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    Subject: Blue Book Unknowns pt 3/6
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    From: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen)
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    -------Bluebook Part 3 -----------------------------------------------


    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.

    July 23, 1952; Altoona, Pennsylvania. 12:50 p.m. 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.

    July 23, 1952; South Bend, Indiana. 11:35 p.m. Witness: USAF
    pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth. Two bright blue-white objects flew
    together, then the rear one veered off after about 9 minutes.

    July 24, 1952; 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.

    July 26, 1952; Washington, D.C. 8 p.m. 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.

    July 26, 1952; Kansas City, Missouri. 12:15 a.m. 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* elevation to 10* elevation.

    July 26, 1952; Andrews AFB, Maryland. This was a continuation of
    the extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported
    throughout the Washington, D.C. area, all night long.

    July 26, 1952; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 12:05 a.m. 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.

    July 26, 1952; Williams, California. Case missing from official
    files.

    July 27, 1952; Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 10:05 a.m. 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.

    July 27, 1952; Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m. 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.

    July 28, 1952; Heidelberg, West Germany. 10:20 p.m. 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.

    July 28, 1952; McGuire AFB, New Jersey. 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.

    July 28, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. 2:15 a.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Osceola, Wisconsin. 1:30 a.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:30 p.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:50 p.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Merced, California. 3:44 or 4:35 p.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 12:35 p.m. 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.

    July 29, 1952; Ennis, Montana. 12:30 p.m. 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.

    July 30, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:02 p.m. Witness:
    USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationary
    for 10 minutes. No further details in files.

    July 30, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m. Witnesses: E.E. Nye
    and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then
    sped away after 20-30 minutes.

    Aug. 1, 1952; Lancaster, California. 1:14 a.m. Witnesses:
    sheriff's deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two
    brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.

    Aug. 2, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 4, 1952; Phoenix, Arizona. 2:20 a.m. Witness: USAF
    A/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed to
    plate shape, flew straight and level for 5 minutes.

    Aug. 4, 1952; Mt. Vernon, New York. 11:37 a.m. 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.

    Aug 5. 1952; Haneda AFB, Japan. 11:30 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; Tokyo, Japan. This is a continuation of the Haneda
    AFB sightings.

    Aug. 6, 1952; Port Austin, Michigan. Case missing from official
    files.

    Aug. 7. 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 9:08 a.m. Witness: Mrs.
    Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180* turn,
    one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circled
    during the 70 minute sighting.

    Aug. 9, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 10:50 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 13, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. 9:45 p.m. 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.

    Aug. 18, 1952; Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Witnesses:
    three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and
    changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.

    Aug. 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Witness:
    Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects,
    shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for
    25 seconds.

    Aug. 20, 1952; Neffesville, Pennsylvania. 3:10 a.m. Witnesses:
    Bill Ford and two others. An undescribed object flew at 500'
    altitude for several minutes. No further data in files.

    Aug. 21, 1952; Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m. Witness: Jack Rossen,
    ex-artillery observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then
    descended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.

    Aug. 23, 1952; Akron, Ohio. 4:10 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 24, 1952; Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 24, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. 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.

    Aug. 24, 1952; Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
    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.

    Aug. 25, 1952; Pittsburg, Kansas. 5:35 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 25, 1952; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m. 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.

    Aug. 26, 1952; Lathrop Wells, Nevada. 12:10 a.m. 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.

    Aug. 28, 1952; Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama. 9:30 p.m.
    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.

    Aug. 29, 1952; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 8:35 p.m. 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.

    Aug. 29, 1952; west of Thule, Greenland (77' N., 75* 15' W.)
    10:50 a.m. 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.

    Sept. l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:50 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m. 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.


    Sept. 1, 1952; Atlanta, Georgia. 9:43 p.m. 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.

    Sept. l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 1, 1952; Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m. 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.

    Sept. 2, 1952; Chicago, Illinois. 3 a.m. 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.

    Sept. 3, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 99 a.m. Witnesses: civilian
    pilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three
    broad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.

    Sept. 6, 1952; Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana. l:3O'a.m.
    Witnesses: T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men. One bright
    star-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.

    Sept. 6, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 4:55 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 7, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 9, 1952; Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 12, 1952; Allen, Maryland. 9:30 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 13, 1952; Allentown, Pennsylvania. 7:40 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. Witness:
    USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light
    travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.

    Sept. 14, 1952; 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 m.p.h; three
    objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at
    1,500 m.p.h.

    Sept. 14, 1952; White Lake, South Dakota. 7 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 14, 1952; Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m.,
    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.

    Sept. 14, 1952; Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania. Time not known.
    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.

    Sept. 16, 1952; Portland, Maine. 6:22 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 16, 1952; Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia. 7:30 p.m.
    Witnesses: three USAF officers, two civilians. Two white lights
    flew abreast, at 100 m.p.h., for 15 minutes.

    Sept. 17, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 11:40 a.m. 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.

    Sept. 23, 1952; Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada. No time
    shown. 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.

    Sept. 24, 1952; Charleston, West Virginia. 3:30 p.m. 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.

    Sept. 26, 1952; 400 miles NNW of Azores Islands. 11:16 p.m.
    Witnesses: pilot, copilot, engineer and aircraft commander of
    USAF C-124 transport plane. Two distinct green lights were seen
    to the right and slightly above the C-124, and at one time seemed
    to turn toward it. The lights alternated leading each other
    during more than 1 hour of observation.

    Sept. 27, 1952; Inyokern, California. 10 p.m. Witnesses: two
    couples, using a 5x telescope. One large, round object, which
    went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly
    straight and level for 15 minutes.

    Sept. 29, 1952; Rochester, England. 3:55 p.m. Witnesses
    unknown, but report came via the Rochester Police Dept. Two flat
    objects hovered for 3 minutes, and then sped away.

    Sept. 29, 1952; Southern Pines, North Carolina. 8:15 p.m.
    Witnesses: U.S. Army Res. lst Lt. C.H. Stevens and two others.
    One green ellipse with a long tail orbited for 15 minutes.

    Sept. 29, 1952; Aurora, Colorado. 3:15 p.m. Witness: USAF
    T/Sgt. B.R. Hughes. Five or six circular objects, bright white
    but not shiny, circled in trail formation for 5-6 minutes.

    Oct. 1, 1952; Shaw AFB, South Carolina. 6:57 p.m. Witness:
    USAF lst Lt. T.J. Pointek, pilot of RF-8O reconnaissance jet. One
    bright white light flew straight, then vertical, then hovered,
    and then made an abrupt turn during a 23 minute attempted
    intercept.

    Oct. 1, 1952; Pascagoula, Mississippi. 7:40 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McLean and one other person. One round,
    milky-white object, shaped like a powder puff, hovered for 5-10
    minutes then flew away very fast in an arc. A loud blast was
    heard at the start of the 22 minute sighting.

    Oct. 7, 1952; Alamagordo, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m. Witness: USAF
    Lt. Bagnell. One pale blue oval, with its long axis vertical,
    flew straight and level for 4-5 seconds, covering 30 in that
    time.

    Oct. 10, 1952; Otis AFB, Massachusetts. 6:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    USAF S/Sgt., two other enlisted men. One blinking white light
    moved like a pendulum for 20 minutes, and then shot straight up.

    Oct. 17, 1952; Taos, New Mexico. 9:15 p.m. Witnesses: Four
    USAF officers One round, bright blue light moved from north to
    northeast at an elevation of 45* for 2-3 seconds and then burned
    out.

    Oct. 17, 1952; Killeen, Texas. 10:15 p.m. Witnesses: Ministers
    Greenwalt and Kluck. Ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, moved
    more or less straight and level for 5 seconds.

    Oct. 17, 1952; Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. 11 p.m. Witness:
    one military person (no detail). One white streamer moved at an
    estimated 3,000 m.p.h. in an arc for 20 seconds. No further
    details in files.

    Oct. 19, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 1:30 p.m. Witness: one
    ex-USAF aircrewman Woolsey. Three circular aluminum objects, one
    of which was olive-drab colored on the side, flew in a rough
    V-formation. One object flipped slowly, another object stopped,
    during the 3-4 minute sighting.

    Oct. 19. 1952; 500 miles south of Hawaii. 6:58 p.m. Witnesses:
    crew of USAF C-50 transport plane. One round yellow light, with
    a red glowing edge, estimated at 100' in diameter, flew at
    300-400 kts. (350-450 m.p.h.) for 20 seconds.

    Oct. 21, 1952; Knoxville, Tennessee. No time given. Witnesses:
    persons at airport weather station. Six white lights flew in a
    loose formation for 1-2 minutes, and made a shallow dive at a
    weather balloon.

    Oct. 24, 1952; Elberton, Alabama. 8:26 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
    Lt. Rau, Capt. Marcinko, flying a Beech T-ll trainer. One
    object, shaped like a plate, with a brilliant front and vague
    trail, flew with its concave surface forward for 5 seconds.

    Oct. 29, 1952; Erding Air Depot, West Germany. 7:50 a.m.
    Witnesses: USAF S/Sgt. Anderson, A/2c Max Handy. One round
    object, silhouetted against a cloud, flew straight and level and
    smooth at 400 m.p.h. for 20 seconds.

    Oct. 31, 1952; Fayetteville, Georgia. 7:40 p.m. Witness: USAF
    Lt. James Allen. One orange, blimp-shaped object, 80' long and
    20' high, flew at treetop level, crossed over Allen's car (at
    which time his radio stopped playing), then climbed out at 45'
    and tremendous speed at the end of a 1 minute sighting.

    Nov. 3, 1952; Laredo AFB, Texas. 66:29 p.m. Witnesses: two
    control tower operators, including Lemaster. One long,
    elliptical, white-grey light flew very fast, paused, and then
    increased speed during a 3-4 second observation.

    Nov. 4, 1952; Vineland, New Jersey. 5:40 p.m. Witness:
    housewife Mrs. Sprague. Two groups of 2-3 whirling discs of
    light flew toward the southeast over a period of 30 seconds.

    Nov. 12, 1952; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 10:23 p.m. Witness:
    security inspector. Four red-white-green lights flew slowly over
    a prohibited area for 15 minutes.

    Nov. 13, 1952; Opheim, Montana. 2:20 a.m. Witness: radar
    tracking by USAF 779th AC&W station. An unexplained track was
    followed for 1 hour, 28 minutes, at 158,000' altitude (30 miles)
    and a speed of 240 m.p.h. Radar was FPS/3 (PPI).

    Nov. 13, 1952; Glasgow, Montana. 2:43 a.m. Witness: U.S.
    Weather Bureau observer Earl Oksendahl. Five oval-shaped
    objects, with lights all around them, flew in a V-formation for
    about 20 seconds. Each object seemed to be changing position
    vertically by climbing or diving as if to hold formation.
    Formation came from the northwest, made a 90* overhead, and flew
    away to the southwest.

