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- July 3, 1947; Harborside, Maine. 2:30 p.m. EDT. Witness:
- astronomer John Cole of South Brooksville, Me. Watched 10-15
- seconds while ten very light objects, with two dark forms to
- their left, moved like a swarm of bees to the northwest. A loud
- roar was heard.
-
- July 4, 1947; over Emmet, Idaho. 8:17 p.m. PDT. Witnesses:
- United Air Lines Capt. E.J. Smith, First Officer Ralph Stevens,
- Stewardess Marty Morrow. Watched for 12-15 minutes while four
- objects with flat bottoms and rough tops moved at varying speeds,
- with one high and to the right of the others.
-
- July 6, 1947; Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, California. Daytime.
- Witnesses: Army Air Forces Capt. and Mrs. James Burniston.
- Watched for 1 minute while one object having no wings or tail
- rolled from side-to-side three times and then flew away very fast
- to the southeast.
-
- July 8, 1947; Muroc Air Base, California. 9:30 a.m. PDT.
- Witnesses: lst Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman,
- Miss Janette Scotte. Watched for an unstated length of time
- while two disc-shaped or spherical objects--silver and apparently
- metallic--flew a wide circular pattern, and then one of them
- later flew a tighter circle.
-
- July 9, 1947; Meridian, Idaho. 12:17 p.m. PDT. Witness: Idaho
- statesman aviation editor and former (AAF) B-29 pilot Dave
- Johnson. Watched for more than 10 seconds from an Idaho Air
- National Guard AT-6 while a black disc, which stood out against
- the clouds, made a half-roll and then a stair-step climb.
-
- July 10, 1947; Harmon Field, Newfoundland, Canada. Between 3 and
- 5 p.m. local time. Witnesses: three ground crewmen, including
- Mr. Leidy, for Pan American Airways. Watched briefly while one
- translucent disc- or wheel-shaped object flew very fast, leaving
- a dark blue trail and then ascended and cut a path through the
- clouds.
-
- July 29, 1947; Hamilton Air Base, California. 2:50 p.m. PDT.
- Witnesses: Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. William
- Rhyerd, ex-AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Watched for unknown
- length of time while two round, shiny, white objects with
- estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speed
- of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level;
- the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.
-
- Sept. 3, 1947; Oswego, Oregon. 12:15 p.m. PDT. Witness:
- housewife Mrs. Raymond Dupui. Watched for unknown length of time
- as 12-15 round, silver objects flew an unstated pattern.
-
-
- Oct., 1947; Dodgeville, Wisconsin. 11
- unnamed civilian man. Watched for 1 hour while an undescribed
- object flew counterclockwise circles.
-
- Oct. 14, 1947; 11 mi. NNE of Cave Creek, Arizona. Noon MDT.
- Witnesses: ex-AAF fighter pilot J.L. Clark, civilian pilot
- Anderson, third man. Watched 45-60 seconds while one 3-foot
- "flying wing"-shaped object, which looked black against the white
- clouds and red against the blue sky, flew straight at an
- estimated 380 m.p.h., at 8-10,000 feet, from NW to SE.
-
- April 5, 1948; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Afternoon. Witnesses:
- Geophysics Lab balloon observers Alsen, Johnson, Chance. Two
- irregular, round, white or golden objects. One made three loops
- then rose and disappeared rapidly; the other flew in a fast arc
- to the west during the 3O^second sighting.
-
- July 29, 1948: Indianapolis, Indiana. 9:88 a.m. witness*:
- James Toney, Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaning
- firm. One shiny aluminum object, shaped something like an
- airplane's propeller, with 10-12 small cups protruding from
- either blade. Estimated size 6-8' long, 1.5-2' wide. The object
- glided across the road a few hundred feet in front of their
- vehicle and apparently went down in a wooded area. Sighting
- lasted a few seconds.
-
- July 31, 1948; Indianapolis, Indiana. 8:25 a.m. Witnesses: Mr.
- and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he was an electrician. Object was
- shaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20' across and 6-8'
- thick, and was white without any shine. It flew straight and
- level from horizon to horizon in about 10 seconds, shimmering in
- the sun as if spinning.
-
- July or August, 1948; vicinity of Marion, Virginia. Shortly
- after sunset. Witness: Max Abbott, flying a Bellanca Cruisair
- four-passenger private airplane. A single bright white light
- accelerated and turned up a valley.
-
- Sept. 23, 1948; San Pablo, California. 12 noon. Witnesses:
- Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Two
- objects: one, a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; the
- other a translucent "amoeba" with a dark spot near the center.
- The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both objects travelled very
- fast.
