Event 2393 (5B24680F)
Date: 7/31/1909
Time: 16:50
Location: NEAR FAIRFAX, NZ
Description: Dark fat cylinder/cigar-shape going [to] over hills. Boxy cabin / bottom-center. Going quickly west. / r96#70.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_283
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr FAIRFAX,NZ:DRK FAT CGR > OVR HILLS:BOXY CABIN/BOTTOM-CENTER:>>W:/r96#70”, LatLong: “-46.233336 168.050008”, LatLongDMS: “46:14:00 S 168:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2394 (70C92348)
Date: 7/31/1909
Description: In Greenvale, New Zealand a farmhand saw an “airship” about 150-feet long at dawn. It had a light at each end, and made a strange whirring noise that frightened the horses. A flying fuselage-shaped airship flew over Dunedin, New Zealand later that morning. A brilliant light shone from atop a mast antenna. That afternoon a dark, fat, cigar-shaped object flew over the hills around Fairfax, New Zealand. It had a box-shaped cabin on the bottom, center, and it flew on towards the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 7, citing Matsura Ensign, August 1, 1909; Xenolog, December 1975, p. 14; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue no. 181
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4517
Event 2395 (A6E1A956)
Date: 8/1909
Description: (Translated from French) The airships move from South to North of the archipelago, where they manifest themselves.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_317
Event 2396 (001B173C)
Date: 8/1909
Location: Near Middletown, New York
Description: Residents near Middletown, New York reported seeing a mysterious airship that flew only at night. The airship was described as having a balloon-like shape with wings on each side and a cigar-shaped car underneath. Witnesses heard the sound of a motor as the airship flew at a high speed. (Chapter 3, Ref 120)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_113
Event 2397 (09E0A65D)
Date: 8/1909
Location: Waipawa, New Zealand
Description: A man near Waipawa reported seeing a large, grey, torpedo-shaped airship passing overhead. He claimed to have heard three occupants aboard the airship, one of whom shouted in an unknown language. The airship eventually rose to a great height, displayed lights at its ends, circled around, and then disappeared behind a hill. (Chapter 3, Ref 136)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_130
Event 2398 (743FE175)
Date: 8/1909
Location: Glen Innes, Australia
Description: Mystery airship sightings in Australia, spanning from August to October, included a sighting near Glen Innes where residents described an object shaped like an inverted top with a lighted lower portion that revolved, casting a flashlight-like beam on the land beneath it. (Chapter 3, Ref 140)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_134
Event 2399 (55935083)
Date: 8/2/1909
Description: In Oamaru, near Sumpter’s Hill, Otago, New Zealand a large boat-shaped flying object with three lights was observed at 3:00 a.m., clearly illuminated by the moon. Two figures were visible inside the craft, and the object flew “at a fast rate.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4587
Event 2400 (3B521C6B)
Date: 8/2/1909
Location: Mount Bruce, New Zealand
Description: A New Zealand fisherman encountered an airship near Marlborough Sound that dropped hissing “missiles” into the water, which fizzed upon impact and sank. Although he didn’t witness occupants aboard the airship, he described a hostile encounter involving these mysterious objects. (Chapter 3, Ref 137)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_131
Event 2401 (0C1AE79A)
Date: 8/3/1909
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Waipawa
Description: (Translated from French) A man saw a grey UFO shaped like a torpedo. The craft was occupied by three occupants. (note from vog: see November 18, 1909 Sydney) One of them addressed the witness in an unknown language. (August 3, 1909)
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 345
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_656
Event 2402 (C6F97F2B)
Date: 8/3/1909
Description: (Translated from French) He (the witness) was riding near the racecourse (of Waipawa) when his horse became unruly. He discovered that the cause of this behavior was the presence of a large torpedo-shaped craft hovering overhead. The aircraft, he said, was painted gray and three people were visible on board. One of them shouted something to him in an unknown language. The vessel rose to a great height, lit up lights at its bow and stern, then, after making a circle, disappeared behind a hill. That same night, another inhabitant saw a boat-shaped craft at a high altitude emitting a powerful hum. (August 3)
Reference: Hawkes Bay Herald, August 6, 1909
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_318
Event 2403 (FB5503F9)
Date: 8/3/1909 (approximate)
Time: 20:30
Location: WAIHI, NZ
Description: Dark silent cylinder/cigar-shape going [to] straight & level flight slow. Windows / side. Intense blue-green light / front.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_284
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WAIHI,NZ:DRK SLNT CGR > S&L SLOW:WINDOWS/SIDE:INTENSE BLU-GRN LITE/FRONT:”, LatLong: “-37.500002 175.983342”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 S 175:59:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2404 (85C959EC)
Date: 8/3/1909
Time: 22:00?
Location: WAIPAWA, NZ
Description: Grey torpedo with 3 men circles. 1 shouts gibberish. / FSRv22#6+/ MJ#177.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 832)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_285
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication
Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WAIPAWA,NZ:GRY TORPEDO W/3 MEN CCLs:1 SHOUTS GIBBERISH:/FSRv22#6+/MJ#177”, LatLong: “-39.938891 176.600008”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:20 S 176:36:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “8”
Event 2405 (8C110DCE)
Date: 8/3/1909
Location: Waipawa, New Zealand
Description: Night. A man is riding in Waipawa, New Zealand, when his horse becomes nervous. He sees a large, gray, torpedo-shaped object passing overhead. Three persons are visible in it, one of whom shouts to him in an unknown language. The object rises to a great height, showing lights fore and aft. After circling around, it disappears behind a hill.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 261; Hawkes Bay Herald, August 6, 1909; Tony Brunt, “The New Zealand UFO Wave of 1909,” Ufocus NZ, July 22, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_291
Event 2406 (D6AA08C2)
Date: 8/3/1909
Description: A dark silent cigar-shaped object flew slowly at a low altitude over Waihi, New Zealand at 8:30 p.m. It had windows on each side and an intense blue-green light in front. Later that same evening a man was thrown from his horse in Waipawa, New Zealand when a gray cigar or torpedo-shaped object hovered overhead and frightened the animal. Three human looking figures stood on deck, and one waved and shouted. The craft had lights at both ends. It rose to a higher altitude, circled, and then went behind hill.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Luminieres dans la Nuit, issue 181; Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century [1900-1946], p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4620
Event 2407 (9D9924D6)
Date: 8/4/1909
Time: 12:00
Location: North Otago, New Zealand
Description: During a multiple-witness sighting in New Zealand, a detailed description of the object emerged. Witnesses saw a vessel resembling a black boat with supports on each side, a rapidly revolving wheel at the rear, and a box beneath the body. The object exhibited swift movement and sudden turns during the encounter. (Chapter 3, Ref 133)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_127
Event 2408 (535F8069)
Date: 8/5/1909
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Wanganui
Description: (Translated from French) I very distinctly saw, around 11:30 PM, a large craft flying above the river. It came from Aramoho and disappeared towards Castlecliff. It was moving at an altitude of 60 m and two large wings were easily discernible, emitting a whistling sound. Its speed was at least 150 km/h. There was a powerful light at the front and two others on the sides. Already at 6:45 PM, children had seen a similar object heading towards Mosstown."