    Nov. 15, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 7:02 a.m. Witnesses: USAF Maj.
    R.L. Wallander, Capt. Belleman, A/3c Phipps. One orange object
    (a blue streak?) varied in shape, as it made jerky upward sweeps
    with 10-15 second pauses during a 3-5 minute sighting.

    Nov. 24, 1952; Annandale, Virginia. 6:30 p.m. Witness: L.L'
    Brettner. One round, glowing object flew very fast, made right
    angle turns and reversed course during a 1 hour sighting.

    Nov. 27, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 12:10 p.m. Witnesses:
    pilot and crew chief of UAAF B-26 bomber. A series of black
    smoke bursts (4-3-3-4-3), similar to antiaircraft fire, was seen
    over a 20 minute period.C. 12:30 a.m. Witnesses: radar

    Nov. 30, 1952; Washington, D.C. l
    operators at Washington National Airport. Radar trackings
    similar to those of July 26, 1952.

    Dec. 8, 1952; Ladd AFB, Alaska. 8:16 p.m. Witnesses: pilot lst
    Lt. D. Dickman and radar operator lst Lt. T. Davies in USAF F-94
    jet interceptor (s/n 49-2522). One white, oval light which
    changed to red at higher altitude, flew straight and level for 2
    minutes, then climbed at phenomenal speed on an erratic flight
    path. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.

    Dec. 9, 1952; Madison, Wisconsin. 5:45 p.m. Witnesses: Capt.
    Bridges and lst Lt. Johneon in USAF T-33 jet trainer. Four
    bright lights, in diamond formation, flew at 400 m.p.h. and were
    passed by the T-33 at 450 m.p.h. during the 10 minute sighting.

    Dec. 28, 1952; Marysville, California. Case missing from
    official files.

    -------Continued in Bluebook Part 4 ------------------------------------

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    Subject: Blue Book Unknowns pt 4/6
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    Jan. 1, 1953; Craig, Montana. 8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Warner
    Anderson and two women. A silver, saucer-shaped object with a
    red glowing bottom, flew low over a river and then climbed fast
    in a horizontal attitude. Ten second sighting.

    Jan. 8, 1953; Larson AFB, Washington. 7:15 a.m. Witnesses: men
    from the 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, including the
    squadron commander; all were on the ground. One green, disc-
    shaped or round object flew southwest for 15 minutes, with a
    vertically bobbing motion and sideways movements, below clouds.

    Jan. 10, 1953; Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m.
    Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the
    Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made
    three 360* right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the
    right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and
    finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.

    Jan. 17, 1953; near Guatemala City, Guatemala. 3:55 p.m.
    Witness: geologist/salesman J.J. Sackett. One brilliant
    green-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp with its length
    twice its height, flew 400 m.p.h. straight and level, stopped,
    then went straight up with one stop. Sighting lasted 22 seconds.

    Jan. 28, 1953; Pt. Mugu, California. 1 p.m. Witness: R.W.
    Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio-
    controlled drones. An 18-20' white, flat disc flew straight and
    level, overhead, for 6 minutes.

    Jan. 28, 1953; Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF
    T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25' green spheres flew in V-formation,
    then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects
    turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.

    Jan. 28, 1953; Albany, Georgia. No time given. Witnesses:
    radar maintenance personnel. Radar tracked one stationary target
    for 20 minutes. A visual sighting about the same time was
    explained. No further information in the files.

    Feb. 3, 1953; Keflavik, Iceland. 5:25 p.m. Witnesses: radar
    operators. Four unidentified targets were tracked for 24
    minutes. No further data.

    Feb. 4, 1953; Yuma, Arizona. 1:50 p.m. Witness: U.S. Weather
    Bureau observer Stanley Brown, using a theodolite. One white,
    oblong object was tracked flying straight up, leveling off and
    being joined by a second, similar, object. The second twice flew
    away and returned to the first. After 5 minutes, both were lost
    to sight behind clouds.

    Feb. 17, 1953; Port Austin. Michigan. 10:04 p.m. Witnesses:
    two officers and three airmen of USAF AC&W squadron, visually and
    by radar. Visual object appeared to larger and brighter than a
    star and changed color; it was seen to move slowly for 5 minutes
    until 10:09 p.m. Radar picked up a target at 10:08 p.m. moving
    in a similar direction for 17 minutes, at similar speed.

    Feb. 20, 1953; Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time unknown;
    #2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a
    bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light
    which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.

    Feb. 24, 1953; Sherman, Texas. 7:43 p.m. Witnesses: Warrant
    Officer and Mrs. Alden. Two bright red, round objects with big
    halos flew in small circles, climbed and faded during a 3-7
    second sighting.

    Feb. 27, 1953; Shreveport, Louisiana. 11:58 a.m. Witness: USAF
    airman/private pilot. Five yellow discs made circular turns,
    fluttered, three of them vanished, the other two flew erratic
    square turns for a total of 4 minutes.

    March 11, 1953; Hackettstown, New Jersey. 4 a.m. Witness: Mrs.
    Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of a Pan Am
    flight engineer. A large light, blinking at 10-15 times per
    minute, moved up and down along a mountain range.

    March 14, 1953; north of Hiroshima, Japan. 11:45 p.m.
    Witnesses: radar and visual observation by 10 crew members of
    U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane. Groups of 5-10 colored lights,
    totalling 90-100, slowly moved aft off the left side of the
    airplane, as detected visually and by airborne radar for 5
    minutes.

    March 21, 1953; Elmira, New York. 3:05 p.m. Witness: Ground
    Observer Corps observation post. Six discs in a group flew high
    and fast for a few seconds.

    March 25, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. 3:05 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
    Capt. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Several lights, some of which moved
    straight, others which made 360^ turns for 1.5 hours.

    March 27, 1953; Mt. Taylor, New Mexico. 7:25 p.m. Witness:
    pilot of USAF F-86 jet fighter at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One
    bright orange circle flew at 800 kts. (900 m.p.h.), and executed
    three fast rolls. Pilot chased object for 4 minutes.

    March 29, 1953; Spooner, Wisconsin. 3:45 p.m. Witness: L.C.
    Gillette. One aluminum, circular object flew high and fast,
    twice reversing its course. Note: Mr. Gillette saw a similar
    object in 1938. Fifteen second sighting.

    April 8, 1953; Fukuoka, Japan. 7:55 p.m. Witness: lst Lt. D.J.
    Pichon, pilot of USAF F-94B jet interceptor. One bright blue
    light descended, accelerated, flew parallel to the F-94,
    increased its speed and blinked out after 45 seconds.

    April 15, 1953; Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m. Witness: S/Sgt.
    V.A. Locey. Three orange lights were seen for: 3 minutes, 30
    seconds, and a few seconds.

    May 1, 1953; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. 11:35 p.m. Witnesses:
    pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor, and
    control tower operator. One white light evaded interception
    attempt by F-94 during 30 minute sighting.

    May 27, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: many
    unidentified civilians, including Jacobson. Nine separate
    meandering lights were seen during 15 minute sighting.

    June 21, 1953; Naha, Okinawa. 7 p.m. Witnesses: Nine Japanese
    and Okinawan weather observers. One unidentified light moved
    slowly for 20 minutes. No further data in files.

    June 22, 1953; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. Z:lO a.m.
    Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet
    interceptor. One red light, flying at an estimated 1,000 kts.
    (1,100 m.p.h.) eluded the chasing F-94 after 5 minutes.

    June 24, 1953; Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. 11:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    crew of USAF KB-29 aerial tanker plane. Radar tracked an
    unidentified target which twice approached to within .5 miles of
    the airplane, and once to within 6 miles, during a 2 minute
    observation.

    June 24, 1953; Simiutak, Greenland. 11:30 a.m. Witness:
    weather observer A/2c R.A. Hill. One red triangle hovered and
    rotated for 15 seconds, then climbed for 5 minutes.

    Aug. 3, 1953; Amarillo, Texas. 12:04 p.m. Witness: Airport
    control tower chief C.S. Brown. One round and reflective or
    translucent object flew straight, stopped for 7 seconds, sped
    along, stopped again, was joined by a similar object and they
    flew off in different directions, after a total of 56 minutes.

    Aug. 20, 1953; near Castle AFB, California. 9:05 p.m.
    Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One greyish oval
    object made four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20
    miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.

    Aug. 27, 1953; Greenville, Mississippi. 9:45 p.m. Witnesses:
    USAF pilot, M/Sgt., others, all on the ground. One meandering
    light was observed for 50 minutes. No further details in file.

    Sept. 2, 1953; Sidi Slimane AFB, French Morocco. 9:14 p.m.
    Witnesses: Lt. Col. William Moore and lst Lt. J.H. McInnis,
    Dec. 24, 1953; El Cajon, California. 8:04 a.m. Witnesses: U.S.
    Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet
    fighters. Ten silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts.
    (450 m.p.h.), straight and level, for 5 minutes.

    Dec. 28, 1953; Marysville, California. 11:55 a.m. Witness:
    Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a
    brilliant blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered
    briefly during the 1.5 minute observation.

    Jan. 28, 1954; Rangeley, Maine. 110-10:15 a.m. Witness: Wilhelm
    Reich. Two bright lights moved into valley, and were seen
    against the mountain background, for 15 minutes.

    Feb. 26, 1954; Newburyport, Massachusetts. 2:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    architect R.M. Pierce, marine engineer George Avery and one other
    person. One silver disc, with a white trail, made a loud roar
    for 30-60 seconds.

    March 2, 1954; vicinity of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 10 p.m.
    Witness: research engineer R.C. Swengel. Three objects, each
    with two lights, flew straight and level at medium speed for an
    unknown length of time.

    March 5, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco. 8 p.m. Witnesses:
    crews of USAF KC-97 aerial tanker planes. One object or light
    made passes at KC-97s, the other flew straight and level.
    Sighting duration unknown.

    March 12, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco. 9:35 a.m. Witness:
    USAF lst Lt. Robert Johnson, flying an F-86 jet fighter. He
    chased an object at more than 530 m.p.h. for 30 seconds, but was
    unable to catch it. It appeared to be the size of a fighter
    plane but had neither tanks nor trails.

    April 8, 1954; Chicago, Illinois. 4:30 p.m. Witness: Lelah
    Stoker. One white round-topped disc, with a humanoid suspended
    beneath it, skimmed over the water, landed, and an occupant in a
    green suit walked around. It then took off very, very fast.
    Sighting lasted 30 minutes.

    April 23, 1954; Pittsfield, Maine. 9:30 a.m. Witnesses: Mr.
    and Mrs. F.E. Robinson. One silver dollar-shaped object with a
    dome and a flashing light made a sound like a swarm of bees. It
    hovered and tilted, flew horizontally, then rose vertically
    without tilting. Stones underneath it moved. Four minute
    sighting.

