an employee of the USAF
Olmstead base and former air traffic controller observed a round orange
object travelling south, stopping for 1s, turning east, stopping again
for 1s, and descending. (20 h 45)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1052
Date: 6/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Minneapolis (Minnesota).
Reference: case Blue
Book not explained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1053
Date: 6/13/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: MIDDLETOWN, PA
Description: Former Air Traffic Controller. Round
orange object stops / 1 second(s). Going east. Stops again. Goes
down.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2201
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "MIDDLETOWN,PA:FORMER ATC:ROUND ORG OBJ STOPS/1sec:>E:STOPS AGAIN:GOES DOWN.", LatLong: "40.200002 -76.750004", LatLongDMS: "40:12:00 N 76:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/13/1952
Location: Fox Hill, VA
Description: Object described as similar to a discus
used in athletics, about 25 to 30 feet in diameter hovering (NICAP: 02 -
Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520613
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1042
Date: 6/13/1952
Location: Le Bourget (airport), France
Description: Control tower operators and pilot watched
brilliant light source cross sky SW of field after hovering for about an
hour. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1043
Date: 6/13/1952
Location: Middletown, PA
Description: Orange object travel S, stop for 1 sec
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1273)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1044
Date: 6/13/1952
Time: 8:45 PM
Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: R.S. Thomas, Olmstead AFB
employee and former control tower operator. One round, orange object
travelled south, stopped for 1 second, turned east, stopped 1 second,
and went down.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_136
Date: 6/13/1952
Location: Paris–Le Bourget Airport, France
Description: 1:00 a.m. M. Veillot and M. Damiens, air
traffic control operators at Paris–Le Bourget Airport, France, watch a
prominent orange-red light hover in the sky for about one hour.
Eventually it begins moving and crosses the sky southwest of the
airport, accelerating rapidly. The light is also seen by M. Navarri, the
pilot of an approaching Air France plane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michel, Truth About FS, 165–166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1849
Date: 6/13/1952
Description: In Middletown, Pennsylvania at 8:45 p.m.
Mr.R. S. Thomas, an Olmstead AFB employee and former control tower
operator, sighted a round, orange flying object traveling south. It
stopped for one second, turned east, stopped a second time for one
second, and then went down below the tree line.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1273; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3454
Date: 6/14/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: The Mirror. L.A. GETS
BATHED IN FIREBALLS. Fireballs in the sky and flashing
elliptical bathtubs thought to be meteorites, were visible over many
parts of the city shortly after midnight today. Police switchboards
reported numerous calls from persons who said the phenomena resembled a
greenish-red streak of light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_201
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: Gordonsville, VA
Description: An intercept operation took place in
Richmond, VA. An Air Force T-33 jet tried to intercept a “shiny sphere”
south of Gordonsville. It was a “round, shiny object with a golden glow”
above 35000 feet altitude. At 20:05 the jet lost sight of the UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_459
Date: Mid 6/1952
Location: US
Description: Capt. Ruppelt briefed General Samford,
Director of Intelligence, others; given directive to take further steps
to obtain positive identification of UFOs.
Type: briefing
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,
page 196-199
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_870
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: FRANCE, Mogneville
Description: (Translated from French) Men working in
the forest saw a large, circular object resembling a parachute quickly
descend. Witnesses: Marius Aubry, Joseph Bestag, Simon, Collet.
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni: le premier
dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 59
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1612
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: USA, Unionville, Gordonsville,
Blackstone
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:40 PM a
woman reported "a very bright object" at high altitude. At 4:20 PM the
operators of the air traffic control station saw "a round and bright
object" to the southeast of their station, directly south of Unionville.
At 4:43 PM the pilot of a jet aircraft from the Navy attempted to
intercept "a bright sphere" south of Gordonsville. At 5:43 PM a T-33
from the Army also attempted to intercept a bright sphere south of
Gordonsville. It climbed to 10,500 meters but the UFO remained above it.
At 7:35 PM several inhabitants of Blackstone (about 120 km from
Gordonsville) saw a round, bright object with a golden glow, moving from
north to south. At that moment the speakers of the radio of Central
Virginia announced the progress of the UFO. At 7:59 PM the operators of
an air traffic control station in Blackstone saw the object. At 8:00 PM
jet aircrafts arrived from Langley to try to intercept it, but at 8:05
PM it had disappeared. It was not moving very fast since it had only
traveled 140 kilometers in 4 hours and 25 minutes. [IN REALITY, in
Pittsburgh a radiosonde had gone up to around 18,000 meters and must
have had a leak since it stopped instead of going up to 25,000 or 30,000
meters before bursting.]
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Face aux Soucoupes
Volantes", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 180, 181
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1613
Date: 6/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Itenhaem
(Brazil), a woman is woken up by an explosion and a powerful blue light.
She sees a fleet of discs hovering 1 m off the ground, 550 m from her
house. They stay there for about 30 minutes while 2 figures stand on one
of the UFOs observing the sky, then they leave one by one. (3 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1054
Date: 6/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Halifax, Nova
Scotia, a reserve military meteorological assistant noticed what
appeared to be a large silver disc in the sky to the southeast of
Halifax. It moved towards the southwest for approximately 30 seconds at
an estimated altitude between 5000 and 8000 feet, then ascended and
entered the altocumulus clouds between 11000 and 12000 feet in 2 to 5
seconds. If the estimated altitude is accurate, according to the point
and elevation data obtained from the observer, the diameter of the disc
must have been around 100 feet. A large standard aircraft was in the sky
at the time and the object seemed to be moving faster than the plane.
The speed of the object is estimated to be at least 800 miles/h. (8:32
AM AST)
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1055
Date: 6/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Louisville
(Kentucky), Edward Duke, a former US Navy radar technician, observed a
large cigar-shaped object with truncated front, illuminated sides and a
red back, maneuvering calmly for 15 minutes. (23 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1285 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1056
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: SHOWA, HONSHU, JP
Description: Night light drops. Stops. Bounces / sky
like a Spring. "Similar / Seoul Case".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2202
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "6", Duration: "0", HatchDesc: "SHOWA,HONSHU,JP:NLT DROPS:STOPS:BOUNCES/SKY LIKE A SPRING:"SIMILAR/SEOUL CASE"", LatLong: "34.716668 133.650006", LatLongDMS: "34:43:00 N 133:39:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: NEAR HALIFAX, NS
Description: Army weatherman. 100' silver saucer going
quickly [to] 800MPH. 6K' altitude. Going up / 11K' and more. /
r136#8p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD
& Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI
48106 (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2203
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "145", HatchDesc: "nr HALIFAX,NS:ARMY WEATHERMAN:100'SLVR SCR>>800MPH:6K'alt:↑/11K'+:/r136#8p16", LatLong: "44.650002 -63.600003", LatLongDMS: "44:39:00 N 63:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1800", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: ROBERT-ESPAGNE TO/FROM MOGNEVILLE, FR
Description: 6 woodsmen. Huge parachute drops. Nothing
found.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis:
OVNI - Le Premier Dossier..; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index
59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2204
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "ROBERT-ESPAGNE><MOGNEVILLE,FR:6 WOODSMEN:HUGE PARACHUTE DROPS:NOTHING FOUND", LatLong: "48.766669 5.016667", LatLongDMS: "48:46:00 N 05:01:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MEU", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: UNIONVILLE, VA
Description: Woman reports very shiny object / very
high altitude. Also seen / Gordonsville.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2205
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "155", HatchDesc: "UNIONVILLE,VA:WOMAN REPORTS VERY SHINY OBJ/VHI ALTITUDE:ALSO SEEN/GORDONSVILLE", LatLong: "38.261113 -77.966670", LatLongDMS: "38:15:40 N 77:58:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / GORDONSVILLE, VA
Description: CAA / ground and airliner. USAF and marine
jets chase silvery sphere/orb/globe. 35K' altitude and more.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2206
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "85", Elev: "148", HatchDesc: "SE/GORDONSVILLE,VA:CAA/GND+AIRLINER:USAF+MARINE JETS CHASE SLVRY ORB:35K'alt+", LatLong: "38.100002 -78.166670", LatLongDMS: "38:06:00 N 78:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY
Description: Former Navy RADAR-Tech. Large silent
cylinder/cigar-shape maneuvers slowly. Then 500mph going quickly
northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2207
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "140", HatchDesc: "LOUISVILLE,KY:FORMER NAVY RDR-TECH:LRG SILENT CGR MNVRS SLOWLY:THEN 500mph>>NE", LatLong: "38.233335 -85.750004", LatLongDMS: "38:14:00 N 85:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: Louisville, KY
Description: Large, cigar-shaped object with a blunt
front (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1285)
Reference: NICAP: 520615
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1045
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: Magneville, France
Description: Men at work in the forest saw large,
circular objects similar to parachutes coming down. Half a dozen
witnesses.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: France-Soir Jun. 18, 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_92
Date: 6/15/1952
Time: 11:50 PM
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Description: Witness: Edward Duke, ex-U.S. Navy radar
technician. One large, cigar-shaped object with a blunt front, lit sides
and a red stern, maneuvered in a leisurely fashion for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_137
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Description: 8:32 a.m. A meteorological assistant on
reserve army maneuvers sees a large silver disc in the sky southeast of
Halifax, Nova Scotia. It moves southwest for 30 seconds at an altitude
of 5,000–8,000 feet and then rises and merges in 2–5 seconds with
altocumulus clouds at 11,000–12,000 feet. Its diameter is about 100 feet
and speed at least 800 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p.
184
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1850
Date: 6/15/1952
Locations: Gordonsville, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia;
Prince William County, Virginia; Blackstone, Virginia; Langley AFB in
Hampton, Virginia
Description: 4:20 p.m. A round shiny object is seen
over Gordonsville, Virginia. At 4:25 p.m., the crew of a commercial
airliner reports a silver sphere over Richmond, Virginia. At 4:33 p.m.,
a Marine fighter jet is scrambled from Marine Corps Base Quantico in
Prince William County, Virginia, and attempts to intercept a target
south of Gordonsville but fails and returns to base. At 5:43 p.m., an
Air Force fighter attempts to intercept the same shiny sphere but after
reaching 35,000 feet turns back. At 7:35 p.m., a UFO emitting a golden
glow is seen over Blackstone, Virginia. Fighter jets from Langley AFB in
Hampton, Virginia, are scrambled, but the object is gone by the time
they get there at 8:05 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
194–195
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1851
Date: 6/15/1952
Location: Standiford Field [now Louisville
International Airport], Louisville, Kentucky
Description: 11:50 p.m. Edward Duke, a former Navy
radar technician, sees an unidentified cigar-shaped object in the
vicinity of Standiford Field [now Louisville International Airport],
Louisville, Kentucky. It has a light on either side of the fuselage and
a reddish hue on the trailing end. The object appears to be moving at
about 400–500 mph and maneuvers around in several directions for 15
minutes, then descends and flies away to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book document];
Sparks, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1852
Date: Mid 6/1952
Description: Ruppelt briefs
Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford and his staff, two Navy captains from ONI, and “some people
I can’t name.” The meeting is contentious. One USAF colonel argues that
Blue Book’s investigation is biased against the ETH, which launches an
emotional debate. Ruppelt is directed to “take further steps to obtain
positive identification” of UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
147–149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1857
Date: 6/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Ermont (Val
d'oise), observation of a white disc faster than a jet plane. (17
h)
Reference: Gazette du Val d'Oise, 16 July
1997
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1057
Date: 6/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Walker (New Mexico), maintenance specialist and USAF Sergeant
Sparks observed 5 or 6 grayish discs, in a half-moon formation, flying
at 500 or 600 miles/h for 1 minute. (20:30)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1295
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1058
Date: 6/16/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: ST. NAZAIRE, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Golden disk going
quickly east. Saucer / Versailles / 1700h / document going [to]
Graziana.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2208
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "St.NAZAIRE,FR:SVRL.OBS:GOLDEN DISK >>E::SCR/Versailles/1700h /Doc>Graziana", LatLong: "47.333336 -2.216667", LatLongDMS: "47:20:00 N 02:13:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Loire Atlantique", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/16/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: HAUTMONT, FR
Description: 2+observer(s). Silent thin metallic donut
with 2 black spots hovers. Maneuvers and tilts / 80 minute(s). Quickly
going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2209
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: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "80", HatchDesc: "HAUTMONT,FR:2+OBS:SLNT THIN MTLC DONUT W/2 BLK SPOTS HVRS:MNVRS+TILTS/80min:↑↑", LatLong: "50.250002 3.916667", LatLongDMS: "50:15:00 N 03:55:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nord", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/16/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: OVER WALKER AIR FORCE BASE-ROSWELL, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1295. Staff Sgt. 5
grey saucers / arc-formation going quickly east / 550mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2210
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1119", HatchDesc: "ovr WALKER AFB-ROSWELL,NM:BBK#1295:STAFF Sgt:5 GRY SCRS/ARC-FORMN >>E/550mph", LatLong: "33.316668 -104.550005", LatLongDMS: "33:19:00 N 104:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/16/1952
Location: Walker AFB, Roswell, NM
Description: S/Sgt. Sparks saw 5-6 greyish discs, in a
half-moon formation fly at 500-600 mph. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1295, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520616
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1046
Date: 6/16/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Walker AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witness: USAF maintenance specialist
S/Sgt. Sparks. Five or six greyish discs, in a half-moon formation, flew
at 500-600 m.p.h. for l minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_138
Date: 6/16/1952
Description: A Staff Sergeant saw five gray discs in a
arc formation shoot to the east over Walker Field, Roswell, New Mexico
at 8:30 p.m. They flew at an estimated speed of 550 mph. A Project Blue
Book "unknown" report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1285; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 265; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July,
p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3511
Date: 6/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in MacChord (Washington), numerous diverse witnesses observe
between 1 and 5 large yellow-silver objects flying erratically, stopping
and restarting for 15 minutes. (Between 7:30 and 10:20)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1298 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1059
Date: 6/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Cape Cod
(Massachusetts), the pilot of an F-94 interceptor jet observed for 15
seconds a light resembling a bright star crossing the nose of his
aircraft. (1 h 28)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1299 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1060
Date: 6/17/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: CAPE COD, MA
Description: USAF pilot. Star-like night light crosses
nose / F94. Seen 15 second(s). / Lumieres dans la Nuit (monthly, Paris)
#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2211
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "0", HatchDesc: "CAPE COD,MA:USAF PILOT:STARLIKE NLT CROSSES NOSE/F94:SEEN 15sec:/LDLN #330", LatLong: "41.866669 -70.250003", LatLongDMS: "41:52:00 N 70:15:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 6/17/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1298. Many
observer(s) and theodolite. 5-6 fast saucers. 4 F94s chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE;
Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2212
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "170", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "MCCHORD AFB,WA:BBK#1298:MANY OBS+THEODOLITE:5-6 FAST SCRS:4 F94s CHASE", LatLong: "47.133336 -122.416673", LatLongDMS: "47:08:00 N 122:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: McChord AFB, WA
Description: Many witnesses saw 1-5 large silver yellow
objects flying erratically, stop and start. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1298)
Reference: NICAP: 520617
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1047
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: Hasselbach, East Germany
Description: 40-50 ft frying pan-shaped object with two
rows of 1 ft holes (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1048
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Description: Light like a bright star cross the nose of
a jet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1299)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1049
Date: 6/17/1952
Time: Between 7:30 and 10:20 PM
Location: McChord AFB, Washington
Description: Witnesses: many and varied. From one to
five large silver-yellow objects flew erratically, stopped and started
for about 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_139
Date: 6/17/1952
Time: 1:28 AM
Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: pilot of USAF F-94 jet
interceptor. A light like a bright star crossed the nose of the airplane
while being observed for 15 seconds. No further information in the
files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_140
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Description: 1:28 a.m. A USAF F-94 pilot sees a light
like a bright star cross the nose of his jet at blinding speed over Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, for 15 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1853
Date: 6/17/1952
Description: Astronomer Donald
Menzel writes in an article in Look magazine about how he creates
temperature-inversion UFOs in his laboratory.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald H. Menzel, “The
Truth about Flying Saucers,” Look 16, no. 13 (June 17, 1952): 35–39;
NICAP, “The Truth
about Flying Saucers, Look Magazine”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1854
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord]
south of Tacoma, Washington
Description: 7:30–10:20 p.m. Many witnesses at McChord
AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord] south of Tacoma, Washington, see 5–6
yellowish discs, tracked by radar and theodolite. Several F-94s are
scrambled.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “1– 5 Silver Yellow
Objects Stop and Start”; Sparks, p.
138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1855
Date: 6/17/1952
Location: Pueblo (Colorado) Memorial Airport
Description: 8:45 p.m.. Orville Foster, a US Weather
Bureau observer at the Pueblo (Colorado) Memorial Airport, watches a UFO
through the bureau’s theodolite. It circles leisurely for 10 minutes,
then disappears toward the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Saucer’ Sighted at Pueblo,”
Leadville (Colo.) Herald-Democrat, June 18, 1952; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1856
Date: 6/17/1952
Description: Two cases from Project Blue Book's list of
unexplained reports occurred on this day in 1952. On Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, a bright light crossed the sky in front of a USAF F-94
fighter plane at 1:28 a.m. local time. The light was observed for 15
seconds. Later that evening at McChord AFB outside of Tacoma, Washington
many military observers tracked 5-6 discs with a theodolite as USAF F-94
jets pursued them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, cases #1299 and
#1298
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3526
Date: 6/18/1952
Description: EBE1 dies of unknown causes according to
the Carter Aquarius document
Type: majestic document
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_457
Attributes: Majestic
Date: 6/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Columbus
(Wisconsin), R. A. Finger observed an object in the shape of a crescent
remaining stationary for a few seconds before departing. (9 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1302 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1061
Date: 6/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Walnut
Lake/Pontiac (Michigan), Marron Hoffman and 4 other witnesses observe
with binoculars 4x an orange light zigzagging and then staying
stationary. (22 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1305 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1062
Date: 6/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In California, a
B-25 was accompanied by a UFO for 30 minutes.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1063
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
SAUCER OFF BEACH SEEN BY EX-PILOT. Dick Robinson,
technical writer for the Northrop Aircraft Company and former air force
pilot, standing on the porch of his apartment, at 758 Avenue B, Redondo
Beach, shortly before 7 a.m., spotted what he believed to be an airplane
over the water. It was about 15 miles out and 5 to 8 degrees above the
horizon. "It didn't take me long to realize that it wasn't an airplane
because it would be too small to be visible at that distance."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_205
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: night
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Description: The Pueblo Chieftain.
PUEBLO SEES THE LIGHT. A slow-moving white light,
described as a "definite object" traveled in from the north, hung over
midtown Pueblo and then moved south over the steel mills. One observer
said the craft made a figure eight and moved north again. The object,
which sometimes took on a reddish hue, hovered over the city fifteen to
twenty minutes before slowly disappearing into the night.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_206
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: California
Description: Object paces B-25 for thirty
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_93
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: 100M EAST / MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Strange object paces USAF B25 / 30
minutes. 90 minute(s) / Loren Gross.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2213
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: "90", Elev: "900", HatchDesc: "100M E/MARCH AFB,CA:STRANGE OBJ PACES USAF B25/30 MINUTES:90min/LOREN GROSS", LatLong: "33.916668 -115.966672", LatLongDMS: "33:55:00 N 115:58:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: COLUMBUS, WI
Description: Observer(s) = finger. Crescent object
hovers / several seconds. Then shoots away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2214
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "262", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,WI:OBS=FINGER:CRESCENT OBJ HVRS/SVRL SECs:THEN SHOOTS AWAY:NFD", LatLong: "43.350002 -88.966671", LatLongDMS: "43:21:00 N 88:58:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 silver orbs follow B36
going east / lower altitude. Take sudden turn going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 817)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2215
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: "4", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:2 OBS:2 SLVR ORBS FOLO B36 > E/lower alt:TAKE SUDDEN TURN >>S:", LatLong: "47.633336 -117.400006", LatLongDMS: "47:38:00 N 117:24:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: WALNUT LAKE, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1305. Soft white
light jumps back and forth / 60 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2216
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "8", Duration: "60", Elev: "269", HatchDesc: "WALNUT LAKE,MI:BBK#1305:SOFT WHT LITE JUMPS BACK+FORTH/60min:NFD", LatLong: "42.550002 -83.316671", LatLongDMS: "42:33:00 N 83:19:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: Columbus, WI
Description: Crescent-shaped object hover then speed
away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1302)
Reference: NICAP: 520618
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1050
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: Walnut Lake, MI
Description: Orange light zigzag then hover (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, BB: 1305)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1051
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: March AFB (100 miles E of), CA
Description: UFO Paces B-25 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520618
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1052
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 9 AM
Location: Columbus, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: R.A. Finger. One crescent-shaped
object hovered for several seconds and then sped away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_141
Date: 6/18/1952
Time: 10 PM
Location: Walnut Lake, Michigan
Description: Witnesses: Marron Hoffman and four
relatives, using 4x binoculars. One orange light was observed zigzagging
and then hovering for an unspecified length of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_142
Date: 6/18/1952
Locations: March AFB; southern California
Description: 5:00 p.m. USAF Capt. Erie P. Ashton and
2nd Lt. Clifton Ashley, while flying a B-25 about 100 miles east of
March AFB [now March Air Reserve Base] in southern California, sight a
silver object at approximately 11,000 feet in altitude off their left
wing. The object is longer than it is wide and is in sight for about 39
minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Paces B-25”;
Sparks, p.
138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1858
Date: 6/18/1952
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: According to Sgt. Richard Doty’s
1980s disinformation, the living alien retrieved in 1949 (EBE-1) and
kept at Los Alamos, New Mexico, dies of unknown causes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 364
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1859
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: CANADA, Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: (Translated from French) 2:37 a.m.
Witness: 2nd Lt. A'Gostino and an unidentified radar operator. A red
light became white while undulating. Stationary target detected on radar
during 1 minute observation. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). A
red disc approached the military airbase at night.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: "The Flying Saucer File" -
ed. Hachette 1952, p.134
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1614
Date: 6/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Goose Bay (Labrador), 2nd Lieutenant A'Gostino and a radar
operator see a red light turn white while moving around. The radar
detects a stationary object during the minute of observation. (2 h
37)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1308
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1064
Date: 6/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Yuma
(Arizona), USAF pilot John Lane observed a round, white object flying
horizontally for 10s. (14 h)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1310
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1065
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: US
Description: The Hollywood Citizen-News.
AIR FORCE LEAVES ESCAPE HATCH OPEN. Armed with a
special camera suggested by a Los Angeles scientist, the Air Force has
launched a study to determine if there really are flying saucers and if
so, what are they? Using these specially built cameras, 200 of which are
being distributed at atomic and military installations, a picture of a
flying saucer might be obtained. The AF feels the final solution will be
one of the following: 1) Misinterpretation of known objects. 2)
Reflected light from the earth. 3) Man-made vehicles, most possibly
Russian. 4) Spaceships or interplanetary missiles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_208
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: Radar/visual of red-lighted object
approach, climb, disappear.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_94
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 02:40
Location: GOOSE BAY, NFL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1308. RADAR-visual
(observation) / red-glow disk / 4K' altitude. Also 26 November and 15
December. Eludes jets.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2217
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "GOOSE BAY,NFL:BBK#1308:RDR-VIS/RED-GLOW DISK/4K'alt:+26NOV+15DEC:ELUDES JETS", LatLong: "53.300003 -60.383336", LatLongDMS: "53:18:00 N 60:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1200", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: USAF pilot lane. Round white object flew
straight and level for 10 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2218
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:USAF PILOT LANE:ROUND WHT OBJ FLEW S/L FOR 10sec:NFD", LatLong: "32.683335 -114.616672", LatLongDMS: "32:41:00 N 114:37:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: JERSEY SHORE, PA
Description: 4+observer(s). Several saucers and cigars
/ high altitude. / Air Force report. News copy / r136#8p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 221)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2219
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "JERSEY SHORE,PA:4+ OBS:SVRL SCRS+CGRS/HI ALT:/AF RPT:news copy/r136#8p20", LatLong: "41.205558 -77.272226", LatLongDMS: "41:12:20 N 77:16:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Former USAF man / backyard. Strange night
light. Swirling motion. Possible saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2220
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "47", HatchDesc: "TRENTON,NJ:FORMER USAF MAN/BACKYARD:STRANGE NLT:SWIRLING MOTION:POSSIBLE SCR", LatLong: "40.216669 -74.750004", LatLongDMS: "40:13:00 N 74:45:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: One red light turned white while wobbling.
Radar tracked a stationary object G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R,
Rating: 5, BB: 1308)
Reference: NICAP: 520619
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1053
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: Pilot saw a round, white object fly
straight and level (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1310)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1054
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 2:37 AM
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witness: 2nd Lt. A'Gostino and
unidentified radar operator. One red light turned white while wobbling.
Radar tracked a stationary target during the 1 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_143
Date: 6/19/1952
Time: 2 PM
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: Witness: USAF pilot John Lane. One round,
white object flew straight and level for 10 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_144
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay],
Labrador
Description: 2:37 a.m. At Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose
Bay], Labrador, radar men pick up a UFO track. 2nd Lt. A’Gostino and
others outside see a strange, red-lighted object come in over the field.
The radar blip suddenly enlarges, as if the device has banked, exposing
a larger surface to the radar beam. The watching airmen see the red
light wobble or flutter. After a moment the light turns white and
quickly disappears. Apparently, the unknown craft has gone into a steep
climb. Keyhoe assumes
the radar and visual sightings are simultaneous, but Blue Book records
indicate they are separate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Target
Suddenly Enlarges”; Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 52; Sparks, p. 139;
Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn
Press, 2006, pp. 55–56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1860
Date: 6/19/1952
Locations: Tacoma, Washington; McChord AFB [now Joint
Base Lewis- McChord] in Tacoma
Description: 1:30 p.m. Four silvery UFOs are seen by
many witnesses in Tacoma, Washington, flying silently at a high
altitude. Unofficial sources report that the objects are tracked on
radar at McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis- McChord] in Tacoma and jets
are scrambled.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Tacoma (Wash.) Reporter, June 20, 1952;
Shoot 9; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March
2010): 11, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1861
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
Description: 6:00 p.m. Army Capt. Harold Hermann and
his wife see a round, silver UFO speeding across the sky at Jersey
Shore, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (“‘Flying
Saucers’ Sighted,” New York Times, June 24, 1952, p. 26)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1862
Date: 6/19/1952
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Description: 9:50 p.m. A former Army Air Force ground
crew member sees a UFO flying in a swirling motion over the backyard of
his home in Trenton, New Jersey.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1863
Date: 6/20/1952
Location: Central KOREA,
Description: (Translated from French) 3:03 p.m.
Witnesses: four people from the Navy, and pilots of F4U-4B Corsair
fighter planes. An oval object, white or silver, 10-20 feet in size,
made a "left hand" orbit, then a "right hand" orbit at a terrifying
speed for 60 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1615
Date: 6/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the center of
Korea, 4 Marine officers, captains and F4U-4B Corsair fighter pilots,
observe a white or silver oval object 10 to 20 feet in size making an
incredible left turn at a speed of 60 seconds. (June 20, 3:03 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1313 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1066
Date: 6/20/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: SANTA ROSA, CA
Description: Newsman. Round flat shiny saucer going
quickly [to] by extremely fast. Size / B29 / 1 mile. 8k' altitude?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 821)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2221
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: "SANTA ROSA,CA:NEWSMAN:RND FLAT SHINY SCR >> BY XFAST:SIZE/B29/1 mile:8k'alt?", LatLong: "38.438891 -122.711117", LatLongDMS: "38:26:20 N 122:42:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/20/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: CT0909 / WEST CENTER KOREA LONGITUDE &
LATITUDE COORDS. = APPROXIMATE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1313. USAF. 10'
saucer circles area just bombed. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2222
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "CT0909/W.CENTR.KOREA LL=APRX:BBK#1313:USAF:10'SCR CCLS AREA JUST BOMBED:>>E", LatLong: "36.583335 128.000006", LatLongDMS: "36:35:00 N 128:00:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "XXX", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/20/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: (CENTRAL), MS
Description: 2 USAF B29. Cone-saucer / collision
course. 2nd cone follows. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2223
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "(central),MS:2 USAF B29:CONE-SCR/COLLISION COURSE:2ND CONE FOLOS::NFD", LatLong: "33.000002 -89.500004", LatLongDMS: "33:00:00 N 89:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/20/1952
Location: Central Korea, Korea
Description: F4U-4B Corsairs Encounter Circling UFO
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520620
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1038
Date: 6/20/1952
Location: Central Korea, Korea
Description: F4U-4B Corsairs Encounter Circling UFO
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520620
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1055
Date: 6/20/1952
Location: Paulette (near), MS
Description: Cone-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1056
Date: 6/20/1952
Time: 3:03 PM
Location: Central Korea
Description: Witnesses: four Marine Corps Captains and
pilots of F4U-4B Corsair fighter planes. One 10-20' white or silver oval
object made a left-hand orbit at terrific speed for 60 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_145
Date: 6/20/1952
Location: central Korea
Description: 3:03 p.m. A flight of four US Marine Corps
captains and pilots (Bobbie
Foster, Richard
Francisco, Teddy
L. Pittman, and
Ronnie
A. McDonald) of F4U-4B Corsair fighters with the 7302nd Squadron
over central Korea see a silvery-white object passing below them,
banking into a left turn. As the object circles around, Foster dives
toward the object, which appears to be 10–20 feet in diameter. It flies
away at an estimated speed of 1,000 mph and disappears toward friendly
lines.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F4U-4B Corsairs
Encounter Circling UFO”; Sparks, p.
139
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1864
Date: 6/20/1952
Description: Central Korea. At 3:03 p.m. four Marine
Corps Captains and pilots of F4U-4B Corsair fighter planes of the 7302nd
Squadron sighted a 10-20 foot diameter white to silver oval object for
60 seconds. The daylight UFO made a left-hand orbit of the target area,
and then shot away to the east outdistancing pursuit aircraft at a
terrific speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1313; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3550
Date: Summer 1952
Description: While Operation INTERCEPT was in effect,
two North American F-86 Operation INTERCEPT Sabre fighters were vectored
onto a target UFO. The pilots had a broad daylight view of the UFO and
fired tracer bullets at it before it accelerated out of range. The
officer who fired the bullets was debriefed by his Colonel (name
withheld) and the base commander told Capt. Ruppelt to destroy the
report (according to Ruppelt himself).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_458
See also: 7/1952
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: USA, Kelly AFB, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:30 p.m.
Witness: T/Sgt. Howard Davis, flight technician of a B-29 bomber at
8,000 feet altitude. An object flat, strongly pointed at the front,
rounded at the back, with a dark blue center and a red outline, emitted
sparks as it passed behind the B-29 at a distance of 500 feet in 1
second.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1616
Date: Summer 1952
Location: BELGIUM, Bellecourt
Description: (Translated from French) (GESAG, GS 1062)
Along with playmates, J.E. (14 years old) saw a large, luminous disc,
orange in the center and greenish around the edge. The object was
totally silent and seemed to be spinning. Quickly passing at an
estimated altitude of 1000 m, according to the witness, the disc came
from the south and was heading north, towards Manage, without leaving
any trace or trail behind it. The object was observed at an elevation of
about 50°. It disappeared from the witness's view after a few seconds,
behind the houses that lined the playground. (1952, Summer (or
1953))
Reference: SOBEPS, Michel Bougard's investigation,
28.9.1973, communicated to GESAG by J.L. VERTONGEN
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1659
Date: Summer 1952
Location: FRANCE, Chatillon
Description: (Translated from French) A young couple,
on a night walk towards "Le Vieux Moulin", suddenly heard an appalling
noise, for which there was no explanation. Then came an impressive
silence. Paralyzed, the witnesses did not dare to move. Something
resembling whispers of human voices, clear, numerous, continuous, came
from behind the hedge, but so faint that it was impossible to recognize
words or a language. The witnesses held their breath as long as this
"discussion" lasted. Then, as suddenly as the first time, a noise was
reproduced in the same place. Traces found the next day, related to the
phenomenon? (1952, Summer)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, le premier
dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 60
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1660
Date: Summer 1952
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) A flying saucer
crashed in the desert and the debris of the craft, as well as the bodies
of three occupants, were immediately shipped to Wright Patterson where a
film was made with views taken immediately at the crash site or later at
the base. The first showed the craft embedded at 45 degrees in the
desert sand and an open door below, from which the humanoid corpses were
extracted. The following views showed these corpses lying on tables.
They were about 1.20m tall, with huge pear-shaped heads, long arms that
reached down to their knees, large open eyes with holes instead of a
nose and ears, and a grayish skin. This film, which was obviously TOP
SECRET, was shown to a number of senior officers of the Air Force at
different air bases, with a ban on talking to anyone about it. I have
heard about it several times, but have never had the opportunity to see
it myself. (1952, Summer)
Reference: and nobody else has heard of it???
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: "The Messengers of the
Cosmos" - Laffont 1980, p. 25
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1661
Date: 6/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Kelly (Texas), Sergeant/T Howard Davis, flight engineer of a B-29 at
8000 feet altitude, observed a flat object with a pointed front and a
rounded back. The object was white with a dark blue center and a red
outline. It left a trail of sparks when it dove after the B-29 at a
distance of 500 feet, in 1s. (June 21, 12:30 AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1319 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1067
Date: Summer 1952
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO is detected
by the base's radar, coming in at 1100 km/h then 150 km/h. Two F-86s
are sent to intercept it, one at 6000 m, the other at 1500, because the
radar does not give the altitude. The lower pilot sees a sphere which he
takes for a balloon but understands that it is maintaining its distance.
At 1000 m, he opens fire. The object shoots up in a flash of light. The
affair will be hushed up, and the reports destroyed. Above the East of
the state of Washington, Mr. Y., an American radar specialist, is
stationed at the ADC
station in Great Falls (Montana): Mr. Y.'s team had been warned by the
Canadian radar stations in the Calgary area that 3 UFOs were heading
south, towards the United States, at a low speed. The radars detected
the UFOs and an USAF fighter was sent from a base in the east of the
state of Washington. A radar and radio contact was maintained with the
pilot of the fighter while he was guided towards the UFOs, themselves
followed by radar. As he flew at 16000 feet (about 4800 m), the pilot
claimed to have 2 of the UFOs in sight. Shortly afterwards, he and his
plane simply disappeared! The wreckage of the aircraft was never found,
although a rescue plane was immediately sent to the area concerned and
the radar operators had the exact position of the plane at the moment of
its disappearance. Monitored by planes now instructed not to approach
within 15 km, the UFOs eventually evaporated. Mr. Y was instructed not
to send the documents concerning this case to the Blue
Book project - officially the only one authorized to deal with them
- but directly to the ADC."
(Summer)
Reference: Ruppelt
Reference: Stanton
Friedman, Canadian UFO Report
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1184
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: LIGHT TREATMENT FOR LIGHT
SUBJECT. A single saucer swooped over the Capitol dome in
Washington, D.C. today. One motorist who noticed this accidentally ran
his car off the road and smashed into a tree. Ignoring his car, he
proceeded to the nearest telephone and called the C.A.A. to report the
unidentified object. They took his story in a light vein and said that
it was most probably a light reflection or one of the many low-flying
aircraft in that area. They thought the car and the tree might be real,
though.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_204
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: Oak Ridge Nuc. Fac., TN
Description: Radar/visual, air space violations,
intercept, and near collision.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_95
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 11:10
Location: AUCH, FR
Description: Cop and 3 kids. Red sphere maneuvers out
and back / 10 minute(s). Nears. Going quickly east toward(s)
Toulouse.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2224
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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "AUCH,FR:COP+3 KIDS:RED SPHERE MNVRS OUT+BACK/10min:NEARS:>>E twrd TOULOUSE", LatLong: "43.966669 0.583333", LatLongDMS: "43:58:00 N 00:35:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Gers", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 12:30
Location: KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1319. B29 crew.
Brilliant 3'GUITAR-pick dives past bomber / 8K' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2225
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "210", HatchDesc: "KELLY AFB,TX:BBK#1319:B29 CREW:BRILL.3'GUITAR-PICK DIVES PAST BOMBER/8K'alt", LatLong: "29.366668 -98.566671", LatLongDMS: "29:22:00 N 98:34:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS
Description: Separate observer(s). 2-5 silver-grey
triangle-OVOIDs going quickly west. 1 splits off going quickly
south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus
Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index
31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2226
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL,NS:SEP.OBS:2-5 SLVR-GRY TRIANGLE-OVOIDs >>W:1 SPLITS OFF >>S", LatLong: "44.733335 -65.533336", LatLongDMS: "44:44:00 N 65:32:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: MIDDLETON, NS
Description: Teacher. Long cone / airplane speed. Flies
wide-end first. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus
Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index
32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2227
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "19", HatchDesc: "MIDDLETON,NS:TEACHER:LONG CONE/AIRPLANE SPEED:FLIES WIDE-END FIRST:SILENT", LatLong: "44.933335 -65.066670", LatLongDMS: "44:56:00 N 65:04:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: RADAR and Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and
air observer(s). 20cm night light over Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
site. Eludes F47. 8km altitude. Blinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2228
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "15", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:RDR+GOC+AIR OBS:20cm NLT ovr AEC SITE:ELUDES F47:8km ALT:BLINKS", LatLong: "36.000002 -84.300004", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 84:18:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: Summer 1952
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: Famous F-86 shooting incident. Date
unknown. Case report destroyed. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating:
5)
Reference: NICAP: 52Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1022
Date: Summer 1952
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Description: USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated
radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped
away. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 52Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1023
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: Kelly AFB, TX
Description: B-29 Encounters Flat Object With Pointed
Front (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1319)
Reference: NICAP: 520621
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1057
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: Oakridge, TN
Description: Radar Visual Near AEC Plant (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520621
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1058
Date: Summer 1952
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Description: USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated
radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped
away. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 52Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1182
Date: Summer 1952
Time: 0300
Location: Itenhaem, Brazil
Description: A woman was awakened by a thunderclap and
a strong bluish light. As she got out, she saw a large number of
hovering disk-shaped machines resembling "inverted soup plates" 200 m
away at an altitude of about 1 m. She observed them for 30 min, saw two
figures standing on one of the craft and looking at the sky. They went
back inside, and shortly thereafter the "fleet" took off, one object at
a time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 68,1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_90
Date: Summer 1952
Location: Martin County, Texas
Description: Mrs. Rogers saw an object descend slowly
and pass across a pasture at 7 m altitude. She stopped her car and
observed it was "wobbling" in mid-air, was shaped like a turtle, and
showed three oarlike protrusions that moved slowly. Estimated
dimensions: 5 by 4 m, 1 m thick. It was greenish-gray in color, emitted
a blue flame, but showed no other light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Barker 78 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_91
Date: 6/21/1952
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Kelly AFB, Texas
Description: Witness: T/Sgt. Howard Davis, flight
engineer of B-29 bomber at 8,000' altitude. One flat object with a
sharply pointed front and rounded rear; white with a dark blue center
and red rim, trailed sparks as it dove past the B-29 at a distance of
500', in l second.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_146
Date: 6/21/1952
Locations: Kelly AFB; Kelly Field; San Antonio,
Texas
Description: 12:30 p.m. T/Sgt. Howard Davis, flight
engineer of a B-29 bomber flying at 8,000 feet altitude near Kelly AFB
[now Kelly Field] in San Antonio, Texas, sees a small, flat object with
a sharply pointed front and rounded rear. It is white with a dark blue
center and red rim and trails sparks as it dives past the B-29 at a
distance of 500 feet in one second.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-29 Encounters
Flat Object with Pointed Front”; Sparks, p.
140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1865
Date: 6/21/1952
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: 10:58 p.m. A Ground Observer Corps spotter
at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, sees a small (6–8 inches in diameter),
slow-moving UFO near the AEC plant. GCI radar obtains the target, but it
fades from the scope. An F-97 on combat air patrol engages in a
“dogfight” with the object, which makes “ramming attacks” at the
aircraft. It blinks until it speeds away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar Visual near
AEC Plant”; Ruppelt, p.
43; Sparks, p. 139
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1866
Date: Summer 1952
Location: Bristol, England
Description: Denis Plunkett forms a British branch of
Albert K.
Bender’s International Flying Saucer Bureau in Bristol, England.
When Bender closes down IFSB in late September 1953, the branch becomes
the British Flying Saucer Bureau, with his son E. L. Plunkett as
president. It publishes Flying Saucer News from Spring 1953 to Spring
1956 and Flying Saucer News Bulletin from February 1955 through
1957.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Flying
Saucer News, no. 1 (Spring 1953); Flying
Saucer News Bulletin, no. 1 (February 1955)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1880
Date: Summer 1952
Location: MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida
Description: Night. Radar at MacDill AFB in Tampa,
Florida, picks up a target at 40,000 feet flying at 460 mph. A nearby
B-29 volunteers to investigate, searching until midnight. The pilot, a
USAF colonel, finally reports a visual sighting of the UFO, flying at
40,000 feet and 250 mph and appearing as a glowing white light shaped
like a football. The object changes course and disappears at high
speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1881
Date: 6/21/1952
Description: Near Kelly AFB, Texas. At 12:30 p.m. Sgt.
Howard Davis, the flight engineer of a B-29 bomber flying at 8,000'
altitude, witnessed a flat object with a sharply pointed front and
rounded rear. It was white with a dark blue center and red rim. It
trailed sparks as it dove past the B-29 at a distance of 500 feet for a
very brief time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1319; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 16; Loren E. Gross,
UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July 20th, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3567
Date: 6/21/1952
Description: At 11:00 p.m. that night at the Oak Ridge,
Tennessee nuclear facility a radar target was picked up and later
sighted as a featureless nocturnal light over the AEC site by a member
of the Ground Observer Corps. The light eluded an F-47 fighter sent to
investigate it, flying at 8,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, The Report on
Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3568
Date: 6/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Pyungthek
(Korea), 2 Marine sergeants observe an object 4 feet in diameter dive
towards a landing strip emitting red flames, remain stationary for a
moment above a hill, turn around, flash twice and disappear. (June 22,
10:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1323 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1068
Date: 6/22/1952
Location: Korea
Description: Small object flies low over airstrip;
extreme maneuverability.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_96
Date: 6/22/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: CHEYENNE, WY
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Red and white round
silver objects zigzag all over/all about. Back / 1000 hours. Extremely
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine
Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2229
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "1820", HatchDesc: "CHEYENNE,WY:2+2 OBS:RED+WHT RND SLVR OBJS ZIGZAG ALLO:BACK/1000 hrs:XFAST", LatLong: "41.150002 -104.816672", LatLongDMS: "41:09:00 N 104:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 6/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PYONGTAEK AIR FORCE BASE, KOREA
Description: 2 Sergeants / 753D RADAR. Project Bluebook
Case #1323. Object hovers and flashes. 270° loop going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2230
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "PYONGTAEK AFB,KOREA:2 Sgts/753D RDR:BBK#1323:OBJ HVRS+FLASHES:270°LOOP >>E", LatLong: "36.983335 127.083339", LatLongDMS: "36:59:00 N 127:05:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KYG", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/22/1952
Location: Pyungthek, Korea
Description: 4 ft diameter orange object (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1323)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1060
Date: 6/22/1952
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Pyungthek, Korea
Description: Witnesses: Two Marine Corps Sergeants. One
4 ft. diameter object dove at a runway shooting red flames, hovered
briefly over a hill, turned 180, flashed twice and was gone.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_147
Date: 6/22/1952
Location: Pyeongtaek military base, South Korea
Description: 10:45 p.m. Two US Marine sergeants see a
4-foot diameter orange object dive at a runway from the north, dropping
from 800 to 100 feet altitude over the west end of the runway at
Pyeongtaek military base, South Korea, shooting 2–5-foot red flames. It
then heads west at about 300–450 mph for 2–3 seconds, hovers briefly
over a hill, turns 180° in 45–60 seconds, flashes, heads east a half
mile, flashes again, and blinks out. No sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp.
82–83; Sparks, p. 140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1867
Date: 6/22/1952
Description: Near the Korean front in 1952, two
sergeants sighted an orange disc four feet in diameter just above an
airstrip. It dove vertically, emitting a red flame 2-5 feet long as it
did so, and stopped momentarily 100 feet over the end of the runway. The
object then flew to the west, circled back taking about 45 to 60 seconds
to execute the 180-degree turn, flashed, the flew on to the east. A
second bright flash was seen followed by complete darkness: the disc had
vanished. No sound was heard coming from the object. The case was
unexplained by Project Blue Book.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p.
82
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3598
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Spokane
(Washington), Rex Thompson, a weather observer at the airport, observed
a round disk with a metallic reflection shining and fluttering like a
coin thrown for 5 to 7 minutes. (16 h 05)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1331 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1069
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in MacChord (Washington), 2nd Lieutenant K. Thompson observed a
very large light flying horizontally for 10 minutes. (21 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1232 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1070
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Kirksville (Missouri).
Reference: case Blue
Book not explained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1071
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, Secretary Martha Milligan observed an object shaped like a
rifle bullet with an orange-burned exhaust flying horizontally for 30 to
60 seconds. (3:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1334 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1072
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Owensboro
(Kentucky), National Guard and Lieutenant-Colonel O. L. Depp observed 2
objects resembling giant soup bubbles, reflecting yellow and lavender
colors, flying straight for 5s. (10 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1335 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1073
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A pilot of the
18th Fighter-Bomber Group of the USAF observes a black object shaped
like a coin, 15 to 20 feet in diameter, performing an irregular descent.
(6 h 08)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case, information came
via Japan Hq. "CV 4359"
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1074
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: 1 observer. Bullet object trails burnt
orange smoke / 30 second(s) and more. Straight and level flight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2231
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "OAK RIDGE,TN:1 OBS:BULLET OBJ TRAILS BURNT ORG SMOKE/30sec+:S/L FLITE", LatLong: "35.994446 -84.272226", LatLongDMS: "35:59:40 N 84:16:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: US60 3MI EAST / OWENSBORO, KY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1335. 2 military. 2
huge soap-bubbles fly going north. Reflect sun.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2232
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "1", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "US60 3mi E/OWENSBORO,KY:BBK#1335:2 MIL:2 HUGE SOAP-BUBBLES FLY>N:REFLECT SUN", LatLong: "37.783335 -87.116671", LatLongDMS: "37:47:00 N 87:07:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Weatherman. Metallic disk flips like a
coin / 5-7 minute(s). Flashes in sunlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2233
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "6", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:WEATHERMAN:MTLC DISK FLIPS LIKE A COIN/5-7min:FLASHES IN SUNLITE", LatLong: "47.666669 -117.383339", LatLongDMS: "47:40:00 N 117:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: ST. CHARLES, MO
Description: 2 observer(s). Very large silver disk
flies / low altitude. Seen 1 min. No further details / Banner
News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 824)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2234
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: "135", HatchDesc: "St.CHARLES,MO:2 OBS:VLARGE SLVR DISK FLIES/LO alt:SEEN 1 min:NFD/Banner News", LatLong: "38.783335 -90.466671", LatLongDMS: "38:47:00 N 90:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: 4 MI WITH MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1332. Civil and
military observer(s). Yellow-white night lights / V formation. V-agile
motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 223)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2235
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "4 MI W/McCHORD AFB,WA:BBK#1332:CIV+MIL OBS:YEL-WHT NLTS/VFORM:V-AGILE MOTION", LatLong: "47.133336 -122.450006", LatLongDMS: "47:08:00 N 122:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Spokane, WA
Description: Round disc with a metallic shine flash and
flutter like a flipped coin. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: 1331)
Reference: NICAP: 520623
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1061
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: McChord AFB, WA
Description: A very large light fly straight and level
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1332)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1062
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Kirksville, MO
Description: (Case missing) Seven ADC Men Track 3,600
MPH Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520623
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1063
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Secretary Martha Milligan saw a
bullet-shaped object with burnt-orange exhaust fly straight and level.
(Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1334, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520623
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1064
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: unknown location, Japan
Description: Black coin-shaped object, 15-20 ft in
diameter (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1065
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Owensboro (near), KY
Description: 2 obj looking like “giant soap bubbles”
reflecting (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1335)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1066
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 4:05 PM
Location: Spokane, Washington
Description: Witness: Airport weather observer Rex
Thompson. One round disc with a metallic shine flashed, and fluttered
like a flipped coin for 5-7 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_148
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 9 PM
Location: McChord AFB, Washington
Description: Witness: 2nd Lt. K. Thompson. One very
large light flew straight and level for 10 minutes. No further
information.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_149
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Kirksville, Missouri
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_150
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 3:30 AM
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Witness: secretary Martha Milligan. One
bullet-shaped object with burnt-orange exhaust flew straight and level
for 30-60 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_151
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Description: Witness: National Guard Lt. Col. O. L.
Depp. Two objects looking like "giant soap bubbles", reflecting yellow
and lavender colors, flew in trail for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_152
Date: 6/23/1952
Time: 6:08 AM
Location: Location unknown, but information came via
Japan Hq. "CV 4359"
Description: Witness: USAF pilot of the l8th
Fighter-Bomber Group. One black coin-shaped object, 15-20' in diameter,
made an irregular descent.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_153
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Kirksville Air Force Station in
Missouri
Description: 1:30 a.m. USAF ADC radar operators Lt. A.
N. Robinson Jr. and Airman Ray H. Foote, plus 5 other controllers,
officers, and maintenance technicians at Kirksville Air Force Station in
Missouri, track a hard target with a clear sharp return about the size
of a B-29. It suddenly appears 85 miles north-northwest of the station,
moving at a constant speed of about 3,600+ mph on a straight path for
about 125 miles for 2 minutes. Then it vanishes. A second target appears
at 1:35 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Seven ADC Men
Track 3,600 MPH Target”; Michael D. Swords, “Case Missing,” IUR 19,
no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 20; Sparks, p.
141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1868
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: 3:30 a.m. Secretary Martha Milligan sees a
bullet-shaped object emitting a burnt-orange exhaust fly straight and
level over Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “June 23, 1952: Oak Ridge,
Tenn.”; Sparks, p.
141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1869
Date: 6/23/1952
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Description: 10:00 a.m. National Guard Lt. Col. Oren
Laramore Depp [Johnny Depp’s
grandfather\] sees two objects looking like giant soap bubbles
reflecting yellow and lavender colors flying in line over Owensboro,
Kentucky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1870
Date: 6/23/1952
Locations: Geiger Field [now Spokane International
Airport]; Spokane, Washington
Description: 4:05 pm. Airport weather observer Rex
Thompson sees a round disc with a metallic shine flash and flutter like
a flipped coin for 5–7 minutes over Geiger Field [now Spokane
International Airport], Spokane, Washington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “June 23, 1952: Spokane,
Wash.”; Sparks, p. 140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1871
Date: 6/23/1952
Locations: McChord AFB; Joint Base Lews-McChord;
Tacoma, Washington
Description: 9:00 p.m. 2d Lt. K. Thompson sees a very
large light flying straight and level for 10 minutes at McChord AFB [now
Joint Base Lews-McChord] near Tacoma, Washington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 140;
Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010):
11, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1872
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: Grid area CV 4, Korea. Information came
via Japan H.Q. "CV 4359". At 6:08 a.m. a USAF pilot of the 18th
Fighter-Bomber Group sighted a black coin-shaped object about seven
times wider than it was thick, with an estimated diameter of 15-20 feet,
that made an irregular descent. It flew at a fixed altitude for 6-7
seconds, approached the pilot's plane, then disappeared into a
cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Richard F.
Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p.
50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3613
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At 3:30 a.m. Martha
Milligan, a secretary, saw a bullet-shaped object with burnt-orange
exhaust fly straight and level for 30-60 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1334; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
266
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3614
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: In Owensboro, Kentucky at 10:00 a.m.
National Guard Lt. Col. O. L. Depp and another man heard a sound like an
airplane and witnessed two objects looking like "giant soap bubbles",
reflecting yellow and lavender colors. They flew one behind the other
for five seconds, then vanished from view.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1335; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
267
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3615
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: Airport weather observer Rex Thompson in
Spokane, Washington sighted a round disc with a metallic shine at 4:05
pm. It flashed and fluttered like a flipped coin for 5-7 minutes. Many
others saw a fiery light that might have been a meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1331; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3616
Date: 6/23/1952
Description: McChord AFB, Washington. At around 9 p.m.
Lt. K. Thompson watched a very large light that flew straight and level
for 10 minutes. Four miles west of the Air Base several yellow-whitish
nocturnal lights in a V formation made precise maneuvers in sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1332; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July 20th, p. 23; Kevin D.
Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 266
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3617
Date: 6/24/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / DURANGO, CO
Description: Highway Patrolman. Silver object going
[to] alongside B50 bomber. 3 separate observer(s) see saucers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 824)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2236
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, 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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1900", HatchDesc: "SE/DURANGO,CO:Hwy PATROLMAN:SLVR OBJ > ALONGSIDE B50 BOMBER:3 SEP.OBS SEE SCRS", LatLong: "37.216668 -107.800005", LatLongDMS: "37:13:00 N 107:48:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/24/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: GOOSE BAY, NFLD
Description: Fiery sphere makes 90° turn. Dives at men
/ ground. RADAR-visual and Air Traffic Controller observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.
Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp.
(Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2237
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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "GOOSE BAY,NFLD:FIERY SPHERE MAKES 90°TURN:DIVES at MEN/GND:RDR-VISUAL+ATC obs", LatLong: "53.333336 -60.450003", LatLongDMS: "53:20:00 N 60:27:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Newfoundland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/24/1952
Location: Paris
Description: The first issue of Ouranos is published by
the Commission Internationale d’Enquêtes sur les Soucoupes Volantes, in
Paris.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ouranos, no.
1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1873
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: USA, Chicago, Illinois.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs. Norbury, Mr. Matheis. A luminous, white-yellow, ovoid
object, which occasionally had a red trail, performed circular flights
(7 times) during the one and a half hour observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1617
Date: 6/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Tokyo (Japan)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1340 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1075
Date: 6/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago,
Illinois, Ms. Norbury and Mr. Matheis observed a bright yellow-white
egg-shaped object with a red tail, making 7 circles in 1.5 hours.
(20:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1344 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1076
Date: 6/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Japan, in the Korean zone.
Reference: case Blue
Book #1347 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1077
Date: 6/25/1952 (approximate)
Location: BAFFIN ISLAND, NWT
Description: USAF weathermen / theodolite.
Silver-metallic ovoid passes going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2238
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "307", HatchDesc: "BAFFIN ISLAND,NWT:USAF WEATHERMEN/THEODOLITE:SLVR-MTLC OVOID PASSES >>SW", LatLong: "68.833337 -76.183337", LatLongDMS: "68:50:00 N 76:11:00 W", Locale: "Tundra", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Northwest Territories", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/25/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: K14 AB / SUWON, KOREA
Description: Separate observer(s). Dull-silver
coin-disc spins counterclockwise. Several passes south to/from/between
north / 45°.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2239
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "K14 AB/SUWON,KOREA:SEP.OBS:DULL-SLVR COIN-DISC SPINS CCW:SVRL PASSES S<>N/45°", LatLong: "37.277780 126.927784", LatLongDMS: "37:16:40 N 126:55:40 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEO", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: No information (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1340)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1067
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: Japan, Korea Area, Far East
Description: Military witness(es). Case missing [?].
(NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1347)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1068
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Bright yellow-white, egg-shaped object
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1344)
Reference: NICAP: 520625
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1069
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: unknown location, MI
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1070
Date: 6/25/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. Norbury, Mr. Matheis. One
bright yellow-white, egg-shaped object which sometimes had a red tail,
made seven circles in 1 1/2 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_154
Date: 6/25/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Japan-Korea area
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_155
Date: 6/25/1952
Description: Wilbert B.
Smith writes an “Interim Report on Project Magnet,” in which he
states: “If, as appears evident, the flying saucers are emissaries from
some other civilization, and actually do operate no magnetic principles,
we have before us the fact that we have missed something in magnetic
theory but have a good indication of the direction in which to look for
the missing quantities.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p.
185
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1874
Date: 6/25/1952
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Daniel Norbury and Lawrence
Matheis see a bright yellow-white, egg-shaped object, sometimes with a
red tail, make seven circles over Chicago, Illinois.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “June 25, 1952: Chicago,
Illinois”; Sparks, p. 141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1875
Date: 6/25/1952
Description: At 20:23 p.m. over Suwon, Korea a silver
coin-shaped object was seen spinning in a counterclockwise direction.
The edges of the disc were dark blue, with its diameter seven times
larger than its thickness. It changed course, paused, then rose
vertically straight up. A bright yellow-white egg-shaped light flew at a
slightly higher elevation than the planet Venus over Chicago, Illinois.
Occasionally had a red tail light visible. It made a large continuous
circle in the night sky at a slow speed. Project Blue Book
"unidentified" case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1344
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3648
Date: 6/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Terre Haute
(Indiana), 2nd Lieutenant of the USAF
C. W. Povelites observed an object flying at 600 miles/h then stopping.
(2 h 45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1348 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1078
Date: 6/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pottstown
(Pennsylvania), the assistant airport director observed for 30 minutes 3
appearances of bright lights: 2 distant lights 2 miles away, and the
leader blinking regularly and the other irregularly; 2 similar blinking
lights, 1 mile away; finally, 1 single light. Their speed is estimated
between 150 and 250 miles/h. (23 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1351 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1079
Date: 6/26/1952
Location: US
Description: The National Guardian.
"TOP SECRET" PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE 50 YEARS. William A.
Reuben ridiculed the contention of U.S. Attorney Myles Lane that the
Rosenbergs had given Soviet Russia some of our top secrets, "including a
project for a platform 3,000 miles in space." Reuben pointed out that K.
Tsiolkovsky sketched this in 1903 in "The Rocket In Cosmic Space." So
did Hermann Oberth in 1922 in "The Rocket Into Interplanetary Space,"
and as late as 1948, Secretary of Defense Forrestal referred in his
annual report to an "earth satellite vehicle program." A New York Times
science editor scoffed at Forrestal's project being secret, pointing out
it was obviously derived from Oberth.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_203
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: CELINA, OH
Description: Minister and wife. Luminous/glowing dark
disk going south straight and level across town. Slight tilt.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 826)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2240
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "265", HatchDesc: "CELINA,OH:MINISTER+WIFE:LUMN DARK DISK >S S/L ACROSS TOWN:SLIGHT TILT:", LatLong: "40.550002 -84.572226", LatLongDMS: "40:33:00 N 84:34:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTHWEST / VALDOSTA, GA
Description: Pilots and more/others. Orange night
lights zigzag and circle town and Air Force Base. Futile T33 chase. /
r43p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 827)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2241
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "75", HatchDesc: "NW/VALDOSTA,GA:PILOTS++:ORG NLTS ZIGZAG+CCL TOWN+AFB:FUTILE T33 CHASE:/r43p15", LatLong: "30.916668 -83.300004", LatLongDMS: "30:55:00 N 83:18:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: MITCHELL AIR FORCE BASE, LI, NY
Description: Pan-AM pilot. Night light hovers and
maneuvers. "No familiar craft or weapon".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2242
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "MITCHELL AFB,LI,NY:PAN-AM PILOT:NLT HVRS+MNVRS:"NO FAMILIAR CRAFT OR WEAPON"", LatLong: "40.716669 -73.600004", LatLongDMS: "40:43:00 N 73:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: POTTSTOWN, PA
Description: 2 glowing-objects going southeast. 15
minute(s) later 2 more. Yet another. All going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 221)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2243
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "46", HatchDesc: "POTTSTOWN,PA:2 GLOW-OBJs >SE:15min LATER 2 MORE:YET ANOTHER:ALL >>SE", LatLong: "40.233335 -75.650004", LatLongDMS: "40:14:00 N 75:39:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 6/26/1952
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: Undescribed object fly at 600 mph (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1348)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1071
Date: 6/26/1952
Location: Pottstown, PA
Description: 3 different sightings of flashing lights
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1351)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1072
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 2:45 AM
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Description: Witness: USAF 2nd Lt. C. W. Povelites.
Undescribed object flew at 600 m.p.h. and then stopped. No further
information in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_156
Date: 6/26/1952
Time: 11:50 PM
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: assistant manager of airport.
Three sightings of flashing lights: two lights separated by 2 miles,
with the leader flashing steadily and the other irregularly; two
similarly flashing lights, but with l mile separation; finally a single
light. Speed estimated at 150-250 m.p.h.. Total of 1/2 hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_157
Date: 6/26/1952
Description: In Celina, Ohio at 1:30 a.m. a married
couple saw a glowing but dark colored disc fly over the town slowly
toward the south, at a low altitude. It flew with a slight tilt, and
made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2259
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3666
Date: 6/26/1952
Description: Later that day in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
a procession of discs flew by. At 11:50 p.m. two objects flew
side-by-side in tandem-one had steady lights and the other had flashing
lights. Fifteen minutes later two more passed over in the same
configuration. After another fifteen minutes a single object flew
over.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1351
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3667
Date: 6/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Topeka
(Kansas), K. P. Kelly, 2nd Lieutenant and USAF pilot and his wife
observed a red object changing from a circular to a vertical oval shape
at a pulsating rate. The object remained stationary for 5 minutes, then
they left. (June 27, 6:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1355 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1080
Date: 6/27/1952
Time: 01:40
Location: BRONX, NYC, NY
Description: Round smooth glowing saucer parks
overhead. Then going north and sharp turn going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2244
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "37", HatchDesc: "BRONX,NYC,NY:ROUND SMOOTH GLOWING SCR PARKS OVHD:THEN > N + SHARP TURN>>W", LatLong: "40.833335 -73.866670", LatLongDMS: "40:50:00 N 73:52:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "99", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/27/1952
Time: 08:00?
Location: MALTA
Description: UK Marines. Saucer going [to] over island.
Fast. High-altitude. Morning. Reuters copy / r136#8p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: MALTA UFO RESEARCH:
J.J.Mercieca. www.mufor.org email:
mufor at maltanet.net
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2245
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "Greece and Island nations", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MALTA:UK MARINES:SCR >OVR ISLAND:FAST:HI-ALT:morning:Reuters copy/r136#8p29", LatLong: "35.833335 14.500001", LatLongDMS: "35:50:00 N 14:30:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MLT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/27/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: TOPEKA, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1355. 2 military.
200' sphere/orb/globe-saucer changes shape. Back 30X / min!
Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2246
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "TOPEKA,KS:BBK#1355:2 MIL:200' ORB-SCR CHANGES SHAPE:BACK 30X/min!:VANISHES!", LatLong: "39.033335 -95.683338", LatLongDMS: "39:02:00 N 95:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/27/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: FT. MYERS, FL
Description: 2 / home. Round orange disk hovers. Large
sharp drop. Stops. Then going north slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 828)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2247
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: "7", Duration: "6", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "Ft.MYERS,FL:2/HOME:RND ORG DISK HVRS:LARGE SHARP DROP:STOPS:then >N slowly:", LatLong: "26.638890 -81.872226", LatLongDMS: "26:38:20 N 81:52:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/27/1952
Location: Topeka, KS
Description: Pulsating red object change shape from
circular to a vertical oval (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
1355)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1073
Date: 6/27/1952
Time: 6:50 PM
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot 2nd Lt. K. P. Kelly
and wife. One pulsating red object which changed shape from a circular
to a vertical oval as it pulsed. Was stationary for about 5 minutes,
then went out.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_158
Date: 6/27/1952
End date: 6/30/1952
Location: McChord AFB in Tacoma, Washington
Description: Ruppelt visits
McChord AFB in Tacoma, Washington, to look into recent sightings there.
Capt. Harnnagy of the 4704 Air Defense Wing Intelligence tells him that
the objects are always seen in the northern sky around 8:00 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1876
Date: 6/27/1952
Description: A military pilot named Kelly saw a UFO
hover at 6:50 p.m. and pulsate a brilliant red over Topeka, Kansas. The
shape of the object varied from circular to oval in the vertical
dimension as the object pulsated. A Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1355; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July
20th, p. 27; Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol,
p. 267
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3692
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Kirtland
Air Force Base near Albuquerque (New Mexico), 2 witnesses observed
for 30 s 2 silver discs heading south and then quickly rising to
separate, one to the southwest, the other to the east. Wind of 25 km/h.
(13 h 20)
Reference: Hynek, 1974, DD-7
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1081
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Nagoya
(Honshu, Japan), T. W. Barger, Captain and Electronic Countermeasures
Officer of the USAF,
observed a dark blue elliptical shaped object with a pulsating border
flying straight at approximately 700 or 800 miles/h. (16 h 10)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1363 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1082
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Lake
Kishkonough (Wisconsin), Lake G. Metcalfe observed for 10 s a
white-silver sphere transforming into an ellipse while spinning and
making a very rapid ascent. (18 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1361 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1083
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 13:20
Location: NEAR KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 saucers seen 30 second(s) / 2
observer(s). 1 going east. Other going SSE. Instant acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A
Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2248
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "nr KIRTLAND AFB,NM:2 SCRS SEEN 30sec/2 OBS:1 >E:OTHER >SSE:INSTANT ACCEL.", LatLong: "35.033335 -106.633338", LatLongDMS: "35:02:00 N 106:38:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: NAGOYA, JPN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1364. ECM officer.
Silent ovoid straight and level 750mph going quickly northeast. Edge
pulses blue.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2249
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "NAGOYA,JPN:BBK#1364:ECM OFFICER:SLNT OVOID S/L 750mph>>NE:EDGE PULSES BLUE", LatLong: "35.150002 136.883340", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 136:53:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: LAKE KOSHKONONG, WI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1361. 1 ground
observer(s). White saucer high over F80-jet makes 180 turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2250
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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "237", HatchDesc: "LAKE KOSHKONONG,WI:BBK#1361:1 GND OBS:WHT SCR HI OVR F80-JET MAKES 180 TURN", LatLong: "42.883335 -88.983338", LatLongDMS: "42:53:00 N 88:59:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CALUSO, ITL
Description: 1 observer. Flashing disk hovers vertical
by woods. Turns horizontal. Ozone odor.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2251
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, ODR: Odors associated with UFO's
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "CALUSO,ITL:1 OBS:FLASHING DISK HVRS VERTICAL by WOODS:TURNS HZNTL:OZONE ODOR", LatLong: "45.300002 7.883334", LatLongDMS: "45:18:00 N 07:53:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Torino", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/28/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: 2 silvery disc-like objects high in the
sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1074
Date: 6/28/1952
Location: Lake Kishkonoug, WI
Description: Silver-white sphere become an ellipse
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1361)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1075
Date: 6/28/1952
Location: Nagoya, Honshu, Japan
Description: Dark blue elliptical-shaped object (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1363)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1076
Date: 6/28/1952
Location: Pacific bet. Hawaii and Calif., in
airspace
Description: Bright Light Crosses C-97's Path (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520628
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1077
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 6 PM
Location: Lake Kishkanoug, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: G. Metcalfe. One silver-white
sphere became an ellipse as it turned and climbed away very fast. 10
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_159
Date: 6/28/1952
Time: 4:10 PM
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Description: Witness: Capt. T. W. Barger, USAF
electronics countermeasures officer. One dark blue elliptical-shaped
object with a pulsing border flew straight and level at 700-800
m.p.h..
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_160
Date: 6/28/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 1:20 p.m. Two observers at the Cargo Air
Service hangar at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico, see two
silvery discs high in the sky and moving to the south. They noiselessly
climb nearly vertically at high speed, one going south-southeast, the
other heading almost due east. The observation lasts 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, THE UFO Experience,
Ballantine ed., 1974, pp.
68–69; Sparks, p. 142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1877
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico - Two round
silver disks were sighted by two men aboard a Carco Air Service cargo
plane flying south of Kirtland AFB at 1:20 p.m. The craft initially
moved slowly and silently to the south, but picked up speed instantly
speed and climbed vertically. After climbing one object veered to the
east and the second continued on in a south-southeasterly direction.
They made no detectable sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience: A
Scientific Inquiry, p. 60; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 181
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3709
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: At 6 o'clock in the evening a silvery
white sphere was observed flying over Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin. It
made a 180 degree turn and assumed an elliptical shape during the turn,
then returned to a spherical appearance as it flew on.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
June-July 20th, p. 28; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 268
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3710
Date: 6/28/1952
Description: A flashing disc shaped object hovered
vertically in the air by some woods near Lake Caluso in the Piemonte
region of Italy around nine o'clock in the evening. It rotated 90
degrees into a horizontal position, and left behind an odor of
ozone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I,
(Periodo 1907-1953), p. 136
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3711
Date: 6/29/1952
Location: USA, O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois.
Description: (Translated from French) 5:45 p.m.
Witnesses: Three USAF M.P.s. A bright, silver, oval and flat object,
surrounded by a blue halo, flew, then moved very quickly from left to
right, up and down for 45 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1618
Date: 6/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At O'Hare Airport
in Chicago (Illinois), 3 USAF air policemen observe a flat silver-white
object wrapped in a blue halo remaining stationary then quickly moving
to the right, left and up and down for several minutes. (June 29, 5:45
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1364 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1084
Date: 6/29/1952
Location: Thuringia, East Germany
Description: Sunday Graphic and Sunday News. -
London England. IT WAS A FLYING SAUCER TO HIM. A
refugee from the Russian occupied zone said today that he saw a flying
saucer take off from a forest clearing in Thuringia, East Germany. Herr
Oskar Linke, reported that he came upon the flying saucer three miles
from the U.S. zone and saw crew members of its crew. He said, "My
11-year-old daughter and I glimpsed something white through the trees.
We crept near and we saw a huge oval disk about 25 feet across lying on
the ground. It looked like an enormous phosphorescent warming pan
without a handle. We saw two figures wearing metallic overalls. My
daughter screamed in fright and the two climbed hastily into the disk
which had circular portholes around the edges. The upper works retracted
and the saucer began to rise -- slowly at first -- into the air. We felt
the swish of air it made. It hovered at 100 feet and then sped out of
sight." Linz is an ex-mayor of a East German town, who fled from
Communist persecution. In London last night, Kenneth Gatland, Fellow of
the British Interplanetary Society said, "Such a contraption must come
from outside this earth. Nothing like it is known here."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_207
Date: 6/29/1952
Location: PARK RIDGE, IL
Description: 3 military cops. 10M saucer over 2 radio
towers. Jumps about / 45 minute(s). Blue-glowing.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2252
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "45", Elev: "195", HatchDesc: "PARK RIDGE,IL:3 MIL COPS:10M SCR ovr 2 RDO TOWERS:JUMPS ABOUT/45min:BLU-GLO", LatLong: "42.011113 -87.838893", LatLongDMS: "42:00:40 N 87:50:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/29/1952
Location: O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL
Description: A bright silver smooth surfaced, flat oval
30 ft object (Jan Aldrich; unpublished Ruppelt manuscript) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1364)
Reference: NICAP: 520629
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1078
Date: 6/29/1952
Time: 5:45 PM
Location: O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Description: witnesses: three USAF air policemen. One
bright silver, flat oval object surrounded by a blue haze, hovered, then
moved very fast to the right and to the left, and up and down for 45
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_161
Date: 6/29/1952
Locations: O’Hare Airport; Chicago
Description: 5:45 p.m. Three Air Force police officers
of the 83rd Air Base Squadron at O’Hare Airport in Chicago spot a flat,
oval object as it hovers between two radio towers about 7 miles away. It
is bright silver in color, encircled by white haze, and appears about 30
feet in diameter. During the next 45 minutes the object moves to the
southwest and then back north. It accelerates instantaneously to a speed
faster than a jet fighter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book
documents]; Sparks, p. 143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1878
Date: 6/29/1952
Description: On this night three military policemen in
Park Ridge, Illinois near O'Hare Airport sighted a thirty foot in
diameter disc with a blue glow hovering over two civilian radio towers.
It jumped about in the sky for 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1364.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3726
Date: 6/29/1952
Description: At 9:05 p.m. EDT a BOAC airliner with 22
witnesses aboard tracked a group of at least seven objects for 18
minutes over Canada, first encountering the objects around Sept-Iles in
Quebec. The objects were seen flying in and out of broken cloud cover.
There were six small ovals and a larger dark object, which was
continually changing shape. It was described as changing shape "like a
swarm of bees might do." The six smaller orbs were "strung out in a
line." The explanation provided by the US Air Force, that they were
witnessing Mars, was impossible at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Brinsley LePoer Trench, The Flying Saucer
Story, p. 33; Gordon D. Thayer, in Edward Condon (ed.), Scientific Study
of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 139; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft
UFO Encounters, p.23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3727
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: CANADA, London (Ontario)
Description: (Translated from French) (The London Free
Press, June 30, 1952, pages 1 and 12) In Clarke Street and Oxford
Street, the inhabitants saw in the evening a light so bright that it was
as bright as day for two minutes, emitting a kind of low humming sound.
At the London control tower they said the saucer was blue and followed a
flash of light. The officials of the H.E.P.C. suppose that the
phenomenon was due to the mobile transformer parked in the area. The
transformer was fried during the storm.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1619
Date: 6/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A 40 year old man
is riding a motorcycle with his 11 year old daughter in the Hasselbach
region (former GDR). Suddenly, the child tells him she has seen
"something" in the woods. Her father heads towards the indicated spot.
He recounts: Thinking it was a deer, I approached quietly. Suddenly, I
stopped, struck with amazement: in front of me, between the trees, stood
two beings resembling men, wearing strange metallic suits. They were
carefully examining the ground of a small clearing. Close to them stood
a metal saucer of impressive size, measuring at least 8 meters in
diameter. Its edges were pierced with two rows of openings. Its upper
part was dominated by a cylindrical metal tube in a blackish color,
shaped like a turret placed in the vertical axis of the craft. Under the
effect of surprise, I called my daughter who had stayed near the
motorcycle. But upon hearing my voice, the two metal-clad beings rushed
towards the craft, entered the cylinder and locked themselves in. One of
them had a kind of lamp on his chest that emitted flashes at regular
intervals. In a few seconds, the edges of the craft where the openings I
had mentioned appeared began to vibrate as if under the effect of an
intense inner fire. They took on a green hue, then became vermilion,
like metal heated to red. While these phenomena were occurring, I heard
a faint humming. I had the impression that the cylindrical tube
disappeared while the craft was lifting, which allowed me to observe
that this tube extended underneath and served as a support. Taking
advantage of this powerful support, the craft continued to rise. It was
like a monstrous pink mushroom... When it had reached a certain height,
it began to spin at an increasing speed. Then it moved away vibrating
and without ceasing to spin like a top. The cylindrical tube had
completely disappeared from the underside. The craft's ascent speed
increased rapidly. Suddenly, it stopped horizontally and disappeared
behind the hill at a dizzying speed. (June 30th)
Reference: These Mysterious UFOs, op. cit., p.
133 and following.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1085
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: SEASIDE PARK, NJ
Description: 1 observer. Saucer over 3 Air Force jets;1
towing target. Saucer vanishes / smoke!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2253
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "SEASIDE PARK,NJ:1 OBS:SCR OVR 3 AF JETS;1 TOWING TARGET:SCR VANISHES/SMOKE!", LatLong: "39.927780 -74.077781", LatLongDMS: "39:55:40 N 74:04:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 6/30/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: SEA OF JAPAN
Description: Location unknown. 3 in USAF C54.
Cloud-saucer hides / clouds. Seen 5mn. Speeds away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2254
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SEA of JAPAN:loc unk:3 in USAF C54:CLOUD-SCR HIDES/CLOUDS:SEEN 5mn:SPEEDS AWAY", LatLong: "39.000002 135.000006", LatLongDMS: "39:00:00 N 135:00:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SJP", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: Columbia, MO
Description: Object at extreme distance irregularly
changing color from red to green (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1079
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: Gaudet [and Wolf?]. (Jan Aldrich; FUFOR
Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1080
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: Sea of Japan, at sea
Description: Circular object flattened on top and
bottom (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1081
Date: 6/30/1952
Location: Pentagon
Description: Ruppelt says
that by this time there is a split in opinion in the military about what
to do about UFOs. One group assumes that UFOs are interplanetary, and
information must be withheld at a top-secret level. “The enthusiasm of
this group took a firm hold in the Pentagon, at Air Defense Command
headquarters, on the Research and Development Board, and many other
agencies.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
152–153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1879
Date: 7/1952
Location: Ohio Northern University
Description: Ohio Northern University sets up Project
"A" to investigate the UFO's.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_117
Date: 7/1952
Description: Pilots Nash and Fortenberry see 6
discs.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_118
Date: 7/1952
Location: USA, Mojave Desert (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Tollkeeper Truman
Bethurum claimed to have boarded a giant craft and to have had several
conversations with the ship's commander... a splendid Venusian (named
Ranes) who seemed to have a weakness for men with a bald head as smooth
as a billiard ball. Which, of course, was the case of Bethurum! When she
received her terrestrial friend, she was surrounded by a court of little
men (...) (A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" - De Vecchi 1976, p. 226,
227) Truman Bethurum claimed to have met in the Mojave Desert, from July
to November 1952, therefore before Adamski, a female extraterrestrial
entity who presented herself under the name of Aura Rhanes (July to
November 1952)
Reference: Jean SIDER: "UFO, the Unmasked Invaders",
ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 77
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1621
Date: 7/1952
Location: USA, Washington
Description: (Translated from French) Above the
capital, a UFO was hit by a burst of machine gun fire from a Navy jet. A
fragment of the object was recovered and handed over to laboratories for
analysis. (Note from Vog: probably on the 26th or 27th of July) (Jacques
POTTIER: "Les Soucoupes Volantes" - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 30) During the
summer of 1952, a metal fragment was ejected from an unidentified flying
object. It was determined to be an orthosilicate matrix of magnesium,
according to Frank Edwards. The Condon Report indicates that there is no
official confirmation and the deposition of the samples is
unknown.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: "Confrontations" - Laffont
1991, p. 68
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1658
Date: 7/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: NEAR MASCOT, NSW
Description: Ana pilot. Orange fireball going quickly
[to] by. Returns. Circles airliner. Going quickly east. Nothing /
RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 832)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2255
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "nr MASCOT,NSW:ANA PILOT:ORG FBL >> BY:RETURNS:CCLS AIRLINER:>>E:nothing/rdr", LatLong: "-33.933335 151.200007", LatLongDMS: "33:56:00 S 151:12:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NSW", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1952
Locations: Sydney, New South Wales; Fairfield, New
South Wales
Description: Edgar
Jarrold begins the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia’s first civilian UFO organization, following his
personal observation of two fast-moving yellow lights in the sky over
Fairfield, New South Wales.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucers on
His Mind,” Sydney \(N.S.W.) Morning Gazette, February 2, 1954, p. 7;
Clark III 632
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1882
Date: 7/1952
Location: Schenectady, New York
Description: Afternoon. A man driving a car near
Schenectady, New York, sees an oblong object hovering nearby. A gondola
lowers from the object and a bunch of “Navy officers in white hats” rush
to the windows. All are wearing huge dark glasses. The gondola goes back
up, and three smaller UFOs appear and go inside the bigger one.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT
Index 1952–1953, p. 10; Clark III 267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1883
Date: 7/1952
Locations: Ohio Northern University; Ada, Ohio; Los
Angeles
Description: The administration and faculty of Ohio
Northern University, in Ada, Ohio, announce the formation of Project A:
Investigation of Phenomena, saying that members of the engineering,
pharmacy, law, and liberal arts colleges will examine the evidence for
UFOs under the direction of Dean Warren
L. Hickman. Project A personnel seek reports from the public and
collect newspaper clippings. The project receives a disappointing 54
completed questionnaires, far lower than the 200 they would like for a
scientific sampling. However, they do estimate that about 20% involve
“unnatural phenomena.” After unsuccessful attempts to obtain reports
from Civilian Saucer Investigation in Los Angeles and other groups, the
university closes the project down in mid-1954.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 3; Clark III 916; Curt
Collins, “Project
A: The Short Life
of a UFO Study,” September 21, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1884
Date: 7/1952
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Pilot Fred Reagan’s Piper Cub Plane
collided with a bright, dazzling lozenge-shaped UFO. Reagan died in May,
1953 because of a degeneration of brain tissue due to extreme atomic
radiation, for which authorities were unable to offer an
explanation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_18
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Hasselbach
(Germany), the local politician and former major of the Whermarcht Oskar
Linke and his stepdaughter Gabrielle (11 years old) have to abandon
their motorcycle: while walking near a wood, they see between the trees
a large saucer (15 m) on the ground, topped with a 3 m conical tower.
Linke will affirm: Near it were 2 characters... in metallic, shining
outfits. Gabrielle addresses them and they quickly get back into the UFO
and take off in the direction of Stockheim.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1086
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A shepherd who is
1600 m away from the woods and the guardian of a sawmill see the UFO
take off.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1087
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Boston
(Massachusetts), two silver cigar-shaped objects are seen moving towards
the Southwest.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1088
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Fort
Monmouth (New Jersey), visual and radar observation of 2 UFOs. The
objects were stationary, then quickly moved towards the
South-West.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1089
Date: 7/1/1952
Location: Fort Monmouth, NJ
Description: Radar/visual of two objects hovering and
speeding 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_97
Date: 7/1/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: BEDFORD, MA
Description: Many observer(s). Saucer outraces 2 F94s.
Going southwest. 2 cigars / 500mph / Lynn, Ma. / r242p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2256
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "41", HatchDesc: "BEDFORD,MA:MANY OBS:SCR OUTRACES 2 F94s:>SW:2 CGRS/500mph/LYNN,MA:/r242p84", LatLong: "42.488891 -71.277781", LatLongDMS: "42:29:20 N 71:16:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/1/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: PORT MONMOUTH, NJ
Description: 12+observer(s) / RADAR. 2 cigars / 15km
altitude / 5 minute(s). Going quickly southwest. 2nd / 0907hrs. /
r28p306.
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_2257
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, 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: "10", Duration: "27", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PORT MONMOUTH,NJ:12+OBS/RDR:2 CGRs/15km alt/5min:>>SW:2nd/0907hrs:/r28p306", LatLong: "40.416669 -74.083337", LatLongDMS: "40:25:00 N 74:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Physics Professor and 500 at G. Washington
university/universe(al). Metallic saucer hovers and maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2258
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "8", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:PHYSICS PROF+500 at G.WASHINGTON UNIV:METALLIC SCR HVRS+MNVRS", LatLong: "38.900002 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "38:54:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: OVER MT. WILSON, CA
Description: Observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars
watches 6-engine B36. So does motionless saucer / 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2259
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "1740", HatchDesc: "ovr Mt WILSON,CA:OBS/BINOCS WATCHES 6-ENGINE B36:SO DOES MOTIONLESS SCR/10min", LatLong: "34.233335 -118.083339", LatLongDMS: "34:14:00 N 118:05:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN / SOUTH SWEDEN
Description: 3 RSAF men. Silver-grey classic saucer.
Very fast. No further details. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 832)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2260
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "loc.unk/S.SWEDEN:3 RSAF MEN:SLVR-GRY CLASSIC SCR:VFAST:NFD:see ref", LatLong: "57.000003 14.000001", LatLongDMS: "57:00:00 N 14:00:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Sweden", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/1/1952
Location: Boston, MA
Description: 7:25 am. Two silvery elliptical UFOs were
observed visually near Boston, where an F-94 interceptor was sent up to
investigate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520701
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1082
Date: 7/1/1952
Location: Fort Monmouth, NJ
Description: 2 big lights about 20 ft diameter fly
straight and level, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520701
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1083
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: J.
Robert Moskin‘s article appears in Look magazine. It features Gen.
Hoyt
Vandenberg’s declaration that “we cannot afford to be complacent”
about UFOs. Keyhoe says
that the article has upset the “silence group” in the Pentagon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Robert Moskin, “Hunt for the Flying
Saucer,” Look. July 1, 1952, pp. 37–41; Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 52–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1885
Date: 7/1/1952
Locations: Boston, Massachusetts; Lynn, Massachusetts;
Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: 7:25 a.m. A Ground Observer Corps spotter
sees a UFO headed southwest across Boston, Massachusetts. Two F-94s are
scrambled. Erwin W. Nelson and his wife at Lynn, Massachusetts, notice
two vapor trails from the climbing jets, look around, and see in the
west a bright silver “cigar shaped object about six times as long as it
was wide” heading over Boston at a very high altitude. An identical UFO
is following the first some distance back. No vapor trails are visible.
The witnesses watch the F-94s search back and forth far below the UFOs.
At 7:30, USAF Capt. Robert
E. Metcalf, petroleum officer for the 6520th Test Support Wing, and
USAF air policemen M/Sgt James
Stiner and M/Sgt Joseph R. Bosh, 6520th Air Police Squadron, at
Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts, see the two jets, look for what
they are intercepting, and see to the east a 100-foot-long silvery
ellipse “fatter than a cigar” traveling southwest. At two points, the
object seems to hover, then continues at about 40,000 feet. The object’s
path intersects contrails of the two jets heading southeast. Metcalf
loses sight of the object on his way to the tower after a few minutes,
then sees it again at about 7:40 a.m., noting it has increased distance
“considerably,” but finally loses sight of it at the tower.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book
document]; UFOEv, p.
160; Ruppelt, pp.
150–151; Sparks, p. 144
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1886
Date: 7/1/1952
Locations: East Coast; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey;
Washington, D.C.; George Washington University, D.C.
Description: 8:40–9:15 a.m. Two silvery objects move
south along the East Coast and hover near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for
about 5 minutes at 50,000 feet. As radar at Fort Monmouth detects the
objects, they put on a burst of speed and head southwest toward
Washington, D.C., confirmed visually. At about 12:00 noon, a physics
professor at George Washington University in D.C. sees a grayish UFO
hovering and arcing back and forth across the sky for about 8 minutes.
He guesses about 500 people are watching the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Objects Tracked
at 50,000ʹ, G/V”;
Ruppelt, pp.
151–152; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, pp. 36– 37; Sparks, p.
144
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1887
Date: 7/1/1952
Description: Lynn, Massachusetts - At about 7:25 in the
morning two F-94's were scrambled to intercept a UFO that a Ground
Observer Corps spotter reported was travelling southwest across Boston.
Radar couldn't pick it up so the jets were vectored into the general
area. At 7:30 a.m. a man and his wife in Lynn noticed the two vapor
trails from the F-94 interceptors and looked around the sky to see if
they could spot what the jets were after. They saw a bright silver
cigar-shaped object "about six times as long as it was wide" moving
southwest. As they watched they saw an identical UFO was following the
first one some distance back. Both were moving just a little faster than
the two jets. The UFOs appeared to be at a very high altitude, and the
couple watched as the two F-94's searched back and forth far below the
UFOs. The Air Force lists the explanation of the objects as probable
balloons.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, The Report on
Unidentified Flying Objects. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956, pg.
150
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3769
Date: Early 7/1952
Location: USA, Giant Rock, California
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: beginning of
summer 52) An entity by the name of "Portla" announced to Van Tassel
that the commander Ashtar of the intergalactic vessel Schare, would come
to him to speak to him. (continued 18 July 52) (Mitarbeiter, "Ufo
Geheimnisse", Berlin, January 1998) At the end of 1952 he published a
small 51 page self-published booklet entitled "I rode a Flying Saucer".