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 215
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_657
Event 2409 (5B85D34E)
Date: 8/6/1909
Location: Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Description: Two dredge operators near Gore spotted two figures aboard a boat-shaped airship with lights at both ends, which circled their location for a few minutes before rapidly departing, leaving a yellow glare in its wake. (Chapter 3, Ref 135)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_129
Event 2410 (3825559F)
Date: 8/7/1909
Location: Goulburn, New South Wales
Description: 10:30 p.m. Four young men at brick kilns near the railway station in Goulburn, New South Wales, see a bright, pale blue light arise from behind some hills to the east. After ascending, it circles back in the direction it came from. The object is said to be visible every night from August 5–10.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Goulburn ‘Airship,’” Sydney (N.S.W.) Morning Herald, August 11, 1909, p. 10; Bill Chalker, “Historical Australian UFO Reports,” UFO Research Australia Newsletter 4, no. 3 (Nov.–Dec. 1983): 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_292
Event 2411 (97670F3C)
Date: 8/8/1909
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of a light above Goulburn (New South Wales, Australia), of blue color and performing back and forth in the night. (5-8 August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_319
Event 2412 (582184FB)
Date: 8/9/1909
Description: (Translated from French) Observations abruptly cease in New Zealand. (August 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_320
Event 2413 (2CA17EE5)
Date: 8/9/1909
Locations: Concord, New Hampshire; Vale Perkins, Quebec
Description: 7:30–8:00 p.m. A flying object with lights on its front and back sails at a great altitude from west to east over Concord, New Hampshire, eventually disappearing into a cloud. Capt. Lyman Jackman at first thinks it is a balloon, but its estimated speed of 45–50 mph against the wind leads him to think otherwise. (“Air Ship or Meteor,” Concord (N.H.) Evening Monitor, August 10, 1909, p. 3) At about the same time, Bertha Niles of Vale Perkins, Quebec, watches a similar lighted object moving west to east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Ship or What?” Concord (N.H.) Evening Monitor, August 13, 1909, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_293
Event 2414 (287E62DA)
Date: 8/9/1909
Location: Moss Vale, New South Wales
Description: Night. Residents of Moss Vale, New South Wales, watch a large lighted object like an airship float over the town.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Is It an Airship?” Sydney (N.S.W.) Morning Herald, August 10, 1909, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_294
Event 2415 (84D1441C)
Date: 8/13/1909
Description: (Translated from French) In Glen Innes, witnesses can follow with binoculars the evolution of a UFO resembling an upturned roof whose lower part was lit up, and which directs a beam towards the ground. (August 13th, 11 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_321
Event 2416 (59AFEB9E)
Date: 8/13/1909
Description: At 11:00 p.m. a top-shaped object was observed through a night glass as it moved in a northerly direction over Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia. Its lower portion was lighted while the upper portion was dark, and as the body of the object revolved a light kept turning on to the terrain beneath.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 8, citing Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4957
Event 2417 (B1864F87)
Date: 8/18/1909
Location: Fishers Island, New York
Description: 2:30 a.m. Four men (Capt. Edward P. Sisson, Ernest T. Newton, Prentice Lanphear, and Edward M. Knapp) at the Coast Guard life-saving station on the south side of Fishers Island, New York, see a winged airship 60 feet long and 20 feet wide. Moving swiftly against the wind, it moves in from the northeast, its engines whirring and a dazzling white light at its head. Two dark figures can be seen in the center of the object. Visible for 3 minutes, the object moves off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fishers Islanders See Big Aeroplane,” Providence (R.I.) Journal, August 19, 1909, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_295
Event 2418 (28612124)
Date: 8/22/1909
Location: France, Reims
Description: (Translated from French) Great Champagne Week or Reims Aerial Meeting (Airplanes!). There were 36 registered aircraft, 36 pilots. (August 22-29, 1909)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout Université 1967, p. 79
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_658
Event 2419 (9F2BCA34)
Date: 8/22/1909
Location: Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Description: Evening. Residents of Upper Montclair, New Jersey, watch a mystery airplane that emits a large puff of smoke. It descends and flies off to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Airship over Montclair,” New York Times, August 24, 1909, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_296
Event 2420 (FF0012AE)
Date: 8/22/1909
Description: The night after a similar sighting, a torpedo shaped object with searchlights was seen again at ten p.m. in Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Roberts, Australasian Ufologist, January 2001, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5214
Event 2421 (B650149B)
Date: 8/24/1909
Location: TALLINN, ESTONIA
Description: Many observer(s). Great airship circles town twice. Going quickly north toward(s) Finland.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_286
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines
Extra Data: Country: “Estonia, Latvia& Lithuania”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “TALLINN,ESTONIA:MANY OBS:GREAT AIRSHIP CIRCLES TOWN TWICE:>>N TWRD FINLAND”, LatLong: “59.433336 24.733335”, LatLongDMS: “59:26:00 N 24:44:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2422 (A8959CAB)
Date: 9/1909
Description: (Translated from French) The phenomenon reappears in New Zealand for a few appearances, then completely disappears.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_322
Event 2423 (D8AA9EB7)
Date: 9/1909
Locations: South Windham, Connecticut; Windham Center Road
Description: 7:30 p.m. E. B. Hanna of South Windham, Connecticut, watches a high-flying, meandering “searchlight” along Windham Center Road for about an hour. After heading toward him, it changes direction and moves southward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What Mr. Hanna Saw May Have Been the Worcester Airship,” Willimantic (Conn.) Chronicle, December 14, 1909, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_297
Event 2424 (B9CEDD39)
Date: 9/1909
Location: Gothenburg and Osthammer, Sweden
Description: A large elliptical-shaped aircraft with wings was observed flying over the Swedish cities of Gothenburg and Osthammer at an altitude of 300 feet. The aircraft was later seen heading westward, leaving observers intrigued by its presence. (Chapter 3, Ref 131)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_125
Event 2425 (9309E205)
Date: 9/1909
Location: Port Molyneux, New Zealand
Description: A local man had a friendly encounter with the occupants of an airship that landed at Port Molyneux. He described them as looking like Japanese and mentioned that they conversed with him in English. (Chapter 3, Ref 138)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_132
Event 2426 (A851C9AB)
Date: 9/1/1909
Location: NEW ZEALAND, everywhere.
Description: (Translated from French) It was seen again in Dargaville, Invercargill, across the whole island. “An object resembling an aerial vessel was observed above Gore around 4:30 PM. It was moving in a wavelike motion towards the Tapanui Hills and gradually disappeared behind the horizon above Kelso. The witnesses were two well-known people from Gore and their account is authentic. They described the object as a cigar with some kind of vehicle attached to it, but they were unable to see any occupants. It remained visible for a few minutes before disappearing at a high speed. Other inhabitants of the town also observed the curious craft. Between 5:45 PM and 6:00 PM it was also seen above the eastern hills of Otaraia.” (September 1, 1909)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 216
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_659
Event 2427 (B3CD222E)
Date: 9/1/1909
Description: (Translated from French) An object resembling an aircraft was observed above Gore around 4:30 PM. It was moving in a wavelike fashion towards Tapanui Hills and gradually disappeared on the horizon above Kelso. The witnesses were two well-known people from Gore and their account is authentic. They described the object as a cigar with some kind of vehicle attached to it, but were unable to see its occupants. It remained visible for a few minutes before disappearing at a high speed. Other inhabitants of the town also observed the curious machine. Between 5:45 PM and 6 PM, it was also seen above the hills to the East of Otaraia. (September 1st, 4:30 PM)
Reference: The New Zealand Herald, September 10, 1909
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_323
Event 2428 (4CA6FAEA)
Date: Early 9/1909
Location: Gore, New Zealand
Description: The final airship sightings in New Zealand occurred in early September. Two prominent residents of Gore observed a cigar-shaped aircraft with an attached “car” drifting over nearby hills before disappearing from sight. Another sighting report described the airship appearing over the hills, moving back and forth at a rapid pace, and then disappearing towards the Gore racecourse. (Chapter 3, Ref 139)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_133
Event 2429 (1F8D38B0)
Date: 9/3/1909
Location: Bloomingdale, Indiana
Description: 9:00 a.m. Several hundred residents of Bloomingdale, Indiana, see a “dirigible balloon” pass over the city for 15 minutes. The car beneath the gas bag is plainly visible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sights Strange Airship,” Indianapolis Star, September 4, 1909, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_298
Event 2430 (0AC3DC56)
Date: 9/20/1909
Locations: Meudon Observatory, Paris, France; Pic du Midi Observatory, French Pyrenees
Description: During the opposition of Mars, astronomer Eugène Antoniadi uses the 83cm aperture telescope at Meudon Observatory in Paris, France, to observe Mars. He sees no canals. The outstanding photos of Mars taken at the new Baillaud dome at the Pic du Midi Observatory in the French Pyrenees also bring formal discredit to the Martian canal theory, and the notion of canals begins to fall out of favor. Around this time, spectroscopic analysis also begins to show that no water is present in the Martian atmosphere.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Martian canal”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_299
Event 2431 (CBEF70AA)
Date: 9/24/1909
Location: SWEDEN, Grason, Osthammar, Gothenburg
Description: (Translated from French) A large, elliptical-shaped flying machine with wings flew over Gothenburg at an altitude of 100 m. It was 18:00, but earlier in the day a similar object had passed over Grason and Osthammar, coming from the northeast and disappearing to the west. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 216) IN REALITY: THE ZEPPELIN Z. II AIRSHIP COVERED 230 KM IN 4 H 10 MINUTES
Reference: "Conquête de l’air. Chronologie… A. Van Hoorebeeck, éd. Marabout Université 1967, p. 79
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_660
Event 2432 (20131A3C)
Date: 9/24/1909
Time: 18:00
Location: GOTEBORG AND OSTHAMMAR, SWD
Description: Winged ovoid over forest. Glowing balloon drops night light / 02 December.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEEL, John: OPERATION TROJAN HORSE; Putnam’s Sons, NY 1970. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_287
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOTEBORG+OSTHAMMAR,SWD:WINGED OVOID OVR FOREST:GLOWING BALLOON DROPS NLT/02DEC”, LatLong: “57.683336 12.000001”, LatLongDMS: “57:41:00 N 12:00:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2433 (A7228348)
Date: 9/30/1909
Locations: Edinburgh, Indiana; Taylorsville
Description: Evening. A balloon “supposed to be from Chicago” passes over Edinburgh, Indiana. Its anchor somehow gets entangled in high-tension wires of the traction station for the Indianapolis, Columbus, and Southern interurban rail. It moves south to Taylorsville a few minutes later, and it is so low to the ground that the occupants are able to talk to passersby.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Tramp Balloon Snaps Wires,” Indianapolis Star, October 1, 1909, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_300
Event 2434 (61FF056C)
Date: 10/1909
Time: 22:30
Location: LA PORTE, IN
Description: Bowl saucer beams going down / wagon. Horses panic. More beams. Lights / rim. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_288
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “La PORTE,IN:BOWL SCR BEAMS ↓/WAGON:HORSES PANIC:MORE BEAMS:LITES/RIM:vanishes”, LatLong: “41.616669 -86.733337”, LatLongDMS: “41:37:00 N 86:44:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2435 (FC7743CC)
Date: 10/1909
Location: La Porte, Indiana
Description: 10:30 p.m. Rev. Ruth Smith and some church members are riding in a wagon in La Porte, Indiana, when the horses rear and a blinding light splashes across the road. A large structure resembling two inverted bowls, separated by a row of lights, is hovering, with several phosphorescent beams extending to the ground. It is encircled in a corona of light and begins moving slowly. After 15 minutes, it blinks out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 97; Clark III 1169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_301
Event 2436 (2099050B)
Date: 10/25/1909
Time: 12:00?