    April 24, 1954; Hartland, Maine. 6:10 p.m. Witness: D.
    Robinson. One large, silver, oblong object with a dome and a
    flashing light flew straight and level and then straight up.
    Total of 15 minutes under observation.

    April 26, 1954; Athens, Georgia. 7:35 p.m. Witnesses: C.
    Cartey, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hopkins and their daughter. Fifteen to
    twenty yellow objects in a V-formation, flew from south to north
    for 10 seconds.

    May 10, 1954; Elsinore, California. 12:40 p.m. Witness: U.S.
    Marine Corps Squadron Leader D.R. Higgin, flying an F3D-2 jet
    fighter. One dark gunmetal delta-shaped object, 22' long and 10'
    wide, with a fin on the top, descended at a 25-30' angle under
    the lead airplane of a formation, and over the airplane of
    Higgin. Sighting lasted a few seconds.

    May 11, 1954; Washington, D.C. 10:45 p.m. Witnesses: three
    USAF.air policemen at Washington National Airport. Two bright
    lights were seen on three occasions to fly straight and level,
    make 90* turns and fade. Each sighting lasted about 45 seconds.

    May 22, 1954; LaPorte, Indiana. 9:15 p.m. Witnesses: highway
    engineer R.W. Dring, engineer Geert Tibma. One bright light made
    a shallow climb for 45 seconds.

    May 31, 1954; Concord, New Hampshire. 10:15 a.m. Witness: Mrs.
    L.K. Stevens. One very white, elongated object flew very, very
    fast, and then blinked out after 8-10 seconds.

    June 1, 1954; from 400 miles south to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    9 p.m. Witnesses: crew of USAF B-47 jet bomber at 34,000'
    altitude. One object with running lights flew at 24-44,000'
    altitude for 1 hour.

    June 8, 1954; Texarkana, Texas. 1 a.m. or 2:30 a.m. (file not
    clear). Witness: L.T. Prewitt, employee of Red River Arsenal.
    One golden yellow light flew over his house, making a "shhh" or
    buzzing sound for 2 minutes. 9:09 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot

    June 10, 1954; Estacado, Texas. 9:09 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot
    Capt. Bill McDonald, in flight. One white light descended at
    45^ from great altitude, passed under his aircraft, made two
    360' turns and went out after 30 seconds.

    June 22, 1954; Miami Beach, Florida. 9 p.m. Witnesses: U.S.
    Marine Corps Maj. E. Buchser and Maj. J.V. Wilkins. One meteor-
    like object descended, stopped, and became extremely bright.
    Sighting lasted 7 minutes.

    June 24, 1954; Danvers, Massachusetts. 12:45 p.m. Witness:
    R.B. Tomer, director of commercial engineering for CBS-Hytron.
    One white, elliptical-shaped object covered 45^ of sky in 30
    seconds.

    June 25, 1954; Indian Lake, Ohio. 5:05 p.m. Witnesses:
    experienced private pilot John Mark, flying Navion lightplane;
    radar at Dayton, Ohio airport, tracked very fast target at same
    location. One silver or aluminum round object with a flat
    bottom, raised front edge, inverted cone on top, and a diameter
    of about 60'. Flew horizontally, hovered, made a high-G pull up
    and then a steep climb into an overcast. Sighting lasted 3-5
    minutes.

    July 18, ; Normandy, Missouri. 8:40 p.m. Witness: A.T.
    Chamblin. One greenish-white disc was seen for 30 minutes.

    July 25, 1954; Middle Sister Island, on U.S.-Canadian border in
    western Lake Erie. 7:12 p.m. Witness: attorney L.B. Tussing.
    One black cylinder, 12 times long as wide, moved fast along the
    surface of the lake.

    July 30, 1954; Los Angeles, California. 10:15 a.m. Witness:
    Hughes Aircraft test pilots Englert and Peterson, flying a B-25
    bomber. One metallic, pencil-shaped object flew slowly or
    hovered for an unstated length of time.

    Aug. 2, 1954; Westlake, Ohio. 5:17 p.m. Witness: ex-AAF B-17
    gunner (19 missions) N.E. Schroeder. One thin, bright ellipse,
    like polished metal, hovered for 5-8 seconds, dropped down 3,000'
    in 3 seconds, hovered again and faded out after a total of 20
    seconds in view.

    Aug' 6, 1954; San Antonio, Texas. 6 p.m. Witness: mechanical
    engineer L.H. Hormer. One intensely white elliptical light
    changed to yellow, then orange, then pink, four or five times
    while flying straight and level for 5 minutes.

    Aug. 11, 1954; Yoron Jima, near Okinawa. 8:55 p.m. Witness:
    P.L. Percharde, electrical engineer and assistant manager of
    Moeller Shipwrecker Co., of Okinawa. A line of blue lights,
    underneath. a blue circle with a black center. Flew over ship
    and climbed, illuminating and agitating the clouds.

    Aug. 15, 1954; San Marcos, Texas. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
    Maj. W.J. Davis, Capt. R.D. Sauers, flying a C-47 transport
    plane. One dark blue oblong object paced the C-47, veered away,
    then crossed in front of it. Five minute sighting.

    Aug. 24, 1954; Egilstadir, Iceland. 8:30 p.m. Witness: one
    unnamed 3armer. A cylinder, 2-2.5' long, 4-5' in diameter, made
    a loud whizzing sound, flew straight and level fast, then slow,
    then fell into sandbar.

    Aug. 26, 1954; Danville, Virginia. 6:15 a.m. Witness: Rev.
    W.L. Shelton. Two domed ellipses, 20' long, 8' thick, 10' at
    ends; glowing silver or orange. Hovered, then climbed side-by-
    side while getting brighter. Observed for 2 minutes.

    Aug. 27, 1954; Dorchester, Massachusetts. 1 p.m. Witness: E.A.
    Srazdes. Seven large, white, teardrop-shaped objects turned
    blue. Flew in line formation and increased speed during the 2
    minute sighting.

    Aug. 29, 1954; Prince Christian, Greenland. 11:05 a.m.
    Witnesses: lst Officer H.G. Gardner, engineer J.V.D. Whitisy,
    flying Royal Dutch Airlines DC-4 (PH-DBZ). Three or four dark,
    lens-shaped objects veered north and changed position in
    formation during the 10 minute sighting.

    Sept. 4, 1954; Butler, Missouri. 3 a.m. Witness: J.
    Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist. Twenty-thirty lights,
    as if on a string, flew straight and level for 1.5 minutes.

    Sept. 5, 1954; Butler, Missouri. 12:23 a.m. Witness: J.
    Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist. One silver or white
    object with a slightly swept-back leading edge and a following
    exhaust, flew straight and level, then veered southwest to south
    after 30 seconds.

    Sept. 18, 1954; Kimpo Air Base, Japan. 5:55 a.m. Witnesses:
    two control tower operators, a weather forecaster and a weather
    observer. One round object, like polished aluminum, flew
    straight and level for 11-13 minutes.

    Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, California. 1 a.m. Witnesses: two
    local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway
    patrolman. One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller
    light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered. Total of 20
    minutes.

    Sept. 21, 1954; Santa Maria, Azores Islands. 9:45 p.m. Witness:
    airport guard. One 10'x5' light metallic blue, pecan-shaped
    object with a clear glass or plastic nose having a door, and with
    poles or aerials on the nose. Humming or whining, it hovered,
    landed vertically, 50' away. A blond man, 5' 10" tall appeared,
    spoke in a strange language, patted the guard on the shoulder,
    got in the object, hooked up his harness, pushed a button, took
    off with the object's nose pointed up, then levelled off and
    climbed vertically. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.

    Sept. 22, 1954; Marshfield, Missouri. 9 a.m. Witnesses:
    private pilot J.N. Williams, E.J. Ash. A thin, translucent tan
    asymmetrical boomerang-shaped object revolved, then tumbled down
    behind some trees. Marks were found in the dirt. Sighting
    lasted 15 minutes.

    Sept. 23, 1954; Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 9:45 a.m. Witness: Dave
    Owenby. Two bright silver, wheel-shaped objects flew from north
    to south in trail for 2 minutes.

    Oct. 13, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco. 10:05 a.m. Witness:
    weather observer, following a balloon with his theodolite. One
    round, flat, silver object flew straight and level for 30
    seconds.

    Oct. 15, 16 and 17, 1954; Kingfisher, Oklahoma. 8:45 p.m. Fifty
    objects with illuminated bottoms were seen flying in a
    V-formation, very fast, on successive nights. Only data is on
    summary card.

    Oct. 28, 1954; Miho Air Base, Japan. 5:32 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
    pilots Lt. Col. O.C. Cook and Lt. J.W. Brown, on ground using
    7x50 binoculars. One brilliant white, round-oval object climbed
    in front of clouds, brightened, turned 90 to the north. Seen
    for 45 seconds.

    Oct. 29, 1954; Terciera Islands, Azores. 9 p.m. Witnesses:
    four Portuguese nationals. One object, shaped like a stovepipe
    with a center bulge and short wings (10' long, 3' in diameter, 3'
    wings) having concave wingtips, and grey colored. Made a
    gargling sound when hovering, then disappeared in the glare of
    airplane landing lights. Sighting lasted 4-5 minutes.

    Nov. 15, 1954; Augusta, Maine. 44 p.m. Witness: N. Gallant,
    manager of radio station WFAV. Ten gold, circular objects flew
    in vertical V-formation, straight and level for 3 minutes.

    Nov. 19, 1954; Corvallis, Oregon. 4:15 p.m. Witness: P.J.
    Gunn, assistant professor of art at Oregon State University and
    ex-U.S. Navy aviation cadet. One bright white light hovered
    8.5-9 minutes, then crossed 20 of sky in 3-3.5 minutes.

    Nov. 28, 1954; Manilla, Phillipine Islands. 10:50 a.m. Witness:
    one anonymous medical doctor. One flat-bottomed, domed object
    (65-70' across, 18-20' high), bright orange with yellow discs
    attached and an exhaust trail. Flew north, stopped, reversed its
    course during 4 minute sighting.

    Dec. 3, 1954; Gulfport, Mississippi 12:12 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
    and Mrs. S.P. Mellen. One translucent grey, round, flat object
    rotated on its vertical axis at high r.p.m. for 30 seconds.

    Dec. 7, 1954; Cape Province, South Africa. 1:15 p.m. Witness:
    weather officer, using a theodolite. One white, semi-circular,
    flat object with a dome flew from west to east, then turned
    north. Sighting lasted 7 minutes.

    Jan, 1, 1955; Cochise, New Mexico. 6:44 a.m. Witnesses:
    instructor and student pilot in USAF B-25 bomber/trainer. A
    metallic disc, shaped like two pie pans face-to-face, and 120-
    130' in diameter, paced the B-25, showing both its edge and its
    face, for 5-7 minutes. Only item in case file was summary form.