Van Tassel claimed to have dialogued in an ecstatic trance state and in
the presence of witnesses, with an extraterrestrial named Totalmon, then
with another one saying his name was Ashtar. (1952, beginning of
July)
Reference: Jean SIDER: "Ovni, les envahisseurs
démasqués", ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 76
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1620
Date: 7/2/1952
Location: USA, Tremonton (Utah)
Description: (Translated from French) The film had been
taken by US Navy Officer Delbert C. Newhouse. He and his wife were on a
drive. They were driving slowly at 11 km from Edmonton when suddenly
they saw a formation of bright objects against the blue sky. Newhouse
was a Navy photographer. The objects were round, unlike any known
aircraft, and moved at supersonic speeds. Grabbing his 16mm Bell and
Howell camera, Newhouse fitted a telephoto lens and used twelve meters
of film. At the end of the roll he pointed his camera at a disc that had
changed direction and left the formation, but by the time he had turned
his camera to the "formation" the other saucers had already disappeared.
(Donald E. KEYHOE: "The UFO File" - ed. Hachette 1952, p.139, 140) UFO
film shot by Delbert C. Newhouse, US Navy Chief Photographer. (Henry
DURRANT: "The UFO File" - Laffont 1973 - p.180) They were out for a
drive, he and his wife, near the Great Salt Lake when they saw a
formation of bright, round objects. He took his 16mm camera, set up the
telephoto lens and filmed the group of 12 to 14 objects. He used 13 m of
film. The US Navy Marine-Photo-Interpretation Laboratory spent over a
thousand hours analyzing the film.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: "UFO, We Are Not Alone"
- Presses de la Cité 1979, p. 77, 78
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1622
Date: 7/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation
at Tremonton (Utah), by Sergeant Delbert C. Newhouse. (Wednesday 2
July)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1090
Date: 7/2/1952
Location: Tremonton, UT
Description: Navy aviator captures UFOs on 16mm
film.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_98
Date: 7/2/1952
Time: 11:10
Location: US30 7 MILE(S) NORTH / TREMONTON, UT
Description: Navy man and 1. 12 saucers maneuver going
west. 40' good 16 mm film. / r242p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY;
Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2261
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "1315", HatchDesc: "US30 7mi.N/TREMONTON,UT:NAVY MAN+1:12 SCRS MNVR >W:40'GOOD 16mm FILM:/r242p15", LatLong: "41.716669 -112.183339", LatLongDMS: "41:43:00 N 112:11:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/2/1952
Location: Tremonton, UT
Description: The Tremonton, Utah / Newhouse Color Film
(NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520702
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1084
Date: 7/2/1952
Location: highway seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah,
US
Description: 11:10 a.m. As he is driving on a highway
seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, US Navy Chief Petty Officer
Delbert C. Newhouse and his wife see a strange object in the sky.
Newhouse pulls the car to the side of the road, gets out, and watches
12–14 UFOs at about 10,000 feet. Looking like “two pie pans, one
inverted on top of the other,” they are clustered in a loose formation,
“milling around.” He takes about 75 seconds worth of film through the
telephoto lens of his 16mm movie camera, though the objects have receded
a bit to shiny points of light. At one point a single object leaves the
pack, heading east, and Newhouse holds the camera still so the UFO
crosses the field of view. He repeats the procedure 3-4 times. Blue Book
obtains the film and sends it to the USAF Photo- Reconnaissance
Laboratory and the Navy’s Photo Interpretation Laboratory. Both analyses
eliminate the possibility of aircraft or birds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Tremonton,
Utah / Newhouse Color Film”; “Delbert
Newhouse UFO
Footage, 1952, Tremonton, Utah,” parkerdonaldmusic YouTube channel,
September 29, 2012; Ruppelt, pp. 220–222;
UFOEv, pp.
88, 112;
Hynek UFO Report, pp.
235–239; Condon, pp.
418–426; “Turner on Tremonton,” IUR 3, no. 5 (May 1978): 6; Swords
149; Clark III 1203–1204; Kevin D. Randle, “Newhouse’s
Tremonton, Utah Movie
Revisited,” A Different Perspective, December 12, 2013; Patrick
Gross, “Tremonton,
Utah, UFO Color Film of July
2, 1952” Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1888
Date: 7/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Selfridge (Michigan), witnesses observed two large lights of an
estimated diameter of 20 feet, flying straight at an alarming speed.
(4:15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1380 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1091
Date: 7/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago
(Illinois), Mrs. J. D. Arbuckle observed 2 bright pastel green discs
flying straight and very quickly for 6s. (23 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1382 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1092
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 06:10
Location: DAKAR, SENEGAL, (FWA)
Description: Odd meteor straight and level for 5
second(s). Then rises. Accounts differ. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2262
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "DAKAR,SENEGAL,(FWA):ODD METEOR S/L for 5sec:THEN RISES:accounts differ:NFD", LatLong: "14.666667 -17.433334", LatLongDMS: "14:40:00 N 17:26:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SNG", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 06:10
Location: AJAX, ON
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Flaming red disk
south going quickly north. Vapor trail. "Just like a tea-plate".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 839)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2263
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "AJAX,ON:2 SEP.OBS:FLAMING RED DISK S>>N:VAPOR TRAIL:"Just like a tea-plate"", LatLong: "43.850002 -79.016670", LatLongDMS: "43:51:00 N 79:01:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 06:20
Location: NEAR ROME CENTER, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1380. 2 6m circular
lights flash over country / low altitude. Many calls.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2264
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "10", Elev: "277", HatchDesc: "nr ROME CENTER,MI:BBK#1380:2 6m CIRC.LITES FLASH OVR COUNTRY/LO ALT:MANY CALLS", LatLong: "41.916669 -84.233337", LatLongDMS: "41:55:00 N 84:14:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: ORAN, ALGERIA
Description: Mechanic. Silver saucer maneuvers slowly.
Rotates rapidly / 3 minute(s). Going quickly west to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2265
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "ORAN,ALGERIA:MECHANIC:SLVR SCR MNVRS SLOWLY:ROTATES RAPIDLY/3min:>>W TO SEA", LatLong: "35.766668 -0.750000", LatLongDMS: "35:46:00 N 00:45:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oran", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1382. 1 observer. 2
pastel disks straight and level very fast / 6 second(s). No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2266
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "190", HatchDesc: "CHICAGO,IL:BBK#1382:1 OBS:2 PASTEL DISKS S/L VERY FAST/6sec:NFD", LatLong: "41.883335 -87.650004", LatLongDMS: "41:53:00 N 87:39:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/3/1952
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: 2 big lights about 20 ft diameter (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1380)
Reference: NICAP: 520703
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1085
Date: 7/3/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: 2 bright pastel green discs fly straight
and level very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1382)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1086
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 4:15 AM
Location: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
Description: Witnesses not identified. Two big lights,
estimated at 20' diameter, flew straight and level at tremendous
speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_162
Date: 7/3/1952
Time: 11:50 PM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Witness: Mrs. J. D. Arbuckle. Two bright
pastel green discs flew straight and level very fast for 6
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_163
Date: 7/3/1952
Locations: Manitou Beach Highway; Rome Center,
Michigan
Description: 4:15 a.m. A witness on the Manitou Beach
Highway near Rome Center, Michigan, watches two circular lights about 20
feet in diameter flying horizontally at tremendous speed at only a few
hundred feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 3, 1952:
Selfridge AFB, Mich.”; Sparks, p. 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1889
Date: 7/3/1952
Locations: Chicago, Illinois; O'Hare Airport
Description: 11:50 p.m. Mrs. J. D. Arbuckle sees two
bright pastel-green discs fly straight and level very fast for 6 seconds
over Chicago, Illinois. The next day the Air Force public information
office at O’Hare Airport says it has received 16 reports of UFOs over
Chicago in the past week. An Air Force spokesman says that jet patrols
are on alert 24 hours a day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 145; “Deny Reports of
‘Saucers’ Alerts,” Waterloo \(Iowa\) Courier, July 4, 1952, p.
1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1890
Date: 7/4/1952
Location: USA, Portland (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) Agent McDowell
was feeding the pigeons when a sudden agitation took hold of the birds.
Looking for what had scared the pigeons, he saw five large discs in the
sky to the east of Portland. The discs were diving and oscillating
vertically. McDowell notified this by radio. Paterson, who had heard the
alert, went outside and saw a disc of aluminum appearance heading
southwest. These discs were flying at an incredible speed.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on UFOs" -
Belfond 1979, pp. 100-102
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1623
Date: 7/4/1952
Location: USA, Emmeth (Idaho)
Description: (Translated from French) Commander Smith
and the entire crew of a UAL flight saw, to the west, first 5 flying
discs in formation. Then they saw 4 more, three in formation and one
flying alone at a good distance. Smith described them as thin and smooth
underneath, rough on top. They were silhouetted against the sun shortly
after 8:04 PM, takeoff time. The witnesses saw them for 70 km and then
they disappeared.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: New Report on UFOs - Belfond
1979, p. 102, 103
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1624
Date: 7/4/1952
Location: GLENROCK, WYOMING
Description: Saucer / 200-300mph. Slows. Circles.
Gyrates. Rises and falls. Going quickly [to] behind mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2267
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "1529", HatchDesc: "GLENROCK,WYOMING:SCR/200-300mph:SLOWS:CIRCLES:GYRATES:RISES+FALLS:>>BHND MTNS", LatLong: "42.861113 -105.872227", LatLongDMS: "42:51:40 N 105:52:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/4/1952
Time: 11:40
Location: STUTTGART, GERM
Description: 5+observer(s). Silver saucer hovers. 2nd
saucer joins. 1 goes then 2nd. Extreme speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2268
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "STUTTGART,GERM:5+OBS:SLVR SCR HVRS:2nd SCR JOINS:1 GOES THEN 2nd:XTREME SPEEDS", LatLong: "48.800002 9.233334", LatLongDMS: "48:48:00 N 09:14:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bade-Wurtemberg", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: USA, Richards, Washington
Description: (Translated from French) Several pilots
had seen a disk-shaped craft near the Richland atomic plant. (Donald E.
KEYHOE: "The Flying Saucer File" - ed. Hachette 1952, p.44) Four Florida
pilots reported seeing a flying saucer hovering over the Hanford atomic
base in Richlands, Washington. Capt. John Baldwin, Capt. George
Robertson, and pilots D. Shanbel and Steven Summers said the UFO was
round and flat. As it hovered over the installations, it gained speed,
reversed its course, and then quickly disappeared. A week later two
balls of fire were reported above the Hanford installations.
Reference: Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1625
Date: 7/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Norman
(Oklahoma), Hamilton, a state patrolman flying in his patrol plane
observed for 15 seconds three dark discs in silhouette against a dark
cloud remaining stationary and then flying away. (Saturday, July 5th,
7:58 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1390 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1093
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Hanford Atomic Plant at Richland, WA
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
FLYING DISK -- FOUR VETERAN PILOTS TELL OF SEEING SKY
SAUCER. Capt. John Baldwin of Coral Gables, Capt. George
Robertson of Miami, D. Shenkel of Miami, and Stephen Summers of Hialeah
reported sighting a "pancaked flying saucer" flying 20,000 feet above
the Hanford Atomic Plant at Richland. They described it as being a
"perfectly round disk, white in color, and almost transparent with small
vapor trails off it like the tentacles of an octopus".
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_209
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Hanford Nuc. Fac. WA
Description: Air space violation; round flat object
hovering over WA facility.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_99
Date: 7/5/1952
Time: 06:00
Location: HANFORD, WA
Description: 4 pilots. Saucer 2.7km over atomic plant.
Changes shape. / r242p38.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2269
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "HANFORD,WA:4 PILOTS:SCR 2.7km OVR ATOMIC PLANT:CHANGES SHAPE:/r242p38", LatLong: "46.533336 -119.500006", LatLongDMS: "46:32:00 N 119:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "7400", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/5/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: SSW / NORMAN, OKLA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1390. 3 saucers
hover until cop / private plane asks about them / radio.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2270
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "350", HatchDesc: "SSW/NORMAN,OKLA:BBK#1390:3 SCRS HVR until COP/PVT PLANE ASKS ABOUT THEM/RADIO", LatLong: "35.150002 -97.483338", LatLongDMS: "35:09:00 N 97:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/5/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: OFF NORWALK, CT
Description: 2 / boat. Intense low star becomes 2 small
night lights. Zip going up [to] until lost / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2271
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off NORWALK,CT:2/BOAT:INTENSE LO STAR BECOMES 2 SML NLTS:ZIP ↑ UNTIL LOST/SKY", LatLong: "41.066669 -73.400003", LatLongDMS: "41:04:00 N 73:24:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1087
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Richland, WA
Description: Hanford Atomic Works - perfect circular
white disc above the site (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1088
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Norman, OK
Description: Three Dark Discs Sighted From State Patrol
Airplane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB:
1390)
Reference: NICAP: 520705
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1089
Date: 7/5/1952
Location: Hanford AEC Plant (at Richland), WA
Description: C-46 Crew Observe Disc Over AEC Plant
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520705
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1090
Date: 7/5/1952
Time: 7:58 PM
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Description: Witness: Oklahoma State Patrolman Hamilton
in State Patrol airplane. Three dark discs hovered and then flew away,
silhouetted against a dark cloud. 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_164
Date: 7/5/1952
Locations: Hanford atomic site in Washington State;
9,000 feet above the Hanford atomic site in Washington State
Description: 6:00 a.m. Four commercial pilots flying at
9,000 feet above the Hanford atomic site in Washington State observe a
disc just below a deck of wispy clouds directly above their C-46. The
witnesses are Capt. John Baldwin, Capt. George Robertson, H. D. Shenkel,
and Steven Summers. Baldwin says that the disc stands still at first and
then seems to back away and change shape, becoming flat, gaining speed,
and then disappearing. Robertson says “we couldn’t pick it up on our
radar. We reversed our course and went back, but we couldn’t spot it
again.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “C-46 Crew Observe
Disc over AEC Plant”; Hynek UFO Report, p.
53; Sparks, p. 145; Swords
149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1891
Date: 7/5/1952
Locations: Oklahoma State; Norman, Oklahoma
Description: 7:58 p.m. Oklahoma State Patrolman Arthur
Myers Hamilton is flying five miles south-southeast of Norman, Oklahoma,
in a State Patrol airplane when he sees three dark discs 4–8 miles away
at 6,000 feet hover for 15 seconds then fly away, silhouetted against a
dark cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Dark Discs
Sighted from State Patrol Airplane”; Sparks, p. 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1892
Date: 7/6/1952
Location: London, England
Description: Sunday Graphic and Sunday News.
VICKERS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER SAYS SAUCER STORY PLAUSIBLE.
Mr. George Edwards, Chief Designer for Vickers Aircraft had this to say
concerning the East Zone Saucer last night: "Believe in saucers? I don't
know. There is little wrong with the idea of a circular wing. Before and
during the First World War, Britain developed a circular wing aircraft,
and it flew. We called it the "flying doughnut". There is little to stop
us developing a flying saucer -- except the money and the need. If Herr
Linke's description is accurate it may be that the machine is designed
as a military hover plane. It would appear from his comment on its
'glow' that it houses a jet plane designed to provide vertical take-off.
The cylinder would obviously have to retract into the body to prevent
resistance. Metallic suits are possible, too -- they could be a form of
protective clothing for use in high altitudes. There is nothing
impossible about the story, although to believe in the saucers, I would
have to be shown one myself".
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_210
Date: 7/6/1952
Location: BONE = ANNABA, ALGERIA
Description: Luminous sphere seen. Observer(s) and time
unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2272
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "5", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "BONE = ANNABA,ALGERIA:LUMINOUS SPHERE SEEN:OBS+TIME UNK:NFD", LatLong: "36.950002 7.650000", LatLongDMS: "36:57:00 N 07:39:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CNN", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/6/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: THANN, HT RHIN, FR
Description: 2 bluish disks seen. Observer(s) and time
unknown. No further details. / Jimmy Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2273
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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "THANN,Ht RHIN,FR:2 BLUISH DISKS SEEN:OBS+TIME UNK:NFD:/JIMMY GUIEU.", LatLong: "47.816669 7.083334", LatLongDMS: "47:49:00 N 07:05:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Haut-Rhin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/6/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: KINDLEY AIR FORCE BASE, BERMUDA
Description: 8 observer(s). Saucer hovers overhead / 7
minute(s). Turns / edge and grows tube. Vanishes!!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2274
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), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Atlantic Ocean + islands", Credibility: "9", Duration: "9", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "KINDLEY AFB,BERMUDA:8 OBS:SCR HVRS OHVD/7min:TURNS/EDGE+GROWS TUBE:VANISHES!!", LatLong: "32.366668 -64.705559", LatLongDMS: "32:22:00 N 64:42:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bermuda", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/6/1952
End date: 7/12/1952
Location: Governors Island, NY
Description: 4 photos of some indistinct light (NICAP:
08 - Photographic Cases, BB: 1397)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1091
Date: 7/6/1952
Time: 11:00 PM
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey
Description: July 6-12, 1952. Witness: Charles Muhr.
Four pictures taken of some indistinct light which was admittedly not
seen visually, but which appeared on the negatives.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_165
Date: 7/6/1952
Description: Amateur photographer Neff was making time
exposures at Governors Island, New York. He didn't see a UFO at the
time, but an unidentified object appeared on the film when
developed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1397
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3873
Date: 7/7/1952 (approximate)
Location: GERMANY, Hasselbach Berlin
Description: (Translated from French) Oskar Linke and
his daughter were in East Berlin and were returning from one of their
motorcycle rides with a sidecar. (They were returning on foot because
one of the sidecar tires had burst) His daughter drew his attention to
something white that was glinting through the trees of a wood they were
crossing (a wood 150 m away from them). It was a light so abnormal that
they stopped the motorcycle. Linke hid himself under the bushes and went
into the wood. (Suddenly he found two beings resembling men, wearing
strange metallic suits that were carefully examining the ground of a
small clearing). Very close to them was a rose-colored metal saucer (and
of an impressive size). They thus arrived at 25 or 30 m of a disc of
7.50 m in diameter that was resting on the ground of a
clearing.
"It looked like an enormous pot without a tail that
was heating up, and it seemed phosphorescent. In the center there was
some kind of apparatus - a square thing - a kind of superstructure that
came out of the top of the craft like a top hat. It was a bit darker
than the rest of the craft which was of a polished aluminum color. (note
from vog: hmm? I thought it was rose!) (Under the effect of surprise he
called his daughter who had stayed near the motorcycle. Upon hearing his
voice the two metallic armored beings rushed towards the craft, entered
the cylinder and locked themselves in). We were well hidden and saw two
small beings resembling miniature human beings of about 1 m in height
and wearing shiny one-piece clothing. On the chest one of them was
carrying a box or a package the size of three stacked cigarette packs,
on which shone a blue light that was blinking. They arrived from the
edge of the clearing and were heading one behind the other towards the
craft. When they were only 3 or 4 m away, the last one stretched out his
hand, touched the helmet that shone like glass of the first one. They
stopped and one of them slowly turned to look to our left. Upon seeing
him my daughter jumped. The creatures hurried to enter the craft through
a porthole at the top of the central superstructure. We then saw that
the disc had two rows of portholes around its circumference. They were
about the size of those of ships. Under our eyes the square
superstructure went back into the dome and at the same time the object
slowly rose up. We then noticed that a square thing similar to it was
coming out of the base of the craft and apparently making it rise from
the ground. Then the object rose up to about 30 m, stayed hovering for a
moment, then gained speed and disappeared." (Frank Edwards: "Les S.V.
affaire sérieuse" - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 152 to 154) (A. RIBERA: "Ces
mystérieux Ovni" - De Vecchi 1976, p. 133, 134 for the contradictory
information in parentheses) This fantastic story told by Antony Terry of
Berlin was published in the "Sunday Graphic" of July 6, 1952 - (...) so
it is a second-hand story. (1952, July 7 (or 1?))
Reference: "Ufo's: a Century of Sightings" by Michael
David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, pages 198 to 200, with other juicy
stories published in the newspapers around this date
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1626
Date: 7/7/1952
Location: Britain
Description: Los Angeles Times.
SAUCERS REAL, BRITON BELIEVES. Scientist Arthur C.
Clarke, one of England's leading authorities on space travel, believes
flying saucers are more than mirages or myths. Clarke said he based his
belief on new data on saucers supplied him by scientists at the U.S.
Rocket Testing Base at White Sands, NM. He was not ready to guarantee
the disks are real, but said, "a noted American scientist told me at
White Sands that he is certain he has seen one."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_212
Date: 7/7/1952
Description: Battelle issues its third status report on
Project Stork to ATIC. It mentions that Hynek has been consulted on the
observer’s data sheet, suggested some changes, and is in the process of
interviewing astronomers about any potential sightings made by them. The
group has studied and coded UFO reports from 1948.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for Project
Stork,” CUFON Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1893
Date: 7/8/1952
Time: 20:00?
Location: WHEATON, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 yellow disks pace
airliner / lower altitude. 1 turns grey and turns away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 842)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2275
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "230", HatchDesc: "WHEATON,IL:2 OBS:2 YLW DISKS PACE AIRLINER/lower alt:1 TURNS GRY+TURNS AWAY", LatLong: "41.866669 -88.105560", LatLongDMS: "41:52:00 N 88:06:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/8/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: OTTAWA, ON
Description: 2 Army men. Silent fireball going west.
Circles city / 200mph / 2 mile(s) altitude. Going east again. / APRO
v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 842)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2276
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "115", HatchDesc: "OTTAWA,ON:2 ARMY MEN:SLNT FBL > W:CCLS CITY/200mph/2mi.alt:>E again:/APRO v1#2", LatLong: "45.383335 -75.683337", LatLongDMS: "45:23:00 N 75:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3168", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/8/1952
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Description: A commissionaire on duty at an army depot
in Ottawa, Ontario, sees a bright orange light about a quarter size of
the full moon travel from south to north, turn, and travel south
again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Project Magnet Case X
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1894
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Colorado
Springs (Colorado), Major and USAF pilot C. K. Griffin observed an
object in the shape of a wingless, bright white, moving slowly and
erratically for 12 minutes. (0 h 45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1405 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1095
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Rapid City, (South Dakota), Sergeant/S D.P. Foster and 3 other
people observed a white, disc-shaped object flying straight for 5
seconds. (15 h 35)
Reference: case Blue
Book (no. 1479?) (July 17?) unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1096
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Kutztown,
Pennsylvania, farmer John Mittl observes an oval object seeming to be
made of aluminum changing direction and altitude before finally flipping
onto its end and departing after 20 seconds. 3 vague photographs. (6:30
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1409 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1097
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: Miami, Oklahoma
Description: TEN WATCH HUGE FLYING
SAUCER. Ten workmen watched a huge silver object which emitted
a haze of smoke from its edges as it hovered high over the B.F. Goodrich
rubber plant at Miami for 15 minutes Wednesday before it skimmed away to
the south at "terrific speed." The object, matching previous flying
saucer descriptions, was spotted by R. D. McCarthy, an electrician
working atop the plant. He summoned other nearby workmen who said they
observed the strange craft for a quarter-hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_213
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: GRANTS PASS, OR
Description: Classic saucer / local papers. Glows red.
Triangular tail spews light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2277
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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "289", HatchDesc: "GRANTS PASS,OR:CLASSIC SCR/LOCAL PAPERS:GLOWS RED:TRIANGULAR TAIL SPEWS LITE", LatLong: "42.438891 -123.327784", LatLongDMS: "42:26:20 N 123:19:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: ASHLAND, OREGON
Description: "Blue square object / rounded corners
drops / sky in a flaming plunge".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2278
Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "595", HatchDesc: "ASHLAND,ORE:"BLUE SQUARE OBJ/ROUNDED CORNERS DROPS/SKY IN A FLAMING PLUNGE"", LatLong: "42.200002 -122.700006", LatLongDMS: "42:12:00 N 122:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 12:50
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Description: Air Force pilot. Luminous white airfoil
without trailing edge glides / 12 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2279
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "12", Elev: "1802", HatchDesc: "COLORADO SPRINGS,CO:AF PILOT:LUM.WHT AIRFOIL W/O TRAILING EDGE GLIDES/12min", LatLong: "38.833335 -104.833338", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 104:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: MIAMI, OK
Description: 10 observer(s). Large silver saucer hovers
/ tire plant. Rim smokes. Going down [to] low nearby. Quickly going up
[to] and going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 866)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2280
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: "15", Elev: "246", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,OK:10 OBS:LRG SLVR SCR HVRS/TIRE PLANT:RIM SMOKES:↓ LO NEARBY:↑↑+>>S", LatLong: "36.872224 -94.877782", LatLongDMS: "36:52:20 N 94:52:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 13:40
Location: ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, SD
Description: 4 airmen / ground. 3 white saucers faster
/ jet. 1 hovers / airstrip.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2281
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., 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: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "977", HatchDesc: "ELLSWORTH AFB,SD:4 AIRMEN/GND:3 WHT SCRS FASTER/JET:1 HVRS/AIRSTRIP", LatLong: "44.150002 -103.116672", LatLongDMS: "44:09:00 N 103:07:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: KUTZTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1409. Farmer.
Aluminum saucer tips maneuvers rises and falls. 3 poor
photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2282
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "127", HatchDesc: "KUTZTOWN,PA:BBK#1409:FARMER:ALUM.SCR TIPS MNVRS RISES+FALLS:3 POOR FOTOS", LatLong: "40.516669 -75.777781", LatLongDMS: "40:31:00 N 75:46:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Description: Object shaped like an airfoil less its
trailing edge, luminous white, move slowly and erratically. 12-mins.
(Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1405)
Reference: NICAP: 520709
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1092
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: Kutztown, PA
Description: Aluminum, oval-shaped object change
direction (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1409)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1093
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: Rapid City AFB, SD
Description: A sergeant and three airmen reported that
three milky white discs were between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. The airmen
observed the objects which appeared between 3 and 4 inches in diameter
(at arm’s length), moving faster than any jet aircraft they have seen
(FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520709
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1094
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 12:45 PM
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Witness: USAF pilot Maj. C. K. Griffin.
One object shaped like an airfoil less its trailing edge, luminous
white, moved slowly and erratically for 12 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_166
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: farmer John Mittl. One aluminum,
oval-shaped object changed direction and attitude, finally tipping on
end and departing after 20 seconds. Case file includes three vague
photographs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_167
Date: 7/9/1952
Time: 3:35 PM
Location: Rapid City AFB, South Dakota
Description: Witnesses: S/Sgt. D.P. Foster and three
other persons. Three times, a single white, disc-shaped object sped by,
straight and level, in 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_168
Date: 7/9/1952
Locations: Colorado Springs, Colorado; one mile north
of Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: 12:45 p.m. USAF Maj. Claude
K. Griffin is driving one mile north of Colorado Springs, Colorado,
when he sees a luminous white object shaped like an airfoil moving
slowly and erratically like a corkscrew. He estimates its size at 100
feet, distance at 15–20 miles, and altitude at 30,000 feet, heading
northwest. Griffin stops the car to watch for 12 minutes. USAF Maj. E.
R. Hayden and his wife come out of their house and look at the object in
a 4x rifle scope. He describes it as rectangular, silver on one side,
and black on the other. It flutters as it moves slowly north-northwest
above 20,000 feet 20 miles away. It gains altitude and gradually
diminishes to a black dot, then accelerates to a high speed and
disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book
documents]; Sparks, p. 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1895
Date: 7/9/1952
Location: 2 miles east of Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Description: 5:30 p.m. Farmer John Mittl watches an
aluminum, oval-shaped object silently change direction and attitude
above his farm 2 miles east of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, finally tipping
on end and departing. He manages to take three photos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Claude Falkstrom and Curt Collins, “John
Mittl: From Unsolved UFOs to Astral Encounters,” The Saucers That
Time Forgot,” July 13, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1896
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: At 12:45 p.m. a luminous white airfoil
without a trailing edge glided through the sky over Colorado Springs,
Colorado for 12 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1405
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3947
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: A large silver disc hovered over a tire
factory in Miami, Oklahoma at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It had a halo
of smoke around its rim. It descended to a low, nearby spot, then rose
up and shot away toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2300
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3948
Date: 7/9/1952
Description: An aluminum colored disc maneuvered with
flips and up-and-down motion over Kutztown, Pennsylvania at 6:30 p.m.
Observers took three poor-quality photographs of the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1409
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3949
Date: 7/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In North Korea,
the crew of the Canadian destroyer Crusader sees and detects on
radar 2 bright discs. (Thursday 10 July)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1098
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: New Mexico
Description: Hollywood Citizen-News.
SAUCER SPOTTER BACKS DOWN - A LITTLE. Dr. Clyde
Tombaugh, who discovered the planet Pluto, has agreed that he is the
scientist at White Sands, NM who was quoted as being certain he saw a
saucer. But Tombaugh was not nearly so positive about the identity of
the object he saw scoot across the sky above him as was the British
authority on space travel who quoted him, Arthur C. Clarke. He added
cautiously that he had not seen anything like a saucer. The American
scholar did admit, however, that he saw an object above Las Cruces, NM
in the summer of 1948. It whizzed silently overhead from south to north,
too fast for a plane and too slow for a meteor. He was careful to point
out to reporters that he was not prepared to say for certain whether
flying saucers were real.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_211
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: OFF NORTH KOREA
Description: Canadian destroyer. RADAR-visual
(observation). 2 disks / 10k' altitude. / r28 p307. / The New York Times
(NYT) 03 Aug. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the
Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally
"The Great F. S. Hoax". (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2283
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "12", Duration: "3", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "OFF N.KOREA:CANADIAN DESTROYER:RDR-VIS:2 DISKS/10k'alt:/r28 p307:/NYT 03AUG52", LatLong: "39.000002 129.000006", LatLongDMS: "39:00:00 N 129:00:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/10/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: ORLANDO, FL
Description: Perfect 35' metal football exits tall
thundercloud and enters another..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2284
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "32", HatchDesc: "ORLANDO,FL:PERFECT 35'MTL FOOTBALL EXITS TALL THUNDERCLOUD+ENTERS ANOTHER..", LatLong: "28.533335 -81.383337", LatLongDMS: "28:32:00 N 81:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/10/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: 10+observer(s). Gold-glowing object
zig-zags across sky several X. Avoids spotlight. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 867)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2285
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "392", HatchDesc: "WICHITA,KS:10+OBS:GOLD-GLO OBJ ZIG-ZAGS ACRS SKY SVRL X:AVOIDS SPOTLITE:VFAST", LatLong: "37.666668 -97.366671", LatLongDMS: "37:40:00 N 97:22:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/10/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: QUANTICO, VA
Description: National airline(s)/airliner flight and
marine pilot. Green fireballs. Faster / balloon. Slower / meteor.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2286
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "QUANTICO,VA:NAT'L AL FLITE+MARINE PILOT:GRN FBLS:FASTER/BALLOON:SLOWER/METEOR", LatLong: "38.522224 -77.294448", LatLongDMS: "38:31:20 N 77:17:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: Quantico (near), VA
Description: Light Maneuvers Near C-60 Airliner (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520710
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1095
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: Korea (near), Korea
Description: Navy Destroyer Observes Two Discs / Tracks
On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 520710
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1096
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: Quantico, Virginia
Description: 8:18 p.m. Capt. James E. Lundy and First
Officer Leon Blanks are flying a National Airlines C-60 airplane 15
miles south of Quantico, Virginia, when they see an object resembling an
aircraft landing light. The object becomes brighter as it approaches
from the north. It then performs a climbing turn away from the aircraft
and its appearance changes, resembling a light emitted by a red flare.
Visible for 10 minutes, it is flying too fast for any known
aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Light Maneuvers
near C-60 Airliner”; Sparks, p.
146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1897
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
Description: Night. A Marine pilot on night maneuvers
near Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, spots two green objects shoot
straight across the sky at terrific speed at a high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Radar Sees
‘Saucers,’ AF
Investigating,” July 22, 1952, pp. 1A, 6A
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1898
Date: 7/10/1952
Location: Korea
Description: Night. Forty crew members of the Canadian
destroyer HMCS
Crusader off
Korea see two shiny discs and track them on radar. The radar fix places
them at 10,560 feet altitude and 7 miles distant.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Naval Destroyer Observes Two
Discs / Tracks on Radar” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1899
Date: 7/11/1952 (approximate)
Location: LINCOLNWOOD, IL
Description: Lt. Col. Weig sees flying saucer / Chicago
daily news. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2287
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "184", HatchDesc: "LINCOLNWOOD,IL:Lt COL.WEIG SEES FLYING SCR/CHICAGO DAILY NEWS:NFD", LatLong: "42.005558 -87.727782", LatLongDMS: "42:00:20 N 87:43:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/11/1952
Location: VAN NUYS, CA
Description: Night light hovers and shoots off / L.
Gross. Culver city. Cylinder/cigar-shape and saucers circle aircraft
plant.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA;
BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2288
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "1", Elev: "216", HatchDesc: "VAN NUYS,CA:NLT HVRS+SHOOTS OFF/L.GROSS::CULVER CITY:CGR+SCRS CCL ACRFT PLANT", LatLong: "34.183335 -118.450006", LatLongDMS: "34:11:00 N 118:27:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/11/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: 100 observer(s). Silver
cylinder/cylindrical object scouts 3 aircraft plants. Hovers and extreme
accelerations. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 868)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2289
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "10", Elev: "392", HatchDesc: "WICHITA,KS:100 OBS:SLVR CYL SCOUTS 3 AIRCRAFT PLANTS:HVRS+EXTREME ACCELS:SLNT", LatLong: "37.700002 -97.316671", LatLongDMS: "37:42:00 N 97:19:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/11/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: ORAN, ALG
Description: Newsman and 2 grocers. Brilliant disk.
Going quickly southwest fast. Moderate altitude into cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2290
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: "Algeria", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ORAN,ALG:NEWSMAN+2 GROCERS:BRILL.DISK:>>SW FAST:MODERATE ALTITUDE INTO CLOUD", LatLong: "35.716668 -0.733333", LatLongDMS: "35:43:00 N 00:44:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/11/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: HANFORD, WA
Description: 2 yellow saucers going east over Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC) plant. 4km altitude. Air Force investigate. /
Flying Saucer Review (FSR) V35#2+/ r95v5#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 843)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2291
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "HANFORD,WA:2 YLW SCRs >E OVR AEC PLANT:4km alt:AF INVSTG:/FSR V35#2+/r95v5#3", LatLong: "46.583336 -119.550006", LatLongDMS: "46:35:00 N 119:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4000", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/11/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: GARY, IN
Description: 1+dog. Disk size / dinner plate. 3M tail.
Red glow. Going [to] low over houses. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 867)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2292
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "GARY,IN:1+DOG:DISK size/dinner plate:3M TAIL:RED GLOW:> LO OVR HOUSES:XFAST", LatLong: "41.633335 -87.350004", LatLongDMS: "41:38:00 N 87:21:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/11/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: LAMORICIERE, ALG
Description: Meteor and 2 night lights. Then ovoid
passes straight and level / low altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2293
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "LAMORICIERE,ALG:METEOR+2 NLTS:then OVOID PASSES STRAIGHT+LEVEL/LO alt:NFD", LatLong: "34.900002 -1.050000", LatLongDMS: "34:54:00 N 01:03:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Lamoriciere", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/11/1952
Location: Hasselbach, Germany
Description: Oscar Linke, former Wehrmacht major, and
his daughter Gabrielle, 11, had to leave their motorcycle when they had
a flat tire. Inside the woods the girl noticed two men in silvery suits
examining the ground in a clearing near a pink disk-shaped object, 8 m
in diameter, showing a double row of openings around the rim and a black
turret on top. One of the men had a flashing box. Both men went inside,
and the disk vibrated, rose along the turretlike cylinder, then spun
faster and rose out of sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Guieu 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_93
Date: 7/11/1952
Locations: Korea; Japan
Description: The Air Technical Liaison Office,
Directorate of Intelligence for the Far East Air Force, prepares
Intelligence Report #29-52, detailing Air Force, Navy, and Marine radar
UFO reports for 1950–1952 in Korea and Japan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Capt. Charles J. Malven, “FLYOBRPT:
Japan/Korea Area,” IR-29-52, July 11, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1900
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: USA, Kirksville, Missouri.
Description: (Translated from French) 9 p.m. Witnesses:
several radar controllers, military officers. Several blips targeted on
radar at a speed of 1,500 kts. (1,700 m.p.h.). No visual
observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1627
Date: 7/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Governor's
Island (New York), Elizabeth (New Jersey) Charles Muhr takes 4 shots of
an indistinct light that appeared on the negatives but not to the naked
eye. (Sunday 6 - Saturday 12 July, 11 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1397 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1094
Date: 7/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Annapolis,
Maryland, William Washburn, president of an insurance company, observed
four large elliptical objects flying very quickly, turning 90° and
departing in 7 to 8 seconds. (15:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1431 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1099
Date: 7/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago
(Illinois), an Air Force weather officer and many other people at
Montrose Beach see a large red object with small white lights on its
side reverse its course when it is directly overhead.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1100
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Montrose Beach, CA
Description: AF Officers, others, see large red object
reverse course.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_100
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Hanford Nuc. Fac. WA
Description: Air space violation; two yellow globes
over facility.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_101
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 15:30
Location: NORTHWEST / ANNAPOLIS, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1431. 2
observer(s). 4 white saucers follow plane. Stop dead. 90 turn going
quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2294
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "NW/ANNAPOLIS,MD:BBK#1431:2 OBS:4 WHT SCRS FOLO PLANE:STOP DEAD:90 TURN>>S", LatLong: "39.066669 -76.483337", LatLongDMS: "39:04:00 N 76:29:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Air Force RADAR and civil and military
pilots &1000s / ground. Huge saucer turns going northwest / 5K'
altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 847)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2295
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "13", Duration: "30", Elev: "215", HatchDesc: "INDIANAPOLIS,IN:AF RDR+CIV+MIL PILOTS &1000s/GND:HUGE SCR TURNS>NW/5K'alt", LatLong: "39.750002 -86.166671", LatLongDMS: "39:45:00 N 86:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST / DELPHI, IN
Description: Airman and several. Large blue-white night
light going northwest. Estimated 800kph and more. Straight and level. /
r172p55.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 843)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2296
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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "206", HatchDesc: "NE/DELPHI,IN:AIRMAN+SVRL:LRG BLU-WHT NLT >NW:Estm 800kph+:S/L:/r172p55", LatLong: "40.600002 -86.650004", LatLongDMS: "40:36:00 N 86:39:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR ARLINGTON, IL
Description: Jets chase. Mystery radio says pilots name
as saucer speeds away!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2297
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "nr ARLINGTON,IL:JETS CHASE:MYSTERY RADIO SAYS PILOTS NAME AS SCR SPEEDS AWAY!", LatLong: "41.466669 -89.250004", LatLongDMS: "41:28:00 N 89:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: KIRKSVILLE, MO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1436. Many military
RADAR operators and RADAR photographs. 2 B36 = sized blips /
1700mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2298
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "294", HatchDesc: "KIRKSVILLE,MO:BBK#1436:MANY MIL RDR OPs+RDR FOTOS:2 B36=SIZED BLIPS/1700mph", LatLong: "40.194446 -92.577782", LatLongDMS: "40:11:40 N 92:34:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: LOUIS GENTIL AND CHICHAOUA, MAROC
Description: Several observer(s). Yellow 30cm disk east
going quickly west. 3 white flares / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2299
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "LOUIS GENTIL+CHICHAOUA,MAROC:SVRL OBS:YEL.30cm DISK E>>W:3 WHT FLARES/SKY", LatLong: "32.266668 -8.550000", LatLongDMS: "32:16:00 N 08:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SFI", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: Air Force Officer and many. Large red
night light. White lights / side. Instant 180° turn back going quickly
[to] WNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2300
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "195", HatchDesc: "CHICAGO,IL:AF OFC+MANY:LRG RED NLT:WHT LITES/SIDE:INSTANT 180°TURN BACK >>WNW", LatLong: "41.850002 -87.666671", LatLongDMS: "41:51:00 N 87:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: CLEARFIELD, UT
Description: 8 observer(s). Night light-saucer going
west. Stops. Zooms across sky. Red glowing with white flashes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 845)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2301
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: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "1368", HatchDesc: "CLEARFIELD,UT:8 OBS:NLT-SCR >W:STOPS:ZOOMS ACRS SKY:RED GLO W/WHT FLASHES", LatLong: "41.111113 -112.016672", LatLongDMS: "41:06:40 N 112:01:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: NEAR OSLO, NORWAY
Description: 2 / airfield. Ovoid in plasma glow going
quickly northeast. Seen / Stockholm hours later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2302
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr OSLO,NORWAY:2/AIRFIELD:OVOID IN PLASMA GLOW >>NE:SEEN/STOCKHOLM HOURS LATER", LatLong: "59.916670 10.716667", LatLongDMS: "59:55:00 N 10:43:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Norway", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Annapolis, MD
Description: 3:30 p.m. Insurance company president
William Washburn saw 4 large, elliptical- shaped objects fly very fast,
stop, turn 90° and fly away. 7-8 secs. (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1431)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1097
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Arlington, IL
Description: F-86 On Scramble Mission / Strange Radio
Transmission (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1098
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Arlington, IL
Description: Oblong yellowish lighted object with a
trail flying in a straight course (Project 1947) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1099
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Williams Bay, WI
Description: Radars had picked up strange objects in
several areas heading west and north at different altitudes, 3000 mph
and above. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1100
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Air Force weather officer, many others at
Montrose Beach saw large red object with small white lights on side
reverse course directly overhead. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1101
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Greenfield (near), IN
Description: Co-pilot saw object paralleling the plane
then dropping down (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1102
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: 2 brilliant round white lights hovering at
21,000 ft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1103
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Kirksville, MI
Description: Several big radar blips tracked at 1,500
knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1436)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1104
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Williams Bay, WI
Description: Three Radars Track Objects At High Speed
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1105
Date: 7/12/1952
Location: Belleville, IL
Description: Five Radar Tracks In 50 Minutes (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520712
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1106
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Description: Witness: insurance company president
William Washburn. Four large, elliptical-shaped objects were seen to fly
very fast, stop, turn 90 degrees and fly away in 7-8 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_169
Date: 7/12/1952
Time: 9 PM
Location: Kirksville, Missouri
Description: Witnesses: many radar controllers who were
military officers. Several big blips tracked on radar at 1,500 kts.
(1,700 m.p.h.). There was no visual sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_170
Date: 7/12/1952
Locations: O’Hare AFB; Montrose Beach, Chicago,
Illinois; O’Hare Airport
Description: 8:42 p.m. O’Hare AFB weather observer
Capt. W. J. Shea and a civilian, Jane Morrison, watch three lights, one
main red light with smaller white lights on each side, traveling 500 mph
at 40,000–50,000 feet over Montrose Beach, Chicago, Illinois, from the
west-northwest. They accelerate to the south and make a 180° turn
heading north-northwest, then disappear. The UFO is seen by 400+ people,
with 14 others making reports to the 4706th Defense Wing located at
O’Hare Airport.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
153; Sparks, pp.
146–147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1901
Date: 7/12/1952
Locations: Arlington Heights, Illinois; Elgin,
Illinois
Description: 9:04 p.m. Two USAF F-86 Sabre jets with
the 62nd Flight Squadron are flying at 22,000 feet on a routine training
mission (or on a scramble mission) over Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Capt. Robert W. Casey Jr., after coming out of a right turn, sees an
oblong yellowish lighted object with an exhaust moving in a straight
course about 15 miles away south of Elgin, Illinois, at 22,000 feet
traveling at 800 mph. The F-86 pursues at maximum speed, but the object
pulls away. Both pilots hear a strange radio transmission on their
restricted communications channel during the pursuit saying the name of
the pursuit pilot, Casey, in an ethereal “ghost-like” monotone.
Apparently, this is a prank by Casey’s fighter pilot buddies at the 62nd
who are monitoring his channel, though this is later officially denied
by the 62nd.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-86 on Scramble
Mission / Strange Radio Transmission”; Sparks, p. 147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1902
Date: 7/12/1952
Description: At 3:30 p.m. four elliptical-shaped
objects, one-third the size of a transport plane, flew four abreast in
formation at a high rate of speed over Annapolis, Maryland. They stopped
in mid-air, executed a 90-degree turn, then accelerated and vanished in
mid-air. At 9:00 p.m. an object the size of a B-36 bomber was picked up
on radar flying over Kirksville Air Force Base, Missouri at a speed of
1,700 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Project Blue Book files counted in
official statistics, case #1431; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
June-July 20th, p. 51; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 269; (2) Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer
Space, p. 57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3999
Date: 7/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Kirksville
(Missouri), many air traffic controllers also military officers spot
various radar targets moving at a speed of 1500 knots (1700 mph). No
visual confirmation. ((July 13?) 9 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1436 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1101
Date: 7/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) North of
Washington (D. C.) a pilot of National Airlines warns the CAA
that he is approached by a white-bluish light. The object approaches in
a 2 mile zone, staying at the same altitude. The pilot turns on all his
lights, and the UFO departs by rising.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1102
Date: 7/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the
GOC.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1103
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: DAYTON, OH
Description: Disk with plasma cone going [to] flat face
forward! Jet plane speed. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 848)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2303
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "225", HatchDesc: "DAYTON,OH:DISK W/PLASMA CONE > FLAT FACE FWD!:JET PLANE SPEED:NFD/news", LatLong: "39.755557 -84.183337", LatLongDMS: "39:45:20 N 84:11:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 04:00
Location: SPOTSYLVANIA CO, VA
Description: Blue saucer paces flight 611. DC4 turns on
lights. Saucer going quickly west. / The New York Times (NYT) 17
Jy.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2304
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), 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: "10", Duration: "16", Elev: "95", HatchDesc: "SPOTSYLVANIA co,VA:BLU SCR PACES FLITE 611:DC4 TURNS ON LITES:SCR>>W:/NYT 17JY", LatLong: "38.066668 -77.833337", LatLongDMS: "38:04:00 N 77:50:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: KENNEWICK, WA
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru)
binoculars. Aluminum saucer wavers. Going quickly east. Going quickly
west. 4km altitude. Erratic maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 870)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2305
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: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "122", HatchDesc: "KENNEWICK,WA:SVRL OBS/BINOCS:ALUM.SCR WAVERS:>> E:>>W:4km alt:erratic mnvrs", LatLong: "46.211113 -119.138895", LatLongDMS: "46:12:40 N 119:08:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4000", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: OUKAIMEDEN AND ASNI, MAROC
Description: 50+separate observer(s). White moon-size
sphere northeast going quickly southwest. 3 stumps / side.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2306
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: "Morocco", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "OUKAIMEDEN+ASNI,MAROC:50+SEP.OBS:WHT MOONSIZE SPHERE NE>>SW:3 STUMPS/SIDE", LatLong: "31.183335 -7.866667", LatLongDMS: "31:11:00 N 07:52:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MRK", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: BOUZNIKA AND BAULHAUT, MAROC
Description: Several observer(s). "Unusual flying
objects / 60 min" / news / CIA report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 358)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2307
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "9", Duration: "60", HatchDesc: "BOUZNIKA+BAULHAUT,MAROC:SVRL OBS:"UNUSUAL FLYING OBJs/60min"/NEWS/CIA REPORT", LatLong: "33.788891 -7.155556", LatLongDMS: "33:47:20 N 07:09:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CSB", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: CASABLANCA, MAROC
Description: 40+9 americans / 2 days. Diamond / saucers
pass / V formation overhead. Report going [to] CIA.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2308
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), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "CASABLANCA,MAROC:40+9 AMERICANS/2 DAYS:DIAMOND/SCRS PASS/VFORM OVHD:rept>CIA", LatLong: "33.583335 -7.600000", LatLongDMS: "33:35:00 N 07:36:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CSB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/13/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: FEDALA = MOHAMMEDIA AND CHICHAOUA,
MAROC
Description: 2 observer(s). Blue-green sphere/orb/globe
trails light. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 358)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2309
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "FEDALA=MOHAMMEDIA+CHICHAOUA,MAROC:2 OBS:BLU-GRN ORB TRAILS LIGHT:VANISHES!", LatLong: "33.733335 -7.400000", LatLongDMS: "33:44:00 N 07:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MZN", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/13/1952
Location: Fordland, MO
Description: Very Large Object Tracked, No Visual
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520713
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1107
Date: 7/13/1952
Location: Washington (60 miles SW of ), D.C.
Description: Saw round ball of bluish-white light
hovering Bruen Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520713
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1108
Date: 7/13/1952
Location: Osceola, WI
Description: Eleven UFOs Tracked On Radar (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520713
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1109
Date: 7/13/1952
Locations: Jacksonville, Florida; Washington,
D.C.
Description: 4:00 a.m. Capt. William Bruen, piloting
National Airline Flight 611 heading north from Jacksonville, Florida,
sees a round ball of bluish-white light about 60 miles southwest of
Washington, D.C., hovering to the west then ascending to the airliner’s
altitude of 11,000 feet, then parallel course off left wing at about 2
miles distance. It takes off upwards at 1,000 mph when Bruen turns on
all aircraft lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Light Ascends,
Paces Aircraft, Takes Off
Vertically”; Hynek UFO Report, pp.
90–91; Sparks, p. 148
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1903
Date: 7/13/1952
Description: A National Airlines flight flying some
sixty miles southwest of Washington, D.C. over Virginia reported that a
bluish-white light approached their plane, hovered, and then moved away.
The UFO was tracked on radar by Washington National radar
operators.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4029
Date: 7/14/1952
Description: Pan American pilots see formation of
UFO's.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_119
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: MOROCCO, Oukaimeden Plateau (High
Atlas)
Description: (Translated from French) At 10 pm, a group
of young athletes were resting on the Oukaimeden Plateau (winter sports
station, High Atlas) when they suddenly saw a device shaped like a white
ball with the apparent diameter of a full moon. It flew horizontally
from northeast to southwest, soon splitting into three sections
resembling three luminous wagons attached to the same train. The
"sections" disappeared behind one of the station's peaks. Meanwhile, 25
km away from Oukaimeden by air, on the Marakech-Taroudant road via Tizi
N'Test, near the village of Asni, about forty people saw around 10 pm a
device whose description they gave exactly matched that of the young
people of Oukaimeden.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Les S.V. viennent d'un autre
Monde" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 63
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1628
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: USA, Newport (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) 8:12 p.m.
Witnesses: Pan American Airways First Officer William Nash, Second
Officer William Fortenberry. Eight large, round, glowing red objects
maneuvered below their airliner, in formation. (Project Blue Book - cfr
Don Berliner). Captain William B. Nash, bringing a DC 4 from New York to
Miami, and co-pilot W. Fortenberry, working for the first time on this
line, saw at 9:12 p.m. a strange glow followed by six glowing discs that
approached at a dizzying speed. The DC 4 was flying at 2500 m altitude,
the discs were 1 km or 1500 m below, their diameter was around 33 m.
They moved in formation. The leading object slowed down so suddenly that
the two following seemed to oscillate briefly. During braking, the
objects' glow dimmed. Then the 6 objects changed their course by 150°
and disappeared, covering 75 km in 15 seconds, that is 18000 km/h!
(Johannes von BUTLAR: "Ovni, we are not alone" - Presses de la Cité
1979, p. 79, 80) On July 13 at 9:12 a.m., a DC-4 of Pan American,
heading to Miami, was approaching Norfolk. The pilot was W. B. Nash; his
second W.H. Fortenberry was acting as co-pilot. Flying at 2400 meters
altitude, the DC-4 was a few kilometers from Newport, when, in front of
him, a red glow formed. The pilot and his second saw six huge discs;
they were rushing in their direction, but lower; flying horizontally,
these devices seemed incandescent; it was as if molten metal. The discs
were approaching, echeloned. The one in the lead slowed down then
straightened up vertically; the five other saucers maneuvered in the
same way. Changing course, the leading machine returned to the
horizontal and sped westward, the other discs did the same and lined up
behind the leader. A second later, two new discs emerged under the
DC-4's fuselage and accelerated to join the formation. The glow was
becoming brighter and brighter. At the moment they had slowed down,
before changing course, the six discs had dimmed; they had only regained
their initial color during the acceleration phase. (July 14, 1952)
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: "The File of Flying
Saucers" - ed. Hachette
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1629
Date: 7/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Above Newport
News, observation
of pilots Nash and Fortenberry. (Monday, July 14th, 8(9?) PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1104
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: Pasadena, California
Description: WAS REED A SPACE MAN?
Authorities followed a cold trail Monday in the disappearance of an
aircraft scientist engaged in government work and his wife expressed
fears he had met with foul play at the hands of foreign agents. Albert
Clark Reed, engaged in secret aeronautical research (Project "Vortex")
at the California Institute of Technology here, disappeared from his
home last Monday evening. His wife, Florence, told officers he was to
meet that day with military authorities in connection with his work,
"that was so secret he wouldn't even discuss it with me."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_214
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, MT
Description: Message going [to] USAF Tech. Intel.
Center. (ATIC) / wright-Pat / oh. 5 objects north going quickly south /
V-formation. Supersonic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2310
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1075", HatchDesc: "MALMSTROM AFB,MT:MSG>ATIC/WRIGHT-PAT/OH:5 OBJS N>>S/V-FORM:SUPERSONIC SPEED", LatLong: "47.483336 -111.150005", LatLongDMS: "47:29:00 N 111:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: IFRANE, MOROCCO
Description: Time unknown. Saucers over Ifrane going
quickly northwest toward(s) Meknes. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2311
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "IFRANE,MOROCCO:TIME UNK:SCRS OVR IFRANE >>NW twrd MEKNES:NFD", LatLong: "34.116668 -5.150000", LatLongDMS: "34:07:00 N 05:09:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MEK", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 8 / naval gun factory. 3 shiny-metal
ovoids cross sky. Then 2 more.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2312
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "15", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:8/NAVAL GUN FACTORY:3 SHINY-MTL OVOIDS CROSS SKY:THEN 2 MORE", LatLong: "38.827780 -77.016670", LatLongDMS: "38:49:40 N 77:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: 3 teens Puzzled. Very fast object no disk.
Resembles dirigible instead..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2313
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "392", HatchDesc: "WICHITA,KS:3 TEENS PUZZLED:VFAST OBJ NO DISK:RESEMBLES DIRIGIBLE INSTEAD..", LatLong: "37.666668 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "37:40:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 14:50
Location: INDIO, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) /
(seen thru) binoculars considers 2 shiny disks "flying saucers". /
newspaper.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2314
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "INDIO,CA:GOC OBS/BINOCS CONSIDERS 2 SHINY DISKS "FLYING SCRS":/NEWSPAPER", LatLong: "33.722224 -116.216672", LatLongDMS: "33:43:20 N 116:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: EAST / STEELTON, PA
Description: New "star" hovers over Oberlin gardens.
Shoots straight up and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2315
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "E/STEELTON,PA:NEW "STAR" HVRS OVR OBERLIN GARDENS:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP+VANISHES", LatLong: "40.238891 -76.800004", LatLongDMS: "40:14:20 N 76:48:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: HILLANDALE AND MORE/OTHERS, AL
Description: 3 engineers. Round glowing-object descends
going north. Instant reversal going south!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 871)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2316
Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "201", HatchDesc: "HILLANDALE++,AL:3 ENGINEERS:RND GLOW-OBJ DESCENDS >N:INSTANT REVERSAL >S!", LatLong: "34.733335 -86.616671", LatLongDMS: "34:44:00 N 86:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 20:00?
Location: NEAR HAMPTON, VA
Description: 2 observer(s). 8 saucers spin fast. Glow
yellow-orange. 150M altitude. No further details / news account.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 871)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2317
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "nr HAMPTON,VA:2 OBS:8 SCRS SPIN FAST:GLOW YLW-ORG:150M alt:NFD/news acct", LatLong: "37.027780 -76.344448", LatLongDMS: "37:01:40 N 76:20:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: NEWPORT NEWS, VA
Description: Nash and more / DC4. 8 30M saucers / sharp
turns. Going quickly west. / r24v2#6+/ MJ#291 / IURv27#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2318
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "NEWPORT NEWS,VA:NASH+/DC4:8 30M SCRS/SHARP TURNS:>>W:/r24v2#6+/MJ#291/IURv27#1", LatLong: "36.977780 -76.427781", LatLongDMS: "36:58:40 N 76:25:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, JP
Description: Many military observer(s). Night light
drops over base. Shoots away horizontally.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2319
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "KADENA AFB,OKINAWA,JP:MANY MIL OBS:NLT DROPS OVR BASE:SHOOTS AWAY HORIZONTALLY", LatLong: "26.344446 127.750006", LatLongDMS: "26:20:40 N 127:45:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "OKN", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: HANFORD, WA
Description: 5 observer(s). Round brilliant blue-yellow
glowing-object circles atomic plant 2X and gone. Back / 0123
hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 872)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2320
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "HANFORD,WA:5 OBS:RND BRILL.BLU-YLW GLO-OBJ CCLS A-PLANT 2X+gone:back/0123 hrs", LatLong: "46.572224 -119.516672", LatLongDMS: "46:34:20 N 119:31:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: Norfolk (20-25 miles N of ), VA
Description: Nash/Fortenberry Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1444)
Reference: NICAP: 520714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1110
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: Langley AFB, VA
Description: OSI doc confirms Nash/Fortenberry Incident
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1111
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: Okinawa (near), Guam
Description: A spherical object to the north of the
base. The object was moving straight down, but its course changed
immediately as it moved to the northeast across the sky (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1112
Date: 7/14/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Strange red and green lights slowly
rolling between the aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating:
5)
Reference: NICAP: 520714
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1113
Date: 7/14/1952
Time: 8:12 PM
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Description: Witnesses: Pan American Airways First
Officer William Nash, Second Officer William Fortenberry. Eight large,
round, glowing red objects maneuvered below their airliner, in
formation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_171
Date: 7/14/1952
Description: The Ground Observer Corps expands into
Operation Skywatch, consisting of 750,000 volunteers aged 7 to 86 years
old working around the clock in shifts at more than 16,000 posts and 73
filter centers to detect a sneak attack against the United States. The
expansion follows an Army announcement from a few weeks earlier that
antiaircraft guns and personnel are on continuous duty in key
areas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Radomes.org, “Ground
Observer Corps,” January 31, 2001; Shoot 21–22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1904
Date: 7/14/1952
Locations: Chesapeake Bay in Maryland/Virginia; Camden,
New Jersey
Description: 9:12 p.m. Some 8,000 feet above the
Chesapeake Bay in Maryland/Virginia, Capt. William B. Nash and
copilot First Officer William H.
Fortenberry, flying
a Pan American Airways DC-4, see six crimson dots at 30°. The dots are
streaking in their direction like tracer bullets. As they get closer,
they resolve into reddish-orange circles, about 100 feet in diameter and
15 feet thick, with sharply defined edges. Nash says they are holding a
“narrow echelon formation.” When they are nearly underneath the
aircraft, “they flipped on edge, the sides to the left of us going up
and the glowing surfaces facing right. While all were in the edgewise
position, the last five slid over and past the leader so that the
echelon was now tail foremost.” Then they all flip over again into a
flat attitude. Two new, brighter UFOs join the formation, and the lights
of all eight objects blink out then come on again. They all speed
westward (Nash estimates 6,000–12,000 mph) and climb in a graceful 45°
arc. The entire sighting lasts only 15 seconds. Possible corroboration
comes from a sighting in Camden, New Jersey, although the date is
uncertain.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Nash-Fortenberry UFO sighting”;
“Miami Pilots Spot 8
Saucers Flying
in Formation,” Miami
\(Fla.) Herald, July 16, 1952, pp. 1A, 8A; NICAP, “Nash / Fortenberry
Case”; Sparks, p. 150;
William B. Nash and William H. Fortenberry, “We
Flew Above Flying Saucers,” True, October 1952, pp. 65, 110–112;
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, p. 47; Clark III 791; Good Above, pp.
269–270; “The
Pilot’s Tale,” Saturday Night Uforia; Swords 149–150; Shoot 22–24;
Michael D. Swords, “Classic Cases from the APRO Files,” IUR 24, no. 2
(Summer 1999): 21–22; Thomas Tulien, “The 1952 Nash/Fortenberry Sighting
Revisited,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 20–23, 27–28, reprinted in
Project 1947; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1
(March 2010): 11, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1905
Date: 7/14/1952
Description: At 7:40 p.m. a group of three engineers in
Hillandale, Alabama watched a round glowing object descend to the north,
then make an instant reversal in direction and head south. At 8:00 p.m.
a famous sighting occurred over Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia by
two pilots named Nash and Fortenberry. The men were flying a DC-4
aircraft for Pan American Airways when they sighted six luminous
reddish-orange disc-shaped objects that were joined by two brighter
discs. They were each estimated to be 100 feet in diameter, and they
suddenly flipped on edge, revealing a flat, coin-like shape. They made a
sharp turn, blinked off and on in unison, and then flew off in formation
as the disappeared in the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952
(Volume 8), p. 71; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1444; Dennis Stacy, Field Guide to UFOs, p. 40; Richard
F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4047
Date: Mid 7/1952
Location: US
Description: Every Air Force installation in U.S.
swamped with UFO reports.
Type: ufo sightings
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,
page 205
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_871
Date: 7/15/1952
Location: MOROCCO, Casablanca
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:25, three
aviators from the Casablancais Aero-club saw in turn a rocket with a
greenish mass and an extension (resembling the tail nozzle of a jet
plane) from which flashes of light sometimes burst forth.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Les S.V. viennent d'un autre
Monde" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 63
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1631
Date: 7/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In West Palm
Beach (Florida), J. Antoneff and 2 other people observe an object of a
disc-shaped, grayish appearance, except when it remains stationary,
where it appears to be earthy. The object hovers above the Palm Beach
International Airport, then is followed by a twin-engine SA-l6 seaplane
and flies away after 40 to 60 seconds. (Tuesday, July 15, 10:22
PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1451 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1105
Date: 7/15/1952 (approximate)
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Airline exec to papers. Saucers 4 nights
running / LAX tower. P276.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2321
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "LOS ANGELES,CA:AIRLINE EXEC to PAPERS:SCRS 4 NITES RUNNING/LAX TOWER:p276", LatLong: "33.966668 -118.416672", LatLongDMS: "33:58:00 N 118:25:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/15/1952
Time: 01:20
Location: NEAR PASCO, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). Glowing-object going [to]
east-northeast. Zigzags over town. Going quickly southeast and gone.
Round misty shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 873)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2322
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, NUC: Nuclear facility related
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "0", Elev: "125", HatchDesc: "nr PASCO,WA:2 OBS:GLO-OBJ > ENE:ZIGZAGS ovr town:>>SE+gone:RND MISTY SHAPE", LatLong: "46.216669 -119.083339", LatLongDMS: "46:13:00 N 119:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/15/1952
Time: 10:10
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1451. Pilot and 2 /
ground. Saucer dives / SA16 amphibian plane. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 873)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2323
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "W.PALM BEACH,FL:BBK#1451:PILOT+2/GND:SCR DIVES/SA16 AMPHIBIAN PLANE:>>S", LatLong: "26.716668 -80.083337", LatLongDMS: "26:43:00 N 80:05:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/15/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: BOUKANEFIS, ALG
Description: 2 bakers. "Agile" dinner-plate going
quickly south. Green smoke. Lights sky. Straight and level flight.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2324
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "BOUKANEFIS,ALG:2 BAKERS:"AGILE" DINNER-PLATE >>S:GRN SMOKE:LITES SKY:S/L FLITE", LatLong: "35.116668 -0.700000", LatLongDMS: "35:07:00 N 00:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Boukanefis", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/15/1952
Location: McChord AFB (20 miles S of ), WA
Description: Object "Rolling" Between Two Fighters
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520715
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1114
Date: 7/15/1952
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Description: Discus-shaped object, greyish, except when
hovering (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1451)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1115
Date: 7/15/1952
Location: Pendleton, OR
Description: Many civilians in 5 cars and an Oregon
State Trooper observed a spherical-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520715
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1116
Date: 7/15/1952
Time: 10:10 PM
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: Witnesses: J. Antoneff and two other
persons. One discus-shaped object, greyish, except when hovering, when
it appeared muddy. Hovered over Palm Beach International Airport, then
followed an SA-l6 twin-engined amphibian and flew away after 40-60
seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_172
Date: 7/15/1952
Description: The Lorenzens publish
the first issue of the APRO Bulletin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: APRO
Bulletin 1, no. 1 (July 1952)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1906
Date: Mid 7/1952
Locations: Washington; New York
Description: Ruppelt says
that rumors persist that the Air Force is braced for an expected
invasion by UFOs. “Had these rumormongers been at ATIC in mid-July they
would have thought that the invasion was in full swing.” He talks to a
scientist “from an agency that I can’t name” about the build-up of UFO
reports. From his study of reports, the scientist predicts that “within
the next few days they’re going to blow up and you’re going to have the
granddaddy of all UFO sightings. The sighting will occur in Washington
or New York, probably Washington.” Brad
Sparks identifies the scientist as Stefan T.
Possony, acting
chief of the AFOIN Special Study Group and adviser to Gen. John A.
Samford.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
154–155, 157;
NICAP, “The 1952
Sighting Wave” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1907
Date: 7/15/1952
Description: At 1:20 a.m. a misty, glowing red UFO
zig-zagged over the city of Pasco, Washington. There was a mist
surrounding the UFO as it went quickly toward the southeast and
away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #
2342, citing Loren E. Gross
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4066
Date: 7/15/1952
Description: At 10:10 a.m. a gray object, slightly
yellow, and looking like "a flattened out donut without the hole",
approached West Palm Beach, Florida very rapidly. It then hovered in
place for 90 seconds. Finally, it picked up speed and disappeared out of
sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1451; Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 269; UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July 20th, p. 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4067
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: Germany
Description: German mayor states two human-like figures
wearing shimmer metallic clothing about 4 feet high come out of a landed
40ft diameter saucer
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_460
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: USA, Atlanta (Georgia)
Description: (Translated from French) Fred Reagan was
flying with his Piper at 2400 meters altitude. It was 2:32 PM. That's
when he noticed some kind of huge, shiny diamond-shaped thing. It was
coming towards him at a very high speed. (...) In panic, Fred Reagan
didn't have time to react. The object hit his Piper head-on, breaking
off the tail of the plane, which after violent shakes, fell towards the
ground. (...) He was outside and he felt that he was descending at a
dizzying speed (note from vog: without losing consciousness?) Suddenly
there was nothing. (...) He felt lifted in the air and he understood
that it was the unknown vessel that was attracting him towards it by
means of an immense suction system. (...) He found himself plunged into
a deep darkness, then he saw three humanoid figures with the appearance
of pins. (medical examination, brain tumor discovered and cured, various
explanations of kindness. He awoke in a well-earthly hospital room.
(...) He died on May 16, 1953. (Jean FERGUSON: "The Humanoids..." - ed.
Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, pp. 78-82) July 1951 (note from vog: that is one
year earlier) Fred Reagan recounted that in 1951 his Piper Cub plane had
been hit by a huge UFO and crashed to the ground. He himself remained
suspended, attracted and lifted up towards the saucer. There he was
treated for cancer with a particular blue light and then gently laid on
the ground near the remains of his plane. No one believed his story. He
died on May 16, 1952 (note from vog: he dies one year earlier too) in
the Atlanta insane asylum: at the autopsy it was found that his death
was due to extreme atomic radiation.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: "First Investigations on ET
Humanoids" - Laffont 1977 - p. 64
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1632
Date: 7/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Photograph
of Salem. (9 h 35)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1106
Date: 7/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Hampton
(Virginia), Paul
R. Hill witnesses an apparent UFO rendezvous above Chesapeake Bay.
Two mysterious amber-colored craft circle each other at 800 km/h before
being joined by a third, which positions itself several hundred meters
below, forming a "V". A fourth UFO joins the group, then they speed off
to the South. The USAF
will declare that it had no aircraft in the area at that time.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1107
Date: 7/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The USAF
lends a small fragment of a saucer to Canadian physicist Wilbert
Smith.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1108
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: Salem, MA
Description: U.S. Coast Guard seaman photographs four
brilliant lights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_102
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: OFF LAHAINA, HI
Description: Blue Book unidentified.
Submarine/submerged Burgara crew / (seen thru) binoculars. Oval disk
going quickly [to] sky. Changes color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2325
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off LAHAINA,HI:BBK UID:SUBM.BURGARA CREW/BINOCS:OVAL DISK >> SKY:CHANGES CLRs", LatLong: "20.877779 -156.683341", LatLongDMS: "20:52:40 N 156:41:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Hawaii", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952 (approximate)
Time: 00:30
Location: SAN ANSELMO, CA
Description: 2 boys. Bright yellow saucer stops. Night
lights exit / all directions. 90° U-turn. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2326
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "14", HatchDesc: "SAN ANSELMO,CA:2 BOYS:BRITE YLW SCR STOPS:NLTS EXIT/ALL DIRs:90° U-TURN:>>SW", LatLong: "37.972224 -122.561117", LatLongDMS: "37:58:20 N 122:33:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 09:40
Location: SALEM, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1501. USCG photos /
4 oval globs over cars. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO'S, INTERPLANETARY
VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index
91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2327
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "0", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "SALEM,MASS:BBK#1501:USCG PHOTOS/4 OVAL GLOBS OVR CARS:/FSR v3#3", LatLong: "42.522224 -70.894448", LatLongDMS: "42:31:20 N 70:53:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Description: 1 observer. Silent saucer / 5000'
altitude. Tilts. Rises. Away / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2328
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "64", HatchDesc: "nr POUGHKEEPSIE,NY:1 OBS:SILENT SCR/5000'alt:TILTS:RISES:AWAY/INCREDIBLE SPEED", LatLong: "41.700002 -73.916670", LatLongDMS: "41:42:00 N 73:55:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: HAMPTON, VA
Description: Aero eng. and many. 2 objects maneuver.
1+1 join. Play / sky. Photographs. All going quickly south. /
r114p115.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2329
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "HAMPTON,VA:AERO ENG.+MANY:2 OBJs MNVR:1+1 JOIN:PLAY/SKY:FOTOS:ALL>>S:/r114p115", LatLong: "37.033335 -76.333337", LatLongDMS: "37:02:00 N 76:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: MARRAKESH, MOROCCO
Description: Many observer(s). Large then small saucers
maneuver. Then going quickly southwest. Other saucers later.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2330
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MARRAKESH,MOROCCO:MANY OBS:LRG THEN SML SCRS MNVR:THEN >>SW:OTHER SCRS LATER", LatLong: "31.616668 -8.066667", LatLongDMS: "31:37:00 N 08:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MAR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: DEVINE, TX
Description: Several / train station. Dull
yellow-lights cross sky / V-formation. Hover briefly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2331
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "214", HatchDesc: "DEVINE,TX:SVRL/TRAIN STATION:DULL YEL-LITES CROSS SKY/V-FORMATION:HVR BRIEFLY", LatLong: "29.138890 -98.905560", LatLongDMS: "29:08:20 N 98:54:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Description: 2 amber-colored objects approach from the
S (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1117
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: Beverly, MA
Description: Roughly elliptical irregular blobs of
light in formation filmed (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB:
1501)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1118
Date: 7/16/1952
Time: 9:35 AM
Location: Beverly, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: U.S. Coast Guard photographer
Shell Alpert. Four roughly elliptical blobs of light in formation
photographed through window of photo lab.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_173
Date: 7/16/1952
Location: Coast Guard Air Station Salem [now Winter
Island Marine Park], Massachusetts
Description: 9:35 a.m. US Coast Guard photographer
Seaman Shell
R. Alpert sees several bright lights through a window screen (no
glass) from his position inside the photo lab at Coast Guard Air Station
Salem [now Winter Island Marine Park], Massachusetts, while cleaning a
camera. He watches them for 5–6 seconds, calls out to Hospitalman 1st
Class Thomas
E. Flaherty from sick bay to see them. The objects dim then brighten
suddenly. Alpert grabs a camera and films 4 roughly elliptical irregular
blobs of light in formation through the screen, on Super XX cut film
4-by-5-inch format. The lights disappear suddenly in a flash. The photo
is explained as showing reflections of light sources from inside the
building, but this ignores the fact that the window is open, and the
camera is not pointed through glass.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
88; Sparks,
p. 151; Joe Nyman and Barry Greenwood, “The July 1952 Coast Guard Photo
Revisited,” IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 3–5, 25–30; Michael D.
Lampen, “Mystery Alpert Objects,” IUR 27, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 27; “The
Photographer’s Tale,” Saturday Night Uforia, December 3, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1908
Date: 7/16/1952
Locations: Chesapeake Avenue (near LaSalle Avenue);
Hampton, Virginia; Virginia Beach; James River
Description: 9:00 p.m. Paul R. Hill,
an aeronautical research engineer, is watching the sky with his future
wife, Frances Hoback, on Chesapeake Avenue (near LaSalle Avenue) in
Hampton, Virginia, when he notices two amber- colored lights coming in
over Hampton Roads from the south at 500 mph. They slow down and make a
U turn, moving side by side until they revolve around each other at a
high rate of speed in a tight circle 200–300 feet in diameter. A third
UFO comes racing up from the direction of Virginia Beach and falls in
several hundred feet below the other two, making a V formation. A fourth
UFO comes in from up the James River and joins the group, which heads
south at 500 mph. “Their ability to make tight circling turns was
amazing.” Around 9:03 p.m., the four UFOs have moved out of sight to the
south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Pairs of Objects
Maneuver Overhead”; \[Blue Book
documents]; UFOEv, p.
57; Sparks, p. 150
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1909
Date: 7/16/1952
Description: A U.S. Coast Guardsman, Shell R. Alpert,
took a famous photograph of four oval globs of light in a V-formation
moving over parked cars near a power plant in Salem, Massachusetts at
9:35 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1501; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol; Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p.
91
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4092
Date: 7/16/1952
Description: At 9:00 p.m. EDT aeronautical engineer
Paul R. Hill along with his wife Frances saw two amber lights in the sky
make a U-turn over Hampton, Virginia and then revolve around each other.
They were joined by two more amber lights, then all four sped off toward
the south at an estimated speed of 500 mph. They moved jerkily when
flying slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects, p. 208; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: Report on
Multiple UFO, p. 115, citing the Newport News Press
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4093
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Six V-shaped,
orange discs, without a trail, were seen in Washington by radio engineer
Henry Lewis. (2 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1109
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The same
formation is observed by workers in Buenos Aires, implying a speed of
24000 km/h. They are observed by radar and a few hours later by peasants
in Aisey-sur-Seine (Côte d'Or). (2 h 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1110
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Lockbourne (Ohio), employees of the Air National Guard observe
for 3 hours a light with the appearance of a large star, which
disappears when an airplane approaches. The light will also be observed
on July 20, 22 and 23. (11am)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1476 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1111
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In White Plains,
New York, Mrs. Florence Daley observed two round, pastel blue objects
with shiny outlines flying in formation and emitting sounds resembling
those of slightly muffled bombs. Later, the witness would report hearing
numerous female voices coming from the objects. (3:10 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1502, unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1112
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: SOUTHERNERS REPORT GIANT
SAUCERS. AP -- Two Air Force pilots, W.B. Nash, and W.H.
Fortenberry, reported in Miami eight objects 100 feet in diameter
glowing like red hot coals and traveling 1000 mph passed directly
beneath their plane. The Air Force said it has made a preliminary report
to Dayton, Ohio.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_215
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Yreka CA, Chicago IL, and Dayton OH
Description: PACIFIC COAST AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN
AREA RESIDENTS REPORT SIGHTING. AP -- Several Yrekans reported
seeing seeing a lighted, cigar-shaped object colored purple, pink, and
green and leaving a vapor trail. Residents of Medford, Oregon also
reported seeing the object. In Chicago, Capt. Paul L. Carpenter,
American Airlines pilot, sighted strange flying objects in an early
morning flight over Colorado. The craft had a yellow tinge and were
traveling about 3000 mph at an altitude of 23,000 to 30,000 feet. The
Air Force Office in Dayton, Ohio assigned to the investigation said he
had received about 1000 reports of Flying Saucers and 15% could not be
explained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_216
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: SR33 NEAR ST. PAUL, MN
Description: 2 observer(s). 4 2' saucers / 200'
altitude. Sharp turns. (During lightening storm.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2332
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "235", HatchDesc: "SR33 nr ST PAUL,MN:2 OBS:4 2' SCRS/200'alt:SHARP TURNS:(DURING LITENING STORM)", LatLong: "44.950002 -93.100004", LatLongDMS: "44:57:00 N 93:06:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 01:20
Location: NEAR ELIZABETH CITY, NC
Description: Watchman. Southwest radio dead. 4 disks
going [to] over fast. Radio OK after.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A
huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2333
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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "nr ELIZABETH CITY,NC:WATCHMAN:SW RADIO DEAD:4 DISKS > OVR FAST:RADIO OK AFTER", LatLong: "36.300002 -76.222226", LatLongDMS: "36:18:00 N 76:13:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: OVER DENVER, CO
Description: 3 pilots. Night light going SSE. 2 more
going west return going quickly east. All / 3000mph. / r242p158.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2334
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "1580", HatchDesc: "ovr DENVER,CO:3 PILOTS:NLT> SSE:2 MORE> W RETURN>>E:ALL/3000mph:/r242p158", LatLong: "39.733335 -104.983338", LatLongDMS: "39:44:00 N 104:59:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: LOCKBOURNE, OH
Description: ANG men and many. Night light maneuvers.
Vanishes when planes near. Back 18-23 Jul. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2335
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "180", Elev: "216", HatchDesc: "LOCKBOURNE,OH:ANG MEN+MANY:NLT MNVRS:VANISHES WHEN PLANES NEAR:BACK 18-23JLY52", LatLong: "39.816669 -82.966671", LatLongDMS: "39:49:00 N 82:58:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: LAKE ERIE EAST / SANDUSKY, OH
Description: Private pilot. 55m saucer seen near United
Airlines (UAL) airliner. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2336
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "174", HatchDesc: "LAKE ERIE E/SANDUSKY,OH:PRIVATE PILOT:55m SCR SEEN nr UAL AIRLINER:NFD", LatLong: "41.466669 -82.533337", LatLongDMS: "41:28:00 N 82:32:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: MATANZAS, CUBA
Description: 1 observer. Shadow / ground. Saucer
overhead tilted vertical. Going up [to] 400M and turns horizontal.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2337
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MATANZAS,CUBA:1 OBS:SHADOW/GND:SCR OVHD TILTED VERTICAL:↑ 400M+TURNS HORZNTL", LatLong: "23.038890 -81.583337", LatLongDMS: "23:02:20 N 81:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CUB", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: YARMOUTH HARBOUR, NS
Description: FBI report. Several silver half and full
circles in formations. All vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus
Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index
32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2338
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "YARMOUTH HARBOUR,NS:FBI RPT:SVRL SLVR HALF+FULL CIRCLES/FORMNs:ALL VANISH", LatLong: "43.833335 -66.133336", LatLongDMS: "43:50:00 N 66:08:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: BELAN-SUR-OURCE, FR
Description: Whirlwind. 2 saucers separate. 1 going
quickly west. 1 going quickly east. Wind stops oddly. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The
UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB
(Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2339
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "9", HatchDesc: "BELAN-sur-OURCE,FR:WHIRLWIND:2 SCRs SEPARATE:1>>W:1>>E:WIND STOPS ODDLY:NFD", LatLong: "47.966669 4.661111", LatLongDMS: "47:58:00 N 04:39:40 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Côte-d'Or", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: BALLIETTSVILLE, PA
Description: 2 women. 2 red glowing-balls follow plane
across sky. Plane type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 876)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2340
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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "152", HatchDesc: "BALLIETTSVILLE,PA:2 WOMEN:2 RED GLOW-BALLS FOLO PLANE ACS SKY:plane type unkn", LatLong: "40.677780 -75.572226", LatLongDMS: "40:40:40 N 75:34:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 15:10
Location: WHITE PLAINS, NY
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers with bright rims.
Soft sounds. Female voices heard!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2341
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "64", HatchDesc: "WHITE PLAINS,NY:1 OBS:2 SCRS W/BRITE RIMS:SOFT SOUNDS:FEMALE VOICES HEARD!", LatLong: "41.050002 -73.766670", LatLongDMS: "41:03:00 N 73:46:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: TSUIKI AB, JPN
Description: 2 / theodolite. 12 white objects check out
weather balloon. Shape unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2342
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "Japan", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "TSUIKI AB,JPN:2/THEODOLITE:12 WHT OBJs CHECK OUT WEATHER BALLOON:SHAPE UNK", LatLong: "33.666668 131.050006", LatLongDMS: "33:40:00 N 131:03:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kyushu", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / SALEM, OH
Description: Several observer(s). 2 flat
glowing-saucers seen 2200-2400 hours. Fly in formation / high
altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 874)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2343
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "8", Duration: "120", Elev: "48", HatchDesc: "N/SALEM,OH:SVRL OBS:2 FLAT GLOW-SCRS SEEN 2200-2400 hrs:FLY/FORMn/hi alt", LatLong: "40.966669 -80.855559", LatLongDMS: "40:58:00 N 80:51:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: VERONICA, ARG
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). 6 saucers maneuver
and circle town. No further details. / r11p312+/ r198p66+/
r136#2p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2344
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Argentina", Credibility: "12", Duration: "70", Elev: "18", HatchDesc: "VERONICA,ARG:100s/OBS:6 SCRS MNVR+CCL TOWN:NFD:/r11p312+/r198p66+/r136#2p62", LatLong: "-35.400002 -57.366669", LatLongDMS: "35:24:00 S 57:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Buenos Aires", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST / RAPID CITY, SD
Description: Airmen / drive-in. Several saucers going
quickly south over Air Force Base. Straight and level and same altitude.
Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 875)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2345
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "980", HatchDesc: "E/RAPID CITY,SD:AIRMEN/DRIVE-IN:SVRL SCRS >>S OVR AFB:S/L+SAME ALT:sep.obs", LatLong: "44.083335 -103.033338", LatLongDMS: "44:05:00 N 103:02:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Batesville, MS
Description: State Highway Patrolmen observed two or
three round blue flourescent colored objects approximately 100 feet in
diamter. The objects were observed for approximately 30 minutes. (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1119
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: White Plains, NY
Description: 2 round objects, bluish white with
brighter rims, fly in formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
1502)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1120
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Amber-colored elliptical-shaped object
with a small flame (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1476)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1121
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Rapid City, SD
Description: Military (USAF?) witness(es). (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1479)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1122
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Tsuiki Air Base, Kyushu, Japan
Description: A formation of twelve circular luminous
objects moving in the same direction as balloons just released (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1123
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 3:10 PM
Location: White Plains, New York
Description: Witness: Mrs. Florence Daley. Two round
objects, bluish-white with brighter rims, flew in formation, making a
sound like bombers, only softer. Note: Later, the witness stated she
heard many feminine voices coming from the objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_174
Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11 AM
Location: Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: Witness: Air National Guard employees. One
light like a big star was seen for 3 hours, but disappeared when an
aircraft approached. Also seen the night of July 20, 22 and 23.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_175
Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Yarmouth Harbour, Nova Scotia
Description: 6:30 p.m. A woman leaving Yarmouth
Harbour, Nova Scotia, on the SS Yarmouth watches seven silvery objects
in an inverted triangular formation for 2 minutes. They hover
momentarily, descend slowly, and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs:
Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 268–269
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1910
Date: 7/17/1952
Alternate date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Lockbourne AFB; Rickenbacker Air National
Guard Base; Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: 10:10 p.m. T/Sgt. Thurman C. Mahone and
A/3c Gene
A. Jennings at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard
Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio, see an amber-colored, elliptical-shaped
object with a small flame at the rear, periodically increasing in
brightness. It moves swiftly, giving off a resonant beating sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 18, 1952:
Lockbourne, Ohio”; Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1911
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At ten minutes after midnight on State
Route 33 in St. Paul, Minnesota four two-foot diameter discs flew
through a lightning storm at only 200 feet altitude, making sharp
turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
June-July 20th, p. 59
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4117
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 11:00 a.m. an elliptical object was
sighted from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio with a pinpoint of flame at the rear
that would occasionally flare. The object had a resonant beat as it
moved through the sky at high speed. A Project Blue Book "unidentified"
case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1476
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4118
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At the same time as the Lockbourne AFB
sighting, a pilot for United Airlines flying over Lake Erie near
Sandusky, Ohio saw a saucer-shaped object pacing his airliner.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4119
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 2 o'clock in the afternoon two red
glowing spheres followed a plane across the sky in Balliettsville,
Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2360
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4120
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 3:10 p.m. a woman saw two large flying
discs over White Plains, New York flying on their edge and making a
whirring sound. They were in sight for 5-6 seconds. A Project Blue Book
"unidentified" case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1502
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4121
Date: 7/17/1952
Description: In the evening a Master Sergeant near
Rapid City, South Dakota saw 12-14 glowing orange objects in the sky.
They flew straight and level, and seemed to be going faster than jet
aircraft. A Project Blue Book "unidentified" case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1479
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4122
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: FRANCE, Lac Chauvet (Puy-de-Dôme)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Frégnale, an
engineer, took a series of four photos of an object of metallic
appearance, reflecting the sun's rays on its edge, of lenticular shape,
moving from west to east, around 6:00 pm flying at about 1000m altitude.
At the moment of the object's disappearance, the witness had the
impression that it disintegrated. (Henry DURRANT: "Le dossier des OVNI"
- Laffont 1973 - p.269-270 and photographic insert) (Science et Avenir
n° 307 -1972.) An engineer, André Frégnale, sees a disc-shaped object
silently and at a constant speed pass through the sky. He takes four
photos of it, then, through binoculars, sees it disappear as if it were
vanishing on the spot.
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: "Le dossier
secret des OVNI", ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p. 127, 128
Reference: Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50
years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1633
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) George von Tassel
receives a telepathic message from the commander of the space fleet,
ASHTAR, warning him against nuclear power and the H-bomb. Von Tassel is
tasked with delivering the message to President Truman.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: follow-up on August 24, 1953
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1634
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: France, Pouilly and Vénarey lès Laumes
Description: (Translated from French) At 6 pm, the
inhabitants reported seeing a fuselage without wings or protuberances,
emitting at regular intervals a brief and violent flashing and giving
rise to a very thick white smoke dissipating quickly. The witnesses
describe this fuselage as having an apparent length of 30 m, being in a
vertical position and being accompanied by a fairly loud rumble. (1952,
July 18 or 19)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE - Jeanine VALLEE: "The
Unusual Phenomena of Space", ed. bound LAFFONT 1978, p. 76
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1635
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Miami
(Florida), E. R. Raymer and his daughter observed a silver ball flying
very quickly in a direction perpendicular to the wind direction for 10s.
(11 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1483 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1113
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Denver
(Co.), a pilot of American Airlines observed unidentified
lights moving quickly back and forth.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1114
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Patrick
Air Force Base (Florida), 2 officers, weather personnel, and various
other people saw 4 amber-colored lights performing circles around the
base's field.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1115
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Chauvet Lake
(Puy-de-Dôme), observation of André
Frégnale. (18 h 10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1116
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Lockbourne
(Ohio) USAF base, Sergeant/T Mahone and A/3c Jennings observe an
amber-colored elliptical object with a small flame at the back, believed
to be periodically luminescent. The object moves very quickly for 1
minute and 30 seconds, emitting resonant thumping sounds. (21 h
10)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1482 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1117
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Patrick (Florida), 3 USAF officers and 4 other men observed for
1 hour a series of red-orange lights remaining stationary and
maneuvering in various directions. (21 h 45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1485 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1118
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A sailor by the
name of NewHouse films a squadron of unknown flying objects. Despite the
pressures of the CIA
(according to Donald
Keyhoe), the hypothesis of a hoax is ruled out.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1119
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Many UFOs are
seen or detected by radar at the Andrews
base.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1120
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: SOMETHING TO FLYING SAUCERS, SAYS
AF. The Air Force admitted that people actually see something
when they report flying saucers and said some of the unexplainable
objects traveling at speeds up to 2,000 mph have been tracked by radar.