Location: MINDEROO STATION, WEST AUS
Description: 1+3 observer(s). Mystery airship = squarish blimp. Reflective flashes.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_289
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MINDEROO Stn.,W.AUS:1+3 OBS:MYSTERY AIRSHIP=SQUARISH BLIMP:REFLECTIVE FLASHES”, LatLong: “-22.016668 115.083339”, LatLongDMS: “22:01:00 S 115:05:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2437 (394A07BD)
Date: 10/25/1909
Description: A blimp shaped aerial object was sighted over Minderoo Station in Western Australia on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7108
Event 2438 (AE19B6DD)
Date: 11/18/1909
Location: Australia, Sydney
Description: (Translated from French) A Wright biplane was brought to Sydney. The team consists of Tait Impresario, Defries Pilot, Marc Pourpe Mechanic. (November 18, 1909)
Reference: "Conquest of the Air. Chronology… A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 79
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_661
Event 2439 (67E2454B)
Date: 12/13/1909
Time: 22:00
Location: MABELVALE, AR
Description: 1 observer. Beam / light going south fast. Going up and down [to] under overcast. Back 19 December. / r224p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_290
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “95”, HatchDesc: “MABELVALE,AR:1 OBS:BEAM/LITE>S FAST:↑+↓ UNDER OVERCAST:BACK 19DEC:/r224p39.”, LatLong: “34.750002 -92.300004”, LatLongDMS: “34:45:00 N 92:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “5”
Event 2440 (51F1CDC2)
Date: 12/13/1909
Location: Mabelvale, Arkansas
Description: 10:00 p.m. A. W. Norris of Mabelvale, Arkansas, sees a bright, bobbling light moving through the air about 300 feet above him from the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Airship Flies near Little Rock, Perhaps,” Little Rock Arkansas Gazette, December 15, 1909, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_302
Event 2441 (CF549D0A)
Date: 12/16/1909
Location: In December 1909, there were sightings of mysterious airships in Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses in Marlboro reported two sightings, one by ex-councilman B.W. Johnson who claimed to have seen the airship come down so low that he could hear a man talking from the craft. Another witness named Beauregard stated that the airship landed on the southern side of Lake Williams on the same night. (Chapter 3, Ref 121)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_114
Event 2442 (373A76CF)
Date: 12/22/1909
Location: USA, Providence and Pawtucket (Rhode Island)
Description: (Translated from French) At 1:15 a.m. a very large UFO flew over the two cities. Among the witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. William S. Forsythe of 85 Evergreen Street, Providence, R.I. "The Forsythes were decorating their Christmas tree when Mrs. Forsythe’s attention was drawn outside and she looked out the window. There were two strange red lights. She called her husband and both of them watched. The two lights had a variable trajectory, sometimes closer to the ground, sometimes rising to gain altitude, but constantly heading south. Despite the great speed of the phenomenon, the couple had a glimpse of a shape bearing the lights. Whatever it was, they were convinced it could only be an airship. They watched until the lights were no longer visible due to their distance on the horizon. The next morning, they told their observation to anyone who wanted to hear it. (December 22, 1909)
Reference: See the Providence, R.I. Journal for December 22, 1909. Ufo Roundup vol. 2 n° 49 21.12.1997, Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_662
Event 2443 (4A89942F)
Date: 12/22/1909
Description: (Translated from French) 6 years after Kitty Hawk, newspapers from New York to Chicago are astonished by reports coming from all over the country regarding a huge flying aircraft seen by thousands of people. It crashed to the West of Chicago, but was never found. The story made national headlines in the major newspapers of the country. (December 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_324
Event 2444 (EC10B78D)
Date: 12/22/1909
Location: Worcester, MA
Description: “Mysterious Airship” emitting a bright beam of light appeared moving SE to NW, hovered over city, moved away. Seen again two hours later; hovered, moved away to south and turned east. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_62
Event 2445 (F5EDBCB0)
Date: 12/22/1909
Locations: Worcester, Massachusetts; Marlboro; Boston; New York City
Description: 6:30 p.m. Many residents of Worcester, Massachusetts, see a “brilliant ray” emitted by a large black object 1,000 feet high in the southwestern sky. After circling over the town, the object heads to the west, where it is seen over Marlboro. It returns to Worcester between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m., flying at low altitude and sporting a searchlight. One policeman thinks he sees enormous wings; others detect one or two figures inside. The airship is attributed to a Worcester businessman named Wallace E. Tillinghast, who has told the Boston Herald on December 12 that he has invented a heavier-than-air monoplane and has made more than 100 test flights at night to Boston and New York City. But Tillinghast never offers his aircraft for public viewing, and people gradually realize it is a hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Tells of Flight 300 Miles in Air,” Boston Herald, December 13, 1909, p. 1; “Airship Seen in Two Cities,” Boston Globe, December 23, 1909, p. 1; Clark III 1165; Stephen Whalen and Robert E. Bartholomew, “The Great New England Airship Hoax of 1909,” New England Quarterly 75, no. 3 (September 2002) :466–376; Hilary Evans and Robert E. Bartholomew, Outbreak!, Anomalist, 2009, pp. 483–486
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_303
Event 2446 (5EB186E1)
Date: 12/23/1909
Location: USA, Boston (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) When the conductor of the “Evening Limited” train took out his pocket watch and shouted “All Aboard!” at Boston’s North Station that evening, he had no idea that the train was about to go on an adventure with a UFO. The heavy steam locomotive Belching was spewing black smoke. Near the town of Ayer, 48 km northwest, a cigar-shaped UFO descended from the sky to the west to meet the train. The powerful beam of the craft illuminated all the train cars and this lasted until they arrived in Fitchburg. During the stop in the station, the object was lost from sight, but as soon as they left, the journey resumed together. (The Fitchburg, Mass. Sentinel for December 24, 1909.) Police Inspector Frank Metcalf (Springfield, Mass.) was among the passengers. All he could see of the airship was the powerful beam. All the passengers were very interested in the thing and regretted not having a closer view of the airship. (December 23, 1909)
Reference: The Springfield, Mass. Union-News for December 25, 1909.; Ufo Roundup vol. 2 n° 48, 14.12.1997, Joseph Trainor.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_663
Event 2447 (9DB05E3C)
Date: 12/23/1909
Locations: Boston, Massachusetts; Revere
Description: 10:00 p.m. Thousands of citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, and neighboring communities see an airship with lights flying at an altitude of around 400 feet. Alex Randall of Revere reports wings, tail, and propeller, but other observers only see a cylindrical shape at most.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Skyship of Mystery Flies above Boston,” Boston Journal, December 24, 1909, p.1; Clark III 1165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_304
Event 2448 (E174A807)
Date: 12/23/1909
Time: evening
Location: Boston
Description: On December 23, 1909, an aerial display captivated thousands of Christmas shoppers in Boston. Two strong searchlights were observed moving quickly over the city, initially mistaken for bright stars. The lights, which appeared to be on an aerial craft, exhibited distinct behaviors, including a reflective appearance resembling automobile headlights and a vague outline of the craft itself. The lights remained stationary at an altitude of about 600 feet for a short time before disappearing. (Chapter 3, Ref 122)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_115
Event 2449 (7DD00619)
Date: 12/24/1909
Description: (Translated from French) Wallace Tillinghast, a resident of Worcester (Massachusetts) decides to make a publicity stunt taking advantage of the event. Vice-president of a factory, he declares to have built a monoplane, running on gasoline, capable of transporting him and two mechanics. The lair of the mysterious vessel had finally been discovered! 14 men working for Paul Morgan, from the Morgan Construction Company of Worcester, were assigned to a secret task… two years ago, Morgan paid 15000$ for an airplane of a Swedish aviator. It is probably this machine, perfected with the help of Tilinghast, that was seen flying over New England… But other newspapers are more skeptical. (December 24th)
Reference: Wilimantic Chronicle of Connecticut
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_325
Event 2450 (A3873DB5)
Date: 12/24/1909
Time: 01:50
Location: LIMERICK, IREL
Description: Amateur astronomer. Luminous saucer goes south slowly. Turns and goes back going north. / r85p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOUGARD, Michel: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES; SOBEPS Group, Belgium 1976. HB (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_291
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “32”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “LIMERICK,IREL:AM.ASTRONOMER:LUM.SCR GOES S SLOWLY:TURNS+GOES BACK>N:/r85p35”, LatLong: “52.650003 -8.616667”, LatLongDMS: “52:39:00 N 08:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2451 (5CF5CE17)
Date: 12/24/1909
Time: 23:00
Location: RHAYADER, WALES
Description: Boy abduction / farm Christmas party. Screams. Tracks / snow end. Gone for good.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad: STRANGERS from the SKIES; Award Books, NY 1966. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_292
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “303”, HatchDesc: “RHAYADER,WALES:BOY ABD/FARM XMAS PARTY:SCREAMS:TRACKS/SNOW END:GONE FOR GOOD”, LatLong: “52.300002 -3.516667”, LatLongDMS: “52:18:00 N 03:31:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “9”
Event 2452 (E238B45A)
Date: 12/24/1909
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Description: In Providence, Rhode Island, author H. P. Lovecraft sees what people are claiming is Tillinghast’s airplane bearing a powerful searchlight, but he identifies it as the planet Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “City Is Airship Mad,” Providence (R.I.) Journal, December 25, 1909, p. 2; “Providence Men See Searchlight in Sky,” Providence (R.I.) Journal, December 25, 1909, p. 14; H. P. Lovecraft, Collected Essays, Volume 3: Science, ed. S. T. Joshi, Hippocampus, 2005, p. 99; Clark III 1165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_305
Date: 1910
Location: Germany
Description: In the years preceding World War I (1910-1919), enigmatic dirigible-type mystery airships, which had been appearing in the skies since 1896, saw their final prominence as Germany’s zeppelins matched their capabilities. This period marked the convergence of known and unknown airship technology before the outbreak of the war in 1914. (Chapter 4)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_145
Event 2454 (A4DA3156)
Date: 1910
Location: Fulton County, Arkansas
Description: In 1910, a young brother and sister had an enigmatic encounter near their home in Fulton County, Arkansas. They observed a silver-colored, zeppelin-shaped object hovering above the trees without anything hanging from its underside. The object vanished after taking off, leading the witnesses to believe it wasn’t a conventional balloon as they initially thought. (Chapter 4, Ref 165)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_156
Event 2455 (CC36CF92)
Date: 1910
Location: Balitomore, Maryland
Description: In 1910, witnesses in Baltimore reported seeing a cigar-shaped metallic UFO hovering over a baseball field with strange occupants inside. The craft had colorful windows, and about 20 small creatures wearing fur-like clothing and conical helmets were observed taking turns peering out, each with small eyes and slitlike mouths. (Chapter 4, Ref 174)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_164
Event 2456 (50FDACF7)
Date: 1910
Location: New York City, New York
Description: In 1910, an unidentified aircraft made a nocturnal pass over Manhattan. A New York newspaper reported that a “long, black object” with the sound of a motor was spotted flying at a low altitude. As it approached, it resembled a biplane and gracefully circled around the illuminated Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower, its silhouette visible against the building’s window lights. (Chapter 9, Ref 360)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_352