    Jan. 26, 1955; Lakeland, Florida. 6:15 p.m. Witness: J.M.
    Holland. A black smoke trail made a circle. There was an
    explosion and some objects fell. No further information in file.

    Feb.l, 1955; 20 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico. 7:55 p.m.
    Witnesses: Instructor Capt. D.F. Ritzdorf, aviation cadet F.W.
    Miller in TB-25 bomber/trainer. One red and white ball hovered
    off the left wing of the TB-25 for 5 minutes, then made a very
    fast climb. Total time of sighting was 8 minutes.

    Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar Naval Air Station, California. 11:50 a.m.
    Witness: USN Cmdr. J.L. Ingersoll. One highly polished sphere,
    with reddish-brown coloring, fell, then instantly accelerated to
    1,000-1,500 m.p.h.

    Feb. 10, 1955; Bethesda, Maryland. 10:03 p.m. Witness: E.J.
    Stein, model maker at U.S. Navy ship design facility. One
    object, shaped like a small portion of the bottom of the Moon,
    with a radiant yellow color, hovered for 30 seconds. Its bottom
    changed to a funnel shape. Total sighting lasted 1.5-2 minutes.

    April 30, 1955; Travis County, Texas. 7:30 a.m. Witness USAF
    Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L..J. Pagozalski. Four black
    objects in a cluster made a whooshing sound like a zephyr.
    Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.

    May 4, 1955; Keflavik, Iceland. 12:38 p.m. Witnesses: Lt. Col.
    E.J. Stealy, lst Lt. J.W. Burt. About 10 round, white objects,
    one of which left a brief smoke trail, flew in an irregular
    formation, some of them making erratic movements during the 5-8
    second sighting.

    May 23, 1955; Cheyenne, Wyoming. Midnight. Witnesses: USAF
    Airman/Basic I.J. Shapiro and E.C. Ingber. During a 5 minute
    period, two slender, vertical rectangles were seen low on the
    horizon, and two ovals with tops (dark, with dark blue
    illumination) flew higher.


    July 29, 1955; Columbus, Nebraska. 10:45 p.m. Witness: Morrice
    Raymond. Four orange flashing lights and one whIte flashing
    light moved up and down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes.

    Aug. 11, 1955; Iceland. 11:45 a.m. Witness: 2nd Lt. E.J.
    Marlow. Twelve grey objects, from cigar to egg-shaped, varied

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    their formation from elliptical to wavy line to scattered to
    straight line to trail formation. Speed varied from hover to
    1,000 m.p.h. Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.
    Aug. 23, 1955; Arlington, Virginia. 10:45 a.m. Witness: G.M.
    Park, using a 400x telescope. Several orange lights moved singly
    or in groups, circling and stopping during 30 minute sighting.

    Sept. 3, 1955; Bellingham, Washington. Witness: observer
    Saunders for Ground Observer Corps. One white pinhead moved
    slowly across 30^ of sky in 15 minutes. No further information.

    Sept. 7, 1955; Washington, D.C. Witnesses: two photographers,
    one plate maker for the Army Map Service (one named Smith). One
    glowing round object flew an arc for 1 minute.

    Sept. 9, 1955; near Alcoa, Tennessee. 12 noon. Witness: M.N.
    Dawkins, using binoculars. One brown, almost square object flew
    with a circular motion for 10-15 minutes.

    Oct. 8, 1955; Loogootee, Indiana. 4:38 p.m. Witnesses: R.D.
    Prather, H. Ahern. One round, silver or white object flew
    straight and level at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for an unstated
    length of time.

    Oct. 11, 1955; Pt. Lookout, Maryland. 4 p.m. Witnesses: B.
    Hale, A. Ostrom. One round object which looked white in the
    daylight and turned red with sparks toward the end of the 2.5
    hour sighting, made a deep roar, unlike an aircraft.

    Nov. 17, 1955; St. Louis, Missouri. 6:10 a.m. Witness: J.A.
    Mapes. Twelve round, flat objects, silver on top and dark on the
    bottom, flew in 4-deep formation, tipping in pitch and roll, for
    45 seconds.

    Nov. 20, 1955; Lake City, Tennessee. 5:20 p.m. Witnesses:
    Operations Officer Capt. B.G. Denkler and five men of the USAF
    663rd AC&W Sqdn. Two oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent
    objects flew at terrific speed and erratically, toward and away
    from each other. Observed by various persons form 4 to 15
    minutes.

    Nov. 25, 1955; La Veta, Colorado. 10:30 a.m. Witness: State
    Senator S.T. Taylor. One dirigible-shaped object (fat front,
    tapered toward the tail) object, which was luminous green-blue
    and jellylike, appeared overhead diving at a 45' angle,
    then reduced angle to 30'. Object seen for 5 seconds.

    Dec. 21, 1955; Caribou, Maine. 111 p.m. Witness: Roberta V.
    Jacobs. One round, very bright gold, domed disc made a short
    climb, rotated, hovered and then accelerated during the 6-8
    minute sighting.

    Feb. 12, 1956; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. 11:25 p.m.
    Witnesses: F-89 pilot Bowen, radar observer Crawford. One green
    and red object rapidly circled the aircraft while being tracked
    on radar during 1 minute sighting. No further details.

    Feb, 19, 1956; Houston, Texas. 6:07 a.m. Witnesses: crew of
    Eastern Airlines Super Constellation. One intense white light,
    moving 4-5 times the speed of the airplane, was evaded by the
    pilot.

    April 4, 1956; McKinney, Texas. 3:15 p.m. Witnesses: Capt. Roy
    Hall, U.S. Army, ret.; Charles Anderson and others; some observed
    through a 6" telescope, others through a 55-200x telescope. One
    fat, oblong object with two lines around its middle, remained
    stationary for 6 hours.

    June 6, 1956; Banning, California. 5:30 a.m. Witness: Mr.
    Bierman. One thin disc with a small dome, shimmering silver,
    hovered about 100 yards away for 8-10 seconds, then zoomed up.

    Aug. 8, 1956; 20 miles south of Quartsite, Arizona. ll p.m.
    Witnesses: attorneys W.B. Buttermore and J.W. Smith. One
    blue-white pulsating light flew fast, straight and level, for 5-7
    minutes.

    Aug. 27, 1956; Juniata, Pennsylvania. 9:55 p.m. Witness: Mrs.
    R.S. Pope. One bright disc with a clear dome flew vertically,
    then north. A very cold breeze seemed to have been originated by
    the object during the 3 minute sighting.

    Sept. 4, 1956; Dallas, Texas. 9 p.m. Witnesses: U.S. Marine
    Corps T/Sgt. R.D. Rogers and family. One large star, changing to
    red color, remained stationary for 20 minutes, then went west at
    200 kts. (230 m.p.h.). Sighting lasted 23 minutes.

    Sept. 14, 1956; Highland, North Carolina. 1 a.m. Witness:
    Scaly, N. Car. policeman O.S. Gryman. Fourteen yellow-to-red
    round objects with tremendous exhaust, flew in a Vague formation
    from southwest to east to northeast and back again, while
    swoooping up and down. Sighting lasted 1.5 hours.

    Nov. 1, 1956; 60 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, in Illinois.
    5:30 p.m. Witness: USAF Capt. W..M. Lyons, Intelligence Division
    Chief (Aerial Weather Reconnaissance Officer), flying a T-33 jet
    trainer. One orange light with a blue tinge, flew across the sky
    for 2 minutes.

    Nov. 30, 1956; Charleston AFB, South Carolina. 12:48 p.m.
    Witness: USAF aerial navigator Maj. D.D. Grimes. One
    unspecified object flew at an estimated 100' altitude over water
    for 10 minutes. No further details.

    Dec. 31, 1956; Guam. 2:10 a.m. Witness: USAF lst Lt. Ted
    Brunson, flying an F-86D jet interceptor. One round, white
    object flew under the F-86D, which was unable to turn as sharply
    as the object.

    April 25, 1957; Ringgold, Louisiana. Military witness
    Robertson. Case missing from official files.

    June 12, ; Milan, Italy. 7:30 p.m. Witness: G.U. Donadio,
    translator for export-import firm. One object "big as a hen's
    egg" flew very fast, zigzagged, hovered and revolved, then shot
    up after 17 minutes.

    July 27 or 29, 1957; Longmont, Colorado. Early morning.
    Witness: J.L. Siverly. One thick disc, ice blue, with a top
    like honeycomb (interconnected hexagons), hovered and rocked
    below the hill tops for 10 minutes. Middle band was scalloped,
    bottom had four kidney-shaped forms.

    July 29, 1957; Cleveland, Ohio. 10:31 p.m. Witnesses: Capital
    Airlines Capt. R.L. Stimley, First Officer F.J. Downing. One
    large, round, yellow-white object dimmed once, crossed the bow of
    the airliner, which then gave chase but was unable to catch it.
    Sighting last 8 minutes.

    July 29, 1957; Oldsmar, Florida. 11:45 a.m. Witness: E.E.
    Henkins. One pale yellow fireball glided into the water and
    exploded. Viewed for 1 minute.

    Sept. 20, 1957; Kadena AFB, Okinawa. 8 p.m. Witnesses: S/Sgt.
    H.T. O'Connor, S/Sgt. H.D. Bridgeman. One object, shaped like a
    coke bottle without the neck, translucent and fluorescent. Made
    four 5-10 second passes from north to south, with 4-5 minutes
    between passes.

    Oct. 8, 1957; Seattle, Washington. 9:17 a.m. Witnesses: two
    U.S. Army sergeants. Two flat, round, white objects flew in
    trail formation along an irregular path, frequently banking
    during 25-30 seconds.

    Nov. 6, 1957; Radium Springs, New Mexico. 10:50 p.m. Witnesses:
    one Las Cruces policeman, one Dona Ana County Deputy Sheriff.
    One round object--changing from red to green to blue to white--
    rose vertically from a mountain top. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.

    Nov. 8, 1957; Merrick, Long Island, New York. l0:10 a.m.
    Witness: Mrs. L. Dinner. One bar-shaped object, 3.5' long,
    giving off blue flashes, made a swishing sound. No further data.

    Nov. 26, 1957; Robins AFB, Georgia. 10:07 a.m. Witnesses:
    three control tower operators, one weather observer and four
    others. One silver, cigar-shaped object suddenly vanished after
    8 minutes.

    Nov. 30, 1957; New Orleans, Louisiana. 2:11 p.m. Witnesses:
    three U.S. Coast Guardsmen. One round object turned white, then
    gold, then separated into three parts and turned red. Sighting
    lasted 20 minutes.