This statement of Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Operation Blue Book,
the AF group studying reports of unidentified objects. Ruppelt said jet
fighters with the very latest radar have been sent aloft to make
contact, but all efforts to catch the objects failed. Of 1,000
investigated reports, Ruppelt said, 38% were meteors or other heavenly
bodies, 13% were balloons, 22% birds or aircraft, 2% hoaxes, and 25%
were unexplained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_218
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: MYSTERY CLOUDS FATE OF DESERT
COUPLE. Rains of the past year have wiped out two sets of
footprints which were left by a young couple who landed their small
plane and walked away never to be seen again. Klaus Martens, 28, a
scientist who had worked on phases of the hydrogen bomb project, and
Marajune Walker, 23, took off from Pasadena, Calif., and landed a few
hours later, on the desert 35 miles southeast of here on June 15, 1951.
The plane was found 15 days later in perfect condition with a note left
in the cockpit saying they were heading west. Their tracks veered
occasionally, but went towards the Black Head mountain range then turned
southward toward the Mexican border and disappeared. Officials are
puzzled over their disappearance because they certainly weren't lost!
They crossed two highways on the journey before disappearing
completely.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_219
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Denver, CO
Description: The New York Times. THAT
MEANS 150 WERE SAUCERS.. Four flying objects moving at terrific
speed over Denver, Colo., were sighted by Captain Paul L. Carpenter of
American Airlines and his crew. The objects had a yellow tinge. They
were traveling at about 3,000 miles an hour at an altitude of 23,000 to
30,000 feet. An Air Force officer at Dayton, Ohio, assigned to the
investigation said he had received about 1,000 reports of flying
saucers, and 15% could not be explained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_220
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Patrick AFB, FL
Description: Four lights near airfield; exceptional
maneuverability.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_103
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: HYATTSVILLE, MD
Description: Radio engineer. 6-7 orange disks curve up
and away / sequence. / r242p160.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 852)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2346
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "HYATTSVILLE,MD:RADIO ENGINEER:6-7 ORG DISKS CURVE UP+AWAY/SEQUENCE:/r242p160", LatLong: "38.955557 -76.944448", LatLongDMS: "38:57:20 N 76:56:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: NEAR DENVER, CO
Description: AAL pilot. 4 night lights race past. 25K'
altitude. 180-turns. 3000+MPH! / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA;
BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2347
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "1580", HatchDesc: "nr DENVER,CO:AAL PILOT:4 NLTS RACE PAST:25K'alt:180-TURNS:3000+MPH!:/r242p35", LatLong: "39.966669 -105.000005", LatLongDMS: "39:58:00 N 105:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "7500", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: TACHIKAWA GOING QUICKLY [TO] OSHIMA,
JPN
Description: 2 / C54 plane. Rectangular clearing /
clouds. Cloud saucer inside!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2348
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "8", Duration: "7", HatchDesc: "TACHIKAWA>>OSHIMA,JPN:2/C54 PLANE:RECT. CLEARING/CLOUDS:CLOUD SCR INSIDE!", LatLong: "35.733335 139.500007", LatLongDMS: "35:44:00 N 139:30:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). Opaque silver bubble flies
fast at right angles to wind direction / 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2349
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,FL:2 OBS:OPAQUE SLVR BUBBLE FLIES FAST at RIGHT ANGLES to WIND DIR/10sec", LatLong: "25.805557 -80.183337", LatLongDMS: "25:48:20 N 80:11:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: WHEELING, WVA
Description: 2 observer(s). "Weird roaring whirling
flat object / sky". Newspapers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2350
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "202", HatchDesc: "WHEELING,WVa:2 OBS:"WEIRD ROARING WHIRLING FLAT OBJ/SKY":NEWSPAPERS", LatLong: "40.066669 -80.683337", LatLongDMS: "40:04:00 N 80:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Western Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: WEST NEW BRIGHTON AND MANHATTAN, NY
Description: 3+observer(s). 5 large saucers / V
formation / red rims. Southwest going quickly northeast. /
r136#2p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2351
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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "W.NEW BRIGHTON+MANHATTAN,NY:3+OBS:5 LRG SCRS/VFORM/RED RIMS:SW>>NE:/r136#2p64", LatLong: "40.627780 -74.150004", LatLongDMS: "40:37:40 N 74:09:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1952 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: POUILLY AND VENAREY, FR
Description: 30M vertical cloud-cylinder/cigar-shape.
Regular brief lights. Thick white smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The
UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB
(Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2352
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "POUILLY+VENAREY,FR:30M VERT CLOUD-CGR:REGULAR BRIEF LITES:THICK WHT SMOKE", LatLong: "47.538891 5.433334", LatLongDMS: "47:32:20 N 05:26:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Haute-Saône", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: LAC CHAUVET, FR
Description: Engineer / (seen thru) binoculars. Saucer
going quickly east straight and level. Photographs test genuine see /
r48+/ r97#54.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2353
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: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "Lac CHAUVET,FR:ENGINEER/BINOCS:SCR >>E S/L:FOTOS TEST GENUINE see /r48+/r97#54", LatLong: "45.461113 2.833333", LatLongDMS: "45:27:40 N 02:50:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Puy-de-Dôme", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: FRONT ROYAL, VA
Description: Whitish globe going quickly southeast.
Stops here. Zigzags back going quickly northwest. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 876)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2354
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "173", HatchDesc: "FRONT ROYAL,VA:WHITISH GLOBE >> SE:STOPS HERE:ZIGZAGS BACK >>NW:XFAST", LatLong: "38.916669 -78.194448", LatLongDMS: "38:55:00 N 78:11:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: PLACITAS, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Yellow-orange object
extremely fast going east. 90-turn going quickly south. 90 turn going
west. 90 turn going quickly south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2355
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1814", HatchDesc: "PLACITAS,NM:2 OBS:YEL-ORG OBJ XFAST> E:90-TURN>>S:90TURN> W:90TURN>>S+AWAY.", LatLong: "35.316668 -106.416672", LatLongDMS: "35:19:00 N 106:25:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1458. Several
observer(s). 4 night lights circle missile center. 1 going quickly east.
Others going south. / r29p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2356
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PATRICK AFB,FL:BBK#1458:SVRL OBS:4 NLTS CCL MISSILE Ctr:1>>E:OTHERS>S:/r29p155", LatLong: "28.238890 -80.594448", LatLongDMS: "28:14:20 N 80:35:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: A light like a big star that disappeared
when an aircraft approached (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
1482)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1124
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Opaque, silvery bubble fly very fast at a
right-angle to the wind (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1483)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1125
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Patrick AFB, FL
Description: Series of hovering and maneuvering
red-orange lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5,
BB: 1485)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1126
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Denver, CO
Description: Carpenter Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1127
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Lac Chauvet, France
Description: Fregnale Photos (NICAP: 08 - Photographic
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1128
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 9:10 PM
Location: Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. Mahone, A/3c Jennings.
One amber-colored, elliptical-shaped object with a small flame at the
rear, periodically increased in brightness. It moved very fast for l 1/2
minutes, giving off a resonant beat sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_176
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 11 AM
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: Witnesses: E. R. Raymer and daughter. One
opaque, silvery bubble flew very fast at a right-angle to the wind
direction for 10 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_177
Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 9:45 PM
Location: Patrick AFB, Florida
Description: Witnesses: three USAF officers and four
enlisted men. Over an hour period, a series of hovering and maneuvering
red-orange lights were observed moving in a variety of directions.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_178
Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: American Airlines; Denver, Colorado; Los
Angeles; Chicago
Description: Early morning. American Airlines pilot
Capt. Paul L. Carpenter, First Officer George Fell, and Flight Engineer
Quilici watch several dull-red objects with a “yellowish tinge” speeding
around in the air at an altitude of 25,000– 30,000 feet near Denver,
Colorado, during a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. A
maximum of three objects are seen at one time over a 2-minute period.
Carpenter says they seem to be about 100 miles away. The first object is
moving south by southeast. One minute after it disappears, two more come
into view going westward and another one eastward. “The two traveling
westward disappeared about two seconds then reappeared traveling
eastward.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The
Author, 1986, p. 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1912
Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: Capt. Edward
Ruppelt tells the press in Dayton, Ohio, that ground radar has
tracked UFOs at speeds of 1,500– 2,000 mph, that jet fighters scrambled
to intercept them have failed, and that “persons making these reports
actually see something in the sky,” but the Air Force does not know what
they are.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (“‘Saucer’ Sightings
Spur AF’s
Drive to End
Mystery,” Dayton \(Ohio\) Journal Herald, July 18, 1952, pp. 1, 10;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History:
1952, June–July 20th, The
Author, 1986, p. 66)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1913
Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Lac Chauvet; Puy-de-Dôme; France
Description: 6:10 p.m. André Frégnale is hiking near
Lac Chauvet, Puy-de-Dôme, France, when he sees a disc flying west to
east in a straight line at constant speed. He immediately takes two
photos when the object is at its largest apparent size, then two others
when it is moving away to his left. It is in view for 50 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Une
soucoupe volante,”
Le Méridional, July 25, 1952, pp. 1, 8; Pierre Guérin, “A
Scientific Analysis of Four Photographs of a Flying
Disk near Lac Chauvet (France),” Journal of Scientific Exploration
8, no. 4 (1994): 447–469; Alain Delmon, “Les Cas Solides: Lac
Chauvet, France, 1952,” Les OVNIs: Intelligences non-humaines ou
mythe moderne?, December 26, 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1914
Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Patrick AFB; Cocoa Beach, Florida
Description: 9:45 p.m. Three Air Force officers and
four enlisted men at Patrick AFB, near Cocoa Beach, Florida, see a
series of hovering and maneuvering red-orange lights moving in a variety
of directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Hovering
and Maneuvering
Lights”; Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1915
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 6:00 p.m. in Pouilly, Cote-d'Or
department, France six witnesses spotted a 30 meter long vertical
cloud-cigar with regularly spaced brief lights. It was emitting a thick
white smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques & Janine Vallee, Challenge to
Science: The UFO Enigma, p. 66
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4157
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 2:00 a.m. a procession of bright orange
discs in single file veered over Washington, D.C. and disappeared in a
regular sequence.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated
July 18, 1952, Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4158
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 11:00 o'clock in the morning in Miami,
Florida Mr. E. R. Raymer and his daughter spotted an opaque, silvery
bubble for 10 seconds. The object flew very fast perpendicular to the
wind direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1483; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4159
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 8:50 p.m. a white sphere flew fast
toward the southeast, stopped over Front Royal, Virginia and then
zigzagged back toward the northwest at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2374
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4160
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: Technical Sgt. Mahone and Airman Third
Class Jennings saw a UFO at 9:10 p.m. in Lockbourne, Ohio. It was amber
colored, circular object, somewhat smaller than the average airplane. It
had a small flame coming from the rear of the craft that periodically
increased in brightness, and its rim gave off an orange and green glow.
It moved very fast for 90 seconds, giving off a resonant beat sound. It
appeared several times over a four-hour period.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1482; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4161
Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 9:45 p.m. EDT three USAF officers and
four enlisted men watched a series of hovering and maneuvering amber to
reddish-orange lights for over an hour in the sky over Patrick AFB,
Florida. They were observed maneuvering in a variety of
directions.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge and Project Blue Book Special
Reports 1-12, December 1952, p. 31; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4162
Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: UFO's detected by radar over Washington.,
D.C.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_120
Attributes: radar
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Washington, D.C.: Long range “overfly”
RADAR picked up a formation of seven blips that were 15 miles south and
not far from Andrews AFB. Radar operator, Ed Nugent, thought that they
were military traffic until two of the targets suddenly accelerated at
fantastic speeds and disappeared off the radar scope. These strange UFOs
were monitored by Harry Barnes, Senior Controller, and controllers
Howard Cocklin and Joe Zacko. Also, Andrews AFB had also been tracking
the UFOs as they intruded over the White House which was Washington Air
Space restricted air space. The UFOs were traveling at speeds of up to
7000 mph before stopping abruptly and then cruising about in
unconventional patterns.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_461
See also: 7/26/1952
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: USA, Williston, North Dakota.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:55 a.m.
Witness: an experienced civilian pilot. An elliptical object with a
fringe of light, descended quickly, made a full circle and another half
circle during the 5 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1636
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: USA, Washington
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:30 PM two
radars from the National Washington Airport detected eight UFOs flying
at 160-200 km/h, two of which suddenly accelerated. The control tower
recorded the same phenomenon on its radar and confirmed it to Mr.
Barnes, the main controller. He informed Andrews Air Force Base, since
the White House and the Pentagon, located in the District of Columbia
where the federal capital of the Union is located, are obviously
forbidden to be overflown. Andrews AFB answered affirmatively: its radar
had seen the objects. It even specified that the sudden acceleration of
one of them had brought its speed to 10,000 km/h. At dawn the operators
saw, with the naked eye, a large luminous sphere of bright orange color
above them. Mr. Barnes, at the Washington National Airport, observed the
objects with a theodolite. Around 12:30 AM on July 20th, he alerted the
air defense. Reaction interceptors took off from Newcastle AFB
(Delaware) since the tracks of Andrews AFB were temporarily
impracticable. When they arrived, around 3 AM, there were no more
objects in the sky: they returned to their base. New alert above
Washington, new request for interception at Newcastle AFB, new
appearance of the objects on the radars, new disappearance of these
objects on the screens. Meanwhile, during this crazy night, airline
pilots confirmed in their flight reports that they saw lights that they
could not identify in the places indicated by the radar operators. Mr.
Chambers, a radio engineer, when leaving the Washington NA radio station
at 5 AM, saw five huge discs and testified to it. (Henry DURRANT: "The
Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970 - p.105-106-251 and photographic
insert) - July 19th and 26th 1952: During a wave of observations,
mysterious UFOs were detected in the night of the 19th by several radars
and simultaneously observed as an aerial ballet of lights above the
capital. They play hide and seek with the fighter planes sent to
intercept them. Other observations took place in the following nights,
in particular on the 26th. Astronomical objects? Mirages due to
temperature inversions in the atmospheric layers? (note from vog: and so
the radars would have captured mirages?) (Science and Life, special
edition 1997: 50 years of UFOs, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63)
...see also:. ((c) 1997 Jeroen Slurf and Jeroen Kümeling.) see also:
(1952, July 19th and 20th)
Reference: "Glimpses of Flying Saucers" - Aimé Michel,
ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 96 to 99
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1637
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Willinston
(North Dakota), an experienced civilian pilot observes an elliptical
object with a luminous border descending quickly, making a full turn and
then a half turn in 5 minutes. (2 h 55)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 1492 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1121
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 3 black circular
objects appear above Oak
Ridge, as in 1950.
They are chased by F-86
fighters. Origin of the objects unknown. (15 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1122
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The object of
Puerto Maldonado (Peru) photographed on July 19, see file
images/1952-07-19_16-30_PuertoMaldonado_Perou.jpe
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1123
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 5 strange lights
maneuver above the White House, the city of Washington and its
surroundings. They are notably detected by the CAA
radar at the airport. This is the beginning of what will be called the
Washington
carousel. (22 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1124
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 8 unknown objects
fly over the White
House. (23 h 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1125
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Elkins Park
(Pennsylvania), the USAF Captain and pilot C. J. Powley and his wife
observed 2 lights resembling stars maneuvering, staying stationary and
accelerating for 5 to 7 minutes. (23 h 35)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1494 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1126
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Ottawa Journal. DISKS
FOLLOW ORDERS. At 2:00 a.m., radio engineer Elmer Chambers
looked up at the sky. Here's what he says he saw: "Six or seven bright
orange disks were streaking through the sky, in single file. The saucers
sped along for about five seconds and then each, in turn, veered sharply
upward and disappeared." Chambers, 41, is chief engineer at the WRC
Radio Station transmitter in the Washington suburbs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_221
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Radar-visuals of UFOs over Capitol;
attempted intercepts.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_104
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: HELSINKI, FINL
Description: 2 cops. 50' saucer north going quickly
south. Stops and drops over stadium. Rises and shoots going quickly
south / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT
INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2357
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "HELSINKI,FINL:2 COPS:50'SCR N>>S:STOPS+DROPS OVR STADIUM:RISES+SHOOTS>>S/SEA", LatLong: "60.216670 24.883335", LatLongDMS: "60:13:00 N 24:53:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Finland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: ELKINS PARK, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1494. Unidentified.
1 star chases 2nd. Circles. Going quickly southeast toward(s) coast. 2
military observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2358
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "3", Elev: "61", HatchDesc: "ELKINS PARK,PA:BBK#1494:UID:1 STAR CHASES 2nd:CCLS:>>SE TWRD COAST:2 MIL OBS", LatLong: "40.083335 -75.133337", LatLongDMS: "40:05:00 N 75:08:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: CHATHAM, ON
Description: 1 observer. 2 dark silent round objects
play over treetops. Circle and maneuver. Away in unison.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 856)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2359
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "CHATHAM,ON:1 OBS:2 DRK SLNT RND OBJs PLAY ovr TREETOPS:CCL+MNVR:away in unison", LatLong: "42.400002 -82.183337", LatLongDMS: "42:24:00 N 82:11:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: NEAR WILLISTON, NDAK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1492. Pilot / US85.
Saucer dives. Lights clouds. 360+180 turns. Going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2360
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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: "5", Elev: "572", HatchDesc: "nr WILLISTON,NDAK:BBK#1492:PILOT/US85:SCR DIVES:LITES CLOUDS:360+180 TURNS:>NE", LatLong: "48.144447 -103.627783", LatLongDMS: "48:08:40 N 103:37:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 2
round objects trail smoke going quickly northwest. Instantly turn
straight up!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2361
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "BALTIMORE,MD:GOC OBS:2 ROUND OBJs TRAIL SMOKE >>NW:INSTANTLY TURN STRAIGHT UP!", LatLong: "39.266669 -76.633337", LatLongDMS: "39:16:00 N 76:38:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: EAST / RICHLAND, WA
Description: 2 / car. Silver pancake-saucer hovers.
Slow tilts / maneuvers. Lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 991)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2362
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "120", HatchDesc: "E/RICHLAND,WA:2/CAR:SLVR PANCAKE-SCR HVRS:SLOW TILTS/MNVRS:LOST/DISTANCE:", LatLong: "46.266669 -119.250006", LatLongDMS: "46:16:00 N 119:15:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: LAFAYETTE, IN
Description: Engineer and Air Force jet and many. 320'
cylinder/cigar-shape / 40' diameter. Fast 90° turn going quickly
southwest. ~2200mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2363
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "170", HatchDesc: "LAFAYETTE,IN:ENGINEER+AF JET+MANY:320'CGR/40'diam:FAST 90°TURN >>SW:~2200mph ", LatLong: "40.433335 -86.900004", LatLongDMS: "40:26:00 N 86:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 1 observer and more. 6 luminous saucers in
independent. Horizontal and vertical maneuvers. All over sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2364
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "CHICAGO,IL:1 OBS+:6 LUM SCRS IN INDEPENDANT:HZNTL+VERTCL MNVRS:ALL OVR SKY.", LatLong: "41.883335 -87.683338", LatLongDMS: "41:53:00 N 87:41:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: STEWART LAKE, YKN
Description: Waco pilot. 2 metallic disks
oscillate/oscillation over lake. Altitude = 900M / Msl. Going quickly
north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 857)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2365
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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "762", HatchDesc: "STEWART LAKE,YKN:WACO PILOT:2 MTLC DISKS OSC OVR LAKE:ALT=900M/MSL:>>N:NFD", LatLong: "60.616670 -128.700006", LatLongDMS: "60:37:00 N 128:42:00 W", Locale: "Tundra", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "138", State/Prov: "YKN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: BALD TOP, CA
Description: 2 / beach. 7 round flat objects / sea
level. 1 going up [to] and 5 follow / spirals. 1 stays / 20
minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 877)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2366
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "BALD TOP,CA:2/BEACH:7 RND FLAT OBJS/SEA Lvl:1 ↑+5 FOLO/SPIRALS:1 STAYS/20mins", LatLong: "35.833335 -121.377784", LatLongDMS: "35:50:00 N 121:22:40 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 1st great DC wave. Fleets / saucers. 1
going [to] 7k MPH. RADAR's. / r210v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2367
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, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "196", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:1ST GREAT DC WAVE:FLEETS/SCRS:1 >7k MPH:RDRs:/r210v1#2", LatLong: "38.883335 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: RIVER EDGE, NJ
Description: Newsman. Silent orange Japanese lantern
going southeast. Absolute(ly) silent. / r28p286+/ APROv1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 853)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2368
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: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "RIVER EDGE,NJ:NEWSMAN:SLNT ORG.JAPn.LANTERN >SE:ABS SLNT:/r28p286+/APROv1#2", LatLong: "40.933335 -74.033337", LatLongDMS: "40:56:00 N 74:02:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Savanna River, SC
Description: Hundreds of employees from AEC witnessed
UFO cavort (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1129
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: unknown location, Unknown
Description: 2 cigar-shaped objects, one hovering the
other moving to the E (Battelle Unknown #4) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1130
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Porto Maldo, Peru
Description: Photograph of oval UFO taken by customs
official. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1131
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: River Edge, NJ
Description: Associated Press reporter Saul Pett about
midnight saw an intensely glowing, nonblinking orange ball of light
moving steadily overhead from the northwest to the southeast for 1-2
minutes (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1132
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Williston, ND
Description: Elliptical-shaped object with a light
fringe, descend fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1492)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1133
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Elkins Park, PA
Description: Saw 2 star-like lights maneuver, hover and
speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB:
1494)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1134
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Famous Photo of Objects Over Capitol
(NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1135
Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Washington National Airport Air Route
Traffic Control radar tracked the UFO to within about 4 miles of the
airport (1st event) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520719-20
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1136
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 2:55 AM
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Description: Witness: one experienced civilian pilot.
One elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe, travelled down fast,
made a 360 degree and then a 180 degree turn in 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_179
Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 11:35 PM
Location: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot Capt. C.J. Powley
and wife. Two star-like lights maneuvered, hovered and sped for 5-7
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_180
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Description: 2:55 a.m. An experienced civilian pilot
watches an elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe over Williston,
North Dakota, for 5 minutes. It descends fast and makes a 360° then a
180° turn.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p.
151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1916
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Lincoln
LaPaz tells newspapermen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that UFOs “can
reverse directions and cruise back and forth; they travel at high speeds
in wide sweeping circles…. They travel at high altitudes and can be
followed as long as 3½ minutes.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Luminous
Objects Flooding Southwest Skies Not Shooting Stars or Meteorites,
Says LaPaz,” July 20, 1952, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1917
Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Savannah River Atomic Site; Aiken, South
Carolina
Description: 10:00 a.m. Engineer John A. Anderson and
other technicians at the Savannah River Atomic Site near Aiken, South
Carolina, watch a greenish glowing object dart back and forth silently
and erratically at high speed above the plant. It is in view for 2
minutes, moving constantly and changing direction at sharp angles. The
object disappears over the horizon at “tremendous velocity.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Multiple Witnesses
Observe Strange Maneuvering
Object”; 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, p. 51; Nukes 47–48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1918
Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Agricultural engineer Pedro Bardi's farm in
the Madre de Dios region of Peru; Puerto Maldonado
Description: 4:30 p.m. Agricultural engineer Pedro
Bardi and others on a farm in the Madre de Dios region of Peru see a UFO
flying at 325 feet shortly after their short-wave radio goes dead. Bardi
says it is a bit smaller than a DC-3 and is making a buzzing sound. It
shows up 4 minutes later at Puerto Maldonado, 75 miles away, and Customs
Administrator Domingo Troncosco photographs it. The photo shows an
elongated object trailing smoke, passing over the top of a tree and in
front of a cumulus cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curt Collins, “The
Case of the Smoking Saucer,” In Honor of Jim Moseley, November 3,
2014; Curt Collins, “Jim
Moseley: The Case of the Smoking Saucer,” The Saucers That Time
Forgot, August 18, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1919
Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Chicago, Illinois; Elgin, Illinois
Description: 10:00 p.m. Six luminous round objects are
seen by a Chicago, Illinois, woman moving horizontally and vertically as
they cavort around in the sky. The same night, a UFO is seen by three
witnesses at the Ground Observer Corps post at the city hall in Elgin,
Illinois.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1920
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Description: 11:35 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Charles
John Powley and his wife Janet see
two star-like lights maneuver, hover, and speed up for 5–7 minutes over
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Groups of
Witnesses See Strange Lights”; Sparks, p. 151; Michael
D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12,
15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1921
Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/20/1952
Locations: Washington National [now Ronald Reagan
National] Airport’s Air Route Traffic Control (ARTC) in D.C.; Andrews
AFB [now Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County, Maryland;
Andrews AFB; Bolling AFB [now Joint Base Anaconda-Bolling] in
Washington, D.C.; New Castle AFB [now New Castle Air National Guard
Base] in Delaware; White House and Capitol
Description: 11:40 p.m. Air traffic controller Edward
Nugent at Washington National [now Ronald Reagan National] Airport’s Air
Route Traffic Control (ARTC) in D.C. picks up a formation of seven
objects on his long-range radar. They are southeast of Andrews AFB [now
Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County, Maryland, moving along at
100–130 mph. Two of the targets suddenly accelerate and vanish off the
scope within seconds. One apparently reaches a speed of 7,000 mph. A
second, shorter-range radar in the airport control tower (operated by Howard
Cocklin and Joseph
Zacko Jr.) and another at Andrews AFB has also tracked the objects.
For 6 hours, between 8 and 10 UFOs are tracked on radar. Senior Air
Traffic Controller Harry G. Barnes says that “They followed no set
course, were not in any formation, and we only seemed to be able to
track them for about three miles at a time…. I can safely deduce that
they performed gyrations which no known aircraft could perform.” Several
Capitol Airlines pilots (one of them Capt. S. C. “Casey” Pierman) see
the objects visually as white or orange lights in restricted air space
over the White House and Capitol. Ground observers at Andrews (Capt.
Harold C. May, Staff/Sgt Charles Davenport) watch red or orange lights.
Radar and visual sightings are also taking place at Bolling AFB [now
Joint Base Anaconda-Bolling] in Washington, D.C. By 3:00 a.m., the UFOs
are all gone, just as two F-94 interceptors arrive belatedly from New
Castle AFB [now New Castle Air National Guard Base] in Delaware. The
jets depart, and the UFOs return, observed by Capt. Howard Dermott, a
Capitol Airlines pilot, and Sgt. Davenport at Andrews. Radar trackings
continue, the last at 5:30 a.m. Civilian radio engineer E. W. Chambers
sees five huge discs circling in a loose formation; they tilt upward and
leave in a steep ascent. Blips appear on radar for at least another day,
until the evening of July 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1952
Washington, D.C.
UFO incident”; NICAP, “The Washington National
Sightings”; NICAP, “Andrews Tower
Radar Confirms Washington
Target”; “Washington’s Blips: ‘Somethings’ over the Capital Are
Traced on Radar,” Life, August 4, 1952, pp. 39–40; Ruppelt, pp.
158–161; 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. 71–72; Clark III 1250–1252; Swords
154–155; Sparks, p. 151;
Condon, pp. 153–157, 862–867;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol,
HarperTorch, 2001, pp. 32– 58; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case
Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 139;
Shoot 28–34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1922
Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Centerville, Virginia
Description: 12:00 midnight. A part-time farmer named
Constantine and a hired hand named Davis are curing tobacco when they
see two cigar-shaped objects—one hovering, the other moving to the
east—for 3–4 minutes near Centerville, Virginia. Both objects are
translucent, lit from within, and emit an exhaust from one end. They
both ascend until they disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1923
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: A tobacco farmer sighted two cigar-shaped
objects on this night in the southern United States (location
undisclosed). The sighting occurred around midnight at the beginning of
the new da y.One object hovered while the other one moved east and then
came back, then both objects ascended vertically until gone from view.
Both had some type of exhaust, and were illuminated from the
inside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge and Project Blue Book Special
Reports 1-12, May 1955
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4191
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: An experienced civilian pilot reported
that he observed an unidentified elliptical object with a lighted fringe
at 2:55 a.m. while flying over Williston, North Dakota. The object made
a fast descent, executed a 360° and then a 180° turn. He had the object
in sight for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1492; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4192
Date: 7/19/1952
Description: At 10:50 p.m. seven round flat objects
were seen at sea level from Bald Top, California. One object ascended
while five followed it in spirals. One object stayed behind for twenty
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case
2385
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4193
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Andrews AFB
Description: Classified Spot Intelligence Report (dated
7/23/1952): 3 UFO spotted by 5 base personnel at Andrews AFB at 0030
hours EST. UFOs reddish orange in color, moving erratically at an
undetermined altitude. Approach Control picked up another UFO at 0415
EST which was on the radar scope for 30 seconds before fading. Lt.
Hyatt, Operations Officer during this period, said that he had been
receiving “flying saucer” reports that evening and the objects had been
picked up by radar.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_462
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: USA, Lavalette, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:20 a.m.
Witness, chemist professor Dr. A.B. Spooner from Seton Hall University.
Two large orange lights with something bright red, flying one behind the
other, turning and flying in circles for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1638
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Pentagon
is overflown by similar objects, spotted and recorded on the radar
echoes of the Newcastle base. The objects fly at a speed ranging from
160 to 480 km/h, suddenly accelerating to phenomenal speeds. (0 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1127
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Interceptor jets,
dispatched from NewCastle and delayed by a previous UFO investigation in
New Jersey, arrive on the scene. The UFOs disappear, then reappear after
departing over the White
House and the Pentagon.
At one point, operators tracking the events from Andrews base see a
large, bright orange sphere, hovering stationary above the base.
(3:30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1128
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) End of
observations. (5 pm)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1129
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Lavalette, New
Jersey, Dr. A.B. Spooner, professor of chemistry at Seton Hall
University, observed two large yellow-orange lights with a kind of dark
red trail turning and rotating for 5-6 minutes. (12:20)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1504 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1130
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Dai-el-Aouagri
(Morocco), Mr. Petijean saw a saucer take off; it emitted blue flashes
and released a strong smell of burning sulfur.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1131
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Air Force tracks object at 900 mph;
extreme maneuverability.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_105
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: Army officer sees red cigar-shaped object
hover, depart.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_106
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: MADISON, FL
Description: 2 / farm. 2 saucers nearby. 1 advances and
retreats. Both brighten and rise going up / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 272)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2369
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "58", HatchDesc: "MADISON,FL:2/FARM:2 SCRS NEARBY:1 ADVANCES+RETREATS:BOTH BRIGHTEN+RISE↑/SKY", LatLong: "30.466668 -83.411115", LatLongDMS: "30:28:00 N 83:24:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: RADAR's / Bolling and Andrews AFBs and
local (as a local wave) airports/apartments. Jets chase 8+objects. 1
going NNE. / r151.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2370
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "184", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:RDRs/BOLLING+ANDREWS AFBs+LCL APTs:JETS CHASE 8+OBJs:1>NNE:/r151", LatLong: "38.883335 -77.016670", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 77:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: LAVALLETTE, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1504. Unidentified.
Chemical Professor. Detailed account. 2 night lights maneuver / 6mn.
Going quickly east to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2371
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "LAVALLETTE,NJ:BBK#1504:UID:CHEM PROF:DETAILED ACCT:2 NLTS MNVR/6mn:>>E to SEA", LatLong: "39.972224 -74.066670", LatLongDMS: "39:58:20 N 74:04:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: WASHINGTON AIRPORT, VA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew. Night light
flashes by before takeoff. RADAR-visual (observation) after.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2372
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON AIRPORT,VA:AL CREW:NLT FLASHES BY BEFORE TAKEOFF:RDR-VIS AFTER", LatLong: "38.838891 -77.050004", LatLongDMS: "38:50:20 N 77:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: (NORTHERN), VA
Description: 2 pilots. Round flat ovoid going up /
woods. Going quickly southwest extremely fast as airliner signals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 858)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2373
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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "170", HatchDesc: "(NORTHERN),VA:2 PILOTS:RND FLAT OVOID ↑/WOODS:>>SW XFAST as AIRLINER SIGNALS", LatLong: "39.000002 -78.000004", LatLongDMS: "39:00:00 N 78:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / LEWISTON, ID
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 4 large silent disks
circle over Waha Grade. Rise going quickly south extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 877)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2374
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "250", HatchDesc: "SE/LEWISTON,ID:2+2 OBS:4 LRG SLNT DISKS CCL OVER WAHA GRADE:RISE >>S XFAST", LatLong: "46.350002 -116.916672", LatLongDMS: "46:21:00 N 116:55:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Pierman/Wheaton Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1138
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Lavalette, NJ
Description: 2 large orange-yellow lights with some
dull red color fly in trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D,
Rating: 5, BB: 1504)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1139
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
Description: Air Force radar tracked up to 10 UFOs for
15-20 minutes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1140
Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Herndon, VA
Description: Airlines Flight Visual / Ground Radar
Tracks (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1143
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 0030
Location: Dai-el-Aouagri, Morocco
Description: Approximate date. R. Petijean saw a
luminous object, 20 m diameter, on the ground. It gave off bluish
flashes as it took off, leaving a smell of burning sulphur.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_94
Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 12:20 AM
Location: Lavalette, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Seton Hall Univ. chemistry
professor Dr. A.B. Spooner. Two large orange-yellow lights with some
dull red coloring flew in trail, turned and circled for 5-6
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_181
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Dai-el-Aouagri, Morocco
Mr. R. Petijean observed a 20-meter wide luminous object on the ground.
It gave off bluish flashes as it took off, and left behind the smell of
burning sulphur.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4223
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: Seton Hall University chemistry professor
Dr. A. B. Spooner of Lavalette, New Jersey reported to the Air Force
that he sighted two large orange-yellow lights with some dull red
coloring in trail at 12:20 a.m. The lights turned and circled for 5-6
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4224
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 1:05 a.m. at Andrews AFB in Maryland
five witnesses visually observed three red-orange objects moving
erratically around the sky. During the evening USAF radar operators at
the weather tower tracked ten UFOs for 15-20 minutes at Andrews AFB,
Maryland. The objects approached the runway, scattered, and then made
sharp turns and reversals in direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated
September 14, 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4225
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 4:30 a.m. additional unidentified radar
targets were picked up and tracked on ARTC radar at National Airport in
Arlington, Virginia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO cases in
1952: The UFO sightings that shook the government, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4226
Date: 7/20/1952
Description: An Army officer saw a red, cigar-shaped
object hover for four minutes over Alexandria, Virginia at 9:30
p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated
May 28, 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4227
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: USA, San Marcos AFB, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:40 p.m.
Witnesses: one Lieutenant, two Sergeants, three militiamen. A blue
circle with a blue tail was observed, first hovering, then accelerating
to a speed of 700+ m.p.h. after one minute.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1639
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: USA, Rockville, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:10 p.m.
Witnesses: one military officer, two militiamen. An object of aluminum
appearance, triangular, with a vertical tail, flying first in a straight
trajectory, then hovering during the observation of 3 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1640
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Converse
(Texas), the wife of USAF Captain J. B. Neal observed for 3-5 seconds an
elongated object with a fuselage shape flying horizontally, making a
right angle turn and disappearing from sight at a speed greater than 300
mph. (16:30)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1132
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Weisbaden
(West Germany), observations by E.
E. Dougher and J. J. Stong. (18 h 30)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1133
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in San Marcos (Texas), 1 lieutenant, 2 Staff Sergeants and 3 pilots
(airmen) observed a blue circle with a blue trail stationary then
accelerating to a speed greater than 700 miles/h after 1 minute. (22 h
40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1516 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1134
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
the USAF
base in Randolf (Texas)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1522 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1135
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 09:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / READING, KS
Description: 2 / farm. Noise. Metal disk / 3km
altitude. Wobbles. 150kph. Rises going quickly north / 1500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 904)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2375
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "331", HatchDesc: "SW/READING,KS:2/FARM:NOISE:MTL DISK/3km alt:WOBBLES:150kph:RISES >>N/1500kph", LatLong: "38.488891 -95.972227", LatLongDMS: "38:29:20 N 95:58:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE
Description: 4 radarmen. Unidentified blip. 1200mph.
Slows. Gone. / Atlanta Journal 24 Jul. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 903)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2376
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "326", HatchDesc: "DOBBINS AFB:4 RADARMEN:UID BLIP:1200mph:SLOWS:gone:/Atlanta Jrnl 24Jly52", LatLong: "33.916668 -84.516671", LatLongDMS: "33:55:00 N 84:31:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: NEAR NORRISTOWN, PA
Description: 2.5M flat green-metallic going west under
private plane / 800kph. 150M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2377
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "55", HatchDesc: "nr NORRISTOWN,PA:2.5M FLAT GRN-MTLC >W under pvt plane/800kph:150M alt", LatLong: "40.116669 -75.333337", LatLongDMS: "40:07:00 N 75:20:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "150", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: POMONA, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observers. Red
and silver ovoid makes loops going north. 3km altitude. 300kph.
Featureless.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 906)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2378
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "285", HatchDesc: "POMONA,CA:GOC OBSs:RED+SLVR OVOID MAKES LOOPS >N:3km alt:300kph:featureless", LatLong: "34.066668 -117.750006", LatLongDMS: "34:04:00 N 117:45:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: 2 observer(s). Large cone-shaped object
with brilliant orange glow. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC) report to
Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2379
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "BALTIMORE,MD:2 OBS:LRG CONE-SHAPED OBJ W/BRILL.ORG GLOW:/ATIC REPORT TO BBK", LatLong: "39.300002 -76.600004", LatLongDMS: "39:18:00 N 76:36:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: CONVERSE, TX
Description: 1 observer near Randolph Air Force Base.
Fuselage shape straight and level. Makes 90-turn / 300mph!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2380
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "121", HatchDesc: "CONVERSE,TX:1 OBS nr RANDOLPH AFB:FUSELAGE SHAPE S/L:MAKES 90-TURN/300mph!", LatLong: "29.516668 -98.283338", LatLongDMS: "29:31:00 N 98:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: WIESBADEN, GERMANY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1514. USAF pilot
and separate observer(s). 4+night lights / varying trajectories / 10-15
minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2381
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", HatchDesc: "WIESBADEN,GERMANY:BBK#1514:USAF PILOT+SEP.OBS:4+NLTS/VARYING TRAJs/10-15min", LatLong: "50.083336 8.255556", LatLongDMS: "50:05:00 N 08:15:20 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HSS", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 20:10
Location: TERRE HAUTE, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1533. USAF man.
Delta/triangle/box-like craft / 12K' altitude and 600mph stops dead!
Report going [to] Rockville.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2382
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "151", HatchDesc: "TERRE HAUTE,IN:BBK#1533:USAF MAN:DLT/12K'alt+600mph STOPS DEAD!:rept>ROCKVILLE", LatLong: "39.466669 -87.400004", LatLongDMS: "39:28:00 N 87:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Several military observer(s). Night lights
over missile test center again. 700mph. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2383
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "8", Duration: "8", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PATRICK AFB,FL:SVRL MIL OBS:NLTS OVR MISSILE TEST CTR AGAIN:700mph:/BBK FILES", LatLong: "28.216668 -80.600004", LatLongDMS: "28:13:00 N 80:36:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: BELUGA LAKE WITH ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE,
AK
Description: Bogeys / ground and air RADAR's. F94s get
close. Never see..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2384
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "BELUGA LAKE W/ELMENDORF AFB,AK:BOGEYS/GND+AIR RDRS:F94s GET CLOSE:NEVER SEE..", LatLong: "61.400003 -151.583341", LatLongDMS: "61:24:00 N 151:35:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SAN MARCOS AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1516. Unidentified.
Several observer(s). Horizontal "meteor" rises and descends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2385
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "182", HatchDesc: "SAN MARCOS AFB,TX:BBK#1516:UID:SVRL OBS:HORIZNTAL "METEOR" RISES+DESCENDS:", LatLong: "29.666668 -98.133338", LatLongDMS: "29:40:00 N 98:08:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Brilliant orange, cone-shaped object size
of four engine aircraft sighted at 15,000 to 20,000 feet then dove to
2000 feet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1145
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Dobbins (Turner AFB), GA
Description: Blip Makes Passes On Wind-Finding Target
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1146
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Wiesbaden, West Germany
Description: Separated Witnesses Observe Maneuvering
Lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1514)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1147
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: San Marcos AFB, TX
Description: A blue circle with a blue trail hover then
accelerate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1516)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1148
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Randolph AFB, TX
Description: An elongated, fuselage-shaped object fly
straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1522)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1149
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Holyoke, MA
Description: Round, yellow, flashing light fly downward
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1524)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1150
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Dobbins (Turner AFB), GA
Description: Dobbins AFB, Georgia, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1151
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Beluga Lake, AK
Description: Aircraft Has Radar Contact But No Visual
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1152
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Weisbaden, West Germany
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot Capt. E.E. Dougher,
WAF Lt. J.J. Stong, situated miles apart. Four bright yellowish lights
were seen by Dougher to separate, with two climbing and two flying away
level in the opposite direction. Stong watched two reddish lights fly in
opposite directions. Sightings lasted about 10-15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_182
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 10:40 PM
Location: San Marcos AFB, Texas
Description: Witnesses: one Lieutenant, two Staff
Sergeants, three airmen. One blue circle with a blue trail was seen to
hover and then accelerate to near-sonic speed (700+ m.p.h.) after 1
minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_183
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Converse, Texas
Description: Witness: wife of USAF Capt. J. B. Neal.
One elongated, fuselage-shaped object flew straight and level, made a
right-angle turn and went out of sight at more than 300 m.p.h., all in
3-5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_184
Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 8:10 PM
Location: Rockville, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: one military officer, two
enlisted men. One aluminum, delta-shaped object with a vertical fin,
flew straight and level, and then hovered during a 3 minute
sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_185
Date: 7/21/1952
Locations: Washington National Airport; Andrews AFB,
Maryland; Bolling AFB, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Description: 10:00 a.m. Ruppelt first
hears about the National Airport sightings in D.C. when he buys a
newspaper in the Washington National Airport terminal. He has been to
Andrews AFB in Maryland the day before with his boss Col. Donald
L. Bower, and
no one had said anything. At 1:00 p.m., Maj. Dewey Fournet calls
Ruppelt to come to a briefing with Capt. Berkow, a USAF intelligence
officer from Bolling AFB in D.C. Ruppelt hears that President Truman is
personally interested and wants a full investigation, but Bower orders
Ruppelt to return to Wright- Patterson AFB in Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
158–159; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings
of the Sign Historical Group UFO
History Workshop, Sign
Historical Group, November 2001, pp. 46–47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1924
Date: 7/21/1952
Locations: Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia;
Washington; Dayton, Ohio
Description: 10:30 a.m. Radar used to measure wind
velocity in the upper atmosphere at Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta,
Georgia, detects an unusual object flying at 50,000 feet. Observing the
blip are four radar technicians who state that “it could have been an
electromagnetic phenomenon but they did not believe it was.” A second
blip appears on the radar moving toward the wind-finding weather balloon
and passing through it three separate times. USAF officials report “in
private conversations” that the object moves at 1,200 mph, slows
considerably for 3–5 minutes, then disappears. The Civilian Defense
director in Atlanta, George
M. “Pup” Phillips, receives a report of the object but has “no
details.” Col. Murray
C. Woodbury, commander
of the 35th Air Division at Dobbins, checks with “defense officials in
Washington” before telling the press that such reports are sent to the
Air Technical Intelligence Center (Project Blue Book) in Dayton, Ohio,
for evaluation. Surprisingly, he admits, “We try to intercept such
objects and identify them, but so far we have been unsuccessful.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Blip Makes Passes on
Wind-Finding Target”; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July
21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 3; Sparks, p.
152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1925
Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Description: 6:30 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Edward
E. Dougher and WAF Lt. Josephine
J. Stong, separated by one mile on the ground in Wiesbaden, Germany,
see 4 bright yellowish lights. Dougher watches them separate, with two
climbing and two flying away level in the opposite direction. His wife
Barbara joins
him as they fly away. Stong sees two reddish lights fly in opposite
directions for 10–15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Separated
Witnesses Observe Maneuvering Lights”; Sparks, p. 152; Michael
D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12,
15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1926
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: At 6:30 p.m. two U.S. Air Force officers,
Dougher and Strong, in separate locations at Wiesbaden Air Base in Hesse
state, Germany watched two to four long, slender objects for 10-15
minutes. The UFOs were described as bright yellow lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted as official
statistics, case 1514; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 271; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4259
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a UFO was tracked on radar
at Dobbins AFB, Georgia at a speed of 1200 miles per hour and at an
altitude of 50,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP files, citing newspaper source; Loren
E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952 (Volume 9), p. 3; Richard Hall, The UFO
Evidence (Volume 1), p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4260
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: While flying ten miles northwest of
Kermit, Texas a private pilot experienced total radio failure when he
encountered a brilliant white light playing in the sky near a bank of
high altitude clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 49, citing Jan Aldrich
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4261
Date: 7/21/1952
Description: On the second day in a row more than 25
workers at the Northrup Aircraft Factory in Los Angeles, California
watched as two flying saucers were sighted hovering and cutting capers
over their aircraft plant for more than an hour. This occurred for a
total of four evenings in a row, beginning at around 7:00 p.m. The
objects were high in the sky and resembled pulsating stars, but they
shot away as if controlled.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes
from Bordentown, New Jersey talk on April 16, 2005, p. 47, citing San
Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4262
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: US
Description: The head of Pike's Peak Broadcasting
Company, Joseph Rohrer, insisted he was telling the truth when he said
several UFO's had crashed. In USMC Naval Aviator Donald Keyhoe's 1953
book, the Air Force discussed threatening Rohrer into silence.
Type: intimidation
Reference: Twitter.com
Reference: Flying Saucers from
Outer Space, by Donald E. Keyhoe
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1010
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:50 a.m.
Witnesses: control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots from the
Carco firm. Eight large round objects, of an aluminum-like appearance,
flying first in a straight trajectory, then erratically maneuvering
vertically for 25 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1641
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Uvalde, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:46 p.m.
Witness: Don Epperly, Director of Trans Texas Airlines and
meteorologist. A large round object, silver in color, rotating, flew at
more than 1,000 m.p.h. for 45 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1642
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, between Boston and Provincetown,
Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:47 p.m.
Witnesses: pilot and radar operator aboard a USAF F-94 jet interceptor.
A round, blue light, rotating, passed the F-94.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1643
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Trenton, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) From 10:50 p.m.
to 12:45 a.m. Witnesses: crews of various USAF F-94 jet interceptors
from Dover, Delaware base. Thirteen visual observations (and one radar
target) of blue-white lights during two hours.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1644
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Rockville,
Indiana, 1 military officer and 2 other men observe for 3 minutes an
object shaped like a delta wing of aluminum with a vertical fin, flying
horizontally and then remaining stationary. ((July 22?) 8:10 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1533 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1136
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Holyoke
(Massachusetts), Mrs. A. Burgess saw a round and yellow pulsating light
descend. (after 0 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1524 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1137
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Uvalde
(Texas), Don Epperly, station manager of Trans Texas Airlines and
weather observer, observed a large silver round object flying at more
than 1000 miles/h for 45 s, while spinning on itself. (14 h 46)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 1536 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1138
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Los Alamos,
New Mexico, control tower operator Don Weins and two Carco pilots
observed 8 large round objects seemingly made of aluminum flying
horizontally and then moving around very quickly for 25 minutes.
(10:50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1538 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1139
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: New York Times. FLYING
OBJECTS NEAR WASHINGTON SPOTTED BY PILOTS AND RADAR. Aerial
objects over the vicinity of the nation's Capital were picked up and
recorded by radar. No attempts were made by Air Force pilots to
intercept the objects. The Air Force said it had received only a
preliminary report and therefore did not know why no attempt at
interception had been made.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_217
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 02:15
Location: Washington DC and Martinsburg, WV
Description: New York Times. AIR FORCE
SAYS SAUCER SIGHTINGS CLIMB. Seven objects between Washington
and Martinsburg, WV were reported by Capital Airlines, Flight 807 at
2:15 a.m. Capital Airlines, Flight 610 reported a light following it
from Herndon Ga. to within four miles of National Airport. Citizens of
Burlington, VT, South Portland, ME, and Staten Island, N.Y. reported
flying saucers overhead. The Air Force said it was receiving flying
saucer reports this summer at a rate higher than at any time since the
initial flood of sightings in 1947, the current average being 100
sightings a month.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_222
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: SYDNEY, NSW
Description: Watchman. Orange glowing "lantern" going
[to] over railroad/railway tracks / 400mph. Gun shakes. Shocks.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258
(Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2386
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SYDNEY,NSW:WATCHMAN:ORG.GLO "LANTERN" >OVR RR TRACKS/400mph:GUN SHAKES:SHOCKS", LatLong: "-33.883335 151.200007", LatLongDMS: "33:53:00 S 151:12:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NSW", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: SSW / LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1538. Air Traffic
Controller and more/others. Large very fast objects / sudden turns and
reversals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2387
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "25", Elev: "2260", HatchDesc: "SSW/LOS ALAMOS,NM:BBK#1538:ATC++:LRG VFAST OBJS/SUDDEN TURNS+REVERSALS.", LatLong: "35.800002 -106.350005", LatLongDMS: "35:48:00 N 106:21:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: EAST / GOSHEN, OR
Description: Several observer(s). 1-3 then 8 round bits
/ fluff maneuver and circle / 1 hr and more. / Register Guard.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 909)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2388
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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "65", Elev: "150", HatchDesc: "E/GOSHEN,OR:SVRL OBS:1-3 then 8 RND BITS/FLUFF MNVR+CCL/1 hr+:/Register Guard", LatLong: "43.983335 -123.000006", LatLongDMS: "43:59:00 N 123:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: OVER STAFFORD, VA
Description: USAF C54. Shiny ovoid dances. Dead stops
and starts. Vertical steps.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2389
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: "3", Elev: "56", HatchDesc: "ovr STAFFORD,VA:USAF C54:SHINY OVOID DANCES:DEAD STOPS+STARTS:VERTICAL STEPS", LatLong: "38.422224 -77.411115", LatLongDMS: "38:25:20 N 77:24:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 14:20
Location: HAZLEHURST, GA
Description: 2+observer(s). 8M pancake saucer circles.
Moves side-to-side. Flashes. Large night lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 908)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2390
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "77", HatchDesc: "HAZLEHURST,GA:2+OBS:8M PANCAKE SCR CCLS:MOVES SIDE-to-SIDE:FLASHES:LRG NLTS", LatLong: "31.872224 -82.594448", LatLongDMS: "31:52:20 N 82:35:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 14:50
Location: UVALDE, TX
Description: WxMAN. 15M silver saucer spins. Gyrates
rising going quickly southwest. Lost in clouds. / r242p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 909)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2391
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "276", HatchDesc: "UVALDE,TX:WxMAN:15M SLVR SCR SPINS:GYRATES RISING >>SW:LOST/CLOUDS:/r242p21", LatLong: "29.200001 -99.783338", LatLongDMS: "29:12:00 N 99:47:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
Description: Private pilot and wife. Metallic disk
hovers / 10 second(s). Shoots away / fast climb.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2392
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "2", HatchDesc: "NEW SMYRNA BEACH,FL:Pvt.PILOT+WIFE:MTLC DISK HVRS/10sec:SHOOTS AWAY/FAST CLIMB", LatLong: "29.027779 -80.888893", LatLongDMS: "29:01:40 N 80:53:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: EAST / WOLLASTON OBSERVER(S), MA
Description: Air Force plane spotter. Silver disk
circles and maneuvers. "No plane".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 911)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2393
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "E/WOLLASTON OBS,MA:AF PLANE SPOTTER:SLVR DISK CCLS+MNVRs:"no plane"", LatLong: "42.255558 -70.972226", LatLongDMS: "42:15:20 N 70:58:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: HUNTSVILLE, AL
Description: 4+observer(s). Dark double-cone disk going
east. Sharp climb and turns. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 912)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2394
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "193", HatchDesc: "HUNTSVILLE,AL:4+OBS:DRK DBL-CONE DISK >E:SHARP CLIMB+TURNS:ABS SLNT:", LatLong: "34.733335 -86.566671", LatLongDMS: "34:44:00 N 86:34:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: PENNINGTON, NJ
Description: Several / home. Orange night light 3
lengths ahead / airliner as if towing it!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2395
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "63", HatchDesc: "PENNINGTON,NJ:SVRL/HOME:ORG NLT 3 LENGTHS AHEAD/AIRLINER as if towing it!", LatLong: "40.294446 -74.750004", LatLongDMS: "40:17:40 N 74:45:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / MONROE, LA
Description: Red blot / light follows small plane
through maneuvers. Above and below. Going quickly southwest extremely
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2396
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, 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: "1", Elev: "23", HatchDesc: "N/MONROE,LA:RED BLOT/LITE FOLOS SML PLANE THRU MNVRS:ABOVE+BELOW:>>SW XFAST", LatLong: "32.966668 -92.116671", LatLongDMS: "32:58:00 N 92:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: DUNELLEN, NJ
Description: 7 observer(s) at end. 2 orange disks cross
sky. 3 minutes each. 1 north going south. Other east going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 915)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2397
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: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "6", Elev: "18", HatchDesc: "DUNELLEN,NJ:7 OBS at end:2 ORG.DISKS CROSS SKY:3 mins each:1 N>S:OTHER E>W:", LatLong: "40.588891 -74.472226", LatLongDMS: "40:35:20 N 74:28:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTH / TAMPA, FL
Description: 20 report(s). Saucers and night lights all
over/all about MacDill Air Force Base and more. 2x jet-speed. 2 going
quickly east. RADAR's. Military investigation/investigators.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2398
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "44", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "S/TAMPA,FL:20 Rpts:SCRS+NLTS ALLO MacDILL AFB+:2x JET-SPEED:2>>E:RDRs:MIL.INV", LatLong: "27.866668 -82.466671", LatLongDMS: "27:52:00 N 82:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SR50 NEAR ORLANDO, FL
Description: Ovoid mass / light east going quickly west
fast. Turns vertical. / separate military observer(s) / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2399
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "33", HatchDesc: "SR50 nr ORLANDO,FL:OVOID MASS/LITE E>>W FAST:TURNS VERTICAL:/sep.mil.obs/r150", LatLong: "28.550001 -81.350004", LatLongDMS: "28:33:00 N 81:21:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Gene hays. Saucer stops / 1 second(s)
overhead. Edges glow. Dark center. Going quickly southeast.
Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2400
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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "335", HatchDesc: "SIOUX CITY,IA:GENE HAYS:SCR STOPS/1sec OVHD:EDGES GLOW:DARK CTR:>>SE:SLNT", LatLong: "42.516669 -96.416671", LatLongDMS: "42:31:00 N 96:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1588. Several F94
crews. Night lights going quickly south and southeast and southwest.
Join and separate to 2300h. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2401
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, 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: "9", Duration: "190", Elev: "17", HatchDesc: "TRENTON,NJ:BBK#1588:SVRL F94 CREWS:NLTS >>S+SE+SW:JOIN+SEPARATE to 2300h:/r185", LatLong: "40.216669 -74.733337", LatLongDMS: "40:13:00 N 74:44:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PORTALES, NM
Description: Observer(s) / drive-in movie. V-formation
/ night lights crosses sky. Reverses direction (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2402
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1235", HatchDesc: "PORTALES,NM:OBS/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:V-FORM/NLTS CROSSES SKY:REVERSES DIRECTION (AP)", LatLong: "34.183335 -103.338894", LatLongDMS: "34:11:00 N 103:20:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: BOSTON TO/FROM PROVINCETOWN, MA
Description: Pilot and RADAR-OP. Blue round object
spins past F94. Project Bluebook Case #1556. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2403
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "BOSTON><PROVINCETOWN,MA:PILOT+RDR-OP:BLU RND OBJ SPINS PAST F94:BBK#1556:NFD", LatLong: "42.166669 -70.500003", LatLongDMS: "42:10:00 N 70:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: WEST BRIGHTON, NY
Description: Bright yellow object. Red lights / edge.
Bobs going up and down [to] and circles. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2404
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "154", HatchDesc: "W.BRIGHTON,NY:BRITE YEL OBJ:RED LITES/EDGE:BOBS ↑+↓ AND CIRCLES:/BBK FILES", LatLong: "43.150002 -77.583337", LatLongDMS: "43:09:00 N 77:35:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: BOSTON HARBOR, MA
Description: Logan WxMAN. Dazzling object circles 3x at
least. Different color(s). Good data.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 918)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2405
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb.
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "BOSTON HARBOR,MA:LOGAN WxMAN:DAZZLING OBJ CCLS 3x at least:DIFF.CLRS:good data", LatLong: "42.383335 -70.950003", LatLongDMS: "42:23:00 N 70:57:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: QUINCY NAS, MASS
Description: 2 silent blue-glowing saucers. Straight
and level going quickly northwest. Abruptly vanish or darken 1, 2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2406
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "QUINCY NAS,MASS:2 SILENT BLUE-GLO SCRS:S/L>>NW:ABRUPTLY VANISH OR DARKEN 1,2.", LatLong: "42.250002 -71.016670", LatLongDMS: "42:15:00 N 71:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Rockville, IN
Description: An aluminum delta-shaped object with
vertical fin (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1533)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1153
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Uvalde, TX
Description: Large, round, silver object fly at 1,000+
mph while gyrating (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5,
BB: 1536)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1154
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Maxwell, TX
Description: At 2240 CST one bluish green object was
observed at 8,000 feet. The object climbed to 14,000 in arc very rapid.
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1155
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Saw 8 large, round, bright aluminum
objects fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
1538, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1156
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Boston (near Braintree between Provincetown
and), MA
Description: F-94B Chases Object / With Airborne radar
Tracking (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1556) (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1157
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Brookley AFB (Mobile), AL
Description: Barrel-shaped black object 3.5-4 ft
diameter, emitting black smoke trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1159
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Peterson Field (12 miles E of ), CO
Description: ADC Personnel In Cessna See Silver Object
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1160
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: New Smryna (near), FL
Description: Very Large Disc Sighted By Private Pilot
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1161
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Stafford, VA
Description: Bright ovoid object hover then move in
stops and starts (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1654)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1162
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: After midnight
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: Mrs. A. Burgess. One round,
yellow, flashing light went downward. No further information in
files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_186
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: control tower operator Don
Weins, and two pilots for Carco. Eight large, round, bright aluminum
objects flew straight and level, then darted around erratically during
25 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_187
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 2:46 PM
Location: Uvalde, Texas
Description: Witness: Don Epperly, Trans Texas Airlines
station manager and weather observer. One large, round, silver object
flew at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for 45 seconds, while gyrating.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_188
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:47 PM
Location: between Boston and Provincetown,
Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of
USAF F-94 jet interceptor. One round blue light passed F-94,
spinning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_189
Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50 PM to 12:45 AM, July 23
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Description: Witnesses: crews of several USAF F-94 jet
interceptors from Dover AFB, Del. Thirteen visual sightings and one
radar tracking of blue-white lights during two hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_190
Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Washington
Description: At Wright-Patterson AFB, Ruppelt meets
with ATIC electronics specialist Capt. Roy L.
James (who harbors a “personal dislike for UFOs”). He tells Ruppelt
that weather conditions caused the Washington radar returns.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1927
Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company; Pueblo,
Colorado; Montana; California
Description: Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company President
Joseph H. Rohrer gives a lecture (one of a series) on flying saucers at
a chamber of commerce meeting in Pueblo, Colorado. He mixes a few
genuine cases with some crashed saucer fiction, claiming that 7 discs
have been retrieved by the US government, three of them forced down in
Montana. One occupant has survived, he says, a little man 3 feet tall
who is later kept alive in a secret site in California. Rohrer claims he
has been inside a 100-foot-diameter disc in 1942, but he has made up
these stories for entertainment purposes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Talk Startles Chamber
Membership Meeting,” Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, July 23, 1952, p. 3;
Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 111–113; James
W. Moseley and Karl T. Pflock, Shockingly Close to the Truth!
Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist, Prometheus, 2002, pp. 90–92;
Patrick Gross, URECAT, August
6, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1928
Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Description: 10:00 p.m. Eubert T. White and his wife
see three silvery objects whizzing across the sky above Worcester,
Massachusetts, “like planes in attack formation.” One of the objects has
a bluish glow in the front and a reddish tint behind it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Objects in Worcester Sky,” Lawrence
(Mass.) Eagle, July 23, 1952; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth
Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st,
Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 14; Shoot 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1929
Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Boston, Massachusetts; Braintree
Description: 10:20 p.m. A bluish-green UFO is seen over
Boston, Massachusetts, and a few minutes later it is picked up by GCI
radar. When Ground Control vectors an F-94 toward the UFO, the pilot
sees the UFO near Braintree and locks on to it with his own radar. But
the object easily leaves the jet behind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94B Chases
Object / With Airborne
Radar Tracking”; Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 67; Sparks, pp.
154–155
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1930
Date: 7/22/1952
End date: 7/23/1952
Locations: MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida; Tampa
Description: 10:30 p.m. An air traffic control tower
operator at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, watches for 30 minutes a
red-greenish-blue object to the west-southwest at about 45° elevation
with 2 other objects to the north of it, smaller and lower in elevation.
He sights another object to the south-southeast about 30° elevation at
11:30 p.m. MacDill radar tracks an object at 12:03 a.m. 37 miles away at
41,200 feet altitude heading almost directly toward the base at 532 mph.
It also tracks an object to the south-southeast at an altitude of 41,000
feet (reportedly Navy and CAA radars also track the object). At 12:08
a.m., the pilot and copilot of a B-29 bomber on landing approach are
vectored by MacDill tower operator to investigate the UFO. They see a
high-speed object at 40,000 feet heading towards MacDill and traveling
faster than the B-29. The B-29 fire control radar locks onto the object
and prepares to fire just as the UFO changes course and disappears at
4,600 mph. Four airmen at the MacDill radar site see an object as it
passes nearly overhead. MacDill radar loses the object at about 12:15
a.m. Civilians in Tampa also see two yellowish-orange discs maneuvering
around the air base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 156; Tampa
(Fla.) Daily Times, July 23, 1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1931
Date: 7/22/1952
End date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Dover AFB, Delaware; Trenton, New
Jersey
Description: 10:50 p.m. Crews of several USAF F-94 jet
interceptors from Dover AFB, Delaware, make 13 visual sightings and one
radar tracking of blue-white lights around Trenton, New Jersey,
continuing until 12:45 a.m. White, green, and blue lights are seen by
ground observers and F-94 pilots moving in arcs and blinking out
suddenly. One F-94 crew gets a radar lock-on from 30,000 feet away of an
object the size of an F-94. At 9,000 feet distance, the object makes a
sharp right turn, suddenly drops in height, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1932
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at
8:00 p.m. a railroad guard received electric shocks and his gun shook
when he had a close encounter with an orange glowing, lantern-shaped UFO
over some railroad tracks. The UFO flew away at an estimated 400 mph.
Guard receives electrics shocks, gun shakes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James Holledge, Flying Saucers over
Australia, p. 32; John Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, p.
20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4286
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 10:50 a.m. Mr. D. Weins, the Los Alamos
Airport control tower operator at the AEC Los Alamos nuclear research
facility in New Mexico, and two others, saw eight round,
aluminum-colored objects. They were described as large and very fast
moving UFOs. They made several sudden turns and reversals, and were seen
for 25 minutes. An unexplained Project Blue Book report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case #1538; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion
Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 272, case 4; Loren E. Gross, UFOs:
A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4287
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 2:45 p.m. Mr. Epperly, a weather
observer, sighted a 30-foot diameter silver disc-shaped object that flew
100 degrees through the sky over Uvalde, Texas in 48 seconds, between
cloud banks. It seemed to climb, and moved at an estimated speed of
1,000 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1536; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 272, case 3; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4288
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: A triangular-shaped flying object, the
size of C-47 transport plane, flew across the sky over Rockville,
Indiana. It stopped to hover about half a minute, then resumed its
flight, disappearing in the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 272, case 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4289
Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 10:50 p.m. eight lights in a V
formation crossed the sky at a drive-in movie theater in Portales, New
Mexico and then reversed direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4290
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: Orfeo Angelucci takes ride in saucer
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_124
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: In an Air Mail reply from Dr. Einstein to
Mr. Louis A. Gardner in LA, he said in regards to UFO's “Those people
have seen something. What they saw I do not know, and I am not curious
to know”.
Type: letter
Reference: link
Reference: Pea
Research (B1-A p128)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_463
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:50 p.m.
Witnesses: crews of two USAF F-94 interceptors at 35-46,000 feet
altitude. Three cylindrical objects in vertical formation, flying at an
altitude of 50-80,000 feet. Observation for 20 minutes
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1645
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, South Bend, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:35 p.m.
Witness: Capt. H. W. Kloth, USAF pilot. Two blue-white objects flying
together, then the one at the back turned and disappeared after 9
minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1646
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. May 23, 52)
Orfeo is invited to enter an unmanned saucer and flies off into the
Universe. He returns with a cross-shaped mark on his chest, on the left
side, the symbol of the UR-E.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: following August 2, 52
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1647
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Braintree,
between Boston and Provincetown (Massachusetts), the pilot and radar
operator of an USAF F-94 interceptor jet observe a round light of
green/blue color passing them while spinning. The object is also
observed from the ground. (July 23?, 22:47)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1556 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1140
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Trenton (New
Jersey), crews of some F-94 interceptor jets from the USAF
base in Dover made 13 visual observations and 1 radar detection of pale
blue lights for 2 hours. (July 23, 22:50 to 0:45)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1572
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1141
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Stafford (Virginia).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1654 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1142
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Pottstown,
Pennsylvania, crews of two from three F-94 fighters of the USAF
observed for 1-4 minutes a large silver object, shaped like an elongated
pear with 2 or 3 squares underneath it, flying at a speed of 150-180
knots (170-210 mph), while a smaller object, delta-wing or swept back,
flew around it between 1000 and 1500 knots (1150-1700 mph). (8:40)
Reference: Blue Book case 1554, unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1143
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Culver City
(California), employees of an airplane factory see an silver elliptical
object accompanied by 2 small discs.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1144
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Altoona
(Pennsylvania), the two-man crews of 2 F-94 fighters of the USAF
observed for 20 minutes at an altitude of 35 to 46000 feet 3 cylindrical
objects flying in a vertical stack formation at an altitude of 50 to
80000 feet. (0 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1567 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1145
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At South Bend
(Indiana), the USAF Captain and pilot H. W. Kloth observed 2 pale blue
luminous objects flying together, then the one in the back changed
course after 9 minutes. (23:35)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1578 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1146
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: Tujunga, CA
Description: Hollywood-Citizen News.
ARE SAUCERS DODGING U.S. AIR ROUTES? A carpenter, Frank
Bartko, of 9644 Aperson Ave., Tujunga told police he saw four saucers
last night around 7 o'clock. He was standing in front of his house when
he looked up and saw aircraft hovering at a high altitude. He watched
them disappear in the direction of Lockheed Air Terminal.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_223
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Near Boston, MA
Description: Bluish-green object eludes pursuing
F-94.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_107
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: WESTFIELD, ME
Description: 3 silver saucers speed going quickly
southwest. Other objects reported / previous night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2407
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "145", HatchDesc: "WESTFIELD,ME:3 SLVR SCRS SPEED >>SW::other OBJs reported/previous nite.", LatLong: "46.572224 -67.922225", LatLongDMS: "46:34:20 N 67:55:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: Aircraft workers. Silver ovoid launches 2
small scout disks. Rejoin and going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2408
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "CULVER CITY,CA:AIRCRAFT WORKERS:SLVR OVOID LAUNCHES 2 SML SCOUT DISKS:REJOIN+↑", LatLong: "34.033335 -118.400006", LatLongDMS: "34:02:00 N 118:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: SPRINGFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange glowing ovoid
maneuvers / T-formation / 40 minute(s). Twinkles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2409
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "40", Elev: "21", HatchDesc: "SPRINGFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:ORG GLOWING OVOID MNVRS/T-FORMATION/40min:TWINKLES", LatLong: "42.100002 -72.600003", LatLongDMS: "42:06:00 N 72:36:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: USCG / NAHANT, MASS AND MORE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1556. 2 5' saucers
going quickly northwest / 1500' altitude. Circle Bird Rock. Going
quickly southeast again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 907)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2410
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "USCG/NAHANT,MASS+:BBK#1556:2 5'SCRS >>NW/1500'alt:CCL Bird Rock:>>SE again", LatLong: "42.266669 -71.083337", LatLongDMS: "42:16:00 N 71:05:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "450", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / LEXINGTON PARK, MD
Description: 2 night lights over sea / 10 minute(s). 1
hovers. 1 darts to and fro. / letter to Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2411
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SE/LEXINGTON PARK,MD:2 NLTS OVR SEA/10min:1 HVRS:1 DARTS TO+FRO:/LETTER to BBK", LatLong: "38.166668 -76.333337", LatLongDMS: "38:10:00 N 76:20:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: MARSHFIELD, WI
Description: Unidentified observer(s). 90M orange
metallic disk with blue-glow. Slants down. Shoots back up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2412
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: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "389", HatchDesc: "MARSHFIELD,WI:UID OBS:90M ORG MTLC DISK W/BLU-GLOW:SLANTS DOWN:SHOOTS BACK UP", LatLong: "44.672224 -90.172227", LatLongDMS: "44:40:20 N 90:10:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: WALTHAM, MASS
Description: Odd orange night light circles town /
hours. F94B sees spinning saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2413
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "44", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "WALTHAM,MASS:ODD ORG NLT CIRCLES TOWN/HOURS::F94B SEES SPINNING SCR", LatLong: "42.366669 -71.250003", LatLongDMS: "42:22:00 N 71:15:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: GORDONSVILLE, VA
Description: Boy / 14. 4 teardrop flames going quickly
east. Veer sharply upward. Same repeated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 920)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2414
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "150", HatchDesc: "GORDONSVILLE,VA:BOY/14:4 TEARDROP FLAMES >>E:VEER SHARPLY UPWARD:SAME REPEATED", LatLong: "38.138891 -78.188893", LatLongDMS: "38:08:20 N 78:11:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: NEAR BRAINTREE, MA
Description: 5 in 3 F94s and 5 / ground. RADAR-visual
(observation). Blue-glowing object / 25K' altitude. Going quickly [to]
away. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2415
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, 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: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "nr BRAINTREE,MA:5 in 3 F94s+5/GND:RDR-VIS:BLU-GLO OBJ/25K'alt:>> AWAY:/r242", LatLong: "42.216669 -71.116670", LatLongDMS: "42:13:00 N 71:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "7500", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 04:10
Location: SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 3
large night lights circle / sky. 2 zoom away and return. Hover. No
further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2416
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "36", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "SANTA CRUZ,CA:GOC OBS:3 LRG NLTS CCL/SKY:2 ZOOM AWAY+RETURN:HOVER:NFD", LatLong: "37.033335 -122.016672", LatLongDMS: "37:02:00 N 122:01:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 07:40
Location: JAMESTOWN, RI
Description: Navy radar. Blip south going quickly [to]
2 / 43K' altitude. F94s and F86's chase. Can't catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2417
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: "9", Duration: "9", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "JAMESTOWN,RI:NAVY RADAR:BLIP S>>2/43K'alt:F94s+F86s CHASE:CANT CATCH:", LatLong: "41.500002 -71.366670", LatLongDMS: "41:30:00 N 71:22:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "13100", State/Prov: "Rhode Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: POTTSTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1554 unidentified.
3 F94 crews. 3 silver 80' cylinders and pears / 2400kph. /
LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2418
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "20", Elev: "46", HatchDesc: "POTTSTOWN,PA:BBK#1554 UID:3 F94 CREWS:3 SLVR 80'CYLS+PEARS/2400kph:/LDLN#330", LatLong: "40.250002 -75.650004", LatLongDMS: "40:15:00 N 75:39:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: ABILENE, TX
Description: 2+girl / 6. 15M silver round object stops.
Up and down. Going west and lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 921)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2419
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "510", HatchDesc: "ABILENE,TX:2+GIRL/6:15M SLVR RND OBJ STOPS:UP+DOWN:>W+lost/distance", LatLong: "32.450002 -99.733338", LatLongDMS: "32:27:00 N 99:44:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: BERKELEY, CA
Description: Silver "blimp" enters cloud. Exits at 90°
angle with tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2420
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "BERKELEY,CA:SLVR "BLIMP" ENTERS CLOUD:EXITS AT 90°ANGLE W/TREMENDOUS SPEED", LatLong: "37.855557 -122.272228", LatLongDMS: "37:51:20 N 122:16:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: LAX AIRPORT/APARTMENT, CA
Description: 3 Air Traffic Controllers / (seen thru)
binoculars. 3 disks hover / 5 minute(s). 1 side dark. Flip over and
going quickly [to] away. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2421
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "LAX Apt,CA:3 ATCs/BINOCS:3 DISKS HVR/5min:1 SIDE DARK:FLIP OVR+>>away:NO RDR", LatLong: "33.983335 -118.433339", LatLongDMS: "33:59:00 N 118:26:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: OFF MISAWA AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: Blue-green fireball rushes F94. F94
pursues. Object suddenly dives.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2422
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off MISAWA AFB,JPN:BLUE-GRN FBL RUSHES F94:F94 PURSUES:OBJ SUDDENLY DIVES", LatLong: "40.750002 141.500007", LatLongDMS: "40:45:00 N 141:30:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: HAPEVILLE, GA
Description: Observer(s) / car. White saucer drops.
Stops and "bounces" / 1000' altitude. Goes slowly going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2423
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "305", HatchDesc: "HAPEVILLE,GA:OBS/CAR:WHT SCR DROPS:STOPS+"BOUNCES"/1000'alt:GOES SLOWLY >SW", LatLong: "33.661113 -84.411115", LatLongDMS: "33:39:40 N 84:24:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: 4 MILES WITH ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: Cop and 2 USAF and civilians. Red night
light hangs / sky / 10 minute(s). Then shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2424
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "11", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "4mi W/ALEXANDRIA,VA:COP+2 USAF+CIVS:RED NLT HANGS/SKY/10min:THEN SHOOTS >>W.", LatLong: "38.811113 -77.122226", LatLongDMS: "38:48:40 N 77:07:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: NORFOLK, MASS
Description: 3 prison guards. Silent circular shadow
overhead. Leaves / great speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2425
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "65", HatchDesc: "NORFOLK,MASS:3 PRISON GUARDS:SILENT CIRC.SHADOW OVHD:LEAVES/GREAT SPEED", LatLong: "42.122224 -71.327781", LatLongDMS: "42:07:20 N 71:19:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: SOUTH BEND, IN
Description: USAF Captain Kloth / backyard. 2 night
lights going quickly southwest. 1 veers due going west. /
r242p21+35.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 416)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2426
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "9", Elev: "217", HatchDesc: "SOUTH BEND,IN:USAF Capt KLOTH/BACKYARD:2 NLTS>>SW:1 VEERS DUE >W:/r242p21+35", LatLong: "41.700002 -86.250004", LatLongDMS: "41:42:00 N 86:15:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: CRECY-SUR-TILLE, FR
Description: 19M glowing-saucer going down. Slows.
Maneuvers / 1100M. Blows white smoke / 4 portholes. Going quickly
southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2427
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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "44", HatchDesc: "CRECY-sur-TILLE,FR:19M GLO-SCR↓:SLOWS:MNVRS/1100M:BLOWS WHT SMOKE/4 PORTS:>>SE", LatLong: "47.555558 5.133334", LatLongDMS: "47:33:20 N 05:08:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Côte-d'Or", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Oval Object Zig Zags Over Naval Ship Yard
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1163
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Culver City, CA
Description: Two Discs Emerge From Elliptical Object
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1164
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Saucer Hit By Jet Gunfire, Fragment
Recovered? No Evidence. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating:
0)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1165
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: 9:00 p.m. A red object, size undetermined,
was sighted southwest of Alexandria, Virginia. The object hovered for 10
minutes, then disappeared in a westerly direction at a high rate of
speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1166
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Boston, MA
Description: [Same as or continuation of July 22
sightings near Braintree?] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1167
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Jamestown, RI
Description: USN radar tracked high speed target
heading N at 42,000 ft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1168
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Jamestown, RI
Description: Jets Scrambled Again / High Speed Target
At 42,000' (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1169
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Misawa AFB (E of ), Japan
Description: USAF pilot flying F-94 jet fighter chased
blue-green fireball. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1170
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Pottstown, PA
Description: Silver object, shaped like a long pear
with 2-3 squares beneath (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1554)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1171
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Altoona, PA
Description: 3 cylindrical objects in a vertical stack
formation (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1567)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1172
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Trenton, NJ
Description: Crews of several USAF F-94 jet
interceptors saw 13 visuals (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating:
5, BB: 1572) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1173
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Description: "Possible GCI Sighting" of Circular Lights
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1175
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Springfield, OH
Description: Bt. 8:05 and 10:15 p.m. two lights, some
described them as white globes, were seen high in the sky. (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1176
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: South Bend, IN
Description: USAF pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth saw 2 bright
blue-white objects flying together, then the rear one veered off. 9
mins. (Berliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1578)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1177
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Nahant, MA
Description: 2:15-218 a.m. A Seaman on watch at Nahant
Coast Guard Station observed two (2) bluish lights approximately 5 feet
in diameter, appearing as flat, disc-shaped objects having no
aerodynamic features (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1178
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Braintree, MA
Description: G,A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating:
5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1179
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Numerous witnesses observed four (4)
objects hovering in the vicinity of the Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio.
The objects were round and flourescent white in color. (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1180
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Numerous witnesses observed four (4)
objects hovering in the vicinity of the Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio.
Two F-84 jets were dispatched from Lockbourne AFB, but were unable to
identify the objects. Approximately 90 per cent of the personnel at the
base observed the objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1181
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 8:40 AM
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: the two-man crews of three USAF
F-94 jet interceptors. One large silver object, shaped like a long pear
with two or three squares beneath it, flew at 150-180 kts. (170-210
m.p.h.), while a smaller object, delta-shaped or swept back, flew around
it at 1,000-1,500 kts. (1,150-1,700 m.p.h.). Seen by crews for 1-4
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_191
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 12:50 PM
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: two-man crews of two USAF F-94
jet interceptors at 35-46,000' altitude. Three cylindrical objects in a
vertical stack formation flew at an altitude of 50-80,000'. Seen for 20
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_192
Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 11:35 PM
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Description: Witness: USAF pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth. Two
bright blue-white objects flew together, then the rear one veered off
after about 9 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_193
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Nahant (Massachusetts)
Description: 2:15 a.m. Seaman Henry
J. Arnpriester is on watch at Nahant (Massachusetts) Coast Guard
Station [now closed] when he sees two bluish lights approximately 5 feet
in diameter. They appear as flat, disc-shaped objects having no
aerodynamic features and move without sound or exhaust trail at a speed
faster than a four-engine airliner at an altitude of 1,100 to 2,000
feet. When they are approximately 1.5 miles from the point of
observation, they execute an extremely sharp turn similar to the path of
a ball bouncing off a wall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Col. Robert S. Jones, “Spot
Intelligence Report,” July 29, 1952; Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1933
Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Jamestown, Rhode Island; Camp Hero, Montauk
Point, New York; Westover AFB, Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description: 7:36 a.m. US Navy radar at Jamestown,
Rhode Island, tracks a high-speed target heading north at 42,000 feet.
It is confirmed by ADC radar at Camp Hero [now closed] at Montauk Point,
New York. F-94s and F-86s are scrambled unsuccessfully from Westover AFB
[now Westover Air National Guard Base] in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jets Scrambled /
High Speed Object at 45,000ʹ Feet”; Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1934
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Description: 8:40 a.m. The crews of three USAF F-94 jet
interceptors see a large silver object, shaped like a long pear with 2–3
squares beneath it, flying at 170–210 mph over Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
A smaller object, delta-shaped or swept-back, flies around it at
1,150-1,720 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book
document]; Sparks, p. 157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1935
Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:50 p.m. Crews of two USAF F-94 jet
interceptors flying at 35,000–46,000 feet altitude near Altoona,
Pennsylvania, see three cylindrical objects in a vertical-stack
formation fly at an altitude of 50,000–80,000 feet for 20 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 23, 1952: Altoona,
Penna.”; Sparks, p.
157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1936
Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Culver City, California; Hawthorne
Description: 7:00–8:00 p.m. Owner Edwin C. Johnston and
more than 20 employees of Aircraft Hydroforming at Culver City,
California, see a bright silvery elliptical object that moves northwest
over the Northrup aircraft plant in nearby Hawthorne, then stops and
hovers. Two small discs emerge and circle around the area before
rejoining the mother ship. The object then climbs straight up out of
sight at tremendous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aircraft Co. Owner
Sees ‘Discs’
Four Nights in Row,” Redlands \(Calif.) Daily Facts, July 24, 1952,
p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1937
Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Lockbourne AFB; Rickenbacker Air National
Guard Base; Lockbourne, Ohio; Turner AFB; Naval Air Station Albany;
Albany, Georgia; Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio; Clinton County
Airport; Wilmington, Ohio
Description: 7:15 p.m. Many witnesses at Lockbourne AFB
[now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio,
including visiting Capt. Eugene E. McManus from Turner AFB [now Naval
Air Station Albany] in Albany, Georgia, observe four round, fluorescent
white objects hovering near the base at 75,000 feet. An Air force pilot
named Capt. Swartz in Flight Service at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton,
Ohio, radios in the report that the objects are balloons. Two F-84 jets
are scrambled at 8:15 p.m. and identify them as a balloon cluster. The
objects, seen over many other areas of central Ohio (Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt says he was called out to see it over Wright- Patterson),
are probably USAF reconnaissance balloons sent up from Clinton County
Airport in Wilmington, Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 23, 1952,
Lockbourne, Ohio, UFO Report”; Clark III 395–398
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1938
Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Glendale-Hyperion Bridge; Glendale,
California
Description: Night. Contactee Orfeo
Angelucci feels compelled to walk over the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge
in Glendale, California. He feels an odd sensation and suddenly sees in
front of him a soap-bubble-like object that turns into a metallic craft.
He gets aboard and is taken on his first trip into outer space.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Orfeo Angelucci, The Secret of the Saucers,
Amherst Press, 1955, pp.
18–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1939
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At two o'clock in the morning a witness in
Springfield, Massachusetts reported a silent orange glowing ovoid object
maneuvering in the sky in a T pattern for 40 minutes. At 2:15 a.m. a
Ground Observer Corp volunteer in Nahant, Massachusetts named
Armpriester sighting two disc-shaped objects that flew to the northwest
at 1500 feet altitude, circled Bird Rock, then flew off to the
southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1 & 2) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History.
1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 9; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in
official statistics, case 1556; NICAP files, citing newspaper clipping
dated July 23, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4314
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At three o'clock in the morning four fiery
teardrop-shaped flames flew rapidly toward the east over Gordonsville,
Virginia and then veered sharply upward. They then repeated this
staircase maneuver. The sighting lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2434;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952 (Volume 9), p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4315
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 3:50 a.m. an F-94 interceptor obtained
a radar lock-on while chasing a blue-green light, which circled
Braintree, Massachusetts at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I),
p. 132; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 97
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4316
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 8:20 p.m. local time a blue green ball
of light approached an F-94 jet flying over the ocean east of Misawa AFB
in Japan. The jet gave pursuit, but the UFO suddently shot straight
up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 17; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July
31st, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4317
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 9:10 p.m. three prison guards in
Norfolk, Virginia watched a silent, circular shadow overhead. It shot
off at high speed in less than a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4318
Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 9:15 p.m. a group of evening shift
aircraft workers in Culver City, California watched a silvery elliptical
object flying over their aircraft plant. It emitted two small discs,
which later returned to the main object. The sighting lasted several
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer
Space, p. 156; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July
31st, p. 60; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO,
p. 182
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4319
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: BSRA sends a warning letter to the
President, a large swath the US military, US government,
representatives, and press concerning the recently announced USAF “Shoot
Down” order. Warning found in official FBI UFO files.
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_464
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: USA, from Hamilton to Colorado Springs (in
flight)
Description: (Translated from French) A B-25 took off
from Hamilton base. (...) At 3:40 they were above the Carson Sink region
when one of them discovered the presence of three flying objects in
front of them, slightly to starboard. (...) A moment later they saw
three silver delta wings, very bright and without tails or cockpit. Only
a clear band running from one end to the other of each aircraft broke
the uniformity of the upper part. A few moments passed, then the three
objects turned slightly to the left and passed in front of the B-25 at
an extraordinary speed that the witnesses estimated to be three times
that of a F-86. The aircraft passed at 400 to 800 meters so that the two
colonels could observe them well. (A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" -
De Vecchi 1976, p. 113, 114) Carson Sink, Nevada.: 3:40 p.m. Witnesses:
two USAF Lt. Colonels McGinn and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Three silver,
delta-shaped objects, each with a ridge along the top, crossed in front
of and above the B-25 at high speed, in 3-4 seconds. (Project Blue Book
- cfr Don Berliner) and the same
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Facing the Flying
Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 22 to 24, which still says that
silver-painted delta aircraft existed at the time in the USA, while
others were painted blue
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1648
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French)
Lieutenants-Colonels McGinn and Barton aboard a B-25 from Hamilton Base,
flying from San Francisco to Colorado Springs over the Sierra Nevada
between Sacramento and Reno, heading east at 3300 m towards Carson Sink
(Nevada), saw 3 silver delta wings with a bump on top resembling F-86
but at triple their speed (1000 miles/h). There were no reported delta
planes in the area. The objects crossed in front and above their
aircraft at high speed, in 3 to 4 s. (15 h 40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1584 unsolved
Reference: Ruppelt
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1147
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
the USAF Travis Base (California).
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1588 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1148
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: San Francisco, California
Description: DISKS SPIRAL OVER BAY
AREA. Mrs. J. Jungkurth of San Francisco sighted a brilliant
metallic saucer at approximately 11:30 a.m. The circular-shaped craft
alternated in flight between several tight circles and straight level
courses. Circles were accomplished several to the second in a tortuous
west-to-east level flight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_224
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Sierra Nevada
Description: Two AF colonels in B-25 see three metallic
crafts at 1,000 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_108
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: DOOR PENINSULA, WI
Description: 3 / SR57. Shiny saucer follows road going
northeast / 1k' altitude. Turns sharply going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2428
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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "200", HatchDesc: "DOOR PENINSULA,WI:3/SR57:SHINY SCR FOLOS ROAD > NE/1k'alt:TURNS SHARPLY >>W", LatLong: "44.900002 -87.283337", LatLongDMS: "44:54:00 N 87:17:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: FLUSHING, NY
Description: Orange glowing object circles / high
altitude. 2 jets / same area shortly after.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2429
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "FLUSHING,NY:ORANGE GLOWING OBJ CIRCLES/HI ALT:2 JETS/SAME AREA SHORTLY AFTER", LatLong: "40.666669 -73.950004", LatLongDMS: "40:40:00 N 73:57:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: LAKELAND, GA
Description: USAF man. Night light darts and plays / 7
minute(s). 2 more do same. Color(s) = red going [to] blue going [to]
white.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2430
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "61", HatchDesc: "LAKELAND,GA:USAF MAN:NLT DARTS+PLAYS/7min:2 MORE DO SAME:CLRS=RED>BLU>WHT", LatLong: "31.038890 -83.077782", LatLongDMS: "31:02:20 N 83:04:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: REDLANDS, CA
Description: CD-observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars.