-
- Oct. 15, 1948; Fusuoka, Japan. 11:05 p.m. Witnesses: pilot
- Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 "Black Widow" night
- fighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only one seen
- visually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with a
- flat bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separately
- Pilot attempted to close on visual object, but it dove away fast.
-
- Dec. 3, 1948; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m.
- Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white
- light flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion,
- and finally a rapid erratic climb.
-
- Jan. 4, 1949; Hickam Field, Hawaii. 2 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot
- Capt. Paul Storey, on ground. one flat white, elliptical object
- with a matte top circled while oscillating to the right and left,
- and then sped away.
-
- Jan. 27, 1949; Cortez-Bradenton, Florida. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses:
- Capt. Sames, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch, Eglin AFB, and
- Mrs. Sames. They watched for 25 minutes while a cigar-shaped
- object as long as two Pullman cars and having seven lighted
- square windows and throwing sparks, descended and then climbed
- with a bouncing motion at an estimated 400 m.p.h.
-
- March 17, 1949; Camp Hood, Texas. 7:52 p.m. Witnesses: guards
- of the 2nd Armored Division. While awaiting the start of a
- flare firing, they watched, for an hour, while eight large,
- green, red and white flare-like objects flew in generally
- straight lines.
-
- April 3, 1949; Dillon, Montana. 11:55 a.m. Witnesses:
- construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamed
- persons. One object shaped like two plates attached
- face-to-face; matte bottom, bright aluminum top; 20' diameter,
- 4-5' thickness. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended,
- rocked, flew, rocked; all this was very fast.
-
- April 4, 1949; Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. witness: William
- Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round
- object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave
- off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35
- seconds.
-
- April 24, 1949; Arrey, New Mexico. l0:30 a.m. Witnesses:
- General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and
- others on a balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid,
- about 2.5 times as long as wide.
-
- April 28, 1949; Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m. Witnesses: Howard
- Hann, Mr. Hubert, Tex Keahey. One bright, sausage-shaped object
- was observed for 40 minutes while it rolled and flew fast.
-
- May 5, 1949; Ft. Bliss, Texas. 11:40 a.m. Witnesses: Army
- officers Maj. Day, Maj. Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn. Two oblong white
- discs, flying at an estimated 200-250 m.p.h., made a shallow turn
- during the 30-50 second observation.
-
- May 6, 1949; Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m. Witness: C. G.
- Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other
- and banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined
- the other. The sighting lasted 5 minutes.
-
- May 9, 1949; Tucson, Arizona. 2:30 p.m. Witness: M/Sgt. Troy
- Putnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25' in
- diameter, flew 750-1,000 m.p.h. in a banked but steady manner.
-
- May 27, 1949; South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m. Witness: Joseph
- Shell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from Red
- Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects,
- twice as long as wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trail
- formation, with an interval equal to 3-4 times their length,
- except that the second and third were closer together.
-
- July 24, 1949; Mountain Home, Idaho. 12 noon. Witness: Henry
- Clark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper Clipper.
- Seven delta-shaped objects, 35-55' in span, 20-30' long, 2-5'
- thick; light colored except for a 12' diameter dark circle at the
- rear of each. They flew in a tight formation of twos with one
- behind, and made a perfect, but unbanked, turn. During the
- 10 minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smooth
- oscillations. Clark's engine ran rough during the sighting, and
- upon landing was found to have all its spark plugs burned out.
-
- July 30, 1949; Mt. Hood, Oregon. 9 p.m. Witnesses: Northwest
- Airlines Capt. Thrush, two Portland control tower operators, and
- one flying instructor. One object with one white light and two
- red lights, maneuvered and hovered.
-
- Feb 5, 1950; Teaticket, Massachusetts. 5:10 p.m. 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.
-
- Feb. 24, 1950; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:55 p.m. 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.
-
- Feb. 25, 1950; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 3:55 p.m. 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.
-
- arch 3, 1950; Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 11:05 p.m. Witness:
- st Lt Frank Mattson. One intense, dull yellowish light
- descended vertically, then flew straight and level very fast for
- 4 minutes.
-
- March 20, 1950; Stuggart, Arkansas. 9:26 p.m. 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.
-
- March 27, 1980; Motobo, Okinawa. 10:30 a.m. 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.
-
- March 28, 1950; Santiago, Chile. 3:15 p.m. 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^ of sky.
-
- March 29, 1950; Marrowbore Lake, Tennessee. 7 a.m. 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.
-
- April 8, 1950; Kokomo, Indiana. 2 a.m. 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.
-
- April 14, 1950; Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. 2:30 p.m. 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.
-
- May 7, 1950; Nine miles sough of Ely, Nevada. 6:45 p.m.
- 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."