    Dec. 13, 1957; Col Anahuac, Mexico. 9:35 a.m. Witness: R.C.
    Cano. Fourteen-fifteen circular, tapered discs, very bright,
    flew in a formation like a stack of coins, then changed to an
    inverted-V formation. Sighting lasted 20 minutes.

    Dec. 17, 1957; near Grand Junction, Colorado. 7:20 p.m.
    Witness: F.G. Hickman, 17. One round object changed from yellow
    to white to green to red; red tail was twice as long as the body.
    It stopped, started, backed up for 45 minutes.

    March 14, 1958; Healdsburg, California. 8:45 a.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Cummings and one other. A 3' round, black
    object touched the ground and then took off. Watched for 2
    minutes.

    April 14, 1958; Lynchburg, Virginia. 1 p.m. Witness: USAF Maj.
    D.G. Tilley, flying C-47 transport. One grey-black rectangular
    object rotated very slowly on its horizontal axis for 4 seconds.

    May 9, 1958; Bohol Island, Phillipine Islands. 11:05 a.m.
    Witness: Phillipine Airlines pilot. One object with a shiny,
    metallic surface was falling and spinning for 1.5 minutes.

    June 14, 1958; Pueblo, Colorado. 10:46 a.m. Witness: airport
    weather observer O.R. Foster, using a theodolite. An object
    shaped like Saturn, less the bottom part; silver with no metallic
    luster, flew overhead for 5 minutes.


    June 20 ,1958; Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 11:05 p.m. Witness:
    Battalion Communication Chief SFC A. Parsley. One silver,
    circular object, its lower portion seen through a green haze,
    hovered, then oscillated slightly, then moved at great speed.
    Watched for 10 minutes.

    Aug. 17, 1958; Warren, Michigan. 7:05 p.m. Witness: A.D.
    Chisholm. One extremely bright object shaped first like a bell,
    then like a saucer, hovered for 5 minutes, flipped over and sped
    away to the west-south-west. Sighting lasted 6-10 minutes.

    Sept. 1, 1958; Wheelus AFB, Libya. 12:15 a.m. Witness: Philco
    technical representative A.M. Slaton. One round, blue-white
    object flew at varying speeds. First sighting lasted 2 minutes,
    second lasted 1.5 minutes.

    Oct. 2, 1958; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. 2:30 p.m. Witness:
    naturalist Ivan Sanderson. One dull-grey object, shaped like a
    pickle with a flat bottom, flew erratically and made loops for 15
    seconds.

    Oct. 27, 1958; Lock Raven Dam, Maryland. 10:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    Phillip Small, Alvin Cohen. One large, flat egg-shaped object
    affected a car's electrical system and caused a burning sensation
    on one of its occupants. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

    Nov. 3, 1958; Minot, North Dakota. 2:01 p.m. Witness: M/Sgt.
    William R. Butler, medic. One bright green object, shaped like a
    10 cent piece, and one smaller, silver round object. First
    object exploded, then second object moved toward the location of
    the first at high speed. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

    March 26 or 27, 1959; Corsica, Pennsylvania. 12:45 p.m.
    Witness: T.E. Clark. One dark red, barrel-shaped object, 20'
    long, 6-7' high, descended below some trees during the 3 minute
    sighting.

    June 18, 1959; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 9:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    A. Cavelli and R. Blessin, using 7x binoculars. One brown,
    cigar-shaped object came from below the horizon (close to the
    witnesses) ascending to 40-50^ above the horizon in 4 minutes.

    June 30, 1959; Patuxent River NAS, Maryland. 8:23 p.m. Witness:
    USN Cdr. D. Connolly. One gold, oblate-shaped object, nine times
    as wide as it was thick, metallic and with sharp edges, flew
    straight and level for 20-30 seconds.

    July 25, 1959; Irondequoit, New York. 1 p.m. Witness:
    technical illustrator W.D. Neva. One thin, crescent moon-shaped
    object with a small white dome in the center, flew at tremendous
    speed for 5-10 seconds.

    Aug. 10, 1959; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. 1:28 a.m. Witness:
    Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Flt. Lt. M.S. Mowat, on ground.
    One large star-like light crossed 53* of sky in 25 minutes.

    Sept. 13, 1959; Gills Rock, Wisconsin. 1:05 a.m. Witness: R.H.
    Daubner. One round yellow light, with eight blue lights within
    it, and then five larger red lights, flew very fast vertically
    while making a pulsating jet noise. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.

    Sept. 13, 1959; Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana. 4 p.m. Witnesses: at
    least two control tower operators and the pilot of a Mooney
    private airplane. One pear-shaped object, colored white, cream,
    and metallic, with a trail under it. Object showed little
    movement during 3 hours. Attempted intercept by USAF T-33 jet
    trainer failed.

    Oct. (3rd or 4th week), 1959; Telephone Ridge, Oregon. 9:15 p.m.
    Witness: department store manager C.A. Cissman. One bright
    light approached, hovered about 30 minutes, and then was up and
    gone in 2 seconds.

    Oct. 4, 1959; Quezon, Phillipine Islands. 9:25 p.m. Witnesses:
    USN Lt. C.H. Pogson, CPO K.J. Moore. One large round or oval
    object, changing from red to red-orange, flew straight and level
    for 15 minutes.

    Oct. 6, 1959; Lincoln, Nebraska. 8:15 p.m. Witnesses: Lt. Col.
    L. Liggett (Selective Service) and wife. One round, white-yellow
    light made several abrupt turns and flew very fast for 2 minutes.

    Oct. 19. 1959; P]ainvjlle! Kansas. 9:25 p.m. Witness: Capt.
    F.A. Henney, engineering instructor at USAF Academy, flying a
    T-33 jet trainer. One bright yellowish light came head-on at the
    T-33, the pilot avoided it and the light dimmed. Sighting lasted
    30 seconds.

    Nov. 18, 1959; Crystal Springs, Mississippi. 6:25 p.m.
    Witness: J.M. Porter. A row of red lights flew slow, then
    speeded up immensely. Sighting lasted 5-6 minutes.

    Feb. 27, 1960; Rome AFB, New York. 6:27 p.m. Witnesses:
    control tower officer Capt. J. Huey and four other tower
    operators. One light trailing a white fan shape, made a mild
    descent for 3-4 minutes. 5:55 p.m. Witness: Charles

    March 4, 1960; Dubuque, Iowa. 5:5

    Morris. Three elliptical-shaped objects made a slight climb for
    4 minutes. Film exposed during sighting showed no images of the
    objects.

    March 23, 1960; Indianapolis, Indiana. 3:35 a.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. E.I. Larsen. A series of balls, arranged like an
    "X" with one diagonal line, seen for 3/4 of a minute. Note:
    little data on the case in the files.

    April 12, 1960; LaCamp, Louisiana. 9 p.m. Witness: Monroe
    Arnold. One fiery-red disc exploded four or five times.
    Analysis of paint samples from explosion proved inconclusive.
    Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.

    April 17, 1960; Richards-Gebauer AFB, Missouri. 8:29 p.m.
    Witnesses: USAF Maj. J.G. Ford and Link representative A.
    Chapdelaine, using a 48x telescope. One reddish glow made an odd
    orbit for 2.5 minutes.

    April 25, 1960; Shelby, Montana. 7-10 p.m. Witness: Mrs. M.
    Clark. Five circular objects flew in trail formation, hovered
    and accelerated and made sharp turns. Case file includes other
    reports from Mrs. Clark for previous 3 years.

    July 19, 1960; St. Louis, Missouri. 8:30 p.m. Witness: T.L.
    Ochs. One round, bright red light flew overhead, stopped and
    hovered, and then backed up. Sighting lasted 20 minutes. Note:
    Ochs reported similar sightings on three following nights.

    Aug. 23, 1960; Wichita, Kansas. 3::24 a.m. Witness: Boeing
    aeronautical engineer C.A. Komiske. One round object with yellow
    lights coming from what looked like three triangular windows at
    bottom. Object was dull orange. Flew in an arc for 2 minutes.

    Aug. 29, 1960; Crete, Illinois. 4:05 p.m. Witness: farmer Ed
    Schneeweis. One shiny, round, silver object flew straight up
    very fast for 18 seconds.

    Sept. 10, 1960; Ridgecrest, California. 9:50 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Evans. Two light gray glowing objects, saucer
    or boomerang-shaped, which swished when accelerating. Seen 1-2
    seconds each.

    Oct. 5, 1960; Mt. Kisko, New York. 7:37 p.m. Witness: E.G.
    Crossland. One bright, star-like light moved across 120^ of sky
    in 20 seconds.

    Nov. 27, 1960; Chula Vista, California. 7:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Hart. One orange-red point of light made huge
    circles and stopped during the 20-30 minute sighting.

    Nov. 29, 1960; south of Kyushu, Japan. 6:38 p.m. Witnesses:
    USAF Lt. Col. R.L. Blwlin (sp?) and Maj. F.B. Brown, flying a
    T-33 jet trainer. One white light 8lowed and paralleled the
    course of the T-33 for 10 minutes.

    Feb, 27, 1961; Bark River, Michigan. 10:15 p.m. Witness: Mrs.
    LaPalm. One fiery-red, round object, preceded by light rays,
    slowed and descended, while her dog howled. Sighting lasted 10
    minutes.

    Spring, 1961; Kemah, Texas. Case missing from official files.

    April 24, 1961; 200 miles SW of San Francisco, California (35'
    50' N., 125' 40 W.). 3:34 a.m. Witnesses: aircraft commander
    Capt. H.J. Savoy and navigator lst Lt. M.W. Rand, on USAF RC-l2lD
    patrol plane. One reddish-white, round object or light, similar
    to satellite. Observed for 8 minutes.

    May 22, 1961; Tyndall AFB, Florida. 4:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mrs.
    A.J. Jones and Mrs. R.F. Davis. One big silver dollar disc
    hovered and revolved, then suddenly disappeared after 15 minutes.

    June 2, 1961; Miyako Jima, Japan. 10:17 P.m. Witnesses: lst
    Lt. R.N. Monahan and Hazeltine Electric Co. technical
    representative D.W. Mattison. One blue-white light flew erratic
    course at varying speed, in an arc-like path for 5 minutes.

    July 7, 1961; Copemish, Michigan. 11 p.m. Witness: waitress
    Nannette Hilley. One large ball flew slow, split into four after
    45 minutes. Four flew close formation, descended and flew away
    to the west. Total sighting lasted 1 hour.

    July ll, 1961; Springfield, Ohio. 7:45 p.m. Witnesses: ex-air
    navigator G. Scott, Mrs. Scott, and neighbors. One round, bright
    light like shiny aluminum, passed overhead in 20 minutes.

    July 20, 1961; Houston, Texas. 88 a.m. Witnesses: Trans-Texas
    Airlines Capt. A.V. Beather, flying DC-3, plus vague report from
    ground radar. Two very bright white light or objects flew in
    trail formation for 30 minutes.