Round amber object going west slow. 2nd object follows. Both zigzag
going up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2431
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "402", HatchDesc: "REDLANDS,CA:CD-OBS/BINOCS:RND AMBER OBJ >W SLOW:2nd OBJ FOLOS:BOTH ZIGZAG ↑+↓", LatLong: "34.055557 -117.183339", LatLongDMS: "34:03:20 N 117:11:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: NORTHEAST / LAPWAI, ID
Description: 2 / car. Bright silver disk going east
toward(s) sun. Spins on edge! Brief glimpse..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2432
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "290", HatchDesc: "NE/LAPWAI,ID:2/CAR:BRITE SLVR DISK >E TWRD SUN:SPINS on EDGE!:brief glimpse..", LatLong: "46.416669 -116.900006", LatLongDMS: "46:25:00 N 116:54:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: TV cameras at DEM.convention. Follow UFO
and jet-chase / telephoto lens (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2433
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,OH:TV CAMERAS at DEM.CONVENTION:FOLO UFO+JET-CHASE/TELEFOTO LENS (AP)", LatLong: "39.966669 -83.016671", LatLongDMS: "39:58:00 N 83:01:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 15:30
Location: SOMERVILLE, MASS
Description: UFO changes silver to/from/between red /
even intervals. No aerodynamic features.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2434
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "SOMERVILLE,MASS:UFO CHANGES SLVR<>RED/EVEN INTERVALS:NO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES", LatLong: "42.388891 -71.100003", LatLongDMS: "42:23:20 N 71:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: CARSON SINK, NV
Description: 2 USAF Colonels / B52. 3 silver deltoids
going [to] over 1000mph. Make turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2435
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "1188", HatchDesc: "CARSON SINK,NV:2 USAF COLONELS/B52:3 SLVR DELTOIDS >OVER 1000mph:MAKE TURNS.", LatLong: "39.833335 -118.583339", LatLongDMS: "39:50:00 N 118:35:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: LENNOX, CA
Description: 1 observer. Odd star going / 20 minute(s).
Suddenly splits / 5 pieces that zigzag all over/all about.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2436
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "6", Duration: "21", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "LENNOX,CA:1 OBS:ODD STAR >/20min:SUDDENLY SPLITS/5 PIECES that ZIGZAG ALLO", LatLong: "33.938891 -118.350006", LatLongDMS: "33:56:20 N 118:21:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: BELLFLOWER AND RESEDA, CA
Description: Bright UFO / red rim splits / 3 pieces.
Same / Hawthorne, CA / 25 Jl.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2437
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "22", HatchDesc: "BELLFLOWER+RESEDA,CA:BRITE UFO/RED RIM SPLITS/3 PIECES::SAME/HAWTHORNE,CA/25JL", LatLong: "33.883335 -118.116672", LatLongDMS: "33:53:00 N 118:07:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: ARNHEM, NETH
Description: Many observer(s). 4 disks pass. 50
Saturn-sphere follow / V formation. Suddenly quickly going up. /
Ivo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2438
Attributes: 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: "Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "ARNHEM,NETH:MANY OBS:4 DISKS PASS:50 SATURN-SPHERE FOLO/VFORM:SUDDENLY↑↑:/Ivo", LatLong: "51.983336 5.933334", LatLongDMS: "51:59:00 N 05:56:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Netherlands", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: CLOVIS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1151. Unidentified.
Military observer(s). 2 ovoids wobble going east. Turn going quickly
north at horizon. 400mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2439
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "4", Elev: "1300", HatchDesc: "CLOVIS,NM:BBK#1151:UID:MIL OBS:2 OVOIDS WOBBLE > E:TURN>>N AT HORIZON:400mph", LatLong: "34.400002 -103.200005", LatLongDMS: "34:24:00 N 103:12:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: WEISER, ID
Description: Airport manager. Bright metallic ovoid.
Zigzags going southwest. Visible / 3 minutes. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2440
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: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "649", HatchDesc: "WEISER,ID:AIRPORT MGR:BRITE MTLC OVOID:ZIGZAGS >SW:VISIBLE/3mins:VANISHES", LatLong: "44.205558 -116.961117", LatLongDMS: "44:12:20 N 116:57:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / TALKEETNA, AK
Description: Ground and air RADAR blip. Jet chases.
Can't catch at 550 knts. No visual.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2441
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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: "5", Elev: "109", HatchDesc: "SE/TALKEETNA,AK:GND+AIR RDR BLIP:JET CHASES:CANT CATCH @550 knts:NO VISUAL", LatLong: "62.250003 -150.000007", LatLongDMS: "62:15:00 N 150:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: OFF KEY WEST, FL
Description: 1 observer. 6 orange fireballs in circular
orbit over sea. "No planes".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2442
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "off KEY WEST,FL:1 OBS:6 ORG FBLS in CIRCULAR ORBIT ovr sea:"NO PLANES"", LatLong: "24.500001 -81.733337", LatLongDMS: "24:30:00 N 81:44:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, ARK
Description: 2 / car. Six 15cm saucers overhead. 1
passes over hood / car. Emits smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2443
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "427", HatchDesc: "FAYETTEVILLE,ARK:2/CAR:SIX 15cm SCRS OVHD:1 PASSES OVR HOOD/CAR:EMITS SMOKE", LatLong: "36.066668 -94.150004", LatLongDMS: "36:04:00 N 94:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Carson Sink, NV
Description: B-26 Crew Encounters 3 Triangular UFOs
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1584)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1183
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Clovis (Clovis AFB), NM
Description: 2 oval-shaped objects, reddish-orange neon
glow, approx 3-4 mi high and trav E approx speed 400-600 MPH. In
formation approx 1-1½ mi apart on level course- no vapor trails, no
sound. Duration approx 4 mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1184
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Travis AFB, CA
Description: At 2215 hours PDST, thirteen witnesses of
the 1501st Maintenance Squadron observed a round object with a reddish
center with a halo around the object. (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1588)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1185
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Description: (FUFOR Index) F-94 Makes Radar Contact
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1186
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Description: USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated
radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped
away. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1187
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: night
Location: Vico, Italy
Description: A man who was fishing in the Serchio River
saw a disk hovering for 10 min. From it hung a hose that plunged into
the water. The object was 20 m in diameter, with five propellers in the
rear and a dome with something like blades on top. An orange glow could
be seen through slits along the deck. A man wearing a diving helmet
looked at the witness through a window, and he received a kind of
electric shock as a "green ray" hit him. He looked up with difficulty,
in time to see the object fly away toward the east. Six days later a
stranger with a foreign accent contacted the witness and intimidated
him.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 69,1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_95
Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 3:40 PM
Location: Carson Sink, Nevada
Description: Witnesses: two USAF Lt. Colonels McGinn
and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Three silver, delta-shaped objects, each
with a ridge along the top, crossed in front of and above the B-25 at
high speed, in 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_194
Date: 7/24/1952
Locations: Hamilton AFB; Novato, California; Colorado
Springs; Carson Sink, Nevada
Description: 3:40 p.m. Two USAF pilots, Lt. Col. John
L. McGinn and Lt. Col. John
R. Barton, are flying a B-25 out of Hamilton AFB [now closed] in
Novato, California, for Colorado Springs. They are over Carson Sink,
Nevada, at 11,000 feet when they see three unknown objects make a left
bank and fly to within 400–600 yards of the plane. They are three bright
silver, delta-wing craft with no tails and no canopies. The pilots see a
clean upper triangular wing with a definite ridge that runs from the
nose to the tail. They estimate the speed as at least three times that
of any conventional jet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Carson
Sink UFO incident”; NICAP, “B-26 Crew Encounters 3 Triangular UFOs”;
NICAP, “The Carson Sink
Case”; Sparks, p. 157; Ruppelt, pp.
10–12; Michael Hall, “When UFOs Were Serious Business: Then and
Today,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 5; Michael D. Swords,
“Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1940
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At three o'clock in the afternoon many
witnesses and television cameras outside the Democratic Convention in
Columbus, Ohio equipped with telephoto lens followed a UFO across the
sky being chased by a USAF jet interceptor. The report was carried by
the Associated Press wire service.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4344
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At Travis AFB, California a bright orange
light witnessed by three military men--Mezo, Hanson, and Steen--looked
like it was coming in for a landing, but then it stopped and hovered,
made a slow turn to the west, and shot off at high speed. A Project Blue
Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1588; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 273
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4345
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 3:40 p.m. near Carson Sink, Nevada
three silver arrowhead-shaped or triangular UFOs flew in a V formation
at an estimated speed 1000 mph, crossing the sky in front of a B-25 USAF
bomber. The military witnesses onboard the bomber were named McGinn and
Barton, and their sighting was brief, lasting less than 10 seconds. A
Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1584; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 182; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 273
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4346
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. in Arnheim, The Netherlands
four discs passed over the city, followed by 50 Saturn-shaped objects
flying in a V formation. They all suddenly shot straight up into the
sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, UFO Reports from the Files of
the CIA, p. 26; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4347
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 10:20 p.m. ground based air defense
radar picked up a bogey over Alaska southeast of Talkeetna. A fighter
jet was vectored into the location and also made radar contact but no
visual sighting, and it couldn't catch up with the UFO moving at 550
knots.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4348
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 11:00 p.m. in Fayetteville, Arkansas
two in car watched six 6- inch diameter discs overhead. One passed over
the hood of their car, emitting smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4349
Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 11:30 p.m. orange balls of light were
seen flying in circular orbits over the ocean in Key West,
Florida.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952
(Volume 9), p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4350
Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Serchio River, Italy
Description: Jul. 24-25, 1952. An Italian named Carlos
was fired at by a hovering UFO, which used some sort of green ray near
the Serchio River in Italy.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_19
Date: 7/25/1952 (approximate)
Location: ITALY, Lucca, San Pietro a Vico
Description: (Translated from French) A man fishing in
the Serchio River saw a disk hovering in the air for ten minutes. A hose
was hanging from the disk and going into the water. A man wearing a
diving helmet was looking through a porthole. The witness was paralyzed
by a green ray that caused an electric shock. (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON:
"Ovni, Premier dossier complet..." ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 100)
Carlo Rossi, a 53-year-old farmer, was fishing on the Serchio at 3
o'clock in the morning. He saw a brilliant light that descended on a
part of the river. He approached the place while hiding and saw a black
craft two meters in diameter, with a dome on its belly, about three
meters high, as big as "a room" emitting a blue light. A hose was coming
out of it and hanging in the water. On the lower part there were two
large and two small propellers. In the upper turret a kind of porthole
came out and the witness thought he saw a man making a gesture with his
arm towards him. At the same time a green ray came out from somewhere on
the craft, causing a shock throughout his body. When he looked again,
the craft had gained altitude and was moving away at a dizzying speed.
(July 25 (24?), 1952)
Reference: CISU, archive dossier 5202, sources "La
Nazione" of 26.9.52, Guieu I, 79, and others
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1649
Date: 7/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Orders are given
to shoot them down if they refuse to land. (Friday 25th July)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1149
Date: 7/25/1952
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1664? Observer(s) /
3rd floor / Drano building. 2 silver turtle-shapes soar and going
up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2444
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "WILMINGTON,DE:BBK#1664?:OBS/3rd FLOOR/DRANO BLDG:2 SLVR TURTLE-SHAPES SOAR+↑", LatLong: "39.750002 -75.550004", LatLongDMS: "39:45:00 N 75:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Delaware", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: SERCHIO RIVER, ITL
Description: 25M saucer hovers and drops hose going
down / river. Props / top and bottom/underside. Pseudo-human/entity. /
FSRv23#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri
Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2445
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "Italy", Credibility: "6", Duration: "12", HatchDesc: "SERCHIO Rvr,ITL:25M SCR HVRS+DROPS HOSE↓/RIVER:PROPS/TOP+BTM:PSH:/FSRv23#1", LatLong: "43.833335 10.516667", LatLongDMS: "43:50:00 N 10:31:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Lucques", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 06:20
Location: NORTHWEST / COFFEYVILLE, KS
Description: 1 / car. 4M saucer going SSE slow. Flat
bottom/underside and curved top. Stops. Going quickly west extremely
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2446
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "233", HatchDesc: "NW/COFFEYVILLE,KS:1/CAR:4M SCR >SSE SLO:FLAT BTM+CURVED TOP:STOPS:>>W XFAST", LatLong: "37.144446 -95.705560", LatLongDMS: "37:08:40 N 95:42:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEW BERLIN, NY
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Yellow-white
cylinder changes position every 5 second(s). Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2447
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "333", HatchDesc: "NEW BERLIN,NY:GOC:YEL-WHT CYLINDER CHANGES POSITION EVERY 5sec:BALLOON?", LatLong: "42.683335 -75.350004", LatLongDMS: "42:41:00 N 75:21:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: MARION AND NORWALK, OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) report(s).
Silver disk going quickly / day. 6 jets can't catch "weather
balloon".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2448
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "291", HatchDesc: "MARION+NORWALK,OH:GOC Rpts:SLVR DISK >>/DAY:6 JETS CANT CATCH "WEATHR BALLOON"", LatLong: "40.583335 -83.127782", LatLongDMS: "40:35:00 N 83:07:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: WELLFLEET, MA
Description: 3 observer(s). Several silver disks going
west inland over firing range. Maneuver / high altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2449
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "WELLFLEET,MA:3 OBS:SVRL SLVR DISKS >W INLAND ovr FIRING RANGE:MNVR/HI ALT", LatLong: "41.927780 -69.983337", LatLongDMS: "41:55:40 N 69:59:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: GARDENA AND HAWTHORNE, CA
Description: Several separate observer(s). Saucer
hovers and banks. Small objects exit. Away in formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 929)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2450
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "16", HatchDesc: "GARDENA+HAWTHORNE,CA:SVRL SEP.OBS:SCR HVRS+BANKS:SML OBJs EXIT:AWAY/FORMn", LatLong: "33.888891 -118.305561", LatLongDMS: "33:53:20 N 118:18:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: GADSDEN, AL
Description: 2 teens. Large Saturn saucer hovers over
steel plant. Then rises going quickly west very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2451
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "169", HatchDesc: "GADSDEN,AL:2 TEENS:LRG SATURN SCR HVRS OVR STEEL PLANT:THEN RISES >>W VFAST:", LatLong: "34.016668 -86.000004", LatLongDMS: "34:01:00 N 86:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: LAVALLETTE, NJ
Description: 3 observer(s) and many. Long thin cloud
going north fast. Turns going south. Exits going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 931)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2452
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "LAVALLETTE,NJ:3 OBS+MANY:LONG THIN CLOUD > N FAST:TURNS > S:EXITS >>E.", LatLong: "39.977780 -74.072226", LatLongDMS: "39:58:40 N 74:04:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: PATERSON, NJ
Description: 2 small orange-gold disks hover. Shoot /
opposite directions. Rejoin and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2453
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: "21", HatchDesc: "PATERSON,NJ:2 SML ORG-GOLD DISKS HVR:SHOOT/OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS:REJOIN+away:", LatLong: "40.900002 -74.183337", LatLongDMS: "40:54:00 N 74:11:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: WILKES-BARRE, PA
Description: Large black saucer slowly tilts vertical.
4 large lights / rim. Fades away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2454
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "165", HatchDesc: "WILKES-BARRE,PA:LRG BLK SCR SLOWLY TILTS VERTICAL:4 LRG LITES/RIM:FADES away", LatLong: "41.233335 -75.883337", LatLongDMS: "41:14:00 N 75:53:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Osceola, WI
Description: Ground Radar and Air Visuals (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 520725
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1188
Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Manassas, VA
Description: F-94 Checks Out Object Sighted By 647th
AC&W (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520725
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1189
Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: Afternoon VA employee saw 2 discs
reflecting light in a climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1190
Date: 7/25/1952
Alternate date: 4/25/1952
Locations: Serchio river; San Pietro a Vico, Lucca,
Italy
Description: 3:00 a.m. Carlo Rossi is on his way to a
fishing spot on the Serchio river near San Pietro a Vico, Lucca, Italy.
He notices an odd light above the river and finds that it belongs to an
enormous disc-shaped object with a transparent dome. It is about 82 feet
in diameter and apparently taking up water through a long tube. The
object is standing in the river on three legs and has a ladder reaching
down next to the tube. Rossi thinks it is hovering by means of
propellors. Suddenly a porthole opens, and a human figure looks out and
notices him. Rossi begins to leave, but a green ray passes above his
head and he feels an electric shock. The object takes off and disappears
to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Le
Nostre Analisi: Precisazioni sul Caso di S. Pietro e Vico (1952),”
Notiziario UFO, no. 67 (July/Sept. 1975): 4–9; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September
12, 2006; 1Pinotti 42–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1941
Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Portales, New Mexico
Description: Capt. J. W. Titus of the 140th Wing
Medical Group sees two oval-shaped objects flying in formation at 400–
600 mph in Portales, New Mexico. They are silent and leave no vapor
trail. At one point, they make an abrupt 80° turn and fly off to the
north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 85–86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1942
Date: 7/25/1952
Description: A man who was fishing in the pre-dawn
hours in the Serchio River in the Tuscany region of Italy saw a disc
hovering for ten minutes. From it hung a hose that plunged into the
water. The object was 20 meters in diameter, with five propellers in the
rear and a dome with something like blades on top. An orange glow could
be seen through slits along the deck. A man wearing a diving helmet
looked at the witness through a window, and he received a kind of
electric shock as a "green ray" hit him. He looked up with difficulty,
in time to see the object fly away toward the east. Six days later a
stranger with a foreign accent contacted the witness and intimidated
him.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I,
(Periodo 1907-1953), p. 137; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 181 (case 95); Peter Rogerson, A Worldwide
Catalog of Type I Reports, p. 244
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4372
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Washington, DC: Long range “overfly” RADAR
picks more blips, just one week after the previous invasion of
restricted air space over Washington, D.C. Capt. Ruppelt told Maj. Dewey
Fournet to get over to the airport in Washington. Fournet was a radar
specialist with Project HOLCOMBE and arrived at the airport with Al
Chop, AF Press Officer, just in time to see the UFO blips on the radar
sets and to hear ground-to-air conversations of the pilots of two F-94s
vectored towards the UFOs.
Type: letter
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_465
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Two monkeys and
two mice are lifted to 60 km in an Aerobee and are recovered.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1650
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: USA, Washington, D.C.
Description: (Translated from French) 8 p.m. until
midnight. Witnesses: radar operators and several other people, pilots.
Several targets on the radar, above Washington, at different speeds. The
pilots saw unidentified lights. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner)
At 10:30 p.m. the two Washington NA radars detect objects again. Mr.
Barnes is notified, Andrews AFB is alerted and confirms immediately. At
11:30 p.m. jet interceptors are alerted and at midnight two F-94s arrive
above Washington guided by the radars. Then the objects disappear and
the planes return. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont
1970 - p.107) also:
Reference: "Glimpses of Flying Saucers" - Aimé Michel,
ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 99
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1651
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Kirtland (New Mexico), Airman 1st Class J.M. Donaldson observed
8-10 orange balls in a triangular or V formation flying very quickly for
3-4 seconds. (12:05)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1637, unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1150
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Kansas City (Missouri), Captain of the USAF H. A. Stone and the men from
Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport control towers observed for 1 hour a
green light with red-orange flashes descending from 40° to 10°
elevation. (12:15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1628 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1151
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
Williams (California).
Reference: cas Blue
Book unexplained missing from official archives
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1152
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In California, a
jet is chasing yellow-orange lights confirmed by radar (= previous
case?)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1153
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Washington
Carousel resumes: radar operators at various airports as well as
airline pilots report numerous unidentified radar echoes over the
Washington area, at different speeds. Pilots spot unidentified lights.
(From 8 PM to after midnight)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1154
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Between 6 and 12
lights appear again, at such a speed that it cannot be airplanes,
however fast they may be. (21 h)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1155
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base of Andrews (Maryland, Washington, D.C.), continuing the
numerous observations and radar detections reported in the Washington,
D.C. area throughout the night.
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1661
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1156
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Mitchell AFB, NY
Description: The New York Times. MORE
FROM THE BALLOONATIC FRINGE. Air Force officers at Mitchell
AFB, N.Y., said yesterday that weather balloons released there four
times daily might provide the answer to local reports of flying saucers
over parts of Long Island. Balloons are sent up at 5 & 11 p.m. and
also 5 & 11 a.m. by the weather detachment. Each balloon also
carries a small battery-powered light underneath its surface that
illuminates the balloon in flight so that it may be tracked from the
ground. At about 100 feet off the ground at night the balloon might
easily be mistaken for a flying saucer.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_225
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: California
Description: Jet chase of unidentified light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_109
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Naval AS, Key West, FL
Description: Hundreds observe UFO with red light; ship
follows it to sea.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_110
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Radar/visuals of dozens of UFOs over the
Capitol; F-94s scrambled.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_111
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: DARTMOUTH, NS
Description: Huge dinner-plate circle ballpark /
terrific speed. Going quickly west. / APRO B.v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2455
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "DARTMOUTH,NS:HUGE DINNER-PLATE CCL BALLPARK/TERRIFIC SPEED:>>W:/APRO B.v1#2", LatLong: "44.661113 -63.561114", LatLongDMS: "44:39:40 N 63:33:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Airman Donaldson. 8-10 orange balls fly in
V-formation. Fast / 4 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2456
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1500", HatchDesc: "KIRTLAND AFB,NM:AIRMAN DONALDSON:8-10 ORG BALLS FLY IN V-FORMATION:FAST/4sec", LatLong: "35.027779 -106.588894", LatLongDMS: "35:01:40 N 106:35:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: Many observer(s). Flashing
sphere/orb/globe turns over James River bridge / 30 minute(s). Jets
chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2457
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "40", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "NORFOLK,VA:MANY OBS:FLASHING ORB TURNS OVR JAMES RIVER BRIDGE/30min:JETS CHASE", LatLong: "36.850002 -76.283337", LatLongDMS: "36:51:00 N 76:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: TRUAX AIR FORCE BASE, WI
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and Air Force men.
Green night light flashes red. Descends after 1 hour. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2458
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "60", Elev: "270", HatchDesc: "TRUAX AFB,WI:ATCs+AF MEN:GRN NLT FLASHES RED:DESCENDS AFTER 1 HOUR:NFD", LatLong: "43.083335 -89.416671", LatLongDMS: "43:05:00 N 89:25:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: POINT ARENA AND WILLIAMS, CA
Description: RADAR blip. F94 in cat and mouse game /
blue-white blob. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2459
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: "65", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "POINT ARENA+WILLIAMS,CA:RDR BLIP:F94 in CAT+MOUSE GAME/BLU-WHT BLOB:>>N", LatLong: "38.950002 -123.733339", LatLongDMS: "38:57:00 N 123:44:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 09:10
Location: CHIPPEWA TWNSHP, PA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotter.
Aluminum disk high / clear sky. No further details / account
truncated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2460
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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "290", HatchDesc: "CHIPPEWA Twnshp,PA:GOC SPOTTER:ALUM.DISK HIGH/CLR SKY:NFD/account truncated", LatLong: "40.772224 -80.377782", LatLongDMS: "40:46:20 N 80:22:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: KEY WEST, FL
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Red saucer over
naval-air station/depot/facility. Destroyers put to sea.(silence.)
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2461
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), 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, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "2", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "KEY WEST,FL:100s/OBS:RED SCR OVR NAVAL-AIR STn:DESTROYERS PUT TO SEA.(SILENCE)", LatLong: "24.533335 -81.783337", LatLongDMS: "24:32:00 N 81:47:00 W", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Air Traffic Controllers / 2
airports/apartments. Formation / saucers. Very high. Airliners confirm
night lights. / The New York Times (NYT) and more / r48p89.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2462
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "240", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:ATCs/2 APTS:FORMn/SCRS:VHIGH:AIRLINERS CONFIRM NLTS:/NYT+/r48p89", LatLong: "38.866669 -77.000004", LatLongDMS: "38:52:00 N 77:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 2nd great saucer flap. Ground-air RADAR
and visual (observation). Andrews Air Force Base jets chase. /
r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2463
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "208", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:2ND GREAT SCR FLAP:GND-AIR RDR+VIS:ANDREWS AFB JETS CHASE:/r242", LatLong: "38.916669 -77.033337", LatLongDMS: "38:55:00 N 77:02:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: 5 observer(s). 5 round flat saucers glow
red-orange. Away and back. Small objects orbit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2464
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "287", HatchDesc: "LEXINGTON,KY:5 OBS:5 RND FLAT SCRS GLOW RED-ORG:AWAY+BACK:SML OBJS ORBIT", LatLong: "38.033335 -84.500004", LatLongDMS: "38:02:00 N 84:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Fiery
orange saucer cavorts all over/all about. Black stripe. Going quickly
southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2465
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: "10", Elev: "1280", HatchDesc: "SALT LAKE CITY,UT:NMRS SEP.OBS:FIERY ORG SCR CAVORTS ALLO:BLK STRIPE:>>SW", LatLong: "40.766669 -111.900005", LatLongDMS: "40:46:00 N 111:54:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: PLAINVIEW, TX
Description: T33 jet / 30K' altitude. Brilliant distant
white object hovers and maneuvers. Turns going north. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2466
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1028", HatchDesc: "PLAINVIEW,TX:T33 JET/30K'alt:BRILL.DISTANT WHT OBJ HVRS+MNVRS:TURNS>N:/r98#203", LatLong: "34.183335 -101.705560", LatLongDMS: "34:11:00 N 101:42:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: 1-foot yellow-orange disk circles over
town / 10 minute(s). No further details / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2467
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "313", HatchDesc: "OMAHA,NE:1-FOOT YEL-ORG DISK CIRCLES OVR TOWN/10min:NFD/BBK FILES", LatLong: "41.250002 -95.950005", LatLongDMS: "41:15:00 N 95:57:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: DANIA, FLA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent "flattened football"
hovers / 10 minute(s). Going quickly south. Darts straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2468
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "11", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "DANIA,FLA:2 OBS:SILENT "FLATTENED FOOTBALL" HVRS/10min: >>S:DARTS STRAIGHT UP", LatLong: "26.050001 -80.144448", LatLongDMS: "26:03:00 N 80:08:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: OVER FLORENCE, SC
Description: Eastern Airlines flight crew. Steady white
night light / 22K' altitude. Straight and level flight. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2469
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "45", HatchDesc: "ovr FLORENCE,SC:EAL FLITE CREW:STEADY WHT NLT/22K'alt:S/L FLITE:VERY FAST:", LatLong: "34.194446 -79.761115", LatLongDMS: "34:11:40 N 79:45:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "6700", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: NORTH / SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post and many.
4 saucers play tag / sky. Silent. No contrails.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2470
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "65", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "N/SANTA CRUZ,CA:GOC POST+MANY:4 SCRS PLAY TAG/SKY:SLNT:NO CONTRAILS", LatLong: "37.116668 -122.000006", LatLongDMS: "37:07:00 N 122:00:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: TIARET PLATEAU, ALG
Description: 3 "reliable observer(s)". Shiny
cylinder/cigar-shape at 3000 meters. Going quickly northwest going [to]
Mostaganem.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2471
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "TIARET PLATEAU,ALG:3 "RELIABLE OBS":SHINY CGR @3000 METERS:>>NW >MOSTAGANEM.", LatLong: "35.350002 1.366667", LatLongDMS: "35:21:00 N 01:22:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: ECKHUHL, ORAN, ALG
Description: 3 women. Luminous/glowing silent flattened
ovoid going quickly west fast. Stops and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2472
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ECKHUHL,ORAN,ALG:3 WOMEN:LUMn SLNT FLATTENED OVOID >>W FAST:STOPS+VANISHES", LatLong: "35.733335 -0.733333", LatLongDMS: "35:44:00 N 00:44:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Blue Book. HIQ. Many blips over WDC.
Newmen banished / RADAR room. Many references.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2473
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "65", Elev: "85", HatchDesc: "ANDREWS AFB,MD:BBK:HIQ:MANY BLIPS OVR WDC:NEWMEN BANISHED/RDR ROOM:many refs", LatLong: "38.816669 -76.866670", LatLongDMS: "38:49:00 N 76:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Hampton (and between Newport News and Langley
AFB), VA
Description: Navy Ground Radar / & Airborne Radars
Track UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1191
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Kansas City, MO
Description: Light with red-orange flashes descend in
the NW (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1628)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1192
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: 8-10 orange balls in triangular or
V-formation flying fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1637,
NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1193
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Williams, CA
Description: F-94 Intercept With ADC Detection (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1194
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Langley AFB, CA
Description: At 1450 hours an unidentified target was
observed on a radar scope. The target stopped and hovered for 2 minutes
and then resumed its flight at an extremely high speed. (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1195
Date: 7/26/1952
End date: 7/27/1952
Location: Washington - Andrews AFB, D.C.
Description: Andrews AFB and Washington National
Airport (2nd event) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
1661) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520726-27
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1196
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Plainview, TX
Description: T-33 Crew Encounters Light (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1198
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: New York City (Atlantic 200 miles S of),
NY
Description: 3 amber edged [?] white flashing objects
traveling at Mach 1 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1199
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Florence, SC
Description: Eastern Flight 606 Encounters H. S. Light
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1200
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 8 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Event occurred until after midnight.
Witnesses: radar operators at several airports, airline pilots. Many
unidentified blips tracked by radar all over Washington area, at varying
speeds. Pilots spotted unidentified lights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_195
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 12:15 AM
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Witnesses: USAF Capt. H. A. Stone, men in
control towers at Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport. One greenish
light with red-orange flashes was seen for 1 hour as it descended in the
northwest from 40 degree elevation to 10 degree elevation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_196
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Andrews AFB, Maryland
Description: This was a continuation of the extensive
sightings and radar tracking reports reported throughout the Washington,
DC. area, all night long.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_197
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 12:05 AM
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witness: Airman lst Class J.M. Donaldson.
Eight to ten orange balls in a triangular or V-formation flew very fast
for 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_198
Date: 7/26/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Williams, California
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_199
Date: 7/26/1952
End date: 7/27/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Washington National
Airport; Ronald Reagan National; Andrews AFB in Maryland; New Castle AFB
in Delaware; Langley AFB; Newport News, Virginia
Description: 8:15 p.m. Flying saucers return to the
nation’s capital, only one week after a massive number of radar- visual
UFO sightings above restricted air space in Washington, D.C. At 8:15
p.m., pilot Capt. Berkow and a stewardess of a National Airlines flight
near Washington National Airport [now Ronald Reagan National] see
several objects resembling the glow of a cigarette high above them. The
lights move at around 100 mph. Soon, the airport and Andrews AFB in
Maryland are tracking a dozen UFOs throughout much of the sky, all
traveling 90– 100 mph. By midnight, two F-94s are scrambled from New
Castle AFB in Delaware to intercept them. National Airport staff hustle
newspaper reporters away from the air traffic control tower, saying that
interceptions are classified (but Project Blue Book chief Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt suspects that the Air Force does not want the press around
when they finally get a good look at a saucer). The UFOs are seen on
radar for 2 hours, but when the jets approach, the blips disappear. When
the pilots return to base, they show up again. Reports are reaching
Langley AFB about rotating objects that give off alternating colors over
Newport News, Virginia. Another F-94 is scrambled, the pilot gets a
radar lock, and the target speeds away. At National Airport, the objects
reappear shortly before dawn, and two more F-94s are scrambled. The
pilots obtain radar locks; again, the objects speed away. USAF press
spokesman Albert M.
Chop is in the airport radar tower and notes that everyone there
believes the targets are “very probably caused by solid metallic
objects.” One F-94 pilot, Lieut. William Patterson, says, “I saw several
bright lights. I was at my maximum speed, but even then I had no closing
speed.” A USAF air intelligence report later states that the radar crew
is emphatic that the returns are solid and not temperature inversions.
In 1969, however, Colorado project physicist Gordon David
Thayer concludes that the radar events involved temperature
inversions. He believes the visual sightings were caused by meteors and
scintillating stars. University of Arizona atmospheric physicist James
McDonald disagreed, arguing that Thayer’s own data did not support
his conclusion. Colorado project psychologist Michael
Wertheimer interviews many of the radar operators; nearly all
disagree with the inversion explanation and maintain that all
experienced radar operators have no trouble identifying such
phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Washington National
Sightings”; Richard Hall, “The Washington Invasion,
July 26/27, 1952”; Clark III 1252–1255; Ruppelt, pp.
163–167; Condon, pp.
157–158, 862– 867;
Swords 156–159; Good Above, pp.
270–272; Patrick Gross, “The Washington
D.C. UFO Flap of 1952”; Sparks, p. 158; Kevin D.
Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, HarperTorch, 2001,
pp. 68– 76,127–148, 253–260; Shoot 42–47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1943
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Williams, California
Description: 5:15 p.m. Air Defense Command radar
detects a UFO over Williams, California. An F-94 jet interceptor is
scrambled and locks onto the object with its radar. The crew sees a
yellow-orange light. As confirmed by ground and airborne radar, the UFO
plays tag with the F-94, alternately accelerating away when it gets
close, then slowing down until it catches up again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Intercept with
ADC Detection”; Sparks, p.
158
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1944
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Oran, Algeria
Description: 11:00 p.m. Three women in Oran, Algeria,
notice a large, orange-red, luminous patch in the sky. It travels from
east to west, halts, then vanishes. It is one of many UFOs seen in the
province of Oran over several weeks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp.
120–121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1945
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At Andrews AFB, Maryland from midnight
until dawn, there were more UFO reports that were a continuation of the
extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported throughout the
Washington, D.C. area from the evening before.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner,
Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4409
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At 12:15 a.m. USAF Capt. H. A. Stone and
Air Traffic Controllers in the control towers at Fairfax Field and
Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri saw a green light with
red-orange flashes descend in the northwestern sky for 1 hour. It moved
from 40 elevation to 10 elevation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner,
Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4410
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At Kirtland AFB, New Mexico at 12:05 a.m.
Airman 1st Class J. M. Donaldson observed eight to ten orange balls
flying very fast for a 3-4 second duration traveling in a triangular or
V formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner,
Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4411
Date: 7/26/1952
Description: In Washington, D.C. on this date, from
8:00 p.m. until after midnight, radar operators at several airports
tracked many unidentified blips by radar all over the Washington area,
at varying speeds. Airline pilots reported spotting unidentified lights
during this period as well. Sharp UFO targets on the ARTC radar at
National Airport at 9:08 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Visual sightings were
reported by civilians four times, near Herndon, Virginia and from
Maryland. A National Airlines flight near Andrews AFB saw a UFO
"directly over the airliner."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner,
Project Blue Book Unknowns; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer
Space, p. 69; Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO cases in 1952: The UFO
Sightings that Shook the Government, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4412
Date: 7/26/1952
Location: US
Description: The U.S. Air Force issued a “Shoot 'Em
Down” order to pilots encountering UFOs. This was mentioned in an AF
press release.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_20
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: Truman Bethurum visits spaceship and meets
crew. Many other visits.
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_123
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: USA, Selfridge AFB, Michigan.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:05 a.m.
Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crews on the ground. Several round, white
objects flying in a straight line, very quickly. There were two at
10:05, one at 10:10, another at 10:15, and one last at 10:20. Each light
was observed for about 30 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1652
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 2 F-94 fighter
jets were sent to meet them from Wilmington (Delaware) but the pilots
found nothing and decided to return to their base. (2 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1664 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1157
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the moment the
interceptors return to the base, the UFOs reappear. (2 h 10)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1158
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A new
interception is launched and a pilot, Lieutenant William Patterson,
reports approaching a group of giant white-blue lights. As he comes
straight towards them, they form a circle around him and, for about 15
seconds, move along with him. Patterson requests permission to fire, but
the lights slowly move away. The trace of several of these objects
moving quickly appeared on the radars of 3 different installations,
including those of the Andrews
base. (3:20)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1159
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Manhattan
Beach, California, an aeronautical engineer and other people observe a
group of unidentified objects changing position in formation.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1160
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Selfridge (Michigan), ground crews of 3 B-29 bombers observed
numerous round, white objects flying horizontally very quickly. 2 at
10:05, 1 at 10:10, 1 at 10:15, 1 at 10:20. Each was observed for about
30 seconds. (10:05-10:20)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1680
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1161
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Ann Arbor
(Michigan), a biologist is observing a fleet of objects resembling
missiles.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1162
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Wichita Falls
(Texas), Adrian Ellis and his wife observed for 15 seconds 2 disk-shaped
objects seeming to be phosphorescent, flying at an estimated speed of
1000 miles/h.
(20:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1684 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1163
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. SPACE
TRAVEL ALREADY HERE, SCIENTISTS SAY. Space travel is here,
assert Drs. Konrad J.K. Buettner and Heinz Haber, UCLA experts on upper
air research. They point out that men in "space suits" and "space craft"
already have risen to altitudes where 96% of the earth's atmosphere lies
below them. Furthermore, an unmanned two-stage rocket has climbed to 255
miles where, for all practical purposes, you are in a vacuum. These
physicists point out that in these regions only three terrestrial
factors make such an environment different from that of interplanetary
space: 1. The bulk of the earth which keeps 50% of meteors and cosmic
ray particles at a distance. 2. The magnetic field of the earth that
deflects certain cosmic ray particles. 3. The heat radiation reflected
and emitted by this earth and its atmosphere.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_226
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: San Pedro, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. NEW
MYSTERY IN SOUTHLAND SKY REPORTED. Three San Pedro policemen
last night insisted they saw an object glowing with a greenish light
which seemingly gave birth to three little saucerettes, all of which
vanished in the evening sky, leaving vapor trails behind them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_227
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Vertical cylinder/cigar-shape follows jets
/ same speed. Ends domed. Flash and vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2474
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "WILMINGTON,DE:VERTICAL CGR FOLOS JETS/SAME SPEED:ENDS DOMED:FLASH+VANISHES!", LatLong: "39.766669 -75.550004", LatLongDMS: "39:46:00 N 75:33:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Delaware", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: SSW / COLUMBUS, OH
Description: 5 USAF / B25. White night light / 2350m
altitude. Going up. Splits / 2. Level off. Going west. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2475
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "244", HatchDesc: "SSW/COLUMBUS,OH:5 USAF/B25:WHT NLT/2350m alt:↑:SPLITS/2:LEVEL OFF:>W:/r98#203", LatLong: "39.866669 -83.116671", LatLongDMS: "39:52:00 N 83:07:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "2350", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 01:50
Location: OFF HOLLYWOOD, FL
Description: Separate observers. Huge brilliant orange
glowing-ball hovers / 3 minutes. Then going quickly east extremely
fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 946)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2476
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off HOLLYWOOD,FL:SEP.OBSs:HUGE BRILL.ORG GLO-BALL HVRS/3mins:then >>E XFAST", LatLong: "26.000001 -80.116670", LatLongDMS: "26:00:00 N 80:07:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "600", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 03:00?
Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ
Description: 3 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s).
70' disk seen toward(s) Manhattan. Glows. Rim spins. Page 3-12.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO
SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD
21139. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2477
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "25", HatchDesc: "JERSEY CITY,NJ:3 GOC OBS:70'DISK SEEN TWRD MANHATTAN:GLOWS:RIM SPINS:pg 3-12", LatLong: "40.733335 -74.016670", LatLongDMS: "40:44:00 N 74:01:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: NEAR LINCOLN, CA
Description: Boy / 12 / ranch. 6M x 12M top saucer with
square windows. Jet sound. Beams. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 956)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2478
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "3", Elev: "50", HatchDesc: "nr LINCOLN,CA:BOY/12/RANCH:6M x 12M TOP SCR W/SQR WINDOWS:JET SOUND:BEAMS:↑↑", LatLong: "38.883335 -121.266672", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 121:16:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:10
Location: SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: 3 airmen / ground. 2+1+1+1 white saucers
straight and level. Very fast. 30 second(s) / each passage.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2479
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "15", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "SELFRIDGE AFB,MI:3 AIRMEN/GND:2+1+1+1 WHT SCRS S/L:VFAST:30sec/EACH PASSAGE", LatLong: "42.600002 -82.833337", LatLongDMS: "42:36:00 N 82:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:40
Location: WEST / ANN ARBOR, MI
Description: Biologist. 15 tuning forks pass /
pool-rack formation. Silent. / r64p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2480
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "270", HatchDesc: "W/ANN ARBOR,MI:BIOLOGIST:15 TUNING FORKS PASS/POOL-RACK FORMn:SILENT:/r64p61", LatLong: "42.283335 -83.800004", LatLongDMS: "42:17:00 N 83:48:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: NAPA VALLEY, CA
Description: John Foraythe. Metallic disk going quickly
west / 20K' altitude. Tilts. Lost in haze. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 950)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2481
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: "20", HatchDesc: "NAPA Vly,CA:John Foraythe:MTLC DISK >>W/20K'alt:TILTS:LOST IN HAZE:NFD", LatLong: "38.300002 -122.300006", LatLongDMS: "38:18:00 N 122:18:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "6000", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: 2 silvery dots speed going quickly ESE. 1
straight and level trajectory. Other in wide arc. Planes?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2482
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "SEATTLE,WA:2 SLVRY DOTS SPEED>>ESE:1 S/L TRAJ:OTHER IN WIDE ARC:PLANES?", LatLong: "47.600002 -122.316672", LatLongDMS: "47:36:00 N 122:19:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: MANHATTAN BEACH, CA
Description: Aviation engineer and 7. 7 silver saucers
change formations. Circle. Going quickly NNE. / r136.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2483
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "20", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "MANHATTAN BEACH,CA:AVIATION ENG+7:7 SLVR SCRS CHANGE FORMns:CIRCLE:>>NNE:/r136", LatLong: "33.888891 -118.416672", LatLongDMS: "33:53:20 N 118:25:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: BETHESDA, MD
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Thin disk wobbles across
sky / 2500' altitude. Same / Washington 2100h.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2484
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "60", Elev: "92", HatchDesc: "BETHESDA,MD:2+2 OBS:THIN DISK WOBBLES ACRS SKY/2500'alt:SAME/WASHINGTON 2100h", LatLong: "38.966669 -77.100004", LatLongDMS: "38:58:00 N 77:06:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "750", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Report going [to] FBI. White night light
hangs over Pentagon / 4 hours. Drops. Veers away / civil
observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2485
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "240", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:RPT>FBI:WHT NLT HANGS OVR PENTAGON/4hrs:DROPS:VEERS AWAY/CIV OBS", LatLong: "38.933335 -76.983337", LatLongDMS: "38:56:00 N 76:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/27/1952 (approximate)
Time: 20:00?
Location: LEWISTOWN, PA
Description: Large round object hovers. Shadows move /
lit windows. Object going up [to] as observer(s) shines light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 970)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2486
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "150", HatchDesc: "LEWISTOWN,PA:LRG RND OBJ HVRS:SHADOWS MOVE/LIT WINDOWS:OBJ↑ as obs shines lite", LatLong: "40.600002 -77.572226", LatLongDMS: "40:36:00 N 77:34:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WICHITA FALLS, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 phosphorescent saucers at
1000mph / 15 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2487
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "304", HatchDesc: "WICHITA FALLS,TX:2 OBS:2 PHOSPHORESCENT SCRS AT 1000mph/15sec:NFD", LatLong: "33.883335 -98.483338", LatLongDMS: "33:53:00 N 98:29:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: USAF man and 2. Large round object hovers
/ capitol BLDH. Wavers. Quickly going up [to] straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 954)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2488
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:USAF MAN+2:LRG RND OBJ HVRS/CAPITOL BLDH:WAVERS:↑↑ STRAIGHT UP", LatLong: "38.927780 -77.027781", LatLongDMS: "38:55:40 N 77:01:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: HINTON, WV
Description: 3+4 observer(s). Extremely bright saucer
follows river. Circles railroad/railway depot and shops. Spins. Going
[to] down river.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 955)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2489
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "442", HatchDesc: "HINTON,WV:3+4 OBS:XBRITE SCR FOLOS RIVER:CCLS RR DEPOT+SHOPS:SPINS:>DOWN RVR", LatLong: "37.672224 -80.888893", LatLongDMS: "37:40:20 N 80:53:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "Western Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: KENNEWICK, WA
Description: 12 disks going quickly southwest / perfect
V-formation extremely fast. 3 more play tag 35 minute(s) later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 958)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2490
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: "35", Elev: "122", HatchDesc: "KENNEWICK,WA:12 DISKS >>SW/PERFECT VFORMn XFAST:3 MORE PLAY TAG 35min LATER:", LatLong: "46.200002 -119.150006", LatLongDMS: "46:12:00 N 119:09:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Military and civil / 2 separate
drive-inspect. 12 night lights and glowing "clay = pigeons" go
overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2491
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "30", Elev: "600", HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:MIL+CIV/2 SEP DRIVE-INs:12 NLTS+GLOWING "CLAY=PIGEONS" GO OVHD", LatLong: "47.650002 -117.400006", LatLongDMS: "47:39:00 N 117:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: RIPLEY, NY
Description: 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and
more/others. White-glowing disk / 200mph. 5000' altitude. Streaks /
light over Tarrytown / Ground Observer Corps (GOC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2492
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "229", HatchDesc: "RIPLEY,NY:2 GOC++:WHT-GLO DISK/200mph:5000'alt::STREAKS/LITE ovr TARRYTOWN/GOC", LatLong: "42.272224 -79.705559", LatLongDMS: "42:16:20 N 79:42:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Belleville, IL
Description: Four Large Objects Tracked On Ground Radar
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1201
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: James R. Thomas observed one cylindrical
object with a domed top and bottom moving northwest to southeast (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1202
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: [Same as July 25 case?] (NARA) (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, BB: 1664)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1203
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Columbus (10 miles SSW of), OH
Description: B-25 Crew & Pentagon Brass See Lights
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1204
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Many round white objects fly straight and
level, very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1680)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1205
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Description: Biologist reported "flotilla" of
rocket-like UFOs. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1206
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: At 7:30 p.m. Both Air Force personnel and
National Airport employees observed a large round object reflecting
sunlight as it hovered over the U.S. Capitol Building. (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1207
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Witchita Falls, TX
Description: 2 disc-shaped objects illuminated by a
phosphorus light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1684)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1208
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Description: Large Object Separates Into 7 Discs
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1209
Date: 7/27/1952
End date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington (The Pentagon), DC
Description: At 2000 hours July 27 and 0200 hours July
28, 1952, Mrs. XXXXXXX observed a white light immediately over the
Pentagon, then it made a direct descent toward the Pentagon, stopped and
veered off. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727-28
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1210
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:05 AM
Location: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
Description: Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crewmen on
ground. Many round, white objects flew straight and level, very fast.
Two at 10:05, one at 10:10, one at 10:15, one at 10:20. Each was seen
for about 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_200
Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two
disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a phosphorus light, flew at an
estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_201
Date: 7/27/1952
Locations: Bowling Green State University; 3724 Dexter
Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Description: 10:40 a.m. Bowling Green State University
biologist Charles
H. Otis sees a “flotilla” of UFOs “seemingly floating along, making
no sound” at 3724 Dexter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He grabs a pair of
5x binoculars and studies them until they disappear. He counts 15 of
them in a loose formation, moving slowly. One object leaves the
formation and disappears in a burst of speed. The body of each seems to
be elongated but split at the rear. A bright glow is visible in the
front, and they have a bifurcated tail streaming out horizontally, never
changing in length
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp.
50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1946
Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Description: 6:35 p.m. A group of eight pilots and
engineers see a large, silvery object moving rapidly at a high altitude
over Manhattan Beach, California. After it makes a turn, the UFO
separates into 7 discs that form into groups, circle, and speed out of
sight. Former Navy pilot and aircraft engineer J. E. Kempf says the
formation looks like a “stack of coins.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large Object
Separates into 7 Discs”; Sparks, p. 159;
Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010):
13, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1947
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 12:15 a.m. seven "good, solid targets"
appeared on radar at National Airport near Washington, D.C. F-94
interceptors were sent from Deleware, but they made no visual contact as
the UFOs were gone by the time they arrived. It was noted that there
were only minor temperature inversions at the time, and these were not
the likely cause of the radar blips. Five minutes later an F-94 pilot
made vsual contact with a round UFO. Both the UFO and the F-94 jet were
seen on radar flying at the same speed. But when the jet tried to
overtake the UFO it disappeared visually and on radar. "Incredible speed
of the object," said the pilot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO Cases in
1952: The UFO Sightings that Shook the Government, p. 11 cases 6 &
7; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4425
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: In Nevada at four o'clock in the morning
highway worker Truman Bethurum had finished working the night shift and
decided to visit a nearby hilltop called Mormon Mesa because he heard it
was a good place to look for seashell fossils. After he parked his truck
he used a flashlight to hunt for seashells, but he had no luck finding
any, and after searching for an hour or so he returned to the truck and
napped awhile. A “mumbling around the truck” awakened him. The mumbling
came from eight to ten olive-skinned beings speaking an unintelligible
language. All were about 4 feet 8 inches to 5 feet tall. They were not
dwarfs but fully developed men. The strange men made no effort to
disturb him, although Bethurum said he was afraid to attempt a
getaway.
He was still in the truck cab when one man spoke to
him in a foreign tongue. Bethurum shook his head, indicating he could
not understand. Then the small man said: “You name it.” It was perfect
English, recalled Bethurum, who answered: “My God, you can speak
English, too?” “We have no trouble with any language,” replied the man.
Bethurum then climbed out of the truck and stopped, awestruck. He saw a
flying saucer parked about 75 yards away from his truck. It looked like
burnished stainless steel. Bethurum shook hands with all the “friendly”
men and asked if their captain was around. The spokesman for the group
volunteered to escort Bethurum to the captain, and led him toward the
parked craft. Meanwhile, Bethurum looked around and saw that the short
men were “Latin types,” with complexions “something like Italians.” All
were neatly dressed in uniforms similar to those “worn by Greyhound bus
drivers.” All had coal black hair and dark eyes. Their skin complexion
was perfect and had no wrinkles or blemishes. The spokesman for the
group took hold of Bethurum’s right elbow. While holding the arm the man
seemed to “have me in his power completely. He gave the impression of
great strength.” Soon the group arrived at the ship. Bethurum described
it as being metallic. He learned that it measured 300 feet in diameter
and was “six yards deep in the center.” A three-foot metal rim with
beveled edges surrounded the saucer-shaped craft, and the rim was about
two feet thick. The ship had no rudder or stacks. They entered the ship
through a large door that Bethurum estimated was 4 ½ feet wide and about
10 to 12 feet long. It was located atop the ship close to the metal rim
around the edge. Inside he met the woman captain, Aura Rhanes. He
described her as having a “slender” Latin-type face. She wore a “radiant
red skirt, black velvet short sleeved blouse and a black beret with red
trim.” He went into her lounge and they talked. The woman captain said
she was from the planet Clarion, which could not be seen from
earth.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT:
Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1952-07, citing Truman Bethurum,
Aboard a Flying Saucer; John Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 237
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4426
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 10:05 a.m. a procession of white
saucer-shaped objects was sighted at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. They flew
very fast and made no sound. Each passage of UFOs took 30 seconds. First
two objects flew over, then one, then another, and then a last one. A
Project Blue Book unidentified case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1680; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4427
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: A cigar-shaped object split into seven or
eight smaller objects over Manhattan Beach, California at 6:25
p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 68; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO
Sighting Reports, p. 3-012
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4428
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. a dark disc-shaped object
moved slowly toward the northeast with an "oscillating rolling motion"
seen from Andrews AFB, Maryland. Clouds at the time were moving toward
the southeast, and the UFO entered the base of the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I),
p. 161; Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO Cases in 1952: The UFO Sightings
that Shook the Government, p. 11 case 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4429
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 8:30 p.m. in Wichita Falls, Texas two
people witnessed two phosphorescent disc-shaped objects flying at 1,000
mph. They were seen for 15 seconds. A Project Blue Book "unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #1684; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4430
Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 11:30 p.m. at a drive-in movie theater
in Spokane, Washington twelve UFOs were seen in the skies for 30
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4431
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: USAF on 24 hour alert. Shoot Down order
newspaper articles
Type: letter
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_466
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Britain
Description: Personal Minute from Prime Minister W.S.
Churchill to Secretary of xxxxxxx Air Ministry stating: What does all
this stuff about Flying Saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the
truth? Let me have a report at your convenience.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p505, Churchhill)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_467
See also: 8/9/1952
Date: End of 7/1952
Location: Dayton OH
Description: SECRET MEMO to Director, CIA, from H.
Marshall Chadwell, Office of Scientific Intelligence stating: ATIC has
set up a worldwide reporting network for Flying Saucers and major Air
Force bases have been ordered to make INTERCEPTIONS of UFO’s. Battello
Memorial Institute is to handle machine indexing of all official
reported sightings. From 1947 to date, there have been 1500 official
sightings with 250 of them in 1952 alone. Of the 1500, 28% remain
UNEXPLAINED. UFO’s are of such importance that the matter should be
brought before the National Security Council.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p31,506, war escalation)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_469
See also: 9/19/76
See also: 5/10/80
See also: 5/19/86
See also: 9/4/87
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: USA, McGuire AFB, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) 6 a.m. Witness:
Ground Control Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in
the base control tower. Radar tracked a large cluster of very distinct
blips. Visual observation was of oblong objects having neither wings nor
tail, which made a very fast turn and at one time were in echelon
formation. Entire episode lasted 55 minutes. (Project Blue Book - cfr
Don Berliner) Jersey City (New Jersey) August C. Roberts along with
James Leyden, both members of the Ground Observers Corps, photographed a
strange object in the sky. It had the shape of an orange glowing disc
which oscillated side to side.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V." Fleuve
Noir 1956, p. 39, 64 and 65
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1653
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in MacChord (Washington), Sergeant/T Walstead and S/Sergeant
Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron; observed a pulsing ball of a
dull blue-green, the size of a dime held at arm's length, flying very
quickly and horizontally. (2:15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1708 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1164
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the MacGuire
(New Jersey) USAF base, the Ground Approach Control operator, Sgt. W. F.
Dees, and people from the base control tower detect a large group of
very distinct echoes. The visual observation is that of wingless,
tail-less elongated objects performing a very fast turn and at one point
adopting a echelon formation. The entire episode lasts 55 minutes. (6
h)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1707
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1165
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Winston
Churchill is concerned about the UFO phenomenon and questions the
British Air Minister about it.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1166
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Heidelberg
(West Germany), Sergeant B. C. Grassmoen and WAC Pfc. A. P. Turner
observed an object shaped like a saucer, seemingly made of light metal,
emitting white flashes of light, flying slowly, making a 90° turn, and
quickly ascending after 4 to 5 minutes. (10:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1700 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1167
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Wisconsin and
Minnesota, the Ground Control Intercept Radar, an USAF pilot and members
of the GOC
spot various unidentified objects.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1168
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Washington
Post Article.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1169
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: US
Description: Los Angeles Times.
ROCKETS MAY FIND KEY TO COSMIC RAYS. Rockets fired from
balloons to altitudes of 30 miles may blast the wraps from the
30-year-old cosmic ray mystery. Balloon authorities mentioned the fact
that these "skyhook" balloons might easily be mistaken for a flying
saucer by laymen.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_228
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Montreal
Description: The Montreal Star. FLYING
SAUCERS. Editorial: Please don't quote us, but we marvel at the
conceit of some of the these alleged experts who remark that the saucers
can't possibly be vehicles of inter-planetary travel because "the
engineering problem is too difficult". Man is certainly a stuck-up,
self-centered creature. Because he can't figure out inter-planetary
travel, nobody else could. Because he could not breath the air, let us
say, of Mars, nobody else could. Because he has made a few faltering
steps in knowledge, he takes it for granted that no one anywhere in
space can possibly be as smart as he.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_229
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: SAUCERS REAL OR GOVERNMENT HOAXES,
SCIENTISTS SAY. Several scientists, still stumped for an
explanation of flying saucers, were convinced Monday that the mysterious
objects really exist. "I definitely believe the objects sighted over
Washington were not a figment of someone's imagination," said R.L.
Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an
astronomer at Ohio State University, said he was convinced these persons
saw something, "some type of object or phenomena." But Hynek said it is
"highly improbable" that the saucers come from another planet. One
scientist who asked that his name be withheld, speculated that the
saucers might be experimental aircraft developed by the U.S. "If this be
the case," he said, "it's time the government quit playing jokes on the
people."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_230
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: dawn
Location: Indianapolis, Ind
Description: St. Louis Post Dispatch.
HOOSIERS SEE FLYING SAUCERS STAGE DOGFIGHT. Three
flying saucers were reported seen by hundreds of Hoosiers, including
police and military personnel, over south central Indiana early today.
The objects appeared to have a "dogfight" over Franklin and disappeared
as dawn approached. Troopers from three state police posts—Indianapolis,
Seymour, and Connersville—kept a running check on the saucers for more
than four hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_231
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: Washington DC
Description: Los Angeles Times. JETS
CHASE WASHINGTON SKY OBJECTS. AP -- The Air Force said today
jet fighter planes had made an effort to intercept unknown objects in
the sky over Washington last night after CAA radar specialists had
spotted between four and twelve objects on their radarscopes. At 8:30
P.M. the Air Route Traffic Control Center called in jet fighter planes
from Newcastle, Del., approximately 90 miles away and guided them to the
mystery objects. The pilots reported nothing except an occasional light,
once a "steady, white light" which disappeared after about one
minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_232
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: HALLOCK, MN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. GCI RADAR
and Air Force pilot and Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotters. Several
UFO's all over Wisconsin and Minn.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2493
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "250", HatchDesc: "HALLOCK,MN:BBK#UNK:GCI RDR+AF PILOT+GOC SPOTTERS:SVRL UFOS ALL OVR WISC+MINN", LatLong: "48.772225 -96.944449", LatLongDMS: "48:46:20 N 96:56:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: FRANKLIN, IN
Description: Cops and military and hundreds. Night
lights hover dance and play tag / several counties. / r242p161.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2494
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "12", Duration: "240", Elev: "226", HatchDesc: "FRANKLIN,IN:COPS+MIL+100s:NLTS HVR DANCE+PLAY TAG/SVRL COUNTIES:/r242p161", LatLong: "39.483335 -86.055560", LatLongDMS: "39:29:00 N 86:03:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: OSCEOLA, WI
Description: Air Defense Command / GCI RADAR's track
objects / 90-900kph. Maneuver and evade jets. Fly going quickly north. /
r242+r11.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2495
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "275", HatchDesc: "OSCEOLA,WI:ADC/GCI RDRs TRACK OBJS/90-900kph:MNVR+EVADE JETS:FLY>>N:/r242+r11", LatLong: "45.322224 -92.700004", LatLongDMS: "45:19:20 N 92:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 05:50
Location: HELENA, MT
Description: 12 objects / V formation hover over town.
Going quickly southwest. No further details [in] type unknown. Blue Book
files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2496
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1230", HatchDesc: "HELENA,MT:12 OBJS/VFORM HVR OVR TOWN:>>SW:NFD TYPE UNK:BBK FILES:NFD", LatLong: "46.600002 -112.050005", LatLongDMS: "46:36:00 N 112:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 06:00
Location: MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, NJ
Description: RADAR OP and Air Traffic Controllers.
RADAR-visual. Distinct plain ovoids make very fast turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2497
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "55", Elev: "41", HatchDesc: "McGUIRE AFB,NJ:RDR OP+ATCS:RDR-VISUAL:DISTINCT PLAIN OVOIDS MAKE VFAST TURN", LatLong: "40.016669 -74.616670", LatLongDMS: "40:01:00 N 74:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: BISMARCK, ND
Description: 2 silver objects speed over town. Blue
Book files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2498
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "510", HatchDesc: "BISMARCK,ND:2 SILVER OBJs SPEED OVER TOWN:BBK FILES:NFD", LatLong: "46.816669 -100.783338", LatLongDMS: "46:49:00 N 100:47:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Dakota", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: Marines take 16 mm movies / UFO. Some
frames going [to] press. USAF takes rest / 29 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick
& Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index
355)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2499
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "160", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,FL:MARINES TAKE 16mm MOVIES/UFO:SOME FRAMES>PRESS:USAF TAKES REST/29JLY", LatLong: "25.783335 -80.183337", LatLongDMS: "25:47:00 N 80:11:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: DEL PASO HEIGHTS, CA
Description: Blue Book. Star-like night light moves and
stops intermittently.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2500
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "DEL PASO HEIGHTS,CA:BBK:STARLIKE NLT MOVES+STOPS INTERMITTENTLY", LatLong: "38.666669 -121.433339", LatLongDMS: "38:40:00 N 121:26:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: EAST / TYRONE, PA
Description: AA flight #519 / 18k' altitude. Small
UFO's all over/all about thunderhead. Jets chase. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2501
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "275", HatchDesc: "E/TYRONE,PA:AA FLITE#519/18k'alt:SML UFOS ALLO THUNDERHEAD:JETS CHASE:/r98#203", LatLong: "40.672224 -78.166670", LatLongDMS: "40:40:20 N 78:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5500", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: HAYWARD AND ALAMEDA, CA
Description: USAF man and 1. 2 dark disks abreast.
Going quickly southeast / very high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2502
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "HAYWARD+ALAMEDA,CA:USAF MAN+1:2 DARK DISKS ABREAST:>>SE /VERY HIGH SPEED:", LatLong: "37.666668 -122.066672", LatLongDMS: "37:40:00 N 122:04:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: GENEVA, NY
Description: Ellipse hovers / high altitude. Jet
contrails converge. Ovoid shoots straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2503
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "151", HatchDesc: "GENEVA,NY:ELLIPSE HVRS/HI ALT:JET CONTRAILS CONVERGE:OVOID SHOOTS STRAIGHT ↑", LatLong: "42.850002 -76.983337", LatLongDMS: "42:51:00 N 76:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: PONCA CITY, OK
Description: 3+1 observer(s). Sparkle-globe hovers /
refinery. Night lights swoop low and circle school.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2504
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "307", HatchDesc: "PONCA CITY,OK:3+1 OBS:SPARKLE-GLOBE HVRS/REFINERY:NLTS SWOOP LOW+CCL SCHOOL", LatLong: "36.716668 -97.083338", LatLongDMS: "36:43:00 N 97:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CAIRO, IL
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 3
huge "stars" / sky. 2 more join in. All 5 go / irregular motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2505
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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: "3", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "CAIRO,IL:GOC OBS:3 HUGE "STARS"/SKY:2 MORE JOIN IN:ALL 5 GO/IRREGULAR MOTION", LatLong: "37.016668 -89.166671", LatLongDMS: "37:01:00 N 89:10:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 2 observer(s). 5-6 flat disks turn oval /
passing. Flat again. Horizontal going [to] horizon / 60 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 969)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2506
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "77", HatchDesc: "MEMPHIS,TN:2 OBS:5-6 FLAT DISKS TURN OVAL/PASSING:FLAT AGAIN:HRXN>HRZN/60secs", LatLong: "33.166668 -90.016671", LatLongDMS: "33:10:00 N 90:01:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: EAST / DAYTON, OH
Description: Electro-magnetic effect (EME)? Lightning
outlines 30M disk / sky. Red and green fireballs exit going up. Disk
quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 969)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2507
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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "250", HatchDesc: "E/DAYTON,OH:EME?:LIGHTNING OUTLINES 30M DISK/SKY:RED+GRN FBLS EXIT↑:DISK↑↑", LatLong: "39.755557 -84.022226", LatLongDMS: "39:45:20 N 84:01:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ELKHART, IND
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru)
telescope. 5 disks in formation overhead. Shoot apart / all directions
(UPI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2508
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "2", Elev: "237", HatchDesc: "ELKHART,IND:AM.ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:5 DISKS/FORMN OVHD:SHOOT APART/ALL DIRs (UPI)", LatLong: "41.683335 -85.983337", LatLongDMS: "41:41:00 N 85:59:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ST. PAUL, MN
Description: Ground RADAR's and visual observer(s).
Orange-white night lights. T33 jets scramble.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2509
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "90", Elev: "234", HatchDesc: "ST PAUL,MN:GND RDRS+VISUAL OBS:ORG-WHT NLTS:T33 JETS SCRAMBLE:", LatLong: "44.966669 -93.100004", LatLongDMS: "44:58:00 N 93:06:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "3"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: BURLEY, IDAHO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 1
observer. V-formation / UFO's goes over town. Type unstated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2510
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1269", HatchDesc: "BURLEY,IDAHO:BBK#UNK:1 OBS:V-FORMATION/UFOS GOES OVR TOWN:TYPE UNSTATED:", LatLong: "42.533335 -114.627783", LatLongDMS: "42:32:00 N 114:37:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: LODI, ORAN, ALG
Description: Very large "inverted cone" seen / several
seconds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2511
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "LODI,ORAN,ALG:VLARGE "INVERTED CONE" SEEN/SEVERAL SECONDS:NFD", LatLong: "35.016668 0.016667", LatLongDMS: "35:01:00 N 00:01:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: HEIDELBERG, GERM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1700. Unidentified.
Metal saucer beams shafts / light. Stops when plane passes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2512
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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", HatchDesc: "HEIDELBERG,GERM:BBK#1700:UID:MTL SCR BEAMS SHAFTS/LITE:STOPS WHEN PLANE PASSES", LatLong: "49.400002 8.716667", LatLongDMS: "49:24:00 N 08:43:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bade-Wurtemberg", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:00?
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru)
binoculars. Hazy object by moon resolves going [to] disk / sharp edges.
Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2513
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "215", HatchDesc: "ROCKFORD,IL:AM.ASTRON/binocs:HAZY OBJ by MOON RESOLVES >DISK/SHARP EDGES:>>N", LatLong: "42.283335 -89.083338", LatLongDMS: "42:17:00 N 89:05:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Many observer(s). 8-12 night lights /
various formations. Darken and lighten / sharp maneuvers. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2514
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "120", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:MANY OBS:8-12 NLTS/VAR.FORMns:DARKEN+LIGHTEN/SHARP MNVRS:/r242", LatLong: "38.916669 -77.016670", LatLongDMS: "38:55:00 N 77:01:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ
Description: 1 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC).
Photograph / orange glowing coin shape north going south over Manhattan?
Copies going [to] USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: BENDER, Albert K.: FLYING SAUCERS and
the THREE MEN. 1962 & 1968 Paperback Library, NY. Foreward/Gray
Barker. 160 pp.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2515
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "25", HatchDesc: "JERSEY CITY,NJ:1/GOC:FOTO/ORG.GLO COIN SHAPE N>S OVR MANHATTAN?:copies>USAF", LatLong: "40.733335 -74.050004", LatLongDMS: "40:44:00 N 74:03:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: BURBANK, CA
Description: Pale blue object circles / 1500' altitude.
Drops. Hovers. 500hz ripple sound heard!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2516
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "237", HatchDesc: "BURBANK,CA:PALE BLUE OBJ CIRCLES/1500'alt:DROPS:HVRS:500hz RIPPLE SOUND HEARD!", LatLong: "34.200002 -118.300006", LatLongDMS: "34:12:00 N 118:18:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Hallock, MN
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 02 - Close
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1211
Date: 7/28/1952
End date: 7/29/1952
Location: Port Huron (20 miles W of), MI
Description: Jets vectored to UFO during ECM exercise
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728-29
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1212
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Heidelberg, West Germany
Description: Saucer-shaped object having appearance of
light metal (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1700)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1213
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: McGuire AFB, NJ
Description: GCA Radar/Visual Of Blip Cluster (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1707)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1214
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: McChord AFB, WA
Description: Dull, glowing, blue green ball, size of a
dime at arms' length (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1708)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1215
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: FLYOBRPT. Mr. S. Robert Tralins observed
17 shooting lights moving in varied directions at extremely high speed
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1216
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Central Michigan, MI
Description: Radar visual that raised eyebrows (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1217
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Central Michigan, MI
Description: UFO by radar, target speed 550 knots
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1218
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:20 PM
Location: Heidelberg, West Germany
Description: Witnesses: Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc.
A.P. Turner. One saucer-shaped object having an appearance of light
metal and giving off shafts of white light, flew slow, made a 90^ turn
and climbed away fast after 4-5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_202
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 6 AM
Location: McGuire AFB, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Ground Control Approach radar
operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in the base control tower. Radar
tracked a large cluster of very distinct blips. Visual observation was
of oblong objects having neither wings nor tail, which made a very fast
turn and at one time were in echelon formation. Entire episode lasted 55
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_203
Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 2:15 AM
Location: McChord AFB, Washington
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. Walstead, S/Sgt. Calkins
of the 635th AC&W Squadron. One dull, glowing, blue-green ball,.the
size of a dime at arms' length, flew very fast, straight and
level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_204
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Nevada desert
Description: Early morning. While napping between
shifts as a heavy-equipment operator in the Nevada desert, Truman Bethurum is
awakened by 8 small men who “seem to be of Latin extraction.” They take
him to a nearby flying saucer where he meets the captain, a “gorgeous
woman, shorter than any of the men, neatly attired, and also having a
Latin appearance: coal black hair and olive complexion. She appeared to
be about 42 years old,” although Bethurum learns that she is hundreds of
years old. Her name is Aura Rhanes. Her ship is called a “scow,” and her
crew is from the planet Clarion, a world that is always on the other
side of the moon. He later tells this story and his later adventures in
his 1954 book Aboard a Flying Saucer, ghostwritten by Mary Kay
Tennison.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Truman Bethurum, Aboard a Flying Saucer,
DeVorss, 1954; Clark III 192–194
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1948
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: USAF Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford secretly orders a deemphasis on or elimination of human
anecdotal UFO reports. Instead, they would be “going on instruments,” as
worded in his briefing, so that he can close down Blue Book.
Technological hurdles and budget limits greatly delay the plan, but Blue
Book does transition into a propaganda debunking mission over the next 6
months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 813
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1949
Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Roger Smith Hotel
Description: Late afternoon. Ruppelt and
Maj. Ed Gregory arrive in Washington, D.C., dodging newspaper reporters
at the Roger Smith Hotel. Blue Book receives an astonishing total of 50
UFO reports in a single day. UFO inquiries are jamming the Pentagon
telephones. Air Force and CIA officials concede that the Soviet Union
might take advantage of the confusion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
166–167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1950
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: According to the United Press, the Air
Defense Command has alerted jet interceptor pilots to take off instantly
in pursuit of any flying saucers. The International News Service
amplifies this by quoting the Air Force that orders have been issued to
shoot them down if they refuse to land. The Air Force refuses to confirm
this, but USAF Deputy Press Officer Lt. Col. Moncel
A. Monts states that “jet pilots are, and have been, under orders to
investigate unidentified objects and to shoot them down if they can’t
talk them down.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Alerted
for ‘Discs’:
Sightings over
Washington Put Jets at Ready,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 28,
1952, p. 1; “Jets
on 24- Hour
Alert to Shoot Down ‘Saucers,’” San Francisco Examiner, July 29,
1952, p. 2; Shoot 49–50; David Rudiak, “1952
Flying Saucer ‘Shoot Down’ Stories,” Roswell Proof
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1951
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: In charge of jet interceptions over
Washington, D.C., during the big UFO flap, USAF Director of Operations
Gen. Roger
M. Ramey issues an ambiguous public denial that the interceptors
have been ordered to shoot down any saucers. However, newspaper articles
and other documents say there was such an order.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rudiak, “Background
on Gen. Roger M. Ramey,” June 4, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1952
Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Kansas City, Missouri; Washington
National
Description: President Truman, resting
in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Democratic Convention, calls CIA
Director Walter
Bedell Smith and asks him to investigate the Air Force’s mishandling
of the Washington National sightings. Smith later directs, through
Deputy Director for Intelligence Loftus
E. Becker, that a CIA/OSI group be put together to review the USAF
UFO intelligence program at ATIC. Truman’s involvement is meant to be
kept Top Secret and is not revealed until 1992.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1953
Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Canadian researcher Wilbert B.
Smith allegedly shows Rear Admiral Herbert
B. Knowles a metallic piece from a saucer that was shot down near
Washington, D.C. It is twice the size of a man’s thumb and has been
loaned to him by the Air Force, but he must return it to the CIA (or
another secret agency).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rudiak, “Wilbert
B. Smith,”
Roswell Proof; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp.
48–49; Good Above, p.
188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1954
Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: UK; William Sidney; Lord Cherwell
Description: UK Prime Minister Winston
Churchill writes to William
Sidney, Secretary of State for Air, and scientific adviser and
friend Lord
Cherwell, saying, “What does all this stuff about flying saucers
amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth? Let me have a report at
your convenience.” The response, dated August 9, begins: “The various
reports about unidentified flying objects, described by the Press as
‘flying saucers,’ were the subject of a full Intelligence study in 1951”
[presumably the report by the Flying Saucer Working Party].
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Records
Show Winston
Churchill’s Interest in UFOs,” The Cosmic Report, December 12, 2020;
Good Above, pp.
30, 448–449;
UFOFiles2, pp.
43–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1955
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: There are 20 UFO reports recorded for this
day in the UFOCAT computer database. Outside of the continental United
States there were sightings in Hawaii, Cuba, and Germany. Four occurred
at military air bases and two more involved aircraft encounters with
UFOs.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4448
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: At 10:15 p.m. a saucer-shaped object,
light metallic in color, flew over Heidelberg, Germany. It gave off
shafts of white light, flew slowly, made a 90-degree turn, and climbed
away fast. It was in sight for 4.5 minutes. A Project Blue Book
"unknown."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1700; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 24; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4449
Date: 7/28/1952
Description: At around 11 p.m. over Washington, D.C.
eight to twelve nocturnal lights flew in various formations making sharp
maneuvers, darkening and then becoming brighter again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 65; Richard F Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the
Fifth Kind, p. 99
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4450
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Michigan
Description: USAF pilot pursues UFO over Michigan
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_121
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: USAF Gen. Samford holds UFO press
conference
Type: historical event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_122
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Britain
Description: SECRET, EYES ONLY MEMO to Deputy
Director/Intelligence from Ralph L. Clark, Acting Assistant Director of
Scientific Intelligence stating: In the past several weeks numerous UFOs
have been sighted visually and on RADAR. This office (CIA) has
maintained a continuing review of reputed sightings for the past three
years and a special group has been formed to review the sightings to
date. O/CI and O/SI will participate in this study and prepare a report
on UFOs by August 15, 1952.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p505)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_468
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: USA, Osceola, Wisconsin.
Description: (Translated from French) 1:30 a.m.
Witnesses: ground radar operators, pilot of an F-51 Mustang in flight.
Several clusters of about ten small radar targets as well as one large
one. The small targets flew from southwest to east at about 60-70 mph,
one behind the other. The largest one flew at 700 mph. Total duration:
one hour. The pilot confirmed one of the targets by visual
observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1654
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: USA, Passaic (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) George J. Stock
photographed an aircraft, coming from the south and going east, passing
vertically over his garden and hovering in one spot for several minutes
at a height of about 185 yards. The object was gray in color topped with
a dome and came from the south. It was about 12 m in diameter and
stabilized for a few moments. Then it oscillated and left, disappearing
to the east while accelerating. Total duration of the observation: 1
minute. A government agent from the Office of Scientific Investigation
borrowed the negatives and kept them for many months. After a long
series of protests, Stock was able to get them back.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V. -
Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 38
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1655
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Osceola
(Wisconsin), ground radar operators detected for 1 hour on radar several
groups of small objects (up to 10) and 1 large object. The small ones
moved from Southwest to East between 50 and 60 knots (60 to 70 mph),
following each other. The large object moved at 600 knots (700 mph). A
F-51 Mustang pilot confirmed the detection of one of the objects. (1 h
30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1731 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1170
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Omega, in the
Los Alamos canyon (New Mexico), observation by 5 independent witnesses
for 5 minutes of a white rotating object. The object left upon the
arrival of planes. (10 h)
Reference: Hynek 1979
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1171
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Langley (Virginia), Captain D. G. Moore of the Air Traffic
Control System detected an object flying towards the base at about 2600
mph for 2 minutes at an altitude lower than 5000 feet. (14:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1732? unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1172
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Moore and W.
Yhope, representatives of the Gilfillan Electronics, spotted a radar
target moving for 4 minutes, stopping for 2 minutes, then leaving very
quickly. (14 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1732? unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1173
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Conference of
July 29th at the Pentagon, following the numerous observations in the
Washington area. From left to right: Roy
James, Ramey,
Ruppelt,
Samford,
Bower
and Griffing.
See file images/1952-07-29.jpg.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1174
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Officers from the
FBI
report the statements made by representatives of the USAF
during a meeting they had with them. The latter explain to the police
that, according to their intelligence center at Wright
Patterson, observations of flying saucers date back several
centuries and their number varies depending on the publicity they
receive. The military add that these saucers appear rather in areas of
high air traffic. According to them, these are not missiles from other
countries, and they do not exclude the possibility that these objects
are potential vessels from other planets such as Mars.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1175
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Miami
(Florida), a very fast UFO is filmed. The film is submitted to the USAF,
never released.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1176
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Merced
(California), Herbert Mitchell and an employee observed for 2 minutes a
dark object in the shape of a disk, followed by a silver light two
lengths behind it, tilt to the side, dive, hesitate and then finally
make very rapid circles. (15 h 44 or 16 h 35)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1738 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1177
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Wichita
(Kansas), Douglas and Hess, employees of an USAF store at the Municipal
Airport, observe for 5 minutes a flat, white, shiny circular object
flying very quickly, then hovering for 10 to 15 seconds above the Cessna
Aircraft Co. installations. (0 h 35)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1739 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1178
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Ennis
(Montana), members of the USAF
staff are alerted of the arrival of UFOs from Seattle (Washington). They
are 5 flat disk-shaped objects. One of them remains stationary for 3 to
4 minutes, while another one circles around it. The observation lasts 30
minutes. (0 h 30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1747 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1179
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: JET PILOTS ORDERED TO SHOOT DOWN
SAUCERS. The Air Force revealed today jet pilots have been
placed on 24-hour nationwide alert against flying saucers with orders to
shoot them down if they refuse to land. It was learned pilots have gone
aloft on several occasions in an effort to shoot the mysterious objects
to the ground, but never came close enough to use their guns. The Air
Force expressed the belief that the unidentified flying objects are not
a threat to the US and stated also that they are not a secret U.S.
military development.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_233
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: New York Times. AIR FORCE
EXPLAINS 2-HOUR DELAY IN CHASING OBJECTS OVER CAPITAL. The Air
Force said tonight that the current series of flying saucer reports had
brought no change in its 24-hour-a-day program to challenge unidentified
and potentially hostile objects in the skies over the US. The 2-hour
delay in sending up jet interceptors after radar watchers reported
recent saucer sightings was explained by the Air Force. The report was
sent by mistake to a flight center in Middletown, PA, instead of through
the Air Force base ar Newcastle, Del.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_234
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Tarrytown, Greenburgh, NY
Description: New York Times. OBJECT
SEEN OVER TARRYTOWN. Streaks of light, reportedly similar to
those spotted over Washington were observed in the sky above the Hudson
River. The sightings were reported to the Defense Force Filter Center at
White Plains by Post Supervisor Joseph Pulsoni and two ground force
observers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_235
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: San Bernadino Sun.
'SAUCERS' REPORTED ON CAPITAL RADAR. The Air Force has
been investigating reports that several flying saucers have been spotted
virtually in its own back yard by radar device. Officials could not
immediately agree whether or not this was the first time that radar had
picked up such objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_236
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Key West, FL
Description: NAVY CHECKS FIERY STREAK.
Navy officials said Tuesday, "we're investigating thoroughly" reports of
a fiery object that streaked across the sky at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. The
U.S.S. Greenwood, a destroyer escort, was sent to sea, but
officers would not elaborate. Hundreds of sailors reported seeing the
object Saturday night while watching an outdoor movie. One witness
described it as a 40-foot solid white light zooming across the sky from
north to south, making no sound. A week ago, a Navy man said four
persons reported seeing a fiery ball in the sky over Key West that
stopped and started several times before it disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_237
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: ALL OUT OF STEP, BUT ME, SAYS
SHAPLEY. Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard
Observatory, said flying saucers are a lot of complete nonsense and
dismissed the more than 1000 reports made in the last five years as
traceable to 1. hallucinations, 2. fireballs or meteorites, 3.
high-altitude balloons, and 4. high-flying planes. His opponents
assigned Dr. Shapley to the balloonatic fringe.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_239
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: International News Service.
FLYING SAUCER TRAP SET BY US. The Air Force today
advanced the theory that flying saucers are apparently natural
phenomena, but at the same time announced it was establishing a battery
of more than 200 cameras to trap the objects on film, according to
Darrel Garwood, INS Washington correspondent. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford,
Chief of Air Intelligence, headed a big force of top scientific brains
to work on the fantastic puzzle. The Air Force is continuing its 24 hour
alert for all jet pilots to chase and shoot down any such objects which
ignore orders to land.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_240
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Air space violation; metallic object makes
360° turn; evades interceptors.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_112
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Air Force officer sees rapid, elliptical
light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_113
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Walker AFB, NM
Description: Weather officer and others see fast UFOs
through theodolite.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_114
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Michigan
Description: F-94s attempt intercept of fast-moving
UFO; radar/visuals.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_115
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 01:10
Location: BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE AND WDC AND HERNDON,
VA
Description: Groups 8-10 blips. Away as USAF planes
near. / FSRv3#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2517
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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "44", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "BOLLING AFB+WDC+HERNDON,VA:GRPS 8-10 BLIPS:AWAY AS USAF PLANES NEAR:/FSRv3#3", LatLong: "38.844446 -77.016670", LatLongDMS: "38:50:40 N 77:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 08:20
Location: WALKER / ROSWELL AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Blue Book. 4 observer(s). Several saucers
seen / theodolite. Faster / any plane..
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2518
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "80", Elev: "1119", HatchDesc: "WALKER/ROSWELL AFB,NM:BBK:4 OBS:SVRL SCRS SEEN/THEODOLITE:FASTER/ANY PLANE..", LatLong: "33.316668 -104.566672", LatLongDMS: "33:19:00 N 104:34:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ELKHART, IN
Description: Woman. Flat white dish-disk swirls around
over treetops. Turns and quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 986)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2519
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: "237", HatchDesc: "ELKHART,IN:WOMAN:FLAT WHT DISH-DISK SWIRLS AROUND ovr TREETOPS:TURNS+↑↑ FAST", LatLong: "41.683335 -85.966671", LatLongDMS: "41:41:00 N 85:58:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: GREGORY, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Circular object circles
aluminum plant and stops. Quickly going up. Another quickly going down
[to] and does same.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 986)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2520
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "10", HatchDesc: "GREGORY,TX:2 OBS:CIRC.OBJ CCLS ALUMINUM PLANT+STOPS:↑↑:ANOTHER ↓↓+DOES SAME", LatLong: "27.922224 -97.288894", LatLongDMS: "27:55:20 N 97:17:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: LOS ALAMOS CANYON, NM
Description: 6 separate observer(s). Yellow UFO over
base. Jets chase and vice versa. East going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2521
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "2410", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS CANYON,NM:6 SEP.OBS:YEL UFO OVR BASE:JETS CHASE+VICE VERSA:E>>W", LatLong: "35.888891 -106.361116", LatLongDMS: "35:53:20 N 106:21:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: HOPKINTON, MASS
Description: 1 observer. 90' x10' "beam of light" seen
30 minute(s). Apparent cylinder/cylindrical object-object. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2522
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "30", Elev: "125", HatchDesc: "HOPKINTON,MASS:1 OBS:90'x10' "BEAM OF LITE" SEEN 30min:APPARENT CYL-OBJ:/NEWS", LatLong: "42.227780 -71.522226", LatLongDMS: "42:13:40 N 71:31:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Massachusetts", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2 large
shiny pie-plate saucers outmaneuvers jets.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 987)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2523
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "2231", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS,NM:SVRL SEP.OBS:2 LRG SHINY PIE-PLATE SCRs OUTMNVR JETS:", LatLong: "35.883335 -106.311116", LatLongDMS: "35:53:00 N 106:18:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: LAMORICIERE, ALGERIA
Description: Motorists. Phosphorescent disk seen
briefly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2524
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "LAMORICIERE,ALGERIA:MOTORISTS:PHOSPHORESCENT DISK SEEN BRIEFLY:NFD", LatLong: "34.883335 -1.050000", LatLongDMS: "34:53:00 N 01:03:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: FRENDA, ORAN, ALG
Description: 2 cops. Saucer with luminous/glowing edges
and dark center. Seen over town.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2525
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "FRENDA,ORAN,ALG:2 COPS:SCR W/LUMn EDGES+DARK CENTER:SEEN OVER TOWN.", LatLong: "35.083335 1.033333", LatLongDMS: "35:05:00 N 01:02:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:30
Location: 8MI / ENNIS, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1747 /
unidentified. 12 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. UFO makes cloud.
Saucers exit. Photographs taken.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2526
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "4", Elev: "1530", HatchDesc: "8mi/ENNIS,MT:BBK#1747/UID:12 OBS/BINOCS:UFO MAKES CLOUD:SCRS EXIT:FOTOS TAKEN", LatLong: "45.350002 -111.727783", LatLongDMS: "45:21:00 N 111:43:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1739. Unidentified.
Airport workers. White saucer hovers over Cessna factory. Going quickly
southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2527
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, 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: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "392", HatchDesc: "WICHITA,KS:BBK#1739:UID:AIRPORT WORKERS:WHT SCR HVRS OVR CESSNA FACTORY:>>SE", LatLong: "37.700002 -97.350005", LatLongDMS: "37:42:00 N 97:21:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: PASSAIC, NJ
Description: Great photographs / domed saucer / G. J.
stock. Over trees and poles. 2 observer(s). / r192p326.
Type: sighting
Reference: ANDREWS, George C: EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS AMONG
US; FATE/Llewellyn Publs, St. Paul, MN 1992 (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2528
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: "USA", Credibility: "4", Duration: "1", Elev: "36", HatchDesc: "PASSAIC,NJ:GREAT FOTOS/DOMED SCR/G.J.STOCK:OVR TREES+POLES:2 OBS:/r192p326", LatLong: "40.872224 -74.127781", LatLongDMS: "40:52:20 N 74:07:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: Ex-USAF man and 1. Flat-bottom/underside
disk. Slow then fast wide sweep. Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 991)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2529
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "190", HatchDesc: "DETROIT,MI:EX-USAF MAN+1:FLAT-BTM DISK:SLOW then FAST WIDE SWEEP:LOST/CLOUDS", LatLong: "42.333335 -83.066671", LatLongDMS: "42:20:00 N 83:04:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: WILLIAMSBURG, VA
Description: Air Traffic Controller and 2 civilians.
Blue object going quickly southeast / 2600mph toward(s) Langley Air
Force Base. Below 5K' altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2530
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "26", HatchDesc: "WILLIAMSBURG,VA:ATC+2 CIVs:BLUE OBJ >>SE/2600mph TWRD LANGLEY AFB:BLW 5K'alt:", LatLong: "37.272224 -76.705559", LatLongDMS: "37:16:20 N 76:42:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: Radio alert / McChord Air Force Base. 50
observer(s). 3 silver saucers sway west going quickly east. 40K'
altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2531
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "20", Elev: "1000", HatchDesc: "GREAT FALLS,MT:RADIO ALERT/McCHORD AFB:50 OBS:3 SLVR SCRS SWAY W>>E:40K'alt", LatLong: "47.500002 -111.283339", LatLongDMS: "47:30:00 N 111:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "12000", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: MERCED, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1738. Unidentified.
Mitchell and 1. Saucer tilts dives levels itself and circles. Going
quickly NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2532
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "58", HatchDesc: "MERCED,CA:BBK#1738:UID:MITCHELL+1:SCR TILTS DIVES LEVELS ITSELF+CIRCLES:>>NNE", LatLong: "37.266668 -120.466672", LatLongDMS: "37:16:00 N 120:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: GREEN LANE, PA
Description: 3+observer(s). Dark oval = round saucer.
Passes going south under low clouds. Seen / 10 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 992)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2533
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "66", HatchDesc: "GREEN LANE,PA:3+OBS:DRK OVAL=RND SCR:PASSES >S UNDER LOW CLOUDS:seen/10 secs", LatLong: "40.338891 -75.472226", LatLongDMS: "40:20:20 N 75:28:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Newmen and many. "Saucer" / wild maneuvers
all over/all about. Color(s) vary. Huge accelerations.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 997)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2534
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "1280", HatchDesc: "SALT LAKE CITY,UT:NEWMEN+MANY:"SCR"/WILD MNVRS ALLO:CLRS VARY:HUGE ACCELS", LatLong: "40.783335 -111.916672", LatLongDMS: "40:47:00 N 111:55:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Utah", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: MOSTAGANEM, ALG
Description: Numerous observer(s). Saucer seen /
seconds. 3 globes hover. Going quickly north as jets near / r230
v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2535
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MOSTAGANEM,ALG:NMRS OBS:SCR SEEN/secs::3 GLOBES HVR:>>N as JETS NEAR/r230 v1#2", LatLong: "35.916668 0.166667", LatLongDMS: "35:55:00 N 00:10:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mostaganem", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: Former pilot and several. Ovoid splits / 2
pieces. 30K' altitude. Separate paths.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2536
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "25", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "CULVER CITY,CA:FORMER PILOT+SVRL:OVOID SPLITS/2 PIECES:30K'alt:SEPARATE PATHS", LatLong: "34.016668 -118.400006", LatLongDMS: "34:01:00 N 118:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: BISON TO/FROM WAUKOMIS, OK
Description: Saucer blows car off road. Possible
abduction try. Going west very fast. / LDLN#101p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2537
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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "396", HatchDesc: "BISON><WAUKOMIS,OK:SCR BLOWS CAR OFF ROAD:POSS.ABD TRY:>W VFAST:/LDLN#101p4.", LatLong: "36.233335 -97.877782", LatLongDMS: "36:14:00 N 97:52:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: SAGINAW BAY, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1680. RADAR and 2
F94s RADAR-visual (observation). Night light / 180° going quickly north
/ 1440mph. Responds / radio.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2538
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "SAGINAW BAY,MI:BBK#1680:RDR+2F94s RDR-VIS:NLT/180°>>N/1440mph:RESPONDS/RADIO", LatLong: "44.000002 -83.500004", LatLongDMS: "44:00:00 N 83:30:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / ADRIAN, MI
Description: 1 / car. Moon-size disk. Strong glow.
Going [to] slow over city. Sharp outlines.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 996)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2539
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: "1", Elev: "243", HatchDesc: "SW/ADRIAN,MI:1/CAR:MOONSIZE DISK:STRONG GLOW:> SLOW ovr CITY:SHARP OUTLINES", LatLong: "41.866669 -84.066671", LatLongDMS: "41:52:00 N 84:04:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SOUTHWEST / NIWOT, CO
Description: Woman. Saucer ringed / small lights going
quickly west. Large and distant. Much faster / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 997)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2540
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: "1553", HatchDesc: "SW/NIWOT,CO:WOMAN:SCR RINGED/SML LITES >>W:LRG+DISTANT:MUCH FASTER/PLANE", LatLong: "40.083335 -105.183338", LatLongDMS: "40:05:00 N 105:11:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: AIN TEDELES, ALG
Description: Many observer(s). Classic saucer blows
white smoke over town / 1 minute(s). Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2541
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "11", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "AIN TEDELES,ALG:MANY OBS:CLASSIC SCR BLOWS WHT SMOKE OVR TOWN/1min:>>S:", LatLong: "36.000002 0.250000", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 00:15:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Description: 2 / roof. Hemisphere going east. Flat /
top. Rounded bottom/underside glows. Tilts. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 998)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2542
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: "2", HatchDesc: "LAGUNA BEACH,CA:2/ROOF:HEMISPHERE > E:FLAT/TOP:ROUNDED BTM GLOWS:TILTS:>>W", LatLong: "33.550002 -117.794450", LatLongDMS: "33:33:00 N 117:47:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Osceola, WI
Description: Clusters of Small Targets & One Large
Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1731) (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1219
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Jets scrambled from Kirtland (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1221
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Langley AFB, VA
Description: 2,600 MPH Target Approaches Base (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1732)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1222
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Walker AFB, Roswell, NM
Description: Sighted several high-speed discs through
theodolite (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1223
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: White object moving E to W &
light-brown egg shaped object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A,
Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1224
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Merced, CA
Description: Dark, discus shaped object, trailed by a
silvery light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1738)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1225
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: CAA radar in the early morning tracked 8
to 12 UFOs at a time traveling about 100-120 m.p.h. in a 10-mile arc
around the Nations Capital. When an Eastern Airlines pilot tried to
check on the radar targets at CAA request at 3:00 a.m., he saw nothing.
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1226
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Port Huron, MI
Description: 9:40 p.m. CST an Air Force radar station
plotted an unidentified target moving at 550 knots. An F-94 in the area
was asked to investigate, and its airborne radar locked onto the UFO
which appeared as a bright flashing colored light. The object, showing
on ground radar along with the F-94, outdistanced the interceptor.
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1227
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Movies taken of high-speed UFO; film
submitted to Air Force, never released. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 -
Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1228
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Witchita, KS
Description: Bright white circular object with a flat
bottom fly very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1739)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1229
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Air Force reserve colonel at Los Alamos
saw a strange ellipse shaped light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1230
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Ennis, MT
Description: Twelve Witnesses Observe Discs / Movies
& Stills Taken (BBU 1747) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I,
Rating: 5, BB: 1747)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1231
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Description: Sidney Eubank went to the Enid police
station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disk had buzzed
his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush
of air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very
fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 134 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_96
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 1:30 AM
Location: Osceola, Wisconsin
Description: Witnesses: radar operators on ground,
pilot of F-5l Mustang in flight. Several clusters of up to 10 small
radar targets and one large target. Small targets moved from southwest
to east at 50-60 kts. (60-70 m.p.h.), following each other. The large
one moved at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One hour total time. Pilot confirmed
one target.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_205
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Langley AFB, Virginia
Description: Witness: USAF Capt D.G. Moore, of military
air traffic control system. One undescribed object flew at an estimated
2,600 m.p.h., below 5,000' altitude, toward the air base for about 2
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_206
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 2:50 PM
Location: Langley AFB, Virginia
Description: Witnesses: Mr. Moore, Gilfillan
electronics representative W. Yhope. One radar target tracked moving
away, stopped for 2 minutes, again moved very, very fast. Four
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_207
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 3:44 or 4:35 PM
Location: Merced, California
Description: Witnesses: Herbert Mitchell and one
employee. One dark, discus-shaped object, trailed by a silvery light 2
lengths behind, tipped on its side, dove, hesitated and then circled
very fast during the 2 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_208
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:35 PM
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description: Witnesses: USAF shop employees Douglas and
Hess at Municipal Airport. One bright white circular object with a flat
bottom flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna
Aircraft Co. plant, during the 5 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_209
Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Ennis, Montana
Description: Witnesses: USAF persons, alerted that UFOs
were coming from the direction of Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat
disc-shaped objects: one hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled
it. Sighting length of 30 minutes not explained further.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_210
Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Osceola, Wisconsin; St. Paul,
Minnesota
Description: 1:30 a.m. An Air Defense Command radar
outside of Osceola, Wisconsin, picks up some unidentified targets. Four
F-51s from St. Paul, Minnesota, are scrambled, but the targets are
moving around so quickly that it is impossible to vector in on a single
target. The F-51 pilots see many lights; one pilot at 25,000 feet sees
an object blaze across the nose of his airplane. Two other pilots vainly
try to climb up to a hovering light that is in the same position as the
radar targets. ATIC’s Robert M. Olsson and Wendell Swanson explain the
radar incident as a temperature inversion and the visual sighting as a
meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Clusters of Small Targets and One
Large Target”; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July
21st–31st, Supplemental
Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 80–85; Sparks, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1956
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Early morning. CAA radar tracks 8–12 UFOs
at a time traveling 100–120 mph in a 10-mile arc around Washington, D.C.
When an Eastern Airlines pilot tries to check on the radar targets at
the request of the CAA at 3:00 a.m., he sees nothing. The targets
disappear from CAA radar when the airliner approaches then come back in
behind him after he passes through the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air
Force Debunks ‘Saucers’ As Just ‘Natural Phenomena,’” New York
Times, July 30, 1952, pp. 1, 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1957
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: 10:00 a.m. President Truman tells
his air force liaison, Robert
B. Landry, to
find out what is going on with UFOs. Landry calls ATIC and eventually
reaches Ruppelt,
who tells him that weather may have caused the radar targets, but there
is no proof. He later learns that Truman is listening in. There is some
evidence that Truman or Landry soon contact the National Security
Council directly to find out how to proceed with the UFO problem.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p.
167; Swords 170 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1958
Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Los Alamos Scientific Labs, New Mexico;
Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque
Description: 10:00 a.m. Several employees of Los Alamos
Scientific Labs, New Mexico (including Robert B. Leachman, W. Schafer,
E. T. Jurney), see a white object moving east to west with a gyrating
motion. Two jet interceptors from Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque arrive 5
minutes later. The object disappears but reappears in front of the jets,
makes a 360° turn, comes around in back, follows for 2 minutes, then
disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jets Scrambled
from Kirtland”;
Hynek UFO Report, pp.
61–64; Sparks, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1959
Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Walker AFB; Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Four weather observers at Walker AFB [now
closed] in Roswell, New Mexico, watch several high-speed discs through a
theodolite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp.
114–115; Sparks, p.
161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1960
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: US
Description: An FBI memo from Victor P. Keay on “Flying
Saucers” discusses a classified briefing about UFOs by Cmdr. Randall
Boyd Jr. of the Air Intelligence Estimates Division to Norman
W. Philcox, an
FBI liaison to the Air Force. The Air Force has “failed to arrive at any
satisfactory conclusion” on UFOs. Reports are being received from all
parts of the US and distant parts of the world. Boyd explains that USAF
has made no progress in ascertaining the nature of UFOs, but it is
filing them into three classifications: reports by civilians on the
ground, reports by commercial or military pilots, and reports by pilots
that are confirmed by radar or ground observations. He concludes by
writing that it is “not entirely impossible that the objects sighted may
possibly be ships from another planet such as Mars,” but he adds that
“air intelligence is fairly certain that these objects are not ships or
missiles from another nation in this world.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History:
1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp.
55–56; ClearIntent, pp.
175–177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1961
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Ralph
L. Clark, acting
assistant director of the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence, sends a
memo to OSI Deputy Director Robert
Amory Jr., indicating
that the agency will be looking into UFO matters a bit more thoroughly,
even though it has been collecting cases for the past three years (since
1949): “a special study group has been formed to review the subject to
date. D/CI [Walter
Bedell Smith] will participate in this study with D/SI [H. Marshall
Chadwell], and a report should be ready about 15 August.” It alludes
to his meeting with CIA rocket consultant Frederick C.
Durant and others the previous day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ralph L. Clark, “Recent
Sightings of Unexplained Objects,”
July 29, 1952, reprinted in “The
CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler”; Good Above, pp.
330, 505
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1962
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Robert L. Farnsworth, president of the
American Rocket Society, urges President Truman and
defense officials to restrain the US armed forces from shooting at UFOs.
He says that hostile action might alienate us from “beings of far
superior powers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert L. Farnsworth, [Telegram
to President Truman], July 28, 1952; “A Pro-Saucer Voice Heard,” New
York Daily News, July 29, 1952, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1963
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: airport in Macdonald, Manitoba
Description: An orange, oblong stationary object is
observed at the airport in Macdonald, Manitoba, in the south-
southwestern sky for 2 minutes. It seems to change into a group of small
round lights. They all disappear together.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Project Second Storey
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1964
Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB,
Dayton, Ohio
Description: 4:00 p.m. The Air Force holds its largest
and longest press conference since the end of World War II. Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford, director
of USAF intelligence, leads it. He is accompanied by Eighth Air Force
Maj. Gen. Roger
M. Ramey, director
of operations and commander of the Eighth Air Force; USAF Col. Donald
L. Bower, Technical Analysis Division, Air Technical Intelligence
Center (ATIC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio; Project Blue Book
head Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt; USAF Capt. Roy L. James,
ATIC radar specialist; and Burgoyne
L. Griffing, electronics branch, ATIC. Samford says that the Air
Force has been monitoring US air space since 1947. Approximately 20% of
UFO reports come from “credible observers of relatively incredible
things,” which keeps the Air Force concerned. He explains that the
Washington, D.C., sightings earlier in July were caused by “weather
phenomena” that caused radar beams to bend and pick up objects on the
ground. James offers more technical explanations about temperature
inversions that cause radar echoes. Pro-UFO Maj. Dewey J. Fournet Jr., USAF public relations
officer Al
Chop, and Navy
radar specialist Lieut. John Holcomb are conspicuous by their
absence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “General Samford’s
Press Conference,” July 29, 1952; Ruppelt, pp.
168– 169;
“General Samford’s
UFO Press Conference, Pentagon, July 29, 1952,” knightskross YouTube
channel, August 3, 2010; “The
Air Force Makes a Pass at the Saucer Stories,” Life 33, no. 6
(August 11, 1952): 35; Swords 159–163; Don Berliner, with Marie
Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available
Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp.
60–63; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol,
HarperTorch, 2001, pp. 77–126; Shoot 53–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1965
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 9:15 p.m. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Robert
G. LeCompte sees a flight of at least 10 luminous objects pass over
Albuquerque, New Mexico. At first they appear overhead in no pattern,
heading north, then shift to a V formation. They then shift into two
rows.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AF Reserve
Colonel Observes Rapid Ellipse”; Sparks, p. 163;
Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010):
13, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1966
Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Description: 9:35 p.m. Marine Pfc Ralph C. Mayher,
using 16 mm film exposed at 24 frames per second, obtains footage of a
high-speed UFO over Miami Beach, Florida. Retaining a few frames for
personal study, Mayher submits the main portion of the film to the Air
Force for analysis. The film is never returned, and no analysis report
is ever released. Enlargements of a few frames show a fiery looking,
roughly circular object, symmetrical, with two small peaks or projection
on opposite sides of the disc. The CIA examines the film in 1957 and
returns it with no comment or analysis. The Mayher case features
prominently in the subsequent lawsuit by Ground Saucer Watch against the
CIA and is important because it is a confirmed case of direct
interaction of the CIA with a witness, clearly indicating that there was
CIA interest in the subject.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Ralph Mayer / Miami
Film”; Ralph Mayer, “I Proved Flying
Saucers Are Real,” Pic, June 1954; Good Above, pp.
355–356
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1967
Date: 7/29/1952
Alternate date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Port Huron, Michigan; 29 miles west of Port
Huron
Description: 9:40 p.m. An Aircraft and Warning Station
in Port Huron, Michigan, tracks an unidentified return on radar for 20
minutes. GCI asks Capt. Edward J. Slowinski flying an F-94B on a
practice run to investigate. The pilot sees a bright, flashing, colored
light in the location of the blip 29 miles west of Port Huron and
follows it for 20 minutes. Slowinski is unable to close on the
object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Key Radar Case
(CCL #17)”; Sparks, p. 160; 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. 72–73; Center for UFO Studies, [documents
and case files]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1968
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: There are 39 unexplained UFO reports
recorded in the UFOCAT database for this day. Most are lacking any
detail and so fall into the category of "insufficient information." All
but five come from the United States.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4471
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 1:30 a.m. radar operators on the ground
in Osceola, Wisconsin witnessed several clusters of up to 10 small radar
targets and one large target. The small targets moved from southwest to
east at 50-60 knots (60-70 mph), following each other. The large object
moved at 600 knots (700 mph). One hour total time. The pilot of a F-51
Mustang in flight confirmed a visual sighting of one of the
targets.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Condon Committee investigation files; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4472
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Sidney Eubank went to the Enid, Oklahoma
police station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disc had
buzzed his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The
rush of air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very
fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP investigation files, reported dated
July 30, 1952; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 134; Jacques
Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4473
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 12:30 p.m. USAF personnel near Ennis,
Montana were alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of
Seattle, Washington and headed toward their position. Twelve of them saw
two to five flat disc-shaped objects fly over. One hovered for 3-4
minutes, while the others circled it. The sighting lasted 30
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case no. 1747; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4474
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Langley AFB, Virginia. At 2:30 p.m. USAF
Captain D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control, sighted a UFO
coming toward the air base that flew at an estimated speed of 2,600 mph
below an altitude of 5,000 feet. It was in sight for two minutes. Twenty
minutes later Captain Moore and electronics technician W. Y. Hope
tracked a UFO on radar moving away. The object stopped for two minutes,
then moved away again very, very fast. Total duration four
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol; p. 275; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4475
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 3:44 Herbert Mitchell and his employee
in Merced, California sighted a dark, discus-shaped object, trailed two
lengths behind by a silvery light. It tipped on its side, dove,
hesitated, and then circled very fast. They watched it for two
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case no. 1738; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4476
Date: 7/29/1952
Description: In Wichita, Kansas at 12:35 p.m. USAF shop
employees Douglas and Hess saw a bright white circular craft with a flat
bottom at the Municipal Airport. The object flew very fast, and then
hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant. Their sighting
lasted five minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case no. 1739; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4477
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: FRANCE, Le Tholonet (near
Aix-en-Provence)
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight,
Mrs. Lilette Tramier witnessed a strange event: "I was in bed," she
explained, "when suddenly through the crack of the window of my room, I
saw a luminous object slowly pass in the sky. I quickly got up and then
saw a brightly glowing cylinder, like a long neon bulb. It was moving in
a straight line, horizontally, about 30° above the horizon. This silent
craft, of extraordinary sharpness, produced neither a trail nor a halo.
Its length was approximately five times the apparent diameter of the
moon. Coming from the East, it moved away to disappear towards the
South-West. The night was clear, without clouds...and I was not
dreaming.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Les S.V. viennent d'un autre
Monde" Fleuve Noir 1954 - Omnium Littéraire 1972 p.64-65
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1656
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: USA, San Antonio, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 10 a.m.
Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. A round, white object, flew
slowly and departed at high speed after 20-30 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1657
Date: 7/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio
(Texas), E. E. Nye and another person observed for 20 to 30 minutes a
round, white object flying slowly and then departing very quickly. (10
h)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1758 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1180
Date: 7/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Albuquerque
(New Mexico), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF George Funk observed an orange
light remaining stationary for 10 minutes. (23 h 02)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1755 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1181
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Description: AUSSIUE PILOT SEES FLYING SAUCER
IN TECHNICOLOR HUES. Capt. J. Murray, Constellation pilot,
today reported sighting a strange, bright green object flashing
horizontally, east to west across the night sky south of Darwin. Saying
it changed in color to red and then to gold as it disappeared, he added:
"The object I saw Saturday was not a shooting star or comet because of
its horizontal flight, brilliance, and color."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_238
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Enid, OK
Description: SAUCER BUZZES KANSAN. Sid
Eubanks, a photographic supply salesman, told police he was almost swept
off the highway last night by a low flying saucer which swooped low at
terrific speed. Eubanks said the mystery object, appearing as a
"yellow-green, then yellow-brown streak about 400 feet long, completely
reversed its direction over US highway 81 and disappeared into the
west". He said the tremendous pressure nearly threw his car off the
road.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_241
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. Asked for
his candid opinion on whether or not flying saucers are real, Albert
Einstein wrote Rev. Louis A. Gardner of Los Angeles: "Those people have
seen something. What it is I do not know and I am not curious to
know."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_242
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: San Bernadine Sun. AIR
FORCE EXPERTS SAY FLYING 'WHATZITS' APPEAR TO BE MERE LAYERS OF COLD
AIR. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford said that the objects being
caught on radar screens for as long as five hours yesterday appeared to
be layers of cold air. He discounted any theory that the Washington area
is being menaced by unknown aerial vehicles from abroad or from other
worlds. Tuesday was the third time in 10 days that radar had picked up
"whatzits" flying through pre-dawn black skies. CAA radar operators said
as many as 12 objects were picked up at one time Tuesday. (Saucer
partisans said Gen. Samford apparently doesn't know hot air from cold
air. The story was supported by a three column picture of the general
hamming it up for the photographers. -FS)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_243
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Nacogdoches, Texas
Description: TEXAS GAL TELLS ONE. Mrs.
Lem Arnold, 1125 Hackberry St., Nachodoches, Texas, witnessed a flying
saucer Tuesday night and described it in detail. "It looked to be the
shape and size of a dinner plate and was traveling south at a terrific
speed. The center of it seemed to blink continuously," she said. Mrs.
Arnold was in bed when she first saw the flying object and believes she
watched it for perhaps a minute before it sped out of sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_245
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Chicago Daily News.
EXPERTS DOUBT RADAR IS FOOLED. The flying saucer saga
is ablaze again. The spark that set it off is radar. Even the skeptics
are taking another look. They had been able to scoff at the aberrations
of the human eye, but the uncanny see-all and tell-all eye of radar is
less easily fooled. Chicago experts who know radar best say it will only
bounce off solid objects. Washington wasn't recording clouds, or
solidified air, in the opinion of Dr. Robert Tobey, Armour Research
Foundation. Dr. Harvey Ross, microwave researcher at Motorola, supported
this statement: "The speed and maneuverability of the blips cannot be
accounted for by slow-moving clouds or other atmospheric
conditions."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_246
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 03:40
Location: NORTH / JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: Eastern Airlines crew. Extremely bright
night light still / 3 minute(s). Shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2543
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "N/JACKSONVILLE,FL:EAL CREW:EXTREMELY BRITE NLT STILL/3min:SHOOTS >>W", LatLong: "30.583335 -81.666671", LatLongDMS: "30:35:00 N 81:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~08:00
Location: ALGIERS, ALG
Description: Shiny black disk shoots up from horizon.
Sudden turn to one side. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2544
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "ALGIERS,ALG:SHINY BLK DISK SHOOTS UP FROM HORIZON:SUDDEN TURN TO ONE SIDE:NFD", LatLong: "36.833335 2.933333", LatLongDMS: "36:50:00 N 02:56:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alger", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ORLANDO, FL
Description: 2 reports. Metal ovoid / gentle turns.
1115hrs. Bright white saucer straight and level north going quickly
south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2545
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "135", Elev: "32", HatchDesc: "ORLANDO,FL:2 Repts:MTL OVOID/GENTLE TURNS::1115hrs:BRITE WHT SCR S/L N>>S", LatLong: "28.533335 -81.366671", LatLongDMS: "28:32:00 N 81:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
Description: Railroad/railway crew. 2-10 silver
pinheads hover / E. sky. Shoot away 1-by-1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2546
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "380", HatchDesc: "COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA:RR CREW:2-10 SLVR PINHEADS HVR/E.SKY:SHOOT AWAY 1-by-1", LatLong: "41.266669 -95.833338", LatLongDMS: "41:16:00 N 95:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1758. Saucer / 5K'
altitude rises to 10K' when C97 passes. Back down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2547
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "165", HatchDesc: "SAN ANTONIO,TX:BBK#1758:SCR/5K'alt RISES TO 10K' WHEN C97 PASSES:BACK DOWN.", LatLong: "29.433335 -98.483338", LatLongDMS: "29:26:00 N 98:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 13:10
Location: ALEXANDRIA, IN
Description: 4 observer(s). 6 aluminum saucers streak
across strange cloud and merge. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2548
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "264", HatchDesc: "ALEXANDRIA,IN:4 OBS:6 ALUM.SCRS STREAK ACRS STRANGE CLOUD+MERGE:ABS SLNT", LatLong: "40.261113 -85.677782", LatLongDMS: "40:15:40 N 85:40:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~14:00
Location: LIBERTY LAKE, WA
Description: UFO hovers / 30K' altitude / 60 minute(s).
Going up / plane passes. Going down [to] after. Infra-red
photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2549
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "60", Elev: "625", HatchDesc: "LIBERTY LAKE,WA:UFO HVRS/30K'alt/60min:↑/PLANE PASSES:↓AFTER:INFRA-RED FOTOS", LatLong: "47.650002 -117.133339", LatLongDMS: "47:39:00 N 117:08:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10000", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: DULUTH, MN
Description: 2 observer(s). Thick band / vapor beams
going down [to] into cloud. Horizontal band shoots to side!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2550
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "DULUTH,MN:2 OBS:THICK BAND/VAPOR BEAMS ↓ INTO CLOUD:HZNTL BAND SHOOTS TO SIDE!", LatLong: "46.783336 -92.100004", LatLongDMS: "46:47:00 N 92:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: SUAMICO, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 bowler-hat saucers all
over/all about. Tease Air Force jet and B25. Going quickly west
extremely fast. / APRO v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2551
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "181", HatchDesc: "SUAMICO,WI:2 OBS:2 BOWLER-HAT SCRS ALLO:TEASE AF JET+B25:>>W XFAST:/APRO v1#2", LatLong: "44.633335 -88.038893", LatLongDMS: "44:38:00 N 88:02:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2nd moon
northwest going quickly southeast below real moon. White with blue edge.
/ news.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: BENDER, Albert K.: FLYING SAUCERS and
the THREE MEN. 1962 & 1968 Paperback Library, NY. Foreward/Gray
Barker. 160 pp.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2552
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "287", HatchDesc: "LEXINGTON,KY:SVRL.SEP.OBS:2nd MOON NW>>SE BELOW REAL MOON:WHT w/BLU EDGE:/news", LatLong: "38.016668 -84.483337", LatLongDMS: "38:01:00 N 84:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Airman. White saucer makes 180-turn over
base. Stops. Climbs O / O / sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2553
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "1248", HatchDesc: "HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:AIRMAN:WHT SCR MAKES 180-TURN OVR BASE:STOPS:CLIMBS O/O/SIGHT", LatLong: "32.833335 -106.066672", LatLongDMS: "32:50:00 N 106:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: ANDUJAR, SPAIN
Description: Many locals. Silent 'flying dessert dish'.
Leaves (something behind) green trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2554
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: "Spain", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "ANDUJAR,SPAIN:MANY LOCALS:SLNT 'FLYING DESSERT DISH':LVS GREEN TRAIL.", LatLong: "38.033335 -4.050000", LatLongDMS: "38:02:00 N 04:03:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "JAE", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: YORK, PA
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). 3M disk /
white light going north and going south and going north and south.. Oval
/ moving circular when still.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2555
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "122", HatchDesc: "YORK,PA:NMRS.SEP.OBS:3M DISK/WHT LITE >N+>S+>N+S..:OVAL/MOVING CIRC when STILL", LatLong: "39.933335 -76.722226", LatLongDMS: "39:56:00 N 76:43:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: RADAR-visual (observation). Night lights.
T33 chases to Macon. Gets buzzed. 1 changes colors. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2556
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: "30", Elev: "315", HatchDesc: "ATLANTA,GA:RDR-VIS:NLTS:T33 CHASES TO MACON:GETS BUZZED:1 CHANGES COLORS:/r43", LatLong: "33.733335 -84.400004", LatLongDMS: "33:44:00 N 84:24:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: TLELAT-ED-DOUAIR, ORAN, ALG
Description: 3 cops and Cadi. Strange luminous/glowing
flying object. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2557
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "TLELAT-ed-DOUAIR,ORAN,ALG:3 COPS+CADI:STRANGE LUMn FLYING OBJ:NFD", LatLong: "35.983335 2.916667", LatLongDMS: "35:59:00 N 02:55:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL
Description: Air Traffic Controllers. Revolving sphere
changes color(s). Slight swaying. Seen 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2558
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "52", HatchDesc: "MAXWELL AFB,AL:ATCS:REVOLVING SPHERE CHANGES CLRS:SLIGHT SWAYING:SEEN 30min", LatLong: "32.400002 -86.333337", LatLongDMS: "32:24:00 N 86:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1232
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Stationary orange light. No further
details in files (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1755, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1233
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Keesler AFB, MS
Description: PPI Scope Of CPS-5 Tracks Slow Target
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520730
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1234
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Round, white object fly slow then speed
away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1758)
Reference: NICAP: 520730
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1235
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1236
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 11:02 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witness: USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One
orange light remained stationary for 10 minutes. No further details in
files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_211
Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 10 AM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person.
One round, white object flew slow and then sped away after 20-30
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_212
Date: 7/30/1952
Locations: RAF Oldenburg, Germany; RAF Faßberg
Description: Flight Sgt. Roland Hughes of No. 20
Squadron RAF is on a training flight in a de Havilland Vampire FB-9 jet
fighter and returning to base at RAF Oldenburg, Germany, when he sees a
“gleaming silver, metallic disc” drop down from above and fly alongside
his aircraft for several seconds before speeding off. The object is
about 100 feet long. Its surface is shiny “like tinfoil,” highly
reflective, and “without a single crease or crinkle in it.” On August 5,
Hughes is ordered to fly to RAF Faßberg for further questioning. He
arrives and finds a number of officers, including his commander and the
UK Minister of Supply, Duncan
Sandys (Winston
Churchill‘s son-in- law), who asks Hughes how many beers he had
before his saucer sighting. The Air Commanding Officer then reveals that
the object had also been tracked on radar going faster than any known
aircraft. This convinces Sandys that the case is a serious one, a view
that he communicates to Lord
Cherwell, the government’s chief scientific adviser, in a letter,
saying there is “ample evidence of some unfamiliar and unexplained
phenomenon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp.
44–46; “The
UFO Sighting That Convinced a Government Minister,” The Telegraph,
May 27, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1969
Date: 7/30/1952
Description: Gen. Hoyt
Vandenberg tells the press that, although he does not believe there
are flying saucers, he dislikes the “mass hysteria” about them. He says
the Air Force has had experts investigating them since the end of World
War II and never found anything substantial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Double Vision,’
Vandenberg,” Santa Rosa \(Calif.) Press-Democrat, July 31, 1952, p.
6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1970
Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Alexandria, Indiana
Description: 1:10 p.m. Willie
Vaught of Alexandria, Indiana, sees a strange looking cloud and
calls her two teenage daughters (Laura and
Patsy)
and Laura
Oliver to see it. While looking at it, they see six flat,
aluminum-like objects streak across the cloud, merge, and disappear
within a minute.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Alexandria Family
Reports Seeing ‘Flying Saucers,’”
Alexandria \(Ind.) Times-Tribune, July 31, 1952, p. 1; Herbert S.
Taylor, “Mystery Clouds and the UFO Connection,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July
2005): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1971
Date: 7/30/1952
Description: At ten o'clock in the morning a white
round object was seen flying slowly over San Antonio, Texas. After 20-30
minutes it sped away. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1758; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July
21st-July 31st, p. 64; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over
the Capitol, p. 276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4502
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: SWITZERLAND, Bernina Massif
Description: (Translated from French) Giampiero
Monguzzi, an Italian engineer, went on a mountain hike with his wife.
Suddenly, at around 9:30, they saw a large circular object resting on
the glacier. The craft had a metallic appearance and a long vertical
antenna emerged from its dome (note from vog: very convenient for space
flights, the longer the better! But on the other hand: I saw this photo
pass by, exactly the same, as having been taken on the moon by one of
our real astronauts). A pilot in an astronaut suit emerged from it and
was holding an object resembling a flashlight. Several photographs were
taken of the craft and its occupant...
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: "The Secret File
of UFOs", De Vecchi, 1978, pp. 168-162
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1662
Date: 7/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) M. H. Siret,
night watchman in Puylaurens (Aude) reports his observations of several
suspicious objects. (Thursday, July 31st)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1182
Date: 7/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Tinda (3 km
from Ferryville, not far from Bizerte, Tunisia), René Clavière observed
a kind of rocket with portholes which remained motionless for about 30 s
at an altitude of 5000 m. The object suddenly departed leaving a trail.
(at 8 pm)
Reference: Mesnard,
Case n° 12, Catalogue of Unpublished Observations (2nd part), LDLN
291-292, p. 17
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1183
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: St. Petersburg, FL and Albuquerque, NM
Description: San Benadino Sun.
RESTAURATEUR WELCOMES SAUCERIAN PATRONS. An
enterprising St. Petersburg Fla. restaurant proprietor, stirred by
reports of saucers in the south Florida skies, painted this sign on the
roof of his establishment - "COFFEEE FREE -- WELCOME SAUCERS!" Meanwhile
the latest flying saucer report came from Albuquerque, NM where Doyle
Kline, a newspaperman said he saw 10 flying saucers "going like a bat
out of hell" Tuesday night. He said they "made a believer" out of him.
The Air Force asked him for a report.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_244
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Description: PHOTOGRAPH OF WASHINGTON AIR
INVASION. A flying saucer described as looking like "a flying
smoke ring" is shown with landscape beneath in today's Middletown
Journal. The photograph was taken by a farmer near Kutztown,
Pennsylvania. No identification or data concerning the picture is
given.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_250
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: San Bernardino Sun. DON'T
DESTROY SAUCERS, THEY ARE FROM SPACE. The Air Force received a
wire Wednesday from Cincinnati, Ohio, urging reconsideration of the
order to shoot down flying saucers. The sender, whose name was withheld,
said that advanced aerodynamics indicated the saucers were probably
intercelestial in origin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_251
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Racine (Wis.) Journal Times.
HARDER TO BRUSH OFF 'FLYING SAUCERS' AS SILLY. NEA -
For the first time, numerous and simultaneous sightings have been
confirmed by official radar observers. This happened twice under almost
identical circumstances on two successive Saturday nights. This new
chapter in the weird flying saucer story was written in the skies over
Washington for six hours before dawn Sunday, July 20, and again one week
later. Airlines Pilot S.C. Pierman saw six objects at the same time the
C.A.A. radar did.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_254
Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: MCWATTERS, QBC
Description: Several separate observer(s). 8 saucers
cross sky. Jet follows. Shaped like show-shoes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2559
Attributes: 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: "9", Duration: "3", Elev: "298", HatchDesc: "McWATTERS,QBC:SVRL SEP.OBS:8 SCRS CROSS SKY:JET FOLOS:SHAPED LIKE SHOW-SHOES", LatLong: "48.350002 -78.916670", LatLongDMS: "48:21:00 N 78:55:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Quebec", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: SIG, ALGERIA
Description: Couple. Silent cylinder/cigar-shape. Very
fast. Altitude = 1KM. No exhaust. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2560
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "SIG,ALGERIA:COUPLE:SILENT CGR:VERY FAST:ALT=1KM:NO EXHAUST:NFD", LatLong: "35.527779 -0.194444", LatLongDMS: "35:31:40 N 00:11:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 15:10
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: 2 lens-shapes drift into view. 1 reverses
course. 1 goes straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2561
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "240", HatchDesc: "COLUMBUS,OH:2 LENS-SHAPES DRIFT INTO VIEW:1 REVERSES COURSE:1 GOES STRAIGHT ↑", LatLong: "39.966669 -83.033337", LatLongDMS: "39:58:00 N 83:02:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: SEWART AIR FORCE BASE, TN
Description: Waf A3 / C. Dishpan saucer drops from 600M
altitude. Sudden turn back up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2562
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "166", HatchDesc: "SEWART AFB,TN:WAF A3/C:DISHPAN SCR DROPS fm 600M alt:SUDDEN TURN BACK UP+away", LatLong: "36.011113 -86.522226", LatLongDMS: "36:00:40 N 86:31:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Yokota AFB (15 miles E of), Japan
Description: Pilot saw object at 7,000 ft off their
left (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1237
Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Yaak (near), MT
Description: This entry has the incorrect date. Go the
the entry for Sept 1, 1952 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1239
Date: 7/31/1952
Description: Brig. Gen. Alfred
R. Maxwell of the Research and Development Board prepares a
memorandum that generally supports the official position that UFO
reports contain no information of value, he writes: “The Air Force has
made very little progress in learning what the phenomena or objects
are.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash
at Corona, Marlowe, 1994, pp.
30–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1972
Date: 8/1952
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
Description: Study of UFO maneuvers initiated, to
determine whether objects displayed intelligent control.
Type: study initiated
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,
page 250-251
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_872
Date: 8/1952
Location: USA, Bakersville (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Cecil Michael
claimed to have experienced various events in August 1952. On two
occasions he observed a strange saucer so close that he could make out
the figures of its two occupants. The craft had a raised central cabin
with tall, narrow windows apparently made of glass.
Reference: Jean SIDER: "Ovni, les envahisseurs
démasqués", ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 80
Reference: Continued October 1952, USA
Bakersville
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1674
Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: YUNGAY, PERU
Description: Orange disk displays yellow tail. No
further details. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2563
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: "Peru", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "2714", HatchDesc: "YUNGAY,PERU:ORANGE DISK DISPLAYS YELLOW TAIL:NFD:/NEWS", LatLong: "-9.150000 -77.733337", LatLongDMS: "09:09:00 S 77:44:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LMA", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: JAEN, PERU
Description: Several include/including
submersible/USO-prefect. Glowing saucer crosses sky. No further details
/ news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2564
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: "Peru", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "861", HatchDesc: "JAEN,PERU:SVRL incl SUB-PREFECT:GLOWING SCR CROSSES SKY:NFD/NEWS", LatLong: "-5.711111 -78.816670", LatLongDMS: "05:42:40 S 78:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PIU", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: AYACUCHO, PERU
Description: Several prison guards. 2 saucers hover
over prison / 3 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2565
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "2805", HatchDesc: "AYACUCHO,PERU:SVRL PRISON GUARDS:2 SCRS HVR OVER PRISON/3min:NFD", LatLong: "-13.150001 -74.222226", LatLongDMS: "13:09:00 S 74:13:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "AYC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: BENTON CREEK, TX
Description: 1 observer. 20cm saucer over windmill.
Glows. Hovers. Zigzags going [to] porch. Going up / very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly.
(Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2566
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "480", HatchDesc: "BENTON CREEK,TX:1 OBS:20cm SCR OVR WINDMILL:GLOWS:HVRS:ZIGZAGS>PORCH:↑/VFAST", LatLong: "29.866668 -99.316671", LatLongDMS: "29:52:00 N 99:19:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: STA.CATALINA ISLAND, CA
Description: Group scouts. Metal saucer with windows.
Halo / dark all over/all about! / APRO Apr'79.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 413)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2567
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", Elev: "9", HatchDesc: "Sta.CATALINA ISL,CA:GRP SCOUTS:MTL SCR W/WINDOWS:HALO/DARK ALLO!:/APRO Apr'79", LatLong: "33.433335 -118.500006", LatLongDMS: "33:26:00 N 118:30:00 W", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/1952
Time: ~15:30
Location: WASHINGTON CO, AR
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer moves in and out /
clouds. Poor photographs taken. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2568
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "400", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON co,AR:2 OBS:SCR MOVES IN+OUT/CLOUDS:POOR FOTOS TAKEN:NFD", LatLong: "36.000002 -94.500005", LatLongDMS: "36:00:00 N 94:30:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arkansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: GAS CITY, IN
Description: 2 / yard. Metallic disk hovers. 2nd joins.
Light tilting / 10 minute(s). Going quickly [to] opposite
directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2569
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: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "259", HatchDesc: "GAS CITY,IN:2/YARD:MTLC DISK HVRS:2ND JOINS:LITE TILTING/10min:>> OPP.DIRs", LatLong: "40.488891 -85.605560", LatLongDMS: "40:29:20 N 85:36:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "36", State/Prov: "Indiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: CHATILLON, FR
Description: Crash / woods. Silence! Voices. Saucer
traces / ground. Nothing seen. / r30p60.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2570
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), CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "CHATILLON,FR:CRASH/WOODS:SILENCE!:VOICES:SCR TRACES/GND:nothing seen:/r30p60", LatLong: "46.466669 3.133333", LatLongDMS: "46:28:00 N 03:08:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Allier", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: AYTONA, LERIDA, SP
Description: Flash / lightning? 1.5M glowing saucer
rises / ground in seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of
200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2571
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
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "AYTONA,LERIDA,SP:FLASH/LIGHTNING?:1.5M GLOWING SCR RISES/GROUND IN SECONDS.", LatLong: "41.533335 0.466667", LatLongDMS: "41:32:00 N 00:28:00 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LRD", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/1952
Location: Washington County (Skylight Mtn.), AR
Description: Inverted tin colored saucers (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1238
Date: 8/1952
Location: Falls Church, VA
Description: Rotating light UFO seen by ground
observers, including police. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D,
Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520800
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1240
Date: 8/1952
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Hollywood producer Clarence
Greene and a friend see a “sphere of light” in the sky over Los
Angeles, California. Visible for 5 minutes, the object alternately
hovers and turns before speeding off over the horizon. The next morning,
Greene tells his business partner Russell
Rouse about the sighting. As he reflects on the experience, he grows
ever more irritated by the stigma attached to UFO sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1973
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA Memo from acting Chief of Weapons and
Equipment Division: “It is strongly urged, however, that no indication
of CIA interest or concern reach the press or public.”
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_470
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: In a document declassifed on 2/20/2000,
Edward Tauss, acting chief of OSI's Weapons and Equipment Division,
reported for the group that most UFO sightings could be easily
explained. Nevertheless, he recommended that the Agency continue
monitoring the problem, in coordination with ATIC. He also urged that
CIA conceal its interest from the media and the public, "in view of
their probable alarmist tendencies" to accept such interest as
confirming the existence of UFOs. Tauss used the phrase "interplanetary
aspects and alien origin". On 5/29/2023, ex-CIA (GS-15, 30 years)
Officer John Ramirez mentioned that Ed Tauss was in charge of the CIA's
UFO disinformation program, which started in 1952.
Type: declassified document
Reference: CIA
Reading Room
Reference: Interview
between John Ramirez and Holly Wood
Reference: NRO Historian Gerald
K. Haines - "CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90"
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_930
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: USA in flight, Wright Patterson
Description: (Translated from French) Above the Wright
Patterson base, two "Sabres" were returning from patrol when the
observers of an interception station had just picked up the echo of a
craft moving at high speed, quite high, vertically above the airfield.
The two pilots, Commander James Smith and Lieutenant D. Hemer, were
given the order to try to intercept this craft. It was a round and shiny
object. After quickly consulting each other, they split up, making
numerous changes of direction while continuing to gain altitude: "We
deliberately maneuvered in circles," they explained later, "to make sure
it was not a reflection of light. At first, the object seemed red and
white to us, then only white". Despite their maneuvers, the object did
not change its appearance. Undeniably, it was a solid body. The two
pilots armed their machine guns, released the safety catch. The sights
lit up. But the craft seemed to pay no attention to their approach. It
is true that, according to the spot that appeared on the on-board
radars, it was flying at least 4,000 meters above the planes. However,
the "Sabres" which had reached 12,000 meters, began to level off. Making
a sharp turn to take a film, Smith lost altitude and could not aim his
camera. Climbing back to 12,000 meters, he was luckier this time and
managed to take several meters of film before the "Sabre" made another
dive. A few seconds later, the craft suddenly accelerated and
disappeared. (Charles GARREAU: "The Pilots Testify: UFOs are Among Us" -
Historia n° 421 Dec. 1981 p. 100-101, case taken from (Donald E. KEYHOE:
"The Flying Saucer File" - ed. Hachette 1952, p. 92 etc..) but also: The
Associated Press revealed a new and undeniable appearance: Commander
James Smith and Lieutenant D. Hemer had really tried to intercept a
saucer above the airfield. (Charles GARREAU: "Alert in the Sky: The
Abduction File" ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.28) [IN REALITY: a 6-meter
balloon photographed at 9000 m distance, gives exactly the same image as
that of the UFO reproduced by the film.] (August 1st, 1952)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Facing the Flying
Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p.217
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1663
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Lancaster,
California, sheriff officers and other people, including one named
Mallette, observed two bright red lights hovering and maneuvering for 5
minutes. (1:14)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1771 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1185
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
Bellefontaine (Ohio).
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1186
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Yaak
(Montana), an ADC
radar detects an unidentified object, visually observed as a dark
cigar.
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1187
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A bright white
disc is observed at low altitude in Sharonville (Ohio). Others report an
oval object.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1188
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque
(New Mexico), Scripps-Howard, Staff Writer, observed UFOs changing
position in formation.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1189
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Herald Express.
FIERY OBJECT SEEN IN SKY. Several persons reported
seeing a round luminous object streaking eastward at a terrific rate of
speed. All agreed that the objects resembled pictures they had seen of
comets, but without tails. They said it was brilliant white and green
colored.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_247
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: New York Times. FLYING
SAUCER QUERIES HAMPER AIR FORCE WORK. An Air Force spokesman
said today that the queries on the flying saucers had affected their
regular work. So far this year they have received 432 written reports on
sightings. They said one man works full time on the queries and has had
to turn over many of the questions to the Directorate of Military
Intelligence for reply. That office has turned to the Air Technical
Center at Dayton, Ohio, for help.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_248
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: San Bernadino Sun. TRICKY
RADAR HABITS PROVE SAUCER "BLIPS" CAN BE ALMOST ANYTHING. Air
Force experts said today it was nothing to be excited about that radar
has picked up the so-called flying saucers. They said it was nothing
unusual for radar, "a tricky gadget", to pick up rain squalls, birds,
water spouts, and even surf spray.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_249
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Salem, MA
Description: The Richfield Reporter.
WHOOPS! THERE GOES THE 5:15 TO THE MOON! The
Washington News thus headlined the photograph of four saucers
caught in a "V" formation by Coast Guard photographer Shell R. Alpert at
Salem, Mass., on July 16 and not released by the Pentagon until August
1. See https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-coast-guard-get/132167616/.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_252
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: US
Description: New York Herald-Tribune.
SHALLOW PUN OF DEEP THINKER. Sidelight appearing in Hy
Gardner's "Early Bird Coast to Coast" column. Deep-Thinker Dept: Wonder
if those flying saucers are Taft and Kefauver buttons?
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_253
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: US
Description: L.A. Ledger. NOSTRADAMUS
GETS IN ACT. Dick Williams, amusement editor, reported that
Carey Wilson, a Nostradamus authority, believes the seer was prophesying
the coming of the flying saucers in his 1672 folio edition. "Heavenly
objects almost without number," he wrote, "will become known to the
human race. This amazing revelation will neither make anyone rich nor do
anyone harm."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_255
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Salem, MA
Description: L.A. Mirror. 'SHUTTERBUG'
GRABS PHOTO OF SAUCERS. Under the AP dateline from Washington
the Coast Guard released a photo taken at 9:35 a.m. on July 16, by Shell
R. Alpert, 21, an station photographer attached to the Coast Guard at
Salem, Mass. The photo shows clearly four round objects. Each saucer
appears to have two identical shafts of light extending across its
center and protruding at the forward and rear ends.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_256
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Pasadena, California
Description: SNIPERS TAKE AFTER FLYING
SAUCERS. Flying saucers are bad enough, but combine them with a
phantom sniper's bullet, and you've got something. Jordan M. Reifel and
his wife were entertaining neighbors last night in their backyard when
suddenly they heard what sounded like "a .22 caliber rifle shot and the
whine of a bullet". A few minutes later, the worried Reifels said,
everybody in the patio observed a formation of white things zooming
overhead in the sky. All of this would have been discounted by Pasadena
police, but there were several other reports which mentioned saucers and
sniper bullets as well.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_258
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Radar/visuals at Air Defense Command radar
station.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_116
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Bellefontaine, OH
Description: Radar/visuals; two F-86s scrambled; one
maneuvered; movie film.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_117
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 01:10
Location: LANCASTER, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1771. 2 cops and
more/others. 2 brilliant red night lights. 1 to/from/between / pendulum.
1 going quickly southeast. / The New York Times (NYT) 3 August.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2572
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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: "6", Duration: "18", Elev: "718", HatchDesc: "LANCASTER,CA:BBK#1771:2 COPS++:2 BRILL.RED NLTS:1 <>/PENDULUM:1 >>SE:/NYT 3AUG", LatLong: "34.700002 -118.133339", LatLongDMS: "34:42:00 N 118:08:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/1/1952 (approximate)
Time: 03:30
Location: TLEMCEN AND OUED TARIA, ORAN, ALG
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape / 600M altitude going
quickly north very fast. Saucer / abrupt turns / 0400hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2573
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "9", Duration: "30", HatchDesc: "TLEMCEN+OUED TARIA,ORAN,ALG:CGR/600M alt>>N VFAST::SCR/ABRUPT TURNS/0400hrs", LatLong: "34.866668 -1.366667", LatLongDMS: "34:52:00 N 01:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "ORA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: SOUTH / YAAK, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2023.
2+observer(s). RADAR-visual (observation). Blip and night light
maneuvers all over/all about. 1800kph. = cylinder/cigar-shape /
r138#10p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2574
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "120", Elev: "905", HatchDesc: "S/YAAK,MT:BBK#2023:2+OBS:RDR-VIS:BLIP+NLT MNVRs ALLO:1800kph:=CGR/r138#10p3", LatLong: "48.250002 -115.738894", LatLongDMS: "48:15:00 N 115:44:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: ~06:00
Location: NORTHWEST / BELVIDERE, IL
Description: 3 / US20. Flattened silver sphere hovers.
Accelerates going quickly north. No contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2575
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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "237", HatchDesc: "NW/BELVIDERE,IL:3/US20:FLATTENED SLVR SPHERE HVRS:ACCELERATES >>N:NO CONTRAIL", LatLong: "42.283335 -88.850004", LatLongDMS: "42:17:00 N 88:51:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: CARLSBAD, NM
Description: 4M tall balloon going south. Maneuvers!
Going quickly [to] going SSW faster / any jet. Huge acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2576
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "946", HatchDesc: "CARLSBAD,NM:4M tall BALLOON >S:MNVRS!:>>>SSW faster/any jet:HUGE ACCELERATION", LatLong: "32.422224 -104.227783", LatLongDMS: "32:25:20 N 104:13:40 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: AFTON, NY
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Hundreds / objects
near sun and all over/all about. Scattered objects / 2 hours. /
r136#10p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2577
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "120", Elev: "440", HatchDesc: "AFTON,NY:100s/OBS:100s/OBJs NEAR SUN+ALLO:SCATTERED OBJs/2hrs:/r136#10p3", LatLong: "42.227780 -75.527781", LatLongDMS: "42:13:40 N 75:31:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:20?
Location: OTEGO, NY
Description: Crowd awaits wave / Ping-pong balls. Only
6 seen / 60 minute(s). / r136#10p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2578
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "60", Elev: "405", HatchDesc: "OTEGO,NY:CROWD AWAITS WAVE/PING-PONG BALLS:ONLY 6 SEEN/60min:/r136#10p5", LatLong: "42.405558 -75.155559", LatLongDMS: "42:24:20 N 75:09:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: BELLEFONTAINE, OH
Description: 2 F86's chase silver disk going quickly
southwest / 525MPH. Films taken. / r48p93+/ r97#54.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2579
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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "23", Elev: "381", HatchDesc: "BELLEFONTAINE,OH:2 F86s CHASE SLVR DISK>>SW/525MPH:FILMS TAKEN:/r48p93+/r97#54", LatLong: "40.361113 -83.761115", LatLongDMS: "40:21:40 N 83:45:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 14:10
Location: SIDNEY, NY
Description: 300+observer(s). Mass / objects southwest
going quickly northeast. Specks and bubbles / all directions. Pingpong
balls.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2580
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "40", Elev: "313", HatchDesc: "SIDNEY,NY:300+OBS:MASS/OBJs SW>>NE:SPECKS+BUBBLES/ALL DIRs:PINGPONG BALLS", LatLong: "42.316669 -75.394448", LatLongDMS: "42:19:00 N 75:23:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: OFF HOPE RANCH, CA
Description: White oval cloud with 2 cones / top
hovers. Slow roll. Going quickly west against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2581
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "off HOPE RANCH,CA:WHT OVAL CLOUD W/2 CONES/TOP HVRS:SLOW ROLL:>>W against wind", LatLong: "34.366668 -119.772228", LatLongDMS: "34:22:00 N 119:46:20 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 4 observer(s). Large silent ovoid east
going quickly west. Stops overhead. Pulses and squirms. Shoots going
quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO
SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD
21139. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2582
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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "205", HatchDesc: "CINCINNATI,OH:4 OBS:LRG SLNT OVOID E>>W:STOPS OVHD:PULSES+SQUIRMS:SHOOTS >>W", LatLong: "39.127780 -84.522226", LatLongDMS: "39:07:40 N 84:31:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1755. Newsman. 10
saucers change / V formation going north / 2 neat rows. / MJ#232.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2583
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1486", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:BBK#1755:NEWSMAN:10 SCRS CHANGE/VFORM >N/2 NEAT ROWS:/MJ#232", LatLong: "35.116668 -106.666672", LatLongDMS: "35:07:00 N 106:40:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Troy (near), OH
Description: Gun Camera R/V Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1241
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Sharonville, OH
Description: Brilliant white disc observed at low
altitude. Others reported oval object. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1242
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: At 9:50 p.m. a Scripps-Howard reporter saw
a cluster of glowing white objects overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1243
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Lancaster, CA
Description: 2 brilliant red lights hovering and
maneuvering (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1771)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1244
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton (WPAFB), OH
Description: Gun-camera photos Smith/Hemer Case (M)
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1245
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Bellefontaine, OH
Description: AF F-86's Smith/Hemer Case (M) (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1246
Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Vincennes, IN
Description: Three men witness maneuvering disc (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1247
Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 1:14 AM
Location: Lancaster, California
Description: Witnesses: sheriff's deputies and other
persons, one named Mallette. Two brilliant red lights hovered and
maneuvered for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_213
Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Campbell Hill at Bellefontaine, Ohio;
Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton
Description: 10:51 a.m. An Air Defense Command radar
site on Campbell Hill at Bellefontaine, Ohio, tracks a target 20 miles
NNW of Wright-Patterson AFB, traveling 500 mph against the wind. It
vectors two F-86s piloted by Maj. James B. Smith and Lt. Donald
J. Hemmer. They make visual contact but climb to 48,000 feet twice
without reaching it. Smith gets a weak return on his radar gun sight and
shoots a gun camera film of a white or silvery sphere estimated at
60,000 feet. They break off the intercept at 11:13 a.m. about 100 miles
west-southwest of Dayton. The film reportedly shows a UFO in the upper
right of the frames with noticeable motion to the lower left. Although
Blue Book Capt. Edward J.
Ruppelt’s assistants Lt. Anderson
G. Flues and Lt. Robert Olsson initially declare the case an
“unknown,” Ruppelt changes that evaluation a few weeks later after ATIC
Technical Analysis Division Chief Col. Donald
L. Bower transfers out, explaining it as two separate but
coincidental IFOs—a weather balloon and a jet. Ruppelt goes to great
lengths to debunk the case in his ADC briefings to the Robertson
Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Gun Camera R/V
Case”; Condon, pp.
161–163; Clark III 392–395; Hynek UFO Report, p.
21; Sparks,
p. 165; Patrick Gross, “The
Bellefontaine, Ohio, Radar/Visual/Photographic Case, 1952”; Shoot
71–73; Center for UFO Studies, [Blue
Book documents and files]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1974
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: Edward
Tauss, acting
chief of the Weapons and Equipment Division of the CIA’s Office of
Scientific Intelligence, writes a letter to OSI Deputy Assistant
Director Ralph
L. Clark, saying
that less than 100 credible reports remain unexplainable.
“interplanetary aspects and alien origin not being thoroughly excluded
from consideration.” He recommends the CIA continue to cooperate with
ATIC, but “no indication of CIA interest or concern reach the press or
public.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p.
123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1975
Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Washington National
Airport
Description: 8:30–9:00 p.m. We, the People, a 30-minute
TV news show produced by Life magazine, devotes its airtime to the
recent UFO sightings over Washington, D.C. WNBW-TV, which originates the
program, rents a DC-3 airliner, fills it with 20 newsmen, and has the
plane circle over Washington, just in case the saucers return. On the
ground in the radar room of Washington National Airport there are more
newsmen and TV cameras. The show features editors and journalists Frank
Blair, David
Brinkley, Clay Blair, and various UFO
witnesses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curt Collins, “UFOs
on TV: The 1952 Washington, DC Saucer Flap,” The Saucers That Time
Forgot, July 5, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1976
Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico; University of New
Mexico
Description: 9:50 p.m. Scripps-Howard reporter Howard
Doyle Kline sees a cluster of glowing white objects overhead in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The objects shift around into various patterns,
including a perfect V at one point. Their shifts in position are
incredibly swift and fantastically violent, he says. “They made” a
flying saucer believer out of me.” He reports the incident to Lincoln LaPaz,
University of New Mexico meteoriticist, and Col. William
A. Matheny, commander
of the 34th Air Defense Division. The report, which is one probably used
in Maj. Dewey Fournet’s
Motion Study, is missing from the Project Blue Book files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: New York World-Telegram, August 2, 1952;
UFOEv, pp.
69–70; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952
July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1977
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: At 1:14 a.m. two brilliant red lights
hovered together and maneuvered for five minutes over Lancaster,
California. Witnesses included sheriff deputies. One light swung in a
pendulum motion, the other shot off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics,
case #1771
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4558
Date: 8/1/1952
Description: At ten o'clock in the morning in Afton,
New York UFOs first appeared near the position of the Sun and then
dispersed across the sky. Scattered disc-shaped objects were seen in the
skies for the next two hours. At 10:10 a.m. a large group of UFOs
described as looking like "70 white ping pong balls" passed across the
sky in Sidney, New York flying from the southwest to the
northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Tiffany Thayer, Doubt, 1953, p. 206; Loren
E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 17; and UFOs: A History.
1952: November-December, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4559
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. July 23,
1952) After a new UFO sighting, Angelucci Orfeo meets his space brother
in the flesh for the first time. He is tall, well built and wearing a
seamless tunic. Orfeo calls him 'Neptun'. The conversation warns the
earthlings
Reference: Mitarbeiter, "Ufo Geheimnisse", Berlin,
January 1998
Reference: continued in October 1952
Reference: etc...
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1664
Date: Early 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: NORWAY, Spitzberg
Description: (Translated from French) An article
published on June 28, 1952, in the "Saarbrücker Zeitung" announced in
the sky of Sptizberg, a large metal disc. According to it, six Norwegian
jet pilots were flying over the Hinlopen Strait when their radios were
jammed by strange parasites. While the formation was describing a loop
and looking for the cause of the phenomenon, its leader, Captain Olaf
Larsen, had seen, lying in the snow, a huge disc made of a blue-colored
metal. Accompanied by a rocket specialist, a certain Norsel, several
officers put on skis: the disc was empty of occupants. It measured 38
meters in diameter (etc ... with Russian inscriptions, always according
to the Saarbrucker Zeiting) IN REALITY: big journalistic hoax. (Donald
E. KEYHOE: "The UFO File" - ed. Hachette 1952, p.49, 50) A flying saucer
was discovered in the inhospitable snow and ice of northeastern
Spitzberg, (...) The object looked like a silver disc made of an unknown
metal, with jet engines spinning the disc around a small dome of
transparent plastic material. In this dome there were several
instruments. There was also enough space to accommodate atomic bombs or
others. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970 - p.
150-151; he cites Controversial Phenomena, vol.1, n ° 2, March-April
1964, pp 13, 14 and thus locates the case in 1963).
In the
Stuttgarter Tageblatt there is a report dated September 4, 1955 with a
statement from Colonel Gernod Darnbyl who allegedly said: The fall of
this disc in Spitzberg is a very important event (Frank EDWARDS: "UFOs a
Serious Business" - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 75 to 80) In "Le Monde" of
August 9, 1952, there is a AFP dispatch of Friday 8, at 12:03 dated
Bonn, according to which a saucer (etc ...) The information comes from
an article in the German periodical "Der Flieger". "Le Monde" specifies
that it does not have the means to verify the assertions of the author:
Dr. Beck, unknown to the "Wer ist Wer" - the German "Who's Who". As for
"Der Flieger" it is a small magazine devoted to aeronautical questions.
(1952, (beginning of August?))
Reference: Michel MONNERIE: "The Shipwreck of the
Extraterrestrials" ed. Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes, Paris, 1979, p.
140, which considers this kind of press cut as a hoax to feed the
myth
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1723
Date: 8/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Lake Charles
(Louisiana), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF
W. A. Theil and another man observed a red ball with a blue flame tail
flying horizontally for 3 to 4 seconds. (August 2, 3 AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1783 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1190
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Muscoy, CA and south San Bernardino, CA
Description: San Bernadino Sun. FLYING
SAUCERS SEEN IN CITY AREA. At least three people reported
seeing round or silvery objects in the sky over Muscoy and the South
part of San Bernardino. One report said a large silver object swooped
down on him and several other witnesses, then shot upward, hovering over
them for several seconds before disappearing.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_257
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Palmdale, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. FLYING
DISKS AGAIN IN LOS ANGELES AREA. Two flying saucers flew over
Southern California yesterday and reports from witnesses flooded various
media with accounts. The Lancaster Sheriff's substation said it received
six calls describing the objects which hovered at about 1,000 ft. In
Palmdale, C.A.A. operations specialists, Don Benson and Ray Hollings,
observed two saucers for about 30 minutes and reported them to George
AFB but no jet interceptors were sent aloft. Another report came from
Jack Roff, game warden, who spotted similar objects over Lake Hughes.
And in Burbank, a silver, oblong object was observed just meandering
over the city at about 8:30 a.m. by Mrs. Dick Turpin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_259
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: US
Description: San Bernadino Sun. TOM
SWIFT MAY BE MAKING SAUCERS IN BID. Hal Boyle, in his
Notebook column relieves the flying saucer tension with a bit
of levity. The question he asks of the Air Force seems to cover a lot of
ground: "With all the men in the sky in the last world war, no flying
saucers were reported before 1947. Were optical illusions and weather
changes invented in 1947?"
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_260
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Indio, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times.
SAUCERS WAVE BOMBER ADIEU. Two flying saucers were
observed by a woman supervisor at the Indio Ground Observation Post,
Col. O.S. Dresher reported yesterday. He released a copy of a report
made by Mrs. Pauline Watts, who made the same report to the USAF. She
said she saw the saucers at 2:40 p.m. on July 14, near two B-36 bombers.
"These two round disks were stationary in the sky, very metallic and
shiny, much brighter than any plane I have seen. They looked to be about
one-third the size of the bombers if seen at the same height. Finally
they took off in a straight up direction as one bomber approached closer
towards them and in seconds they were gone." See https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-woman-sights-two-o/132214693/.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_263
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Ground and air observer(s). Metal disk
zigzag over labs. Jets can't see. 360° turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2584
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, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "30", Elev: "2231", HatchDesc: "LOS ALAMOS,NM:GND+AIR OBS:MTL DISK ZIGZAG OVR LABS:JETS CANT SEE:360°TURNS", LatLong: "35.872224 -106.311116", LatLongDMS: "35:52:20 N 106:18:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: 2 USAF men. Red ball with blue flame flew
straight and level for 4 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2585
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "LAKE CHARLES,LA:2 USAF MEN:RED BALL W/BLUE FLAME FLEW S/L FOR 4 SEC:NFD", LatLong: "30.216668 -93.233338", LatLongDMS: "30:13:00 N 93:14:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: CEDAR FLAT, OR
Description: White glowing-sphere splits. Half away.
Half makes 46 circles / area / 2700kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2586
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, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "8", Elev: "171", HatchDesc: "CEDAR FLAT,OR:WHT GLO-SPHERE SPLITS:HALF away:HALF MAKES 46 CCLS/AREA/2700kph", LatLong: "44.055558 -122.838895", LatLongDMS: "44:03:20 N 122:50:20 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 8 silver UFO's in orderly change in
formations. 3 F86's chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2587
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "nr HAMILTON AFB,CA:8 SLVR UFOS in ORDERLY CHANGE/FORMATIONS:3 F86s CHASE:", LatLong: "38.072224 -122.538895", LatLongDMS: "38:04:20 N 122:32:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: MOULAY BOUSELHAM, MOROCCO
Description: "5 trustworthy men". Luminous saucer
southeast going northwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2588
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MOULAY BOUSELHAM,MOROCCO:"5 TRUSTWORTHY MEN":LUMn. SCR SE>NW:NFD", LatLong: "34.883335 -6.300000", LatLongDMS: "34:53:00 N 06:18:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KNT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ADA, OK
Description: Entire town. 1 then 10 saucers. 1 tilts.
UFO's / 3 saturdays in a row. / r136#4p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2589
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "160", Elev: "310", HatchDesc: "ADA,OK:ENTIRE TOWN:1 then 10 SCRS:1 TILTS:UFOS/3 SATURDAYS in a row:/r136#4p19", LatLong: "34.772224 -96.677782", LatLongDMS: "34:46:20 N 96:40:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Lake Charles, LA
Description: Red ball with blue flame tail fly straight
and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1783)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1248
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Lubbock, TX
Description: Five civilian men observed a metallic
looking spherical shaped object hanging in the air. The only apparent
movement was a quivering motion. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520802
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1249
Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Houlton, ME
Description: Saw 21 objects traveling 200-600 mp
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1250
Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 3 AM
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Description: Witnesses: USAF lst Lt. W.A. Theil, one
enlisted man. One red ball with a blue flame tail flew straight and
level for 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_214
Date: 8/2/1952
Locations: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Prescott, Arizona;
Winslow, Arizona
Description: 3:00 a.m. USAF 1st Lt. W. A. Theil and
enlisted man Edwards see a red ball with a trail of blue flame fly
straight and level over Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Sparks, p. 165) August 2
[or July 30] — George
Hunt Williamson and his wife Betty are visited in Prescott, Arizona,
by two other metaphysics enthusiasts, Alfred C. Bailey and his wife
Betty of Winslow, Arizona. This evening, in the course of an
automatic-writing experiment using a sort of Ouija board, they receive a
message from an extraterrestrial in a spacecraft. In the days and weeks
that follow, “Nah-9 of Solar X Group” and many other planetary and star
people communicate with them. The space people call earth “Saras.” Nah-9
says that the good men of Saras must unite with good space people to
avert a calamity. More Ouija sessions take place through August 17. A
message comes through that they will be contacted via radio with an
International Morse Code message on August 22. Bailey approaches a
coworker on the Santa Fe Railroad, a ham radio operator named Lyman
Streeter, and
asks for his help in picking up the space signals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1283; George Hunt Williamson and
Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords,
“Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 21–22; Zirger and Martinelli,
The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp.
178–181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1978
Date: 8/2/1952
Description: At 3:00 a.m. on this morning USAF First
Lt. W.A. Theil and an enlisted man named Edwards watched a red ball with
a blue flaming tail fly straight and level for 3-4 seconds over Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1783; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4589
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: USA, Hamilton AFB (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Two silver discs
were spinning above the base, one behind the other. They were joined by
6 other discs. All together they took the formation of a diamond before
disappearing. (Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels) At 4:45 PM two huge
silver discs, evolving at different altitudes, had appeared coming from
the east. From the ground, pilots of jet aircraft observed the
phenomenon. Suddenly they saw the upper disc dive and level off with the
other. Then the two saucers began to spin above the airfield, behaving
like fighter planes in aerial combat. The first to spot them was
Lieutenant Swimley, who looked through binoculars but noticed no
details. Meanwhile the radar of a ground interception station had
spotted blips on its screen. As the pilots hastened to their F-86s, six
other discs joined the first two. United in formation, the machines had
set a course to the west and when the F-86s began to gain altitude, they
had already disappeared. (August 3, 1952)
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: "The Flying Saucer File" -
ed. Hachette 1952, p.111, 112
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1665
Date: 8/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Hamilton (California), ground pilots, radar, and air traffic
controllers spot 2 silver discs behaving as if in a dogfight. (August
3)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1191
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Pasadena, CA
Description: Pasadena Sun. AIR FORCE
SARGE BEGS TO DIFFER. Dan Lundberg on KTTV interviewed
interviewed a 21-year-old ex-Air Force sergeant who shot a picture of a
flying saucer a year ago, which was just recently released. He was, too.
He's an old hand at balloons and says that regardless what his superior
say this was not a balloon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_261
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Pasadena, California
Description: San Bernadino Sun.
BALLOON TURNS OUT TO BE SAUCER. AP - T.L. Fox, a
Carlsbad contractor, saw an object gliding from the north at about 6:30
in the morning. He thought it was a balloon and started for his car to
go after it. Before he could get to the car the thing had grown to many
times its size and had leveling off. It then maneuvered and shot toward
Carlsbad Airport "with a burst of speed which has never been equalled by
any jet I know of and no plane with wings attached could have made that
sharp a turn".
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_262
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Near Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: Radar/visuals of two huge discs; F-86s
scrambled; zoom 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_118
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Large flares.
1350h. Chico, CA. Saucer beams white light. Jets scramble.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2590
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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "SACRAMENTO,CA:GOC:LRG FLARES::1350h:CHICO,CA:SCR BEAMS WHT LITE:JETS SCRAMBLE", LatLong: "38.566669 -121.500006", LatLongDMS: "38:34:00 N 121:30:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: SPARKS, NV
Description: 3 observer(s). 3 30cm saucers /
delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation. Flip in place. Entire formation
vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2591
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "1344", HatchDesc: "SPARKS,NV:3 OBS:3 30cm SCRS/DLT-FORMATION:FLIP IN PLACE:ENTIRE FORMn VANISHES", LatLong: "39.533335 -119.750006", LatLongDMS: "39:32:00 N 119:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: USS SOUTH LUISA, PUNA ISLAND, ECUADOR
Description: Observer(s) = Holmes. 3 50' metal saucers
1 dives. All depart.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2592
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Ecuador", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "USS S.LUISA,PUNA ISLAND,ECUADOR:OBS=HOLMES:3 50' MTL SCRS 1 DIVES:ALL DEPART", LatLong: "-2.833333 -80.083337", LatLongDMS: "02:50:00 S 80:05:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GYS", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Blue Book. Many / (seen thru) binoculars
and RADAR. 2+6 silver saucers circle. Going quickly west. Jets chase. /
MJ#232.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2593
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), 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "75", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "HAMILTON AFB,CA:BBK:MANY/BINOCS+RDR:2+6 SLVR SCRS CCL:>>W:JETS CHASE:/MJ#232", LatLong: "38.050002 -122.550006", LatLongDMS: "38:03:00 N 122:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: FORT BRAGG, CA
Description: Observers estimate 4-foot UFO at 5500'
altitude. Flat-shape. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2594
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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "FORT BRAGG,CA:OBSERVERS ESTIMATE 4-FOOT UFO at 5500'alt:FLAT-SHAPE:NFD", LatLong: "39.444446 -123.800006", LatLongDMS: "39:26:40 N 123:48:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM
Description: 3 green-white night lights / complex
change of formation over airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2595
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "1293", HatchDesc: "TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES,NM:3 GRN-WHT NLTS/CMPLX CHANGE OF FORMATION ovr AIRPORT", LatLong: "33.133335 -107.244450", LatLongDMS: "33:08:00 N 107:14:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: L'ARBRET, PDC, FR
Description: N25. 2 cops. Fireball goes going [to]
Arras. Stops over railroad/railway station. Then straight/strait(s)
quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The
UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB
(Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2596
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "l'ARBRET,PDC,FR:N25:2 COPS:FBL GOES >ARRAS:STOPS OVR RR STATION:THEN STRT ↑↑", LatLong: "50.211114 2.555556", LatLongDMS: "50:12:40 N 02:33:20 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pas-de-Calais", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Description: 3 light green cylindrical objects hovering
at 45° elevation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5,
BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520803
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1251
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: August 3, 1952; Hamilton AFB, California,
G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520803
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1252
Date: 8/3/1952
Locations: Santa Luisa; Rio Guayas; Isla Puná;
Ecuador
Description: 3:00 p.m. An Air Force master sergeant on
the ship Santa Luisa observes three round, flat, metallic objects
hovering at 30,000–40,000 feet some 10 miles away from his position at
the mouth of the Rio Guayas near Isla Puná, Ecuador. After 5 seconds,
one object dives to the west then turns back northwest. They all
disappear after another 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, [case
documents]; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1979
Date: 8/3/1952
Locations: Hamilton AFB; Novato, California
Description: 4:15 p.m. Two huge silvery discs are
observed visually and tracked on radar for 1 hour and 15 minutes over
Hamilton AFB [now closed] near Novato, California. The ground observers
are pilots Capt. Leslie
R. Hadley, Capt.
Wayne
T. Perske, and
2d Lt. Duane
A. Swimley. They
dive at each other and maneuver as if in a dogfight. After F-86s are
dispatched to intercept, 6 more objects appear, take up a diamond
formation, and accelerate out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Eight Huge Objects
Observed by 8 Witnesses and Radar”; Sparks, p. 165;
Project 1947, “Hamilton
Air Force Base, Hamilton, California, August 3, 1952”; Project 1947,
[Blue Book
documents and files]; Michael
D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 14,
15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1980
Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Description: 10:20 p.m. Civilian engineer Paul L.
Anderson sees 3 light-green cylindrical objects at Truth or
Consequences, New Mexico. They are hovering at 45° elevation in an
inverted-V formation, switching to echelon when one object moves with a
rolling motion along its long axis. It disappears by rapidly rising
vertically. The observation lasts 9 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Cylindrical
Objects Observed by Engineers”; Sparks, p. 165;
Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010):
14, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1981
Date: 8/3/1952
Description: At 3:13 p.m. eight military witnesses and
radar confirmed the presence of two silver colored discs in the sky over
Hamilton AFB in Marin County, California. The discs appeared to be
dogfighting. They were joined by six other discs and formed a diamond
formation. They sped away as USAF F-86 fighter jets were scrambled. The
sighting lasted 75 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying
Saucers from Outer Space, p. 120; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About
Flying Saucers, p. 35; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 183; Dolan Richard M. Dolan, UFO's and the National
Security State: Chronology of a cover-up 1941-1973, p. 403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4623
Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Phoenix
(Arizona), 3rd Class A. of the USAF
W. F. Vain observed a yellow ball elongate and contract into a flat
shape, fly horizontally for 5 minutes. (2:20)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1812 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1192
Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Mount Vernon,
New York, a woman and two children observed for two hours an object
shaped like a buoy or donut emitting black smoke from its top and making
an arc of 15' in 1.5 minutes. (11:37)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1813 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1193
Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) M. H. Siret
shares his observations of several suspicious objects again.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1194
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: University of Maryland
Description: PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR POOH-POOHS
THE FLYING SAUCERS. The flying saucers "just ain't there" said
Dr. Jessie Sprowls, abnormal professor of abnormal psychology at the
University of Maryland. Apologizing for his emphasis-aimed lapse in
grammar, the professor attributed the nationwide deluge of reports on
strange objects in the upper atmosphere to "primarily to
hallucinations." In stating: "The American people are victims of mob
psychology and not one in a thousand is capanle of independent thought",
Dr. Sprowls slavishly repeats the official Pentagonian party line.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_264
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Huntington Park, CA
Description: Los Angeles Examiner.
L.A. SAUCERS CAVORT IN SKY. Grant C. Hinton of
Huntington Park told deputies at the Sheriff's station that he and his
family and neighbors saw two distinct objects in the sky Saturday. He
said the disks seemed to change color, and remained on the horizon for
15 minutes. Merl Clausen of Downey reported he saw an "arrow-like
object" remain stationary over his home for half an hour and then head
due east.\nA student from the University of Southern California reported
from Burbank that he had seen two flying saucers over Universal Studios
in North Hollywood. He said they were large and blue colored, with
lights that blinked off and on.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_265
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: New Orleans, LA
Description: EGG-SHAPED DISC OVER NEW
ORLEANS. A preacher's son, along with the administrative
assistant of an evangelist, reported seeing an egg-shaped flying saucer
streak across the New Orleans sky about 7:30 pm Monday. In a telephone
report the two young men described the object as a white light which
materialized and then vanished as it hurtled in a southeasterly
direction, all in the space of about 40 seconds. At first they thought
it was a falling star but they added, "it couldn't have been because it
followed a horizontal line of flight."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_266
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Ent AFB, CO, Japan and Korea
Description: Racine Journal. SAUCERS
OBSERVING 'POLICE ACTION'. Imaginary or real, those flying
saucers have popped up in Korea and in Japan, and are keeping pilots of
the Air Defense Command in constant alert across the US. Headquarters of
the ADC at Ent AFB, Colo., said "there has been a flurry of reports on
saucers for the past two weeks, keeping their pilots busy." In Korea,
Commanders of the Far East Naval forces and the 5th Air Force disclosed
that a Canadian destroyer recently recorded two such objects on its
radar. A Navy report said officers and men aboard the Crusader
saw the saucer on the night of July 10. Radar placed the objects two
miles high and seven miles away. A report issued a day or two later
dismissed the radar find as the planet Jupiter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_267
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Pasadena, Huntington Park, Universal City,
North Hollywood, and Santa Ana, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. THEY
ASKED FOR THEM! Reports continued to roll into Air Force
filter-centers at Pasadena and Santa Ana yesterday. Descriptions of the
objects sighted were varying but the Air Force announced it will
continue to study them. Two sky watchers at Laguna Beach reported seeing
an airborne object moving past their post at about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday,
but the Air Force stamped it as secret until yesterday. The disk-shaped
thing sparked brilliantly in the southwest sky, reversed its direction
of travel and then disappeared, according to the sky watcher. Other
reports came in from Pasadena, Huntington Park, Universal City, North
Hollywood and Los Angeles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_268
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan and Taiwan
Description: The Times-Picaqune.
JAPAN, FORMOSA REPORT SAUCERS. The newspaper
Yomiuri said Monday it had received more than 150 letters from
persons reporting they saw flying saucers over Japan on Friday night.
Japanese astronomers, however, unanimously agreed the objects were
meteors. In Taipeh, Formosa, newspapers quoted a Chinese man and wife as
saying they saw two shiny circular objects Saturday morning streak
eastward across the city at 10-minute intervals. The couple described
them as going faster than a jet but slower than a meteor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_269
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. AIR
FORCE DENIES SAUCERS OURS. Major General Roger H. Ramey said
today that saucers could not be Soviet built because the Russians have
no ability to produce an object that uses such a tremendous source of
power that it can't be traced by radar. He further stated that the
saucers definitely were not our own, the Air Force experts have
dismissed 80 percent of the 1,500 saucer reports as "natural and
considers the interplanetary origin explanation for the saucers as only
a possibility." See https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-top-us-air-force-genera/132215927/.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_271
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: Orange-yellow saucer hovers. Going quickly
[to] 700mph. Luke Air Force Base / 0400h. Very fast silent green trail
going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2597
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, 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: "150", Elev: "340", HatchDesc: "PHOENIX,AZ:ORG-YEL SCR HVRS:>>700mph::LUKE AFB/0400h:VFAST SILENT GRN TRAIL ↑", LatLong: "33.416668 -112.050005", LatLongDMS: "33:25:00 N 112:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 03:20
Location: VENICE, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Very large bright round
object in from sea? Hovers. Flashes and going quickly east inland.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2598
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "VENICE,CA:2 OBS:VLRG BRITE RND OBJ in from sea?:HVRS:FLASHES+>>E INLAND", LatLong: "33.988891 -118.461117", LatLongDMS: "33:59:20 N 118:27:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "500", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 2M glossy saucer 60cm thick. Going quickly
[to] over US Army depot / 2500' altitude. / Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2599
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "320", HatchDesc: "ATLANTA,GA:2M GLOSSY SCR 60cm THICK:>> OVR US ARMY DEPOT/2500'alt:/BBK RPT", LatLong: "33.733335 -84.383337", LatLongDMS: "33:44:00 N 84:23:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "750", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 11:40
Location: MT. VERNON, NY
Description: 1+2 kids. Flying torus emits black smoke.
15 degree arc / 90s. Seen / 2 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2600
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "120", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "Mt VERNON,NY:1+2 KIDS:FLYING TORUS EMITS BLACK SMOKE:15dgr ARC/90s:SEEN/2hrs", LatLong: "40.911113 -73.838892", LatLongDMS: "40:54:40 N 73:50:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: FARALLON ISLANDS, CA
Description: Military Lt. Definite physical silver
saucers. 3 jets scout / find nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2601
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "FARALLON ISLs,CA:MIL Lt.:DEFINITE PHYSICAL SLVR SCRS:3 JETS SCOUT/find nothing", LatLong: "37.733335 -123.033339", LatLongDMS: "37:44:00 N 123:02:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 13:20
Location: SONOMA, CA AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Several Ground Observer Corps (GOC) posts.
Round disk zigzags all over/all about 2 counties. Maneuvers. 2 going
quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2602
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: "184", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "SONOMA,CA++:SVL GOC POSTS:RND DISK ZIGZAGS ALLO 2 COUNTIES:MNVRS:2 >>W", LatLong: "38.300002 -122.483339", LatLongDMS: "38:18:00 N 122:29:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: SOUTH LINCOLN, NE
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 30M silver-white objects
hover. 1 going quickly west. Other hovers / minutes then going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2603
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: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "345", HatchDesc: "S.LINCOLN,NE:2 OBS:2 30M SLVR-WHT OBJS HVR:1 >>W:OTHER HVRS/mins then >>E.", LatLong: "40.766669 -96.666671", LatLongDMS: "40:46:00 N 96:40:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3200", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTHEAST / FREEPORT, ME
Description: 2 observer(s). Half-moon-size disk /
light. Abrupt accelerations. Changes color(s). Going quickly
southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2604
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "NE/FREEPORT,ME:2 OBS:HALF-MOONSIZE DISK/LITE:ABRUPT ACCELS:CHANGES CLRS:>>SW", LatLong: "43.866669 -70.094448", LatLongDMS: "43:52:00 N 70:05:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: Yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed
to plate shape (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1812)
Reference: NICAP: 520804
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1253
Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Description: Object, shaped like a lifesaver or donut
emitting black smoke from its top (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
1813)
Reference: NICAP: 520804
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1254
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 2:20 AM
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: Witness: USAF A/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow
ball which lengthened and narrowed to plate shape, flew straight and
level for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_215
Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 11:37 AM
Location: Mt. Vernon, New York
Description: Witnesses: one woman, two children. One
object, shaped like a lifesaver or donut, emitted black smoke from its
top and made a 15' arc in 1.5 minutes. Observed for 2 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_216
Date: 8/4/1952
Description: At 2:20 a.m. in Phoenix, Arizona USAF
Airman W. F. Vain sighted a yellow ball of light that lengthened and
narrowed to the shape of a plate, then flew straight and level for five
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1812; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4642
Date: 8/4/1952
Description: A woman with two children in Mount Vernon,
New York reported that they observed a white donut-shaped object for two
hours, beginning at 11:37 a.m. It emitted black smoke from its top and
made a 15-degree arc in the sky in 1.5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1813; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4643
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: JAPAN, Haneda, Tokyo
Description: (Translated from French) 1:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF F-94 jet interceptor pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst
Lt. A.M. Jones, and Haneda control tower operators. Airborne radar
tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control tower operators watched 50-60
minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 kts. (380
m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and performed a variety of maneuvers. Aug.
6, 1952; This is a continuation of the Haneda AFB sightings. (project
Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). Two American security personnel were
walking on the Haneda airport runway at night when they suddenly noticed
an extraordinarily bright light above Tokyo Bay. Seeing that it was
moving, they ran to the tower to observe it through binoculars, after
alerting two other colleagues. A radiance seemed to emanate from a
round, dark shape. The UFO slowly approached the airfield, hovering
above it. Under the dark shape, the witnesses saw a second, dimmer
light. The object headed east and disappeared, only to reappear a few
seconds later, disappear again, and reappear a third time. The radar
observers had it on their screens and followed it for another 5 minutes.
Shortly after midnight, an F-94 fighter took off from Johnson base, the
pilot's mission being to approach the object as closely as
possible.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: "Ovni, nous ne sommes
pas seuls" - Presses de la Cité 1979, p. 80, 81
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1666
Date: 8/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Haneda, near Tokyo (Japan), the USAF F-94 radar, piloted by 1st
Lieutenants W. R. Holder and A. M. Jones, detected an object for 90
seconds. The operators of the Haneda control tower observed a dark shape
with a light flying up to 330 knots (380 miles/h), remaining stationary,
making curves and various maneuvers. (23:30)
Reference: Blue Book case 1827, unexplained
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1195
Date: 8/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Baltimore
(Md), an experienced amateur astronomer observes 2 disks seeming made of
copper.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1196
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Description: SAUCER PEEKS AT LACKLAND
AFB. Seven NCO's from the 3731st and 3732nd Basic Military
Training Squadrons, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, sighted an object
they all believed to be a flying saucer and reported the sighting to S.
Sgt. Jerrold E. Baker. A/2C Peter D'Angelo, first noticed the silver,
saucer-shaped object high in the sky and called its attention to other
NCOs present. Descriptions from all those who witnessing the phenomenon
confirmed "it was something I never saw before." Subsequently, phone
calls were made to the weather bureau at Kelly and Randolph AFB and
neither had released any balloons previous to the sighting. This was the
only object all agreed it could possibly have been before the calls were
made.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_270
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Radar/visual; hovers over base, extreme
speed; divides into three units.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_119
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: 1 observer. UFO changes / all color(s).
Maneuvers going up [to] going down [to] and all directions. Extreme
speeds. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2605
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "2", Elev: "1000", HatchDesc: "GREAT FALLS,MT:1 OBS:UFO CHANGES/ALL CLRS:MNVRS↑↓+ALL DIRs:XTREME SPEEDS:>>N", LatLong: "47.483336 -111.300005", LatLongDMS: "47:29:00 N 111:18:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: ~04:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / CLEARWATER, FL
Description: Trucker. Blazing 15M saucer stops
overhead. Shoots up. Flat / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2606
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "SE/CLEARWATER,FL:TRUCKER:BLAZING 15M SCR STOPS OVHD:SHOOTS UP:FLAT/BOTTOM", LatLong: "27.933335 -82.783337", LatLongDMS: "27:56:00 N 82:47:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 05:10
Location: NORTH / LIMA, PERU
Description: DC3 pilot. 3 60' metallic ovoids / V
formation. Going quickly SSE / 1500kph. Separate observers. /
r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2607
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Peru", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "N/LIMA,PERU:DC3 PILOT:3 60'MTLC OVOIDS/VFORM:>>SSE/1500kph:SEP.OBSs:/r98#203", LatLong: "-11.638889 -77.211115", LatLongDMS: "11:38:20 S 77:12:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "LMA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: CUYAMACA MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: Observer(s) / El Cajon. Black disk hovers.