Event 2457 (490131D6)
Date: 1/1910
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Invercargill
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11pm, the priest, the mayor, a policeman and other people saw an object shaped like a cigar hovering around thirty meters above Invercargill. A figure then appeared at a side door and they heard him shout some words in an unknown language. The opening quickly closed, the object accelerated and it was lost from sight. (January end 1910)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 218
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_668
Event 2458 (286B9065)
Date: 1/1910
Time: 23:00
Location: INVERCARGILL, NZ
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 100alt. Man / door. Shouts gibberish. / r229’83#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_293
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication
Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “INVERCARGILL,NZ:SVRL OBS:CGR HVRS/100alt:MAN/DOOR:SHOUTS GIBBERISH:/r229’83#2”, LatLong: “-46.416669 168.450008”, LatLongDMS: “46:25:00 S 168:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “8”
Event 2459 (360F5AB6)
Date: 1/1910
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand, AU
Description: 11:00 p.m. Several witnesses among them the vicar, the Mayor, and a policeman saw a cigar-shaped object hovering at 30 m altitude. A man appeared at a lateral door and was heard shouting some words in an unknown language. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_63
Event 2460 (116FBC29)
Date: 1/1910
Time: 2300
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Description: Several witnesses among them the vicar, the Mayor, and a policeman -saw a cigar-shaped object hovering at 30 m altitude. A man appeared at a lateral door and was heard shouting some words in an unknown language. The opening closed, and the object accelerated and was lost to sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Stuart 24 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_38
Event 2461 (FA6E0FC6)
Date: 1/1910
Location: Chattanooga area, Tennessee and Huntsville Alabama
Description: In the beginning of the decade, an unusual white cigar-shaped object, resembling a large airship, appeared in the skies over east Tennessee. Witnesses reported its presence for three consecutive days in January 1910, describing it as traveling at around 30 miles per hour, emitting engine-like noises, and featuring flickering blue flames along its underside. The craft eventually flew towards Alabama and was spotted again over Huntsville, around 75 miles from its initial sighting location. (Chapter 4, Ref 155)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_146
Event 2462 (2BD06A43)
Date: 1/1910
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Description: During this period, a newspaper in Knoxville, located north of Chattanooga, documented that two notable residents witnessed a sizable airship flying southward. The observers noted sparks emanating from its engines and could discern the sound of machinery. The described airship had the characteristics of a dirigible balloon. (Chapter 4, Ref 156)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_147
Event 2463 (8F709F86)
Date: 1/1/1910
Location: France
Description: (Translated from French) The pilot’s license is established. During the year 1909 16 licenses were awarded: 9 French, 3 American, 1 Brazilian, 3 English.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, pp. 81-82
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_664
Event 2464 (B34D890F)
Date: 1/1/1910
Description: (Translated from French) If the wonderful flying machine is indeed the fruit of Tilinghast’s brain… this gentleman is right to want to keep the secret. Compared to his invention, the flying machine of the Wright brothers, hitherto considered the leaders of aeronautics, seems quite rudimentary… Tilinghast responds by announcing that he will present his machine at the Boston Air Show in February… but in fact it will never be seen. (1st January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_326
Event 2465 (B74398E6)
Date: 1/1/1910
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken in France. See image at images/1910_France.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_327
Event 2466 (6D91010A)
Date: 1/12/1910
Location: USA, Chattanooga (Tennessee), Huntsville (Alabama)
Description: (Translated from French) The inhabitants saw at 9:00 a huge whitish object in the shape of a cigar moving slowly at 50 km/h above their city. The witnesses distinctly heard the sound of the engines and spotted a series of small blue flames at the lower part of the object and along its entire length. Before leaving in the direction of the nearby mountains, it circled around the city for some time. At 9:15, 120 km from Chattanooga, the people of Huntsville saw a similar object, very fast in the sky. (January 12, 1910)
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: "Les S.V. affaire sérieuse - trad. Laffont 1964 - p. 24, 25
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_665
Event 2467 (95840FC5)
Date: 1/12/1910
Time: 09:00
Location: CHATTANOOGA, TN
Description: Thousands / observer(s). White cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly southeast fast in still wind. Motor noise / r214p53.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_294
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “206”, HatchDesc: “CHATTANOOGA,TN:1000s/OBS:WHT CGR >>SE FAST in still wind::MOTOR NOISE/r214p53”, LatLong: “35.050002 -85.300004”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 85:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2468 (A67DE792)
Date: 1/12/1910
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Description: 9:30 a.m. An unknown cigar-shaped aircraft is seen moving over Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the northeast. It returns on January 13.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Airship in the Air,” Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times, January 13, 1910, p. 7; “Another Airship Flying,” Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times, January 14, 1910, p. 6; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 20, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_306
Event 2469 (032CCC88)
Date: 1/12/1910
Locations: Huntsville, Alabama; Chapman Mountain
Description: 4:30 p.m. An unknown airship flies high over Huntsville, Alabama, against the wind, from southwest to northeast, disappearing over the crest of Chapman Mountain.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Airship,” Huntsville (Ala.) Journal, January 13, 1910, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_307
Event 2470 (3C3B516C)
Date: 1/13/1910
Location: USA, Chattanooga (Tennessee)
Description: (Translated from French) The mysterious craft returned to Chattanooga around 11:00. Even a man was seen on board the craft, taking about twelve minutes to fly over the city in a northerly direction, disappearing into the mist of the Tennessee River.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: "Les S.V. affaire sérieuse - trad. Laffont 1964 - p. 25
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_666
Event 2471 (0128A873)
Date: 1/13/1910
Description: Several thousand people in Chattanooga, Tennessee watched a white cigar-shaped object that passed rapidly over the city at around 11:00 a.m. at 500 to 1,000 feet altitude. It disappeared into a bank of smoke along the river. “Flags on the custom house hung limp [so the wind]…would not have propelled a…balloon.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers Are Real, p. 61; Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 8; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_291
Event 2472 (603BCA5A)
Date: 1/14/1910
Locations: Summit Hill; Knoxville, Tennessee
Description: 6:55 p.m. Two men on Summit Hill in Knoxville, Tennessee, see a large airship moving south. Its outlines are distinct. The men hear a hum of machinery and see sparks from “its motors.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Positive That They Saw an Airship,” Knoxville (Tenn.) Journal, January 15, 1910, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_308
Event 2473 (FF7AB859)
Date: 1/15/1910
Location: USA, Paragould (Arkansas)
Description: (Translated from French) A large, very white flying machine was observed. Even three or four occupants were seen on board the object, equipped with a powerful searchlight. It passed from north to south at an altitude of 300 m.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 218
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_667
Event 2474 (00B0483A)
Date: 1/15/1910
Time: 22:00?
Location: PARAGOULD, ARK
Description: Airship with strong beam north going quickly south / 300M altitude. 3-4 figure(s) aboard. / L. Farish.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad & WHRITENOUR, Joan: FLYING SAUCER INVASION. Award Books, NY 1969. 156pp PB. 15 Essays + catalog. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_295
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “91”, HatchDesc: “PARAGOULD,ARK:AIRSHIP W/STRONG BEAM N>>S/300M alt:3-4 FIGS ABOARD:/L.Farish”, LatLong: “36.066668 -90.500004”, LatLongDMS: “36:04:00 N 90:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “8”
Event 2475 (276686AC)
Date: 2/1910
Location: Greer Idaho
Description: During the second decade of the 20th century, in addition to unknown dirigible-like crafts, witnesses reported sightings of more aerodynamic and advanced aerial objects reminiscent of modern UFOs. In February 1910 near Greer, Idaho, a young boy observed a large yellow globe with a diameter of around half a mile, moving slowly and emitting a golden light. The object traveled at low altitudes, exhibited precise control, and produced a strong draft while making minimal sound. (Chapter 4, Ref 164)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_155
Event 2476 (AE26A2B7)
Date: 2/5/1910
Time: 23:50
Location: NORTHWEST / GREER, ID
Description: 2 prospector. Huge brilliant gold globe maneuvers going southeast / Clearwater River Canyon.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_296
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “333”, HatchDesc: “NW/GREER,ID:2 PROSPECTOR:HUGE BRILL.GOLD GLOBE MNVRS >SE/CLEARWATER Rvr CANYON”, LatLong: “46.433336 -116.216672”, LatLongDMS: “46:26:00 N 116:13:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2477 (4FA54FB5)
Date: 3/21/1910
Location: Australia, Melbourne
Description: (Translated from French) Houdini, the Great Music Hall Star, nicknamed the “King of Handcuffs” for his spectacular escapes on stage, bought a “Voisin” airplane and made a 7 km flight in 7 min. 45 sec. in Melbourne. This is the first officially recorded flight in Australia.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 83
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_669
Event 2478 (24ECBE68)
Date: 5/4/1910
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. I. Plemely, professor of mathematics at Cirnovti (USSR), sees a bright celestial body approaching from the South with increasing speed. The object rises 40° and after reducing speed it goes towards North-North-West, disappearing in a cloud at an elevation of 20°. The object shone for 3 minutes. Professor van Hepperberg from Vienna calculated the parabolic details based on 3 positions that the observer drew and came to the conclusion that it could have had a diameter of 100m. Victor Anestin, editor-in-chief of the scientific magazine Orion in which the story appears, emphasizes the fact that the object could not have been a bolide (meteor) due to the speed elements, deceleration, change of direction, angle of fall from 45 to 20°, disappearance and ascent, etc…** 26th May:** Dr. Prudhomme, a doctor practicing in Nancy (East of France) sees, like 3 other witnesses, something comparable moving slowly and silently in the sky. He states that some sudden changes in the movement of this light seemed to be due to a rudder. (4th May, in the evening)
Reference: Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh archive
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_328
Event 2479 (B302D372)
Date: 5/4/1910
Description: (Translated from French) At the Salzburg Museum (Austria), no trace of the metal cube discovered in 1885 can be found anymore. Furthermore, the museum’s archives for the period from 1886 to 1910 have also vanished.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_329
Event 2480 (8FC39FE0)
Date: 5/4/1910
Description: (Translated from French) A large cigar-shaped object is observed above Huntsville, Alabama and Chattanooga (Tennessee), illuminating the cities with its powerful searchlight.