    Aug. 12, 1961; Kansas City, Kansas. 9 p.m. Witnesses: college
    seniors J.B. Furkenhoff and Tom Phipps. One very large oval
    object with a fin extending from one edge to the center; like a
    sled with lighted car running boards. Hovered at 50' altitude
    for 3-5 minutes, then flew straight up and east.

    Nov. 21, 1961; Oldtown, Florida. 7:30 p.m. Witnesses: C.
    Locklear and Helen Hatch. One round, red-orange object flew
    straight up and faded after 3-4 minutes.

    Nov. 23, 1961; Sioux City, Iowa. 9:30 p.m. Witness: F.
    Braunger. One bright red star flew straight and level for 15
    minutes.

    Dec. 13, 1961; Washington, D.C. 5:05 p.m. Witnesses: C.F.
    Muncy, ex-U.S. Navy pilot W.J. Myers, and G. Weber. One dark
    diamond-shaped object with a bright tip flew straight and level
    for 1-3 minutes.

    Feb. 25, 1962; Kotzbue, Alaska. 7:20 p.m. Witnesses: one U.S.
    Army private, six anonymous civilians. One red light, trailed 30
    seconds later by a blue light. Sighting lasted 5 minutes.

    March l, 1962; Salem, New York. 10:35 p.m. Witness: Mrs. L.
    Doxsey, 66. One gold-colored box, 12-14"x3-4", flew straight and
    level across the horizon for 3-4 minutes.
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    March 26, 1962; Ramstein Air Base, West Germany. 1:35 p.m.
    Witness: USAF Capt. J.M. Lowery, from an unspecified aircraft.
    One thin, cylindrical object--l/3 snout, 2/3 tail fins--flew at
    an estimated Mach 2.7 (2,000 m.p.h.) for 5-8 seconds.

    March 26, 1962; Naperville, Illinois. 11:40 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mrs. D. Wheeler, Claudine Milligan. Six or eight red balls,
    arranged in a rectangular formation, became two objects with
    lights by the end of the 15 minute sighting.

    March 26, 1962; Westfield, Massachusette. 10:45 p.m. Witnesses:
    many unidentified young people. One large red ball flew or fell
    down, then went back up during 3-10 minute sighting. Note: May
    26?

    April 4, 1962; Wurtland, Kentucky. 0150Z. Witnesses: G.R.
    Wells and J. Lewis, using 117x telescope. One small object
    changing brightness, gave off smoke but remained stationary like
    a comet for 6 minutes. Case missing from official files.

    June 21, 1962; Indianapolis, Indiana. 4 a.m. Witnesses: Lt.
    Col. H. King and tail gunner M/Sgt. Roberts, aboard a B-52 heavy
    jet bomber. Three bright, star-like lights: one seen; 10
    seconds later, two more were seen. Total sighting took 3
    minutes.
    June 30, 1962; Richmond, Virginia. 9 a.m. Witness: 13 year old
    Meadors. One red, star-like light seen for an unspecified length
    of time. No further details in files.

    July 19, 1962. Bayhead, New Jersey. 9:30 p.m. Witnesses: C.T.
    Loftus, H. Wilbert. Four or five lights darted about the sky for
    7-10 minutes.

    July 29, 1962; Ocean Springs, Mississippi. 11:20 p.m.
    Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. M.O. Barton. One bright cherry-red,
    diamond-shaped object flew slow, hovered, made fast 1/2 loops for
    l0 minutes.

    Aug. 18, 1962; Bermuda. 5 p.m. Witnesses: owner M. Sheppard
    and chief announcer A. Seymour of radio station. Three
    dull-white, egg-shaped objects wavered as they moved for 20
    minutes.

    Sept. 21, 1962; WSW of Biloxi, Mississippi, in the Gulf of
    Mexico. 7:37 p.m. Witness: fishing boat captain S.A. Guthrie.
    Two objects, red and black with orange streaks, one as big as the
    Moon, and the other smaller. Arced across the sky for 13
    minutes.

    Oct. 23, 1962; Farmington, Utah. 3 p.m. Witness: R.O.
    Christensen. One grey and silver ball, trailing what looked like
    twine with two knots in it, swerved, and climbed away at a 45'
    angle, making a sound like a flock of ducks (rushing air).
    Twenty seconds.

    Nov. 17, 1962; Tampa, Florida. 99 p.m. Witness: F.L. Swindale,
    college graduate and ex-USMC Capt. Three bright star-like lights
    approached, hovered and bounced, then faded after 11-15 minutes.

    May 18, 1953; New Plymouth, New Zealand. 10:30 p.m. Witness:
    C.S. Chapman, 15. One white, fuzzy, flashing light hovered and
    darted around for 4 minutes.

    May 22, 1963; Pequannock, New Jersey. 10:45 p.m. Witness: Myra
    Jackson. Four pink wheels spun or rolled very fast from east to
    west in succession, each taking about 1 second.

    June 15, 1963; 200 miles north of Venezuela (14* 27' N., 69* 57'
    E.). 10:39 a.m. Witness: 3rd Mate R.C. Chamberlin, of S/
    Thetis. One luminous disc travelled at 1.5 times the speed of
    satellite for 3-4 minutes.

    Summer, 1963; Middletown, New York. 9:30 or 10 p.m. Witness:
    Grace Dutcher. Eight-ten lights moved at random, then in an oval
    formation, then singly, during the 1 minute sighting.

    July 1, 1963; Glen Ellyn, Illinois. 8 p.m. Witness: R.B.
    Stiles, ll, using a theodolite. One light, the size of a match
    head at arm's length, flashed and moved around the sky for 1.5
    hours.

    Aug. 11, 1963; Warrenville, Illinois. 10 p.m. Witness: R.M.
    Boersma. One light moved around the sky for 20 seconds.

    Aug. 13, 1963; St. Gallen, Switzerland. 8:04 p.m. Witness:
    A.F. Schelling. One fireball became a dark object after 4
    minutes, and then a bigger glow, a minute later, and finally
    exploded. Note: same witness had another, undescribed, sighting
    on Aug. 14

    Sept. 14, 1963; Susanville, California. 3:15 p.m. Witness:
    E.A. Grant, veteran of 37 years training forest fire lookouts for
    the U.S. Forest Service. One round object intercepted a long
    object and either attached itself to the latter or disappeared.
    Sighting lasted l0 minutes.

    Sept. 15, 1963; Vandalia, Ohio. 66 p.m. Witness: Mrs. F.E.
    Roush. Two very bright gold objects--one shaped like a banana
    and the other like an ear of corn--one remained stationary, the
    other moved from west to north during 10 minutes,

    Oct. 4, 1963; Bedford, Ohio. 3:32 p.m. Witness: R.E.
    Carpenter, 15. One intense oblong light with tapered ends and
    surrounded by an aqua haze, flashed and flickered while
    stationary for 15 seconds.

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    Oct. 23, 1963; Meridian, Idaho. 8:35 p.m. Witnesses: several
    unnamed students, including Gordon. One object shaped like a
    circle from below and like a football from the side, hovered low
    over the observers, making a deep, pulsating, loud, extremely
    irritating sound, for 6 minutes.

    Oct. 24, 1963; Cupar Fife, Scotland. No time given. Witnesses:
    A. McLean (12) and G. McLean (8). One light moved for an
    unspecified length of time. No further details in files. Note:
    Project Blue Book chief Maj. H. Quintanilla told the youngsters,
    in a letter, that this was "one of the most complete" of the
    unexplained cases for the year.

    Dec. 11, 1963; McMinnville, Oregon. 7 a.m. Witness: W.W.
    Dolan, professor of mathematics and astronomy, and dean of the
    faculty of Linfield College. One bright, star-like light
    hovered, slowed, dimmed and flashed in 1 minute.

    Dec. 16, 1963; 800 miles north of Midway Island (40* N., 175* 54'
    W.). 5:05 p.m. Witness: unspecified persons aboard a military
    aircraft. One white light blinked 2-3 times per second as it
    moved very fast across the sky for 15 seconds.

    April 3, 1964; Monticello, Wisconsin. 9 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
    and Mrs. R. Wold (he was a graduate student in anthropology).
    Four huge red lights in a rectangular formation, with a white
    light above, were near the ground, tilted and flew away after 3-4
    minutes.

    April 11, 1964; Homer, New York. 6:30 p.m. Witnesses:
    physiotherapist W.B. Ochsner and wife. Two cloud-like objects
    darkened; one shot away and returned during the 30-45 minute
    sighting.

    April 24, 1964; Socorro, New Mexico. 5:45 p.m. Witness:
    Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora. Watched object with flame
    underneath descend toward the desert. Two small humanoids
    observed near vertical oval on ground. Later watched object take
    off with a roar, go silent and fly away. Burning and charred
    brush found at landing sight.

    May 9, 1964; Chicago, Illinois. 10:20 p.m. Witness: J.R. Betz,
    U.S. District Court reporter. Three light green crescent-shaped
    objects, about half the apparent size of the Moon, flew very fast
    in tight formation from east to west, oscillating in size and
    color for 3 seconds.

    May 18, 1964; Mt. Vernon, Virginia. 5:15 p.m. Witness: civil
    engineer F. Meyers. One small, glowing white oval split twice
    after moving from the right of the Moon around to the left.
    Sighting lasted 17 minutes.

    May 26, 1964; Cambridge, Massachusetts. 7:43 p.m. Witness: P.
    Wankowicz, RAF pilot and ex-Smithsonian satellite tracker. One
    thin, white ellipsoid (3.5 times as long as wide) flew straight
    and level for 3-4 seconds.

    May 26, 1964; Pleasantview, Pennsylvania. 11 p.m. Witness:
    Rev. H.C. Shaw. One yellow-orange light, shaped like the bottom
    of a ball, was spotted in a field and chased down the road for 2
    miles.

    June 13, 1964; Toledo, Ohio. 9:15 p.m. Witness: B.L. English,
    announcer for radio station WTOD. Three glowing white spheres,
    glowing red on their sides, moved slow, hovered and then moved in
    circles very fast, all the while making a low, rumbling sound.

    July 16, 1964; 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Michigan. 11:15
    p.m. Witness: Northern Air Service pilot K. Jannereth. Four
    white lights in a stepped-up echelon formation, were joined by
    two more. They closed in on the airplane, then rapidly slowed nd
    flew along with it for a total of 5 minutes.

    July 20, 1964; Littleton, Illinois. 4:45 a.m. Witness: J.J.
    Winkle. One 60' diameter round-topped, flat-bottomed object with
    a long acetylene-colored flame shooting downward, flew straight
    and level, made a half loop, then rose up. Sighting lasted l
    minute.

    July 27, 1964; Norwich, New York. 7:30 p.m. Witness:
    Duabert, engineering supervisor. One aluminum sphere with a
    luminous ring, remained stationary for 4-5 minutes.