-
- June 27, 1950; Texarkana, Texas. 7:50 a.m. 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.
-
- July 13, 1950; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. 5 p.m. 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.
-
- Aug. 4, 1950; approx. 100 mi. SE of New York City (39' 35' N.,
- 72' 24.5' W.). 10 a.m. EDT. 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.
-
- Aug. 20, 1950; Nicosia, Cyprus. 1:30 p.m. 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.
-
- Aug. 25, 1950; approx. 250 mi. SW of Bermuda (29' 40' N., 67*
- 28' W.). 8 p.m. 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.
-
- Aug. 30, 1950; Sandy Point, Newfoundland, Canada. 1:30 p.m.
- 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.
-
- Sept. 3, 1950; Spokane, Washington. 2 p.m. 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.
-
- Sept. 20, 1950; Kit Carson, Colorado. 10:49 a.m. 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.
-
- Sept. 21, 1950; Provincetown, Massachusetts. 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
- (l,200 m.p.h.), made turn of 11-12 gs acceleration during 1
- minute observation.
-
- Oct. 15, 1950; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 3:20 p.m. 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.
-
- Oct. 15, 1950; Pope AFB, North Carolina. Witness: Daniel.
- Listed as "unidentified" in folder index, but no supporting data
- could be found.
-
- Oct 15, 1950; Pope AFB, North Carolina. Witness: Woodward.
- Same as previous observation.
-
- Oct. 23, 1950; Bonlee, North Carolina. 12:42 p.m. 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.
-
- Nov. 5, 1950, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 11:55 a.m. 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.
-
- Dec. 2, 1950; Nanyika, Kenya. 10:50 a.m. 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.
-
- Dec. 6, 1950; Ft. Myers, Florida. 5 p.m. 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.
-
- Dec. 11, 1950; l0 mi. NW of Gulcana, Alaska. 10:13 p.m.
- Witnesses: crew of Northwest Air Lines flight 802. Two white
- flashes, followed by a dark cloud which rose and split in two.
-
- Jan. 8, 1951; South of Ft. Worth, Texas. 10:45 p.m. 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.
-
- Jan. 12, 1951, Ft. Benning, Georgia. 10 p.m. 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.
-
- Jan 16, 1951; Artesia, New Mexico. Time unknown. Witnesses:
- Two members of a balloon project from the General Mills .
- Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the manger 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.
-
- Feb. 1, 1951; Johnson Air Base, Japan. 5:10 p.m. Witnesses:
- pilot and radar operator of F-82 night fighter. One amber light
- made three or four 360* turns to the right, reversed toward the
- F-82 and then climbed out of sight.
-
- Feb. 21, 1951; Durban, South Africa. 4:55 a.m. Witnesses:
- three men in a truck, several other persons, none named. A dark
- red, torpedo-shaped object with darker center, flew straight and
- level.
-
- Feb. 26, 1951; Ladd AFB, Alaska. 7:10 a.m. 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.
-
- Mar. 10, 1951; Chinnampo, Korea. 9:51 a.m. 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.
-
- Mar. 13, 1951; McClellan AFB, California. 3:20 p.m. 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.
-
- Mar. 15, 1951; 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.
-
- June 1, 1951; Niagara Falls, New York. 4:20 a.m. 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.
-
- July 24, 1951; Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 7:10 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.
-
- Aug. 25, 1951; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 9:58 p.m. 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.
-
- Aug. 31, ; Matador, Texas. 12:45 p.m. 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.
-
- Sept. 6, 1951; Claremont, California. 7:20 p.m. (not really
- clear). 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.
-
- Sept. 14, 1951; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. 9:30 p.m.
- 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.
-
- Oct. 2, 1951; Columbus, Ohio. 6 p.m. 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.
-
- Oct. 3, 1951; Kadena, Okinawa. 10:27 p.m. 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.
-
- Oct. 9, 1951; Terre Haute, Indiana. 1:42 p.m. 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.
-
- Oct. 11, 1951; Minneapolis, Minnesota. 6:30 a.m. 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.
-
- Nov. 18, 1951; Washington, D.C. 3:20 a.m. 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.
-
- Nov. 24, 1951; Mankato, Minnesota. 33:53 p.m. 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.
-
- Dec. 7, 1951; Sunbury, Ohio. 4:30 p.m. 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.
-
- Dec. 7, 1951; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 8:15 a.m. 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.
-
- Feb. 11, 1952; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3 a.m. 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.
-
- Feb. 23, 1952; over North Korea. 11:15 p.m. 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.
-
- March 20, 1952; Centreville, Maryland. 10:42 p.m. 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.
-
- March 23, 1952; Yakima, Washington. 6:56 and 7 p.m.
- 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: