UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 1: Distant Past up to and including 1949

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Year: 1916, 49 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2708 (76E24698)

Date: 1916
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Felixstowe flying boat, 29.15m wingspan, 14.10m length, max. speed 154 km/h, ceiling 2926m, endurance: 6 hours.
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_751

Event 2709 (D433D4C9)

Date: 1916?
Location: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Description: Mrs. Whiteland of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, sees from an open window a “round platform” on which nearly a dozen men wearing blue uniforms and little round hats stand gripping a handrail. It is moving in the air about 30 feet above the house and coming from the direction of a nearby marsh. It moves toward a railway yard and disappears behind some houses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 263; “The Aldeburgh Platform,” Flying Saucer Review 15, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1969), pp. 23–24; “The Aldeburgh Platform,” parts 1–3; David Halperin, “UFOs, Screen Memories, and the Aldeburgh Platform Mystery,” April 8, 2016; Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough, Return to Magonia: Investigating UFOs in History, Anomalist, 2015, pp. 299–314
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_361

Event 2710 (DAEEAC84)

Date: 1916
Location: France
Description: During World War I, modern-type UFO sightings were reported in combat zones as well. In 1916, three British infantrymen stationed in France witnessed an object that initially resembled a zeppelin hovering over their trenches. However, the object swiftly accelerated forward at an incredible speed, estimated to be around 200 miles per hour. (Chapter 4, Ref 172)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_162

Event 2711 (4CF4BBF0)

Date: 1916
Location: Suffolk, England
Description: During World War I, around 1916 or 1917, a woman in Suffolk, England, witnessed a peculiar UFO. She saw a round platform with a railing, roughly 13 feet in diameter, flying about 30 feet above the ground. The object, carrying around a dozen “men” dressed in blue uniforms and round hats, came from nearby marshes. As it approached, it turned, vanished behind trees and houses, and emitted no sound. (Chapter 4, Ref 180)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_170

Event 2712 (C29AC770)

Date: 1916
Location: Canadian Capitol
Description: During harsh Canadian winter nights, there were extraordinary sightings of unidentified aircraft, including at night. Due to concerns over these mysterious intrusions, the Canadian government took preventive measures by extinguishing the lights of the parliament buildings in Ottawa to deter potential enemy bombings. These precautions were deemed successful as Ottawa remained unbombed. (Chapter 9, Ref 365)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_357

Event 2713 (82EA36D0)

Date: 1/1916
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) AEG KI, GIV, and GV Plane: first flight. Twin-engine, max speed 145 km/h, ceiling 4000m. In production until end of 1918.
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_739

Event 2714 (2E365CFD)

Date: 1/1916
Location: Stamford, Canada
Description: In January 1916, a Canadian newspaper reported a large monoplane sighting over Stamford. Many residents witnessed it, especially with the aid of glasses, noting its significant size. The aircraft displayed numerous lights: red and white on each side, totaling 27 lights, and also had a powerful headlight. Initially, it moved in the direction of the Welland Canal, but later changed its path to head westward. (Chapter 9, Ref 364)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_356

Event 2715 (208B85F1)

Date: 1/13/1916
Location: NORWAY, Dyfjord
Description: (Translated from French) A man saw six lights in the sky: one green, one red and four white and he thought he saw a body carrying these lights. After a moment, the four white lights went out and a beam, like that of a projector, was directed downwards. The phenomenon appeared in the south-southwest, flew first towards the east, and finally disappeared towards the southeast. Several people observed it, including the entire rescue team based in Dyfjord, and not one doubted having seen a gigantic “airship”. (January 13, 1916)
Reference: here again, no feeling of strangeness… .
Reference: FINNMARKSPOSTEN, Jan 1916.; MORGENBLADET, 15 Jan 1916, 2.;Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 41; listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_740

Event 2716 (107947A8)

Date: 1/13/1916
Description: (Translated from French) At Dyfjord (Norway), a man sees 6 lights, one green, one red and 4 white, and thinks he sees the silhouette of the craft. After a while the 4 white lights go out and a beam like a searchlight is directed downwards. The supposed aircraft emerges in the South-South-West, then moves to the East and finally disappears to the South-East. The observation is made by many credible witnesses, including the entire rescue team based in Dyfjord, and none of them have any doubt of having seen what was a gigantic aircraft. (January 13)
Reference: [Finnmarksposten, January 1916] [Morgenbladet, 15 January 1916, 2] [Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I, 1983, 41]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_369

Event 2717 (8267ECBE)

Date: 1/19/1916
Location: NORWAY, Rolvaer
Description: (Translated from French) Captain Bergfjord of the SS “Ofoten” ship claims that upon his approach to the port of Ofotenfjord, he saw a Zeppelin above Rolvaer flying at an altitude of approximately 500 m.
Reference: MORGENBLADET, January 19, 1916, 2.; Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 41; listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_741

Event 2718 (15A1E33C)

Date: 1/19/1916
Description: (Translated from French) At Rolvær (Norway), Captain Bergfjord of the steamship Ofoten, as he arrived in Ofotenfjord, saw a Zeppelin above Rolvær at about 500 m high. (January 19)
Reference: [MORGENBLADET, January 19, 1916, 2] [Bullard: The Airship File - Supplement I., 1983, 41]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_370

Event 2719 (5414345F)

Date: 1/31/1916
Location: ENGLAND, near Rochford
Description: (Translated from French) Local time: 8:45 PM, pilot: Sub Lieutenant J. E. Morgan. Flying at 5000 feet he saw a row of lights resembling windows covered by light shutters, like those of a railway carriage. Believing it to be a German Zeppelin, he fired his Webley Scott at the object, which quickly rose and disappeared.
Reference: Source: THE GERMAN AIR RAIDS ON ENGLAND, 1914-1918, by Capt. Joseph Morris - London 1925, page 81, cfr Thomas E. Bullard
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_742

Event 2720 (7C04DCF0)

Date: 1/31/1916
Description: (Translated from French) Near Rochford (England), Air Force Sub-Lieutenant J. E. Morgan, flying at 1500 m altitude, sees a row of lights similar to the lit windows (curtains drawn) of a train. Believing he is dealing with a German Zeppelin, he draws his Webley Scott pistol and fires. The light rises and quickly disappears. (January 31, 8:45 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_368

Event 2721 (B21588F0)

Date: 1/31/1916
Time: 20:50
Location: ROCHFORT, ENGL
Description: RAF pilot. Row / windows in sky. Quickly going up [to] and away / pilot shoots. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_324

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROCHFORT,ENGL:RAF PILOT:ROW/WINDOWS in sky:↑↑+AWAY/PILOT SHOOTS:EME:/r150”, LatLong: “51.550002 0.716667”, LatLongDMS: “51:33:00 N 00:43:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2722 (5DB5C933)

Date: 1/31/1916
Location: Rochford, Essex, UK
Description: British A/c Encounters Object With Row of Illuminated Windows (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 19160131
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_70

Event 2723 (09B72601)

Date: 1/31/1916
Locations: Romford, Essex, England; Rochford, Essex
Description: 8:25 p.m. Royal Flying Corps Lieut. Reginald Maxwell is cruising his B.E.2c biplane at 10,000 feet near Romford, Essex, England, patrolling for German Zeppelins. He sees an “artificial light” to the north. He follows it northeast for 20 minutes, but it moves higher and he loses it in the clouds. At the same time, Royal Flying Corps pilot Sub-Lieut. J. Eric Morgan, also flying a B.E.2c at 5,000 feet near Rochford, Essex, and looking for Zeppelins, sees an object about 100 feet away with a row of windows “like a railway carriage with the blinds drawn.” He tries to close on it, but his engine is malfunctioning. When he fires his pistol at it, the lights rise and rapidly disappear. Morgan is forced to make a crash landing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Capt. Joseph Morris, The German Air Raids on Great Britain, 1914–1918, Sampson, Low, Marston, 1925, pp. 81–82; David Clarke, “Britain’s First Military UFO Encounter?” Part 1 and Part 2, The Real UFO Project, 2004; UFOFiles2, p. 10; Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 10, 2021, and “Near Rochford,” August 2, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_362

Event 2724 (983CF03E)

Date: 1/31/1916
Description: Royal Flying Corps pilot Lt. Morgan was flying at 5000 feet over Rochford, Essex, England on this evening on the lookout for Zeppelins. At 8:25 p.m. he saw an object with a row of lights like the windows on a railway carriage with the blinds drawn. He tried to close but his airplane’s engine started malfunctioning. When he fired a pistol at the lights they rose rapidly into the heavens and disappeared out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 10 citing J. Morris, p. 81; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 6; Ron Halliday, UFO Scotland: The Secret History of Scotland’s UFO Phenomenon, p. 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_633

Event 2725 (F677B983)

Date: 2/29/1916
Location: Carnegie Coal Dock in Superior, Wisconsin
Description: 4:30 a.m. John Tullyson, head watchman at Globe Elevators, and John Gustavson at the Carnegie Coal Dock in Superior, Wisconsin, hear an engine noise and see a large flying object “50 feet wide and 100 feet long,” with three lights, “one on each end and one in the middle.” Moving swiftly at 600 feet altitude, the object carries a long rope trailing behind it with a large object attached to it. Three “men” are inside the craft, one of them sitting in the front of the machine. The other two seem to be looking around. Possible Chinese lantern or airplane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Aeroplane Continues Nocturnal Trips over Superior,” Superior (Wis.) Telegram, February 29, 1916, p. 5; Clark III 263; Patrick Gross, URECAT, March 16, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_363

Event 2726 (F523DCD7)

Date: 2/29/1916
Description: In Superior, Wisconsin at 4:30 a.m. several dock workers observed the passage of a large flying machine in which three men were clearly visible.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jerome Clark, Anomalist, April 2000, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1186

Event 2727 (0F90B37B)

Date: 3/12/1916
Location: Lowry, South Dakota
Description: Early evening. Claude D. McGee is walking home from a trip to a ranch outside Lowry, South Dakota, when he sees a strange glowing light in the hills ahead of him. Suddenly the light swings in a huge arc down into the valley but stays close to the wall of hills where it comes to rest. It stays there a few moments then swings back to where it had been about 2 miles away. It repeats the action twice then disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_364

Event 2728 (E02D0AD7)

Date: 3/15/1916
Location: NORWAY, Vesteralen
Description: (Translated from French) A plane was clearly seen flying above Vesteralen. It arrived at a dizzying speed from the sea, first made a complete circle, then was above the Boroy area and finally directly above Stokmarknes. Both on its arrival and on its return flight, the lights it carried continuously changed color, red, blue, white and it seemed like some kind of code. It was 11 pm when this phenomenon appeared and many people observed the unknown visitor, as it was also well lit by the moonlight. (1916, March 15,)
Reference: NY TID, Mar 1916.; MORGENBLADET, 24 Mar 1916, 4.; Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 41, listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_743

Event 2729 (B03E56A1)

Date: 3/15/1916
Description: (Translated from French) At Vesterålen (Norway), an aircraft was clearly seen above Vesterålen. It arrived at high speed from the sea, first made a complete circle, then was above the Børøy area, and finally Stokmarknes. During the arrival and return flights a nearly steady light changed from red, blue and white. This looked more like a signal. Many people were able to clearly observe the night visitor in the light of the Moon. (March 15th, 11pm)
Reference: [NY TID, March 1916] [Morgenbladet, 24 Mar 1916, 4] [Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I, 1983, 41]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_371

Event 2730 (5FAF19C4)

Date: Spring 1916
Description: (Translated from French) Lucia is with two of her cousins when the rain starts to fall. The children take refuge in a small cave. After lunch, the rain having stopped, they start to play at the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, they hear the roar of a powerful wind and see a white light hovering in the valley above the treetops. In this light is a young man of remarkable beauty who approaches them and says: “I am the angel of peace”. He teaches them a prayer and disappears. The three little ones remain in a trance; they keep mechanically repeating the prayer until they literally fall from exhaustion. (Spring)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_372

Event 2731 (C8B15477)

Date: 4/1916
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) Deperdussin works under the name of Spad Firm and in April 1916 the armed monoplane Spad VII makes its first flight. 192km/h, ceiling 5334m, autonomy 360 km.
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_744

Event 2732 (F5D17F6C)

Date: 4/4/1916
Description: (Translated from French) At Jæren (Norway), two dockers and a police officer saw a light in the air from the quay towards the West above Jæren, probably a Zeppelin. The light disappeared to the West. (April 4)
Reference: [Morgenbladet, April 5, 1916, 4] [Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 41]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_373

Event 2733 (40BAA9A8)

Date: 4/16/1916
Location: NORWAY, Stavanger
Description: (Translated from French) The students of Stavanger Folkeskole, aged 9 to 11, saw a black cloud appear in the sky, followed by a red light at the back. The appearance seemed so divine to them that they all believed they saw an angel and a cross. A little later a message appeared written in the sky. (April 16, 1916)
Reference: STAVANGER AFTENBLAD, Apr 1916, Mar 1917, Mar 1918, 19 Dec 1942, Apr 1943. iorth: LEBESBYMANNEN., 193-?, 45-8. OMVEND DERE FOR JESUS KOMMER SNART., 198-?.UFO, 1/1989, 22-3. Listing d’Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_745

Event 2734 (335B678F)

Date: 4/16/1916
Description: (Translated from French) In Stavanger (Norway), students of Stavanger Folkeskole, aged between 9 and 11, see a black cloud appear in the sky. There is a red light behind it. The observation takes a religious turn when they see an angel with a cross. Later a message appears in the sky. (April 16)
Reference: [Stavanger Aftenblad, April 1916, March 1917, March 1918, December 19 1942, April 1943] [Hiorth: Lebesbymannen, 193-?, 45-8] [Omvend Dere for Jesus Kommer Snart, 198-?] [UFO, 1/1989, 22-3]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_374

Event 2735 (53E78D13)

Date: 4/20/1916
Location: NORWAY, Stafjorden
Description: (Translated from French) The SS “Faljir” of The Nordre Bergenhus Company was overflown and passed at 2 o’clock in the morning at Stafjorden, west zone of Svanoen, by a Zeppelin. It was illuminated and the sound of its engines was heard clearly. The craft disappeared in the direction of the north. (April 20, 1916)
Reference: MORGENBLADET, April 23, 1916, 4. Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 41. Listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_746

Event 2736 (8775100A)

Date: 4/20/1916
Description: (Translated from French) Off Stafjorden to the West of Svanøen (Norway), the steamboat Fjalir of the Nordre Bergenhus company was passed by a Zeppelin. It was lit up and the buzzing of the engines was clearly heard. It disappeared to the North. (April 20, 2:00)
Reference: [Morgenbladet, 23 Apr 1916, 4] [Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 41]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_375

Event 2737 (25388261)

Date: 5/1916
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seat reconnaissance aircraft Halberstadt, not very remarkable but fitting in with the times: 170 km/h, ceiling 5000 m. (May 1916)
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_747

Event 2738 (38A50F56)

Date: 5/1916
Location: GREAT BRITAIN and NETHERLANDS
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater Armstrong Whitworh FK4 reconnaissance bomber; maximum speed 153 km/h, ceiling 3960m. First flight May 1916, delivery to the armies end 1916, end of production 1918.
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_748

Event 2739 (6846603E)

Date: 5/4/1916
Location: National Observatory in Córdoba, Argentina
Description: Evening. Astronomers Charles Dillon Perrine and Anna Estelle Glancy observe an object resembling a comet at the National Observatory in Córdoba, Argentina. It is moving remarkably fast, moving 10° toward the sun within an hour and passes below the horizon. It has a prominent tail of 8°–10° in length.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Comet or Meteor?” Scientific American 115 (1916): 493
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_365

Event 2740 (39A073F3)

Date: 6/1916 (approximate)
Time: ~11:00
Location: RENSSELAER, IN
Description: Dull grey 12M ovoid hovers near ground. Streaks away / 25° angle to 8000kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_325

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “212”, HatchDesc: “RENSSELAER,IN:DULL GRY 12M OVOID HVRS nr GND:STREAKS AWAY/25°ANGLE to 8000kph”, LatLong: “40.938891 -87.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:56:20 N 87:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2741 (813AC0FD)

Date: Summer 1916
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seat reconnaissance Hansa Brandenburg airplane, 170 km/h, ceiling around 5000 m. Improved versions were built until 1926 in Finland and Norway under the designation A-22 (1916, Summer)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_752

Event 2742 (70FA5C97)

Date: Summer 1916
Location: USA, Rensselaer (Indiana)
Description: (Translated from French) One day in the summer, Roy Gish, between 10 and 11 o’clock in the morning, observed an elongated oval craft at a distance of one mile. The object stopped dead in the air, hovering for a few seconds, before continuing its route passing over the witness’s house. “It seemed as solid as a machine part” he said, with a dark gray surface, an estimated length of 40 feet and 8 to 12 feet wide. In a few seconds then the craft left like an arrow and disappeared in about ten seconds, in a cloudless sky. (1916, Summer)
Reference: "Ufo’s – A century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 13, 14
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_753

Event 2743 (801B2B67)

Date: Summer 1916
Description: (Translated from French) On a hot day, the angel reappears and asks: "What are you doing? Pray! Pray a lot! Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly. How can we make sacrifices? asks Lucia. Sacrifice all that you can… Above all, accept and patiently endure the sufferings that the Lord will send you. He leaves the children completely paralyzed. It is only at nightfall that they regain their senses and start playing again. Here again, as in the previous case, the witnesses did not want to talk about what they had seen, not even among themselves. The next day, they still could not understand their reactions to the apparition: I don’t know what’s happening to me, said one of the little girls. I can neither speak, nor play, nor sing, and I have no strength to do anything. (Summer)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_377

Event 2744 (87640757)

Date: 6/24/1916
Location: NORWAY, Bergen
Description: (Translated from French) “At around 11pm, an airplane was seen above Ulrikken. It was a biplane, observed by several people. It flew at such a high altitude that it could only be clearly seen through binoculars. It seemed to be heading towards the sea.” (June 24, 1916)
Reference: BERGENS AFTENBLAD, Jun 1916. MORGENBLADET, 27 Jun 1916, 2. Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 42. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_749

Event 2745 (F9979D02)

Date: 6/24/1916
Description: (Translated from French) In Bergen (Norway), an airplane is observed above Ulrikken. It is a biplane, observed by many people. It flies at such an altitude that it can only be observed with a telescope. It seems to have come from the sea. (Saturday 24th June, 11pm)
Reference: [BERGENS AFTENBLAD, Jun 1916] [MORGENBLADET, 27 Jun 1916, 2] [Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 42]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_376

Event 2746 (74380783)

Date: 7/1916
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the four-seater maritime patrol Curtiss H Series (Large America), first in England, then in the USA at the end of the year. It reached 137 km/h, ceiling 3292 m; last delivery in October 1918.
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_750

Event 2747 (9AE328FF)

Date: 7/19/1916
Time: 23:00
Location: HUNTINGTON, WV
Description: Unidentified luminous blimp going [to] over town. Vanishes and reappears. / r85p36+/ r242p129.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_326

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “173”, HatchDesc: “HUNTINGTON,WV:UID LUMn.BLIMP > OVR TOWN:VANISHES+REAPPEARS:/r85p36+/r242p129”, LatLong: “38.400002 -82.450004”, LatLongDMS: “38:24:00 N 82:27:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2748 (CB374D22)

Date: 7/19/1916
Location: Huntington, WV
Description: Elongated Oval Object Hovers Near Ground (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 160719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_71

Event 2749 (4D73A02A)

Date: 7/19/1916
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Description: 10:30 p.m. Walter H. Eager and another witness in Huntington, West Virginia, watch a nebulous object in the shape of a dirigible that slowly fades from view. Possibly a light pillar created by a nearby blast furnace.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter H. Eager, “An Unusual Aurora,” Scientific American 115 (1916): 241; Martin Shough and Wim van Utrecht, Redemption of the Damned, vol. 1, Anomalist, 2019, pp. 391–397
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_366

Event 2750 (CD3531EB)

Date: 7/19/1916
Description: A luminous blimp-shaped flying object flew over Huntington, West Virginia at eleven o’clock at night. It vanished and reappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Fort, Book of the Damned, p. 278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4187

Event 2751 (8F5A7F12)

Date: 9/9/1916
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater Bristol fighter types 14-17, max. speed 201 km/h, ceiling 6096 m, out of operational inventory in 1938.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_754

Event 2752 (81B9705D)

Date: Autumn 1916
Description: (Translated from French) “The Angel” appears once again, at the Cave of Cabesco. He gives the children communion. (Autumn)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_378

Event 2753 (3E65656D)

Date: 10/1916
Location: Youngstown, PA
Description: John Boback, 17, was walking along the railroad tracks between Youngstown and Mt. Braddock when he saw a saucer-shaped object with a platform and rows of lights, sitting in a field 30 m to his left. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_72

Event 2754 (C40242B5)

Date: 11/21/1916
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater day bomber Breguet 14, maximum speed 180 km/h, operational ceiling 6000m; production stopped around 1926. (November 21, 1916)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_755

Event 2755 (DB049E73)

Date: 11/22/1916
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the experimental S. E. 5A Scout from the Royal Aircraft factory, single-seater reconnaissance, 193 km/h, ceiling 5181m, range 483 km. It is undoubtedly the best warplane ever presented by the firm, easy to fly, dives and climbs quickly, enormous maneuverability, only one flaw: very fragile French engine (Hispano-Suiza). (November 22, 1916)
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_756

Event 2756 (0F6B1D4C)

Date: 12/17/1916
Description: On the Western front in Europe, Canadian soldier Maurice Philipp Tuteur and two sergeant majors watch a Zeppelin-like object rise into the clouds in the rear of their lines. It darts ahead at an estimated speed of 200 mph, turns around, darts backward, and shoots up and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “I Saw a Flying Saucer,” Flying Saucers, May 1959, pp. 6–18, 78; Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_367

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Year: 1917, 53 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2757 (C3F92D1A)

Date: 1917
Location: SOUTH AFRICA
Description: (Translated from French) In 1917, Elizabeth Klarer was 7 years old. With her older sister, she observed a comet coming towards the Earth at great speed and a round metallic disc spinning around the comet and forcing it to deviate from its objective.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued 1937
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_757

Event 2758 (2298D953)

Date: 1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the first junkers j-10, single-seater fighter. it flew at approx. 155 km/h with a ceiling of 4000m. In the Junkers series other types were built until 1942. (1917,)
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_764

Event 2759 (3351FAE5)

Date: 1917
Location: Belgium, in flight
Description: (Translated from French) (UFOWEB: The Red Baron is said to have shot down a UFO in 1917.) Bonn, Germany: The flamboyant fighter pilot known as the Red Baron not only shot down 80 enemy aircraft during World War I but he was also the first human to shoot down an extraterrestrial craft. This is what former German Air Force pilot Peter Waitzrik claims, who says he saw, to his surprise, the fighter pilot shoot at a UFO, which had orange undulating lights, above Belgium in 1917. Then, two of the occupants of the downed UFO, came out of their spacecraft and ran into the woods, apparently never to be seen again. “The Baron and I made a full report on the incident back to Headquarters and they told us never to mention this”.

The 105 year old former pilot recently spoke to a reporter. “And except to my wife and my grown children, I never said a word. But that was 80 years ago, so what difference would it make now?”. He recounts that he and Baron Manfred von Richtofen, nicknamed the Red Baron, were flying on a morning mission above western Belgium during the summer of 1917 when a UFO suddenly appeared in the blue sky, directly above their Fokker triplane. “We were terrified because we had never seen anything like this before, the United States had just entered the war, so we assumed it was something they had sent. The Baron immediately opened fire and the thing fell like a rock, shearing the treetops as it crashed into the woods. Then two little bald-headed guys came out and ran away” Waitzrik says he assumed the silver, glinting craft was some kind of enemy invention until the “flying saucer” panic began in the 1940s and convinced him his colleague had shot down a UFO. “This thing must have been about 40 meters in diameter and looked exactly like those flying saucer shaped spacecrafts everyone has seen during the last 50 years.” he says, “so there is no doubt in my mind that it was some kind of spacecraft from another planet, and those little guys running into the woods were not Americans but some kind of extraterrestrials” “You know, sometimes I wonder what happened to those guys”
Reference: Source: Sighting/ Jim Hickman Translation: Thierry Mallet (Mush) – THEM
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_765

Event 2760 (49CBD190)

Date: 1917
Location: Salida, Colorado
Description: In 1917, a clergyman in Salida, Colorado, observed an unconventional aerial phenomenon through his telescope. He described the object as resembling a wheel that appeared to rotate or move, accompanied by shifting colored lights. (Chapter 4, Ref 170)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_160

Event 2761 (9FEC7801)

Date: 1917
Location: France
Description: In 1917, an American soldier in a French anti-aircraft balloon unit recounted an encounter with a disc-shaped UFO. The object, likened to a giant mess plate, hovered over a field before silently ascending into the clouds. The soldiers were told the sighting was likely a new German “Super Zeppelin”, but the witness later began to doubt that explanation due to the object’s substantial size, which would have required an exceptionally large zeppelin to carry. (Chapter 4, Ref 173)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_163

Event 2762 (33037614)

Date: 1917
Location: Youngstown, Pennsylvania
Description: In 1917, a Pennsylvania man encountered a “traditional” landed UFO. While walking near railroad tracks between Mt. Braddock and Youngstown, he saw a saucer-shaped object with a dome on top, similar in size to a car, positioned about 100 feet away in a pasture. The craft featured oval or oblong windows through which figures could be seen moving. After observing it, the UFO took off gradually with a high-pitched sound. (Chapter 4, Ref 181)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_171

Event 2763 (6BD2818D)

Date: 2/16/1917
Location: Great Britain
Description: (Translated from French) First Flight of the Naval Reconnaissance Bi or Triplane Fairey Campania, for which the Cunard Line’s Campania ship was bought by the British Navy, was converted into an aircraft carrier. It had a large wingspan (18.75m) and very light floats, takeoffs were made on the ship’s deck through a droppable cart (…) Later there would be Fairey Fox, Hendon, Battle, Swordfish, Barracuda, Firefly, Gannet etc… (February 16, 1917)
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_758

Event 2764 (A0C2BCEA)

Date: 4/1917
Location: African American neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina
Description: Night. Residents of the African American neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, report hearing strange, motor-like noises in the air at night for several nights. Some have fleeting glimpses of the swiftly moving dark objects that are causing the noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Colored People Are Seeing Visions” Charlotte N.C. News, April 11, 1917, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_368

Event 2765 (8FA017BE)

Date: 4/13/1917
Locations: Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Kittery, Maine
Description: Early morning. Two National Guardsmen from Company L of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry are stationed on the bridge linking Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, when they hear the noise of an airplane. They see an unidentified aircraft circling near the bridge. When it descends, apparently to make a pass at the bridge, one of the guardsmen panics and fires his rifle at it. It moves off and disappears in the distance. Other vague reports continue through April 30.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Hunt for Aircraft Base,” Manchester (N.H.) Union, April 14, 1917, pp. 1, 3; Hilary Evans and Robert E. Bartholomew, Outbreak! Anomalist, 2009, pp. 496–497
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_369

Event 2766 (57EB1292)

Date: 4/14/1917
Location: Beloit, Illinois
Description: Late at night, a mysterious airplane was observed flying over Beloit, emitting lights that provided clear evidence of its presence. The aircraft was flying at such a height that the sound of its engine couldn’t be heard. Numerous Beloit residents, including Patrolman William Van Ostrand, witnessed this unusual sighting. Flying at night in 1917 was very dangerous, making this report even more curious.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1002

Event 2767 (F414AFBB)

Date: 4/14/1917
Location: USA, Pascataqua (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) An unidentified object was flying at 2:30am above the Pascataqua River, alerting the vigilance of three guards of Company L of the Sixth Massachusetts National Guard. They were posted near a point connecting Kittery (Maine) to Portsmouth (New Hampshire) in order to prevent German sabotage. When the craft descended near the bridge, the three men shot at it and the craft quickly disappeared from the area. The incident was notorious, as it occurred in the area of the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard, the most important base on the East Coast. (April 14, 1917)
Reference: "UFO’s - A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 14
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_759

Event 2768 (B6D722AA)

Date: 4/14/1917
Time: 02:30
Location: PORTSMOUTH, NH
Description: Guards fire on mystery plane. ‘Toy balloon with smoke’. Turns going north going [to] cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_327

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “PORTSMOUTH,NH:GUARDS FIRE ON MYSTERY PLANE:‘TOY BALLOON W/SMOKE’:TURNS>N>CLOUD”, LatLong: “43.066669 -70.750003”, LatLongDMS: “43:04:00 N 70:45:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 2769 (5EDDD800)

Date: 4/17/1917
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: In Long Beach, two unidentified airplanes were observed flying at a low altitude after midnight. These mystery aircraft paused during their flight to signal three times over a specific section of the ocean before continuing towards Hollywood. A woman witnessed this event and reported it to the police, who confirmed the sighting through other sources. Flying at night in 1917 was very dangerous, making this report even more curious.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1001

Event 2770 (BCDED1DF)

Date: 4/17/1917
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: In Tucson, on April 16, a mystery airplane was observed hovering near the city line. Sheriff Miles of Pima County issued an order to fire upon airplanes flying over the city if they don’t identify themselves. There have been numerous airplane sightings over the city without any government communication. Guards reported that a machine even turned a searchlight onto the armory early on Sunday morning. These airplanes were reported to be moving southwest.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1005

Event 2771 (200F56C0)

Date: 4/18/1917
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Description: Reports confirm the sighting of a mystery airplane over Barnstead. The naval authorities were informed of the flight, and coast guard stations also witnessed the aircraft. This comes after the initial sighting in the city on April 1, prompting government authorities to make multiple attempts to identify and locate the aviator responsible.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1007

Event 2772 (F768A75B)

Date: 4/31/1917
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Description: An unidentified airplane flying over Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was shot at by National Guardsmen stationed on a bridge. The plane swiftly left the area after the gunfire and could not be located. Naval yard authorities were unable to determine the origin of the airplane.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1000

Event 2773 (36346B62)

Date: 5/1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Albatros D.V. Reconnaissance Monoplane. Max. speed 187 km/h, ceiling approx. 6250 m, test flight spring 1917, delivery to the armies from May 1917, full production until 1918.
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_760

Event 2774 (AEE9FC3A)

Date: 5/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) At Fatima (Portugal), 3 young children of Portuguese peasants, Lucia dos Santos (10 years old) and her 2 cousins Francisco (9 years old) and Giacinta (7 years old) Marto, brother and sister, were tending to their flock of sheep after attending mass. They were playing at building a wall around a bush when their attention was drawn to a luminous phenomenon, like a shining globe in the air. They then descended towards their farm, and approached a vast grassy depression called Cova de Iria (literally: Saint Irene’s Cave, an ancient sacred place) to see what was happening. A light then engulfed them and almost blinded them, but allowed them to see in its center a small woman in a white dress. She spoke to them reassuringly and asked them to come back to the same place and same time every month, for 6 months. (Sunday, May 13th, 12pm)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_379

Event 2775 (CD1FBAF2)

Date: 5/13/1917
Time: ~13:00
Location: FATIMA, PORTUGAL
Description: 3 kids. Flash. Small woman appears. Back every month to October.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_328

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “FATIMA,PORTUGAL:3 KIDS:FLASH:SML WOMAN APPEARS:BACK EVERY MONTH TO OCTOBER”, LatLong: “39.600002 -8.583334”, LatLongDMS: “39:36:00 N 08:35:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2776 (6685C66D)

Date: 5/13/1917
Locations: Cova da Iria; Fátima, Portugal
Description: Three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal—Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto—report seeing a woman “brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal goblet filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun.” The woman wears a white mantle edged with gold and holds a rosary in her hand. She asks them to devote themselves to the Holy Trinity and to pray “the Rosary every day.” The children had seen an “angel” at the cove since the spring of 1916.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Our Lady of Fátima”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_370

Event 2777 (CDFA611C)

Date: 6/1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter Pfalz D-III, 165 km/h, ceiling 5200 m.
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_761

Event 2778 (0C11F98B)

Date: 6/1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater reconnaissance fighter Siemens-Schuckert, 180 km/h, ceiling 8100m, range 322 km. Delivery completed in 1919.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_762

Event 2779 (06DEE5A9)

Date: 6/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) About fifty people are present at Fatima. They see the little shepherds suddenly kneel and become transfigured. The oldest child, Lucia, 10 years old, speaks to an invisible entity whose answers are not heard. One of the spectators however claims to have heard a very faint voice or the buzzing of a bee. At the end of this dialogue, all the witnesses hear an explosion and see a small cloud rising near a tree. (June 13th, 12 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_380

Event 2780 (2ABB466E)

Date: 6/13/1917
Location: Fátima, Portugal
Description: The three children at Fátima, Portugal, again see the lady, who reveals that Francisco and Jacinta will be “taken to heaven” soon, but Lúcia will live longer to spread the message. The lady also purportedly reveals to the children a vision of hell and entrusts a secret to them, described as “good for some and bad for others.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Our Lady of Fátima”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_371

Event 2781 (69180527)

Date: Summer 1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater fighter hannover, 165 km/h, ceiling 7500 m. (1917, Summer)
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_763

Event 2782 (045A9B96)

Date: 7/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) The number of witnesses has risen to 4500. A buzzing or humming sound is heard, a decrease in the Sun’s brightness and heat, a small white cloud around the tree of apparitions and a powerful noise from the Lady. The children are terrified by “a vision of hell” and receive a specific prophecy announcing "apparitions of unknown lights in the sky: The war will end, but if the peoples do not cease to offend God, there will be another, more terrible war during the reign of Pius XI (he died in 1939). When you see the night lit up by an unknown light, know that it is the great sign that God gives you that he will punish the world for its crimes through war, famine and the persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. To prevent this, I will come to ask for the consecration of Russia… If my requests are heard, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. Otherwise, it will spread its errors throughout the world. (July 13th, 12pm)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_381

Event 2783 (BACE48C5)

Date: 7/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) “Angel Hair” recovered in Fatima. See image at images/Fatima.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_382

Event 2784 (69DB068F)

Date: 8/11/1917
Location: Mojave desert
Description: The mystery surrounding the appearance of an airplane over the Mojave Desert during the night, which had been reported intermittently for months and doubted by officials, was resolved. Federal officers investigating the matter discovered the airplane in the dry lakebed near Antelope Valley, near the San Bernardino county line. The aircraft was being protected by an armed individual.
Type: newspaper article
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_998

Event 2785 (86506B68)

Date: 8/11/1917
Location: Mojave desert
Description: The enigma of a nighttime airplane’s unusual presence over the Mojave Desert, which had been periodically reported for months but dismissed as a myth by authorities, was unraveled. Federal officers investigating the matter conveyed that the aircraft had been located in the dry lakebed near Antelope Valley, close to the San Bernardino county line. An armed individual was safeguarding the machine, who stated the plane was owned by 3 men.
Type: newspaper article
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_999

Event 2786 (13154DA6)

Date: 8/13/1917
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Description: An unidentified airplane caused panic in Salt Lake City when it flew over the area in daring maneuvers with an eerie blue light in the morning. Speculation arises whether the government has a secret airplane base in the LaSalle Mountains of Utah. Residents are alarmed, and the police are investigating the mystery. Sergeant W. S. Keating of the central police station suggests that the government might have established a covert airplane base in southern Utah, while admitting that no concrete evidence is available. Despite a desire to cooperate, the identity of the aircraft remains uncertain. Reports of similar incidents have been received throughout the week.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1006

Event 2787 (D1ADC63E)

Date: 8/13/1917
Locations: Fátima; Aljustrel; Portugal; Cova da Iria
Description: Some 18,000 people have been flocking to Fátima and nearby Aljustrel, Portugal, drawn by reports of visions and miracles. The assembled multitude hears thunder and witnesses lightning in a clear blue sky. Then the sun grows pale and a cloud hovers above the oak tree where the apparitions usually appear. Provincial administrator Artur de Oliveira Santos, believing that these events are politically disruptive, takes the children into custody, jailing them before they can reach the Cova da Iria. Santos interrogates and threatens the children to get them to divulge the contents of the secrets.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_372

Event 2788 (7DF0986B)

Date: 8/13/1917
Description: A luminous globe was seen spinning through the clouds by over 18,000 witnesses who had assembled at Fatima, in the Cova da Iria, Portugal to see another monthly apparition of the “Lady in Blue”, thought to be the Virgin Mary by Roman Catholic faithful. The sky turned rainbow colors including pink, yellow, and blue. There was a perceived lowering of the temperature, and angel hair residue.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, The Invisible College, p. 145
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4958

Event 2789 (537F8755)

Date: Late Summer 1917
Location: Youngstown, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:30 p.m. John Boback is walking along railroad tracks in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, when he hears a swishing sound and sees an elliptical object about 100 feet away on the ground in a pasture. It has portholes emitting ligt from the interior and a smooth surface. Moments later the object ascends smoothly in a gradual climb and flies away to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, pp. 104–105
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_374

Event 2790 (3F44392B)

Date: 8/19/1917
Description: (Translated from French) The children, released, keep their sheep near Aljustrel when they observe a sudden cooling of the temperature. The Sun becomes yellowish and the countryside is again filled with the colors of the rainbow, which the adults of the surroundings will also observe (as the inquiry will establish later). The children see the lightning and a bright glow that settles on a tree near them. In the center stands the entity draped in white and gold. The witnesses fall to their knees and their soul is transported with ecstasy. A dialogue ensues, during which the apparition exhorts them to make sacrifices for the fishermen. 10 minutes later, the Lady of Light slowly departs to the east with a roar of an engine. (August 19th, 4 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_383

Event 2791 (E418447B)

Date: 8/19/1917
Locations: Cova da Iria; Valinhos, Portugal
Description: Instead of the promised apparition in the Cova da Iria on August 13, the children see the Virgin Mary at nearby Valinhos, Portugal. She asks them again to pray the rosary daily, speaks about the miracle coming in October, and asks them “to pray a lot.”
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_373

Event 2792 (3807B310)

Date: Early 9/1917
Location: Salida, Colorado
Description: Witnesses at Salida, Colorado, watch distant moving lights flicking on and off over a period of several days. Through a telescope, one light appears to be a revolving wheel with lights on it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Arlene Shovald, “Edwards’ UFO Sighting Not Salida’s First,” Salida (Colo.) Mountain Mail, September 7, 1995; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_375

Event 2793 (1939AED7)

Date: 9/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) The crowd is 30000 people, including two perfectly skeptical priests who have come specially to establish the falseness of the so-called “miracles”. The site of the apparitions is a vast amphitheater where most of the crowd has settled to be close to the tree of apparitions. However, the two priests have chosen a location in a higher place from where they can see everything. The Sun then becomes less intense although there are no clouds in the sky. Thousands of people: There she is… look! Everyone sees a globe of light descending slowly down the valley, from East to West, towards the children. It lands on the tree. A white cloud forms and bright white petals start to fall from the empty sky: As people stare at this strange spectacle, they soon notice that, contrary to the laws of perspective, these shining globules that fall become smaller and smaller as they approach them. And when they stretch out their hands and hats to grab them, they realize that, somehow, they have vanished. The children see the entity again at the center of the globe and the dialogue between the Lady and Lucia resumes. The promise of a miracle for October 13th is renewed. Then the luminous globe rises and disappears into the Sun. When one of the priests was asked what kind of globe it seemed to him, he, very impressed, said that it could be a celestial vehicle that was transporting the Mother of God from her throne to the desert down here. (September 13th, 12pm)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_384

Event 2794 (4672F3CF)

Date: 9/13/1917
Location: Cova da Iria, Portugal
Description: With the three children in attendance, the crowd at the Cova da Iria, Portugal, see a “luminous globe” sail across the sky. A white cloud envelops the children and the oak tree. A rain of white roses is said to have fallen out of the heavens but dissolves just before landing. Behind the cloud, the crowd can see Lúcia talking to the invisible lady.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_376

Event 2795 (75467DB6)

Date: 10/1917
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater reconnaissance aircraft Albatros D.III, maximum speed 175 km/h, ceiling 5500 m.; delivery to the armies from December 1916, end of production beginning 1918.
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_767

Event 2796 (CBA2BB45)

Date: 10/1917
Description: (Translated from French) The cargo ship Zebrine is found completely deserted off the coast of Cherbourg, between Falmouth and Saint-Brieuc. The table is set and laundry is drying on the deck. The logbook is regularly kept. As this disappearance takes place during World War I, the hypothesis of a submarine attack is put forward. The submarine would have fled upon the approach of a ship, fearing to be caught after having boarded the cargo. However, there is no disorder, and the cargo was not sent to the bottom. (October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_385

Event 2797 (3A9BD4DE)

Date: 10/1917 (approximate)
Time: 12:30
Location: YOUNGSTOWN, PA
Description: Swish! 3M saucer / field by railway. Lit windows / dome. Going up [to] slow. Going quickly east. / r8#42.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_329

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “YOUNGSTOWN,PA:SWISH!:3M SCR/FLD by RAILWAY:LIT WINDOWS/DOME:↑ SLOW:>>E:/r8#42”, LatLong: “40.283335 -79.361115”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:00 N 79:21:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2798 (AF62DF74)

Date: 10/1917
Location: Youngstown, Pennsylvania
Description: John Boback, 17, was walking along the railroad tracks between Youngstown and Mt. Braddock when he saw a saucer-shaped object with a platform and rows of lights, sitting in a field 30 m to his left. He watched the object for 1-2 min until it took off with a high-pitched sound, rising gradually like a slow plane. Its size was that of an average car. The top of the object was a dome with elongated windows through which figures could be seen.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Hartle 157 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_42

Event 2799 (18C515B9)

Date: 10/1917
Locations: Connington; KwaZulu-Natal midlands; South Africa
Description: Seven-year-old Elizabeth Klarer and her older sister Barbara have their first alleged encounter with a UFO on their parents’ farm Connington in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa. While playing outside the farmhouse, Elizabeth claims to witness a giant orange-red wheel rolling across the sky. The plummeting object, also described as a fiery pockmarked meteor or planetoid, is intercepted by a silver disc bathed in a pearly luster. Around this time Elizabeth begins receiving occasional telepathic messages from a friendly space alien named Akon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 657; Elizabeth Klarer, Beyond the Light Barrier, Howard Timmins, 1980
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_377

Event 2800 (DC19A145)

Date: 10/8/1917
Time: 19:30
Location: western Colorado
Description: After several weeks without any reports, scores of people observed a mysterious airplane over western Colorado. The aircraft hovered, dipped, and repeated these maneuvers near the presumed Colorado-Utah border. From 7:30 to 8:30 in the evening, the airplane remained visible in the western sky, displaying red, white, and yellow lights that were even discernible with magnification. Eventually, it vanished. Although locals were reassured that the plane wasn’t an enemy aircraft according to Uncle Sam, the Federal Government withheld details about its true nature from the public.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_991

Event 2801 (91340C31)

Date: 10/13/1917
Location: PORTUGAL, Fatima.
Description: (Translated from French) At noon. Miracle or flying saucers? Everyone will have already read the account and the various hypotheses put forward on various occasions.
Reference: "UFO’s – A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 14
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_766

Event 2802 (01382BE5)

Date: 10/13/1917
Location: USA, Youngstown (Pennsylvania)
Description: (Translated from French) John Boback, 17 years old, observed a flying saucer. The young man was walking along the railway when he saw in a field 30 m away from him, an object in the shape of a disc with a platform and rows of lights. After nearly two minutes the craft rose with a shrill sound, slowly, while silhouettes were visible behind what seemed like illuminated windows.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 228
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_768

Event 2803 (BFF4E707)

Date: 10/13/1917
Description: (Translated from French) In front of a crowd of 70000 people despite heavy rain, the vision is preceded by a lightning and a sweet and pleasant smell. The children enter into communication with the Lady. Witnesses observe the great change occurring on the faces of the 3 children, transfigured by the vision. The announced miracle took place at the departure of the Lady of the Cova da Iria. The rain that had not stopped falling on the crowd suddenly stops, and the heavy clouds move away. The Sun appears as a shining silver disc, a fantastic disc that spins quickly on its axis and throws beams of colored light in all directions. Red rays shot from the edge of the Sun and colored the clouds, the earth, the trees, the people; then violet, blue, yellow and other colors followed. These colors were described by an objective skeptic as monochromatic sectors that spun endlessly. Reports speak of a flat disc rather than a globe. After a while, it stopped its rotation and plunged down in zigzag -like a dead leaf - towards the earth and the horrified spectators. Most of the observers then believe that their last hour has come. Many of them, including detractors, kneel in the mud and start to publicly confess. Finally, the disc reverses its movement and disappears towards the Sun, the real one, again fixed and dazzling in the sky. The stunned crowd suddenly realizes that their clothes are perfectly dry. (October 13th, 12pm)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_386

Event 2804 (D9DEF619)

Date: 10/13/1917
Time: 13:50
Location: FATIMA, PORTUGAL
Description: 50000 observer(s). Opalescent saucer rotates. Only kids see pseudo-human/entity with silver sphere/orb/globe.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHELL, John: The FLYING SAUCER VISION; Ace-Star Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_330

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “15”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “FATIMA,PORTUGAL:50000 OBS:OPALESCENT SCR ROTATES:ONLY KIDS SEE PSH W/SLVR ORB”, LatLong: “39.600002 -8.600000”, LatLongDMS: “39:36:00 N 08:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2805 (02944276)

Date: 10/13/1917
Location: Cova da Iria, Portugal
Description: After some newspapers report that the Virgin Mary has promised a miracle for the last of her apparitions, a huge crowd, possibly between 30,000 and 100,000, including reporters and photographers, gathers at Cova da Iria, Portugal. What happens then becomes known as the “Miracle of the Sun.” Various claims are made as to what really happened. The three children report seeing a panorama of visions during the event, including those of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Saint Joseph blessing the people. Father John de Marchi, an Italian Catholic priest and researcher who wrote several books on the subject, included descriptions by witnesses who believe they observed a miracle created by Mary, the mother of Jesus. After a period of rain, the dark clouds break and the Sun appears as an opaque, spinning disc in the sky. It appears significantly duller than normal and casts multicolored lights across the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. The Sun then seems to careen towards the earth before zigzagging back to its normal position. Witnesses report that their previously wet clothes become “suddenly and completely dry, as well as the wet and muddy ground that had been previously soaked because of the rain that had been falling.” Not all witnesses report seeing the Sun “dance.” Some people only see the radiant colors, and others, including some believers, see nothing at all. The only known picture of the Sun taken during the event does not show anything unusual. No unusual solar phenomena are observed by scientists. Some theologians, scientists, and skeptics have offered alternative explanations that include psychological suggestibility of the witnesses, temporary retinal distortion caused by staring at the intense light of the Sun, a sundog, and optical effects caused by natural meteorological phenomena. The Miracle of the Sun is interpreted by others as a UFO event. Investigator Joe Nickell thinks that the effects are “a combination of factors, including optical effects and meteorological phenomena, such as the sun being seen through thin clouds, causing it to appear as a silver disc. Other possibilities include an alteration in the density of the passing clouds, causing the sun’s image to alternately brighten and dim and so seem to advance and recede, and dust or moisture droplets in the atmosphere refracting the sunlight and thus imparting a variety of colors.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Miracle of the Sun”; Clark III 484–485; “O Milagre do Fátima,” Ilustração Portuguesa, no. 610 (October 29, 1917): 353– 355; John de Marchi, The True Story of Fatima, St. Paul, Minn.: Catechetical Guild Educational Society, 1956; Joe Nickell, “The Real Secrets of Fatima,” Skeptical Inquirer 33, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2009): 14–17; Jeffrey S. Bennett, When the Sun Danced, University of Virginia, 2012; Auguste Meessen, “Apparitions and Miracles of the Sun,” in Science, Religion, and Conscience, Actas do Forum International, Centro Transdisciplinar de Estudos da Consciência, October 23–25, 2003, Santos, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_378

Event 2806 (F3A9AB4E)

Date: 10/13/1917
Description: Approximately 70,000 people crowded the fields surrounding the Cova da Iria, a grotto in Fatima, Portugal to witness a promised miracle. Miraculous events and apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary had been occurring monthly on the 13th of every month since three children–Lucia, Jesus and Marto-- had first met a mysterious lady in blue there in May. Not many of those in the crowd, even those close to the three children, were able to witness the apparition of the Lady on this day, but it is reported that everyone present saw “something.” The most common description was of a “gyrating sun” that became a silver disc, and emitted bright rainbow shafts of light, changing colors in succession from red to violet to blue to yellow. The flat silver disc plunged downward toward earth in a zigzag fashion. Catholics present interpreted these events as a sign from God, and the religious event was later sanctioned as a miracle by the Roman Catholic Church. The prophesies revealed that day have been kept secret by the Vatican, but reportedly involve the assassination of “the last Pope.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 12; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 259; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 149; Jacques Vallee, The Invisible College, p. 143
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6803

Event 2807 (7124A1D7)

Date: 10/18/1917
Location: Helena, MT
Description: The Helena Independent newspaper is offering a $100 reward for any information leading to the identification of the individuals operating an unidentified aeroplane observed around Helena. Reports of an airship flying over the state capital during the early hours have surfaced, and many people in the city, East Helena, and nearby areas have reported similar sightings in the past months. The newspaper staff even heard an airship’s sound while hunting, although they couldn’t see it. Ranchers in the region have purchased high-power rifles in hopes of targeting the mysterious aircraft they claim to have seen.
Type: mystery airplane
Type: newspaper article
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1004

Event 2808 (F2DDD59D)

Date: 11/1917
Location: USA/Great Britain
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Martin & Handasayde single-seater fighter under the name Martinsyde F-4 Buzzard, 209 km/h, ceiling 7320m, range approximately 650 km. At the armistice, 52 aircraft were delivered.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_769

Event 2809 (2055F91A)

Date: 12/23/1917
Location: Boise, ID
Description: Alfred Rordame attempts to explain the recent flap of mystery airplane sightings as mere misidentifications of Venus. While he attributes the sightings to the planet’s motion and brightness, he disregards the detailed descriptions provided by eyewitnesses. Rordame’s dismissal lacks substantial evidence and fails to address the complexity of the reported events. His focus on astronomical principles neglects the possibility of alternative explanations, leaving many unanswered questions.
Type: mystery airplane
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1003

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Year: 1918, 16 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2810 (93363EBB)

Date: 1918
Description: (Translated from French) The USS Cyclops, a cargo ship sailing in the Caribbean, disappears without a trace during a storm.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_387

Event 2811 (F0B66D00)

Date: 1918
Description: (Translated from French) After the apparitions in Fatima the previous year, the spiritual results are significant, despite the efforts of the Portuguese authorities to minimize and discredit them. The conversions and return to religious practice have taken on such a dimension that the Portuguese regime, very anti-religious, quickly evolves and restores its diplomatic relations with the Holy See in the Vatican.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_388

Event 2812 (A9B3D354)

Date: 1918
Location: Waco, Texas
Description: In 1918, soldiers stationed at an Army base in Waco, Texas, were startled by the appearance of a UFO. The object, described as cigar-shaped and around 100 to 150 feet long, defied conventional dirigible characteristics. It lacked motors, rigging, and windows, emitted no noise, and had a distinct rose or flame-like color. The soldiers were left puzzled and amazed by the encounter. (Chapter 4, Ref 171)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_161

Event 2813 (5E2C89D9)

Date: Early 1918
Location: Waco (near), TX
Description: Reddish cigar-shaped object, with no motor or rigging, passed silently from SW to NE. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_73

Event 2814 (18091EEF)

Date: 1/1918
Location: USA, Waco (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) A red, cigar-shaped object, without engine or wings, silently passed from southwest to northeast. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 228) It measured between 100 and 150 feet long. The witnesses were military personnel from the base. One of them, Edwin Bauhan, estimated that the object had descended 500 feet and that everyone could see that there was neither engine nor windows, and that it did not resemble the dirigibles they knew well. The object emitted absolutely no sound. It left the area gaining altitude and disappeared in a burst of flames. (January 1918)
Reference: "Ufo’s – A century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_770

Event 2815 (93B73342)

Date: 3/1/1918
Locations: Tahunanui Beach, Nelson, New Zealand; eastern hills
Description: Early morning. A woman at Tahunanui Beach, Nelson, New Zealand, sees two distinct “seaplanes” flying together near the surface of the water. They soon diverge, one going in the direction of the eastern hills and both getting lost in the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seaplanes over Tasman Bay,” Nelson Colonist, March 2, 1918, p. 4; Brett Holman, “The Mystery Aeroplane Scare in New Zealand—1,” Airminded, August 28, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_380

Event 2816 (F7917D18)

Date: 5/13/1918
Location: PORTUGAL, Fatima
Description: (Translated from French) During a pilgrimage, there was a new fall of a substance, described this time as “white balls”. (May 13, 1918)
Reference: Inforespace n° 55, 1981, p.4
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_771

Event 2817 (2BD7BA41)

Date: Summer 1918
Location: Malta, Montana
Description: 7:30 p.m. At an isolated ranch 60 miles from Malta, Montana, 9-year-old Theodore Warren sees a cigar- shaped “airship” with windows that shine with greenish light. It flies in from the mountains in the east and hovers above the ranch house. He watches it for a while, and then it “whooshes” away to the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ione Warren Conway, “A UFO(?) from the Past,” IUR 7, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1982): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_381

Event 2818 (FF5F1292)

Date: 7/16/1918
Location: USA, Kelso (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) As reported in the “Seattle Times” on July 16th, 1918, “mountain demons” attacked a dam that a prospector had built on a stream near Mount Laurence near Kelso, in the state of Washington. The “demons” were half-human, half-monster. Their size was between 2 and 2.5 meters. They had the power of hypnotism and ventriloquism. In addition, they could disappear at will or become invisible (July 16th, 1918, before)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p. 113
Reference: sic
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_772

Event 2819 (213C6154)

Date: 8/12/1918
Locations: Durie Hill, Whanganui, New Zealand; South Spit; Landguard Bluff
Description: After 5:00 p.m. Two women at Durie Hill, Whanganui, New Zealand, see an airplane moving swiftly off the South Spit heading toward the south. It disappears behind Landguard Bluff. Other witnesses come forward to corroborate the sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aeroplane off Wanganui,” Wanganui Chronicle, August 13, 1918, p. 4; Brett Holman, “The Mystery Aeroplane Scare in New Zealand—IV,” Airminded, October 26, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_382

Event 2820 (2F057179)

Date: 8/13/1918
Location: Carrington Road, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Description: Evening. Mr. C. Rawlinson is cycling to a dance on Carrington Road, New Plymouth, New Zealand, when he sees a bright star against some mountains about 6 miles away. It starts flashing red and white and moves closer and downward, then rises to 400–500 feet and performs other maneuvers. He rides home to tell his sisters, who also see the light until about 8:30 p.m., when it moves off to the sea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Local and General,” Wellington Dominion, August 14, 1918, p. 4; Brett Holman, “The Mystery Aeroplane Scare in New Zealand—IV,” Airminded, October 26, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_383

Event 2821 (0EFB4401)

Date: 10/1918
Location: Tulgas, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Description: During operations against the Bolshevik Army in Tulgas, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, soldiers of the US 339th Infantry Regiment watch a round object the color of burnished copper, with a faint light and vapor obscuring much of its shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Letter to J. Allen Hynek; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_384

Event 2822 (F932ECCA)

Date: 10/2/1918
Location: USA, Dayton
Description: (Translated from French) The unmanned aircraft, “The Bug” true guided missile, successfully completed several flights in Dayton.
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p.131
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_773

Event 2823 (DADA402F)

Date: 11/11/1918
Description: End of World War 1
Type: war
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_29

Event 2824 (A3988FE1)

Date: 11/11/1918
Location: CHINA, BEIJING
Description: (Translated from French) Chinese pilots showing unparalleled skill and daringness fly above Beijing. They fly between the chimneys of the Grand Hotel, then at 5 meters above the crowd on the road. (November 11, 1918)
Reference: Conquest of the Air. Chronology…" A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_774

Event 2825 (15DC0D7B)

Date: Winter 1918?
Locations: Rich Field; Waco, Texas
Description: Edwin T. Bauhan and other soldiers at Rich Field in Waco, Texas, see a noiseless, flame-colored, cigar-shaped object 100–150 feet long flying overhead at an altitude of 500 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 105; Clark III 1170; “1918 Sighting,” Civilian Saucer Investigation Quarterly Bulletin 1, no. 4 (Winter 1954): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_379

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Year: 1919, 24 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2826 (9398CACD)

Date: 1919
Location: US
Description: Charles Fort writes in his book “The Book of the Damned”: “I suspect that, after all, we’re useful… that something has rights to us, by force, or by having paid out analogues of beads for us to former, more primitive, owners of us… that all this has been known, perhaps for ages, to certain ones… a cult or order, members of which function like bellwethers to the rest of us, or as superior slaves or overseers, directing us in accorance with instructions received - from Somewhere else”. (See also: abduction phenomenom, Greada Treaty, Eisenhower 1954 Edwards AFB meeting.)
Reference: Twitter
Reference: The Book of the Damned
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_946

Event 2827 (C1F4BC04)

Date: 1919
Location: US
Description: Charles Fort writes in his book “The Book of the Damned”: “I think we’re fished for. It may be that we’re highly esteemed Oby super-epicures somewhere… I think that we may be of some use after all. I think that dragnets have often come down and have been mistaken forwhirlwinds and waterspouts. Some accounts of seeming structure in whirlwinds and waterspouts are astonishing. And I have data that, in this book, I can’t take up at all - mysterious disappearances. I think we’re fished for… or our use to some other mode of seeming that has a legal right to us.” (See also: abduction phenomenom, Missing 411 series.)
Reference: Twitter
Reference: The Book of the Damned
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_947

Event 2828 (04B20FF5)

Date: 1919
Locations: Mars; Schenectady, New York
Description: Wireless inventor Guglielmo Marconi claims that he has detected large-wavelength radio signals from Mars. He claims the most frequent signal is the Morse code for “S,” or three short dots. The signals, however, are subsequently traced to an experiment conducted by chemist Irving Langmuir at the General Electric Laboratories in Schenectady, New York.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Hello, Earth! Hello!’” White Earth (Minn.) The Tomahawk, March 18, 1920, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_385

Event 2829 (C209C4F1)

Date: 1919
Location: Western Australia
Description: In 1919, a man in western Australia encountered a landed UFO and its occupant. While walking along a rural road, he found a “man” repairing a peculiar craft. Startled by the witness, the stranger pointed something at him, causing him to lose consciousness. Upon waking up, the stranger and the craft had disappeared. (Chapter 4, Ref 182)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_172

Event 2830 (BD0FDA07)

Date: 1919
Location: Webster City, Iowa
Description: In 1919, a brother and sister on a farm near Webster City, Iowa, encountered unusual visitors. They saw a brown-green object near a tree and ran toward it, noticing a stern-looking figure in green-brown clothes standing by an open door. The figure made strange guttural sounds. A shorter figure appeared, quickly dipped water from the stream in a tin can, and was then hurried into the craft by the larger figure, after which the craft ascended rapidly, hitting tree branches. The craft moved sideways and over a hill with its three legs down, leaving without lights or sound. The children followed but soon lost sight of it. Round marks resembling cane imprints were left on the soil where it had landed. (Chapter 4, Ref 183)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_173

Event 2831 (E7A4644D)

Date: 1/5/1919 (approximate)
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR NETHERAVON, WILTS
Description: 3 weird red and orange globes float down. Vanish. Seen since 1917.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_331

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr NETHERAVON,WILTS:3 WEIRD RED+ORG GLOBES FLOAT DOWN:VANISH:SEEN SINCE 1917”, LatLong: “51.216669 -1.816667”, LatLongDMS: “51:13:00 N 01:49:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2832 (AFA4E5CA)

Date: 1/20/1919
Description: (Translated from French) At Zeitoun (Egypt), R. Ascar observed the slow progression of an orange light for 45 seconds. (January 20, 10:45)
Reference: BSAF, 1919
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_389

Event 2833 (07032258)

Date: 1/20/1919
Description: (Translated from French) Francisco Marto, one of the three little shepherds witness to the observation at Fatima in 1917, dies of the Spanish flu.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_390

Event 2834 (64B79DD6)

Date: 1/22/1919
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Shuttlewood (Derbyshire)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:10 pm that night, Thomas Hills Harrison had just gone to rekindle the fire in his greenhouse when, heading towards the house, he saw through the living room window his father pointing out a light near the chicken coop, about fifty meters away from the witnesses. Harrison adds: "All the apple trees in the orchard were lit up and cast long shadows in all directions. The night was very dark, particularly quiet and even the chickens were silent when I opened the gate. As soon as I crossed it I could clearly see the luminous globe that remained stationary about 1.40 meters above the ground. At first I thought it was my neighbor Robinson, but not receiving any response to my call, I headed towards this fluorescent light, the size of a tennis ball, perfectly spherical and beautiful to look at, like a pearl out of proportion. I circled it several times, getting closer to less than 2 meters. For about ten minutes I kept staring at it. Finally I decided to pick up a stick that was lying on the ground to touch it and see what would happen. At that moment, as if he had understood what I was going to do, the globe started moving very slowly. I got even closer. The limits of the sphere were not clear, it was like a cottony aura. When it met the fence, the globe fell to the ground as if it were exploding. It quickly regained its normal size and began to climb the trellis in a truly impressive silence. The glow sank about ten meters into Robinson’s garden and then returned in my direction at a fast speed this time, suddenly turning to the right. I ran in its direction, I saw it climb the fence again, but I quickly realized that my pursuit was hopeless. When it reached a hawthorn bush, the globe leapt about ten meters high into a gap in the branches. The light stayed there for about three minutes, then disappeared from my view. Thinking that everything was over I went back to the house when I realized that the farmer Shepperd’s land was violently lit up. That’s when I saw the same glow making the return trip in my direction and at a fairly fast speed. When it was a few meters away from me I felt my hair stand on end for a short moment. The sphere went to the left and stopped in Robinson’s garden. I went to knock on Robinson’s door and the two of us saw the light globe go north-east, completely crossing the field over a distance of two hundred meters towards Bolsover Road. Then it made several circles around the tops of the roofs of a row of houses in Club Row, finally rising into the sky and disappearing eastward. It was then 10:50 pm. (January 22, 1919)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 232-233
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_775

Event 2835 (C84377FE)

Date: 1/22/1919
Time: 20:10
Location: SHUTTLEWOOD, DERBYSHIRE
Description: 40 observer(s). 2 Ft. intense glowing-ball slow / low altitude. Controlled maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_332

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “SHUTTLEWOOD,DERBYs:40 OBS:2 ft.INTENSE GLO-BALL SLOW/LO ALT:CONTROLLED MNVRS”, LatLong: “53.250003 -1.300000”, LatLongDMS: “53:15:00 N 01:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2836 (1D8039DF)

Date: 1/22/1919
Location: Shuttlewood, Derbyshire, England
Description: After 10:00 p.m. A brilliant light the size of a tennis ball appears in a garden at Shuttlewood, Derbyshire, England. When the witness approaches it, it moves away at a leisurely pace and passes through wire netting. It follows the top of a hedge, turns right, and ascends until it finds a break in the high branches of a tree, where it hovers for 3 minutes before flying on. The witness then notices his neighbor’s farm is illuminated with bright white light. Several minutes later, the sphere returns to the garden, hovers another 3 minutes, then approaches the witness. As it does so, it turns from white to orange. It moves away, stops above a neighbor’s garden, travels along a hedge, traverses a field, and circles a row of houses before soaring into the sky and disappearing. The light is seen for 40 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Ian Birdsall, “The Luminous Pearl of 1919,” Quest International 10, no. 2 (1991): 26–27; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_386

Event 2837 (0AB60165)

Date: 1/22/1919
Description: A two foot wide, intense glowing ball flew slowly at a low altitude over Shuttlewood, Derbyshire, England at 8:10 p.m. It engaged in controlled maneuvers for 45 minutes. There were at least 40 witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ananda Sirisena, FSR, March 1975, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_404

Event 2838 (8474E521)

Date: 6/1919
Time: ~15:00
Location: SCORBE-CLAIRVAUX, FR
Description: Boy. Shiny metal disk descends. Dims. Goes away horizontally.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_333

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SCORBE-CLAIRVAUX,FR:BOY:SHINY MTL DISK DESCENDS:DIMS:GOES AWAY HORIZONTALLY”, LatLong: “46.972224 0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “46:58:20 N 00:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vienne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2839 (6066E081)

Date: 6/2/1919
Location: Ottertail, Minnesota
Description: 9:30 a.m. A tiny circular cloud appears in an otherwise cloudless sky over Ottertail, Minnesota. Suddenly it expands to several times its size. Seconds later, the window that the witness is watching through starts to shake and creak. By the time it stops, the cloud has expanded more and now has a ragged appearance, bending toward the earth. A black object shoots out of the bottom of the cloud, leaving a vapor trail, and begins making 6–7 barrel rolls. It then peels off in a straight line, headed north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1170; “Supersonic Jet in 1919?” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 6 (Jan./Feb. 1982): 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_387

Event 2840 (159C5A50)

Date: 6/2/1919
Description: At 9:00 a.m. a nine-year-old boy in Otter Tail, Minnesota saw a black object emerge from a quick descent, forming an unusual cloud. Windows rattled and the house he was in creaked as the object pealed off, made 6-7 barrel rolls, and left contrails in its wake.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frontiers of Science, January 1982, p. 14; UNICAT, case # 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3217

Event 2841 (98EEC81E)

Date: 6/28/1919
Description: Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. One of the most important treaties of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_30

Event 2842 (8B107D3C)

Date: 7/1919
Location: WEBSTER CITY, IA
Description: Small humanoid (or Grey) scoops water into can. Sees observer(s) and rushes to UFO and flies.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN CONTACTS & ABDUCTIONS; Sterling Publ., NY 1993. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_334

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “342”, HatchDesc: “WEBSTER CITY,IA:OID SCOOPS WATER INTO CAN:SEES OBS+RUSHES TO UFO+FLIES.”, LatLong: “42.472224 -93.816671”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:20 N 93:49:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2843 (5DBF3FB3)

Date: 7/1919
Location: Webster City, Iowa
Description: 11:00 a.m. A young brother and sister who live on a farm near Webster City, Iowa, hear a strange chirping sound while out playing. They turn and see a brown-green object under a tree near a creek 75 feet from them. They notice a similarly colored figure standing in a door that has been lowered down. It makes strange guttural sounds. They see another figure running toward the stream leading to a pond. This smaller one dips up some water into a can. The larger figure seems to be hurrying the smaller figure back into the object. The door slams shut with a metallic sound, and the vehicle rises up quickly with its three legs still out and goes over a hill. The soil where the object had been is covered with round spots that resemble cane marks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 263; Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 23, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_388

Event 2844 (C8191065)

Date: 8/1919 (approximate)
Time: ~20:00
Location: GENEVA, SWZ
Description: Orange “extra moon” too large! Quickly going down [to] over 2 scared kids. Going quickly [to] away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Chez HEIDI site: Alain Stauffer. GREPI / Switzerland http://home.worldcom.ch/~dbenaroy/heidi.html
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_335

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

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GENEVA,SWZ:ORANGE “EXTRA MOON” TOO LARGE!:↓↓ OVR 2 SCARED KIDS:>> AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “46.200002 6.166667”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 06:10:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2845 (9BDC1E54)

Date: 8/1919 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: CODIGORO, ITALY
Description: 25cm orange-red luminous sphere / low altitude. 1 observer moves to let it pass.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_336

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CODIGORO,ITALY:25cm ORG-RED LUMn.SPHERE/LO ALT:1 OBS MOVES to let it pass”, LatLong: “44.816669 12.116667”, LatLongDMS: “44:49:00 N 12:07:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2846 (7EF2C27C)

Date: Late Summer 1919
Location: USA, Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Description: (Translated from French) One evening, young Harry Anderson (13 years old), his family and friends, went for a ride in his father’s new Ford Model T. Around 10 pm, returning towards Eau Claire, the engine made some dissonances. Father Anderson stopped on the south emergency lane of Highway 25. “There’s no more oil,” he said to his son, handing him a can in his hands, “go see if we can borrow some from a farm”. Swinging the can in one hand, Harry went off on the dark road. A road sign told him he was just outside of Barron, 5 miles west of Rice Lake. He saw the roof of a farm in the horizon and took a shortcut to get there. The farmer filled the can and Harry returned to the car. Suddenly he saw about twenty little men, coming towards him, walking in single file. They had bald heads and white skin, wearing short leather pants, held up by suspenders on their shoulders. Stunned, Harry hid behind a tree and from there observed the scene. He heard snippets of their conversations, sounding like childish rhymes:

"We won’t stop fighting Till the end of the war In Nineteen-Hundred and Ninety-Four. Sound off–one, two Sound off–three, four Detail, one, two, three, four One–two…three–four! The little column kept walking and disappeared into the woods. Harry remained petrified and his heart still pounding for several minutes. (1919, late Summer)
Reference: Fate Magazine for November 1978, “Encounters with Little Men,” page 85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_776

Event 2847 (E11A56D1)

Date: Late Summer 1919
Location: east of Barron, Wisconsin
Description: 10:00 p.m. Harry Anderson, 13 (or 16), is out riding with his family and two friends when their car runs out of oil east of Barron, Wisconsin. A passing farmer offers to give them some oil, and Harry accompanies him 2 miles away to his farmhouse. Harry walks back to the car alone and sees 20 little men walking in single file towards him. Their heads are bald, and the figures are dressed in leather “knee pants” held up by suspenders. They are mumbling but pay no attention to him. Terrified, he continues and does not look back.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Jerome Clark], “Encounters with Little Men,” Fate 31, no. 11 (November 1978): 83–86; Clark III 263; Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 24, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_389

Event 2848 (BF053F1C)

Date: 11/12/1919
Location: FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA
Description: (Translated from French) The departure of the two-engine biplane CEAOU from Farnborough, which several weeks and 16 landings later, will link Australia. They pass through France, Italy, Greece, Crete, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Pakistan, India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Timor Island and finally Australia. 75 years later, on board an identical biplane entirely rebuilt, 3 people repeat the same feat with the CEAOW
Reference: Source and reportage: National Geographic 1994
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_777

Event 2849 (27F7345B)

Date: 12/1/1919
Description: Boni & Liveright publishes Charles Fort’s first book of scientific anomalies, The Book of the Damned. Fort gathers reports of objects or “vessels” that he humorously speculates might be visitors from a multitude of worlds that have come to earth over the centuries. Among his wilder expressions is the suggestion that floating land masses in the sky harbor civilizations and oceans. Fort also speculates that someone is fishing for us and that an alien race considers us its property, warning off all interlopers. It receives positive reviews from Ben Hecht and Booth Tarkington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “The Book of the Damned”; Clark III 506–507; Jim Steinmeyer, Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural, Tarcher, 2008, pp. 173–174; Ulrich Magin, “The Book of the Damned,” Fortean Times 386 (December 2019): 38–43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_390

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Year: 1920, 30 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2850 (D1975AF7)

Date: 1920’s
Location: American Southwest
Description: During the 1920s, a pioneer pilot engaged in barnstorming in the Southwest reported encountering approximately six UFOs that resembled manhole covers. The pilot’s friend recounted that the UFOs maintained a distance of about 200 yards and flew alongside him for around five minutes, effortlessly keeping up with his plane. Eventually, the UFOs altered their course and departed, leaving the pilot amazed and convinced of their genuine existence. (Chapter 6, Ref 189)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_180

Event 2851 (26924A0A)

Date: 1920
Location: NORWAY, Oslo
Description: (Translated from French) A mother and her daughter heard music, like that produced by a harp and went (to see) towards the window. They saw in the sky a red object becoming smaller and smaller, and the music decreased likewise. When the object had gone, the music was no longer heard.
Reference: RAPPORTNYTT, 3/1980, 1.Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_778

Event 2852 (35D362A0)

Date: 1920
Location: FRANCE, Beddes (Berry)
Description: (Translated from French) J. Algret, a farmer, clearly remembers that one evening he observed one of these UFOs, one meter in diameter, without any shine, flying close to the ground at a dizzying speed. The phenomenon moved over a distance of about 300 m and according to the witness, it was a “red moon”.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_779

Event 2853 (CF6F0074)

Date: 1920
Location: FRANCE, Brest
Description: (Translated from French) An infirmier from Brest was on Rue Traverse when a passerby pointed out to him an enormous red ball, two to three times bigger than the sun, followed by a black cigar-shaped mass. It was 6 pm, it was summer, and the sky was clear. The objects were moving in the direction of the street towards the south.
Reference: Jean François BOEDEC: “Les OVNI en Bretagne, Anatomie d’un Phénomène” ed. Fernand Lanore, Paris 1978, p. 29
Reference: M. Pierre Gestin, investigator of Gepa
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_780

Event 2854 (D18FBEBD)

Date: 1920
Location: USA, Texas
Description: (Translated from French) Ten people watched four discs move in the sky of Texas. These objects moved quickly, one behind the other, emitting a soft orange glow. From time to time blue or green reflections were visible. Each of the discs was composed of two large silver plates about ten meters in diameter and the whole disappeared in the direction of Austin. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234) It was around 3 o’clock in the morning when the fisherman C…B. Alves saw four luminous discs. He said they were less than a hundred yards from his boat and looked like two silver plates placed side by side. Each seemed to measure 25 feet in diameter and in the center they were 10 feet thick.
Reference: "Ufo’s – A century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_781

Event 2855 (C4A4A517)

Date: 1920
Location: USA, Mount Pleasant (Iowa)
Description: (Translated from French) Fishermen saw an egg-shaped UFO, blue in color, descending near Mount Pleasant.
Reference: A CENTURY OF UFO’s - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, ed. Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_782

Event 2856 (E6148FD2)

Date: 1920
Location: AUSTRALIA, Bass Strait (Victoria)
Description: (Translated from French) Two planes were flying over the strait looking for a missing schooner. They saw unusual lights in the sky. One of the planes was approaching to identify them. The plane disappeared into a cloud and never came out. No trace of the schooner either. [note from vog: prelude to the Valentich case…?]
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 310
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_783

Event 2857 (6A7A50E4)

Date: 1920
Description: (Translated from French) Giacinta Marto, one of the 3 little shepherds witness to the observation at Fatima in 1917, dies of pleurisy.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_391

Event 2858 (28068C9D)

Date: 1920
Description: (Translated from French) In Oslo, Norway, a mother and daughter heard the music of a harp and went to the window. They saw a bright red object gradually shrinking, the music becoming increasingly faint. When the object was gone, the music was too.
Reference: RAPPORTNYTT, 3/1980, 1
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_392

Event 2859 (D52DC399)

Date: 1920
Locations: northern Montana; northwest to southeast
Description: Day. Stanley Clason, 10, is walking across his uncle’s pasture in northern Montana when he sees an object traveling from northwest to southeast. It has a “long, slim, pointed shape” and appears “silvery in color.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 7, no. 4 (April 1954): 115–116; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_391

Event 2860 (C35F771E)

Date: 1920
Location: Texas Gulf coast
Description: In 1920, a man witnessed a sighting of four disc-shaped UFOs near the Texas gulf coast. The UFOs emitted vibrant pink and pale green lights and resembled large silver plates placed together, each around 25 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick at the center. The anomalous event occurred during the man’s night fishing activity. (Chapter 5, Ref 184)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_175

Event 2861 (8692D52D)

Date: 1920
Location: Between Wathena, Kansas and Rushville, Missouri
Description: In the same year, around 1920, approximately 200 individuals witnessed a sizeable cylindrical UFO flying at an estimated altitude of 75 feet between Wathena, Kansas, and Rushville, Missouri. The UFO made a sudden maneuver over Rushville, vanishing into a nearby cloud shortly after. (Chapter 5, Ref 185)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_176

Event 2862 (E371B316)

Date: 1920
Location: Quebec, Canada
Description: During the 1920s, various cases of landed UFOs, some reportedly with occupants, were documented. In 1920, a man in Quebec, Canada, encountered a circular UFO while returning home at night. Describing it as around 50 feet in diameter and 16 feet high with a yellow light, he observed small humanoid figures moving rapidly around the craft’s exterior, emitting child-like sounds. The UFO subsequently departed with mechanical noises and the sound of rushing air. (Chapter 6, Ref 198)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_189

Event 2863 (3391845D)

Date: 1920
Location: Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Description: In 1920, a fisherman in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, shared a peculiar UFO encounter from his time at a pond. As he fished, a small disc-shaped object emerged from nearby trees and landed about 15 feet away. The object was blue, roughly the size of a five-gallon cream can, and remarkably silent. Intrigued, the man began approaching the craft, but it lifted off gradually over the trees and vanished without making any noise. (Chapter 6, Ref 199)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_190

Event 2864 (9E65C0F5)

Date: 1920
Location: Along the Mattawa River, Ontario, Canada
Description: In 1920, a teenage boy from Ontario, Canada, reported befriending an occupant of a landed UFO near the Mattawa River. Responding to a distress call, he found a blond-haired, blue-eyed boy trapped between rocks. The trapped individual wore a silver, leather-like suit with instruments on the chest. After rescuing the boy, the witness assisted him to a saucer-shaped UFO about 20 feet in diameter resting on three legs. The UFO promptly departed after the occupant reentered it. (Chapter 6, Ref 203)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_194

Event 2865 (5704FDC2)

Date: 1/16/1920
Description: First meeting of the League of Nations
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_31
See also: 4/20/46

Event 2866 (AD6B836F)

Date: 1/31/1920
Location: LOXLEY, SOUTH YORKS
Description: White ‘ghost’ crosses field going [to] old mines. Back / Jan. '85. Poltergeists.
Type: sighting
Reference: DEVEREUX, Paul: EARTH LIGHTS REVELATION. 1989 Blanford/UK & 1991 Biddles Ltd, Guilford, Engl. PB (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_337

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “LOXLEY,S.YORKS:WHT ‘GHOST’ CROSSES FIELD>OLD MINES::BACK/JAN85:POLTERGEISTS”, LatLong: “53.416669 -1.533333”, LatLongDMS: “53:25:00 N 01:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2867 (C1122A8A)

Date: 6/3/1920
Time: 10:30
Location: MT. PLEASANT, IA
Description: 1 / fishing. Metallic blue milk-can lands 15’ away. Sits 15 minute(s). Going west. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “Mt.PLEASANT,IA:1/FISHING:MTLC BLUE MILK-CAN LANDS 15’AWAY:SITS 15min:>W:SLNT”, LatLong: “40.961113 -91.555560”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:40 N 91:33:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2868 (E2A16A03)

Date: 6/3/1920
Location: Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Description: Day. Jesse Clark Linch is fishing on a pond near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, when he sees a soundless, blue, disc- shaped object emerge from behind a grove of 100-foot-high maple trees. It flies across the pond and lands 15 feet away. Linch gets up and walks toward it, but it rises up, slowly moves over some trees to the west, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mini UFO Landed near Mt. Pleasant in 1920,” The UFO Examiner 2, no. 2 (June 1978): 8, 19; “Man Visited by Strange Object While Fishing in Iowa in 1920,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 382 (February 2000): 12; Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_393

Event 2869 (84F5AD8D)

Date: 6/3/1920
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a small metallic blue, vertical cylinder, shaped like a “milk-can,” landed only 15 feet away from the witness, sat on the ground for 15 minutes northeast of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, then took off and flew away to the west. It made no noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON on-site investigation, report dated September 1, 1973; Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3241

Event 2870 (7FE5B148)

Date: 6/8/1920
Time: 18:00
Location: RUSHVILLE, MO
Description: 200 observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly northeast / 23m altitude. Abrupt turn going quickly east into cloud. / r231’76.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_339

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: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “RUSHVILLE,MO:200 OBS:CYL >> NE/23m alt:ABRUPT TURN >>E INTO CLOUD:/r231’76”, LatLong: “39.588891 -95.027782”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:20 N 95:01:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2871 (A25E02CD)

Date: 6/8/1920
Description: At 6 p.m. a cylindrical object flying at only 75 feet altitude, passing over Rushville, Missouri, was seen by two hundred people. It made a 90-degree turn to the east, and disappeared into a cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Skylook, October 1973, p. 16; Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 12; Jay David, The Flying Saucer Reader, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3366

Event 2872 (D6EA2720)

Date: Summer 1920
Location: Nontron, Dordogne, France
Description: 11:00 p.m. A group of young people, including sisters Louise and Marie Grasset, returning from a dance at Nontron, Dordogne, France, observe small beings in the air above a wooded area. Luminous balls surround the figures, who are giving off “musical sounds.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264; Patrick Gross, URECAT, October 3, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_392

Event 2873 (286D2D9F)

Date: 8/1920 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: BREST, FR
Description: Red ball 2X sun-size and huge black cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly south parallel to street. / r251p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_340

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BREST,FR:RED BALL 2X SUN-SIZE+HUGE BLK CGR >>S parallel to street:/r251p29”, LatLong: “48.416669 -4.500000”, LatLongDMS: “48:25:00 N 04:30:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2874 (8C574F54)

Date: 8/15/1920
Time: 15:00
Location: DAWLISH, DEVON, ENG
Description: Some kids. 2 red spheres maneuver. Stop. Shoot going quickly southwest over Dartmoor.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_341

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “DAWLISH,DEVON,ENG:SOME KIDS:2 RED SPHERES MNVR:STOP:SHOOT >>SW ovr DARTMOOR”, LatLong: “50.577780 -3.850000”, LatLongDMS: “50:34:40 N 03:51:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2875 (347B7DB3)

Date: 10/1920
Location: NORWAY, Stavanger
Description: (Translated from French) At night, around 7:30-7:33 PM, H.B. Rage observed a light so strong that all the shadows of the trees stretched out on the ground to his feet. He observed a kind of red light ball, about the size of a small pea at arm’s length, which came out like a red beam of light towards the ground, as if it were a searchlight looking for something. Finally, everything went out. The sky was quite clear, with some scattered clouds, without wind. The red searchlight had illuminated a very large area on the ground. (October 1920)
Reference: following the next case…
Reference: UFO REPORT FORM, 27 Dec 1964.UFO-NYT, 5/1966, 188. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_784

Event 2876 (B0309F68)

Date: 10/1920
Description: (Translated from French) In Stavanger (Norway) H. B. Rage observed a light reflecting so well that all the shadows of the surrounding trees appeared on the ground in front of him. He turned around and saw a red light ball the size of a pea at an outstretched arm’s length from him. A red beam was emitted from the ball, apparently searching for something. Finally, it left. Some clouds, no wind. It illuminated the entire area on the ground (October, 7:30 PM/7:33 PM)
Reference: [UFO report form , December 27th 1964] [UFO-NYT, 5/1966, 188].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_393

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Event 2877 (997F851D)

Date: 10/1920
Description: (Translated from French) In Stavanger (Norway), Harald B. Rage, descends to the cellar to punish a cat. As he shouts at the cat, a luminous ball arrives through the window - directly through the glass. It is as big as a tennis ball, and has many colors. It dances around making circles, going up and down, while the witness tries to catch it. Finally it disappears through the window again, without damaging it. Its distance from the witness was from 10 to 80 cm.
Reference: UFO Report form, December 27th 1964
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_394

Event 2878 (DA5F9277)

Date: Late 10/1920
Locations: Freeport, Texas; 50 miles north of Freeport, Texas
Description: 3:00 a.m. C. B. Alves sees four flying discs 50 miles north of Freeport, Texas, when he is out fishing with some friends. They look like two big silver plates set edge to edge. Each appears to be about 25 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick at the center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 8, no. 2 (February 1955): 122–123; Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_394

Event 2879 (0A8C8E0D)

Date: 11/2/1920
Description: First commercial radio broadcast from KDKA in Pittsburgh PA
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_32

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Year: 1921, 14 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2880 (17C43F8B)

Date: 1921
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Paul Villa was born in 1916, and was allegedly instructed by extraterrestrials from his fifth year, that is in 1921
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_785

Event 2881 (C3564ABF)

Date: 1921
Location: FRANCE, between Arleux and Péronne
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, M. B.G., 8 years old at the time, on a stroll along the banks of the Canal du Nord, suddenly saw two beings emerge from the willows, wearing a kind of flexible diving suit. They dragged him forcibly towards a kind of “tank” and hoisted him into the machine. He started to cry. An opening appeared in the ceiling of the cabin and in a few moments he was outside, on the ground. He had to walk for part of the afternoon to find his way back.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 46, 47
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_786

Event 2882 (91077F0A)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseilles, France
Description: Undocumented report of an “abduction” by two beings. (Magonia #43, Quincy) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_74

Event 2883 (B9749BB9)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseilles, France
Description: Undocumented report of an “abduction” by two beings.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_43

Event 2884 (701BEEF3)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseille, France
Description: An 8-year-old is playing in the hillocks near a canal in Marseille, France. He is suddenly accosted by two tall, slender men wearing apparent diving suits who drag him into a strange looking “tank.” After a while, an opening appears in the ceiling, and in a few moments he finds himself back on the ground. He must walk all afternoon to get back to the place where the UFO picked him up 5 minutes earlier.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264; [Letter], “J’ai voyagé en soucoupe,” Paris-Match, no. 291, October 23, 1954; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 7, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_395

Event 2885 (99F1805D)

Date: 1/31/1921
Description: (Translated from French) An American 5-masted schooner, the Carroll A. Deering, which had passed 48 hours earlier off Cape Zookout, north of the Carolinas at a speed of 5 miles per hour, is found aground on sandbanks, off the coast of Florida, with all its sails set. No distress signal was detected. There is not a soul on board. Empty davits indicate that boats have been launched. Ropes hang along the hull and, finally, only two gray cats are found in the kitchen, dying of hunger. All sails are rigged, except the main staysail, but two slashed arrows are discovered. The ship’s papers, logbook, chronometers, clothing in the forecastle before the messroom clock are missing. In the captain’s cabin, there is some disorder and drawers have been left open. On the other hand, three pairs of rubber boots in an adjacent locker may indicate that other men have used the cabin. A reserve cabin also seems to have been occupied. The captain’s large trunk and canvas bag have disappeared. The steering apparatus is no longer working, the wheel is demolished and the cockpit has been crushed. (January 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_395

Event 2886 (F891A57B)

Date: 1/31/1921
Description: (Translated from French) Sailors of a Peruvian cargo ship, the Francisco Moreno, discover an abandoned vessel in the Pacific. However, they observe that the fire of the boilers is still burning in the galley as if it had been lit 2 hours before.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_396

Event 2887 (C2B1DD7A)

Date: 7/1921?
Location: MARSEILLE, FR
Description: Boy / 8 abduction / 2 tall thin figure(s) / diving-suits. Tank with square portholes. / MJ#309.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_342

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MARSEILLE,FR:BOY/8 ABD/2 TALL THIN FIGS/DIVING-SUITS:TANK W/SQR.PORTS:/MJ#309”, LatLong: “43.300002 5.400000”, LatLongDMS: “43:18:00 N 05:24:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2888 (66EBCE19)

Date: Late 7/1921
Location: 39 Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, England
Description: 2:00 a.m. Annie Baker of 39 Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, England, sees a “strange looking bladder like monster the shape of an airship only much wider” during a thunderstorm. It is luminous and remains stationary for several minutes but moves away and disappears quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 13–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_396

Event 2889 (261683B5)

Date: 7/29/1921
Description: The Council on Foreign Relations is incorporated. Founded by corporate lawyer Elihu Root, the organization brings diplomats, high-level government officials, and academics together with lawyers, bankers, and industrialists to engineer foreign policy. The first issue of Foreign Affairs is published in September 1922.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Council on Foreign Relations”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_397

Event 2890 (AF83C245)

Date: 9/1921
Location: British Air Ministry
Description: The British Air Ministry has asked the public to submit reports on observations of ball lightning to its Meteorological Office. The results are summarized by geophysicist Harold Jeffreys, who notes very little uniformity in the observations, with little agreement on size, duration, color, or shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold Jeffreys, “Results of the Ball Lightning Inquiry,” Meteorological Magazine 56 (September 1921): 208–211; UFOFiles2, pp. 13–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_398

Event 2891 (12201D07)

Date: 9/1/1921
Locations: Mediterranean Sea; Mars
Description: J. H. C. Macbeth of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company announces that inventor Guglielmo Marconi is convinced he has intercepted wireless signals from Mars while cruising in the Mediterranean Sea on his mobile laboratory and yacht, the Electra. The signals are regular and “produced high in the meter band.” One of them resembles the letter “V” in the Marconi Code.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Marconi Sure Mars Flashes Messages,” New York Times, September 2, 1921, p. 1; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_399

Event 2892 (C70B17BA)

Date: 9/2/1921
Description: (Translated from French) Guglielmo Marconi picks up messages from his yacht in the Mediterranean with a 10 times stronger wavelength than any terrestrial station. These messages are emitted on an unknown wavelength and seem to correspond to a code. (2 September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_397

Event 2893 (5AF62DF1)

Date: 10/9/1921
Location: Harvard University
Description: Harvard University astronomer William Henry Pickering claims that he has discovered, through two years of observation, vegetation growing in lunar craters that contain water and a source of heat. They seem to form strips or “canals” that vary according to season.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Says 2 Crops a Day Grow on the Moon,” New York Times, October 9, 1921, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_400

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Year: 1922, 18 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2894 (866C237C)

Date: 1922
Location: County Donegal, Ireland
Description: County Donegal, Ireland: Irish Republic Army man, Lawrence Bradley, wrote to the editor of “Watfordand West-Hersts Post” magazine (4/30/64) that while he was fighting a scattered rear-guard, mostly in the mountains of Donegal, he came upon a cave with vegetation at the entrance that had been scorched. The only occupants in the cave were the sick and the wounded that had been unable to walk. The six able-bodied soldiers that were looking after them said they had been awakened early pre-dawn by a whirring noise outside of the cave and had fired their rifles in the direction of the noise, thinking that it was an armored car. Suddenly the object retaliated by firing jets of flame at the cave entrance. After near suffocation, the soldiers ran out to see the flame throwing UFO ascending into the sky. Clearly visible, it was circular in shape and glowing and of a shiny metal.
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_33

Event 2895 (455FA745)

Date: 1922 (approximate)
Location: PORTUGAL, Estoraos-Viana do Castello
Description: (Translated from French) The witness, then aged 15, saw a strange silhouette coming onto the bridge where he himself was walking. This creature passed barely 4 m away from him: it was about 2 meters tall and walked like a monkey. (1922, exact date unknown)
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing by Victor Lourenco
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_790

Event 2896 (70769F54)

Date: 1922
Locations: Oregon Canyon Ranch; McDermott, Nevada; King’s River Ranch near Orovada
Description: Starting this year, ghost lights are seen every year until 1932 in the desert near the Oregon Canyon Ranch, McDermott, Nevada. They look like lanterns or car headlights in the distance. More than 50 of the sheepherders in the area have seen the lights, including Tito Bengoa, the brother of Frank and Christopher Bengoa of the King’s River Ranch near Orovada.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold, “Phantom Lights in Nevada,” Fate 1, no. 3 (Fall 1948): 96–98
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_401

Event 2897 (B92EB7B7)

Date: 1922
Location: Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Description: In 1922, a young boy from Prairie Grove, Arkansas, had a lasting UFO encounter. While playing, he noticed a hat-shaped object in the sky, positioned around two or three hundred feet above the shade trees. Comparable in size to automobiles, the object featured a central dome on a circular brim, leaving an enduring impression on the witness. (Chapter 5, Ref 186)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_177

Event 2898 (B7448D51)

Date: 1922
Location: Ireland
Description: In 1922, soldiers hiding in an Irish cave during the civil war shot at an object they mistook for an enemy armored car. The object retaliated by emitting flame jets, forcing the soldiers to retreat due to the heat and smoke. As they left the cave, the object, circular and bright like aluminum, ascended into the sky at dawn. (Chapter 6, Ref 193)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_184

Event 2899 (0336651B)

Date: 1922
Location: Hubbell, Nebraska
Description: In 1922, a Nebraska hunter recounted an extraordinary experience while hunting near Hubbell. He reported hearing crackling sounds and a high-pitched noise before observing a brightly lit circular object descending and landing out of sight behind a hill. What stood out the most was his claim of encountering an enormous, eight-foot-tall “magnificent flying creature” that landed near the circular object. The hunter followed the creature’s tracks in the snow for miles but was unable to spot it again. (Chapter 6, Ref 200)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_191

Event 2900 (C6A2AD90)

Date: 2/22/1922
Location: USA, Hubbell (Nebraska)
Description: (Translated from French) Early in the morning William Lamb had gone hunting in the Hubell area. Around 5:00am he suddenly heard a piercing sound at the same time a dark object appeared in the sky, blocking the very bright stars of this winter morning. Just as suddenly the UFO lit up and landed in a hollow in the ground. Just before the craft took off, the witness distinctly saw a man flying about 2.50m high come out and take a few steps in the snow. Lamb followed his footprints but without result. Voices were heard inside the unknown craft. (February 22, 1922)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_787

Event 2901 (BB413BBF)

Date: 2/22/1922
Location: Hubbell, NE
Description: 5:00 a.m. William C. Lamb was following strange tracks when he heard a high- pitched sound and saw a circular object intercepting starlight. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterword, a creature over 2.4 m tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_75

Event 2902 (AABE684B)

Date: 2/22/1922
Time: 0500
Location: Hubbell, Nebraska
Description: William C. Lamb was following strange tracks when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a circular object intercepting starlight. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterword, a creature over 2.4 m tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 22 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_44

Event 2903 (EB4281DA)

Date: 2/22/1922
Description: William C. Lamb was following strange tracks near Hubbell, Nebraska at 5:00 a.m. when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a circular flying object. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterward, a creature over eight feet tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 189; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1043

Event 2904 (2563988D)

Date: 5/1922
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater bomber Breguet 19, max. speed 220 km/h. ceiling 7000 m; end of production in France in 1928, in other countries in 1930.
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_788

Event 2905 (90949FE3)

Date: Summer 1922
Locations: Detroit, Michigan; South Dragoon Street; Vacant Lot
Description: A teenage couple, William O’Brien and Irma (later married surname is Hinz), walking home from a movie in Detroit, Michigan, see a large disc-shaped object hovering above a vacant lot on South Dragoon Street. Rectangular windows surround the perimeter of the UFO’s base. Seated at those windows are 20 or so bald- headed beings with close-set eyes. They stare at the witnesses, who become unnerved and leave.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264; Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1910–1939, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_402

Event 2906 (B61F4496)

Date: Summer 1922
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Description: Many witnesses in Warsaw, Poland, see a silvery object, shaped like two hemispheres divided by a rotating ring, that shoots a beam of light and ascends with a loud noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bronislaw Rzepecki, “UFOs and Ufologists in Poland,” IUR 11, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1986): 15; Poland 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_403

Event 2907 (456AA760)

Date: 8/1922 (approximate)
Location: WARSAW, POL
Description: Many observer(s). Metallic Saturn-sphere/orb/globe. Ring rotates. Shoots beam. Quickly going up [to] with loud noise.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WARSAW,POL:MANY OBS:MTLC SATURN-ORB:RING ROTATES:SHOOTS BEAM:↑↑ W/LOUD NOISE”, LatLong: “52.233336 21.066668”, LatLongDMS: “52:14:00 N 21:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2908 (260BF56B)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Barmouth (Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) John Morris, a lifeboat rescuer at Barmouth Life Boat, and William James were on a quay in Barmouth looking out to sea. Suddenly they saw a kind of aeroplane falling into the water. They immediately jumped into a motorboat and raced to the spot, in vain, as they found nothing. The investigation that followed was inconclusive, as no aircraft had been reported missing at the time of the event.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_789

Event 2909 (41267AE4)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: Barmouth, Wales, UK
Description: John Morris and William James saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that it was thought to be a plane. A boat was sent out, but nothing was found. (Magonia #45, Fort 639) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_77

Event 2910 (776C72C6)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: Barmouth, Wales
Description: John Morris and William James saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that it was thought to be a plane. A boat was sent out, but nothing was found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fort 639 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_45

Event 2911 (E260DA39)

Date: 9/9/1922
Description: John Morris and William James in Barmouth, Wales saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that they thought it might have been an airplane. A boat was sent out but nothing was found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 189; citing Charles Fort, The Books of Charles Fort, p. 639
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5783

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Year: 1923, 16 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2912 (B7119594)

Date: 1923
Description: (Translated from French) Townsend Brown, who demonstrated at the beginning of the 20th century a link between electricity and gravity, obtained an American patent for a device that could lift objects into the air without using a motor. His mechanism remained largely ignored by the scientific community.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_398

Event 2913 (5414402F)

Date: 1923
Location: Greencastle, IN
Description: Revolving red object passed over-head from NE to SW. Two witnesses were college professors. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_78

Event 2914 (B7143F97)

Date: 1923
Locations: DePauw University; Greencastle, Indiana
Description: Two DePauw University college students, Andrew Wallace Crandall and Herrick Greenleaf, watch a revolving red object pass over Greencastle, Indiana. The object, round and glowing, moves silently from northeast to southwest, then vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_404

Event 2915 (2D437552)

Date: 1923
Location: Sebeş, Romania
Description: A photograph shows a domed disc hovering near the church tower in Sebeş, Romania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 10-11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_405

Event 2916 (4C9BF2BF)

Date: 1923
Location: Benton, Illinois
Description: In 1923, a family residing in Benton, Illinois, witnessed an unexpected aerial display provided by a UFO. The family observed a cloud-like object in the sky, which moved southwards, slowed down, and then performed intricate maneuvers around various landmarks. The object displayed colorful lights around its edge, including red, blue, green, and ecru, with a particularly bright ecru spotlight. After descending and briefly revealing a pillar of light, the object vanished from sight, leaving the witness with a lasting memory of a UFO encounter. (Chapter 5, Ref 187)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_178

Event 2917 (4B7739EE)

Date: 1923
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Description: In 1923, an Indiana farm boy claimed to have encountered a UFO near Richmond. He described a metallic machine with lights all around it, inhabited by five occupants, one of whom was referred to as the commander. The object had a dome-shaped top with holes, stood on three legs, and the occupants were about four feet tall with blond hair. After observing for about five minutes, the craft ascended, retracting its tripod legs and whizzed off to the west. The witness remained convinced that he had encountered a spaceship. (Chapter 6, Ref 201)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_192

Event 2918 (5DC4AB32)

Date: 2/1923
Location: PIEVE DI TECO, ITL
Description: Teen. Copper ‘fish’ dives going down. 2 portholes. Clear dome. Propeller!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “PIEVE di TECO,ITL:TEEN:COPPER ‘FISH’ DIVES ↓:2 PORTHOLES:CLR DOME:propeller!”, LatLong: “44.050002 7.933334”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 07:56:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2919 (75A9047D)

Date: 5/1923
Time: evening
Location: Benton, Illinois, USA
Description: In May 1923, in Benton, Illinois, Esther Fay Hungate, a nine-year-old girl, had a close encounter with a UFO. She and her twin brother, Everett, were playing in front of their house when they noticed a strange object in the sky that resembled a small cloud. As they watched, the object approached from the north, flying at a low altitude. It appeared to slow down, circle around an old fairground, and then pass by Grant School before stopping near some electrical poles. At this point, the object emitted a series of colored lights, including red, blue, green, and ecru.