    July 27, 1964; Denver, Colorado. 8:20 p.m. Witness: A. Borsa.
    One white ball of fire, the size of a car, climbed slowly, then
    speeded up. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.

    Aug. 10, 1964; Wake Island. 5:16 a.m. Witnesses: aircraft
    commander Capt. B.C. Jones and navigator lst Lt. H.J. Cavender,
    in parked USAF C-124 transport plane. One reddish, blinking
    light approached the runway, stopped and made several reverses
    during 2 minutes.

    Aug. 15, 1964; New York, New York. 1:20 a.m. Witness: S.F.
    D'Alessandro. One 10'x5' bullet-shaped object with wavy lines on
    the rounded front part and six pipes along the straight rear
    portion, made a "whishhh" sound. Witness' dog growled during
    .
    sighting.

    Aug. 15, 1964; Yosemite National Park, California. 8:15 a.m.
    Witnesses: E.J. Haug, of the San Francisco Orchestra and the San
    Francisco Conservatory of Music; and C.R. Bubb, a high school
    mathematics teacher. Three bright silver, round objects, in a
    stack formation, flew very fast, changing positions within the
    formation. The sound of rushing air was heard during the 3-4
    second sighting.

    Aug. 18, 1964; Atlantic Ocean, 200 miles east of Dover, Delaware.
    12:35 a.m. Witnesses: Maj. D.W. Thompson and First Pilot lst
    Lt. J.F. Jonke, on a USAF C-124 transport plane. One round,
    blurred, reddish-white object was on a collision course with the
    C-124 from ahead and below. The airplane evaded the object.
    Sighting las ted 2 minutes.

    Sept. 10, 1964; Cedar Grove, New Jersey. 7:09 p.m. Witness:
    chemist P.H. DePaolo. Four white lights, 3-4 apart, were seen
    to the north, going west for 45 seconds.

    Nov. 14, 1964; Menominee Falls, Wisconsin. 9:40 p.m. Witnesses:
    Dr. G.R. Wagner, MD; and two girls. Three dim, reddish lights
    flew through a 160^ arc in 5-6 seconds.

    Nov. 19, 1964; 1,400 miles east of Tokyo, Japan (34' 55' N., 164*
    05' E.). Witnesses: unidentified military persons. One bright
    white flashing light was travelling from horizon to horizon in 20
    seconds.

    Jan, 23, 1965; Williamsburg, Virginia. 8:40 a.m. Witness: Mr.
    T.F. Mains. One mushroom or lightbulb-shaped object, 75-80'
    high, 25' diameter on top and l0' bottom diameter; metallic grey
    with a red-orange glow on the near side and a blue glow on the
    far side. The object made a sound like a vacuum cleaner. The
    witness' car electrical system was affected as the object moved
    away at an altitude of 4'. The sighting lasted 25 seconds.

    March 4, 1965; Corvallis, Oregon. 9:23 p.m. Witness: W.V.
    Harrison. Three lights rose from the ground, several seconds
    apart. The next day, an oily spot was found at the site.

    March 8, 1965; Mt. Airy, Maryland. 7:40 p.m. Witness: J.H.
    Martin, instrument maker for U.S. Bureau of Standards. Six
    lights flew overhead slowly for 3 minutes.

    April 4, 1965; Keesler AFB, Mississippi. 4:05 a.m. Witnesses:
    USAF A/2c Corum, a weather observer; confirmation by college
    student R. Pittman not clear from available data. One 40' black,
    oval object with four lights along the bottom, flew in and out of
    the clouds for 15 seconds.

    May 7, 1965; Oxford, Michigan. 7:30 p.m. Witness: M.E.
    Marshall. One light, like a satellite, split into two parts, one
    of which was copperish color, then two more joined up. One
    object may have been tumbling. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

    July 6, 1965; Kiel, Wisconsin. 9:30 p.m. Witness: Mrs. E.R.
    Hayner. One flashing light, like a satellite, was seen for less
    than 1 minute. No further data was in the files.

    July 25, 1965; Castalia, Ohio. 9:15 p.m. Witness: amateur
    astronomer M.D. Harris, 16. One bright blue star crossed 90 of
    sky in 10-15 seconds.

    Aug. 4, 1965; Dallas, Texas. 9:30 p.m. Witness: J.A. Carter,
    19. One light flew fast, straight and level for 12 seconds. No
    further data in files.

    Aug. 4, 1965; Tinley Park, Illinois. 11:35 p.m. Witnesses: two
    unnamed 14 year olds. One light moved around the sky for 16-17
    seconds. No further data in files.

    Aug. 19, 1965; Cherry Creek New York. 8:20 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mrs. William Butcher, son Harold, 17, and children. A large
    elliptical object, with a reddish vapor underneath, came close to
    the ground, then shot straight up into the clouds a few seconds
    later. Radio drowned out by static, a tractor engine stopped.
    When the object was on the ground, a steady beeping sound could
    be heard. Afterwards, a strange odor was noticed, and the next
    day, a purplish liquid, 2"x2" marks and patches of singed grass
    were found at the site. A bull bellowed and tried to break its
    bonds.

    Aug. 30, 1965; Urbana, Ohio. 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: M.A. Lilly,
    N. Smith, T. Nastoff. One white ball, 5-8' in diameter and
    trailed by a 2-3' light, hit the road 100' in front of the
    witness' car, bounced and flew away. Sighting lasted 3-4
    seconds.

    Sept. 3, 1965; Exeter, New Hampshire. 2 a.m. Witnesses: Exeter
    Patrolmen Eugene Bertrand, Jr. and David Hunt, and Norman
    Muscarello. One large, dark, elliptical object with a row of red
    lights around it, moved slowly and erratically around houses and
    trees, while lights blinked in sequence. Farm animals were very
    noisy. Sighting lasted about 1 hour.

    Sept. 3, 1965; Damon, Texas. 11 p.m. Witnesses: Brazoria
    County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Billy McCoy and Deputy Robert
    Goode. One triangular object, 150-200' long, 40-50' thick at
    middle and dark grey, with a long, bright, pulsing, purple light
    on the right side and a long blue light on the left side. Came
    from distance to 150' off highway and 100' in the air. Purple
    light illuminated ground beneath object and interior of police
    car. Driver felt heat on his left arm. Initial sighting lasted
    5-10 minutes. Second sighting.occurred later that night.

    Sept. 25, 1965; Chisholm, Minnesota. 9:55 a.m. Witness: Bett
    Diamon. Five orange lights in a row flew fast and made an abrupt
    turn during the 1 minute sighting.

    Sept. 25, 1965; Rodeo, New Mexico. 10 p.m. Witnesses: Dr.
    George Walton, physical chemist, and wife. Two round white
    objects flew side-by-side, at 30-50' altitude, pacing the
    witnesses' car for 6 minutes.

    Oct. 4, Middletown, Ohio. Wiitness: Tucker. Case missing
    from official files.

    Feb. 2, 1966; Salisbury, North Carolina. 11:15 p.m. Witnesses:
    Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Wise. One silver, diamond-shaped object with
    several balls constantly in very fast motion around it, and much
    light. Object hovered over the trees for 3-4 minutes, while a
    dog barked, and then zipped out of sight. Sighting lasted 1
    hour.

    Feb. 6, 1966; Nederland, Texas. 5:45 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and
    Mrs. K.R. Gulley. One yellow, lighted object at 500; altitude
    and a pulsating red glow on the lawn. The house lights went out,
    and high frequency bothered the witnesses' ears. Sighting lasted
    5-10 minutes.

    March 20, 1966; Miami, Florida.. 12:15 a.m. Witness: USAF Res.
    Maj. K.C. Smith, employee of NASA at Cape Kennedy. One pulsating
    light which varied from white to intense blue made a jerky ascent
    and then rapidly accelerated away to the north after 5 minutes.

    March 22, 1966; Houston, Texas. 1:30 a.m. Witness: S.J.
    Musachia. White flashing lights, and the air full of smoke. Lit
    up witness' apartment. Sound of "yen " heard up close
    during 4 minute sighting.

    March 23, 1966; Temple, Oklahoma. 5:05 a.m. Witness: W.E.
    Laxson. One large object, like a wingless C-124 transport plane;
    75' long, 8' high and 12' wide; with a bubble canopy on top. Sat
    on highway, a man dressed in military work clothes entered, and
    it rose after about 40 seconds.

    March 26, 1966; Texhoma, Oklahoma. Midnight. Witnesses: Mrs.
    P.N. Beer and Mrs. E. Smith. One flashing light buzzed their car
    from the front then hovered. Sighting lasted l0 minutes.

    April 5, 1966; Alto, Tennessee. 11:55 p.m. Witness: W. Smith.
    One oval object with a dark top, appeared cone-shaped when
    moving. It made a high-frequency noise during the 2.5 hour
    sighting.

    April 5, 1966; Lycoming, New York. 3 a.m. Witness: Lillian
    Louis. One vapor-like sphere hovered and spun at low altitude,
    shooting its exhaust onto the ground below. Sighting of 1
    minute.

    April 30, 1966; Sacramento, California. 3:15 a.m. Witness:
    Anita Miller. One light moved around the sky for 2.5 hours. No
    further detail in files.

    May 7, 1966; Goodfellow AFB, Texas. 9:55 p.m. Witness: A/3c
    W.L. Whitehead. One short, cylindrical object with pointed ends
    and a yellow light at one end and blue light at the other, flew
    straight and level for 35 seconds.

    June 6, 1966; Spooner, Wisconsin. 9:30 p.m. Witness: Dorothy
    Gray. Two domed discs with sparkling upper surfaces and square
    windows in their tops, revolved above a lake, apparently causing
    strange behavior of the lake water during the 25 second sighting.

    June 8, 1966; Kansas, Ohio. 6:45 a.m. Witness: Max Baker. One
    bright silver, cigar-shaped object, as long as an airliner,
    buzzed the witness' car. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

    June 18, 1966; Burnsville, North Carolina. 12:30 a.m.
    Witnesses: members of a Boy Scout group, including Sterrett.
    One bell-shaped object with three flashing red lights hovered for
    5 hours and was then joined by six others.

    June 27, 1966; 400 miles east of Wake Island (19* N., 172* E.).
    4 a.m. Witness: Radio Officer Steffen Soresen, of the S/ Mt.
    Vernon Victory. One "cloud" expanded with a light inside, and
    then accelerated away after several minutes.

    July l1, 1966; Union, Pennsylvania. 7:45 p.m. Witnesses: Carl
    Wood and Charles Hawthorne. One large (100' wide, 20' high)
    bright red object with small windows and yellow lights. The
    object emitted a humming noise, seemingly from the outside, and a
    qrinding noise which seemed to come from inside. Observed for 1
    hour.