Reference: UFO Roundup 4-36
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_330
Event 2481 (D7B4E3C9)
Date: 5/4/1910
Time: 10:00
Location: CANTILLANA, SPAIN
Description: Loud bangs. Then stones shoot up into sky / 2 hours. No explanation.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_297
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “CANTILLANA,SPAIN:LOUD BANGS:THEN STONES SHOOT UP INTO SKY/2hrs:NO EXPLANATION”, LatLong: “37.600002 -5.850000”, LatLongDMS: “37:36:00 N 05:51:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “8”
Event 2482 (066F23A5)
Date: 5/4/1910
Time: 19:00?
Location: CHERNOVTSY, UKRAINE
Description: Star-like body enters 100M cloud. Maneuvers. / r221p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_298
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: “Ukraine”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHERNOVTSY,UKRAINE:STARLIKE BODY ENTERS 100M CLOUD:MNVRS:/r221p30”, LatLong: “48.316669 25.866668”, LatLongDMS: “48:19:00 N 25:52:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHR”, Strangeness: “5”
Event 2483 (F1C1345C)
Date: Summer 1910
Location: Vernal, UT
Description: A man on horseback at night dismounted when his horse became disturbed, and walked to the edge of a clearing in the woods. There he saw a low-hovering disc with a row of lights. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_64
Event 2484 (7D48A25C)
Date: Summer 1910
Location: Violetville neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Morning. Lawrence J. Crone is playing on a baseball field in the Violetville neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, when he sees a metallic, brown, blimplike object, more than 100 feet long, hovering above a pine tree 200 feet away. It has a row of colored, rectangular windows. Through one he can see as many as 20 strange entities taking turns looking at him. Their heads are pointed, and they are dressed in light-colored garments with a fur-like texture. Each has small dots for eyes and a slit for a mouth. Two other young men also see the object and are badly frightened.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 262; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 20, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_309
Event 2485 (27034C70)
Date: Summer 1910
Location: Vernal, Utah
Description: Night. Carl H. Darden is riding near Vernal, Utah, when he notices that his horse is acting strangely. He dismounts and walks the horse into a clearing, where he sees a row of lights a few feet above the ground. They are attached to a huge, hovering disc. After watching it a while, he steps toward it, and it makes a buzzing sound as if in warning. As he advances, it rises slowly into the sky until it reaches an altitude of several hundred feet, when it suddenly streaks off to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_310
Event 2486 (58B3E152)
Date: 6/27/1910
Location: ENGLAND
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Harris saw an intensely black object 400 km long and 50 km wide, standing out against the lunar disc “it looked like a crow perched on the moon, as close as possible”. Clouds interrupted the observation. “I can’t help but think,” wrote Doctor Harris, “that a strange phenomenon had just occurred”. [note from vog: in their books, authors Michel BOUGARD and Antonio RIBERA repeat this data in 1912, June 27. Ribera reduces the measurements to 400 m x 50 m and Bougard cites 400 km and 80 km… : in science fiction, Nelson Bond exploited this information in 1960, by publishing “And Lo! The bird!”] (June 27, 1910)
Reference: Charles FORT: “The Book of the Damned” - ed. Eric Losfeld 1967, p. 162
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_670
Event 2487 (D476F1D4)
Date: 7/1910
Location: FRANCE, at sea
Description: (Translated from French) Sailing from the coast of Normandy to the English Channel, the witnesses on a fishing boat saw, in broad daylight, a huge object falling from the sky into the sea, resembling a black bird. (Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 165) The “Weekly Dispatch” of July 10th reported the observation of the crew of the French fishing boat “Jeune Frédéric” off the coast of Normandy. These sailors saw a large black object shaped like a bird that plunged into the ocean, immediately emerged again before falling again and disappearing without a trace. (July 1910)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 219
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_671
Event 2488 (5F26F312)
Date: 7/1910
Location: At sea, off the coast of Florida
Description: (Translated from French) Three fishing boats sailing off the coast of Florida reported that they had observed a large black pear-shaped object illuminated by the Moon and swaying above the coast.
Reference: Jean PRACHAN: “Le triangle des Bermudes base secrète des Ovni” - Belfond 1972 - p. 102
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_672
Event 2489 (B4EA07BD)
Date: 8/1910
Location: Austria, Various Licenses
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the military two-seater aircraft Etrich Taube, 115 km/h, ceiling 3000m. End of production in 1915. (August 1910)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979 edition
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_673
Event 2490 (4B97299F)
Date: 8/1910 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: GREEN BAY, WI
Description: Summer Eve. Procession of white saucers goes west going east. Clearly defined.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_299
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “178”, HatchDesc: “GREEN BAY,WI:SUMMER EVE:PROCESSION of WHT SCRS GOES W>E:CLEARLY DEFINED”, LatLong: “44.500002 -88.033338”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 88:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2491 (1A3057DD)
Date: 8/1910 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: VERNAL, UT
Description: Disk hovers very low / desert. Buzz and slow ascent. Then streaks away. / CLARK’92.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_300
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1540”, HatchDesc: “VERNAL,UT:DISK HVRS VLOW/DESERT:BUZZ+SLOW ASCENT:then streaks away:/CLARK’92”, LatLong: “40.405557 -109.533339”, LatLongDMS: “40:24:20 N 109:32:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”
Event 2492 (3482CA2C)
Date: 8/12/1910
Location: South China Sea
Description: (Translated from French) Captain Breyer of the Dutch vessel “Valentijn” saw at midnight, in the south of the South China Sea, a rotation of flashes. “It was like a horizontal wheel, turning quickly above the water” and producing in the crew “a deep feeling of unease”.
Reference: Charles FORT: “The Book of the Damned” - ed. Eric Losfeld 1967 - p. 216
Reference: Danish Meteorological Institute
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_674
Event 2493 (B5109C53)
Date: 8/12/1910
Time: 23:50
Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA
Description: Dutch steamship Valentijn. Bright spinning wheel close to surface. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_301
Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground
Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S.CHINA SEA:DUTCH SS VALENTIJN:BRITE SPINNING WHEEL CLOSE TO SURFACE:NFD”, LatLong: “5.000000 110.000005”, LatLongDMS: “05:00:00 N 110:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-1”, State/Prov: “SCS”, Strangeness: “7”
Event 2494 (921DCE27)
Date: 8/12/1910
Description: At around midnight in the South China Sea a bright spinning wheel was see in the ocean, close to surface by four members of the crew of the Dutch ship S. S. Valentijn.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 265; Flying Saucers magazine, June 1970, p. 8, citing National Fisherman, May 1967; Flying Saucer Review, September-October 1967, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4927
Event 2495 (DF8CE73A)
Date: 8/17/1910
Location: GERMANY, Dassau
Description: (Translated from French) Day laborers were sawing trees when they saw in the sky a device they took for a balloon. Suddenly the balloon ignited and what seemed to be a gondola detached and fell into the forest. It was to be searched for in vain in the days following the incident.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 219
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_675
Event 2496 (1F9FB185)
Date: 8/30/1910
Location: USA, New York, Manhattan Island
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:45 PM a long dark object flew over Manhattan Island. Hundreds of people saw it approach Madison Square, make a turn, and then disappear. It should be remembered that at this time aviation was still in its infancy. In 1910 there were 36 licensed pilots and the few aircrafts were well known. The following night it was seen again around 9:00 PM, still above Madison Square. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 219) There were already more than 200 licensed pilots and many others had to prove themselves by making numerous flights before obtaining a license. Also, on August 20th, 1910, at Sheepshead Bay (New York) Lieutenant J.E. Fickel fired at a ground target from an airplane in flight, using a '30 caliber rifle (August 30th and 31st, 1910)
Reference: Conquête de l’air. Chronologie…" A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout Université 1967, p. 85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_676
Event 2497 (A99EAD38)
Date: 8/30/1910
Time: 20:50
Location: MANHATTAN, NY
Description: Many observer(s). Long black object circles buildings. Engine sound. Back / 31 August.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEEL, John: OPERATION TROJAN HORSE; Putnam’s Sons, NY 1970. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_302
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “MANHATTAN,NY:MANY OBS:LONG BLACK OBJ CIRCLES BLDGs:ENGINE SOUND:BACK/31AUG”, LatLong: “40.800002 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2498 (7118453C)
Date: 8/30/1910
Description: A long black object circled buildings in downtown Manhattan around Madison Square Park in New York City, New York making an engine sound at 8:45 p.m. There were hundreds of witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Keel, FSR, May 11, 1970; John Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 120; Ralph Blum, Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5483
Event 2499 (82559B9D)
Date: 9/22/1910
Description: On this evening a UFO landed remotely at the Dunkirk Waterworks in Chautauqua County, New York. It was witnessed by a Mr. D. Ready.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, citing FSR, May-June 1970, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6216
Event 2500 (F9FB57C3)
Date: 10/1910
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Description: (Translated from French) In 1907, the wealthy American adventurer Walter Wellman ordered a dirigible balloon from Paris. He named it “AMERICA”. He set off from Atlantic City towards Europe in October 1910. The propulsion of the balloon was underestimated. Wellman traveled around a thousand miles without being able to control the balloon to direct it against the winds above the Atlantic. After a three-day flight, it finally fell into the ocean near a British warship.