The ecru light, in particular, was very bright and forced Esther to cover her closed eyes. After a few minutes, the spotlight turned off, and the object moved closer to the electric poles. It then ascended high into the sky before descending slowly and landing on the other side of the railroad tracks. At this point, the object, which was approximately the height of a telephone pole, emitted four lights and a pillar of light. When Esther looked away briefly and then back, the UFO had disappeared.

Despite her account of the event, no one believed Esther at the time. It wasn’t until June 1947 when she saw a picture of a UFO in a Sunday newspaper that she realized the object she had seen in 1923 was indeed a UFO. Esther never had another UFO sighting after this encounter.

This incident can be categorized as a typical close encounter of the first kind, where a witness observes a UFO at a relatively close distance. Notably, Esther was one of a pair of twins, which has led to speculation that the UFO crew might have been intrigued by the sight of identical human children, one male and one female.
Type: sighting
Reference: archive.org - UFO Roundup - Volume 1, Number 2. February 26, 1996
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1087

Event 2920 (F2A85C5B)

Date: 6/1923
Location: USA, Mount Erie, North of Wayne County (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) (Source: Evansville Courier (Indiana, USA) 12.8.1998) Title: “Illinois Man Convinced He Saw a UFO 75 Years Ago” Byline: Len Wells. 75 years ago Norman Massie was driving a pair of horses in the prairie near his Mount Erie home, when he looked up and saw what he believes today to be a spaceship. (…) Massie, now 85 years old, was ten at the time. He is a retired university math professor today, and he said nothing of the event since his father asked him to keep it to himself. That is what he did until 1990. “I opened the gate to let the horses into the prairie. I got them through and I was closing the gate and behind me in the field there was an object surrounded by lights,” said Massie. I got close to it, about 50 feet. I was there and I watched the five men who were on board." Massie describes them as being about four feet tall, with blond hair. “I was close enough to hear them talking,” said Massie. "One of them was sitting in a chair and the others were calling him ‘commander’. The other four were going back and forth in the craft. I didn’t know what it was until the end, when I heard one of the men shouting to the commander that ‘the repairs were done’. “The machine was metallic and it was on three legs. The top part was dome-shaped with holes in it. It looked like melted glass.” Massie said the encounter lasted only five minutes. “In one minute they were hovering, the legs telescoped into the body and it went straight up to 200 feet then went west at the speed of a rifle bullet.”… (June 1923)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_791

Event 2921 (34942077)

Date: 6/1923
Location: USA,
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter-bomber Curtiss Hawk, first version 386 km/h, ceiling 8300 m. This family of aircraft will undergo a huge evolution and will be used by the armies outside the USA for more than 20 years.
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_792

Event 2922 (EFFB30BD)

Date: 6/1923
Time: 08:00?
Location: NEAR EVANSVILLE, IN
Description: Boy / 10. Saucer / 3 legs / pasture. 4’ men move / glass dome. Speak English.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: Evansville, IN Courier: 12AUG98 via Stig Ajermose on Toronto email list.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_345

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “116”, HatchDesc: “nr EVANSVILLE,IN:BOY/10:SCR/3 LEGS/PASTURE:4’MEN MOVE/GLASS DOME:speak english”, LatLong: “38.000002 -87.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 87:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2923 (7E6C9719)

Date: 6/1923
Location: Northern Wayne County, IL
Description: Early Humanoid Report (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 2306xx
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_79

Event 2924 (9945BAB6)

Date: Summer 1923
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Joa de Porto Alegre.
Description: (Translated from French) Four young children, Sextina Guerra, Valter Paiva, Mariana Lopes and Anita Becker were returning home at nightfall when they heard a curious noise in the sky, as if gears were turning up there. The noise got closer and the witnesses then saw a brightness that quickly increased in intensity. Against the starry sky, a triangular shape, like a ship’s sail, stood out clearly (its apparent diameter was 1.50 m) passing through all the colors of the rainbow. Nearly ten other people were able to observe the phenomenon until it rose into the sky and disappeared on the horizon. (1923, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 235
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_793

Event 2925 (429EF3B8)

Date: 7/1923
Location: USSR, Sosnovka
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Volosnikov, on the steamship sailing on the Vyatka River, near his village, saw in the evening an object resembling a flying moon. He watched it for two or three minutes. The object then turned to the right and disappeared. Comparing his notes and documentation with what he had seen, the witness concluded that it must have been “an evil spirit”. (Excerpt: Felix Zigel and FSR) At dawn on the Vyatka River, Mr. Volosnikov, a passenger on the steamship, observed for three minutes an oval object flying above a nearby village before turning at a right angle and disappearing into the distance. (July 1923)
Reference: "UFOs - A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_794

Event 2926 (D75A9B3C)

Date: 7/15/1923?
Time: ~07:00
Location: TYATKA R. NEAR SOSNOVKA, RUSSIA
Description: Steamship. ‘Flying moon’ going / 3 min. Makes 90° turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_346

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “TYATKA R. nr SOSNOVKA,RUSS:STEAMSHIP:‘FLYING MOON’ > /3 MIN:MAKES 90° TURN”, LatLong: “58.416669 51.416669”, LatLongDMS: “58:25:00 N 51:25:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KIR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2927 (F82EBCA4)

Date: 10/1923
Description: Boni & Liveright publishes New Lands by Charles Fort, who writes about odd aerial and astronomical observations: “It seems no more incredible that up in the seemingly unoccupied sky there should be hosts of living things than that the seeming blank of the ocean, should swarm with life.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “New Lands”; Jim Steinmeyer, Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural, Tarcher, 2008, pp. 198–199; Clark III 507, 1098
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_406

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Year: 1924, 18 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2928 (CAC387CC)

Date: 1924
Location: Canada (British Columbia)
Description: (Translated from French) Albert Ostman, a prospector, recounts: “It happened in the middle of the night. I was half asleep when, all of a sudden, someone grabbed my sleeping bag and lifted me off the ground. I tried to reach my hunting knife, but I couldn’t. The beast - if it was a beast - carried me on its shoulder, like a sack of flour, and it walked on two legs. I was scared to death and I couldn’t move.” Ostman was thus carried for many hours. It was only at the first light of dawn that he was thrown to the ground and taken out of his bag. That’s when he saw an incredible thing: a group of creatures surrounding him and talking in an unintelligible way. (…) “It was like a cross between a man and a monkey. These hairy creatures, with prominent muscles, were taller and bigger than men. There was even one that was almost 8 feet tall. They kept me prisoner for six days and I could only escape because one of them got terribly sick after swallowing the contents of my snuff box. He caused an awful commotion in the group.”
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_798

Event 2929 (2BD53517)

Date: 1924
Location: Lake Okanogan, British Columbia
Description: In 1924, a man rowing a boat on Lake Okanagan in British Columbia had an eerie encounter with a mysterious object. He observed a pearly silver craft against the remaining twilight, descending to about 300 feet above the water’s surface. The object, moving at around 30 to 40 miles per hour, displayed faint dark blue light at the rear and a more intense blue light with a rectangular grid pattern. After a quarter-mile of level travel, the craft abruptly ascended at a steep angle and rapidly accelerated until it vanished from sight. (Chapter 6, Ref 194)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_185

Event 2930 (F2797261)

Date: 1924
Location: Dade City, Florida
Description: In a bizarre incident from 1924 in south Florida, an egg-shaped UFO landed on a Catholic grade school’s playground in Dade City. Witnesses, including a young girl, reported that robot-like entities resembling animated flowers emerged from the craft. The entities communicated telepathically, warning about stopping work in the school’s science building. Despite efforts to assist, the witness couldn’t move their machine. The entities promised to return for her in 35 years, but nothing happened. After hovering briefly, the entities reentered the UFO, which then vanished vertically. Subsequently, the science building was found in a state of disarray, suggesting a possible connection to the entities’ warning. (Chapter 6, Ref 202)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_193

Event 2931 (124C9FEC)

Date: 1924
Location: Braxton County, West Virginia
Description: Witnesses near Gem, West Virginia, reported observing a large craft, reminiscent of a battleship, flying erratically and crashing in thick woods. The craft, resembling a fuselage without wings or propellers, was about 75 feet long and filled the clearing. A group of individuals, some dressed in black business suits and others in shiny coveralls, emerged from the craft. Described as small and Oriental in appearance, they spoke a foreign language and appeared to be in distress. One of them assured the witnesses that everyone was okay and promised to report to the sheriff. Later, a man who picked up a metal object from the scene was visited by a U.S. Army officer with a similar appearance to the foreigners, who retrieved the object without explanation. The witnesses found the clearing empty a few days later, with only crushed grass and bushes remaining. The incident of a purported Army officer retrieving evidence may remind readers of the Men in Black phenomenon that emerged after 1947. (Chapter 6, Ref 208)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_199

Event 2932 (E6B2DC56)

Date: 1/1924 (approximate)
Location: NORTH / ROUILLAC, FR
Description: Boy / 13. Moon-size sphere/orb/globe descends. Follows N736 until lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_347

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/ROUILLAC,FR:BOY/13:MOONSIZE ORB DESCENDS:FOLOS N736 until lost/distance”, LatLong: “45.800002 -0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “45:48:00 N 00:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2933 (E16B24EA)

Date: 1/1924
Time: 21:00?
Location: OSAGE HILLS, OK
Description: 2 observer(s). Large ovoid aims beams going down / snow. Slight hiss. Blue flame / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_348

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., SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “OSAGE HILLS,OK:2 OBS:LRG OVOID AIMS BEAMS ↓/SNOW:SLIGHT HISS:BLU FLAME/REAR”, LatLong: “36.733335 -96.177782”, LatLongDMS: “36:44:00 N 96:10:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2934 (8BB4801E)

Date: 1/1924
Location: Unknown City, OK
Description: White oval-shaped object lit up ground, moved out of sight over horizon. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_80

Event 2935 (48F816A9)

Date: 1/1924
Location: Osage Hills, Oklahoma
Description: 1:00 a.m. Perry G. Powers and Duncan Miller are returning to a ranch when they see a beam of light shining on the snow in the Osage Hills, Oklahoma. It emanates from a large oval-shaped object with white dots of light on the side and blue flame at the trailing end. It makes a slight hissing noise and moves out of sight over the horizon in less than 3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 129; “1924 Sighting,” Civilian Saucer Investigation Quarterly Bulletin 1, no. 4 (Winter 1954): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_407

Event 2936 (164417A8)

Date: 5/13/1924
Location: PORTUGAL, Fatima
Description: (Translated from French) During a pilgrimage, “petals of roses were observed falling from the sun in great quantity.” As they approached, they vanished.
Reference: Inforespace n° 55 - 1981, p. 4
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_795

Event 2937 (F342750C)

Date: 6/24/1924
Time: 23:00
Location: BENEST, FR
Description: 2 teens. Red glow. Glowing-sphere/orb/globe rises / behind hedge. Moves away / very low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_349

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BENEST,FR:2 TEENS:RED GLOW:GLOW-ORB RISES/BHND HEDGE:MOVES AWAY/VLOW ALT:”, LatLong: “46.044447 0.455556”, LatLongDMS: “46:02:40 N 00:27:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Charente”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2938 (A560FA3B)

Date: 7/24/1924
Location: Iraq, Baghdad
Description: (Translated from French) The British headquarters sent Lieutenant Pilot W. T. Day and Co-Pilot Pilot D. R. Stewart on a surveillance mission over the Mesopotamian desert, which was only supposed to last a few hours. The plane did not return. It was discovered the next day in the desert, with enough fuel for the return. It was not damaged. Apart from the landing marks, there were no other tracks leading to or from the plane: no human, animal, or mechanical tracks. The tracks of the two pilots, side by side, were visible for 40 yards and stopped in the sand, without any change of direction or return.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 104, 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_796

Event 2939 (F43BC743)

Date: 7/24/1924
Description: (Translated from French) In the Mesopotamian desert, the plane of Lieutenant Pilot W. T. Day and Officer Pilot D. R. Stewart is found in perfect working condition. The tracks of the two men lead away from the aircraft for a distance of 36 m, where they abruptly cease. The search will continue for 4 days without result. (July 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_399

Event 2940 (0678C906)

Date: 8/22/1924
Locations: US; Washington, D.C.; Amherst College; US Naval Observatory; Washington
Description: Mars enters an opposition closer to Earth than at any time in the century before. In the US, a National Radio Silence Day is promoted during a 36-hour period in August 21–23, with all radios quiet for 5 minutes on the hour, every hour, just in case the Martians take the opportunity to communicate with Earth. At the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., an SE-950 radio receiver is lifted 1.9 miles above the ground in a dirigible tuned to a wavelength between 8 and 9 kilometers, using a “radio photo message continuous transmission machine” recently invented by Amherst College and Charles Francis Jenkins of Washington. The program is led by retired astronomer David Peck Todd with the military assistance of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Edward Walter Eberle, with William F. Friedman (US Army chief cryptographer), assigned to translate any potential Martian messages. The device records radio signals on chemically treated film. One signal consists of a “fairly regular arrangement of dots and dashes along one side” and on the other “at almost evenly spaced intervals … curiously jumped groups each taking the forms of a crudely drawn human face.” Todd tells a reporter, “It may not be a message from Mars, but if it isn’t from Mars, where is it from?” Astronomer Frederick E. Fowle of the Smithsonian thinks they are “disturbances introduced by solar or terrestrial causes not yet understood.” Other scientists suggest the images are caused by static discharge from a passing trolley car, malfunctioning radio equipment, or the natural symphonic radio waves produced by Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, “Conversations with Martians,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 20; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 11–12; Kristen Gallerneaux, “Reaching for Mars,” Past Forward, August 23, 2016; Jessica Leigh Hester, “Everybody Shut Up! We’re Listening for Mars,” Atlas Obscura, August 3, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_408

Event 2941 (57DD3E7B)

Date: 8/23/1924
Description: (Translated from French) For 9 hours, an experiment occupied all the transmitter-receiver posts in the United States. The goal was to record any form of cosmic message proving that extraterrestrial life is not a myth. On that day, Mars was closest to Earth (this proximity will be repeated in the year 2000), and both the US Army and the US Navy agreed to have their transmission services be silent for 5 minutes at the beginning of each hour. A radiocamera used by Dr. David Todd, professor of astronomy at Amherst College, on behalf of the Navy, recorded strange groups of signals that were also picked up in Europe. The New York Times reported that the film had shown, in black and white, on the one hand a continuous alignment of signals, and on the other hand, at regular intervals, signals presenting in groups - and curiously scrambled - shapes resembling human faces cruelly emaciated. (Between 21st and 23rd August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_400

Event 2942 (EF73A7C2)

Date: Late 8/1924
Location: USA, Mattoon (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) An entity was looking through the windows as if it was looking for someone it knew by sight. The witnesses were generally women, some of them said they had fainted when it shone an object on them. It left behind a strange and foul smell. (1924, late August)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU p. 121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_797

Event 2943 (8E8FB68B)

Date: 8/26/1924 (approximate)
Time: 02:20?
Location: WORLDWIDE
Description: Radio signals alternate 25K-75 meters on close approach / Mars… .
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_350

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Mars”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “231”, HatchDesc: “WORLDWIDE:RADIO SIGNALS ALTERNATE 25K-75 METERS on CLOSE APPROACH/MARS…”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDO”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 2944 (0E9945CE)

Date: 9/1924
Time: 20:30
Location: WELLINGTON BRIDGE, IRE
Description: 2 boys. Light beam follows roads / several turns. Going west over railroad/railway tracks.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_351

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “WELLINGTON BRIDGE,IRE:2 BOYS:LITE BEAM FOLOS ROADS/SVRL TURNS:>W ovr RR TRACKS”, LatLong: “52.266669 -6.766667”, LatLongDMS: “52:16:00 N 06:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2945 (F4A97199)

Date: Fall 1924
Location: Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
Description: Dusk. A hunter in a rowboat on Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, sees a faint blue light moving from northeast to southwest. It temporarily disappears behind a mountain but reappears and approaches the boat, passing it at a distance of 200 feet and a speed of 30–40 mph. The object is pearly silver in color with faint dark blue light at the rear. After moving a quarter mile away, it ascends and disappears at terrific speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1171–1172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_409

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Year: 1925, 13 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2946 (D541BF93)

Date: 1925
Location: SPAIN, La Mancha (New Castille)
Description: (Translated from French) A man suddenly had the biggest surprise of his life. Returning home he came face to face with a being 1.20 m tall and wearing a green-colored uniform. The character had rigid arms and legs, he had something like a disk in his hands and was standing on a flat object that allowed him to move. The witness approached within two meters of this amazing apparition, but no words were exchanged between him and this entity.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_801

Event 2947 (CA4C968D)

Date: 1925
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Moorea
Description: (Translated from French) Two young men saw an object made of two discs, face to face, connected by feet, in a paddock. The object shone and had oval windows. They returned to the site a few days later, but there was nothing to see anymore.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 311
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_802

Event 2948 (0DE6C376)

Date: 1925
Location: Moora, Western Australia
Description: Thomas Green is riding with another young man on a farm near Moora, Western Australia, when they come across an object “like two saucers placed edge on edge” resting on a paddock. Some oval-shaped windows are visible, and it is resting on four legs splayed outwards. The two decide to return home. Several days later they return and find the earth “scuffed about” on the spot.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Historical Australian UFO Reports,” UFO Research Australia Newsletter 4, no. 3 (Nov./Dec. 1983): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_410

Event 2949 (DE95FBD6)

Date: 1925
Location: Spain
Description: A UFO of the “open air” type, akin to one observed by an English woman during World War I, was reported in Spain. The circular platform had a railing around its edge, and on it stood a single individual. The witness described the figure as around four feet tall, dressed in a green uniform, and seemingly holding a “blow pipe” in an outstretched hand. (Chapter 6, Ref 204)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_195

Event 2950 (1A897489)

Date: 1925
Location: Poison, Montana
Description: In an event near Poison, Montana, a woman and her son observed a pulsating, roaring noise and witnessed a flaming circular object descending at high speed. The object, around 200 feet in diameter, seemed to hesitate and move before giving off a brilliant white flash upon impact, leaving no subsequent noise or shock wave. (Chapter 6, Ref 209)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_200

Event 2951 (88FFB486)

Date: 1/1925?
Time: 12:00?
Location: LA MANCHA, TOLEDO, SP
Description: 120cm small humanoid (or Grey) / green uniform on vertical saucer… rolling along!
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_352

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LA MANCHA,TOLEDO,SP:120cm OID/GREEN UNIFORM ON VERTICAL SCR…ROLLING ALONG!”, LatLong: “39.666669 -3.916667”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 03:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TLD”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2952 (0C6CFB46)

Date: 6/1925
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: 2:30 a.m. A driver stops his Ford Model T to watch a 300-foot-long, cigar-shaped object flying south toward Chicago, Illinois. Red sparks are peeling away from its nose and it has multicolored lights. As it passes in front, the driver feels a heat wave.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: San Diego (Calif.) Evening Tribune, August 12, 1965; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_411

Event 2953 (0B6343DC)

Date: 7/1925?
Location: MOORA, WEST AUST
Description: 2 observer(s). Classic saucer with oval portholes / 4 legs. Traces / dirt. / r65p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 822)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_353

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOORA,W.AUST:2 OBS:CLASSIC SCR W/OVAL PORTHOLES/4 LEGS:traces/dirt:/r65p13”, LatLong: “-30.583335 116.200006”, LatLongDMS: “30:35:00 S 116:12:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2954 (BC4903F6)

Date: 7/14/1925
Time: 21:50
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). 200 Ft. ‘comet’ hisses. Lights windows / side. Darts going up / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_354

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:2 OBS:200 ft. ‘COMET’ HISSES:LITES WINDOWS/SIDE:DARTS↑/INCRED.SPEED”, LatLong: “41.083335 -81.516671”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 81:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2955 (D348DE33)

Date: 7/14/1925
Description: A married couple, Mr. & Mrs. Slagle, witnessed a 200 foot long “comet” with illuminated windows on side make a hissing sound as it flew over Akron, Ohio at 9:45 p.m. It then shot up vertically into the sky at an incredible speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers magazine, January 1962, p. 13; Jerome Clark, Saga UFO Report, October 1975, p. 48; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 362, citing UFO Register, volume 9 (1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4043

Event 2956 (118DCAFE)

Date: 8/1925
Time: 16:00
Location: BIRMINGHAM, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Sphere circles / cloud opening. 2nd and 3rd identical objects do same.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 356)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_355

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “134”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,ENGL:2 OBS:SPHERE CCLS/CLOUD OPENING:2nd+3rd IDENTICAL OBJs DO SAME”, LatLong: “52.466669 -1.866667”, LatLongDMS: “52:28:00 N 01:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2957 (D993952F)

Date: Late Summer 1925
Location: USA, near Warren (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) During the summer of 1925, my mother, who has since passed away, saw on a clear evening two bright objects flying towards each other and collide with a metallic sound. Then the lights went off in opposite directions. She asked my father what it could have been? He replied “wandering stars?” Probably my father had Phil Klass as a teacher! (1925, late summer)
Reference: Patricia Mason: Cleveland Ufology Project, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_799

Event 2958 (CAAF1ECD)

Date: 10/1925
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seat acrobatic Armstrong Whitworth Siskin airplane, maximum speed 251 km/h, ceiling 8230 m; put into service in the army in March 1927, end of production March 1931. It was followed in 1936 by the AW-38 WHITLEY type, and in 1941 by the AW-41 ALBEMARLE type. Last deliveries in December 1944. (October 1925)
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_800

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Year: 1926, 30 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2959 (E1B10AAD)

Date: 1926
Location: Himalaya Mountains
Description: UFO’s seen around Altai Himalaya
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_34

Event 2960 (51501B8C)

Date: 1926
Location: ROMANIA, Colun (Judetul Sibiu)
Description: (Translated from French) Farmer Ian Brunescu, who was leading his horses to a pasture, saw, around 01:00 in the middle of the night, like a lightning spear as big as the full moon. The object stayed for about ten minutes above the nearby meadows, then came to rest vertically in front of the witness. During this phase, which lasted from 3 to 4 minutes, the witness clearly saw a boat shape that was 3 m long and one or two meters wide. The center of the body was darker than its ends. Soon the device took the direction of Arapasul de Jos, and made a curve above a small wood 3 km from Cirta and then suddenly went out. The UFO emitted a whistle and when it passed, the surroundings were lit up like in broad daylight.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 236-237
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_808

Event 2961 (F9B56191)

Date: 1926
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Charles F. Bush, B.Sc. and Ph.D., discovers strange properties in a rock called “Lintz Basalt”: it would emit more heat than any other and would not accelerate in free fall; let’s say it would remain more or less suspended in the air.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_401

Event 2962 (7E793C9D)

Date: 1926
Alternate date: 1927
Locations: Brzezie; Ujazd, Poland
Description: 3:00 p.m. A 14-year-old girl is tending cows in a meadow between Brzezie and Ujazd, Poland. Suddenly the cows become agitated and pull on their halters. She notices three cement-colored spherical objects some 650 feet away in a field to the north. In front of each is a small entity dressed in greenish uniforms.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_412

Event 2963 (D9C8ABDC)

Date: 1926
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description: In 1926, during the early days of general aviation, an airmail pilot near Salt Lake City, Utah, had a noteworthy encounter with an unconventional aircraft. The pilot reported a cylindrical UFO without wings or a propeller, approximately 90 feet long and 8 to 10 feet in diameter. The UFO repeatedly approached his plane, causing engine issues within a 50-yard proximity. The pilot was forced to land, after which the UFO rapidly departed and vanished within seconds. (Chapter 6, Ref 188)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_179

Event 2964 (EE077339)

Date: 1926
Location: Lancashire, Britain
Description: The son of a British policeman recounted an encounter with three humanoid entities in Lancashire. The beings had pale, lightbulb-shaped heads with small noses, slit-like eyes, and no visible mouths. They wore round, transparent helmets, dark boots, and silver-gray rubber tube-like suits. When they noticed the boy, one of them emitted a strange noise, prompting all three to approach him. Frightened, the witness quickly fled from the scene. (Chapter 6, Ref 205)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_196

Event 2965 (A926F7CA)

Date: 1/1926
Location: USA, between Wichita, Kansas and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Description: (Translated from French) Acrobatic pilot Bert Anacosta saw “six manhole covers” flying.
Reference: Source: PROJECT DELTA, by Dr. Richard Haines, page 152.
Reference: Sometimes the date of 1922 is mentioned, but 1926 is the one in all Finch’s documents
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_803

Event 2966 (128F01DB)

Date: 1/1926
Time: 13:00
Location: (LOC.UNK / WESTERN), KS
Description: Stunt pilot. 6 huge shiny disks circle light plane. / r65p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_356

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “(loc.unk/western),KS:STUNT PILOT:6 HUGE SHINY DISKS CCL LITE PLANE:/r65p13”, LatLong: “38.000002 -100.000005”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 100:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2967 (EC6ADDB3)

Date: 1/1926
Location: Witicha, KS
Description: Several Circular Objects Surrounded Plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 260100
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_81

Event 2968 (E2B8C223)

Date: 1/1926
Locations: Wichita, Kansas; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Aviator Bert Acosta is flying somewhere between Wichita, Kansas, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, when he notices 6 or so objects that look like manhole covers flying off his starboard wing 600 feet away. They keep pace with his plane for 5 minutes. Finally they turn, change course, and fly away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Ace ed., 1965, p. 49; Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 6, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_413

Event 2969 (FD78775A)

Date: 3/16/1926
Location: USA, Auburn (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) The American physicist Goddard launched a liquid fuel rocket. It travelled 26 metres at 96 km/h. (“Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 10) This liquid fuel rocket, the first in the world, was only a small engine, which covered a distance of 60 metres in 2.5 seconds, but the fact that the apparatus had taken off constituted a turning point in the history of rocket development. (“Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 46) It was a strange and fragile engine three metres high. The combustion chamber (60 cm) suspended at the top of a kind of lyre made of two thin tubes bringing liquids from two reservoirs located at the lower part of the device, so as to be kept approximately 1.5 m from the nozzle. (…) It took off with a roar, described a high trajectory and travelled a distance of 56 metres in 2.5 seconds. An average speed of 95 km/h, calculated, proudly, its builder.
Reference: “Assault on Space” - Georges H. Gallet - ed. of Modern Thought, p. 58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_804

Event 2970 (83D9BE60)

Date: 6/1926
Time: 12:00
Location: COLUN, CIRTISOARA, ROMN
Description: Silent 3M ovoid going [to] over / field. Wind blows going down. Going [to] over highway. / LDLN#115.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_357

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “COLUN,CIRTISOARA,ROMN:SLNT 3M OVOID >OVR/FLD:WIND BLOWS ↓:>OVR HWY:/LDLN#115”, LatLong: “45.783336 24.500001”, LatLongDMS: “45:47:00 N 24:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SBU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2971 (CE0BE721)

Date: 6/1926
Locations: Leurda plateau; Colun, Romania; Cârța; River Olt
Description: After midnight. Farmer Ion Bunescu is with his horses on the Leurda plateau near Colun, Romania, when he sees a light ascend from the village of Cârța. An illuminated globe moves toward him with a light so strong that it brightens the River Olt some 2.5 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 224–225; Romania 9–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_414

Event 2972 (6C0B92D9)

Date: 7/24/1926
Location: Berlin-Moscow-Beijing and Back
Description: (Translated from French) Two Junkers G.23 from Deutsche Lufthansa. German Pilots: Schnabel and Polid, Russian pilots: Kosloff and Kudrjanzeff, expedition leader R. Knausz, meteorologist: Seikoff. 20,000km in 140 hours of flight. Study trip in view of the creation of an airline. (July 24th to September 26th, 1926)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 176
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_805

Event 2973 (AA7851C6)

Date: 8/1926
Time: ~20:00
Location: WESTMONT, IL
Description: Large disk going west. 5 small disks follow. Light reflects / clouds above. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_358

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “WESTMONT,IL:LRG DISK >W:5 SML DISKS FOLO:LITE REFLECTS/CLOUDS ABOVE:/NICAP”, LatLong: “41.783335 -87.977782”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 87:58:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2974 (E35B6B13)

Date: 8/1926
Location: Westmont, Illinois
Description: Dusk. Frank Tezky and his father watch 6 disc-shaped objects in Westmont, Illinois. Five smaller discs are trailing in a straight line behind a much larger one, moving west beneath cirrus clouds, which reflect the light cast by the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_415

Event 2975 (BCDDDA9D)

Date: 8/5/1926
Location: USSR - Mongolia, Koukounor
Description: (Translated from French) “… something remarkable! We were at our camp, in the Koukounor district, not far from the Humboldt chain. In the morning around 9:30, some of our caravaners saw a remarkably large black eagle flying above us. Seven of us began to observe this unusual bird. At the same time, another of our caravaners noticed “there is something far above the bird”. And he expressed his astonishment. We all saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the Sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp, this thing changed direction, from south or southwest. And we saw how it disappeared into the intensely blue sky. We even had time to take our field binoculars and clearly see an oval shape with a shiny surface, one side of which shone in the Sun”. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.74); (August 5, 1926)
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Countries”, trans. Laffont 1976, p. 273 - they place this in August 1927
Reference: he cites Nicholas Roerich, Altaï-Himalaya, New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1929
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_806

Event 2976 (19101782)

Date: 8/5/1926
Description: (Translated from French) In Mongolia, explorer Nicholas Roerich and his team observed: We were at our camp, in the district of Koukounor, not far from the Humboldt range. In the morning, around 9:30am, some of our caravaners saw a remarkably large black eagle flying above us. 7 of us began to observe this unusual bird. At the same time, another of our caravaners noticed: “There is something bigger, much higher than the bird.” And he expressed his astonishment. We all saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp, this thing changed direction from south to southwest. And we saw how it disappeared into the intensely blue sky. We had time to take our field binoculars and clearly see an oval shape with a shiny surface, one side shining in the sun. Let us remember that Nicholas Roerich is, by definition, a highly experienced observer and his testimony comes from one of the wildest regions of Asia, where no dirigible has ever flown in the entire history of air conquest. (August 5, 9:30am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_402

Event 2977 (B8B2F1E6)

Date: 8/5/1926
Time: 09:30
Location: NEAR QINGHAI HU, CHINA
Description: 6 explorers / (seen thru) binoculars. Huge shiny ovoid going quickly south overhead. Turns going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_359

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr QINGHAI HU,CHINA:6 EXPLORERS/BINOCS:HUGE SHINY OVOID >>S OVHD:TURNS >>SE”, LatLong: “37.000002 100.333338”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 100:20:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QNH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2978 (D0018DE2)

Date: 8/5/1926
Location: Northern China
Description: In 1926, a Russian adventurer in northern China witnessed an unusual event. While observing a large black eagle, he and his companions noticed a massive, shiny oval object reflecting the sun’s light, moving swiftly from north to south and then changing direction to southwest. The object had a brilliant surface and disappeared into the blue sky, leaving a lasting impression on the witnesses. (Chapter 6, Ref 195)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_186

Event 2979 (98F6F5E8)

Date: 9/1926
Location: Salt Lake City (near), UT
Description: 11:00 PM. An air mail pilot was repeatedly buzzed by a long, cylindrical object. Each time the object came within about 50 yards, the aircraft engine would begin to sputter and misfire, until the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a pasture. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_82

Event 2980 (35AADA58)

Date: Late 9/1926
Location: USA, near Salt Lake City
Description: (Translated from French) Colin Murphy, a pilot providing air mail transport, had a close encounter one night in September, around 11 pm. He was 70 miles from Salt Lake City where he had taken off when a huge, luminous object flew past his small DH-4 biplane, a survivor of the First World War. It was a cylinder-shaped object, without wings or engines, measuring about 90 feet long and 8 to 10 feet in diameter. Three times this strange object approached the small plane. Each time it was less than 50 yards away and the engine of the plane began to sputter. Finally Colin had no other alternative than to make a forced landing in a sheep meadow. Quite frustrated by the turn of events, Colin got out of the cockpit and looked up. The object shot away like a bullet and disappeared in a few seconds. (September, late 1926)
Reference: "UFO’s – A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15, 16
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_807

Event 2981 (9E5E5620)

Date: 9/25/1926 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN, NV
Description: Pilot buzzed. 30M cylinder/cylindrical object forces DH-4 airmail-plane to land. / r171+150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_360

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “loc.unk.,NV:PILOT BUZZED:30M CYL FORCES DH-4 AIRMAIL-PLANE TO LAND:/r171+150”, LatLong: “40.000002 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2982 (9A9AFCF5)

Date: Late 9/1926
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description: 11:00 p.m. An Air Mail pilot named Colin Murphy is repeatedly buzzed by a huge glowing object one hour after he takes off in his DH-4 biplane from Salt Lake City, Utah. The object is a 90-foot-long cylinder with no wings or propeller. Every time the object approaches closer than 150 feet, his engine sputters and misfires. He is forced to land in a sheep pasture, whereupon the object shoots away to the south. Possible hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 5, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_416

Event 2983 (B4B58D47)

Date: 10/27/1926
Location: London, England
Description: Attorney and “telepathist” Hugh Mansfield Robinson, who has been in contact with a female Martian entity named Oomaruru since 1918, convinces the central radio office in London, England, to send out a message, “MMM opesti nipitia secomba” over the airwaves. He intends for it to be picked up by Martian wireless. The next day, he claims that Oomaruru telepathically told him that only the first three letters had been received. Robinson describes the Martians as 7–8 feet tall with large ears, a wealth of black hair, and almond eyes. Over the years he continues receiving messages from Oomaruru while in a trance and attempting to send signals to Mars. Psychic investigator Nandor Fodor, who has attended some of Robinson’s séances, calls him “as slippery as a human eel.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Earl J. Johnson, “Imagination Runs Wild about Visit of Martian Realm,” Pomona (Calif.) Bulletin, October 28, 1926, p. 1; “Doctor Files Mars Message by Radio ‘At Sender’s Risk,’” Vancouver (B.C.) Sun, October 28, 1926, p. 18; Nandor Fodor, The Haunted Mind, Garrett, 1959, pp. 259–269; Clark III 1018–1019; Marc Hartzman, “Earth to Mars in the 1920s: The Strange Case of the Man Who Tried to Contact Martians via Radio,” Weird Historian, February 22, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_417

Event 2984 (CB88BEC7)

Date: 11/1926
Location: ENGLAND, Bolton (Lancashire)
Description: (Translated from French) Henry Thomas, the young son of a policeman, had been put to bed early. He wanted to play with his friends who were outside. He sneaked out of the house to join them. They began a game of hide-and-seek in the alleys. Seeing a back door ajar, Henry entered the yard in the hope of finding one of his friends hidden there. In the yard were three normal-sized people, looking through the back window of a house. The trio was dressed in strange costumes, which seemed to be made of gray-silver rubber tubes, and were wearing black boots. They looked like ‘skinny’ versions of the “Michelin Man”. They wore on their heads “transparent dome-shaped helmets”. Tubes came out of them to tanks that the creatures carried on their backs. (note from vog: this description really makes me think of people who have put on diving suits for one reason or another…) The men turned to face the boy. They had pale bulb-shaped faces, dark and slanted eyes, almost no nose and no visible mouth. Henry had the impression that they were benevolent despite their frightening appearance. One of them made a gurgling sound and all three began to move towards the terrified boy.
Reference: “UFO Files”, ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 7
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_809

Event 2985 (45DF3D3E)

Date: 11/1926
Description: (Translated from French) In Bolton (Lancashire, England), Henry Thomas, the young son of a policeman, is put to bed. He wants to play with his friends who are outside. He sneaks out of the house to join them. They start a game of hide-and-seek in the alleys. Seeing a back door ajar, Henry enters the yard in the hope of finding one of his friends hidden there. In the yard are 3 normal-sized people, looking through the back window of a house. The trio is dressed in strange costumes that seem to be made of gray-silver rubber tubes, and are wearing black boots. They look like “skinny” versions of the Michelin Man. They wear transparent dome-shaped helmets. Tubes come out of them to tanks that the creatures carry on their backs. The “men” then turn to face the boy. They have pale bulb-shaped faces, dark and slanted eyes, almost no nose and no visible mouth. Henry has the impression that they are benevolent despite their frightening appearance. One of them makes a gurgling sound and all 3 start to move towards the terrified boy. (November)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_403

Event 2986 (C39983CF)

Date: 11/1926
Description: (Translated from French) At Colun Judetul Sibiu (Romania), Ion Bunescu is with his horses on the road to a pasture and sees in the night a “illuminated lance” the size of the Moon. The object remains motionless for 5 or 10 minutes above Bunescu’s head. It has the shape of a boat 3 m long and 2 m wide. The middle is darker than the ends. After that the object heads towards Arpasul de Jos (8 km further) and after going around a small wood 3 km from Cîrta it suddenly goes out (the place where the witness is is a hill with very good visibility of about 60 km). The object makes a whistling sound and all the surroundings are lit up as if it were day (1 h)
Reference: [Ion Hobana & Julien Weverberg, UFO’s Behind the Iron Curtain].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_404

Event 2987 (F195C796)

Date: 11/1926
Time: ~21:00
Location: BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
Description: Several kids. 3 helmeted ‘men’ / silver space-suits hide in alley.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN CONTACTS & ABDUCTIONS; Sterling Publ., NY 1993. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_361

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “BOLTON,LANCASHIRE:SVRL KIDS:3 HELMETED ‘MEN’/SLVR SPACE-SUITS HIDE in ALLEY:”, LatLong: “53.566669 -2.433333”, LatLongDMS: “53:34:00 N 02:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2988 (004ECAE5)

Date: 11/1926
Location: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Description: Early evening. Playing hide-and-seek with friends in Bolton, Lancashire, England, Henry Thomas slips into a backyard and finds three figures dressed in odd suits made of silvery gray rubber tubes. They are looking into a window in the back of a house. A tube extends from their helmets into a tank on each figure’s back. They turn to look at him and he sees their heads are pale and “shaped like lightbulbs” and they have slits for mouths. Thomas runs away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1926: Humanoid Hide and Seek,” ThinkAboutIt; Clark III 264
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_418

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Year: 1927, 35 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2989 (05FEF277)

Date: 1927
Location: FRANCE, Creuse
Description: (Translated from French) The airship LZ 127 Zeppelin flew over the region of the Pierres-Jaumâtres for a long time. At the same time, higher up in the sky, there appeared aircrafts of the same shape, which seemed to be escorting it. [note de vog: IN REALITY: this zeppelin was built in … 1930. It made trips between Germany and Russia in 1931. It therefore does not belong to those that France received in sharing on November 11, 1918: France receives the LZ 113 (LZ 83), LZ 121 Nordstern which will become “Méditerranée”, LZ 114 (L 72) which will become “Dixmude”… THEREFORE, the story would be made up from scratch]
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “Ces OVNI qui annoncent le surhomme” - Laffont 1979, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_817

Event 2990 (4A669967)

Date: 1927
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Fernvale (New South Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) Two brothers saw a UFO in the shape of a curved disc pass above their heads. It illuminated the entire valley and eventually landed. The next day a circle of scorched grass was found at the spot.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 308
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_820

Event 2991 (3857CEEA)

Date: 1927
Location: USA, Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Description: (Translated from French) Flying near Scottsbluff, the pilot Barney Oldfield was surrounded by “manhole covers” flying.
Reference: A CENTURY OF UFO - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, ed. Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_822

Event 2992 (17B28E7B)

Date: 1927
Description: (Translated from French) The first solid-state germanium device (semiconductor) of Henry Moray is submitted to the United States Patent Office, and is rejected due to the fact that it cannot operate without an excited cathode.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_405

Event 2993 (0AB8D0CC)

Date: 1927
Description: (Translated from French) (or 1928) July: We saw, as did many people, a glowing cylinder flying towards the East above the village of Piatra-Olt (Romania) at an incredible speed and without any noise. The object was bigger than the Moon. It was yellow and illuminated the streets so much that it was as if it were midday. It exploded in the air into a fountain of red sparks.
Reference: Eremencu Petre
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_406

Event 2994 (974AD2A2)

Date: 1927
Location: Fernvale, New South Wales
Description: For a few weeks, 10-year-old Cecil “Danny” McGann, his family, and other farmers in the area of Fernvale, New South Wales, are terrorized by dancing aerial lights during the night, the unusual deaths of their cattle and pigs, mystery intruders, apparitions, circular areas of scorched grass, large and unfamiliar birds, bizarre noises, and strange men in odd suits. McGann is still terrified of this series of events when he relates them to UFO investigator Bill Chalker in 1985.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 485–491; Bill Chalker, “Physical Traces,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 190
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_419

Event 2995 (252C9AF1)

Date: 1927
Location: Marin County, California
Description: In 1927, a woman in Marin County, California, reported witnessing a dynamic UFO sighting. She described a cigar-shaped craft emerging from a cloud and swiftly moving across the sky toward Tamalpais. While she initially thought it could be a dirigible, she noticed distinct differences in its shape and behavior, as it was elongated and yellow in color, moving at high speed. The craft appeared to alter its shape by contracting and elongating as it passed by her viewpoint. (Chapter 6, Ref 190)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_181

Event 2996 (3D494DE4)

Date: 1927
Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Description: In 1927, a young individual in West Frankfort, Illinois, had a close encounter with a disc-shaped UFO. The object, which emitted revolving and flashing lights, approached noiselessly, coming to a halt around 100 feet away and hovering above a house. The witness estimated the UFO to be approximately 40 feet in diameter, resembling stainless steel. It featured a gondola-like section with round windows emitting blue-white light. The UFO extended a thin rod or wire, closed its windows like a camera’s iris shutter, and then resumed revolving before departing in the opposite direction. (Chapter 6, Ref 191)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_182

Event 2997 (54173FDA)

Date: 1927
Location: Romania
Description: In 1927, two notable UFO sightings occurred in different parts of the world. In the first case, a cylindrical object was witnessed flying over a Romanian village during clear daylight conditions. Multiple observers, including an engineer, reported the object to be around 50 to 65 feet long and 10 to 13 feet in diameter. It was described as smoke gray in color and moved silently at an altitude of less than 1,000 feet. (Chapter 6, Ref 196)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_187

Event 2998 (F00B1905)

Date: 1927
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Description: In 1927, an intriguing UFO event occurred in a remote area of New South Wales, Australia. Two brothers encountered a cylindrical UFO with a dome on top, emanating a dull light. The object suddenly hissed, producing a dazzling light that illuminated the surroundings. It landed on a nearby hill, leaving a scorched area of grass about 30 feet in diameter. The next morning, the brothers discovered the scorched patch, and their neighbors confirmed witnessing the glowing object’s descent before it vanished into the darkness. (Chapter 6, Ref 197)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_188

Event 2999 (56BB98D5)

Date: Early 1927
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater general purpose Westland Wapiti I, 225 km/h, ceiling 6280m, range 580 km. There will be 512 examples for the RAF and 500 for other users, including South Africa which built under license. Metal structure versions, arctic version, ski, floats, 80 Wapiti flying in India survived in 1945. From 1969 the WESTLAND company mainly focused on the construction of helicopters (1927, beginning of the year)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Sea King, Scout and Wasp, Wessex, Lynx in collaboration with Aérospatiale of France.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_810

Event 3000 (4833D2EC)

Date: 2/1927
Location: FERNVALE, AUS
Description: 2 / ranch. Domed saucer seen / days. Burnt grass. Cows scared. Pig missing.
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_362

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “64”, HatchDesc: “FERNVALE,AUS:2/RANCH:DOMED SCR SEEN/DAYS:BURNT GRASS:COWS SCARED:PIG MISSING”, LatLong: “-27.450001 152.583341”, LatLongDMS: “27:27:00 S 152:35:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3001 (F261005A)

Date: 2/1927 (approximate)
Time: ~09:00
Location: SAUSALITO, CA
Description: Early / 1927. Cylinder/cigar-shape crosses bay fast going quickly west. Long and thin. Shortens and lengthens!
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_363

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAUSALITO,CA:EARLY/1927:CGR CROSSES BAY FAST>>W:LONG+THIN:SHORTENS+LENGTHENS!”, LatLong: “37.861113 -122.500006”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:40 N 122:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3002 (68E9E029)

Date: 2/8/1927
Location: ATLANTIC CIRCUIT
Description: (Translated from French) By Pinedo, Del Prete and Zachetti, on the hydroplane Savoia-Machetti S.55 “Santa Maria” from Roosevelt (Texas) to Santa Maria II from New York to Rome. (February 8th to June 16th, 1927)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 184
Reference: Summary of the dashboard in the cited book.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_811

Event 3003 (ED50E641)

Date: 2/19/1927
Location: URUGUAY, SOUTH ATLANTIC CROSSING
Description: (Translated from French) The Uruguayan Dornier-Wal takes off from Marina di Pisa to attempt a round-the-world trip. The crew consists of brothers Taddeo and Gianco Larre-Borges, Ibarra and Rigoli. They reach Casablanca for Dakar, but have to land north of Cape Juby. The crew is kidnapped by the Moors. The aircraft is spotted three days later by French pilots Mermoz and Ville. Guillaumet and Riguelle also spot the seaplane, land and examine the wreckage. The prisoners are released a few days later for ransom by two other French pilots, Reine and Antoine. (February 19, 1927)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 184
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_812

Event 3004 (72A83B2C)

Date: 4/1927 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: WEST FRANKFORT, IL
Description: Boy. Bright metallic 12M sphere/orb/globe stops over house. Lit portholes / bottom/underside. Drops line.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_364

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “W.FRANKFORT,IL:BOY:BRITE MTLC 12M ORB STOPS ovr HOUSE:LIT PORTS/BTM:DROPS LINE”, LatLong: “37.916668 -88.933338”, LatLongDMS: “37:55:00 N 88:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3005 (198CEC98)

Date: 5/20/1927
Location: USA (New York) - FRANCE (Paris)
Description: (Translated from French) Charles Lindbergh on Ryan “Spirit of St. Louis” first non-stop link from New York to Paris in 33h 30m of flight and record of straight-line distance with 5809 km. He won the Orteig Prize ($25,000).
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p.187
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_813

Event 3006 (5268442A)

Date: Summer 1927
Location: USSR, Solovyevka
Description: (Translated from French) This town is located about 20 km south of Lipetsk. Early in the afternoon, engineer I.V. Surkov saw a milky white disc in the sky to the north. It was twice the size of a full moon, and flew slowly to the east. The weather was warm, and there were many cumulus clouds in the sky. As it approached one of these clouds, the disc “disappeared” into the cloud, which reappeared when the disc had passed through it. This happened with each cloud on the object’s trajectory. The observation lasted more than half an hour. (1927, Summer)
Reference: Felix Zigel and FSR
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_815

Event 3007 (BAC5A179)

Date: Summer 1927
Location: Wolfe County, Kentucky
Description: Reece Andrew Lacey, 9, sees a large fish-like object with “big fins extended outward near the front, and small, short ones near the rear” in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 11, no. 2 (December 1958): 111–112; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_420

Event 3008 (71E16E07)

Date: 7/1927
Location: ROMANIA
Description: (Translated from French) A group of children who were tending sheep said that “God was walking in the sky”. Nicholae Balcescu received from Gheorge Achimescu, an agronomist engineer, this testimony: “While it was very nice and there was no wind, I saw a cylindrical object 15 to 20 m long and 3 to 4 m in diameter pass over the village at an altitude between 200 and 300 m. It was heading from west to east, standing vertically in the sky. Its color was smoke gray, it was not lit. It moved in total silence. Young shepherds who were tending sheep outside the village followed this strange object with their eyes and were convinced that they had just seen God in the sky…”
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 237-238
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_814

Event 3009 (0B8ECBEB)

Date: 7/1927
Location: ROMANIA, Piatra-Olt
Description: (Translated from French) One evening in the month of July 1927 or 1928 we saw with many other witnesses, a radiating cylinder flying in the direction of the east. It passed over the village at a fantastic speed without emitting the slightest sound. This object was bigger than the full moon. Yellow in color, its light illuminated the streets so brightly that it seemed like the middle of the day. It exploded in the air with a projection of red sparks (July 1927 or 1928)
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and in the Eastern Countries” - trad. Laffont 1976 - p. 293-294
Reference: Petre Eremencu
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_816

Event 3010 (F566741D)

Date: 7/1927?
Location: CORBOLA, ITL
Description: Girl / 11. 3M glowing-object dives / river. Emerges and quickly going up. Small humanoid (or Grey) in dome. / r39p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CORBOLA,ITL:GIRL/11:3M GLOW-OBJ DIVES/RIVER:EMERGES+↑↑:OID IN DOME:/r39p27”, LatLong: “45.005558 12.083334”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:20 N 12:05:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RO”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3011 (6787CBE9)

Date: 7/1927
Locations: Agricultural engineer; Nicolae Bălcescu, Romania
Description: Agricultural engineer Gheorghe Achimescu sees a smoke-gray, cylindrical object fly silently from west to east over the village of Nicolae Bălcescu, Romania, at an altitude of 650–950 feet. He estimates it is about 50 feet long with a diameter of 10 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 152–153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_421

Event 3012 (1E607281)

Date: 8/1927 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: SOLOVYEVKA, RUSSIA
Description: Disk west going east across / sky. Each cloud in path vanishes and reappears after!
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “SOLOVYEVKA,RUSS:DISK W>E ACRS/SKY:EACH CLOUD in PATH VANISHES+REAPPEARS AFTER!”, LatLong: “52.250002 39.566669”, LatLongDMS: “52:15:00 N 39:34:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LIP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3013 (FC42C292)

Date: 8/5/1927
Location: Himalayan Mts., Nepal
Description: We all saw, in the direction north to south, something big and shiny reflecting sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 270805
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_84

Event 3014 (10990C7B)

Date: 8/5/1927
Location: Qinghai Lake, Tibet
Description: Explorer Nicholas Roerich and others in his caravan observe a UFO near Qinghai Lake, Tibet. “We all saw, in the direction north to south, something big and shiny reflecting sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp this thing changed in its direction from south to southwest, and we saw how it disappeared in the intense blue sky. We even had time to take our field glasses and saw quite distinctly the oval form with the shiny surface, one side of which was brilliant from the sun."
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nicholas Roerich, Altai-Himalaya, Frederick A. Stokes, 1929, pp. 361–362; Brad Sparks, “Analysis: Roerich Case, Aug. 5, 1927”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_422

Event 3015 (4413ABC9)

Date: 8/5/1927
Description: At 9:30 in the morning while climbing in the Humbolt Range of the Altai Mountains in Mongolia, explorer Nicholas Roerich and seven companions saw a huge, shiny, flying oval-shaped object that reflected the sunlight. It flew from north to south, then changed direction and flew off to the southeast. The UFO was in view for several minutes and was examined through binoculars. Witnesses of the daylight UFO included members of the mountaineering expedition, Mongols, and Buriat lamas. The lamas believed it was the “Sign of Shambala.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 22; J. Allen Hynek, International UFO Reporter, January 1982, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4669

Event 3016 (C539C83A)

Date: Late Summer 1927
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: Long delayed echoes—radio echoes that return to the sender several seconds after a radio transmission has occurred—are first observed by civil engineer and amateur radio operator Jørgen Hals from his home near Oslo, Norway. The cause of LDEs remains unknown, although A. G. Shlionsky has proposed 15 different explanations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Long delayed echo”; Carl Størmer, “Short Wave Echoes and the Aurora Borealis,” Nature 122 (1928): 681; Sverre Holm, “The Five Most Likely Explanations for Long Delayed Echoes,” March 16, 2004; Sverre Holm, “15 Possible Explanations for Long Delayed Echoes,” November 6, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_423

Event 3017 (D214F22B)

Date: Autumn 1927
Location: USSR, near Omsk
Description: (Translated from French) A peasant was suddenly awoken in the night by a deafening noise. He jumped out of bed, wondering what could have caused such an infernal racket. The neighing and stamping of hooves on the other side of the wooden partition made him immediately understand where he had to run. The man, thinking of a thief, went out into the courtyard, grabbed his pitchfork and opened the stable door. His two horses, terrified, pushed him, threw him to the ground and galloped off into the fields. Furious, covered in manure, he got up, took a lantern and went back home where he found all the neighbours gathered, alarmed, carrying lights and sticks. The aspect of the stable was astounding. The shack was crossed in all directions by silver wires of various thicknesses, from the ceiling to the walls, from the walls to the floor. And these wires were so strong that it was difficult to cut them, even with an axe, to penetrate the centre of the room. In the middle of the ceiling there was a large hole. It looked as if an enormous rock had gone through the roof, yet looking on the ground there was no trace of stones or pebbles of any kind. But what did all these brave people see when they looked around them? A horrible, terrifying, and undoubtedly living “thing” was hanging from a bundle of hay: a whitish mass the size of a pumpkin. It contracted and expanded in sequence like an open heart. The “thing” started to move, it turned around to advance towards those who, rooted to the spot, were looking at it. As it turned, it showed that its entire mass resembled a human face. From this monster, which was nothing but a head without a body, long tentacles stretched out towards those who were watching it, their teeth chattering. Those who were too scared ran away screaming prayers. The bravest threw themselves on the abominable thing and managed to reduce it to an amorphous, sticky, bluish-white mass. (1927, Autumn)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: “Shadows on the Stars” - Albin Michel 1970, p. 340, 341
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_818

Event 3018 (EAEE0A2E)

Date: 10/18/1927
Time: 13:00?
Location: BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: 1 observer. Metallic object rises / ground. Lens-like protrusions. Sand / ground fused!
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_367

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “BAKERSFIELD,CA:1 OBS:MTLC OBJ RISES/GND:LENS-LIKE PROTRUSIONS:SAND/GND FUSED!”, LatLong: “35.350002 -119.016672”, LatLongDMS: “35:21:00 N 119:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3019 (49515599)

Date: 10/18/1927
Location: Bakersfield, California
Description: Richard Sweed is driving west on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California, when he sees a bluish-gray metallic disc with portholes take off from the ground at a 45° angle. It is about 60 feet in diameter and makes a whining sound. He examines the spot where the object had rested and finds the sand “fused like glass crystals.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_424

Event 3020 (D8EDFFF9)

Date: 10/18/1927
Description: A man by the man of Sweed witnessed a hexagonal flying craft with rivets and a dome that was flying low over a road in Bakersfield, California. A human looking occupant was seen inside a window. The object shot away extremely fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6946

Event 3021 (4BE60ADE)

Date: 10/28/1927
Description: (Translated from French) In Zanesville (Ohio), Thomas Townsend Brown performs experiments at his Experimental Physics Laboratory on the force acting on charged conductors. The device takes two forms, as described in a manuscript entitled Tapping Cosmic Energy dated this day, which at the time is submitted for publication to the magazine Physical Review, but rejected. (October 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_407

Event 3022 (29B7A01D)

Date: 11/1927
Location: GERMANY, Obernigk (Silesia)
Description: (Translated from French) Tests of model aircraft powered by a powder rocket were carried out from various sides, including by the “Gesellschaft Fur Raketenforschung” in November 1927 in Obernigk. (November 1927)
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 69-70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_819

Event 3023 (CD3E2C6C)

Date: 12/1927
Location: GERMANY, Erzgebirge
Description: (Translated from French) Testing of model airplanes powered by rockets.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_821

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Event 2877 (997F851D)

Date: 10/1920
Description: (Translated from French) In Stavanger (Norway), Harald B. Rage, descends to the cellar to punish a cat. As he shouts at the cat, a luminous ball arrives through the window - directly through the glass. It is as big as a tennis ball, and has many colors. It dances around making circles, going up and down, while the witness tries to catch it. Finally it disappears through the window again, without damaging it. Its distance from the witness was from 10 to 80 cm.
Reference: UFO Report form, December 27th 1964
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_394

Event 2878 (DA5F9277)

Date: Late 10/1920
Locations: Freeport, Texas; 50 miles north of Freeport, Texas
Description: 3:00 a.m. C. B. Alves sees four flying discs 50 miles north of Freeport, Texas, when he is out fishing with some friends. They look like two big silver plates set edge to edge. Each appears to be about 25 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick at the center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 8, no. 2 (February 1955): 122–123; Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_394

Event 2879 (0A8C8E0D)

Date: 11/2/1920
Description: First commercial radio broadcast from KDKA in Pittsburgh PA
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_32

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Year: 1921, 14 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2880 (17C43F8B)

Date: 1921
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Paul Villa was born in 1916, and was allegedly instructed by extraterrestrials from his fifth year, that is in 1921
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_785

Event 2881 (C3564ABF)

Date: 1921
Location: FRANCE, between Arleux and Péronne
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, M. B.G., 8 years old at the time, on a stroll along the banks of the Canal du Nord, suddenly saw two beings emerge from the willows, wearing a kind of flexible diving suit. They dragged him forcibly towards a kind of “tank” and hoisted him into the machine. He started to cry. An opening appeared in the ceiling of the cabin and in a few moments he was outside, on the ground. He had to walk for part of the afternoon to find his way back.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 46, 47
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_786

Event 2882 (91077F0A)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseilles, France
Description: Undocumented report of an “abduction” by two beings. (Magonia #43, Quincy) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_74

Event 2883 (B9749BB9)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseilles, France
Description: Undocumented report of an “abduction” by two beings.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_43

Event 2884 (701BEEF3)

Date: 1921
Location: Marseille, France
Description: An 8-year-old is playing in the hillocks near a canal in Marseille, France. He is suddenly accosted by two tall, slender men wearing apparent diving suits who drag him into a strange looking “tank.” After a while, an opening appears in the ceiling, and in a few moments he finds himself back on the ground. He must walk all afternoon to get back to the place where the UFO picked him up 5 minutes earlier.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264; [Letter], “J’ai voyagé en soucoupe,” Paris-Match, no. 291, October 23, 1954; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 7, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_395

Event 2885 (99F1805D)

Date: 1/31/1921
Description: (Translated from French) An American 5-masted schooner, the Carroll A. Deering, which had passed 48 hours earlier off Cape Zookout, north of the Carolinas at a speed of 5 miles per hour, is found aground on sandbanks, off the coast of Florida, with all its sails set. No distress signal was detected. There is not a soul on board. Empty davits indicate that boats have been launched. Ropes hang along the hull and, finally, only two gray cats are found in the kitchen, dying of hunger. All sails are rigged, except the main staysail, but two slashed arrows are discovered. The ship’s papers, logbook, chronometers, clothing in the forecastle before the messroom clock are missing. In the captain’s cabin, there is some disorder and drawers have been left open. On the other hand, three pairs of rubber boots in an adjacent locker may indicate that other men have used the cabin. A reserve cabin also seems to have been occupied. The captain’s large trunk and canvas bag have disappeared. The steering apparatus is no longer working, the wheel is demolished and the cockpit has been crushed. (January 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_395

Event 2886 (F891A57B)

Date: 1/31/1921
Description: (Translated from French) Sailors of a Peruvian cargo ship, the Francisco Moreno, discover an abandoned vessel in the Pacific. However, they observe that the fire of the boilers is still burning in the galley as if it had been lit 2 hours before.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_396

Event 2887 (C2B1DD7A)

Date: 7/1921?
Location: MARSEILLE, FR
Description: Boy / 8 abduction / 2 tall thin figure(s) / diving-suits. Tank with square portholes. / MJ#309.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_342

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MARSEILLE,FR:BOY/8 ABD/2 TALL THIN FIGS/DIVING-SUITS:TANK W/SQR.PORTS:/MJ#309”, LatLong: “43.300002 5.400000”, LatLongDMS: “43:18:00 N 05:24:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2888 (66EBCE19)

Date: Late 7/1921
Location: 39 Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, England
Description: 2:00 a.m. Annie Baker of 39 Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, England, sees a “strange looking bladder like monster the shape of an airship only much wider” during a thunderstorm. It is luminous and remains stationary for several minutes but moves away and disappears quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 13–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_396

Event 2889 (261683B5)

Date: 7/29/1921
Description: The Council on Foreign Relations is incorporated. Founded by corporate lawyer Elihu Root, the organization brings diplomats, high-level government officials, and academics together with lawyers, bankers, and industrialists to engineer foreign policy. The first issue of Foreign Affairs is published in September 1922.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Council on Foreign Relations”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_397

Event 2890 (AF83C245)

Date: 9/1921
Location: British Air Ministry
Description: The British Air Ministry has asked the public to submit reports on observations of ball lightning to its Meteorological Office. The results are summarized by geophysicist Harold Jeffreys, who notes very little uniformity in the observations, with little agreement on size, duration, color, or shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold Jeffreys, “Results of the Ball Lightning Inquiry,” Meteorological Magazine 56 (September 1921): 208–211; UFOFiles2, pp. 13–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_398

Event 2891 (12201D07)

Date: 9/1/1921
Locations: Mediterranean Sea; Mars
Description: J. H. C. Macbeth of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company announces that inventor Guglielmo Marconi is convinced he has intercepted wireless signals from Mars while cruising in the Mediterranean Sea on his mobile laboratory and yacht, the Electra. The signals are regular and “produced high in the meter band.” One of them resembles the letter “V” in the Marconi Code.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Marconi Sure Mars Flashes Messages,” New York Times, September 2, 1921, p. 1; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_399

Event 2892 (C70B17BA)

Date: 9/2/1921
Description: (Translated from French) Guglielmo Marconi picks up messages from his yacht in the Mediterranean with a 10 times stronger wavelength than any terrestrial station. These messages are emitted on an unknown wavelength and seem to correspond to a code. (2 September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_397

Event 2893 (5AF62DF1)

Date: 10/9/1921
Location: Harvard University
Description: Harvard University astronomer William Henry Pickering claims that he has discovered, through two years of observation, vegetation growing in lunar craters that contain water and a source of heat. They seem to form strips or “canals” that vary according to season.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Says 2 Crops a Day Grow on the Moon,” New York Times, October 9, 1921, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_400

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Year: 1922, 18 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2894 (866C237C)

Date: 1922
Location: County Donegal, Ireland
Description: County Donegal, Ireland: Irish Republic Army man, Lawrence Bradley, wrote to the editor of “Watfordand West-Hersts Post” magazine (4/30/64) that while he was fighting a scattered rear-guard, mostly in the mountains of Donegal, he came upon a cave with vegetation at the entrance that had been scorched. The only occupants in the cave were the sick and the wounded that had been unable to walk. The six able-bodied soldiers that were looking after them said they had been awakened early pre-dawn by a whirring noise outside of the cave and had fired their rifles in the direction of the noise, thinking that it was an armored car. Suddenly the object retaliated by firing jets of flame at the cave entrance. After near suffocation, the soldiers ran out to see the flame throwing UFO ascending into the sky. Clearly visible, it was circular in shape and glowing and of a shiny metal.
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_33

Event 2895 (455FA745)

Date: 1922 (approximate)
Location: PORTUGAL, Estoraos-Viana do Castello
Description: (Translated from French) The witness, then aged 15, saw a strange silhouette coming onto the bridge where he himself was walking. This creature passed barely 4 m away from him: it was about 2 meters tall and walked like a monkey. (1922, exact date unknown)
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing by Victor Lourenco
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_790

Event 2896 (70769F54)

Date: 1922
Locations: Oregon Canyon Ranch; McDermott, Nevada; King’s River Ranch near Orovada
Description: Starting this year, ghost lights are seen every year until 1932 in the desert near the Oregon Canyon Ranch, McDermott, Nevada. They look like lanterns or car headlights in the distance. More than 50 of the sheepherders in the area have seen the lights, including Tito Bengoa, the brother of Frank and Christopher Bengoa of the King’s River Ranch near Orovada.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold, “Phantom Lights in Nevada,” Fate 1, no. 3 (Fall 1948): 96–98
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_401

Event 2897 (B92EB7B7)

Date: 1922
Location: Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Description: In 1922, a young boy from Prairie Grove, Arkansas, had a lasting UFO encounter. While playing, he noticed a hat-shaped object in the sky, positioned around two or three hundred feet above the shade trees. Comparable in size to automobiles, the object featured a central dome on a circular brim, leaving an enduring impression on the witness. (Chapter 5, Ref 186)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_177

Event 2898 (B7448D51)

Date: 1922
Location: Ireland
Description: In 1922, soldiers hiding in an Irish cave during the civil war shot at an object they mistook for an enemy armored car. The object retaliated by emitting flame jets, forcing the soldiers to retreat due to the heat and smoke. As they left the cave, the object, circular and bright like aluminum, ascended into the sky at dawn. (Chapter 6, Ref 193)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_184

Event 2899 (0336651B)

Date: 1922
Location: Hubbell, Nebraska
Description: In 1922, a Nebraska hunter recounted an extraordinary experience while hunting near Hubbell. He reported hearing crackling sounds and a high-pitched noise before observing a brightly lit circular object descending and landing out of sight behind a hill. What stood out the most was his claim of encountering an enormous, eight-foot-tall “magnificent flying creature” that landed near the circular object. The hunter followed the creature’s tracks in the snow for miles but was unable to spot it again. (Chapter 6, Ref 200)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_191

Event 2900 (C6A2AD90)

Date: 2/22/1922
Location: USA, Hubbell (Nebraska)
Description: (Translated from French) Early in the morning William Lamb had gone hunting in the Hubell area. Around 5:00am he suddenly heard a piercing sound at the same time a dark object appeared in the sky, blocking the very bright stars of this winter morning. Just as suddenly the UFO lit up and landed in a hollow in the ground. Just before the craft took off, the witness distinctly saw a man flying about 2.50m high come out and take a few steps in the snow. Lamb followed his footprints but without result. Voices were heard inside the unknown craft. (February 22, 1922)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_787

Event 2901 (BB413BBF)

Date: 2/22/1922
Location: Hubbell, NE
Description: 5:00 a.m. William C. Lamb was following strange tracks when he heard a high- pitched sound and saw a circular object intercepting starlight. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterword, a creature over 2.4 m tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_75

Event 2902 (AABE684B)

Date: 2/22/1922
Time: 0500
Location: Hubbell, Nebraska
Description: William C. Lamb was following strange tracks when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a circular object intercepting starlight. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterword, a creature over 2.4 m tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 22 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_44

Event 2903 (EB4281DA)

Date: 2/22/1922
Description: William C. Lamb was following strange tracks near Hubbell, Nebraska at 5:00 a.m. when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a circular flying object. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterward, a creature over eight feet tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 189; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1043

Event 2904 (2563988D)

Date: 5/1922
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater bomber Breguet 19, max. speed 220 km/h. ceiling 7000 m; end of production in France in 1928, in other countries in 1930.
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_788

Event 2905 (90949FE3)

Date: Summer 1922
Locations: Detroit, Michigan; South Dragoon Street; Vacant Lot
Description: A teenage couple, William O’Brien and Irma (later married surname is Hinz), walking home from a movie in Detroit, Michigan, see a large disc-shaped object hovering above a vacant lot on South Dragoon Street. Rectangular windows surround the perimeter of the UFO’s base. Seated at those windows are 20 or so bald- headed beings with close-set eyes. They stare at the witnesses, who become unnerved and leave.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264; Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1910–1939, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_402

Event 2906 (B61F4496)

Date: Summer 1922
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Description: Many witnesses in Warsaw, Poland, see a silvery object, shaped like two hemispheres divided by a rotating ring, that shoots a beam of light and ascends with a loud noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bronislaw Rzepecki, “UFOs and Ufologists in Poland,” IUR 11, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1986): 15; Poland 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_403

Event 2907 (456AA760)

Date: 8/1922 (approximate)
Location: WARSAW, POL
Description: Many observer(s). Metallic Saturn-sphere/orb/globe. Ring rotates. Shoots beam. Quickly going up [to] with loud noise.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WARSAW,POL:MANY OBS:MTLC SATURN-ORB:RING ROTATES:SHOOTS BEAM:↑↑ W/LOUD NOISE”, LatLong: “52.233336 21.066668”, LatLongDMS: “52:14:00 N 21:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2908 (260BF56B)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Barmouth (Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) John Morris, a lifeboat rescuer at Barmouth Life Boat, and William James were on a quay in Barmouth looking out to sea. Suddenly they saw a kind of aeroplane falling into the water. They immediately jumped into a motorboat and raced to the spot, in vain, as they found nothing. The investigation that followed was inconclusive, as no aircraft had been reported missing at the time of the event.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_789

Event 2909 (41267AE4)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: Barmouth, Wales, UK
Description: John Morris and William James saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that it was thought to be a plane. A boat was sent out, but nothing was found. (Magonia #45, Fort 639) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_77

Event 2910 (776C72C6)

Date: 9/9/1922
Location: Barmouth, Wales
Description: John Morris and William James saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that it was thought to be a plane. A boat was sent out, but nothing was found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fort 639 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_45

Event 2911 (E260DA39)

Date: 9/9/1922
Description: John Morris and William James in Barmouth, Wales saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that they thought it might have been an airplane. A boat was sent out but nothing was found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 189; citing Charles Fort, The Books of Charles Fort, p. 639
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5783

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Year: 1923, 16 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2912 (B7119594)

Date: 1923
Description: (Translated from French) Townsend Brown, who demonstrated at the beginning of the 20th century a link between electricity and gravity, obtained an American patent for a device that could lift objects into the air without using a motor. His mechanism remained largely ignored by the scientific community.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_398

Event 2913 (5414402F)

Date: 1923
Location: Greencastle, IN
Description: Revolving red object passed over-head from NE to SW. Two witnesses were college professors. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_78

Event 2914 (B7143F97)

Date: 1923
Locations: DePauw University; Greencastle, Indiana
Description: Two DePauw University college students, Andrew Wallace Crandall and Herrick Greenleaf, watch a revolving red object pass over Greencastle, Indiana. The object, round and glowing, moves silently from northeast to southwest, then vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_404

Event 2915 (2D437552)

Date: 1923
Location: Sebeş, Romania
Description: A photograph shows a domed disc hovering near the church tower in Sebeş, Romania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 10-11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_405

Event 2916 (4C9BF2BF)

Date: 1923
Location: Benton, Illinois
Description: In 1923, a family residing in Benton, Illinois, witnessed an unexpected aerial display provided by a UFO. The family observed a cloud-like object in the sky, which moved southwards, slowed down, and then performed intricate maneuvers around various landmarks. The object displayed colorful lights around its edge, including red, blue, green, and ecru, with a particularly bright ecru spotlight. After descending and briefly revealing a pillar of light, the object vanished from sight, leaving the witness with a lasting memory of a UFO encounter. (Chapter 5, Ref 187)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_178

Event 2917 (4B7739EE)

Date: 1923
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Description: In 1923, an Indiana farm boy claimed to have encountered a UFO near Richmond. He described a metallic machine with lights all around it, inhabited by five occupants, one of whom was referred to as the commander. The object had a dome-shaped top with holes, stood on three legs, and the occupants were about four feet tall with blond hair. After observing for about five minutes, the craft ascended, retracting its tripod legs and whizzed off to the west. The witness remained convinced that he had encountered a spaceship. (Chapter 6, Ref 201)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_192

Event 2918 (5DC4AB32)

Date: 2/1923
Location: PIEVE DI TECO, ITL
Description: Teen. Copper ‘fish’ dives going down. 2 portholes. Clear dome. Propeller!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “PIEVE di TECO,ITL:TEEN:COPPER ‘FISH’ DIVES ↓:2 PORTHOLES:CLR DOME:propeller!”, LatLong: “44.050002 7.933334”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 07:56:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2919 (75A9047D)

Date: 5/1923
Time: evening
Location: Benton, Illinois, USA
Description: In May 1923, in Benton, Illinois, Esther Fay Hungate, a nine-year-old girl, had a close encounter with a UFO. She and her twin brother, Everett, were playing in front of their house when they noticed a strange object in the sky that resembled a small cloud. As they watched, the object approached from the north, flying at a low altitude. It appeared to slow down, circle around an old fairground, and then pass by Grant School before stopping near some electrical poles. At this point, the object emitted a series of colored lights, including red, blue, green, and ecru.

The ecru light, in particular, was very bright and forced Esther to cover her closed eyes. After a few minutes, the spotlight turned off, and the object moved closer to the electric poles. It then ascended high into the sky before descending slowly and landing on the other side of the railroad tracks. At this point, the object, which was approximately the height of a telephone pole, emitted four lights and a pillar of light. When Esther looked away briefly and then back, the UFO had disappeared.

Despite her account of the event, no one believed Esther at the time. It wasn’t until June 1947 when she saw a picture of a UFO in a Sunday newspaper that she realized the object she had seen in 1923 was indeed a UFO. Esther never had another UFO sighting after this encounter.

This incident can be categorized as a typical close encounter of the first kind, where a witness observes a UFO at a relatively close distance. Notably, Esther was one of a pair of twins, which has led to speculation that the UFO crew might have been intrigued by the sight of identical human children, one male and one female.
Type: sighting
Reference: archive.org - UFO Roundup - Volume 1, Number 2. February 26, 1996
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1087

Event 2920 (F2A85C5B)

Date: 6/1923
Location: USA, Mount Erie, North of Wayne County (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) (Source: Evansville Courier (Indiana, USA) 12.8.1998) Title: “Illinois Man Convinced He Saw a UFO 75 Years Ago” Byline: Len Wells. 75 years ago Norman Massie was driving a pair of horses in the prairie near his Mount Erie home, when he looked up and saw what he believes today to be a spaceship. (…) Massie, now 85 years old, was ten at the time. He is a retired university math professor today, and he said nothing of the event since his father asked him to keep it to himself. That is what he did until 1990. “I opened the gate to let the horses into the prairie. I got them through and I was closing the gate and behind me in the field there was an object surrounded by lights,” said Massie. I got close to it, about 50 feet. I was there and I watched the five men who were on board." Massie describes them as being about four feet tall, with blond hair. “I was close enough to hear them talking,” said Massie. "One of them was sitting in a chair and the others were calling him ‘commander’. The other four were going back and forth in the craft. I didn’t know what it was until the end, when I heard one of the men shouting to the commander that ‘the repairs were done’. “The machine was metallic and it was on three legs. The top part was dome-shaped with holes in it. It looked like melted glass.” Massie said the encounter lasted only five minutes. “In one minute they were hovering, the legs telescoped into the body and it went straight up to 200 feet then went west at the speed of a rifle bullet.”… (June 1923)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_791

Event 2921 (34942077)

Date: 6/1923
Location: USA,
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter-bomber Curtiss Hawk, first version 386 km/h, ceiling 8300 m. This family of aircraft will undergo a huge evolution and will be used by the armies outside the USA for more than 20 years.
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_792

Event 2922 (EFFB30BD)

Date: 6/1923
Time: 08:00?
Location: NEAR EVANSVILLE, IN
Description: Boy / 10. Saucer / 3 legs / pasture. 4’ men move / glass dome. Speak English.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: Evansville, IN Courier: 12AUG98 via Stig Ajermose on Toronto email list.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_345

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “116”, HatchDesc: “nr EVANSVILLE,IN:BOY/10:SCR/3 LEGS/PASTURE:4’MEN MOVE/GLASS DOME:speak english”, LatLong: “38.000002 -87.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 87:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2923 (7E6C9719)

Date: 6/1923
Location: Northern Wayne County, IL
Description: Early Humanoid Report (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 2306xx
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_79

Event 2924 (9945BAB6)

Date: Summer 1923
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Joa de Porto Alegre.
Description: (Translated from French) Four young children, Sextina Guerra, Valter Paiva, Mariana Lopes and Anita Becker were returning home at nightfall when they heard a curious noise in the sky, as if gears were turning up there. The noise got closer and the witnesses then saw a brightness that quickly increased in intensity. Against the starry sky, a triangular shape, like a ship’s sail, stood out clearly (its apparent diameter was 1.50 m) passing through all the colors of the rainbow. Nearly ten other people were able to observe the phenomenon until it rose into the sky and disappeared on the horizon. (1923, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 235
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_793

Event 2925 (429EF3B8)

Date: 7/1923
Location: USSR, Sosnovka
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Volosnikov, on the steamship sailing on the Vyatka River, near his village, saw in the evening an object resembling a flying moon. He watched it for two or three minutes. The object then turned to the right and disappeared. Comparing his notes and documentation with what he had seen, the witness concluded that it must have been “an evil spirit”. (Excerpt: Felix Zigel and FSR) At dawn on the Vyatka River, Mr. Volosnikov, a passenger on the steamship, observed for three minutes an oval object flying above a nearby village before turning at a right angle and disappearing into the distance. (July 1923)
Reference: "UFOs - A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_794

Event 2926 (D75A9B3C)

Date: 7/15/1923?
Time: ~07:00
Location: TYATKA R. NEAR SOSNOVKA, RUSSIA
Description: Steamship. ‘Flying moon’ going / 3 min. Makes 90° turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_346

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “TYATKA R. nr SOSNOVKA,RUSS:STEAMSHIP:‘FLYING MOON’ > /3 MIN:MAKES 90° TURN”, LatLong: “58.416669 51.416669”, LatLongDMS: “58:25:00 N 51:25:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KIR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2927 (F82EBCA4)

Date: 10/1923
Description: Boni & Liveright publishes New Lands by Charles Fort, who writes about odd aerial and astronomical observations: “It seems no more incredible that up in the seemingly unoccupied sky there should be hosts of living things than that the seeming blank of the ocean, should swarm with life.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “New Lands”; Jim Steinmeyer, Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural, Tarcher, 2008, pp. 198–199; Clark III 507, 1098
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_406

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Year: 1924, 18 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2928 (CAC387CC)

Date: 1924
Location: Canada (British Columbia)
Description: (Translated from French) Albert Ostman, a prospector, recounts: “It happened in the middle of the night. I was half asleep when, all of a sudden, someone grabbed my sleeping bag and lifted me off the ground. I tried to reach my hunting knife, but I couldn’t. The beast - if it was a beast - carried me on its shoulder, like a sack of flour, and it walked on two legs. I was scared to death and I couldn’t move.” Ostman was thus carried for many hours. It was only at the first light of dawn that he was thrown to the ground and taken out of his bag. That’s when he saw an incredible thing: a group of creatures surrounding him and talking in an unintelligible way. (…) “It was like a cross between a man and a monkey. These hairy creatures, with prominent muscles, were taller and bigger than men. There was even one that was almost 8 feet tall. They kept me prisoner for six days and I could only escape because one of them got terribly sick after swallowing the contents of my snuff box. He caused an awful commotion in the group.”
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_798

Event 2929 (2BD53517)

Date: 1924
Location: Lake Okanogan, British Columbia
Description: In 1924, a man rowing a boat on Lake Okanagan in British Columbia had an eerie encounter with a mysterious object. He observed a pearly silver craft against the remaining twilight, descending to about 300 feet above the water’s surface. The object, moving at around 30 to 40 miles per hour, displayed faint dark blue light at the rear and a more intense blue light with a rectangular grid pattern. After a quarter-mile of level travel, the craft abruptly ascended at a steep angle and rapidly accelerated until it vanished from sight. (Chapter 6, Ref 194)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_185

Event 2930 (F2797261)

Date: 1924
Location: Dade City, Florida
Description: In a bizarre incident from 1924 in south Florida, an egg-shaped UFO landed on a Catholic grade school’s playground in Dade City. Witnesses, including a young girl, reported that robot-like entities resembling animated flowers emerged from the craft. The entities communicated telepathically, warning about stopping work in the school’s science building. Despite efforts to assist, the witness couldn’t move their machine. The entities promised to return for her in 35 years, but nothing happened. After hovering briefly, the entities reentered the UFO, which then vanished vertically. Subsequently, the science building was found in a state of disarray, suggesting a possible connection to the entities’ warning. (Chapter 6, Ref 202)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_193

Event 2931 (124C9FEC)

Date: 1924
Location: Braxton County, West Virginia
Description: Witnesses near Gem, West Virginia, reported observing a large craft, reminiscent of a battleship, flying erratically and crashing in thick woods. The craft, resembling a fuselage without wings or propellers, was about 75 feet long and filled the clearing. A group of individuals, some dressed in black business suits and others in shiny coveralls, emerged from the craft. Described as small and Oriental in appearance, they spoke a foreign language and appeared to be in distress. One of them assured the witnesses that everyone was okay and promised to report to the sheriff. Later, a man who picked up a metal object from the scene was visited by a U.S. Army officer with a similar appearance to the foreigners, who retrieved the object without explanation. The witnesses found the clearing empty a few days later, with only crushed grass and bushes remaining. The incident of a purported Army officer retrieving evidence may remind readers of the Men in Black phenomenon that emerged after 1947. (Chapter 6, Ref 208)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_199

Event 2932 (E6B2DC56)

Date: 1/1924 (approximate)
Location: NORTH / ROUILLAC, FR
Description: Boy / 13. Moon-size sphere/orb/globe descends. Follows N736 until lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_347

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/ROUILLAC,FR:BOY/13:MOONSIZE ORB DESCENDS:FOLOS N736 until lost/distance”, LatLong: “45.800002 -0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “45:48:00 N 00:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2933 (E16B24EA)

Date: 1/1924
Time: 21:00?
Location: OSAGE HILLS, OK
Description: 2 observer(s). Large ovoid aims beams going down / snow. Slight hiss. Blue flame / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_348

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., SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “OSAGE HILLS,OK:2 OBS:LRG OVOID AIMS BEAMS ↓/SNOW:SLIGHT HISS:BLU FLAME/REAR”, LatLong: “36.733335 -96.177782”, LatLongDMS: “36:44:00 N 96:10:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2934 (8BB4801E)

Date: 1/1924
Location: Unknown City, OK
Description: White oval-shaped object lit up ground, moved out of sight over horizon. (NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_80

Event 2935 (48F816A9)

Date: 1/1924
Location: Osage Hills, Oklahoma
Description: 1:00 a.m. Perry G. Powers and Duncan Miller are returning to a ranch when they see a beam of light shining on the snow in the Osage Hills, Oklahoma. It emanates from a large oval-shaped object with white dots of light on the side and blue flame at the trailing end. It makes a slight hissing noise and moves out of sight over the horizon in less than 3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 129; “1924 Sighting,” Civilian Saucer Investigation Quarterly Bulletin 1, no. 4 (Winter 1954): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_407

Event 2936 (164417A8)

Date: 5/13/1924
Location: PORTUGAL, Fatima
Description: (Translated from French) During a pilgrimage, “petals of roses were observed falling from the sun in great quantity.” As they approached, they vanished.
Reference: Inforespace n° 55 - 1981, p. 4
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_795

Event 2937 (F342750C)

Date: 6/24/1924
Time: 23:00
Location: BENEST, FR
Description: 2 teens. Red glow. Glowing-sphere/orb/globe rises / behind hedge. Moves away / very low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_349

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BENEST,FR:2 TEENS:RED GLOW:GLOW-ORB RISES/BHND HEDGE:MOVES AWAY/VLOW ALT:”, LatLong: “46.044447 0.455556”, LatLongDMS: “46:02:40 N 00:27:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Charente”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2938 (A560FA3B)

Date: 7/24/1924
Location: Iraq, Baghdad
Description: (Translated from French) The British headquarters sent Lieutenant Pilot W. T. Day and Co-Pilot Pilot D. R. Stewart on a surveillance mission over the Mesopotamian desert, which was only supposed to last a few hours. The plane did not return. It was discovered the next day in the desert, with enough fuel for the return. It was not damaged. Apart from the landing marks, there were no other tracks leading to or from the plane: no human, animal, or mechanical tracks. The tracks of the two pilots, side by side, were visible for 40 yards and stopped in the sand, without any change of direction or return.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 104, 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_796

Event 2939 (F43BC743)

Date: 7/24/1924
Description: (Translated from French) In the Mesopotamian desert, the plane of Lieutenant Pilot W. T. Day and Officer Pilot D. R. Stewart is found in perfect working condition. The tracks of the two men lead away from the aircraft for a distance of 36 m, where they abruptly cease. The search will continue for 4 days without result. (July 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_399

Event 2940 (0678C906)

Date: 8/22/1924
Locations: US; Washington, D.C.; Amherst College; US Naval Observatory; Washington
Description: Mars enters an opposition closer to Earth than at any time in the century before. In the US, a National Radio Silence Day is promoted during a 36-hour period in August 21–23, with all radios quiet for 5 minutes on the hour, every hour, just in case the Martians take the opportunity to communicate with Earth. At the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., an SE-950 radio receiver is lifted 1.9 miles above the ground in a dirigible tuned to a wavelength between 8 and 9 kilometers, using a “radio photo message continuous transmission machine” recently invented by Amherst College and Charles Francis Jenkins of Washington. The program is led by retired astronomer David Peck Todd with the military assistance of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Edward Walter Eberle, with William F. Friedman (US Army chief cryptographer), assigned to translate any potential Martian messages. The device records radio signals on chemically treated film. One signal consists of a “fairly regular arrangement of dots and dashes along one side” and on the other “at almost evenly spaced intervals … curiously jumped groups each taking the forms of a crudely drawn human face.” Todd tells a reporter, “It may not be a message from Mars, but if it isn’t from Mars, where is it from?” Astronomer Frederick E. Fowle of the Smithsonian thinks they are “disturbances introduced by solar or terrestrial causes not yet understood.” Other scientists suggest the images are caused by static discharge from a passing trolley car, malfunctioning radio equipment, or the natural symphonic radio waves produced by Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, “Conversations with Martians,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 20; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 11–12; Kristen Gallerneaux, “Reaching for Mars,” Past Forward, August 23, 2016; Jessica Leigh Hester, “Everybody Shut Up! We’re Listening for Mars,” Atlas Obscura, August 3, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_408

Event 2941 (57DD3E7B)

Date: 8/23/1924
Description: (Translated from French) For 9 hours, an experiment occupied all the transmitter-receiver posts in the United States. The goal was to record any form of cosmic message proving that extraterrestrial life is not a myth. On that day, Mars was closest to Earth (this proximity will be repeated in the year 2000), and both the US Army and the US Navy agreed to have their transmission services be silent for 5 minutes at the beginning of each hour. A radiocamera used by Dr. David Todd, professor of astronomy at Amherst College, on behalf of the Navy, recorded strange groups of signals that were also picked up in Europe. The New York Times reported that the film had shown, in black and white, on the one hand a continuous alignment of signals, and on the other hand, at regular intervals, signals presenting in groups - and curiously scrambled - shapes resembling human faces cruelly emaciated. (Between 21st and 23rd August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_400

Event 2942 (EF73A7C2)

Date: Late 8/1924
Location: USA, Mattoon (Illinois)
Description: (Translated from French) An entity was looking through the windows as if it was looking for someone it knew by sight. The witnesses were generally women, some of them said they had fainted when it shone an object on them. It left behind a strange and foul smell. (1924, late August)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU p. 121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_797

Event 2943 (8E8FB68B)

Date: 8/26/1924 (approximate)
Time: 02:20?
Location: WORLDWIDE
Description: Radio signals alternate 25K-75 meters on close approach / Mars… .
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_350

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Mars”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “231”, HatchDesc: “WORLDWIDE:RADIO SIGNALS ALTERNATE 25K-75 METERS on CLOSE APPROACH/MARS…”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDO”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 2944 (0E9945CE)

Date: 9/1924
Time: 20:30
Location: WELLINGTON BRIDGE, IRE
Description: 2 boys. Light beam follows roads / several turns. Going west over railroad/railway tracks.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_351

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “WELLINGTON BRIDGE,IRE:2 BOYS:LITE BEAM FOLOS ROADS/SVRL TURNS:>W ovr RR TRACKS”, LatLong: “52.266669 -6.766667”, LatLongDMS: “52:16:00 N 06:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2945 (F4A97199)

Date: Fall 1924
Location: Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
Description: Dusk. A hunter in a rowboat on Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, sees a faint blue light moving from northeast to southwest. It temporarily disappears behind a mountain but reappears and approaches the boat, passing it at a distance of 200 feet and a speed of 30–40 mph. The object is pearly silver in color with faint dark blue light at the rear. After moving a quarter mile away, it ascends and disappears at terrific speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1171–1172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_409

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Year: 1925, 13 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2946 (D541BF93)

Date: 1925
Location: SPAIN, La Mancha (New Castille)
Description: (Translated from French) A man suddenly had the biggest surprise of his life. Returning home he came face to face with a being 1.20 m tall and wearing a green-colored uniform. The character had rigid arms and legs, he had something like a disk in his hands and was standing on a flat object that allowed him to move. The witness approached within two meters of this amazing apparition, but no words were exchanged between him and this entity.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_801

Event 2947 (CA4C968D)

Date: 1925
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Moorea
Description: (Translated from French) Two young men saw an object made of two discs, face to face, connected by feet, in a paddock. The object shone and had oval windows. They returned to the site a few days later, but there was nothing to see anymore.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 311
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_802

Event 2948 (0DE6C376)

Date: 1925
Location: Moora, Western Australia
Description: Thomas Green is riding with another young man on a farm near Moora, Western Australia, when they come across an object “like two saucers placed edge on edge” resting on a paddock. Some oval-shaped windows are visible, and it is resting on four legs splayed outwards. The two decide to return home. Several days later they return and find the earth “scuffed about” on the spot.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Historical Australian UFO Reports,” UFO Research Australia Newsletter 4, no. 3 (Nov./Dec. 1983): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_410

Event 2949 (DE95FBD6)

Date: 1925
Location: Spain
Description: A UFO of the “open air” type, akin to one observed by an English woman during World War I, was reported in Spain. The circular platform had a railing around its edge, and on it stood a single individual. The witness described the figure as around four feet tall, dressed in a green uniform, and seemingly holding a “blow pipe” in an outstretched hand. (Chapter 6, Ref 204)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_195

Event 2950 (1A897489)

Date: 1925
Location: Poison, Montana
Description: In an event near Poison, Montana, a woman and her son observed a pulsating, roaring noise and witnessed a flaming circular object descending at high speed. The object, around 200 feet in diameter, seemed to hesitate and move before giving off a brilliant white flash upon impact, leaving no subsequent noise or shock wave. (Chapter 6, Ref 209)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_200

Event 2951 (88FFB486)

Date: 1/1925?
Time: 12:00?
Location: LA MANCHA, TOLEDO, SP
Description: 120cm small humanoid (or Grey) / green uniform on vertical saucer… rolling along!
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_352

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LA MANCHA,TOLEDO,SP:120cm OID/GREEN UNIFORM ON VERTICAL SCR…ROLLING ALONG!”, LatLong: “39.666669 -3.916667”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 03:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TLD”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 2952 (0C6CFB46)

Date: 6/1925
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: 2:30 a.m. A driver stops his Ford Model T to watch a 300-foot-long, cigar-shaped object flying south toward Chicago, Illinois. Red sparks are peeling away from its nose and it has multicolored lights. As it passes in front, the driver feels a heat wave.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: San Diego (Calif.) Evening Tribune, August 12, 1965; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_411

Event 2953 (0B6343DC)

Date: 7/1925?
Location: MOORA, WEST AUST
Description: 2 observer(s). Classic saucer with oval portholes / 4 legs. Traces / dirt. / r65p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 822)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_353

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOORA,W.AUST:2 OBS:CLASSIC SCR W/OVAL PORTHOLES/4 LEGS:traces/dirt:/r65p13”, LatLong: “-30.583335 116.200006”, LatLongDMS: “30:35:00 S 116:12:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2954 (BC4903F6)

Date: 7/14/1925
Time: 21:50
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). 200 Ft. ‘comet’ hisses. Lights windows / side. Darts going up / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_354

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:2 OBS:200 ft. ‘COMET’ HISSES:LITES WINDOWS/SIDE:DARTS↑/INCRED.SPEED”, LatLong: “41.083335 -81.516671”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 81:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2955 (D348DE33)

Date: 7/14/1925
Description: A married couple, Mr. & Mrs. Slagle, witnessed a 200 foot long “comet” with illuminated windows on side make a hissing sound as it flew over Akron, Ohio at 9:45 p.m. It then shot up vertically into the sky at an incredible speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers magazine, January 1962, p. 13; Jerome Clark, Saga UFO Report, October 1975, p. 48; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 362, citing UFO Register, volume 9 (1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4043

Event 2956 (118DCAFE)

Date: 8/1925
Time: 16:00
Location: BIRMINGHAM, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Sphere circles / cloud opening. 2nd and 3rd identical objects do same.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 356)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_355

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “134”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,ENGL:2 OBS:SPHERE CCLS/CLOUD OPENING:2nd+3rd IDENTICAL OBJs DO SAME”, LatLong: “52.466669 -1.866667”, LatLongDMS: “52:28:00 N 01:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2957 (D993952F)

Date: Late Summer 1925
Location: USA, near Warren (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) During the summer of 1925, my mother, who has since passed away, saw on a clear evening two bright objects flying towards each other and collide with a metallic sound. Then the lights went off in opposite directions. She asked my father what it could have been? He replied “wandering stars?” Probably my father had Phil Klass as a teacher! (1925, late summer)
Reference: Patricia Mason: Cleveland Ufology Project, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_799

Event 2958 (CAAF1ECD)

Date: 10/1925
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seat acrobatic Armstrong Whitworth Siskin airplane, maximum speed 251 km/h, ceiling 8230 m; put into service in the army in March 1927, end of production March 1931. It was followed in 1936 by the AW-38 WHITLEY type, and in 1941 by the AW-41 ALBEMARLE type. Last deliveries in December 1944. (October 1925)
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_800

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Year: 1926, 30 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2959 (E1B10AAD)

Date: 1926
Location: Himalaya Mountains
Description: UFO’s seen around Altai Himalaya
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_34

Event 2960 (51501B8C)

Date: 1926
Location: ROMANIA, Colun (Judetul Sibiu)
Description: (Translated from French) Farmer Ian Brunescu, who was leading his horses to a pasture, saw, around 01:00 in the middle of the night, like a lightning spear as big as the full moon. The object stayed for about ten minutes above the nearby meadows, then came to rest vertically in front of the witness. During this phase, which lasted from 3 to 4 minutes, the witness clearly saw a boat shape that was 3 m long and one or two meters wide. The center of the body was darker than its ends. Soon the device took the direction of Arapasul de Jos, and made a curve above a small wood 3 km from Cirta and then suddenly went out. The UFO emitted a whistle and when it passed, the surroundings were lit up like in broad daylight.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 236-237
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_808

Event 2961 (F9B56191)

Date: 1926
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Charles F. Bush, B.Sc. and Ph.D., discovers strange properties in a rock called “Lintz Basalt”: it would emit more heat than any other and would not accelerate in free fall; let’s say it would remain more or less suspended in the air.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_401

Event 2962 (7E793C9D)

Date: 1926
Alternate date: 1927
Locations: Brzezie; Ujazd, Poland
Description: 3:00 p.m. A 14-year-old girl is tending cows in a meadow between Brzezie and Ujazd, Poland. Suddenly the cows become agitated and pull on their halters. She notices three cement-colored spherical objects some 650 feet away in a field to the north. In front of each is a small entity dressed in greenish uniforms.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_412

Event 2963 (D9C8ABDC)

Date: 1926
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description: In 1926, during the early days of general aviation, an airmail pilot near Salt Lake City, Utah, had a noteworthy encounter with an unconventional aircraft. The pilot reported a cylindrical UFO without wings or a propeller, approximately 90 feet long and 8 to 10 feet in diameter. The UFO repeatedly approached his plane, causing engine issues within a 50-yard proximity. The pilot was forced to land, after which the UFO rapidly departed and vanished within seconds. (Chapter 6, Ref 188)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_179

Event 2964 (EE077339)

Date: 1926
Location: Lancashire, Britain
Description: The son of a British policeman recounted an encounter with three humanoid entities in Lancashire. The beings had pale, lightbulb-shaped heads with small noses, slit-like eyes, and no visible mouths. They wore round, transparent helmets, dark boots, and silver-gray rubber tube-like suits. When they noticed the boy, one of them emitted a strange noise, prompting all three to approach him. Frightened, the witness quickly fled from the scene. (Chapter 6, Ref 205)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_196

Event 2965 (A926F7CA)

Date: 1/1926
Location: USA, between Wichita, Kansas and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Description: (Translated from French) Acrobatic pilot Bert Anacosta saw “six manhole covers” flying.
Reference: Source: PROJECT DELTA, by Dr. Richard Haines, page 152.
Reference: Sometimes the date of 1922 is mentioned, but 1926 is the one in all Finch’s documents
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_803

Event 2966 (128F01DB)

Date: 1/1926
Time: 13:00
Location: (LOC.UNK / WESTERN), KS
Description: Stunt pilot. 6 huge shiny disks circle light plane. / r65p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_356

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “(loc.unk/western),KS:STUNT PILOT:6 HUGE SHINY DISKS CCL LITE PLANE:/r65p13”, LatLong: “38.000002 -100.000005”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 100:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2967 (EC6ADDB3)

Date: 1/1926
Location: Witicha, KS
Description: Several Circular Objects Surrounded Plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 260100
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_81

Event 2968 (E2B8C223)

Date: 1/1926
Locations: Wichita, Kansas; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Aviator Bert Acosta is flying somewhere between Wichita, Kansas, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, when he notices 6 or so objects that look like manhole covers flying off his starboard wing 600 feet away. They keep pace with his plane for 5 minutes. Finally they turn, change course, and fly away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Ace ed., 1965, p. 49; Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 6, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_413

Event 2969 (FD78775A)

Date: 3/16/1926
Location: USA, Auburn (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) The American physicist Goddard launched a liquid fuel rocket. It travelled 26 metres at 96 km/h. (“Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 10) This liquid fuel rocket, the first in the world, was only a small engine, which covered a distance of 60 metres in 2.5 seconds, but the fact that the apparatus had taken off constituted a turning point in the history of rocket development. (“Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 46) It was a strange and fragile engine three metres high. The combustion chamber (60 cm) suspended at the top of a kind of lyre made of two thin tubes bringing liquids from two reservoirs located at the lower part of the device, so as to be kept approximately 1.5 m from the nozzle. (…) It took off with a roar, described a high trajectory and travelled a distance of 56 metres in 2.5 seconds. An average speed of 95 km/h, calculated, proudly, its builder.
Reference: “Assault on Space” - Georges H. Gallet - ed. of Modern Thought, p. 58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_804

Event 2970 (83D9BE60)

Date: 6/1926
Time: 12:00
Location: COLUN, CIRTISOARA, ROMN
Description: Silent 3M ovoid going [to] over / field. Wind blows going down. Going [to] over highway. / LDLN#115.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_357

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “COLUN,CIRTISOARA,ROMN:SLNT 3M OVOID >OVR/FLD:WIND BLOWS ↓:>OVR HWY:/LDLN#115”, LatLong: “45.783336 24.500001”, LatLongDMS: “45:47:00 N 24:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SBU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2971 (CE0BE721)

Date: 6/1926
Locations: Leurda plateau; Colun, Romania; Cârța; River Olt
Description: After midnight. Farmer Ion Bunescu is with his horses on the Leurda plateau near Colun, Romania, when he sees a light ascend from the village of Cârța. An illuminated globe moves toward him with a light so strong that it brightens the River Olt some 2.5 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 224–225; Romania 9–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_414

Event 2972 (6C0B92D9)

Date: 7/24/1926
Location: Berlin-Moscow-Beijing and Back
Description: (Translated from French) Two Junkers G.23 from Deutsche Lufthansa. German Pilots: Schnabel and Polid, Russian pilots: Kosloff and Kudrjanzeff, expedition leader R. Knausz, meteorologist: Seikoff. 20,000km in 140 hours of flight. Study trip in view of the creation of an airline. (July 24th to September 26th, 1926)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 176
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_805

Event 2973 (AA7851C6)

Date: 8/1926
Time: ~20:00
Location: WESTMONT, IL
Description: Large disk going west. 5 small disks follow. Light reflects / clouds above. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_358

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “WESTMONT,IL:LRG DISK >W:5 SML DISKS FOLO:LITE REFLECTS/CLOUDS ABOVE:/NICAP”, LatLong: “41.783335 -87.977782”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 87:58:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2974 (E35B6B13)

Date: 8/1926
Location: Westmont, Illinois
Description: Dusk. Frank Tezky and his father watch 6 disc-shaped objects in Westmont, Illinois. Five smaller discs are trailing in a straight line behind a much larger one, moving west beneath cirrus clouds, which reflect the light cast by the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_415

Event 2975 (BCDDDA9D)

Date: 8/5/1926
Location: USSR - Mongolia, Koukounor
Description: (Translated from French) “… something remarkable! We were at our camp, in the Koukounor district, not far from the Humboldt chain. In the morning around 9:30, some of our caravaners saw a remarkably large black eagle flying above us. Seven of us began to observe this unusual bird. At the same time, another of our caravaners noticed “there is something far above the bird”. And he expressed his astonishment. We all saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the Sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp, this thing changed direction, from south or southwest. And we saw how it disappeared into the intensely blue sky. We even had time to take our field binoculars and clearly see an oval shape with a shiny surface, one side of which shone in the Sun”. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.74); (August 5, 1926)
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Countries”, trans. Laffont 1976, p. 273 - they place this in August 1927
Reference: he cites Nicholas Roerich, Altaï-Himalaya, New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1929
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_806

Event 2976 (19101782)

Date: 8/5/1926
Description: (Translated from French) In Mongolia, explorer Nicholas Roerich and his team observed: We were at our camp, in the district of Koukounor, not far from the Humboldt range. In the morning, around 9:30am, some of our caravaners saw a remarkably large black eagle flying above us. 7 of us began to observe this unusual bird. At the same time, another of our caravaners noticed: “There is something bigger, much higher than the bird.” And he expressed his astonishment. We all saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp, this thing changed direction from south to southwest. And we saw how it disappeared into the intensely blue sky. We had time to take our field binoculars and clearly see an oval shape with a shiny surface, one side shining in the sun. Let us remember that Nicholas Roerich is, by definition, a highly experienced observer and his testimony comes from one of the wildest regions of Asia, where no dirigible has ever flown in the entire history of air conquest. (August 5, 9:30am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_402

Event 2977 (B8B2F1E6)

Date: 8/5/1926
Time: 09:30
Location: NEAR QINGHAI HU, CHINA
Description: 6 explorers / (seen thru) binoculars. Huge shiny ovoid going quickly south overhead. Turns going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_359

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr QINGHAI HU,CHINA:6 EXPLORERS/BINOCS:HUGE SHINY OVOID >>S OVHD:TURNS >>SE”, LatLong: “37.000002 100.333338”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 100:20:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QNH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 2978 (D0018DE2)

Date: 8/5/1926
Location: Northern China
Description: In 1926, a Russian adventurer in northern China witnessed an unusual event. While observing a large black eagle, he and his companions noticed a massive, shiny oval object reflecting the sun’s light, moving swiftly from north to south and then changing direction to southwest. The object had a brilliant surface and disappeared into the blue sky, leaving a lasting impression on the witnesses. (Chapter 6, Ref 195)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_186

Event 2979 (98F6F5E8)

Date: 9/1926
Location: Salt Lake City (near), UT
Description: 11:00 PM. An air mail pilot was repeatedly buzzed by a long, cylindrical object. Each time the object came within about 50 yards, the aircraft engine would begin to sputter and misfire, until the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a pasture. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_82

Event 2980 (35AADA58)

Date: Late 9/1926
Location: USA, near Salt Lake City
Description: (Translated from French) Colin Murphy, a pilot providing air mail transport, had a close encounter one night in September, around 11 pm. He was 70 miles from Salt Lake City where he had taken off when a huge, luminous object flew past his small DH-4 biplane, a survivor of the First World War. It was a cylinder-shaped object, without wings or engines, measuring about 90 feet long and 8 to 10 feet in diameter. Three times this strange object approached the small plane. Each time it was less than 50 yards away and the engine of the plane began to sputter. Finally Colin had no other alternative than to make a forced landing in a sheep meadow. Quite frustrated by the turn of events, Colin got out of the cockpit and looked up. The object shot away like a bullet and disappeared in a few seconds. (September, late 1926)
Reference: "UFO’s – A Century of Sightings by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 15, 16
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_807

Event 2981 (9E5E5620)

Date: 9/25/1926 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN, NV
Description: Pilot buzzed. 30M cylinder/cylindrical object forces DH-4 airmail-plane to land. / r171+150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_360

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “loc.unk.,NV:PILOT BUZZED:30M CYL FORCES DH-4 AIRMAIL-PLANE TO LAND:/r171+150”, LatLong: “40.000002 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 2982 (9A9AFCF5)

Date: Late 9/1926
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Description: 11:00 p.m. An Air Mail pilot named Colin Murphy is repeatedly buzzed by a huge glowing object one hour after he takes off in his DH-4 biplane from Salt Lake City, Utah. The object is a 90-foot-long cylinder with no wings or propeller. Every time the object approaches closer than 150 feet, his engine sputters and misfires. He is forced to land in a sheep pasture, whereupon the object shoots away to the south. Possible hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 5, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_416

Event 2983 (B4B58D47)

Date: 10/27/1926
Location: London, England
Description: Attorney and “telepathist” Hugh Mansfield Robinson, who has been in contact with a female Martian entity named Oomaruru since 1918, convinces the central radio office in London, England, to send out a message, “MMM opesti nipitia secomba” over the airwaves. He intends for it to be picked up by Martian wireless. The next day, he claims that Oomaruru telepathically told him that only the first three letters had been received. Robinson describes the Martians as 7–8 feet tall with large ears, a wealth of black hair, and almond eyes. Over the years he continues receiving messages from Oomaruru while in a trance and attempting to send signals to Mars. Psychic investigator Nandor Fodor, who has attended some of Robinson’s séances, calls him “as slippery as a human eel.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Earl J. Johnson, “Imagination Runs Wild about Visit of Martian Realm,” Pomona (Calif.) Bulletin, October 28, 1926, p. 1; “Doctor Files Mars Message by Radio ‘At Sender’s Risk,’” Vancouver (B.C.) Sun, October 28, 1926, p. 18; Nandor Fodor, The Haunted Mind, Garrett, 1959, pp. 259–269; Clark III 1018–1019; Marc Hartzman, “Earth to Mars in the 1920s: The Strange Case of the Man Who Tried to Contact Martians via Radio,” Weird Historian, February 22, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_417

Event 2984 (CB88BEC7)

Date: 11/1926
Location: ENGLAND, Bolton (Lancashire)
Description: (Translated from French) Henry Thomas, the young son of a policeman, had been put to bed early. He wanted to play with his friends who were outside. He sneaked out of the house to join them. They began a game of hide-and-seek in the alleys. Seeing a back door ajar, Henry entered the yard in the hope of finding one of his friends hidden there. In the yard were three normal-sized people, looking through the back window of a house. The trio was dressed in strange costumes, which seemed to be made of gray-silver rubber tubes, and were wearing black boots. They looked like ‘skinny’ versions of the “Michelin Man”. They wore on their heads “transparent dome-shaped helmets”. Tubes came out of them to tanks that the creatures carried on their backs. (note from vog: this description really makes me think of people who have put on diving suits for one reason or another…) The men turned to face the boy. They had pale bulb-shaped faces, dark and slanted eyes, almost no nose and no visible mouth. Henry had the impression that they were benevolent despite their frightening appearance. One of them made a gurgling sound and all three began to move towards the terrified boy.
Reference: “UFO Files”, ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 7
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_809

Event 2985 (45DF3D3E)

Date: 11/1926
Description: (Translated from French) In Bolton (Lancashire, England), Henry Thomas, the young son of a policeman, is put to bed. He wants to play with his friends who are outside. He sneaks out of the house to join them. They start a game of hide-and-seek in the alleys. Seeing a back door ajar, Henry enters the yard in the hope of finding one of his friends hidden there. In the yard are 3 normal-sized people, looking through the back window of a house. The trio is dressed in strange costumes that seem to be made of gray-silver rubber tubes, and are wearing black boots. They look like “skinny” versions of the Michelin Man. They wear transparent dome-shaped helmets. Tubes come out of them to tanks that the creatures carry on their backs. The “men” then turn to face the boy. They have pale bulb-shaped faces, dark and slanted eyes, almost no nose and no visible mouth. Henry has the impression that they are benevolent despite their frightening appearance. One of them makes a gurgling sound and all 3 start to move towards the terrified boy. (November)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_403

Event 2986 (C39983CF)

Date: 11/1926
Description: (Translated from French) At Colun Judetul Sibiu (Romania), Ion Bunescu is with his horses on the road to a pasture and sees in the night a “illuminated lance” the size of the Moon. The object remains motionless for 5 or 10 minutes above Bunescu’s head. It has the shape of a boat 3 m long and 2 m wide. The middle is darker than the ends. After that the object heads towards Arpasul de Jos (8 km further) and after going around a small wood 3 km from Cîrta it suddenly goes out (the place where the witness is is a hill with very good visibility of about 60 km). The object makes a whistling sound and all the surroundings are lit up as if it were day (1 h)
Reference: [Ion Hobana & Julien Weverberg, UFO’s Behind the Iron Curtain].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_404

Event 2987 (F195C796)

Date: 11/1926
Time: ~21:00
Location: BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
Description: Several kids. 3 helmeted ‘men’ / silver space-suits hide in alley.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN CONTACTS & ABDUCTIONS; Sterling Publ., NY 1993. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_361

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “BOLTON,LANCASHIRE:SVRL KIDS:3 HELMETED ‘MEN’/SLVR SPACE-SUITS HIDE in ALLEY:”, LatLong: “53.566669 -2.433333”, LatLongDMS: “53:34:00 N 02:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 2988 (004ECAE5)

Date: 11/1926
Location: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Description: Early evening. Playing hide-and-seek with friends in Bolton, Lancashire, England, Henry Thomas slips into a backyard and finds three figures dressed in odd suits made of silvery gray rubber tubes. They are looking into a window in the back of a house. A tube extends from their helmets into a tank on each figure’s back. They turn to look at him and he sees their heads are pale and “shaped like lightbulbs” and they have slits for mouths. Thomas runs away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1926: Humanoid Hide and Seek,” ThinkAboutIt; Clark III 264
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_418

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Year: 1927, 35 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 2989 (05FEF277)

Date: 1927
Location: FRANCE, Creuse
Description: (Translated from French) The airship LZ 127 Zeppelin flew over the region of the Pierres-Jaumâtres for a long time. At the same time, higher up in the sky, there appeared aircrafts of the same shape, which seemed to be escorting it. [note de vog: IN REALITY: this zeppelin was built in … 1930. It made trips between Germany and Russia in 1931. It therefore does not belong to those that France received in sharing on November 11, 1918: France receives the LZ 113 (LZ 83), LZ 121 Nordstern which will become “Méditerranée”, LZ 114 (L 72) which will become “Dixmude”… THEREFORE, the story would be made up from scratch]
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “Ces OVNI qui annoncent le surhomme” - Laffont 1979, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_817

Event 2990 (4A669967)

Date: 1927
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Fernvale (New South Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) Two brothers saw a UFO in the shape of a curved disc pass above their heads. It illuminated the entire valley and eventually landed. The next day a circle of scorched grass was found at the spot.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 308
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_820

Event 2991 (3857CEEA)

Date: 1927
Location: USA, Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Description: (Translated from French) Flying near Scottsbluff, the pilot Barney Oldfield was surrounded by “manhole covers” flying.
Reference: A CENTURY OF UFO - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, ed. Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_822

Event 2992 (17B28E7B)

Date: 1927
Description: (Translated from French) The first solid-state germanium device (semiconductor) of Henry Moray is submitted to the United States Patent Office, and is rejected due to the fact that it cannot operate without an excited cathode.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_405

Event 2993 (0AB8D0CC)

Date: 1927
Description: (Translated from French) (or 1928) July: We saw, as did many people, a glowing cylinder flying towards the East above the village of Piatra-Olt (Romania) at an incredible speed and without any noise. The object was bigger than the Moon. It was yellow and illuminated the streets so much that it was as if it were midday. It exploded in the air into a fountain of red sparks.
Reference: Eremencu Petre
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_406

Event 2994 (974AD2A2)

Date: 1927
Location: Fernvale, New South Wales
Description: For a few weeks, 10-year-old Cecil “Danny” McGann, his family, and other farmers in the area of Fernvale, New South Wales, are terrorized by dancing aerial lights during the night, the unusual deaths of their cattle and pigs, mystery intruders, apparitions, circular areas of scorched grass, large and unfamiliar birds, bizarre noises, and strange men in odd suits. McGann is still terrified of this series of events when he relates them to UFO investigator Bill Chalker in 1985.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 485–491; Bill Chalker, “Physical Traces,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 190
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_419

Event 2995 (252C9AF1)

Date: 1927
Location: Marin County, California
Description: In 1927, a woman in Marin County, California, reported witnessing a dynamic UFO sighting. She described a cigar-shaped craft emerging from a cloud and swiftly moving across the sky toward Tamalpais. While she initially thought it could be a dirigible, she noticed distinct differences in its shape and behavior, as it was elongated and yellow in color, moving at high speed. The craft appeared to alter its shape by contracting and elongating as it passed by her viewpoint. (Chapter 6, Ref 190)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_181

Event 2996 (3D494DE4)

Date: 1927
Location: West Frankfort, Illinois
Description: In 1927, a young individual in West Frankfort, Illinois, had a close encounter with a disc-shaped UFO. The object, which emitted revolving and flashing lights, approached noiselessly, coming to a halt around 100 feet away and hovering above a house. The witness estimated the UFO to be approximately 40 feet in diameter, resembling stainless steel. It featured a gondola-like section with round windows emitting blue-white light. The UFO extended a thin rod or wire, closed its windows like a camera’s iris shutter, and then resumed revolving before departing in the opposite direction. (Chapter 6, Ref 191)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_182

Event 2997 (54173FDA)

Date: 1927
Location: Romania
Description: In 1927, two notable UFO sightings occurred in different parts of the world. In the first case, a cylindrical object was witnessed flying over a Romanian village during clear daylight conditions. Multiple observers, including an engineer, reported the object to be around 50 to 65 feet long and 10 to 13 feet in diameter. It was described as smoke gray in color and moved silently at an altitude of less than 1,000 feet. (Chapter 6, Ref 196)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_187

Event 2998 (F00B1905)

Date: 1927
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Description: In 1927, an intriguing UFO event occurred in a remote area of New South Wales, Australia. Two brothers encountered a cylindrical UFO with a dome on top, emanating a dull light. The object suddenly hissed, producing a dazzling light that illuminated the surroundings. It landed on a nearby hill, leaving a scorched area of grass about 30 feet in diameter. The next morning, the brothers discovered the scorched patch, and their neighbors confirmed witnessing the glowing object’s descent before it vanished into the darkness. (Chapter 6, Ref 197)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_188

Event 2999 (56BB98D5)

Date: Early 1927
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater general purpose Westland Wapiti I, 225 km/h, ceiling 6280m, range 580 km. There will be 512 examples for the RAF and 500 for other users, including South Africa which built under license. Metal structure versions, arctic version, ski, floats, 80 Wapiti flying in India survived in 1945. From 1969 the WESTLAND company mainly focused on the construction of helicopters (1927, beginning of the year)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Sea King, Scout and Wasp, Wessex, Lynx in collaboration with Aérospatiale of France.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_810

Event 3000 (4833D2EC)

Date: 2/1927
Location: FERNVALE, AUS
Description: 2 / ranch. Domed saucer seen / days. Burnt grass. Cows scared. Pig missing.
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_362

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “64”, HatchDesc: “FERNVALE,AUS:2/RANCH:DOMED SCR SEEN/DAYS:BURNT GRASS:COWS SCARED:PIG MISSING”, LatLong: “-27.450001 152.583341”, LatLongDMS: “27:27:00 S 152:35:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3001 (F261005A)

Date: 2/1927 (approximate)
Time: ~09:00
Location: SAUSALITO, CA
Description: Early / 1927. Cylinder/cigar-shape crosses bay fast going quickly west. Long and thin. Shortens and lengthens!
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_363

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAUSALITO,CA:EARLY/1927:CGR CROSSES BAY FAST>>W:LONG+THIN:SHORTENS+LENGTHENS!”, LatLong: “37.861113 -122.500006”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:40 N 122:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3002 (68E9E029)

Date: 2/8/1927
Location: ATLANTIC CIRCUIT
Description: (Translated from French) By Pinedo, Del Prete and Zachetti, on the hydroplane Savoia-Machetti S.55 “Santa Maria” from Roosevelt (Texas) to Santa Maria II from New York to Rome. (February 8th to June 16th, 1927)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 184
Reference: Summary of the dashboard in the cited book.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_811

Event 3003 (ED50E641)

Date: 2/19/1927
Location: URUGUAY, SOUTH ATLANTIC CROSSING
Description: (Translated from French) The Uruguayan Dornier-Wal takes off from Marina di Pisa to attempt a round-the-world trip. The crew consists of brothers Taddeo and Gianco Larre-Borges, Ibarra and Rigoli. They reach Casablanca for Dakar, but have to land north of Cape Juby. The crew is kidnapped by the Moors. The aircraft is spotted three days later by French pilots Mermoz and Ville. Guillaumet and Riguelle also spot the seaplane, land and examine the wreckage. The prisoners are released a few days later for ransom by two other French pilots, Reine and Antoine. (February 19, 1927)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p. 184
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_812

Event 3004 (72A83B2C)

Date: 4/1927 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: WEST FRANKFORT, IL
Description: Boy. Bright metallic 12M sphere/orb/globe stops over house. Lit portholes / bottom/underside. Drops line.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_364

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “W.FRANKFORT,IL:BOY:BRITE MTLC 12M ORB STOPS ovr HOUSE:LIT PORTS/BTM:DROPS LINE”, LatLong: “37.916668 -88.933338”, LatLongDMS: “37:55:00 N 88:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3005 (198CEC98)

Date: 5/20/1927
Location: USA (New York) - FRANCE (Paris)
Description: (Translated from French) Charles Lindbergh on Ryan “Spirit of St. Louis” first non-stop link from New York to Paris in 33h 30m of flight and record of straight-line distance with 5809 km. He won the Orteig Prize ($25,000).
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout University 1967, p.187
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_813

Event 3006 (5268442A)

Date: Summer 1927
Location: USSR, Solovyevka
Description: (Translated from French) This town is located about 20 km south of Lipetsk. Early in the afternoon, engineer I.V. Surkov saw a milky white disc in the sky to the north. It was twice the size of a full moon, and flew slowly to the east. The weather was warm, and there were many cumulus clouds in the sky. As it approached one of these clouds, the disc “disappeared” into the cloud, which reappeared when the disc had passed through it. This happened with each cloud on the object’s trajectory. The observation lasted more than half an hour. (1927, Summer)
Reference: Felix Zigel and FSR
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_815

Event 3007 (BAC5A179)

Date: Summer 1927
Location: Wolfe County, Kentucky
Description: Reece Andrew Lacey, 9, sees a large fish-like object with “big fins extended outward near the front, and small, short ones near the rear” in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 11, no. 2 (December 1958): 111–112; Clark III 1171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_420

Event 3008 (71E16E07)

Date: 7/1927
Location: ROMANIA
Description: (Translated from French) A group of children who were tending sheep said that “God was walking in the sky”. Nicholae Balcescu received from Gheorge Achimescu, an agronomist engineer, this testimony: “While it was very nice and there was no wind, I saw a cylindrical object 15 to 20 m long and 3 to 4 m in diameter pass over the village at an altitude between 200 and 300 m. It was heading from west to east, standing vertically in the sky. Its color was smoke gray, it was not lit. It moved in total silence. Young shepherds who were tending sheep outside the village followed this strange object with their eyes and were convinced that they had just seen God in the sky…”
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 237-238
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_814

Event 3009 (0B8ECBEB)

Date: 7/1927
Location: ROMANIA, Piatra-Olt
Description: (Translated from French) One evening in the month of July 1927 or 1928 we saw with many other witnesses, a radiating cylinder flying in the direction of the east. It passed over the village at a fantastic speed without emitting the slightest sound. This object was bigger than the full moon. Yellow in color, its light illuminated the streets so brightly that it seemed like the middle of the day. It exploded in the air with a projection of red sparks (July 1927 or 1928)
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and in the Eastern Countries” - trad. Laffont 1976 - p. 293-294
Reference: Petre Eremencu
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_816

Event 3010 (F566741D)

Date: 7/1927?
Location: CORBOLA, ITL
Description: Girl / 11. 3M glowing-object dives / river. Emerges and quickly going up. Small humanoid (or Grey) in dome. / r39p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CORBOLA,ITL:GIRL/11:3M GLOW-OBJ DIVES/RIVER:EMERGES+↑↑:OID IN DOME:/r39p27”, LatLong: “45.005558 12.083334”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:20 N 12:05:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RO”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3011 (6787CBE9)

Date: 7/1927
Locations: Agricultural engineer; Nicolae Bălcescu, Romania
Description: Agricultural engineer Gheorghe Achimescu sees a smoke-gray, cylindrical object fly silently from west to east over the village of Nicolae Bălcescu, Romania, at an altitude of 650–950 feet. He estimates it is about 50 feet long with a diameter of 10 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 152–153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_421

Event 3012 (1E607281)

Date: 8/1927 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: SOLOVYEVKA, RUSSIA
Description: Disk west going east across / sky. Each cloud in path vanishes and reappears after!
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “SOLOVYEVKA,RUSS:DISK W>E ACRS/SKY:EACH CLOUD in PATH VANISHES+REAPPEARS AFTER!”, LatLong: “52.250002 39.566669”, LatLongDMS: “52:15:00 N 39:34:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LIP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3013 (FC42C292)

Date: 8/5/1927
Location: Himalayan Mts., Nepal
Description: We all saw, in the direction north to south, something big and shiny reflecting sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 270805
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_84

Event 3014 (10990C7B)

Date: 8/5/1927
Location: Qinghai Lake, Tibet
Description: Explorer Nicholas Roerich and others in his caravan observe a UFO near Qinghai Lake, Tibet. “We all saw, in the direction north to south, something big and shiny reflecting sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp this thing changed in its direction from south to southwest, and we saw how it disappeared in the intense blue sky. We even had time to take our field glasses and saw quite distinctly the oval form with the shiny surface, one side of which was brilliant from the sun."
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nicholas Roerich, Altai-Himalaya, Frederick A. Stokes, 1929, pp. 361–362; Brad Sparks, “Analysis: Roerich Case, Aug. 5, 1927”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_422

Event 3015 (4413ABC9)

Date: 8/5/1927
Description: At 9:30 in the morning while climbing in the Humbolt Range of the Altai Mountains in Mongolia, explorer Nicholas Roerich and seven companions saw a huge, shiny, flying oval-shaped object that reflected the sunlight. It flew from north to south, then changed direction and flew off to the southeast. The UFO was in view for several minutes and was examined through binoculars. Witnesses of the daylight UFO included members of the mountaineering expedition, Mongols, and Buriat lamas. The lamas believed it was the “Sign of Shambala.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 22; J. Allen Hynek, International UFO Reporter, January 1982, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4669

Event 3016 (C539C83A)

Date: Late Summer 1927
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: Long delayed echoes—radio echoes that return to the sender several seconds after a radio transmission has occurred—are first observed by civil engineer and amateur radio operator Jørgen Hals from his home near Oslo, Norway. The cause of LDEs remains unknown, although A. G. Shlionsky has proposed 15 different explanations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Long delayed echo”; Carl Størmer, “Short Wave Echoes and the Aurora Borealis,” Nature 122 (1928): 681; Sverre Holm, “The Five Most Likely Explanations for Long Delayed Echoes,” March 16, 2004; Sverre Holm, “15 Possible Explanations for Long Delayed Echoes,” November 6, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_423

Event 3017 (D214F22B)

Date: Autumn 1927
Location: USSR, near Omsk
Description: (Translated from French) A peasant was suddenly awoken in the night by a deafening noise. He jumped out of bed, wondering what could have caused such an infernal racket. The neighing and stamping of hooves on the other side of the wooden partition made him immediately understand where he had to run. The man, thinking of a thief, went out into the courtyard, grabbed his pitchfork and opened the stable door. His two horses, terrified, pushed him, threw him to the ground and galloped off into the fields. Furious, covered in manure, he got up, took a lantern and went back home where he found all the neighbours gathered, alarmed, carrying lights and sticks. The aspect of the stable was astounding. The shack was crossed in all directions by silver wires of various thicknesses, from the ceiling to the walls, from the walls to the floor. And these wires were so strong that it was difficult to cut them, even with an axe, to penetrate the centre of the room. In the middle of the ceiling there was a large hole. It looked as if an enormous rock had gone through the roof, yet looking on the ground there was no trace of stones or pebbles of any kind. But what did all these brave people see when they looked around them? A horrible, terrifying, and undoubtedly living “thing” was hanging from a bundle of hay: a whitish mass the size of a pumpkin. It contracted and expanded in sequence like an open heart. The “thing” started to move, it turned around to advance towards those who, rooted to the spot, were looking at it. As it turned, it showed that its entire mass resembled a human face. From this monster, which was nothing but a head without a body, long tentacles stretched out towards those who were watching it, their teeth chattering. Those who were too scared ran away screaming prayers. The bravest threw themselves on the abominable thing and managed to reduce it to an amorphous, sticky, bluish-white mass. (1927, Autumn)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: “Shadows on the Stars” - Albin Michel 1970, p. 340, 341
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_818

Event 3018 (EAEE0A2E)

Date: 10/18/1927
Time: 13:00?
Location: BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: 1 observer. Metallic object rises / ground. Lens-like protrusions. Sand / ground fused!
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_367

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “BAKERSFIELD,CA:1 OBS:MTLC OBJ RISES/GND:LENS-LIKE PROTRUSIONS:SAND/GND FUSED!”, LatLong: “35.350002 -119.016672”, LatLongDMS: “35:21:00 N 119:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3019 (49515599)

Date: 10/18/1927
Location: Bakersfield, California
Description: Richard Sweed is driving west on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California, when he sees a bluish-gray metallic disc with portholes take off from the ground at a 45° angle. It is about 60 feet in diameter and makes a whining sound. He examines the spot where the object had rested and finds the sand “fused like glass crystals.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_424

Event 3020 (D8EDFFF9)

Date: 10/18/1927
Description: A man by the man of Sweed witnessed a hexagonal flying craft with rivets and a dome that was flying low over a road in Bakersfield, California. A human looking occupant was seen inside a window. The object shot away extremely fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6946

Event 3021 (4BE60ADE)

Date: 10/28/1927
Description: (Translated from French) In Zanesville (Ohio), Thomas Townsend Brown performs experiments at his Experimental Physics Laboratory on the force acting on charged conductors. The device takes two forms, as described in a manuscript entitled Tapping Cosmic Energy dated this day, which at the time is submitted for publication to the magazine Physical Review, but rejected. (October 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_407

Event 3022 (29B7A01D)

Date: 11/1927
Location: GERMANY, Obernigk (Silesia)
Description: (Translated from French) Tests of model aircraft powered by a powder rocket were carried out from various sides, including by the “Gesellschaft Fur Raketenforschung” in November 1927 in Obernigk. (November 1927)
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 69-70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_819

Event 3023 (CD3E2C6C)

Date: 12/1927
Location: GERMANY, Erzgebirge
Description: (Translated from French) Testing of model airplanes powered by rockets.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_821

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Event 3149 (0F03F482)

Date: 3/20/1932
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seat day fighter Boeing P-26, cruising speed 322 km/h, ceiling 8350m. Some of these planes were still in service with the Guatemalan Air Force until 1955.
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_866

Event 3150 (B9B1B1AD)

Date: 3/25/1932
Time: ~10:00
Location: EAST / WAGON MOUND, NM
Description: Several / car. Fiery disks spin and light sky. Back / good Friday / 1941+1975.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_384

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1870”, HatchDesc: “E/WAGON MOUND,NM:SVRL/CAR:FIERY DISKS SPIN+LITE SKY:BACK/GOOD FRIDAY/1941+1975”, LatLong: “35.133335 -104.516672”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:00 N 104:31:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3151 (0D297025)

Date: 4/1932 (approximate)
Location: NAMBOUR, AUSTRALIA
Description: Small object buzzes boy. Boy faints. Feels sick. Gets blisters. OK later.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 822)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_385

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NAMBOUR,AUSTRL:SML OBJ BUZZES BOY:BOY FAINTS:FEELS SICK:GETS BLISTERS:OK LATER”, LatLong: “-26.800001 153.000007”, LatLongDMS: “26:48:00 S 153:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3152 (9D45CD0B)

Date: 4/1932
Alternate date: 5/1932
Location: Durham, NY
Description: Airplane. (Page 6 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_97

Event 3153 (46ABD443)

Date: 4/1932
Alternate date: 5/1932
Location: Durham, New York
Description: Terry F. Lapeza sees an aluminum-like disc with yellowish lights or “portholes” on the underside, about 100 feet in diameter over Durham, New York. It is moving north at about 300 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_446

Event 3154 (5257EECA)

Date: 4/19/1932
Location: USA, Mescalero, Roswell
Description: (Translated from French) R. H. Goddard launched a rocket, testing gyro control by gas pressure, which fell back the same day.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 248
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_867

Event 3155 (5B314DDB)

Date: 5/1932
Location: Paris, OH
Description: Sutton photo of domed disc (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 320500
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_98

Event 3156 (5360A16E)

Date: 5/3/1932
Description: (Translated from French) Death of Charles Fort. (3 May)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_423

Event 3157 (EE47E8C0)

Date: 5/4/1932
Description: During a time of personal crises, the witness, now a retired pastor, found himself in a city of 16,000 located 150 miles west of Toronto, Ontario. On this particular night he was standing on a street lit up by a brilliant white light from above. Looking up, he saw the light came from a round cloud with a scalloped edge, about 200 yards overhead. From the cloud-like object streamed down a light like a laser beam. He next saw a young man with golden hair standing beside him, dressed in a suit of a similar color. The man had radiant blue eyes, and was about 5.5 feet tall. He smiled at the witness and told him that his work would be in that city, and reminded him that “the cottages in the rear of the mansion are as important as those who dwell in the mansion.” He told him the witness would reside there for six years and would then work his way to the west coast. According to the man’s account, the prophecies were fulfilled.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1932-01 (A0103), citing John Musgrave & Ted Bloecher
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2499

Event 3158 (D54B0D0B)

Date: 6/1932
Location: Wattsburg, Pennsylvania
Description: Evening. Reuben D. Knight is standing on the porch of his farmhouse near Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, when he notices a bright speck of light approaching from some woods to the south. Growing in size, it comes to within 4 feet of him and appears as a silvery-blue ball about 14 inches in diameter. It travels in a loop and circles back to the woods in a steady path of 35–40 mph. After it circles past him again, he calls his wife and she sees the ball make a final loop before it disappears in the woods.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file; Clark III 1175; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 19, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_448

Event 3159 (3C2D30A3)

Date: Early Summer 1932
Alternate date: Early Summer 1933
Location: Oakland, California
Description: 7:30 p.m. Teenager Fred W. Van Sant and his brother Milton see 7–8 “meteors flying in a bunch” over hills east of Oakland, California. They maintain the same altitude from east to west in a great arc. The objects are silent and are so bright they seem to be emitting their own light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file; Clark III 1175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_447

Event 3160 (9E5E3AB5)

Date: 6/19/1932
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter Dewoitine Series D-500, 360 km/h and ceiling at 10790m., entire structure in light alloy and working coating, last deliveries beginning 1938.
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_868

Event 3161 (1560B05A)

Date: Summer 1932
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken in St. Paris (Ohio) in summer. See photo at images/1932-Summer_StParis_Ohio.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_424

Event 3162 (38B7CAF8)

Date: Summer 1932
Description: (Translated from French) In Oradea (Romania), a yellow disc is observed between 200 and 300 m in altitude, moving towards the Southwest above the park. The disc is illuminated and leaves a trail behind it. The observation lasts 2 or 3 s. and is experienced by other people. (Between 7 pm and 8 pm)
Reference: Lucaci Victor, economist, Bucharest
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_425

Event 3163 (DA3D8BE2)

Date: Summer 1932
Description: (Translated from French) Off the coast of Greenland, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Grunnet and Lieutenant Tage Anderson’s plane from the RDAF was followed by a UFO. It was nothing like the machines of the time, Grunnet remembers, it was hexagonal, flat, made of aluminium, with a completely smooth surface and no rivets. It gave me the chills, I don’t know why. Whatever being was on board the ship, it was like I could feel its presence… a hostile presence…
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_426

Event 3164 (F64A7724)

Date: 7/1932
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the “Mirak II” rocket by Germany. (1932, July and August)
Reference: “The Conquest of the Air. Chronology…” A. Van Hoorebeeck, ed. Marabout Université 1967, p. 246
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_869

Event 3165 (9DADD1E7)

Date: 10/1932
Location: CANADA, Joliette (Quebec)
Description: (Translated from French) Five young Canadians were approaching the entrance of the town around 7:00 PM when they saw a figure of about 3 m tall crossing a nearby cemetery. He was wearing a white suit and walking at a good pace. Taken by panic, the driver of the car immediately accelerated while the being had come within 2 m of the vehicle, not seeming to be at all concerned by the presence of the witnesses.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 244
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_870

Event 3166 (7805AF9A)

Date: 10/1932
Time: 18:00
Location: JOLIETTE, QB
Description: 5 / car. 8’ giant / white space-suit walks clumsily. No UFO seen. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_386

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, NFO: No craft seen, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “JOLIETTE,QB:5/CAR:8’GIANT/WHT SPACE-SUIT WALKS CLUMSILY:NO UFO SEEN:NFD”, LatLong: “46.033336 -73.433337”, LatLongDMS: “46:02:00 N 73:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3167 (113BDE2E)

Date: 10/1932
Time: ~19:00
Location: NEAR PLAINSBORO, NJ
Description: Aero engineer and 1 / car. 30M blue-glowing disk quickly going down. Levels. Quickly going up. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v23#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_387

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “nr PLAINSBORO,NJ:AERO ENGINEER+1/CAR:30M BLU-GLO DISK ↓↓:LEVELS:↑↑:/IUR v23#4”, LatLong: “40.333335 -74.600004”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 N 74:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3168 (EEBCC425)

Date: 11/1932
Description: (Translated from French) Re-election of Roosevelt. (November)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_427

Event 3169 (1C8AD4FA)

Date: 11/29/1932
Location: BELGIUM, Beauraing (Namur)
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the thirty apparitions. Around 6:45 PM Mrs. Hennicken, Jacquemin, Dubois and Delruche, who were children at the time, observed an elongated object surrounded by stars and emitting no sound. The object, which was white in color, stopped above an embankment of the railway. This phenomenon occurred during the “miracles” (cf. Notre Dame de Beauraing) - which is still a pilgrimage site today. (List by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt, Belgium) The witness was praying on the spot, when suddenly she saw a red luminous ball 1.5 meters in diameter. It burst and, inside, the Virgin Mary immediately appeared.
Reference: Erich ZURCHER: “The Apparitions of Humanoids” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 200
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_871

Event 3170 (AC1E376A)

Date: 12/1932 (approximate)
Time: 19:50
Location: MT. GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Blunt-nosed torpedo going [to] fast. Orange light / rear. Flashes lightening.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: AUFORN group, with Diane Harrison. http://www.fan.net.au/~tkbnetw/new
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_388

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “Mt.GAMBIER,S.AUSTRL:BLUNT-NOSED TORPEDO > FAST:ORG LITE/REAR:FLASHES LITENING”, LatLong: “-37.500002 140.850007”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 S 140:51:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3171 (0EFED9D7)

Date: 12/8/1932
Time: 23:50
Location: ARROYOMOLINOS DE LEON, SP
Description: Fireball explodes with damage. 2nd fireball maneuvers / 1800hrs. / r50p01.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_389

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “ARROYOMOLINOS DE LEON,SP:FBL EXPLODES W/DAMAGE:2ND FBL MNVRS/1800hrs:/r50p01.”, LatLong: “38.022224 -6.411111”, LatLongDMS: “38:01:20 N 06:24:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HLV”, Strangeness: “4”

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Year: 1933, 59 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3172 (B7BE9A5B)

Date: 1933
Location: Antartica
Description: Richard E. Byrd’s 2nd expedition to Antarctica. In 1934 he spends 5 months alone in a hut, 100’s of km’s from the nearest support, in total darkness. He almost dies from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_39

Event 3173 (1DAB9E5A)

Date: 1933
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) Alert by Tsiolkovsky on the work of the American Goddard, the USSR launches its first liquid fuel rockets.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 11
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_877

Event 3174 (E1CA4225)

Date: 1933
Location: HIMALAYA, MONT EVEREST
Description: (Translated from French) Frank Smythe recounts this adventure: "Strange, to say the least. It was, most likely, a hallucination due to the lack of oxygen which affects not only physical faculties, but also mental faculties. I was descending towards Camp IV when chance had me look up. I saw two black objects floating in the blue sky. Their shape was that of observation sausages, except that one of them seemed to have short fins. Gliding, motionless, they seemed to swell and deflate alternately, as if they were breathing. I stared at them, dumbfounded, with extreme interest. I had the feeling that my brain was functioning normally, but to test myself, I looked away. The objects disappeared from my view, but when I looked back, they were still there. A second time I looked elsewhere, but this time, to test my mental faculties, I identified by name various details of the landscape. And yet, when I looked for them again, the objects were still visible. A few minutes later, a fog drifted across the north-east shoulder of Everest, above which they were suspended. It thickened, gradually masking the objects, and they disappeared from my view. A few more minutes passed and the fog dissipated. I looked again, expecting to see them, but they had vanished as mysteriously as they had appeared (…)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 244-245
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_878

Event 3175 (5BF6F97B)

Date: 1933
Location: CANADA, Nipawin (Saskatchewan)
Description: (Translated from French) In the northwest of the region made up of hills and marshes, many lights were observed at night. Two men and a woman approached as close as possible to the area around midnight, the rest of the way being done on foot. They then saw that the light came from an oval object topped with a dome, resting on stilts. Through the central door there was a back and forth of about a dozen shapes that went up and down a kind of ladder. These beings were small, dressed in silver uniforms and their activity was carried out in an impressive silence. The orange-tinted light illuminated the entire region. After half an hour of observation, the witnesses returned to the truck. A few nights later, the witnesses had the opportunity to return to the scene. The UFO was not present. But there were traces: 6 squares of 45 cm on each side, spaced 2.5 to 3 m apart, 5 to 7 cm deep, forming a rectangle in the center of which was a circle of burned grass.
Reference: John Brent Musgrave in FSR Vol. 22 n° 6 of 1976
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_883

Event 3176 (B0BA42B8)

Date: 1933
Description: (Translated from French) Adolf Hitler takes power. All German scientists are forced to work for the Nazis.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_428

Event 3177 (639895E0)

Date: 1933
Locations: Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Wind River Indian Reservation
Description: Earl J. Duncan and a Native American boy are in a truck near Fort Washakie, Wyoming, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. As they reach the crest of a hill, they see three perfectly round, pulsating, orange-red balls about 900 feet away. They are moving “in absolute alignment” about 20 feet from the ground toward the nearest mountain range. After 5 minutes of silent movement they disappear over a nearby mountain.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAp case file; Clark III 1175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_449

Event 3178 (0A52637D)

Date: 1933
Location: Near Allentown, PA
Description: A Pennsylvania motorist encountered a landed UFO near Allentown while fixing a flat tire. He approached a field where he saw an eerie purple light and found a bell-shaped craft about six feet tall and 10 feet in diameter. The craft had a circular door emitting the light, and the witness briefly entered the dome-shaped interior with instrumentation and cold, ammonia-scented air. After inspecting it for around 10 minutes, he left to finish changing his tire. (Chapter 6, Ref 211)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_202

Event 3179 (2D5E3C63)

Date: 1933
Location: Sussex, England
Description: Four British Royal Air Force fighters encountered a large, circular lighted object during a training flight over Sussex, England. The object dropped into the center of their formation, causing two planes to experience engine failures and one pilot to sustain burns to his face and hands. (Chapter 6, Ref 217)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_208

Event 3180 (0388E44E)

Date: 1933
Location: Near Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan
Description: Residents near Tobin Lake in Canada’s Saskatchewan province observed strange lights attributed to swamp gas, until three witnesses approached a glowing, oval-shaped object on the ground. The craft had humanoid figures, short in stature, moving around it, and upon returning the next day, the witnesses found deep impressions and a burned circular area where the object had been. (Chapter 6, Ref 222)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_213

Event 3181 (828C3B89)

Date: 1933
Time: daytime
Location: Near Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan
Description: Around the same time, a woman had a potentially unsettling daylight encounter in the same area, witnessing “little green men” wearing silvery suits near a pond. Her memory of the event was vague, leading her to suggest the possibility of abduction. (Chapter 6, Ref 223)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_214

Event 3182 (76E7B9EA)

Date: 1933
Location: Australia
Description: In Australia, a woman claimed to have experienced a UFO abduction when a shining egg-shaped craft descended from the sky. Gray-skinned beings emerged, temporarily paralyzed her with an instrument, and took her aboard the craft, where she was examined while strapped to a table. (Chapter 6, Ref 224)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_215

Event 3183 (95842C18)

Date: 1933
Location: Milan, Italy
Description: In the 1930s, there are reports of UFO crashes outside the United States. Limited information is available on these incidents. Documents from the early 1930s in Italy suggest instructions from Benito Mussolini regarding UFO information, including a reference to a crashed UFO near Milan in 1933. (Chapter 6, Ref 230)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_221

Event 3184 (33714253)

Date: 1/1933
Location: BELGIUM, Banneux
Description: (Translated from French) 18 apparitions between January and March, of an entity which the witnesses took to be the Virgin Mary. (1933, January to March)
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 311
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_880

Event 3185 (C9041F43)

Date: 1/1933?
Time: ~00:00
Location: DISCOVERY WELL, WEST AUS
Description: Large shiny egg going down. Greys exit. Aborigine woman abduction and experimented upon.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_390

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “DISCOVERY WELL,W.AUS:LRG SHINY EGG↓:GREYS EXIT:ABO.WOMAN ABD+EXPERIMENTED UPON”, LatLong: “-20.316668 123.800006”, LatLongDMS: “20:19:00 S 123:48:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3186 (95DE7D5B)

Date: 1/21/1933
Time: 22:50
Location: BONDY, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Luminous/glowing white observer(s) 12cm / arms length. Hovers / minutes. Rises and shoots overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_391

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BONDY,FR:2 OBS:LUMn WHT OBS 12cm/ARMS LENGTH:HVRS/mins:RISES+SHOOTS OVHD”, LatLong: “48.900002 2.483333”, LatLongDMS: “48:54:00 N 02:29:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SSD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3187 (279E1C19)

Date: 1/21/1933
Description: At 10:50 p.m. a luminous white object, with the apparent size of a 12 cm coin held at arms length, hovered over Bondy, Seine-St-Denis, France for five minutes, rose higher in the air, then shot overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 316
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_398

Event 3188 (CD3878EC)

Date: 1/30/1933
Location: Germany
Description: Hitler is made Chancellor of Germany.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_40

Event 3189 (86BE7C0D)

Date: 3/3/1933
Description: (Translated from French) During the Sankiru earthquake (Japan), the sea receded to reveal to the amazed spectators a luminescent halo resting on the ocean floor. Its color was bluish. Several years before, the same phenomenon had occurred. The crest of the waves, according to Frank Lane, emitted a faint continuous light. The entire surface of the sea sparkled as it broke on the shore, the waves illuminating the entire coast with a soft bluish light. In one of his works, Peter Kolosimo publishes a vaguely representing picture of this magical fire which only appears at certain times of the year in the sea in Japan. At the same time, luminous phenomena are also reported in the sky. (March 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_429

Event 3190 (E2BE167A)

Date: 3/4/1933
End date: 4/12/1945
Location: Washington DC
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt in office.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_41

Event 3191 (1D60D2E1)

Date: 3/24/1933
Description: (Translated from French) The largest meteor ever observed crosses 9 states of the United States. According to thousands of witnesses, its passage lasts a few terrifying hours. According to a photo, the large luminous sphere in the center of the image measures 9600 m in diameter, and the trail behind it is 1600 m wide, which Ninïger verified. An odor of sulfur persists for hours. The meteor seems to disappear suddenly at 27 km from the Earth, without exploding or disintegrating. (March 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_430

Event 3192 (7770F311)

Date: 3/24/1933
Description: (Translated from French) (or 1934) Witnesses on a beach in Ubatuba (Brazil) see a disc dive into the ocean and explode, covering the surroundings with a rain of silver fragments of very pure magnesium.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_431

Event 3193 (767A0C15)

Date: 3/24/1933
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of a wave of ghost flier observations in Norway (240 observations), Sweden (96 observations) and Finland (157 observations), lasting until 1939.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_432

Event 3194 (A09F4586)

Date: 5/1933
Location: USA, New York
Description: (Translated from French) Model of rocket copied from the Germans, but heavier, the Rocket 2 of the Aluminium Company of America, launched towards the sea at the entrance of the Port of New-York, would have approached the speed of sound, a few weeks before those of Dr. Goddard. (…) The Following Tests Were Very Disappointing
Reference: “To the Assault of Space” - Georges H. Gallet - Ed. of Modern Thought, p. 62, 63
Reference: Insufficient Cooling e.a.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_881

Event 3195 (7E349C91)

Date: 6/1/1933
Time: ~10:00
Location: MT. EVEREST
Description: Climber. 2 black ovoids hover / wind. Expand and contract. Lost in mist.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_392

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Himalayan states”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “Mt.EVEREST:CLIMBER:2 BLK OVOIDS HVR/WIND:EXPAND+CONTRACT:lost in mist.”, LatLong: “28.000001 86.950004”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 N 86:57:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EVR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3196 (0AF182C5)

Date: 6/1/1933
Location: Himalaya Mountains of Nepal
Description: English mountaineer Frank Smythe, during the British Mount Everest Expedition in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, is heading for camp at 27,500 feet when he sees two dark objects floating in the blue sky. In shape they resemble kite balloons, except that one appears to possess short squat wings. As they hover motionless, they seem to pulsate in and out as though they are breathing. A minute or two later they disappear behind mountain mist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank S. Smythe, Camp Six: An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937, pp. 264–265; Barry Greenwood, “UFOs on Mt. Everest in 1933,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 5 (July 1999): 2–3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_453

Event 3197 (2BF092A4)

Date: 6/13/1933
Locations: Magenta; Milan, Italy; Vergiate, Varese
Description: An unknown aircraft allegedly crashes at Magenta, just west of Milan, Italy. The Italian government establishes a top-secret group, Gabinetto Ricerche Speziale/33, to examine the craft. It is headed by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, and Air Marshal Italo Balbo, with scientific support from Guglielmo Marconi and astronomer Gino Cecchini. Debris is reportedly stored in the hangars of the SIAI- Marchetti aircraft company in Vergiate, Varese. Journalists are ordered to keep silent about the incident due to national security.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 12–15; Roberto Pinotti and Alfredo Lissoni, Gli “X-Files” del Nazifascismo, 2001; 2Pinotti 179–197
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_454

Event 3198 (769CD119)

Date: Summer 1933
Location: USA, between Chrysville and Morreston (Pennsylvania)
Description: (Translated from French) A man observed a faint violet light in a field between Chrysville and Morreston. Advancing towards it, he realized it was an ovoid object 3 m in diameter and 2 m in height, with an opening resembling a safe door. The witness pushed the door and found a cavity filled with a violet light and various instruments while an ammonia smell filled the air. (1933, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 245
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_882

Event 3199 (5E21240C)

Date: Summer 1933
Location: Cherryville, PA
Description: Morning. A man observed a faint violet light in a field between this town and Morrestown. Walking to it, he found an ovoid object 3 m in diameter and 2 m thick with a circular opening similar to a vault door. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_99

Event 3200 (D48E5BF4)

Date: Summer 1933
Time: Morning
Location: Cherryville, Pennsylvania
Description: A man observed a faint violet light in a field between this town and Morrestown. Walking to it, he found an ovoid object 3 m in diameter and 2 m thick with a circular opening similar to a vault door. Pushing it, he found the room full of violet light and observed many instruments, no occupant. Smell of ammonia.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_48

Event 3201 (0193BBB4)

Date: Summer 1933
Locations: Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan; Napawin
Description: For weeks, strange lights in the sky are reported around Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan. Curious about the reports, two young men and a woman drive to the lake from Napawin. On their way they see a glow near the horizon, so they park and trek a quarter mile into the woods where they can see a large, oval-shaped craft sitting on legs. From an open central doorway shines a bright orange glow; a ladderlike stairway extends downward with a dozen figures dressed in silver suits moving up and down the steps. They appear to be repairing the craft. The witnesses watch for 30 minutes when they decide to return to their truck and get closer. Two nights later they return and find imprints and burn marks, which they photograph. Two of them write an article that they submit to magazines, which refuse to publish what they consider outlandish fiction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Brent Musgrave, “Saskatchewan, 1933: UFO Stops for ‘Repairs,’” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 6 (April 1977): 16–17; Clark III 264; Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 15, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_450

Event 3202 (9E1050E1)

Date: Summer 1933
Location: Cherryville, Pennsylvania
Description: 2:30 a.m. A man who still insists on anonymity in 1964 is driving near Cherryville, Pennsylvania, when his car gets a flat tire. As he is jacking it up, he sees a faint violet light in the field on his right. Curious, he walks about 200 feet toward the light and sees a bell-shaped object about 10 feet in diameter and 6 feet high on the grass. Light is issuing from a circular door about 1 foot in diameter. He pushes it and it swings open. Putting his head inside, he cannot see much because of the peculiar light coming from the ceiling. The chamber inside is about 6 feet in diameter, 4 feet high, and full of tubing and dials on a console. An ammonia scent pervades the room, which is notably chilly. The man then walks around the object, touching the surface, which is slick, metallic, and cold. After 10 minutes, he goes back to the car, replaces the tire, and drives home.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Spotted in 1933,” Allentown (Pa.) Sunday Call-Chronicle, February 16, 1964, pp. B1–B2; Clark III 1175–1176; “1933 Sighting Reported,” APRO Bulletin, July 1964, pp. 7–8; Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 16, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_451

Event 3203 (DC55CC24)

Date: Summer 1933
Location: Beach Haven, New Jersey
Description: Night. Frank Van Keuren is fishing with others along the waterway off Beach Haven, New Jersey. Suddenly they are illuminated by a searchlight coming from an object moving slowly and silently about 1,000 feet in the air. It goes on to circle some radio towers about 8 miles away, flooding them with light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 19–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_452

Event 3204 (E18995FE)

Date: 7/4/1933
Location: Germany
Description: The Nazis become the only political party left in Germany, after all other parties are banned or split up.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_42

Event 3205 (C47278EA)

Date: 7/5/1933
Location: ENGLAND, Sussex
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, four Hawker Fury I biplanes flying in formation, encountered an enormous circular light above them. It descended into the middle of their formation. The engine of the plane piloted by Capt. Niger Tompkins of the RAF, failed, forcing him to make an emergency landing. Then it was the turn of the plane piloted by Bruce H. Thomas. The light passed so close that not only was he forced to land, but he had his hands and face burned, as if by a radiating heat.
Reference: “Ufo’s – A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p 16
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_879

Event 3206 (F5D67881)

Date: 7/5/1933
Location: Sussex, UK
Description: Gigantic light (Page 6-7 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_100

Event 3207 (15947F9A)

Date: 7/5/1933
Location: Sussex, England
Description: Evening. Four RAF Hawker Fury I biplanes flying over Sussex, England, encounter a gigantic light that shines directly into the center of their formation from a higher altitude. Two Hawkers experience mechanical trouble and separate. Capt. Nigel Tompkins and Lt. Bruce H. Thomas make emergency landings when both their planes’ engines quit. On his way down, Thomas passes so close to the light that it causes burns on his face and hands. Probable hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: History of the III Fighter Squadron, RAF, London Press, 1947; Jan Aldrich, “Aircraft/UFO Encounters Prior to 1942,” Project 1947; Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 3, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_455

Event 3208 (D0F53CF3)

Date: 7/5/1933
Description: A huge circular object dropped down into the center of a formation of RAF fighter aircraft over Sussex, England. Two of the planes suffered engine failure and were forced to make emergency landings. One pilot suffered burns to his face and hands after his airplane passed close by the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3834

Event 3209 (9C47AA61)

Date: 7/31/1933
Alternate date: 8/1/1933
Locations: Butt Valley Reservoir; Humbug Valley, California
Description: 9:15 p.m. Somewhere between Butt Valley Reservoir and Humbug Valley, California, high- school science teacher Paul M. Barry Jr. is skywatching when he sees two objects shoot across the sky. They are solid, prolate spheroids with a green luminescence. Their brightness changes considerably as they approach the zenith and diminish as they approach the horizon. He thinks they are 8–10 miles distant. The two objects disappear and are followed by a third.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_456

Event 3210 (B0155E59)

Date: 8/1933 (approximate)
Time: 02:30
Location: NORTHWEST / NAZARETH, PA
Description: Violet glow / field. 3M sphere / ground. Door ajar. Dials and controls inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 775)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_393

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “NW/NAZARETH,PA:VIOLET GLOW/FIELD:3M SPHERE/GND:DOOR AJAR:DIALS+CONTROLS INSIDE”, LatLong: “40.750002 -75.416670”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 75:25:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3211 (D822F02C)

Date: 8/1933 (approximate)
Time: ~07:00
Location: NORTHWEST / NIPAWIN, SSK
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer / 6 legs. Small humanoids (or Greys) going up [to] going down [to] ladder / 30m. Photographs / physical traces. / IFS#35 / r210v25#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_394

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “358”, HatchDesc: “NW/NIPAWIN,SSK:3 OBS:SCR/6 LEGS:OIDS ↑↓LADDER/30m:FOTOS/TRCs:/IFS#35/r210v25#9”, LatLong: “53.366669 -104.000005”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:00 N 104:00:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3212 (803D55B0)

Date: 8/1933 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: NEAR TUCKERTON, NJ
Description: Disk going [to] overhead slow. Lights 2 observer(s) / strong beams. Lights radio towers…
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_395

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “nr TUCKERTON,NJ:DISK >OVHD SLOW:LITES 2 OBS/STRONG BEAMS:LITES RADIO TOWERS…”, LatLong: “39.600002 -74.333337”, LatLongDMS: “39:36:00 N 74:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3213 (B5110532)

Date: 8/1933 (approximate)
Time: 21:00?
Location: KRASNYYE CHETAI, RUSSIA
Description: 1934? ‘Star’ going west / satellite speed / 10 minute(s). Turns going northwest!
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_396

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “KRASNYYE CHETAI,RUSS:1934?:‘STAR’ > W /SATELLITE SPEED/10min:TURNS >NW!”, LatLong: “55.700003 46.150002”, LatLongDMS: “55:42:00 N 46:09:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHB”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3214 (1638863F)

Date: 8/1933
End date: 12/1933
Location: East Coast United States, East Coast
Description: East Coast and Britain, mysterious aircraft (Page 7 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_101

Event 3215 (97BFEED9)

Date: Fall 1933
Location: Contra Costa County, California
Description: 11:45 p.m. A chemist in Contra Costa County, California, hears a humming sound outside coming from the northeast. Looking out the window, he sees the yard bathed in a steady blue-purple light. Suddenly the light goes out and the humming ends with a “pow” sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs; The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_457

Event 3216 (410C05A4)

Date: 10/1933
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter Polikarpov I-15, 360 km/h, ceiling 10000m, range 720km. The Polikarov I-16 model (seen from the side resembling a large cylinder with a rounded tail) flies from December 1933, 360 km/h, ceiling 9000m, range 800 km. It was originally a single-seater fighter
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_884

Event 3217 (86ECCE74)

Date: 11/1933
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter Arado AR-68, max. speed 310 km/h, ceiling 7400m, probably ended production in 1937.
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_885

Event 3218 (767F1290)

Date: Late 11/1933
Location: lake Fjosoken, Sorsele, Sweden
Description: After sunset. A lone observer sees what appears to be an aircraft land on ice-covered lake Fjosoken, Sorsele, Sweden. It takes off and circles the lake for one hour, during which time it projects a powerful searchlight on the lake’s surface. However, local police interview the witness and suspect that he was looking at Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 361
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_458

Event 3219 (D69C8822)

Date: 12/16/1933
Time: 18:00
Location: TARNABY, SWEDEN
Description: Several observer(s) / news. Mystery aircraft passes going quickly west. Turns over Joesjo, Norway.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_397

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TARNABY,SWEDEN:SVRL OBS/NEWS:MYSTERY AIRCRFT PASSES>>W:TURNS OVR JOESJO,NORWAY”, LatLong: “65.700003 15.283334”, LatLongDMS: “65:42:00 N 15:17:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3220 (9DF48AB4)

Date: 12/18/1933
Time: 10:00
Location: ONKERZELE, BELGIUM
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Fatima like solar apparition. Sparks and flames / ‘sun’.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_398

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ONKERZELE,BELGIUM:100s/OBS:FATIMA LIKE SOLAR APPARITION:SPARKS+FLAMES/‘SUN’”, LatLong: “50.755558 3.911111”, LatLongDMS: “50:45:20 N 03:54:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3221 (CF520BE3)

Date: 12/18/1933
Description: At ten o’clock in the morning hundreds of witnesses in Onkerzeele, Belgium watched a Fatima like solar apparition, with sparks and flames from a dancing “Sun”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing SOS-OVNI France, Phenomena magazine, issue # 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8484

Event 3222 (D374EA3E)

Date: 12/24/1933
Time: 18:00
Location: KALIX, SWEDEN
Description: ‘Mystery plane’ searches area with strong lights. Going quickly west. / r203 p128.
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_399

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KALIX,SWEDEN:‘MYSTERY PLANE’ SEARCHES AREA W/STRONG LITES:>>W:/r203 p128”, LatLong: “65.850003 23.166668”, LatLongDMS: “65:51:00 N 23:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3223 (1361A57E)

Date: 12/24/1933
Location: Kalix, Sweden
Description: Beam of light coming from machine (Page 7 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_102

Event 3224 (DC14C8BD)

Date: 12/24/1933
Locations: Kalix, Norrbotten, Sweden; Scandinavia
Description: 6:00 p.m. Witnesses in Kalix, Norrbotten, Sweden, see beams of light coming from a machine that seems to be searching the ground below. The beams are “blinding.” The sighting is part of a wave of “ghost flier” reports of gray monoplanes without identifying markings that are reported over rural areas of Scandinavia from November 15, 1933, through February 11, 1934. The Swedish Military Record Office accumulates 96 reports from Sweden, 234 from Norway, and 137 from Finland, and the Swedish Air Force undertakes at least two reconnaissance missions in search of the mystery planes. More than 50% of the reports take place between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., when Venus is low over the horizon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 7; Hilary Evans and Robert E. Bartholomew, Outbreak! Anomalist, 2009, pp. 497–499; Swords 361–363; Anders Liljegren, “Ghost Flier Mystery Still Unresolved,” AFU Newsletter 41 (September 2001): 1–3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_459

Event 3225 (98054CB2)

Date: 12/26/1933
Time: 09:30
Location: MANHATTAN, NY
Description: Many observer(s). Mystery flier circles city / heavy snowstorm / 5 hours. / r203p128.
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_400

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “MANHATTAN,NY:MANY OBS:MYSTERY FLIER CCLS CITY/HEAVY SNOWSTORM/5hrs:/r203p128”, LatLong: “40.750002 -73.966670”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 73:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3226 (12513851)

Date: 12/28/1933
Time: 18:00?
Location: HATTEFJALLSDALEN AND LANGMO, NORWAY
Description: Series mystery fliers. High. 3 lights visible only.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_401

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “53”, HatchDesc: “HATTEFJALLSDALEN+LANGMO,NORWAY:SERIES MYSTERY FLIERS:HIGH:3 LITES VISIBLE ONLY”, LatLong: “65.600003 13.933334”, LatLongDMS: “65:36:00 N 13:56:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3227 (CAED83C0)

Date: 12/28/1933 (approximate)
Time: 18:00?
Location: MUOIJEVAARA, SWED
Description: 2 separate drivers. Mystery craft goes 30M over highway. No planes up.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_402

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MUOIJEVAARA,SWED:2 SEP.DRIVERS:MYSTERY CRAFT GOES 30M ovr HIGHWAY:NO PLANES UP”, LatLong: “67.144448 20.650001”, LatLongDMS: “67:08:40 N 20:39:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3228 (EAA6A2A0)

Date: 12/28/1933
Description: The 4th Swedish Flying Corps begins an investigation of the ghost flyers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John A. Keel, “Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1970): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_460

Event 3229 (061C0F74)

Date: 12/30/1933
Location: Unknown City, Sweden
Description: Low-flying aeroplane (Page 7 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_103

Event 3230 (0483B4A7)

Date: 12/30/1933
Location: Sweden
Description: Swedish customs sends a request for air support to Gen. Eric Virgin, head of the Swedish Air Force, to help apprehend the ghost fliers who could be smuggling liquor into Sweden. However, he is cautious and wants more information to evaluate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 361–362; Good Above, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_461

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Year: 1934, 49 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3231 (784C1BA8)

Date: 1934
Location: Fort Washakie, WY
Description: INDIAN RESERVATION HAS THREE SPACE VISITORS - Earl J. Duncan of Chamblee, Ga., saw three bright round orange objects in the sky above Shoshone Indian Reservation near Fort Washakie. They were soundless and moved at a snail’s pace. Duncan’s sighting has many things in common with the January 29, 1952 sighting over Korea by Army planes, as appeared in Life Magazine, April 7 1952.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff5)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_43

Event 3232 (DEA6C75D)

Date: 1934
Location: USA, Peoria (Illinois), Cleveland (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) The Peoria Rocket Association, under the direction of engineer Ernest Loebel, was also involved in the development and testing of liquid propellants. It had a well-equipped test site in Cleveland and was able to develop a reliable rocket engine during numerous tests. For cooling, it was surrounded by a spiral-shaped tubing through which oxygen passed before being injected into the combustion chamber.
Reference: “Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 81
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_894

Event 3233 (8242F063)

Date: 1/1934
Description: (Translated from French) We receive daily more than 40 testimonies from above the region of Sweden and Norway where no plane should be. (January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_433

Event 3234 (B4EB9F4A)

Date: 1/1934
Description: (Translated from French) The Germans produce unmanned devices.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_434

Event 3235 (48BFF414)

Date: 1/1934
Description: (Translated from French) (or 1933) Witnesses on a beach in Ubatuba (Brazil) see a disc dive into the ocean and explode, covering the surroundings with a rain of silver fragments of very pure magnesium.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_435

Event 3236 (30ECD3CE)

Date: 1/1934
Description: (Translated from French) In Tibet, Nicolas Roerich observed a silver disc.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_436

Event 3237 (97D5D1B5)

Date: 1/1934
Description: (Translated from French) US Communication Act.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_437

Event 3238 (83A36B14)

Date: 1/1934
Location: 758 Manzanita Drive, Laguna Beach, California
Description: George Adamski, who has been a lecturer and counselor on spiritual topics since about 1928, opens the Monastery of the Royal Order of Tibet at 758 Manzanita Drive, Laguna Beach, California. The monastery serves as his home and headquarters until 1940.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George M. Eberhart, “George Adamski—New Age Meets the Space Age,” IUR 21, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 20; “Laguna Beach, 1932–1940: From Temple to Ranch,” The Adamski Case, September 27, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_462

Event 3239 (2DEACAAB)

Date: 1/1934
Location: At sea near Norway
Description: The crew of a Norwegian freighter reported a close encounter with an unidentified aircraft at sea. An airplane suddenly approached their vessel, flying very close before banking away. It then circled above the ship, illuminating the deck with a bright searchlight. The aircraft was described as large, gray, and without any markings. The captain compared it to a plane used by polar explorer Roald Amundsen, noting he could even see the pilot’s goggles and hooded jacket. (Chapter 9, Ref 367)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_359

Event 3240 (A7E15DA5)

Date: 1/1/1934
Location: SWEDEN, Umeä
Description: (Translated from French) Listeners heard in their speakers conversations giving information about mysterious flying objects (…) The conversations were broadcast on the Umeä radio program’s wavelength. This pirate radio was heard by other people in Norbyskar, Hedesunda, Nordmaling and Halsingtuna that month on bands of 230-275m. In some cases the ghost speakers spoke a disjointed Swedish.
Reference: this author is not yet devoid of fantasy, he will tell us more…
Reference: J.A. Keel: “Mysterie Aeroplanes of the 1930s” FSR July/August 1970
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_886

Event 3241 (135C9D2F)

Date: 1/1/1934
Time: 03:50
Location: SORSELE, SWD
Description: 1 observer. Plane roars overhead going east. Bigger / any known. Circles railroad/railway station/depot/facility 3X. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_403

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SORSELE,SWD:1 OBS:PLANE ROARS OVHD > E:BIGGER/ANY KNOWN:CIRCLES RR STn 3X:>N”, LatLong: “65.516670 17.700001”, LatLongDMS: “65:31:00 N 17:42:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3242 (267051E6)

Date: 1/1/1934 (approximate)
Time: 18:00?
Location: STORUMAN AND TARNA AND STENSELE, SWD
Description: Wave / night lights etc. beam lights up and down over lakes and towns and more/others.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_404

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “53”, HatchDesc: “STORUMAN+TARNA+STENSELE,SWD:WAVE/NLTS etc BEAM LITES UP+DOWN OVR LAKES+TOWNS++”, LatLong: “65.105559 17.133334”, LatLongDMS: “65:06:20 N 17:08:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 3243 (33B6723C)

Date: 1/2/1934
Location: Sorsele, Västerbotten, Sweden
Description: 3:45 a.m. Olof Hedlund is taking a walk in Sorsele, Västerbotten, Sweden, when he hears an engine above him. There is a full moon and visibility is good. He sees an airplane fly over the city from the west, passing directly above the train station. It turns three times in wide circles, then it takes off to the north, following the railroad tracks. It is at about 1,300 feet altitude and visible for 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John A. Keel, “Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1970): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_463

Event 3244 (D8DD88A4)

Date: 1/9/1934
Location: Västerbotten province, Sweden
Description: A mystery airplane is seen again over Västerbotten province, Sweden. The Swedish Air Force loses two aircraft trying to discover where the plane is based.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Plane Reported,” New York Times, January 10, 1934, p. 11; Strange Company 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_464

Event 3245 (3FB8B8D0)

Date: 1/10/1934
Locations: Upper Norrland, Sweden; Norrbotten County; Norrbotten
Description: Gen. Pontus Reuterswärd, chief of armed forces in Upper Norrland, Sweden, recommends to officials of Norrbotten County that they request assistance from the Air Force to deal with the ghost fliers. Norrbotten administrator Bernard Gärde is skeptical of the “vague and unreliable” reports at first.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 361–362
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_465

Event 3246 (ADBDF25B)

Date: 1/22/1934
Location: Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden
Description: A mystery aircraft flies over the military fortress at Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden, seen by 30 soldiers, and Reuterswärd alerts the press that planes had flown over restricted military areas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John A. Keel, “Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s, Part III—The Landings,” Flying Saucer Review 17, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1971): 17; Swords 362
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_466

Event 3247 (A7AE62E8)

Date: 1/23/1934 (approximate)
Location: NORWAY (at sea)
Description: (Translated from French) The Norwegian cargo ship “Tordenskiold” was leaving the port of Kabelvag to return to Tromsö. On the way, as Captain Sigvard Ulsen confirmed, the crew suddenly saw an aircraft approach with a powerful searchlight that swept the deck. The object was dark gray, without any markings, and on board what could only be interpreted as an airplane, there was a pilot wearing a cape or anorak, he had large glasses and a kind of hood on his head. After making a complete circuit around the ship in about twenty seconds, the aircraft disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared. (1934, January 23 (28?))
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 247-248
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_887

Event 3248 (DBEDD536)

Date: 1/27/1934
Description: Swedish MP Arvid Lindman puts a question to Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson, asking what action the government plans to take about the ghost fliers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 362
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_467

Event 3249 (B9EE3EB0)

Date: 1/28/1934
Location: OFF TROMSO, NORWAY AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Mystery plane lights ship like day. Unmarked. No try to hide.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_405

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “off TROMSO,NORWAY++:MYSTERY PLANE LITES SHIP LIKE DAY:unmarked:no try to hide”, LatLong: “69.700003 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “69:42:00 N 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3250 (7E8C1295)

Date: 2/1/1934
Location: central London, England
Description: Night. A mystery aircraft flies in circles for two hours over central London, England. Its engine is noisy, and its course can be clearly seen by its lights. On February 6, Under-Secretary of State for Air Philip Sassoon claims that it was an RAF plane carrying out a training exercise in coordination with ground forces.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John A. Keel, “Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1970): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_468

Event 3251 (10BEF5AF)

Date: 2/2/1934
Description: Prime Minister Hansson tells the Swedish Parliament that most ghost flier sightings are misidentifications or fantasy, while others are unsolved.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 362
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_469

Event 3252 (25D49C31)

Date: 2/2/1934
Locations: eastern Finland; Helsinki; Vyborg; Finland; Sweden; Norway
Description: Night. A large unidentified airplane is seen over eastern Finland close to the Russian frontier, apparently scouting the district. Flights of ghost planes and mysterious lights have been seen for the past month over Helsinki and Vyborg, Finland, as well as Sweden and Norway. The Scandinavian mystery fliers continue to be seen into 1935.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Finnish Alarm Grows over ‘Ghost’ Planes,” New York Times, February 4, 1934, p. 9; Strange Company 8–9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_470

Event 3253 (983AF50C)

Date: 2/3/1934
Location: Sweden, Northern Finland, Norway, Various
Description: Ghost aviators (as reported by the New York Times) (Page 8 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_104

Event 3254 (8F071E39)

Date: 2/5/1934
Location: MOEN = MALSELV, NORW
Description: Object crashes / Fager Mountains. Only footprints and traces found. FSRv17#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_406

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOEN=MALSELV,NORW:OBJ CRASHES/FAGER Mtns:ONLY FOOTPRINTS+TRACES FOUND:FSRv17#4”, LatLong: “69.166670 18.583334”, LatLongDMS: “69:10:00 N 18:35:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3255 (F1C1F2EA)

Date: 2/5/1934
Description: On this evening an unknown mysterious airplane made an emergency landing on Fager Mountain in Malsev, Troms, Norway. Two men were seen clearing away snow, and the engine noise was heard throughout the valley. Parallel marks in found in the snow, 75 meters in length, as well as two sets of footprints.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John A. Keel, FSR, July-August 1971, p. 18; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0107
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_695

Event 3256 (56772BFA)

Date: 2/7/1934
Location: NORWAY, near Tromso
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, an unknown aircraft crashed or made a forced landing in the Fager mountains during a snowstorm. The valley population followed the descent of the aircraft on the mountain. The next morning, the aircraft was motionless on the snow and two men visible next to it. A little later the aircraft attempted to take off twice without success. Eight inhabitants of the valley climbed the slopes with difficulty and discovered two parallel tracks in the snow near the point where the aircraft had been spotted. These tracks were 75 m long and 80 cm wide and were accompanied by footprints. But the aircraft remained untraceable. (February 7, 1934)
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that announce the Superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_888

Event 3257 (74936E79)

Date: 2/12/1934
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Description: Norrbotten, Sweden, administrator Bernard Gärde officially requests assistance of the Air Force with the ghost fliers. But air surveillance has actually been taking place since early January.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 362
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_471

Event 3258 (A97ECB3C)

Date: 3/1934
Location: Norway
Description: During the 1930s, Scandinavia experienced a surge in “phantom flier” sightings, with numerous reports of unidentified aircraft, often seen at night and in challenging winter conditions. While some of these incidents might have astronomical explanations, others seemed to be intelligently-controlled objects. In one such incident from March 1934, a Norwegian teenager reported seeing a fast-moving, elongated object with multiple lights of various colors, distinguishing it from stars and the northern lights. The object was traveling southward at a high speed. (Chapter 9, Ref 366)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_358

Event 3259 (5818BBB9)

Date: 3/4/1934
Location: Sweden
Description: Sweden calls off its hunt for the ghost fliers, although sightings are still being reported. Even though 24 airplanes participated in the search, no Swedish pilot has seen a ghost flier. Soldiers on the ground occasionally report sound from a motor or lights in the sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 362–363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_472

Event 3260 (5538D220)

Date: 4/1/1934
Location: SWEDEN, Altenfjord
Description: (Translated from French) Five witnesses suddenly saw a very large airplane descend in the moonlight towards the surface of the water, stopping its engines. Instead of landing, it began to make large circles, allowing the spectators to observe the presence of eight propellers. The windows of the cabin were brightly lit.
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that announce the Superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_889

Event 3261 (7C74DBAD)

Date: 4/1/1934
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: A very large aeroplane with eight propellers (Page 8 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_105

Event 3262 (60366539)

Date: 4/30/1934
Description: Gen. Reuterswärd tells the press that several ghost flier reports in January had been of real, unidentified aircraft involved in a violation of Sweden’s airspace. MP Elof Lindberg accuses him of not being competent enough to draw such a conclusion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 13; Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_473

Event 3263 (63590947)

Date: 6/1934
Time: ~18:00
Location: WATTSBURG, PA
Description: 1+1 observer(s). 35cm ball / light exits woods. Makes U-turn 6’ away. Away and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_407

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “393”, HatchDesc: “WATTSBURG,PA:1+1 OBS:35cm BALL/LITE EXITS WOODS:MAKES U-TURN 6’ AWAY:AWAY+BACK”, LatLong: “42.005558 -79.811115”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:20 N 79:48:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3264 (C745AA76)

Date: 6/11/1934
Location: London, England
Description: Night. Two mystery airplanes circle around London, England: “The machines were low enough for their outlines, as well as their navigation lights, to be clearly visible against the sky.” Regulations prohibit RAF planes from flying over London at less than 5,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John A. Keel, “Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1970): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_474

Event 3265 (3083E060)

Date: 6/19/1934
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is established, replacing the Federal Radio Commission.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_44

Event 3266 (E815631B)

Date: Summer 1934
Description: (Translated from French) At Skår/Osterøy (Norway), Berit Clemmensen, 7 years old, observed a luminous object descending from a nearby mountain to the East - at 300 or 400 m away - while she was lying in a haystack. She watched it for a few seconds as it approached, and then she doesn’t remember what happened next (“missing time”). (Summer)
Reference: UFO, 1/1992, 11
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_438

Event 3267 (F23F6581)