    July 25, 1966; Vanceboro, North Carolina. 1 a.m. Witness:
    college student James Clark. One object which changed color from
    orange to red to blue to green and back to orange. Followed
    witness' car at high speed, then stopped and hovered over the
    car. Rose and flew up and out of sight in less than 5 seconds.
    Entire sighting involved about 1 hour.

    July 31, 1966; Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania. 7:25 p.m.
    Witnesses: Douglas Tibbetts, 16; Betty Klem, 16; Anita Haifley,
    22; and Gerald Labelle, 29. Square or hexagonal object with
    edges lit or reflecting light, came tumbling down from right to
    left. Stopped 5-10' above the beach and settled heavily down;
    circle of spotlights at top were visible when it was on the
    ground. Sighting lasted 5 minutes. .

    Aug. 19, 1966; Donnybrook, North Dakota. 4:50 p.m. Witness:
    U.S. Border Patrolman Don Flickenger. Round disc with domed top,
    30' in diameter and 15' high, colored white, silvery or aluminum.
    Moved across a valley from the southeast, hovered over a
    reservoir, appeared to land in a small field, then rose up into
    clouds very rapidly. Sighting lasted 5 minutes.

    Aug. 23, 1966; Columbus, Ohio. 77 p.m. Witnesses: Broomall and
    Gilpin. One circular, luminous white object split into five
    objects and all streaked away toward the west. Sighting lasted
    15 minutes.

    Aug. 26, 1966; Gaylesville, Alabama. 8:50 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
    and Mrs. Funk and their three children. A cluster of four small,
    glowing, orange-yellow lights in a triangular formation, moved
    from east to west for 4.5 minutes.

    Sept. 1, 1966; Willsboro, New York. 2:45 p.m. Witness: T.H.
    Ridman. One oval object with lights that flashed red and white
    and occasionally blue, travelled west, then disappeared downward.
    It returned, several minutes later, at which time a loud noise
    was heard. The entire sighting lasted 30 minutes.

    Sept. 6, 1966; Suffolk County AFB, New York. 6:50 p.m.
    Witnesses: Stahl and Ladesic. One white cylinder of light came
    from the east at high speed, stopped and hovered for 3 minutes,
    and then turned and slowly disappeared. Sighting lasted 8
    minutes.

    Sept. 9, 1966; Franklin Springs, New York. 9 p.m. Witness:
    Jacobson. One solid object, larger than an army tank, with
    lights all around it, made a low humming sound and disappeared
    into woods at the end of the 30 minute sighting.

    Sept. 13, 1966; Gwinner, North Dakota. 7:30 a.m. Witness:
    Rotenberger. One silvery-grey ellipse with a clear bubble
    protruding from its top, hovered about a mile away, then landed
    within 300 yards and took off very fast. It made a low-pitched
    whine during the 5 minute sighting.

    Sept. 28, 1966; Wilmington, Ohio. 3:38 p.m. Witness: Clarke.
    Three round, oval-shaped, aluminum-colored objects with rotating
    rings around them. Two remained stationary, while the third
    varied its altitude during the 90 second sighting.

    Oct. 5, 1966; Osceola, Wisconsin. Witnesses: several members of
    one family. One small, bright orange, moon-shaped object
    remained stationary in the northeast for about 20 minutes, then
    suddenly took off very fast to the WNW.

    Oct. 23, 1966; Southhampton, Long Island, New York. 6 p.m.
    Witness: Mr Acquino. One object with arms in front of it which
    sparkled like an arc-light. Traveled south along some power
    lines, then turned southwest. Made a slight humming sound during
    the 4 minute sighting.

    Oct. 26, 1966; Cold Bay Air Force Station, Alaska. No time
    given. Witness: civilian control tower operator Ralston. One
    white object approached runway at 50' altitude. Runway lights
    were then turned on, and object accelerated and climbed away so
    fast that witness was unable to use binoculars. Sighting lasted
    3 seconds.

    Nov. 8, 1966; Saginaw, Michigan. At night. Witness: college
    graduate Annis. A group of lights that flashed and changed color
    hung stationary, almost touching the road, and would abruptly
    vanish during the 5 minute sighting.

    Dec. 25, 1966; Monroe, Oregon. 33 a.m. Witnesses: civilians and
    military persons. Three round objects, as large as cars, gave
    off vapor, then became three bright reddish-orange lights. Blast
    at beginning of 90 minute sighting pushed one witness against a
    car.

    Feb. 6, 1967; Odessa, Delaware. 8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Donald
    and Marie Guseman. One large, Saturn-shaped object--5O' in
    diameter and 20' high--with two bright lights, a green light on
    one side and a red light on the other. Hovered motionless over
    the trees, then slowly moved north and suddenly disappeared after
    2 minutes.

    Feb. 12, 1967; Grand Rapids, Michigan. 3:40 a.m. Witness: Mr.
    Lou Atkinson. Four fluorescent, football-shaped objects, a dull,
    almost grey luminous color; flew northeast in a very rigid
    formation for 4-10 seconds. Made a chirping noise.

    Feb. 16, 1967; Stoughton, Wisconsin. 9:11 p.m. Witness: Miss
    Lynn Marsh. One light with faded edges seemed to follow observer
    in her car for 5-6 minutes.

    Feb. 20, 1967; Oxford, Wisconsin. 3:10 a.m. Witness: USAF
    veteran/truck driver Stanton Summer. One orange-red object flew
    parallel to truck for 2 minutes.

    Feb. 27, 1967; Grand Haven, Michigan. 8:19 p.m. Witnesses:
    Sheriff Grysen, wife and others. Large white light, with smaller
    red and green lights seen to the sides. Made almost
    instantaneous 90^ turn to left, shot out over road and stopped,
    moving too fast to follow. Sighting lasted 1 hour, 11 minutes.

    March 6, 1967; Benton Harbor, Michigan. 12:01 a.m. Witnesses:
    Jerome Wolanin, assistant news director of radio station and
    former policeman, and wife. One round saucer or oval-shaped
    object with red, green and yellow lights around bottom rim which
    pulsated red. Flew level, east to west, and was joined by second
    object from west. First object opened top, second came over and
    hovered for 30 seconds and disappeared. Sighting lasted more
    than 40 minutes. Objects made hissing sound.

    March 6, 1967; Galesburg-Moline, Illinois. 4:25 a.m. Witness:
    Deputy Sheriff Frank Courson. One object shaped like a rubber
    cup which is placed under furniture leg, with a dome set in the
    cup. Bottom of object spun rapidly, rim pulsated red. Approached
    witness and passed overhead at low altitude, making a hieeing
    sound.

    March 9, 1967; Galesburg, Illinois. 7:10 p.m. Witnesses: two
    housewives. One object shaped like a pancake with a rounded top;
    object was pulsating red, with red lights around its rim.
    Approached witnesses and seemed to explode with a brilliant white
    light that lasted 10 seconds and almost blinded them. Then it
    accelerated to the north and disappeared.

    March 9, 1967; Onawa, Iowa. 9:05 p.m. Witness: Jack Lindley.
    One bright white, saucer-shaped object, as big as a jet airliner,
    flew straight and fast to the east for 2 minutes.

    March 22, 1967; Wapello, Iowa. 10:20 p.m. Witness: Douglas
    Eutsler, 15. Fluorescent, solid, multicolored lights stood
    still, then flew away at high speed after 1 minute.

    March 24, 1967; Belt, Montana. 99 p.m. Witness: truck driver
    Ken Williams. One dome-shaped object, emitting a bright light,
    landed in a ravine. As the witness approached, it took off and
    settled back, hidden from the highway. Sighting lasted several
    minutes.

    March 26, 1967; New Winchester, Ohio. 4 p.m. Witnesses: man,
    woman, three boys. One oval object, which looked like copper or
    brass with the sun shining on it, flew from southeast to
    northwest with tumbling motion for 30 minutes.

    May 17, 1967; Rural Hall, North Carolina. 8:30 p.m. Witness:
    Red Ledford. One round, orange-colored object, similar in size
    to a small aircraft, zigzagged back and forth over a jet that was
    heading northeast for 5 minutes.

    June 24, 1967; Austin, Texas. 3:12 a.m. Witness: artist Ray
    Stanford. One solid, blue-white, elliptical object flew from
    northwest to northeast and stopped, seemingly in response to
    flashlight signal, for 1.5 minutes. The object then proceeded
    along its original path at high speed and disappeared behind
    clouds. Sighting lasted 9 minutes.

    June 29' 1967; Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 1:30 a.m. Witness:
    truck driver Damon Brown. One oyster-shaped object--2OO' wide,
    and 25-30' thick--with a huge red light at each end and one on
    the bottom, and a row of blue lights along the bottom. Circled
    m.n aircraft, hovering then moving rapidly, and then followed the
    witness' car for about 500', veered south and departed at great
    speed after 8-10 minutes.

    July 10, 1967; Lizelia, Mississippi. 5:50 p.m. Witness: golf
    pro Harold Washington (Capt, USMC, ret.). One object with a
    dome, the top colored gunmetal blue, the bottom the color of old
    lead. Moved east, crossed the highway tilted upward, moved to
    the right, accelerated and disappeared into the clouds after 3-5
    seconds. Object made a swishing sound.

    Oct. 18, 1967; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 9 p.m. Witness: John
    Herbert. One bright, fiery ball flashed four times while moving
    east, just above the tree tops. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

    Feb. 9, 1968; Groveton, Missouri. 4:20 a.m. Witness: Mr. R.W.
    Bland. One object, 100' in diameter, with concave sides having
    "portholes" in the center of each gave off yellow-green light.
    Hovered 25' above ground, then moved rapidly toward the
    southwest. Gave off pulsating sound, like a length of wire
    whirled at high speed above the head. Sighting lasted 1-5
    minutes.

    Sept. 15, 1968; near Ocala, Florida. 9:30 p.m. Witness:
    missionary pilot Jay Cole, flying a Beech C-45 twin-engined
    utility plane. One light performed aerobatics for 15 minutes and
    then vanished. A second light appeared, heading toward them on a
    collision course, made a 90* turn and disappeared. Later, ground
    radar told them a target was following them. Sightings lasted 15
    minutes.

    Nov. 23, 1968. Newton, Georgia. 8:05 p.m. Witness: Mr. Jones,
    accountant. One oblong light, 120-150' wide. Hovering 75' above
    the ground, it emitted a beam that lit the ground. Radio gave
    off static, then car engine stopped. Light flew away vertically
    and car engine restarted itself. Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.

    Jan. 17, 1969; Crittenden, Virginia. 3:24 a.m. Witness: Mr.
    Roman Lupton, test facility mechanic. Several amber lights--one
    of them blinking--in an elliptical formation, flew forward slowly
    while moving up and down, then turned and disappeared after 2
    minutes. Made a humming sound.

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