Reference: "Ufo’s – A century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 8
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_677
Event 2501 (964C60C1)
Date: 10/25/1910
Location: Minderoo Station, Western Australia
Description: 5:30 p.m. A mystery airship is seen at Minderoo Station, Western Australia, by Mrs. A. J. Roe, wife of the station manager. She says it “looked compact, like a dirigible balloon, but it appeared to be squarer and more like an aeroplane. The sun shone on it, and flashes came from it, as though reflected from something revolving, or from metal work.” Three station hands also see the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Airship Sighted at Onslow,” Sydney (N.S.W.) Morning Herald, December 5, 1910, p. 9; Bill Chalker, “Early Australian Historical Encounters,” 1997; Brett Holman, “Scareships over Australia—IV,” Airminded, October 27, 2010
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_311
Event 2502 (6F38CC25)
Date: 10/27/1910
Locations: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; Irvine, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta
Description: An unidentified flying machine with red and green lights at the rear and a strong headlight was observed by people in Swift Current and Irvine. The machine flew over Swift Current around 1:10 AM at an altitude of approximately 600 feet. The sighting continued as the object was seen heading west from Irvine, Alberta, at 4:45 AM. Additionally, a sizable balloon was reported traveling in a south-westerly direction along the C.P.R. line east of Medicine Hat, as witnessed from Crane Lake and Maple Creek, shortly before dawn on the same day.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_988
Event 2503 (5CA518F1)
Date: 10/27/1910
Time: 10:00
Location: SWIFT CURRENT, SSK
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape flies overhead. Red and green lights / rear. Bright headlight / front. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_303
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like
Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “755”, HatchDesc: “SWIFT CURRENT,SSK:CGR FLIES OVHD:RED+GRN LITES/REAR:BRITE HEADLITE/FRONT:NFD”, LatLong: “50.283336 -107.766672”, LatLongDMS: “50:17:00 N 107:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2504 (8B854275)
Date: 10/27/1910
Locations: Swift Current, Saskatchewan; Irvine, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta
Description: 1:10 a.m. An airship with a powerful headlight and red and green taillights is seen flying at 600 feet above Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Observers at Irvine, Alberta, see it at 4:45 a.m. going west. It is also seen at Medicine Hat, Alberta, flying southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unknown Aeronaut in Alberta,” Calgary (Alberta) Herald, October 27, 1910, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_312
Event 2505 (7C8E1215)
Date: 10/27/1910
Description: A cigar-shaped object with red and green lights on the rear and a bright headlight flew overhead on this morning in Swift Current, Saskachewan, Canada at an estimated altitude of 600 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7177
Event 2506 (1C990269)
Date: 10/29/1910
Location: East Providence, Rhode Island
Description: 5:30 a.m. Two objects flying at a great altitude are seen over East Providence, Rhode Island, by newspaper workers and others up early. They are too distant to be recognized as dirigibles or balloons, but they resemble luminous pumpkins. One is far ahead of the other, but both are “cutting pigeon wings, looping aerial loops, circling and diving like birds and generally doing skylark stunts.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aviators Seen High Up in Air near City,” Providence Journal, October 30, 1910, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_313
Event 2507 (84EBA2C0)
Date: 11/1910
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Graham White, invited to visit President Taft of the USA, traveled there by airplane and landed in the street in front of the Federal Government palace. (November 1910)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 87
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_679
Event 2508 (88EA62B9)
Date: 11/14/1910
Location: USA, HAMPTON ROADS
Description: (Translated from French) For the first time an aircraft takes off from a ship: Ely on “Curtiss” from SS “Birmingham”.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 87
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_678
Date: 1911
Description: (Translated from French) In New York, a mysterious aircraft flew over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Reference: UFO Roundup 4-36
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_331
Event 2510 (B05152F5)
Date: 1911
Location: Chatham Township, Ontario
Description: In 1911, an enigmatic aircraft, described as enormous and lacking visible wings, captivated the Canadian province of Ontario. Several witnesses reported the UFO’s prolonged presence in the sky, displaying the ability to stay aloft for days and maneuver without landing. The craft emitted brilliant lights, floated at low altitudes, and then ascended rapidly before disappearing into the distance. (Chapter 4, Ref 157)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_148
Event 2511 (9E1EBA16)
Date: 1/9/1911
Locations: Harvard; Boston
Description: Harvard astronomer William H. Pickering tells the Boston Post that he believes Venus is populated by “huge monsters and lizards such as roamed the earth ages ago.” He adds that “If human life exists on Venus, the people do not live as we do.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Olden Monsters Inhabit Venus?” Chicago Tribune, January 9, 1911, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_314
Event 2512 (13FACEA0)
Date: 1/15/1911
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Attempted air bombing by Myron S. Crissy and P. O. Parmalec on “Wright” Airplane.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 88
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_680
Event 2513 (D93442E4)
Date: 1/18/1911
Location: USA, SAN FRANCISCO, Selfridge Base
Description: (Translated from French) E. Ely on biplane “CURTISS” taking off from San Francisco, landed at 11:01 AM in the bay on the platform set up at the back of the battleship “PENNSYLVANIA”. At 11:58 he took off again and returned to his departure aerodrome. (January 18, 1911)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 88, 89
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_681
Event 2514 (CC257A6C)
Date: 5/5/1911
Locations: St. George, Queensland, Australia; 18 miles from St. George, Queensland, Australia
Description: 5:00 p.m. William Nixon is working at his father’s sawmill 18 miles from St. George, Queensland, Australia, when he sees a flying machine carrying two men, one of whom is dressed in dark clothing. He estimates it is traveling from south to northwest at about 1,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Airships,” Perth West Australian, May 15, 1911, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_315
Event 2515 (52B2F696)
Date: 7/22/1911
Location: Durango, Colorado
Description: Evening. A ball of fire the size of the full moon is seen for several hours at Durango, Colorado. For a time it grows even larger, then diminishes in size until it disappears entirely.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Large Ball of Fire Is Seen in the Sky,” Reno (Nev.) Evening Gazette, July 25, 1911, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_316
Event 2516 (D21A7724)
Date: 8/3/1911
Locations: Brinkerhoff Avenue; Mansfield, Ohio
Description: 9:00 p.m. Adam H. McCullough and his wife Carrie are driving on Brinkerhoff Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio, when they notice a light, as brilliant as an arc light, in the northern sky. It has an apparent size of 6 inches and looks to be about 50 feet up. It remains visible for several minutes then fizzles out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A Phenomenon,” Mansfield (Ohio) News, August 4, 1911, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_317
Date: 1912
Location: USA, Worcester (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) The theoretical and practical research undertaken by Robert Hutchins Goddard on rockets dates back to 1912. His first publication “A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes” published in 1919, summarizes the results of his previous research in achieving a high altitude rocket.
Reference: “Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 43
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_691
Event 2518 (4738D3F2)
Date: 1912
Location: Alameda, California
Description: In 1912, three teenagers in Alameda, California witnessed a group of UFOs flying in precise vertical formation. The objects were pale green and perfectly round, appearing like discs on edge rather than spherical. They were sizable, about 75 to 100 feet in diameter, and exhibited no noise or vapor trails as they flew, leaving a lasting impression on the witnesses. (Chapter 4, Ref 166)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_157
Event 2519 (F1A3E62E)
Date: 1912
Location: Western Canada
Description: In 1912, a young boy in western Canada reported a close encounter with UFO occupants. He claimed a round craft landed on his family’s farm, and he described the ufonauts as short beings with round feet, lacking knees or elbows. The witness also stated that they communicated with him through telepathy. (Chapter 4, Ref 175)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_165
Event 2520 (C7FDB47F)
Date: 1/27/1912
Description: (Translated from French) I saw an object of intense black, like a raven, cut out against the Moon. I estimated its dimensions to be 400 km long and 150 km wide. I can’t help but think that this was a very interesting phenomenon. (January 27th, Night)
Reference: Dr. F. B. Harris, Popular Astronomy
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_332
Event 2521 (40D2D82A)
Date: 1/27/1912
Location: ASTRONOMER F.B.HARRIS
Description: 50 mile(s) wide intense-black object crosses moon’s bright side.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_304
Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ASTRONOMER F.B.HARRIS:50mi WIDE INTENSE-BLACK OBJ CROSSES MOON’S BRITE SIDE:”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2522 (9DDBFEC5)
Date: 2/1912
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater Reconnaissance Bomber BE-2 (Blériot Experimental), maximum speed 113km/h, ceiling about 3048m, delivery to the armies February 1913. Built by at least 22 firms whose total production far exceeds the 3535 copies that have been traced. (February 1912)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_683
Event 2523 (5B709858)
Date: 2/14/1912
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First ascent of the airship “L.Z.11” “Victoria Louise”. This Zeppelin would make a total of 384 flights (838 hours) until October 31, 1913, carrying 8135 passengers. It was dismantled on October 1, 1915. (February 14, 1912)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 95
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_682
Event 2524 (58145D4D)
Date: 3/6/1912
Description: (Translated from French) A Warmley, an aeroplane splendidly lit flew over the village, travelling at full speed in the direction of Gloucester. (6 March)
Reference: Fort
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_333
Event 2525 (38537DE9)
Date: 3/6/1912
Time: 20:00?