Date: Summer 1934
Location: Barron, Wisconsin
Description: Day. 9-year-old Coral E. Lightner and two friends watch a white object “like an open umbrella without the ribs or spurs” glide silently through the sky from the west-southwest to the northwest over Barron, Wisconsin. It moves silently with a slight undulation before it disappears after 20 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp. 15–16; “The Wisconsin Flying Saucer That Changed UFO Research Forever,” Wisconsin Frights, September 20, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_475

Event 3268 (F326F517)

Date: 7/14/1934
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Ringwood (Southampton)
Description: (Translated from French) After spending the afternoon of July 14th on various sports activities, Paul Faiveley had returned to his room around 11:30 pm. As he was reading a few pages before going to sleep, he realized he had lost a small wallet containing the remainder of his savings for his stay in Great Britain. He immediately went out, heading towards the nearby swimming pool’s bath cabins, in the hope of finding the precious object in the one he had occupied in the late afternoon. Relieved to have recovered his money, he was returning home when suddenly the sky seemed to light up and the witness clearly saw the silhouette of his body outlined on the slope of the terrain. He stopped and turning around, he saw almost vertically a dazzling disc moving slowly in a sky of exceptional purity. After a few seconds the phenomenon stopped, and then he was surrounded by a blue glow. For two minutes he remained thus motionless, then the blue ring began to fade, while the disc changed from white to a golden yellow, then to a bright red. At this moment the object started moving very slowly. It quickly accelerated, keeping this red hue and projecting yellow and bright spots. In about ten seconds the phenomenon had disappeared, rising into the sky towards the south-southwest.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 248
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_890

Event 3269 (F5424BB8)

Date: 7/14/1934
Time: 20:30
Location: NNE / RINGWOOD, ENGL
Description: Student / France. Large saucer hovers and glows. Windy sound no wind!
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_408

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NNE/RINGWOOD,ENGL:STUDENT/FRANCE:LRG SCR HVRS+GLOWS:WINDY SOUND no wind!:”, LatLong: “50.866669 -1.666667”, LatLongDMS: “50:52:00 N 01:40:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3270 (27229DC3)

Date: 7/14/1934
Description: On a clear evening a perfectly circular, vividly white disc-shaped object hovered directly over a French tourist in the New Forest, north-northeast of Ringwood, Dorset, England at 8:30 p.m. A blue halo formed around the object for one minute, and then the UFO changed color from white to yellow to orange to red, whereupon it took off at high speed with a rushing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul Faiveley, Phenomenes Spatiaux, June 1972, p. 22; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 416; Jean-Claude Bourret, The Crack in the Universe, p. 61; Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), citing Jerome Clark
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4044

Event 3271 (3F2D805A)

Date: 7/29/1934
Location: Elizabeth, NJ
Description: Ufologist and nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman is born in Elizabeth, NJ.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_45

Event 3272 (1E7321C6)

Date: 8/1934 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: BARRON, WI
Description: Young Coral Lorenzen. Silent white hemisphere going northwest over horizon. / r210v30#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_409

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “339”, HatchDesc: “BARRON,WI:YOUNG CORAL LORENZEN:SLNT WHT HEMISPHERE >NW OVR HRZN:/r210v30#5”, LatLong: “45.400002 -91.850004”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:00 N 91:51:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3273 (33C9454D)

Date: 8/9/1934
Locations: Keuka Lake; western New York
Description: Around 5:00 a.m. Musician Leon M. Thompson is boating on Keuka Lake in western New York when he notices an odd cloud on the west side of the lake. It is in the form of an elongated cone some 60–75 feet in length and 10–15 feet in diameter at its largest point. Suddenly the sky lights up in a flash and the cloud emits a fireball that arcs across the lake to the east and leaves a fiery train. It falls on a cottage and throws up a cloud of mist or steam that slowly dissipates.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Ball of Fire Brings Thrill to Fisherman,” Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette, August 4, 1934, p. 5; Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough, Return to Magonia: Investigating UFOs in History, Anomalist, 2015, pp. 315–328
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_476

Event 3274 (75546256)

Date: Autumn 1934
Location: GERMANY, YUGOSLAV LICENSE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight (monoplane) of the three-seat medium bomber Dornier DO-17, 355 km/h, ceiling 5100 m. This aircraft was named “flying pencil”. The DORNIER family of aircrafts then gave other types of bombers, fighters and three-engine reconnaissance seaplanes (1934, Autumn)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircrafts, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: DO-24 first flight in July 1937
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_891

Event 3275 (9AD9D730)

Date: 10/1/1934
Time: 12:00?
Location: GARGANTA LA OLLA, SP
Description: Small humanoid (or Grey) telepaths message. “Grandson is born”. Granny checks. True!
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_410

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GARGANTA la OLLA,SP:OID TELEPATHS MSG:“GRANDSON IS BORN”:GRANNY CHECKS:TRUE!”, LatLong: “40.116669 -5.766667”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 05:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CCR”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 3276 (F2E8EB12)

Date: 10/7/1934
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Tupolev Type SB 1, 410 km/h ceiling 9500 m, range with load 1200km, with maximum fuel 1600 km. Built in large quantities in the 1930s. Of the type SB 2, medium bomber three-seater, more than 6000 will be built. The heavy bomber TB 3 has been flying since December 1930, with a crew of 10 men at the start, later reduced to 6 men. The TUPOLEVs will have a long line of series.
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_892

Event 3277 (D324B957)

Date: 12/1934
Location: GERMANY, Borkum (island)
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of aggregate 2 “Max”, first shot, altitude 2000 meters.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 201
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_895

Event 3278 (F46A1C3E)

Date: 12/1934
Location: GERMANY, Borkum (island)
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of aggregate 2 “Moritz”, 2nd shot, altitude 2000 meters.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 201
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_896

Event 3279 (968FB577)

Date: End of 1934
Location: ITALY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the bomber 4 or 5 seats Savoia-Marchetti S.M.-79 SPARVIERO, 430 km/h, ceiling 7000m, autonomy with bombs 2000 km. Firing from the glazed nose in front of the cockpit, glazed firing post dorsal behind the cockpit, glazed firing post at the back. (1934, end of year)
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_893

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Year: 1935, 41 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3280 (1AA79DF3)

Date: 1935
End date: 1937
Location: Ethiopia
Description: UFO activity around Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Type: UFO activity
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_46

Event 3281 (46865555)

Date: 1935
Location: USA, near Rosswel
Description: (Translated from French) Guggenheim allowed Goddard to continue his works, at the Mescalero Ranch where a large workshop was built for him and his four collaborators. In 1935 his rockets reached 2500m in altitude and exceeded 1100 km/h in speed. (…) His devices, 3m to 4.50m long, weighing 30 to 40 kilos, were launched from a 18m high tower. They had a gyroscopic stabilization system for correcting the trajectory. The oscillations disappeared while the rocket gained speed on its trajectory.
Reference: “Assault on Space” - Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 63, 64
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_897

Event 3282 (7680CCC7)

Date: 1935
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the consolidated Vultee patrol sea plane Model 28 Catalina, crew of 7 men, maximum speed 134 km/h, ceiling 5550m. The two 825 hp engines are placed very close to each other on the wing, itself placed on a pylon above the fuselage. Last delivery in 1946.
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_904

Event 3283 (678FEDAD)

Date: 1935
Location: URSS
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the four-seat bomber and torpedo launcher Ilyouchine II-4, first of a long line of increasingly performing Ilyouchines. The first one reaches 410 km/h, its operational ceiling is 10,000m.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_909

Event 3284 (E656D156)

Date: 1935
Location: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the LETOV S-328, two-seat reconnaissance bomber and utility aircraft, max. 280 km/h, ceiling 7200 m, range 700km.
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_910

Event 3285 (CB92B454)

Date: 1935
Location: ITALY, Chiarotorre
Description: (Translated from French) Theresa-Maria Vanucci was 17 years old when she saw, in a place called “Giuncaia”, around 5 o’clock, a globe of light containing a woman.
Reference: Erich ZURCHER: “Les apparitions d’Humanoïdes” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 200
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_914

Event 3286 (3BBCEEAA)

Date: 1935
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde Island
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of multiple tests for rocket launching. After the V-1, the V-2 officially emerged on October 3rd, 1942.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 11
Reference: see this date
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_915

Event 3287 (3B41DEF9)

Date: 1935
Description: (Translated from French) A Toten (Norway), manifestation of poltergeists.
Reference: Bord/Bord: MODERN MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD., 1989, 346
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_439

Event 3288 (C45F8AAE)

Date: 1935
Locations: Panama Canal Zone; Pacific; Atlantic
Description: 10:00 p.m. Edward Winters of the US 4th Coast Artillery Regiment watches a dull-red, Zeppelin-shaped object flying over the Panama Canal Zone at high speed from the Pacific to the Atlantic for about 30 minutes. Later it returns, moving in the opposite direction farther away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_477

Event 3289 (A758F1FE)

Date: 1935
Description: Astronomer Arthur M. Harding writes that “Surely there must be some forms of life on Venus that are not so very different from what we find on earth.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Arthur M. Harding, Astronomy: The Splendor of the Heavens Brought Down to Earth, Garden City Publishing, 1935, p. 408
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_478

Event 3290 (8C732BF5)

Date: 1935
Location: Seville, Spain
Description: In Spain, a farmer witnessed a large, illuminated round object descending to hover above the ground, from which small beings emerged and walked around the craft in 1935. (Chapter 6, Ref 225)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_216

Event 3291 (E1D65F34)

Date: 1/10/1935
Location: Lima, Ohio
Description: Charles Spayde, the operator of a telegraph station west of Lima, Ohio, claims that he has been receiving a “series of strange, unintelligible signals” that are broad in wavelength and “come in all over the dial.” He is convinced they are not static or mechanical disturbances and they do not originate on this planet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, “Conversations with Martians,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_479

Event 3292 (BF1B60CD)

Date: 1/22/1935
Alternate date: 1/23/1935
Location: Vienna, Virginia
Description: 8:00 p.m. A woman in Vienna, Virginia, sees a lightning-like flash in the southwest that flares up several times then dies down. It seems to come from a “great blazing light, almost a ball of fire,” that is moving around the horizon. It is lost to view in the southeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A correspondent from Vienna, Va., writes,” Science 81 (1935): 294
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_480

Event 3293 (2569F354)

Date: 2/1935
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the medium bomber 4 or 5 seats, glider towing and missile launcher. 415 km/h, ceiling 5000m. Machine gun turret in the nose fairing, in the dorsal turret, in the ventral gondola. This is a twin-engine version with elliptical wings, whose bomber version flies secretly, will make its appearance a year later as a civil aircraft. (February 1935)
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_898

Event 3294 (7E87A415)

Date: 3/1935
Location: BELGIUM, Mechelen
Description: (Translated from French) Lucien Aerts was able to observe from his home, at the corner of Koolstraat and Dageraadstraat, an enormous object made of aluminum that shone in the darkness. This device had the shape of an overturned basin and was stationary at 70° elevation above a large neighboring building. What is more extraordinary is that from the back of this disc two dwarfs dressed in metal then appeared, floating in the air. These characters seemed to inspect the perimeter of the object and carry out some repairs. According to the witness they were wearing a kind of cubic-shaped helmet and they moved in jerks like automatons or robots. After a few moments the two beings disappeared behind this windowless craft which flew off to the southeast.
Reference: J.G. DOHMEN: “A Identifier et le Cas Adamski” - ed. Guy Dohmen, Biarritz 1972, p. 153
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_899

Event 3295 (9B4494B3)

Date: Spring 1935
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) After the test flights of this bomber Henschel HS-123 Monoplane, it was presented to the public on May 8th, 345 km/h, ceiling 9000m. The HS-129 version flew early 1939, 408 km/h, ceiling 9000m. (1935, Spring)
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_900

Event 3296 (5DF6C6F2)

Date: Spring 1935
Location: Mechelen, Belgium
Description: Night. A Mr. Aerts sees a brilliant circular object “like aluminum” in the sky above the roofs of nearby houses in Mechelen, Belgium. It lands and he sees two small occupants come out of the rear; they wear square helmets with short antennas and are apparently examining the exterior surface.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1910–1939, p. 42; Clark III 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_481

Event 3297 (96D393FF)

Date: 3/28/1935
Location: USA, Mescalero, Roswell
Description: (Translated from French) R. H. Goddard’s rocket, gyro stabilization test, altitude 1400 meters, range 3900 meters.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 248
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_901

Event 3298 (B1D78D1C)

Date: 4/1935
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater with two cockpits and fixed landing gear, civil training North American NA-16, 341 km/h, ceiling 7338m, range 1400 km. It will have a numerous family in single-seater, two-seater and in 1940 the fighter bomber Mustang will come out.
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_905

Event 3299 (0432F131)

Date: 4/1935 (approximate)
Time: 23:00?
Location: NEAR ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Description: 1 observer. Aluminum pan / rooftop altitude. Robot(s)/android(s) float out and examine exterior.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_411

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr ANTWERP,BELGIUM:1 OBS:ALUM.PAN/ROOFTOP ALT:RBTS FLOAT OUT+EXAMINE EXTERIOR”, LatLong: “51.216669 4.416667”, LatLongDMS: “51:13:00 N 04:25:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3300 (C021FA19)

Date: Early 4/1935
Location: SPAIN, Aznalcazar (Seville)
Description: (Translated from French) As twilight appeared, around 7:30 pm, a certain Mora was in his property in Aznalcazar when he saw a large, round, and very bright object descend towards the ridge of Cerro de Torres, about 500 m away from him. The UFO stopped very close to the ground and some small beings then circled it several times. This strange apparition would forever mark the witness, who saw it as a supernatural vision that God had kindly granted him the favor of, and until his death he often recalled the adventure he had experienced one April evening in 1935. (April, early 1935)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 250
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_906

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Event 3301 (7FF91DBC)

Date: 4/5/1935 (approximate)
Time: 19:30
Location: AZNALCAZAR, SP
Description: Large brilliant saucer going down / just over ground. Small humanoids (or Greys) exit and walk around it! / r50p1.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_412

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “AZNALCAZAR,SP:LRG BRILL.SCR ↓/JUST OVR GND:OIDS EXIT+WALK AROUND IT!:/r50p1.”, LatLong: “37.316668 -6.250000”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:00 N 06:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3302 (8B89DD09)

Date: 4/5/1935
Location: Aznalcázar, Seville, Spain
Description: Dusk. A farmer named Mora sees a large, round, brilliant object descend and hover just above the ground near his property in Aznalcázar, Seville, Spain. Several small beings appear and stroll around it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 264–265; Patrick Gross, URECAT, April 9, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_482

Event 3303 (39476733)

Date: 4/5/1935
Description: In Aznalcazar, Spain a large brilliant, round object descended from the sky 450 meters away and hovered just above the ground in a field. Several small beings got out and walked around for ten minutes. The witness, Mr. Mora, thought he had seen an emanation from God.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alfredo Moacyr Uchoa, Phenomenes Spatiaux, June 1971, p. 17; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, case no. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1839

Event 3304 (40A42FC2)

Date: 5/1935
Locations: Olt River; Drăgășani, Romania
Description: Radu Popescu and his cousin are walking by the Olt River near Drăgășani, Romania, when they come upon what seems to be a Romany wagon. They see five figures—one next to the object, two farther away, and another two next to a boat on the shore. Suddenly the figures run toward the object, something black covers it, an antenna appears, and it rises up above the river. It turns to a white color as it moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 121–122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_483

Event 3305 (620CE0E2)

Date: 5/31/1935
Location: USA, Roswell (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) The greatest altitude was reached by a rocket launched by Goddard: IT WAS 2250 METERS.
Reference: “Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 48
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_902

Event 3306 (85AF9D69)

Date: Summer 1935
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Timaru
Description: (Translated from French) Ms. Isabele Walmsley was working as a nurse and one night she was suddenly awoken by a loud noise, like a roar mixed with a whistle, passing over her home. A few days later one of her neighbors told her that he had seen a huge light passing over her house that night. (1935, during the summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 250
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_908

Event 3307 (67D9EA72)

Date: Summer 1935
Location: CANADA, Nipawin (Saskatchewan)
Description: (Translated from French) Witnesses saw a UFO land and saw several small entities dressed in silver suits going up and down a ladder. Square imprints and burned areas were discovered the next day and photographed. (1935, Summer)
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 320
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_911

Event 3308 (D2AC50F5)

Date: 7/1/1935
Description: The US Division of Investigation officially becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Timeline, March 31, 2002
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_484

Event 3309 (48A6DDF6)

Date: 7/8/1935
Locations: Sweden; Norway; Finland
Description: The Swedish Chief of Staff releases its final report on ghost fliers. After concluding that 42 of the 487 reports investigated by Sweden, Norway, and Finland are of actual aircraft violating borders, the military admits the phenomenon is at least partially real.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_485

Event 3310 (1DEB9A3C)

Date: 7/28/1935
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First high altitude bomber flight with six to ten men crew, Boeing B-17 Fortress, cruising speed 293 km/h, ceiling 10670 m, final delivery to the army in April 1945, but the B-17E model was the first plane of the 8th Bomber Command and started its day-time strategic bombing missions on Germany or occupied Europe as early as August 17, 1942. It was soon replaced by the B-17F model, built in 3405 copies. The Boeing factory in Seattle alone produced 16 copies per day, the total production of B17 reached 12,731 copies! (July 28, 1935)
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_907

Event 3311 (334BE437)

Date: 9/1935
Time: ~20:00
Location: PETRIOSKIY GATE / MOSCOW
Description: Slow luminous sphere north going south twice / low altitude. Straight and level trajectory / each pass.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_413

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: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PETRIOSKIY GATE/MOSCOW:SLOW LUMn.SPHERE N>S TWICE/LO ALT:S/L TRAJ./EACH PASS”, LatLong: “55.716669 37.633335”, LatLongDMS: “55:43:00 N 37:38:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3312 (B631D283)

Date: Early 9/1935 (approximate)
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) Flight of the Messerschmitt BF 109, single-seat fighter, but often fighter-bomber, 570 km/h, ceiling 8000m, normal autonomy on internal tanks around 700 km. Many other versions until 1941. (1935, beginning of September?)
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_903

Event 3313 (DF3A0EB2)

Date: 10/1935
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the first heavy bomber Douglas B-18, with manually retractable nose, dorsal and ventral turrets. It flew at 349 km/h, ceiling 7265m. In December of the same year the military DC 3 (370 km/h, ceiling 7000m) made its first flight. It was followed on October 29, 1938 by the Douglas DB-7 and derivatives up to… today. It had been preceded in July 1935 by the Douglas Dauntless, a two-seat dive bomber, biplane silhouette, with very wide wings. (October 1935)
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_912

Event 3314 (33EEAF04)

Date: 10/1935
Location: ETHIOPIA, Addis Ababa
Description: (Translated from French) In the blue, cloudless sky, shone a kind of motionless silver-colored disk. The camera was soon in position but, upon sighting, Ichac had to admit that the object was too small: only a vague overexposed spot would be seen. (…) The disk was rigorously motionless. It remained so for several tens of minutes. (…) Nobody saw it leave. At one moment it was there, the next it was gone. (“Lueurs sur les Soucoupes volantes” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 122) In the chronicles of the French student Pierre Ichac, travelling in Ethiopia, one can read that he observed, together with other witnesses, an object in the shape of a disk hovering above the sands near Addis Ababa.
Reference: “Ufo’s – A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p 17
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_913

Event 3315 (1FCD21C2)

Date: 10/1935
Time: 12:00?
Location: ADDIS ADDABA, ETH
Description: Italian air raid expected. Silver saucer hovers instead. (Balloon?)
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_414

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

Extra Data: Country: “Ethiopia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “ADDIS ADDABA,ETH:ITALIAN AIR RAID EXPECTED:SLVR SCR HVRS INSTEAD:(balloon?)”, LatLong: “9.033334 38.727780”, LatLongDMS: “09:02:00 N 38:43:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ADD”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3316 (7746C39E)

Date: 10/10/1935
Location: NEWCASTLE, NSW
Description: Military observer(s) / Nobby’s Head photographs definite circular object. Details visible. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_415

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NEWCASTLE,NSW:MIL.OBS/NOBBY’S HEAD FOTOS DEFINITE CIRC.OBJ:DETAILS VISIBLE:NFD”, LatLong: “-32.916668 151.733341”, LatLongDMS: “32:55:00 S 151:44:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3317 (64E1EF87)

Date: 10/10/1935
Description: A military witness at Nobby’s Head, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia took a photograph of a circular flying object at ten p.m. The object, seen revolving on its vertical axis, had clearly visible details, and flew off to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6695

Event 3318 (8FC79342)

Date: 10/15/1935
Time: 15:00?
Location: MENA, ARK
Description: Woman on porch temporarily paralyzed as saucer hovers 30M away. Feels cold.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_416

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “366”, HatchDesc: “MENA,ARK:WOMAN ON PORCH TEMP.PARALYZED AS SCR HVRS 30M AWAY:FEELS COLD.”, LatLong: “34.588891 -94.238893”, LatLongDMS: “34:35:20 N 94:14:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “35”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3319 (C9C8E537)

Date: 11/24/1935
Location: Palestine, TX
Description: Bright shaft of light (Page 10 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_106

Event 3320 (ABE64CD7)

Date: 12/1935
Location: Unknown City, Brazil
Description: Snake-like shafts of light hanging motionless in sky (Page 10 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_107

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Year: 1936, 34 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3321 (A70718B5)

Date: 1936
Location: NORWAY, Gjersjoen
Description: (Translated from French) An object landed on the road, blocking two cars coming in opposite directions. One of the witnesses was 37 years old at the time. Neither of the two drivers ever attempted, either during the incident or afterwards, to make contact with each other. The object on the road eventually rose up and disappeared into the sky. The witnesses were approximately 20 meters away from the phenomenon. (1936/1937)
Reference: I would have liked to read what this object was like, its shape, its color, its dimensions…
Reference: Letter from Eldbjørg Fjeldberg, 16 Nov 1976. Listing from Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_925

Event 3322 (4B373F27)

Date: 1936
Description: (Translated from French) Second wave of UFO (ghost rockets) sightings in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_440

Event 3323 (56F0C39D)

Date: 1936
Description: Atmospheric physicist William Jackson Humphreys, after examing 280 cases, argues that ball lightning is caused by persistence of vision, meteorites, will-o’-the-wisp, brush discharge, and other natural phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: W. J. Humphreys, “Ball Lightning,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76 (1936): 613–626
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_486

Event 3324 (E5C3EBCB)

Date: 1936
Locations: Canal Zone; Miraflores Lake, Panama
Description: Late evening. Mrs. E. P. Higgins and another member of the Canal Zone Astronomical Society observe a moving orange-red star passing from north to south near Miraflores Lake, Panama. Suddenly it halts and travels in three small circles from right to left.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, pp. 112–113; Clark III 1176
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_487

Event 3325 (DCDBEA98)

Date: 1936
Location: Italy
Description: A confidential report to Benito Mussolini described two types of UFO sightings in Italy. The first was a polished, metallic disc with reflective properties, and the second was a gray or slate-colored metallic tube resembling an aerial torpedo with windows and alternating lights. Additionally, two hat-shaped craft, resembling priest’s hats, were observed following the torpedo-like object. (Chapter 6, Ref 219)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_210

Event 3326 (FDC1148F)

Date: 1936
Location: Malta
Description: Witnesses near Malta observed a “zeppelin-shaped” object flying at high speed just off the shore. Despite its appearance, the object was not a known dirigible, as all zeppelins and other airships from various nations were accounted for at the time. Some observers claimed to have seen people with strange helmets inside a gondola on the craft. (Chapter 6, Ref 220)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_211

Event 3327 (7495304D)

Date: 1936
Location: Black Forest region, Germany
Description: A crashed UFO was reportedly recovered. (Chapter 6, Ref 231)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_222

Event 3328 (288C2890)

Date: 1/1936 (approximate)
Time: 06:00
Location: PAVLODAR, KAZAKH
Description: Flying man comes within 40M / schoolgirl. Absolute(ly) black! Rumbles and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_417

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PAVLODAR,KAZAKH:FLYING MAN COMES WITHIN 40M/SCHOOLGIRL:ABS BLACK!:RUMBLES+AWAY”, LatLong: “52.283336 77.383337”, LatLongDMS: “52:17:00 N 77:23:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PVL”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3329 (00E6DFE1)

Date: 1/1936
Locations: Laguna Beach, California; Long Beach; Los Angeles
Description: George Adamski’s Royal Order of Tibet publishes Universal Jewels of Life as a free monthly newsletter for those attending his meetings in Laguna Beach, California. Besides Adamski, talks are also given by Marguerite Weir, Alice Wells, and others. Beginning in May, the Royal Order has a weekly 15-minute slot on local radio stations KFOX in Long Beach and KMPC in Los Angeles. He also publishes Wisdom of the Masters of the Far East, a summary of his “ageless wisdom” teachings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Laguna Beach, 1932–1940: From Temple to Ranch,” The Adamski Case, September 27, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_488

Event 3330 (997ABDF2)

Date: 2/1936
Location: USA, Greenwood (border of N.Y and N.J. states)
Description: (Translated from French) Tests of particularly large flying models, equipped with liquid fuel rocket engines, were undertaken by Willy Levy on the frozen Greenwood Lake. The two models were made of aluminium, measured 4 m in length and were called “Gloria”. Their wings, slightly V-shaped, were placed in the middle of the rocket body and had a wingspan of 5 meters. A 30° inclined catapult was provided for launching.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 81
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_916

Event 3331 (4F96ABCD)

Date: 2/14/1936
Time: 18:00
Location: CODY, WY
Description: Numerous observer(s). Mystery plane circles several times / heavy snowstorm. Never lands.
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_418

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “1551”, HatchDesc: “CODY,WY:NMRS OBS:MYSTERY PLANE CIRCLES SVRL TIMES/HEAVY SNOWSTORM:NEVER LANDS”, LatLong: “44.500002 -109.050005”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 109:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3332 (A16092B5)

Date: 3/5/1936
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the first of the supermarine Spitfire series, 580 km/h, internal tank range 637km. This is the first fighter aircraft with working skin built in Great Britain.
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_917

Event 3333 (F98AF628)

Date: 4/25/1936
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) Winner of an Army Air Force three-seat fighter program, the Potez Series 63 is a two-seat day and night fighter, 440 km/h, ceiling 10,000m.
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_918

Event 3334 (CB1839E5)

Date: 5/1936
Location: JAPAN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the light attack biplane Misubishi KI-15, 450 km/h, ceiling 8600 m, it was followed in November 1936 by the Ki-21, heavy bomber with 7 seats while the AM began in 1935, followed by the A6M Zero-Sen in 1939 and so many others.
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_919

Event 3335 (12469837)

Date: 5/1936 (approximate)
Time: ~15:00
Location: NEAR WARWICK, RI
Description: Family / car. 12 disks / instant accelerations. Hover and maneuver. Assemble / stack formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_419

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr WARWICK,RI:FAMILY/CAR:12 DISKS/INSTANT ACCELS:HVR+MNVR:ASSEMBLE/STACK FORMn”, LatLong: “41.700002 -71.383337”, LatLongDMS: “41:42:00 N 71:23:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3336 (01ADC019)

Date: Late Spring 1936
Location: USA, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) Richard Keller and his family saw on a Sunday afternoon, in very cloudy weather, ten or twelve UFOs. At about 5° south they had been watching for 10 minutes the maneuvers of “airplanes” which suddenly converged as if to a signal towards a point below the clouds. They placed themselves one above the other, rose in a spiral through the clouds. During the previous 10 minutes, some had been hovering, motionless, others were flying in all directions in an area of perhaps 150 m in diameter. They were all identical to each other in size, shape and color. (1936 or 1937, late spring)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, p. 118, 119
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_926

Event 3337 (B86534B4)

Date: 6/26/1936
Location: Germany
Description: Heinrich Focke designed the world’s first practical, stable transverse twin rotor helicopter
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_47

Event 3338 (59D79B3D)

Date: 7/1936?
Location: AYLMER LAKE, NWT
Description: Pilot / ground. Light aluminum cylinder/cigar-shape silent and still / several min. Turns and zips going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_420

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “375”, HatchDesc: “AYLMER LAKE,NWT:PILOT/GND:LITE ALUM CGR SILENT+STILL/SVRL MIN:TURNS+ZIPS>>E”, LatLong: “64.450003 -108.366672”, LatLongDMS: “64:27:00 N 108:22:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northwest Territories”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3339 (8A7380A5)

Date: 7/2/1936
Location: USA (McAllen, Texas), Mexico (Reynosa)
Description: (Translated from French) Professor Goddard carried out the first international rocket mail link between the USA and Mexico. (“Rockets, vehicles of the future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 86) a rocket was launched from the American side, then another from the Mexican side, each carrying 300 letters.
Reference: “Assault on Space” Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_920

Event 3340 (5F86C68B)

Date: 7/15/1936
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) The night was advanced and the heat was stifling. After midnight, all the members of my family were sleeping, except my father who was still taking the cool air on the balcony. The night was calm and the sky was pitch black. Suddenly the sky, facing my father, became as bright as day and one could even count the tiles of the roof of the kiosk “Sinfengting” perched on the crest of the Yushan mountain, to the west. Between the kiosk and the balcony, there was 400 m. Suddenly, in the northwest sky, a small black ball appeared, heading east at great speed. When the black ball was above Bailangcang Street, 130 m from the balcony, it stopped and remained 20 m from the ground. My father looked at it carefully and he noticed that its diameter was 1.5 m. Then the ball began to open from the bottom, very widely, and to spew out a thick, blood-red liquid. This liquid was going straight down, but my father did not know if it touched the ground because the roofs opposite prevented him from seeing well; The red blood column was very large and measured about 3 m wide. Surprised, my father called my mother, who came out to see this unusual spectacle, but when she arrived on the balcony, the blood column had already shrunk, becoming as thin as a bamboo. Suddenly the red liquid disappeared and the lights went out. Everything sank into darkness. My father’s observation lasted three minutes (July 15, 1936)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials” ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.76, 77
Reference: no trace the next day
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_921

Event 3341 (55FFBBD9)

Date: 8/1936
Location: JAPAN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater bomber Aichi D3A, average speed 450 km/h, ceiling 9500 m, production ended in 1944.
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_922

Event 3342 (C09ED88C)

Date: 8/17/1936
Locations: Venice, Italy; Mestre, Veneto
Description: A metallic disc with a diameter of 33–40 feet is seen flying soundlessly near Venice, Italy. It has windows and alternating white and red lights. Two fighters from a nearby air base attempt to intercept it but cannot reach it. After maneuvering for an hour and passing above Mestre, Veneto, it appears more like a torpedo-shaped object. Two other smaller, domed discs are also seen following it. A report on the incident is sent to Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 12; Roberto Pinotti and Alfredo Lissoni, Gli “X-Files” del Nazifascismo, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_489

Event 3343 (ABF33AE1)

Date: 9/1936
Location: Staffordshire, England
Description: A young girl in Staffordshire, England had a close encounter with a brown, cigar-shaped craft with portholes that descended near her as she was about to draw water from a well. She felt paralyzed during the encounter and later found that she had drawn water from the well without remembering doing so. (Chapter 6, Ref 218)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_209

Event 3344 (1859A75F)

Date: 9/1/1936
Time: 12:00?
Location: STONE, STAFFS
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape / 5 portholes very close / farm girl. Missing time. Can’t recall drawing water.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 287)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_421

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “STONE,STAFFs:CGR/5 PORTHOLES VCLOSE/FARM GIRL:MST:CANT RECALL DRAWING WATER”, LatLong: “52.900003 -2.150000”, LatLongDMS: “52:54:00 N 02:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3345 (AEA78CC8)

Date: Fall 1936
Locations: Texarkana, Arkansas; Bowie County, Texas; Red River Army Depot
Description: Before 12:00 midnight. Louie R. Lindblad and five companions from Texarkana, Arkansas, are fox hunting in Bowie County, Texas [around the current site of the Red River Army Depot] when they observe numerous star- like objects in a circular formation. Occasionally a light would fly across the circle and take up another position until they all seem to relocate. They watch the display for about 30–40 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, no. 150, August 1980, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_490

Event 3346 (2B5B6A49)

Date: 10/1936
Locations: Eklutna, Alaska; Anchorage
Description: Night. Holger Berg and another worker at the Civilian Conservation Corps in Eklutna, Alaska, are walking south toward Anchorage when the see a light approaching them from the south. It is attached to a cigar-shaped object embedded in a blue-green haze and making a strange buzzing noise. As the object passes directly overhead, they notice it actually has a triangular shape and multicolored lights on its tail end. Frightened, they dive into a nearby snowbank then run back to Eklutna.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marler 64–66
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_491

Event 3347 (A79FD0C4)

Date: 10/2/1936
Description: (Translated from French) In the Basque province of Guipuzcoa, about 120 km from San Sebastian, Valentine Williams, an English novelist and former soldier, and two other people, after leaving General Franco’s HQ in Burgos to go to Biarritz, jumped in surprise at seeing what they thought was a flare or tracer projectile, describing an angle trajectory from the road and heading north at great speed. Williams described it as a white smoke banner… Then it burst into orange flames. There was no sound or explosion. Upon arriving in Biarritz, they told their story. Tom Dupree, from the British Consulate in Hendaye, claims to have been in San Sebastian (about 48 km west of Biarritz) at the same time and to have seen the same object. (October 2, 4:18 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_441

Event 3348 (E9FF4804)

Date: 10/2/1936
Description: (Translated from French) At Gjersjøen (Norway), an object landed on the road, blocking two cars coming from opposite directions. Neither of the drivers (one of 37 years old) made any attempt to contact the other, after the object, which was 20 m away, rose and disappeared. ((or 1937))
Reference: Letter from Eldbjørg Fjeldberg, November 16th, 1976
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_442

Event 3349 (E617CEF0)

Date: 10/10/1936
Time: 22:00?
Location: PORTOFERRAIO, ITL
Description: 3 military pilots. Flaming jet going quickly north / 770 kph. Pilot follows. Beams / side.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_422

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “PORTOFERRAIO,ITL:3 MIL.PILOTS:FLAMING JET >>N/770 kph:PILOT FOLOS:BEAMS/SIDE”, LatLong: “42.816669 10.316667”, LatLongDMS: “42:49:00 N 10:19:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3350 (07210B2D)

Date: 10/10/1936
Locations: Orbetello, Grosseto, Italy; Talamone, Italy; Elba
Description: 4:15 a.m. Capt. Mario Rossi, flight instructor at the airfield at Orbetello, Grosseto, Italy, is flying a Savoia- Marchetti SM.62 at 12,465 feet over Talamone, Italy, when he sees an unusual light ahead of his plane. He follows the light, which is at a slightly higher altitude and moving at nearly 440 mph. Rossi loses it after flying into a cloud for 12 minutes and finding himself over Elba.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ernesto Thayaht, “Three Sightings in Italy,” Flying Saucer Review 1, no. 3 (July/Aug. 1955): 6; 1Pinotti 15–16; “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 7, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_492

Event 3351 (8C396A1F)

Date: 10/15/1936
Location: JAPAN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seat interceptor fighter Nakajima KI-27, 460 km/h, ceiling approximately 10500m, range 625 km. It was the most maneuverable military aircraft of the time. It was them who shot down 90% of the 1252 Soviet aircraft downed in 1939 after the Nomonham incident. The three-seat bomber Nakajima B5N followed quickly as well as other versions.
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_923

Event 3352 (A2A7A7F2)

Date: 11/17/1936
Time: 18:00?
Location: NEAR TROMSO, NORWAY
Description: Several report(s). Night lights and mystery flyers. Beams and radio signals. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEEL, John: OPERATION TROJAN HORSE; Putnam’s Sons, NY 1970. (Index 135)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_423

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “87”, HatchDesc: “nr TROMSO,NORWAY:SVRL RPTS:NLTS+MYSTERY FLYERS:BEAMS+RADIO SIGNALS:NFD”, LatLong: “69.633337 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “69:38:00 N 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3353 (FB983569)

Date: Winter 1936
Location: KAZAKHSTAN, Pavlodar
Description: (Translated from French) Ms. E. E. Loznaya was 15 years old at the time. One morning, on her way to school she saw, flying quickly through the air, a humanoid figure dressed in black. It was at mid-height and its clothes covered it completely. In place of the head something like a square helmet, it had massive, square arms, very close to the body. She saw neither hands nor feet, but noticed on its back something oval, like a backpack. In place of the face, the surface was entirely black and as it passed near her it made a rumbling noise. It was less than 30 m away from her. Frightened, she looked around for help. In that short period of time the flying man had disappeared. (1936, Winter)
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 148
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_924

Event 3354 (1E718608)

Date: Winter 1936
Locations: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France; Alps
Description: Robert Damion, an astronomer of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, who has a private observatory in the Alps, claims that for several nights a “certain portion of the sky in the vicinity of Mars” has been lit up with a deep bluish tint for 40 seconds each time. He is convinced that Mars is trying to signal Earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Light from Mars Called Signal to Earth,” Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, March 11, 1936, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_493

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Year: 1937, 44 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3355 (0AA41117)

Date: 1937
Location: SOUTH AFRICA, Drakensbergen
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1917) Elizabeth Klarer flies in a sports plane over the Drakensbergen, when a blue glowing object flies towards her aircraft, turns and moves away. Later Elizabeth Klarer will work for the British secret services in the context of aerial phenomena “Foo-Fighters”, "Spirit Hunters and Various Lights. [note from vog: never read this anywhere else, the author “Mitarbeiter” = collaborator (anonymous) seems to be the only one informed of this state of affairs… ]
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued 1954
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_927

Event 3356 (139F7BE5)

Date: 1937
Location: Eastern Turkey
Description: During WWII, there were reports of crashed UFOs in Italy, Germany, and Poland. Given the political alliances and invasions, it is believed that the information from these crashes could have been acquired by Nazi scientists for potential research into flying saucers. Separately, a 1937 German archaeological expedition in Turkey was told of a metallic “house” that had fallen from the sky many generations prior. This object was described as a disc-shaped craft, about 80 feet in diameter. Upon hearing about it, a German team was dispatched to retrieve the mysterious object, which they did, and it was eventually transported to a facility near Munich for further examination. (Chapter 7, Ref 296)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_288

Event 3357 (9D31209B)

Date: 1/1937?
Location: NEAR VAN BUREN, MO
Description: Private plane chases flying disk. Pilot now state government official.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_424

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “197”, HatchDesc: “nr VAN BUREN,MO:PRIVATE PLANE CHASES FLYING DISK:PILOT NOW STATE GOVT OFFICIAL”, LatLong: “37.000002 -91.000004”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 91:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3358 (0C34D2AD)

Date: 1/1937
Locations: Missouri; Van Buren, Missouri
Description: A man who later becomes an administrator in a Missouri state agency chases a disc-shaped object in his private aircraft over Van Buren, Missouri.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harley D. Rutledge, Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of UFO Phenomena, Prentice-Hall, 1981, p. 213
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_494

Event 3359 (DFF6A9BE)

Date: 1/1/1937
Location: USA, border between North Carolina and Virginia.
Description: (Translated from French) At noon, Howard S. Behr, LTC, USAF, was flying south at an altitude of 3000 feet. An object shaped like a gondola and of the appearance of metal from a revolver or pistol crossed his path. At that time he was making a private flight in a civilian Curtis Wright Sedan.
Reference: CUFOS files. Credit: Jerry Clark.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_928

Event 3360 (31D0CA95)

Date: 1/1/1937
Time: 12:00
Location: WARREN CO, NC
Description: Private pilot. 12M metallic gondola going southeast / 250kph. No windows or propeller!
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_425

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “136”, HatchDesc: “WARREN co,NC:Pvt.PILOT:12M MTLC GONDOLA >SE/250kph:NO WINDOWS or PROPELLER!”, LatLong: “36.500002 -78.000004”, LatLongDMS: “36:30:00 N 78:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3361 (62459404)

Date: 1/1/1937
Location: Unknown City, NC
Description: 30-40 foot in diameter object, no propellers, gun metal color (Page 10-11 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_108

Event 3362 (0328A33E)

Date: 1/1/1937
Locations: Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina
Description: Noon. Pilot Howard S. Behr is flying a Curtiss-Wright CW-15 Sedan at 3,000 feet over Virginia on his way to Raleigh, North Carolina. Suddenly he sees an object beginning to cross his flight path about 1,000 feet below him. It looks like a gondola, gun-metal gray in color, with both of its ends turned up. He estimates it is about 35– 40 feet long and traveling at 150 mph. It moves off to his left and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, Strange Skies: Pilot Encounters with UFOs, Citadel, 2003, p. 6; Patrick Gross, “Pilots UFO Sightings,” August 7, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_495

Event 3363 (24C1B444)

Date: 1/1/1937
Description: At around noon on this day a gondola-shaped object, the color of gun metal, crossed the path in front of a aircraft flying near the Virginia-North Carolina border
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_0

Event 3364 (97299278)

Date: 1/4/1937
Location: Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden
Description: New ghost flier sightings around the fortress at Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden, have prompted Gen. Pontus Reuterswärd to alert Minister of Defence Janne Nilsson about the possibility of foreign spies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_496

Event 3365 (DB0A8E9A)

Date: Late 1/1937
Locations: Västerbotten, Sweden; Umeå; Dorotea; Stensele
Description: Ghost fliers return to Västerbotten, Sweden. A light is seen wandering near the horizon east of Umeå. A light brighter than a headlight is reported from a community near Dorotea. A light similar to position lights on an aircraft flies over a village outside Stensele.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_497

Event 3366 (22418D07)

Date: 2/11/1937
Location: NORWAY, near the port of Kvalsik
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9:00 PM the fishing boat “Fram” left the port of Kvalsik. Not far from the port there is a cape covered with high hills that must be circumnavigated to reach the open sea. As the ship was making this maneuver, the crew saw what looked like a giant airplane resting on the water. Believing the craft to be in distress, the captain of the “Fram” headed in its direction. Immediately the red and green lights that illuminated the object went out and a cloud of smoke surrounded it. When it dissipated, the craft had disappeared. (February 11, 1937)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 251
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_929

Event 3367 (56A39329)

Date: 2/11/1937
Time: 21:00
Location: KVALSVIK, NORW
Description: Fishermen. Large plane going down / sea. Lights out. Blows fog. Vanishes. / r203p135.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_426

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KVALSVIK,NORW:FISHERMEN:LRG PLANE ↓/SEA:LITES OUT:BLOWS FOG:VANISHES:/r203p135”, LatLong: “62.366670 5.566667”, LatLongDMS: “62:22:00 N 05:34:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3368 (D6647C69)

Date: 2/11/1937
Location: Kvalsik, Norway
Description: Large aeroplane with red and green glowing lights (Page 11, Ref. 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_109

Event 3369 (59DBF987)

Date: 2/11/1937
Location: Kvalsvik, Norway
Description: 9:00 p.m. The crew of the fishing vessel Fram is departing Kvalsvik, Norway, when they notice a “large aeroplane” with red and green glowing lights resting on top of the water. The captain turns the boat around to offer assistance, but the object’s lights go out and it is cloaked in a “cloud of smoke” and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_498

Event 3370 (3ABBA82C)

Date: 2/11/1937
Description: Several fisherman off the coast of Kvalsik, Norway watched what looked like a large plane descend toward the sea around 9:00 p.m. It extinguished its lights and produced a cloud or fog cover, then vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John A. Keel, FSR, September-October 1971, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_816

Event 3371 (80F0ECA3)

Date: 2/15/1937
Locations: Swedish Parliament; Northern Region
Description: MP Elof Lindberg demands in the Swedish Parliament that a commission with civil experts, not military, should investigate the ghost flier intrusions. He suspects the military has embellished the reports to direct more resources to the northern region and to the Air Force in general.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_499

Event 3372 (AFDB47F3)

Date: 3/1937
Location: BRAZIL, region of the Rio Araguaia
Description: (Translated from French) In March and April 1937 the telegraph of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo carried strange stories about a huge simian monster, the “mapinguary”, emerging from nowhere and spreading terror throughout the regions near the Araguaia River. At Barra do Garcas, 500 km east of Cuiaba, the monster made descents on the fazendas and ranches roaring in the night like the father of a thousand devils coming out of hell. The farmers said “We all stayed inside all night, trembling with fear to find dozens of yellow cows (of Spanish origin) dead in the pampas, their tongues widely out of their mouths. Of course, the jaguars were already there to devour them. But there were large footprints resembling feet of at least 46 cm long.” Along the Aracargas River: “Night was falling and again we heard that roar coming from the darkness. Our nerves gave way, and at dawn, a whole band of panicked Brazilians took their gear to go to the nearest civilized post.” There were even reports from distant regions 240 km away like Ponte Branca. “No dead animal bore any marks of a possible struggle with what had come out of the dark Mato Grosso to kill them.” This wave of terror lasted three weeks making the headlines of the newspapers of Rio and Sao Paulo. Then everything returned to normal. (1937, March and April)
Reference: “O Globo” of Sao Paulo of 28.3.1937; “Secret Cities of Old South America” by Harold T. Wilkins, copyright 1952, reprinted 1998 by Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton, Illinois, pages 304 and 305.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_930

Event 3373 (B2244E8C)

Date: 4/1937
Location: ITALY, Naples, San Pietro a Patierno
Description: (Translated from French) Two customs security agents were near the Capodichino airport at around 2 o’clock in the morning when a cry was heard: “The guard! Let’s run!” probably coming from smugglers who were leaving the area. One of the customs agents G.R. (29 years old) was pointing a beam of light from his electric torch in the direction of the voice to discover a disc-shaped object “like the moon” quickly approaching the ground. It had the shape of two plates overturned one on the other, with a diameter of about 25 m and a height between 4 and 6 meters. The object was heading towards Vesuvius, flying over the airport, and dragging a white-bluish luminous tail accompanied by a kind of low humming. The object was illuminated by itself, with a kind of opaque white-silver luminescence not dazzling. The lower part was more rounded and had a small turret at its base, while the upper part had something dark and hard to define. On the entire surface there were three rows of portholes from which a faint light from white to pink was coming out. The lower part seemed to be the only one rotating. The observation lasted about thirty seconds.
Reference: letter from the witness to the CISU, report of the SOLARIS group, cfr CISU, archives D. n° 37001
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_931

Event 3374 (CB369C9B)

Date: 4/1937
Time: 02:00
Location: CAPODICHINO, ITL
Description: Customs men. Classic 25M saucer quickly going up [to] from ground. Spins. Portholes and dome.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Maurizio VERGA: ITACAT Catalog online: http://www.ufo.it/english/main.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_427

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CAPODICHINO,ITL:CUSTOMS MEN:CLASSIC 25M SCR ↑↑ FROM GND:SPINS:PORTHOLES+DOME”, LatLong: “40.883335 14.266667”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:00 N 14:16:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3375 (DD65B7BB)

Date: 5/1937
Location: ITALY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the medium bomber CRDA CANT-Z 1007 Alcione, four or five seats, maximum speed 448 km/h, ceiling 8100 m, with 4 machine guns distributed in the dorsal turret, the ventral turret and the two side bays at mid-fuselage. Manufactured in series in 1939 and put into service the same year.
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_932

Event 3376 (633D5DA2)

Date: 5/19/1937
Description: Lindberg’s request for a civilian ghost flier investigation is rejected by Swedish Minister of Defence Janne Nilsson, who explains that no new facts have surfaced and few new observations have been reported.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_500

Event 3377 (DD636628)

Date: 5/30/1937
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Description: Amateur astronomer Latimer J. Wilson of Nashville, Tennessee, is observing Mars through a 12-inch reflector when he sees a series of intermittent bright flashes across the south polar cap. A line of tiny white spots seems to extend across the cap, some coalescing to swell in a brilliant white spot that quickly becomes yellow, then red- yellow, the “phenomenon passing from left to right across the polar cap.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Latimer J. Wilson, “Apparent Flashes Seen on Mars,” Popular Astronomy 45 (1937): 430; Walter H. Haas, “Flashes on Mars Observed in 1937 and Some Random Remarks,” The Strolling Astronomer 45, no. 1 (Winter 2003): 43–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_501

Event 3378 (9471DE2F)

Date: 6/1937
Location: FRANCE, Vendée
Description: (Translated from French) One evening in June, around 11:00 PM, Mr. and Mrs. Barbot, accompanied by their daughter and son-in-law Mr. Bénéteau, were driving on the road that connects Xanton to Chassenon. Suddenly, coming diagonally from their right, the four witnesses saw an enormous luminous mass, as big as two hay carts and of a yellow-greenish hue. Mr. Barbot stopped the car and the witnesses who got out were then literally blinded by this intense light that surrounded them for a second and continued its route at great speed following a perfectly straight trajectory. The next day Mr. Barbot noticed that his headlights were not working anymore: the bulbs were burned out.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 251-252
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_933

Event 3379 (DC338037)

Date: 6/1937
Time: ~21:00
Location: XANTON-CHASSENON, FR
Description: 4 / car. Silent luminous green ball studies each observer(s)! / LDLN#312.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_428

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “XANTON-CHASSENON,FR:4/CAR:SLNT LUMn.GRN BALL STUDIES EACH OBS!:/LDLN#312”, LatLong: “46.455558 -0.700000”, LatLongDMS: “46:27:20 N 00:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3380 (22E17BA7)

Date: Summer 1937
Location: BELGIUM, Anderlues (Hainaut)
Description: (Translated from French) Henri Houck recounts his adventure thus: "It was during a beautiful summer night in 1937, I was returning home to the northwest of Anderlues. Taking a shortcut leaving the road behind me, I entered a narrow path bordered on one side by hedges and brambles, and on the other by a barbed wire fence. The difficult path was barely 80 cm wide. Raising my head and looking at the end of the path, I suddenly saw a light shining above the passage… At first I took it for a cigarette butt, but soon I saw that it was not, as it was too big. I was very intrigued and I approached. During my advance, this thing began to swell, reaching the size of a football. I was only one meter away from it when this luminous sphere deformed, lengthened and flattened, completely blocking the passage. It remained motionless about 50 cm from the ground. I could have jumped over this form with well-defined edges, tinted white and orange… But suddenly, a sudden feeling of insecurity overwhelmed me and I hurried back. " Henri Houck, very tall, of very robust physical constitution, feared neither God nor devil yet… Arriving near the road he turned around, the worrying phenomenon had disappeared. (1937, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 252
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_939

Event 3381 (A5168EE1)

Date: Summer 1937
Description: (Translated from French) In Czernica (East Germany, now part of Poland), a multicolored UFO in the shape of a ball or globe is seen falling into a field (or near a field) belonging to Eva Braun’s parents (Hitler’s future mistress). The area is cordoned off by SS troops from the town of Jelenia Gora (known as Hirschberg at the time). The crashed disc is taken to the SS base in Hirschberg and kept under very tight guard and extremely high security. It is 7.6 m in diameter and 3.8 m high, consisting of a large dome “covering” encircled by a thin outer ring, with a smaller flattened dome on top and a flat lower section. The top of the dome is also flat and large. The craft has 6 oval-shaped structures resembling openings but not transparent, or apparatus emitting some kind of light, located near the base of the upper dome. On the underside of the outer ring the craft has 12 lights. The color of the disc is a matte metallic gray. There is an insignia on the dome resembling the letter “T” with 2 vertical supports on its sides. The entrance to the disc is found on the top of the upper dome. The general shape of the disc resembles that of a German soldier’s helmet with a slight bulge underneath. Inside the circular cabin are 3 small seats, and control panels around the dome, as well as 3 extraterrestrial beings: 1 is dead, and the other 2 alive. One of the extraterrestrials alive dies shortly after the crash. The 2nd remains under guard for about 1 and a half months and dies. The extraterrestrials were small dwarves, about 0.9 m to 1 m tall, with large hairless pear-shaped heads, slightly dystrophic-looking bodies, long thin hands with 4 fingers, grayish skin and large dark slanted eyes. The Germans fear moving the disc to a more distant location, for fear that it might explode during a long journey during transport. So a research laboratory is built nearby. From Hirschberg the disc is moved to a safer place which, more likely, is called “Der Riese”, a Nazi complex in the nearby Gory Sowie mountains (now in southwestern Poland), which is also a site used to extract uranium ore. This complex has an extensive network of underground hangars, connected by tunnels. The bodies of the occupants and the living extraterrestrial are also moved to this complex. The extraterrestrial who lived for a month apparently provided some kind of information to the Germans and desperately asked for the help of the Nazi doctors, but they could not help him due to the different biological structure of his body. The extraterrestrial dies of an unknown illness. The origin of the crashed craft is apparently the double star RA known on Earth as 78 mu-1, Cygni, at 73.1 al away. Among the information given to the Germans by the surviving extraterrestrial is the fact that they have built underground bases in the polar region of the Canadian Territories, perhaps Baffin Island. This data is provided to Hitler himself. But no substantial technical data is actually provided by the extraterrestrial that could help the Nazi scientists to compete with extraterrestrial technology, despite their desperate attempt to obtain this data [Robert K Lesniakiewicz, Milos Jesensky Wunderland, Extraterrestrial Technologies, Anton Anfalov, Lenura A Azizova, Iryna V Volyk & Sergey V Kovalevskiy]. (Summer)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_445

Event 3382 (A96A6985)

Date: Summer 1937
Description: (Translated from French) Statement of Dr. Frank Halstead in favor of the extraterrestrial origin of UFOs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_446

Event 3383 (3E27F611)

Date: Summer 1937
Locations: Langenau [now Czernica, Poland]; Wernher von Braun’s laboratory
Description: An object allegedly falls from the sky in Langenau [now Czernica, Poland] into a field belonging to Eva Braun’s family and is retrieved by German soldiers. It supposedly winds up in Wernher von Braun’s laboratory, but the story is probably mythical.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 116–117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_502

Event 3384 (4CC097DF)

Date: 7/1937
Description: (Translated from French) Nazi leaders (Hitler, Goering) begin to send special teams of their elite forces to collect all kinds of supernatural, scientific and religious objects related to the supernatural, occult and fringe sciences. During the search for Noah’s Ark, along the borders of Turkey and Persia in the Ararat mountain range, the team is faced with a story by some of the oldest members of the village near the Tigris river. The story is that 200 generations ago a strange bright house fell from the sky, making such a noise that it woke everyone in the village. Some time after, a man travelling from one village to another comes across the object, which he describes as having “sang”, was warm to the touch, had a foul smell and seemed like the trading material used by the stone-hatted men. The story is reported back to the investigating team in Germany. (July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_443

Event 3385 (9678C8CA)

Date: 7/1937
Description: (Translated from French) A month later, two additional teams arrive. One is a group of scientists, arriving before the division of Hitler’s special weapons machine. This group of men manages to find the “house”, in fact an extraterrestrial vessel. The disc is 25 m in diameter, 8 m in height. It is solid without an apparent entrance, and surprisingly reactive to external forces, i.e. it seems to float a few meters above the ground, and requires a small effort to move it.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_444

Event 3386 (19649838)

Date: 7/15/1937
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the six-seat reconnaissance seaplane blohm UND VOSS BV-138, maximum speed 275 km/h, ceiling 5,000m, delivery to the Army type A1 in January 1940, type C1 in January 1941.
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_934

Event 3387 (3C4C0912)

Date: 7/20/1937
Location: London, UK
Description: Light (Nicknamed Ghost Flier) (Page 11 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_110

Event 3388 (66CFCEE9)

Date: 7/22/1937
Location: 500 miles off US coast, In Air Space
Description: Lights of alleged aircraft (Page 11 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_111

Event 3389 (697CD360)

Date: 7/29/1937
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Lockheed Model 414 Hudson, reconnaissance bomber and utility aircraft. Nose gun turret with 4 portholes on each side (2 upper, 2 lower), two dorsal turrets, speed 397 km/h, ceiling 7468 m, range 3150 km. From the same firm, various other models come out one after the other (July 29, 1937)
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Sequoia Brussels 1979
Reference: with variants of the C130 HERCULES…
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_935

Event 3390 (8D970EFB)

Date: 8/1937
Location: USA, near Penobscot Bay (Maine)
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, the crew of a barge on a route to Deer Island, saw a “pack of electric lights” approach the boat. Two of the lights came really close, one of them making a tour around the boat, the other remaining stationary in the air for three minutes, before leaving the area.
Reference: “Ufo’s – A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p 17
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_937

Event 3391 (A69A9620)

Date: 8/1937
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seat tactical bomber Sukhoi SU-2, 455 km/h, ceiling 8800m, range with 400 kg of bombs: 1200km.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, edition Elsevier Séquoia Brussels 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_938

Event 3392 (623F4714)

Date: 8/1937 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: NORTHWEST / ANDERLUES, BELGIUM
Description: 1 observer. Small glowing-ovoid blocks footpath. ‘Smart and determined’.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_429

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NW/ANDERLUES,BELGIUM:1 OBS:SML GLO-OVOID BLOCKS FOOTPATH:‘smart+determined’”, LatLong: “50.400002 4.250000”, LatLongDMS: “50:24:00 N 04:15:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3393 (4B89D985)

Date: 8/1/1937
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the two-seater Boulton Paul P-82 Defiant fighter, with dorsal turret, max. speed 488 km/h, ceiling 9300m, series production July 30 1939, delivery December 1939.
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_936

Event 3394 (DED4B547)

Date: 9/1937
Location: New York City
Description: Tiffany Thayer publishes the first issue of the Fortean Society Magazine (retitled Doubt in 1944) in New York City.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Fortean Society Magazine 1, no. 1 (September 1937); Clark III 516
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_503

Event 3395 (F6C94E12)

Date: 9/10/1937
End date: 9/12/1937
Location: Laguna Beach, California
Description: George Adamski’s Royal Order of Tibet organizes a festival in Laguna Beach, California, dramatizing the “teachings of the universal masters” and a round-table discussion focusing on the “present day needs in unifying all mankind.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Laguna Beach, 1932–1940: From Temple to Ranch,” The Adamski Case, September 27, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_504

Event 3396 (BA351B5E)

Date: 10/1937
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the single-seater fighter Bloch MB-152C, maximum speed 520 km/h, ceiling 10,000m. 593 Blochs were built until the end of the capitulation in 1918. At that time, the founder of the company changed his name: Marcel Bloch became Marcel Dassault.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, author Bill Gunston, Elsevier Séquoia Brussels edition 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_940

Event 3397 (2F011D0E)

Date: Late 1937
Location: German-Polish border, In Air Space
Description: Objects described as coffins and swords (Page 11 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_112

Event 3398 (0CA3FB0C)

Date: End of 1937
Location: BRAZIL, Galipolis (Rio Grande do Sul)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Vergani was involved in the construction of a house in Quarta Legua near Galipolis. One day, between 12:00 and 15:00, Vergani, along with six work companions, his wife and their child, had his attention drawn to a group of about ten shapeless objects in the sky. These bodies had the color of samambaia leaves (very light brown), with an apparent size of about one meter and they moved in a wavy motion. At the beginning of the observation the formation was 200 m away from the witnesses. At one point the objects approached the ground, one of them seeming to even land behind a fold in the terrain while the others continued on their way. Vergani and some masons went to the presumed landing site but found nothing. The objects moved silently and were not shiny. (1937, end of year)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 253
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_941

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Year: 1938, 53 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3399 (4BA14E28)

Date: 1938
Location: SPAIN, Madrid
Description: (Translated from French) While the Civil War reigned in Spain, Franco’s troops had implemented “propaganda rockets”. These were rescue rockets at sea, whose hollow head carried large quantities of propaganda tracts on extremely thin paper. Above the enemy lines, a detonating charge of grain powder caused the explosion of the rocket head and scattered the tracts over a large area.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, ed. Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 93
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_947

Event 3400 (F342F73F)

Date: 1938
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) In England, an inventor, Harry Grindell Matthews, proposed rockets capable of “launching an aerial minefield in the sky around London and other cities.” He envisaged 76 mm rockets, 3.50m to 4.50m long with gyroscopic stabilizer and fins. At a predetermined altitude they were to launch a series of parachutes to each of which would be suspended 300 m of metal wire intended to entangle in the propellers of attacking aircraft. This project was not carried out.
Reference: “Assault on Space” Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_952

Event 3401 (CA5A838B)

Date: 1938
Location: PORTUGAL, Baiao (Alto Duro)
Description: (Translated from French) The boy Bonifacio is said to have met several times at the top of a mountain, a “lady”. On the day and time set by her for the meeting, small things were seen falling from above, which flew away in the wind. It looked like snow. People ran to catch it, but it disappeared between their fingers. (1938,)
Reference: Inforespace n° 55 - 1981, p. 5
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_953

Event 3402 (B4B7A919)

Date: 1938
Locations: Washington, D.C.; New York
Description: The Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation begin contributing large amounts of money to the Council on Foreign Relations. They create various Committees on Foreign Relations throughout the country, which later become governed by the American Committees on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Influential men are chosen in several cities and are brought together for discussions in their own communities as well as participating in an annual conference in New York. These local committees serve to influence local leaders and shape public opinion to build support for the council’s policies, while also acting as “useful listening posts” through which the Council and US government can “sense the mood of the country.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Council on Foreign Relations”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_505

Event 3403 (833FB738)

Date: 1938
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Harvey L. Sperry, 13, sees a white, vapor-like object moving at 5–10 mph at less than 100 feet altitude from north to south in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its rim seems to be “composed of two interwoven parts revolving and moving in opposite directions.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 136; Clark III 1176
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_506

Event 3404 (2E6EFCCB)

Date: 1938
Location: La Grange, Georgia
Description: A witness in La Grange, Georgia, reported observing a large, domed, saucer-shaped object flying over the area during daylight hours. The object was estimated to be as large as modern commercial airliners, displaying what appeared to be portholes. The witness estimated its altitude at 4,000 to 5,000 feet and its speed at nearly 1,000 miles per hour. (Chapter 6, Ref 212)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_203

Event 3405 (7D62803D)

Date: 1938
Location: Idaho
Description: A man in Idaho witnessed a high-speed UFO during daylight hours. While working as a surveyor near Boise, he observed a disc-shaped craft that appeared to be rotating rapidly, causing a blurred effect at its edges. The UFO had no visible engines, cockpit, or exhaust trail, and it moved across the sky so quickly that the witness had difficulty keeping it in focus. The estimated height of the object was around 4,000 feet when it vanished from sight. (Chapter 6, Ref 213)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_204

Event 3406 (35AF7678)

Date: 1938
Location: Arbuckle, Texas
Description: A witness in Arbuckle, Texas, reported seeing a large, gray, dirigible-shaped UFO. The object had no visible undercarriage but featured a row of windows reflecting sunlight. The UFO then rapidly shot off sideways and vanished from view. (Chapter 6, Ref 214)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_205

Event 3407 (25BD6BE1)

Date: 1938
Location: Norway
Description: A witness in Norway had a close encounter with a disc-shaped UFO. He heard an electrical generator-like sound, saw a blue object with a reddish halo rise from the ground, and felt stinging exhaust fumes that resembled burned rubber. The UFO exhibited curious movement patterns, including rising and settling like a falling leaf, before flying off silently. (Chapter 6, Ref 221)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_212

Event 3408 (BB61B2BC)

Date: 1938
Location: Guadalajara, Spain
Description: Two Spanish soldiers had a close encounter with a lens-shaped UFO in Guadalajara in 1938. They observed two figures descending from the craft on a platform, experienced a blue beam striking them, and witnessed the occupants and platform being drawn back into the object before it took off. (Chapter 6, Ref 226)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_217

Event 3409 (5859E5DE)

Date: 1938
Location: Northern Greece
Description: In northern Greece in 1938, a witness encountered two tall humanoid occupants near an egg-shaped UFO. The occupants entered the craft, which took off vertically without flames or noise. A mysterious bottle left behind by the occupants spontaneously combusted when touched, setting fire to nearby vegetation. (Chapter 6, Ref 227)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_218

Event 3410 (2C19FFD4)

Date: 1938
Location: Northern British Columbia
Description: In 1938, a Canadian provincial policeman claimed to have discovered the bodies of five small humanoid creatures in a remote cave in northern British Columbia. The beings were described as having large heads and long fingers, dressed in tight-fitting spacesuit-like garments. The officer shared this story with UFO investigators before his death in 1997. (Chapter 6, Ref 228)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_219

Event 3411 (55EB3581)

Date: 1938
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts
Description: In 1938, a man in Somerville, Massachusetts reported encountering a UFO with strange occupants. He initially mistook the object for a blimp but noticed that it lacked typical features. He then saw lighted windows and the silhouette of a thin, spindly entity with a long head and stooped shoulders staring down at him from one of the windows. The object disappeared behind clouds, ending the encounter. (Chapter 6, Ref 229)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_220

Event 3412 (68CE7063)

Date: 1938
Location: In Poland near the border with Germany
Description: A third retrieval of a crashed UFO in Europe. (Chapter 6, Ref 232)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_223

Event 3413 (FDAAD53A)

Date: 1938
Location: Near Tibetan border
Description: In 1938, Chinese archaeologists discovered aligned graves in remote caves near the Tibetan border, containing small humanoid skeletons with large heads. Drawings of figures wearing helmets and a celestial map were found, along with over 700 engraved stone discs that vibrated and contained embedded alloys. The inscriptions suggested an ancient extraterrestrial astronaut story, connecting to indigenous legends of small beings from the clouds. (Chapter 6, Ref 233)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_224

Event 3414 (7DBEA26D)

Date: 1/1938
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the classic single-seater fighter or embarked brewster F-2A Buffalo, with four machine guns: two in the fuselage and two in the wings, max. speed 483 km/h, practical ceiling 9300m. End of production in 1942.
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_942

Event 3415 (08E29CCF)

Date: 2/1938
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Raymond A. Palmer is hired as editor of Amazing Stories magazine, owned by Ziff-Davis in Chicago, Illinois. He immediately sets out to enliven the periodical, which is close to folding. Concentrating on “space opera” stories, he expands its size to more than 200 pages and encourages readers to contribute content.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Raymond A. Palmer”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_507

Event 3416 (C1D8A555)

Date: 2/5/1938
Location: Spain, Penon de la Mata (Granada)
Description: (Translated from French) Militias with orders to defend the position, in the midst of a civil war, saw at around 7 o’clock in the morning, in a clear sky, a kind of object in the shape of a Mexican sombrero clearly defined and having the appearance of matte aluminum. Despite the distance of the object its outline was well defined, and the sun reflected off its surface. It was at an altitude of about 200 meters. All eyes (at least 65 men) were fixed on a row of windows in the center which curved to the sides, following the shape of the object. On its base was like a “photographic lens” which seemed to suggest a certain depth and was darker. A kind of dark vapor was escaping all around the perimeter. (February 5, 1938)
Reference: ABC, Seville, 1980, 1981 “UFOs in Andalucia”, by Manuel Ramirez, No. 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_944

Event 3417 (19DD4A68)

Date: 2/6/1938 (approximate)
Location: RINGWOOD, HAMPS
Description: 2+4 observer(s). ‘Huge brass shield lit / searchlight’. Spheres fly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_430

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “RINGWOOD,HAMPs:2+4 OBS:‘HUGE BRASS SHIELD LIT/SEARCHLITE’:SPHERES FLY”, LatLong: “50.850002 -1.777778”, LatLongDMS: “50:51:00 N 01:46:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3418 (3CAD7703)

Date: 2/8/1938
Location: Unknown City, UK
Description: Things like glowing spheres that were floating in the British sky (Page 11-12 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_113

Event 3419 (928ECCE2)

Date: 3/16/1938
Description: (Translated from French) In Chamonix, J. Payot observed the slow horizontal progression of a bolide from the north to the east. The object was magnificent, conical, as big as the Moon, orange in front and round, with red flames at the back. Drawing. (March 16)
Reference: BSAF, 1938
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_447

Event 3420 (81BBE8A5)

Date: Summer 1938
Location: USA, Boston (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) When Malcolm B. Perry (22 years old) got off the Metropolitan Transit Authority bus (currently the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - MBTA) at Somerville Avenue at midnight, he was returning from a date on the other side of the Boston River. The night was beautiful, with the smell of vegetation after a light rain. Some small clouds were being pushed west by a light wind, it was a full moon night. The streets were quiet. As he was walking, Perry suddenly felt a strange chill, as if he was being watched by eyes he could not see. He looked over his shoulder: there were only houses and street lights. He stopped and listened for footsteps: he heard nothing. He started walking again and again this strange feeling came over him. That’s when he looked up at the sky, where to his surprise he saw a flying object barely a few meters above him. "At first the object was behind me and near the moon. I was walking east to west and the object was flying in the same direction (from the Bunker Hill monument to Cambridge). I thought it was a Navy dirigible and I kept walking without worrying about it. Looking again to my left, I saw it flying steadily west. I started looking more closely, expecting to see a gondola or propellers, but there were none. This balloon was flying against the wind, always at the same slow pace. Its shape was well defined and it looked like a 50 cm school ruler held at arm’s length. The craft seemed much thinner than a conventional dirigible. The two ends were pointed and there were four rectangular portholes on the side that I could see. An orange light was coming from these portholes. That’s when I saw the dark silhouette of a person looking out at me. "What a person! Tall, gaunt, almost skeletal, with a long head, drooping shoulders, and thin arms hanging down. The entity seemed to be leaning on the edge of the porthole to look at him. Because of the orange light in the background, Perry could not see the details of the face. “I had a terrible urge to wave to him, but I resisted the temptation, just looking around the street to see if anyone else was there to share this strange vision. Unfortunately, there was no one. Again I looked at the craft and behind the other portholes there must have been people: I could see them changing places and coming to look out the porthole in turn. That’s when the craft disappeared into a cloud and I never saw it again. The next day I looked through the newspaper to see if anyone had reported the sighting of this unusual object, but nothing of the kind was published. So I decided not to tell anyone about it.” (1938, Summer)
Reference: Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective by Gordon I.R. Lore Jr. and Harold H. Denault Jr., Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1968, pages 135 to 137.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_943

Event 3421 (471A000B)

Date: Summer 1938
Location: NORWAY, Herne
Description: (Translated from French) Sverre Brevik was 21 years old at the time. The night was warm and he couldn’t sleep, so he went outside for some fresh air. Suddenly he heard a sound like that of a generator spinning faster and faster. The whole area was illuminated. The noise became unbearable, causing him a headache. He then saw, at about twenty meters away, a bluish object rising from the ground. The object was surrounded by a reddish halo and had, around its perimeter, openings from which blue and whitish-bluish light was emitted. He remembers that the smell was horrible: it reminded him of burnt rubber. His eyes and throat were irritated. The object rose without making any noise, then fell back softly. It measured 20 to 25 meters in diameter and 2 to 3 meters in height. The witness felt like he was being watched. The object then rose again, spinning in the sky and illuminating a large part of the area with the lights coming from its perimeter. Suddenly, it disappeared to the north. Ten years later, the witness observed a similar phenomenon. (1938, Summer)
Reference: HJEMMET. UFO-NYT, 4/1970, 159-60. Liljegren: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES TO UFO INCIDENTS DURING WORLD WAR II., 1987, 2. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_946

Event 3422 (607C79B6)

Date: Summer 1938
Description: (Translated from French) In Herne (Norway), Sverre Brevik, 21, couldn’t sleep. He went out to relax and appreciate the view of nature. Suddenly he noticed a sound, like a generator increasing its speed. The whole area then became illuminated, the sound gaining in strength, making his head hurt. About 20 m away from him, a bluish object rose up. It had a reddish halo around it, and what seemed to be openings around it that blew out a blue-white exhaust. The smell was horrible, reminding him of burnt rubber. His eyes and throat stung. The object rose without any sound, then fell like a feather (falling leaf motion). It measured between 20 and 25 m in diameter, and 2 to 3 m high. The witness felt like he was being observed by the object. It rose again and circled the area, again illuminated by the things resembling exhaust, as it disappeared without a sound in the direction of the North. 10 years later he would observe an identical object. (Summer, on a hot night)
Reference: [HJEMMET] [UFO-NYT, 4/1970, 159-60] [Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 2]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_448

Event 3423 (C1729D06)

Date: Summer 1938
Description: (Translated from French) Orson Welles in CBS Studios. See photo at images/welles.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_449

Event 3424 (E17A5842)

Date: Summer 1938
Description: (Translated from French) In the mountainous region of Bayan-Khara Uula (on the border of China and Tibet), Chinese archaeologist Tschi Pu-tei discovers a number of mysterious tombs. Their walls are decorated with engravings of beings wearing round helmets and they contain skeletons of small size (about 1.30 m) with an unusually large skull. Even better, the Chinese researcher finds 716 “discs” thick 2 cm and the size of a 33 rpm vinyl, pierced in the center and covered with a thin layer of cobalt. These discs present double track spirals starting from the center to the outside, spirals inside which are engraved some kind of hieroglyphs forming a narrative. The mysterious text will remain untranslatable for about 20 years before yielding to the determination of a certain Professor Tsum Um-nui, from the Beijing Prehistory Academy, and 4 of his colleagues. Its publication will only be authorized in 1963, relating the landing of extraterrestrials in -10000. The description of the discs strangely resembles that of a Nepalese plate dating from -2000 (see this date).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_450

Event 3425 (FC7A6A7E)

Date: Summer 1938
Location: Unknown City, MA
Description: Silvery object with rectangular portholes (Page 12 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_116

Event 3426 (E86A44DA)

Date: Summer 1938
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts
Description: Midnight. Artist Malcolm B. Perry sees what looks like a Navy blimp moving east to west over Somerville, Massachusetts. It has apparent portholes in the sides, and he can see the silhouette of someone looking at him. Other figures are taking turns looking through portholes. It disappears below some low clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 20–21; “1938: Perry’s Alien,” UFO Roundup 5, no. 37 (September 4, 2000); Clark III 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_508

Event 3427 (14D22CE8)

Date: 7/1938
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the three-seat reconnaissance and close support aircraft Focke-Wulf 189 UHU, 350 km/h, ceiling 7300m. Last deliveries in August 1944. This aircraft appeared strange, it was the "flying eye" discovered by the Allies in 1941. Already on July 27, 1937 another aircraft of this brand, the FOCKE-WULF FW 200 CONDOR made its first flight, with a forward dorsal turret, a ventral gondola. This aircraft established an impressive series of records on the air routes from New York to Tokyo. (July 1938)
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_945

Event 3428 (824FB72C)

Date: 7/25/1938
Location: SPAIN, Guadalajara
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8:30 PM, still in the midst of the civil war, military personnel at the front made an astonishing observation. As they were descending a talwag at night, a lieutenant accompanied by his aide were suddenly illuminated by a dazzling white light. Believing it to be the beam of an enemy projector, they attempted to escape as quickly as possible, but as soon as they did the light went out. It was then that they made out an object about 60 m away from them, dark in color and lenticular in shape, estimated diameter of 10 m, height of 5 m, seeming to be suspended 2 m above the ground. It looked like two plates joined by their edges and separated by a slightly darker line of section. Suddenly, without a sound, from the center of the lower part of the object a column with a platform descended and touched the ground. On this part, the witnesses thought they could make out the presence of small figures. One of these beings raised its arm and a bluish light beam was projected in a circle that reached the witnesses. Immediately, without knowing if it was fear or the action of this new light, the two military personnel felt a sensation of cold. Soon the beam went out, the platform went back up and a few seconds later sparks of various colors shot out from underneath the craft. The witnesses then had the impression that the two plates were spinning in opposite directions. Immediately the object was surrounded by an intense white light and it disappeared, moving away at great speed. (July 25, 1938)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 254
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_948

Event 3429 (72F3E426)

Date: 7/25/1938
Time: 23:30
Location: NEAR GUADALAJARA, SPN
Description: 11M saucer hovers low. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) ride going down / platform! See drawing. / r50p2.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_431

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr GUADALAJARA,SPN:11M SCR HVRS LOW:2 OIDS RIDE ↓/PLATFORM!:see drawing:/r50p2”, LatLong: “40.666669 -3.166667”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 03:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3430 (A3220130)

Date: 7/25/1938
Location: Guadalaraja, Spain
Description: Soldiers at the Spanish Civil War battlefront were illuminated by a bright glow, then saw an oval object about 10-12 meters in diameter shaped like “two inverted plates” hovering near the ground. A cylindrical column came down from the center and two beings emerged. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_114

Event 3431 (8AA8FD60)

Date: 7/25/1938
Location: Guadalajara, Spain
Description: 11:30 p.m. A lieutenant and his aide see a strong light coming from a hovering lens-shaped object near Guadalajara, Spain. It is over 35 feet in diameter and 15 feet high. A platform with two moving figures is lowered from underneath. A blue beam from the object shines on the witnesses, who feel a sudden chill. The platform rises back up, and the object glows with an intense white light and flies away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, A Catalogue of 200 Type I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, CUFOS, 1976, p. 2; Clark III 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_509

Event 3432 (593EC860)

Date: 7/25/1938
Description: A lieutenant in the Spanish Army in Guadalajara, Spain saw a dark, lens-shaped UFO descend toward the ground at 11:30 p.m. The disc was eleven meters in diameter and the top and bottom secions spun in opposite directions. A transparent column from underneath the object came down slowly, and two figures could be seen moving around inside the column. A blue beam of light was projected at the witness by the UFO, and he felt a chilling cold sensation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4371

Event 3433 (56BEE2A5)

Date: 8/1938 (approximate)
Time: ~05:00
Location: MALAKHOVA OIL STATION/DEPOT/FACILITY, RUSSIA
Description: Oval greyish cloud rushes past man. Big. Diffuse. Whistles.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_432

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MALAKHOVA OIL STN,RUSS:OVAL GREYISH CLOUD RUSHES PAST MAN:BIG:DIFFUSE:WHISTLES”, LatLong: “55.633336 38.016668”, LatLongDMS: “55:38:00 N 38:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3434 (ED6F648B)

Date: 8/27/1938 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: MARLE-SUR-SERRE, FR
Description: 30M fuselage going west. Turns going north / 250M altitude / 250kph. Whistles. Rectangular windows.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_433

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARLE-sur-SERRE,FR:30M FSLG > W:TURNS >N/250M alt/250kph:WHISTLES:RECT.WINDOWS”, LatLong: “49.733336 3.766667”, LatLongDMS: “49:44:00 N 03:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aisne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3435 (85F56B01)

Date: 8/27/1938
Description: A 30-meter long fuselage-shaped object flew toward the west over Marle-sur-Serre, France at six o’clock in the evening. It turned toward the north at an estimated speed of 250 kilometers per hour. It had rectangular windows and made a whistling sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue no. 169
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5386

Event 3436 (E77BF1BA)

Date: 9/4/1938 (approximate)
Time: 23:50
Location: SOMERVILLE, MA
Description: Thin silver blimp going west very low overhead. Thin figure(s) move / portholes. Going [to] clouds. / r65p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO ROUNDUP weekly email of UFO news: Joseph Trainor. http://www.digiserve.com/ufoinfo/roundup/ … (Index 298)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_434

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “SOMERVILLE,MA:THIN SLVR BLIMP >W VLO OVHD:THIN FIGs MOVE/PORTS:>CLOUDS:/r65p17”, LatLong: “42.400002 -71.100003”, LatLongDMS: “42:24:00 N 71:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3437 (9D8BC68C)

Date: Autumn 1938
Location: ESTONIA, Juminda
Description: (Translated from French) Two people reportedly saw at this time an astonishing “frog-man” one meter tall, with a round head, no neck and some kind of hump on the front of the body. The mouth was only a straight slit and the eyes were very narrow, almond-shaped. The skin was olive-colored, tending towards brown, but the hands were normal. The creature moved by nodding its head up and down, while the legs seemed to hesitate to move. As soon as it felt pursued, the thing accelerated so quickly that its feet became invisible. After 100 m of running, this creature completely disappeared. (1938, Autumn (or 1939))
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 254
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_951

Event 3438 (F64F3868)

Date: Fall 1938
Location: Juminda, Estonia
Description: Two persons saw a strange “frog-man” 1 m tall with a round head, no neck, and a hump in front of the body. The mouth was a large, straight slit, the eyes were like smaller slits. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_117

Event 3439 (8DAEA1C4)

Date: Fall 1938
Location: Juminda, Estonian coast
Description: (Or following year.) Two persons saw a strange “frog-man” 1 m tall with a round head, no neck, and a hump in front of the body. The mouth was a large, straight slit, the eyes were like smaller slits. The skin was brown-green, compared to pegamoid, hands normal. The creature walked in a peculiar “but elegant” fashion, the head waving up and down while the legs moved “carefully.” When pursued, the creature accelerated very fast, with feet “fluttering.” About 100 m away it vanished completely’.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_49

Event 3440 (FB2F148E)

Date: 10/1938
Location: Alger, Ohio
Description: Dusk. A man is in a cornfield with his father near Alger, Ohio, when an object moves up and hovers about 500 feet above the field. The tractor motor stops running. The object is about 100 feet in diameter and has a ring of pulsating, multicolored lights around it. Soon it makes a right-angle turn and vanishes in the sky, after which they get the tractor working again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “The Timmerman Files,” IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_510

Event 3441 (9E577799)

Date: 10/15/1938 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: WOLFVILLE, NS
Description: College girl. Silent manta saucer east going quickly west. Horizon to horizon / 10 second(s). No trail etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_435

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “95”, HatchDesc: “WOLFVILLE,NS:COLLEGE GIRL:SLNT MANTA SCR E>>W:HRZN to HRZN/10sec:no trail etc”, LatLong: “45.083335 -64.383336”, LatLongDMS: “45:05:00 N 64:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3442 (6FE52FD5)

Date: 10/22/1938
Description: Italian Lt. Col. Mario Pezzi reaches a record altitude of 56,850 feet in a Caproni Ca.161. It is still the highest a manned, propeller-driven biplane has gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mario Pezzi (aviator)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_511

Event 3443 (EDEA34C0)

Date: 10/30/1938
Location: New York City, New York
Description: Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast performed and broadcast live over the CBS Radio Network. The episode is famous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was taking place, though the scale of panic is disputed.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_48

Event 3444 (E00AD063)

Date: 10/30/1938
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Actor Orson Welles reads and tells on the radio the drama “The War of the Worlds” based on the book by H.G. Wells. It was a total success: for many listeners the imaginary piece became a reality and in panic thousands of Americans fled their homes out of fear of the invasion of extraterrestrials.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_950

Event 3445 (4F0D3C6A)

Date: 10/30/1938
Locations: New York City; US; Germany; Russia
Description: 8:00 p.m. “The War of the Worlds” episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, is an adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds (1898). It is performed and broadcast live in New York City as a Halloween episode over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. The episode becomes famous for allegedly causing panic among its listening audience, though the scale of that panic is disputed as the program has relatively few listeners. In the days after the adaptation, widespread outrage is expressed in the media. The program’s news-bulletin format is described as deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the broadcasters and calls for regulation by the FCC, which declines. Some government agencies in the US, Germany, and Russia take note of how segments of the population are easily manipulated into thinking fiction is fact. According to Annie Jacobsen, the confusion allegedly inspires Joseph Stalin to create a similar scenario with a fake alien crash in the US.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)”; John Gosling, Waging the War of the Worlds: A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resulting Panic, Including the Original Script, McFarland, 2009; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 22, 211
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_512

Event 3446 (DFC301D9)

Date: 11/20/1938
Description: (Translated from French) In Pont-Saint-Vincent, J. Bessemoulin, head of the Nancy-Essey ONM station, observed an ovoid object, with a brightness and diameter comparable to that of the Moon, slowly progressing while leaving behind a luminous trail for 1’15". The object emitted a faint whistle, had mauve stripes in front of its round front, and pale blue flames at its conical back. Drawing identical to that of Chamonix, on March 16. (November 20, 5 PM)
Reference: BSAF 1938
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_451

Event 3447 (A64246EA)

Date: 12/1938
Description: (Translated from French) The disk recovered by the Germans in July/August 1937 is brought into the hands of the highest German scientists north of Munich. In the surrounding mountains an old salt mine is converted into a facility to study and reproduce, as much as possible, the device. It quickly becomes apparent that this vessel is not a top secret apparatus of any other nation on Earth. The Nazi scientists have incredible success in dissecting and understanding the vessel and its contents. No other nation is aware. (December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_452

Event 3448 (7FC7E474)

Date: 12/1938
Description: (Translated from French) Canadian Radio Act.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_453

Event 3449 (B7313ECC)

Date: 12/1938
Description: (Translated from French) (Or 1939) In Juminda, Estonia, an object 1 m long and brown-greenish was followed by 2 observers until it suddenly disappeared.
Reference: Vallée, Passport to Magonia, page 189
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_454

Event 3450 (36ABA673)

Date: End of 1938
Location: ITALY,
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the small single-seater fighter I.A.R. 80 with a wingspan of 10m and a length of 8.16m, maximum speed 550 km/h, operational ceiling 10500m, 950 km range. 250 of these aircraft were built, half of which survived until 1949. (1938, end of year)
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_949

Event 3451 (04E62AA0)

Date: 12/17/1938
Locations: Berlin, Germany; Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie
Description: The process of nuclear fission is discovered by chemist Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie in Berlin, Germany, producing barium by bombarding uranium with neutrons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_513

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Year: 1939, 41 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3452 (1B44B986)

Date: 1939
End date: 1941
Location: Antartica
Description: Richard E. Byrd’s third Antarctic expedition. President Roosevelt asked Byrd to command the U.S. Antarctic programme. This time they again used the Little America base but also set up on Stonington Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula. This expedition would complete extensive studies of Antarctic geology, biology, meteorology and continue exploring new areas. Due to the impending involvement of America in the Second World War, Byrd was recalled to active duty in 1940 and assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The expedition continued without him.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_50

Event 3453 (35349DE2)

Date: 1939
Location: CHINA, Wu T’ai
Description: (Translated from French) An English tourist visiting near Wu T’ai, a sacred Chinese mountain near the Himalayas, observed a formation of luminous balls in the sky. John Blofeld saw countless fiery spheres moving a few tens of meters away from him. The inhabitants of the region were not particularly surprised, as such phenomena occurred relatively frequently in the country, most often between midnight and 2:00 a.m.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p. 256
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_961

Event 3454 (127D4429)

Date: 1939 (approximate)
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) German engineer Andreas Epp declares: "I absolutely do not believe in the ‘saucers’ that come to us from Mars or Venus, but on the other hand, I believe in mine, those that I have built myself, or those that I intend to build. (…) The idea of making engines resembling two overlapping plates, the hollow part inside - was exploited by the military aeronautical offices. (…) Italian, Russian, German, and English technicians built kinds of bombs launched by means of special catapults. These weapons appeared during the Spanish Civil War. They were quickly stopped using because of the lack of precision of their shots. (…) Andreas Epp imagined a plate with eight propellers for suspension and two jet engines for flight, while Schriever and Habermohl built a vehicle consisting of a central pilot cabin, surrounded by a wide and flat ring. This ring rotated at a fantastic speed. It was made up of segments to which the desired inclination was given by maneuvering the device. Miethe and Belluzo invented flying saucers 42 meters in diameter, the edges of which were equipped with adjustable reactors. [continued on February 14, 1945 - Prague] [invention that all this, there were no more German saucers than Congolese rockets…] (1939-1940?)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: “Shadows on the Stars” - Albin Michel 1970, p. 323, 324
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_962

Event 3455 (EE1835AC)

Date: 1939
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the Petlyakov PE-2, attack bomber, speed 504 km/h, ceiling 8800 m range with normal load of 830kg of armament 1200 KM.
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_963

Event 3456 (40605751)

Date: 1939
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) In 1939 the USSR attempted to launch liquid-fueled rockets. These rockets had two stages.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 11
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_964

Event 3457 (55A4633C)

Date: 1939
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) In his book Dana Howard claims to have had a first sighting (of the Venusian extraterrestrial: Diane) in 1939. [followed in 1953, USA, unspecified location]
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 78
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_965

Event 3458 (4B2C6E21)

Date: 1939?
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Greenwich, Ohio
Description: Sisters Lucile and Allene Holt, daughters of Rev. Turner Hamilton Holt, claim they are separately told by their father, a cousin of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, that Hull personally showed Holt a wrecked circular craft of some kind and glass jars holding unknown creatures. These are stored in a sub-basement of the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Both sisters are told the story when Holt is a minister at the Shenandoah Christian Church in Greenwich, Ohio, before 1947, but researchers can find no confirmation in any of Hull’s papers or memoirs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: William E. Jones and Eloise G. Watson, “Pre–World War II ‘Creature’ Retrieval?” IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 6–9, 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_514

Event 3459 (D97365DC)

Date: 1/1939
Location: JAPAN
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the long-range escort aircraft (at first) Kawasaki KI-45 Toryu, 540 km/h, ceiling 10000m, range 2000 km.
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_954

Event 3460 (D056EC4D)

Date: 1/13/1939
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: The process of nuclear fission is explained theoretically in Stockholm, Sweden, by Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Robert Frisch, who compares it to the biological fission of living cells.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_515

Event 3461 (8BB642F9)

Date: 1/25/1939
Locations: Columbia University; Pupin Hall; New York City
Description: A Columbia University team conducts the first nuclear fission experiment in the US in the basement of Pupin Hall on the south side of 120th Street in New York City. The experiment involves placing uranium oxide inside an ionization chamber and irradiating it with neutrons, then measuring the energy released. The results confirm that fission is occurring and hints strongly that it is the isotope uranium-235 that is undergoing fission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Simon & Schuster, 1986, pp. 267–270
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_516

Event 3462 (8B1C8F99)

Date: 1/26/1939
Locations: Carnegie Institution of Washington; Fifth Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics; D.C.
Description: The Carnegie Institution of Washington holds a press conference at the Fifth Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics in D.C. to announce the discovery of nuclear fission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_517

Event 3463 (583A3408)

Date: 2/1939
Description: (Translated from French) An American steamship, the Tulsa, picks up distress messages from a ship communicating: Here, P.E.C.C., P.E.C.C. We have just been attacked by an unknown submarine. S. O. S., S. O. S., S. O. S… 2 ships immediately head towards the source of the calls which is located about 550 km south of the Azores. It is the British steamship Empress of Australia and the Greek cargo ship Mont Pelion. When they arrive at the scene of the drama, they find nothing. No wreckage, no boats, no corpses or injured, no traces of oil or fuel. The two ships then form spirals on the sea, increasingly wider. They send radio messages without interruption. In vain. An investigation takes place: no submarine was in this region at the time of the drama. The distress calls had lasted only a few moments. Fishermen, in Horta, near the Azores, bring testimonies contradicting the official statements that this disappeared ship had never existed and that the radio operators had been victims of an error of interpretation. These fishermen had observed mysterious shapes resembling submarines on the surface in the vicinity of the disappearance. (February)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_455

Event 3464 (8A4EAC0F)

Date: 2/1939
Description: (Translated from French) In China, paleontologist and science-fiction writer Ivan Efremov sees dinosaur skulls pierced with a neat hole, which he describes as the hole of a bullet.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_456

Event 3465 (B06A9E3C)