Shoots going quickly southwest toward(s) La Cresta. Trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2608
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: "1900", HatchDesc: "CUYAMACA Mtns,CA:OBS/EL CAJON:BLK DISK HVRS:SHOOTS >>SW twrd La CRESTA:TRAIL", LatLong: "32.944446 -116.605561", LatLongDMS: "32:56:40 N 116:36:20 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: HAY LAKES, ALTA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent silver ovoid with
tail hovers and maneuvers. Very fast. / Department / Defence
report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2609
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), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "760", HatchDesc: "HAY LAKES,ALTA:2 OBS:SLNT SLVR OVOID W/TAIL HVRS+MNVRs:VFAST:/Dept/Defence Rpt", LatLong: "53.200003 -113.050005", LatLongDMS: "53:12:00 N 113:03:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "Alta", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Amateur astronomer and RADAR. 2+2 domed
saucers after lunar eclipse. / r242p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2610
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: "8", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "BALTIMORE,MD:AM.ASTRONOMER+RDR:2+2 DOMED SCRs after LUNAR ECLIPSE:/r242p14", LatLong: "39.300002 -76.583337", LatLongDMS: "39:18:00 N 76:35:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: VALLEY VIEW, TX
Description: 3 fishing / lake. Wingless going / arc.
Speeds greatly going quickly west. "No plane".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2611
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "217", HatchDesc: "VALLEY VIEW,TX:3 FISHING/LAKE:WINGLESS >/arc:SPEEDS GREATLY >>W:"NO PLANE"", LatLong: "33.488890 -97.166671", LatLongDMS: "33:29:20 N 97:10:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 3rd DC wave? Very stormy night. Saucers
and blips all over/all about. / r136 #4p23.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London.
Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index
39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2612
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "60", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:3rd DC WAVE?:VERY STORMY NITE:SCRS+BLIPS ALLO:/r136 #4p23", LatLong: "38.883335 -77.000004", LatLongDMS: "38:53:00 N 77:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: HANEDA AIR FORCE BASE, JP
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1827. 2+2 Air
Traffic Controllers. RADAR-visual (observation). Saucer maneuvers. F94
chases. / r185+/ r136#10p42.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2613
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "10", Duration: "48", HatchDesc: "HANEDA AFB,JP:BBK#1827:2+2 ATCS:RDR-VIS:SCR MNVRs:F94 CHASES:/r185+/r136#10p42", LatLong: "35.544446 139.861118", LatLongDMS: "35:32:40 N 139:51:40 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Experienced amateur astronomer observed
two copper-like discs. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1255
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Huacho (between Lima and), Peru
Description: 3 saucer-shaped objects in a V-formation
maneuver (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1256
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: F-94 Pilots Tracked Object For 90-Seconds
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1827)
Reference: NICAP: 520805
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1257
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Dark shape with a light flew as fast as
330 knots (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1827)
Reference: NICAP: 520805
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1258
Date: 8/5/1952
End date: 8/6/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Up to 10 Targets On Radar (NICAP: 09 -
RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520805-06
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1259
Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 11:30 PM
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Witnesses: USAF F-94 jet interceptor
pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst Lt. A.M. Jones, and Haneda control
tower operators. Airborne radar tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control
tower operators watched 50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light
flew as fast as 330 kts. (380 m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and
performed a variety of maneuvers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_217
Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Westover AFB; Westover Reserve Air Base;
Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description: 12:25 a.m. A trio of brilliant white dots
of indefinite shape, at an altitude of an estimated 5,000 feet, passes
over Westover AFB [now Westover Reserve Air Base] in Chicopee,
Massachusetts. The second object is half the size of the first, and the
third is half the size of the second one. The first one resembles an
automobile headlight. The appearance of other two is not given. The
three are in a triangular formation. No jet activity is recorded over
the airbase at the time and witnesses say the objects are moving “faster
than jets.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History:
1952, August, The
Author, 1986, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1982
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Day. During a daylight observation of
Venus, astronomer James
C. Bartlett Jr. watches two discs fly overhead in a southerly
direction at Baltimore, Maryland. They move away to the east, then two
more objects with dome-like protrusions in the center fly past.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Two
Huge UFOs Sighted by Baltimore Astronomer,” UFO Investigator 1, no.
5 (Aug./Sept. 1958): 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1983
Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Manassas, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Mount
Vernon, Virginia; Andrews AFB; Bolling AFB; New Castle AFB,
Delaware
Description: 9:46–12:00 midnight. A visual sighting is
made at 9:46 p.m. by an observer on the ground at Manassas, Virginia,
who spots a brilliant oval flying south. About 10:50 p.m., Andrews AFB
in Maryland picks up two unidentified blips moving slowly and steadily
away from Washington, D.C., on a course toward Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Minutes later the fluorescent screens at Andrews show two more UFOs to
the east of the field moving for a short distance, stopping, and then
moving again. The speed of the targets is a slow 60 mph. The height of
the targets is unknown. Planes from both Andrews AFB and Bolling AFB are
sent up to investigate but rainy weather forces them to turn back after
they reach 15,000 feet altitude. Around 12:00 midnight yet another
target appears on radar, and jets from New Castle AFB in Delaware are
scrambled. The jets see no UFOs when they arrived over Washington;
however, a spokesman for Andrews radar tells the press that “no radar
sightings were made while the planes were overhead.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flock of ‘Saucer’
Objects Again Puzzles Wash. DC,” Visalia \(Calif.) Times-Delta,
August 6, 1952, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The
Author, 1986, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1984
Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Camden, New Jersey
Description: 10:45 p.m. Eight residents of Camden, New
Jersey, report a bright, round, orange object hovering or moving slowly
in the western sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “8 City Residents Report
‘Saucers’ on Nocturnal Sweep through Sky,” Camden \(N.J.)
Courier-Post, August 6, 1952, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1985
Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Haneda AFB; Tokyo International Airport;
Tokyo Bay; Johnson Air Base; Iruma Air Base; Saitama Prefecture
Description: 11:45 p.m. A complex radar-visual sighting
takes place at Haneda AFB [later Tokyo International Airport], Japan.
Control tower operators watch a disc as it passes over Tokyo Bay at
about 1,500 feet. It is a dark round shape surrounded by a bright light
with a curved outer edge and smaller lights around it. While being
tracked on radar, a scramble alert is issued at 11:55 p.m., and an F-94
Starfire jet from nearby Johnson Air Base [now Iruma Air Base] in
Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, goes after the object. The interceptor,
piloted by 1Lt. Wesley
R. Holder and Radar Observer 1Lt. Aaron M. Jones Jr., chases the
object, which speeds away while being tracked by onboard radar. During
the next 30 minutes, the UFO disappears and reappears throughout the
sky, vanishes when the jet closes in, performs intricate maneuvers, and
at one point splits into three radar targets. The jet searches over
Tokyo Bay until 12:33 a.m. when it is recalled.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Pilots Tracked
Object for 90 Seconds”; Ruppelt, pp.
187–189; Condon, pp.
123–126; Sparks, p. 166;
Martin L. Shough, “Radar and the UFO,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes,
1987, pp. 217–219; Patrick Gross, “The Haneda AFB
Case, Japan, August 5, 1952” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_1986
Date: 8/5/1952
Description: Another famous case, a radar-visual
confirmation, occurred in Japan on this day. A UFO hovered over the
Haneda U.S. Air Force base near Tokyo and had several ground military
witnesses in addition to radar tracking. It looked like a dark shape
with a light, and it flew at 330 knots, then hovered, then performed a
variety of maneuvers. It was tracked by airborne radar for 90
seconds.The UFO moved off at extreme speed, and then divided into three
parts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, case # 1827; Richard
Hall, The UFO Evidence, pp. 21, 84; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers
from Outer Space, p. 95; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret,
p. 160; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 54;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4671
Date: 8/5/1952
Description: At 5:10 a.m. an airline pilot named Quinn,
flying a DC-3 for PAGA Airlines between Lima and Hueca, Peru, took a
photograph of three saucer-shaped objects flying in V formation which
maneuvered around his plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
August, p. 24; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4672
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: BELGIUM, Stembert (Liège)
Description: (Translated from French) The inhabitants
saw, around 12:45, clouds emerge, an object of a dazzling green. The
bolide rose towards the sky leaving behind a golden trail.
Reference: list by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt,
Belgium.
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1667
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tokyo (Japan),
following the observations of Haneda.
Reference: case Blue
Book #1841 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1197
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Belleville (Michigan).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1843 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1198
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Port Austin (Michigan).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1845 unexplained, not in official record
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1199
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Kerkrade
(Holland), a Marine design engineer sees 2 discoid objects with
superstructures.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1200
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: US
Description: 'SPACE-SAUCER' WOULD HAVE LONG
FLIGHT. Frank Carey, an AP Science reporter, in a syndicated
column says that roundtrip travel to the earth from Mars and Venus would
involve nearly three years for the Martians, just over two years for the
Venusians. Carey backs up this statement with computations dealing with
spaceships which travel at a snail-like 25,000 mph. However, Carey does
concede that Saucerians must have licked the interplanetary fuel
consumption problem if they can afford to do all the nocturnal cruising
around the Earth that has been credited to them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_272
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Norton Air Base
Description: San Bernardino Sun. AIR
FORCE STILL LOOKING FOR LOST PIECE OF THAT CAPTURED SAUCER.
Next spotters of strange aerial craft will be asked to fill out an Air
Force form which will eventually be processed by the 27th Air Division
intelligence officer at Norton Air Base. The Air Force, however, refused
to comment on what they will do with the forms. The form has 25
questions concerning a description of the object, its surroundings and
the time it was spotted. There is one loaded question, "Did you get any
fragments?"
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_273
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Springer, NM
Description: Albuquerque Journal.
SPRINGER EDITOR NOW A BELIEVER IN SAUCERS. Springer
newspaperman Ed Guthman and his wife spotted a flying saucer while
driving to Los Vegas NM. He got such a good look at it that he's
converted from a skeptic to a believer in the things. Guthman said it
looked like it was about a mile away and if it was, it had to be around
100 feet in diameter. Just ahead of a seeming vane there was a dark spot
in the body which could have been an observation port.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_274
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Fort Bragg, Hamilton Field
Description: FORT BRAGG BRIEFS HAMILTON FIELD
ON LANDED SAUCER. First Lt. William Clopton of the Air Force
reported that in the summer of 1950 an article from a Fort Bragg
newspaper was posted on the Hamilton Field bulletin board, revealing
that the minister of a church had been permitted by Air Force
Intelligence to view a saucer, that had crashed with two small men on
it, both dead. They were described as fair, with blue eyes, beardless
with beautiful undecayed teeth and wore skin-tight blue uniforms made of
heavy metallic thread with a broad waste belt. Their provisions
consisted of very heavy water, large wafers which when analyzed
contained vitamins and minerals similar to ours. Half of the pilots
viewed this report scepticism, the other half believed it might possibly
have occurred. (rg - Is this MO41?)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_275
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Gainesville, Texas
Description: EVEN MAYORS CAN SEE 'EM.
A former Grainesville mayor who is a member of the Board of Education
has joined the ranks of the "I-saw-a-flying-saucer-society." H.A. Latham
accompanied by his brother and son spotted the thing in the sky Tuesday
night while fishing in a lake about 10 miles south of here. "I'd been
skeptical up to then of all these flying saucers," the former mayor
said, "all three of us saw the same object at the same time." He
described the object as cylindrical in shape, moving in an arc, first
slowly and then rapidly to the west. Latham said he was sure it was not
an airplane nor a shooting star or a reflection.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_276
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Hollywood, California
Description: RANCH MARKET OFFERS NEW
COME-ON. Patrons of Hollywood's famous Ranch Market were
surprised today with a new attraction. A silvery object that looked like
a B-29 without wings hovered over the Vine Street store. The bluish-gray
cigar-shaped object, sporting four triangular-shaped appendages on one
side, played hide and seek among the Hollywood clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_277
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Hollywood, California
Description: L.A. TIMES HUSH-HUSHES CALIFORNIA
SIGHTING. Jean Logan and her daughter, watching a Navy Blimp
fly over their home, noticed a glittering something in the sky a long
way up. It was bright red and as it turned and caught the sun, it
changed to silver and then back to red. They called the police who gave
them a Sycamore number in Pasadena. This number said many calls had come
in, and that no weather balloon or any other kind known were in the
neighborhood except the Navy Blimp and they were considering it a flying
saucer. The L.A. Times insisted the next day it was something
the Air Force was experimenting with.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_278
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: LUMBERTON, NC
Description: Blue Book. Saucer hits chimney and lands.
70cm small humanoid (or Grey) exits. Footprints. / r180p08.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 427)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2614
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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "42", HatchDesc: "LUMBERTON,NC:BBK:SCR HITS CHIMNEY+LANDS:70cm OID EXITS:FOOTPRINTS:/r180p08.", LatLong: "34.616668 -79.000004", LatLongDMS: "34:37:00 N 79:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 04:40
Location: DELFT, NETH
Description: Radioman / roof photographs fast silver
saucer. Big surge / wattmeter. / J. Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2615
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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "DELFT,NETH:RADIOMAN/ROOF FOTOS FAST SLVR SCR:BIG SURGE/WATTMETER:/J.Aldrich", LatLong: "52.016669 4.333334", LatLongDMS: "52:01:00 N 04:20:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Netherlands", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: SHENANDOAH, IA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver disk spins and
descends. Lands south / golf course. Not found.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2616
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "296", HatchDesc: "SHENANDOAH,IA:2 OBS:SLVR DISK SPINS+DESCENDS:LANDS S/GOLF COURSE:not found", LatLong: "40.766669 -95.377782", LatLongDMS: "40:46:00 N 95:22:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Iowa", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: OVER ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Vip? 2 large saucers. #1 going straight
and level. #2 orbits #1. More sightings / night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2617
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, 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: "32", Elev: "85", HatchDesc: "ovr ANDREWS AFB,MD:VIP?:2 LRG SCRS:#1> S/L:#2 ORBITS #1::MORE SIGHTINGS/NITE", LatLong: "38.800002 -76.883337", LatLongDMS: "38:48:00 N 76:53:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: HENDERSON, NV
Description: 5 observer(s). 5 dark objects hover below
clouds. Scatter going quickly southeast as jets near. Return.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2618
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "575", HatchDesc: "HENDERSON,NV:5 OBS:5 DRK OBJS HVR BLW CLOUDS:SCATTER >>SE as JETS NEAR:RETURN", LatLong: "36.038891 -114.983339", LatLongDMS: "36:02:20 N 114:59:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: BELFAST, ME
Description: Observer(s) / hill. 2 flying flapjacks
going quickly west / series. 1/2 mile apart. Faster / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2619
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: "31", HatchDesc: "BELFAST,ME:OBS/HILL:2 FLYING FLAPJACKS >>W/SERIES:1/2 MILE APART:FASTER/PLANE", LatLong: "44.427780 -69.005559", LatLongDMS: "44:25:40 N 69:00:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
Description: Several Targets Over Andrews AFB (NICAP:
09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520806
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1260
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Continuation of Haneda AFB sightings.
(NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1841)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1261
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Belleville, MI
Description: Military witness(es) (NARA) (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters, BB: 1843)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1262
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Port Austin, MI
Description: FPS-3 Radar Tracks Objects At 1200 Knots
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1845)
Reference: NICAP: 520806
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1263
Date: 8/6/1952
End date: 8/7/1952
Location: Port Lyautey, Fr. Morocco
Description: Brilliant white disc-shaped luminous
object with red blinking light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1264
Date: 8/6/1952
End date: 8/7/1952
Location: Kerkrade, Holland
Description: Marine engineer designer saw two
disc-shaped objects with superstructures. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1265
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: This is a continuation of the Haneda AFB
sightings.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_218
Date: 8/6/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Port Austin, Michigan
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_219
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: Hynek sends
Project Blue Book a report on his interviews with 45 astronomers about
their opinions on UFOs at a June meeting of the American Astronomical
Society and finds that five (11%) have seen a UFO, seven are indifferent
to the subject, more express at least some interest, and a few are very
interested but wary of publicity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, “Special Report on
Conferences with Astronomers on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” August
6, 1952; “Seven
Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 2,” CUFON; “Seven Status Reports
for Project Stork, Part 3,” CUFON; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, pp. 83–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1987
Date: 8/6/1952
Location: West Lumberton, North Carolina
Description: 9:00 p.m. James J. Allen sees a UFO 6 feet
high, 8 feet long, and lighted inside strike the chimney of his home in
West Lumberton, North Carolina. It crashes into his backyard. When he
approaches it, the lights go off and he sees a man about 30 inches tall
standing next to it. He asks if he is hurt, then the figure reenters the
vehicle and it zooms away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “West
Lumberton Event Added to
Growing ‘Saucer’ Reports,” Lumberton \(N.C.) Robesonian, August 7,
1952, pp. 1, 4; Clark III 326; Curt Collins, “James
J. Allen’s Alien Encounter Embarrassment:
Aug. 6, 1952,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 19. 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1988
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: At 8:30 a.m. a dark circular object
hovered for thirty minutes over the U.S. Haneda Air Force Base near
Tokyo, Japan. It was tracked on radar as its blip hovered, then shot
away at 300 knots, and in the process divided into three evenly spaced
radar targets.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1827
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4716
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: A U.S. Air Force radar installation in
Port Austin, Michigan picked up several large flying objects that flew
at speeds in excess of 1200 knots. The UFOs were in vicinity of Gore
Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case # 1845; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion
Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4717
Date: 8/6/1952
Description: At around 9 p.m. an orange colored flying
sphere struck the chimney of a house in West Lumberton, North Carolina,
breaking it, and fell into the back yard. The object was eight feet long
and stood six feet high. A little man only 30 inches tall was standing
beside it. When the witness, Mr. J. Allen, asked him if he was hurt, he
and the craft vanished with a loud noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumberton (NC) Robesonian, August 7, 1952;
David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports,
case A0196, citing Lumberton Robesonian
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4718
Date: 8/7/1952
Location: NETHERLANDS, Kerkrade
Description: (Translated from French) Very early in the
morning a witness saw two discs with flat domes, maneuvering and making
zigzags in the sky, identical and simultaneous movements for both
discs.
Reference: Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1668
Date: 8/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Wave of Disks
Interfering with Andrew-Field Radars (Washington, D.C.).
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1201
Date: 8/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio
(Texas), Miss Susan Pfuhl observed four bright white discs for 70
minutes. One made a 180° turn, another moved horizontally, a third
changed direction, and the fourth made circles. (9:08)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1855 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1202
Date: 8/7/1952
Location: US
Description: San Bernardino Sun-Telegram.
BUCK ROGER'S 25TH CENTURY OUTDATED. The
Sun-Telegram runs a daily comic strip called Twin
Earths. It deals with a planet equal in size and composition to
Earth and equal distance away from the sun. It revolves in the Earth's
orbit, but on the other side of the sun, this never visible until
someone perfects a space ship capable of flying around the sun. Authors
Oskar Lebeck and A. McWilliams keep up with the times by having flying
disks the main method of transportation on the other earth, outdating
Buck Rogers' rocketships.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_279
Date: 8/7/1952 (approximate)
Location: HAIFA, ISRAEL
Description: 12M ovoid 15K' over Mt. Carmel. Broad
rapidly revolving belt / middle.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2620
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Israel", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "HAIFA,ISRAEL:12M OVOID 15K' OVR Mt.CARMEL:BROAD RAPIDLY REVOLVING BELT/MIDDLE", LatLong: "32.816668 34.983335", LatLongDMS: "32:49:00 N 34:59:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "HAI", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: KERKRADE, NETHL
Description: Engineer. Domed saucer plays all over sky.
2nd saucer hovers. / r242p122.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2621
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "KERKRADE,NETHL:ENGINEER:DOMED SCR PLAYS ALL OVR SKY:2nd SCR HVRS:/r242p122", LatLong: "50.866669 6.066667", LatLongDMS: "50:52:00 N 06:04:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Netherlands", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: AOULEF OASIS, ALGERIA
Description: Lt. grey ovoid east going quickly west
into mist over airstrip. / r136#4p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2622
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "AOULEF OASIS,ALGERIA::Lt GRY OVOID E>>W INTO MIST ovr AIRSTRIP:/r136#4p30", LatLong: "26.966668 1.077778", LatLongDMS: "26:58:00 N 01:04:40 E", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SAH", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 09:10
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 3 observer(s). 4 45cm saucers from north
and west make U-turns and 90-turns. Rendezvous?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 430)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2623
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "70", Elev: "165", HatchDesc: "SAN ANTONIO,TX:3 OBS:4 45cm SCRS FROM N+W MAKE U-TURNS+90-TURNS:RENDEZVOUS?", LatLong: "29.433335 -98.516671", LatLongDMS: "29:26:00 N 98:31:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: SILVERTON, OR
Description: 4 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Flat
bottom/underside turtle saucers going east slow. Darts toward(s) jet and
circles it and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2624
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "120", Elev: "76", HatchDesc: "SILVERTON,OR:4/GOC:FLAT BTM TURTLE SCRS >E SLOW:DARTS TWRD JET+CCLS IT+away", LatLong: "45.005558 -122.783339", LatLongDMS: "45:00:20 N 122:47:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / HEALDSBURG, CA
Description: 2 / car. 2 silver ovoids flip like coins.
Maneuver and climb. Going quickly west. Bursts / speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2625
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: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "24", HatchDesc: "SE/HEALDSBURG,CA:2/CAR:2 SLVR OVOIDS FLIP LIKE COINS:MNVR+CLIMB:>>W:BURSTS/SPD", LatLong: "38.516669 -122.783339", LatLongDMS: "38:31:00 N 122:47:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: TV Tech. Black saucer hovers over fountain
and vine St. Crowd gathers. Saucer quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2626
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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "HOLLYWOOD,CA:TV TECH:BLK SCR HVRS ovr FOUNTAIN+VINE St.:CROWD GATHERS:SCR ↑↑", LatLong: "34.094446 -118.327783", LatLongDMS: "34:05:40 N 118:19:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: WNW / SIDI SLIMANE, MAROC
Description: White saucer circles 2 / United States
Navy (USN) plane going west. 4000mph. Quickly going up [to] steep. /
r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2627
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "WNW/SIDI SLIMANE,MAROC:WHT SCR CCLs 2/USN PLANE >W:4000mph:↑↑ STEEP:/r98#203", LatLong: "34.283335 -5.583334", LatLongDMS: "34:17:00 N 05:35:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KNT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / LONGVIEW, TX
Description: Observer(s) / car. 2 disk-saucers hover
still. Trees block view. Gone after!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2628
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: "111", HatchDesc: "SE/LONGVIEW,TX:OBS/CAR:2 DISK-SCRS HVR STILL:TREES BLOCK VIEW:GONE AFTER!", LatLong: "32.472224 -94.716671", LatLongDMS: "32:28:20 N 94:43:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: KEY WEST, FL
Description: 2+several observer(s). Saucer going south
/ 600kph. Luminous red. Size / washtub / closest approach.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2629
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "KEY WEST,FL:2+SVRL OBS:SCR >S/600kph:LUMn.RED:SIZE/WASHTUB/CLOSEST APPROACH", LatLong: "24.516668 -81.783337", LatLongDMS: "24:31:00 N 81:47:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: AMSTERDAM, NY
Description: 2+1 observer(s). White-glowing ovoid
vanishes and reappears / large circular trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2630
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "104", HatchDesc: "AMSTERDAM,NY:2+1 OBS:WHT-GLO OVOID VANISHES+REAPPEARS/LRG CIRC.TRAJECTORY", LatLong: "42.938891 -74.188892", LatLongDMS: "42:56:20 N 74:11:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: 4 glowing white discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1855)
Reference: NICAP: 520807
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1266
Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 9:08 AM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witness: Mrs. Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing
white discs: one made a 180 degree turn, one flew straight and level,
one veered off, and one circled during the 70 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_220
Date: 8/7/1952
Location: Kerkrade, Netherlands
Description: 12:02 a.m. At Kerkrade, Netherlands,
marine engineer Will Jansen watches a domed object swoop down to a low
altitude, hover, zigzag, then speed away. He sees a similar object
hovering further away. It finally tilts up vertically and shoots out of
sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1989
Date: 8/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: 9:08 a.m. Mrs. Susan Pzuhl (or Pfuhl)
observes over San Antonio, Texas, four round UFOs that give off a color
similar to white-hot metal. The objects appear to be approximately 18
inches in diameter and are observed one at a time at intervals of
approximately 20 minutes. With the exception of one object that moves
slowly, the speed must have been 3 times as fast as a propeller-driven
aircraft. No sound can be heard. Their maneuvers consist of radical
directional change by the first object, straight and level flight by the
second object, a slight directional change by the third object, and a
large circular maneuver by the fourth object. An aircraft passes under
the fourth object with no apparent reaction by the plane or the object.
It vanishes suddenly like an extinguished light. Duration is 70
minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Four 18ʺ UFOs Observed”; Sparks, p. 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1990
Date: 8/7/1952
Locations: Silverton, Oregon; Portland
Description: 3:00 p.m. Two Ground Observer Corps
skywatchers in Silverton, Oregon, Ida
Pfeifer and Dorothy Sthamann, see an aluminum-colored object 3 miles
away that appears at first triangular, then more saucer shaped. Army and
air observers in Portland confirm that jet interceptors are at that
moment in pursuit of the object. Replacement skywatchers Sadie
Barkhurst and Mrs. Olaf Teglund also see the object at 5:00 p.m. All
agree that the UFO is headed east at a moderate speed, but darts
“fiercely” toward the interceptor when it approaches.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer at Silverton,”
Salem \(Oreg.) Capital Journal, August 9, 1952, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1991
Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Youngstown, New York
Description: ONE GOES OVER THE FALLS -- WAY
OVER. AP -- An unidentified object was seen last night racing
through the sky near the mouth of the Niagara River and then hovering
for some time over the Holland Canal which connects Lake Ontario and
Lake Erie. The object was described as being a brilliant mass of colored
lights flashing on and off in various combinations.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_280
Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Tidings. RATIONAL
BEINGS COULD EXIST ON OTHER PLANETS, SAYS THEOLOGIAN. Very Rev.
Francis J. Connell, Dean of Sacred Theology at Catholic University
wrote: "Neither revelation, the common teaching of the Fathers,
tradition, nor the solumn pronouncements of the Popes rule out the
possibility of life, perhaps similar to ours on another planet." He
added that if they possessed the immortality once enjoyed by Adam and
Eve "it would be foolish for our superjet or rocket pilots to attempt to
shoot them. They would be unkillable." Also see https://angelusnews.com/local/california/the-tidings-118-years-old-and-cpunting/.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_281
Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 08:50
Location: WEST / OROVILLE, WA
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver white saucer crosses
moon slowly. Flash. Going quickly [to] WNW instantly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2631
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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "300", HatchDesc: "W/OROVILLE,WA:4 OBS:SLVR WHT SCR CROSSES MOON SLOWLY:FLASH:>>WNW instantly", LatLong: "48.933336 -119.583339", LatLongDMS: "48:56:00 N 119:35:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WY
Description: 2 / ground. Intense fireball going west.
Stops over theater. No light reflected / ground. Going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2632
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1850", HatchDesc: "WARREN AFB,WY:2/GND:INTENSE FBL >W:STOPS OVR THEATER:no light refl/gnd:>>E", LatLong: "41.166669 -104.900005", LatLongDMS: "41:10:00 N 104:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wyoming", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: WAUCHULA, FL
Description: 2 / truck. Saucer nears. Flat
bottom/underside glows and spins. Metallic dome / top still. Quickly
going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2633
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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "33", HatchDesc: "WAUCHULA,FL:2/TRUCK:SCR NEARS:FLAT BTM GLOWS+SPINS:MTLC DOME/TOP STILL:↑↑", LatLong: "27.544446 -81.811115", LatLongDMS: "27:32:40 N 81:48:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "120", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: WHITE SANDS, NM
Description: 2 guards. "Batlike" saucer seen / (seen
thru) binoculars. 2.5mi away. 1 mile altitude. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2634
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1250", HatchDesc: "WHITE SANDS,NM:2 GUARDS:"BATLIKE" SCR SEEN/BINOCS:2.5mi AWAY:1mi alt:GLOWS", LatLong: "32.466668 -106.483338", LatLongDMS: "32:28:00 N 106:29:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Warren AFB, WY
Description: Object immediately stop without appearing
to decelerate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1267
Date: 8/8/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio; Washington
National Airport
Description: A special CIA/Office of Scientific
Intelligence team consisting of Philip
Grandin Strong, Ransom
L. Eng, and Frederick C.
Durant visits Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio for a comprehensive
briefing about UFOs from Blue Book staff. This classified visit is in
response to secret orders from President Truman to
the CIA to investigate the Air Force’s mishandling of UFOs during the
Washington National Airport cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996;
Clark III 397; Swords 172–173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1992
Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Britain
Description: Reply from Air Ministry, Whitehall, S.W.
to W.S. Churchill stating: All UFO sightings are either astronomical
phenomena, mistaken sightings of balloons, birds, etc., optical
illusions or hoaxes. The Americans have reached a similar
conclusion.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p449)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_471
See also: 7/28/1952
Date: 8/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Lake Charles (Louisiana), USAF 3rd Class A. J. P. Raley observed an
object shaped like a disk flying very quickly and remaining stationary
for 2 seconds. (August 9, 10:50)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1870
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1203
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: YOUNGSTOWN, NY
Description: Niagara airport. Many military and civil.
RADAR? Glowing UFO over Welland Canal.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2635
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "YOUNGSTOWN,NY:NIAGARA AIRPORT:MANY MIL+CIV:RDR?:GLOWING UFO OVR WELLAND CANAL", LatLong: "43.244447 -79.050004", LatLongDMS: "43:14:40 N 79:03:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:20
Location: TOKYO, JP
Description: U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilot. Orange
night light spirals going down / 1500'. Hovers / 3 minute(s). Winks out.
Jet can't catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2636
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Japan", Credibility: "7", Duration: "6", HatchDesc: "TOKYO,JP:USMC PILOT:ORG NLT SPIRALS↓/1500':HVRS/3min:WINKS OUT:JET CANT CATCH", LatLong: "35.683335 139.750007", LatLongDMS: "35:41:00 N 139:45:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Honshu Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: CHENNAULT AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1870. 30cm disk
zips over base going south. Stops / 2 seconds. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2637
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "6", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "CHENNAULT AFB,LA:BBK#1870:30cm DISK ZIPS OVR BASE > S:STOPS/2 secs:>>W", LatLong: "30.200001 -93.150004", LatLongDMS: "30:12:00 N 93:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 3+separate observer(s). Large grey saucer
hovers / 6 minute(s). Going quickly north. 10 extremely fast objects /
2130hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2638
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "6", Elev: "1490", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:3+SEP.OBS:LRG GRY SCR HVRS/6min:>>N::10 XFAST OBJS/2130hrs", LatLong: "35.083335 -106.616672", LatLongDMS: "35:05:00 N 106:37:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: ODESSA, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Disk / light spins against
dark clouds. Sparks and flame down / center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2639
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "916", HatchDesc: "ODESSA,TX:2 OBS:DISK/LIGHT SPINS AGAINST DRK CLOUDS:SPARKS+FLAME DOWN/CENTER", LatLong: "31.861113 -102.372227", LatLongDMS: "31:51:40 N 102:22:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Pohang (K-3 area E of), Korea
Description: Fireball with stream of flame pass an
aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520809
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1268
Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Lake Charles AFB, LA
Description: Disc-shaped object fly S at 5,000 ft at
high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1870)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1270
Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Description: Witness: USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One
disc-shaped object flew very fast and then hovered for 2 seconds during
a 5-6 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_221
Date: 8/9/1952
Locations: Lake Charles Air Force Station; Lake
Charles, Louisiana
Description: 1:45 a.m. A/3C Joseph
F. Raley is walking to work at Lake Charles Air Force Station [now
closed] in Lake Charles, Louisiana, when he observes a disc-like object
from a distance away of 3,000–5,000 feet. The object is at an estimated
altitude of 5,000 feet. It moves several hundred mph faster than any
known jet aircraft. No sound is heard. The object is first seen moving
north to south until it crosses the air station, where it stops and
hovers for approximately 2 seconds, then takes off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Faster-Than-Jet
Disc Stops, Hovers Two Seconds, Accelerates”;
Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1993
Date: 8/9/1952
Description: At 10:50 a.m. a military witness named
Raley at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana saw a disc-shaped object
that flew very fast for five minutes, and hovered for two seconds. A
Project Blue Book "unidentified" case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1870; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August,
p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4787
Date: 8/9/1952
Description: At 8:57 p.m. local time a U.S. Marine
Corps ground control radar in Grid Area K-3, Pohang, Korea made contact
with a moving ball of fire with a stream of flame travelling at a high
rate of speed: 1500 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices
Reported During the Korean War, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4788
Date: 8/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at
Presqu'isle (Maine). (August 10)
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1204
Date: 8/10/1952
Location: Manhattan, NY
Description: The New York Times.
FLYING SAUCERS EXPECTED AS METEOR DISPLAY BEGINGS
TONIGHT. Robert B. Coles of Hayden Planetarium predicted here
that flying saucers would be reported in great numbers this week if the
weather was good. They will just be reports, Mr. Coles hastened to add
and will be based on sightings of the annual celestial display of
Perseid meteors which begins tonight. The meteors will be visible in the
night skies until the next Wednesday night as a fiery shower of radiant
particles which seem to originate in the constellation Perseus. They
will reach their peak between midnight Tuesday and dawn Wednesday. Mr.
Coles suggested no explanation for saucer sightings occuring the other
11 months of the year.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_282
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 02:10
Location: KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MS
Description: 2 grey saucers veer and soar over
countryside / seconds. Impressive turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2640
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "KEESLER AFB,MS:2 GREY SCRS VEER+SOAR OVR COUNTRYSIDE/seconds:IMPRESSIVE TURNS", LatLong: "30.405557 -88.927782", LatLongDMS: "30:24:20 N 88:55:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mississippi", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: SAN CARLOS, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s).
1949-model aluminum disk going [to] high and fast. Casts shadow. Planes
chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2641
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: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "80", HatchDesc: "SAN CARLOS,CA:GOC OBS:1949-MODEL ALUM.DISK > HI+FAST:CASTS SHADOW:PLANES CHASE", LatLong: "37.500002 -122.283339", LatLongDMS: "37:30:00 N 122:17:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, MD
Description: Newsman and 1. 3 huge white perfect disks
going quickly southwest. 20x jet speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2642
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE,MD:NEWSMAN+1:3 HUGE WHT PERFECT DISKS >>SW:20x JET SPEED", LatLong: "39.000002 -76.394448", LatLongDMS: "39:00:00 N 76:23:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 17:20
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Pilot / ground and 16. Series 54+white
metallic domes going east. Jets chase. Can't catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2643
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), MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "200", Elev: "215", HatchDesc: "ROCKFORD,IL:PILOT/GND+16:SERIES 54+WHT MTLC DOMES >E:JETS CHASE:cant catch", LatLong: "42.277780 -89.088893", LatLongDMS: "42:16:40 N 89:05:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR CROSSVILLE, TN
Description: Mit student and 1. Saucer hovers / high
altitude. Impossible accelerations. Absolute(ly) silent. Going quickly
east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2644
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "570", HatchDesc: "nr CROSSVILLE,TN:MIT STUDENT+1:SCR HVRS/hi alt:IMPOSSIBLE ACCELS:ABS SLNT:>>E", LatLong: "35.916668 -85.011115", LatLongDMS: "35:55:00 N 85:00:40 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: CUENCA, SPAIN
Description: Classic saucer at high speed leaves 2
luminous trails in sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2645
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "CUENCA,SPAIN:CLASSIC SCR AT HI SPEED LEAVES 2 LUMINOUS TRAILS IN SKY.", LatLong: "40.083335 -2.116667", LatLongDMS: "40:05:00 N 02:07:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Cuenca", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: NORTHWEST / WACO, TX
Description: 4 / SR6. Big orange light follows road.
Stops over oil tanks. Quickly going up / hit by beacon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2646
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "NW/WACO,TX:4/SR6:BIG ORG LITE FOLOS ROAD:STOPS OVR OIL TANKS:↑↑/hit by beacon", LatLong: "31.583335 -97.200005", LatLongDMS: "31:35:00 N 97:12:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "180", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SR134 NEAR HAMPTON, VA
Description: Air Force Captain and 1. 2+4+1 UFO's /
180m altitude. 600kph. B26 finds nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2647
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "SR134 nr HAMPTON,VA:AF Capt+1:2+4+1 UFOS/180m alt:600kph:B26 FINDS NOTHING", LatLong: "37.083335 -76.400004", LatLongDMS: "37:05:00 N 76:24:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "180", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: MIDLAND, GA
Description: 2 / car. 2 top-hat saucers glow bright.
Float / low altitude and follow road. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA'S AERIAL PHENOMENON
1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2648
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "166", HatchDesc: "MIDLAND,GA:2/CAR:2 TOP-HAT SCRS GLOW BRITE:FLOAT/lo alt+FOLLOW ROAD:NFD/news", LatLong: "32.572224 -84.827782", LatLongDMS: "32:34:20 N 84:49:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: 5MI NORTH / FT DIX, NJ
Description: 2 Army / car. Eerie yellow-orange baseball
going south toward(s) base. Rises and descends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2649
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "5mi N/Ft DIX,NJ:2 ARMY/CAR:EERIE YEL-ORG BASEBALL >S twrd BASE:RISES+DESCENDS", LatLong: "40.077780 -74.633337", LatLongDMS: "40:04:40 N 74:38:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/10/1952
Location: In airspace over, Japan
Description: Object moving down from 8,000 to 1,500 ft
then hovering and vanishing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1271
Date: 8/10/1952
Locations: 1231 Widergren Drive, Rockford, Illinois;
Rockford airport; O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 5:38 p.m. Roy E. Munson is resting in his
hammock at 1231 Widergren Drive, Rockford, Illinois, when he sees a
disc-shaped object moving west to east and streaking across the sky in 6
seconds. Within minutes, another appears on the same flight path. Some
family members and neighbors join him to watch the objects, which keep
appearing for the next 90 minutes by which time a total of 54 have gone
by. Munson alerts the CAA operator at the Rockford airport, who calls
O’Hare Airport in Chicago, which sends two USAF jet interceptors to the
area. They appear just as the last of the discs, which seem surrounded
by a haze, disappears. Of the 54 objects, 36 appear larger that the
others and move faster. Fifty follow the straight west-to-east path out
of sight. Three deviate from the path to the north, and one deviates to
the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Rockford, Illinois,
Monday, August 11, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1994
Date: 8/11/1952
Location: California
Description: Also Aug. 12, 1952. Los Angeles Herald
Express. FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY 'SOLVED' BY CALIFORNIA
ENGINEERS. In a two-day front-page spread, bylined by Lyle
Abbot, rocket engineers Roland Gillespie and Winthrop K. Coxe explained
flying saucers as the result of an electromagnetic vortex in the
air.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_283
Date: 8/11/1952
Time: ~19:30
Location: WEST / GLENRIO, NM
Description: 2 / bus. 2 perfect round white disks
hover. Reposition and maneuver and spiral. Going up / clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2650
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "1180", HatchDesc: "W/GLENRIO,NM:2/BUS:2 PERFECT RND WHT DISKS HVR:REPOSITION+MNVR+SPIRAL:↑/CLOUDS", LatLong: "35.166668 -103.083338", LatLongDMS: "35:10:00 N 103:05:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: TEMPELHOF, BERLIN
Description: Several observer(s) to 2315. Spinning
saucer going quickly east. 3 glowing cloud-saucers etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 435)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2651
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "Germany", Credibility: "9", Duration: "115", HatchDesc: "TEMPELHOF,BERLIN:SVRL OBS to 2315:SPINNING SCR>>E:3 GLOWING CLOUD-SCRS etc", LatLong: "52.466669 13.383334", LatLongDMS: "52:28:00 N 13:23:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BRL", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: FORT WORTH, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Circle / white light. 2
night lights wobble inside. Silent. Pass going west / 30
second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2652
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: "1", Elev: "202", HatchDesc: "FORT WORTH,TX:2 OBS:CIRCLE/WHT LITE:2 NLTS WOBBLE INSIDE:SILENT:PASS>W/30sec", LatLong: "32.716668 -97.300005", LatLongDMS: "32:43:00 N 97:18:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: LANSDALE, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). Misty ovoid = disk / tilts.
2X moon-size. Maneuvers. Very fast. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2653
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "LANSDALE,PA:3 OBS:MISTY OVOID=DISK/tilts:2X MOONSIZE:MNVRS:VFAST:>>S", LatLong: "40.250002 -75.283337", LatLongDMS: "40:15:00 N 75:17:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/11/1952
Location: Hampton, VA
Description: Series of 7 yellowish-orange low-flying
objects climb away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1272
Date: 8/11/1952
Location: Rockford, IL
Description: Fifty - four "flying saucers" were sighted
streaking over Rockford Sunday evening by at least 14 persons (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520811
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1273
Date: 8/11/1952
Description: A CIA memo refers to a meeting of the
newly created study group on UFOs attended by eight operatives.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Minutes
of Branch Chief’s Meeting of 11 August 1952”; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related
Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1995
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: West Texas
Description: San Antonio Express.
FLYING TURTLE AND WOMAN GO THRU RED LIGHTS. Everybody
thinks turtles don't fly -- so what was the thing Mrs. Flora Rogers saw
paddlying through the air over her West Texas ranch? "It was shaped like
a turtle," she said. But Mrs. Rogers figured the object was really some
sort of radar machine taking pictures of the land beneath. The turtle
emitted a blue flame, made no sound, lacked windows and doors, and flew
about 20 feet high across the road in front of her. The turtle didn't
frighten her until it zoomed straight up and disappeared in seconds. "I
was so scared," she said, "that I had to lift my feet into the car. I
drove the 18 miles to the Sheriff's office and didn't stop for a light
or anything."
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_285
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Description: I WISH I WERE IN DIXIE.
Civil Aeronautics officials in Raleigh, North Carolina, reported that
orange-red objects have been sighted streaking across the skies for the
past two nights. Included among the list of those who fancy illusions
was a professor at North Carolina State College (requested his name be
withheld) claiming to see seven or eight objects traveling at a high
altitude and a tremendous speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_286
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: WETUMKA, OK
Description: Assistant distr.Atty. Square object flies
over home at tremendous speed. / (up.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2654
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "212", HatchDesc: "WETUMKA,OK:Asst DISTR.ATTY:SQUARE OBJ FLIES OVR HOME AT TREMENDOUS SPEED:/(UP)", LatLong: "35.238891 -96.238893", LatLongDMS: "35:14:20 N 96:14:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: LA MACHINE, FR
Description: 10 workmen. White disk west going quickly
east extremely fast. 3 spheres going quickly east / Blagnac / 14
August.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2655
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: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "La MACHINE,FR:10 WORKMEN:WHT DISK W>>E XFAST::3 SPHERES >>E/BLAGNAC/14AUG", LatLong: "46.900002 3.466667", LatLongDMS: "46:54:00 N 03:28:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nièvre", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 00:40
Location: NEAR CAPE MAY, NJ
Description: F94 / 20K' altitude chases night light.
Night light passes jet / return trip. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2656
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "4", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "nr CAPE MAY,NJ:F94/20K'alt CHASES NLT:NLT PASSES JET/RETURN TRIP:/r98#203", LatLong: "38.950002 -75.000004", LatLongDMS: "38:57:00 N 75:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 08:00
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). 15M domed disk spins like a
top. Away and back. Turns and going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2657
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,FL:2 OBS:15M DOMED DISK SPINS LIKE A TOP:AWAY+BACK:TURNS+>>NW:", LatLong: "25.811112 -80.194448", LatLongDMS: "25:48:40 N 80:11:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: TOULOUSE, FR
Description: 12+observer(s). White disk stops over
town. 2 more join. Going quickly [to] away fast together.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2658
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
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "10", Duration: "12", HatchDesc: "TOULOUSE,FR:12+OBS:WHT DISK STOPS OVR TOWN:2 MORE JOIN:>> AWAY FAST TOGETHER", LatLong: "43.600002 1.433333", LatLongDMS: "43:36:00 N 01:26:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Haute Garonne", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: WEST / BIG SPRING, TX
Description: Silent 5M saucer with oars / 20' altitude.
Olive drab. Passes T6 pilot. / r8+/ r70.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein)
BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB
(partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2659
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "741", HatchDesc: "W/BIG SPRING,TX:SLNT 5M SCR W/OARS/20'alt:OLIVE DRAB:PASSES T6 PILOT:/r8+/r70", LatLong: "32.238890 -101.477783", LatLongDMS: "32:14:20 N 101:28:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "6", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: CENTERVILLE, NC
Description: Numerous observer(s). Brilliant disk /
light maneuvers all over/all about / 45 minutes. Extremely fast. No
reflected on ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2660
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: "45", Elev: "113", HatchDesc: "CENTERVILLE,NC:NMRS OBS:BRILL.DISK/LITE MNVRS ALLO/45mins:XFAST:no refl on gnd", LatLong: "36.188891 -78.105559", LatLongDMS: "36:11:20 N 78:06:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SOUTH / BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: 100+/ drive-in. 2 silent UFO's seen as
delta/triangle/box-like crafts blimps saucers etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2661
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, 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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "12", Duration: "1", Elev: "123", HatchDesc: "S/BAKERSFIELD,CA:100+/DRIVE-IN:2 SILENT UFOS SEEN AS DLTS BLIMPS SCRS etc", LatLong: "35.366668 -119.033339", LatLongDMS: "35:22:00 N 119:02:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: WEST / RED BLUFF, TX
Description: Several metallic pie-pans pass 2 / plane.
Climb going south. Glowing-exhaust. / r136#4p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein)
BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB
(partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2662
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "875", HatchDesc: "W/RED BLUFF,TX:SVRL MTLC PIE-PANS PASS 2/PLANE:CLIMB >S:GLO-EXHAUST:/r136#4p37", LatLong: "31.750002 -104.166672", LatLongDMS: "31:45:00 N 104:10:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Cape May (near), NJ
Description: Stationary glowing object lose brightness
and diminish in size (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1274
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Big Spring, TX
Description: Light flying at 500 mph and 15,000 ft pass
his aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1275
Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Wink (70 miles W of), TX
Description: Several pie-pan-shaped aluminum colored
objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1276
Date: 8/12/1952
Locations: Dover AFB in Delaware; Delaware Bay; Cape
May, New Jersey
Description: 1:43 a.m. An Air Force F-94B jet fighter
from Dover AFB in Delaware is flying at 20,000 feet when both the pilot
and his radar crewman sight a glowing object 45° to their left and at a
lower altitude, with the waters of the Delaware Bay as a dark backdrop.
Curious, the jet pilot adjusts his course and heads directly at the
object, which is stationary. In an apparent reaction, the object loses
some of its brilliance and diminishes in size, apparently moving away.
The pilot determines that the object had halted above Cape May, New
Jersey, where it again hovers. Without success, the pilot tries to raise
the local CCI station on the radio on F channel to request a radar scan
of the Cape May area. Low on fuel, the pilot cannot pursue the UFO any
further, so he breaks off the chase and heads for home. The UFO follows
the jet, increasing in apparent size as it draws near and overtakes it.
Eventually, the UFO loses interest and flies away to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1996
Date: 8/12/1952
Description: In Toulouse, Haute-Garonne department,
France more than a dozen witnesses saw a white disc-shaped object that
stopped over the city in the middle of the afternoon. It was joined by
two more similar looking objects, and then all three flew away fast
together.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4933
Date: 8/12/1952
Description: At 9:48 p.m. two military witnesses
sighted two disc-shaped UFOs while in flight over Wink, Texas. The
objects were described as aluminum colored, and shaped like pie-pans.
They rose rapidly from a lower altitude and passed the plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 183; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p.
37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4934
Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson,
Arizona, an USAF officer observed bright objects in formation.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1205
Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Dallas
(Texas), a line pilot captain is pursuing a light performing
maneuvers.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1206
Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tokyo, Japan,
Major D. McGough, a USAF pilot and marine, observed an orange light
flying in an orbit to the left at 8000 feet and at a speed of 230
miles/h. The object descended into a spiral until 1500 feet, stayed
stationary for 2 to 3 minutes, and then moved away. An attempt to
intercept it failed. (9:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1889 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1207
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Pleasant Ridge, Ohio
Description: The Cincinnati Reporter.
MRS. ALLENDORE SEES IT THROUGH. Mrs. Lee Allendorf of
6229 Montgomery Rd., Pleasant Ridge, Ohio, rebuffed by metropolitan
dailies, reported to The Reporter that she and her family were
awakened last Thursday, August 7, 1952, at dawn by a steady, rumbling,
whirring noise. They glanced out their second-story window to see a
large metal object, oval in shape, and looking "like the lower half of a
dirigible hovering 80-90 feet over the Monte Vista Theatre." The noise
from the craft was penetrating and "seemed to shake the whole house,"
she said. The three viewers resented the fact that the daily papers had
treated their report in a light vein and hoped something might be done
in the way of a thorough investigation. All were agreed they saw
something which did not come under the conventional rocket or aircraft
classification. When last seen, the saucer was headed in the direction
of Norwood. The Reporter gave the story a full front-page
streamer headline.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_287
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 05:50
Location: SUFFOLK, VA
Description: Civilian. 3 orange saucers / V-formation
going quickly northwest very fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2663
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "SUFFOLK,VA:CIVILIAN:3 ORANGE SCRS/V-FORMATION >>NW VERY FAST:NFD", LatLong: "36.727780 -76.583337", LatLongDMS: "36:43:40 N 76:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: FOURCHAMBAULT AND GIVRY, FR
Description: 12 separate observer(s) / (seen thru)
binoculars. Huge domed saucer circles / 15 mn. Going quickly northeast.
/ r3p149.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES,
Vingt-cinq Ans d'Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN
2-250-00464-1 (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2664
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
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "10", Duration: "15", HatchDesc: "FOURCHAMBAULT+GIVRY,FR:12 SEP.OBS/BINOCS:HUGE DOMED SCR CCLS/15mn:>>NE:/r3p149", LatLong: "47.033336 3.083333", LatLongDMS: "47:02:00 N 03:05:00 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nièvre", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: NORTH / LUDINGTON, MI
Description: 3 / beach. Roar and hiss. Metallic disks
straight going down. Stop / 12 minutes. Straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2665
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "12", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "N/LUDINGTON,MI:3/BEACH:ROAR+HISS:MTLC DISKS STRAIGHT ↓:STOP/12mins:STRAIGHT ↑", LatLong: "43.983335 -86.483337", LatLongDMS: "43:59:00 N 86:29:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: 2 civil. Odd blips / 20 minute(s). 960kph.
Abrupt turns. Ovoid. / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2666
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), 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "4", HatchDesc: "MacDILL AFB,FL:2 CIV:ODD BLIPS/20min:960kph:ABRUPT TURNS:OVOID:/r242p35", LatLong: "27.850001 -82.466671", LatLongDMS: "27:51:00 N 82:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: MALDONADO, URUGUAY
Description: 4 observer(s). Soup-bowl saucer hovers / 1
minute(s). Going quickly south very fast rising to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2667
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: "Uruguay", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "21", HatchDesc: "MALDONADO,URUGUAY:4 OBS:SOUP-BOWL SCR HVRS/1min:>>S VFAST RISING to clouds", LatLong: "-34.900002 -54.950003", LatLongDMS: "34:54:00 S 54:57:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MLD", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 68 unidentified RADAR-blips / 3.5 hours /
10 mile(s) area and airline(s)/airliner pilots visual. Type
unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 440)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2668
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "210", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "WASHINGTON,DC:68 UID RDR-BLIPS/3.5 HOURS/10mi AREA+AL PILOTS VISUAL:TYPE UNK", LatLong: "38.850002 -77.000004", LatLongDMS: "38:51:00 N 77:00:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "WDC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 23:00?
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Blue Book. Airline(s)/airliner pilot
chases night light / 900M. Turns and dives away. Back 21 August. /
r136#4p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2669
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "139", HatchDesc: "DALLAS,TX:BBK:AL PILOT CHASES NLT/900M:TURNS+DIVES away:BACK 21AUG:/r136#4p39", LatLong: "32.783335 -96.783338", LatLongDMS: "32:47:00 N 96:47:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Orange light fly a left orbit at 8,000 ft
and 230 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1889)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1277
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: Jacoby/McNaulty (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1278
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Stanley Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation
Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1279
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Multiple Targets C (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520813
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1280
Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 9:45 PM
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Witness: USAF Marine Corps pilot Maj. D.
McGough. One orange light flew a left orbit at 8,000' and 230 m.p.h.,
spiralled down to no more than 1,500', remained stationary for 2-3
minutes and went out. An attempted interception was unsuccessful.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_222
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: Around 7:00 p.m. Two civilians in the
Tampa, Florida, area watch three UFOs. One object changes its course
abruptly to the west, moving in excess of 600 mph. The same object
hovers for about 5 minutes then moves at an excessive rate back to the
east and resumes its course to the north and disappears. The two other
objects do not alter course but disappear to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The
Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1997
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Dallas Love Field, Texas
Description: Night. Pioneer Airlines pilot Capt. Max M.
Jacoby sees a mystery light while on a routine test flight out of Dallas
Love Field, Texas. He tries to intercept it, but the light evades him
and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a
History: 1952, August, The
Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1998
Date: 8/13/1952
Locations: Oakland, California; Hamilton AFB; Novato;
Hamilton AFB Airdrome
Description: 9:10 p.m. A witness in Oakland,
California, calls Hamilton AFB [now closed] in Novato to notify them he
is watching “two balls of fire” making a 10-mile circle and leaving in
the direction of Hamilton. When the report is made to Capt. Kenneth
Broden, Hamilton
AFB Airdrome Officer, he orders an F-94 jet scrambled to search the bay
between Oakland and the air base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_1999
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: 9:45 p.m. In Tokyo, Japan, US Marine Corps
pilot Maj. James
D. McGough sees an orange light fly a left orbit at 8,000 feet and
230 mph, then spiral down to no more than 1,500 feet, remain stationary
for 2–3 minutes, and go out. An attempted interception is
unsuccessful.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Orange Light Maneuvers
Then Stops in Mid- Air”; Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2000
Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 11:10 p.m. USAF Reserve Capt. Stanley W.
Thompson sees a formation of lighted objects flying rapidly over Tucson,
Arizona.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2001
Date: 8/13/1952
Description: While flying over Tokyo, Japan at 9:45
p.m. USAF Marine Corps pilot Major D. McGough sighted an orange light
that flew a left orbit at 8,000' and 230 mph. It then spiraled down to
no more than 1,500 feet altitude, remained stationary for 2-3 minutes
more, and went out. An attempted interception was unsuccessful.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4961
Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 16 bodies are
recovered following a crash in Ely (Nevada).
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1208
Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Poggibonsi
(Italy), on a clear moonless night, with many stars visible, Messrs.
Assem and the Italian cavalry colonel Bartolini spend the evening with
many friends in a villa with 2 terraces: one facing west, on which the
dinner takes place, and the other overlooking, east side, a small
valley. Arriving on this 2nd terrace, Assem and Bartolini suddenly see 2
luminous objects of green color, coming from the direction of Florence
(from the North). The 2 objects, separated from each other by a distance
always strictly constant, identical in all points (lenticular central
part of 20 to 25 m in diameter, carrying 2 upper and lower domes, all
slightly blurred), approach quickly and pass in front of the terrace at
about 250 m from them, at about 130 m above the bottom of the valley,
about 20 m higher than the witnesses, who then hear a noise comparable
to that when tearing a silk fabric, or produced by a shell passing over
their heads. The 2 objects then turn east, stop for a brief moment,
describe a loop by returning towards the north to pass again very close
to the villa, and finally move away in their initial direction from the
south, towards Siena. (23 h)
Reference: M.
Assem < Mesnard, Case No. 12, Catalogue of Unpublished
Observations (2nd part), LDLN
291-292, p. 17
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1209
Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Butcher Tom
Brooke, his wife and his 11-year-old son leave one of their friends
whose house is near a bar, 60 km from Miami (Florida). They get in their
car and drive away. (11:40 PM)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1210
Date: 8/14/1952
Location: US
Description: FLYING SAUCERS AN OLD
STORY. Hal Boyle, substituting for Bob Considine, devoted a
column to Charles Fort and his impressive roundup of saucer sightings
dating back 100 years ago, before the age of airplanes or Skyhook
balloons. "Were observers subject then, as now to the same
hallucinations?" asks Byle. (Odds were laid that Considine will not
invite Boyle back as his guest columnist near year.)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_284
Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: CHIEF AIRLINE PILOT BOXES MENZEL'S
PSYCHOSIS. Capt. Max M. Jacoby, who has been flying for 16
years, disclosed Thursday that he chased a big, orange light, apparently
not of earthly origin, Wednesday night in a transport plane. The light
was of the type generally put in the flying saucer category, but Jacoby
declined to call it more than a "light" for fear he would be ridiculed
or laughed at. He never did catch the light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_288
Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Lake Michigan
Description: The Racine (Wisconsin)
Journal-Times. CHIEF MERCHANT OFFICER GIVES MENZEL THE
BRUSH-OFF. Two bright lights sighted in the overcast above Lake
Michigan last Sunday night have been officially reported to U.S. Coast
Guard Headquarters in Chicago, it was learned today. The fireballs first
sighted by Edward Langenfeld Jr. on his father's farm were called to the
attention of the family and friends. All watched the lights for 30
minutes, one above the other. One would disappear for minutes and
reappear, then the other would repeat the process. This alternating
began at 9 p.m. and continued until 11:30 p.m. C.W.O. John Needham, from
Racine Coast Guard station, investigated and said he was satisfied it
was not due to weather phenomenon or a mirage. He said the information
in his official report was restricted.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_289
Date: 8/14/1952
Location: University of Southern California
Description: The Journal of Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHER SUGGESTS BRAINS BETTER ELSEWHERE. B.A.G.
Fuller of the University of Southern California read a paper on Flying
Saucers, advancing the premise that man's belief that he was the center
of the universe may be a mistaken idea and "that elsewhere intelligent
life may have occurred equal in some respects and in some, perhaps all,
superior to his particular brand." The philosopher cited Jones, Wells,
Hoyle, Scully, Haldane, Heard, Von Fritsch, and Plato to support his
brief.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_290
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: KEY BISCAYNE, FL
Description: Separate observer(s). 2nd moon 60° / E.
horizon. Ring / orange lights / center. Tilts and wobbles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2670
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "KEY BISCAYNE,FL:SEP.OBS:2nd MOON 60°/E.HRZN:RING/ORG LITES/CTR:TILTS+WOBBLES", LatLong: "25.694446 -80.133337", LatLongDMS: "25:41:40 N 80:08:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: 7 military. Large saucer. Many fast-smooth
maneuvers. Same back / 1110hrs / 2 separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2671
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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "194", Elev: "210", HatchDesc: "KELLY AFB,TX:7 MIL:LRG SCR:MANY FAST-SMOOTH MNVRS::SAME BACK/1110hrs/2 SEP.OBS", LatLong: "29.350001 -98.583338", LatLongDMS: "29:21:00 N 98:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: ~08:00
Location: EAST / BUNKER HILL, KOREA
Description: All / US patrol. Thin saucer east / moon
hovers / minutes. Sharp maneuvers and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2672
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "E/BUNKER HILL,KOREA:ALL/US PATROL:THIN SCR E/MOON HVRS/mins:SHARP MNVRs+gone", LatLong: "37.966668 126.833339", LatLongDMS: "37:58:00 N 126:50:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "---", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 08:20
Location: LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: 2 80M round objects drift / halo / dark
smoke near airport. Quickly going up / sequence extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2673
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "665", HatchDesc: "LAS VEGAS,NV:2 80M RND OBJS DRIFT/HALO/DRK SMOKE nr AIRPORT:↑↑/SEQUENCE XFAST", LatLong: "36.077779 -115.150005", LatLongDMS: "36:04:40 N 115:09:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: NEAR ROCKHAMPTON, AUST
Description: Test Pilot. Large circular / light. Small
night lights exit and circle. / r114p175.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian
Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN
1-875989-04-8 (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2674
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Australia", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "nr ROCKHAMPTON,AUST:TEST PILOT:LRG CIRC/LITE:SML NLTS EXIT+CIRCLE:/r114p175", LatLong: "-23.416668 150.500007", LatLongDMS: "23:25:00 S 150:30:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Queensland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: CEDAR SPRS, CA
Description: 3 bright ovoids maneuver all over/all
about flight / 10 planes. 1 / instant 180° turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2675
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1024", HatchDesc: "CEDAR Sprs,CA:3 BRITE OVOIDS MNVR ALLO FLIGHT/10 PLANES:1/INSTANT 180° TURN", LatLong: "34.283335 -117.333339", LatLongDMS: "34:17:00 N 117:20:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: SKIKDA = PHILLIPPEVILLE, ALG
Description: Many at docks see huge red saucer go north
going west. Green trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry:
The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp.
(Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2676
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, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SKIKDA=PHILLIPPEVILLE,ALG:MANY AT DOCKS SEE HUGE RED SCR GO N>W:GREEN TRAIL", LatLong: "36.966668 6.850000", LatLongDMS: "36:58:00 N 06:51:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CNN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CELENDIN, PERU
Description: Engineer. 2 saucers converge / opposite
directions over irrigation project. Going northeast slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2677
Attributes: 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Peru", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "2987", HatchDesc: "CELENDIN,PERU:ENGINEER:2 SCRS CONVERGE/Opp.Dirs ovr IRRIGATION PRJCT:>NE slow", LatLong: "-6.872223 -78.150004", LatLongDMS: "06:52:20 S 78:09:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CEL", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: NEAR CONSTANTINE, ALGERIA
Description: 2 observer(s). Luminous/glowing saucer
west going quickly east toward Guelma. No balloon. / r48p110.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2678
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Algeria", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr CONSTANTINE,ALGERIA:2 OBS:LUMn SCR W>>E TOWARD GUELMA:NO BALLOON:/r48p110", LatLong: "36.466668 6.650000", LatLongDMS: "36:28:00 N 06:39:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Constantine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: NEAR WAHOO, NE
Description: 9 observer(s). 8M saucer to and fro over
road. Glow on and off. Away / hit by spotlight / field.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2679
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: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "55", Elev: "373", HatchDesc: "nr WAHOO,NE:9 OBS:8M SCR TO+FRO OVR ROAD:GLOW ON+OFF:AWAY/hit by spotlite/fld", LatLong: "41.200002 -96.633338", LatLongDMS: "41:12:00 N 96:38:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: Several observer(s). Yellow ball / light
maneuvers all over Mathieson Chemical Plant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2680
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "LAKE CHARLES,LA:SVRL OBS:YEL.BALL/LITE MNVRS ALL OVR MATHIESON CHEM.PLANT", LatLong: "30.200001 -93.233338", LatLongDMS: "30:12:00 N 93:14:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: GREAT BEND, PA
Description: Dazzling gold blob hangs / sky briefly.
Then descends. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2681
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "280", HatchDesc: "GREAT BEND,PA:DAZZLING GOLD BLOB HANGS/SKY BRIEFLY:THEN DESCENDS:NFD", LatLong: "41.972224 -75.744448", LatLongDMS: "41:58:20 N 75:44:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Australia
Description: Australian Minister for Air William
McMahon states facetiously in Parliament that flying saucer reports
are “probably based on flights of imagination,” but indicates he will
“cause a thorough investigation to be made.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 376
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2002
Date: 8/14/1952
Description: The CIA’s special UFO study group meets
for the first time and is given a summary (probably written by A. Ray
Gordon, project
officer of the CIA’s Physics and Electronics Branch) of UFO history, an
analysis of Project Blue Book, and a discussion of explained sightings
and theories about unexplained sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying
Saucers,” August 14, 1952; Good Above, pp.
331–333
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2003
Date: 8/14/1952
Locations: Phillippeville [modern Skikda], Algeria;
Constantine, Algeria
Description: 7:20 p.m. People on the docks of
Phillippeville [modern Skikda], Algeria, see an enormous red disc
leaving behind a greenish trail. At 9:15 p.m., two people in
Constantine, Algeria, watch a luminous object flying at high speed. It
emits a bright light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p.
122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2004
Date: 8/14/1952
Locations: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Mathieson chemical
plant
Description: 10:30 p.m. A yellow ball of light
undulates up and down and from side to side over the Mathieson chemical
plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It is also seen to shoot ahead
abruptly and come to a halt in the same manner. Witnesses estimate that
the ball passes over at 5,000 feet, growing fainter and fainter as it
moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2005
Date: 8/14/1952
Description: At around noon, inflight over Rockhampton,
Queensland, Australia an RAAF Vampire fighter pilot encountered a large
circular light, from which 6-10 small lights emerged and surrounded the
larger object. The sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 50; Richard
F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 175; Dominique
Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5000
Date: 8/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The highway
police discover an abandoned car, 18 km from the bar. It is the Brooke's
car, with its headlights still on, one door left open, and Mrs Brooke's
handbag on the seat with a nice sum of money inside. The police follow
the tracks that lead to a meadow bordering the road. The Brookes seemed
to have advanced about ten steps, then vanished as their tracks abruptly
stopped, without returning. The case is closed and the Brookes will
never be found. 11 km away, Mabel Twinn, a restaurant waitress,
disappeared the same night in the same way. Those 4 people were never
seen again. (August 15th, 7:14am)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1211
Date: 8/15/1952?
Location: COARI, AMAZONAS, BRZ
Description: Bright long mass hovers over town. Minutes
later same 300mi away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2682
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Brazil", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "40", HatchDesc: "COARI,AMAZONAS,BRZ:BRITE LONG MASS HVRS OVR TOWN:MINUTES LATER SAME 300mi AWAY", LatLong: "-4.111111 -63.138892", LatLongDMS: "04:06:40 S 63:08:20 W", Locale: "Rainforest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Amazonas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 04:20
Location: DAVIS, CA
Description: Blue Book. 2+Ground Observer Corps (GOC)
observer(s). 1+8+1 multicolor orbs and F94 jet by. Jet sees
nothing!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2683
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "DAVIS,CA:BBK:2+GOC OBS:1+8+1 MULTICOLOR ORBS+F94 JET BY:JET SEES NOTHING!", LatLong: "38.544446 -121.738895", LatLongDMS: "38:32:40 N 121:44:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: NAPA, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) =
Diane Robinson. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape / 10K' altitude and
"tremendous speed" going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2684
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "17", HatchDesc: "NAPA,CA:GOC OBS=DIANE ROBINSON:SLVR CGR/10K'alt+"TREMENDOUS SPEED" >>SW:", LatLong: "38.300002 -122.283339", LatLongDMS: "38:18:00 N 122:17:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: NASHVILLE, TN
Description: Several observer(s). Round flat silver
object crosses sky 4x. Plane speed but silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2685
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: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "133", HatchDesc: "NASHVILLE,TN:SVRL OBS:RND FLAT SLVR OBJ CROSSES SKY 4x:PLANE SPEED but SLNT:", LatLong: "36.166668 -86.800004", LatLongDMS: "36:10:00 N 86:48:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: ONTARIO, CA
Description: Bright ovoid leads B36. Darts in and out /
clouds. Tilts showing pointed top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2686
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "357", HatchDesc: "ONTARIO,CA:BRITE OVOID LEADS B36:DARTS IN+OUT/CLOUDS:TILTS SHOWING POINTED TOP", LatLong: "34.050002 -117.650006", LatLongDMS: "34:03:00 N 117:39:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTHEAST / MATTOON, IL
Description: Thin silent disk going down [to] between
cars. Sparks / rim. Going quickly [to] over railroad/railway tracks /
1500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2687
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: "220", HatchDesc: "NE/MATTOON,IL:THIN SLNT DISK ↓ BTWN CARS:SPARKS/RIM:>> OVR RR TRACKS/1500kph", LatLong: "39.533335 -88.333338", LatLongDMS: "39:32:00 N 88:20:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: CARSON CITY, NV
Description: Several observer(s). Cream-colored box
drops over airliner. Paces just above. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2688
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "1420", HatchDesc: "CARSON CITY,NV:SVRL OBS:CREAM-CLRD BOX DROPS OVR AIRLINER:PACES JUST ABOVE:>>W", LatLong: "39.150002 -119.766672", LatLongDMS: "39:09:00 N 119:46:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). Double pie pan saucer going
quickly south / Eastern sky. No further details / Palm Beach Post.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2689
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "W.PALM BEACH,FL:2 OBS:DBL PIE PAN SCR >>S/EASTERN SKY:NFD/Palm Beach Post", LatLong: "26.700001 -80.066670", LatLongDMS: "26:42:00 N 80:04:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: DIAMOND LAKE, MI
Description: 20+observer(s). Saucer with odd flat spots
/ 240m altitude. 1100kph. 300m away. DWG.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2690
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "303", HatchDesc: "DIAMOND LAKE,MI:20+obs:SCR W/ODD FLAT SPOTS/240m alt:1100kph:300m away:DWG", LatLong: "43.716669 -85.177782", LatLongDMS: "43:43:00 N 85:10:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "240", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: NORTH / URBANA, IL
Description: Air Force Lt. Col. and 4 / drive-in movie.
Round object rises. 90-turn going quickly north. Silent. Bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2691
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "218", HatchDesc: "N/URBANA,IL:AF Lt.COL+4/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:ROUND OBJ RISES:90-TURN>>N:SILENT:BRITE", LatLong: "40.138891 -88.205560", LatLongDMS: "40:08:20 N 88:12:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / PITTSFIELD, IL
Description: Dull-red 6M ovoid going south. Stops /
150M altitude. Violet glowing. Vibrates and going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2692
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "230", HatchDesc: "SE/PITTSFIELD,IL:DULL-RED 6M OVOID > S:STOPS/150M alt:VIOLET GLO:VIBRATES+>>E", LatLong: "39.400002 -90.750004", LatLongDMS: "39:24:00 N 90:45:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: Mid 8/1952
Locations: Starke County; Tippecanoe River; Monterey,
Indiana
Description: 10:30 p.m. John
D. Moorman, deputy sheriff of Starke County, is fishing in a boat
with Surphin
Casper on the Tippecanoe River about 3 miles northwest of Monterey,
Indiana. Moorman looks up and sees 7–8 objects hovering. They watch for
a few seconds until the objects move away to the west. About half of
them return east momentarily, and all of them disappear by blinking
out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2006
Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Davis, California; Napa, California
Description: 4:20 a.m. Ground Observer Corps observers
in Davis, California, see a rainbow-colored, round object hovering in
the air. Soon they notice eight more objects of a strange appearance. At
5:30 a.m., two more UFOs are seen, one moving west while the other moves
east. The Air Force scrambles a F-94 jet interceptor to search the area
at altitudes of 10,000–20,000 feet. The military claims the pilot can
see nothing unusual, although the GOC spotters say that the UFOs and the
jet are both visible in the sky at the same time and possibly at the
same altitude. At 5:00 a.m., in Napa, California, GOC post observer
Diane Robinson sights a “cigar-shaped silver thing” traveling at
tremendous speed at 10,000 feet toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952,
August, The
Author, 1986, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2007
Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Los Alamos; Oak
Ridge
Description: CIA operative Frederick C.
Durant [and/or Ransom L. En] writes a top-secret draft memo for DCI
Walter Bedell
Smith on the OSI teams visit to Wright-Patterson AFB and a summary
of its findings. It offers an analytical description of UFOs going back
to the 1946 Scandinavian ghost rockets. It rules out the possibility of
Russian secret weapons and mentions the sightings at Los Alamos and Oak
Ridge at a time when the “background radiation count had risen
inexplicably. Here we run out of even ‘blue yonder’ explanations that
might be tenable, and, we still are left with numbers of incredible
reports from credible observers.” Yet “even though we might admit that
intelligent life may exist elsewhere and that space travel is possible,
there is no shred of evidence to support this theory at present.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying
Saucers,” August 15, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996;
Clark III 397; Swords 172–173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2008
Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Rockhampton, Queensland; East Coast
Description: RAAF Flight Lt. William H. Scott, chief
test pilot of the Government Aircraft Factories, is flying a de
Havilland Vampire jet between 35,000 and 36,000 feet near Rockhampton,
Queensland. Looking east toward the coast, he sees a large, circular
light at a lower elevation. It is the color of an ordinary incandescent
light bulb. After about 60 seconds, 6–10 smaller lights break off from
the main light, surrounding it for 2 minutes before disappearing. After
another 2 minutes, the big light also disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 376
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2009
Date: Late Summer 1952
Locations: Defense Supply Center near Columbus, Ohio;
hill country near Columbus; Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton
Description: As a Signal Corps employee working the
night shift, Vivian Walton handles decoded teletype messages inside a
high-security building at the Defense Supply Center near Columbus, Ohio.
She walks into the photo lab, where colleague Joe Sheehy is developing
photos, one of which he says is a UFO that had landed in the “hill
country” somewhere near Columbus. He says the object is 30 feet in
diameter and unoccupied, with minimal damage. A few days later, an alert
is sounded, allegedly because of danger of attack by UFOs. Walton claims
the downed UFO has gone through the depot on the way to Wright-Patterson
AFB in Dayton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James W. Moseley, “The Wright
Field Story, or Who’s Lying?” Nexus 3, no. 1 (September 1954):
11–15; James W. Moseley, The Wright Field Story, Saucerian, 1971; Jerome
Clark, “A Catalog of Early Crash Claims,” IUR 18, no. 4 (July/Aug.
1993): 18; Irena Scott and William E. Jones, “Crash Claims,” IUR 18, no.
5 (Sept./Oct. 1993): 21; Good Need, p. 159;
Clark III 329 Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_2032
Date: 8/16/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA analysis report of a Vienna news
article of a UFO report from the Belgian Congo: Commander Pierre of
Elisabethville Airfield was sent out to intercept two Flying Saucers.
They had a diam. of 12 to 15 meters with a stationary central hub with
visible portholes and an extremely fast rotating outer disk that glowed
as if on fire. Color similar to aluminum. They emitted a loud whistling
sound which could be heard over his own engines. He estimated their
speed at over 1500 kilometers/hour.
Type: report
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p512)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_472
Date: 8/16/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: 8 military observer(s). 4 blue-glowing
saucer-cigars fly flat-side forward. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2693
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "CHANUTE AFB,IL:8 MIL OBS:4 BLU-GLO SCR-CGRS FLY FLAT-SIDE FORWARD:ABS SILENT", LatLong: "40.283335 -88.144449", LatLongDMS: "40:17:00 N 88:08:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/16/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: FOND DU LAC, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 silver-grey saucers going
quickly north / high and fast. Enter cloud. Return going quickly
south!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2694
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "232", HatchDesc: "FOND DU LAC,WI:2 OBS:2 SLVR-GRY SCRS >> N/HI+FAST:ENTER CLOUD:RETURN >>S!", LatLong: "43.772224 -88.444449", LatLongDMS: "43:46:20 N 88:26:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/16/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Brilliant saucer
flies behind hill. 5000' altitude. Tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2695
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: "Colombia", Credibility: "12", Duration: "1", Elev: "2619", HatchDesc: "BOGOTA,COLOMBIA:100s/OBS:BRILL.SCR FLIES BEHIND HILL:5000'alt:TREMENDOUS SPEED", LatLong: "4.616667 -74.083337", LatLongDMS: "04:37:00 N 74:05:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "Bogota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: WESTPORT, CT
Description: Pilot / ground. Hiss! Long massive silver
ovoid over trees. Dark / bottom/underside. 300kph?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2696
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "WESTPORT,CT:PILOT/GND:HISS!:LONG MASSIVE SLVR OVOID OVR TREES:DRK/BTM:300kph?", LatLong: "41.138891 -73.361115", LatLongDMS: "41:08:20 N 73:21:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "50", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 12:50
Location: (NORTHERN), AL
Description: USAF T6G pilot. Intense-bright white round
object hovers. Vanishes suddenly.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot
Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE.
(Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2697
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "200", HatchDesc: "(northern),AL:USAF T6G PILOT:INTENSE-BRITE WHT RND OBJ HVRS:vanishes suddenly:", LatLong: "34.827779 -87.194449", LatLongDMS: "34:49:40 N 87:11:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: LOS ALTOS, CA
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 saucers / dogfight.
Intense light / 1 side only. 1 going quickly southwest. 2nd
follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2698
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: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "50", HatchDesc: "LOS ALTOS,CA:5 OBS:2 SCRS/DOGFIGHT:INTENSE LITE/1 SIDE ONLY:1 >>SW:2nd FOLOS", LatLong: "37.383335 -122.111117", LatLongDMS: "37:23:00 N 122:06:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: NEAR MORAN, TX
Description: Captain Perry / USAF T6D. 15M ovoid /
500mph climbs 600M / min. / r136#4p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein)
BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB
(partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2699
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "400", HatchDesc: "nr MORAN,TX:Capt PERRY/USAF T6D:15M OVOID/500mph CLIMBS 600M/min:/r136#4p47", LatLong: "32.583335 -99.216671", LatLongDMS: "32:35:00 N 99:13:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: WELCH, WV
Description: 2 women / porch. Silent silver disk whirls
past radio tower. Clear skies. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2700
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "450", HatchDesc: "WELCH,WV:2 WOMEN/PORCH:SLNT SLVR DISK WHIRLS PAST RADIO TOWER:clear skies:NFD", LatLong: "37.433335 -81.583337", LatLongDMS: "37:26:00 N 81:35:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "40", State/Prov: "Western Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: DUNCANVILLE, TX
Description: Night light maneuvers all over.
RADAR-confirm. 300mph. Several sudden turns. Unidentified / Blue
Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2701
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "258", HatchDesc: "DUNCANVILLE,TX:NLT MNVRS ALL OVR:RDR-CONFIRM:300mph:SVRL SUDDEN TURNS:UID/BBK", LatLong: "32.650002 -96.905560", LatLongDMS: "32:39:00 N 96:54:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTH / PONTIJOU, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent orange ball hovers /
N824. Going quickly south and stops. Zigzags. Stops again. Going
southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2702
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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "9", HatchDesc: "N/PONTIJOU,FR:2 OBS:SLNT ORG.BALL HVRS/N824:>>S+STOPS:ZIGZAGS:STOPS AGAIN:>SW", LatLong: "47.750002 1.322222", LatLongDMS: "47:45:00 N 01:19:20 E", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Loir-et-Cher", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SAN PABLO BAY EAST / SAN RAFAEL, CA
Description: 50' cylinder/cylindrical object / 7000'
altitude going quickly south / jet speed. Intense blue light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2703
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "SAN PABLO BAY E/SAN RAFAEL,CA:50'CYL./7000'alt >>S/JET SPEED:INTENSE BLU LITE", LatLong: "37.966668 -122.483339", LatLongDMS: "37:58:00 N 122:29:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/17/1952
Location: Athens, GA
Description: An intensely bright bright white round
object hovering (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1281
Date: 8/17/1952
Location: Abilene, TX
Description: Oblong polished metal object climbing at
500 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1282
Date: 8/17/1952
Description: At 9:30 p.m. on a road north of Pontijou,
France two witnesses saw an orange ball of light hovering over highway
N824. It made no sound. It flew off in a southerly direction, stopped,
zigzagged, stoped again, then flew away toward the southwest. The
duration of the sighting was nine minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 155
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5108
Date: 8/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fairfield,
California, 3 police officers observed for 30 minutes an object shaped
like a diamond changing color and direction. (August 18, 12:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1920 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1212
Date: 8/18/1952
Location: US
Description: Hollywood Citizen-News.
CMDR LOTT RAPS AF AND FBI. One minute after he retired
to inactive duty last midnight Navy Commander Dave Lott, former deputy
commanding officer of the Armed Forces Radio Services, sent telegrams
listing his complaints against the service to government big wheels and
released a statement to the press. "The Air Force's handling of the
flying saucer investigation," Lott said, "was one of the most inept,
disgraceful, and downright ludicrous displays of inefficiency ever
displayed in a governmental operation." He flagged a "gag rule" which he
said prohibits members of the services from engaging in political
discussions or criticizing the Armed Forces.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_293
Date: 8/18/1952
Location: DUBLIN, OH AND SPRINGFIELD AND LEBANON
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotters all
see red-white round UFO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2704
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: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "259", HatchDesc: "DUBLIN,OH+SPRINGFIELD+LEBANON:GOC SPOTTERS ALL SEE RED-WHT ROUND UFO:", LatLong: "40.094446 -83.122226", LatLongDMS: "40:05:40 N 83:07:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: FAIRFIELD, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and 3 cops.
Slow object changes color(s) and directions / 30 minute(s). Type
unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2705
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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "30", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "FAIRFIELD,CA:GOC+3 COPS:SLO OBJ CHANGES CLRS+DIRECTIONS/30min:TYPE UNK", LatLong: "38.233335 -122.033339", LatLongDMS: "38:14:00 N 122:02:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/18/1952
Time: ~05:00
Location: MESA, AZ
Description: Blurry disk / light hovers over trees. 120
cm / diameter. Suddenly gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2706
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "376", HatchDesc: "MESA,AZ:BLURRY DISK/LITE HVRS OVR TREES:120 cm/diam:SUDDENLY GONE:", LatLong: "33.416668 -111.833339", LatLongDMS: "33:25:00 N 111:50:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "50", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: NOROTON, CT
Description: 2 plane spotters. Orange 9M ovoid / 600M
altitude. Vertical then horizontal trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2707
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "NOROTON,CT:2 PLANE SPOTTERS:ORG 9M OVOID/600M alt:VERTICAL then HRZNTL TRAJ.", LatLong: "41.066669 -73.422226", LatLongDMS: "41:04:00 N 73:25:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/18/1952
Location: Duncanville, TX
Description: Lights Tracked By Ground Radar (R/V)
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520818
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1283
Date: 8/18/1952
Location: Fairfield, CA
Description: Object change color from red
green-orange-blue (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1920)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1284
Date: 8/18/1952
Location: West Palm Beach (near), FL
Description: August 18, 1852; near West Palm Beach, FL.
"Desvergers Case", "Scoutmaster Case". (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520818
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1285
Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 12:50 AM
Location: Fairfield, California
Description: Witnesses: three policemen. One object
changed color like a diamond, and changed directions during the 30
minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_223
Date: 8/18/1952
Description: Three policemen in Fairfield, California
sighted a UFO at 12:50 a.m. The object changed color and intensity like
a diamond, and flew in different directions during the 30-minute
sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book reports counted in
official statistics, case # 1920; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
August, p. 42; Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol,
p. 278; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5119
Date: 8/19/1952
Description: J. D. Desvergers (scoutmaster) has contact
with saucer. Is burned.
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_125
Attributes: injury
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: USA, West Palm Beach (Florida)
Description: (Translated from French) Some, with
reason, took Desverger's story seriously. The scout leader's arm was
indeed very red, his hat burned, and when the sheriff arrived at the
clearing where the incident had taken place, he noticed that the ground
bore traces of fire over a small area. Nevertheless, Devergers refused
to reveal anything more to the journalists, offering to grant the
exclusive of his adventure to a magazine. From then on, some people,
myself first, began to ask questions. (…). It should be noted that three
months later the scout leader's story was published in the "American
Weekly Magazine" (Donald E. KEYHOE: "The UFO File" - ed. Hachette 1952,
p.102, 103 and 108) IN REALITY: if one reads all the pages that KEYHOE
devotes to this case, it is a terrible hoax. In the evening of the 19th,
on a field near West Palm Beach, three scouts were on a night outing
with their leader Sonny Desverger, aged 30. As they entered the palm
forest, Sonny Desverger saw six lights in the sky, like the windows of
an airplane flying at night. These lights plunged into the woods. Sonny
thought it was a plane in distress. He and the three scouts immediately
set out to search. After covering 400 m Bobby Ruffin, one of the young
scouts, saw the lights again: they seemed motionless at the top of the
trees. Sonny lit his lantern and, armed with a machete, he cleared a
path through the bushes.
- If I'm not back in ten minutes,
call the sheriff, he said to his scouts. After a while, the latter, not
seeing him return, rushed to the sheriff's house. Absent from his home,
he was contacted by radio and arrived 30 minutes later at the place
where Sonny Desverger had left his small group. While the scouts
explained what had happened, Sonny appeared at the top of an embankment.
Pale, trembling, he kept stammering: - I'm coming, here I am. He no
longer had a lantern but had kept his machete. His left arm was bloody
with the trace of a deep burn. His cape - or his jacket - was pierced in
three places. His hair was disheveled and russet. When he was somewhat
recovered from his emotions, when he was bandaged, he could tell his
adventure:
"(…) I soon stopped, feeling a strange impression.
It seemed to me that I was not alone. Nothing apparently confirmed this
strange sensation. Suddenly the air became suffocatingly hot around me.
I looked up, the stars were no longer visible. I lit my lantern and
pointed it upwards. About a meter above my head I discovered a dirty
gray metallic surface. I could have touched it with my machete at arm's
length... and I was afraid. I clearly remember thinking: get out of
here! I moved cautiously and arrived under the edge of the thing. It was
a disc about ten meters in diameter with a kind of hemisphere at its
upper axis silhouetting against the sky. There was no light. The machine
tilted gently. Its upper surface was better visible. I was about to flee
but did not dare to make sudden movements. Suddenly, in the
hemispherical dome, an opening was revealed. And Sonny Desverger saw...
a living creature. A strange creature no doubt. Frightening?
Threatening? He obstinately refused to specify this to the journalists
who interviewed him on this point. (…) . (Henry DURRANT: "The UFO File"
- Laffont 1973 - p. 115 to 118) CONFIRMATION OF THE HOAX:
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: "Facing the Flying
Saucers", ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 218 to 230
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1669
Date: 8/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Red Bluff
(California), Albert Lathrop, of the Ground Observer Corps, saw 2
objects, resembling flattened rifle bullets, flying horizontally very
quickly for 25 s. (14 h 38)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1928 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1213
Date: 8/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Palm Beach
(Florida), observation
of D. S. "Sonny" Desvergers. (21 h)
Reference: case Blue
Book classified as hoax
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1214
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: VISALIA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Strange disk-like object
hovers and flits about Eastern Hills / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2708
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "99", HatchDesc: "VISALIA,CA:2 OBS:STRANGE DISK-LIKE OBJ HOVERS+FLITS ABOUT EASTERN HILLS/NEWS", LatLong: "36.327780 -119.288895", LatLongDMS: "36:19:40 N 119:17:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: LOS GATOS, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s).
20+silent dim-white saucers pass overhead. 4K' altitude / 300mph.
Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2709
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "119", HatchDesc: "LOS GATOS,CA:GOC OBS:20+SILENT DIM-WHT SCRS PASS OVHD:4K'alt/300mph:DIR.UNK", LatLong: "37.216668 -121.950006", LatLongDMS: "37:13:00 N 121:57:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1200", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: COLTON, CA
Description: White saucer going quickly south. Dives
under formation / USAF bombers 2X! Jerky motion. Separate
observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2710
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "305", HatchDesc: "COLTON,CA:WHT SCR >>S:DIVES UNDER FORMn/USAF BOMBERS 2X!:JERKY MOTION:sep.obs", LatLong: "34.072224 -117.311117", LatLongDMS: "34:04:20 N 117:18:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Storey and 2 / Hensley NAS. 2 night lights
hover / 5 minute(s). 1 drops and rises. Both going quickly
northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2711
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "6", Elev: "130", HatchDesc: "DALLAS,TX:STOREY+2/HENSLEY NAS:2 NLTS HVR/5min:1 DROPS+RISES:BOTH >>NW", LatLong: "32.783335 -96.816671", LatLongDMS: "32:47:00 N 96:49:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: NORTHWEST / SAN GORGONIO MOUNTAIN, CA
Description: Ground and air RADAR-visual (observation).