Location: BATH, AVON
Description: ‘Splendidly lit craft’ passes over Warmley Village. Going quickly north very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_305
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “133”, HatchDesc: “BATH,AVON:‘SPLENDIDLY LIT CRAFT’ PASSES OVR WARMLEY VILLAGE:>>N VFAST”, LatLong: “51.400002 -2.350000”, LatLongDMS: “51:24:00 N 02:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2526 (E4068BE2)
Date: 3/6/1912
Description: A “splendidly lit craft” passed over Warmley Village, Bath, England at eight o’clock in the evening. It flew very fast to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 249; Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1327
Event 2527 (9E15297A)
Date: 3/10/1912
Location: TURKEY
Description: (Translated from French) Italian Airships “P.2” and “P.3” (Engineer Forlanini) flew over Turkish positions and dropped some bombs. On april 13 they each accomplished a 13-hour mission above Turkish positions.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 95
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_684
Event 2528 (31C686E7)
Date: 4/8/1912
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Chisbury (Wiltshire)
Description: (Translated from French) Charles Tilden Smith saw in the sky “something different from anything I have ever seen before, although I have for many years studied the sky in all its aspects.” He saw two stationary spots on clouds that were moving rapidly. They were in the shape of a triangular fan and of various sizes, but kept the same position while cloud after cloud passed beneath them, and this for a half hour. (April 8, 1912)
Reference: Charles FORT: “The Book of the Damned” - ed. Eric Losfeld 1967, p. 206, 207
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_685
Event 2529 (B01151AD)
Date: 4/8/1912
Location: Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
Description: Sunset. Charles Tilden Smith at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, observes the apparent fan-shaped shadow of a stationary object 45° in the sky against the altostratus cloud layer. The dark patch remains stationary against the moving clouds and is visible for 30 minutes. Meteorologist Charles John Philip Cave suspects the object is a pilot balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles Tilden Smith, “Clouds and Shadows,” Nature 89 (1912): 168; Charles J. P. Cave, “Clouds and Shadows,” Nature 89 (1912): 268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_318
Event 2530 (E431ADBD)
Date: 4/15/1912
Description: Sinking of the Titanic
Type: disaster
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_24
Event 2531 (FEC18415)
Date: 6/7/1912
Location: USA, COLLEGE PARK
Description: (Translated from French) First test shooting of an aircraft with a Lewis machine gun by Ch. de Forrest Chandler on a “Wright B” piloted by T. D. Milling at College Park. (June 7, 1912)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 96
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_686
Event 2532 (C0359C4E)
Date: 7/2/1912
Location: USA, Atlantic City
Description: (Translated from French) The “Akron” Airship of the Goodyear Tire Company was flying for the first time in 1912 and every flight was well documented and supported by adequate advertising. Unfortunately, the airship exploded a few minutes after taking off again on July 2 in Atlantic City. (July 2, 1912)
Reference: "Ufo’s – A century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 9
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_687
Event 2533 (35631911)
Date: 9/4/1912 (approximate)
Location: SELATTYN, SHROPS
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange bottle-shape with cylinder/cylindrical object neck upwards drifts going west slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_306
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “SELATTYN,SHROPs:2 OBS:ORG BOTTLE-SHAPE W/CYL.NECK UPWARDS DRIFTS>W SLOWLY.”, LatLong: “52.894447 -3.088889”, LatLongDMS: “52:53:40 N 03:05:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”
Event 2534 (F9466E0E)
Date: Fall 1912
Location: Alameda, California
Description: About 2:30 p.m. C. F. Rowling, 15, and two friends see three perfectly round, pale-green objects less than a mile away in the northern sky over Alameda, California. They are traveling in parallel with the horizon in a vertical formation (one atop the other) and heading west. They are completely silent and 75–100 feet in diameter. He watches them for 10 seconds before they pass behind some trees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_319
Event 2535 (077D01D6)
Date: 10/7/1912
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) Commissioning of the Zeppelin Type L airship, 158 m long, 14.78 m in diameter, with a volume of 22500 m3. Maximum speed 84 km/h, ceiling 3500 m, range approximately 1290 km for this early type, armed with 2 or 3 Parabellum machine guns of 7.92 mm and about 1000 kg of bombs. (October 7, 1912)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979 edition
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_688
Event 2536 (CD4212C0)
Date: 10/12/1912
Location: AUSTRALIA, between Bombala and Bemboka (New South Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) A man driving on the track saw a strange humanoid creature drinking water from a creek. Was it a “Yahoo” or a “Yowie” as the Aborigines call it?
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing 1989, p. 307
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_689
Event 2537 (792A0CE2)
Date: 10/12/1912
Description: (Translated from French) At Sheerness (Kent), a large dark object, buzzing strangely, passes over the town. The EastChurch Naval Flying School is nearby. Reports of the incident lead to a strengthening of air defences. (October 12th, Evening)
Reference: Mysterious Britain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_334
Event 2538 (D7E19FF8)
Date: 10/12/1912
Description: (Translated from French) Winston Churchill launches the first government investigation into UFOs, following the wave of sightings of mysterious airships.
Reference: Mysterious Britain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_335
Event 2539 (8BAEBF0E)
Date: 10/12/1912
Description: (Translated from French) At the Struma Valley prison (Bulgaria) (…) a strange atmospheric phenomenon appeared. The Sun had just dipped behind the Albanian mountains and the sky was bright at the zenith when suddenly a huge astral fireball came and fell towards the Greek border. At that moment all the prisoners of the Struma Valley looked as it slowly glided through the golden face of the setting sun, as slowly as if it were controlled by a parachute
Reference: [George Topîcreanu, poet then prisoner, Opere alese Vol. 2 page 169].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_336
Event 2540 (E6F848D8)
Date: 10/14/1912
Locations: Sheerness, Kent, England; Eastchurch
Description: 7:00 p.m. Noise from an unseen aircraft startles the residents of Sheerness, Kent, England. Nearby at Eastchurch, residents light flares to guide the craft in case it needs to land. The incident comes up in a debate in Parliament on November 21. MP William Joynson-Hicks asks First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill whether the government has any zeppelins capable of traveling at 60 mph, but Churchill answers no. However, some authorities conclude that the incident is caused by the intrusion of the LZ 13 Hansa Zeppelin over British airspace.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Alleged Visit of a Foreign Airship,” London Times, November 22, 1912, p. 8; Brett Holman, “The Sheerness Incident,” Airminded, October 14, 2007; Brett Holman, “Secrets of the German Aërial Fleet—I,” Airminded, May 29, 2013; Hilary Evans and Robert E. Bartholomew, Outbreak!, Anomalist, 2009, pp. 486–487; UFOFiles2, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_320
Event 2541 (C6076130)
Date: 12/3/1912
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Portsmouth
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, an aerial vessel with four occupants came to hover over Portsmouth. After staying stationary for fifteen minutes above the city, it departed back to the north from where it had come.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 221
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_690
Date: 1913
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater reconnaissance aircraft with the possibility of shooting and dropping bombs Morane-Saulnier L. 115km/h, ceiling 4000m, range 450 km. In April 1914 the Morane-Saulnier N will come, 165 km/h, range 225 km, small fighter line very simple. From the A version, very modern parasol fighter, 1121 units will be built. (1913,)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979 edition
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_692
Event 2543 (8EB3DBCA)
Date: 1913
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the armed two-seat Scout Vickers EFB-1 biplane, 113 km/h, ceiling 2743m, range about 386 km or 4 hours of flight. On November 30, 1917 came the VIMY type, heavy three-seat bomber and then several others until 1957.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_710
Event 2544 (6CF9ABEA)
Date: 1913
Location: USA, Winfield (Kansas)
Description: (Translated from French) W.L. Shelley was returning from church with his parents, uncle, aunt and two cousins. They saw in the perfectly clear sky a strange object flying in the air from north to south. The UFO was not moving very fast and the witnesses were able to observe it for a good minute. It was black, about thirty meters long and seemed to have a particular structure at its base. The altitude was estimated at 1000 m. Shelley’s uncle then thought, although no movement of wings could be seen, that it must be some kind of large tropical bird!
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 224
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_711
Event 2545 (FFE86169)
Date: 1913
Location: GERMANY-NETHERLANDS
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seat reconnaissance fighter Fokker E. The young Dutchman Anthony Fokker built his first plane in 1912, a single-seat with a large dihedral and no lateral control. The English disdain it and Fokker offers it to the Germans, where it is built in large numbers and undergoes considerable evolution.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979 edition
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_712
Event 2546 (33A2FE10)
Date: 1913
Location: ITALY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the heavy bomber Quadriplace Aproni CA-1, maximum speed of 151 km/h, ceiling 4100 m. From transformation and improvement it will become the CA-133 type used as a bomber and colonial transport in 1932, the CA 135, medium bomber with 5 seats in 1935 with 3 turrets for machine gunners.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_713
Event 2547 (896469EA)
Date: 1913
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Description: In 1913, an unidentified aerial object captured attention in Lansing, Michigan, as it swiftly passed through the sky during sunset. Witnesses described it as elongated, lacking lights, and too fast for an ordinary balloon. An eyewitness highlighted its golden hue and estimated its diameter to be over 100 feet, moving silently at a speed of 100 to 200 miles per hour. The object’s characteristics aligned more with the modern concept of a UFO than a traditional dirigible-type airship. (Chapter 4, Refs 167, 168)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_158
Event 2548 (B465A9FB)
Date: 1913
Location: Koyuk, Alaska
Description: Around 1913, in a remote Eskimo village near Koyuk, Alaska, an unusual account describes a landed UFO and its small occupants. According to native stories passed down through generations, these three ufonauts became stranded there about a century prior when their flying “silvery disc” was disabled. These beings, who gained strength despite their size, integrated with the Eskimo community, learned the native language, and were described as elderly by 1913, suggesting they likely passed away a few years later. (Chapter 4, Ref 176)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_166
Event 2549 (9E71A075)
Date: 1/1913
Location: Britain
Description: By 1913, the phenomena of mystery airships had transitioned to the British Isles. In January of that year, two individuals, including a policeman, noticed an unfamiliar aerial presence as they heard the sound of a motor near the English coast. A civilian witnessed an accompanying airborne light. The policeman’s report suggested that the aircraft must have possessed strong engines and required skilled piloting to navigate in challenging weather conditions. (Chapter 4, Ref 158)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_149
Event 2550 (45D0D504)
Date: 1/4/1913
Description: (Translated from French) In Dover, 3 witnesses see a dirigible, with a light, approach the sea and fly in a Northeasterly direction. It flies at a high speed despite a strong West wind. (4 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_337
Event 2551 (5FF8D2C4)
Date: 1/4/1913
Time: 05:00
Location: DOVER, KENT
Description: Cop and 2. Airship with lights going quickly southeast toward(s) sea. ‘Motors’ heard. R224p42 / Farish.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_307
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “DOVER,KENT:COP+2:AIRSHIP W/LITES >>SE TWRD SEA:‘MOTORS’ HEARD:r224p42/Farish”, LatLong: “51.150002 1.316667”, LatLongDMS: “51:09:00 N 01:19:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2552 (E95754F5)
Date: 1/4/1913
Location: Dover, England
Description: 5:00 a.m. Council worker John Hobbs hears aerial motors at Dover, England, and sees a light speeding toward him from the sea in a northeasterly direction. It is moving steadily despite a gale-force wind. Two other people, tradesman Mr. Langley and Police Constable Pierce, hear the noise but do not see the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unknown Aircraft over Dover,” London Times, January 6, 1913, p. 6; “Mysterious Airship,” London Daily Telegraph, January 6, 1913; Brett Holman, “Monday, 6 January 1913,” Airminded, January 6, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_321
Event 2553 (D2B256FF)
Date: 1/4/1913
Description: An airship with lights was spotted by three witnesses including police as it flew over Dover, Kent, England southeast toward the sea; “motors” were heard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lucius Farish, newspaper clipping, January 6, 1913; Desmond Leslie & George Adamski, Flying Saucers Have Landed, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_80
Event 2554 (9BDD263A)
Date: 1/6/1913
Location: Lavernock Battery, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Description: 10:00 p.m. Two lights “thought to be the lamps of an airship” maneuver in the sky over Lavernock Battery, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Airships,” London Daily Express, January 7, 1913, p. 5; Brett Holman, “Friday, 10 January 1913,” Airminded, January 10, 1913
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_322
Event 2555 (FCF3C025)
Date: 1/17/1913
Description: (Translated from French) Captain L. Lindsay, police commissioner of Glamorganshire, sees a dirigible flying over Cardiff, trailing a large mass of smoke and notices it is much bigger and faster than the local Willow-brand dirigible. 30 minutes later, Steven Morgan sees a similar craft trailing smoke over Merthyr, 48 km away — implying a very high speed of travel for a dirigible of the time. (January 17th, 4:45 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_338
Event 2556 (B3A7739E)
Date: 1/17/1913
Time: 16:50
Location: CARDIFF, WALES
Description: Chief Constable. Vague airship leaves (something behind) dense trail / smoke. Goes fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad & WHRITENOUR, Joan: FLYING SAUCER INVASION. Award Books, NY 1969. 156pp PB. 15 Essays + catalog. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_308
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “CARDIFF,WALES:CHIEF CONSTABLE:VAGUE AIRSHIP LVS DENSE TRAIL/SMOKE:GOES FAST.”, LatLong: “51.500002 -3.283333”, LatLongDMS: “51:30:00 N 03:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “6”
Event 2557 (35EBC3EC)
Date: 1/17/1913
Locations: Glamorganshire; Cardiff, Wales
Description: 4:45 p.m. Capt. Lionel Lindsay, chief constable of Glamorganshire, watches a large, fast-moving object above Cardiff, Wales, leaving in its wake a dense volume of smoke. Other witnesses see the light moving west from Cardiff at considerable speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “An Airship over Cardiff,” London Times, January 21, 1913, p. 10; Brett Holman, “Tuesday, 21 January 1913,” Airminded, January 21, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_323
Event 2558 (6E07F9E0)
Date: 1/24/1913
Time: 19:00
Location: BRISTOL AND LIVERPOOL, ENG
Description: Brilliant lights / sky sweep hills. No planes up. / r224p42 / Farish.