Date: Spring 1939
Location: JAMAICA
Description: (Translated from French) The British War Office was preparing a serious war machine which proved to be among the most effective weapons of the war and whose secret was not revealed until 1944. This first rocket was developed after seven years of experimentation by Dr. Alwyn Douglas Crow, director of ballistic research at the Woolwich Arsenal. His tests were carried out in Jamaica. Modestly called UP (Non-Rotating Projectile) it was ready just in time for the Blitz of the summer and autumn of 1940. About 1.20m long and 76mm in diameter, they had the explosive power of an anti-aircraft shell of 94mm. Propelled by a tubular charge of cordite pellets, they were fired in salvos of six, by means of a crude launching device called the “Z Gun” or “Mattress” (1939, Spring)
Reference: “Assault on Space” Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 38, 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_955

Event 3466 (C63C9404)

Date: 6/1939
Time: 11:00
Location: MT. BAYARD, 39, FR
Description: M. Tabard / 13. Metallic top-saucer spins / spinning sound. West going east. Turns going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_436

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Mt.BAYARD,39,FR:M.TABARD/13:MTLC TOP-SCR SPINS/SPINNING SOUND:W > E:TURNS>>N”, LatLong: “46.400002 5.883334”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 N 05:53:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jura”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3467 (2FCF0694)

Date: Summer 1939
Location: Germany, Essen
Description: (Translated from French) A most strange event occurred in the city of Essen. At rush hour, all that was electric or mechanical stopped - cars, buses, trams, motorcycles, clocks. (…) At the most anxious moment of this stoppage which lasted ten minutes, no car could give the slightest honk. (1939, Summer)
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: “General UFO Alert” ed. France - Empire, 1978, p. 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_957

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Event 3468 (208498F9)

Date: Summer 1939
Description: (Translated from French) At Sandefjord (Norway), Mrs. Edvardsen and her friend(s) saw at 300 or 400 m 3 or 4 luminous objects towards the North. The objects were as big as a barn, and moved like insects. Their color was described as the fire of a cigarette. (During the War, Summer, Late Afternoon)
Reference: Letter from Arne Foss, 22 Oct 1977
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_462

Event 3469 (13D053FF)

Date: 7/1939
Location: Unknown City, PA
Description: Resembled a modern day jet airliner without wings; weird glow (Page 14 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_118

Event 3470 (654FD1F1)

Date: 8/1939
Location: Germany
Description: The turbojet powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, made its first flight
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_49

Event 3471 (5AA0380F)

Date: 8/1939
Location: ESSEN, GERMANY
Description: Everything mechanical and electric stops / 10 minute(s). Even car horns. No UFO seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_437

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “ESSEN,GERMANY:EVERYTHING MECH+ELECTRIC STOPS/10min:EVEN CAR HORNS:NO UFO SEEN”, LatLong: “51.433336 6.983334”, LatLongDMS: “51:26:00 N 06:59:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRW”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 3472 (C946F841)

Date: 8/2/1939
Location: Washington DC
Description: Einstein’s atomic bomb warning letter to President Roosevelt stating “it may be possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future… This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs”
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_51

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3473 (30743A76)

Date: Early 8/1939
Locations: Armășești, Romania; Bucharest
Description: George Pârvu and four other schoolchildren are playing in an open field in Armășești, Romania, when they see a bright light in the sky moving in a zigzag fashion. It circles a few times then descends in their direction, getting bigger and brighter. The egg-shaped object hovers silently at an altitude of 230–260 feet. Suddenly it becomes a dull coppery color and lands about 140 feet away. Two of the children flee but Pârvu and two others remain. The bottom of the object has a ring of small turbine blades that look like paddles in a water mill. It seems to be 16 feet high. A hatch opens and two little men about 4 feet tall come out, dressed in gray diving suits. They walk toward the children, one of them holding a rectangular box pointing at the ground. The children approach them, holding hands, but when they are about 23 feet away the other man points a thick stick-like device at them and they are no longer able to move forward. The little men bow in their direction, waist deep, then turn around and reenter the object, which takes off. The children find a circular area of yellowed grass where the object had been. Pârvu feels energized, but one of the other boys is temporarily sick. Pârvu encounters what he perceives to be the same object in August 1944, August 1949, and the summer of 1954 (in the center of Bucharest).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Pârvu, La voia destinului, CNI Coresi, 2011; Romania 124–128
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_519

Event 3474 (B46B63D4)

Date: 8/2/1939
Locations: Hungary; Germany; United States
Description: Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilárd writes a confidential letter to President Roosevelt, in consultation with fellow Hungarian physicists Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner. He has persuaded Albert Einstein to sign it as well. The letter warns that Germany might develop atomic bombs and suggests that the United States should start its own nuclear program. It results in the establishment of research into nuclear fission by the US government, and ultimately to the creation of the Manhattan Project. Delayed by the outbreak of war in Europe, the letter is eventually hand-delivered to Roosevelt by economist Alexander Sachs on October 11. Roosevelt gives the letter to his aide, Brig. Gen. Edwin “Pa” Watson with the instruction: “Pa, this requires action!”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Einstein–Szilard letter”; Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_520

Event 3475 (18CFB218)

Date: Late Summer 1939
Location: USA, San Diego (California)
Description: (Translated from French) A military transport was leaving the San Diego (California) airbase for a routine flight to Honolulu. Three hours later, various distress calls from the plane were received, then silence. Later the plane was found, having made a forced landing. When the base personnel entered the aircraft, they found the crew dead, including the pilot (having survived long enough to land). Author KEEL continues: "each body showed large gaping wounds and those who touched the outside of the plane were affected by a mysterious skin infection. One of the most unusual aspects was that the charges of the 45 automatic weapons were missing, and the shells were found on the ground. An odor of rotten eggs pervaded the plane. [note from vog: wow! so many shells fired plus the smell of some corpses… Jerome Clark and John Keel, inspired by an old fiction story in a 1939 magazine to establish this incredible story… Flying Saucer Review] (1939, late summer)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_958

Event 3476 (6A661B05)

Date: Late Summer 1939
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Description: A girl sleeping in the back yard of her home in Fort Worth, Texas, is awakened by a whirring noise. She sees a small object approaching from the east at an altitude of 20–30 feet. When it gets close, it descends to the level of her bed and hovers briefly at the foot, so close that she can touch it. It has the shape of an “old-time Mississippi steamboat with a deck around the bottom.” Strata or veins run through it, and a soft, blue-green glow surrounds it. It is 3 feet around and 1 foot high. It rises suddenly and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Woman Says Strange Object Flew by Her Bed in Yard,” Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram, March 24, 1950, p. 23; Clark III 1176
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_518

Event 3477 (BBB8DCFB)

Date: 8/27/1939
Location: GERMANY, Rostock
Description: (Translated from French) Since April 1936 working on the construction of a reactor (…) the test flight, at the factory, of this first German reaction aircraft, the HE 178, took place on ASugust 27. The aircraft was only for experimental purposes.
Reference: “Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” -Hans K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 117, 118
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_956

Event 3478 (90C63554)

Date: 8/27/1939
Description: (Translated from French) Less than a week before the start of the war, Germany enters the era of jet aviation with the first flight of the Heinkel He-178. (August 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_457

Event 3479 (B16705C9)

Date: 8/27/1939
Description: (Translated from French) In Kristiansand (Norway), Linnea observed a bright cross in the western sky.
Reference: [UFO-NYT, 4/1969, 162] [Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 2]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_458

Event 3480 (1DCDFD06)

Date: 9/1/1939
End date: 9/2/1945
Description: World War 2
Type: war
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_52

Event 3481 (16FD5E68)

Date: Autumn 1939 (approximate)
Location: NORWAY, Roskeland/Osteroy
Description: (Translated from French) Berit Clemmensen and Dagveig Berntsen - both aged 12 to 13 at the time - were walking home together on a dark and damp evening. A strange light illuminated the area around them for a few seconds. It was a peculiar light, unlike any they had seen before. They felt as if they were “trapped” in the light and could not determine its source or from which direction it was coming. They were both excited and scared, but the phenomenon did not last long. They remember that it was raining and there was a kind of fog. (1939 (1940?) Autumn)
Reference: UFO, 1/1992, 11; 2/1992, 9. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_960

Event 3482 (B7DD49EF)

Date: Autumn 1939
Description: (Translated from French) At Røskeland/Osterøy (Norway), Berit Clemmensen and Dagveig Berntsen - both aged around 12-13 at this time - witnessed the surrounding area getting lighted when walking home one dark and moist evening. The strange light lasted for a few seconds, and was unlike any other kind of light they knew. They felt themselves enclosed by this light, and they were unable to determine its source or direction. They were very afraid and excited when the light finally disappeared. There were rain and fog this evening. (Autumn (or Autumn 1940))
Reference: UFO, 1/1992, 11; 2/1992, 9
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_459

Event 3483 (5031C349)

Date: Autumn 1939
Description: (Translated from French) Canadian Official Secret Act.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_460

Event 3484 (258AA221)

Date: Autumn 1939
Description: (Translated from French) At Otterøy/Namsfjorden (Norway), Lorentz Johnsen saw on the island small discs or luminous balls, capable of performing evasive maneuvers. (During the war)
Reference: UFO-NYT, 2/1973, 56
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_461

Event 3485 (CB2712E0)

Date: 10/1939
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Description: Egg-shaped object with spots like portholes observed through an astronomical reflector telescope. (Ref. 3; Report in NICAP files.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_119

Event 3486 (06480191)

Date: 10/1939
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Description: An egg-shaped object with 8 spots like portholes is observed through an astronomical reflector telescope at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold, UFO Research Coalition, 2007, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_521

Event 3487 (03EB5BF8)

Date: 10/21/1939
Locations: Washington, D.C.; National Bureau of Standards; Carnegie Institution of Washington; Columbia University
Description: After reading Szilárd’s letter, Roosevelt creates an Advisory Committee on Uranium, which meets for the first time at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. The committee consists of NBS Director Lyman James Briggs, Army Lt. Col. Keith F. Adamson, and Navy Cmdr. Gilbert C. Hoover. It is attended by physicists Fred L. Mohler from the National Bureau of Standards and Richard Brooke Roberts from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Szilárd, Wigner, and Teller. Einstein is invited but declines to attend. Adamson is skeptical about the prospect of building an atomic bomb, but is willing to authorize $6,000 (equivalent to $107,000 in 2018 dollars) for the purchase of uranium and graphite for Szilárd and Enrico Fermi’s experiments into producing a nuclear chain reaction at Columbia University.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “S-1 Executive Committee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_522

Event 3488 (C2C9341C)

Date: 11/10/1939
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) After the fall of Nanking, a regiment of three thousand men commanded by Colonel Li Fu Sien was sent to stop the advance of the Japanese. The regiment completely disappeared and its radios stopped transmitting. Weapons and traces of campfires were found.
Reference: Jacques BERGIER: “Les E.T. dans l’Histoire” - J’AI LU- 1970 - p. 151, 152
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_959

Event 3489 (B3F98CB8)

Date: 11/13/1939
Time: ~06:00
Location: BROCKWORTH, GLOUCS, ENG
Description: Humming. Grey bell-shape over field. Solid green light retracts!
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_438

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “BROCKWORTH,GLOUCs,ENG:HUM:GRY BELL-SHAPE ovr FIELD:SOLID GRN LIGHT RETRACTS!”, LatLong: “51.844447 -2.150000”, LatLongDMS: “51:50:40 N 02:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3490 (7F8C13E6)

Date: 11/13/1939
Location: Brockworth, UK
Description: Motorist heard high-pitched humming sound, saw a gray bell-shaped object hovering over a field, dark window-like patches visible on its side. (Ref. 3; Jenny Randles & Peter Warrington, Sience & The UFOs, 1985, p. 3.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_120

Event 3491 (5DEFCAD9)

Date: 11/13/1939
Location: Brockworth, Gloucester, England
Description: 7:00 a.m. A building foreman is driving past a deserted farm near Brockworth, Gloucester, England, when he hears a high-pitched humming sound. He watches a gray, bell-shaped object hovering about 20 feet above a field 100 feet away. He estimates it is about 25 feet across. Dark window-like patches are visible on the side. A “curtain” of blue-green light emanates from the underside. After about two minutes, the green light retracts into the base of the object. The object then tilts to an angle of about 80° and moves away without a sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles and Peter Warrington, Science and the UFOs, Basil Blackwell, 1985, p. 3; Jenny Randles, “Beam Me Up,” Fortean Times 381 (July 2019): 29–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_523

Event 3492 (72F93390)

Date: 11/13/1939
Description: In 1939 a building foreman drove past a deserted farm in the early morning in Brockworth, England and heard a high-pitched humming sound. He looked and saw a gray, bell-shaped object hovering over a nearby field. It had dark windows on its side, and a curtain of green light underneath, which retracted upwards as if solid.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO reports in the Early 20th Century, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7623

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Year: 1940, 43 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3493 (8C3C95B4)

Date: 1940
Location: FRANCE, Toulx-Sainte-Croix (Creuse)
Description: (Translated from French) M. B. was awoken by an intense light that illuminated his room. Going to the window, he saw a luminous globe moving slowly and silently to the north of the village. The size of a full moon, the object then moved in various directions, stopping from time to time. The inside of the globe was dotted with multicolored luminous points. It remained visible for about half an hour.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.257
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_966

Event 3494 (C9C57A0C)

Date: 1940
Location: CANADA, Dalesville (Québec)
Description: (Translated from French) Walter and William Gunn were observing at around 10:30 PM, a luminous object rising from a hill about 350 m away from them. With an apparent size equivalent to a full moon, this body seemed to be the lower part of a much larger dark mass on which two or three small lights were also visible. With a regular noise, it rose at an estimated speed of 80 km/h above the witnesses, brightly illuminated some nearby barns and disappeared between the mountain peaks.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.259
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_970

Event 3495 (FA4F4F39)

Date: 1940
Location: ZAIRE (then Belgian Congo), Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville)
Description: (Translated from French) M. Bracoval was suddenly woken from his sleep in the middle of the night. More than two thousand people in the bush were thus awakened by the noise that echoed for 60 km around. For the next half hour, it was as bright as day. What is more curious is that all the clocks and watches stopped at the precise time of the phenomenon and many of them never worked correctly again. The next day, bush runners were dispatched, but nothing abnormal was detected. (November/December 1940)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977 - p.259
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_971

Event 3496 (A39F1D17)

Date: 1940
Location: USA, Montana
Description: (Translated from French) (Author: Warren P. Aston) Case Udo Wartena, unpublished until 1997. Landing of a large vessel and conversation of two hours with humanoid beings explaining their mission, personal details, the propulsion system capable of going faster than light.
Reference: Mufon Ufo Journal n° 353, p. 16, Sept. 97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_973

Event 3497 (BD4B4455)

Date: 1940
Description: (Translated from French) Re-election of Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United States.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_463

Event 3498 (EFE7BAA9)

Date: 1940
Description: (Translated from French) James Forrestal is the United States Secretary of Navy.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_464

Event 3499 (F4DE223E)

Date: 1940
Description: (Translated from French) The yacht Gloria Colite, from Saint-Vincent, is discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, completely deserted. Everything is in order and the sea was calm. The investigators admit they are powerless to find an explanation: Nothing indicated the cause of the abandonment.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_465

Event 3500 (738A833D)

Date: 1940
Description: Astronomer Royal Harold Spencer Jones publishes Life on Other Worlds, an essay on the cosmos, the possibility of life arising, science’s tools, the development of the Earth, solar system bodies without atmospheres, the giant gas planets, Venus, Mars, the origin of solar systems, and possibilities for life beyond the solar system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Spencer Jones, Life on Other Worlds, Macmillan, 1940; Michael D. Swords, “SETI/ETI and UFOs,” JUFOS 5 (1994): 141–142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_524

Event 3501 (E5DBD353)

Date: 1940
Location: Hinsdale, Illinois
Description: A man saw five disc-shaped aircraft flying overhead at 100-200 mph. They entered a cloud and didn’t emerge on the other side. (Chapter 7, Ref. 234)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_225

Event 3502 (22831A64)

Date: 1940
Location: Montana
Description: In 1940, a Montana miner reported an encounter with a UFO near Helena. He described the craft as a 100-foot disc, resembling two soup plates of stainless steel. A staircase descended, and a man emerged, asking to draw water from a nearby stream. Invited onboard, the miner was told by the occupants they were 609 years old from a distant planet. Their ship used hydrogen from water as fuel and created its gravitational field with flywheels. After the meeting, he watched the craft ascend and depart rapidly. (Chapter 7, Ref 304)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_295

Event 3503 (9DEC7438)

Date: 1940
Location: St. Clair, PA
Description: A young man encountered an apparent UFO and its small occupants while walking on a rural road. Drawn by a loud sound from nearby woods, he saw an “aluminum building” where none should be. Nearby, he noticed “six small men” searching the ground. Upon returning later, both the beings and the object had disappeared. (Chapter 7, Ref 305)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_296

Event 3504 (258FE37A)

Date: 1/8/1940
Location: Canada, near Lake Abitibi
Description: (Translated from French) (Note from vog: brief summary) L. Hormidas and Damase Landry were around 2:30 in the afternoon and -60° Fahrenheit on an expedition, snowshoeing through the snow. First they saw a nearly white wolf come out of the pine forest, the wolf stopped and sat on the snow looking at the pine forest from where it came. It was less than 35 meters away from the witnesses. Six small men, all the same, dressed in dark green, with slanted eyes and yellowish faces, came out of the woods. The wolf was bristling. The small men didn’t seem to see the witnesses. They turned towards the wolf and pointed at it. They spoke very quickly among themselves. One of them advanced, up to a few feet from the wolf, raised his hand while pronouncing words. The wolf threw itself at the small man and tore him apart: limbs, entrails, all of it fell on the snow. No steam or vapor rose from the killed being, the 5 survivors didn’t move and watched. Their breath didn’t make any vapor either. Damase threw a dead branch towards the wolf which left howling. One of the small men took out a kind of bag from his clothing and started to gather the scattered pieces of the small creature killed. L. Hormidas, unable to take it anymore, vomited from disgust. The 5 small men left towards the pine forest. The two witnesses put on their snowshoes and followed them. It was easy: they left very small marks in the snow. They arrived at a big hollow in the ground, free of snow, and the tracks stopped there. On their way back to the scene of the drama, Damase found a small gelatinous rubber piece of the same color as the creatures’ clothing. He wanted to give a piece to Hormidas, but he was unable to, even with an axe, cut it in two. (1940, January 8th to 10th)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Enigmes du temps présent” éd. Leméac, Ottawa, 19 79, p. 75 à 82
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_967

Event 3505 (B9DCB63B)

Date: 3/1940
Locations: Laguna Beach; Valley Center, California; Palomar Observatory
Description: George Adamski moves from Laguna Beach to a property along the Star Route in Valley Center, California, about 9 miles from where Palomar Observatory is under construction to set up a spiritual retreat. He acquires a 15-inch telescope to create an interest in astronomy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Palomar Mountain, 1940–1960: From Obscurity to World Fame,” The Adamski Case, September 22, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_525

Event 3506 (12B58756)

Date: 3/1940
Locations: US; Columbia University
Description: US physicist John R. Dunning and colleagues at Columbia University verify the hypothesis of Danish physicist Niels Bohr that fission is more readily produced in the rare uranium-235 isotope than the abundant uranium-238 isotope. Dunning begins investigating gaseous diffusion as a process for enriching uranium.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_526

Event 3507 (6DFC3AA1)

Date: 3/1940
Locations: University of Birmingham in England; Australia
Description: Otto Robert Frisch and Rudolf Peierls, two researchers at the University of Birmingham in England—who ironically have been assigned to investigate nuclear weapons by Australian physicist Mark Oliphant because, as enemy aliens in Britain, they are ineligible to participate in secret war work—issue the Frisch-Peierls memorandum. It contradicts the common thinking of the time that many tons of uranium would be needed to make a bomb, requiring delivery by ship. The calculation in the memorandum shows that a bomb might be possible using as little as 1–10 kilograms of pure uranium-235, which would be quite practical for aircraft to carry.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Frisch–Peierls memorandum”; Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_527

Event 3508 (239CF2DB)

Date: Spring 1940
Location: Hinsdale, IL
Description: William T. Powers (later associated with the Center for UFO Studies) saw five disc-shaped objects traveling at about 100-200 m.p.h. They disappeared into a cloud and did not re-emerge. (Ref. 3; Jerry Clark Encyclopedia, 1992, Vol. II, p. 380.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_121

Event 3509 (712FEDAB)

Date: Spring 1940
Location: Hinsdale, Illinois
Description: Afternoon. Walking down a street in Hinsdale, Illinois, William T. Powers sees five disc-shaped objects in the northern sky. They are traveling together at 100–200 mph and disappear into a cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_529

Event 3510 (0E428C78)

Date: 3/22/1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8381, creating the three security levels for the most important documents: Restricted, Confidential, and Secret.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US President, Executive Order No. 8381, “Defining Certain Vital Military and Naval Installations and Equipment,” March 22, 1940
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_528

Event 3511 (57BB7083)

Date: 4/1940 (approximate)
Time: ~14:00
Location: HINSDALE, IL
Description: 1 observer. 5 disks / 200kph. Enter cloud… never exit. No further details. / Letter to Hynek.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_439

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “221”, HatchDesc: “HINSDALE,IL:1 OBS:5 DISKS/200kph:ENTER CLOUD…never exit:NFD:/Letter to Hynek”, LatLong: “41.800002 -87.950004”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:00 N 87:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3512 (E74CD209)

Date: 4/10/1940
Locations: England; Royal Society committee room in Burlington House, London
Description: The first meeting of the MAUD Committee in England, established in response to the Frisch-Peierls memorandum to determine if an atomic bomb is feasible, meets in the Royal Society committee room in Burlington House, London. The original members are physicists George Paget Thomson, James Chadwick, John Cockcroft, Mark Oliphant, and Philip Burton Moon; physicists Patrick Blackett, Charles Drummond Ellis, and chemist Norman Haworth are subsequently added, along with a representative of the Director of Scientific Research at the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “MAUD Committee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_530

Event 3513 (3B8C16F8)

Date: Mid 5/1940
Location: Fairbank, Iowa
Description: 9:00 a.m. Lavern P. Zewiske and his father Paul are checking some recently planted corn on their farm near Fairbank, Iowa. A gray object with multiple hooked “hairs or tentacles” moving around on the bottom passes overhead at 500–1,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1984): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_531

Event 3514 (FA2F5C72)

Date: 5/16/1940
Location: BELGIUM, Liège
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Delsa, ambulance drivers, returning from a mission, in an ambulance, were driving along Quai St Léonard at around 2:00 a.m. “The night was dark, the blackout being in effect. That’s when I saw in the sky a luminous shape like two overturned plates, very large, followed by a long tail of fire. The object must have been about 300 meters high and its diameter was twice that of the full moon. Seeing this thing rushing straight towards us, I screamed in fear and asked my husband to accelerate. At that moment the object deviated from its trajectory, the trail disappeared and it seemed to pause. I didn’t know what to think anymore, I was trembling all over. The phenomenon soon resumed its initial trajectory and the luminous trail reappeared. It disappeared in the south, towards the center of Liège. My husband had stopped the ambulance to try to calm me down because I had started to cry out of fear. I beg you to believe that that night I did not close my eyes.” (May 16, 1940)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.257-258
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_968

Event 3515 (672F6A58)

Date: 5/21/1940
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes the FBI to conduct electronic surveillance and wiretapping on US spies, saboteurs, or suspicious individuals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Warrantless FBI Electronic Surveillance,” US Senate, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Final Report, April 23, 1976, pp. 271–351
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_532

Event 3516 (D76E97DE)

Date: 5/26/1940
End date: 6/4/1940
Location: Dunkirk
Description: Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_53

Event 3517 (831F2A3D)

Date: 5/30/1940
Time: 06:00
Location: TOLEDO, OH
Description: Dark ellipsoid going northeast. 90° turn. Sizzle sound. Changes color(s) red going [to] orange going [to] yellow.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_440

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “TOLEDO,OH:DRK ELLIPSOID >NE:90°TURN:SIZZLE SOUND:CHANGES CLRS RED>ORG>YLW”, LatLong: “41.666669 -83.566671”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 83:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3518 (1D09E1D6)

Date: 5/30/1940
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: At sunrise a dark ellipse was seen moving northeast, then making a 90-degree turn. Color visible on the dark object changed from red to orange to yellow. (Ref. 3; Report in NICAP files.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_122

Event 3519 (0E509639)

Date: 5/30/1940
Description: During the morning in Toledo, Ohio a dark ellipsoid object flew toward the northeast making a sizzling sound, then made a 90 degree turn. Its flame-like color changed from red to orange and then to yellow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall: From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3162

Event 3520 (B17542D9)

Date: 6/1940
Time: ~15:00
Location: HOY ISLAND, SCOTLAND
Description: Military observer(s) with range finder. Ovoid at 38K’. Swift level flight. / r65p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_441

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “HOY ISL,SCOTL:MIL.OBS W/RANGE FINDER:OVOID @38K’:SWIFT LVL FLIGHT:/r65p18”, LatLong: “58.850003 -3.283333”, LatLongDMS: “58:51:00 N 03:17:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “11400”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3521 (1BB69163)

Date: 6/1940
Location: Hoy Island, The Orkneys, Scotland
Description: On a bright sunny day an anti-aircraft unit member focused a height- and range- finder on a flattened sphere moving rapidly on a horizontal course and tracked it for 10 seconds. It’s height was computed to be 38,000 feet. (Ref. 3; Randles & Warrington, 1985, p. 9.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_123

Event 3522 (80B8BED0)

Date: Summer 1940
Location: DENMARK, Jutland
Description: (Translated from French) In the middle of the afternoon, a 15 year old boy was going to the watering hole with some cows, when he suddenly saw three curious characters advancing from the northeast. They were dressed in a dark green one-piece suit that even covered their neck and a good part of their face. The face seemed to be protected by a glass plate. From the shoulders to the feet there were two thick bulges of about ten centimeters. The three beings were of normal size but they were progressing by slightly swinging their arms in the manner of robots, the witness specified. At about thirty meters from the young Dane, they suddenly turned south and disappeared behind a hill. Our witness then rushed to this place and saw a shiny hemispherical object on the ground: near him, the three characters. Suddenly, without seeing any door open, the witness noticed that these characters had disappeared. The object emitted a sharp whistle like the one produced by quickly spinning a metal rod at high speed. The UFO rose slowly and after 6 to 7 seconds it took the direction of the southeast where it disappeared. (1940, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.258
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_969

Event 3523 (C6C52BF5)

Date: Summer 1940
Location: NORWAY, Sandefjord
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Edvardsen and her friend saw 3-4 luminous objects in the sky to the northeast. It was late afternoon on a summer day. These objects were as big as barns, and moved like flying insects. Their color was described as that of the head of a lit cigarette. The distance of the witnesses from the phenomenon was about 300 to 400 meters. (1940, Summer)
Reference: Letter from Arne Foss, 22 Oct 1977. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_972

Event 3524 (D6847173)

Date: Summer 1940
Alternate date: Summer 1941
Location: St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Description: Near St. Clair, Pennsylvania, as he is walking along a country road, young Frank Sever hears a loud noise in the nearby woods. He sees something like an “aluminum building” partly concealed in the trees. A short distance from it he sees “six small men milling about or looking for something on the ground.” Thinking they are ghosts, he runs. Later he comes back and confirms there is no building on the spot.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_533

Event 3525 (16365877)

Date: 7/10/1940
End date: 10/31/1940
Location: Britain
Description: Battle of Britain
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_54

Event 3526 (8CE0D2C1)

Date: 7/10/1940
Description: Einstein security clearance approved by the Office of Naval Intelligence, 16 days before the US Army G-2 turned him down.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_55

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3527 (A7A2CADD)

Date: 8/11/1940
Locations: Holland; Ruhr Valley of Germany
Description: The RAF Bomber Command issues a report on “Phenomena Connected with Enemy Night Tactics” concerning unidentifiable aircraft observed by bombing crews over the coast of Holland and the Ruhr Valley of Germany. The report suggests the sightings are either due to observer strain or German “experimental apparatus.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 16–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_534

Event 3528 (0FBF5325)

Date: 8/18/1940
Description: (Translated from French) President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King make the Ogdensburg Declaration, for joint defense between the United States and Canada, with the establishment of the PJBD. (August 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_466

Event 3529 (A3945F21)

Date: 8/18/1940 (approximate)
Location: BATA, HUNGARY
Description: Flaming cartwheel seen / days. Called ball-lightning. WSW / Baja.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_442

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

Extra Data: Country: “Hungary”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “232”, HatchDesc: “BATA,HUNGARY:FLAMING CARTWHEEL SEEN/DAYS:CALLED BALL-LIGHTNING:WSW/BAJA.”, LatLong: “46.127780 18.777779”, LatLongDMS: “46:07:40 N 18:46:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TLN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3530 (40794CD4)

Date: 9/15/1940
Time: 22:30
Location: BRUGINE, ITALY
Description: Several observer(s). Lens saucer passes. Power fails. Light wind. / and Tabloid account.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_443

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BRUGINE,ITALY:SVRL OBS:LENS SCR PASSES:POWER FAILS:LITE WIND:/+Tabloid acct”, LatLong: “45.294447 12.000001”, LatLongDMS: “45:17:40 N 12:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3531 (5ADECEE5)

Date: 10/15/1940?
Time: ~20:00
Location: 2 MILES EAST / WEST BEND, IA
Description: Brad Steiger. Small humanoid (or Grey) stands / pail and watches parents / kitchen window.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad: The UFO ABDUCTORS. Berkley Books, NY 1988 (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_444

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “365”, HatchDesc: “2mi E/WEST BEND,IA:BRAD STEIGER:OID STANDS/PAIL+WATCHES PARENTS/KITCHEN WINDOW”, LatLong: “42.955558 -94.411116”, LatLongDMS: “42:57:20 N 94:24:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3532 (B424C17C)

Date: 11/10/1940
Time: 10:00?
Location: COVENTRY, ENGL
Description: Intense blackness. Writhing 2’ fireball at observer(s)’ feet. Rises and explodes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_445

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “COVENTRY,ENGL:INTENSE BLACKNESS:WRITHING 2’FBL AT OBS’ FEET:RISES+EXPLODES”, LatLong: “52.416669 -1.483333”, LatLongDMS: “52:25:00 N 01:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3533 (13DF8203)

Date: 12/1940
Time: 02:30
Location: NEAR INDIO, CA
Description: 4 / car. Red light / valley. Moon-size near car. “Communication with aliens”.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_446

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr INDIO,CA:4/CAR:RED LITE/VALLEY:MOONSIZE nr CAR:“COMMUNICATION W/ALIENS””, LatLong: “33.750002 -116.250006”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 116:15:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

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Year: 1941, 54 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3534 (3F0193A7)

Date: 1941
Description: Charles Fort’s four famous books
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea Research
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_56

Event 3535 (5C99DAA0)

Date: 1941
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Description: Physicist and his wife north of Bakersfield, California watch a long slender UFO traveling at 50mph, 200–300 feet altitude
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_57

Event 3536 (E8AA94AF)

Date: 1941
Location: SWITZERLAND, Alps
Description: (Translated from French) They found footprints of mountaineers that mysteriously stopped in the center of a triangle of 13 m side formed by three holes in the snow.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.259
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_979

Event 3537 (F3C35D9C)

Date: 1941
Location: Spain, between Belmez and Valsequillo (Cordoba)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Concepcion Cuenca, widow of Contador from Seville, was 13 years old in 1941. Walking with her father and brother on the road between Belmez and Valsequillo at 5 o’clock in the morning, they were suddenly illuminated by a light that seemed to be in the air. The intensity and brightness exceeded anything she had seen as light since. The phenomenon lasted only a second in total. All three intrigued, yet none made any comment as they continued on their way.
Reference: investigation by Ignacio Benvenuty Cabral, Seville
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_980

Event 3538 (688B612B)

Date: 1941
Location: Germany
Description: (Translated from French) German aviator Hannah Reisch saw a UFO flying at an altitude of 20,000 meters while she was on a test flight with an aircraft that would become the future Messerschmitt 163 Komet.
Reference: A CENTURY OF UFO’s - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, ed. Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_981

Event 3539 (DA19977C)

Date: 1941
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) Austrian inventor, Victor Schauberger, who lived from 1885 to 1958, is said to have built the first saucers for the Third Reich. The first models had a diameter of 1.50 m and weighed 135 kg. More advanced models followed, with a saucer designed for a crew of three as early as 1945-1946. At the liberation (end of the Second World War), the Americans seized both the work and the person of Schauberger, who was forced to work on a military base in Texas until his death. [note from vog: this is what is called voluntary and anonymous disinformation] (1941-1942)
Reference: Nazi Flying Saucers - no named author - document on the Internet in 1996
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_982

Event 3540 (C8386163)

Date: 1941
Description: (Translated from French) In Switzerland, a rescue team searching for 3 mountaineers who had not been heard from in some time found after days of difficult efforts the footprints of the 3 men. They followed them and noticed that they stopped in the center of a snowy field. No crevasse could have swallowed them and beyond, the snow remained untouched. However, from the last traces, 3 irregular holes forming an equilateral triangle of 12.80 m side were discovered. The investigation concluded in a triple disappearance in circumstances that the facts did not allow to establish clearly…
Reference: Schweizer Zeitung < Peter Kolosimo 1958 < Guieu, Vallee 1965
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_467

Event 3541 (E55473BA)

Date: 1941
Location: MANCHURIA
Description: Many photographs / Japanese Air Force. Glowing-orbs and ovoids pace and buzz planes and airfields…
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_447

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “156”, HatchDesc: “MANCHURIA:MANY FOTOS/JAPANESE AF:GLO-ORBS+OVOIDS PACE+BUZZ PLANES+AIRFIELDS…”, LatLong: “45.000002 125.000006”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:00 N 125:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3542 (D1E670CE)

Date: 1941
Location: US Highway 99 north of Bakersfield, California
Description: A physicist and his wife are traveling notrh on US Highway 99 north of Bakersfield, California, and pull off to the side to watch a long, slender object of a blazing red, green, and yellow color moving about 8 miles east of them. It is traveling at about 50 mph at an altitude of 200–300 feet and is clearly outlined against the foothills. It seems to be several times longer than a bomber.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Recent Sightings,” APRO Bulletin, January 1957, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_535

Event 3543 (C1897E96)

Date: 1941
Location: Norway
Description: Or 1942. Two women observed a silver, disc-shaped craft, about 33 feet in diameter, rise from the ground. The UFO revolved and trailed three haycocks behind it. After moving horizontally for a short distance, the object dropped the haycocks and vanished. A local farmer later confirmed that three of his haycocks were missing. (Chapter 7, Ref. 249)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_240

Event 3544 (F45A535F)

Date: 1941
Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Description: A UFO crash was reported near Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1941. A local minister, brought to the scene by police, described it as unlike any craft he’d seen, with a unique design and a shiny metallic finish. Inside, he observed what seemed like a metal chair with a panel filled with unfamiliar dials and gauges. Among the first responders were police officers, plainclothes individuals, and military personnel. Three non-human bodies were discovered at the crash site. The minister, who prayed over these bodies, described them as small-framed, similar in size to children, but with large heads and long arms. Their appearance was notable for their large, oval eyes, absence of noses and lips, and a body covering resembling wrinkled aluminum foil. The beings had no evident injuries despite the crash. (Chapter 7, Ref 300)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_291

Event 3545 (0452E28C)

Date: 2/1941
Location: AUSTRALIA, Wearyan River
Description: (Translated from French) A nurse went to an isolated village to treat a man who had been shot in the leg. While she was treating the wound, two men appeared, dressed in white robes as if they had come from a theater scene, and assisted her. When she looked up to thank them, they had disappeared. Several Aborigines witnessed this phenomenon.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 309
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_974

Event 3546 (421CDD07)

Date: 2/1941
Location: WEARYAN RIVER, NT, AUS
Description: Nurse. 2 pseudo-human/entity appear and perform operation / injured man!
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_448

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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WEARYAN RIVER,NT,AUS:NURSE:2 PSH APPEAR+PERFORM OPERATION/INJURED MAN!”, LatLong: “-16.050001 136.833340”, LatLongDMS: “16:03:00 S 136:50:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Territory”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 3547 (604CCF6D)

Date: 3/1941
Location: English Channel
Description: The Chain Home radars placed around the English coastline detect a formation of blips moving across the English Channel. RAF fighters are sent to intercept, but their crews see nothing and the blips fade. The radar returns are characterized as radar “angels,” invisible targets in the clear atmosphere.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “The Radar Angels,” Fortean Times 195 (May 2005): 36–37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_537

Event 3548 (E1E7A875)

Date: Early Spring 1941
Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Description: 9:00–9:30 p.m. Rev. William Guy Huffman of the Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is summoned to an apparent airplane crash one Saturday. When he arrives at the scene, about 15 miles from town, he finds a weird-looking craft “broken and scattered all around,” but smooth and rounded without edges or seams. A cockpit with a chair facing an instrument panel remains intact. Police officers, military men, and plain-clothes individuals are sifting through the wreckage. He also sees three non-human bodies about 4 feet tall with long arms, oversized heads, and large eyes. He says a prayer for them, and afterward sees someone take a photo of an alien propped up by the arms between two plainclothesmen. The following evening, he is given a copy of the photo by a member of his congregation (thought to be Garland D. Fronabarger), but he loans it later to someone who never returns it. Huffman’s wife Floy reveals the story to her granddaughter, Charlette Mann, on her deathbed in 1984, who relates the story to ufologist Leonard Stringfield.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 343–344; Paul Blake Smith, MO41: The Bombshell before Roswell, W&B Publishers, 2015; Billy Booth, “1941 Cape Girardeau, Missouri Crash,” liveabout.com, February 5, 2019; Kevin Randle, “Cape Girardeau UFO Crash, 1941,” A Different Perspective, December 5, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_536

Event 3549 (87149704)

Date: 3/17/1941
Location: West Coast
Description: US Army establishes the Western Defense Command for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast
Type: military
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_59

Event 3550 (B1765644)

Date: 3/17/1941
Location: Pacific Coast
Description: The Western Defense Command is established as the command formation of the US Army responsible for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast and training soldiers prior to their deployment overseas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Western Defense Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_538

Event 3551 (6BC382FA)

Date: Spring 1941
Location: Canada, Lac Beauport, Quebec
Description: (Translated from French) The beginning of the story of contactee Arthur Matthews, born in 1892, who met Nicola Tesla in the city of Quebec, on St Joachim Street. The extraterrestrials chose him as a friend of Tesla to visit him and take him to their planet. This happened every two years until 1961. (…) (1941, Spring)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Enigmes du temps présent” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1979, pp.107-115
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_976

Event 3552 (945EC168)

Date: Spring 1941
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Description: Charlotte Mann, a Texas woman whose grandfather was a pastor of the Red Star Baptist Church, told Leonard Stringfield, that her grandfather was called out to give last rights to some crash victims, who were described as from a crashed object. There were three bodies. All described as “not human”. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_124

Event 3553 (24C01689)

Date: 4/5/1941
Location: Charleston, MS
Description: Farmer abducted into submarine on Mississippi (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 410405
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_125

Event 3554 (F6DB432A)

Date: Late 4/1941
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Description: Cape Girardeau, MO Crash Retrieval (MO41)
Type: UFO crash retrieval
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_58

Event 3555 (6CBE182F)

Date: 5/1941
Locations: Mitchel Field near Uniondale, New York; Riverside, California
Description: With the help of the American Legion, volunteers are recruited into the Aircraft Warning Service, the civilian arm of the Army’s Ground Observer Corps. On the east coast, the AWS is under the auspices of the Army Air Force’s 1st Interceptor Command based at Mitchel Field near Uniondale, New York. On the west coast, the AWS is under the auspices of the 4th Interceptor Command based in Riverside, California. On both coasts, observation posts, information centers, and filter centers are established.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Aircraft Warning Service”; Project 1947, “Aircraft Warning Service (AWS): Freeman Observation Post #52”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_539

Event 3556 (B50B005C)

Date: 5/27/1941 (approximate)
Time: ~10:00
Location: NORTHEAST / FOUGERES, FR
Description: Several kids. 2 silent gold rails zigzag / several 90° turns across N177 going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_449

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NE/FOUGERES,FR:SVRL KIDS:2 SLNT GOLD RAILS ZIGZAG/SVRL 90°TURNS ACRS N177 >NW”, LatLong: “48.372225 -1.177778”, LatLongDMS: “48:22:20 N 01:10:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ille-et-Vilaine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3557 (A94144B4)

Date: 6/1941
Description: (Translated from French) Germans test the prototype of the flying disc Schriever-Habermohl Model I. (June)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_468

Event 3558 (BB3B1A82)

Date: 6/1941
Location: KAISER MOUNTAIN, CA
Description: 150M disk / mountainside / 2 weeks. Seen flying away? Original object gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_450

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “3000”, HatchDesc: “KAISER Mtn,CA:150M DISK/MOUNTAINSIDE/2 WEEKS:SEEN FLYING AWAY?:ORIG.OBJ GONE.”, LatLong: “37.316668 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3559 (05307460)

Date: 6/20/1941
Description: The Army Air Corps becomes the US Army Air Forces to provide the air arm greater autonomy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Army Air Forces”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_540

Event 3560 (ECC9DD7C)

Date: Summer 1941
Location: NORWAY, Maroy/Nordhordland
Description: (Translated from French) Irene Skram and her cousin, and independently the husband of the cousin and a friend, saw a silver disc around 11 o’clock in the morning, while the whole company was outside, admiring the plantations. The disc was rising from the ground to 300 m from the witnesses, to the northeast of their position. Turning slowly on itself, it was rising gently up to about 100 m, altitude from which it seemed to descend again somewhat. It was followed by three opaque trails in the shape of a thin spiral.

These things were falling towards the ground, detaching themselves from the disc. The two women then saw the disc disappear. But the two men, being at another point of the property, were heading towards the place where the “trails” had fallen, at about a hundred meters from the house. They found at this place, only three heather cocks, stunned, but still alive. Knowing that their neighbors were raising birds, they went to ask if they were missing three? It was the case. The witnesses did not talk about the flying saucer with the neighbors. The saucer had been seen for about two minutes, it seemed to have 10 m in diameter. The “trails” each had a length of about 12 to 15 meters, and were separated from each other by 5 to 6 meters. (1941 (or 1942) Summer)
Reference: Ole Jonny Brænne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_977

Event 3561 (F2501D68)

Date: Summer 1941
Description: (Translated from French) It was in Le Mans, at the beginning of summer 1941. The Luftwaffe had occupied the old aerodrome of Le Mans, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, and maintained several groups of Messerschmitt 109s, not very fast, but excessively maneuverable. The German pilots were in a permanent state of alert and, several times, I observed from quite close up the take-offs in groups of the Messerschmitts in broad daylight. The weather was magnificent, a Sunday as far as I remember, and around 1 PM, the very clear sky contained only a few large cumulus clouds, clouds which were moreover very far apart from each other. Around 1 PM, the whole city heard the roar of the planes taking off in haste and I could see that the cause of the alert seemed to be in one of the large cumulus clouds which, at that moment, was flying very slowly over the aerodrome. One could see the Messerschmitts whirling around like mad around the cloud, diving into it at full speed, coming out in a loop or sideways, and starting their maneuvers again, a spectacle which was truly very pretty, but which must have been terribly dangerous for the pilots. Was it an exercise ordered by the commander of the camp or an alert? I never knew, but it was curious to observe the terrified airs of the German soldiers and officers quartered in the city, who followed the spectacle from the windows of the houses. I could then observe that the cloud which, upon its arrival, seemed to have its base at 300 m and to culminate at 1000 m, began to swell and, when it moved away from the aerodrome to move away from the city, it had taken the shape of a very high pyramid, with perfectly sharp contours and brilliantly lit by the sun; its very sharp peak must have been probably at 3000 m, according to a height visible on the horizon and its probable place on the ground. My observation point was 4 km from the aerodrome and the cloud was approximately 5 km away when I observed its summit. (Beginning of Summer, Sunday, 1 PM)
Reference: scientific review La Nature
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_469

Event 3562 (0C163BDF)

Date: 6/22/1941
Location: GERMANY-RUSSIA
Description: (Translated from French) The propaganda staffel reported that the Nebelwerfer Batteries (smoke launchers) had fired 800,000 rocket-shells in the first twenty minutes of the German attack on Russia. However, the advance guard tanks which had reached the terminals of the Moscow Tramways were crushed under a prodigious deluge of rocket-shells from the “Stalin Organs”.
Reference: “Assault on Space” Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 41
Reference: Rocket launchers = multi-tube howitzers.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_975

Event 3563 (3AE3059F)

Date: Late 6/1941
Location: Odessa, Ukraine
Description: About 5:30 p.m. Helen Michailoff and her mother are in Odessa, Ukraine, when they see a raspberry-red object slowly moving east and emitting smoke. Thinking it is a bomb, they rush to the basement, but there is no explosion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1983): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_543

Event 3564 (BD22C1DC)

Date: 6/26/1941
Description: The first draft of the final report of the MAUD Committee is written by George Paget Thomson and circulates among committee members. It concludes that an atomic bomb is feasible. Vannevar Bush receives a copy. Without the help of the MAUD Committee the Manhattan Project would have started months behind. Instead, they are able to begin thinking about how to create a bomb, not whether it is possible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “MAUD Committee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_541

Event 3565 (52B33AC4)

Date: 6/28/1941
Description: Roosevelt establishes the Office of Scientific Research and Development; Vannevar Bush is appointed director. It subsumes the National Defense Research Committee, whose Uranium Committee becomes the Uranium Section of the OSRD, soon renamed the S-1 for security reasons. To the S-1 Section, Vannevar Bush adds American physicist Samuel King Allison, Russian-American physicist Gregory Breit, American physicist Edward Condon, physicist Lloyd P. Smith, and Henry DeWolf Smyth. American physicist Ross Gunn is dropped in line with an NDRC policy not to have Army or Navy personnel in the sections. Lyman James Briggs remains the chairman, with American physicist George B. Pegram as the vice chairman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of Scientific Research and Development”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_542

Event 3566 (F242DEFF)

Date: 7/1941
Description: (Translated from French) A German scientist travels to the USA, revealing the secret of a saucer recovered by the Germans in 1937. The US military intelligence, under the code name Oz, takes control of the Nazi installation containing the disk, and brings it back to the USA, narrowly missing the Soviet troops, who will learn of the disk’s existence 6 months later (likely from captured German scientists). (July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_473

Event 3567 (E315C8C7)

Date: 7/1941
Description: (Translated from French) At Marøy/Nordhordland (Norway), Irene Skram and her cousin see a silver disc. It rises from the ground to the South-East of the witnesses, at about 300 m away. Three grey coils follow the disc, rotating on their own axis. It slowly rises to a height of about 100 m, when it seems to descend again, and the three coils following the disc fall about 100 m north of the witnesses’ house. The disc disappears. Two men, who also saw the disc (the cousin’s husband and his friend) come to retrieve the coils, and bring back 3 haystacks. Nothing seems strange about these haystacks. They ask their neighbor to the South without talking to him about the disc, and he confirms that 3 haystacks are missing from his property. The object was observed for 2 minutes, and its size was about 10 m in diameter. The diameter of each haystack is 12 to 15 m, and the separation between each is 5 to 6 m. (July/August (or July/August 1942), 11 PM)
Reference: [UFO report form, 6 January 1965] [UFO-NYT, 5/1966, 188-9] [Bertelsen: UFO-80., 1980, 65] [Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 8]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_474

Event 3568 (A35EDE5D)

Date: 7/3/1941
Locations: Baker Dry Lake; Mojave Desert, California
Description: The Northrop N-1M, an experimental “flying wing” aircraft with a 38-foot wingspan, is first flown at Baker Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert, California, by test pilot Vance Breese for several hundred yards. He reports that the aircraft can fly no higher than 5 feet. After this is corrected, the N-1M takes another 28 flights through November.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop N-1M”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_544

Event 3569 (80264881)

Date: 7/11/1941
Description: Roosevelt establishes the Office of the Coordinator of Information, a forerunner of the Office for Strategic Services, headed by lawyer William J. Donovan. It is tasked with collecting and analyzing national security information.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of the Coordinator of Information”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_545

Event 3570 (8EDD0DC7)

Date: 9/1941
Location: Indian Ocean
Description: Greenish globe. Non-US military
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_0

Event 3571 (C462A6B4)

Date: 9/1941
Location: Mozambique Channel
Description: Night. Seaman Mar Doroba, Anthony Kornilak, and others on the British troopship SS Pulaski in the Mozambique Channel see a “strange globe glowing with greenish light, about half the size of the full moon.” They watch it for more than an hour before it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 17; Lore and Deneault, pp. 130–131
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_546

Event 3572 (8E8B86E0)

Date: Autumn 1941
Location: NORWAY, Skar/Osteroy
Description: (Translated from French) People had gone to the cinema. The evening was calm, the sky clear and well starred. Suddenly they saw a luminous phenomenon to the west, flying towards the northwest, at very high speed. The phenomenon looked like a huge ball of fire and at first, they thought it was a bolide. But then, the phenomenon slowed down and seemed to hover above Osterfjorden - in reality, from their position, the witnesses overlooked the phenomenon and saw it below them. It was visible for about half a minute, no sound was heard. [note from vog: Peenemunde is not so far away, is it?] (1941, Autumn)
Reference: UFO, 2/1992, 9. Listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_978

Event 3573 (D2917115)

Date: Autumn 1941
Description: (Translated from French) At Skår/Osterøy (Norway), a relative of Berit Clemmensen is with some friends at the local cinema. The night is clear and full of stars. Suddenly they see a luminous phenomenon to the West, heading towards the North-West at great speed. It can be described as a luminous fireball, resembling a bolide at first glance. It seems to fly very low above Osterfjorden. It is visible for at least 1/2 minute, and no sound is heard. The witnesses are quite excited by this experience. (Autumn Evening)
Reference: UFO, 2/1992, 9
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_472

Event 3574 (26FFA51B)

Date: 10/2/1941
Locations: Germany; Peenemünde
Description: German test pilot Heini Dittmar attains an unofficial airspeed record of 623 mph in a rocket-powered Messerschmidt Me 163A at Peenemünde, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Heini Dittmar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_547

Event 3575 (F7230E53)

Date: Early 10/1941
Locations: North Carolina; Uwharrie National Forest
Description: A possible UFO crash/retrieval takes place during preparations for the US Army’s Carolina maneuvers in south central North Carolina (possibly in or around the Uwharrie National Forest). The sketchy story is based on the participation of Pvt. Guy B. Simeone, who relates a few details about a crash and dead “little people” to his family in a letter and phone call. Walter N. Webb reports on his investigation of the incident in 1996.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter N. Webb, “An Anecdotal Report of a UFO Crash/Retrieval in 1941: Part 1,” IUR 21, no. 4 (Winter 1996): 20–28; Walter N. Webb, “An Anecdotal Report of a UFO Crash/Retrieval in 1941: Part 2,” IUR 22, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 28–32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_548

Event 3576 (32383368)

Date: 10/9/1941
Description: Roosevelt approves an atomic weapons program after meeting with Office of Scientific Research and Development Director Vannevar Bush and Vice President Henry A. Wallace. On Bush’s advice, Roosevelt chooses the US Army to run the project rather than the Navy, although the Navy has shown far more interest in the field, and is already conducting research into atomic energy for powering ships. Bush’s negative experiences with the Navy has convinced him that it would not listen to his advice and cannot handle large-scale construction projects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Cameron Reed, “Manhattan Project Mystery,” Forum on the History of Physics, Spring 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_549

Event 3577 (BDFF81D6)

Date: 12/1941
Location: Mozambique, Africa
Description: Mozambique and Island of Madagascar strange globe glowing with greenish light about half the size of full moon. (Page 17 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_126

Event 3578 (257D2901)

Date: 12/1941
Location: Unknown City, GA
Description: Light moving in counterclockwise circles (Page 17-18 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_127

Event 3579 (114F53D9)

Date: Early 12/1941
Location: Georgia countryside
Description: Army Lt. Walter Hanson and his wife are stranded in the Georgia countryside when they run out of gas. They see a star-like object that swiftly moves in circles counterclockwise. Suddenly it stops and takes off obliquely.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 17–18; Lore and Deneault, p. 140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_550

Event 3580 (A931F2DB)

Date: 12/7/1941
Location: U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii
Description: The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday. The United States was a neutral country at the time; the attack led to its formal entry into World War II on the side of the Allies the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI and as Operation Z during its planning. (Author Moira McGhee wrote in her book “Alien Gene” that the Pearl Harbor attacks were being observed by one or more UFO’s.)
Type: attack
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_932

Event 3581 (33BE7930)

Date: 12/7/1941
Description: (Translated from French) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (7 December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_470

Event 3582 (487AC8F4)

Date: 12/8/1941
Description: (Translated from French) Roosevelt asks the US Congress to declare war on Japan and directs all national effort towards the global war. (December 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_471

Event 3583 (7AEBAB4B)

Date: 12/8/1941
Locations: Honolulu, Hawaii; Pearl Harbor
Description: Around noon. Red Cross volunteer Yoshio Taketa is resting on the lawn of the Kuhio School in Honolulu, Hawaii, with 9 others. The smoke is still rising from the Pearl Harbor attack to the west. One of them notices a round white object at about 20,000 feet overhead. It floats away slowly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 501
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_551

Event 3584 (443EF39F)

Date: 12/18/1941
Locations: S-1 Section; Columbia; Princeton; University of Chicago
Description: With the US at war, funding for an atomic bomb is now available in amounts undreamed of the year before. At the S-1 Section meeting, American physicist Ernest Lawrence asks for $400,000 for electromagnetic separation, and the section immediately recommends granting it. MIT physicist Karl Taylor Compton is allocated $340,000 for nuclear reactor research at Columbia and Princeton, and $278,000 at the University of Chicago. Another $500,000 is earmarked for raw materials. His proposed schedule is no less breathtaking: to produce a nuclear chain reaction by July 1942, and an atomic bomb by January 1945. In January 1942, he creates the Metallurgical Laboratory, centralizing the work at the University of Chicago.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “S-1 Executive Committee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_552

Event 3585 (AE3733AD)

Date: 12/22/1941
Location: Unknown City, NY
Description: Round sharply outlined object with bright aluminum or chrome finish (Patrick, delete single quotes) (Page 18 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_128

Event 3586 (D6891335)

Date: 12/22/1941
Locations: St. Agnes Avenue; Pleasant Street; Utica, New York
Description: Electrical engineer George Bogner stops his car at the corner of St. Agnes Avenue and Pleasant Street in Utica, New York, to watch a round, metallic object speed silently across the sky. He estimates it at 100 feet in diameter and moving at 300 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 18; Lore and Deneault, pp. 140–141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_553

Event 3587 (951B7FF6)

Date: 12/22/1941
Description: At 2:15 p.m. a gleaming aluminum or chrome colored disc-shaped object sped silently across the skies of Utica, New York from west to east. It disappeared in 10 seconds. There were two independent witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. & Harold H. Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8559

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Year: 1942, 149 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3588 (5989CDAE)

Date: 1942
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of a V-2 No. 1, inert model.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_989

Event 3589 (BE8A2BD6)

Date: 1942
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V-2 No. 8, for training of the team.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_990

Event 3590 (6BF4D9C5)

Date: 1942
Location: YUGOSLAVIA, Rasanac
Description: (Translated from French) An object like a flame moved horizontally near the Prentov bridge which spans the Koselska river. A certain Péro Krstanovski who was returning from Bitolj to Ohrid at that time, suddenly saw his team of horses become agitated at the appearance of the phenomenon. As soon as it disappeared, the horses regained their calm.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 263-264
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1002

Event 3591 (2EBF3EB1)

Date: 1942
Location: USA, South Coast, on a small island offshore
Description: (Translated from French) Sergeant Dick Wylie saw a bright object dive into the sea and reappear ten minutes later.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 264
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1003

Event 3592 (CB794D3B)

Date: 1942
Location: USA-MEXICO: Juarez
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. 1932, High Bridge - same person) In Juarez Menger meets a man with blond hair, who presents himself as “from his People”. Then he sees a man in khaki uniform, who tells him he will have many extraterrestrial contacts (Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, Janar 1998) Howard Menger is doing his military service. He sees UFOs in the sky, then is approached successively by two men, one of whom is military. They declare to him, like the woman met in 1932, that they come from another planet whose inhabitants formerly gave to the Aztecs secrets, lost with their civilization, concerning the use of sound and light.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “L’énigme des E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 145, 146
Reference: continued 1944
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1004

Event 3593 (681D64CA)

Date: 1942
Location: Tientsien, Hopeh Province, N. China
Description: China (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 420000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_129

Event 3594 (F51EFB77)

Date: 1942
Description: Naval Intelligence Officer Bernard M. Baruch Jr. develops a submarine reporting network, Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings on which CIRVIS is modeled in 1948.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Naval War College, Master Script for “Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings,” undated; NICAP, “Capt. Bernard Baruch Jr.”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_554

Event 3595 (ECCCE93C)

Date: 1942
Location: Prouvy, Nord, France
Description: 1:00 a.m. A woman returning home in Prouvy, Nord, France, finds herself face-to-face with three small entities with large round heads and short beards. They have large, luminous yellow eyes and wear tight, one-piece suits with a metallic sheen that leave only their faces exposed. The beings stare at her without moving, so she goes inside to get her husband, but by the time they return the entities have gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1940–1949, p. 3; Clark III 265; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 26, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_555

Event 3596 (839A167C)

Date: 1942
Location: Lafayette and Newton, New Jersey
Description: Three New Jersey motorists observed a UFO with rows of colorful windows emitting fluorescent lights. They watched for about 10 minutes before it silently and slowly took off. They had the impression of hearing laughter or happy voices. Later, they saw the same cigar-shaped object again, which rapidly disappeared. (Chapter 7, Ref. 235)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_226

Event 3597 (D584D56D)

Date: 1942
Location: Los Angeles
Description: In a notable UFO incident of that year, over Los Angeles, anti-aircraft defenses and searchlights engaged what were initially thought to be Japanese intruders. Despite heavy firepower, a large, orange UFO hovered above the city, unaffected. Fighter planes were dispatched, but they couldn’t damage it either. Official explanations varied from wartime anxiety-induced hallucinations to suspicions of enemy aircraft spreading fear. The incident led to speculation about censorship and secrecy surrounding the event. (Chapter 7, Ref. 236)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_227

Event 3598 (ABB9291D)

Date: 1942
Time: afternoon
Location: Over the Bass Strait between Australia and Tasmania
Description: A pilot from the Royal Australian Air Force reported encountering an unusual glistening bronze-colored airfoil over the Bass Strait. The object, approximately 150 feet long and 50 feet in diameter, had a beak-like prow and a rippled surface. A dome on its upper side seemed to reflect sun flashes, possibly from a helmet inside. The craft emitted greenish-blue flashes from its keel and displayed an image of a grinning Cheshire cat on the dome. Flying alongside the pilot for a while, the object eventually turned, showing four fin-like structures on its underside, before diving rapidly into the Pacific, creating a whirlpool-like disturbance as it submerged. (Chapter 7, Ref. 253, Also see here.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_245

Event 3599 (8FC23F0A)

Date: 1942
Location: Timor Sea near New Guinea
Description: While on lookout for enemy planes above a Dutch naval warship in the Timor Sea, a crew member spotted a large illuminated disc flying at a high speed about 4,000 to 5,000 feet overhead. The mysterious object circled the ship, the cruiser Tromp, for several hours. Despite efforts, officers onboard couldn’t identify it as any recognized aircraft. Eventually, the disc sped off at an astonishing speed of around 3,000 to 3,500 miles per hour, vanishing from view. (Ref. 254)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_246

Event 3600 (68E71AC9)

Date: 1942
Time: morning
Location: Over the island of Tulagi, Solomons Islands
Description: During a bright morning, a U.S. Marine sergeant was alerted by an air raid warning. Expecting the familiar sound of enemy planes, he was taken aback by an unfamiliar mighty roar. Looking up, he observed a large formation of over 150 silvery objects flying overhead in straight lines. The objects moved slightly faster than typical enemy aircraft, appeared wingless, wobbled occasionally, and shimmered in the sun, resembling polished silver. (Chapter 7, Ref. 255)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_247

Event 3601 (E03CF0AA)

Date: 1942
Location: German air base in Norway
Description: Over a German air base in Norway, radar detected an unknown object, prompting the launch of a fighter for closer examination. The pilot reported seeing a luminous, streamlined vessel approximately 300 feet long and 50 feet in diameter at around 10,000 feet. Initially flying horizontally, the UFO abruptly ascended vertically and vanished at a remarkable speed. (Chapter 7, Ref. 261)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_253

Event 3602 (A7BC85A0)

Date: 1942
Time: daytime
Location: Bay of Biscay off the coast of France
Description: While on a daytime anti-submarine patrol in the Bay of Biscay, an American bomber was approached by a UFO that flew alongside it for 15 minutes. The crew described the object as a large, wingless cylinder. Before departing with a rapid 180-degree turn, one of the airmen captured a photograph of the UFO. Although the image was given to military intelligence, it was never publicly disclosed. (Chapter 7, Ref. 267)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_259

Event 3603 (0D772FCD)

Date: 1942
Location: German-occupied Czechoslovakia
Description: During WWII, there were reports that Hitler’s aeronautical engineers tested radical aircraft designs in German-occupied territories. A source stationed at an airbase claimed that circular aircraft were tested, with him never witnessing them directly due to windows being blacked out and strict security measures. However, he frequently heard an unusual, “deafening” engine noise distinct from regular airplanes. (Chapter 7, Ref 290)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_282

Event 3604 (4C56EFE1)

Date: 1942
Location: California
Description: In 1942, a broadcast company executive claimed to have observed multiple UFOs at a military base in California. Speaking to a civic group in Colorado years later, the man detailed his alleged experience inside one of the saucers. According to him, these UFOs are giant flywheels with metal skins, powered by electrostatic turbines. They feature pressurized cabins in the center with an atmosphere composed of 30% oxygen and 70% nitrogen. The craft employs a magnetic field, generated by the flywheel, allowing it to achieve tremendous speeds. The saucers are constructed in five sections and can be easily disassembled. He recounted being inside a saucer measuring 100 feet in diameter and 18 feet thick, describing the crew’s sleeping quarters as tube-like with capped ends and a pressurized, air-conditioned cabin. (Chapter 7, Ref 301. This is the head of Pike’s Peak Broadcasting Company, Joseph Rohrer. In USMC Naval Aviator Donald Keyhoe’s 1953 book, the Air Force discussed threatening Rohrer into silence.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_292

Event 3605 (2B0AACA4)

Date: 1942
Location: Western Greece
Description: A young shepherd girl heard a peculiar noise from a metallic flying object shaped like two plates glued together, with a width of 6-9 feet. This object landed on a hill nearby. On approaching, she observed a three-foot tall gray humanoid, resembling a robot, wearing a suit and a silver helmet. The entity roamed around the landing site. Overwhelmed by fear, she fled. When she returned later, both the craft and the being were gone, but her agitated dogs remained. (Chapter 7, Ref 306)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_297

Event 3606 (36A78771)

Date: 1942
Location: East coast of England
Description: In 1942, while guarding a radar station on the east coast of England, a man saw an aerial light approaching from a cloud. Suddenly, an object descended and emitted a beam, pulling him aboard. Inside, he encountered both small and average-sized beings. The average-sized ones wore thick goggles. He was made to lay on a table for a physical examination. Later, he found himself back at his post. (Chapter 7, Ref 308)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_299

Event 3607 (D131DB66)

Date: 1/1942?
Time: 13:00?
Location: TIANJIN, CHINA
Description: Street vendor photographs hat saucer over busy street. People stare. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_451

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TIANJIN,CHINA:STREET VENDOR FOTOS HAT SCR OVR BUSY STREET:PEOPLE STARE:see ref”, LatLong: “39.150002 117.216672”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 117:13:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TNJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3608 (671D6645)

Date: 2/1942
Location: HIMALAYAS
Description: (Translated from French) Slavomir Rawicz had just escaped from a Siberian camp with six of his companions and was trying to reach India. He crossed the Himalayas between Bhutan and Sikkim. For more than two hours the seven escapees stopped to observe two strange creatures. “They were at least 2.50m tall; one of them was smaller (…) Their heads were rather square without apparent ears. The chest seemed powerful and the arms long reaching down to the knees. In profile, the neck fitted directly into the shoulders (…)”.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p. 121, 122
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_985

Event 3609 (98CFAD3B)

Date: 2/24/1942
End date: 2/25/1942
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Battle of LA
Type: military
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_60

Event 3610 (0260F937)

Date: 2/24/1942
End date: 2/25/1942
Locations: Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles County; Pacific coast; Southern California
Description: The Battle of Los Angeles takes place, a rumored enemy attack and subsequent anti-aircraft barrage over Los Angeles, California. Air raid sirens sound throughout Los Angeles County on the night of February 24. A total blackout is ordered, and thousands of air raid wardens are summoned to their positions. At 3:16 a.m., the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade begins firing .50 caliber machine guns and 12.8-pound anti-aircraft shells into the air at reported aircraft; more than 1,400 shells are eventually fired. Pilots of the 4th Interceptor Command are alerted, but their aircraft remain grounded. The artillery fire continues sporadically until 4:14 a.m. The “all clear” is sounded and the blackout order lifted at 7:21 a.m. Several buildings and vehicles are damaged by shell fragments, and five civilians die as an indirect result of the anti-aircraft fire. Three are killed in car accidents in the ensuing chaos and two die of heart attacks attributed to the stress of the hour-long action. The incident is front-page news along the Pacific coast and earns some mass media coverage. Within hours of the end of the air raid, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox holds a press conference, saying the entire incident was a false alarm due to anxiety and “war nerves.” Knox’s comments are followed by statements from the Army on February 26 that reflect General George C. Marshall’s belief that the incident was caused by commercial airplanes used as a psychological warfare campaign to generate panic. Some contemporary press outlets suspect a cover-up. Rep. Leland M. Ford (R-Calif.) calls for a congressional investigation, saying, “none of the explanations so far offered removed the episode from the category of ‘complete mystification’ … this was either a practice raid, or a raid to throw a scare into 2,000,000 people, or a mistaken identity raid, or a raid to lay a political foundation to take away Southern California’s war industries.” The Japanese government, after the war ended, declares that they had flown no airplanes over Los Angeles during the war. In 1983, the US Office of Air Force History attributes the event to a case of “war nerves” triggered by a lost weather balloon and exacerbated by stray flares and shell bursts from adjoining batteries. A number of fake documents about this incident have been circulated by Timothy S. Cooper.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Battle of Los Angeles”; Clark III 1176–1177; NICAP, “Battle of Los Angeles”; Lore and Deneault, pp. 74–87; Good Above, pp. 15–17; Good Need, pp. 17, 31; “No Bombs Dropped, No Planes Shot Down,” Los Angeles Herald Express, February 25, 1942, p. 1; “Japanese Carry War to California Coast,” Life, March 9, 1942, pp. 19–23; Brett Holman, “New Light on the Battle of Los Angeles,” Airminded, April 20, 2011; David Marler, “The Battle of LA UFO Incident,” OpenMindsTV YouTube channel, October 9, 2018; Strange Company 19–22; Robert Wood, “‘Leaked’ Documents Shed New Light on Outcome of ‘Battle of Los Angeles,’” MUFON UFO Journal, June 2010, pp. 3–7; US Office of the Chief of Military History, “History of the Western Defense Command, 17 March 1941–30 September 1945,” five ms. vols., Appendix no. 5, “Chronology of Enemy Operations on Pacific Coast of Continental United States,” pp. 25–27; History, Fourth Anti-Aircraft Command, January 9, 1942, to July 1, 1945, pp. 112–124; Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, Office of Air Force History, 1948, pp. 283–286; Lorraine Boissoneault, “The Great Los Angeles Air Raid Terrified Citizens—Even Though No Bombs Were Dropped,” Smithsonian Magazine, January 19, 2018; Patrick Gross, “Los Angeles, February 25, 1942”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_556

Event 3611 (74E9A982)

Date: 2/25/1942
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) At precisely 2:00 am, diners at the Trocadero Club in Hollywood were surprised to see all the lights go out while sirens screamed the alarm throughout and around Los Angeles. Searchlights began to scan the sky, anti-aircraft batteries opened fire. In the following hours more than 1400 shots were fired at a single unidentified object, slowly passing through the sky. It resembled a blimp or a balloon. It was the 65th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment from Inglewood and the 205th Anti-Aircraft Regiment from Santa Monica that were shooting. The “cigar-shaped white” object received some bullets, but continued its imperturbable flight towards the east. Ground observers would have counted up to 25 silver UFOs. The editor of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Peter Jenkins, wrote: “I clearly saw the V-formation of 25 ‘silvery planes’ (silver planes) slowly passing through the sky towards Long Beach.” The Chief of Police of Long Beach, J.H. McClelland, also looked at the sky. He did not see the “planes” but younger people assured him that they saw them. A veteran of the army was looking through Carl Zeiss binoculars and in the beam of the searchlights, he counted nine. The objects passed from one searchlight beam to another, from one salvo to another, without flinching and continued towards Redondo Beach and Inglewood, then towards Santa Ana and Huntington Beach. "The shots were so loud that we could not hear the sound of the engines of the ‘planes’. At 2:21 a.m., Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt declared a ceasefire. (February 25, 1942)
Reference: BEYOND EARTH: MAN’S CONTACT WITH UFOs by Ralph Blum, Bantam Books, New York, April 1974, page 68. The Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Long Beach Press-Telegram for February 25, 1942. All newspaper quotes taken from “The Battle of Los Angeles, 1942” by Terrenz Sword, which appeared in Unsolved UFO Sightings, Spring 1996 issue, pages 57 through 62.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_983

Event 3612 (81BD73FC)

Date: 2/25/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Battle of Los Angeles. (February 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_475

Event 3613 (95011772)

Date: 2/25/1942
Description: (Translated from French) In Los Angeles, sirens designed to give an alert in case of an air raid start to wail. Anti-aircraft groups are on alert. Panic sets in in the city, which goes into a blackout. (2 h 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_476

Event 3614 (AC1E2ACE)

Date: 2/25/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) batteries begin firing at unidentified objects coming from the ocean, which searchlights attempt to corner in the sky. There appear to be at least two types of objects involved in the incident. Witnesses see small, red or silver objects flying at high altitude, moving quickly, appearing in formation and then seeming to weave through the AAA fire at speeds up to 8 km/s — that’s 29000 km/h. There is also a large object that remains stationary for a time, then is caught in the searchlight beams above Culver City, and then moves at a constant speed of 100 km/h to the Santa Monica coast and then south towards Long Beach before being lost from sight. This large object, according to reports, was hit by numerous projectiles. The AAA continues to fire at it. (3:16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_477

Event 3615 (08E5B99C)

Date: 2/25/1942
Description: (Translated from French) The AAA stops shooting. No bombs were dropped by the unknown aircrafts and no aircrafts were shot down. (4:14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_478

Event 3616 (947724C7)

Date: 2/25/1942
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Multiple UFOs; anti-aircraft fire.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_1

Event 3617 (C087E7F1)

Date: 2/25/1942
Time: 02:30
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: 1430 Anti-Aircraft guns/teams shells fired / huge silent saucer. Not hurt. 18000mph! / r153p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_452

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “119”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “CULVER CITY,CA:1430 AA SHELLS FIRED/HUGE SLNT SCR:NOT HURT:18000mph!:/r153p14”, LatLong: “34.000002 -118.383339”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 118:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3618 (4C6D5924)

Date: 2/25/1942
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles, CA, searchlight case (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 420225
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_130

Event 3619 (D99105DF)

Date: 2/25/1942
Description: At around 2:30 a.m. on this night in Los Angeles County, California a formation of 6-9 luminous white balls of light flying in a triangular formation flew in from the northwest, moving very slowly. They also appeared as steady radar blips coming in from the sea. As they flew over aircraft factories and this was shortly after the United States entry into World War II, widespread panic resulted, and five people were killed by the anti-aircraft fire hitting the ground and in subsequent traffic accidents. In the evening in Santa Monica, California a white disc was sighted hovering high in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Preston E. Dennett, UFOs over Topanga Canyon, p. 263; Gordon I. R. Lore and Harold Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 74
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1094

Event 3620 (42A55288)

Date: 2/26/1942
Location: Washington DC
Description: Secret Memo to the President from Chief of Staff, G. C. Marshall stating: UFO’s appeared over Los Angeles, CA, yesterday morning. The 37th Brigade (AA) expended 1430 rounds of ammunition against them. No bombs dropped, no casualties among our troops, no planes (UFOs) shot down, no AA or Navy planes were inaction. (AA Document, OCS 21347–86.)
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p17, 446)
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_61

Event 3621 (F35C4E9B)

Date: 2/26/1942 (approximate)
Location: AUSTRALIA, TIMOR SEA
Description: (Translated from French) At around 3:00am, the crew of the Dutch Royal Navy warship “Tromp” could observe “like a large aluminum disc” which was approaching at a great speed - estimated at 6000 km/h - of the ship, it circled around it and then moved away towards the open sea. For three hours it circled at altitude above the cruiser and finally disappeared at a very high speed. (Henry DURRANT: “Le livre noir des S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.84). (1942, February 26 (or 6?))
Reference: “UFO’s, a century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 18, which places the date at 6.2.42
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_984

Event 3622 (5AAC8904)

Date: 2/26/1942
Description: (Translated from French) General Marshall reports to President Roosevelt regarding the incidents of the previous day in Los Angeles. (February 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_479

Event 3623 (EFADC4A9)

Date: 2/26/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Bright objects photographed in the middle of a formation of Tahikawa Ki 36 reconnaissance planes. See image at images/foofig_1.jpg.
Reference: [Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Le temps et les OVNI]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_480

Event 3624 (7C1EBF67)

Date: 2/26/1942
Description: (Translated from French) At the secret airbase of Banak (Finnmark province, Norway) the guard post gives the alarm; the men go to their combat posts, the pilots to their aircraft. Through binoculars, the observers see an engine approaching silently. Hauptmann Fischer (engineer in civilian life) takes off in a Messerschmitt 109 (fighter) to intercept it. At 3500 m altitude he approaches it, observes it, and gives a description over the radio: it is an enormous streamlined body, without any visible wings or openings; its length is about 100 m and its diameter about 15 m; at one end a group of rods resembling radar antennas. The “air whale” as Captain Fischer immediately nicknames it, maintains a horizontal position; suddenly it rises vertically at great speed and disappears; the pilot concludes that it cannot be a man-made engine. The report is signed by Captain Fischer, countersigned by the base commander. When, in Berlin, Air Marshal Hermann Goering reads it, he concludes that the harsh solitude of the Far North has played a nasty trick on his pilot. (5:35 PM)
Reference: Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_481

Event 3625 (79770CC8)

Date: 2/26/1942
Description: (Translated from French) A Banak (Norway), Fischer observed a large cigar-shaped object (apparently a hoax).
Reference: [Durrant 1970, 84] [OVNI Presence, 28/Dec 1983, 30/Jun 1984] [Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 8]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_482

Event 3626 (7B6601F4)

Date: 2/26/1942
Location: Timor Sea
Description: Illuminated disk; terrific speed. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_2

Event 3627 (19804C79)

Date: 2/26/1942
Time: 12:10
Location: TIMOR SEA
Description: Dutch Navy men / (seen thru) binoculars. Large aluminum disk circles cruiser / 3 hours and more. Away / 5000kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_453

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

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “200”, HatchDesc: “TIMOR SEA:DUTCH NAVY MEN/BINOCS:LRG ALUM.DISK CCLS CRUISER/3hrs+:AWAY/5000kph”, LatLong: “-12.666667 125.000006”, LatLongDMS: “12:40:00 S 125:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TMR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3628 (201B49AA)

Date: 2/26/1942
Locations: Roosevelt; Los Angeles
Description: Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall writes Roosevelt that as many as 15 unknown commercial aircraft, flying at various speeds up to 200 mph and at elevations from 9,000 to 18,000 feet, were responsible for the Battle of Los Angeles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: presidentialufo.com, “General George Marshall Secret Memo to President Roosevelt about the Unidentified Objects over Los Angeles on February 25, 1942”; Good Above, pp. 17, 446
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_557

Event 3629 (1924BB4C)

Date: 2/26/1942
Locations: Royal Netherlands Navy; Australia; Battle of Badung Strait; Bali; Indonesia; Timor Sea
Description: Royal Netherlands Navy cruiser HNLMS Tromp, returning to Australia after the Battle of Badung Strait (off Bali in Indonesia), reports a large, aluminum disc speeding above it in the Timor Sea and maneuvering for nearly 4 hours. It departs at an estimated 3,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Australasia,” Flying Saucer Review 3, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1957): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_558

Event 3630 (BA1CE3E0)

Date: 2/27/1942
Location: Timor Sea, At Sea
Description: Large disc; departed location at 3,500 miles per hour (Page 23 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_131

Event 3631 (3B622E4E)

Date: 3/1942
Location: Zuider Zee, Holland
Description: Luminous object closely following plane; fired rounds, Non-US military
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_3

Event 3632 (8EBBB68C)

Date: 3/5/1942
Locations: Middle River; Essex, Maryland
Description: Benjamin Smith, formerly of the Army Air Corps, sees several blinking lights moving slowly over the Middle River adjacent to Essex, Maryland. They circle the river two or three times then disappear. Smith reports the incident to local police, who then inform Naval Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Towson (Md.) Union News, March 6, 1942; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_559

Event 3633 (596F2E4D)

Date: 3/9/1942
Description: The Air Service Command becomes a major Army Air Forces unit to support logistical functions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_560

Event 3634 (AA31601B)

Date: 3/14/1942
Location: NORWAY, Banak (Finnmark)
Description: (Translated from French) Report of observation from the secret air base of Banak, addressed to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe in Berlin. At 5:35 PM the watch post gave the alarm; the men went to their combat posts, the pilots to their aircraft. Through binoculars, the observers saw an engine approaching silently. Hauptman Fischer (an engineer in civilian life) took off in a Messerschmitt 109 (fighter) to intercept it. At 3,500 meters altitude he approached it, observed it, and gave a description by radio: it was an enormous streamlined body, without any support plane, without any visible opening; its length was about 100 meters and its diameter about 15 meters; at one end (front?) a group of rods resembling radar antennas. The aerial whale, as Captain Fischer immediately nicknamed it, maintained itself horizontally; suddenly it rose vertically at great speed and disappeared. The pilot concluded that it could not be a machine made by human hands. Report signed by Captain Fischer, countersigned by the base commander. When Hermann Goering in Berlin took cognizance of it, he concluded that the harsh solitude of the Far North had played a nasty trick on his pilot. [IN REALITY: the whole affair would be nothing but a HOAX for the needs of the author… OVNI PRESENCE, 28/Dec 1983, 30/Jun 1984. Liljegren: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES TO UFO INCIDENTS DURING WORLD WAR II., 1987, 8. Listing by Ole Johny Braenne]
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Le livre noir des S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.84
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_986

Event 3635 (2ACB6323)

Date: 3/14/1942
Time: 17:40
Location: NEAR BANAK, NORWAY
Description: Ground RADAR and German pilot. 100M cylinder/cigar-shape 15M diameter hovers. Quickly going up / impossibly.
Type: sighting
Reference: CUFON UFO Network Site (former BBS) various downloads. http://www.cufon.org (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_454

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr BANAK,NORWAY:GND RDR+GERMAN PILOT:100M CGR 15M diam HOVERS:↑↑/IMPOSSIBLY:”, LatLong: “70.050003 24.983335”, LatLongDMS: “70:03:00 N 24:59:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

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Event 3642 (385FB396)

Date: 3/25/1942
Location: Zuider Zee, Holland
Description: An RAF bomber returning from a raid on Essen, Germany, was followed by a luminous orange disc or sphere. As it came closer the tail gunner opened fire on it, to no apparent effect. Finally it sped away at an estimated 1,000 m.p.h. (Ref. 3; Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1962.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_132

Event 3643 (DC94D300)

Date: 3/25/1942
Description: At midnight U.S. Airman Sobinski and another Army Air Force crewman sighted a luminous orange object closely following their warplane over the Zuider Zee, North Holland, The Netherlands. They fired several rounds at the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 6, citing Jerome Clark; Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 19; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1647

Event 3644 (B8E55969)

Date: 4/1942
Location: ARJEPLOG, SWEDEN
Description: Observer(s) = Thorander. UFO and humanoid seen. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). No further details. / S. Aggestad 1981.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_456

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ARJEPLOG,SWEDEN:OBS=Thorander:UFO+HUMANOID SEEN:EME:NFD:/S.Aggestad 1981”, LatLong: “66.050003 17.900001”, LatLongDMS: “66:03:00 N 17:54:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3645 (8D5D6D84)

Date: 4/1/1942
Description: The Materiel Division of the Air Service Command assumes responsibility for R&D and procurement and is redesignated as the Air Corps Materiel Command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_562

Event 3646 (A013B987)

Date: 4/4/1942
Location: ALGERIA, Ouallen (Adrar-En-Ahmet)
Description: (Translated from French) One fine morning, the weather station’s sub-officer observed an object directly above him, like a small, bright point of aluminum white. About forty people were able to observe the phenomenon. One of the witnesses recounts: “Observed more precisely with our field binoculars and with the theodolite’s telescope, the “planet” looked like a small moon or a five franc coin. It had pale, metal white reflections and seemed to be suspended at an altitude of 5 to 6000 m. Apparently it stayed still, but a prolonged examination with the theodolite revealed that it was moving in a slow rotation: we were thus able to observe three rotations in eight hours. The next morning it was still there, always directly above us and we began to get used to it, thinking it was some lost star or a new satellite captured by the Earth’s attraction. At dawn of the third day, everything had disappeared…” (the author cites Aimé Michel:
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “The Chronicle of UFOs” - Delarge 1977- p.260-261
Reference: “Glimpses of Flying Saucers” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 122, 123
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_988

Event 3647 (63310848)

Date: 4/7/1942 (approximate)
Time: ~08:00
Location: OUALLEN, ALGERIA
Description: Legionaires and weatherman. Metallic disk hovers / 2 days. Rotates 3X / 8 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_457

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “OUALLEN,ALGERIA:LEGIONAIRES+WEATHERMAN:MTLC DISK HVRs/2 DAYS:ROTATES 3X/8hrs”, LatLong: “24.716668 1.250000”, LatLongDMS: “24:43:00 N 01:15:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3648 (55C1E394)

Date: 4/27/1942
Location: Germany
Description: Nazi Amerikabomber long range bomber project study completed
Type: project study
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_62

Event 3649 (41380FA0)

Date: 5/1942
Location: Miraflores, Peru
Description: 3:00 p.m. Abdon Gonzales Tello, 13, and other boys see a silvery, cigar-shaped object in the sky to the west of Miraflores, Peru. Its ends are cut off at sharp angles, and it takes 20 seconds to proceed to the south and out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_563

Event 3650 (58588155)

Date: 5/2/1942
Time: 12:00?
Location: LIVERPOOL, ENG
Description: Clothes on lines float upwards. Drift going north. (Wind goes going south slowly.)
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_458

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, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “LIVERPOOL,ENG:CLOTHES ON LINES FLOAT UPWARDS:DRIFT>N:(WIND GOES > S. SLOWLY)”, LatLong: “53.416669 -2.866667”, LatLongDMS: “53:25:00 N 02:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3651 (D0335ED0)

Date: 6/1942 (approximate)
Time: 13:00
Location: FROSON, SWD
Description: Telepathy / hypnosis? Boy / 12 goes / town for mystery package. Gives it to pseudo-human/entity.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_459

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “FROSON,SWD:TLP/HYPNOSIS?:BOY/12 GOES/TOWN for MYSTERY PACKAGE:GIVES IT TO PSH”, LatLong: “63.166670 14.583334”, LatLongDMS: “63:10:00 N 14:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3652 (5693ED75)

Date: 6/1942
Description: Col. James C. Marshall is selected to head the Manhattan Project.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Manhattan Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_564

Event 3653 (CB989B89)

Date: 6/13/1942
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor of the CIA, begins operations
Type: historical
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_63

Event 3654 (E9DCBA3F)

Date: 6/13/1942
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde Island
Description: (Translated from French) The first ascent of an “A4” (“V-2”). 14 meters long, diameter of 1.75m, 1000 kilograms of explosives, 3000 kilograms of fuel in the upper tank, 6000 kilograms of liquid oxygen in the lower tank, turbo pump running at 4000 revolutions for a power of 500 to 600 HP, total weight 12,000 kg, launch engine with a thrust of 12,000 kg. The rocket, slightly oscillating, rose up and disappeared into the low cloud layer. For several seconds more the roar of the rocket engine was heard. Then suddenly it stopped and a few moments later the rocket reappeared, without tailfins, swaying horizontally, after which it sank into the sea with a terrific explosion.
Reference: The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future" -Hans K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, pp. 100 to 108
Reference: Following on from August 16, 1942
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_991

Event 3655 (353ACE83)

Date: 6/13/1942
Description: Roosevelt establishes the Office of Strategic Services, a wartime intelligence agency, with Gen. William J. Donovan at its head.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of Strategic Services”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_565

Event 3656 (88E3B078)

Date: 6/19/1942
Description: Roosevelt abolishes the S-1 Section and replaces it with the S-1 Executive Committee, tasked with the technical and contractual aspects of producing an atomic bomb, while the Army handles engineering, construction, and site selection. American chemist James B. Conant is appointed as its chairman, and Lyman James Briggs, Karl Taylor Compton, Ernest Lawrence, and American chemists Eger V. Murphree and Harold C. Urey as its other members. Roosevelt approves the committee’s recommendation to move to the pilot plant stage and build piles to produce plutonium and electromagnetic, centrifuge, and gaseous diffusion plants to produce uranium-235.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “S-1 Executive Committee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_566

Event 3657 (76D06991)

Date: Summer 1942
Location: AUSTRALIA, Tasmania
Description: (Translated from French) (After the Japanese attack of February 19th 1942.) A major of the Royal Australian Air Force noted in his report: “We were given orders, after the Japanese attack on Darwin, to patrol the Bass Strait where fishermen had reported mysterious nocturnal lights. At around 5:50 PM, at the very beginning of twilight, we were flying a few kilometers east of the Tasmanian peninsula, when suddenly, from a bank of clouds, a strange craft emerged. It was bronze and shining and must have been 45 meters long and 15 meters in diameter. There was something like a beak or a spur at the front and the surface of the object seemed to vibrate. At the top there was a dome or a cupola from which flashes of blue and green light emerged. The other end of the craft ended in a fin. It circled around us, turning very sharply, and I was then surprised to see, at the front of the dome, a white circle inside of which I thought I recognized the image of a grimacing cat. (note of vog: in my opinion, this story should be taken with a grain of salt. The pilot must have known, for example, the Martin Marauder, Martin Mariner and other planes - which had emblems - shark heads, cats and others, on their noses… ) Then this damned craft flew parallel to us for a few minutes. It then suddenly made a U-turn, presenting four fins on its ventral side. It left at an incredible speed and plunged into the Pacific, disappearing under the water which was stirred by regular waves. As if it were a submarine! No, it is not possible that the Japanese could have such craft, nobody could have built such a mysterious amphibious bird!”. (1942, Summer)
Reference: See FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED by Harold T. Wilkins, Citadel Press, New York, NY 1955, pages 224-255.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_993

Event 3658 (2A9C90C8)

Date: Summer 1942
Location: Bass Strait, Tasman Peninsula
Description: A singular airfoil of glistening bronze color; domed upper surface; possible crew member, Cheshire cat emblem on dome. (Page 29 Ref 1) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_143

Event 3659 (9C615FEA)

Date: Summer 1942
Locations: Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania; Bass Strait
Description: 5:50 p.m. An RAAF pilot is on flying patrol off the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, following reports by fishermen of strange lights on the waters of Bass Strait. A “singular airfoil of glistening bronze color” appears out of a cloudbank. It’s about 150 feet long, 50 feet in diameter, and has a dome on top. It accompanies his plane for a few minutes before departing at “a hell of a pace.” It turns again and dives into the ocean, throwing up a “whirlpool of waves.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Australian A.F. UFO Report Files,” APRO Bulletin 30, no. 10 (October 1982): 6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_569

Event 3660 (FE631B6B)

Date: Late 6/1942
Location: FRANCE, Cussey-sur-l’Ognon (Haute-Saône)
Description: (Translated from French) Or early July (or 1943). On this day it was hot and Mr. and Mrs. Bonardi had taken the afternoon to rest not far from a wheat field where some peasants were busy. Around 4:00 pm, the witnesses suddenly had their attention drawn to a bright light filtering through the foliage of the undergrowth. At the same time they felt a wave of heat. Soon an oval object of dark blue color topped with a dome of silver gray like aluminum appeared. On the dome there were two vertical tubes, in the center of which a more slender antenna could be distinguished. The witnesses clearly saw portholes and a tripod arranged at the base of the object. Astonished by the appearance, the peasants stopped working. The object was then about fifty meters from the Bonardi, hovering a few tens of cm above the ground while emitting a fan noise while turning on itself. Suddenly lights came out of the portholes at a regular rhythm: “as if they were sending us Morse code” said the witnesses. When they were about twenty meters from the strange object, Mrs. Bonardi heard a muffled sound, like murmurs of conversation. The peasants were getting more and more agitated. The UFO continued its slow course at the edge of the grass, then suddenly it took off vertically and disappeared into the sky. At the place of the almost landing a circle of about 1.50 m in diameter was found, where the grass was trampled in all directions. The object must have had dimensions between 2 m and 2.50 m. The duration of the observation was 6 to 10 minutes. [note from vog: I would almost put my hand in the fire that it was a helicopter…] (1942, late June)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.261-262
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_992

Event 3661 (89A86C33)

Date: 6/25/1942
Location: Unknown City, Holland
Description: Shining copper object, like setting sun, the size of a full moon (Page 23-25 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_135

Event 3662 (797A5910)

Date: Late 6/1942
Location: Cussey-sur-l’Ognon, Doubs, France
Description: Several witnesses heard a motor-like sound and saw a blue-gray oval object with a dome on top hovering just above the ground in a wooded area. (Ref. 3; Michel Bougard, Des Soucoupes Volantes aux OVNI, 1977.) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_136

Event 3663 (4CF60FEC)

Date: 6/25/1942
Alternate date: 3/25/1942
Locations: Ruhr Valley, Germany; Zuiderzee in Holland
Description: Midnight. Flight Lt. Roman (Ray) Sabiński of the 301 Polish Bomber Squadron is flying an RAF Wellington bomber after returning from a run on the Ruhr Valley, Germany; he sees a bright copper-colored light the “size of the moon” following the aircraft over the Zuiderzee in Holland. When it gets within 200 yards, the rear gunner shoots at it with all four machine guns. After two minutes, it moves at terrific speed to the port side, and the front gunner starts firing at it. Sabiński takes evasive action, but the object keeps pacing him. Finally, it moves in front of the bomber, stays there a while, then takes off at fantastic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 23–25; Gordon W. Creighton. “Foo Fighters,” Flying Saucer Review 8, no. 2 (March/April 1962): 15; Patrick Gross, “Pilot Reports”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_567

Event 3664 (D10A8225)