Jets chase. Very fast saucer going quickly east. Rises going up /
space!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2712
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "15", Elev: "3000", HatchDesc: "NW/SAN GORGONIO Mtn,CA:GND+AIR RDR-VIS:JETS CHASE:VFAST SCR >>E:RISES ↑/SPACE!", LatLong: "34.166668 -116.833339", LatLongDMS: "34:10:00 N 116:50:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: Scoutmaster aims flashlight at saucer.
Zapped and burnt. / APRO Vol.1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2713
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "2", Duration: "60", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "W.PALM BEACH,FL:SCOUTMASTER AIMS FLASHLITE AT SCR:ZAPPED+BURNT:/APRO Vol.1#2", LatLong: "26.733335 -80.066670", LatLongDMS: "26:44:00 N 80:04:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Boron, CA
Description: GOC Observer saw 2 objects, shaped like
fat bullets (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1928)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1286
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: USAF pilot saw tailess object (NICAP: 11 -
Aviation Cases, BB: 1928)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1287
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: evening
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: Ronny Desvergers saw a large, round, dark
object above him in a clearing. It had a turret on top. Red balls of
light were emitted by the object and burned him. He also observed a
"hideous" creature aboard the craft. Grass roots were scorched at the
site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ruppelt 222; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_97
Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 2:38 PM
Location: Red Bluff, California
Description: Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer
Albert Lathrop. Two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and
level, very fast for 25 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_224
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Los Angeles
Description: The CIA/OSI study group prepares an
internal 6-page document of its findings. It has made a study of the
Soviet press that shows “not one report or comment” about UFOs, which
indicates official censorship. It perceives a danger that the Russians
might try to infiltrate civilian UFO groups (such as Civilian Saucer
Investigation of Los Angeles) or add UFO disinformation during a nuclear
attack: “We give Russia the capability of delivering an air attack
against us, yet at any given moment now, there may be a dozen official
unidentified sightings plus many unofficial.” It briefs CIA Director Walter
Bedell Smith on August 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying
Saucers,” August 19, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,”
May 17, 1996; Clark III 1013; Swords 174
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2010
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Red Bluff, California
Description: 2:38 p.m. Ground Observer Corps observer
Albert Lathrop sees two objects shaped like fat bullets flying straight,
level, and fast over Red Bluff, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2011
Date: 8/19/1952
Locations: Boron Air Force Station; Boron,
California
Description: 8:00 p.m. An oval disc is seen above Boron
Air Force Station [now closed] in Boron, California. Two jet fighters
are guided into the area by Capt. Ralph
J. Borgerson at the base, but the object speeds away to the east as
they close in.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 49; Sparks, p.
167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2012
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Everglades south of West Palm Beach,
Florida
Description: About 10:00 p.m. Scoutmaster D[unham]
S[anborn] “Sonny” DesVergers is driving with three scouts on the edge of
the Everglades south of West Palm Beach, Florida, when he sees a light
in a wild palmetto grove. The boys do not see it, so he drives on.
Another boy admits he has seen a light in that direction too, so
DesVergers returns to the spot and goes into the grove, telling the boys
to stay in the car unless he is delayed. Soon all three boys see red
lights flashing in the grove. This alarms them, and they go to a nearby
house for help. They return to see DesVergers staggering out of the
grove, incoherently saying he has been zapped into semiconsciousness by
some kind of red flare coming from a hatch in a red ball of light (and
burns his cap as well). An area of flattened and burned grass is found
after the event. DesVergers has a reputation as a prankster and hopes to
monetize his story somehow, but the scouts do corroborate his story and
there are physical traces. Grass samples from the site sent to the Air
Force show root damage extending 4 inches or more into the soil,
suggesting overheating, possibly by microwave radiation. Karl
Pflock thinks it is a hoax, but Jerry
Clark isn’t 100% sure.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Florida Scoutmaster Case”; “Attack by Flying
Saucer Described
by Scoutmaster,” Miami \(Fla.) Daily News, August 24, 1952, pp. 1A,
4A; “‘Line Forms at
Left’ for That
Saucer Yarn,” Miami \(Fla.) Daily News, August 25, 1952, p. 1A; “Boy Scout Wants New
Saucer Hunt,” Miami \(Fla.) Daily News, August 26, 1952, p. 2A; “‘Saucer’ Witnesses Talking,” Miami
\(Fla.) Daily News, August 27, 1952, pp. 1A, 8A; Clark III 496–498;
Ruppelt, p.
176; Loren E. Gross, The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 August,
Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 115–119; Story, pp.
128–131; Jenny Randles, UFO Reality, p. 143; Karl T. Pflock, “The Best Hoax in UFO History?” 1997;
“The
Scoutmaster’s Tale,” Saturday Night Uforia, March 27, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2013
Date: 8/19/1952
Description: At 2:38 p.m. in Red Bluff, California
Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop sighted two objects shaped
like fat bullets that flew straight and level, very fast for 25
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5153
Date: 8/19/1952
Description: On this evening Ronny Desvergers saw a
large, round, dark object above him in a clearing in West Palm Beach,
Florida. It had a turret on top. Red balls of light were emitted by the
object and burned him. He also observed a "hideous" short creature
aboard the craft. The roots of grass growing at the site were
scorched.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of
Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5154
Date: 8/19/1952
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: A Scoutmaster named J. D. “Sonny”
Desvergers reported his encounter with a hovering UFO, which shot a
“Ball of Fire” at him, burning his arms, face, and head and rendering
him unconscious. Charred roots indicated possible electric
induction.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_23
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: Memorandom for Director CIA: the DCI,
after a briefing by OSI on the subject of UFOs, directed the preparation
of an NSCID for submission to the Council stating the need for
investigation and directing agencies concerned to cooperate in such
investigations. It was decided that Dr. Whitman, chairman of P&DB,
would investigate undertaking R&D studies through Air Force
agencies. Signed: H. Marshall Chadwell. (See continuation of this
briefing.)
Type: memorandom
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_473
See also: 11/25/1952
Date: 8/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Congaree
(S. C.) USAF base, an ADC
radar detects an unidentified object moving at 4000 miles/h.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1215
Date: 8/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Neffesville
(Pennsylvania), Bill Ford and two other people observed for a few
minutes an object flying at an altitude of 500 feet during. (3:10)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1938 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1216
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: US
Description: The New York Times. WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE PLANET VENUS EXPLANATION? The Air Force
announced details of the conversation between Captain Thomas Mantell and
the control tower which took place on January 7, 1948. At about 2:45
p.m., Mantell reported sighting an unidentified object "directly ahead
and above me and moving half my speed. It appears metallic and of
tremendous size." A few moments later, Mantell reported the object was
moving about the same speed--(360 mph) and "it was bright and climbing
away from me." Captain Mantell then said he was going up to 20,000 feet,
and if he failed to catch it, he would abandon the chase. That was his
last message. No identification of the object has been announced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_291
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: East Germany, Soviet Union
Description: The Oregonian. SAUCER
SCARE HITS RUSSIANS. The Russians, too, according to reliable
information here, are becoming concerned about flying saucers. A German
scientist's daughter, who lived in the Russian zone and was conscripted
for work in a Moscow laboratory, escaped to the western zone recently.
This girl, 24, told the high commissioners of officials that the
Russians had come to the conclusion that flying saucers are not figments
of imagination but something real. In the beginning, she said, the
Russians dismissed the heavenly objects as propaganda released by the
Western world as a scare in the hope of convincing timid persons of the
great scientific might of the West. This did not bother them. They
thought the entire program laughable. According to the scientist's
daughter, the Russians do not believe the mysterious objects are space
ships from another planet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_292
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Congeree AFB, SC
Description: Air Defense Command radar tracks UFO at
4,000 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_120
Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 07:00?
Location: CONGAREE AIR FORCE BASE, SC
Description: RADAR blip speeds to 4000mph. Trace = 60
mile(s) southeast / Air Force Base = Lake Clarendon.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2714
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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "77", HatchDesc: "CONGAREE AFB,SC:RDR BLIP SPEEDS TO 4000mph:TRACE=60mi SE/AFB=LAKE CLARENDON", LatLong: "33.905557 -80.866671", LatLongDMS: "33:54:20 N 80:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Big silent saucer rotates / low altitude /
5 minute(s). Sways to and fro. Shoots up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2715
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "6", Elev: "165", HatchDesc: "SAN ANTONIO,TX:BIG SILENT SCR ROTATES/lo alt/5min:SWAYS TO+FRO:SHOOTS UP+AWAY", LatLong: "29.466668 -98.516671", LatLongDMS: "29:28:00 N 98:31:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: JONES BEACH, LI, NY
Description: 2+USAF. 5 white ovoids in a row southwest
going quickly northeast. Very fast. Wavering path.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2716
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "1", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "JONES BEACH,LI,NY:2+USAF:5 WHT OVOIDS IN A ROW SW>>NE:VERY FAST:WAVERING PATH", LatLong: "40.600002 -73.516670", LatLongDMS: "40:36:00 N 73:31:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SONOMA, CA
Description: 2 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC). 2+1+1+1
silver saucers / 4K' going quickly northwest. Each circles before it
enters cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2717
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "27", HatchDesc: "SONOMA,CA:2/GOC:2+1+1+1 SLVR SCRS/4K' >>NW:EACH CIRCLES BEFORE IT ENTERS CLOUD", LatLong: "38.283335 -122.450006", LatLongDMS: "38:17:00 N 122:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Neffesville, PA
Description: Undescribed object flying at 500 ft
altitude (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: 1938)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1288
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Congaree AFB, SC
Description: ADC Tracks Object At 4,000 MPH (NICAP: 09
- RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520820
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1289
Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Dayton (WPAFB), OH
Description: August 20, 1952; WPAFB, Ohio, gun-camera
photos (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1290
Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 3:10 AM
Location: Neffesville, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: Bill Ford and two others. An
undescribed object flew at 500' altitude for several minutes. No further
data in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_225
Date: 8/20/1952
Description: The CIA/OSI UFO study group briefs CIA
Director Walter
Bedell Smith, who
then orders the preparation of a National Security Council Intelligence
Directive for submission to the NSC stating the need for a UFO
investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Unidentified
Flying Objects,” December 2, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2014
Date: 8/20/1952
Locations: Congaree AFB [now McEntire Joint National
Guard Base]; Columbia, South Carolina
Description: Air Defense Command radar at Congaree AFB
[now McEntire Joint National Guard Base], southeast of Columbia, South
Carolina, tracks a target traveling more than 4,000 mph some 60 miles
from the base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “ADC Tracks Object
at 4,000 MPH”; UFOEv, p.
78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2015
Date: 8/20/1952
Description: At 3:10 a.m. Bill Ford and two others in
Neffsville, Pennsylvania watched an unidentified object fly through the
sky at 500 feet altitude for several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 1938; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5166
Date: 8/20/1952
Description: Air Defense Command radar tracked a UFO 60
miles from the Congaree Air Force Base, South Carolina at speeds of
4,000 mph at around 10:00 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 132;
Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 96
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5167
Date: 8/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Dallas, Texas,
Jack Rossen, a former artillery observer, observed 3 blue-white lights
remain stationary and then descend. 1.5 minutes later, one of them
descended even lower. (August 21, 11:54 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1944 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1217
Date: 8/21/1952
Location: Rattlesnake Canyon, CA
Description: San Bernardino Sun.
'FLYING DISKS' INVADE MINING FIELD IN DESERT. "Flying
Disks" is the name of the placer claim staked out by J.S. Burbridge at
the head of Rattlesnake Canyon in the Morongo Mining District.
Burbridge, who lives at 1124 W. Third St., had his claim recorded
Wednesday.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank
Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_294
Date: 8/21/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST / WILLMAR, MN
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 1M disks / light circle
mud lake. Away and back. Circle some more..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2718
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "407", HatchDesc: "NE/WILLMAR,MN:2 OBS:2 1M DISKS/LITE CCL MUD LAKE:AWAY+BACK:CCL SOME MORE..", LatLong: "45.333335 -94.950005", LatLongDMS: "45:20:00 N 94:57:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Minnesota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/21/1952
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: 3 blue-white lights hover then descend
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1944)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1291
Date: 8/21/1952
Time: 11:54 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: Witness: Jack Rossen, ex-artillery
observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then descended; 1.5 minutes
later, one of them descended more.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_226
Date: 8/21/1952
Locations: Elgin, Illinois; Chicago Filter Center;
O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 10:10 p.m. Ground Observer Corps
Supervisor D. C. Scott spots a yellowish-white light flying in the sky
at 2,000 feet northeast of Elgin, Illinois. Several times it rises to
5,000 feet in three minutes, hovers, then descends again. Scott alerts
Capt. Everett A. Turner at the Chicago Filter Center, who tells him to
call again when the light settles down. After one hour and 23 minutes
the light begins to hover, Scott calls Turner again, and Turner has at
least one F-86 Sabre jet scrambled from O’Hare Airport in Chicago. The
pilot makes four passes between 10,000 and 2,000 feet. On the fourth
pass, it heads directly toward the light, which blinks out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Jets Pursue
Mystery Light,” Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan, August 23, 1952, p. 1; UFOEv, p.
66; Shoot 102–103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2016
Date: 8/21/1952
Description: Dallas, Texas. Jack Rossen, an
ex-artillery observer, saw three blue-white lights hover and then
descend at 11:54 p.m. Ninety seconds later one of the lights descended
further.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5206
Date: 8/22/1952
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
78km (Army training test. Thrust decreased after 53s. Tail separation at
217s.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_474
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 78km
Date: 8/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Elgin
(Illinois), USAF jets, guided by the GOC,
pursue a pulsating yellow light. (August 22)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1218
Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Elgin, IL
Description: AF jets pursuing yellow light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_121
Date: 8/22/1952
Location: PUERTO REAL, SPAIN
Description: Several observer(s). 2 saucers going
quickly [to] head-on collision. Both make 90° turn / last
second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2719
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PUERTO REAL,SPAIN:SVRL OBS:2 SCRS>>HEAD-ON COLLISn:BOTH MAKE 90°TURN/LAST SEC", LatLong: "36.533335 -6.177778", LatLongDMS: "36:32:00 N 06:10:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CDZ", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 04:20
Location: PACIFIC 153° 45W-23° 18N
Description: 2 military observer(s). Unidentified green
fireball parallels C54 transport / 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2720
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "PACIFIC 153°45W-23°18N:2 MIL OBS:UID GRN FBL PARALLELS C54 TRANSPORT/10sec", LatLong: "23.300001 -153.750007", LatLongDMS: "23:18:00 N 153:45:00 W", Locale: "High Seas", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NPC", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY
Description: 2 saucers hover / low altitude. Tip on
edge and speed away in series. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2721
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: "226", HatchDesc: "CLIFTON SPRINGS,NY:2 SCRS HVR/LO alt:TIP ON EDGE+SPEED AWAY in series:NFD/NEWS", LatLong: "42.961113 -77.138893", LatLongDMS: "42:57:40 N 77:08:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: SOUTH / RUMFORD, ME
Description: 3.5M silver ovoid buzzes. Hovers near
junkyard / 3 hours! Buzz heard widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2722
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "180", Elev: "183", HatchDesc: "S/RUMFORD,ME:3.5M SLVR OVOID BUZZES:HVRS nr JUNKYARD/3 HRS!:BUZZ HEARD WIDELY", LatLong: "44.533335 -70.550003", LatLongDMS: "44:32:00 N 70:33:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: CLAY BANKS, WI
Description: 2 / farm. Silent silver parachute-saucer
going [to] east-northeast straight and level. Large coin / arms
length.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2723
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "177", HatchDesc: "CLAY BANKS,WI:2/FARM:SLNT SLVR PARACHUTE-SCR >ENE S/L:LRG COIN/ARMS LENGTH", LatLong: "44.755558 -87.327782", LatLongDMS: "44:45:20 N 87:19:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: COOLVILLE, OH
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Half-moon hovers still /
5 minutes. Shoots up with orange contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2724
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: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "213", HatchDesc: "COOLVILLE,OH:2+2 OBS:HALF-MOON HVRS STILL/5 mins:SHOOTS UP W/ORG.CONTRAIL", LatLong: "39.222224 -81.800004", LatLongDMS: "39:13:20 N 81:48:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Ontario, CA
Description: Two Teardrop-Shaped Objects Cross Flight
Path (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520822
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1292
Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Elgin, IL
Description: USAF jets, guided by Ground Observer
Corps, chased a pulsating yellowish light. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1293
Date: 8/22/1952
Description: George G. Carey, CIA assistant director
for operations, writes a memo to Chadwell on
“USSR and Satellite Mentions of Flying Saucers” that reviews mentions of
UFOs in the Soviet press during the past two years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “USSR
and Satellite Mentions of Flying Saucers,” August 22, 1952; CUFON,
“The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO- Related
Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2017
Date: 8/22/1952
Description: A.
Ray Gordon, project
officer of the CIA’s Physics and Electronics Branch, provides a briefing
document explaining the “Air Force Stand on ‘Flying Saucers’” to CIA
Director Walter
Bedell Smith, who then briefs President Truman on
the CIA UFO study group’s reports at his regular Friday intelligence
briefing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Air Force Stand on ‘Flying Saucers’,”
August 22, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2
Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 1013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2018
Date: 8/22/1952
End date: 8/23/1952
Locations: Winslow, Arizona; Prescott
Description: Evening. Lyman
Streeter sees unusual lights near Winslow, Arizona, and hears
strange signals on his ham radio. Not long afterward, Lyman, his wife,
and Alfred C. Bailey hear a mysterious code coming through the air
itself. Eventually, at 2:00 a.m., a Morse Code-like message comes
through the radio from Regga of Mars and Zo and Nah-9 from Neptune. Zo
refers to Affa from Uranus, who thinks earth is too evil. He also warns
them that the evil Orion Solar System is coming to earth in a “square
star body.” Williamson arrives
from Prescott on August 23.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey,
The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR
30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22; Clark III 1283–1284
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2019
Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA analysis report of an Athens news
article of an UFO landing in Communist Berlin, Germany: Former Mayor of
Gleimershausen, Oscar Linke and his 11 year old daughter, Gabriella,
spotted a landed Flying Saucer near the town of Hasselbach. The huge
“frying pan” was approx. 13 to 15 meters in diameter and had two rows of
holes on its periphery, about 30 centimeters in circumference. The space
between the two rows was about 0.45 meters. On top was a black conical
object about 3 meters high. Two men dressed in shiny metallic clothing
were standing outside the craft. Upon hearing my daughters voice the two
men retreated into the UFO which then began to rotate. As the UFO began
to spin the conical tower slid down into the UFO and the UFO began to
rise and rotate like a top. It seemed to be supported by the conical
tower that was now underneath it. (More details were included in report,
see 02/23/1955, See also the movie “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”)
Type: report
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p513)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_475
See also: 2/23/1955
Date: 8/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Akron (Ohio),
2nd Lieutenant of the USAF H. K. Funseth, ground observer, and 2 men of
the Marine
observed a pulsating amber light flying horizontally for 7 minutes.
(August 23, 4:10)
Reference: case Blue
Book # 1956 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1219
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: SINUIJU, NORTH KOREA
Description: 7' cylinder/cigar-shape buzzes B29 /
weather reconnaissance. Glows red-orange. 300mph going southeast?
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL
DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los
Altos, CA 94023 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2725
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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation
Extra Data: Country: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SINUIJU,N.KOREA:7' CGR BUZZES B29/WEATHER RECON:GLOWS RED-ORANGE:300mph >SE?", LatLong: "40.050002 124.500006", LatLongDMS: "40:03:00 N 124:30:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "NKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 04:10
Location: US224 NEAR ATWATER, OH
Description: 1 Air Force and 2 Navy / car. Night light
= "strangest navigation light I ever saw".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 463)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2726
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "7", Elev: "347", HatchDesc: "US224 nr ATWATER,OH:1 AF+2 NAVY/CAR:NLT="STRANGEST NAVIGN.LITE I EVER SAW"", LatLong: "41.022224 -81.161115", LatLongDMS: "41:01:20 N 81:09:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 14:00?
Location: GALLATIN, MO
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Classic saucer going
quickly northwest / 90 second(s). Bobs and floats. Absolute(ly) silent.
Photograph in source.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2727
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "284", HatchDesc: "GALLATIN,MO:2+1 OBS:CLASSIC SCR >>NW/90sec:BOBS+FLOATS:ABS.SLNT:FOTO in SOURCE", LatLong: "39.916669 -93.966671", LatLongDMS: "39:55:00 N 93:58:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Missouri", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: MIDDLETOWN, PA
Description: Curious spinning object flies in a circle.
No further details. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 464)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2728
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "5", Duration: "2", Elev: "105", HatchDesc: "MIDDLETOWN,PA:CURIOUS SPINNING OBJ FLIES IN A CIRCLE:NFD:balloon?", LatLong: "40.200002 -76.733337", LatLongDMS: "40:12:00 N 76:44:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 4 / car. 3 fiery orange fireballs going
north. Each makes sharp 90° turn going west / sequence.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2729
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "1105", HatchDesc: "AMARILLO,TX:4/CAR:3 FIERY ORG FBLS > N:EACH MAKES SHARP 90° TURN >W/SEQUENCE", LatLong: "35.233335 -101.833338", LatLongDMS: "35:14:00 N 101:50:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Sinuiju, North Korea
Description: Orange-red cigar-shaped object (NICAP: 01
- Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1294
Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Akron, OH
Description: Pulsing amber light fly straight and level
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1956)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1295
Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 4:10 AM
Location: Akron, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: USAF 2nd Lt. H.K. Funseth, a
ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men. One pulsing amber light
was seen to fly straight and level for 7 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_227
Date: 8/23/1952
Location: July 29, 1952
Description: Telenews Productions re-releases its 1950
UFO documentary short, The Flying Saucer Mystery, edited and expanded to
12½ minutes with new material. It features footage from the July 29,
1952, press conference given by Air Force Maj. Gen. John A.
Samford, the UFO photo taken by Shell
Alpert, a photo taken by August
C. Roberts, German UFO occupant witnesses Oskar and Gabriele Linke,
Frank Scully,
and U.S. Army Engineers physicist Noel W. Scott.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Flying Saucer
Mystery (Full) (1952),” TheUFOVideoChannel YouTube channel,
September 1, 2010; Internet Movie Database, “The Flying Saucer
Mystery”; Curt Collins, “The
Flying Saucer Mystery
and
the 1952 UFO Flap,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 9,
2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2020
Date: 8/23/1952
Description: At 4:10 a.m. USAF Lt. H. K. Funseth, a
ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men watched an unidentified
pulsing amber light fly straight and level for seven minutes outside of
Akron on US Highway 224 in Atwater, Ohio. The object was pulsating in
intensity from very intense to normal. They reported observing a light
only, and could not discern what the object looked like. It was
described as amber-orange, round, the size of a car headlamp on dim, and
traveling at a speed of 200 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 63; UNICAT, case #
740
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5246
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Mexico, Hermanas, Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:15 a.m.
Witness: pilot of a F-84G jet fighter, Col. G.W. Johnson. Two silver
balls 6 feet in diameter flying side by side, one quickly turning grey,
the other turning grey more slowly. On a turn one of the balls became an
elongated grey object. Observation lasted 10 minutes. (Project Blue Book
- cfr Don Berliner). Col. Carl Sanderson said "I was piloting a F-84
flying at an altitude of 10,700 meters. At 10:15 a.m. I saw two silver,
round objects flying side by side above Hermanas (N.M.). One of the
saucers turned right in front of my plane. Then the two craft
disappeared, then reappeared above El Paso (Texas). One made a vertical
climb of 600 to 1000 meters, the other passed in front of me to join the
first. A few minutes later, the two machines had disappeared. (Donald E.
KEYHOE: "The Flying Saucer File" - ed. Hachette 1952, p.112) 1953 (note
of vog: year error?) 24 August; 10:15 a.m. Col. Carl Sanderson aboard a
F-84 at 10,700 m, saw 2 UFO's circular in silver color. One of the
objects made a turn in front of his plane. After an ascent of 600 to
1000 m they moved away. (1952, 24 August)
Reference: Inforespace n° 8 p. 3 - 1973 - SOBEPS
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1670
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: USA, Levelland, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 9:30 p.m., 10:30
p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. An object, like a spinning
top, changing color from red to yellow, then blue, with a tail of
flames, flew for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. An identical
phenomenon was observed an hour later. (1952, 24 August)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1671
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Hermanas, New
Mexico, Colonel G. W. Johnson, pilot of the Georgia Air National Guard
F-85G (F-84?) fighter jet, observed two 6-foot silver balls side by
side. One quickly turned gray, the other slowly. One took a long, gray
shape when turning. One rose vertically from 2000 to 3000 feet. The
observation lasted 10 minutes. (10:15)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1961 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1220
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Tucson (Arizona),
George White and his wife see a large round light, suggesting a vague
metallic surface, flying slowly, then quickly seeming to dance and glide
for 1 minute. (17 h 40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1964 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1221
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Cleveland
(Texas), Elmer Sharp and his wife observe an object with a spinning top
shape changing color, from red to blue, with a flaming tail, staying
stationary for 20 minutes, whistling, then leaving. (21 h 30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1969 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1222
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The object from 1
hour ago or a similar one reappears. (22:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1969 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1223
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Hermanas, NM/El Paso, TX
Description: F-84 pilot sees two disc-shaped objects in
both regions
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_122
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: NORTHWEST / TITUSVILLE, PA
Description: News editor. Night lights maneuver. Car
and driver pulled and shaken. Gravity?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2730
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "370", HatchDesc: "NW/TITUSVILLE,PA:NEWS EDITOR:NLTS MNVR:CAR+DRIVER PULLED+SHAKEN:GRAVITY?", LatLong: "41.716669 -79.766670", LatLongDMS: "41:43:00 N 79:46:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 10:20
Location: SOUTH / HERMANAS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1961. Air Force F84
/ 35K'. 2 6' silver saucers. Turn away. Back / 7mn. / r242+159.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER
SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2731
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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "1365", HatchDesc: "S/HERMANAS,NM:BBK#1961:AF F84/35K':2 6'SLVR SCRS:TURN AWAY:BACK/7mn:/r242+159", LatLong: "31.850002 -107.966672", LatLongDMS: "31:51:00 N 107:58:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: STONINGTON, CT
Description: ANG Lt. Col. 2 round objects going quickly
east / 1400kph? 4500M altitude estimated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2732
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "STONINGTON,CT:ANG Lt.COL:2 RND OBJs >>E/1400kph?:4500M alt estm:", LatLong: "41.333335 -71.905559", LatLongDMS: "41:20:00 N 71:54:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 150' washtub saucers
going [to] all directions 1800mph. 1 going quickly southeast.. 2nd
follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2733
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "2", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "SAN FRANCISCO,CA:2 OBS:2 150'WASHTUB SCRS > ALL DIRS 1800mph:1>>SE..2nd FOLOS", LatLong: "37.766668 -122.450006", LatLongDMS: "37:46:00 N 122:27:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 17:40
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Strange sphere/orb/globe with low halo
like inverted acorn. Dances-wavers-flies going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 464)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2734
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "717", HatchDesc: "TUCSON,AZ:STRANGE ORB W/LOW HALO LIKE INVERTED ACORN:DANCES-WAVERS-FLIES>>W.", LatLong: "32.233335 -110.900005", LatLongDMS: "32:14:00 N 110:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: SOUTH / GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR
Description: Braniff#603 pilots. Red disk stops. Shoots
away. / J. Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2735
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "Ecuador", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "S/GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR:BRANIFF#603 PILOTS:RED DISK STOPS:SHOOTS AWAY:/J.ALDRICH", LatLong: "-2.400000 -79.883337", LatLongDMS: "02:24:00 S 79:53:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "GYQ", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: NEWPORT, RI
Description: Many calls going [to] police. 2 small
orange disks maneuver back and forth. Also silver objects.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2736
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "60", Elev: "29", HatchDesc: "NEWPORT,RI:MANY CALLS>POLICE:2 SML ORG.DISKS MNVR BACK+FORTH:+SLVR OBJS", LatLong: "41.488891 -71.311115", LatLongDMS: "41:29:20 N 71:18:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Rhode Island", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Glowing sphere/orb/globe seen / (seen
thru) binoculars / 5 minute(s). 2200h. Atlanta, GA. Very similar
seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 465)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2737
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "90", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "ROBINS AFB,GA:GLOWING ORB SEEN/BINOCS/5min::2200h:ATLANTA,GA:VERY SIMILAR SEEN", LatLong: "32.616668 -83.616671", LatLongDMS: "32:37:00 N 83:37:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: LEVELLAND, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Top-saucer west fiery tail.
Hovers / 20 minute(s). Whistles. Back / 2230hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2738
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "60", Elev: "1071", HatchDesc: "LEVELLAND,TX:2 OBS:TOP-SCR W FIERY TAIL:HVRS/20min:WHISTLES:BACK/2230hrs", LatLong: "33.600002 -102.366672", LatLongDMS: "33:36:00 N 102:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Night light
examines base / all angles / 45 minute(s). Stops here and there.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 465)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2739
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, 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: "9", Duration: "45", Elev: "51", HatchDesc: "BARKSDALE AFB,LA:3 SEP.OBS:NLT EXAMINES BASE/ALL ANGLES/45min:STOPS HERE+THERE", LatLong: "32.500002 -93.666671", LatLongDMS: "32:30:00 N 93:40:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: EAST / KADOKA, SD
Description: 2+/ car. Saucer hovers 3M / field. Very
large window. Away fast when hit / spotlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2740
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "750", HatchDesc: "E/KADOKA,SD:2+/CAR:SCR HVRS 3M/FLD:VLRG WINDOW:AWAY FAST WHEN HIT/SPOTLITE", LatLong: "43.833335 -101.400005", LatLongDMS: "43:50:00 N 101:24:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Hermanas, NM
Description: Two 6 ft silver balls in abreast formation
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1961, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520824
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1296
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: A large round, metallic, white light with
a vague lower surface (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1964)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1297
Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Leveland, TX
Description: Object shaped like a spinning top,
changing color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1969)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1298
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 0600
Location: Frontenac, Kansas
Description: A man driving through a wood encountred a
strange object and stopped to observe it. It looked like two turtle
shells glued together, about 25 m long, with a humanoid creature in what
appeared to be a control cabin in front. Windows lighted by an intense
blue light and a throbbing sound were also reported. The object was
oscillating and suddenly flew straight up with a strong humming noise.
The middle section supported what looked like propellers. The object
hovered 3 m above ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_98
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Hermanas, Mexico
Description: Witness: Georgia Air National Guard F-84G
jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson. Two 6' silver balls in abreast
formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to
long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_228
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 5:40 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George White. One
large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, flew
slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about 1
minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_229
Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 9:30 PM, 10:30 PM
Location: Levelland, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One
object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to
blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then
flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_230
Date: 8/24/1952
Locations: Hermanas, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas
Description: 10:15 a.m. USAF Col. Gerald W.
Johnson is flying an F-84G when he sees two silver balls in the
vicinity of Hermanas (a ghost town), New Mexico. They seem to be 6 feet
in diameter and 2 miles away. One seems to change into a long, gray
object as it is turning to the right. After 3 minutes they disappear,
then reappear 7 minutes later, by which time the F-84 is over El Paso,
Texas. One after the other, the objects climb straight up 2,000–3,000
feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-84 Encounters Two
Silver Balls”; Sparks, p. 168;
Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010):
14, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2021
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Williamson, Streeter,
and Bailey receive coded radio messages indicating the saucer
intelligences intend to land, inviting them to help.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey,
The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954 Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR
30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2022
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: A man driving through some woods at 6:00
a.m. in Frontenac, Kansas encountered a strange object and stopped to
watch it. It looked like two turtle shells glued together and was about
25 meters long. There appeared to be a humanoid being in something like
a control cabin in front. Windows on the object were lit by an intense
blue light and a throbbing sound was also reported. The object was
oscillating and suddenly flew straight up with a strong humming noise.
The middle section supported what looked like propellers. The object
hovered three meters above the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Jacques Vallee, Passport
to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 199-200
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5284
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m. Georgia Air
National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson. Two six-foot
silver spheres in abreast formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other
slowly. One changed to long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted
about 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5285
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. Mr. and Mrs.
George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower
surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for
about one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5286
Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a spinning top,
changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail,
hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like
it, returned an hour later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5287
Date: 8/25/1952
Location: USA, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Description: (Translated from French) 5:35 a.m.
Witness: William Squyres, a musician from a radio station, was on his
way to work when he saw an object hovering 3 m above the field alongside
the road. He stopped and got out of the car, but his artificial leg
prevented him from getting closer than 100 m to the object. It was not
completely still, it was swaying slightly. He then heard a low humming
sound and the object began a vertical ascent with a sound similar to
that of a large flock of quail taking off at the same time. The object
shot up until it was out of sight. It was lenticular, 21 m long, 3.50 m
wide and 8 m high, with a dull, smooth aluminum color. There was a
single window at the front from which a blue light of different shades
shone, and he saw the head and shoulders of a man, sitting still,
looking forward. In the middle part there were also several windows,
with a bluish light, and the witness saw movements that he could not
interpret as either human or mechanical, although they were not regular.
At the back and underneath there were no openings. Along the entire
outer edge there was a series of 15 to 30 cm diameter propellers mounted
on a support, so that they rotated on a horizontal plane along the edge
of the object, at high speed. (Brad STEIGER: "UFO, the Blue Book
Project" - Belfond 1979, p. 115, 116) (J. Allen HYNEK: "New Report on
UFOs" - Belfond 1979, p. 195 to 197 - the location and measurements
between parentheses come from this author) On the morning of August 27,
Squires was driving in Pittsburgh when he saw something circling above
an open field. He approached to get a better look: three meters from the
ground was a machine composed of two huge discs placed one above the
other, between which was a kind of cabin with three or four curved
portholes. A bluish light seemed to come from inside. Squires later
specified that the diameter of these discs was around 23 meters. Out of
his car, the musician cautiously approached the curious machine. When he
got as close as possible, he vaguely distinguished movement in the
cabin. It seemed, he said, to be a human form (On this last testimony,
however, he expressed some reserve) At the same time he heard a curious
and rhythmic sound. Before he could get any closer, the mysterious
machine took off vertically and quickly disappeared into the sky.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: "The Flying Saucer File" -
Hachette 1952, p.104,105
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1672
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pittsburg,
Kansas, radio station musician William Squyres sees a non-shiny aluminum
object, resembling two buckets stuck face to face, estimated to be 75
feet long, 45 feet wide, and 15 feet thick. Through an opening in the
front, a blue light shines; the head and shoulders of a man are visible.
The middle part has many openings through which he perceives regular
movement. A series of small thrusters are arranged side by side along
the outer edge of the object, spinning very quickly. The object is
stationary about 10 feet from the ground, 100 yards from the road, with
a slightly jerky movement. Then the object moves vertically with the
sound of a large flock of quails taking off at the same time. The
vegetation seems to have been disturbed under the object. (5:35)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1972 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1224
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Delaware (Ohio).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1975 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1225
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF
base in Holloman (New Mexico), civilian supervisor Fred Lee and foreman
L. A. Aquilar saw a silver round object flying South, then turning and
flying North, making a 360° turn and departing vertically after 3 to 5
minutes. (15 h 40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1979 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1226
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The captain
Enrique Maia, on a B-707, in flight to Louanda, the crew and passengers,
closely observe 2 UFO's in the shape of cigars.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1227
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR PITTSBURG, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1972. 75' saucer /
10' altitude. Figure / window. Small propellers. / r70p316 / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT;
Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2741
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "4", Duration: "10", Elev: "290", HatchDesc: "nr PITTSBURG,KS:BBK#1972:75'SCR/10'alt:FIG/WINDOW:sml propellers:/r70p316/r185", LatLong: "37.400002 -94.716671", LatLongDMS: "37:24:00 N 94:43:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: POTTSVILLE, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed yellow saucer hovers.
High-pitched humming. Going southeast slow. Puffs smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2742
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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", Elev: "220", HatchDesc: "POTTSVILLE,PA:2 OBS:DOMED YLW SCR HVRS:HI-PITCHED HUM:>SE SLOW:PUFFS SMOKE", LatLong: "40.683335 -76.200004", LatLongDMS: "40:41:00 N 76:12:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver saucer going south.
Going north. Makes 360 turn. Leaves vertically.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2743
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, 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: "4", Elev: "1248", HatchDesc: "HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:2 OBS:SLVR SCR > S:> N:MAKES 360 TURN:LEAVES VERTICALLY", LatLong: "32.833335 -106.100005", LatLongDMS: "32:50:00 N 106:06:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: EAST / GLENDALE, CA
Description: Huge gold ball. Altitude = 30 km. Seen / 8
min going northwest going northeast over Tujunga.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The
TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2744
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: "15", Elev: "170", HatchDesc: "E/GLENDALE,CA:HUGE GOLD BALL:ALT=30 km:SEEN/8 min GOING NW>NE OVER TUJUNGA", LatLong: "34.150002 -118.216672", LatLongDMS: "34:09:00 N 118:13:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: BLOOMINGTON AND MORE/OTHERS, CA
Description: 20+observer(s). Huge domed disk / low
altitude. Long thin object hovers then going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2745
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "332", HatchDesc: "BLOOMINGTON++,CA:20+OBS:HUGE DOMED DISK/LOW ALT:LONG THIN OBJ HVRS then >>E", LatLong: "34.072224 -117.394450", LatLongDMS: "34:04:20 N 117:23:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / MAXATAWNY, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). 25' saucer near ground / 5
minute(s). Portholes. Vague figure moves inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 468)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2746
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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "8", Elev: "146", HatchDesc: "N/MAXATAWNY,PA:3 OBS:25'SCR nr GND/5min:PORTHOLES:vague figure moves inside.", LatLong: "40.566669 -75.694448", LatLongDMS: "40:34:00 N 75:41:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: COLEMAN, TX
Description: 4 observer(s). 3 very large turtle-saucers
hover / 5 minutes. Rock and tilt. Glow / bottom/underside. 1 going east.
1 going west. 1 going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2747
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "519", HatchDesc: "COLEMAN,TX:4 OBS:3 VLRG TURTLE-SCRS HVR/5mins:ROCK+TILT:GLOW/BTM:1>E:1>W:1>S", LatLong: "31.827779 -99.427783", LatLongDMS: "31:49:40 N 99:25:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "2500", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Frontenac-Pittsburg, KS
Description: 70-75 ft inverted platter-shaped dull
aluminum color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1972)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1299
Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Delaware, OH
Description: (NARA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant
Encounters, BB: 1915)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1300
Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Round silver object fly S, turn and fly N
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1979, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1301
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 5:35 AM
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Description: Witness: radio station musician William
Squyres. One dull aluminum object, shaped like two meat platters, face
to face, estimated at 75' long, 45' wide, and 15' thick. Through a
window in the front section shone a blue light; the head and shoulders
of a man could be seen. The mid section had numerous windows through
which could be seen some kind of regular movement. A series of small
propellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of the
object, revolving at high speed. The object was hovering about 10' above
the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion. It
then ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail
starting to fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been
disturbed under the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_231
Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 3:40 PM
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: civilian supervisor Fred Lee,
foreman L.A. Aquilar. One round silver object flew south, turned and
flew north, made a 360 turn and flew away vertically after 3-5
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_232
Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: 3:40 p.m. At Holloman AFB, New Mexico,
plant supervisor Fred Lee and foreman Lawrence
A. Aguilar watch a round silver object for 5 minutes. It flies
south, turns and flies north, makes a 360° turn, then flies away
vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Silver Sphere
Maneuvers over Base”; Sparks, p. 168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2023
Date: 8/25/1952
Locations: Frontenac, Kansas; Pittsburg; US Highway
160
Description: 5:50 a.m. William
Squyres, a
radio station musician at KOAM [now KKOW-AM] is driving from his home
northeast of Frontenac, Kansas, to the station at Pittsburg. He is in
his 1952 Jeep station wagon on a rough gravel road about a quarter of a
mile from US Highway 160 when he sees a large, disc-shaped object
hovering 10 feet in the air on the right side of the road 750 feet away.
The UFO looks like two bowls placed together end to end, 75 feet long,
40 feet wide, and 15 feet high in the midsection. Through a window he
can see the head and shoulders of a motionless human figure. Along its
outer edge are a series of propellers 6–8 inches in diameter, spaced
closely together and mounted on a bracket so they revolve “in a
horizontal plane” along the edge of the object. He stops and gets out to
watch it. As he is walking toward the object, it rises into the air and
flies away at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp.
200–203; Patrick Gross, “Project Blue Book
Unexplained Cases”; Sparks, p. 168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2024
Date: 8/25/1952
Locations: Uranus; Mars
Description: 9:25 p.m. Affa of Uranus contacts the
Baileys, the Streeters, and the Williamsons (as well as two students
named Ronald Tucker and Betty Bowen) by radio, using 405 or 450
kilocycles. Zo and Um of Neptune, Regga of Mars, and other aliens
continue sending messages by both radio and telepathy. Streeter sees
a dark spot in the sky that he claims is Affa. Williamson sees
a blue light that he thinks is Zo. Everyone signs an affidavit that the
events have truly taken place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey,
The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR
30, no. 4 (August 2006): 22, 24; Clark III 1284
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2025
Date: Late 8/1952
Locations: Palomar Gardens Café; California
Description: Albert and Betty Bailey go to the Palomar
Gardens Café in California to visit George
Adamski and tell him about their contacts and their friendship with
George
Hunt Williamson.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30,
no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2031
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: At Holloman AFB, New Mexico around 3:40
p.m., civilian supervisor Fred Lee and foreman L.A. Aquilar saw a round
silver object fly south, turn and fly north, then make a 360-degree turn
and shoot up vertically after 3-5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns,
UNICAT, case # 741
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5311
Date: 8/25/1952
Description: In Pittsburg, Kansas at 5:35 a.m. radio
station musician William Squyres saw a dull aluminum object, shaped like
two meat platters, face to face. The object was hovering about 10 feet
above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion.
He estimated its size at 75-feet long, 45-feet wide, and 15-feet thick.
The head and shoulders of a man could be seen through a window in the
front section, through which a blue light shone. The midsection had
numerous windows through which could be seen some type of regular
movement. A series of small propellers were arranged along the outer
edge of the object spaced close together, revolving at high speed. It
ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail starting to
fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed
under the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 24;
The Hynek UFO Report, p. 200; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 292
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5312
Date: 8/26/1952
Location: USA, Lathrop Wells, Nevada.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:10 a.m.
Witness: Capt. D.A. Woods. A large, very bright round object, with a
V-shaped tail and a black cone in the center; flew very quickly, glided,
made an abrupt right-angle turn, rose gently and then suddenly
accelerated.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1673
Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Lathrop Wells
(Nevada), USAF Captain D. A. Woods observed a large, bright, round
object with a V-shaped "contrail" with a dark cone in the center flying
very quickly, making an instantaneous 90° turn, followed by a gentle
ascent and finally a sudden acceleration. (12:10)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1986
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1228
Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Biloxi (Mississippi).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1987 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1229
Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Mexico (Mexico).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1994 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1230
Date: 8/26/1952
Location: WATKINS GLEN, NY
Description: 3 observer(s). Flying saucer dives into
Seneca Lake. 10' splash. / r106p250.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World
Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2748
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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "307", HatchDesc: "WATKINS GLEN,NY:3 OBS:FLYING SCR DIVES INTO SENECA LAKE:10'SPLASH:/r106p250", LatLong: "42.388891 -76.866670", LatLongDMS: "42:23:20 N 76:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: LATHROP WELLS, NV
Description: Air Force Captain. Large vibrant bright
saucer. Cone / center. Hovers. 90-turn and sudden acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2749
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "951", HatchDesc: "LATHROP WELLS,NV:AF Capt:LRG VBRITE SCR:CONE/CENTER:HVRS:90-TURN+SUDDEN ACCEL", LatLong: "36.650002 -116.383339", LatLongDMS: "36:39:00 N 116:23:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nevada", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 01:20
Location: ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: 3 USAF. Silent very fast sphere/orb/globe.
Zigzags south going quickly north. Rises. Blinks / 2 second(s)
intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2750
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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO's/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "ELLINGTON AFB,TX:3 USAF:SILENT VFAST ORB:ZIGZAGS S>>N:RISES:BLINKS/2sec INTVLS", LatLong: "29.650001 -95.233338", LatLongDMS: "29:39:00 N 95:14:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/26/1952
Location: Lathrop Wells, NV
Description: V-shaped contrail, a dark cone in the
center (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1986)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1302
Date: 8/26/1952
Location: Biloxi, MS
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: 1987)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1303
Date: 8/26/1952
End date: 8/30/1952
Location: Veracruz, Mexico
Description: Object traveling in straight line out to
sea with buzzing noise (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1994)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1304
Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 12:10 AM
Location: Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Description: Witness: USAF Capt. D.A. Woods. One large,
round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail having a dark cone in
the center, flew very fast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn,
followed by a gentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_233
Date: 8/26/1952
Description: At 12:10 a.m. USAF Captain D.A. Woods
sighted a large, round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail in
Lathrop Wells, Nevada. It had a dark cone in the center. The object flew
very fast, stopped and hovered, made an instantaneous 90-degree turn,
and began a gentle climb followed by a final sudden acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 1986; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
280
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5355
Date: 8/26/1952
Description: At Watkins Glen, New York a "flying
saucer" dove into a lake, splashing water eight to ten feet high.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p.
226, citing Buffalo Evening News, August 26, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5356
Date: 8/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At MacDonald
Airport (Manitoba), 2 meteorological officers see a disc-shaped object
with shadows on it as if its surface was irregular. The object makes 2
rotations around the field. When pointed by the rotating beam, the
object glows like shiny aluminum. It then goes towards the Northeast and
is out of sight in 1 s. No sound was heard. (4:45 (CST))
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1231
Date: 8/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in
Mexico (Mexico).
Reference: case Blue
Book #1994 (part 1) unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1232
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: LUMBERTON, NC
Description: 5 separate observer(s). 30' saucer 30'
away! Sparks and spins / rising. Ground depressed. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES
ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2751
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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "42", HatchDesc: "LUMBERTON,NC:5 SEP.OBS:30'SCR 30'AWAY!:SPARKS+SPINS/RISING:GND DEPRESSED:/news", LatLong: "34.616668 -79.016670", LatLongDMS: "34:37:00 N 79:01:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: VERACRUZ, VER, MEXICO
Description: Neon blue-green saucer northeast going
quickly southwest / 8 second(s). Sphere/orb/globe over Madero, Mexico
oilfields.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2752
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "VERACRUZ,VER,MEX:NEON BLU-GRN SCR NE>>SW/8sec::ORB ovr MADERO,MEX OILFIELDS", LatLong: "19.183334 -96.166671", LatLongDMS: "19:11:00 N 96:10:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VRC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: MACDONALD, MB
Description: 2 WX men / airport/apartment. Disk
subtends 3°. 2 turns below clouds. Going quickly northeast. /
r24v4#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2753
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "253", HatchDesc: "MACDONALD,MB:2 WX MEN/APT:DISK SUBTENDS 3°:2 TURNS BLW CLOUDS:>>NE:/r24v4#10", LatLong: "50.066669 -98.450005", LatLongDMS: "50:04:00 N 98:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "MTB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: PORT ARTHUR, TX
Description: 15 observer(s). 3+3+3 white auto-tires
going west / 3 formations slow into cloud. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2754
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: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "4", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PORT ARTHUR,TX:15 OBS:3+3+3 WHT AUTO-TIRES >W/3 FORMNs SLOW into cloud:NFD", LatLong: "29.883335 -93.933338", LatLongDMS: "29:53:00 N 93:56:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: MT. SUCCESS, NH
Description: 4 Ob. Round flat object with hump over
scene / recent forest fire. Maneuvers. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2755
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "1086", HatchDesc: "Mt.SUCCESS,NH:4 OB:RND FLAT OBJ W/HUMP ovr SCENE/RECENT FOREST FIRE:MNVRS:>>W", LatLong: "44.472224 -71.050003", LatLongDMS: "44:28:20 N 71:03:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "1500", State/Prov: "New Hampshire", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: Flickering blue light circles city /
tremendous speed. Spirals going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2756
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "180", HatchDesc: "BIRMINGHAM,AL:FLICKERING BLUE LITE CIRCLES CITY/TREMENDOUS SPEED:SPIRALS ↑", LatLong: "33.516668 -86.800004", LatLongDMS: "33:31:00 N 86:48:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: 2 Brill-blue blobs. Tucson, AZ civilians
see also. Very fast maneuvers. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2757
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "824", HatchDesc: "DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:2 BRILL-BLU BLOBS:TUCSON,AZ CIVS SEE ALSO:VFAST MNVRS:>>E", LatLong: "32.150002 -110.883339", LatLongDMS: "32:09:00 N 110:53:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Pittsburg, KS
Description: Object reported hovering over open field;
bluish lights seen through ports; swift ascent when observed (NICAP: 02
- Close Encounters, Code: T, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520827
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1305
Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Lamberton, North Carolina
Description: A saucer-shaped craft, 3 by 2 m, landed on
the witness's property after hitting a chimney. A little man, about 70
cm tall, emerged and was asked whether he was hurt, but he did not
answer. The craft took off with a whistling sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 268 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_99
Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Macdonald Airport in Manitoba
Description: 4:45 a.m. Two meteorological officers at
Macdonald Airport in Manitoba see a disc-shaped object with shadows on
it. It makes two turns around the airfield. When the rotating airport
beacon light strikes it, the object glints like shiny aluminum, speeds
away to the northeast, and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp.
184–185
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2026
Date: 8/27/1952
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Lumberton, North Carolina
a 30-foot wide saucer-shaped craft landed after hitting a chimney. A
little man about 70 cm tall (2.3 feet) emerged. The witness asked if he
was hurt but he did not answer. He re-entered the craft and it took off
with a whistling sound. At 5 o'clock in the morning a disc circled in
the sky over MacDonald, Manitoba. It was gone in one second after the
airport tower beacon hit it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the
Attack, p. 268; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of
Landings, case 99; NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1969, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5388
Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Chickasaw (Alabama) and Brookley, the USAF control tower operators,
an AFOSI officer, and other people see 6 objects, ranging from a flaming
red to a diamond-like sparkling appearance, hovering, erratically flying
up and down for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (9:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2006 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1233
Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Above Le Roy (New
York), a disc performs vertical loops around a passenger plane.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1234
Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Atlanta (Ga),
the police are observing an unidentified object performing
maneuvers.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1235
Date: 8/28/1952
Location: LE ROY, NY
Description: Several / ground. Saucer / tight vertical
circles around airliner. No further details. / r78p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2758
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "265", HatchDesc: "LE ROY,NY:SVRL/GROUND:SCR/TIGHT VERTICAL CIRCLES AROUND AIRLINER:NFD:/r78p165", LatLong: "42.977780 -77.983337", LatLongDMS: "42:58:40 N 77:59:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: WELLINGTON, OH
Description: Several separate observer(s) call papers.
10m saucer up close. Landing traces? News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2759
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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "260", HatchDesc: "WELLINGTON,OH:SVRL SEP.OBS CALL PAPERS:10m SCR UP CLOSE:LANDING TRACES?:NEWS", LatLong: "41.166669 -82.216671", LatLongDMS: "41:10:00 N 82:13:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: SOUTH / WINDSOR, ONT
Description: 10M domed saucer / field. Object sparks
and glows and quickly going up [to] fast. Separate observer(s). / APRO
v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2760
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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "20", Elev: "190", HatchDesc: "S/WINDSOR,ONT:10M DOMED SCR/FLD:OBJ SPARKS+GLOWS+↑↑ FAST:SEP.OBS:/APRO v1#2", LatLong: "42.283335 -83.000004", LatLongDMS: "42:17:00 N 83:00:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "10", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: Guard. Night light stops overhead /
seconds. Out like a light. Back next night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 474)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2761
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "51", HatchDesc: "BARKSDALE AFB,LA:GUARD:NLT STOPS OVHD/secs:OUT LIKE A LITE:BACK NEXT NITE", LatLong: "32.516668 -93.666671", LatLongDMS: "32:31:00 N 93:40:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 03:00?
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 2+4 cops. Saucer(?) goes up and down.
Changes color(s) red-white-blue. Flips twice.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 474)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2762
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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "315", HatchDesc: "ATLANTA,GA:2+4 COPS:SCR(?) GOES UP+DOWN:CHANGES CLRS RED-WHT-BLU:FLIPS TWICE", LatLong: "33.733335 -84.416671", LatLongDMS: "33:44:00 N 84:25:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: KENNEWICK, WA
Description: 2 boys. Large silver saucer / treetops.
Railing girds rim. Man / rim! Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2763
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or "Grey", PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "125", HatchDesc: "KENNEWICK,WA:2 BOYS:LRG SLVR SCR/TREETOPS:RAILING GIRDS RIM:MAN/RIM!:>SE", LatLong: "46.211113 -119.155561", LatLongDMS: "46:12:40 N 119:09:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "Washington", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: BEAUMONT, TX
Description: 5 observer(s). 3 saucers hover over oil
refinery. Air Force jets pursue. Saucers disperse.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2764
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "BEAUMONT,TX:5 OBS:3 SCRS HVR ovr OIL REFINERY:AF JETS PURSUE:SCRS DISPERSE", LatLong: "30.066668 -94.083338", LatLongDMS: "30:04:00 N 94:05:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: DENHAM, BUCKS, ENG
Description: Large cylinder/cigar-shape offloads
smaller saucers going in all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS
UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index
119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2765
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "DENHAM,BUCKs,ENG:LRG CGR OFFLOADS SMALLER SCRS GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS", LatLong: "51.566669 -0.500000", LatLongDMS: "51:34:00 N 00:30:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: NORTHWEST / VENTURA, CA
Description: 3 / ground and pilot / air. Large silver
sphere jumps up and down over oilfield.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2766
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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "5", Elev: "45", HatchDesc: "NW/VENTURA,CA:3/GND+PILOT/AIR:LRG SLVR SPHERE JUMPS UP+DOWN ovr OILFIELD", LatLong: "34.300002 -119.300006", LatLongDMS: "34:18:00 N 119:18:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: VENTURA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 1M multi-colored object in
from sea. Flashes and circle / treetops. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2767
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "25", HatchDesc: "VENTURA,CA:2 OBS:1M MULTI-CLRD OBJ IN FROM SEA:FLASHES+CCL/TREETOPS:>>SE", LatLong: "34.283335 -119.283339", LatLongDMS: "34:17:00 N 119:17:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: BROOKLEY AIR FORCE BASE / MOBILE, AL
Description: Several military and civil observer(s).
Odd night lights flicker red blue and green. No explanation.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index
193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2768
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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "75", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "BROOKLEY AFB/MOBILE,AL:SVRL MIL+CIV OBS:ODD NLTS FLICKER RED BLU+GRN:NO EXPLAN", LatLong: "30.633335 -88.083338", LatLongDMS: "30:38:00 N 88:05:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alabama", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL
Description: Multiple red stationary and maneuvering
objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2006) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR
Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520828
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1306
Date: 8/28/1952
Location: LeRoy, NY
Description: Disc circled airliner verttically. [UFOE,
II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1308
Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: Police watched maneuvering UFO. [UFOE,
VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1309
Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama
Description: Witnesses: USAF control tower operators,
officer from USAF Office of Special Investigations, and others. Six
objects, varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance,
hovered, flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and l5minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_234
Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Le Roy, New York
Description: A family on the ground in Le Roy, New
York, sees a disc making tight vertical circles around an
airliner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p.
10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2027
Date: 8/28/1952
Locations: Chickasaw, Alabama; Brookley AFB [now Mobile
Downtown Airport] in Mobile, Alabama
Description: 9:30 p.m. Three civilians in Chickasaw,
Alabama, report to Brookley AFB [now Mobile Downtown Airport] in Mobile,
Alabama, their observation of multiple red stationary and maneuvering
objects to the south, and another one moving from south to west, all in
the direction of Brookley. AFOSI agent Charles A. Robinson arrives in
Chickasaw at 9:50 p.m. to investigate and sees the same four objects to
the south and southwest at an estimated 8–12 miles distance. One fiery
red object is stationary for 15 minutes then drifts 15°–20° to the right
after which it is stationary again. Radar operator A/2C Irl
A. Whitaker visually spots a red-green object over Chickasaw to the
north. USAF duty officer Capt. William A. Edwards and control tower
operators see one object to the southwest to the right and lower than
the moon, and another object to the west at 10°–20° elevation. The
latter is confirmed by radar as a stationary target at four miles range
and 4,000 feet altitude. Robinson and others see one object explode, and
another does a figure 8 maneuver. There are 4–6 objects larger than a
star or planet varying from fiery red, red-blue, red-green, and
sparkling diamond appearance. A civilian Air Force employee sees a flat
oval shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “GCA Paints Stationary
Target”; Sparks, p.
169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2028
Date: 8/28/1952
Description: At 9:30 p.m. USAF control tower operators
at Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama, an officer from the USAF Office
of Special Investigations, and others watched six UFOs hover and fly
erratically for 75 minutes. They varied in color and intensity from
fiery red to sparkling diamond white in appearance. They flew
erratically up and down, and were tracked on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2006; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
UNICAT, case # 442
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5407
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) West of Thule
(Greenland, 77° North, 75° 15' West), 2 pilots of the U.S.
Navy flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane observe for 2-3 minutes 3 white
disk or sphere shaped objects remaining stationary, then flying very
quickly in a triangular formation. (10:50)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1236
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Colorado
Springs, Colorado, pilot C. A. Magruder observed 3 objects, 50 feet in
diameter, 10 feet high, appearing to be made of aluminum with a
red-yellow exhaust, flying straight for 4-5 seconds at an estimated
speed of 1500 mph. (8:35 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2013 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1237
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Villacoublay
(France), an unidentified blue light was observed by the military
personnel of the weather station with a theodolite. It moved jerkily in
the sky. At one point it appeared as a white luminous bar with black
edges.
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1238
Date: 8/29/1952
Location: BERNALILLO TO/FROM LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: (Up). 3 / plane. Air Force vectors jets
chase / 7 metal UFO's. Denial.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2769
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "5", Elev: "1885", HatchDesc: "BERNALILLO><LOS ALAMOS,NM:(UP):3/PLANE:AF VECTORS JETS CHASE/7 MTL UFOS:DENIAL", LatLong: "35.550002 -106.350005", LatLongDMS: "35:33:00 N 106:21:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: WEST / THULE, GREENLAND
Description: 2 Navy pilots / PY4-2. 3 saucers /
delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. Hover and away fast. /
r185+172.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2770
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), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "?", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "W/THULE,GREENLAND:2 NAVY PILOTS/PY4-2:3 SCRS/DLT FORMn:HVR+AWAY FAST:/r185+172", LatLong: "76.416670 -75.000004", LatLongDMS: "76:25:00 N 75:00:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "THU", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer hovers / 3
second(s). Going quickly east toward(s) Chenault Air Force Base. Small
red light follows..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 478)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2771
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "LAKE CHARLES,LA:2 OBS:SCR HVRS/3sec:>>E TWRD CHENAULT AFB:SML RED LITE FOLOS..", LatLong: "30.216668 -93.200004", LatLongDMS: "30:13:00 N 93:12:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: PALM BEACH, FL
Description: 3+tots. Coin saucer lands / woods.
Portholes or lights / edge. / r136#10p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2772
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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "PALM BEACH,FL:3+TOTS:COIN SCR LANDS/WOODS:PORTS or LITES/EDGE:/r136#10p155", LatLong: "26.705557 -80.038893", LatLongDMS: "26:42:20 N 80:02:20 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: MOSS BLUFF, LA
Description: Silent ovoid descends. Strong white light
going down. Seems to land in woods.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 479)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2773
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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "MOSS BLUFF,LA:SILENT OVOID DESCENDS:STRONG WHT LITE ↓:SEEMS TO LAND in WOODS", LatLong: "30.300001 -93.188893", LatLongDMS: "30:18:00 N 93:11:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Louisiana", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: ~20:30
Location: VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, FR
Description: 7+observer(s) with theodolite.
Luminous/glowing bar going northwest in jumps. Quickly going up. /
r242p122.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2774
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "44", HatchDesc: "VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY,FR:7+OBS W/THEODOLITE:LUMn BAR >NW in JUMPS:↑↑:/r242p122", LatLong: "48.750002 2.200000", LatLongDMS: "48:45:00 N 02:12:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PAR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: COLORADO SPRS, CO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2013. Pilot
Magruder. 3 silent 50' metal saucers / 1500mph. Exit going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 480)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2775
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1802", HatchDesc: "COLORADO SPRs,CO:BBK#2013:PILOT MAGRUDER:3 SILENT 50'MTL SCRS/1500mph:EXIT ↑", LatLong: "38.833335 -104.816672", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 104:49:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: ELIZABETH, NJ
Description: Medical Dr. and wife. Cloud is
glowing-saucer over oil refinery. 5 small objects orbit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2776
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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: "8", Duration: "4", Elev: "11", HatchDesc: "ELIZABETH,NJ:Med.Dr+WIFE:CLOUD is GLOW-SCR ovr OIL REFINERY:5 SML OBJs ORBIT", LatLong: "40.683335 -74.200004", LatLongDMS: "40:41:00 N 74:12:00 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Villacoublay, France
Description: Unidentified bright blue light observed
through theodolite; once appeared as luminous white bar edged with
black. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1310
Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Description: 3 objects 50 ft in diameter, 10 ft high,
aluminum (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2013)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1311
Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Thule (West of), Greenland
Description: Three Objects Shake Up Air Crew (NICAP: 11
- Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520829
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1312
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 8:35 PM
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Witness: pilot C.A. Magruder. Three
objects, 50' in diameter, 10' high, aluminum with red-yellow exhaust,
flew in trail at estimated 1,500 m.p.h. for 4-5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_235
Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: west of Thule, Greenland (77' N, 75' 15'
W)
Description: Witnesses: two U.S. Navy pilots flying a
P4Y-2 patrol plane. Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects
hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_236
Date: 8/29/1952
Locations: Thule Air Base; Qaanaaq, Greenland
Description: 10:50 a.m. Pilot LtJG William A.
O’Flaherty and navigator LtJG R. S. Moore are flying a P4Y-2 patrol
plane west of Thule Air Base, near Qaanaaq, Greenland. They are
following an 85-foot-diameter Skyhook balloon launched from an
icebreaker, US Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind, when,
upon release of the parachute instrument package from the balloon, they
see 3 white discs or globes, about ½ to almost the full apparent size of
the balloon, in triangle formation clustered to the right of the Skyhook
instrument package at 74,000 feet for some 2–3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Objects Shake Up
Air Crew”; Sparks, p.
167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2029
Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: 8:35 p.m. Civil Air Patrol pilot Carlton A.
Magruder sees three aluminum-colored objects with a red-yellow
exhaust over Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are 50 feet in diameter
and 10 feet high, flying in line at about 1,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Pilot Reports Three
Objects 50ʹ in Diameter”; Sparks, p. 169; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History:
1952, August, The
Author, 1986, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2030
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: Two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol
plane witnessed three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovering
west of Thule, Greenland (77.00º N, 75.25º W) at 10:50 a.m. They flew
very fast in a triangular formation, and were in sight for 2-3
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer from Outer
Space, p. 255; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case
# 743; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
281
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5455
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. at least seven observers with
a theodolite sighted a luminous bar in the sky over the city of
Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. The object flew to the northwest in
jumps, and then shot up vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers,
p. 179-180; UNICAT, case # 200; GEPA Phenomenes Spatiaux, March
1968
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5456
Date: 8/29/1952
Description: At 8:35 p.m. pilot C. A. Magruder, flying
near Colorado Springs, Colorado saw three aluminum colored objects with
yellowish-red exhaust, 50-feet in diameter and 10' high. They flew in a
trail formation at estimated 1,500 m.p.h. for 4-5 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2013; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p.
281
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5457
Date: 8/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in
Mexico City, Mexico. (August 30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #1994 (part 2) unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1239
Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: F. Hehr. Several rectangular objects in
holes / overcast sky. Maneuvers and formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2777
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "6", Elev: "20", HatchDesc: "SANTA MONICA,CA:F.HEHR:SVRL RECTANGLR OBJS in HOLES/OVERCAST SKY:MNVRS+FORMns", LatLong: "34.033335 -118.466672", LatLongDMS: "34:02:00 N 118:28:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: EAST / KEARNEY, NE
Description: 2 / rural road. 8M silver disk hovers /
Platte River. Vanishes. Seen closely.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2778
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: "2", Elev: "650", HatchDesc: "E/KEARNEY,NE:2/RURAL ROAD:8M SLVR DISK HVRS/PLATTE Rvr:VANISHES:seen closely", LatLong: "40.700002 -99.000005", LatLongDMS: "40:42:00 N 99:00:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "Nebraska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: DAMARISCOTTA LK, ME
Description: Doctor. Large frying pan going northeast.
Handle rotates. Silent. Large and sharp.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2779
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "16", HatchDesc: "DAMARISCOTTA Lk,ME:DOCTOR:LRG FRYING PAN >NE:HANDLE ROTATES:SLNT:LRG+SHARP", LatLong: "44.133335 -69.500003", LatLongDMS: "44:08:00 N 69:30:00 W", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: TAMPICO, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Description: Many observer(s). 7M saucer hovers / 5
minute(s). Then shoots going quickly north / amazing speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 480)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2780
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, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Mexico", Credibility: "11", Duration: "5", Elev: "2", HatchDesc: "TAMPICO,VERACRUZ,MEX:MANY OBS:7M SCR HVRS/5min:THEN SHOOTS >>N/AMAZING SPEED", LatLong: "22.216668 -97.883338", LatLongDMS: "22:13:00 N 97:53:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "VRC", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/30/1952
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Description: Horizontal bar-shaped objects appearing
and disappearing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1313
Date: 8/31/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: CLINTON, NJ
Description: 2+3 kids. Silver sphere hovers. Shoots up
/ impossible speed as plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2781
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "59", HatchDesc: "CLINTON,NJ:2+3 KIDS:SLVR SPHERE HVRS:SHOOTS UP/IMPOSS.SPEED as plane nears", LatLong: "40.650002 -74.911115", LatLongDMS: "40:39:00 N 74:54:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Jersey", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 8/31/1952
Location: Pennsylvania, exact location unknown
Description: Herbert Long saw an object land 15 m away
from the road. He made a drawing of it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 257 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_100
Date: 9/1952
Location: FRANCE, Saint Samson (Morbihan)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9pm,
farmer Le Maziff stepped out of his house. He then saw a diffuse halo,
in which was inscribed a shape resembling a dirigible balloon. This
thing was around 30 metres long and 12 metres high. It landed in a
meadow, a few hundred metres away from the farm. In this pasture there
were cows. Le Maziff called his brother, his wife, and his farmhand. A
slope and trees hid the craft from them, but there was a light that
illuminated all the meadows. Strongly impressed, the witnesses did not
dare to approach it and did not realise how it flew away. The next day,
the farmer noticed that one of his cows had become like mad: he had to
have it slaughtered.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: "Face aux
extra-terrestres" - DELARGE 1975 - J'ai Lu, p. 72
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1687
Date: 9/1952
Location: IRAN, various locations
Description: (Translated from French) There were 13
reports of UFO sightings, 11 of which were at the border with the Soviet
Union. The other two were from Kazerun and Seravan (at the border with
Baluchistan). The luminous objects were mostly round and flew at very
high speed, the observations lasting only a few seconds at most. In
three reports a deafening noise was associated with the observation of
the object.
Reference: "Ufo's: a Century of Sightings" by Michael
David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 203
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1688
Date: 9/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: F-86 Shooting Incident / 700 MPH Target
(NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 5209XX
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1315
Date: 9/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 10:00 a.m. A radar scope near Kirtland AFB
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, picks up an unknown target approaching at
700 mph then slows down to 100 mph northeast of the airfield. Two F-86
Sabre jets are scrambled but at first cannot locate the target. The
second pilot suddenly spots what seems to be a balloon but as he gets
closer it looks more like a “doughnut without a hole.” He gets as close
as 1,500 feet before the object accelerates. When it is again at a range
of 3,000 feet, the pilot begins firing at the object, but it pulls up in
a climb and disappears in seconds. Capt. Ruppelt is
given this report by an intelligence officer (probably Lt. Glen Parrish)
at the base, who is about to forward the incident report to ATIC but the
commanding officer (Brig. Gen. William
A. Matheny)
orders it destroyed. Parrish shows the last copy of the report to Ruppelt during
a visit to Kirtland.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
1–5; NICAP, “F-86 Shooting
Incident / 700 MPH Target” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_2033
Date: 9/1952
Description: UFO witness turned researcher Kenneth
Arnold releases The Coming of the Saucers, coauthored by his friend
and publisher, Raymond A.
Palmer. As
publicity, the story “Flying Saucer-y” is prepared by King Features
Syndicate and carried in many newspapers as a full-page story.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of
the Saucers, Palmer, 1952; Curt Collins, “Kenneth
Arnold’s 1952 UFO Book Promotion,” The Saucers That Time Forgot,
September 28, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2034
Date: 9/1952
Location: Los Angeles
Description: Civilian Saucer Investigation in Los
Angeles publishes the first of only four issues of its CSI Quarterly
Bulletin. The final issue appears in early 1954.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CSI
Quarterly, no.
1 (Fall 1952)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2035
Date: 9/1952
Description: John
P. Cahn publishes an exposé of Frank Scully’s
Behind the Flying Saucers in True magazine. Scully’s sources are an oil
prospector named Silas
M. Newton and a mysterious “Dr. Gee,” later identified as Leo GeBauer, a
con man with a long arrest record. The tale is a ploy to gain the
attention of potential investors in a bogus oil detection scheme
allegedly linked to alien technology. Jerome
Clark writes that Scully was himself a victim, not a
perpetrator.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. P. Cahn, “Flying
Saucers and the Mysterious Little Men,” True, September 1952, pp.
17–19, 102–112; Clark III 1044–1045
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2036
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Atlanta
(Georgia), Miss William Davis and 9 other people observed a light,
similar to the Big Dipper, moving up and down for a long time. (21 h
43)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1240
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Marietta
(Georgia), someone observed through binoculars two large objects
resembling tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flying side
by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
Reference: case Blue
Book unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1241
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A certain Bowman
(former artillery officer) and 24 other people saw an object red, white,
blue and green spinning and sending sparks for 15 minutes.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1242
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Marietta
(Georgia), a B-25 x-AAF bomber observed 2 large white disk-shaped
objects with a green vaporous trail flying in formation, merging, then
flying away very quickly. (22 h 50)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2022 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1243
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Yaak, Montana,
two USAF members visually observed two small lights of various colors
become dark silhouettes at sunrise and fly erratically. Also tracked on
radar by three men using the AN/FPS-3 radar set. (4:45)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2023 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1244
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: SE.MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 2 observer(s). 6M white wingless disk
going southeast / 1500M altitude over clouds. 600kph. No further
details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2782
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: "85", HatchDesc: "SE.MEMPHIS,TN:2 OBS:6M WHT WINGLESS DISK >SE/1500M alt ovr clouds:600kph:NFD", LatLong: "35.100002 -89.983338", LatLongDMS: "35:06:00 N 89:59:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: WOODLYN, PA
Description: Separate observer(s). 7-8 observer(s).
Bright 'saucer' exits cloud. Circles jet going southwest
several-X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2783
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "WOODLYN,PA:SEP.OBS:7-8 OBS:BRITE 'SCR' EXITS CLOUD:CCLS JET >SW SVRL-X:", LatLong: "39.877780 -75.344448", LatLongDMS: "39:52:40 N 75:20:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: MARIETTA, GA
Description: Several separate observer(s) to 2250h.
Saucers and night lights spew sparks. Merge maneuver and hover.
Wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2784
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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "20", Elev: "344", HatchDesc: "MARIETTA,GA:SVRL SEP.OBS to 2250h:SCRS+NLTS SPEW SPARKS:MERGE MNVR+HVR:WAVE", LatLong: "33.950002 -84.561115", LatLongDMS: "33:57:00 N 84:33:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: Light, similar to the evening star, move
up and down (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1316
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, GA
Description: Red, white, and blue-green object which
spun and shot off sparks (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
2022)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1317
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, GA
Description: 2 large white disc-shaped objects with
green vapor trails (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1318
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Radar/Visual At Air Force Radar Site (BBU
2023) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2023)
Reference: NICAP: 520901
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1319
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:50 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witness: ex-AAF B-25 gunner. Two large
white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flew in trail
formation, merged, flew away very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_237
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witness: one unidentified person using
binoculars. Two large objects shaped like spinning tops and displaying
red, blue and green colors, flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail
for 30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_238
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 9:43 PM
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. William Davis and nine
other persons. One light, similar to the evening star, moved up and down
for a long period of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_239
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: Mr. Bowman (ex-artillery
officer) and 24 others. A red, white, and blue-green object which spun
and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_240
Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 4:45 AM
Location: Yaak, Montana
Description: Witnesses: Visual sighting by two USAF
enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set.
Two small, varicolored lights became black silhouettes at dawn; flew
erratically. One hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_241
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Yaak Air Force Station in Montana
Description: 8:23 p.m. Air Defense Command radar at
Yaak Air Force Station in Montana picks up UFOs exhibiting changes of
direction as many as five times a minute. Some course changes are 90°
and speeds are measured at 1,400–1,600 mph. Six blips at one time appear
on the FPS-3 radar scopes and the strange targets come within 10 miles
of the GCI site. So close is the indicated range the radar personnel
leave their windowless operations room to check the sky. Six objects can
be seen an estimated 10 miles away. When first spotted, the UFOs are in
an in- trail formation, and shortly thereafter that changes to an
in-line abreast grouping. Finally, the UFOs switch to a vertical stack.
S/Sgt. William Kelly remembers tracking the UFOs on the radar executing
vertical climbs that exceed the limit of the site’s height-finding
equipment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar/Visual at Air
Force Radar Site”; Sparks, p. 170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2037
Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: 10:30 p.m. An ex-artillery officer named
Bowman and 24 others at Marietta, Georgia, see a red, white, and
blue-green object that spins and shoots off sparks. An unidentified
witness using binoculars sees two large objects shaped like spinning
tops with red, blue, and green colors, flying side by side and leaving a
sparkling trail for 30 minutes. At 10:50 p.m., a former Army Air Force
B-25 gunner sees two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor
trails fly in trail formation, merge, and fly away quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs in
Trail Formation”;
Sparks, p. 170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2038
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At a U.S. Air Force radar site in Yaak,
Montana at 4:45 a.m. two Air Force enlisted men sighted lights in the
sky at the same time radar tracked two blips on an AN/FPS-3 radar set
monitored by three radar operators. The two small, multi-colored lights
became black silhouettes at dawn and flew around erratically for an
hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5549
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At 9:43 p.m. in Atlanta, Georgia Mrs.
William Davis and nine other witnesses saw a light, similar to the
evening star, move up and down for a long period of time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5550
Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At 10:30 p.m. in nearby Marietta, Georgia
an unidentified witness using binoculars viewed two large objects shaped
like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors. They flew
side-by-side leaving a trail of sparks for 30 minutes. At the same time
Mr. Bowman, an ex-artillery officer, and 24 others saw a red, white, and
bluish-green object spinning and throwing off sparks for 15 minutes.
Twenty minutes later an ex-AAF B-25 gunner saw two large white
disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flying in trail formation.
They merged together and flew away very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5551
Date: 9/2/1952
Location: FRANCE, Crecey sur Tille (Côte d'Or)
Description: (Translated from French) Observation for 3
minutes by Désiré Bedele: a luminous halo with a border resembling
smoke, in the center of the halo an object in the shape of a cigar in a
horizontal position is drawn, the whole descends obliquely in the
direction of the witness. The object wobbles in place, its movement
slows down considerably and the witness distinguishes a rotation
movement, the wobbling increases and from time to time the craft
occupies a position of 40° relative to the horizontal. The rotation and
the wobbling seem synchronized. (...) It disappears leaving a luminous
trail of triangular shape, which the clouds quickly blur. The diameter
of the disc corresponded to three times the length of an airplane flying
at 2000 meters.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: "Face aux
extra-terrestres" - DELARGE 1975 - J'ai Lu, p. 257, 258
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1675
Date: 9/2/1952
Location: USA, Chicago, Illinois.
Description: (Translated from French) 3 a.m. Witness:
ground radar observer Turason at Midway Airport. 40 targets flying in
various directions at a speed of 175 m.p.h. Two of these targets seemed
to accompany a DC-6 airliner. Total duration of observation: 8
hours.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1676
Date: 9/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago
(Illinois), the Turason radar detector (controlled ground approach) of
Midway Airport detects, for 8 hours, 40 targets flying in various
directions, up to 175 mph, of which 2 seem to be flying in formation
with a DC-6. (September 2, 3:00)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2025 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1245
Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 2 airport/apartment RADAR's. 40 blips
going [to] all directions. Jets fly through blips. No visual at
all.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 503)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2785
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "224", Elev: "175", HatchDesc: "CHICAGO,IL:2 APT RDRS:40 BLIPS>ALL DIRs:JETS fly THRU BLIPS:NO VISUAL at all", LatLong: "41.883335 -87.750004", LatLongDMS: "41:53:00 N 87:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: NNW / RAPID CITY, SD
Description: B36 flight engineers 10 mile(s) / east.
Metal disk hovers and wobbles under high clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2786
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "975", HatchDesc: "NNW/RAPID CITY,SD:B36 FLT ENGs 10mi/E:MTL DISK HVRs+WOBBLES UNDER HIGH CLOUDS:", LatLong: "44.166669 -103.255560", LatLongDMS: "44:10:00 N 103:15:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3500", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 7 large saucers / changing
formations / direction. All vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 507)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2787
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "824", HatchDesc: "DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:2 OBS:7 LRG SCRS/CHANGING FORMATIONS/DIRECTION:ALL VANISH", LatLong: "32.150002 -110.866672", LatLongDMS: "32:09:00 N 110:52:00 W", Locale: "Desert", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/2/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Several reports / papers. Brill night
lights going up [to] going down [to] etc. Change color(s). Fast all
directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 508)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2788
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "100", HatchDesc: "LOS ANGELES,CA:SVRL REPTS/PAPERS:BRILL NLTS ↑↓ etc:CHANGE CLRS:FAST ALL DIRs.", LatLong: "34.066668 -118.233339", LatLongDMS: "34:04:00 N 118:14:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 9/2/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) GCI Has Radar Targets At
Two Sites (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520902
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1320
Date: 9/2/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Midway Airport 40 targets flying in
miscellaneous directions (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5,
BB: 2025)
Reference: NICAP: 520902
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1321
Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 3 AM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Witness: radar tracker Turason (ground
controlled approach) at Midway Airport. 40 targets flew in miscellaneous
directions, up to 175 m.p.h. Two seemed to fly in formation with DC-6
airliner. Total of 8 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_242
Date: 9/2/1952
Locations: Midway Airport in Chicago; Elkhorn,
Wisconsin; O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 12:01 a.m. CAA radar controllers Robert
L. Terneuzen (GCA), Ralph L. Frick, Dale E. Warner, Warren J. Weber,
and Radar Maintenance Technician Gordon R. Copeland track as many as 30
targets simultaneously at Midway Airport in Chicago, flying in various
directions with an average speed of 175 mph at about 2,000 feet. The
755th Aircraft Control and Weapons radar station in Elkhorn, Wisconsin,
claims that the Midway Airport Tower supervisor has called them at 2:50
a.m., saying there are 40 targets plotted by airport radar flying from
3,000 to 6,000 feet at a speed of 120–150 mph. The targets are the size
of blips from light planes or larger (the best target quality is in the
6–10-mile range) and move in no particular pattern—sometimes erratically
and sometimes in straight lines up to 15 miles long. In at least one
instance, the targets fly in formation with an aircraft. At 5:14 a.m.,
the Air Defense Command is alerted and authorizes the scramble of two
jets from the 4706th Interceptor Wing at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. At
5:55 a.m., a pair of F-86 Sabre jets piloted by Capt. William
W. Maitland and Lt. Beverly L. Dunhill, lift off and are vectored
right through the targets as shown on radar, making passes at 800 and at
4,000 feet without making contact. The F-86s are evidently without
airborne radar because they only mention visual descriptions. Maitland
and Dunhill later tell the media: “We didn’t hit anything. We didn’t see
anything. We went through the target showing on the scope and there was
nothing there, not even a cloud.” The jets break off their aerial search
at 6:19 a.m. and return to base. By 7:00 a.m. all of the mysterious
targets disappear off the scopes toward the south. The Midway radar
crews are convinced the targets are returns from tangible bodies, but
CAA chief Bob Zeigler overrules them and blames “peculiar atmospheric
conditions.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sabre Jets Fly through
‘Object,’” Spokane \(Wash.) Spokesman-Review, September 3, 1952, p.
1; NICAP, “40
Targets at Midway Airport”; Sparks, p.
171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2039
Date: 9/2/1952
Description: At three o'clock in the morning Mr.
Turason, a radar operator working for ground control at Midway Airport
in Chicago, Illinois picked up 40 targets flying in miscellaneous
directions, up to 175 mph. Two of the blips seemed to fly in formation
with a DC-6 airliner. The radar sightings lasted a total of eight
hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case 2025; UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 3;
Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5562
Date: 9/2/1952
Description: At 5:50 p.m. two military observers at
Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona saw seven large saucer-shaped objects,
identical in appearance, in changing formations. When they changed
direction for the last time all of them vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History.
September-October 1952, p. 7; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 183;
UNICAT, case 744
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5563
Date: 9/3/1952
Location: CHAVES, PORTUGAL
Description: Cops and many. Several classic saucers. 1
hovers over Tamegafor River.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS
Download). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2789
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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "Portugal", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "CHAVES,PORTUGAL:COPS+MANY:SVRL CLASSIC SCRS:1 HVRS OVR TAMEGAFOR RIVER", LatLong: "41.733335 -7.450000", LatLongDMS: "41:44:00 N 07:27:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TOM", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Flight instrument and 1. Dark ovoid / 2
separate loops over town. Finally going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2790
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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "717", HatchDesc: "TUCSON,AZ:FLITE INSTR+1:DARK OVOID/2 SEP.LOOPS OVR TOWN:FINALLY >>W", LatLong: "32.250002 -110.933339", LatLongDMS: "32:15:00 N 110:56:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: NORTH / ATLANTA, GA
Description: Military pilot-Air Traffic Controller. 2
discs / light move slowly and change color(s). / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2791
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "320", HatchDesc: "N/ATLANTA,GA:MIL PILOT-ATC:2 DISCS/LITE MOVE SLOWLY+CHANGE CLRS:/BBK FILES", LatLong: "33.783335 -84.400004", LatLongDMS: "33:47:00 N 84:24:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/3/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN
Description: 4 seminary professors. Luminous disc east
going quickly west. No meteor / CIA.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2792
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Spain", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PALMA de MALLORCA,SPAIN:4 SEMINARY PROFESSORS:LUM.DISC E>>W: NO METEOR/CIA", LatLong: "39.600002 2.650000", LatLongDMS: "39:36:00 N 02:39:00 E", Locale: "Islands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "BLR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/3/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Shiny, dark ellipse make three broad,
curving sweeps (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1322
Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 99 AM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: civilian pilots McCraven and
Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three broad, curving sweeps in 1.5
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_243
Date: 9/3/1952
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 9:00 a.m. Instructor pilot Donald
L. McCraven and N. D. Thomas observe a dark elliptical object
reflecting sunlight 6 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The object makes
three well-coordinated turns with no perceptible sound. It moves at
tremendous speed during a slight climb and is observed for approximately
90 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Dark Ellipse Makes
Three Coordinated Turns”; Sparks, p.
172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2040
Date: 9/3/1952
Description: 12:30 p.m. Truman meets
in the Cabinet Room with Gen. William
M. Garland, Col.
John
Gordon Fowler, and three other USAF officers; Lawrence
J. Henderson Jr. and Walter W. Niles from the RAND
Corporation; and Robert
B. Landry and four others from the National Security Resources
Board. The topic is the Washington UFO incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Stalter, “The
Real Majestic 12: Harry Truman’s 1952 DC UFO Meeting,” The UFO
Partisan, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2041
Date: 9/3/1952
Description: At 9:00 a.m. a flight instructor and one
other witness witnessed a dark ovoid object that made two separate loops
over Tucson, Arizona. It finally flew off quickly to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Loren E. Gross,
UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5585
Date: 9/4/1952
Location: DANVILLE, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post Ph-04 /
black. "Silent fighter-sized silver saucer faster / jet".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2793
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "34", HatchDesc: "DANVILLE,CA:GOC POST PH-04/BLACK:"SILENT FIGHTER-SIZED SLVR SCR FASTER/JET"", LatLong: "37.833335 -122.000006", LatLongDMS: "37:50:00 N 122:00:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/4/1952
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: Blue Book. Ground Observer Corps (GOC)
observer(s) = Carlson. Black line tilts. = shimmering silver disk.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2794
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "SACRAMENTO,CA:BBK:GOC OBS=CARLSON:BLACK LINE TILTS:=SHIMMERING SLVR DISK", LatLong: "38.583335 -121.483339", LatLongDMS: "38:35:00 N 121:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/4/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: LUDINGTON, MI
Description: 2 / truck. Silver disk rotates going west.