Type: sighting
Reference: LESLIE, Desmond & ADAMSKI,G: Flying Saucers Have Landed; British Book Center, NY 1956 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_309
Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise
Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “BRISTOL+LIVERPOOL,ENG:BRILL.LITES/SKY SWEEP HILLS:NO PLANES UP:/r224p42/Farish”, LatLong: “51.466669 -2.583333”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 02:35:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”
Event 2559 (7270B55D)
Date: 1/25/1913
Location: Clubmoor neighborhood of Liverpool, England
Description: 7:00–8:30 p.m. Several people see a mysterious aircraft over the Clubmoor neighborhood of Liverpool, England. It is traveling about 25 mph and carries a brilliant light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aircraft over Liverpool,” London Times, January 28, 1913, p. 13; Brett Holman, “Tuesday, 28 January 1913,” Airminded, January 28, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_324
Event 2560 (2D940EFC)
Date: 1/25/1913
Locations: Chancery, Ceredigion, Wales; Carmathenshire
Description: 8:25 p.m. Villagers of Chancery, Ceredigion, Wales, watch a mystery airship with searchlights that turns south and leaves in the direction of Carmathenshire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Airship,” London Daily Express, January 30, 1913, p. 1; Brett Holman, “Thursday, 30 January 1913,” Airminded, January 30, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_325
Event 2561 (B7DCB022)
Date: Late 1/1913
Location: Cardiff Wales
Description: A peculiar sighting occurred in Cardiff, Wales. A policeman recounted observing a large, fast-moving object in the dusky and foggy sky, which left behind a thick trail of smoke. The witness compared it to the Willows airship but noted its larger size. The object vanished swiftly after being spotted by both the policeman and a bystander. (Chapter 4, Ref 159)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_150
Event 2562 (127A7AA6)
Date: 1/27/1913
Locations: Stretford, Greater Manchester, England; Eccles; Liverpool
Description: 9:00 p.m. A resident of Stretford, Greater Manchester, England, sees an aircraft “like a huge ball” passing silently overhead in a southerly direction. He estimates its speed at 40 mph and its altitude as 700 feet. It has a yellowish light that later turns light red. When it is over Eccles, it turns westward in the direction of Liverpool.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Is It a German Airship?” London Daily Express, January 31, 1913, p. 5; Brett Holman, “Friday, 31 January 1913,” Airminded, January 31, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_326
Event 2563 (30570B3C)
Date: 1/29/1913
Locations: Iași, Romania; Focşani; Brăila; Târgovişte
Description: 8:00 p.m. An airplane with a powerful searchlight is seen over Iași, Romania, coming from the direction of Russia. It maneuvers over the town for 10 minutes and then moves toward the barracks. Troops are mustered out and signals are given for the aviator to land. Two warning shots are fired, but the lights go out and the object disappears. Other mystery aircraft are seen this month at military barracks in Focşani, Brăila, and Târgovişte.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (“‘Russian Aeroplane’ Scare in Roumania,” Manchester Guardian, January 31, 1913, p. 9; Romania 8–9)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_327
Event 2564 (88CB83BB)
Date: 2/1913
Location: FRANCE, VARIOUS LICENSES
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Farman Longhorn, training, utility and bombing and reconnaissance, max. speed 95 km/h, ceiling 4000 m. In October 1931 the FARMAN F 220 will also make its first flight, heavy bomber with a crew of 5 men. It will remain in service until 1945.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_693
Event 2565 (3D399B5D)
Date: 2/1913
Description: (Translated from French) Observations in Yorkshire.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_342
Event 2566 (1A63CE85)
Date: 2/1913
Description: (Translated from French) First observations in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_343
Event 2567 (D4E981C8)
Date: 2/1913
Description: (Translated from French) In France, German dirigibles are accused of spying on the Eastern border.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_344
Event 2568 (A80CBA05)
Date: 2/1913
Location: Wales
Description: In February, other eyewitnesses in Wales were able to determine the outline of the mystery object that was spotted in Cardiff. It was, they said, dirigible-shaped. (Chapter 4, Ref 160)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_151
Event 2569 (8D50418B)
Date: 2/1913
Location: England
Description: Throughout the month of Feb., a dirigible-like object was observed multiple times in the nighttime skies of England. One instance involved the craft hovering over a town for about 20 minutes, illuminating houses with a searchlight before departing rapidly. (Chapter 4, Ref 161)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_152
Event 2570 (DA381BC8)
Date: 2/1913
Location: British Isles
Description: A fishing boat’s crew reported an airship encircling their trawler twice while directing a powerful searchlight onto them. (Chapter 4, Ref 162)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_153
Event 2571 (4A2427D8)
Date: 2/1/1913
Locations: Lvov, Ukraine; Ternopil, Ukraine
Description: Evening. A Russian airplane equipped with a searchlight is seen maneuvering over Lvov, Ukraine. Another mystery plane, making signals, is spotted over Ternopil, Ukraine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London Globe, February 4, 1913, p. 3; “Airplane Fired at,” London Daily Express, February 3, 1913, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_328
Event 2572 (07FED8E7)
Date: 2/2/1913
Locations: Aberavon, Wales; Swansea Bay; The Mumbles
Description: 7:30 p.m. Police Constable Church at Aberavon, Wales, watches an airship flying for an hour over Swansea Bay and the Mumbles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Another Mysterious Airship,” London Times, February 3, 1913, p. 6; Brett Holman, “Monday, 3 February 1913,” Airminded, February 3, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_329
Event 2573 (0753CD89)
Date: 2/2/1913
Location: East Croydon, England
Description: 8:45 p.m. Mr. Trubshaw of East Croydon, England, sees an airship come in from the southeast and disappear rapidly to the northwest. Rays of light stream from it on the right and the left and downward. Others see the object, said to be moving with the wind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Fly-by-Night,” London Daily Express, February 3, 1913, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_330
Event 2574 (634750EB)
Date: 2/2/1913
Location: Framfield, East Sussex, England
Description: 9:25 p.m. Robert Lawrence Thornton sees an airship pass over his house in Framfield, East Sussex, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Mystery Airships,” London Daily Express, February 4, 1913, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_331
Event 2575 (BDE480DB)
Date: 2/5/1913
Locations: Newport; Cardiff; Neath, South Wales
Description: Evening. Numerous witnesses in Newport, Cardiff, and Neath, South Wales, watch a “dirigible” carrying a bright light pass in a northwesterly direction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The ‘Mysterious Airship,’” Manchester Guardian, February 6, 1913, p. 9; Brett Holman, “Thursday, 6 February 1913,” Airminded, February 6, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_332
Event 2576 (924D8083)
Date: 2/9/1913
Description: (Translated from French) A procession of meteors in formation is observed passing horizontally above Canada and the Eastern United States. They remain visible on a journey of over 9000 km. Throughout their journey, loud explosions, detonations, and seismic shocks are heard. (February 9th, night)
Reference: Professor Chant, Toronto
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_339
Event 2577 (50F63087)
Date: 2/9/1913
Description: (Translated from French) A city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the scene of a parade of glowing lights observed by hundreds of witnesses. People are beginning to talk about ghost planes rather than dirigibles as in previous years.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_340