Date: 7/1942 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / CUSSAY, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Wave / heat. Domed saucer with antennas and portholes. Light signals / code.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_460

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SE/CUSSAY,FR:2 OBS:WAVE/HEAT:DOMED SCR W/ANTENNAS+PORTHOLES:LITE SIGNALS/CODE”, LatLong: “47.322224 5.961111”, LatLongDMS: “47:19:20 N 05:57:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3665 (7C9B29A8)

Date: 8/1942
Description: (Translated from French) In the Solomon Islands, Sergeant-Chief Stephen Brickner reported 150 UFOs flying in rectangular formation, 15 on the length and 10 on the width. (August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_483

Event 3666 (DCE9F07A)

Date: 8/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Observation (pictured to the right) at Tientsien, in the province of Hopeh (Northern China). See image at images/1942.gif.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_484

Event 3667 (DE57C619)

Date: 8/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Two young aviators on a simple surveillance mission take to the air in a dirigible to patrol along the California coast. Later, two fishermen spot the drifting craft, the gondola door open. There is no one on board. After investigation, it is learned that the dirigible had entirely risen above the clouds and was seen by an airplane, then descended again. Four ships saw it fly over a suspicious oil slick and suddenly rise back into the clouds.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_485

Event 3668 (F675A031)

Date: 8/1942 (approximate)
Time: 17:50
Location: BASS STRAIT, AUS
Description: 50M domed ovoid paces RAAF plane. Turns 2X. Dives / sea. / r107p225.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_461

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BASS STRAIT,AUS:50M DOMED OVOID PACES RAAF PLANE:TURNS 2X:DIVES/SEA:/r107p225”, LatLong: “-40.250002 146.500007”, LatLongDMS: “40:15:00 S 146:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3669 (BC6FA56D)

Date: 8/1942
Time: 19:50
Location: WEST / OUEZZANE, MAROC
Description: 3 / car. Desert road lit. Extra moon hovers / N. sky. Shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 344)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_462

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “W/OUEZZANE,MAROC:3/CAR:DESERT ROAD LIT:EXTRA MOON HVRS/N.SKY:SHOOTS >>W”, LatLong: “34.133335 -5.250000”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 05:15:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TNJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3670 (DF21986F)

Date: 8/1942
Time: 23:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / KOBLENZ, GERM
Description: 2 Fr. prisoners of war. Moonless night. Crescent moon swings like pendulum!
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_463

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

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SW/KOBLENZ,GERM:2 FR.POWs:MOONLESS NITE:CRESCENT MOON SWINGS LIKE PENDULUM!”, LatLong: “50.000002 7.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:00:00 N 07:00:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3671 (527C18DF)

Date: 8/1942
Time: 23:00?
Location: NEWBIGGIN-ON-SEA, ENGL
Description: RADAR sentry. Night light. Missing time. Small humanoids (or Greys) and medical exam. Scar and rash. / r243p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_464

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “NEWBIGGIN-on-SEA,ENGL:RDR SENTRY:NLT:MST:OIDS+MEDICAL EXAM:SCAR+RASH:/r243p18”, LatLong: “55.166669 -1.533333”, LatLongDMS: “55:10:00 N 01:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3672 (9AA70AB7)

Date: 8/1942
Locations: Lafayette Township; Newton, New Jersey; Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Description: Evelyn M. Howell and two other adults see a huge cigar-shaped object hovering near them between Lafayette Township and Newton, New Jersey. It has “two rows of windows” that give off blue, green, white, and red fluorescent lights. They watch it for 10 minutes, after which it silently and slowly takes off. Howell and her husband see a similar object on the drive home to Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_571

Event 3673 (B88159FE)

Date: 8/5/1942
Location: Unknown City, Solomon Isl
Description: Saucer shaped cigar with round dome on top; approximately ninety feet in diameter (Page 27 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_137

Event 3674 (3CC986BE)

Date: 8/5/1942
Locations: Solomon Islands; Guadalcanal
Description: Early morning. The Navy destroyer USS Helm is on its way to the Solomon Islands in preparation for the Guadalcanal landings. A radio blackout is in effect. An aircraft approaches, a full alert is sounded, and three cruisers (Vincennes, Quincy, Astoria) and seven other ships open fire on it. The object is not hit and proceeds to circle around the fleet. An anonymous sailor on security detail on the Helm watches it through binoculars and sees it as 90 feet in diameter, oval, with a round dome on top. The ships continue to fire on the UFO, which attains extremely high speeds. Commanding Officer Chester Edward Carroll later hears that the aircraft is neither German nor Japanese.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 27–28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_572

Event 3675 (3D604E9A)

Date: 8/11/1942
End date: 8/12/1942
Location: Aachen (near), Germany
Description: A phenomenon described as a bright white light (Page 29-30 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_138

Event 3676 (0C5CA141)

Date: 8/12/1942
Location: Tulagi Island (Solomon Islands) west of Guadalcanal
Description: (Translated from French) Around 10 in the morning, with a beautiful sky containing high altitude fluffy clouds, Stephen J. Brickner, Sergeant of the Marine Division, was cleaning his rifle when the alarm was sounded. He immediately entered his foxhole sitting, facing the sky. He heard the formation before he saw it, but did not recognize the sound which resembled some kind of echo in the air. A few seconds later the formation of silver objects passed overhead. The sergeant was very excited, it was only his fifth day at the front in the war against the Japanese and he immediately thought that they were Japanese planes. It was a formation of 150 flying objects not in a V formation, but in straight lines of 10 or 12 objects, one behind the other, their speed slightly higher than that of the usual Japanese planes. This formation quickly disappeared out of sight. None of these objects had wings or a tail and they seemed to sway slowly, shining in the sun like silver.
Reference: Jeroen Wierda - Pufori - The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII - 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_994

Event 3677 (B7A23062)

Date: 8/12/1942
Location: Pacific Ocean
Description: Large formation; no wings; not Japanese planes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_4

Event 3678 (A9E7E984)

Date: 8/12/1942
Time: 10:00
Location: TULAGI, SOLOMONS
Description: Rows / 10-12 saucers. Dull roar not engine noise. Wobble / high altitude. / r114.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_465

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “100”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TULAGI,SOLOMONs:ROWS/10-12 SCRS:DULL ROAR not engine noise:WOBBLE/HI ALT:/r114”, LatLong: “-9.100000 160.100008”, LatLongDMS: “09:06:00 S 160:06:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SOL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3679 (D611C4B4)

Date: 8/12/1942
Location: Unknown City, Solomon Isl
Description: Formation of silvery objects directly overhead, numbering close to 150; mighty roaring sound (Page 28 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_139

Event 3680 (16B44B30)

Date: 8/12/1942
Locations: Tulagi; Solomon Islands
Description: Day. Sgt. Stephen J. Brickner of the 1st Marine Division on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands is cleaning his rifle when an air-raid warning is sounded. He dives into his foxhole looking to the sky. He hears a roaring sound unlike that of an aircraft. Soon he sees a formation of more than 150 silvery objects, in straight lines of 10 or 12. The objects seem to wobble slightly. They are flying faster than Japanese planes and are soon out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 18; Strange Company 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_573

Event 3681 (97DB3F31)

Date: 8/12/1942
Description: At ten a.m. a large formation of as many as 150 aerial objects with no wings was seen from Tulagi Island in the Soloman Islands in the Pacific. They were flying in an equally spaced formation, ten across and fifteen deep, in a perfect square. They were definitely not Japanese planes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore and Harold Denault, Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 126; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 55; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4928

Event 3682 (C0E099CB)

Date: 8/13/1942
Location: Manhattan Engineering District
Description: The Manhattan Engineering District, with Brig. Gen. James C. Marshall as district engineer, is established by Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Manhattan Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_574

Event 3683 (9D4C5483)

Date: 8/13/1942
Description: Sixty-eight UFOs were seen over the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on this night around 11:00 p.m. Photographs were taken, and a big CAA investigation followed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 126
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4959

Event 3684 (59911E7A)

Date: 8/15/1942?
Time: 14:00
Location: TULA PROVINCE, RUSSIA
Description: 20 Germans / battle. Silent 300M blimp going down / cloud. Hovers / 1 minute(s). Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 291)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_466

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TULA Prov.,RUSS:20 GERMANS/BATTLE:SLNT 300M BLIMP ↓/CLOUD:HVRS/1min:AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “53.750003 37.333335”, LatLongDMS: “53:45:00 N 37:20:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TLA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3685 (F93453E2)

Date: Mid 8/1942
Location: Tula Region, near Moscow, Russia
Description: Huge cigar-shaped object something like a Zeppelin, but much bulkier and rounder at the front; aluminum hued color. (Page 30-31, Ref 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_141

Event 3686 (CF66866A)

Date: Late Summer 1942
Locations: Cresswell radar station; Newbiggin-by-the-Sea; Northumberland; England; North Sea
Description: Pvt. Albert Lancashire, 27, is standing guard at Cresswell radar station near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, England, when he sees a cloud-enshrouded light approaching from the North Sea. As it descends, he is drawn up into it by a beam. Small men grab him and carry him into the craft, where he sees other human figures of normal height, including an apparent captain with dark hair and goggles. He is made to lie down on a couch or table. He has only vague memories of what happens next, but he thinks a medical exam is performed. He wakes up back at his sentry post.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1940–1949, p. 4; “New Time Lapse Case from England Uncovered,” MUFON UFO Journal 107 (October 1976): 1–18; Clark III 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_570

Event 3687 (3822FBDA)

Date: 8/16/1942
Location: Germany, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. June 13, 1942) At the second launch, in very clear weather, the ascending trajectory of the A4 could be clearly followed up to several kilometers in altitude. But this test failed prematurely. The horizontal range was 10 kilometers.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” -Hans K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 108
Reference: Following October 3, 1942
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_995

Event 3688 (AFAC618B)

Date: 8/17/1942
End date: 8/18/1942
Location: Osnabruk, Germany
Description: A rocket with a long white tail of light (Page 30 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_140

Event 3689 (1C1EC562)

Date: 8/29/1942
Location: Columbus, MS
Description: Two round reddish objects; extreme maneuverability.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_5

Event 3690 (CE3BEA3D)

Date: 8/29/1942
Time: 19:00
Location: COLUMBUS, MS
Description: Military Air Traffic Controllers / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 red saucers drop / airbase. Hover and speed away. / r242p129.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_467

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,MS:MIL.ATCs/BINOCs:2 RED SCRS DROP/AIRBASE:HVR+SPEED AWAY:/r242p129”, LatLong: “33.500002 -88.416671”, LatLongDMS: “33:30:00 N 88:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3691 (9A1BF488)

Date: 8/29/1942
Location: Columbus, MS
Description: Control tower operator at Army Air Base saw two round reddish objects hover over field. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_142

Event 3692 (E8422684)

Date: 8/29/1942
Location: Columbus, Mississippi
Description: Army Air Corps control tower operator Pvt. Michael Solomon sees two small reddish objects descend near the AAC Advanced Flying School at Columbus, Mississippi, then speed away. He later contacts government officials and officers from the school in attempting to confirm his sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1177; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_575

Event 3693 (F0CFEBDE)

Date: 8/29/1942
Description: At around 7:00 p.m. two soldiers in the air traffic control tower at the Army Air Corps Flying School in Columbus, Mississippi observed the rapid descent of two red round glowing objects that demonstrated extreme maneuverability and then hovered over the woods at the end of the runway. They next experienced an episode of missing time as well as sensory dislocation: they found themselves out in a field with no memory of how they got there.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 396; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 129; Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 20; Jerome Clark, The Anomalist, April 2000, p. 20, citing NICAP
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5453

Event 3694 (45E76483)

Date: 9/1942
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Newbiggin-on-Sea (Northumberland)
Description: (Translated from French) (end of summer) Albert Lancashire was on guard near the radar post. The night was dark and the soldier was standing in front of his guardhouse about thirty meters from the sea. Suddenly a light lit up in the sky at 100 meters altitude and began to move above the water. All around there was a dark cloud and Albert Lancashire wondered what the Germans had invented again. He immediately went back into his guardhouse to try to observe without being spotted. The yellow light seemed to roll over itself. Soon a second light appeared less than a meter above the witness’s head. That’s when the story becomes “incoherent”. Albert Lancashire followed a kind of beam of light and found himself on board an aerial vessel. There he met a crew of people with a human appearance whose captain had jet black hair and wore thick glasses. The witness was invited to lie down on a table above which shone a very soft blue light. He saw one of these beings dressed like a doctor approach him with a smile. Lancashire remains convinced that he must have undergone some medical examination at that moment, but he no longer remembers the details of the events. All he remembers is that he found himself back in his guardhouse shortly after.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p.262-263
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_996

Event 3695 (15561CD9)

Date: 9/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Near Cresswell, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland (England), on an unusually cold night, Albert Lancashire (27 years old), armed with a rifle with a bayonet on the barrel, guards a radar base on the coast of the North Sea. A light appears on the horizon, then disappears behind a cloud. Then a second light appears, yellow, apparently a beam shot from the edge of a circular object. The beam, about 30 cm in diameter, oscillates around and then darts on Lancashire’s face. The soldier drops his gun and raises his hands. He feels a strange floating sensation and loses consciousness. When he comes to a few minutes later, he lies a few meters from where he had seen the light. He remains shocked and dazed for 5 or 10 minutes before feeling fully recovered and able to resume his watch. In the years following this incident, Lancashire will have a number of strange dreams. In one of them, he will remember having been on board the object he saw, and having observed the sea below from a large window; a man in white told him he had to take him on board the craft. In another dream, Lancashire was still in the device and met a red-haired woman, wearing a skirt that stopped at the calves (in fashion in 1942) who handed him a pair of glasses. Years later, Lancashire came to think that the best explanation for his 1942 experience was that he had been abducted by extraterrestrials. He only reported the incident from his 70s.
Reference: Mysterious Britain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_486

Event 3696 (99493FFA)

Date: 9/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Photo above the Sea of Japan. See images/1942_MerDuJapon.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_487

Event 3697 (6E136DC5)

Date: 9/17/1942
Description: (Translated from French) General Brehon Somervell informs Colonel Leslie Richard Groves that his assignment outside of American territory is cancelled, and assigns him to the Manhattan project. (September 17, 10:30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_488

Event 3698 (AB7BC21C)

Date: 9/18/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Groves orders the purchase of 1250 tons of high quality uranium from the Belgian Congo. (September 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_489

Event 3699 (63E6D026)

Date: 9/19/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Groves purchases 52000 acres of land for the future site of Oak Ridge. (September 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_490

Event 3700 (B227AA09)

Date: 9/23/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Groves is promoted to Brigadier General. (September 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_491

Event 3701 (3C147019)

Date: Fall 1942
Location: Long Branch, NJ
Description: A research engineer saw a dark elliptical object sharply outlined against the star field in the night sky. A flickering light was visible at the trailing end as it sped from horizon to horizon in 10-15 seconds. “I saw a nose view, side view, and tail view”, the witness said. (Ref. 3; Report in NICAP files.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_144

Event 3702 (528D74D2)

Date: 9/23/1942
Description: Col. Leslie Groves is promoted to brigadier general and becomes director of the Manhattan Project. The Military Policy Committee, consisting of Vannevar Bush (with James B. Conant as his alternative), Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer, and Rear Adm. William R. Purnell, is created to oversee the project.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Manhattan Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_576

Event 3703 (2F741096)

Date: 9/25/1942
Location: Germany
Description: RAF Bomber Command’s Operational Research Section releases a report titled “A Note on Pyrotechnic Activity over Germany.” An unnamed Flak Liaison Officer has coordinated the reports from No. 3 and No. 5 Groups and determines there are two types of phenomena: a ball of fire that is shot from the ground and drips multicolored fragments, and multi-part flares. Another type involves “small coloured balls” that climb to 7,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_577

Event 3704 (B4930B37)

Date: 9/29/1942
Locations: US; Tennessee; Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: US Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson authorizes the Corps of Engineers to acquire 56,000 acres in Tennessee for Site X, which will become the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, laboratory and production site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Oak Ridge, Tennessee”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_578

Event 3705 (84A96B76)

Date: 10/1942
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Radway Green (Cheshire)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8:50 PM, James L. Toft and another person were able to observe a fusiform object topped with a dome. It was equipped with lights at each end and seemed to be heading towards the ground. At the presumed landing site, a circular charred surface and footprints were found.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 263
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_998

Event 3706 (A5BFDE1A)

Date: 10/1942
Time: ~18:00
Location: RADWAY GREEN, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed saucer going down. Lights / ends. Circular burnt area and footprints found.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_468

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “RADWAY GREEN,ENGL:2 OBS:DOMED SCR ↓:LITES/ENDS:CIRC.BURNT AREA+FPRINTS found”, LatLong: “53.083336 -2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:05:00 N 02:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3707 (31EF1F91)

Date: 10/1942
Location: Radway Green, Cheshire, UK
Description: In the evening two witnesses saw an elongated object with a dome on top and lights at either end descend toward the ground. At the apparent landing site a circular burned area and footprints were found. (Ref. 3; Bougard, 1977.) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_145

Event 3708 (622C3B97)

Date: 10/3/1942
Location: Germany
Description: First German V-2 rocket test to get very close to space, 85–90km
Type: aerospace
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_64

Event 3709 (1F27B55E)

Date: 10/3/1942
Location: Germany, Peenemunde Island
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. August 16, 1942) The rocket that would become the V-2 was officially born this day. Indeed, today was the final test. It presented itself as a steel rod, 14 meters long and 12 tons in weight. Propulsion was obtained not by the ignition of powder, but by that of alcohol mixed with liquid oxygen. The nozzle was fed by a complex system of pumps and turbines, and the rocket, guided on its trajectory by an equally complex set of gyroscopes and electronic devices. This day it rose to an altitude of 92,000 meters before falling 192 km from its point of departure (“Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12). Meanwhile, series production was also undertaken, which in the end amounted to around 400 examples per month in the underground factory of “Mittelwerk” in Niedersachswerfen near Nordhausen. (…) In the autumn of 1942 two examples of the other rocket (Rheinbote, test model of 800 kilos) were dropped from an airplane at 6,000 m altitude and then automatically directed during their flat flight; the A9, which was to result from these tests (failed) did not reach the stage of its realization.
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” - Hans K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 109 to 113
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_997

Event 3710 (AF76DC8A)

Date: 10/3/1942
Description: (Translated from French) After two unsuccessful attempts, third successful launch of a V-2. (October 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_492

Event 3711 (5174931C)

Date: 10/7/1942
Locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Clinton Engineer Works
Description: Land at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is acquired by eminent domain for Clinton Engineer Works.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Clinton Engineer Works”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_579

Event 3712 (5377A782)

Date: 10/9/1942 (approximate)
Time: 10:00
Location: GUADALCANAL ISLAND
Description: Thousands / observer(s). 25M silver domed saucer circles huge United States Navy (USN) fleet / 10K mph. / r65.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_469

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GUADALCANAL ISL:1000s/OBS:25M SLVR DOMED SCR CCLS HUGE USN FLEET/10K mph:/r65”, LatLong: “-10.000000 160.000008”, LatLongDMS: “10:00:00 S 160:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SOL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3713 (6AE78FE9)

Date: 10/9/1942
End date: 10/10/1942
Location: Unknown City, Guadalcanal
Description: During the Guadalcanal invasion U.S. Navy fleet radar detected an incoming unidentified object which also was observed through binoculars. (Ref. 3; MUFON UFO Journal, No. 185, July 1983; tape-recorded witness interview.) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 421009-10
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_146

Event 3714 (81191A54)

Date: 10/15/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Groves asks Oppenheimer to take the lead of Project Y, the new central laboratory for physics research for weapon design. (October 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_493

Event 3715 (AB16805D)

Date: Late 1942?
Location: Europe
Description: According to records released in August 2010, Prime Minister Winston Churchill supposedly classifies for 50 years an alleged UFO incident because of fears it could create mass panic. The incident allegedly involves an RAF reconnaissance plane returning from a mission in Europe. The aircraft is over or near the English coastline when it is allegedly intercepted by a strange metallic object that matches the aircraft’s course and speed for a time before shooting away. The plane’s crew photograph the object, which “hovered noiselessly” near the aircraft before moving off. According to the documents, details of the cover-up emerge when a man writes to the government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident. He describes how his grandfather, who served with the RAF, was present when Churchill and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower discussed how to deal with the encounter. However, the evidence is hearsay and somewhat questionable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 20–21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_568

Event 3716 (0BD574F0)

Date: 10/19/1942
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Leslie Groves approves J. Robert Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the Manhattan Project at the Site Y laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Manhattan Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_580

Event 3717 (F09D5724)

Date: 11/1942
Location: At sea, Gulf of Biscay
Description: (Translated from French) C.J.J. (known identity of Leonard Stringfield) was a member of a squadron patrolling the bay as part of submarine defense. The rear gunner, in the plane, suddenly saw a massive, wingless object appear behind the plane. He alerted the crew, as well as C.J.J. who was in the turret. The thing was visible for 15 minutes and Sergeant M.F.B. took photos of it with a K-20 camera. The object gained altitude, made an abrupt 180° turn and disappeared. Only one of the photos was successful and according to C.J.J. it was clear and perfect. To this day, this photo remains classified top secret.
Reference: Jeroen Wierda - Pufori - The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII - 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1001

Event 3718 (9E363CE5)

Date: 11/1942
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Norway. (November)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_494

Event 3719 (D37D07B8)

Date: 11/1942
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN BAY OF BISCAY
Description: Military-air crews. Big wingless object. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). 180° turn away. / Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO.)
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_470

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “LOC.UNK BAY of BISCAY:MIL-AIR CREWS:BIG WINGLESS OBJ:RFI:180°TURN AWAY:/CRIFO”, LatLong: “46.000002 -4.000000”, LatLongDMS: “46:00:00 N 04:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3720 (BFEB4A3C)

Date: 11/1942
Time: 16:00
Location: BERGAMO, ITL
Description: Man walking. Small disk scoots / street. Going up and down. Pincers / rear. Zigzags going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_471

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “249”, HatchDesc: “BERGAMO,ITL:MAN WALKING:SML DISK SCOOTS/STREET:↑+↓:PINCERS/REAR:ZIGZAGS >>E”, LatLong: “45.683336 9.716667”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 09:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Bergamo”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3721 (69CC190E)

Date: 11/1942
Location: Bay of Biscay, UK
Description: Thing massive in size; no wings; electronic interference. (Page 35-36 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_148

Event 3722 (A1ED57A7)

Date: 11/9/1942
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 6, TEST, RANGE 14 KM, VERTICAL, HEIGHT 67 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_999

Event 3723 (8CC861F0)

Date: Mid 11/1942
Location: ITALY, Bergamo
Description: (Translated from French) In the middle of the afternoon, 4:00 PM, Adriano Paris, a librarian, was observing along with other witnesses an object the size of a bicycle wheel in the sky of Bergamo. The UFO was not luminous but it emitted an infernal noise. It moved in a zigzag above the city and disappeared towards the village of Seriate 5 km away. On the cloudy sky, the witness clearly saw two pincers at the front of the object. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 263) Adriano and D. Paris were walking in one of the streets of the old city, when they observed a strange flying object, a few centimeters above the ground, passing along the sidewalk in the street at great speed and causing panic among the pedestrians. The thing was round and flat, in the shape of a pincer head and it flew in undulating motion. It seemed to come from the center and head east, disappearing from their view at the end of the street. On the same date there were other observers of the same kind of phenomenon. (1942, towards mid-November)
Reference: CISU, archives dossier 4201 - sources Ufo in Italia I, 73, GDM 10, 114, 8 and Ufo Info 12, 48, 17
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1000

Event 3724 (4ACEDE9C)

Date: 11/15/1942
Locations: University of Chicago; Stagg Field
Description: Teams under physicists Herbert L. Anderson and Walter Zinn have constructed 16 experimental nuclear reactors under the Stagg Field stands at the University of Chicago.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Metallurgical Laboratory”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_581

Event 3725 (21FEBE45)

Date: 11/25/1942
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: The Los Alamos site in New Mexico is acquired for Project Y.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Y”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_582

Event 3726 (592747FC)

Date: 11/28/1942
End date: 11/29/1942
Location: Turin, Italy
Description: Object two to three hundred feet in length 500 mph &.four red lights spaced at equal distances along its body. (Page 34-35 Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_147

Event 3727 (05B5BEDE)

Date: 11/28/1942
Locations: Turin, Italy; Alps
Description: 10:40–10:45 p.m. Capt. Lever and the No. 61 Squadron crew of an RAF Lancaster are returning from a bombing raid on Turin, Italy, when about 10–15 miles southwest of the city they see an object 200–300 feet long traveling southeast at a speed of 500 mph. It has four pairs of red lights spaced along its body and is flying on a level course. Five minutes later, as the Lancaster approaches the Alps at 14,000 feet, the crew sees the object again traveling southwest up a valley. It disappears when the red lights go out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 25–26; Strange Company 34–35; Good Need, pp. 18–19, 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_583

Event 3728 (A98DD574)

Date: 11/28/1942
Description: On this night a cigar-shaped object flew over Turin, Italy. It was 200-300 feet in length and flew at an estimated 500 mph. It had four red lights spaced at equal distances along its body.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Chester, Strange Company: Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7977

Event 3729 (FFF30023)

Date: 12/1942
Alternate date: 1/1943
Location: Columbia, PA
Description: THEY FOLLOW THE LEADER - Mrs. A.M. Strickler, while out walking between 9 and 10pm, sighted in the sky over the Susquehanna Bridge, on Route 30, a string of highly illuminated objects which, she says she can best describe as being similar to a train of passenger coaches, seeming to weave in and out in a highly specialized follow-the-leader pattern. Illumination seemed to emanate from an endless string of portholes which were arranged on a straight line or plane and were yellowish like an incandescent bulb. The objects were cigar-shaped, but could have been one side of a flat, saucer-shaped form. Each “coach” was identical in size and shape except the first, which was larger, brighter and seemed to have a proboscis-shaped appendage in front like a figure head. The objects traveled extremely fast, emitting no noise, jet exhaust, or flame.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff5)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_65

Event 3730 (27E58157)

Date: 12/1942
Time: 01:00?
Location: SOMME ESTUARY, FR
Description: RAF meteor pilot. Night lights rise / ground. Chase plane. Drop and land again!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_472

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SOMME ESTUARY,FR:RAF METEOR PILOT:NLTS RISE/GND:CHASE PLANE:DROP+LAND AGAIN!”, LatLong: “50.200002 1.633333”, LatLongDMS: “50:12:00 N 01:38:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3731 (3EA0152D)

Date: 12/1942
Location: French coast (mouth of Somme River), At Sea
Description: Two amber and orange lights, flying in unison; not aircraft. (Page 36 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_149

Event 3732 (47F55A56)

Date: 12/1942
Locations: Wright Field; Dayton, Ohio
Description: A Technical Data Laboratory is established at Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, as part of the Army Materiel Command. Its operations include the evaluation of foreign aircraft and related equipment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, “National Air and Space Intelligence Center Heritage,” July 31, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_584

Event 3733 (2F9A7580)

Date: 12/1942
Location: River Somme, France
Description: 8:00 p.m. RAAF Lt. Bruce Clyde Lumsden is flying a Hawker Hurricane heading for the French coast. About 7,000 feet over the mouth of the River Somme, France, he observes two orange lights climbing, one slightly above the other. He completes a full turn, putting the lights behind him on the port side. They now appear brighter and larger. When they reach his altitude, they stop climbing and stay at his altitude. He makes another full turn, but the objects stay with him. Lumsden dives to 4,000 feet, but the lights match his maneuvers. He increases his speed to 260 mph and gradually leaves them behind. His squadron mates do not believe him, but the next night another squadron member has a similar encounter with a green light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_585

Event 3734 (8F234C8C)

Date: 12/2/1942
Location: Germany
Description: Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (criticality) was initiated during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi
Type: scientific advance
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_66

Event 3735 (AF21204A)

Date: 12/2/1942
Locations: Chicago; University of Chicago
Description: Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor, goes critical at the University of Chicago under the leadership and design of Enrico Fermi, achieving a self-sustaining reaction just one month after construction was started.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Chicago Pile-1”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_586

Event 3736 (3556DA51)

Date: 12/27/1942
Locations: Jack Northrop Field; Hawthorne (Calif.) Municipal Airport
Description: The Northrop N-9M, a prototype flying wing bomber with a wingspan of 60 feet, makes its first test flight at Jack Northrop Field [now Hawthorne (Calif.) Municipal Airport] with pilot John Wescott Myers. Through May, 44 more flights are made, nearly all terminated by mechanical failures.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop N- 9M”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_587

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Year: 1943, 125 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 3737 (B91C1B33)

Date: 1943
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: SAUCERS GIVE NAVAL GUNS THE BRUSHOFF - In conversing with a former Navy man who is presently a radio technician for the Santa Fe railroad, he related that sometime in 1943 while he was stationed at San Diego and assigned to a gun crew on a naval destroyer they were alerted to their stations. Shortly five saucers (such as those pictured by George Adamski) appeared over the ship and hovered. Orders were given to fire upon them. He asserted that they could see the tracers and shells heading directly toward the saucers. The shells either exploded or disintegrated before reaching the objects. This attack continued for 10 minutes but nothing affected them. At the approach of naval planes the saucers disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff 5)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_67

Event 3738 (8032D82C)

Date: 1943
Location: BELGIUM, Tombeek (Brabant)
Description: (Translated from French) Miss Vandevoorde, a nurse, was leaving the Tombeek sanatorium during the day to enter the Rosière wood. From a clear spot, she saw an aerial object coming from the direction of Brussels, having the shape of a priest’s hat. It was moving quickly, going up and down as if it was looking for something. The disc was topped with a dome shining like aluminium. When it was closer, it appeared as big as two full moons. Below it, 4 white lights side by side, and she heard a faint buzzing. It was moving away towards the town of Wavre
Reference: J.G. DOHMEN: “To Identify and the Adamski Case” - ed. Guy Dohmen, Biarritz 1972, p. 155
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1023

Event 3739 (5E6530CC)

Date: 1943 (approximate)
Location: PORTUGAL, Famalicao-Braga
Description: (Translated from French) One evening, around 8 o’clock, a mother and her 6-year-old child were looking out the open window to see the father returning from work. The child saw a figure coming, which seemed to float instead of walk. The mother didn’t see anything. But the child, in panic, almost had a nervous breakdown when he saw the figure pass in front of the window. The mother immediately closed the shutter to calm him down. (1943, unspecified)
Reference: “Jornal de Noticias” - Joaquim Fernandes
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1024

Event 3740 (08CE4515)

Date: 1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCHES OF V2s No. 14, 15 and 17: STORAGE TESTS. LAUNCHES OF V2s No. 27, 32, 35, 37 and 39 WITH EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT. (1943-1944)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1025

Event 3741 (ED86737E)

Date: 1943 (approximate)
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Sighting of UFO formation by Metropolitan policeman. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_150

Event 3742 (15E9D45B)

Date: 1943 (approximate)
Location: Unknown City, CA
Description: Object, international orange in color, elliptical shape; wobbled in unstable manner; no wings, jet exhaust, smoke, or vapor trails. (Page 51 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_169

Event 3743 (B4AF54EB)

Date: 1943
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Description: A California aircraft spotter had a close encounter with a UFO near Santa Barbara. The witness saw a large, dark object approaching and emitting a beam of light that scanned the terrain below. The object flew very low, narrowly missing the witness’s house. Despite its size, no motor noise or windows were evident. The experience evoked intense fear in the witness. (Chapter 7, Ref. 237)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_228

Event 3744 (F0F40A62)

Date: 1943
Location: Escondido, California
Description: A woman witnessed a UFO hovering just 15 feet above her roof. The disc-shaped object, around 12 feet in diameter, had a dome with windows. She called her husband and son to join her. The object emitted a humming noise, then its lights went out, and it vanished from sight. (Chapter 7, Ref. 238)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_229

Event 3745 (CE5979F6)

Date: 1943
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: A military flight instructor and his student observed a fast-flying UFO. The object, appearing orange, turned and flew parallel to their plane for about 30 seconds before disappearing at a speed estimated to be 2,000 to 5,000 mph. It had no visible propellers, jet orifice, flame, smoke, or vapor trail. Initially thought to be a jet, it was later realized to be something unexplainable, distinct from the Lockheed P-80. (Chapter 7, Ref. 239)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_230

Event 3746 (3B2D7C5A)

Date: 1943
Location: Nebraska
Description: A couple driving witnessed a large, glowing gold saucer-like UFO that followed them for miles in broad daylight before swiftly departing. Despite being knowledgeable about aircraft of the era, the grandfather advised silence on the event, fearing they’d be deemed insane. (Chapter 7, Ref. 240)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_231

Event 3747 (67D075D7)

Date: 1943
Location: Norway
Description: A group of friends noticed a peculiar light and drove in several cars to investigate. As they neared the light, all car engines stalled simultaneously. On foot, they found the source: an orange, bell-shaped object emitting a whistling sound, akin to compressed air being released. Before they could study it further, the UFO ascended quickly, turning blue, and departed at high speed. At its resting spot, they found a crater in the snow three feet deep and 4-1/2 feet in diameter, surrounded by a larger melted snow area over 50 feet in diameter. (Chapter 7, Ref. 250)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_241

Event 3748 (6097BDA0)

Date: 1943
Location: Argentina
Description: A motorist encountered a landed, large, saucer-shaped UFO glowing with a blue-green light near the road. It emitted a whistling sound before rising vertically and departing at a tremendous speed. Later, a peculiar block of metal was found at the site. (Chapter 7, Ref. 251)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_242

Event 3749 (4F4770A1)

Date: 1943
Location: North Atlantic, 300 miles west of Ireland
Description: While operating in the North Atlantic, about 300 miles west of Ireland, a German submarine, the U-629, detected a fast-approaching aerial object on its radar. As the submarine prepared for an emergency dive, the captain glimpsed the mysterious intruder. He described it as a flying disk, roughly shorter in diameter than the 150-foot length of the submarine. This object had a smooth, silver surface without discernible wings, cockpit, or motors and hovered silently 30-50 feet beside the submarine. Before submerging, the captain noted that the UFO flashed white, yellow, and red lights, seemingly attempting communication. After some time submerged, the submarine resurfaced to find the object gone. (Chapter 7, Ref. 262)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_254

Event 3750 (DA16F991)

Date: 1943
Location: Eastern Front, Europe
Description: A group of Spanish volunteers fighting alongside the Germans observed an aerial dogfight when they spotted a disc-shaped object high in the sky. This UFO appeared to be observing the battle before suddenly accelerating away at a remarkable speed. (Chapter 7, Ref. 263)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_255

Event 3751 (9EA242E7)

Date: 1943
Location: RAF Base, southern England
Description: A woman stationed at an RAF base observed a cigar-shaped object in the sky, approximately as high as a church tower. The object had five or six searchlight-like beams shining down onto the ground. Its shape was similar to a barrage balloon but was narrower at the ends. She chose not to mention it initially and later questioned her own experience due to the lack of UFO discussions during that period. (Chapter 7, Ref. 268)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_260

Event 3752 (4A5A3C76)

Date: 1943
Location: Czech Capital
Description: A German air force pilot claimed to have witnessed a flying disc’s test flight at an airfield. Describing the device, he noted it was a disc roughly 16-20 feet in diameter with a large center body. It had four tall, thin legs, an aluminum color, and was nearly as tall as a man. The disc’s upper part was shrunken over its upper half, and it had a rim with external rods or perhaps square openings. The pilot, along with his peers, observed the disc emerge from a hangar, its sides began rotating, and it moved slowly and linearly. It rose about three feet in the air, traveled around 1,000 feet, and then made a rough landing. Afterward, custodians pushed it back towards the hangar, but it took off again later, reaching further distances. (Chapter 7, Ref 291. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_283

Event 3753 (B63BC1EA)

Date: 1943
Location: Germany
Description: Some believed post-war UFOs originated from Nazi holdouts. In 1943, Admiral Karl Doenitz, leader of the German navy, allegedly told naval cadets that the U-boat fleet had created a secret, fortified refuge for the Fuehrer somewhere in the world. (Chapter 8, Ref 311)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_302

Event 3754 (0D47893C)

Date: 1/7/1943
Location: United States
Description: Nikola Test dies
Type: death
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_68

Event 3755 (26DC9D2E)

Date: 1/8/1943
Time: ~16:00
Location: CHAUNY, 02, FR
Description: Numerous observer(s). Small brilliant silent metallic objects north going quickly south. Groups / 3. Faster / balloons.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_473

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “150”, HatchDesc: “CHAUNY,02,FR:NMRS OBS:SML BRILL.SLNT MTLC OBJS N>>S:GROUPS/3:FASTER/BALLOONS”, LatLong: “49.666669 3.150000”, LatLongDMS: “49:40:00 N 03:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aisne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3756 (44F8D0A4)

Date: 1/8/1943
Description: In the late afternoon in Chauny, France many people witnessed several small brilliant metallic objects fly silently from the north to the south in groups of three. The UFOs moved faster than balloons, and the procession lasted for a period of two and a half hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_189

Event 3757 (DE95B771)

Date: 1/15/1943
Location: Cherbourg, Manche, France
Description: During a US bombing raid over Cherbourg, Manche, France, several crews see “large numbers of projectiles resembling ‘schools of flying fish,’ about a foot long and similar to incendiary bombs, coming up from a direction of the town.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 38
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_588

Event 3758 (3D8331EB)

Date: 1/16/1943
Location: Hanford, WA
Description: Approval for the Hanford Site for plutonium production
Type: nuclear weapons
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_69

Event 3759 (6B761DDD)

Date: 1/16/1943
Locations: Washington State; Hanford site
Description: Leslie Groves approves development of the Hanford site in Washington State for plutonium production.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Hanford Site”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_589

Event 3760 (A7A5A87E)

Date: 1/25/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 11, TEST, RANGE 105 KM, TOO STEEP RANGE, ROLLING.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1005

Event 3761 (D3F12C2E)

Date: 2/9/1943
Locations: Hanford, Washington; Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Land for a plutonium production complex is acquired at Hanford, Washington. (Wikipedia, “Hanford Site”) February 18 — Construction begins for Y-12, a massive electromagnetic separation plant for enriching uranium at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Y-12 National Security Complex”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_590

Event 3762 (05A102DE)

Date: 2/17/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 No. 12, TEST, RANGE 196 KM, RANGE TOO LOW.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1006

Event 3763 (9948054E)

Date: 2/18/1943
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Construction begins for Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant for enriching uranium at Oak Ridge
Type: nuclear weapons
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_70

Event 3764 (0BF112D4)

Date: 3/13/1943
Location: Naples, Italy
Description: Roman candlelights; bright very large red light that looked like a huge irregular mass of neon. (Page 39, Ref. 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_151

Event 3765 (594F8BA6)

Date: 3/15/1943
Time: ~15:00
Location: MONTECRESTESE, IT
Description: 2 girls. Saucer lands. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / helmets speak gibberish. / r39p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_474

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MONTECRESTESE,IT:2 GIRLS:SCR LANDS:2 OIDS/HELMETS speak gibberish:/r39p29”, LatLong: “46.150002 8.316667”, LatLongDMS: “46:09:00 N 08:19:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NO”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3766 (048963A5)

Date: 3/18/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 18, TEST, RANGE 135 KM, TOO STEEP RANGE, ROTATION
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1007

Event 3767 (64FD2157)

Date: Spring 1943
Location: Laguna Beach, California
Description: Air Craft warning observer spots a very bright repeatedly flashing light SW of Laguna, P-38 dispatched, flashing stopped
Type: UFO spotted, P-38 dispatched, UFO got away
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_71

Event 3768 (8772F403)

Date: 4/1/1943
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Los Alamos Laboratory begins operations in New Mexico
Type: nuclear weapons
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_72

Event 3769 (299CE9E6)

Date: 4/1/1943
Locations: Los Alamos Laboratory; New Mexico
Description: Los Alamos Laboratory is established in New Mexico and begins operations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Y”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_591

Event 3770 (18E7FB5A)

Date: 4/3/1943
Time: 09:50
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Classic domed saucer dives at Army Air Force (AAF) BT13A trainer. Going quickly south. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_475

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:2 OBS:CLASSIC DOMED SCR DIVES at AAF BT13A TRAINER:>>S:/r150”, LatLong: “33.783335 -118.183339”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 118:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3771 (C624AA29)

Date: 4/5/1943
Description: (Translated from French) Near Long Beach (California), Gerry Casey and his student pilot observe an orange UFO. (April 5, 9:50am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_495

Event 3772 (F0F9FC25)

Date: 4/5/1943
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Flight instructor and student pilot saw a glowing orange disc dive at their aircraft and hover alongside, then accelerate and climb away out of sight. (Ref. 3; Witness report to Jan Aldrich, Project 1947.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_152

Event 3773 (D32FAF35)

Date: 4/5/1943
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: 9:50 a.m. Flight instructor Gerry A. Casey and a student pilot in a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 watch a radiant- orange, elliptical disc dive at their aircraft near Long Beach, California. There is no propellor and it has a rounded hump above and below. It hovers alongside with a slight wobble, then accelerates, turns from orange to white, and climbs out of sight in 2 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1943”; Gerry A. Casey, “UFO: The Time for the Telling Has Come,” Tacoma (Wash.) Western Flyer, July 7, 1989, via UFO Newsclipping Service 241 (August 1989), p. 3; Patrick Gross, “Observation at Long Beach, 1943”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_592

Event 3774 (034B93BD)

Date: 4/5/1943
Description: A military pilot reported that over Long Beach, California at 9:50 a.m. a round, orange object flew alongside and then dove at an Army Air Force BT13A trainer aircraft. It subsequently shot away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 21; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1840

Event 3775 (59733403)

Date: 4/9/1943
Locations: Warsaw Ghetto; Poland; Bonifraterska street; Old Town
Description: 5:00 p.m. Kazimierz Bzowski and other resistance fighters are monitoring a fire in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. They notice a flying object approaching them at about 60 mph. Through binoculars it appears to be a sphere colored with tangled strips of both raspberry and blue-green colors. Bzowski estimates it is at an elevation of 200 feet and is about 25 feet in diameter. They observe German and Lithuanian snipers on Bonifraterska street shooting at it, although the bullets seem to pass through it. The object alters course and heads toward Old Town, then stops dead and shoots away at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_593

Event 3776 (317E9D61)

Date: 5/1943
Location: Princeton, NJ
Description: Einstein hired by USN to work on sub warfare/high explosives. Dr. Vannever Bush asks Einstein to consult for the OSRD, but apparently Einstein turned him down.
Type: nuclear weapons
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_73

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3777 (A95498F4)

Date: 5/1943
Location: Norwich, UK
Description: Sighting of dome-shaped object and humanoid beings. (Ref. 3; Anders Liljegren, AFU Bibliography.) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_153

Event 3778 (0D072313)

Date: 5/1943
Location: English Channel, UK
Description: Large, stationary orange balloon on or near the sea. (Page 41 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_157

Event 3779 (08CE9EFB)

Date: 5/1943
Location: English Channel
Description: Capt. Gordon W. Cammell is flying an RAF Lancaster bomber back over the English Channel when he and his entire crew see a “huge orange ball on or near the sea” 7,000–8,000 feet below them. Over the next 10 minutes, they watch it project a bright and constant light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_594

Event 3780 (4C2BE8A8)

Date: 5/12/1943
End date: 5/13/1943
Location: Duisburg, Germany
Description: Object like meteor; reddish orange in color; emitted a burst giving off a green star. (Ref. 1 Page 39) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_154

Event 3781 (48B0C77F)

Date: 5/14/1943
Location: Germany, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 22, TEST, RANGE 250 KM, FAULTY STOP SWITCH.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1008

Event 3782 (1DDA3E56)

Date: 5/19/1943
Locations: Muroc Army Air Base; Edwards AFB; California
Description: The Northrop N-9M flying wing bomber prototype crashes 12 miles west of Muroc Army Air Base [now Edwards AFB], California, killing its pilot Max Constant.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop N-9M”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_595

Event 3783 (09480ACE)

Date: 5/23/1943
End date: 5/24/1943
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Description: Large number of so-called rockets (Page 39-40 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_155

Event 3784 (907B1AF1)

Date: 5/26/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 25, TEST, RANGE 27 KM, COMBUSTION STOPPED AFTER 40 SECONDS. LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 26, TEST, RANGE 265 KM. ALSO LAUNCH OF F1-103 (V1) TEST, SHORT BALLISTIC SHOT, CRASH
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 227, and Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1009

Event 3785 (93885D62)

Date: 5/26/1943
Location: Essen, Germany
Description: Late night. Capt. Ray Smith and copilot Sgt. Gordon N. Cockcroft are flying at 18,000 feet in a Halifax bomber on a run near Essen, Germany, when they see a silvery-gold cylindrical object, larger than their aircraft, on the port side. It has several evenly spaced portholes. It is hovering at a 45° angle. After 20–30 seconds it climbs away at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1982): 4–6; Strange Company 40; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1943”; John Hanson and Dawn Holloway, Haunted Skies: The Encyclopaedia of British UFOs: Volume 1, 1940–1959, Fortean Words, 2010
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_596

Event 3786 (E41A3D5F)

Date: 5/27/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 24, TEST, RANGE 138 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1010

Event 3787 (D25815F2)

Date: 5/27/1943
Location: ESSEN, GERM
Description: Numerous bomber crews. Giant cigarette shape seen. No further details. / BFJ 9’77+AFU Swdn.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_476

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ESSEN,GERM:NMRS BOMBER CREWS:GIANT CIGARETTE SHAPE SEEN:NFD:/BFJ 9’77+AFU Swdn”, LatLong: “51.416669 7.000000”, LatLongDMS: “51:25:00 N 07:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3788 (2C79D6E9)

Date: 5/27/1943
End date: 5/28/1943
Location: Essen, Germany
Description: Cylindrical object, silvery-gold in color, with several portholes evenly spaced along its side; motionless until speeding away at several thousand miles per hour. (Page 40-41 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_156

Event 3789 (D863C8E9)

Date: 5/27/1943
Description: USAAF bomber crews flying over Essen, Germany encountered a giant, cigarrette shaped UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3111

Event 3790 (AAA56F37)

Date: 6/1943
Description: The Army Air Force’s Air Tactical Service Command asks Lockheed to develop a jet fighter
Type: aerospace
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_74

Event 3791 (89E8770D)

Date: 6/1943
Location: CHINA, Kuangsi-Guishou
Description: (Translated from French) One afternoon, at 3 or 4 o’clock, it was very nice, no clouds in the sky. Having heard a buzzing, we thought that enemy planes (Japanese) were flying over our depot. We went out to see. In the sky, we saw a square object reflecting the sunlight falling. We thought that this object had been dropped by an airplane, but we saw no plane in the air. The buzzing was getting closer and stronger, and the square object was also getting bigger and brighter. (…) It was 1000 m from the ground and remained suspended for a certain time. We clearly saw that the lower part of this square was flat. Each side measured more than a third of a meter/ The height of the object was about 10 cm. (…) No wing, no rudder, no propeller. The object was made of one piece, without opening or porthole. After a moment of suspension in the air, it began to rise straight up into the sky. The noise diminished as it rose. Finally there was only a bright spot (…) My observation lasted almost two hours. (1943, June or July)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials” ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.81, 82
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1013

Event 3792 (D48CDB46)

Date: 6/1943
Description: (Translated from French) And July. At Båttjønndalen/Hessdalen (Norway), Jon Aspås and his uncle Martin Lyng saw 3 different lights, the largest being the size of the Moon, and the smallest being the size of a star. After a moment smoke came out of the largest object, masking the lights. When the smoke disappeared, the lights had also disappeared (June)
Reference: [Wisth: UFO-Mysteriet I Hessdalen, 1983, 43] [Krogh: Hessdalenrapporten, 1984, 11] [The Hessdalen report, 1985, 7] [Havik: UFO-Fenomenet, 1987, 13] [Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II., 1987, 10] [Krogh: The Hessdalen report, 1990, 7-8]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_496

Event 3793 (EC2A298D)

Date: 6/1943
Location: Burbank, California
Description: The Army Air Force’s Air Tactical Service Command meets with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California, to ask them to develop a jet fighter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Skunk Works”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_597

Event 3794 (09890B4A)

Date: 6/2/1943
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Construction begins on K-25, the gaseous diffusion plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “K-25”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_598

Event 3795 (5DAF5E00)

Date: 6/4/1943
Location: CHAUNY, FR
Description: 12 brilliant stars maneuver / all directions. Absolute(ly) silent. High altitude. Also others / 13 April and 10 JUN’43.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_477

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “CHAUNY,FR:12 BRILL.STARS MNVR/ALL DIRS:ABS.SLNT:HI ALT:+others/13APR+10JUN’43”, LatLong: “49.650002 3.150000”, LatLongDMS: “49:39:00 N 03:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aisne”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 3796 (E97713D0)

Date: 6/4/1943
Description: On this day in 1943, 12 brilliant star-like lights were seen maneuvering in all directions over Chauny, France. They flew at a high altitude, and were absolutely silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, Vol. 338
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3266

Event 3797 (D0327195)

Date: 6/11/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 29, TEST, RANGE 238 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1011

Event 3798 (BD4738EF)

Date: 6/15/1943
Description: Einstein’s USN work announced in JTA Daily News Bulletin
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_75

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3799 (71F8514E)

Date: Summer 1943
Location: BELGIUM, Herseaux (French-Belgian border)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Delmeire, 41 years old at the time: "I was coming back from work which ended at 7 pm and I remember it was still light. For more than a minute I saw a very bright, red and round object with a shape of a beer barrel. It had an apparent diameter of one meter. It passed about 1 km from me at an altitude of about twenty meters. At first I thought it was an airplane, but it made no noise. As it passed near the roofs it lit them up with an intense light. It left in the direction of Courtrai, towards Wevelgem (1943, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 264
Reference: West Flanders
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1014

Event 3800 (0A79B14C)

Date: 6/25/1943
Description: The USAAF First Air Division was flying over the Elbe Estuary in Germany on this day when they saw twelve flat objects, approximately six-feet square, fall like dead leaves. No “flack” or other explosions were noted at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3647

Event 3801 (4781372F)

Date: 6/29/1943
Location: GERMANY, Peenemunde
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 38, TEST, RANGE 3 KM, FALL ON AIRFIELD. LAUNCH ALSO OF V2 NO. 40, TEST, RANGE 236 KM, IMPACT NOT OBSERVED
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Walter Domberger
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1012

Event 3802 (70C0086C)

Date: 7/1943
Location: Burbank, CA
Description: Skunk Works begins in Burbank CA. Lockheed Engineer Kelly Johnson deliver proposal for the XP-80 jet fighter
Type: aerospace
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_76

Event 3803 (1A974D04)

Date: 7/1943?
Location: TOMBROEK, BELGIUM
Description: Nurse. Metallic-domed saucer passes. Moon-size. Going east with slight buzz.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_478

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TOMBROEK,BELGIUM:NURSE:MTLC-DOMED SCR PASSES:MOONSIZE:>E with SLIGHT BUZZ”, LatLong: “50.750002 3.250000”, LatLongDMS: “50:45:00 N 03:15:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3804 (0A903B90)

Date: 7/1943
Location: Burbank, California
Description: Lockheed Engineer Kelly Johnson and other associate engineers hand-deliver a proposal for the XP-80 jet fighter to the Air Tactical Service Command. Two days later, the go-ahead is given to Lockheed to start development, and the Skunk Works is born in Burbank, California, with Johnson at the helm. The name supposedly comes from the L’il Abner comic strip, which has a place called “Skonk Works” where a strong beverage is brewed from skunks, old shoes, and other ingredients.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Skunk Works”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_599

Event 3805 (A82D9D68)

Date: 7/1/1943
End date: 3/31/1944
Description: Date range of Einstein’s USN pay stubs at National Archives.
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_77

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3806 (D05124A3)

Date: 7/18/1943
End date: 10/15/1944
Description: Einstein reports on his “explosives” work to USN
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_78

Attributes: Einstein

Event 3807 (CE277093)

Date: 7/18/1943
Locations: Gdynia, Poland; Baltic Sea
Description: A French prisoner in a German labor camp near Gdynia, Poland, is walking to work along the Baltic Sea when he sees a flat, metallic object embedded in the sand. A human figure is standing next to it, apparently trying to dig it up. When he passes by, the figure, apparently an Asian woman with long blonde hair and dressed in a tight- fitting overall, turns in his direction. The witness assumes she is the famous German aviator Hanna Reitsch and helps her dig the experimental aircraft out of the sand. The object is 20 feet in diameter and looks like two metallic saucers put together. The woman touches the witness’s chest with her hand and points to the sky. She touches her belt and a door in the object opens. She crawls inside, the door closes, and the object ascends and departs at a tremendous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jean Sider, Ultra Top-Secret: Ces OVNIs qui font peur, Axis Mundi, 1990
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_600

Event 3808 (11B2157A)

Date: 8/1943 (approximate)
Location: BELGIUM, between Valmeer and Z.Z. Bolder (Limburg)
Description: (Translated from French) J.V. and his friend, then aged 12 or 13, were looking for shells (after an air attack, while the adults were still in the shelters) and saw a silent and circular object descending to a hundred meters in altitude and 500 or 600 meters away from them. They ran towards the thing, but the fear of being “shot down” (it was war) made them stop at some distance. Meanwhile, the object that seemed to be on the ground (hidden by a fold in the terrain) rose vertically, silently and in a fraction of second it was at 1000 meters altitude. There, at this altitude, were 6 or 7 other balls, the size of a fist held out, which seemed to be waiting for the object that had descended. Together they then disappeared at a higher altitude. More than 50 years later, the witnesses are still stunned by the silence and speed of these objects. Their color was a dirty gray, their diameter 8 to 10 meters, the total height 2 meters, of which 1 meter for the rounded upper part. (1943, August (supposed date))
Reference: personal doc. of vog - identities of the witnesses known
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1015

Event 3809 (70C37E42)

Date: 8/1943
Location: OITTI, FINLAND
Description: M. Mustapa. 5 silver disks seen. No further details. / Margit Mustapa 1960+/ AFU Sweden.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_479

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OITTI,FINLAND:M.Mustapa:5 SLVR DISKS SEEN:NFD:/Margit Mustapa 1960+/AFU Sweden”, LatLong: “60.783336 25.033335”, LatLongDMS: “60:47:00 N 25:02:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3810 (82E3F062)

Date: 8/15/1943
Location: The Philadelphia Teleportation Affair
Description: (Translated from French) Alias Carlos Allende: The Mystery Man Behind the Philadelphia Experiment The key figure in the bizarre saga of the Philadelphia Experiment is a man known as Carlos Allende, who claimed to witness the teleportation of the USS Eldridge at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on August 15, 1943. Allende reported his experiences to a UFO book author, and his story became one of the most popular unexplained legends of the 20th century. But who was Carlos Allende? ParaScope is pleased to present this classic article from FATE Magazine, in which Robert A. Goerman revealed the elusive individual to be Carl Allen, a “master leg-puller” from Pennsylvania who single-handedly fabricated the Philadelphia Experiment myth. (in brief: the affair was invented by the author Carl Allen, or Carlos Allende (his pseudonym) and the Philadelphia teleportation affair never took place) First ‘Philadelphia Experiment’ Crew Reunion ‘It Never Happened’ By Lacy McCrary The truth is out here. It is in a hospitality room of a boardwalk hotel, with some old salts sitting around white-clothed tables laughing at reports that their ship was involved in a top-secret World War II experiment. Sailors who served on the USS Eldridge, the ship that legend says vanished briefly in 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, met here this week for their first reunion in 53 years and spent part of their time joking about the so-called Philadelphia Experiment. The Eldridge, they said yesterday, may well have been invisible to Philadelphia because it was never in Philadelphia. The ship’s log and several veterans who were on the ship from its launching on July 25, 1943, at Port Newark, N.J., say it called on many East Coast ports, but never Philadelphia. Two movies, two books and several Web sites have kept the myth about the Eldridge alive. As the story goes, the destroyer escort was surrounded by a greenish fog, disappeared for a few minutes, then reappeared. But none of the veterans believes it. (…) The legend says the ship became invisible on July 22, 1943, but ship records and the veterans say it was not launched until July 25. The second experiment, in which the Eldridge was sent to Norfolk and back to Philadelphia, was supposed to have occurred on October 28, 1943. The ship’s log says it was at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on that date, but did spend two days in the Norfolk Navy Yard in November 1943.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1016

Event 3811 (A9B0FAE8)

Date: 8/26/1943
Description: (Translated from French) After the Battle of Kursk, Russian military personnel saw the sky crossed by an engine in the shape of a crescent whose central part dilates and contracts alternately. (August 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_497

Event 3812 (5921B519)

Date: 9/1943
Location: ARGENTINA, Oncativa (Laguna Larga)
Description: (Translated from French) It was very early, 04:00 this morning when René Navarro Ocampo was driving in his car on the road from Rosario to Cordoba. As he passed near Oncativa he suddenly saw an object on the road about 500 m from his vehicle. The object looked like an immense disk, wider than the road and it emitted a light of a bluish-green color. As soon as René Ocampo’s car approached, the object began to whistle a bit like a fan. The disk then rose to an altitude of 1000 m and then, turning abruptly at a right angle, it disappeared quickly behind the horizon. When he arrived at the place where this object had been stationed, the witness saw in the beam of his headlights a small metallic body that sparkled on the ground. It was a kind of “paperweight” about 10 cm long. Curiously, it was cold, while the witness expected to find an object overheated by the presence of the UFO. This amazing unexpected gift was analyzed in various laboratories, but the results of these studies have not filtered down to us.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 264
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1017

Event 3813 (C80D9339)

Date: 9/1943
Location: CHINA, Qing Nian (Hebei)
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO with a dome flew at 5 to 8 meters above the ground. A white light was emanating from it.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 322
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1018

Event 3814 (980E0506)

Date: 9/1943
Location: USSR, Pouchkino
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO in the shape of a disc was observed near Pouchkino by Spanish volunteers of the Azul Division, who were fighting with the Germans on the German-Russian front. While they were in a fort, sheltered from an air battle between German and Soviet aircraft, soldiers Jésus Aria, Pas and Tomas Carbonell noticed an object discoidal that flew around the area somewhat like a spectator of an air conflict and that had to disappear at a fantastic speed. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 265) The Spanish troops of the Azul Division saw a UFO in the shape of a “basin” hovering close by during the battle.
Reference: A CENTURY OF UFO - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, ed. Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1019

Event 3815 (304DC4D1)

Date: 9/1943
Description: (Translated from French) The Blue Division (Spanish volunteers fighting with the Germans against Russia), among them Jesus Arias (Austuria), Paz (Galicia), Tomas Carbonell (Allicante) are in a bunker during a battle between German and Russian air forces when they see an object shaped like a disk above the planes in full combat as if they were watching the battle. Then they disappear with a fantastic acceleration. (September)
Reference: Oscar Rey Brea, reporter who worked in the early 1970s in the radio test team of La Corona. Antonio Ribera, Platillos volantes en Iberiamerica Y Espana, Ed. Pomaire, 1968, pages 411-12
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_498

Event 3816 (DF8E5531)

Date: 9/1943
Location: PUSHKINO, RUSSIA
Description: Saucers over German and Russian planes watch dogfights. Away incredibly fast. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_480

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “PUSHKINO,RUS:SCRs ovr GERMAN+RUSS PLANES WATCH DOGFIGHTS:away XXfast:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “56.016669 37.850002”, LatLongDMS: “56:01:00 N 37:51:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3817 (2C3B7F76)

Date: 9/1943
Time: 04:00
Location: NEAR ONCATIVO, ARG
Description: Large saucer / road. Whistles and quickly going up [to] extremely fast. Odd metal object found. / r215p28+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_481

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “268”, HatchDesc: “nr ONCATIVO,ARG:LRG SCR/ROAD:WHISTLES+↑↑XFAST:ODD MTL OBJ FOUND:/r215p28+/r8”, LatLong: “-31.916668 -63.666670”, LatLongDMS: “31:55:00 S 63:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3818 (7B24A7AB)

Date: 9/1943
Time: 19:00
Location: QUING XIAN EAST / TIANJIN, CHINA
Description: Several observer(s). Saucer spins. Going quickly [to] 5M overhead. Glows white. Skims roofs.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_482

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “QUING XIAN E/TIANJIN,CHINA:SVRL OBS:SCR SPINS:>>5M OVHD:GLOWS WHT:SKIMS ROOFS”, LatLong: “39.133335 117.300006”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:00 N 117:18:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TNJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3819 (298E7E86)

Date: 9/1943
Location: Oncativo, Argentina
Description: 4:00 a.m. Navarro Ocampo, driving between Rosario and Cordoba, saw a large, saucer-shaped object on the ground 500 m to the left of the road. It glowed with a bluish-green light, made a whistling sound, rose to 100 m altitude, then left at fantastic speed. A strange metal block is said to have been found at the spot. (Magonia #50, GEPA Dec., 68) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_158

Event 3820 (88576D01)

Date: 9/1943
Time: 0400
Location: Oncativo, Argentina
Description: Navarro Ocampo, driving between Rosario and Cordoba, saw a large, saucer-shaped object on the ground 500 m to the left of the road. It glowed with a bluish-green light, made a whistling sound, rose to 100 m altitude, then left at fantastic speed. A strange metal block is said to have been found at the spot.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: GEPA Dec., 68 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_50

Event 3821 (D4604A7A)

Date: 9/1943
Locations: Pushkin; Leningrad; Saint Petersburg; Russia
Description: During an air battle between the Germans and Russians, a member of the Spanish Blue Division fighting with the Germans near Pushkin outside Leningrad [now Saint Petersburg], Russia, notices a disc-shaped object above the planes. It appears to be observing the battle, then disappears at a fantastic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Antonio Ribera, Platillos Volantes en Iberoamerica y España, Santiago Pomaire, 1968, pp. 411–412
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_601

Event 3822 (548D0D73)

Date: 9/1943
Description: Ray Palmer, editor of Amazing Stories magazine, receives a letter from a reader named Richard S. Shaver, who claims to have discovered “Mantong,” a proto-language that is the source of all earthly languages. In Mantong, each sound has a hidden meaning, and by applying this formula to any word in any language, one can decode the secret meaning. Palmer applies the formula to several words and realizes Shaver might be onto something.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Richard Sharpe Shaver”; Clark III 609; Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, p. 136
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_602

Event 3823 (975B1ED5)

Date: 9/6/1943
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Description: Objects resembling silver discs. (Page 43 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_160

Event 3824 (663DC169)

Date: 9/6/1943
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Description: 9:50 a.m. During an aerial fight over Stuttgart, Germany, the crews of two aircraft of the 384th Bomb Group, commanded by Capt. Raymond P. Ketelson, observe two round objects “resembling silvery discs” floating downward through the aircraft formation. One hits the wing of a B-17 bomber, setting it on fire. The bomber does not return from the mission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_603

Event 3825 (97433594)

Date: Fall 1943
Location: Unknown City, Holland
Description: Light moving high in night sky. (Page 84 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_204

Event 3826 (28F80A35)

Date: Autumn 1943
Locations: England; Peenemünde, Germany
Description: A Polish bomber unit based in England claims that silver-blue balls of fire appeared near their wing on six missions when they raided the Nazi V-1 weapons plant in Peenemünde, Germany. RAF intelligence officer Michael Bentine debriefs them later and asks, “But what did it do to you?” They reply, “Nothing.” Bentine points out, “Well it was not a very effective weapon, was it?”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 20; David Clarke and Andy Roberts, “The Foo Fighters: The RAF Experience,” The Real UFO Project, January 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_604

[c0mmando]

Event 3827 (1B8D6F51)

Date: 10/1943
Locations: Santa Barbara, California; Goleta Valley
Description: 9:00 p.m. Wilberta Finley, an air spotter for the Civil Air Patrol, notices a “huge dark aerial object approaching” her home in Santa Barbara, California, facing the Goleta Valley. Moving low and soundlessly, it barely skims over a nearby hill. From its front a beam of light shoots down, and at intervals it swings from side to side as if scanning the hills and homes below.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 11, no. 11 (November 1958): 116–118; Clark III 1178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_605

Event 3828 (3C369CF3)

Date: 10/1943
Alternate date: 11/1943
Locations: Camp Ibis; Dead Mountains Wilderness; Needles, California
Description: 11:00 p.m. 2Lt Thomas J. Duzynski is stationed at Camp Ibis on the west side of the Dead Mountains Wilderness northwest of Needles, California. Taking a stroll outside his tent, he notices an elliptical- shaped object traveling to the south at high speed parallel to the ground between himself and the mountains. It banks sharply, almost on edge, and gains altitude, disappearing in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 22–23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_608

Event 3829 (F7990250)

Date: 10/10/1943
Locations: Hanford site; Washington
Description: Construction begins for the first reactor at the Hanford site in Washington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources, “Hanford Becomes Operational,” August 7, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_606

Event 3830 (FA43490D)

Date: 10/14/1943
Location: GERMANY, Schweinfurt (in flight)
Description: (Translated from French) As the 384th Group had just passed the Initial Point, the fighter attacks suddenly ceased. The pilots wondered, as did all the crew members, where they were now and all the men questioned later were categorical in declaring that at that moment there were no enemy aircraft above them. It was then that the pilots and the gunners of the upper turrets, as well as several men of the crews in the Plexiglas nose of the planes, reported on the route they were following like a string of saucers approaching the Fortresses. The exclamations that burst out drew general attention to this phenomenon and everyone on board the aircraft began to discuss it animatedly. The discs in question seemed to be silver, and measured three centimeters thick and nine in diameter. They were easily visible and descended slowly fluttering in a regular string. At that moment the impossible happened: B-17 No. 26 was quickly approaching one of these strings. The pilot tried to avoid hitting it, but his maneuver failed. As he declared at the debriefing, his right wing crossed this string without any effect on the engines or the aircraft body. The intelligence officers tried to learn more and he then added that he had heard one of the discs hit the tail but that no one on board had seen or heard an explosion. He also said that at about 6 meters from the discs, his men and he had seen a number of small bodies of varying sizes in a string from one meter to one meter twenty long.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 265-266
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1020

Event 3831 (1AA33C5F)

Date: 10/14/1943
Location: SCHWEINFURT, GRM
Description: Many 8cm silver disks seen / British B17s. Chaff? flak? / LDLN#338.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_483

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “SCHWEINFURT,GRM:MANY 8cm SLVR DISKS SEEN/BRIT.B17s:chaff? flak?:/LDLN#338”, LatLong: “50.050002 10.233334”, LatLongDMS: “50:03:00 N 10:14:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 3832 (12D59BD6)

Date: 10/14/1943
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Description: During a bombing run a B-17 crews of the 384th Group noticed, as fighter attacks suddenly fell off, they encountered a cluster of small discs, described as 3" wide by 1" thick. (Martin Caiden/Andy Roberts) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 431014
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_161

Event 3833 (37B5699C)

Date: 10/14/1943
Location: Germany
Description: Night. A group of B-17s from the 384th Bombardment Group are returning from a mission over Germany when they see a cluster of silver-colored discs in the path of their formation and closing with the bombers. The crews talk back and forth, discussing and confirming the sight before them. They describe the objects as “about one inch thick and three inches in diameter…gliding down slowly in a very uniform cluster.” One of the bombers goes directly through the cluster “with absolutely no effect on engines or plane surface,” even though one is heard to strike the tail assembly. A mass of black debris about 3-4 feet long is also observed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 502; Martin Caidin, Black Thursday, Dell, 1962, pp. 188–190; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers—Here and Now! Lyle Stuart, 1967, pp. 77–78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_607

Event 3834 (D104FC4F)

Date: 10/24/1943
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Description: Discs Put Up Protective Shield Around B-17 Formation ??? (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 431024
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_162

Event 3835 (30CC3D8E)

Date: Late 10/1943
Description: (Translated from French) An experiment on the action of a powerful magnetic field aiming to “make disappear” a military vessel is conducted by the US Navy. This experiment is known as “The Philadelphia Experiment”. (Late October-Early November)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_499

Event 3836 (24D32F7B)

Date: 11/1943
Time: 20:30
Location: N160 / TREMERET NORTH / AMBON, 56, FR
Description: Teen. Luminous/glowing yellow ball takes off. Arcs slowly going south. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_484

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “N160/TREMERET N/AMBON,56,FR:TEEN:LUMn YLW BALL TAKES OFF:ARCS SLOWLY >S:NFD”, LatLong: “47.566669 -2.561111”, LatLongDMS: “47:34:00 N 02:33:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Morbihan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3837 (3C24A56F)

Date: 11/1943
Time: 22:30
Location: ESCONDIDO, CA
Description: Family. Domed disk hovers over house. Figure(s) / windows. Soft humming. Blink and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_485

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “ESCONDIDO,CA:FAMILY:DOMED DISK HVRS ovr HOUSE:FIGS/WINDOWS:SOFT HUM:BLINK+GONE”, LatLong: “33.100002 -117.083339”, LatLongDMS: “33:06:00 N 117:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3838 (D075F43D)

Date: 11/1943
Location: Escondido, CA
Description: On a dark moonless night a family heard a soft humming sound and saw a disc with dome and square windows hovering about 15 feet above the roof of their house. Human-like silhouettes were visible through the windows. When the woman shone a flashlight, the object blinked out and disappeared. (Ref. 3; Greenwood, UFO Historical Revue, June 1998.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_163

Event 3839 (EE73B27A)

Date: 11/1943
Location: Mantong
Description: Ray Palmer publishes an article, “An Ancient Language?” on the language of Mantong in the January 1944 issue of Amazing Stories and enters into correspondence with Richard S. Shaver, who responds with a 10,000- word document titled “A Warning to Future Man.” Shaver writes of advanced prehistoric races who built underground cities before abandoning Earth for another planet because of damaging radiation from the Sun. Those ancients also abandoned some of their own offspring here, a minority of whom remained noble and human “Teros,” while most degenerate over time into a population of mentally impaired sadists known as “Deros”— short for “detrimental robots.” Shaver’s robots are not mechanical constructs, but robot-like due to their savage behavior. These Deros still live in the cave cities, according to Shaver, kidnapping surface-dwelling people by the thousands for meat or torture. Deros can be blamed for nearly all misfortunes, from minor “accidental” injuries or illnesses to airplane crashes and catastrophic natural disasters. Though generally confined to their caves, the Deros sometimes travel in spaceships or rockets, and have dealings with equally evil extraterrestrials. Shaver claims to possess first-hand knowledge of the Deros and their caves, insisting he had been their prisoner for several years. The article stirs considerable reader interest, and the pages of Amazing Stories are soon filled with stories and articles about the “Shaver mystery.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Richard Sharpe Shaver”; [Richard] S. Shaver, [Letter], “An Ancient Language?” Amazing Stories 18, no. 1 (January 1944): 206–207; [Ray Palmer,] “Mantong: The Language of Lemuria,” Amazing Stories 19, no. 1 (March 1945): 71, 206; Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, pp. 136–137; Clark III 872; Richard Toronto, War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction, McFarland, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_609

Event 3840 (B77E07BE)

Date: 11/4/1943
Locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Y-12 plant
Description: The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, goes critical. The Y-12 plant is separating uranium- 235 from natural uranium, which is 99.3% uranium-238, by using calutrons to perform electromagnetic isotope separation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “X-10 Graphite Reactor”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_610

Event 3841 (20974C88)

Date: 11/26/1943
Description: Approximate year. During World War Two, on a bombing mission over Bremen, Germany crew members of the United States 8th Air Force reported that green “rings of flame 2 or 3 feet in diameter” corkscrewed through their formation, as if floating.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website on aerial encounters
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7932

Event 3842 (F73E0408)

Date: 12/1943
Location: At around 10:30 pm, a secretary and three of her friends approached a small fjord. Suddenly, the engines of the cars stopped abruptly and the passengers had to continue the rest of the journey on foot. That’s when they saw an orange object with blurred outlines, but resembling a church bell. There was a hissing sound and the UFO rose up, taking on a very dark blue hue. It hovered for a few moments then crossed the fjord at great speed. In the snow bordering the small lake, a depression of 1.50 m in diameter and 1 m deep was found. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 266)
Description: (Translated from French) Some friends were at the table when they saw a light appear above the port. Fearing sabotage, they rushed into their cars, in the direction of the phenomenon. At some distance from the port, the three cars stopped and could not be restarted. So they got out of the vehicles and continued on foot towards the light, which seemed to have the shape of a bell, of orange color, blurred. As they approached, the witnesses then heard a whistle, like air escaping from a compressor. A moment later the object descended to 3 to 6 meters above the water, before catapulting itself at a dizzying speed, without acceleration. At the end of the observation the object took on a color of deep blue. The four witnesses, after the disappearance of the phenomenon, discovered depressions in the snow, in the shape of craters, 4.50 m in diameter and 90 cm deep. All around these craters, the snow had melted over an area of 15 to 16 meters. (December 1943; Norway, Oslo (Oslofjörden))
Reference: AUSTRALIAN FLYING SAUCER REVIEW, 7/1968. Phillips: PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED WITH UFO SIGHTINGS., 1975, 5. RAPPORTNYTT, 4/1979, 4-5. Bertelsen: UFO-80., 1980, 66. Liljegren: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES TO UFO INCIDENTS DURING WORLD WAR II., 1987, 11. Listing of Ole Johnny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1022

Event 3843 (A4891170)

Date: 12/1943
Description: (Translated from French) At the Oslofjorden (Norway), friends eating see a light appear on the port. Fearing sabotage, they take their cars (3) and drive towards the phenomenon. At a certain distance the cars stop by themselves, and cannot start again. They leave their cars and run towards the light, which looks like a church bell, with a strange diffuse orange color. When they approach it, they hear a whistling, like air escaping from a compressor. A moment later the object rises 9 to 18 feet above the water, and takes off at an enormous speed, without any sign of acceleration. The object eventually turns a deep blue color before disappearing above the Oslofjorden. At the moment of its disappearance, the 4 witnesses start searching the area and discover a crater-shaped depression in the snow, about 4.5 feet in diameter and about 3 feet deep. Around it the snow has melted, on a diameter of 54 feet. [Australian Flying Saucer Review, 7/1968] [Phillips: Physical traces associated with UFO sightings, 1975, 5] [Rapportnytt, 4/1979, 4-5. Bertelsen: UFO-80., 1980, 66]
Reference: Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II., 1987, 11
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_500

Event 3844 (213B4118)

Date: 12/1943 (approximate)
Time: ~20:00
Location: WEST / TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS
Description: Series / 3 RADAR blips going quickly south / 750mph. Same / several nights running.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: On file here as TARAWA43.TXT from Jan Aldrich.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_486

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “W/TARAWA,GILBERT Isls:SERIES/3 RDR BLIPS >>S/750mph:SAME/SVRL NITES RUNNING.”, LatLong: “1.316667 172.333342”, LatLongDMS: “01:19:00 N 172:20:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KRB”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 3845 (FFDE5232)

Date: 12/1943
Time: 22:30
Location: OSLO FJORD, NRW
Description: 4 observer(s). Orange bell going up. 3 cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Hovers and away. 1.5M dent / snow. / r65p22.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_487

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “OSLO FJORD,NRW:4 OBS:ORG BELL ↑:3 CARS EME:HVRS+AWAY:1.5M DENT/SNOW:/r65p22”, LatLong: “59.666670 10.583334”, LatLongDMS: “59:40:00 N 10:35:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 3846 (145CCD01)

Date: 12/1943 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: CONCHES, 15, FR
Description: 2 observer(s) on foot. Small red light just over road. Floats northwest. Going quickly southwest. Low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_488

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CONCHES,15,FR:2 OBS ON FOOT:SML RED LITE JUST OVR ROAD:FLOATS NW:>>SW:lo alt”, LatLong: “45.255558 3.022222”, LatLongDMS: “45:15:20 N 03:01:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cantal”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3847 (4CF9528C)

Date: 12/1943
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: At 10:30 p.m. four women in a car saw an orange bell-shaped object ascending. Three automobiles in the vicinity experienced EM effects and the engines stalled. A 1.5-meter diameter area of melted snow was found on the ground. (Ref. 3; Australian Flying Saucer Review, No. 7, 1967; cited by Project 1947.) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_165

Event 3848 (D601D598)

Date: 12/1943?
Location: Mullinix Field [now Bonriki International Airport] on Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
Description: Matt P. Dillingham is on evening duty adjacent to Mullinix Field [now Bonriki International Airport] on Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. He begins receiving radar plots showing a north-south track to the west moving at 750 mph. It disappears, but two other targets on the same trajectory appear, moving at the same speed. The same targets are repeated for several nights following.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 6 (Dec. 1983/Jan. 1984): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_611

Event 3849 (DC467B86)

Date: 12/2/1943
Location: Bari, Italy
Description: Night. Some 105 German Junkers Ju 888 bombers attack the port of Bari, Italy, a key supply center for Allied forces. 28 Allied ships are sunk, including the US Liberty ship SS John Harvey, which is carrying mustard gas intended for retaliation in case German forces use chemical warfare. Liquid sulfur mustard from the bombs spills into waters already contaminated by oil from the other damaged vessels. The many sailors who abandoned their ships into the water become covered with the oily mixture. The wounded are pulled from the water and sent to medical facilities whose personnel are unaware of the mustard gas. Medical staff focus on personnel with blast or fire injuries. Within a day, the first symptoms of mustard poisoning appear in 628 patients and medical staff, including blindness and chemical burns. That puzzling development is further complicated by the arrival of hundreds of Italian civilians also seeking treatment, who have been poisoned by a cloud of sulfur mustard vapor that blows over the city when some of John Harvey’s cargo exploded. As the medical crisis worsens, little information is available about what is causing the symptoms, because US military command want to keep the presence of chemical munitions secret from the Germans. By the end of the month, 83 of the 628 hospitalized military victims have died. The number of civilian casualties, thought to have been even greater, cannot be accurately gauged since most have left the city to seek shelter with relatives.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air raid on Bari”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_612

Event 3850 (200996A7)

Date: 12/11/1943
Location: Edmen, Germany
Description: Unidentified object; size of thunderbolt aircraft; streak-like vapor trail. (Page 51 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_167

Event 3851 (13C72F7B)

Date: 12/11/1943
Locations: US; Emden, Germany
Description: US bombers conduct a daylight raid on Emden, Germany, and observe an unknown object about the size of a Thunderbolt aircraft over the target area. It passes below the bombers in a straight line and at terrific speed, leaving a vapor trail that persists.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 51–52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_613

Event 3852 (8237419B)

Date: 12/14/1943
Location: Naples, Italy
Description: Small round bright light. (Page 52 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_168

Event 3853 (9A76C382)

Date: 12/14/1943
Location: Naples, Italy
Description: Night. British 255 Night Fighter Squadron leader Patrick Hardy Vesey Wells is flying his Bristol Beaufighter on a patrol mission around Naples, Italy, when he and his navigator notice a small bright light behind them. It stays on their tail, moving from side to side. After 1–2 minutes it goes off in another direction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_614

Event 3854 (4AA896D5)

Date: 12/14/1943
Description: A pilot over Naples, Italy had a dogfight with a bright light that climbed much faster than his aircraft, a RAF Beaufighter with the 255th fighter squadron.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website, citing A. Roberts
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8387

Event 3855 (9661CD95)

Date: 12/18/1943
Location: GERMANY, various cities.
Description: (Translated from French) A report states that an object was successively reported by the bases of Helgoland, Hamburg, Wittenberg, Neustrelitz. The timing between these bases gives it an average speed of over 3,000 km/h. It was observed above Hamburg by a patrol of two Focke-Wulf 190 fighters, at 12,000 m around 11:15. The object was a cylindrical body with a nose cone at the front, a large hole at the back with a panel. It seemed to be composed of a large number of rings, whose surface seemed convex. Reported on the ground, followed for a few kilometers, it disappeared at great speed.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Le livre noir des S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.84-85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1021

Event 3856 (B5E82C66)

Date: 12/18/1943
Description: (Translated from French) An object is successively reported by the Helgoland, Hamburg, Wittenberg, Neustrelitz bases. The timing between these bases gives it an average speed of over 3000 km/h. It is observed above Hamburg by a patrol of 2 Focke-Wulf 190 fighters, at 12000 m, around 11:15. The object is a cylindrical body, with a nose cone at the front, a large hole at the back with a panel; it seemed to be composed of a large number of rings, whose surface seemed convex. Reported on the ground, followed for a few km, it disappears at great speed. (December 18)
Reference: Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_501

Event 3857 (B78F0948)

Date: 12/18/1943
Description: (Translated from French) A well-armed Japanese division disappears without a trace in New Guinea. The world is left wondering, investigations are conducted, the Japanese government attempts to shed light on this mystery, to no avail.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_502

Event 3858 (72D4CBE6)

Date: 12/18/1943
Description: (Translated from French) Bright balls of light regularly appear to Allied planes in flight. Moving around the aircrafts, sometimes in formation, undetectable on the onboard radar, they become so familiar to the military that they nickname them foo-fighters. The English set up a small organization to document these objects, led by Lieutenant-General Massey and inspired by the reports of a spy who, in fact, is a double agent working under the orders of the mayor of Cologne. He confirms that the foo-fighters are not German devices, but that the Germans think they are Allied firing instruments and the English know that this is not the case. The project will be classified in 1944.
Reference: Edwards, pp. 70 and 71
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_503

Event 3859 (71229055)

Date: 12/18/1943
Description: (Translated from French) 3 years before its first use in 1945, the father of the H-Bomb Edward Teller astounded his colleagues by suggesting that the colossal temperatures of the explosion could ignite an air combustion that would set the Earth’s atmosphere ablaze.
Reference: Jean-Marc Fleury, Quebec Sciences 03/2000
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_504

Event 3860 (022CB8C3)

Date: Winter 1943
Locations: central Germany; Phyllis Marie
Description: Day. While on a bombing mission over central Germany, Sgt. Louis Kiss, a tail gunner on the Phyllis Marie, a B-17 of the 390th Bombardment Group, sees an odd-looking sphere approach the plane from behind and below. It seems to be the size of a basketball and shimmery gold. The object hovers just above one wing, then passes over the top to the other wing where it hovers again. Soon it moves to the rear and gets caught in the B-17’s backwash and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “First Official Foo-Fighter Records Discovered,” Just Cause, no. 32 (June 1992): 4–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_615

Event 3861 (7A14264D)

Date: Winter 1943
Locations: Washington, D.C.; No. 1 Precinct
Description: 3:00 p.m. Harry G. Barnes, a member of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department stationed at No. 1 Precinct, sees three oval-shaped objects in V-formation speeding eastward across the northeast sky. The objects have pulsating, greenish-red exhausts that occasionally flare and curl around them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 64; Clark III 1177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_616

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Event 3862 (C628641A)

Date: 1944
Description: During WW2, E.L. (initials), serving as Carpenter Mate, 1st Class, Hqt. Co. 112th Construction Battalion, came across a landed saucer near a wooded ridge, near the beach of Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. Description: 50 ft. diam.; metallic; looked like an igloo; topped with a clear glass dome about a foot high with agold colored weather vane-like device spinning inside.
Type: scientist
Reference: Pea Research (A5, B3-C)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_79

Event 3863 (BB2910D3)

Date: 1944
Description: Richard Shaver’s stories re. UFO
Type: paranormal phenomenon
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_80

Event 3864 (8C3F96CB)

Date: 1944
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. 1942 Juarez) Howard Menger meets a being dressed in a pink tunic, who informs him of his upcoming trip to Japan, to Okinawa. He warns him against the experience of an atomic bomb.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued 1945
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1026

Event 3865 (74D24C66)

Date: 1944
Location: HAWAII, Oahu
Description: (Translated from French) E.L., a First Class Carpenter’s Mate in the Headquarters Company of the 112th Construction Battalion, approached a saucer on the ground near Kaneohe Beach on Oahu. Diameter: 50 feet, metallic, igloo-like, with a completely glassed dome above a one-foot high golden-colored screen, inside of which something was rotating.
Reference: Ufo Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1030

Event 3866 (98324A83)

Date: 1944
Location: ROMANIA, Ploiesti
Description: (Translated from French) The Vega oil refinery had just been destroyed by bombing, when, late in the afternoon, an elongated yellow object came to hover over the devastated region. The UFO was not luminous and left a kind of whitish trail behind it. According to witnesses, the object moved four times faster than the planes they were used to seeing above the city. For 15 minutes various witnesses including engineers Farmacke and Zmeuranu saw this UFO circle the stricken area then depart in the direction it had come from.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 266-267
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1048

Event 3867 (C3CEA7CE)

Date: 1944
Description: (Translated from French) Harry Truman is elected Vice President of the United States.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_505

Event 3868 (EF8CBA06)

Date: 1944
Description: (Translated from French) The famous Messerschmitt Me-262 twin-engine German fighters form operational fighter squadrons while the Allies still have no jet aircraft to oppose them.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_506

Event 3869 (80A17942)

Date: 1944
Locations: Romania; southwest Ukraine
Description: During a mission to bomb oil fields in Romania, a Russian Tupolev Tu-2 piloted by Maj. Bajenov and Boris Surikov are flying over southwest Ukraine at an altitude of 3 miles when a large, elliptical object approaches them. The bomber starts shaking, the oil pressure rises, and Surikov feels a strong electrostatic charge. Even after the object passes, the bomber’s wings are covered with glowing discharges.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 21–22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_617

Event 3870 (FF928F45)

Date: 1944
Locations: Palomar Mountain, California; Palomar Gardens
Description: George Adamski and his followers move closer to Palomar Mountain, California, along the Road to the Stars where his long-time associate Alice K. Wells sets up a roadside café, Palomar Gardens. According to coworker Charlotte Blodget, “Each member of the group shared in the manual labor that went into this effort, and since heavy restrictions were still in effect regarding materials [in the war’s aftermath], anything available had to serve.” Adamski builds a “small observatory” to house his 15-inch telescope to study the skies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Palomar Mountain, 1940–1960: From Obscurity to World Fame,” The Adamski Case, September 22, 2019; George M. Eberhart, “Palomar Gardens Café,” IUR 30, no. 3 (May 2006): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_618

Event 3871 (389B8298)

Date: 1944
Location: Himalaya Mountains, India
Description: Army Pilot Charles F. Lane reported that his plane motors stopped and the instruments froze when he was approached by one UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_1

Event 3872 (5496A427)

Date: 1944
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Description: During WWII, stateside UFO sightings increased. In one instance in 1944, two women near St. Paul, Minnesota, thought they saw an airplane about to crash. However, the craft stopped and hovered just 20 feet above their car. The object, described as a shiny, brown bullet-shaped entity, made a cracking sound before departing at a remarkable speed. (Chapter 7, Ref. 241)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_232

Event 3873 (3F8F90A8)

Date: 1944
Location: Apache, Oklahoma
Description: A man reported an atypical UFO sighting. He described hearing a “rushing wind sound” and then seeing what looked like a silver, streamlined passenger train with nine coaches. This “train” had landing gear resembling inflated pillow-like wheels and made a swishing sound as it moved from east to west. He observed this peculiar object for around 10 minutes as it passed 100 yards from his home, nearly at the height of his 60-foot windmill, before it sped away. (Chapter 7, Ref. 242)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_233

Event 3874 (1FDBE336)

Date: 1944
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Description: Hundreds of witnesses observed a group of nine saucer-shaped UFOs on two consecutive mid-afternoons. They flew in an echelon formation over Wollaston Beach, occasionally tilting side to side. These objects had reflective surfaces and appeared golden when tilted at specific angles. (Chapter 7, Ref. 243)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_234

Event 3875 (C86D7D70)

Date: 1944
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: A metallic tube-like object was seen hovering near a defense plant. As a crowd gathered in curiosity, the UFO departed. The incident was reported to the FBI due to the plant’s involvement in atomic bomb material production. (Chapter 7, Ref. 244)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_235

Event 3876 (AB39F53A)

Date: 1944
Location: Salina Kansas
Description: Approximate date. Airmen observed a puzzling UFO above their base that resembled a dirigible but lacked typical features. The witness, a trained observer, noted no controls on the back end, no “bathtub” underneath, and no visible lights. The UFO was estimated to be three times the size of a B-29 bomber, the largest aircraft of that era. (Chapter 7, Ref. 246)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_237

Event 3877 (A292A1ED)

Date: 1944
Location: Czechoslovakia
Description: A young man spotted what he initially believed to be a dirigible above his village. The object was cigar-shaped, brightly glittering, and lacked typical aircraft features like propellers, rudders, or wings. It measured an estimated 300-500 feet in length with a diameter of about 164 feet. As it caught the sunlight, one side shone silver, while the other blended with the sky’s blue. The underside appeared even more illuminated. Puzzled by the presence of such an “obsolete” machine, the observer watched as the object silently descended over seven minutes, then ascended and disappeared. He noted its significant size difference from familiar defensive balloons he had seen before. (Chapter 7, Ref. 252)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_243

Event 3878 (0F12E01B)

Date: 1944
Location: Ontario, Canada
Description: Two individuals were alerted by an unusual hissing noise and, upon looking up, spotted a formation of nine large, disc-shaped UFOs at an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. The objects were organized in three rows of three, with each subsequent row directly behind the preceding one. (Chapter 7)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_244

Event 3879 (C2F9DADB)

Date: 1944
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: A Japanese civilian observed “flying hotcakes” in the sky following bombing raids by American B-29s. These unidentified objects were described as blue or maybe gray and flew noiselessly over the observer’s shelter. They were trailed by colored air waves, measuring six feet in width and 30 feet in length. (Chapter 7, Ref. 256)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_248

Event 3880 (E70029F2)

Date: 1944
Location: France
Description: A German infantryman and his company spotted a metallic, silver-white object slowly approaching their position. Believing it might be a new Allied secret weapon, they opened fire. The UFO responded by emitting an intense light and then vanished. (Chapter 7, Ref. 264)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_256

Event 3881 (E2824363)

Date: 1944
Location: WW2 European Theater
Description: The test pilot of a new German jet-powered fighter reported an encounter with a UFO that greatly surpassed his aircraft’s speed. He briefly observed the strange craft, which he estimated sped away at over 1,200 miles per hour. The UFO was described as cylinder-shaped, about 300 feet long, with openings along its side and what seemed to be an antennae at the front. (Chapter 7, Ref. 265)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_257

Event 3882 (3C378C39)

Date: 1944
Location: Germany
Description: An American B-17, while en route from England to bomb Berlin, encountered several silver, cylindrical-shaped UFOs over Germany. The plane’s crew was informed that these might be experimental aircraft being developed by the Germans. (Chapter 7, Ref. 270)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_262

Event 3883 (36E7CD56)

Date: 1944
Location: Munich, Germany
Description: An American bomber pilot reported seeing a light blue ball of fire, around three feet in diameter, flying about 40 feet off their right wingtip during a raid. This fiery orb accompanied the plane for about 30 seconds, leaving trails of fire. The pilot remained unsure about what the phenomenon was. (Chapter 7, Ref. 274)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_266

Event 3884 (782121D2)

Date: 1944
Location: Neustadt, Germany
Description: American fighter pilots encountered a gold-colored, metallic ball near a German city. One pilot observed it moving slowly, unsure if it was reflecting the sun or emitting its own light. Another described it as a phosphorescent golden sphere, about three-to-five feet in diameter, flying at 2,000 feet. (Chapter 7, Ref 275)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_267