Antenna going / side. Halo turns outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2795
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "178", HatchDesc: "LUDINGTON,MI:2/TRUCK:SLVR DISK ROTATES >W:ANTENNA >/SIDE:HALO TURNS OUTSIDE", LatLong: "43.955558 -86.450004", LatLongDMS: "43:57:20 N 86:27:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "160", State/Prov: "Michigan", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/4/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
Description: Several observer(s). White saucer spins
slowly over city. Away / terrific speed. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2796
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: "Korea(both sides)", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "PUSAN,S.KOREA:SVRL OBS:WHT SCR SPINS SLOWLY OVR CITY:AWAY/TERRIFIC SPEED:NFD", LatLong: "35.105557 129.033339", LatLongDMS: "35:06:20 N 129:02:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SKR", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/4/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: CAMP DEL MARCH, CA
Description: 6 / U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). Large
bright-colored ovoid hovers. Then going quickly north. Observer(s) named
/ source.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2797
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "2", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "CAMP del MAR,CA:6/USMC:LRG BRITE-CLRD OVOID HVRS:THEN >>N:obs named/source", LatLong: "33.222224 -117.400006", LatLongDMS: "33:13:20 N 117:24:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3000", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/4/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: CRESCENT SPRS, KY
Description: 1+3 observer(s). White disk tilts and
maneuvers. Blinks orange and white. Blue night lights going quickly [to]
away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2798
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "170", HatchDesc: "CRESCENT Sprs,KY:1+3 OBS:WHT DISK TILTS+MNVRs:BLINKS ORG+WHT:BLU NLTS >>away", LatLong: "39.050002 -84.583337", LatLongDMS: "39:03:00 N 84:35:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Location: SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES
Description: Crowds see "white plate-weird smoke
trails-flying saucer..".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2799
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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "?", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES:CROWDS SEE "WHT PLATE-WEIRD SMOKE TRAILS-FLYING SCR.."", LatLong: "1.333333 103.866672", LatLongDMS: "01:20:00 N 103:52:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "XXX", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: PORT ARTHUR, TX
Description: Several / refinery. 3 round aluminum disks
going east. 1 darts up. Rest follow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2800
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "PORT ARTHUR,TX:SVRL/REFINERY:3 RND ALUM.DISKS >E:1 DARTS UP:REST FOLLOW:", LatLong: "29.883335 -93.916671", LatLongDMS: "29:53:00 N 93:55:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: CONCORDIA, KS
Description: 2 / ground. Round silver object going
quickly southeast near bombers. 2nd does same. 3rd circles
bombers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2801
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "453", HatchDesc: "CONCORDIA,KS:2/GND:RND SLVR OBJ >>SE nr BOMBERS:2nd DOES SAME:3rd CCLs BOMBERS", LatLong: "39.583335 -97.661116", LatLongDMS: "39:35:00 N 97:39:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: NORTH / WALSENBURG, CO
Description: 2 / US85. Large disk. Rings / lights
blink. 2nd dark disk hovers / distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2802
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: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1800", HatchDesc: "N/WALSENBURG,CO:2/US85:LRG DISK:RINGS/LITES BLINK:2nd DRK DISK HVRS/DISTANCE", LatLong: "37.788891 -104.805561", LatLongDMS: "37:47:20 N 104:48:20 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: EAST / QUINCY, IL
Description: WX man and more/others /
airport/apartment. Shiny silver saucer bobs up and down / 10 minutes.
Going [to] against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2803
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "234", HatchDesc: "E/QUINCY,IL:WX MAN++/Apt:SHINY SLVR SCR BOBS UP+DOWN/10mns:> AGAINST WIND:", LatLong: "39.444446 -91.194449", LatLongDMS: "39:26:40 N 91:11:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Description: 12+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars.
Domed saucer hovers and rocks over airport. Shoots straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2804
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "45", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "ANCHORAGE,AK:12+OBS/BINOCS:DOMED SCR HVRS+ROCKS ovr AIRPORT:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP", LatLong: "61.216670 -149.866674", LatLongDMS: "61:13:00 N 149:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Alaska", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: Flood / calls. Meteor shoots by. 2nd
object darts and turns and maneuvers / 30 minutes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2805
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "11", Duration: "30", Elev: "1580", HatchDesc: "DENVER,CO:FLOOD/CALLS:METEOR SHOOTS BY:2nd OBJ DARTS+TURNS+MNVRS/30mns!:", LatLong: "39.744446 -105.972227", LatLongDMS: "39:44:40 N 105:58:20 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SPRINGHILL, NS
Description: Several observer(s). 2 12M cigars circle
area / 15 minute(s) / airplane speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus
Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index
33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2806
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "121", HatchDesc: "SPRINGHILL,NS:SVRL OBS:2 12M CGRS CCL AREA/15min/AIRPLANE SPEED:", LatLong: "45.666669 -64.066670", LatLongDMS: "45:40:00 N 64:04:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Nova Scotia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/5/1952
Description: Two 12 meter long cigar-shaped objects
circled the area of Springhill, Nova Scotia for 12 minutes at aircraft
speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Ledger, Maritime UFO Files, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5648
Date: 9/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base
in Lake Charles (Louisiana), Sergeant/T J. E. Wilson and 2 other
enlisted men observed a light resembling a bright star moving in the sky
for 2 hours. (1 h 30)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 2045
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1246
Date: 9/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson,
Arizona, former Congress member Isabella King and Bill McClain observed
an orange, teardrop-shaped object spinning on its vertical axis for 1.5
minutes, quickly descending, stopping, and then spinning back up its
original path. (16 h 55)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2048, unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1247
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: WEST / LANTANA, FL
Description: 2 / truck. 2 white fireballs maneuver and
play all over/all about road / all directions. Going quickly [to]
trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2807
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "W/LANTANA,FL:2/TRUCK:2 WHT FBLS MNVR+PLAY ALLO ROAD/ALL DIRs:>> TREES:", LatLong: "26.588890 -80.111115", LatLongDMS: "26:35:20 N 80:06:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: YORK BEACH, ME
Description: 10M cake-tin saucer going [to] in / sea.
Rounded top glows. Stops / shore. Follows truck.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2808
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "3", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "YORK BEACH,ME:10M CAKE-TIN SCR >IN/SEA:RNDed TOP GLOWS:STOPS/SHORE:FOLOS TRUCK", LatLong: "43.172224 -70.611114", LatLongDMS: "43:10:20 N 70:36:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "20", State/Prov: "New Hampshire", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 08:50
Location: HELSINKI, FINL
Description: Teacher and class. 2 silver saucers / 30
second(s). East going quickly west. 'Donuts without holes' / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2809
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "HELSINKI,FINL:TEACHER+CLASS:2 SLVR SCRS/30sec:E>>W:'DONUTS WITHOUT HOLES'/NEWS", LatLong: "60.233336 24.883335", LatLongDMS: "60:14:00 N 24:53:00 E", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Finland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: DURBAN, RSA
Description: Blue Book. 2 weathermen / theodolite. 5
white saucers / series. 7000' altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK;
Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2810
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Republic of South Africa", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", HatchDesc: "DURBAN,RSA:BBK:2 WEATHERMEN/THEODOLITE:5 WHT SCRS/SERIES:7000'alt:NFD", LatLong: "-29.766668 30.966668", LatLongDMS: "29:46:00 S 30:58:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "DRB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 10:10
Location: ENFIELD, CT
Description: 15 observer(s). Noise. Metal object
zigzags going down. Bang. Shoots going up / 90-angle / extreme
speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2811
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "1", Elev: "47", HatchDesc: "ENFIELD,CT:15 OBS:NOISE:MTL OBJ ZIGZAGS↓:BANG:SHOOTS ↑/90-ANGLE/EXTREME SPEED.", LatLong: "41.983335 -72.600003", LatLongDMS: "41:59:00 N 72:36:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Connecticut", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: PAYETTE, ID
Description: 2 / farm. 5' slate-grey ovoid / 100'
altitude. Going down [to] near power lines. Going quickly northwest as
observer(s) near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2812
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "4", Elev: "660", HatchDesc: "PAYETTE,ID:2/FARM:5'SLATE-GRY OVOID/100'alt:↓ nr PWR LINES:>>NW as obs near", LatLong: "44.083335 -116.916672", LatLongDMS: "44:05:00 N 116:55:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "30", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: SAN ANSELMO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Plane passes. Silver ovoid
hovers. Going NNW slow. Shoots going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2813
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: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "14", HatchDesc: "SAN ANSELMO,CA:2 OBS:PLANE PASSES:SLVR OVOID HVRS:>NNW SLOW:SHOOTS >>N:", LatLong: "37.966668 -122.566673", LatLongDMS: "37:58:00 N 122:34:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2048. 2
observer(s). Teardrop object spins over aircraft plant. Going down [to]
going up. Examines observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 513)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2814
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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, 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: "10", Elev: "717", HatchDesc: "TUCSON,AZ:BBK#2048:2 OBS:TEARDROP OBJ SPINS OVR AIRCRAFT PLANT:↓↑:EXAMINES OBS", LatLong: "32.200002 -110.916672", LatLongDMS: "32:12:00 N 110:55:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Solid flickering glowing
"basketball" southwest going quickly northeast. Jerky motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 513)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2815
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "1486", HatchDesc: "ALBUQUERQUE,NM:2 OBS:SOLID FLICKERING GLOWING "BASKETBALL" SW>>NE:JERKY MOTION", LatLong: "35.083335 -106.600005", LatLongDMS: "35:05:00 N 106:36:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/6/1952
Location: Lake Charles AFB, LA
Description: Bright star-like light move about the sky
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2045)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1323
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: l:30 AM
Location: Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two
enlisted men. One bright star-like light moved about the sky for 2
hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_244
Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 4:55 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella
King and Bill McClain. One orange teardrop-shaped object whirled on its
vertical axis, descended very fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards,
while whirling in the opposite direction. 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_245
Date: 9/6/1952
Locations: Osborn Prison Farm; Somers,
Connecticut
Description: 10:10 a.m. Walter Borys and George
McCracken, two guards at the Osborn Prison Farm [now Osborn Correctional
Institute] in Somers, Connecticut, are with 13 inmates in the yard when
they hear an odd motor noise and see a silvery object in the northern
sky. It appears to be descending in a zigzag motion but stops and shoots
upward at a right angle at terrific speed after releasing a puff of
smoke. Other witnesses in the area think it is a jet aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hartford (Conn.) Courant, September 7, 1952,
p. 1; Audrey H. Hennis, “The ‘Flying Saucer’ Was
from a Jet
After-Burner,” Hartford \(Conn.) Courant, September 19, 1952, p. 18;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952,
September–October, The
Author, 1986, pp. 11–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2042
Date: 9/6/1952
Description: Sergeant J. E. Wilson and two enlisted men
at the Lake Charles AFB in Louisiana sighted a bright star-like light
moving about the sky at 1:30 a.m. The light stayed visible for two
hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #2045; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5675
Date: 9/6/1952
Description: At 10:10 a.m. fourteen people in Enfield,
Connecticut watched a metallic flying object zigzag downward in a
descent. They heard a "bang," and the UFO then shot upwards at a high
speed, executing a 90-degree angle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
September-October, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5676
Date: 9/6/1952
Description: In Tucson, Arizona at 4:55 p.m.
ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain witnessed an orange
teardrop-shaped object whirl on its vertical axis, descend very fast,
stop, re-trace its path upwards, and then whirl in the opposite
direction. Their sighting lasted 1.5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5677
Date: 9/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio
(Texas), chemist J. W. Gibson and other people observe an object or an
orange light (the color of 2000° F) exploding. The observation lasts
according to the observers from 3 to 20 s. (September 7, 10:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book n° 2049 and n°2052 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1248
Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: CORRY, PA
Description: Several / ground. Round disk paces 3
planes going west. Repositions front and back / planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2816
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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "435", HatchDesc: "CORRY,PA:SVRL/GND:RND DISK PACES 3 PLANES >W:REPOSITIONS FRONT+BACK/PLANES", LatLong: "41.922224 -79.638893", LatLongDMS: "41:55:20 N 79:38:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: JENNINGSVILLE, PA
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver ball hovers / 2
hours / high clear sky. Then straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2817
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "120", Elev: "326", HatchDesc: "JENNINGSVILLE,PA:4 OBS:SLVR BALL HVRS/2 hrs/HIGH CLEAR SKY:then straight up.", LatLong: "41.583335 -76.144448", LatLongDMS: "41:35:00 N 76:08:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/7/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Orange teardrop-shaped object whirl on its
vertical axis, (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2048)
Reference: NICAP: 520907
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1324
Date: 9/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Orange object or light (color temperature
2,000° F.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2049)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1325
Date: 9/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: 2052)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1326
Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: chemist J.W. Gibson and others.
One orange object or light (the color of 2,000' F.) exploded into view.
Seen for from 3-20 seconds by various observers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_246
Date: 9/7/1952
Description: In San Antonio, Texas at 10:30 p.m.
Chemist J. W. Gibson and others watched an orange object or light (the
color of iron heated to 2,000º F) explode into view. It was seen for
3-20 seconds by various observers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #2049; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5707
Date: 9/8/1952
Time: 07:40
Location: SE.MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 1 observer. 1M? white disk-ovoid going
quickly west. Pole through center with colored lights / ends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2818
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), TCH: New technical details/clues
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "SE.MEMPHIS,TN:1 OBS:1M? WHT DISK-OVOID >>W:POLE THRU CTR W/CLRD LITES/ENDS:", LatLong: "35.088891 -89.938893", LatLongDMS: "35:05:20 N 89:56:20 W", Locale: "Rainforest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Tennessee", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/8/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: SHAMOKIN, PA
Description: 1 observer. Cylinder/cigar-shape / sky.
Orange-glow / base. 9 separate. Same observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape
makes U-turn going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 520)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2819
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "219", HatchDesc: "SHAMOKIN,PA:1 OBS:CGR/SKY:ORG-GLOW/BASE::9SEP:SAME OBS:CGR MAKES U-TURN >E", LatLong: "40.783335 -76.561115", LatLongDMS: "40:47:00 N 76:33:40 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/8/1952
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Description: Wilbert B.
Smith and Department of Transport associates launch a large weather
balloon with a magnesium flare over Ottawa, Ontario, but it does not
inspire any UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1078; Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp.
17–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2043
Date: 9/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Rabat (French
Morocco), E. J. Colisimo, a civilian illustrator for the USAF
Intelligence, observed for 5 seconds a disc with lights on its
circumference flying as fast as a T-33 training fighter, following a
slightly curved trajectory. (9 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2062 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1249
Date: 9/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Portland
(Oregon), 2 oval objects were observed with an aerial projector.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1250
Date: 9/9/1952
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Blue Book. 2 saucers hover / regular
searchlight beam. 1 wobbles. No further details. / r78p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE;
NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books (
only $7.98! ) (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2820
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "PORTLAND,OR:BBK:2 SCRS HVR/REGULAR SEARCHLITE BEAM:1 WOBBLES:NFD:/r78p165", LatLong: "45.533336 -122.716673", LatLongDMS: "45:32:00 N 122:43:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oregon", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/9/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR RABAT, MAROC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2062. 6 silent
saucers in formation going northwest turn going quickly southwest. Twice
T33-speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 523)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2821
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "Morocco", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "nr RABAT,MAROC:BBK#2062:6 SLNT SCRS/FORMATION > NW TURN >>SW:TWICE T33-SPEED", LatLong: "33.983335 -6.866667", LatLongDMS: "33:59:00 N 06:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "RBT", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Two oval objects observed in searchlight
beam. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1327
Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Rabat, Fr. Morocco
Description: Disc with lights along part of its
circumference (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB:
2062)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1328
Date: 9/9/1952
Time: 9 PM
Location: Rabat, French Morocco
Description: Witness: E.J. colisimo, a civilian
illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One disc with lights along part of
its circumference, flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a
slightly curved path for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_247
Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Description: 9:00 p.m. US Air Force civilian
illustrator E. J. Colisimo sees a disc with lights along part of its
circumference over Rabat, Morocco. It is flying twice as fast as a T-33
jet trainer in a slightly curved path.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Twice As Fast As
T-33”; Sparks, p. 172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2044
Date: 9/9/1952
Description: In Rabat, Morocco at 9:00 p.m. Mr. E. J.
Colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence, sighted a disc
with lights along part of its circumference. It flew twice as fast as a
T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for five seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5784
Date: 9/10/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Silent shiny saucer goes back and forth
over airfield / 3 minute(s). Rises and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2822
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, 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: "3", Elev: "85", HatchDesc: "ANDREWS AFB,MD:SILENT SHINY SCR GOES BACK+FORTH OVR AIRFIELD/3min:RISES+GONE", LatLong: "38.800002 -76.900004", LatLongDMS: "38:48:00 N 76:54:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maryland", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/10/1952
Description: Battelle issues its fifth status report on
Project Stork to ATIC. It says that 800 copies of its revised report
questionnaire have been sent to the Air Force, many of which were passed
on to military witnesses as a trial test. The group has now examined UFO
reports from 1947–1949 and 1951. It decided to discontinue the news
clipping service.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports
for Project Stork, Part 3,” CUFON Source:
EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2045
Date: 9/10/1952
Locations: Andrews AFB; Prince George’s County,
Maryland
Description: 2:30 p.m. The wife of a civilian employee
at Andrews AFB [now Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County,
Maryland, sees a shiny, metallic, elliptical, silent object moving back
and forth near the base. It is visible for 2–3 minutes. (Loren E. Gross,
UFOs,
a History: 1952, September–October, The
Author, 1986, p. 25) September 11 [or 7 or 17] — CIA Office of
Scientific Intelligence Director H. Marshall
Chadwell writes a memorandum to Director of Central Intelligence Walter
Bedell Smith that sets out two national security implications of
UFOs for the government of the United States: the potential for
psychological panic by citizens, and demonstrating the nation’s
vulnerability by air. It recommends that “A national policy should be
established as to what should be told the public regarding the
phenomena, in order to minimize risk of panic.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Flying Saucers,”
September 11, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996;
Swords 175–181, 503–507; Good Above, p.
224
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2046
Date: 9/11/1952
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: Abe Friedman sees "small salami" / (seen
thru) binoculars zipping by. Explanation = cloud.(AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 526)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2823
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: "5", Duration: "1", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "MIAMI,FL:ABE FRIEDMAN SEES "SMALL SALAMI"/BINOCS ZIPPING BY:EXPLAN=CLOUD.(AP)", LatLong: "25.777779 -80.194448", LatLongDMS: "25:46:40 N 80:11:40 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/11/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: DENNIS CHURCH, OH
Description: 1 / observer(s). Silent 15M saucer hovers
near oil rig / 30 minutes. Roars on exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2824
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "350", HatchDesc: "DENNIS CHURCH,OH:1/OBS:SLNT 15M SCR HVRS nr OIL RIG/30mins:ROARS on exit", LatLong: "40.277780 -82.244448", LatLongDMS: "40:16:40 N 82:14:40 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Ohio", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/11/1952
Description: Williamson, Streeter, and
Bailey receive a radio message saying, “I hope we might have a landing
soon,” and later, “We must make landing contact soon… If you believe us,
you will act accordingly.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey,
The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR
30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2047
Date: 9/11/1952
Description: A UFO was seen over Belem, Brazil near the
mouth of the Amazon River on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael D. Hill, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt:
Summer of the Saucers - 1952, p. 193
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5851
Date: 9/11/1952
Description: A group of young people in Flatwoods, West
Virginia saw a bright red "meteor" land on top of a hill at around 7:15
p.m. A fluctuating orange-red light was seen on the hill, so they went
up to the site to investigate. They were accompanied by beautician
Kathleen Hill and her two sons and another youth, Gene Lemon. When the
seven witnesses got close to the hilltop, they observed a globe as large
as a house, making a throbbing or hissing sound. A huge black figure
with glowing orange eyes blocked their path. The figure was about 12
feet high (4 meters), and it had a reddish pear-shaped head or helmet,
with two luminous eyes from which beams of bluish light emerged; it also
had a dark metallic green body that "floated" toward the witnesses, who
fled in terror. The “entity” glided toward them, then toward a luminous,
20-foot wide pear-shaped about 50 feet away, which was pulsating between
bright orange and dull red. There was also a mist in the area which had
a choking, metallic smell. Gene Lemon fainted, so some of the others had
to drag him away with them, while the others ran. Lemon vomited all
night long. Reporters who went to the site later that evening saw no
object, but could still smell the lingering odor. Next day, a 15-foot
circle of flattened grass, some “skid marks”, and a strip of browned
vegetation were found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, September 14,
1952; O Cruzeiro, November 13, 1954; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers
from Outer Space, p. 116; Ivan T. Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors, p. 50;
Charles Bowen, The Humanoids, p. 52; Jacques Vallee, Passport to
Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 101; David F. Webb & Ted
Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1952-16 (A0200),
citing Gray Barker & Ivan T Sanderson; Michael D. Hill, Captain
Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers - 1952, pp. 192-3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5852
Date: 9/11/1952
Description: That same evening in Allen, Maryland at
9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, viewed
a white light with red trim through binoculars. It had streamers of
light coming off it as it flew toward northeast for 35 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book case files, case # 2077;
Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5853
Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Sutton, West Virgina
Description: Space "monster" appears from saucer near
Sutton, West VA
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah
Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_126
Date: 9/12/1952
Location: USA, Flatwoods (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) The children,
including Eddie and Fred, sons of Mrs. Kathleen May, claim to have seen
a monster emerge from a vibrating red ball. An expedition is organized,
led by Gene Lenon, a 17-year-old young man, who volunteered as a
policeman, to which Mrs. May joined, armed with a powerful flashlight.
They enter the forest and there they see a creature 4 m tall, whose
humanoid body is covered with a green rubber suit that reflects the
light, and wearing a helmet. The face is red with two huge orange-green
eyes. It emits a stench. It moves but without moving its feet and seems
to slide on the ground. General panic, including the dog who takes off
first. (Jacques BERGIER: "Les E.T. dans l'Histoire" - J'AI LU - 1970 -
p. 162, 163) (Brad STEIGER: "Ovni, le Projet Blue Book" - trad. Belfond
1979, p. 84, 85)...measured 2.70 m. Its face was injected with blood,
its green body emitted flashes of light and exhaled an abominable smell
that made those who saw it at close range vomit. It terrorized the
region. It disappeared without a trace, but was seen in South America
six years later.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: "Les Humanoïdes..." ed.
Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p. 17
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1677
Date: 9/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Allen
(Maryland), David Kolb from the GOC
and his companion, saw a white light with a border and red streamers
flying towards the Northeast for 35 minutes. (21:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2077 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1251
Date: 9/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Sutton (West
Virginia), Kathleen May, her 5 children and Gene Lemon, National Guard
soldier, meet the "monster"
of Flatwoods.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1252
Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: FLATWOODS, WV
Description: Several observer(s). Fireballs. Glowing
robot with antennas. Controversy-must see reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: TEETS, Bob: WEST VIRGINIA UFO's; Headline
Books, PO Box 52, Terra Alta, WV 1995 213pp. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2825
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., RBT: Possible robot or "Grey", mechanical motions, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, ODR: Odors associated with UFO's
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "3", Duration: "10", Elev: "326", HatchDesc: "FLATWOODS,WV:SVRL OBS:FBLS:GLOWING ROBOT W/ANTENNAS:controversy-must see ref.", LatLong: "38.722224 -80.650004", LatLongDMS: "38:43:20 N 80:39:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Western Virginia", Strangeness: "9"
Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: HOKENDAUQUA, PA
Description: 4 observer(s). White round disk with tail
circles houses. Fades! Observers adamant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2826
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
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "110", HatchDesc: "HOKENDAUQUA,PA:4 OBS:WHT RND DISK W/TAIL CCLS HOUSES:fades!:OBSs adamant", LatLong: "40.661113 -75.488892", LatLongDMS: "40:39:40 N 75:29:20 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "450", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Allen, MD
Description: A white light with red trim and streamers
fly NE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2077)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1329
Date: 9/12/1952
Time: sunset
Location: Flatwoods, West Virginia
Description: A group of young people saw a "meteor"
land on top of a hill and went to the site with Kathleen Hill and three
men. They observed a globe as large as a house making a throbbing or
hissing sound and a huge figure with glowing orange eyes nearby. About 4
m tall, the figure had a red face and "floated" toward the witnesses,
who fled in terror. A lingering smell and skid marks were found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_101
Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Allen, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the
Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars. One white light with a red trim
and streamers flew northeast for 35 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_248
Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Bladensburg, Ohio
Description: 1:30 a.m. Two oil well drillers, William
Darling and Donald Davis, see a lighted object with windows on one side
circling 150 feet above the ground silently for nearly 30 minutes at
Bladensburg, Ohio. Suddenly it makes a noise like steam blowing and
shoots out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 6, no. 2
(February 1953): 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2048
Date: 9/12/1952
Locations: Flatwoods, West Virginia; G. Bailey Fisher
farm; West Virginia National Guardsman Eugene Lemon; Braxton Democrat;
Max Lockard; Baltimore, Catonsville, Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland,
and Garrett County, Maryland; Preston County, Morgantown, Fairmont,
Wheeling, Charleston, Parkersburg, Nitro, Ward, and Chelyan, West
Virginia; Selma, Columbus, Zanesville, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Bluefield,
West Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Roanoke and Pulaski, Virginia; Arcadia,
Tennessee; North Carolina; Tyndall AFB in Panama City, Florida; Gulf of
Mexico
Description: Around 7:15 p.m., in Flatwoods, West
Virginia, two brothers, Edward and Fred May, and their friend Tommy Hyer
(ages 13, 12, and 10 respectively) witness a bright object cross the
sky, coming to rest on land belonging to local farmer G.
Bailey Fisher. The
boys go to the home of the May brothers’ mother, Kathleen
May, where
they tell the story of having seen a UFO crash land. From there, Mrs.
May, accompanied by the three boys, local children Neil Nunley, 14, and
Ronnie Shaver, 10, and West Virginia National Guardsman Eugene Lemon,
17, walk to the Fisher farm. At the top of a hill, they reportedly see a
large pulsating “ball of fire” about 50 feet to their right. They also
detect a pungent mist that makes their eyes and noses burn. Lemon then
notices two small lights over to the left of the object, underneath a
nearby oak tree and directs his flashlight towards them, revealing a
creature, which May reports as bounding towards them. Other sources
describe it as emitting a shrill hissing noise before gliding towards
them, changing direction and then heading off towards the red light. The
group flees in panic. Sheriff Robert
L. Carr and his deputy Burnell
J. Long search the area separately, but find no trace of the
encounter other than the smell. Early the next morning, A. Lee
Stewart, co-owner
of the Braxton Democrat, visits the site of the encounter for a second
time and discovers two elongated tracks in the mud, as well as traces of
a thick black liquid. It is later revealed that the tracks are likely
those of a 1942 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by local Max
Lockard, who
had gone to the site to look for the creature some hours prior to
Stewert’s discovery. Ivan T.
Sanderson interviews the witnesses several days later and concludes
that a flight of “intelligently controlled objects flew over West
Virginia.” The Air Force concludes that people have seen a meteor and
that the monster was only the glowing eyes of a barn owl. Joe Nickell also
concludes in 2000 that the bright light in the sky reported by the
witnesses on September 12 was most likely a meteor, that the pulsating
red light is likely an aircraft navigation/hazard beacon, and that the
creature described by witnesses closely resembles a barn owl. Nickell
claims that the experience was distorted by the heightened state of
anxiety felt by the witnesses after having observed the original meteor.
However, Frank
C. Feschino has done extensive research to support his hypothesis
that the Flatwoods incident was only one small part of a major UFO
display involving multiple objects (many of them reported as “meteors”
or “balls of fire” or “flaming planes”) passing in westerly and other
directions across the eastern and southern United States between 6:50
and 7:25 p.m. The trajectory of one of these objects (moving first
northwest then northeast then south) alone takes it over Baltimore,
Catonsville, Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland, and Garrett County,
Maryland; Preston County, Morgantown, Fairmont, Wheeling, Charleston,
Parkersburg, Nitro, Ward, and Chelyan, West Virginia; Selma, Columbus,
Zanesville, St. Clairsville, Ohio; it is last seen moving south around
Bluefield, West Virginia. Another object is seen over Washington, D.C.,
heading due west towards West Virginia, apparently landing in Flatwoods.
A third object travels southwest over Roanoke and Pulaski, Virginia,
possibly landing near Arcadia, Tennessee. Feschino thinks that these
three objects had been damaged by fire directed at them by Air Force
interceptors. Five other objects are observed in North Carolina in that
time period, and these Feschino suspects may have been attempting to
look for and assist the damaged objects. He also speculates that the
disappearance of an F-94 jet fighter out of Tyndall AFB in Panama City,
Florida, piloted by 2Lt John A.
Jones and radar operator 2Lt John
S. DelCurto, might
have involved a tragic UFO interception that began three hours earlier;
the last known contact with the fighter is at 5:43 p.m. over the Gulf of
Mexico 70 miles northwest of Tampa, the accident takes place under
unusual circumstances, and the wreckage has never been found. Feschino
thinks that a UFO damaged in dogfights with many interceptors over the
Gulf might have triggered the second battle over the Atlantic seaboard
around 7:00 p.m. Then a second wave of multiple objects is observed
8:00–8:10 p.m. in the Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and West
Virginia region that, according to Feschino, involves a search for a
second downed UFO. Although Feschino jumps to many conclusions and his
documentation for specific incidents and conditions is somewhat
confusing, he may well have grasped more truth than the meteor-and-owl
explanation of the skeptics.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Flatwoods Monster”;
Gray Barker, “The Monster and the Saucer,” Fate 6, no. 1 (January 1953):
12–17; Gray Barker, They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, University
Books, 1956, pp.
11–35; Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 116–120; Clark
III 494–495; Ivan T. Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors, Cowles, 1967, pp.
39–51; Northern Ontario UFO Research and Study, “The Braxton
Democrat”; Shoot 112–313, 320–327; Joe Nickell, “The
Flatwoods UFO Monster,”
Skeptical Inquirer 24, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2000): 15–19; Michael D. Swords,
“Peeking
at Ivan’s SITU Files:
The Flatwoods Monster,” The Big Study, April 11, 2011; Frank C.
Feschino, The Braxton County Monster: The Cover-Up of the Flatwoods
Monster Revealed, Quarrier Press, 2004
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2049
Date: 9/12/1952
Description: A group of young people in Flatwoods, West
Virginia saw a "meteor" land on top of a hill and went to the site. They
were accompanied by Kathleen Hill and three men. They observed a globe
as large as a house making a throbbing or hissing sound. A huge black
figure with glowing orange eyes blocked the path. About 12 feet high (4
meters), the figure had a reddish face and "floated" toward the
witnesses, who fled in terror. A lingering smell and skid marks were
found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, The Humanoids, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5899
Date: 9/12/1952
Description: That same evening in Allen, Maryland at
9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, viewed
a white light with red trim through binoculars. It had streamers of
light coming off it as it flew toward northeast for 35 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5900
Date: 9/13/1952
Location: USA, Frametown (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs.
Georges Snitowski noticed a creature 3.50m tall with shining eyes, which
seemed to be floating. This creature inspected their vehicle.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: "The Enigma of the
E.T." - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 93
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1678
Date: 9/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Allentown,
Pennsylvania, W.A. Hobler, a private pilot flying a Beech Bonanza,
observed for 2 seconds an object shaped like a large rugby ball,
emitting a red-orange glow, descending and then rising directly in front
of the witness aircraft. (7:40 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2085 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1253
Date: 9/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the
operation Mainbrace.
The Danish destroyer Willemoes, participating in the maneuvers,
is located North of Bornholm Island. During the night, Lieutenant
Commander Schmidt Jensen and some other crew members see an unidentified
object, triangular in shape, moving at high speed towards the Southeast.
The object emits a bluish glow. Commander Jensen estimates the speed at
900 miles/h.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1254
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: HARDY, KY
Description: 3 / (seen thru) binoculars. Round silver
saucer with black band flipflops. Hovers then shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2827
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: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "226", HatchDesc: "HARDY,KY:3/BINOCS:RND SLVR SCR W/BLK BAND FLIPFLOPS:HVRS then SHOOTS AWAY", LatLong: "37.622224 -82.244448", LatLongDMS: "37:37:20 N 82:14:40 W", Locale: "Oil & Coal", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "Kentucky", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: FT WORTH, TX
Description: White cylinder/cigar-shape-shape just east
/ moons image / 18 minute(s). Shoots away / terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2828
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "18", Elev: "201", HatchDesc: "Ft WORTH,TX:WHT CGR-SHAPE JUST E/MOONs IMAGE/18min:SHOOTS AWAY/TERRIFIC SPEED", LatLong: "32.716668 -97.333338", LatLongDMS: "32:43:00 N 97:20:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: ALLENTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2085. 1 observer.
Saucer dives going [to] private plane. 65° climb and away. /
LDLN#331.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2829
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "107", HatchDesc: "ALLENTOWN,PA:BBK#2085:1 OBS:SCR DIVES>PRIVATE PLANE:65° CLIMB+AWAY:/LDLN#331", LatLong: "40.600002 -75.466670", LatLongDMS: "40:36:00 N 75:28:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "5", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: RUIDOSO, NM
Description: 30 observer(s). Moon-size orange-ball
hangs / 30 minute(s). Rises until star-like and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2830
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: "31", Elev: "2048", HatchDesc: "RUIDOSO,NM:30 OBS:MOONSIZE ORG-BALL HANGS/30min:RISES UNTIL STARLIKE+GONE", LatLong: "33.366668 -105.683338", LatLongDMS: "33:22:00 N 105:41:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New Mexico", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: NORTH / BORNHOLM ISLAND, DK
Description: Danish destroyer crew. 3 blue objects /
triangle / 900M altitude going quickly north or going quickly
southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2831
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "9", Duration: "1", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "N/BORNHOLM Isl,DK:DAN.DESTROYER CREW:3 BLU OBJs/TRIANGLE/900M alt >>N or >>SE:", LatLong: "55.316669 15.000001", LatLongDMS: "55:19:00 N 15:00:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Danemark", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Allentown, PA
Description: A white light with red trim and streamers
fly NE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2085)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1330
Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Frametown, West Virginia
Description: Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowski and their
little girl suddenly found their car stalled, and an unpleasant smell
(ether mixed with sulphurous smoke) filled the air. Mr. Snitowski
thought a chemical plant might be burning in the area and walked toward
a strong light visible in the woods, in spite of the nauseous smell.
Coming near it, he felt pricklings throughout his body, had to stop,
lost his balance several times as he returned to the carwhere he found
his wife terrified, pointing to a giant creature (3 m tall),
human-shaped, 10 m away. They locked the car as "it" inspected the
vehicle, glided away and went into the woods. Soon afterward, the sphere
of light was observed to rise gradually, to swing like a pendulum, and
to leave a luminous trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Paul Lieb (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID:
Magonia_102
Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 7:40 PM
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying
a Beech Bonanza. One object, shaped like a fat football, flaming
orange-red color, descended and then pulled up in front of the witness'
airplane. Seen for 2 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_249
Date: 9/13/1952
Description: At around 8:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. George
Snitowski and their little girl suddenly found their car stalled in
Frametown, West Virginia. An unpleasant odor filled the air, similar to
the smell of ether mixed with sulphur. Mr. Snitowski thought a chemical
plant might be burning in the area and walked towards a strong light
visible in the woods, in spite of the noxious smell. Coming near it, he
felt a prickling sensation throughout his body, had to stop, and then
lost his balance several times as he returned to the car where he found
his wife terrified, pointing at a giant creature.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A
Century of Landings, p. 200; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving
Vehicle Interference, case # 1; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher,
HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1952-17, citing Paul Lieb,
Jacques Vallee & Mark Hall; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers
magazine, September 1972, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5907
Date: 9/13/1952
Description: On that same night in Allentown,
Pennsylvania at 7:40 p.m., private pilot W.A. Hobler was flying his
Beech Bonanza airplane when he sighted a flying object shaped like a fat
football, fiery orange-red in color, descend and then pull up in front
of his airplane. This encounter was very brief, and lasted only two 2
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2085; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5908
Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Sutton, West Virginia
Description: Mrs. Kathleen May, a National Guardsman,
and 5 other boys were investigating a landed globe-like UFO object on a
hillside. All of the witnesses were repelled from the hilltop by a
noxious sickening odor of the landed object. They all suffered choking
spasms and vomiting because of their incident.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_24
Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Frametown, West Virginia
Description: Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowsky and their
baby were gassed and felt an electric-like shock after their car stopped
near a soft, violent hue-colored landed UFO. This happened on the same
night of the Sutton incident, at a spot not far from the same
location.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_25
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: North Atlantic
Description: Iceland, North Atlantic, between Ireland
and Iceland. Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard
ships in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise. Among the sightings:
one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 mph; three objects in
a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 mph
Type: report
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_476
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: NORTH ATLANTIC, between Ireland and
Iceland
Description: (Translated from French) Witnesses:
military personnel of various nationalities aboard ships during NATO's
"Mainbrace" operation. Among the observations: a blue-green triangle
flying at 1,500 mph; three objects in triangular formation emitting a
white light at 1,500 m.p.h.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1679
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: USA, White Lake, South Dakota.
Description: (Translated from French) 7 p.m. Witness:
Ground Observer L.W. Barnes, with binoculars. An object red in color,
cigar-shaped, with three protuberances at the rear, flying first towards
the west, then towards the south, and then vanished. 30-40
minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1680
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At White Lake
(South Dakota), L. W. Barnes, a member of the GOC,
observed through binoculars for 30 to 40 minutes a red cigar-shaped
object, with 3 smoke clouds behind it, flying towards the West, then
South, and departing. (7 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2089 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1255
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Santa Barbara,
California, Tarbutton, pilot of the SAF C-54 transport plane, observed a
white-bluish light moving horizontally for 30 seconds before moving
upwards. (20:40)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2086 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1256
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the North
Atlantic, between Ireland and Greenland, members of military personnel
from various countries aboard ships of the NATO
Operation
Mainbrace exercise see a blue-green triangle flying at 1500 mph; 3
objects in triangular formation emitting a blinding white light at 1500
mph..
Reference: event to be compared to Blue
Book case #2087 unexplained but curiously dated September 14
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1257
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of
the USAF
of Olmstead (Pennsylvania), the pilot of the N67977 aircraft of the
Flying Tiger Airlines observes a blue light flying very quickly
in a collision trajectory.
Reference: case Blue
Book # 2093 unexplained, the associated descriptive map indicates
completely different information
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1258
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in El
Paso (Texas).
Reference: case Blue
Book #2092 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1259
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: OLMSTEAD AIR FORCE BASE, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2093. 2 civil
observer(s). Humming. Blue-glowing ovoid buzzes airliner.
Continues.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2832
Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "3", Elev: "652", HatchDesc: "OLMSTEAD AFB,PA:BBK#2093:2 CIV OBS:HUM:BLU-GLO OVOID BUZZES AIRLINER:CONTINUES", LatLong: "40.183335 -76.750004", LatLongDMS: "40:11:00 N 76:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 04:30
Location: BELLE GLADE, FL
Description: Humming. 14M saucer / lights / rim. Going
down / 12M altitude. Scares cows. Away and back. / r242p146.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2833
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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO's
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "5", Elev: "6", HatchDesc: "BELLE GLADE,FL:HUM:14M SCR/LITES/RIM:↓/12M alt:SCARES COWS:AWAY+BACK:/r242p146", LatLong: "26.683335 -80.666671", LatLongDMS: "26:41:00 N 80:40:00 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: FAIRFAX, VA
Description: Teacher. White ball / light with plasma.
Dances about as if alive / 4 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 529)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2834
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: "4", Elev: "136", HatchDesc: "FAIRFAX,VA:TEACHER:WHT BALL/LITE W/PLASMA:DANCES ABOUT AS IF ALIVE/4min", LatLong: "38.833335 -77.316670", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 77:19:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: WHITE LAKE, SDAK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2089. Unidentified.
Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Cigar going quickly west. 3
puffs / smoke to the rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2835
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "506", HatchDesc: "WHITE LAKE,SDAK:BBK#2089:UID:GOC OBS:CIGAR>>W:3 PUFFS/SMOKE TO THE REAR", LatLong: "43.661113 -98.700005", LatLongDMS: "43:39:40 N 98:42:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: SANTA BARBARA, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2086. C54 pilot.
Blue-white night light south and L / 30 second(s). Then shoots going up
[to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS;
(FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2836
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "15", HatchDesc: "SANTA BARBARA,CA:BBK#2086:C54 PILOT:BLU-WHT NLT S+L/30sec:THEN SHOOTS ↑ FAST", LatLong: "34.433335 -119.700006", LatLongDMS: "34:26:00 N 119:42:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CHARLESTON, WVA
Description: "White saucer lands. 2 men exit and climb
tree! Several observer(s)" / local papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 533)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2837
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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "4", Duration: "10", Elev: "182", HatchDesc: "CHARLESTON,WVA:"WHT SCR LANDS:2 MEN EXIT+CLIMB TREE!:SVRL OBS"/LOCAL PAPERS", LatLong: "38.333335 -81.583337", LatLongDMS: "38:20:00 N 81:35:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Western Virginia", Strangeness: "10"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: BILOXI, MS
Description: Drive-in movie. Glowing disk widens to a
circle. More objects nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2838
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "6", Duration: "110", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "BILOXI,MS:DRIVE-IN MOVIE:GLOWING DISK WIDENS TO A CIRCLE:MORE OBJS NEARBY", LatLong: "30.400001 -88.866671", LatLongDMS: "30:24:00 N 88:52:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Mississippi", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: Engineer and 3. 7 groups / 15 night lights
east going quickly west. West going quickly east etc. Arc cluster and
Y-formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2839
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "110", Elev: "1108", HatchDesc: "EL PASO,TX:ENGINEER+3:7 GROUPS/15 NLTS E>>W:W>>E etc:ARC CLUSTER+Y-FORMATIONS", LatLong: "31.750002 -106.500005", LatLongDMS: "31:45:00 N 106:30:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "4"
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Description: Blue white light travel straight and
level, then fly up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2086)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1331
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Operation Mainbrace, At Sea
Description: North Sea area/military exercise Ruppelt's
version (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2087, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520914
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1332
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: White Lake, SD
Description: Red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs
behind it (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2089)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1333
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: El Paso, TX
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters,
BB: 2092)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1334
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Olmsted AFB, PA
Description: Blue light fly very fast on a collision
course with airliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2093)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1335
Date: 9/14/1952
End date: 9/15/1952
Location: Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico
Description: 6 groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or
discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1336
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 8:40 PM
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Description: Witness: USAF C-54 transport pilot
Tarbutton. One blue-white light travelled straight and level, then went
up. Seen for 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_250
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: North Atlantic, between Ireland and
Iceland
Description: Witnesses: military persons from several
countries aboard ships in the NATO "Operation Mainbrace" exercise. Among
the sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 m.p.h;
three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at
1,500 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_251
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 7 PM
Location: White Lake, South Dakota
Description: Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer
L.W. Barnes, using binoculars. One red, cigar-shaped object, with three
puffs behind it, flew west, then south, and then was gone. Seen 30-40
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_252
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 11:30 PM
Location: Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico
Description: Event occurred to 1:20 AM, Sept. 15.
Witnesses: consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three others. Six groups
of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, which flew in formations varying
from arcs to inverted-Y's, very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_253
Date: 9/14/1952
Time: Time not known
Location: Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines
airplane N67977. One blue light flew very fast on a collision course
with the airliner. Note: the summary card attached to the file showed
completely different information.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_254
Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: Everglades Experiment Station; Belle Glade,
Florida; Everglades Research and Education Center
Description: 4:30 a.m. Fred J. Brown is preparing to
milk the cows at the Everglades Experiment Station [now the Everglades
Research and Education Center] in Belle Glade, Florida, when he spots a
circular object about 35 feet in diameter hovering about 100 feet above
the ground. It has a row of red and amber lights spaced around the
outside rim and the underside. As it descends to about 40 feet, the 13
cows bolt as the object disappears to the west. As Brown is rounding up
the cows, the object appears again, moving from south to north at a
speed of 30 mph, making a high-voltage buzzing noise, and emitting an
odor “like acid or ammonia” that makes Brown’s eyes smart. The cows
stampede once again. The object’s glow illuminates the ground as it
passes, and it gains altitude and disappears again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Cattle Stampeded Twice
by Mysterious ‘Object,’” Palm Beach \(Fla.) Times, September 16,
1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2050
Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: North Sea; Great Britain; France; Canada;
Denmark; Norway; Portugal; Netherlands; Belgium
Description: Exercise Mainbrace begins in the North
Sea. It is the first large-scale naval exercise undertaken by NATO and
jointly commanded by Admiral Lynde D.
McCormick and Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway. It involves the US Navy and the navies of Great Britain,
France, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands, and Belgium. Its
objective is to convince Denmark and Norway that they can be defended
against an attack from the USSR, and involves 80,000 men, 200 ships, and
1,000 aircraft. The operation lasts through September 25.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Exercise
Mainbrace” Source: EberhartUFOI,
ID: Eberhart_2051
Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: Bornholm island, Denmark; Baltic Sea
Description: 10:13 p.m. The Danish destroyer Willemoes,
during the Exercise Mainbrace maneuvers, is north of Bornholm island,
Denmark, in the Baltic Sea. Lt.Cmdr. G. Schmidt-Jensen and several
members of the crew see an unidentified object, triangular in shape,
that moves at high speed toward the southeast. It emits a greenish glow
and jets three rays of fire from its rear. Jensen estimates the speed at
930 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Operation
Mainbrace Sightings”;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs,
a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, p. 28; Marler
128– 129, 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2052
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: An animal reaction case occurred on a farm
in Belle Glade, Florida just before dawn at 4:30 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine,
December 1967, p. 24; NICAP case files; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History.
1952: August, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5941
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico between 11:30
p.m. and 1:20 a.m. the next day R. J. Portis, a consulting engineer, and
three others sighted six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs. The
UFOs flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y's, and moved
very fast through the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5942
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: North Atlantic, between Ireland and
Iceland. Military witnesses from several countries aboard ships
participating in the NATO "Operation Mainbrace" exercise had several UFO
sightings. Among the sightings: a blue-green triangle was observed
flying at 1,500 mph while another three objects in a triangular
formation gave off a white light exhaust while moving at 1,500
mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5943
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: While flying over Olmstead AFB,
Pennsylvania the pilot of a Flying Tiger Airlines transport plane, #
N67977, saw a blue light that flew at his plane very fast on a collision
course. Note: the summary card attached to the file showed completely
different information.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2093; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters,
p. 18; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5944
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: White Lake, South Dakota. At 7:00 p.m.
L.W. Barnes, a Ground Observer Corps observer using binoculars spotted a
red, cigar-shaped object. It left three puffs behind it, flew to the
west, then to the south, and then was gone. It was viewed for 30-40
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case #2089; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5945
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: Santa Barbara, California. At 8:40 p.m.
Mr. Tarbutton, a USAF C-54 transport pilot, sighted a blue-white light
that traveled straight and level, then went up. It was seen for 30
seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5946
Date: 9/14/1952
Description: Several people in Charleston, West
Virginia saw a luminous white disc-shaped object land at around 9:00
p.m. Two men wearing bright suits emerged from the craft and reportedly
climbed a nearby tree.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
September-October, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5947
Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Belle Glade, Florida
Description: Employee Gloyd Brown of the Everglades
Experiment Station noticed his eyes and nostrils began to smart and burn
after a circling UFO passed several times over the station. It smelled
like an acid, with an ammonia-like odor. The cows were badly frightened
by the incident, and there was a 33% reduction in milk production on the
following morning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_26
Date: 9/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Ciudad Jaurez
(Mexico), consulting engineer R. J. Portis and 3 other colleagues
observed 6 groups of 12 to 15 luminous spheres or discs, flying very
quickly in variable formations, from an arc to an inverted "Y". (11:30
PM to 1:20 AM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case = previous
case?
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1260
Date: 9/15/1952
Location: NEAR NORTH BAY, ON
Description: Pilot. 30' bronze sphere/orb/globe below
airliner / 25 minute(s). Follows highway. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2840
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Canada", Credibility: "7", Duration: "25", Elev: "201", HatchDesc: "nr NORTH BAY,ON:PILOT:30'BRONZE ORB BELOW AIRLINER/25min:FOLOS HWY:VANISHES!", LatLong: "46.200002 -79.450004", LatLongDMS: "46:12:00 N 79:27:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "-999", State/Prov: "Ontario", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 14:10
Location: NORTHWEST / TOPEKA, KS
Description: 4 observer(s). 6 metal objects hover /
northwest sky / 20 minute(s). Then going quickly east. / Blue Book
files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 593)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2841
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: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "295", HatchDesc: "NW/TOPEKA,KS:4 OBS:6 MTL OBJs HVR/NW SKY/20min:then >>E:/BBK FILES:NFD", LatLong: "39.083335 -95.616671", LatLongDMS: "39:05:00 N 95:37:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: TEXARKANA, TX
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 2 silver disks going
north 200' apart. 5K' altitude. Silent. No flame.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2842
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: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "3", Elev: "98", HatchDesc: "TEXARKANA,TX:2+2 OBS:2 SLVR DISKS >N 200'apart:5K'alt:SLNT:NO FLAME:", LatLong: "33.433335 -94.050004", LatLongDMS: "33:26:00 N 94:03:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: THIES, SENEGAL
Description: Astronomer. Silent red "star" maneuvers
all over/all about / sky. Going east. Stops. Going north. Away going
west.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The
UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB
(Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2843
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia", Credibility: "7", Duration: "25", HatchDesc: "THIES,SENEGAL:ASTRONOMER:SLNT RED "STAR" MNVRS ALLO/SKY:> E:STOPS:> N:AWAY >W:", LatLong: "14.800001 -16.933334", LatLongDMS: "14:48:00 N 16:56:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SNG", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTH / DOUGLASS, KS
Description: 11m domed ovoid paces 2 military / car /
low altitude. Flames and going quickly [to] away. / APRO v1#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2844
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "365", HatchDesc: "S/DOUGLASS,KS:11m DOMED OVOID PACES 2 MIL/CAR/lo alt:FLAMES+>>away:/APRO v1#3", LatLong: "37.438891 -97.011116", LatLongDMS: "37:26:20 N 97:00:40 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "25", State/Prov: "Kansas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/16/1952
Location: USA, Portland, Maine.
Description: (Translated from French) 6:22 p.m.
Witness: crew of a U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, radar-optical
observation. A group of five lights was observed, while a small blip
appeared on the radar screen. Duration: 20 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1681
Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Portland
(Maine), the U.S.
Navy crew of the P2V Neptune patrol plane observed a group of 5
lights for 20 minutes, and at the same time their weak echo on the
radar. (18 h 22)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2099 unsolved, it is not excluded that they were USAF KC-97
planes involved in a refueling operation
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1261
Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Warner Robbins
(Georgia), 3 officers of the USAF
and 2 civilians observed for 15 minutes two white lights flying side by
side at an estimated speed of 100 miles/h. (19:30)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2100 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1262
Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Belle Glade
(Florida), a circular object with light streaks underneath it flew at
low altitude. The cattle panicked.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1263
Date: 9/16/1952
Location: CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: Air Traffic Controllers. Blue blob
reappears several times / 45 minute(s). Weather = cloudy and dark.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 535)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2845
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "45", Elev: "228", HatchDesc: "CHANUTE AFB,IL:ATCs:BLUE BLOB REAPPEARS SVRL TIMES/45min:WEATHER=CLOUDY+DARK:", LatLong: "40.294446 -88.150004", LatLongDMS: "40:17:40 N 88:09:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: PORTLAND, ME
Description: Navy PV2 chases cylinder/cigar-shape and
saucer going quickly southwest. RADAR shows linear blip. Away / 300mph.
/ r1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994,
LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2846
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "8", HatchDesc: "PORTLAND,ME:NAVY PV2 CHASES CGR+SCR >>SW:RDR SHOWS LINEAR BLIP:AWAY/300mph:/r1", LatLong: "43.666669 -70.266670", LatLongDMS: "43:40:00 N 70:16:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Maine", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2100. 2
glowing-night lights going west. Small blue flames / bottom. Turn going
quickly SSW. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2847
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "15", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "ROBINS AFB,GA:BBK#2100:2 GLOW-NLTS > W:SML BLU FLAMES/BOTTOM:TURN >>SSW:/r43", LatLong: "32.616668 -83.583337", LatLongDMS: "32:37:00 N 83:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK
Description: 1 military and 2 civil. Saucer glows.
Dims. Shifts back and forth / 30 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 535)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2848
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, 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: "8", Duration: "60", Elev: "394", HatchDesc: "TINKER AFB,OK:1 MIL+2 CIV:SCR GLOWS:DIMS:SHIFTS BACK+FORTH/30min:NFD", LatLong: "35.416668 -97.366671", LatLongDMS: "35:25:00 N 97:22:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Oklahoma", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NEW BERN, NC
Description: 2 / farm duck down. Loud invisible buzzing
object going [to] WSW just overhead!!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2849
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "1", Elev: "5", HatchDesc: "NEW BERN,NC:2/FARM DUCK DOWN:LOUD INVISIBLE BUZZING OBJ >WSW JUST OVHD!!", LatLong: "35.116668 -77.044448", LatLongDMS: "35:07:00 N 77:02:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "3", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Portland, ME
Description: RV: Navy Patrol Plane Crew / Five UFOs
Picked Up On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB:
2099)
Reference: NICAP: 520916
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1337
Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Belle Glade, FL
Description: Circular object with row of lights on
underside passed low overhead; cattle bolted. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 -
Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1338
Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Warner Robins AFB, GA
Description: White lights fly abreast at 100 mph
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2100)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1339
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 6:22 PM
Location: Portland, Maine
Description: Witnesses: crew of U.S. Navy P2V Neptune
patrol plane, visually and via radar. A group of five lights was seen at
the same time a long, thin blip was being tracked on radar. Note:
consideration was given to this being USAF KC-97 airplanes involved in a
refueling operation. The sighting involved 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_255
Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: three USAF officers, two
civilians. Two white lights flew abreast, at 100 m.p.h., for 15
minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_256
Date: 9/16/1952
Description: The crew of a U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol
plane, Boak, Prentis and Hara, flying near Portland, Maine at 6:22 p.m.
sighted a dark elongated cigar and a group of five unidentified lights
and picked up a long thin blip on radar. Investigators considered
whether the crew had sighted a USAF KC-97 aircraft involved in a
refueling operation, but decided that this was unlikely. The sighting
lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2099; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 146; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Cominique Weinstein, Aircraft
UFO Encounters, p. 19; UNICAT, case # 746
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6004
Date: 9/16/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. three Air Force officers and
two civilians at Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia observed two unidentified
white lights flying abreast, at a speed of 100 mph, for 15
minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6005
Date: 9/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson,
Arizona, Ted Hollingsworth and his companion observe for 2 minutes 2
groups of 3 large, flat, and shiny objects flying in tight formation:
the first group slowly, the second faster. (September 17, 11:40
AM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2105 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1264
Date: 9/17/1952
Location: MORRIS, PA
Description: News. Red fireball hovers over town / 20
minute(s). Shoots going quickly west trailing tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2850
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "20", Elev: "317", HatchDesc: "MORRIS,PA:NEWS:RED FBL HVRS OVR TOWN/20min:SHOOTS >>W TRAILING TAIL", LatLong: "41.594446 -77.294448", LatLongDMS: "41:35:40 N 77:17:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 04:40
Location: KILLEEN, TX
Description: Army base guard. 10' saucer going
southwest and going quickly northeast overhead / 300m altitude. 2 red
flames / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2851
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "259", HatchDesc: "KILLEEN,TX:ARMY BASE GUARD:10'SCR > SW+>>NE OVHD/300m alt:2 RED FLAMES/REAR", LatLong: "31.122224 -97.727782", LatLongDMS: "31:07:20 N 97:43:40 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "300", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 11:40
Location: NORTH / TUCSON, AZ
Description: 3+3 saucers in formation. Fade away! Seen
longer by observer(s) with Polaroid glasses..
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2852
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", Elev: "728", HatchDesc: "N/TUCSON,AZ:3+3 SCRS/FORMn:FADE AWAY!:SEEN LONGER by OBS W/POLAROID GLASSES..", LatLong: "32.333335 -110.916672", LatLongDMS: "32:20:00 N 110:55:00 W", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Arizona", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: 3 observer(s) and more. Silent aluminum
soup-bowl. Sudden acceleration going quickly south toward(s) naval
base.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2853
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "12", HatchDesc: "PHILADELPHIA,PA:3 OBS+:SLNT ALUM.SOUP-BOWL:SUDDEN ACCEL >>S twrd naval base", LatLong: "39.916669 -75.161115", LatLongDMS: "39:55:00 N 75:09:40 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Pennsylvania", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/17/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 2 groups of 3 large, flat, shiny objects
(NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2105)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1340
Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 11:40 AM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hollingsworth.
Two groups of three large, flat, shiny objects flew in tight formations:
the first group slow, the second faster. Seen for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_257
Date: 9/17/1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hollingsworth of Tucson,
Arizona sighted two groups of three large, flat, shiny objects at 11:40
a.m. north of the city. The daylight objects flew in tight formations:
the first group slowly, the second group faster. The sighting lasted for
2 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2105; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
September-October, p. 36; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6038
Date: 9/18/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: KIRKENES, NORWAY
Description: 3 woodsmen. 18M saucer / 500' altitude.
Hovers a while. Going quickly northwest / high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: The UFO REPORT 1992;
Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1993 (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2854
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), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "KIRKENES,NORWAY:3 WOODSMEN:18M SCR/500'alt:HVRS A WHILE:>>NW/HIGH SPEED", LatLong: "69.711114 30.000001", LatLongDMS: "69:42:40 N 30:00:00 E", Locale: "Forest", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Norway", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/18/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Description: 2+2+4 observer(s). Glowing disk / 30K'.
Dives down then rises until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 538)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2855
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Libya", Credibility: "10", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "TRIPOLI,LIBYA:2+2+4 OBS:GLOWING DISK/30K':DIVES DOWN THEN RISES UNTIL GONE:", LatLong: "32.783335 13.200001", LatLongDMS: "32:47:00 N 13:12:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TRP", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving
Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33,
27km (Army training test. Tail explosion at 27s terminating
thrust.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_477
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 27km
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Topcliffe (Yorkshire)
Description: (Translated from French) Officers and men
of the RAF Topcliffe base observed a UFO following a Meteor jet. The
observation was reported to the Air Force Headquarters by the Coastal
Command. (Henry DURRANT: "The Black Book of UFOs" - Laffont 1970 - pp.
108-109) (A. RIBERA: "These Mysterious UFOs" - De Vecchi 1976, p.
399).
Reference: BUFORA, Internet 1998
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1682
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: France, near Beine (Yonne)
Description: (Translated from French) M. R. Sommer,
pilot and aircraft constructor, wrote to us: "I was driving back in my
car, the night was dark, no moon, no stars. After leaving the village of
Beine and having driven for about 5 minutes, our surprise was great when
we noticed an unknown, shining object had appeared in the sky to the
left of the road. The object had the shape of an olive and the color of
gold. Its major axis was vertical. The spectacle was magical. The
appearance lasted about five minutes. The minor axis of the object was
slightly smaller than the apparent diameter of the moon. A few moments
later I visited the neighboring villages, I examined the churches
fearing that this appearance might come from illuminations or
reflections, etc... But everywhere it was absolute calm and no
remarkable lights were to be seen, the road was deserted.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE - Jeanine VALLEE: "Unusual
Phenomena in Space", hardcover LAFFONT 1978, p. 161
Reference: extract from Astronomy, Bulletin of the
Astronomical Society of France
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1683
Date: 9/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the North Sea
during the Mainbrace
operation, 3 photographs were taken from the aircraft carrier USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt of a spherical UFO flying behind the NATO
fleet..
Reference: case Blue
Book #2087 unexplained?
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1265
Date: 9/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) As part of the NATO
maneuvers, 2 officers and 3 men from the RAF
observed a UFO above the Dishforth airbase. Lieutenant John W. Kilburn's
report states: As we watched the disc continue its course, we saw it
slow down for a few seconds, then begin to descend. As it started to
lose altitude, it began to flutter like a leaf, or, if you will, like a
pendulum. The "Meteor" (a RAF jet fighter which the 5 men were following
as it landed) banked to circle the field before landing. The object
began to follow it, but after a few seconds stopped. It seemed to remain
suspended in the sky, spinning like a top. Suddenly it accelerated and
shot off at lightning speed to the West, where it disappeared..
Reference: Bourret 1976, interview with Aimé
Michel
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1266
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Topcliffe Airfield, UK
Description: Air space violations, spherical UFO; jet
scrambled; visuals; non-US military
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_123
Date: 9/19/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: Longitude & latitude coords.
approximate. 3 photos / saucer from carrier Roosevelt / Mainbrace. /
r242p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2856
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "11", Duration: "3", Elev: "0", HatchDesc: "ENGLISH CHANNEL:LL APRX:3 PHOTOS/SCR fm CARRIER ROOSEVELT/MAINBRACE:/r242p162", LatLong: "50.250002 -1.000000", LatLongDMS: "50:15:00 N 01:00:00 W", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SEA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/19/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: TOPCLIFFE, NORTH YORKS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2087. Saucer
follows meteor jet. Incredible acceleration. / r70p3+r242+r120.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2857
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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "10", Duration: "3", Elev: "30", HatchDesc: "TOPCLIFFE,N.YORKs:BBK#2087:SCR FOLOS METEOR JET:INCRED.ACCEL:/r70p3+r242+r120", LatLong: "54.172225 -1.383333", LatLongDMS: "54:10:20 N 01:23:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "4500", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/19/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: BEINE WITH CHABLIS, FR
Description: Pilot / engineer. Gold-glow olive-shape
over roadside.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2858
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "7", Duration: "5", HatchDesc: "BEINE W/CHABLIS,FR:PILOT/ENGINEER:GOLD-GLOW OLIVE-SHAPE ovr ROADSIDE.", LatLong: "47.822225 3.722222", LatLongDMS: "47:49:20 N 03:43:20 E", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "YNN", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Operation Mainbrace, At Sea
Description: September 19, 1952; Operation Mainbrace
color photos (Denmark & Norway) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB:
BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520919
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1341
Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Yorkshire (Topcliffe RAF Station), UK
Description: Swaying Silver Object Follows Jet (NICAP:
11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520919
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1343
Date: 9/19/1952
Locations: RAF Topcliffe; North Yorkshire, England;
Dishforth; Buckingham Palace
Description: 10:53 a.m. During Exercise Mainbrace
maneuvers, a silvery, spherical UFO appears near RAF Topcliffe in North
Yorkshire, England, following an RAF Meteor jet (possibly piloted by
Flight Lt. John W. Kilburn and Flight Lt. Marian Cybulski) about to
land. It has been following about 5 miles behind the jet at15,000 feet,
swinging like a “falling sycamore leaf” and descending. As the jet turns
toward Dishforth, the object follows but begins rotating on its axis
then suddenly accelerates and disappears. Several ground crew members of
RAF 269 Squadron (Master Signaller Albert Thomson, Sgt. Flight Engineer
Thomas Deweys, Flight Lt. R. Paris, and Leading Aircraftman George
Grime) and civilians also see it. Prince
Philip suggests to RAF Air Marshal Peter Horsley, who is
serving as equerry to the duke, that he investigate credible reports of
UFOs, especially those by fighter pilots who have seen them. He arranges
for RAF Fighter Command to send copies of any reports for examination at
Buckingham Palace and begins an informal study that lasts until
1955.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Swaying
Silver Object Follows
Jet”; Richard Hall, “Operation Mainbrace Sightings”; Good Above, pp.
31–32, 450;
Nick Redfern, “UFOs
and NATO: The Mainbrace Affair,” Mysterious Universe, April 22,
2014; David Clarke, “The Prince and the Saucers,” Fortean Times 406
(June 2021): 18–19; Sparks, p. 173;
Ruppelt, pp.
195–196; UFOFiles2, p.
47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2053
Date: 9/19/1952
Description: Five men in a RAF Meteor aircraft,
including John W. Kilburn, were flying at 5,000 feet altitude over
Dishforth, North York, England when they sighted a UFO at 1,000 feet
above their plane at 10:53 a.m. They described it as round and silvery,
and it changed shape to something more elliptical. It was solid looking,
and it swung like a pendulum as it lost altitude. Ten British officers
had just deplaned from Operation Mainbrace at Dishforth Aerodrome when
they spotted the same UFO. It appeared as a white, round, glimmering
circular object, followed by the RAF Meteor jet aircraft two miles back.
The UFO lost altitude, and then fluttered like a leaf in a pendulum-like
motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers,
p. 136; UNICAT, case # 413; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for
Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 24; Michael David Hall, Captain Edward
J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers - 1952, p. 194
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6079
Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Yorkshire, England
Description: Air Ministry, London: A number of airmen
and officers of the R.A.F., Topcliffe, observed an UFO. As it descended
it was swinging in a pendular motion like a falling leaf. Pendulous
motion ceased and object began rotary motion about its own axis.
Suddenly accelerated at an incredible speed. (9/19/1952, cont’d) It was
not identifiable with any known aircraft and acceleration was in excess
of that of a shooting star! Craft was silver in color and circular.
(Operation Mainbrace)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research ("Above
Top Secret" by Timothy Good p31,450, B1-G p43)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_478
See also: 9/20/1952
Date: 9/20/1952
Location: Between England and Scandinavia
Description: An UFO similar to the Topcliffe one (see
9/19/1952) is sighted over a U.S. Carrier ship out with the fleet
between England and Scandinavia. An American photographer doing a story
of the fleet exercise took pictures of the UFO which was ascertained not
to have been a balloon. The Navy never released the photos of the
UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_479
See also: 9/19/1952
Date: 9/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Topcliffe
(Yorkshire, England), a silver disc follows a Meteor jet, descending
with a pendulum motion (September 20)
Reference: See "Operation Mainbrace" chronology,
Section XII.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1267
Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Silver, spherical UFO appears during NATIO
exercises. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_124
Date: 9/20/1952 (approximate)
Location: TIT MELLIL, MAROC
Description: Pilot. Ovoid with green halo going [to]
under airliner. Rises and speeds away going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris.
Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index
126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2859
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "TIT MELLIL,MAROC:PILOT:OVOID W/GRN HALO >UNDER AIRLINER:RISES+SPEEDS AWAY >>W", LatLong: "33.550002 -7.483334", LatLongDMS: "33:33:00 N 07:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CSB", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/20/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: KARUP AIRPORT, DK
Description: 3 Air Force officers. Shiny metallic disk
going quickly east / 5 second(s) to clouds. / r242p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING
SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index
139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2860
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)
Extra Data: Country: "Scandanavian and Finland", Credibility: "8", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "KARUP AIRPORT,DK:3 AF OFFICERS:SHINY MTLC DISK >>E/5sec to CLOUDS:/r242p162 ", LatLong: "56.300003 9.150000", LatLongDMS: "56:18:00 N 09:09:00 E", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Danemark", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/20/1952?
Locations: Woodnesborough, Kent, England; English
Channel; France; Eastern Europe
Description: Sometime during Exercise Mainbrace, at the
underground RAF Ash, near Woodnesborough, Kent, England, Senior
Aircraftman William Maguire tracks on radar a huge UFO high above the
English Channel for 18 minutes. Eventually it splits into three and
speeds away, one object to the north, another toward France, and the
third toward Eastern Europe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p.
152; Nick Redfern, “UFOs,
NATO, and Military Encounters,” Interesting and Curiosities, October
28, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2054
Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Naval personnel on the US aircraft carrier
USS
Franklin
D. Roosevelt in the North Sea observe a silvery sphere moving across
the sky behind the fleet. Photographer Wallace Litwin takes three color
photos that are developed and examined by naval intelligence officers.
Ruppelt says
they “turned out to be excellent … judging by the size of the object in
each successive photo, one could see that it was moving rapidly.” No
balloon has been launched.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object
Photographed during Operation Mainbrace”; Ruppelt, pp.
195–196; UFOEv, p.
162; “In
the News 1952,” Saturday Night Uforia, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2055
Date: 9/20/1952
Locations: Air Base Karup; Jutland, Denmark
Description: 7:30 p.m. At Air Base Karup in Jutland,
Denmark, three Danish Air Force officers see a shiny, metallic UFO pass
overhead and disappear in clouds to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about FS, 133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2056
Date: 9/20/1952
Description: Between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., a silver
spherical UFO appeared over the North Sea end of the English Channel
during the NATO naval exercise Operation Mainbrace and was seen by
several aboard several different warshaps. It was photographed by
Wallace Litwin aboard the U.S.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects, p. 256; UNICAT, case # 584; Richard M. Dolan, UFO's and
the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p.
403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6118
Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Six RAF jets on maneuvers over the North
Sea saw a “sphere” heading towards them, coming from the direction of
the English fleet. It was tracked on radar then disappeared and
reappeared behind them. One Meteor pilot attempted an intercept but was
completely outrun by the UFO. Capt. Ruppelt was later told by RAF
Intelligence that the incidents of the past three days caused the RAF to
officially recognize the UFO situation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea
Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_480
See also: 7/1952
See also: 6/24/1953
Date: 9/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) During the Mainbrace
operation, 6 fighters gave chase to a spherical and shining UFO.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1268
Date: 9/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Morocco, UFOs
appear above Tangier, Marrakech and Casablanca. West of Nefik, a flying
disc at high speed changes shape to that of an ellipse and suddenly
stops while explosion noises are heard. Then it resumes its journey at
the same speed, in the same direction, and as bright as before.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1269
Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Silver, spherical UFO tracked by RAF jets;
intercept fails. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_125
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: ~01:00
Location: CENTREVILLE, VA
Description: Bad smell. 4+2 observer(s). 6 colored
night lights bounce about / sky. Hover and rise.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2861
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ODR: Odors associated with UFO's
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "10", Duration: "10", Elev: "117", HatchDesc: "CENTREVILLE,VA:BAD SMELL:4+2 OBS:6 CLRD NLTS BOUNCE ABOUT/SKY:HOVER+RISE", LatLong: "38.838891 -77.427781", LatLongDMS: "38:50:20 N 77:25:40 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: FAIRFAX, VA
Description: 4 blazing discs over police
station/depot/facility after dispatching UFO reports! (ins.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2862
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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "10", Elev: "136", HatchDesc: "FAIRFAX,VA:4 BLAZING DISCS ovr POLICE STN AFTER DISPATCHING UFO REPORTS!(INS)", LatLong: "38.833335 -77.305559", LatLongDMS: "38:50:00 N 77:18:20 W", Locale: "Farmlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Virginia", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: CASABLANCA, MOR
Description: 5000 / boxing match and pilot. Bright
blue-green cylinder/cigar-shape going. Flood / report(s). /
r48p140.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2863
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), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency
Extra Data: Country: "Morocco", Credibility: "10", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "CASABLANCA,MOR:5000/BOXING MATCH+PILOT:BRITE BLU-GRN CGR>:FLOOD/Rpts:/r48p140", LatLong: "33.600002 -7.616667", LatLongDMS: "33:36:00 N 07:37:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CAS", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Description: Vibrant bright cylinder/cigar-shape / long
trail. Slow and silent. Also night light maneuvers 11 Nov. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE
ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2864
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "9", Duration: "3", HatchDesc: "AIX-en-PROVENCE,FR:VBRITE CGR/LONG TRAIL:SLOW+SILENT::+NLT MNVRS 11NOV52", LatLong: "43.533335 5.450000", LatLongDMS: "43:32:00 N 05:27:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bouches-du-Rhône", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 19:30?
Location: MARSEILLE, FR
Description: 'Blue-neon tube' northeast going quickly
southwest. Gradual downward slant. Band on edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2865
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)
Extra Data: Country: "France", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MARSEILLE,FR:'BLUE-NEON TUBE' NE>>SW:GRADUAL DOWNWARD SLANT:BAND ON EDGE ", LatLong: "43.316669 5.383334", LatLongDMS: "43:19:00 N 05:23:00 E", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Bouches-du-Rhône", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: MARGATE, KENT
Description: Fisherman. 4 bright 'dinner-plates' go
east going quickly west in a row. Military investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2866
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Great Britain and Ireland", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", HatchDesc: "MARGATE,KENT:FISHERMAN:4 BRITE 'DINNER-PLATES' GO E>>W IN A ROW:MIL INVESTGN", LatLong: "51.350002 1.283333", LatLongDMS: "51:21:00 N 01:17:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "England", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea (Operation Mainbrace), At Sea
Description: Six RAF Jets Approached By Shiny Sphere
(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520921
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1344
Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Six RAF Meteor jets flying above the North
Sea observe a shiny sphere approaching from the direction of the
Mainbrace fleet. It eludes their pursuit and disappears. As they are
returning, it reappears following one of the jets, but when he turns to
chase it, it speeds away. Ruppelt says
the Mainbrace sightings forced the RAF to “officially recognize the
UFO.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Six RAF Jets
Approached by Shiny Sphere”; Ruppelt, p.
196; Sparks, p.
173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2057
Date: 9/21/1952
Description: A silver spherical UFO was tracked by RAF
jets over the North Sea during the NATO Operation Mainbrace. An
attempted intercept by three jets and a total of six air crew members
failed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects, p. 258; Richard Dolan, UFO's and the National Security
State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973, p. 403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6176
Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Canada, Drum
Description: (Translated from French) The most
troubling case was the incident at the Drum military camp during the
night. For thirty minutes, the officer on duty and a small number of
soldiers observed an object of round shape, red-orange, moving above the
camp. At least three times they heard a noise that they later compared
to the buzzing of a generator or a disc rotating. During this half hour,
the mysterious machine flew, making tight turns, accelerating, rising,
descending. It mainly flew at a fairly low altitude, as the buzzing was
perceptible on the ground.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: "The UFO File" - ed.
Hachette 1952, p.135
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1684
Date: 9/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fairfax County
(Virginia), police observe 3 to 4 UFOs maneuvering erratically.
(September 22)
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1270
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: NORTH / TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Description: 2 / England. Fiery football-size object
out over sea going quickly northwest. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2867
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: "Libya", Credibility: "7", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "N/TRIPOLI,LIBYA:2/ENGLAND:FIERY FOOTBALL-SIZE OBJ OUT OVR SEA >>NW:/BBK FILES", LatLong: "33.000002 13.183334", LatLongDMS: "33:00:00 N 13:11:00 E", Locale: "Offshore", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "TRP", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / MOBRIDGE, SD
Description: 8 / railroad/railway roundhouse. Large
shiny saucer hovers high / 8 minutes. Going quickly southeast faster /
jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2868
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: "9", Duration: "8", Elev: "525", HatchDesc: "SE/MOBRIDGE,SD:8/RR ROUNDHOUSE:LRG SHINY SCR HVRS HI/8mns:>>SE FASTER/JET:", LatLong: "45.516669 -100.416671", LatLongDMS: "45:31:00 N 100:25:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "2400", State/Prov: "South Dakota", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: YAAK, MT
Description: Rumor / radar-men. UFO lands. Breaks
trees. Hops about and flies when military nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2869
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "10", Elev: "905", HatchDesc: "YAAK,MT:RUMOR/RADAR-MEN:UFO LANDS:BREAKS TREES:HOPS ABOUT+FLIES WHEN MIL NEARS", LatLong: "48.816669 -115.750006", LatLongDMS: "48:49:00 N 115:45:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Montana", Strangeness: "8"
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR WHITSETT, NC
Description: College Dean and 1. Silver disk hovers /
high altitude. Going quickly north as plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2870
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: "8", Duration: "2", Elev: "210", HatchDesc: "nr WHITSETT,NC:COLLEGE DEAN+1:SLVR DISK HVRS/HI ALT:>>N AS PLANE NEARS", LatLong: "36.055557 -79.600004", LatLongDMS: "36:03:20 N 79:36:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "North Carolina", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: BAYONNE, FR
Description: All / factory night-shift. UFO / dead-leaf
maneuvers etc. / 20 minute(s). / r48p140.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO'S IN SPACE - Anatomy of
a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index
85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2871
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: "France", Credibility: "10", Duration: "20", HatchDesc: "BAYONNE,FR:ALL/FACTORY NITE-SHIFT:UFO/DEAD-LEAF MNVRS etc./20min:/r48p140", LatLong: "43.483335 -1.466667", LatLongDMS: "43:29:00 N 01:28:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "PYA", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: CAMP DRUM, NY
Description: Several observer(s). 20' saucer hovers and
circles / 30 minute(s). Dynamo whine and sparks. / r136#5p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2872
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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "9", Duration: "30", Elev: "211", HatchDesc: "CAMP DRUM,NY:SVRL OBS:20'SCR HVRs+CCLs/30min:DYNAMO WHINE+SPARKS:/r136#5p54", LatLong: "44.050002 -75.722226", LatLongDMS: "44:03:00 N 75:43:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "New York", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Fairfax County, VA
Description: Police observed 3-4 UFOs maneuvering
erratically. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1345
Date: 9/22/1952
Locations: Camp Drum; Watertown, New York; Fort
Drum
Description: Night. A UFO hovers over the Army’s Camp
Drum [now Fort Drum] near Watertown, New York, for 30 minutes. Eight
soldiers say the object is 200 feet across, trailing red-orange
sparks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious,
Gyratuing Object
Looks Down on Camp Drum,” Rochester \(N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle,
September 27, 1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2058
Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Centerville, Virginia
Description: Mrs. E. L. Hazelwood reported that she
watched several brightly illuminated UFOs and became ill for several
days because of the odor given off by the strange objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The
Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID:
HostileFawcett_27
Date: 9/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Gander Lake in
Newfoundland (Canada), the USAF Pepperell base operations officer and 7
other campers observed a bright white light reflecting on the lake,
flying horizontally for 10 minutes at about 100 miles/h. (September
23)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2119 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1271
Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: EAST / BOISE, ID
Description: Ground and air observer(s). Night lights
hover. Move side-to-side up and down. Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2873
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "820", HatchDesc: "E/BOISE,ID:GND+AIR OBS:NLTS HOVER:MOVE SIDE-TO-SIDE UP+DOWN:BBK REPORT", LatLong: "43.600002 -116.133339", LatLongDMS: "43:36:00 N 116:08:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Idaho", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 02:40
Location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s).
10-15 orange glowing saucers / V-formation. Return at 0407hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2874
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "127", Elev: "3", HatchDesc: "NEWPORT BEACH,CA:GOC OBS:10-15 ORANGE GLOWING SCRS/V-FORM:RETURN AT 0407hrs", LatLong: "33.616668 -117.900006", LatLongDMS: "33:37:00 N 117:54:00 W", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "California", Strangeness: "7"
Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 23:10
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: 1 civil and 2 military guards. 12
yellow-why night lights circle in sky. / Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2875
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "90", HatchDesc: "ROBINS AFB,GA:1 CIV+2 MIL GUARDS:12 YEL-WHY NLTS CIRCLE IN SKY:/BBK REPORT", LatLong: "32.600002 -83.583337", LatLongDMS: "32:36:00 N 83:35:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Georgia", Strangeness: "4"
Date: Fall 1952
Location: NY to Puerto Rico, In Airspace
Description: Three Pan American Airways pilots watched
UFO hover, speed away. [UFOE, V]. Zammett/Harris/Hutchins (AL) (NICAP:
01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1314
Date: 9/23/1952
Location: Gander Lake, CAN
Description: Bright white light, which reflected on the
lake (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2119)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1346
Date: 9/23/1952
Time: No time shown
Location: Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witnesses: Pepperell AFB operations
officer and seven other campers. One bright white light, which reflected
on the lake, flew straight and level at 100 m.p.h. for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_258
Date: Fall 1952
Locations: Lost River Sinks; Howe, Idaho
Description: Evening. Paul
Solem has his first contact with a flying saucer around the Lost
River Sinks a few miles from his ranch in Howe, Idaho. After watching a
metallic object land, Solem sees a man with long blond hair and dressed
in a white uniform standing next to it. He tells Solem to call him “Paul
2.” He says he is from Venus and tells Solem to work with Indians in
North America in preparing for a postapocalyptic social order. This will
be the first of many contacts for Solem. Over the next 17 years he
wanders through the western states, speaking with Indians and
contactees, gathers a small group of followers, and generally avoids the
limelight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1094
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2068
Date: 9/23/1952
Description: Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada. No time
given. Pepperell AFB operations officer and seven other campers
witnessed a bright white light, which reflected on the lake. It flew
straight and level at 100 mph for ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6246
Date: 9/24/1952
Location: USA, Charleston, West Virginia.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:30 p.m.
Witnesses: the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber. A mass of metallic or
luminous fragments, up to 3 feet in length, passed the B-29 in a rush
for 15 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner
Reference: Mini
catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van
Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID:
Overmeire_1685
Date: 9/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) During the Mainbrace
operation, an UFO was seen at sea and pursued by a Meteor
fighter from the RAF
based at Topcliffe continental base.
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1272
Date: 9/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Charleston,
West Virginia, the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber observed numerous luminous
metallic particles or flashes, some up to 3 inches in diameter,
following the aircraft for 15 minutes. (3:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2124 unsolved
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1273
Date: 9/24/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: RAF pilot sees close to silver, spherical,
rotating UFO. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_126
Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 17:30
Location: AURORA, CO
Description: Air Force Sgt. 5 saucers circle about near
Stapleton airport. Higher / passing C47.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2876
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: "7", Duration: "10", Elev: "1657", HatchDesc: "AURORA,CO:AF Sgt:5 SCRS CIRCLE ABOUT nr STAPLETON AIRPORT:HIGHER/PASSING C47", LatLong: "39.733335 -104.833338", LatLongDMS: "39:44:00 N 104:50:00 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Colorado", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: GUANTANAMO, CUBA
Description: 3 / Navy plane chases orange night light
with green tail. "Terrific rate / ascent".
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 552)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2877
Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK
Extra Data: Country: "Caribbean area", Credibility: "8", Duration: "10", Elev: "1", HatchDesc: "GUANTANAMO,CUBA:3/NAVY PLANE CHASES ORG NLT W/GRN TAIL:"TERRIFIC RATE/ASCENT"", LatLong: "19.900001 -75.200004", LatLongDMS: "19:54:00 N 75:12:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "CUB", Strangeness: "5"
Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: Saucer going south down Broadway / 150M
altitude! 2nd follows / 90m. Pointed and rounded.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2878
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: "8", Duration: "1", Elev: "7", HatchDesc: "W.PALM BEACH,FL:SCR >S DOWN BROADWAY/150M alt!:2nd FOLOS/90m:POINTED+ROUNDED", LatLong: "26.777779 -80.055559", LatLongDMS: "26:46:40 N 80:03:20 W", Locale: "Town & City", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "9", State/Prov: "Florida", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/24/1952
Location: Charleston, WV
Description: Bright metallic particles or flashes, up
to 3 ft in length (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2124)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1347
Date: 9/24/1952
Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Description: TBM-18 chased an orange light with
greenish tail (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing
by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID:
NICAP_DB_1348
Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF B-29 bomber. A lot
of bright, metallic particles or flashes, up to 3' in length, streamed
past the B-29 for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook
Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID:
BerlinerBBU_259
Date: 9/24/1952
Description: CIA Assistant Director of Scientific
Intelligence H.
Marshall Chadwell writes a 4-page memo to CIA Director Walter
Bedell Smith, summarizing his earlier memo and stating that since
1947 unexplained sightings were running at 20% and in 1952 they rose to
28%. “I consider this problem to be of such importance that it should be
brought to the attention of the National Security Council in order that
a community-wide coordinated effort toward its solution may be
initiated.” His CIA scientific consultants (Julius
Stratton, and
perhaps Lloyd Berkner and Howard P.
Robertson) think the answer will be found “on the margins of just
beyond the frontiers of our present knowledge in the fields of
atmospheric, ionospheric, and extraterrestrial phenomena, with the added
possibility that the present dispersal of nuclear waste products might
also be a factor.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Flying
Saucers,” September 24, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA
UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May
17, 1996; Good Above, pp.
328–329, 506–507
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2059
Date: 9/24/1952
Description: The crew of a USAF B-29 bomber, flying
near Charleston, West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. reported seeing a lot of
bright, metallic particles or flashes, up to three feet in length,
stream past their aircraft for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official
statistics, case # 2124; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO
Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6277
Date: 9/25/1952 (approximate)
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR JOLIET, IL
Description: 2 / car. 20M silver half-dome hovers. Near
instant moves. Sharp edges and lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2879
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "7", Duration: "30", Elev: "185", HatchDesc: "nr JOLIET,IL:2/CAR:20M SLVR HALF-DOME HVRS:NR INSTANT MOVES:SHARP EDGES+LITES", LatLong: "41.500002 -88.100004", LatLongDMS: "41:30:00 N 88:06:00 W", Locale: "Pasture", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "50", State/Prov: "Illinois", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/25/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: 2 boys. Round array / lights rotates over
phone building. Winks out. Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2880
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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "1", Elev: "1110", HatchDesc: "EL PASO,TX:2 BOYS:RND ARRAY/LITES ROTATES OVR PHONE BLDG:WINKS OUT:AWAY XFAST", LatLong: "31.755557 -106.483338", LatLongDMS: "31:45:20 N 106:29:00 W", Locale: "Metropolis", LocationLink: "Google Maps", RelAlt: "100", State/Prov: "Texas", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/25/1952 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: MOUNTAINS EAST / SAIGON
Description: 12 Fr. officers. Silent domed saucer
hovers and wobbles and maneuvers going up and down. Shoots going quickly
south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #.
May'68 -JAN'72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters &
individual members' UFO reports. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2881
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
Extra Data: Country: "Vietnam", Credibility: "10", Duration: "8", HatchDesc: "Mtns E/SAIGON:12 FR.OFFICERS:SLNT DOMED SCR HVRS+WOBBLES+MNVRS ↑+↓:SHOOTS >>S", LatLong: "10.833334 107.166672", LatLongDMS: "10:50:00 N 107:10:00 E", Locale: "Mountains", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "SGN", Strangeness: "6"
Date: Late 9/1952
Location: Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center]
in Colorado
Description: Ruppelt visits
the headquarters of the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB [now the US
Olympic Training Center] in Colorado to brief Gen. Benjamin W.
Chidlaw and his staff on the past few months of UFO activity at a
lunch at the officer’s club. One of the attendees is Maj. Vernon
L. Sadowski, the ADC Intelligence liaison to Blue Book, who says
that “no one can understand why Intelligence is so hesitant to accept
the fact that something we just don’t know about is flying around in our
skies, unless you are trying to cover up something big.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp.
194–197
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID:
Eberhart_2060
Date: 9/25/1952
Description: Several witnesses watched a 20 foot
diameter disc hover over Camp Drum near Watertown, New York at 6:00 p.m.
It circled the base making a sound like a "dynamo."
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952:
September-October, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6309
Date: 9/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Atlantic
(41' North - 35' West, 400 miles North-Northwest of the Azores Islands),
the pilot, co-pilot, engineer and commander of a USAF C-124 transport
aircraft observe two distinct green lights on the right and slightly
above the C-124, which at one point seem to rotate around it. The lights
take turns in the direction of the movements during the observation
which lasts more than 1 hour. (September 26, 11:16 PM)
Reference: case Blue
Book #2126 unexplained
Reference: rr0
- Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1274
Date: 9/26/1952
Location: Azores
Description: U.S. Air Force personnel report strange
green lights approaching.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs
and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up,
1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_127
Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: RICHMOND AND UMGABABA, SOUTH AFR
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Metal saucer passes over.
1 observer sees it go going quickly south to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2882
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: "Republic of South Africa", Credibility: "8", Duration: "2", HatchDesc: "RICHMOND+UMGABABA,S.AFR:2+1 OBS:MTL SCR PASSES OVR:1 OBS SEES IT GO >>S TO SEA", LatLong: "-29.866668 30.283335", LatLongDMS: "29:52:00 S 30:17:00 E", Locale: "Coastlands", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "KwaZulu-Natal", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: DENMARK, WI
Description: 2 silver disks / high altitude. Going
southwest slow. Jump / lower altitude. Light plane by. / r136#11.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral
Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index
15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2883
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)
Extra Data: Country: "USA", Credibility: "6", Duration: "2", Elev: "268", HatchDesc: "DENMARK,WI:2 SLVR DISKS/HI ALT:>SW SLOW:JUMP/LOWER alt:lite plane by:/r136#11", LatLong: "44.350002 -87.816671", LatLongDMS: "44:21:00 N 87:49:00 W", Locale: "Residential", LocationLink: "Google Maps", State/Prov: "Wisconsin", Strangeness: "6"
Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: STURGEON BAY, WI
Description: Teacher and several. 2 large metal saucers
going quickly southwest slowly. Vanish in place!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO's a HISTORY-1952 (12
booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2884
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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
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