Event 3885 (7F307ECB)

Date: 1944
Location: Rhine Valley, Germany
Description: An American reconnaissance plane pilot over the Rhine Valley observed unfamiliar objects described as silvery footballs off his wing. The objects seemed stationary but kept pace with the plane. Initially thinking they were a German creation, the pilot later dismissed their significance as they exhibited no notable activity. (Chapter 7, Ref 276)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_268

Event 3886 (8FE0FA18)

Date: 1944
Location: Indian Ocean
Description: An American B-29 over the Indian Ocean was closely observed by a UFO. The plane’s co-pilot described the object as a bright red or orange sphere, about five or six feet in diameter, with a halo effect, which seemed to throb or vibrate. Assuming it was a radio-controlled device, the co-pilot attempted evasive maneuvers, but the object mirrored their moves for about eight minutes. It eventually made a swift 90-degree turn and vanished into the overcast. (Chapter 7, Ref 277)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_269

Event 3887 (1A1B8AD5)

Date: 1944
Location: WW2 European Theater
Description: Approximate date. Allied fliers in Europe frequently encountered UFOs resembling small saucers. An American bomber pilot recounted how these saucers, about 10-12 feet in diameter and dirty gray in color, would suddenly fly alongside their plane, matching every maneuver perfectly. These saucers lacked cockpits or any signs of life. After shadowing the aircraft for a while, they would rapidly ascend and vanish, reaching speeds believed to be over 5,000 miles per hour. (Chapter 7, Ref 281)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_273

Event 3888 (3658DB8E)

Date: 1944
Location: WW2 European Theater
Description: Approximate date. Allied airmen often speculated that the UFOs they saw over Europe were advanced German weapons. Although the majority believed these “foo fighters” were not a significant threat, certain wartime intelligence reports suggested otherwise. One such account from the records of General H. H. (“Hap”) Arnold described an incident where multiple small, silvery discs were seen from B-17 bombers. One of these discs reportedly struck a plane’s wing, causing it to catch fire and subsequently, the aircraft did not return. (Chapter 7, Ref 282)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_274

Event 3889 (66936DCE)

Date: 1944
Location: Wurtemberg, Germany
Description: Approximate date. A French agent in Switzerland reported an incident over the German city of Wurtemberg. A circular, apparently “German” aircraft, lacking wings or rudder, quickly overtook a four-engined B-24 Liberator. As it crossed the bomber’s path, it emitted small bluish smoke clouds. Shortly after, the American bombers inexplicably ignited and exploded in mid-air. (Chapter 7, Ref 283)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_275

Event 3890 (C71082C2)

Date: 1944
Location: On a flight from England to Germany
Description: Approximate date. During WWII, an undercover Allied informant reported that a dozen American heavy bombers were lost when a strange, hemispherical or circular flying machine attacked them at an incredible speed, destroying them in seconds without using guns. (Chapter 7, Ref 284)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_276

Event 3891 (73DECB8C)

Date: 1944
Location: Berlin
Description: A Polish prisoner of war reported witnessing a UFO-type device being tested near Berlin in 1944. In a 1957 statement summarized by the FBI, he described an incident where a tractor he was on stalled due to a high-pitched noise, similar to a large electric generator. After a brief interaction with an SS guard and a wait, the noise ceased and the tractor resumed normal function. Later in the day, the same prisoner saw a circular enclosure, shielded by a tarpaulin-type wall. From within this enclosure, he witnessed a circular vehicle rise vertically, clear the wall, and then move horizontally. This vehicle, observed from about 500 feet away, had a diameter of 200-300 feet and was roughly 14 feet tall. It had stationary dark gray top and bottom sections and a middle section that moved rapidly, producing a continuous blur. The sound it emitted was similar to the earlier noise, and again, the tractor’s engine stalled, resuming only after the noise stopped. (Chapter 7, Ref 289. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_281

Event 3892 (EC3E5EFF)

Date: 1944
Location: Strait of Malacca in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
Description: A German U-boat, sunk by the British in the Strait of Malacca in 1944, was believed to be traveling to or from Japan. Divers later found that the submarine’s cargo contained 33 tons of mercury. It’s noted that German scientists were exploring a novel propulsion system towards the end of the war, which allegedly used electrified mercury vapor. (Chapter 7, Ref 295. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_287

Event 3893 (7A3B53E2)

Date: 1944
Location: Britain
Description: Approximate date. Allied forces during WWII reportedly came into possession of alien technology. A 1955 article by syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen mentioned a mysterious flying object that had crashed. British scientists and airmen, after examining the wreckage, concluded that these were not man-made or optical illusions but were flying saucers from another planet. An unnamed British cabinet-level official was cited as saying that these saucers were believed to be manned by small beings, probably under four feet tall. The same official mentioned that scientists believed such an object couldn’t have been constructed on Earth. The British government was said to be withholding an official report on this examination. (Chapter 7, Ref 299)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_290

Event 3894 (FC8DAA65)

Date: 1944
Location: Near Kaneohe, Hawaii
Description: During World War II, a Navy enlisted man stationed in Oahu, Hawaii, reported discovering an igloo-shaped UFO near Kaneohe in 1944. The craft, about 50 feet in diameter, had a transparent dome on top with a spinning gold-colored device inside, resembling a weather vane. Surrounding the craft were entities about 4.5 feet tall, with slight builds, short black hair, large dark eyes, heavy eyebrows, and belts with box-like devices. After a confrontation, the witness took one of these devices. Returning the next day, the beings communicated that they were from a place 21 light years away and were monitoring colonization efforts they initiated long ago. Another sailor observed this interaction and reported it to naval intelligence. After being interrogated, the witness revealed the UFO’s location. When the craft attempted to take off, it was allegedly shot down by security forces. The craft was reportedly transported to San Diego, and at least one alien, a female, was captured. The fate of this being remained unknown to the witness. (Chapter 7, Ref 302. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_293

Event 3895 (69A3E5F7)

Date: 1944
Location: US
Description: A purported 1944 memo from President Franklin Roosevelt to “The Special Committee on Non-Terrestrial Science and Technology” hints at U.S. acquisition of alien technology. Roosevelt agrees with a proposal backed by Dr. Bush and Professor Einstein to utilize alien knowledge for war weapons but decides to postpone due to financial constraints from the atomic bomb program. He believes that post-war, there may be opportunities to explore this non-terrestrial science. Roosevelt acknowledges discussions with top scientists about the importance of this technology and recognizes the potential for intelligent extraterrestrial life. He hopes the committee understands his wartime priorities in the decision. (Chapter 7, Ref 303)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_294

Event 3896 (50F37D6C)

Date: 1944
Location: Rochester, PA
Description: In 1944, a family in Pennsylvania was awakened by a loud noise and bright flash near their home. Investigating, the head of the family encountered six figures about 4-1/2 feet tall. One wore a brown robe, the others metallic suits that glowed, and all had a halo-like light around them. They had large heads, long arms, thin fingers, and slit-like mouths. The man remembered being taken aboard a nearby craft. The next day, a 25-foot diameter burned area was found next to their house. (Chapter 7, Ref 309)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_300

Event 3897 (FBA00B71)

Date: 1/1944
Location: WW2 European Theater
Description: Mysterious “foo fighter” balls, believed to be a weapon by the Nazis, have been accompanying fighter planes on night missions over enemy territory. These balls of fire suddenly appear and tail the planes for extended distances, seemingly controlled from the ground. An American pilot recounted how a foo fighter trailed him for 20 miles, matching his plane’s maneuvers and speed of 260 mph. (Chapter 7, Ref. 273)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_265

Event 3898 (DD02A759)

Date: 1/2/1944
End date: 1/3/1944
Location: Halberstadt, Germany
Description: Two rockets; altered course; fiery head and blazing stern. (Page 54 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_170

Event 3899 (84BB438A)

Date: 1/5/1944
Location: Kiel, Germany
Description: Black plate-sized discs. (Page 55 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_171

Event 3900 (83F2325B)

Date: 1/15/1944
Description: The Materiel Command becomes the AAF Materiel Command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_619

Event 3901 (5B57AFA9)

Date: 1/28/1944
Location: Somewhere over France, In Air
Description: Airborne red light. (Page 56 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_172

Event 3902 (3D2AE375)

Date: 1/29/1944
Location: Location Unknown, Unknown
Description: Red ball; yellow/red flames followed aircraft through evasive action. (Page 56 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_173

Event 3903 (01AB121F)

Date: 1/30/1944
Location: SOUTHWEST / LANDAU, GERM
Description: 415th Sqd. 30-cm amber balls follow US fighters. Going quickly [to] chased away…
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENA Revue / SOS-OVNI, France; Perry Petrakis ed. B.P 324; 13611 Aix-Cedex 1, Fr. sosovni at pacwan.mm-soft.fr (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_489

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SW/LANDAU,GERM:415th SQD:30-cm AMBER BALLS FOLO US FIGHTERS:>> CHASED AWAY…”, LatLong: “49.133336 8.000000”, LatLongDMS: “49:08:00 N 08:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3904 (D4C5EAF5)

Date: 1/30/1944
Description: On this day several 30-cm amber “foo-fighter” balls followed some US fighter planes of the 415th Squadron flying southwest of Landau, Germany. They were chased away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: SOS-OVNI France, Phenomena, issue 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_596

Event 3905 (FCCB0A62)

Date: 2/1944
Location: AUSTRALIA, Bass Strait (Victoria)
Description: (Translated from French) The pilot of a RAAF Beaufort bomber flying at 4500 feet, saw a black shadow flying alongside him, at only 100 to 150 feet away. Flames were coming out of the end of this thing. For 18 to 20 minutes the radio and other onboard instruments of the bomber refused to work. This ended when the UFO accelerated and disappeared.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 310
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1028

Event 3906 (FC83F78A)

Date: 2/1944
Time: 02:30
Location: BASS STRAIT, AUSTR
Description: Object tails bomber / 20 minute(s). Instruments electro-magnetic effect (EME). Away / 700mph. / APRO v30#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_490

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BASS STRAIT,AUSTR:OBJ TAILS BOMBER/20min:INSTRUMs EME:AWAY/700mph:/APRO v30#10”, LatLong: “-39.666669 145.666674”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 S 145:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3907 (F0FBF232)

Date: 2/1944
Location: Bass Strait, AU
Description: At 2:30 a.m. a bomber crew at 4,500 feet altitude saw a dark shape pull alongside the plane and pace it at a distance of about 100 feet for about 18-20 minutes. (Ref. 3; Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, 1996, pp. 35-36.) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_174

Event 3908 (21D929FC)

Date: 2/1944
Location: Bass Strait, Australia
Description: 2:30 a.m. An Australian Beaufort bomber is flying at 4,500 feet over Bass Strait, Australia, when it is joined by an object like a “dark shadow” with a flickering flame coming out of its rear. It appears only 100–150 feet away and stays with the bomber for 18–20 minutes, during which time its radio and direction-finding instruments fail. It shoots away at 700 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Australian A.F. UFO Report Files,” APRO Bulletin 30, no. 10 (October 1982): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_620

Event 3909 (626CFE44)

Date: 2/9/1944
Description: RAF No. 5 Group issues a report of its investigation on “Rocket Phenomena,” concluding that the air crews are seeing either rockets fired from aircraft, parachute rockets, or high-explosive projectiles at maximum altitudes of 18,000 feet. Reports of objects changing their course are either defects causing erratic flight or light flak tracers reaching their highest point and descending.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 57–58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_621

Event 3910 (22B948C5)

Date: 2/10/1944
Location: 12 miles from the Spanish border
Description: During a World War II mission on the night of Feb. 10, 1944, while flying B24s near the Spanish border, a crew observed an unusual phenomenon. After finding the intended drop site covered by clouds, they turned back. On their return, the tail gunner reported seeing multiple colored fireballs, referred to as “foo-fighters”, following their plane in a perfect arc. Despite the increasing proximity of these mysterious objects, they eventually disappeared. The incident was reported upon returning to base, marking the crew’s only encounter with “foo-fighters”, a term others had also used to describe such sightings.
Type: foo fighters
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_962

Event 3911 (0B7E23EC)

Date: 2/12/1944
Location: GERMANY, Kummersdorf
Description: (Translated from French) At Kummersdorf Test Center, the launch of an experimental rocket in the presence of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, SS Reichsführer Himmler, Heinz Kammler, SS Gruppenführer and Dr Engineer, and senior officers. The tracking camera records the departure. After development and printing of the film, demonstration and critique screening in front of the authorities. Stupefaction: a spherical body, which nobody had seen on the ground, rises at the same time as the rocket, accompanying it by spinning around it. It was thought to be a new type of enemy device and information was requested; but agents of Admiral Canaris in Great Britain reported that similar phenomena were occurring over British bases, and that the Allies believed that these were new devices coming from Germany. [note from vog: IN REALITY and to my knowledge there were no launches yet at Kummersdorf, at that date… ]
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1027

Event 3912 (A844283C)

Date: 2/12/1944
Description: (Translated from French) At the Kummersdorf Test Center, the launch of an experimental rocket in the presence of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, SS Reichsführer Himmler, Heinz Kammler, SS-Gruppenführer and Doctor of Engineering, and senior officers. The tracking camera records the departure. After development and printing of the film, demonstration and review screening in front of the authorities. Astonishment: a spherical body, which no one had seen on the ground, rises at the same time as the rocket and accompanies it by spinning around it. It is believed to be a new type of enemy device and information is requested; but agents of Admiral Canaris in Great Britain report that similar phenomena are occurring over British bases, and that the Allies believe that these are new devices coming from Germany. (February 12)
Reference: Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_507

Event 3913 (45843154)

Date: 2/12/1944
Time: 13:00?
Location: KUMMERSDORF AIR FORCE BASE, GER
Description: Rocket launch. Film shows sphere circle and follow rocket later.
Type: sighting
Reference: CUFON UFO Network Site (former BBS) various downloads. http://www.cufon.org (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_491

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KUMMERSDORF AFB,GER:ROCKET LAUNCH:FILM SHOWS SPHERE CCL+FOLLOW ROCKET later”, LatLong: “52.166669 13.350001”, LatLongDMS: “52:10:00 N 13:21:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3914 (A2F2963F)

Date: 2/12/1944
Description: The test launch of a Nazi rocket from Kummerdorf Airfield in Bremen, Germany with both of the top Nazi leaders Goebbels and Himmler present, occurred at 1:00 p.m. on this day. The tracking film showed an unidentified sphere that circled and followed the rocket.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Claude Poher, Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag, case 419; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 498
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_860

Event 3915 (88C61D18)

Date: 2/19/1944
End date: 2/20/1944
Location: Leipzig-Berlin area, Germany
Description: Two objects: glowing balls; snake-like motion. (Page 59-60 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_176

Event 3916 (91D255E5)

Date: 2/19/1944
End date: 2/20/1944
Location: Coblence and Aachen, Germany
Description: Silvery cigar-shaped object like an airship; appeared to be a line of windows along the bottom of the object. (Page 60 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_177

Event 3917 (974871EC)

Date: 2/20/1944
Locations: Guadalcanal; Solomon Islands
Description: 2:30 a.m. Two guards of the 3rd Marine Division on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands see what they first assume are the headlight beams of a truck coming from a swamp about three-quarters of a mile from their position. It moves laterally about 50 feet and they see it is a circular light about 50–60 feet long and 20 feet high. It then rises into the air about 25 feet and heads in the direction of the guards at about 45 mph. It makes a 45° turn and passes about 100 feet above the trees of a coconut grove. Several days later, a 200-foot cut in the reeds is discovered in the approximate spot where the light originated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Alvin G. McNish, “Letter,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1984): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_622

Event 3918 (B2466175)

Date: 2/23/1944
Locations: Germany; Japan
Description: Brig. Gen. George C. McDonald is appointed assistant chief of staff for intelligence for the newly created US Strategic Air Forces in Europe. “Many months preceding the collapse of Germany, McDonald recognized the imperative need for the creation of a new type of intelligence activity to investigate and exploit air intelligence objectives in Germany and liberated countries. This unique system was established and consisted of a great number of highly qualified technical and scientific personnel to exploit all the worldwide aeronautical research developments of Germany. This resulted in the collection of priority intelligence information of value in the prosecution of the war against Japan; technical and non-technical information of immediate operational significance and value; as well as a substantial portion of important documents and personnel of the German Air Ministry that enabled the US Army Air Forces to undertake long-range research with respect to many valuable- phases of air doctrine, research, employment, organization, procedure, and plans of the German air force.” Among the personalities involved in the operation are some who will become involved in UFO investigations in the future: Col. John A. O’Mara, Col. Howard H. McCoy, Col. Harold E. Watson, and Col. Malcolm D. Seashore.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_623

Event 3919 (07530AC1)

Date: 2/24/1944
End date: 2/25/1944
Location: St. Quentin, France
Description: Three silver objects & resembling zeppelins & moving independently of the wind & not interconnected. (Page 60 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_178

Event 3920 (2E719B9E)

Date: 2/24/1944
Locations: Southwest of Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France; Schweinfurt, Germany
Description: Night. Southwest of Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France, three silver objects are seen by an RAF bomber returning from a mission over Schweinfurt, Germany. They resemble Zeppelins but move independently of the wind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_624

Event 3921 (2185E45E)

Date: 3/1944
Description: (Translated from French) And April. First test flights of prototypes by German inventors Screiver and Mietehe at the Harz mountain complexes. (March)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_509

Event 3922 (4B9BA63F)

Date: 3/1944
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Description: Fast, glowing green object; lit cockpit.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_6

Event 3923 (B1C23D1C)

Date: 3/1944
Location: CARLSBAD, NM
Description: B17 pilot. Fast sphere with halo. Brusk maneuvers. Shoots going [to] horizon. / LDLN#303+330.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_492

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “948”, HatchDesc: “CARLSBAD,NM:B17 PILOT:FAST SPHERE W/HALO:BRUSK MNVRS:SHOOTS>HRZN:/LDLN#303+330”, LatLong: “32.416668 -104.233338”, LatLongDMS: “32:25:00 N 104:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3924 (1700BEED)

Date: 3/1944
Location: YAKIMA, WA
Description: Pilot. 7 pebble-shaped 3M objects in V-formation. / Haines pilot files.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_493

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “YAKIMA,WA:PILOT:7 PEBBLE-SHAPED 3M OBJs in V-FORMn:/HAINES PILOT FILES”, LatLong: “46.600002 -120.516672”, LatLongDMS: “46:36:00 N 120:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3925 (347C9258)

Date: 3/1944
Time: 22:00?
Location: KLIETZ, GERMANY
Description: Fr. prisoners of war. 3 silent luminous silver objects follow allied bombers. Bigger / planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_494

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

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KLIETZ,GERMANY:Fr.POWs:3 SLNT LUMn.SLVR OBJS FOLO ALLIED BOMBERS:bigger/planes”, LatLong: “52.683336 12.550001”, LatLongDMS: “52:41:00 N 12:33:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SXA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3926 (4804FBAB)

Date: 3/1944
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Description: Air Force pilot saw fast-moving UFO speed out of sight over horizon. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_179

Event 3927 (6B962F37)

Date: 3/1944
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Description: An Army Air Force pilot flying a B-17 sees a fast-moving, glowing green object light up the cockpit and speed out of sight over the horizon at Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_625

Event 3928 (E5A0D2AE)

Date: 3/1/1944
Location: Germany
Description: The first prototype H.IX V1, an unpowered glider with fixed tricycle landing gear, is tested in Germany, but there is an accident when the pilot attempts to land without first retracting an instrument-carrying pole extending from the aircraft. The design is taken from the Horten brothers and given to Gothaer Waggonfabrik.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Horten Ho 229”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_626

Event 3929 (5E98C837)

Date: Spring 1944
Description: (Translated from French) Ranking of the Massey project started in 1943. The double agent informant is denounced and executed. (Spring)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_508

Event 3930 (3371EC9F)

Date: Spring 1944
Alternate date: 1945
Location: mountains near Auberry, California
Description: Two grammar school teachers are driving in the mountains near Auberry, California, when their car stalls and they see a cigar-shaped object with lighted portholes along the side hovering in a nearby ravine. They watch it for several minutes until it begins moving slowly out of the ravine, ascends, and shoots away to the west at a tremendous speed. The car engine remains stalled for a while, then starts by itself.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Past Sightings Come to Light,” APRO Bulletin, Jan./Feb. 1968, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_627

Event 3931 (CDA0A33D)

Date: 4/1944
Description: The first operational jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262, is introduced
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_81

Event 3932 (8B79ED23)

Date: 4/1944
Location: Eastern front in western Slovakia
Description: Late afternoon. Near the Eastern front in western Slovakia, a man is standing on a hill near his home when he sees a dark round object moving at high speed to his right for less than one minute. It moves at a steady speed and is followed by another object about 20 seconds later. As many as 6 others appear, and five are visible at one time, each beginning as a pinpoint of light, growing bigger, then decreasing back to a pinpoint. The display lasts for about 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1982): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_628

Event 3933 (B73CD897)

Date: 4/5/1944
Locations: Oak Ridge; Los Alamos
Description: The Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge has sent 200 grams of enriched uranium to Los Alamos. Italian-American physicist Emilio Segrè receives the first sample and within 10 days discovers that the spontaneous fission rate is too high for use in a gun-type fission weapon (because of pu-240 isotope present as an impurity in the pu-239).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_629

Event 3934 (F147F5A6)

Date: 4/11/1944
Location: Location unknown, probably, Germany
Description: Projectiles resembling glider bombs; a large orange glow & smoke trail. (Page 66 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_180

Event 3935 (D3E3E182)

Date: 4/25/1944
Location: Unknown City, France
Description: Black tear-dropped craft; probable Me-163. (Page 63 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_181

Event 3936 (96366109)

Date: 4/26/1944
Location: Essen, Germany
Description: Things; four orange glows; short stubby wings; football-sized¬; looking like large oranges. (Page 64-65 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_182

Event 3937 (1048D696)

Date: 4/26/1944
Locations: Essen, Germany; Holland
Description: Night. RAF pilot Arthur Horton of the 622 Squadron is returning from a bombing mission to Essen, Germany, when he is followed by four orange balls of light with “short stubby wings” and emitting sparks, two on each side of the aircraft. He takes evasive action with his Lancaster, but the objects follow all his maneuvers for 10 minutes. When they reach the coast of Holland, they seem to “burn themselves out.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 64–65; UFOFiles2, pp. 16, 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_630

Event 3938 (1A76FE62)

Date: 4/30/1944
Description: On this night at 9:00 p.m. a reddish orange glowing light followed an RAF Beaufighter from the 600th Squadron flying over Anzio, Italy during World War II. The two members of the crew reported that the light appeared to be doing evasive maneuvers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, case 7, citing Jan Aldrich, Project 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2416

Event 3939 (B6D76A45)

Date: Late 5/1944
Description: (Translated from French) In Pîncota, Arad (Romania, 800 km from Harz), a witness reported seeing a German aircraft flying low and staying still in the air for 2 minutes without making any noise before continuing its route (Late May)
Reference: Gheorghe Lucaci > Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO’s Behind the Iron Curtain
Reference: .
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_510

Event 3940 (FEE74EF5)

Date: 5/28/1944 (approximate)
Location: PINCOTA, ROMANIA
Description: Low-flying German plane stops midair. Hovers silent / 2 minute(s). Flies on.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_495

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “PINCOTA,ROMANIA:LO-FLYING GERMAN PLANE STOPS MIDAIR:HVRS SLNT/2min:FLIES ON.”, LatLong: “46.333336 21.700001”, LatLongDMS: “46:20:00 N 21:42:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3941 (14E01F0E)

Date: 5/29/1944
Description: The Aircraft Warning Service is deactivated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Aircraft Warning Service”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_631

Event 3942 (64BEA88D)

Date: 6/1944
Location: Palmyra Atoll
Description: A Coast Guard ship receives a message that a Navy plane has been lost at sea, and they were requested to join the search. They searched for almost 24 hours and found nothing. The following night, Ed Ludwig (of Stockton, CA) while on watch notices a brilliant, globalar light in the sky that was absolutely silent. It was about three times brighter than the brightest star or planet, and large enough that he made out its roundness. It appeared stationary for a minute or so, then began to move in slow, slight movements. The witness had the feeling they were being watched, as if the ball was observing the island. It covered an area of the sky approx. 100 degrees. It speeded up and traveled away from the island towards the direction where the plane was lost.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BSRA Round Robin - Sept 1945 Edition, article by John P. Bessor
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_905

Event 3943 (4DAF7DB4)

Date: 6/1944
Description: (Translated from French) The first V-1 rockets are launched against London from the northwest of France. (June)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_511

Event 3944 (0AB16B28)

Date: 6/1944
Location: Normandy, France
Description: Luminescent discus-shaped object. (Page 67-68 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_183

Event 3945 (D46E42C9)

Date: 6/1944
Location: Adriatic Sea, At Sea
Description: At 11:00 a.m. a flight of three P-38 fighters at 33,000 feet saw above them, at an estimated altitude of 50,000 feet, a silver disc. The object descended to about 40,000 feet and paced the fighters for 3 minutes, then accelerated and sped away. (Ref. 3; Jan Aldrich, Project ACUFOE, from CUFOS report form.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_184

Event 3946 (FAACB11E)

Date: 6/1944
Alternate date: 7/1944
Location: Normandy, France
Description: Spheres approximately the size of a football. (Page 70 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_186

Event 3947 (40B8899C)

Date: 6/1944
Location: Torokina Beach, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
Description: 12:30 p.m. David A. K. Morris, a fitter with Service Unit 10 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, takes a swim with a friend at Torokina Beach, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. They see “a huge, dark-gray, seemingly metallic, bulbous mass hanging out of a large cumulus cloud.” It moves silently, its outline fading into the cloud and out of sight. It resembles a Zeppelin or the R101 airship, only bigger.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: D. Morris, “RNZAF Camp UFO Sighting of 1944,” Ufocus NZ, July 22, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_632

Event 3948 (0C2AF591)

Date: 6/1944
Location: Palmyra Atoll
Description: Edward W. Ludwig is commanding a small, Coast Guard–manned cargo vessel near Palmyra Atoll. While looking for a lost Navy patrol plane, he observes a bright aerial sphere that alternately moves and stops for 30 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “True Mystic Experiences,” Fate 3, no. 8 (December 1950): 82–87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_633

Event 3949 (347F1B2A)

Date: 6/5/1944?
Time: 11:00
Location: ADRIATIC NORTHEAST / BARI, ITL
Description: 3 P38 crews. Silver disk / 50k’. Going down [to] and paces / 3 minutes. Going quickly north. / r65p22.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_496

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ADRIATIC NE/BARI,ITL:3 P38 CREWS:SLVR DISK/50k’:↓+PACES/3mins:>>N:/r65p22”, LatLong: “41.333335 17.166667”, LatLongDMS: “41:20:00 N 17:10:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15000”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3950 (6DFD9F39)

Date: 6/6/1944
Location: FRANCE, off the coast of Normandy
Description: (Translated from French) The USS George E. Badger is anchored off. Gunner Edward Breckel is on watch and sees in the sky an object of dark cigar-like shape, 5 miles from their position. This UFO visible for 3 minutes flew too slowly at 5 m above the water and had no wings. (1944, 6 June)
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda UPORI, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1029

Event 3951 (8EA84DCB)

Date: 6/6/1944
Location: Normandy Coast, France
Description: Dark ellipsoidal object & blunted on each end like sausage. (Page 67 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_185

Event 3952 (A2719477)

Date: 6/6/1944
Location: George E. Badger Ship, Normandy, France
Description: During the Allied landing at Normandy, a crewman on the “George E. Badger” observed a wingless, cigar-shaped UFO flying offshore. The object maintained a circular course approximately 15 feet above the water and moved at a speed too fast for a blimp or dirigible. (Chapter 7, Ref. 269)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_261

Event 3953 (2CD48154)

Date: 6/10/1944?
Locations: Omaha Beach; Normandy, France
Description: The Liberty ship SS George E. Badger is off Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, when gunner Edward Breckel sees a “dark ellipsoidal object” on the horizon about 5 miles away. “Blunted on each end like a sausage,” the silent craft remains in view for 3 minutes, moving slowly at about 15 feet above the surface of the water.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 67; “The Case for the ‘Sea-Saucer,’” CRIFO Orbit 1, no. 10 (January 7, 1955): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_634

Event 3954 (77DAC7A3)

Date: 6/18/1944
Description: A man by the name of Langer gave a dramatic account of his encounter with seven belligerent dwarves, 4.5 feet tall, who came from a spherical UFO that had landed on the beach in Oahu near Kaneohe, Hawaii in the morning around 9 a.m. They wore green coveralls.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0120, citing Donald Worley
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3530

Event 3955 (A9A6FD61)

Date: Summer 1944
Location: FRANCE, Toulon-sur-Arroux (Saône et Loire)
Description: (Translated from French) Madeleine Arnoux wrote: "The facts date back to 1944 during the summer. I was then 13 years old and I went by bicycle every week to a farm a few km away to get some “supplies”. So I left Toulon-sur-Arroux on the charming RD 42, bordered by woods in the direction of the hamlet called “Verger”. Just before arriving there, I got off to pick wild berries that I knew I would find there. At this place, a dirt road leaves the road and goes to the right through the woods. So I advanced on this path, slowly, looking for fruits. Automatically I raised my head… further, a few hundred meters away, the path rises a bit and forms a pronounced curve to the right to disappear from view in the woods. Right at this place “the thing” was stopped. I remember it was very hot, stormy and the sky was quite cloudy. So, there, something was stopped along the woods and beings were standing close by. Now I think the device could have been the size of one of our small current cars (like a Volkswagen) of metallic gray, dull color. I do not remember observing any openings. The beings who were standing next to it must have been less than 1 m tall and were wearing brown jumpsuits. They made no gesture in my direction and for my part I was frozen in place. How long did this mutual observation last? I cannot say but I remember the oppressive atmosphere, further aggravated by the stormy weather and my impression of not being able to move… Suddenly I could react and wanted to take my bike that lay a few meters away. The time to bend down and, raising my head to look again at the strange apparition, there was nothing left. … " (1944, Summer)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 267-268
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1031

Event 3956 (5AA07B66)

Date: Summer 1944
Description: (Translated from French) Near Hastings (Sussex), Bill Steele observed V-1s surrounded in their progression by discs. (Summer)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_512

Event 3957 (A42A129F)

Date: Summer 1944
Location: Normandy, France
Description: Los Angeles columnist George Todt, in a party of four Army officers including a Lt. Col., watched a pulsating red fireball sail up to the front lines, hover for 15 minutes, then move away. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, IV] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_189

Event 3958 (0611A489)

Date: Summer 1944
Location: Unknown City, Italy
Description: Egg-shaped, metallically glistening motionless object. (Page 78 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_190

Event 3959 (E785C25A)

Date: Summer 1944
Locations: Kamensko Forest; Blovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Description: 5:00 p.m. François Panes watches a cigar-shaped object at an altitude of about 5,000 feet above the Kamensko Forest north of Blovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic], glittering brightly with no wings, no rudder, and no propeller. It is about 150 feet in diameter and 300–400 feet long. The object is lit up from underneath. It slowly descends, after which it rises up again and vanishes into the blue sky after 10–15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 215–216
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_641

Event 3960 (9174A567)

Date: Summer 1944
Location: Grand Central Parkway in Queens, New York City
Description: Fred Wieland and some friends are riding their bicycles on a footpath adjacent to the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, New York City. As they climb a hill, they look up and see a cigar-shaped object “broadside” to them. It is of smooth metallic construction with no windows or openings. They race to the top of the hill for a better look, but by then the object has completely disappeared.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_642

Event 3961 (A1CD377E)

Date: Summer 1944
Locations: Camp McCain; Grenada, Mississippi
Description: Mid-day. Franceen Andron is at Camp McCain, southeast of Grenada, Mississippi, when she sees a large, fat, cigar-shaped object that changes from dull black to gray to “fog blue.” It is joined by three smaller discs that appear below it after emerging from a cloud. The large object disappears first, followed by the discs, which race away in different directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_643

Event 3962 (E76EB066)

Date: Summer 1944
Locations: RAF Molesworth; Cambridgeshire, England
Description: Day. Asa Howard Jr. is outside the barracks at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, England, when he and other airmen see a pencil-shaped, metallic object moving faster than a jet about a mile away. While watching it for about 2 minutes, they see it pass behind a small cloud before it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_644

Event 3963 (57AAD55C)

Date: 6/22/1944
Description: An object was allegedly shot down by the U.S. military as it attempted to depart from the island of Oahu, Hawaii near Kaneohe. One female occupant was captured and flown to Washington, DC.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0122
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3595

Event 3964 (6CE868A4)

Date: 7/1944
Location: BREST, FR
Description: 2 Army. Boxy object going [to] over front lines. No obvious support. Goes going southwest to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_497

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BREST,FR:2 ARMY:BOXY OBJ >OVR FRONT LINES:NO OBVIOUS SUPPORT:GOES >SW to SEA”, LatLong: “48.416669 -4.483334”, LatLongDMS: “48:25:00 N 04:29:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3965 (1A8FE96F)

Date: 7/1944
Location: Brest, France
Description: Two men of the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, saw a large rectangular object with no apparent source of propulsion move steadily over the front lines and out to sea. The UFO at one point passed in front of the moon, briefly obscuring it from view. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_187

Event 3966 (9833208A)

Date: 7/1944
Location: Normandy, France
Description: Targets flying at extremely high altitudes. (Page 81 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_188

Event 3967 (A6CA9851)

Date: Early 7/1944
Locations: Loreto; Castelfidardo; Osimo; Ancona province, Italy
Description: 10:30 a.m. During Allied operations in the area around Loreto, Castelfidardo, and Osimo, in Ancona province, Italy, Antoni Szachnowsky, of the 2nd Polish Artillery Regiment, notices an egg-shaped, glistening, metallic, motionless object. The Polish Army anti-aircraft gun fires on it, then the German batteries join in. Eventually both sides stop, and the object remains motionless for a minute. Then it tilts at a 45° angle, moves rapidly upward, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1944: An Italian Foo-Fighter?” UFO Sightings Italia, no. 2, March 2002
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_635

Event 3968 (07114068)

Date: 7/4/1944
Location: Los Alamos
Description: Oppenheimer reveals Segrè’s final measurements to the Los Alamos staff, and the development of the gun-type plutonium weapon “Thin Man” is abandoned. Designing a workable implosion design (Fat Man) becomes the top priority of the laboratory, and design of the uranium gun-type weapon (Little Boy) continues.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_636

Event 3969 (C362D26D)

Date: 7/5/1944 (approximate)
Time: 10:30
Location: LORETO, ITL AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Allied and German troops. Metallic ovoid hovers / battle lines / strong wind. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: PAGET, Peter: The Welsh Triangle. Panther PB, Granada Publishing London 1979.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_498

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “LORETO,ITL++:ALLIED+GERMAN TROOPS:MTLC OVOID HVRS/BATTLE LINES/STRONG WIND:↑↑”, LatLong: “43.433335 13.600001”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 13:36:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3970 (A1374D89)

Date: 7/6/1944
Location: Lagerlechfeld, Bavaria, Germany
Description: German test pilot Heini Dittmar attains an unofficial airspeed record of 702 mph in a rocket-powered Messerschmidt Me 163B at Lagerlechfeld, Bavaria, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Heini Dittmar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_637

Event 3971 (F3BD0F4E)

Date: 7/9/1944
Location: Concordia-Vega refinery at Ploești, Romania
Description: Afternoon. After a successful air strike by the US 449th Bombardment Group against the Concordia-Vega refinery at Ploești, Romania, witness Grigore Zmeuranu sees a round, yellowish object flying from the north at a speed about 3-4 times that of an aircraft. It leaves a short vapor trail, moves over the bombed area, and returns silently in the same direction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 226–227; Strange Company 71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_638

Event 3972 (01E120A4)

Date: 7/17/1944
Description: The Air Service Command and the AAF Materiel Command are placed under AAF Materiel and Services.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_639

Event 3973 (43A87842)

Date: Late 7/1944
Locations: Impilahti, Karelia [now Russia]; Lake Ladoga
Description: Evening. Jaakku Kivistö is serving in the Finnish Army as a noncommissioned medical officer stationed on a farm near Impilahti, Karelia [now Russia], by Lake Ladoga. He notices a large object next to the corn-drying building on a steep hillside that he at first takes for a military truck. As he walks closer, he sees it is reddish in color, moving slowly about 150–230 feet in the air, 100 feet long, and has a row of black windows. It moves off quickly in the direction of the lake and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A Close Encounter from the Year 1944,” Nordic UFO Newsletter, 1985, no. 1, pp. 3–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_640

Event 3974 (90D1589B)

Date: 8/1944
Description: Twelve dismantled V-2 rockets were shipped to Japan. These left Bordeaux in August 1944 on the transport U-boats U-219 and U-195, which reached Jakarta in December 1944. A civilian V-2 expert was a passenger on U-234, bound for Japan in May 1945 when the war ended in Europe. The fate of these V-2 rockets is unknown.
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_82

Event 3975 (A2ABB66E)

Date: 8/1944
Description: (Translated from French) Captain Alvah Reida encounters a “foo-fighter” while flying over Sumatra in his B-29 bomber. He describes it as a glowing red ball about 2 m in diameter. Captain Reida, flying at 320 km/h at an altitude of about 4000 m, attempts to shake off the light ball, but it maintains its position relative to the plane before disappearing at high speed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_513

Event 3976 (89F8E3B0)

Date: 8/1944
Location: Sumatra
Description: Pulsing spherical object paces bomber; maneuvers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_7

Event 3977 (E2CD8F58)

Date: 8/1944 (approximate)
Location: MERIDEN, CT
Description: Summer / 44. Boy / 5 abduction. Telepathy "we visit others. You’ll understand… forget.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: The WATCHERS; Bantam PB, NY 1990 (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_499

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: "MERIDEN,CT:SUMMER/44:BOY/5 ABD:TLP “WE VISIT OTHERS:YOU’LL UNDERSTAND…FORGET.”, LatLong: “41.538891 -72.805559”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:20 N 72:48:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3978 (12E67D14)

Date: 8/1944 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: PLOESTI, ROM
Description: Engineer. Pointed object going quickly south. Stops over burning oil refinery. Zigzags going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_500

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PLOESTI,ROM:ENGINEER:POINTED OBJ >>S:STOPS OVR BURNING OIL REFINERY:ZIGZAGS>>N”, LatLong: “44.950002 26.016668”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 26:01:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3979 (EE88FEB1)

Date: 8/1944 (approximate)
Time: 15:30
Location: WEST / TOULON-SOUTH-ARROUX, FR
Description: Grey metal dome going down / dirt road. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) / brown colored suits outside. / r30p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_501

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/TOULON-s-ARROUX,FR:GRY MTL DOME↓/DIRT ROAD:3 OIDS/BRN SUITS OUTSIDE:/r30p47”, LatLong: “46.700002 4.116667”, LatLongDMS: “46:42:00 N 04:07:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Saône-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3980 (8863A283)

Date: 8/1944
Time: 16:20
Location: CHRISTCHURCH, NZ
Description: Saucer by train station/depot/facility. Nurse sees small humanoids (or Greys) / portholes. 1 outside sees her and goes.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: UFO ENCOUNTERS & BEYOND; Signet Books 1993. 192pp. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_502

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHRISTCHURCH,NZ:SCR by TRAIN STN:NURSE SEES OIDS/PORTS:1 OUTSIDE SEES HER+GOES”, LatLong: “-43.483335 172.633342”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:00 S 172:38:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3981 (46F4717D)

Date: 8/1944 (approximate)
Time: 16:30
Location: CHAMPIGNY-SUR-MARNE, FR
Description: Perfect oval cloud hovers. Shoots quickly going up. Lower part round and black.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_503

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHAMPIGNY-sur-MARNE,FR:PERFECT OVAL CLOUD HVRS:SHOOTS ↑↑:lower part round+blk”, LatLong: “48.800002 2.516667”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 02:31:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Val-de-Marne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3982 (3C8F8560)

Date: 8/1944
Time: 17:20
Location: MONT-DE-MARSAN, FR
Description: 30cm ball enters building. Stops over 5 workers. Passes through 6TH!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_504

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MONT-de-MARSAN,FR:30cm BALL ENTERS BLDG:STOPS OVR 5 WORKERS:PASSES THRU 6TH!”, LatLong: “43.916669 -0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “43:55:00 N 00:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 3983 (B2071B34)

Date: 8/1944
Time: 21:30
Location: GARDOUCH, FR
Description: Man / farm. Big orange moon going [to] overhead / low altitude. Great heat. Turns white. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_507

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GARDOUCH,FR:MAN/FARM:BIG ORG.MOON >OVHD/LO ALT:GREAT HEAT:TURNS WHT:>N”, LatLong: “43.383335 1.683333”, LatLongDMS: “43:23:00 N 01:41:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3984 (C3545157)

Date: 8/1944
Location: Bt. St. Lo and Vire, France
Description: Cherry-red light; size of large star; sat motionless in sky before disappearing into clouds. (Page 79-80 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_191

Event 3985 (C0D380C2)

Date: 8/1944
Locations: Saint-Lô; Vire; Normandy; France; Omaha Beach
Description: Night. Officer George Todt of the 38th Regiment, Second Infantry Division, is between Saint-Lô and Vire, Normandy, France, when he sees a cherry-red light one-fifth the size of the moon moving silently west at 120 mph towards Omaha Beach. It stops over the American lines and hovers for 14 minutes. It expands and contracts regularly every few seconds. Col. Francis Henry Boos and another officer also observe it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 78– 79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_645

Event 3986 (F8076095)

Date: 8/1/1944
Location: Ploesti, Rumania
Description: Reddish orange balls, about the size of a baseball; spherical object, probably 5 or 6 feet in diameter, of a very bright and intense red or orange in color. (Page 71-74 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_192

Event 3987 (3F9F783C)

Date: 8/8/1944
Location: MATTOON, IL
Description: Pseudo-human/entity looks through windows. Aims device and people pass out. Odd smell.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_505

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “MATTOON,IL:PSH LOOKS THRU WINDOWS:AIMS DEVICE+PEOPLE PASS OUT:ODD SMELL”, LatLong: “39.483335 -88.372226”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:00 N 88:22:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 3988 (0A0FC0F2)

Date: 8/10/1944
Location: ASIA, between CEYLAN and SUMATRA
Description: (Translated from French) Captain Alyanb Reida, in command of his B 29, observed on August 1 during a bombing raid on the oil installations of Sumatra, a strange gray and oval flying machine that left behind a grayish-bluish trail and followed him for several minutes. (S. DELLO STROLOGO: “What Governments Hide About UFOs” - De Vecchi 1975, p. 31, which says August 1. In fact it is August 10) “Shortly after midnight, we were returning to Ceylan, after a bombing mission to Palembang in Sumatra. At that moment my co-pilot signaled me an object passing us at 500 m, at that distance it appeared as a spherical object, 5 to 6 feet in diameter, and of a very intense and luminous red-orange color. It seemed to have a halo. This thing seemed to vibrate or pulse constantly and I thought it was a radio-guided thing to locate us, so I made evasive maneuvers constantly changing direction at 90° at 200 feet of altitude. This thing was always behind us, in each maneuver, for 8 minutes. Finally it left, abruptly turning at an angle of 90°, accelerating and disappearing from our sight.”
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda UPORI, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1032

Event 3989 (A2918EBF)

Date: 8/10/1944
Time: 00:10
Location: CEYLON TO/FROM SUMATRA
Description: B29 / bombing run paced. 2M sphere/orb/globe. 90° turns. Goes quickly going up. / r242p23+/ r65.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_506

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “CEYLON><SUMATRA:B29/BOMBING RUN PACED:2M ORB:90°TURNS:GOES↑↑:/r242p23+/r65”, LatLong: “9.750000 96.000005”, LatLongDMS: “09:45:00 N 96:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 3990 (334DC7F9)

Date: 8/10/1944
Location: Unknown City, Sumatra
Description: Sighting of maneuvering UFO which paced B-29 (Reida case) during mission. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_193

Event 3991 (5CF4643F)

Date: 8/10/1944
End date: 8/11/1944
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Description: Reida Case (M) Reddish orange balls, about the size of a baseball; spherical object, probably 5 or 6 feet in diameter, of a very bright and intense red or orange in color. (Page 71-74 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_194

Event 3992 (1AE2CB5D)

Date: 8/10/1944
Description: At a few minutes after midnight a bright reddish-orange, pulsing, maneuvering ball of light paced a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber over the ocean between Palembang, Indonesia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at a location about 100 miles northwest of Palembang off the island of Sumatra. There were three witnesses on board the aircraft. The sighting lasted less than eight minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume 1), p. 23; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 83; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 7; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4815

Event 3993 (5E0ADBC7)

Date: 8/11/1944
Locations: Kharagpur, India; Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Description: Shortly after midnight. Capt. Alvah M. Reida is piloting a B-29 bomber based at Kharagpur, India, on a bombing mission over Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia, when his right gunner and copilot notice a sphere “probably five or six feet in diameter, of a very bright and intense red or orange in color” that constantly throbs, at about 12,500 feet, pacing them about 1,500 feet off the starboard wing. It keeps up with the B-29, then flying at 210 mph. Reida tries to shake it off his plane, but it stays in the same relative position until, after 8 minutes, it makes an abrupt 90° turn and accelerates rapidly, disappearing in the overcast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 23; Strange Company 71–75; Good Above, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_646

Event 3994 (F8023608)

Date: 8/11/1944
Locations: France; La Pallice; La Rochelle; Charente-Maritime
Description: Night. RAF Warrant Officer Ronald R. Claridge is over France aboard a No. 7 Squadron Lancaster bomber returning from a bombing run on La Pallice, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, when his radar screen goes blank. Another crewman shouts to look at a vast disc-shaped object with a long row of lights on their starboard side. They watch it for 3 minutes, then it shoots away in a flash of light. Later he draws a watercolor painting to show how the UFO dwarfed the bomber.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_647

Event 3995 (FD66F166)

Date: 8/12/1944
Location: Pelice, France
Description: Enormous disc; circular lights (changing from bright yellow top white) like portholes in a ship; motionless. (Page 75 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_195

Event 3996 (5A0B31EF)

Date: 8/13/1944
Location: Kaoe Bay, Indonesia
Description: Very brilliant light appearing to hover in air for at least five minutes. (Page 76 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_196

Event 3997 (A36B7504)

Date: Mid 8/1944
Description: 11:00 a.m. During the Warsaw Uprising in Poland, Zenon Sergisz notices a German bomber passing by, as well as three bright points of light that descend as the bomber moves away. The lights are flattened spheres that move low behind some buildings then rise up at an angle and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_648

[c0mmando]

Event 4058 (6ABED64D)

Date: 11/1944
Location: Austria
Description: Amber-colored disc paces bomber.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_8

Event 4059 (A8EB8949)

Date: 11/1944
Location: Unknown City, France
Description: 415th Night Fighter Squadron pilot saw formation of round objects. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_213

Event 4060 (F68CF85D)

Date: Early 11/1944
Location: Germany
Description: Night. Lieut. Col. Oris B. Johnson’s 422d Night Fighter Squadron, equipped with P-61 Black Widow fighters, reports seeing 15–20 mystery objects every night over Germany, either alone or in formations of four. Johnson says he could accept that the reports are rocket planes or night fighter jets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_662

Event 4061 (47C0ED66)

Date: 11/3/1944
Locations: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California; Wyoming; Montana
Description: The Japanese Army launches the first of some 9,300 Fu-Go bomb-bearing fire balloons intended to land in North America to instill fear and terror. About 300 are found or seen in America. It is likely that more of them land in unpopulated areas. On November 4, a US Navy patrol craft discovers one of the first Fu-Go balloons floating off San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. National and state agencies are placed on heightened alert status when balloons are found in Wyoming and Montana before the end of the month.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Fu-Go balloon bomb”; Franklin Matthias, “Japanese Balloon Bombs Fu-Go,” Atomic Heritage Foundation, August 10, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_663

Event 4062 (40B71FED)

Date: 11/4/1944
Locations: RAF Lancaster bombers; Solingen, Germany
Description: Night. RAF Lancaster bombers over Solingen, Germany, report what they call “scarecrow” dummy airplanes that explode with a sheet of flame and dense black smoke.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “German Dummy Planes Explode Amid Our Own,” New York Times, November 6, 1944, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_664

Event 4063 (4E53C700)

Date: 11/5/1944
Location: Singapore, Malaya
Description: A long purple-blue parabolic trail. (Page 77-78 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_214

Event 4064 (98ABB0B1)

Date: 11/5/1944
End date: 11/6/1944
Location: Aachen/Bonn/Cologne, Germany
Description: Possible jet; single light; 5 free lance visuals on jets, no A.I. or G.C.I. contacts; several flares similar to jets. (Page 86-87 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_215

Event 4065 (A8D14C5B)

Date: 11/8/1944
Location: Germany
Description: Nazis officially announce the V-2 rocket on 11/8/1944
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_84

Event 4066 (DB32A730)

Date: 11/12/1944
Locations: Santiago, Chile; Puente Alto; Valparaíso
Description: 9:30 p.m. A radio station in Santiago, Chile, broadcasts a version of The War of the Worlds in Spanish in which Martians land in Puente Alto, causing a panic and the death by heart attack of at least one person in Valparaíso.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Gosling, Waging the War of the Worlds: A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resulting Panic, Including the Original Script, McFarland, 2009, pp. 99–102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_665

Event 4067 (C23634CF)

Date: 11/16/1944
Locations: Oro Bay, Papua New Guinea; Leyte Gulf, Philippines
Description: 11:55 p.m. Lt. J. L. Besmond, officer of the day on the USS Gilliam, enroute from Oro Bay, Papua New Guinea, to Leyte Gulf, Philippines, observes an unusual object at a distance of 21 miles. Fire Control Officer P. Kendall Bruce describes it as a bright green globe that rises from behind the ship and moves in a “perfect parabola at great speed, finally disappearing behind the horizon to the north.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Observed from USS Gilliam”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_666

Event 4068 (40CAC8C9)

Date: 11/22/1944
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR TRONDHEIM, NORW
Description: 3 / RAF 9th Squadron. Sphere paces plane. Speeds and slows. No further details. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_516

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr TRONDHEIM,NORW:3/RAF 9th Sqdrn:SPHERE PACES PLANE:SPEEDS+SLOWS:NFD:/r150”, LatLong: “63.416670 10.366667”, LatLongDMS: “63:25:00 N 10:22:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4069 (B7998E8B)

Date: 11/22/1944
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Spherical object, fluctuating in brightness, pyrotechnic pink in color, changing speeds violently, swift and jerking movements. (Page 89 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_216

Event 4070 (5DFC21EF)

Date: 11/22/1944
Description: At 10:00 p.m. a spherical object followed a plane from the RAF IX Squadron west-southwest of Trondheim, Norway for three minutes. It made a violent acceleration and deceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website; Richard H. Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 24; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7791

Event 4071 (1767E387)

Date: 11/23/1944
Location: Germany, between Hagenau and Neustadt
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenant-pilot Edward Schluter, of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force, had taken off from the base in Dijon and observed (on a night patrol above the Rhine) a true formation of about ten luminous discs moving together at a frightening speed. The formation, reported from the ground, was tracked on radar by Lieutenant Radarist Donald J. Meiers, and on board by Lieutenant Intelligence Service F. Ringwald, observer. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.76) FRANCE, Vosges: The sky was clear that night and the American radars had detected no enemy presence in the sky of the Vosges that they were currently flying over. About 30 km from Strassbourg, Lieutenant Ringwald saw towards the west a linear formation of 8 or 10 red fireballs moving at great speed.
Reference: Charles GARREAU: “Alert in the Sky: The Abduction File” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.188
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “The Chronicle of UFOs” - Delarge 1977- p. 271
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1040

Event 4072 (4652F8B1)

Date: 11/23/1944
Location: BELGIUM, southeast of Brussels
Description: (Translated from French) (Source GESAG, GS 1049) Letter written by John V. Crisp, part of the entourage of a British officer, wrote these notes during his stay at The Cottage, West-End, Essendon, Hertfordshire, England. The notes were transmitted to the authorities through the US Embassy in London: "On November 23, 1944, the men of the British anti-aircraft unit located a B-17 Flying Fortress, a few miles southeast of Brussels, approaching their firing site. It had the landing gear out and was losing speed quickly. The British immediately called the Troop Commander and almost at the same time the B-17 landed in a plowed field, near the machine guns, bouncing on the uneven ground 30 yards from the anti-aircraft position. At the last moment the tip of a wing touched the ground, sinking into it and making the plane spin. The propeller of the nearest engine was thrown into the air, but the other three engines were still running. The shooters waited to see the crew come out and welcome them, but no one came out. They were about to go around the plane and did not notice any sign of life. It was at this point that the Troop Commander called me to the operations room at Erps-Kwerps near Kortenberg. In 20 minutes I was on site and I examined the B-17. I had never had anything to do with planes, but finally I could enter through an entrance under the fuselage. The plane was empty of occupants yet there were signs of presence everywhere. I sat in the pilot’s seat to stop the three engines that were still running, which I succeeded in after several attempts. On the navigator’s dashboard the logbook was open and the last words written were “Bad Flack” (note of vog: two possible translations “bad flak jacket” or “bad anti-aircraft fire”). With curiosity I traced the route that should have taken the plane from the Ruhr (Germany) to Hertfordshire (England) and I wondered what had happened to the crew. We all started searching systematically and our most extraordinary find was in the fuselage where we found a dozen parachutes neatly folded and ready to use. This made the question about the crew even more mysterious. The Sperry (to follow the bombs) was still in the nose, having suffered no damage and its cover was neatly folded next to it. Behind the navigator’s dashboard was the Code book giving the numbers and letters of the day for identification. Several pilot’s fur-lined jackets were in the fuselage with some chocolate bars, some of which were partially eaten. No damage could be found on the B-17 except for the landing. So I went straight to the 83rd Tactical Air Force at Everberg to give them my report and the B-17 logbook, several navigation maps, but the story of the landing of an empty B-17 of occupants remained a mystery to this day. The crew was never found. (Martin Cardin, Cape Kennedy, Florida, “Flying Forts” Ballantine Books Inc. Ed. 1968, pages 10-12). .
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1041

Event 4073 (4A9CBFED)

Date: 11/23/1944
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenant Ed Schlueter, a young, tall and competent pilot from Oshkosh (Wisconsin), takes off from Dijon (France) for a routine mission of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron: to scan the skies for German planes to shoot down (he had done this several times before and had been decorated for it). With him is Lieutenant Radar Observer Donald J. Meiers, as well as Lieutenant Fred Ringwald, the squadron’s intelligence officer, flying as an observer. The trio continues their search, traversing the mostly clear night sky, with only a few clouds and a quarter moon, going on either side of the Rhine north of Strasbourg. At one point Ringwald says: I wonder what those lights are over there above the hills. Probably stars Schlueter replies. No, I don’t think so, Ringwald replies. Are you sure it’s not a reflection of us? Absolutely. Ringwald remembers – there are no hills in that area. But the “lights” still shine – 8 or 10 in a line – orange fireballs flying through the air at an astonishing speed. Schlueter then sees them far at the end of his left wing. He immediately checks with the Allied radar stations. There’s nobody else out there, they reply. Are you crazy? And there are no enemy planes visible on Meiers’ radar either. Schlueter turns towards the lights, ready for action. They disappear, then reappear further away. 5 minutes later they seem to thin out and disappear for good. The aviators continue their mission, and destroy 7 freight trains behind the German lines. When they return to Dijon, they decide to keep the story to themselves for the moment. A typical observation of foo-fighters. (November 23, 10 PM)
Reference: McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_519

Event 4074 (D76BC172)

Date: 11/23/1944
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenant pilot Henry Giblin of Santa Rosa (California) and Lieutenant radar observer Walter Cleary of Worcester (Massachusetts) are flying at an altitude of 1000 feet when they see a huge red light ball 1000 feet above them, moving at 200/h. The men think they have eaten something that didn’t agree with them and don’t run to report their experience. (A few nights later)
Reference: McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_520

Event 4075 (299CF652)

Date: 11/23/1944
Location: BELGIUM LOCATION UNKNOWN
Description: British Anti-Aircraft guns/teams gunners. US B17 lands. No crew! All 10 parachutes aboard.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_517

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BELGIUM loc.unk:BRIT.AA GUNNERS:US B17 LANDS:NO CREW!:ALL 10 PARACHUTES ABOARD”, LatLong: “50.333336 4.833334”, LatLongDMS: “50:20:00 N 04:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 4076 (C680EB65)

Date: 11/23/1944
Time: 22:00
Location: 20 MI NORTHEAST / STRASBOURG, FR
Description: US planes paced / 8-10 fast red Foo-Fighters. / LDLN#330p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_518

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “20mi NE/STRASBOURG,FR:US PLANES PACED/8-10 FAST RED FOO-FIGHTERS:/LDLN#330p13”, LatLong: “48.883336 7.816667”, LatLongDMS: “48:53:00 N 07:49:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4077 (1E75C74B)

Date: 11/24/1944
Time: ~22:00
Location: B17 / KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA
Description: Light and heat. Orange saucer paces going quickly southwest. No flak. / r46p193+/ r25p197.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 379)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_519

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “B17/KLAGENFURT,AUSTRIA:LITE+HEAT:ORG.SCR PACES >>SW:NO FLAK:/r46p193+/r25p197”, LatLong: “46.633336 14.300001”, LatLongDMS: “46:38:00 N 14:18:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STY”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4078 (56637217)

Date: 11/24/1944
Location: Unknown City, Italy
Description: Round amber light, luminous orange-yellow, blinding light; felt unbearable heat. (Page 89-93 Ref.1) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_217

Event 4079 (EAD9681C)

Date: 11/24/1944
Locations: Klagenfurt, Austria; Trieste, Italy; Adriatic Sea
Description: Capt. William D. Leet’s B-17 crew (part of the 2nd Bombardment Group, 5th Wing of the Fifteenth Air Force) is returning from bombing a target at Klagenfurt, Austria. While flying over northeastern Italy near Trieste, Leet notices a blinding light and feels an intense heat. It goes away quickly, but seconds later he sees a “round amber light” sitting off the left wingtip of the B-17. It is bright and perfectly circular. Leet orders the gunners not to shoot at it. Sgt. Harris, the upper gunner, thinks it is 10 feet in diameter and 150–300 feet away. The object stays with them over the Adriatic Sea for 50 minutes, until it “just turned off” like a light bulb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 90–93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_667

Event 4080 (1FDEB9F3)

Date: 11/26/1944
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Description: Red light that disappeared in long red streak. (Page 93-94 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_218

Event 4081 (FD1A96A9)

Date: 11/27/1944
Location: GERMANY, Mannheim
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenants Henry Giblin and Walter Cleary were on a mission above the Mannheim region when, above Speyer, they saw an enormous orange glowing ball moving at a speed of 400 km/h barely 500 m above their aircraft. The radars remained silent…
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 271
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1042

Event 4082 (E9CDD05B)

Date: 11/27/1944
Location: SPEYER, GERM
Description: 2 / fighter crew. Huge orange sphere. Instruments electro-magnetic effect (EME). 250mph / 450M altitude. / r2p33.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENA Revue / SOS-OVNI, France; Perry Petrakis ed. B.P 324; 13611 Aix-Cedex 1, Fr. sosovni at pacwan.mm-soft.fr (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_520

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SPEYER,GERM:2/FIGHTER CREW:HUGE ORG.SPHERE:INSTR’S EME:250mph/450M alt:/r2p33”, LatLong: “49.300002 8.433334”, LatLongDMS: “49:18:00 N 08:26:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4083 (B095261C)

Date: 11/27/1944
Description: Two Lieutenants, Giblin and Cleary, pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force 415TH NFS, saw a huge orange sphere while flying a P-70 over Speyer, Germany on this night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 23; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 7 citing Aeronautical Magazine, February 1986
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7950

Event 4084 (1A5ED72D)

Date: 11/29/1944
Locations: Bruce Peninsula; Lake Huron; Georgian Bay, Ontario
Description: 3:00 p.m. Reginald Herbert Mortimer and his daughter Frances are on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, Ontario, when they hear a hissing sound behind them and see 9 disc-shaped objects pass overhead at approximately 2,000 feet. Moving three abreast in a square configuration, they are lost to sight over the lake.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_668

Event 4085 (3405068C)

Date: 11/29/1944
Locations: Bristol Beaufighter; Rhine River; Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France; Mannheim, Germany
Description: Night. A Bristol Beaufighter crew (pilot Lieut. Edward A. Schlueter and radar observer Lieut. Donald J. Meiers of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, and intelligence officer Capt. Fred B. Ringwald as observer) is on a bombing mission and flying above the Rhine River north of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. They see “eight to 10 bright orange lights off the left wing…flying through the air at high speed.” Neither the airborne radar nor ground control registers anything nearby. Schlueter and Meiers also see red lights on November 26 above Mannheim, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zoe Crasney, “What Were the Mysterious ‘Foo Fighters’ Sighted by WWII Night Flyers?” Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine, August 2016; Strange Company 93–95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_669

Event 4086 (103AE7FB)

Date: 11/30/1944?
Locations: Leyte Gulf; Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines
Description: As the USS Gilliam is transporting troops from Leyte Gulf to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, Lieut. JG Kendall Bruce, fire control officer on the ship, observes a bright green, globe-shaped object rising out of the nearby headlands and disappears to the north, It is too slow for a missile. [Same event as November 16?]
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Observed from USS Gilliam”; Strange Company 95–96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_670

Event 4087 (66886EA2)

Date: 12/1944
Location: Austria, Austria
Description: B-17 pilot (William D. Leet) and crew, on a lone wolf mission, were followed by an amber-colored disc. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_221

Event 4088 (411F013E)

Date: 12/1944
Location: Ardennes offensive, Germany
Description: Amorphous reddish-glow that at times appeared cigar-shaped. (Page 97-98 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_222

Event 4089 (390F3F86)

Date: 12/1944
Location: Strasbourg and Manheim Btn., Germany
Description: Bright fuzzy round ball, twice the size of full moon; yellow, white, red tint that was not solid color; no radar return. (Page 118-119 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_237

Event 4090 (24B9EA7F)

Date: 12/1944
Location: Frankfurt and Karlsrhue btn., Germany
Description: Three to four very bright balls, completely illuminated red, yellow, white and blue in color; size of tennis ball at arms length. (Page 119 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_238

Event 4091 (7EC668C3)

Date: 12/1944
Location: Somewhere bt. eastern France and Western Germany, Europe
Description: String of lights, twelve to fifteen in number, orange to yellow in color, approximately four feet in diameter, stretching twice the length of crews aircraft; no radar contact. (Page 120 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_239

Event 4092 (7EC82B9D)

Date: 12/1/1944
Location: USA, Barstow, Camp Irwin (California)
Description: (Translated from French) FIRING OF 24 PRIVATE “A” ROCKETS BETWEEN 1 AND 16 DECEMBER. (1944, December 1 to 16)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, p. 250, Galcit Report
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1047

Event 4093 (55D89486)

Date: 12/2/1944
Location: Villafranca, Italy
Description: A steady, seemingly hanging light. (Page 96 Ref.1) Ghedi Airdrome area (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_223

Event 4094 (F1B57FA4)

Date: 12/4/1944
Location: USA, Laredo, Texas
Description: (Translated from French) During the night, a U.S. Air Force pilot landed in Laredo. He showed unmistakable signs of fear, let’s call him Lieutenant Fogle. He reported that near 20 km from the Laredo airfield, a light blue object had almost collided with his F 51. At the last moment, the object diverted from its course, narrowly avoiding the aircraft, and disappeared at a terrifying speed. Greatly disturbed, Fogle saw the thing shoot vertically, describe a circle as if it was again rushing towards him. The pilot quickly turned off his position lights and made his aircraft descend in a spiral. The mysterious machine descended to nearly 700 meters, circled above the Laredo airfield, gained altitude and finally disappeared into the night. (December 4, 1944)
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “Le dossier des Soucoupes Volantes” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.12
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1044

Event 4095 (78B4A677)

Date: 12/5/1944
Location: Rhine River area, Germany
Description: Alleged aircraft that climbed out of range in nothing flat. (Page 96 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_224

Event 4096 (163F0CDF)

Date: 12/13/1944
Location: Paris, France
Description: SHAEF in Paris, France, issues a press release identifying the fireballs as a “new German weapon” and that the Ninth Air Force has reported seeing “many silver balls floating in the air above enemy territory.” An Army Air Force spokesman says on December 20 that the silver balls have “no detectable effects” on Allied planes. He does not know whether or not they are metallic.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 96, 101
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_671

Event 4097 (F45C6AFB)

Date: 12/14/1944
Location: Supreme Headquarters
Description: “New German Weapon”, Supreme Headquarters: A recent newspaper report from December 13th (NYT) states that a new German weapon has been observed on the western air front by American Air Force pilots. These pilots have encountered silver-colored spheres floating in the air over German territory. These spheres are seen individually or in clusters and sometimes possess a semi-translucent quality. The nature and purpose of these spheres remain unknown.
Type: newspaper article
Type: foo fighters
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1011

Event 4098 (02648957)

Date: 12/14/1944
Description: (Translated from French) In an article titled “The Mysterious Floating Ball is a New German Weapon”, the New York Times reported: Supreme HQ, Allied Expeditionary Force, Dec 13 - A new German weapon has made its appearance on the Western air front, it was revealed today. American Air Force pilots report their encounters with silver-colored spheres in the sky over German territory. The spheres are encountered alone or in groups. Sometimes they are semi-translucent. (December 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_521

Event 4099 (1F695089)

Date: 12/14/1944
End date: 12/15/1944
Location: Erstein, Germany
Description: Brilliant red light & appeared to be 4 or 5 times larger than a star going 200 mph. (Page 96,130 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_225

Event 4100 (A74C0089)

Date: 12/14/1944
End date: 12/28/1944
Location: Germany
Description: Numerous balls of light are reported by the Night Fighter Squadrons during bombing raids over Germany. Pilot and operations officer Charlie Horne of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron suggests calling the objects “foo fighters,” a name gleaned from the men’s favorite comic strip, “Smokey Stover” by cartoonist Bill Holman. The comic follows the escapades of a madcap fire fighter who calls his fire truck the “Foomobile.” Smokey Stover often states, “where there’s foo, there’s fire.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More Foo-Fighter Records Released,” Just Cause, new ser., no. 33 (September 1992): 2–6; Strange Company 96–111; Swords 3–5; “The Foo Fighters of World War II, Part One,” Saturday Night UFOria; Clas Svahn, “The Origin of the Expression ‘Foo Fighter,’” IUR 25, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 18; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Hunneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 47–49; Barry Greenwood, “Foo Fighter Archive Donated to UHR,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 17 (December 2015): 2–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_672

Event 4101 (BD96ABD5)

Date: 12/15/1944
Location: ERNSTEIN, GERMANY
Description: 415th Bomber Squadron. Brilliant fireball / 2K’ altitude. 200mph. RADAR malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). / r153p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENA Revue / SOS-OVNI, France; Perry Petrakis ed. B.P 324; 13611 Aix-Cedex 1, Fr. sosovni at pacwan.mm-soft.fr (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_521

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ERNSTEIN,GERMANY:415th BOMBER SQDR:BRILL.FBL/2K’alt:200mph:RDR EMEs:/r153p16”, LatLong: “49.316669 9.350000”, LatLongDMS: “49:19:00 N 09:21:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4102 (D8408A6C)

Date: 12/16/1944
End date: 12/24/1944
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Amorphous reddish-glow that at times appeared cigar-shaped. (Page 103-104 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_226

Event 4103 (DC8287E5)

Date: 12/17/1944
Location: Breisach, Germany
Description: 5 or 6 flashing red and green lights in T-shape. (Page 100,130 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_227

Event 4104 (923954D4)

Date: 12/18/1944
Location: NEAR RASTATT, GERM
Description: 415th Bombers. 5-6 red and green night lights / T-formation. Sharp turns. Follow planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENA Revue / SOS-OVNI, France; Perry Petrakis ed. B.P 324; 13611 Aix-Cedex 1, Fr. sosovni at pacwan.mm-soft.fr (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_522

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr RASTATT,GERM:415th BOMBERS:5-6 RED+GRN NLTS/T-FORMn:SHARP TURNS:FOLO PLANES”, LatLong: “48.800002 8.216667”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 08:13:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4105 (2C094C8F)

Date: 12/22/1944
Location: GERMANY - Hagenau
Description: (Translated from French) Two pilots from the 415th Fighter Squadron based in Dijon, Lieutenants David MacFalls and Edward Baker, were flying over Hagenau at an altitude of 3000 m. When they were 32 km north of Strasbourg and 26 km west of the Rhine, the pilot made this communication: “It is 18:00. Two very bright lights have left the ground and are heading towards us. They are following us for now.” They were two orange spheres that remained in the wake of the plane for two minutes. Then suddenly, these lights left the aircraft and disappeared. Two nights later, on the eve of Christmas 1944, MacFalls and Baker made the same encounter again. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 272) "December 23. More Foo-Fighters were in the air last night…In the vicinity of Hagenau saw 2 lights coming toward the A/C from ground. After reaching the altitude of the A/C they leveled off and flew on tail of Beau (Beaufighter—their aircraft, Ed.) for 2 minutes and then peeled up and turned away. 8th mission—sighted 2 orange lights. One light sighted at 10,000 feet the other climbed until it disappeared. (December 22-24, 1944)
Reference: Source : microfilm roll containing the Unit History and War Diary of the 415th was obtained from the U.S. Air Force. Frames 1613 and 1614. cfr Just Cause
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1045

Event 4106 (7B569C94)

Date: 12/22/1944
Description: (Translated from French) David L. McFalls, a pilot of the 415th American Fighter Squadron, and a radar operator return from a mission over Haguenau, when they see 2 large orange lights quickly joining their flight altitude of 3500 m (10000 feet). McFalls notes: At 6 PM we observed 2 lights leaving the ground heading towards us. Once at our altitude, they stabilized and stayed behind my tail. The lights had the appearance of large orange glows. After staying 2 minutes with the plane, they detached and flew away, flying in a perfectly controlled manner, and went away. The pilot had dived to try to distance them, but without success. (December 22, 6 PM)
Reference: McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7
Reference: Lore, Gordon I. R. Jnr., and Deneault, Harold H., Jnr., ‘Mysteries of the Skies; UFOs in Perspective’ p. 116 Prentice-Hall, New Jersey 1968
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_522

Event 4107 (0B0A2A20)

Date: 12/22/1944
Time: 17:30
Location: HAGUENAU, 67, FR
Description: Orange night lights pace USAF fighters. RADAR malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Going up [to] and gone. / r150+/ r226#12p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_523

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HAGUENAU,67,FR:ORG NLTS PACE USAF FIGHTERS:RDR EMEs:↑+GONE:/r150+/r226#12p18”, LatLong: “48.783336 7.766667”, LatLongDMS: “48:47:00 N 07:46:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4108 (A60CB006)

Date: 12/22/1944
End date: 12/23/1944
Location: Hagenau, Germany
Description: Two lights that appeared to be a large orange glow coming from ground - followed plane - appeared to be under perfect control (Page 102,130 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_228

Event 4109 (E88C596E)

Date: 12/22/1944
Description: Two huge orange glowing spheres followed a U.S. Army Air Force warplane from the 415th NFS at 10,000 feet altitude over Hagenau, France in the Bas-Rhine region. The pilots names were McFalls and Baker.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 126; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 7; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 23; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. & Harold H. Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 116
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8560

Event 4110 (9C78FCE5)

Date: 12/23/1944
Description: (Translated from French) McFalls witnesses another phenomenon, accompanied by his radar observer, Lieutenant Ned Baker of Hemat (California). Still at 3500 m (10000 feet) altitude, a red glowing ball rushes towards the plane. The pilot recounts: Suddenly, it took the shape of an airplane, which, after making a very tight turn, dove down and then disappeared The army thinks it’s a secret German weapon. Yet, after the war, German pilots will claim to have encountered similar phenomena. (December 23-24)
Reference: [McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_523

Event 4111 (03909015)

Date: 12/23/1944
Description: (Translated from French) During a mission in Romania to bomb the refineries operated by the Germans, Boris Surikov and his commander, Major Bajenov, flew at an altitude of 5000 m above the southwest of Ukraine when they encountered a particularly unusual aircraft. In front of the plane, a large elliptical object flew in our direction (…) We had read in the newspapers about new German weapons, but we saw nothing like it. What happened was that our huge 14.5 tonne aircraft began to be shaken, the oil pressure increased, and when I leaned on the window I felt a strong electrostatic discharge. I feared that the plane would catch fire. It passed us and disappeared, but our plane was still affected: I looked at the wings, covered with electric discharges.
Reference: Interview with Surikov by English television producers Lawrence Moore and Livia Russel in Moscow in 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_524

Event 4112 (7B494CC1)

Date: 12/23/1944
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the supposed operation Uranus.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_525

Event 4113 (32AB3432)

Date: 12/23/1944
End date: 12/24/1944
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Red streak in sky. (Page 103,130 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_229

Event 4114 (943A858F)

Date: 12/23/1944
End date: 12/24/1944
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Glowing red object shooting straight up; appeared to be aircraft doing a wingover and going into a dive and disappearing. (Page 103,130 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_230

Event 4115 (F9D14D95)

Date: 12/23/1944
Locations: Blackstone; Richmond, Virginia; Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington
Description: Night. Navy Lt. George Arents III and copilot Lt. Elon Forster are flying a military DC-3 at 9,000 feet between Blackstone and Richmond, Virginia, when they notice a cigar-shaped object hovering below them at about 4,000 feet. It appears to be 200 feet long and has two horizontal rows of blue-lighted windows and a flaming exhaust coming out of its tail. (Jan Aldrich) Late December through February 1945 — Radar operators at Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington, report unusual blips that appear out of nowhere and proceed from northwest to southeast. A Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter is scrambled on at least two occasions with orders to shoot down anything that appears to be hostile, but nothing is seen. In another incident, Lt. JG Clarence R. Clem accompanies Lt. Commander Richard Brown and Ensign C. T. Neal to a waiting aircraft and Brown takes off in pursuit of a ball of fire that quickly leaves him behind as it speeds off to the northwest and is lost to radar. On another occasion, naval officer R. W. Hendershot, flying an SNJ aircraft, is asked by ground radar to make contact with two high-altitude blips flying at the speed of a single- engine Piper Cub. Though he can see nothing, he is convinced the blips are real.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 142; Nukes 43–44; Project 1947, “UFOs over Hanford: Cdr. R. W. Hendershot,” June 22, 2014; Robert L. Hastings, “Reports Confirm UFO Activity at the Hanford Nuclear Weapons Plant during World War II,” UFOs & Nukes, August 9, 2015; Headquarters Fourth Air Force, “Air Defense Measures at Hanford Engineering Company,” January 23, 1945; Robert L. Hastings, “Former US Navy Pilot Says Huge Fireball Maneuvered above the Hanford Atomic Plant during World War II,” UFOs & Nukes, October 5, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_673

Event 4116 (4FF4F62E)

Date: 12/24/1944
Time: 22:00?
Location: KARLSRUHE, GERM
Description: Red ball going up [to] and paces US fighters. Can’t shake it. Rises and away. News item.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_524

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KARLSRUHE,GERM:RED BALL ↑+PACES US FIGHTERS:CANT SHAKE IT:RISES+AWAY:news item”, LatLong: “49.000002 8.383334”, LatLongDMS: “49:00:00 N 08:23:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bade-Wurtemberg”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4117 (D6DB790C)

Date: 12/24/1944
Description: A red ball of light climbed to the altitude of a Beaufighter from the 415TH NFS squadron while it was flying over Karisruhe, Germany on this night. The two man crew, Baker and McFalls, watched the light pace their aircraft for awhile and then climb away from them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p 126; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. and Harold Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 117
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8584

Event 4118 (F7D98973)

Date: 12/26/1944
End date: 12/27/1944
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Multiple sightings: red balls of fire; two yellow streaks of flame & disappeared from view; the crew thought they felt prop wash; a group of lights that made distinct lines, somewhat like arrows; row of vertical white lights. (Page 103,131 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_231

Event 4119 (E730D003)

Date: 12/26/1944
End date: 12/27/1944
Location: Worms, Germany
Description: Circular, fiery ball; triangle of ovals three circular, reddish-blue in color, vivid lights, looking like flames, in a tight inverted triangle formation. (Page 104-106 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_232

Event 4120 (77437B3E)

Date: 12/27/1944
Location: Luneville, France
Description: Two sets of three red and white lights. (Page 107-108,131 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_233

Event 4121 (ECDAE633)

Date: 12/27/1944
Location: Unknown City, France
Description: Orange lights, singly and in pairs, suspended in air, moving slowly before disappearing. (Page 108 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_234

Event 4122 (BB169054)

Date: 12/28/1944
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) (415th Bombers) The first patrol saw two sets of three red and white lights, one appeared on the right side, the other straight ahead, at an altitude of 1000 to 2000 feet. When (the pilot) Beau put the throttle forward for interception, the lights went out. Nothing on the radar at the moment. Then lights were seen suspended in the sky on a slow erratic trajectory. They were orange in color, appearing singly or in pairs. These lights were observed 4 or 5 times by the patrol.
Reference: Greenwood, Barry; Just Cause, no. 32, p. 1, June 1992.:Source: microfilm roll containing the Unit History and War Diary of the 415th was obtained from the U.S. Air Force. Frames 1613 and 1614.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1046

Event 4123 (D8643659)

Date: 12/28/1944
Location: Neuwied / Koblenz, Germany
Description: A green ball about six inches in diameter; motionless and did not appear to have anything supporting it. (Page 108 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_235

Event 4124 (1930813E)

Date: 12/28/1944
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Description: Large white light; no radar contact; went straight up at a tremendous speed; disappeared. (Page 108-110 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_236

Event 4125 (858D58B5)

Date: 12/31/1944
Description: (Translated from French) AP journalist Bob Wilson is with the 415th Squadron to investigate the foo fighters. He interviews the men until 4am, and appears the next day. (December 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_526

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Year: 1945, 288 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 4126 (5BE54D44)

Date: 1945
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Green Fireballs seen in Southwestern US
Type: anomalous phenomenon
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_85

Event 4127 (49621FA4)

Date: 1945
Location: New Jersey
Description: (Approximate date.) Radar signals secretly bounced off the Moon during WW2 according to a public statement by Dr. Oliver J. Lee.
Type: scientific advance
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_86

Event 4128 (EB070EC9)

Date: 1945
Location: Ozyorsk, Russia
Description: Soviet underground city Ozyorsk starts construction, using 70,000 prisoners from 12 labor camps. Later turned into the “Chelyabinsk-40” atomic bomb project plant opened (Plutonium production, component manufacturing). Now one of the most contaminated places on Earth.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_209
See also: 1947

Event 4129 (3B825533)

Date: 1945
Location: USA, High Bridge, New Jersey
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1944, Howard Menger) Howard Menger sees the saucer again with the woman from his very first observation. She tells him she is 500 years old [note from vog: see beginning of April 1946, by another author, who seems to be a bit confused about Menger’s itinerary and curriculum] (1945, After the War)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1049

Event 4130 (9BF89820)

Date: 1945
Location: USA, Kinsport (Tennessee)
Description: (Translated from French) Charles Hamlet and Edward Cate observed one evening a UFO in the shape of a chimney, very colorful, which crossed the sky at great speed.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 272
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1073

Event 4131 (30ADB46B)

Date: 1945
Location: ITALY, Livorno
Description: (Translated from French) Luigi Donati saw a large, luminous disc topped with a dome illuminated by a greenish light. The UFO emitted a violet smoke and was heading northeast at an altitude of barely 50 m.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 272
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1074

Event 4132 (713BC50E)

Date: 1945
Location: BELGIUM, Tongres
Description: (Translated from French) Jean-Paul Kellens, 10 years old, was in front of his family home, at the crossroads of the road leading from Koninksem, when he saw a luminous rectangular object coming from Saint-Trond, apparently flying at a high altitude. The outlines of the UFO seemed to be surrounded by a halo and its movement from west to east was perfectly silent. As this object arrived directly above the young witness, he was very impressed and immediately went back home. As he ran through a small room, the young boy suddenly began to levitate: he left the ground, rose to the ceiling and immediately fell back onto the floor. This phenomenon took place smoothly, the boy suffering no harm.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 272
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1075

Event 4133 (CDF6B1D7)

Date: 1945
Location: FRANCE, Puy-de-Dôme
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Pommier (residing on the Issoire road, Landa Observatory) is a passenger in a truck driven by a German prisoner of war. The driver suddenly sees a dazzling light above his vehicle. At the same time, the engine stalls after a few jerks. The two witnesses then simultaneously see an egg-shaped flattened object landing a few meters from the road. After a few moments, the object takes off and the truck can start again. (1945 (or 1946))
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 644
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1076

Event 4134 (1D5CDE36)

Date: 1945
Location: JAPAN, Nagasaki
Description: (Translated from French) AMERICAN ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI.
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: UFO, a pilot speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p.30
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1077

Event 4135 (62E8D4A3)

Date: 1945
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Two successful atomic bomb tests in the USA.
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: OVNI, a pilot speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p.30
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1078

Event 4136 (0FC7A6B5)

Date: 1945
Description: (Translated from French) Photo of Jack LeMonde circa 1945, showing what is likely a lamp. See image at images/1945_LeMondeJack_2.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_528

Event 4137 (18A89B1A)

Date: 1945
Description: (Translated from French) Photo of Jack LeMonde taken in Burbank (California) at Pickwick Riding Stables.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_529

Event 4138 (40EB14EE)

Date: 1945
Location: Habbebishopsheim, Germany
Description: An American soldier saw a disk-shaped object come down rapidly, oscillate, and land. The site could not be found in the dark. The event took place 35 km northwest of the town. (Magonia #52, Atic) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_240

Event 4139 (B92BD63F)

Date: 1945
Location: Hanford Nuclear Plant, WA
Description: Hanford Nuclear Plant, Washington, (M) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 450000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_241

Event 4140 (B7B5A718)

Date: 1945
Location: Okinawa (near), Guam
Description: Nr. Okinawa, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 450000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_242

Event 4141 (7ABBB44E)

Date: 1945
Location: Habbebishopsheim, Germany
Description: An American soldier saw a disk-shaped object come down rapidly, oscillate, and land. The site could not be found in the dark. The event took place 35 km northwest of the town.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_52

Event 4142 (C11E9577)

Date: 1945
Location: Belfast, Maine
Description: A hunter reportedly saw an elongated UFO land in a clearing in the woods. After briefly resting on the ground, the craft made a humming sound, began revolving, and ascended directly upwards. As it vanished from sight, it released a shower of fine, silvery, thread-like material, later whimsically referred to as “angel hair.” (Chapter 7, Ref. 247)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_238

Event 4143 (AA3C955F)

Date: 1945
Location: Auberry, California
Description: Two women driving near a town encountered a hovering, cigar-shaped UFO, during which their car’s engine suddenly stalled. When the UFO departed, the engine restarted on its own. The object displayed various colors and glided slowly parallel to the ground before rapidly departing. (Chapter 7, Ref. 248)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_239

Event 4144 (ACD5B321)

Date: 1945
Location: Okinawa
Description: An American artillery officer on Okinawa reported seeing a peculiar aerial phenomenon. On a clear, moonlit night, he observed a bright light coming from the tail of a cigar-shaped object. This object, which emitted no light except from its tail, passed him at a proximity of about 500 yards. He estimated its speed between 200 to 300 mph and its altitude under 400 feet, since it appeared to fly at his eye level while he was around 200 feet above the sea. The object, which lacked wings and visible ports, was roughly 30 to 40 feet in length with a diameter between six to eight feet. It moved silently and consistently along the coast until vanishing from view. (Chapter 7, Ref. 257)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_249

Event 4145 (B227586C)

Date: 1945
Location: Near Okinawa
Description: The crew of a Marine transport plane reported seeing two distinct UFO types. In clear conditions and roughly 1/4 mile away, they identified a large cigar-shaped object accompanied by three smaller, metallic-looking discs. These three discs appeared to merge into the larger structure, which subsequently accelerated at an incredible pace and vanished from sight. (Chapter 7, Ref. 258)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_250

Event 4146 (687EA7BF)

Date: 1945
Location: WW2 Pacific Theater
Description: An Army transport named “Delarof” had a unique UFO encounter when an unidentified object emerged from the ocean and circled the ship. At least 14 crew members witnessed the event, with one estimating the UFO’s size to be between 150 and 250 feet in diameter. The object moved silently and smoothly. After circling the ship a couple of times, it flew off in a southerly or southwesterly direction. (Chapter 7, Ref. 259)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_251

Event 4147 (DC6B4963)

Date: 1945
Location: WW2 Pacific Theater
Description: The crew of the aircraft carrier “Essex” detected a UFO on radar approaching at 40,000 feet and 4,000 miles per hour. Recognizing the unusual speed and altitude, which exceeded known aircraft capabilities, the crew observed the UFO make a right angle drop, stopping around 20 feet above the water, near the fleet. The object hovered there, seemingly pacing the fleet. The decision was made to fire upon it. Despite direct hits, all projectiles seemed to explode a short distance away from the UFO, as if stopped by an invisible shield. The UFO then began to move slowly, taking a tour around the fleet. After some time, it abruptly accelerated back to its initial speed, making another right angle turn. Although the event was heavily documented, it was ultimately logged as “an unidentified bogey.” The UFO was described as spherical and roughly 100 feet in diameter. (Chapter 7, Ref. 260)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_252

Event 4148 (E791F914)

Date: 1945
Location: Near the German-Dutch border
Description: An American bomber returning from a raid on Berlin encountered a cigar-shaped object near the German-Dutch border. The object observed the B-17 closely. When one of the aircraft’s gunners fired at the UFO, there appeared to be no effect, after which the object rapidly departed from their vicinity. (Chapter 7, Ref. 271)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_263

Event 4149 (1298F07F)

Date: 1945
Location: Japan
Description: During raids over Japan, B-29 formations reported being followed by “red balls of fire” roughly the size of a basketball with a phosphorescent glow, some even having blinking tails. These mysterious objects appeared suddenly and were adept at tracking the B-29s through intricate maneuvers, changes in altitude, speed, and even through clouds. The longest an object pursued a B-29 was for 30 miles out to sea, and one was only outpaced when the B-29 accelerated to 295 miles per hour. The origin of these objects was unknown, but there was speculation about some form of radio-direction from the ground or enemy aircraft. (Chapter 7, Ref 278)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_270

Event 4150 (6059B495)

Date: 1945
Location: Near Darmstadt, Germany
Description: Members of a U.S. armored division observed six or seven bright yellow-orange globes flying in formation at about 150 feet above ground. These orbs, each measuring 3-4 feet in diameter, moved erratically, suggesting individual control. They illuminated the trees below as they flew and eventually descended slowly, about 10 mph, disappearing into the forest. The soldiers could track their glow for an additional five minutes before they were out of sight. (Chapter 7, Ref 280)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_272

Event 4151 (8D1F4D74)

Date: 1945
Location: US
Description: During WWII, evidence suggests that the Third Reich’s scientists developed advanced aerial devices surpassing the Allies’ capabilities. A 1945 memo from a U.S. Army general to an Army Air Force general highlighted that the occupation of German scientific and industrial sites revealed the Allies’ significant backwardness in many research fields. The general emphasized the urgent need to seize German technology and expertise to prevent the Allies from lagging behind in technological advancements. (Chapter 7, Ref 285)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_277

Event 4152 (76540E3F)

Date: 1945
Location: Bavaria
Description: During WWII, interrogations of captured German aircraft engineers revealed the development of a rocket-powered aircraft with a semi-circular wing that integrated into the fuselage. This aircraft was being developed at a secret facility in the mountains. (Chapter 7, Ref 286)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_278

Event 4153 (D10E543D)

Date: 1945
Location: Harz Mountains
Description: Approximate date. A former member of the US Army counter-intelligence claimed to have examined an advanced German aerial device in a clandestine facility in the Harz Mountains. The craft was large, cylindrical, painted gray-green, with no insignia, and rested on two wide skids. It appeared to be partially assembled, and it seemed the Germans had hastily removed its propulsion system and other sensitive components as the U.S. Army approached. The craft had a somewhat flat bottom, a rounded top, a rounded nose, thick-glassed front windows (one broken), and porthole windows on its sides. The exterior was smooth with riveted joints. It was vast, larger than any WWII submarine, with an estimated length of several hundred feet. It was believed the Germans designed it for lunar missions and that all operational versions of this craft had been flown to South America and Africa. (Chapter 7, Ref 293. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided. Also see this post.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_285

Event 4154 (D8B8E850)

Date: 1945
Location: Finland
Description: A woman witnessed a 35-foot bright ball of fire approaching her from over a lake, causing her to take cover. After the anticipated impact didn’t occur, she noticed a petrified large dog staring at an unusual “canoe” with two men. One stood wearing green coveralls, while the other sat, seemingly operating an engine within a clear globe. (Chapter 7, Ref 307)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_298

Event 4155 (E606401C)

Date: 1945
Location: Argentina
Description: Admiral Karl Doenitz didn’t specify the location of this secret refuge, but speculation primarily focused on South America, particularly due to the presence of large German immigrant communities and sympathetic governments in countries like Argentina and Paraguay. A 1945 U.S. Treasury memo even highlighted Argentina as a potential haven for Nazi criminals and a center for Nazi financial activity in the hemisphere. (Chapter 8, Ref 312)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_303

Event 4156 (12788564)

Date: 1945
Location: Argentina
Description: Approximate date. General Juan Peron’s military dictatorship, with his wife Eva (“Evita”), allegedly provided up to 10,000 blank Argentinian passports to clandestine Nazi escape networks in Europe, especially from Italy and Spain, after the war. (Chapter 8, Ref 313)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_304

Event 4157 (C6BE4A01)

Date: 1945
Location: Argentina
Description: Approximate date. Several former members of the Nazi regime wanted for war crimes, including concentration camp director Adolph Eichmann, Auschwitz doctor Joseph Mengele, and Hitler’s deputy Martin Bormann, reportedly took refuge in Argentina post-war. Eichmann was later kidnapped by Israeli agents, while Mengele and Bormann are believed to have died in South America during their time in hiding. (Chapter 8, Ref 314)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_305

Event 4158 (DF027436)

Date: 1945
Location: Sweden
Description: Phantom fliers frequently circled strategic installations and inspected them with searchlights. An air force general released a statement confirming illegal air traffic over secret military areas, emphasizing that reliable witnesses made numerous reports. In all cases, no insignias or identifying marks were visible on the aircraft. (Chapter 9, Ref 368)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_360

Event 4159 (0100EE72)

Date: Mid 1940’s
Location: Scandinavia
Description: Following the Second World War, Scandinavia witnessed thousands of reports of missile-like objects, often termed “ghost rockets,” streaking across its skies, with some reportedly impacting the terrain. Concerned by the phenomenon, the U.S. government discreetly sent aviation expert General James Doolittle to investigate, framing it as a business trip. (Chapter 9, Ref 370)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_362

Event 4160 (989FCAFC)

Date: 1/1945
Location: Germany
Description: Three red-white lighted objects pace fighter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_9

Event 4161 (DD3F6672)

Date: 1/1945
Location: France
Description: Pilot paced by object that zooms into sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_10

Event 4162 (963FD17C)

Date: 1/1945
Location: Unknown City, Germany
Description: Another 415th Night Fighter Squadron pilot was followed by three red and white lighted objects over Germany. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_243

Event 4163 (986301D4)

Date: 1/1945
Location: Lemuria
Description: Ray Palmer edits, rewrites, and publishes Richard S. Shaver’s description of the cave-dwelling Dero for the March 1945 issue of Amazing Stories under the title “I Remember Lemuria.” The issue sells out and generates quite a response. Between 1945 and 1949, many letters arrive attesting to the truth of Shaver’s claims (tens of thousands of letters, according to Palmer). The correspondents claim that they, too, have heard strange voices or encountered denizens of the Hollow Earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Richard Sharpe Shaver”; Richard S. Shaver, “‘I Remember Lemuria,’” Amazing Stories 19, no. 1 (March 1945): 12–70; Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, pp. 137–144; Clark III 872, 1069; Richard Toronto, War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction, McFarland, 2013; David Halperin, “The Shaver Mystery—Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Quest for Lemuria (Part 1),” July 4, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_674

Event 4164 (F831EA99)

Date: 1/1/1945
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Description: Pair of fog lights; bright yellowish orange; flying in tandem; three feet in diameter. (Page 114-117 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_244

Event 4165 (9A553517)

Date: 1/1/1945
End date: 1/2/1945
Location: Strasbourg (north of), France
Description: Foo fighters. (Page 131 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_245

Event 4166 (B23091BB)

Date: 1/2/1945
Locations: Netherlands; Northern Germany
Description: 2:30 a.m. USAAF Lieut. Jack Green and navigator Lieut. Warren Barber, 653rd Bombardment Squadron, are conducting a reconnaissance flight in a Mosquito over the Netherlands and northern Germany when they encounter two balls of fire on three occasions pacing their plane. Barber describes them as a “pair of fog lights, shooting up to 60 or 70,000 feet.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 114–116, 208–209
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_675

Event 4167 (FB76EEE0)

Date: 1/2/1945
Locations: New York Times; Rhine Valley [Germany]
Description: The New York Times publishes an article stating that the foo fighters are German weapons. Lieut. Donald J. Meiers of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron says he has been followed by foo-fighters twice. “A foo-fighter picked me up at 700 feet and chased me 20 miles down the Rhine Valley [Germany]. I turned to starboard and two balls of fire turned with me. I turned to the port side and they turned with me. We were going 260 miles an hour and the balls were keeping right up with us.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Balls of Fire Stalk U.S. Fighters in Night Assaults over Germany,” New York Times, January 2, 1945, pp. 1, 4; Strange Company 117–118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_676

Event 4168 (7E0EA851)

Date: 1/2/1945
Locations: Pentagon; Paris
Description: Col. Clayton Lawrence Bissell, in the Pentagon’s Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, sends SHAEF in Paris a classified message seeking an explanation for the red balls of fire pacing planes. No response has been located to date.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Clayton Lawrence] Bissell, [message], January 2, 1945; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_677

Event 4169 (A35D1684)

Date: 1/10/1945
Location: Iwo Jima, Japan
Description: An amber light pass parallel and at same altitude. (Page 125 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_246

Event 4170 (C8590DE0)

Date: 1/12/1945?
Time: 13:00?
Location: RHINE VALLEY, GERM
Description: J. Thompson / P51. 4-5 silvery football shapes. A common sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_525

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “200”, HatchDesc: “RHINE VLY,GERM:J.THOMPSON/P51:4-5 SLVRY FOOTBALL SHAPES:a common sight”, LatLong: “50.000002 8.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:00:00 N 08:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4171 (4A2C7622)

Date: 1/14/1945
End date: 1/15/1945
Location: Ingweiller, Germany
Description: A large orange glow in sky approx. 5 ft. in diameter. (Page 131 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_247

Event 4172 (A58EE8CD)

Date: 1/16/1945
Description: Lt. Col. Leavitt Corning Jr. of the XII Tactical Air Command sends a secret memo to the assistant chief of air intelligence requesting further information on the “Night Phenomenon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 126–127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_678

Event 4173 (0119BBC8)

Date: 1/18/1945
Location: Vancouver Island, CAN
Description: Large silvery cylinder or balloon that appeared to discharge another balloon or object, each traveling in separate directions. (Page 132 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_248

Event 4174 (D12FBF2F)

Date: 1/20/1945
Location: Corning
Description: First Tactical Air Force Executive Officer Maj. Samuel V. Boykin responds to Corning asking for more particulars about the reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_679

Event 4175 (C7CA4C52)

Date: 1/22/1945
Time: 15:00
Location: NEAR HEYDEBRECK = KEDZIERZYN, POLAND
Description: Allied prisoners of war / ground. White football follows bomber / 18K’.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_526

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr HEYDEBRECK=KEDZIERZYN,POLAND:ALLIED POWS/GND:WHT FOOTBALL FOLOS BOMBER/18K’”, LatLong: “50.350002 18.177779”, LatLongDMS: “50:21:00 N 18:10:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “UPS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4176 (64B99645)

Date: 1/22/1945
Locations: German Heydebreck labor camp; Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
Description: British prisoners being force-marched out of the German Heydebreck labor camp (near modern Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland) see a four-engine bomber overhead. Behind it is a “brilliant light” that is following it closely.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 503
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_680

Event 4177 (C15E66B7)

Date: 1/22/1945
Description: On this afternoon Allied POWs on the ground watched a white, football-shaped object following a bomber at 18,000 feet between Heydebreck and Kedzierzyn, Poland. On the same day there was an unexplained skyquake in Louisville, Kentucky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Jenny Randles, Science and the UFOs, p. 9; (2) George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 510, citing Tiffany Thayer, Doubt magazine, 1945, p. 172
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_405

Event 4178 (C29D9238)

Date: 1/29/1945
Location: Wissembourg and Landau bt., Germany
Description: Two amber colored lights about one foot in diameter. (Page 129,131 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_249

Event 4179 (4634D328)

Date: 1/30/1945
Locations: Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France; Landau, Germany
Description: 12:10 a.m. A 415th Night Fighter Squadron crew observes two amber-colored “lights in the air at 2,000 feet” between Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France, and Landau, Germany. They seem to be about a foot in diameter and 20–50 feet apart. The lights follow their Bristol Beaufighter, closing in to about 1,000 feet before disappearing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_681

Event 4180 (439B028F)

Date: 1/30/1945
Description: Capt. Fred B. Ringwald, intelligence officer for the 415 Night Fighter Squadron, responds to Corning’s January 16 request by offering a summary of 14 foo fighter reports from December 14, 1944, to January 29, 1945.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 129–132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_682

Event 4181 (782C554E)

Date: 2/1945
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: Borderland Sciences Research Association (BSRA) Founded by Meade Layne. Works with expert medium Mark A. Probert. Their motto: “Serving Higher Intelligence since 1945”.
Type: ufological event
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_163

Event 4182 (C8AEF773)

Date: 2/1945
Location: Chemnitz, Germany
Description: Flying wing, giving off a yellowish-red intermittent glow. (Page 149 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_250

Event 4183 (A00EEDB2)

Date: 2/1945
Location: San Diego, California
Description: Meade Layne founds the Borderland Sciences Research Associates in San Diego, California, and publishes the first issue of its newsletter, The Round Robin. Working with local medium Mark A. Probert, who channels “etheric” entities from discarnates with advanced knowledge of spirit and cosmos, Layne and BSRA seek to explore the mysteries of the invisible world.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Borderland Sciences Research Associates, [History]; Clark III 876; Håkan Blomqvist, “Round Robin and Contactee History,” Håkan Blomqvist’s Blog, March 30, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_683

Event 4184 (4036A93A)

Date: 2/1/1945
Location: Colmar, France
Description: Unusual green light & moving rapidly. (Page 133 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_251

Event 4185 (A791C6E6)

Date: 2/2/1945
Locations: Hanford; Los Alamos
Description: The first Hanford plutonium arrives at Los Alamos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Atomic Heritage Foundation, “Atomic Timeline”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_684

Event 4186 (A16C2D50)

Date: 2/2/1945
Locations: Oranienburg, Germany; Gotha
Description: The first flight of the H.IX V2 is made in Oranienburg, Germany. All subsequent test flights and development are done by Gothaer Waggonfabrik in Gotha. By this time, the Horten brothers are working on a turbojet-powered design for the Amerika Bomber contract competition and do not attend the first test flight. The test pilot is Leutnant Erwin Ziller. Two further test flights are made in February. There are reports that during one of these test flights, the H.IX V2 undertook a simulated dogfight with a Messerschmitt Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, and that the H.IX V2 outperformed the Me 262. However, the Me 262 is considered by many as unsuitable for fighter missions, being slow in turning.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Horton Ho 229”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_685

Event 4187 (7DEFB409)

Date: 2/4/1945
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Description: Two sightings: stationary object of tear-drop shape, resembling a balloon; shiny silver ball looking like a very bright weather balloon with a metal sheen. (Page 59 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_252

Event 4188 (09A8372F)

Date: 2/4/1945
Location: Dutch Coast, Holland
Description: One long black stationary object, similar to a small flak burst floating. (Page 59 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_253

Event 4189 (1E5FAABC)

Date: 2/7/1945
Locations: Ulithi Atoll; Caroline Islands
Description: Afternoon. Several F6F fighters on patrol (one piloted by Ensign Norman P. Stark) from the USS Wasp aircraft carrier anchored at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands are told to investigate a radar target at 30,000 feet some 10 miles west of the fleet. Before they can reach altitude, the object moves back to the west at high speed. They catch a brief visual glimpse of it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: LCDR Norman P. Stark, “A WWII F6F Navy Fighter Pilot’s Experiences in the Pacific,” Battle of Saipan, January 1, 2000
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_686

Event 4190 (C29FDE01)

Date: 2/8/1945
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Description: Silver-colored ball-like object changing stationary. (Page 59 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_254

Event 4191 (57EF819C)

Date: 2/8/1945
Location: Strasbourg (near), France
Description: Yellow light. (Page 133 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_255

Event 4192 (43466DA0)

Date: 2/9/1945
End date: 2/10/1945
Location: Riegel, Germany
Description: Very bright light moving slowly. (Page 133 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_256

Event 4193 (4DE3F439)

Date: 2/10/1945
Locations: Chicago; Washington
Description: The Chicago Tribune and Washington Times-Herald reveal Bill Donovan’s plans for a postwar intelligence agency and publishes a secret memo he has sent to Roosevelt proposing its creation. The article compares the proposed agency to the Gestapo. Knowing that Americans want a smaller federal government after the war, Roosevelt is not entirely sold on Donovan’s proposal, although Donovan feels reasonably confident that he can talk the president into the idea. J. Edgar Hoover disapproves of Donovan’s plan, which he sees as a direct threat to FBI authority, even though Donovan has stressed that his agency will operate only abroad, not domestically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter Trohan, “Super-Spy Idea Denounced As New Deal OGPU,” Chicago Tribune, February 10, 1945, p. 1; Central Intelligence Agency, “Origins of CIA,” August 3, 2005; Mark Riebling, Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11, Simon & Schuster, 2002, pp. 59–61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_687

Event 4194 (8F50DC5F)

Date: 2/11/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Roosevelt meets Churchill and Staline at the Yalta Conference. (February 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_530

Event 4195 (75E86B6F)

Date: 2/11/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Signing of the Paperclip Operation Treaty to prepare for the post-war, but in a blatant and early violation of the Yalta agreements. This treaty, concluded by the English, American and Russian heads of state, places the German V2 factory of Dora-Mittlebau under Russian control. Yet, the American secret services decide to take possession of everything that can be taken from the factory.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_531

Event 4196 (04B368BC)

Date: 2/11/1945
Description: Air Commodore Colin McKay Grierson, RAF assistant chief of staff A2, refers Ringwald’s report to the Air Ministry.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 133–134
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_688

Event 4197 (118107ED)

Date: 2/13/1945
Time: 19:10
Location: NEAR RASTATT, GERM
Description: Several USAAF pilots see 3 groups / night lights at 700M altitude. / Don Berliner and more/others.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_527

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr RASTATT,GERM:SVRL USAAF PILOTS see 3 GROUPS/NLTS @ 700M alt:/D.BERLINER++”, LatLong: “48.850002 8.250000”, LatLongDMS: “48:51:00 N 08:15:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bade-Wurtemberg”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4198 (7388533D)

Date: 2/13/1945
End date: 2/14/1945
Location: Rastatt and Bishwiller bt., Germany
Description: Two sets of lights; separated after being attacked and then returned to original position. (Page 136 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_257

Event 4199 (3EF2E61A)

Date: 2/14/1945
Location: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Prague
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1939-1940? Germany) We know, with certainty (note from vog: yes? do you swear to tell only the truth without exaggeration?), that Schriever and Habermohl tried their flying saucer for the first time in Prague on 2.14.45 and that in 3 minutes it reached a height of 12400 meters at a horizontal speed of 2000 km/h. According to the engineers, the speed could have been increased to more than 4000 km/h. It is impossible to make any hypotheses about what was said about these saucers after their tests because all the observations, notes etc… that remained in German offices were sequestered by the Allies when they entered Germany. It is not doubtful that much was expected from them because the Reich had not hesitated to unlock the millions necessary to have materials that could withstand extraordinary speeds and staggering temperatures. (…) [note from vog: I have not found any serious documentation on this subject…] (February 14, 1945)
Reference: Peter KOLOSIMO: “Shadows on the Stars” - Albin Michel 1970, p. 324
Reference: continued 1949, north of Mexico
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1050

Event 4200 (6CF8AF1A)

Date: 2/14/1945
End date: 2/15/1945
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Description: String of lights & (1 red one in center, 4 white ones on each side) blinking off and on. (Page 136 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_258

Event 4201 (A9DAE883)

Date: 2/14/1945
Location: Prague
Description: A scientist involved in the development of America’s atomic bomb stated that the earliest “flying saucers” were circular, with a 45-yard diameter, and were constructed by specialists Schriever, Habermohl, and Miethe. These crafts first flew over Prague on February 14, 1945, reaching a height of nearly eight miles in three minutes and achieving speeds up to 1,250 miles per hour. This speed was later doubled in subsequent tests. Habermohl is believed to have been captured by the Russians, while Miethe later developed similar crafts for the A.V. Roe Company in the United States. (Chapter 7, Ref 288)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_280

Event 4202 (E45DE132)

Date: 2/15/1945
End date: 2/16/1945
Location: Pisa, Italy
Description: Multiple sightings: flare; flare that seemed to spiral. (Page 136 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_259

Event 4203 (84C07AD2)

Date: 2/15/1945
End date: 2/16/1945
Location: Viareggio, Italy
Description: Alleged jet; multiple spurts of flame; no radar return. (Page 136 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_260

Event 4204 (36E9DC14)

Date: Mid 2/1945
Locations: Biggs Field; Fort Bliss; El Paso, Texas
Description: As their C-47 prepares to land at Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, S/Sgt Ralph Bayer is alarmed to see an aircraft approaching from the left and only 900 feet below them. The object is about 30 feet long and a dull, flat gray in color, and it travels in a straight course 500 feet above the ground until it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_689

Event 4205 (D24FAF81)

Date: 2/16/1945
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Description: Possible jet: dropped what looked like white flares; no radar contact. (Page 136- (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_261

Event 4206 (9A057743)

Date: 2/17/1945
Location: ITALY, Central Po Valley
Description: (Translated from French) - Mission No. 560, from 17:55 to 19:15: “West of Massa at 5-6000 feet altitude, a red ball was observed on a curved trajectory. At first it rose, then it went out and was lost from sight in the valley south of Massa. At the beginning the ball emitted sparks. It was not identified by the Mosquito Mark XXX as a Jet A/C. No other air traffic in the La Spezia - Parma area.” - Mission No. 562, from 20:10 to 23:10 hours, GCI patrol Leghorn to La Spezia: “At 20:45 a sparkling light was observed by the Mosquito Mark XXX at a distance, at least 20 miles, too far away to intervene. It seemed to move near La Spezia and was seen for 45 seconds. At 21:30 a white reddish flashing light was seen at a distance of 6 to 8 miles, still near La Spezia, at an altitude of 10,000 feet and traveling towards the NE. It was chased at a speed of 280MPH for a minute and a half. The light took an erratic trajectory and went out. At 21:40, the same light, or another identical one, was observed 10 miles south of La Spezia, flying first towards the north, then towards the east, at 9000 feet altitude. The pilot approached it up to 5 miles, suspecting it to be an Ack Ack trap. At 21:55, 10 miles south of La Spezia another (or the same) one headed towards the city and was chased by the pilot. It went away 10 or 15 miles north of La Spezia, the speed of the plane, 300 MPH, was insufficient to catch up. Information taken: no Ack Ack operation at La Spezia. However, at 22:50, 5 miles south of Pisa, an identical light was seen at a distance of 10 miles. It was chased for about two and a half minutes on its course towards the north. At 10,000 feet, it disappeared beyond the mountains.” (February 17, 1945)
Reference: source CPT C. S. Miller, A. C., Adjudant. cfr Archives Nationales
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1051

Event 4207 (8DD4244A)

Date: 2/17/1945
Location: Po Valley (Central), Italy
Description: Observed two very bright lights appear directly in front of aircraft; fired upon without result. (Page 137 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_262

Event 4208 (2913863C)

Date: 2/17/1945
Location: Massa and Po Valley (Central), Italy
Description: Red ball of fire that did not appear to be Jet A/C. (Page 137 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_263

Event 4209 (B9E93E94)

Date: 2/17/1945
End date: 2/18/1945
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Description: Multiple sightings:(1) blinking light; (2) reddish white light going off and on in spurts, faded out during chase; (3) light, a glow alternating between weak and (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_264

Event 4210 (3B90E9E5)

Date: 2/18/1945
Location: Gotha, Germany
Description: Disaster strikes during the third test flight of the H.IX V2 in Gotha, Germany. Erwin Ziller takes off without any problems to perform a series of flight tests. After about 45 minutes, at an altitude of around 800 meters, one of the Jumo 004 turbojet engines develops a problem, catches fire and stops. Ziller is seen putting the aircraft into a dive and pulling up several times in an attempt to restart the engine and save the precious prototype. He undertakes a series of four complete turns at a 20° angle. Ziller does not use his radio or eject from the aircraft. He already is unconscious as a result of the fumes from the burning engine. The aircraft crashes just outside the boundary of the airfield. Ziller is thrown from the aircraft on impact and dies from his injuries two weeks later. The prototype aircraft is completely destroyed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Horton Ho 229”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_690

Event 4211 (1A893C1C)

Date: 2/19/1945
Location: Czechoslovakia
Description: Austrian scientist Viktor Schauberger, working for the Third Reich, claimed that a “flying saucer” he invented underwent a significant test flight in Czechoslovakia shortly before the war in Europe concluded. This aircraft was tested and achieved a height of about 50,000 feet in three minutes and a horizontal speed of 1,364 miles per hour. The model for this craft was developed in collaboration with top engineers and analysts among the prisoners at Mauthausen concentration camp. Schauberger noted that, as he understood, the machine was ordered to be destroyed by General Keitel towards the war’s end. (Chapter 7, Ref 292. Note the author only lists as a reference “Internet posting”, with no URL provided.)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_284

Event 4212 (757D4E03)

Date: 2/21/1945
Location: Po Valley, Italy
Description: Alleged flares: cluster of 11 or more colored flares that remained motionless; cluster of 15 orange balls of fire. (Page 139-140 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_265

Event 4213 (BA1128F4)

Date: 2/21/1945
Location: Piacenza, Italy
Description: Two large red balls of fire; hovering. (Page 140 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_266

Event 4214 (26077B9E)

Date: 2/22/1945
Location: Leghorn (near), Italy
Description: Three lights red-orange in color that did not appear to be flares. (Page 141 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_267

Event 4215 (136672AA)

Date: 2/22/1945
Locations: Chichijima; Ogasawara (Bonin) Archipelago, Japan
Description: Night. A B-24 bomber flying near Chichijima in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Archipelago, Japan, sees an object trailing exhaust. It is also picked up on radar and follows the plane for about 20 miles before disappearing off the screen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_691

Event 4216 (9F0E7493)

Date: 2/27/1945
Location: Bologna, Italy
Description: Chased three lights in shape of triangle observed; no radar contact. (Page 141-142 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_268

Event 4217 (B71A2026)

Date: 3/1945
Location: USA, Belfast (Maine)
Description: (Translated from French) George P. Miller was hunting not far from Belfast when he saw an elongated object flying very slowly, swaying in an inclined position towards the ground. It headed towards a clearing and even broke some branches before landing. The witness found the UFO which had suffered no damage: the object stayed on the ground for a few moments then, with a buzzing sound, it began to spin on itself, releasing a multitude of silver threads. In a few seconds it rose and disappeared into the sky.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 273
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1053

Event 4218 (6D558BD1)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Between AUSTRIA and ITALY
Description: (Translated from French) As he was on his 37th mission above the Brenner Pass, the pilot of a B-25 saw a foo-fighter. The object came like a shooting star and stopped one meter away from the right wing of the aircraft. The size of a basketball and with a bright white color, the UFO accompanied the bomber for two to three minutes, then suddenly it left as it had come, speeding through the sky. Coincidentally, the next day, on his 38th mission, this plane was shot down above the Brenner. All the crew perished, except for the pilot, the main witness of this observation.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 273
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1054

Event 4219 (B0975C4B)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Aleutian Islands
Description: Object rises from ocean, circles ship, departs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_11

Event 4220 (10BE0AE4)

Date: 3/1945
Location: BRENNER PASS, AUSTR-ITL
Description: Small extremely fast white night light attaches / wing / military plane. Matches maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_528

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRENNER PASS,AUSTR-ITL:SML XFAST WHT NLT ATTACHES/WING/MIL.PLANE:MATCHES MNVRS”, LatLong: “47.000002 11.516667”, LatLongDMS: “47:00:00 N 11:31:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4221 (FC1CB2BA)

Date: 3/1945
Location: BELFAST, ME
Description: Saucer flies slow / tilt. Hits trees. Lands. Hums on takeoff. Silvery threads.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_529

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “BELFAST,ME:SCR FLIES SLO/TILT:HITS TREES:LANDS:HUMS ON TAKEOFF:SLVRY THREADS”, LatLong: “44.422224 -69.016670”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:20 N 69:01:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4222 (3850BA6D)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Admiralty Islands (near), At Sea
Description: (IFO-Venus) Sailors and Marines on the Battleship U.S.S. New York near the Admiralty Islands at 1:00 p.m. saw through binoculars and radar detected an object hovering overhead at about 20,000 feet. (Ref. 3; MUFON UFO Journal, No. 203, March 1985.) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 450300
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_269

Event 4223 (4657BC01)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Belfast, ME
Description: A man out hunting observed an elongated object flying very slowly, tilted toward the earth. It crashed into some trees at the end of a clearing. (Magonia #53, FS May., 59) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_270

Event 4224 (96A10260)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Unknown City, NM
Description: Object aluminum colored, 12 to 14 feet off ground, motionless ,swept away like dragonfly. (Page 142-143 Ref.1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_271

Event 4225 (C94D123B)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Aleutian Islands, At Sea
Description: Aboard the US attack transport “Delarof,” 14 sailors saw a dark sphere rise out of the ocean, follow a curved trajectory, and fly away after circling their ship. (Magonia #54, Evidence 30) [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, IV] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_272

Event 4226 (4C892457)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Belfast, Maine
Description: A man out hunting observed an elongated object flying very slowly, tilted toward the earth. It crashed into some trees at the end of a clearing. The enormous craft seemed undamaged as it rested briefly on the ground, then lifted again with a humming sound, started to spin, released a shower of fine silvery threads, and rose straight up, disappearing in seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS May., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_53

Event 4227 (DEAD8729)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Aleutian Islands
Description: Aboard the US attack transport “Delarof,” 14 sailors saw a dark sphere rise out of the ocean, follow a curved trajectory, and fly away after circling their ship.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 30 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_54

Event 4228 (C2D578F0)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: The K-25 gaseous diffusion plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, begins production.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “K-25”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_692

Event 4229 (431BD4F1)

Date: 3/1945
Location: wooded area near Belfast, Maine
Description: A man is squirrel hunting in a wooded area near Belfast, Maine, when he sees a huge, elongated object just above the trees. He runs after it, thinking it is a dirigible about to crash. The object crashes into the trees at the far edge of a clearing, splitting a huge pine tree down the middle. He smells burned rubber. The object seems to be as big as several B-36 bombers. As he stands there stunned, the lowest end of the craft begins to rise and he hears a humming sound of increasing intensity. After it rises to a horizontal position, it begins to spin faster and faster and the hum becomes very intense. Suddenly one end spews a shower of fine, silvery threads that glint in the sunlight. The object begins to change to a white metallic color and it takes off straight up at fantastic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “I Saw a Flying Saucer,” Flying Saucers, May 1959, pp. 6–18, 78; Clark III 1178–1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_693

Event 4230 (B8E6CB38)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Barto, Pennsylvania
Description: Ray Palmer travels to Barto, Pennsylvania, and spends a weekend with Richard Shaver and his wife. He witnesses Shaver’s channeling trances and the different voices describing the cavern world that he generates during his sleep.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Richard Sharpe Shaver”; Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, pp. 137–144; Clark III 872, 1069; Richard Toronto, War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction, McFarland, 2013; David Halperin, “The Shaver Mystery—Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Quest for Lemuria (Part 1),” July 4, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_694

Event 4231 (8E979BCF)

Date: 3/1945
Location: Dresden, Germany
Description: A resident observed a UFO hovering noiselessly in the sky. At first, they thought it was an airplane, but noted its round shape and absence of propellers or wings. The object was described as silvery-colored and flat, and it suddenly vanished as if it were a burst soap bubble. (Chapter 7, Ref. 266)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_258

Event 4232 (261BC29B)

Date: Early 3/1945
Location: GERMANY, Dresden
Description: (Translated from French) I had a clear view of the sky from my position. At first I thought it was an airplane, but as it got closer I saw that it was round and flat, not spherical, and it had neither propeller nor wings. It hovered silently in the sky and suddenly disappeared. Like a soap bubble bursting. The object had a silver color. It’s the way it disappeared that I can’t forget. It was still war time, so I talked about it with a friend, who confirmed having observed the same phenomenon. (1945, late March or early April)
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda Pufori, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1055

Event 4233 (F364A4F0)

Date: 3/3/1945
Location: Misburg, Germany
Description: Two balloon-like silver balls. (Page 143 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_273

Event 4234 (853FD063)

Date: 3/5/1945
Location: Either Holland or North Germany, Germany
Description: Two sightings: (1) large orange ball hanging in air; (2) similar ball that was moving horizontally at same altitude. (Page 145 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_274

Event 4235 (5A84DBCB)

Date: 3/9/1945
Location: North Fresian Islands, Germany
Description: Three lights; had the appearance of white flares dropped in air; called foo fighters. (Page 145-146 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_275

Event 4236 (3F75AE7F)

Date: 3/10/1945
Locations: Washington State; Hanford site of the Manhattan Project
Description: A Japanese Fu-Go balloon strikes a high-tension wire on the Bonneville Power Administration in Washington State. The balloon causes sparks and a fireball that results in the power being cut. Coincidentally, the largest consumer of energy on this power grid is the Hanford site of the Manhattan Project, which suddenly loses power. The officer in charge at Hanford, Col. Franklin Matthias, says “it shut down the plant cold, and it took us about three days to get it back up to full power again.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Franklin Matthias, “Japanese Balloon Bombs Fu-Go,” Atomic Heritage Foundation, August 10, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_695

Event 4237 (D643ADE8)

Date: 3/12/1945
Locations: Rhine River; Friedrichroda, Germany; Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha)
Description: Nearly a week after the US Army launches Operation Lumberjack to cross the Rhine River, the Ho 229 is included in the Jäger-Notprogramm (Emergency Fighter Program) for accelerated production of inexpensive “wonder weapons.” The prototype workshop is moved to the Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha) in Friedrichroda, Germany. In the same month, work commences on the third prototype, the Ho 229 V3.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Horton Ho 229”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_696

Event 4238 (47CF2DD7)

Date: 3/13/1945
Location: Bologna, Italy
Description: Two sightings: (1) 100 hundred balls of orange fire; (2) two balls of foo fire. (Page 147 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_276

Event 4239 (3895E373)

Date: Mid 3/1945
Location: Unknown City, New Guinea
Description: Object, silver in color, very shiny & much larger than the brightest star; unaffected by gunfire; departed upward at a fantastic rate of speed . (Page 151-152 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_281

Event 4240 (3C15164B)

Date: 3/17/1945
Location: Germany
Description: Nazis fired eleven V-2 missiles at a bridge, their first use against a tactical target and the only time they were fired on a German target during the war
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_165

Event 4241 (059D7408)

Date: 3/18/1945
Location: Florence, Italy
Description: Chased light, no radar contact, then light disappeared. (Page 148 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_277

Event 4242 (B720EE02)

Date: 3/18/1945
Description: Grierson writes to Samuel V. Boykin that the Air Ministry thinks the fireballs are either Me-262’s or flak rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_697

Event 4243 (E043B915)

Date: 3/18/1945
Location: 25 miles northwest of Florence, Italy
Description: Night. A 416th NFS crew is flying a Mosquito 25 miles northwest of Florence, Italy. Suddenly a light is flying alongside them at 13,000 feet. It doesn’t appear on the radar screen. The pilot turns the plane toward the light, keeping on its tail, pursuing at 260 mph and climbing to 16,000 feet. Suddenly the light disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 148
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_698

Event 4244 (5607BB85)

Date: 3/19/1945
End date: 3/20/1945
Location: Speyer, Germany
Description: Saw 2 Foo fighters; one orange and one greenballl. (Page 148 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_278

Event 4245 (FEEBF953)

Date: 3/20/1945
Time: 00:50
Location: NEAR SPEYER, GERMANY
Description: Several USAAF pilots. 2 spheres. 1 orange and 1 green. / Don Berliner and Huneeus rp.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_530

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr SPEYER,GERMANY:SVRL USAAF PILOTS:2 SPHERES:1 ORG+1 GRN:/BERLINER+HUNEEUS rp”, LatLong: “49.333336 8.416667”, LatLongDMS: “49:20:00 N 08:25:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4246 (4ADD4923)

Date: 3/22/1945
Location: New Guinea
Description: 1:00 p.m. The USS New York is off New Guinea preparing to rejoin the Seventh Fleet. Gunner Cpl. Donald Pratt is preparing for a Japanese attack when he sees a shiny silver object hovering directly over the battleship. It remains stationary over the ship for 30 minutes and is tracked on ship radar. Two antiaircraft guns fire on the object, but it does not move or seem affected. Capt. Kemp C. Christian Sr. orders the guns to stop. Immediately the object shoots up and away at a fantastic rate of speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 151–152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_700

Event 4247 (2099FB21)

Date: 3/23/1945
Location: Bergamo/Ghedi, Italy
Description: 2 balls of foo fire. (Page 150 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_279

Event 4248 (19575812)

Date: 3/23/1945
Location: Germersheim, Germany
Description: Stationary airborne object. (Page 150 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_280

Event 4249 (C910FA91)

Date: 3/24/1945
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Description: Multiple sightings: yellow ball of fire about 6 inches in diameter; orange and red flashes; six white balls of fire; grayish ball of fire about size of soccer ball; red ball of fire. (Page 152-153 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_282

Event 4250 (49217BAF)

Date: 3/25/1945
Time: ~22:00
Location: SOUTH / DARMSTADT, GERM
Description: 30 soldiers. 6-7 orange 1M disks maneuver / trees by camp. Slow and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_531

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “S/DARMSTADT,GERM:30 GIs:6-7 ORG.1M DISKS MNVR/TREES by CAMP:SLOW+SLNT:”, LatLong: “49.833336 8.666667”, LatLongDMS: “49:50:00 N 08:40:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “7”

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Event 4251 (6C16458C)

Date: 3/25/1945
Location: Mannheim and Darmstadt bt., Germany
Description: Six or seven circular, yellowish-orange objects, solid color, and brightness; apparently individually controlled. (Page 153-154 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_283

Event 4252 (5310F4E3)

Date: Late 3/1945
Location: Dresden, Germany
Description: At least two residents of Dresden, Germany, see a round, flat, silver-colored object without propellors or wings hovering silently in the air. It suddenly disappears like a “burst soap bubble.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Weltrundschau,” Weltraumbote, no. 32/22 (July/Aug. 1958): 14–15; Clark III 503
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_699

Event 4253 (EE5D79DE)

Date: 3/25/1945
Locations: Mannheim; Darmstadt, Germany
Description: Around 10:30 p.m. Company A of the US 44th Armored Infantry Battalion is bivouacked on a hill along the Autobahn between Mannheim and Darmstadt, Germany, when 6–7 circular, glowing, yellow-orange objects approach at 150 feet, roughly following the road. They are not in strict formation and seem individually controlled. John G. Norris recalled that after 5–6 minutes they are hidden by the trees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 153– 154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_701

Event 4254 (CDD8092C)

Date: 3/26/1945
Time: 22:00?
Location: IWO JIMA, JPN
Description: Night lights follow fighter. 200+RADAR blips going southwest / 650 kts. Chase. Nothing seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: PROJECT 1947 - UFO REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 1945
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_532

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “IWO JIMA,JPN:NLTS FOLO FIGHTER:200+RDR BLIPS >SW/650 kts:CHASE:nothing seen”, LatLong: “26.500001 128.000006”, LatLongDMS: “26:30:00 N 128:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RYU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4255 (F8A72DFE)

Date: 3/26/1945
Location: Iwo Jima, Japan
Description: During an air operation, Lieut. Calvin P. Lamb (pilot), Lieut. James G. Holmes (radar observer), and Sgt. John W. McIsaac (gunner) notice lights on an airborne object. The lights follow them through a few turns but move away as the crew orbits north of Iwo Jima, Japan. They give chase, obtaining a slight target on the aircraft radar, then the object pulls out of sight. A similar lighted object is again seen March 28 by Lieut. William F. Sill (pilot), Flight Officer George W. Hayden (radar observer), and PFC William Brasvell (gunner).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_702

Event 4256 (A58E2A23)

Date: 3/26/1945
Description: On this evening several lights followed a night fighter aircraft from the 549th NFS squadron over Iwo Jima, Japan, made a few turns, and had slight radar returns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947, citing the 549th NFS History
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1669

Event 4257 (B26F67F8)

Date: 3/26/1945
Description: In the Ruhr Valley, Germany a pink sphere (3’ in diameter) passed a RAF Spitfire XI fighter from the 541th Squadron at 340 mph at 11:00 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 7, citing Jan Aldrich, Project 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1670

Event 4258 (A52E606F)

Date: 3/27/1945
Location: Germany
Description: Final V-2 rockets used during WW2
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_166

Event 4259 (AC910BBB)

Date: 4/1945
Location: GERMANY
Description: (Translated from French) Gunner James V. Byrnes observed a “crystal ball” passing the B-24 bomber at less than 20 meters. Years later he confirmed to NICAP that it was not a hallucination at all.
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda UPORI, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1058

Event 4260 (5561B986)

Date: 4/1945
Time: 08:00?
Location: OVER LINZ, AUSTRIA
Description: Solid crystal ball paces B24 12M from gunner’s window.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_533

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ovr LINZ,AUSTRIA:SOLID CRYSTAL BALL PACES B24 12M from GUNNER’S WINDOW”, LatLong: “48.316669 14.300001”, LatLongDMS: “48:19:00 N 14:18:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “UPA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4261 (97671209)

Date: 4/1945
Locations: Okinawa, Japan; Ryukyu Islands
Description: During operations around Okinawa, Japan, the radar crew on the aircraft carrier USS Independence frequently notices strange radar returns that move at slow speeds (30–70 mph). Aircraft and destroyers sent to search for them never find anything. These radar ghosts are usually detected 25–30 miles away at an altitude of 1,500 feet, but occasionally 3,500 feet. The primary diagnostic for these false returns is their speed. The Navy nicknames them the “ghost of Nansei-shoto” after the Japanese name for the Ryukyu Islands, of which Okinawa is one.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 183–186
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_703

Event 4262 (216EB3C2)

Date: 4/1945
Location: Lemuria
Description: Ray Palmer publishes a second story by Richard Shaver, “Thought Records of Lemuria,” in the June issue of Amazing Stories. Here it is revealed that Shaver’s knowledge of the cave world and Lemuria isn’t really a “racial memory,” as the first story had asserted. Shaver, working in a factory, heard voices speaking to him, apparently through his welding gun.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard S. Shaver, “Thought Records of Lemuria,” Amazing Stories 19, no 2 (June 1945): 16–52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_704

Event 4263 (ABCB7356)

Date: 4/1/1945
Location: USA, Fort Bliss (Hueco Ran.)
Description: (Translated from French) FIRING OF 17 PRIVATE “F” ROCKETS BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND 13. (1945, April 1-13)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Wp. 251, Galcit Report
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1056

Event 4264 (40B5F17C)

Date: 4/3/1945
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Description: The records of the 20th Air Force reveal that as early as this date, flying from the Marianas on a night incendiary mission, some crews reported “Balls of Fire followed our aircraft.” (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_284

Event 4265 (2C9F3E64)

Date: 4/3/1945
End date: 4/4/1945
Location: Honshu, Japan
Description: Multiple balls of fire sightings: size of basketball; streamer of light behind the ball of fire; ball of fire emitting a steady phosphorescent glow; wing in connection with ball of fire &; amber colored searchlight; stream of fire emanating from object, twelve inches in diameter, followed through evasive action. (Page 157-158 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_285

Event 4266 (91B3A1DA)

Date: 4/3/1945
End date: 4/4/1945
Locations: US; Honshu, Japan
Description: US B-29 bombers over Honshu, Japan, encounter numerous balls of light tagging along with them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 157–159
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_705

Event 4267 (3C35332C)

Date: 4/7/1945
Time: 10:00
Location: NORTH SEA
Description: Bombing raid. Fuselage dives / 1000 planes. Stops / midair. Shoots going up / 2000mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_534

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NORTH SEA:BOMBING RAID:FUSELAGE DIVES/1000 PLANES:STOPS/MIDAIR:SHOOTS↑/2000mph”, LatLong: “52.000002 2.500000”, LatLongDMS: “52:00:00 N 02:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4268 (E860A652)

Date: 4/7/1945
Location: North Sea, At Sea
Description: A wingless object, able to stop in mid-flight and travel thousands of miles per hour. (Page 158-159 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_286

Event 4269 (3C2B4A6F)

Date: 4/7/1945
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Description: Ball of fire changing colors; orange to red. (Page 161 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_287

Event 4270 (4FB5F318)

Date: 4/7/1945
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Description: Walter and Reimar Horten, German designers associated with wingless aircraft, are arrested by US troops near Göttingen, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lance Cole, Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race, Pen & Sword, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_706

Event 4271 (03BB0D96)

Date: 4/10/1945
Locations: Jeffersontown, Kentucky; Fisherville
Description: 11:00 p.m. James L. Hendry sees from his porch in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a bright light that seems to be directly above Fisherville, 3 miles to the east. Its brightness fluctuates and it seems to be moving directly toward his location, casting a light beam downward. After 10 minutes, it goes out “like a snuffed candle.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A Meteor?” Louisville Times, April 14, 1945; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_707

Event 4272 (79E961FB)

Date: 4/10/1945
Locations: Manhattan Project; US
Description: As part of the Manhattan Project, 18 people in the US are injected with plutonium in doses ranging from 95 to 5,900 nanocuries without their knowledge or consent. The intent is to study how plutonium is absorbed into the digestive tract. The last experiment is conducted on July 18, 1947.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Unethical human experimentation in the United States”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_708

Event 4273 (67845251)

Date: 4/12/1945
End date: 1/20/1953
Location: Washington DC
Description: President Harry S. Truman in office
Type: historical event
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_164

Event 4274 (9637F228)

Date: 4/12/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Harry Truman is appointed President of the United States following the death of Franklin Roosevelt. (April 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_532

Event 4275 (1B0E9C5D)

Date: 4/12/1945
Location: Warm Springs, Georgia
Description: Roosevelt dies at Warm Springs, Georgia. Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_709

Event 4276 (F365F0A2)

Date: 4/17/1945
Location: Pacific
Description: Maj. Gen. James P. Hodges writes a memorandum to Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, saying that infrared devices are now available to take photographs of “balls of fire” in the Pacific.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_710

Event 4277 (6E9BCB76)

Date: 4/18/1945
Description: There were two radar-visual UFO reports on this day from the Far East near Iwo Jima. At three o’clock in the morning ground control radar made radar contact with an unknown radar target over the Pacific Ocean at a distance of 18 to 8 miles from the island. The gunner in a P-61B “Black Widow” aircraft attached to the 549th NFS squadron saw a yellow, star-like light approach and lose altitude. Radar contact was then lost. The gunner saw a second light, but no radar contact was made with it. At 4:15 a.m. Ground control again made radar contact with a target. The gunner of a P-61B plane saw a reddish, round light. Contact on the radar screen showed two blips engaging in evasive action, which soon outdistanced the P-61, one of the fastest propeller driven aircraft of its time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2103

Event 4278 (C96D41A4)

Date: 4/20/1945
Location: FRANCE, between Renève and Poyans
Description: (Translated from French) While Abbot X. was picking mushrooms around the path connecting Renève (Côte d’Or) to Poyans (Haute Saône), he suddenly saw an astonishing little person of 15 to 17 cm tall pass close to him, completely scared and out of breath. The tiny person had the exact proportions of a human being and was wearing a kind of bordeaux suit that also covered his hands and feet. He seemed to be aged 70 to 75, with grey hair and a sparse beard. A kind of thin, widened at the end, stick was coming out of his back and was exceeding his head by about 2 cm. No words were exchanged, the priest and the humanoid were staring at each other for a few seconds. Then, in the most absolute silence, the person disappeared into the nearby thicket. What or who was it? [IN REALITY: an investigation by the Dijon Association of Ufology and Parapsychology revealed in 1983 that it was a small pet monkey, dressed as a soldier by the soldiers of an African regiment.]
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 274
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1057

Event 4279 (431AD26A)

Date: 4/20/1945 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: RENEVE, FR
Description: Priest. 17cm perfect midget / grey hair and beard runs into forest. / r30p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_535

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RENEVE,FR:PRIEST:17cm PERFECT MIDGET/GRY HAIR+BEARD RUNS into FOREST:/r30p48”, LatLong: “47.405558 5.416667”, LatLongDMS: “47:24:20 N 05:25:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Côte-d’Or”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4280 (ED260FF5)

Date: 4/20/1945
Time: 21:30
Location: DAXIAN, SICHUAN, CH
Description: 30cm white fireball flies east going west. Slow enough to run outside and see…
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_536

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DAXIAN,SICHUAN,CH:30cm WHT FBL FLIES E>W:slow enough to run outside+see…”, LatLong: “31.366668 107.450005”, LatLongDMS: “31:22:00 N 107:27:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCH”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4281 (202DABDD)

Date: 4/20/1945
Description: A priest gathering mushrooms near Reneve, France around 6 p.m. saw a 17 cm tall midget with gray hair and a gray beard. It popped up less than a foot away and ran off into the forest. The tiny being wore dark-red coveralls with a pointed helmet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Henry-Jean Besset, Phenomenes Spatiaux, September 1975, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2150

Event 4282 (AC2C8AD5)

Date: 4/22/1945
Locations: Okinawa, Japan; Two miles
Description: The USS Lewis Hancock is northeast of Okinawa, Japan, when the SG radar picks up an unidentified target at 6 miles heading their way at 70–115 mph. Its movements are erratic. Two miles out, the ship identifies a “tight formation of more than fifty birds.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 184
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_711

Event 4283 (6F906CAA)

Date: 4/24/1945
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Description: The USS Audubon is headed for Okinawa, Japan, with US Army passengers and equipment. Radar operators pick up “unidentified aeroplanes” heading their way. The screens show a blip, alternately fuzzy and strong, some 8 miles away headed down the starboard side at 25 mph. Still, nothing can be seen visually, and the radar operator suggests that it is a flock of birds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 184–186
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_712

Event 4284 (B9CAF60F)

Date: 4/25/1945
Locations: Berchtesgaden, Germany; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Bavarian Alps; England
Description: 9:45 a.m. Acting Squadron Leader Kit Francis Williams of the RAF 617 Bomber Squadron is flying a Lancaster with 25 other aircraft to bomb Hitler’s headquarters at Berchtesgaden, Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. Just after a turn near Kaiserslautern, Germany, at 16,500 feet, Williams witnesses an object like a large woolly blanket that takes up his entire windshield. He thinks it could be as much as 4–5 miles wide. It moves vertically and is gone in an instant. Suddenly his aircraft loses its electrical power and loses one of its bombs. He and his bomber and engineer get severe headaches. They return to base in England after regaining power.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Basterfield, “Observation by Pilot over Germany, 1945,” Unidentified Aerial Phenomena—Scientific Research, November 14, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_713

Event 4285 (125E8092)

Date: 4/26/1945
Description: Gen. Curtis LeMay’s XXI Bomber Command’s Air Intelligence staff produces a 5-page report representing the most up-to-date information and theories on the balls of fire but cannot find a good explanation for them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 162–163
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_714

Event 4286 (1AA97AE9)

Date: 5/1945
Location: JAPAN, east of Okinawa
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of a Navy transport simultaneously observed an object in the shape of a cylinder and discs. This happened a quarter of a mile from their ship, in a clear sky without clouds, where suddenly the elongated object appeared. At first they thought it was a balloon. Then they saw that the cylinder was followed by three small discs of metallic appearance. The discs seemed to enter the cylinder which then took off at lightning speed. (1945, May or June)
Reference: “UFO’s, a century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 22
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1061

Event 4287 (FF1C9124)

Date: 5/1945 (approximate)
Time: 10:30
Location: ST. JAMES, MO
Description: 10M metallic disk over garage. Pseudo-human/entity / dome! Hums. Follows terrain going away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_537

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “332”, HatchDesc: “St.JAMES,MO:10M MTLC DISK ovr GARAGE:PSH/DOME!:HUMS:folos terrain going away”, LatLong: “37.994446 -91.616671”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:40 N 91:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4288 (C4EE8C87)

Date: 5/1945
Location: EVERY US B29 BASE IN MARIANAS ISLANDS
Description: Fireballs maneuver and follow bombers. Often far out to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_538

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “EVERY US B29 BASE in MARIANAS Isls:FBLS MNVR+FOLO BOMBERS:often far out to sea”, LatLong: “15.000001 145.000007”, LatLongDMS: “15:00:00 N 145:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4289 (690FEE18)

Date: 5/1945
Locations: Leonstein, Austria; Linz, Austria
Description: German scientist Viktor Schauberger, who has been using inmates from the Mauthausen concentration camp to help him develop new aircraft and submarine engines, is captured by Allied forces in Leonstein, Austria. Supposedly his devices and documents, which allegedly include a prototype flying saucer, are kept under lock and key. He is released in March 1946 and moves to Linz, Austria, but the Americans do not confiscate his workshop and laboratory materials, although they prohibit him from further military experimentation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Nazi UFOs”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_715

Event 4290 (8361335C)

Date: 5/2/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Wernher Von Braun and his team are recovered from the Dora-Mittlebau site by the Allies. (May 2)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_533

Event 4291 (34CA7E92)

Date: 5/2/1945
Location: Fala Island, Truk Atoll
Description: Two airborne objects & red circles of light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 450502
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_288

Event 4292 (E40854EE)

Date: 5/3/1945
Time: ~03:00
Location: FALA ISLAND, TRUK
Description: B29 crew. 2 red circles pace B24 through complex maneuvers going [to] Guam. 1 turns back.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_539

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “FALA Isl,TRUK:B29 CREW:2 RED CCLs pace B24 THRU CMPLX MNVRS>GUAM:1 turns back:”, LatLong: “7.500000 151.783341”, LatLongDMS: “07:30:00 N 151:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4293 (311F2BD6)

Date: 5/3/1945 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: EASTERN PFALZERWALD, GER
Description: Pilot / 415th Squadron. 5 orange fireballs / delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation. No further details. / r168p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: De TURRIS, G. & FUSCO, S.: OBIETTIVO sugli UFO (1975) pg. 37. per Edoardo Russo. Gives 03MAY45 date for Eastern Pfalzerwald FBL incident.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_540

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “EASTERN PFALZERWALD,GER:PILOT/415th SQDrn:5 ORG FBLS/DLT-FORMn:NFD:/r168p84”, LatLong: “49.250002 8.000000”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 08:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4294 (32B97558)

Date: 5/3/1945
Locations: Truk Atoll; Micronesia; Fala Island
Description: Early morning. Nine B-24’s with the 11th Bombardment Group’s 431st Squadron are heading out on a bombing mission against Japanese air installations on Truk [now Chuuk] Atoll in Micronesia. One plane over Fala Island sees two objects at their altitude of 11,000 feet, changing from cherry red to orange then white, then dying out and turning cherry red again. Both follow the B-24 through all sorts of evasive actions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “B-24 Sights Circles of Light,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 2 (September 1998): 8; Strange Company 163–165; NICAP, “May 2, Truk Atoll Sighting”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_716

Event 4295 (B3508E55)

Date: 5/3/1945
Description: In the predawn hours a US Army Air Force B-24 bomber flying over Fala Island in the Truk Atoll, the Pacific Ocean encountered two objects with red circles of light, changing color from cherry-red to orange to white lights, and then back to cherry again; they followed aircraft for over an hour while the bomber performed evasive maneuvers; there were no airborne radar returns picked up from the objects. On this evening five orange spheres flying in a triangular formation were sighted by a 415th NFS fighter pilot east of Pfalzerwald, Germany.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 8; (2) Richard Hall, From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), p. 25: Keith Chester, Strange Company: Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II, p. 163
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2463

Event 4296 (F29F199C)

Date: 5/5/1945
Locations: Gearhart Mountain; Bly; Southern Oregon; Tokyo, Japan
Description: A pregnant woman, Elsie Mitchell, and five children are killed when they discover a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb that has landed in the forest of Gearhart Mountain near Bly in southern Oregon. (Wikipedia, “Fu-Go balloon bomb”) May 23 and 25 — Night. In the wake of two B-29 raids on Tokyo, Japan, both nights, businessman Iomoyo Okado looks up from his air raid shelter and sees slow-moving “roundish objects, like hot cakes, about 20 square yards” in diameter, and silent. They are blue or gray in color.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Hot Cakes’ over Tokyo in 1945,” St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, July 12, 1947, p. 6; Clark III 503
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_717

Event 4297 (EC389D28)

Date: 5/7/1945
Time: ~07:00
Location: B17 / PORT LYAUTTEY GOING QUICKLY [TO] DAKAR, SINGLE
Description: Several observer(s). Shiny metal saucer seen several times. Hovers.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_541

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

Extra Data: Country: “Sahara”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “B17/PORT LYAUTTEY>>DAKAR,SNGL:SVRL OBS:SHINY MTL SCR SEEN SVRL TIMES:HVRS”, LatLong: “24.500001 -12.000001”, LatLongDMS: “24:30:00 N 12:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MAU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4298 (3EF1966F)

Date: 5/7/1945
Description: Several observers on a morning flight on a B-17 between Port Lyauttey, Mauritania and Dakar, Senegal sighted a shiny metallic saucer seen several times; it hovered.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harley D. Rutledge, Project Identification, p. 250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2611

Event 4299 (9017AA70)

Date: 5/14/1945
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Description: Red or flame-colored light, constant position, same size as B-29 landing light. (Page 166 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_289

Event 4300 (94C78978)

Date: 5/16/1945
Location: FRANCE, Saint Mexant (Corrèze)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:30 pm two inhabitants saw an elongated cone-shaped object, apparently 60 cm long. Of a metallic gray color, the object was moving at high altitude in a NW to SE direction. At its base two red and green lights could be distinguished.
Reference: in any case this case is not included in the catalogue of Figuet and Ruchon, who have done an excellent job
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Black-out on the S.V.” - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1059

Event 4301 (07AA9D05)

Date: 5/23/1945
Location: JAPAN, near Tokyo
Description: (Translated from French) There were several B-29 raids on Tokyo. A local businessman on the lookout to give the alarm, was able to observe on May 23rd and 25th each time two objects in the shape of discs of gray-blue color. He described them as “circular objects, flat like pancakes, with a diameter of about 20 yards. They passed over the city without emitting the slightest noise”. (1945, May 23rd and 25th)
Reference: “UFO’s, a century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 21-22
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1060

Event 4302 (D78789D6)

Date: 5/23/1945
Time: 23:40?
Location: TOKYO, JP
Description: Japanese and USAF. 15’ grey metal saucers chase B29s / bombing raids. Fast and maneuverable.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_542

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO,JP:JAPANESE+USAF:15’GRY MTL SCRS CHASE B29s/BOMBING RAIDS:FAST+MNVRBLE”, LatLong: “35.700002 139.766673”, LatLongDMS: “35:42:00 N 139:46:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4303 (92319CFE)

Date: 5/25/1945
Location: Atlantic Ocean, At Sea
Description: In early morning on a sunny day with intermittent clouds, a B-17 bomber was en route from Morocco to Dakar, Senegal. A silvery disc or ellipse was observed opposite the sun position, estimated to be 5 to 10 miles distant. The object paced the aircraft, hovering at times. (Ref. 3; Harley D. Rutledge, Project Identification, 1981, p. 251.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_290

Event 4304 (AEE34960)

Date: 5/25/1945
End date: 5/26/1945
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Fireball follows a B-29 of the 39th Bombardment Group for 50 miles (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 450525-26
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_291

Event 4305 (8A6B8CB2)

Date: 5/31/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Colonel Holger Toftoy’s last convoy of trucks leaves the Dora-Mittlebau site, just a few hours before the arrival of Soviet troops. The seized items are first sent to Antwerp, then transported by boat to New Orleans, to finish their secret transit within the Redstone Arsenal in the state of Alabama. To calm the anger of the Soviets, the Americans promise to return what they have taken but instead send a shipment of defective tractor parts. The immediate outcome of the 2nd World War gave the feeling of a relative understanding between Russians and Americans. This bold operation is one of the many incidents that will feed the underground soil of a terrible Cold War. (May 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_534

Event 4306 (5B1F9FC0)

Date: 6/1945 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: OKINAWA
Description: Plane crew. 3 disks orbit large cylinder/cylindrical object. Enter cylinder/cylindrical object and cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly [to] going [to] away. / Letter going [to] NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_543

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OKINAWA:PLANE CREW:3 DISKS ORBIT LRG CYL:ENTER CYL+CYL >>> away:/Letter>NICAP”, LatLong: “26.683335 127.733339”, LatLongDMS: “26:41:00 N 127:44:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OKN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4307 (2F562D1B)

Date: 6/1/1945
Description: The Army Air Force approves a Northrop-recommended change for installing eight jet engines in each of two modified YB-35 piston-driven flying wings, which are redesignated YB-49s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-49”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_721

Event 4308 (98095E86)

Date: 6/1/1945
Locations: Morganton, North Carolina; Lake James
Description: 7:30 p.m. A shiny, tubular object, 5–6 feet long, is observed over Morganton, North Carolina. It streaks toward the northwest, blue flame shooting from the rear. After it vanishes in the mountains near Lake James, witnesses hear an explosion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Mystery of Unidentified Flying Objects—A Prelude, 1896–1949, The author, 1971, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_722

Event 4309 (41F0DD88)

Date: 6/5/1945 (approximate)
Time: 14:00
Location: MARSHALL TO/FROM/BETWEEN CAROLINE ISLANDS
Description: 25+observer(s). 60M silver balloon follows military V-ship / 5 hours. 35k’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_544

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MARSHALL<>CAROLINE Isls:25+OBS:60M SLVR BALLOON FOLOS MIL. V-SHIP/5hrs:35k’alt”, LatLong: “9.000000 -160.000008”, LatLongDMS: “09:00:00 N 160:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ISL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4310 (9C3D728D)

Date: 6/9/1945
Locations: Pacific Theatre; Truk
Description: XXI Bomber Command Air Intelligence issues an Air Intelligence Report on the balls of fire in the Pacific Theatre. The Truk sighting is attributed to an unknown Japanese experimental aircraft, though not a jet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 177–180
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_723

Event 4311 (5AE1B868)

Date: 6/18/1945
Location: Unknown City, Japan
Description: A fluctuating light round in shape that changed from bright red, to dim orange. (Page 180 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_292

Event 4312 (5ACB9ACD)

Date: 6/19/1945
Location: Unknown City, Japan
Description: B-29 followed by strong white light. (Page 180 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_293

Event 4313 (35713161)

Date: 6/19/1945
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: One bright ball of fire; no fuselage or any wings. (Page 180 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_294

Event 4314 (C619ABC9)

Date: 6/20/1945
Description: (Translated from French) At Sørreisa (Norway), E. P. B. heard a whistling sound and tried to find its origin. He saw 5 dark objects (which he initially thought were cannonballs or something else) moving very quickly, faster than any 1945 aircraft. Seen against a high cloud cover, the objects always kept the same distance between them. They were observed for 15 to 20 seconds, going further and further away, all the time following a wavy trajectory. (After June 20)
Reference: [Letters from E. P. B., March 15, 1983, April 18, 1983] [UFO report form, April 18, 1983]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_535

Event 4315 (817C7A9F)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: Hanford, WA
Description: Ensign Rolan D. Powell and 5 others, while stationed at US Naval Air Station in Pasco WA, were scrambled in their F6F Hellcats to intercept unknown flying craft the size of three aircraft carriers. These craft where hovering at high altitude above the top-secret Plutonium production facility in Hanford, WA. Pilots were ordered above 42k feet, well above their rated ceiling, but were unable to reach the unknown craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: “Alien Base”, Timothy Good, page 152 (photos)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_87

Event 4316 (2DD89DA6)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: AT SEA, near the Aleutian Islands
Description: (Translated from French) (or March?) 14 members of the crew of the USAf Delarof saw a dark spherical object emerge from the water. The thing made a turn in the air around the boat before flying away. (Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels) This event is mentioned as dating from the summer of 1945, then again in March 1945, by: (Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 169, 306) 1945, Summer: At sea, off Adak. The incident was observed by members of the crew of the U.S. Delarof, loaded with ammunition and supplies for Alaska. The witness, author of the report, recently interviewed was Robert S. Crawford, now geological consultant to the Indiana Soil Testing Laboratory of Griffith, Indiana. Crawford is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and, while he was studying, he reported his observation to Professor N.N. Kohanowski, Department of Geology, also advisor to the NICAP … The Delarof incident occurred in the summer of 1945 while Crawford was serving on board as a military radio. The boat, returning to Seattle, was off after Adak. The sun was setting and Crawford was standing on the starboard side, near the radio cabin, when he heard crew members shouting. He turned around and saw a large round object that had just emerged from the sea. (Several crew members even saw the UFO appear under the sea, about a mile from the Delarof.) The unknown craft, silhouetted darkly against the setting sun, rose almost vertically for a few moments, then curved its flight to come horizontal and began to circle the boat. All the observers were convinced that it was a very large object. Comparing it to the width of a finger held at arm’s length, Crawford estimated that it must have been 45 to 75 m in diameter. Turning around the Delarof, the object was within easy reach of its guns. But the gunners did not shoot, while watching for any sign of hostility. The UFO made two or three turns around the boat, flying regularly and without any noise. All the witnesses estimated that it was self-propelled; otherwise the strong wind would have visibly affected its movements. After several minutes, the flying object disappeared towards the south or south-southwest. Suddenly the crew saw three flashes of light coming from the place where it had disappeared. (1945, Summer)
Reference: Yvan T. SANDERSON: “The Invisibles under the Seas” Albin Michel p.49-50
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1052

Event 4317 (A1D9654A)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: JAPAN, Okinawa
Description: (Translated from French) William A. Mandell was then a captain of artillery and stationed to the north of Okinawa. From their bivouac they were facing east of the China Sea. One evening, by moonlight, he suddenly saw a patch of light coming from the south, flying parallel to the coast. As it got closer he clearly saw the phenomenon, in the shape of a cigar, with a single light at its end. This object passed about 350 m from him, at an altitude of less than 200 meters relative to the sea, since Mandell was at 200 m altitude and saw the thing at eye level. The object was 10 to 15 meters long, with a diameter of 2 m to 2 m 50. It had no wings, no propellers, no portholes, or other openings. It moved in a gentle and constant manner, and silently. (1945, Summer)
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda PUFORI, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1065

Event 4318 (2721DCB5)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: Aleutian Islands, At Sea
Description: Crew saw large round object emerging from sea; 150-20 feet in diameter; object circled ship; three white flashes observed in direction object departed. (Page 188- 189 Ref.1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_295

Event 4319 (499B6068)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: After 5:00 p.m. Future ufologist Ann Druffel is on a bus returning from her summer job in Long Beach, California, when she sees out of the left-hand window a bright, stationary, yellowish-white light in the northeastern sky. It looks like Venus but has a yellow color. She gets off the bus and still watches it, walking home. Soon she sees it is moving slowly to the northwest. She gets her mother to view it as well. Druffel thinks it is too high to be a coastal defense balloon. Druffel watches it for 90 minutes, after which it takes on some “activity.” Some 10–15 pieces of light begin separating from it, fading from view after moving several diameters away from the large object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ann Druffel, “UFO Sightings by UFO Researchers: The ‘Inaccessible Cases,’” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 139 (September 1979), pp. 14–15; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_718

Event 4320 (031DCEE4)

Date: Summer 1945
Location: Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Description: Future ufologist Illobrand von Ludwiger sees an object like a black plate, whose diameter is one-eighth that of the Moon, flying against the wind below the clouds, in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 357
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_719

Event 4321 (9FA002DE)

Date: Summer 1945
Locations: Adak; Aleutian Islands; Alaska
Description: Radioman Robert S. Crawford and 13 other sailors aboard the US Army Transport Delarof see a large, dark sphere rise out of the ocean east of Adak in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The UFO, showing darkly against the setting sun, climbs almost straight up for a few moments, then it arcs into level flight, and circles the ship two or three times. All the observers are convinced it is a large object. Crawford estimates the UFO is 150–250 feet in diameter. The gun crews hold their fire. After several minutes, it disappears to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large Object Emerges from Sea near the Delarof”; “The Question of Submerging UFO’s,” UFO Investigator 4, o. 5 (March 1968): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_720

Event 4322 (5C4CFC09)

Date: 6/26/1945
Location: New York City
Description: United Nations charter signed, goes into full force on 10/24/1945
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_167

Event 4323 (0EFD3B4C)

Date: 7/1945
Location: Hanford AEC Plant, WA
Description: UFO over AEC plant tracked by radar, F84’s scrambled (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 450700
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_296

Event 4324 (E67905C8)

Date: 7/1945
Locations: Tinian; Northern Marianas; Japan; Iwo Jima
Description: The 9th Bombardment Group on Tinian in the Northern Marianas: “During our night missions in June and July a UFO phenomenon was reported. Our air crews started sighting balls of fire, i.e., glowing objects about the size of a full moon which flew around in the vicinity of our flying patterns over Japan. One of our crews reported that one of the objects followed their airplane halfway to Iwo Jima. I saw them on two missions. I don’t remember any reports of any hostile action by these objects and the reports of sightings stopped after a couple of months. The object of these reports was dismissed by some experts as the planet Venus. And, after these reports started coming in, some crews did mistake the rising full moon as one of these balls of fire. Some reports speculated that these balls of fire were exhausts from a Japanese development called a Baka Bomb, but exhaust flames can only be seen from the rear; and these objects appeared to have the same size and intensity in whatever direction they were traveling. I have never heard of any official assessment as to what these objects were. I had an occasion to ask General LeMay about them several years after the war and he had no explanation. I am sure that what I saw was neither Venus nor the moon nor a Baka Bomb.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 24; Henry C. Huglin, “Group Commander’s Reminiscences,” in Lawrence S. Smith, et al., History of the 9th Bombardment Group (VH), 9th Bomb Group Association, 1995, pp. 27–28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_724

Event 4325 (1E075738)

Date: 7/1945
Locations: northern Okinawa, Japan; South China Sea
Description: In northern Okinawa, Japan, on a bluff looking toward the South China Sea, Artillery Capt. William A. Mandel sees a cigar-shaped object with a lighted tail moving at eye level at about 200 –300 mph at an elevation of no more than 400 feet. He estimates its length at 30–40 feet and its diameter at 6–8 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_725

Event 4326 (EC614E20)

Date: 7/1945
Locations: Selfridge Field; Selfridge Air National Guard Base; Mount Clemens, Michigan
Description: When several balloon-shaped objects appear above Selfridge Field [now Selfridge Air National Guard Base] near Mount Clemens, Michigan, the base commander asks for a volunteer to attack them as possible Japanese balloon bombs. Jean Kisling, serving with a Free French Air Force detachment as an instructor on P-47 Thunderbolts, accepts the challenge. He chases one “well beyond the service ceiling of the P-47D” and opens fire with 8 machine guns. The object shoots away sideways on edge, leaving a contrail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_726

Event 4327 (C508147B)

Date: 7/1945
Location: Japan
Description: Nazi Germany reportedly sent high-tech weapons, including disassembled V-1 guided missiles and jet fighter planes, to its ally Japan via long-range submarines. Most of these arrived too late to be significantly duplicated by Japan during the war. Relevant to UFO discussions is a story shared by the son of a Japanese aircraft industry technician. In mid-1945, after Germany’s war had ended, a large German transport submarine delivered to Japan two unique, spherical, wingless devices. Japanese researchers assembled these machines based on German instructions, resulting in a wingless, ball-shaped flying device with unknown operation mechanisms. Upon ignition, the first machine roared into the sky and was never seen again. Startled by the device’s unexpected power, the engineers destroyed the second prototype with dynamite and decided to forget the incident. This described device closely aligns with descriptions of the ball of light variant of foo fighters. (Chapter 7, Ref 294)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_286

Event 4328 (4D179612)

Date: 7/1945
Location: Argentina
Description: After World War II, unusual U-boat activity was observed in the South Atlantic. Two German submarines docked in Argentina carrying incomplete cargoes of cigarettes and liquor. The crews were evasive about their last mission. Another German U-boat appeared in Argentina, but this time, its men and cargo vanished. The U.S. ambassador believed they had parts of Germany’s secret weapons. Despite tracking $400 million of Nazi funds to Argentina, they found a lack of cooperation from the local government, leading to many unanswered questions about the extent of Nazi infiltration in the region. (Chapter 8, Ref 325)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_315

Event 4329 (65FD6F55)

Date: 7/1/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the T-2 department within the AAF, initiating the movement towards a balanced integration between engineering and technical air intelligence. (July 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_536

Event 4330 (07A4F14A)

Date: 7/1/1945
Description: The Air Technical Service Command is moved into T-2 Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_727

Event 4331 (9381FCA2)

Date: 7/2/1945
Location: Unknown City, Japan
Description: Several balls of fire much larger than supercharger glow, but of somewhat the same color. (Page 182-183 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_297

Event 4332 (886EF13B)

Date: 7/3/1945
Location: USA, Goldstone Range
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCH OF WAC CAPORAL “BABY” (1945, July 3-5)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Wp. 251, Galcit Report
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1062

Event 4333 (C1795BC1)

Date: 7/4/1945
Location: Yokohama (near), Japan
Description: "After coming away from our bomb drop, we saw the UFO’s. I especially recall seeing two groups of them in single file. One group of six were lower than we were and coming towards us from the front, their heading taking them off to or left. The other group was more distant and headed in the opposite direction, but were at about our level. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 450704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_298

Event 4334 (705BECA8)

Date: 7/7/1945
Location: Sasebo, Japan
Description: Foo fighter; a big ball of fuzzy orange-red light; B-29 fired on object, appearing to hit with no affect. (Page 186 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_299

Event 4335 (C704EC28)

Date: 7/12/1945
Location: Honshu, Japan
Description: Light Phenomenon.Spotted enemy aircraft apparently trailed by large orange light traveling with it at same speed. (Page 186-187 Ref.1) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_300

Event 4336 (5FF2598F)

Date: 7/15/1945?
Time: ~12:00
Location: HANFORD, WA
Description: RADAR-visual (observation). Huge red saucer / RADAR / 20km altitude. 6 6F6s can’t reach. / LDLN#343+/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 344)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_545

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “HANFORD,WA:RDR-VIS:HUGE RED SCR/RDR/20km alt:6 6F6s CANT REACH:/LDLN#343+/r150”, LatLong: “46.583336 -119.400006”, LatLongDMS: “46:35:00 N 119:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4337 (621B1E99)

Date: Mid 7/1945
Location: Unknown City, WA
Description: Object was very bright and had saucer-like appearance; was the size of three aircraft carriers, side-by side, oval shaped, very streamlined like a stretched-out egg and, and pinkish in color; Hovered in fixed position and then went straight-up and disappeared. (Page 188 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_301

Event 4338 (73A9E855)

Date: Mid 7/1945
Locations: Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington; Hanford facility
Description: Noon. Pilot Rolan D. Powell and five other F6F Hellcat pilots at Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington, are scrambled after radar reports a fast-moving object over the nearby Hanford facility. They see a bright object with a saucer-like appearance at. It is the size of three aircraft carriers, side-by side, oval shaped, very streamlined like a stretched-out egg and, and pinkish in color. It hovers in a fixed position at 65,000 feet and then goes straight up and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Huge Saucer over Nuclear Reactor—Radar/Visual”; Strange Company 188; Patrick Gross, “Alleged UFO Intercept Attempt at Hanford Nuclear Plant, July 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_729

Event 4339 (00D98E52)

Date: Mid 7/1945
Location: Hanford, Washington
Description: A UFO displayed interest in a then-secret nuclear facility producing ingredients for atomic bombs. Fighter planes from a nearby station were dispatched to intercept the large UFO hovering over the plant. Though the object was too high to reach, the pilots closely observed it. One pilot described it as “nothing I’ve ever seen before,” while another noted vapor emanating from portholes or vents. The UFO was described as the size of three aircraft carriers side by side, oval-shaped, streamlined like a stretched-out egg, and pinkish in color. (Chapter 7, Ref. 245)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_236

Event 4340 (8C5D5995)

Date: 7/16/1945
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: First atomic bomb test “Trinity”, 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, NM (now part of the White Sands Missile Range)
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_168
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 18.6

Event 4341 (648FE561)

Date: 7/16/1945
Location: ATOMIC BOMB
Description: (Translated from French) THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN THE DESERT OF ALAMOGORDO IN NEW MEXICO.
Reference: “UFO’s, A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 22
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1063

Event 4342 (51423237)

Date: 7/16/1945
Description: (Translated from French) First test of the atomic bomb at Trinity (Operation Trinity). (July 16, 5:30am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_537

Event 4343 (A140A694)

Date: 7/16/1945
Description: (Translated from French) At Vetis (Romania), an old farmer observed for several nights in a row a cloud moving towards the ground above his field. The cloud was bright red and approached close to the fences. At one fence, two illuminated clouds appeared, moving towards each other, stopping, and then suddenly disappearing. Several people at a distance reported thinking the lights of the object were the lights of their homes and that they were deceived on their way home.
Reference: Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO’s Behind the Iron Curtain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_538

Event 4344 (A90E9A2D)

Date: 7/16/1945
Time: 05:40
Location: TRINITY SITE, NM (WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS)
Description: 1st a-bomb test successful.
Type: sighting
Reference: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ( various, unreferenced. ) (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_546

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “15”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1409”, HatchDesc: "TRINITY SITE,NM (WHITE SANDS Prv Gnds):1ST A-BOMB TEST SUCCESSFUL. ", LatLong: “33.694446 -106.472227”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:40 N 106:28:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4345 (07FB2A07)

Date: 7/16/1945
Time: 11:29:21.0
Location: 33.6753 -106.4747
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Trinity” Yield: 21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_0

Extra Data: LatLong: “33.6753 -106.4747”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:31 N 106:28:29 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.03”, NukeName: “Trinity”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “21”

Event 4346 (0E75F973)

Date: 7/16/1945
Locations: Trinity site; White Sands Missile Range; Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: The first detonation of a nuclear weapon (an implosion-style plutonium-based bomb) takes place at the Trinity site on what is now the White Sands Missile Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico. At this time, the bomb’s price tag, adjusted for inflation, is $28 billion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Trinity (nuclear test)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_728

Event 4347 (772B2B68)

Date: 7/20/1945
Time: 10:50
Location: HOUDAIN, FR
Description: Fast silent metallic cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly southeast. Shoots flames / front. No trail. Surface glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_547

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HOUDAIN,FR:FAST SLNT MTLC CGR>>SE:SHOOTS FLAMES/FRONT:NO TRAIL:SURFACE GLOWS”, LatLong: “50.450002 2.550000”, LatLongDMS: “50:27:00 N 02:33:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4348 (C181CD12)

Date: 7/20/1945?
Time: 17:00
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: Ann Druffel. Night lights exit large object / high altitude. Finally going west. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v37#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_548

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:ANN DRUFFEL:NLTS EXIT LRG OBJ/hi alt:FINALLY >W:/FSR v37#4”, LatLong: “33.800002 -118.183339”, LatLongDMS: “33:48:00 N 118:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4349 (19C0EFA6)

Date: 7/20/1945
Description: The Joint Chiefs of Staff establish Operation Overcast, a forerunner to Project Paperclip, a secret recruitment program to aid in postwar military research. The Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency is established to conduct the operation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Paperclip”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_730

Event 4350 (5D19F8DE)

Date: 7/20/1945
Description: At 10:50 a.m. a fast moving, silent cigar-shaped object flew over Houdain, France. Its surface was glowing, it had flames shooting from its front, and it left no contrail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, p. 156
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4219

Event 4351 (F5A67FC1)

Date: 7/21/1945
Location: NORWAY, Sorreisa
Description: (Translated from French) E.P.B. heard a kind of whistling and went out to see what was causing it. He saw in the sky five dark objects, which he took for shells. They flew very fast, much faster than an aircraft of 1945 could do. The sky was covered with clouds, and the 5 objects stood out well against them, keeping the same distance between them and staying in the same formation. They were observed for 10 to 15 seconds, constantly moving away, on a wavy trajectory. (1945, July 21 or 22)
Reference: Letters from E.P.B., 15 Mar 1983, 18 Apr 1983. Ole Johnny Braenne’s UFO REPORT FORM, 18 Apr 1983
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1064

Event 4352 (2A7A89DA)

Date: 7/24/1945
Description: President Truman discloses to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that the United States has atomic weapons. Stalin feigns little surprise, since he already knows this through espionage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gene Dannen, “Truman Tells Stalin, July 24, 1945”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_731

Event 4353 (01ABD7DE)

Date: 8/1945
Location: FINLAND, Langelmavesi
Description: (Translated from French) Just before 5 o’clock, Ilona Johansson Paasonen was awoken by a strong light. She pulled the curtain to see what it was. From the shore of Shalahti, a dazzling sphere of about 10m in diameter was approaching quickly. She threw herself to the ground, on her back, waiting for the end, as she believed that this ball of fire would destroy everything. Surprised that the collision did not occur, she got up after a few minutes and took a look: the ball of fire had disappeared. But about 300m away, an object shaped like a tree trunk was slowly gliding on the water and approaching the shore. About 2 meters from the jetty stood a strange gray animal that seemed to be in terror. It was standing on its claws, it suddenly turned its head and she saw sharp teeth in the open mouth. Then the tree trunk arrived near the jetty and she saw that it was a narrow boat like a canoe: at the bow stood a tall man of handsome bearing, he was wearing a greenish suit. The boat pivoted a bit and she saw another man operating a motor inside a large transparent bulb. The “Lapp dog” no longer seemed afraid and was leaving. (Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that announce the Superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 56, 57) (…) (August 1945)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.50
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1069

Event 4354 (8A5B521F)

Date: 8/1945
Description: (Translated from French) At Vulcânesti, Criova (Romania), on a clear and warm night, a train station watchman named C. Tîrulescu is on duty. After stopping the train he goes to the office to telephone. As he returns to the platform, everything behind him lights up. He turns around and sees a large red object in the sky, bigger than the Moon and much brighter. It is above the horizon and heading west, at a distance of 70 to 80 m. The train station guard also sees it. By the time Tîrulescu goes inside to get his colleague and comes back outside, the object is gone. (August)
Reference: Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO’s Behind the Iron Curtain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_539

Event 4355 (CDCBBD80)

Date: 8/1945 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / ADAK ISLAND, AK
Description: 60M sphere/orb/globe going up / sea. Circles ammunition ship Delarof. Going quickly south. 3 flashes. / r242p129.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_549

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SE/ADAK Isl,AK:60M ORB ↑/SEA:CCLS AMMO SHIP DELAROF:>>S:3 FLASHES:/r242p129”, LatLong: “51.666669 -176.000008”, LatLongDMS: “51:40:00 N 176:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4356 (3CBB2099)

Date: 8/1945 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: VETIS, ROMANIA
Description: Farmers. 1M glowing-clouds follow farm fences by border / Hungary.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_550

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “174”, HatchDesc: “VETIS,ROMANIA:FARMERS:1M GLOW-CLOUDS FOLO FARM FENCES by BORDER/HUNGARY”, LatLong: “47.816669 22.750001”, LatLongDMS: “47:49:00 N 22:45:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4357 (34F1F9FB)

Date: 8/1945
Time: ~23:50
Location: VILCANESTI, ROMANIA
Description: Train stops. Big sphere/orb/globe lights whole station area. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_551

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VILCANESTI,ROMANIA:TRAIN STOPS:BIG ORB LITES WHOLE STATION AREA:>W”, LatLong: “44.350002 23.950001”, LatLongDMS: “44:21:00 N 23:57:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OLT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4358 (FE3E230E)

Date: 8/1945
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Description: Cigar-shaped, metallic, and without markings or visible openings, and 35 to 50 feet in length. (Page 189-190 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_302

Event 4359 (513A1514)

Date: 8/1945
Description: The Army Signal Security Agency persuades ITT, RCA, and Western Union to continue the wartime cable intercept program, both foreign and domestic, now called Project SHAMROCK. No courts, no warrants. It remains secret from Congress and the President.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project SHAMROCK”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_732

Event 4360 (D2776CD2)

Date: 8/1945
Location: lake Längelmävesi, Finland
Description: 5:00 a.m. Ilona Johansson-Paasonen, staying in a sauna along lake Längelmävesi, Finland, wakes up and sees a 35-foot dazzling ball of fire streaking in her direction along the opposite shore. She throws herself to the floor, but when nothing happens she looks outside and sees a big dog, frozen in terror, its gaze fixed on the lake and a dark log-like object, 6 feet long, gliding through the water with a tall, slender man at the prow. He is dressed in a green coverall. On the other side another man sits steering an engine enclosed within a big glass bulb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ilona Johansson- Paasonen, “Humanoideja Längelmävedellä?” Vimana 1970, no. 3/4, pp. 22–24; Ilona Johansson-Paasonen, “Humanoids at Längelmävesi,” FSR Case Histories 13 (February 1973): 3–4; Clark III 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_733

Event 4361 (266169CA)

Date: 8/5/1945
Time: 23:16:02.0
Location: 34.3947114 132.4543816
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “littleboy” Yield: 15KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1

Extra Data: LatLong: “34.3947114 132.4543816”, LatLongDMS: “34:23:41 N 132:27:16 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “littleboy”, NukeSource: “TCARTER”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “15”

Event 4362 (E16B69BF)

Date: 8/6/1945
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Description: First atomic bomb attack at Hiroshima, Japan. 20,000 soldiers killed, 70,000–126,000 civilians killed.
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_169
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 16

Event 4363 (4484E0B6)

Date: 8/6/1945
Location: JAPAN, Hiroshima
Description: (Translated from French) AN AMERICAN B-29 SUPERFORTRESS DROPS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB. – THERE WILL BE A SECOND ONE
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1066

Event 4364 (468C2247)

Date: 8/6/1945
Time: 08:10
Location: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
Description: 1st a-bomb in warfare destroys city.
Type: sighting
Reference: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ( various, unreferenced. ) (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_552

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “15”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “HIROSHIMA,JAPAN:1ST A-BOMB IN WARFARE DESTROYS CITY:”, LatLong: “34.400002 132.450006”, LatLongDMS: “34:24:00 N 132:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4365 (E84BB529)

Date: 8/6/1945
Locations: Hiroshima, Japan; Enola Gay
Description: 8:15 a.m. An atomic bomb (a fission weapon containing 64 kilograms of Uranium-235, Little Boy) is detonated 1,900 feet above Hiroshima, Japan, by the Enola Gay. The weapon is considered very inefficient, with only 1.7% of its material fissioning, but it is enough to obliterate the city. Some 78,000 people die instantly or immediately afterward in the firestorm. By the end of the year, another 25,000 will also sicken and die from radiation exposure.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_734

Event 4366 (2E755083)

Date: 8/7/1945
Location: Hanford Engineer Works in Washington
Description: During a press conference with the Seattle Times, Col. Franklin Matthias, officer in charge at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington, admits the plant has had problems with aerial intrusions, but that radar has been installed and an arrangement made with the Navy to intercept any unidentified aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, “UFOs over Hanford: Commander R. W. Hendershot”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_735

Event 4367 (25C19C0D)

Date: 8/9/1945
Location: Nagasaki, Japan
Description: Second atomic bomb attack at Nagasaki, Japan. 39,000–80,000 killed, At least 150 soldiers killed.
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_170
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 21

Event 4368 (7BC53FE5)

Date: 8/9/1945
Time: 11:00
Location: NAGASAKI, JAPAN
Description: Plutonium bomb destroys city. 2nd of 2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ( various, unreferenced. ) (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_553

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “15”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “NAGASAKI,JAPAN:PLUTONIUM BOMB DESTROYS CITY:2nd OF 2:”, LatLong: “32.800002 129.883340”, LatLongDMS: “32:48:00 N 129:53:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4369 (285D14A1)

Date: 8/9/1945
Time: 01:58:00.0
Location: 32.7731273 129.8617014
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “fatman” Yield: 21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_2

Extra Data: LatLong: “32.7731273 129.8617014”, LatLongDMS: “32:46:23 N 129:51:42 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “fatman”, NukeSource: “TCARTER”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “21”

Event 4370 (38210C24)

Date: 8/9/1945
Locations: Nagasaki, Japan; Urakami Valley
Description: 11:01 a.m. Another atomic bomb (an implosion-type plutonium weapon, Fat Man) is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by Bockscar. Although the bomb is more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima, its effects are confined by hillsides to the narrow Urakami Valley. At least 35,000–40,000 people are killed, and 60,000 others are injured.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_736

Event 4371 (B983D886)

Date: 8/10/1945?
Time: 22:00?
Location: 950KM ESE / KYUSHU, JPN
Description: USS Bradford. Red-white glowing-object going quickly south / 5000kph. 90° turn going quickly west and quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_554

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “950km ESE/KYUSHU,JPN:USS BRADFORD:RED-WHT GLOW-OBJ >>S/5000kph:90°TURN>>W+↑↑”, LatLong: “28.000001 141.500007”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 N 141:30:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4372 (C69A6446)

Date: 8/10/1945
Locations: East Paterson [now Elmwood Park], New Jersey; Clifton, New Jersey
Description: 3:00 a.m. Pianist Doris La Fountain is driving home along Market Street after finishing a concert at a night club in East Paterson [now Elmwood Park], New Jersey. She is accompanied by music store proprietor Thomas Brino and James Shaw of Clifton, New Jersey. For about 5 minutes they watch a brilliant red and green rectangular object maneuver at ground level about 70 feet away. It shoots off into the sky and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seeing Saucer Sweet Music to a Pianist,” New York Daily News, September 8, 1957, Passaic-Bergen Sec., p. 22; Lore and Deneault, p. 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_737

Event 4373 (621CC3CC)

Date: 8/16/1945
Location: San Antonio, NM
Description: “Trinity” Crash Retrieval near San Antonio, NM
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_171

Event 4374 (0BC9BE56)

Date: 8/16/1945
Location: San Antonio, New Mexico
Description: A UFO allegedly crashes near San Antonio, New Mexico, and is discovered by Jose Padilla, 9, and Remigio Baca, 7, when they are looking for a cow. The crashed saucer has created a gouge, and they can see entities moving around inside. They collect two shiny metal parts from the periphery of the crash site. A recent analysis shows that the metal is of terrestrial origin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paola Leopizzi Harris, “The Reme Baca and Jose Padilla Witness Case,” The UFO Chronicles, November 30, 2010; John Greenewald, “Analysis of Two Metallic Parts Purportedly from a Crashed Unidentified Aerial Object (San Antonio, New Mexico, August 16, 1945),” The Black Vault, February 1, 2017; Jacques Vallee and Paola Leopizzi Harris, Trinity: The Best-Kept Secret, StarWorksUSA, 2021; Kevin D. Randle, “Trinity: The Best Kept Secret—A Critique,” A Different Perspective, June 2, 2021; Jacques Vallée, “The Other Lessons of Trinity,” Trinity blog, December 6, 2021; Kevin D. Randle, “Jacques Vallée and Ten Unexplained UFO Cases and Metallic Debris,” A Different Perspective, December 16, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_738

Event 4375 (5AE55A74)

Date: 8/20/1945
Location: CAROLINE ISLANDS, Ulithi Island
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of a US Navy ship saw a red light in the sky, like a heated steel bar, with an apparent length of 30 cm. The object moved north towards Japan. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 275) Andrew Cimbala of Duquesne was on watch. It was just at sunset, and it wasn’t dark enough yet to see stars. I saw a red line appear in the east. It passed directly overhead, heading west towards Japan. It was visible for more than 40 seconds. It looked like a heated steel bar, 1.5 cm wide and 25 to 30 cm long. Nothing else was visible. There was no flame.
Reference: The Mysterious Foo Fighters of WWII. - Jeroen Wierda PUFORI, 19.5.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1067

Event 4376 (83DBBAF9)

Date: 8/21/1945
Locations: Manhattan Project; Omega Site; Los Alamos Laboratory; New Mexico
Description: Manhattan Project physicist Harry Daghlian is conducting an after-hours experiment at the remote Omega Site of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico when his hand slips. The test assembly he has built—a ball of plutonium surrounded by tungsten carbide bricks—goes critical. He sees a momentary blue flash and is struck by a wave of gamma and neutron radiation amounting to more than 500 rem. He disassembles the experiment, walks away, and admits himself to medical care. He falls into a coma and dies on September 15, the first person to die accidentally from close exposure to nuclear fission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Adam Higginbotham, Midnight at Chernobyl, Simon & Schuster, 2019, pp. 30–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_739

Event 4377 (44F46E41)

Date: 8/22/1945
Location: Moscow, Russia
Description: Stalin appoints Lavrentiy Beria to direct Soviet atomic bomb effort
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_172

Event 4378 (FD4660B4)

Date: 8/28/1945
Location: JAPAN, Iwo Jima
Description: (Translated from French) A C 46 transport in difficulty: engine failure and loss of altitude during the observation of 3 UFOs. (Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels) I was one of the twelve air force specialists of the 5th Army on board a C 46 going from Ie-Shima to Iwo Jima where it was to make a technical stopover… (…) We were approaching, flying at three thousand meters, in a sky of great sunshine, when I saw, to my great astonishment, three pear-shaped objects. They were of a dazzling white, like burning magnesium, and were approaching the C 46 in a parallel course. Suddenly the left engine faltered. I was to learn later that the magnetic needles of the navigation instruments had gone wild. The C 46 was sinking. Oil was spurting from the failing engine. The pilot gave the alarm. The crew and passengers were warned to be ready for the dive. (…) The last fleeting vision I had of the three craft placed them at about 20 degrees in elevation relative to us. However, still in tight formation, they disappeared into a cloud bank. Immediately the failing engine started to run smoothly again. The plane regained altitude (…)
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: “General UFO Alert”, ed. France - Empire, 1978, pp. 27, 28
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1068

Event 4379 (12192531)

Date: 8/28/1945
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Leonard Stringfield. (August 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_540

Event 4380 (59075B71)

Date: 8/28/1945
Location: Iwo Jima
Description: Three bright objects pace transport; EM effects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_12

Event 4381 (45376E36)

Date: 8/28/1945
Location: NEAR IWO JIMA, JAPAN
Description: L. Stringfield and 12 observer(s). 3 white teardrops pace Army Air Force (AAF) C46. / r215p52.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_555

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr IWO JIMA,JAPAN:L.STRINGFIELD+12 OBS:3 WHT TEARDROPS PACE AAF C46:/r215p52”, LatLong: “33.000002 139.833340”, LatLongDMS: “33:00:00 N 139:50:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IWJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4382 (402F6769)

Date: 8/28/1945 (approximate)
Time: 05:00
Location: LANGELMAYESI, FINL
Description: 10M fireball going [to] lake toward(s) pier. Observer(s) hides. Strange boat and 2 men land.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 138)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_556

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LANGELMAYESI,FINL:10M FBL > LAKE twrd PIER:OBS HIDES:STRANGE BOAT+2 MEN LAND”, LatLong: “61.500003 24.250001”, LatLongDMS: “61:30:00 N 24:15:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4383 (8A226031)

Date: 8/28/1945
Location: Iwo Jima (near), At Sea
Description: C-46 had engine trouble, lost altitude, as three UFOs were observed from plane. [2.] (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_303

Event 4384 (EF9C8E70)

Date: 8/28/1945
Locations: Iwo Jima; Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Description: Twelve 5th Air Force intelligence specialists flying on a C-46 approaching Iwo Jima (in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan) see three white, teardrop-shaped objects paralleling the plane. Navigational needles go wild, the engine sputters, and the plane falters until the objects speed away. One of the passengers is future UFO investigator Leonard Stringfield.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 9–10; Strange Company 191–193, 209–211; NICAP, “C-46 Encounters Objects / Magnetic Compasses ‘West Wild’”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_740

Event 4385 (B1DDBBE7)

Date: 8/28/1945
Description: On this day Leonard H. Stringfield was flying to Iwo Jima island onboard a U.S. Army Air Force C-46 shortly after the end of the war with Japan. Three luminous lights began to follow his C-46 transport plane as they approached the island in the Pacific. The plane’s engines faltered, its magnetic compass failed, and its engines temporarily stopped. There were thirteen military witnesses on board. Len Stringfield became a life long UFO investigator as a result of this encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, p. 7; NICAP UFO Investigator, December 1965, p. 3; Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 9; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5404

Event 4386 (83A307EA)

Date: 8/28/1945
Description: At five o’clock in the morning two women in Langelmayesi, Finland noticed a dark cylindrical object. Inside the prow of object stood a slender man in green coveralls, and another man who was apparently steering the craft inside a glass dome. Their Black Labrador dog reacted in terror.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 138
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5405

Event 4387 (D5055CD6)

Date: 8/28/1945
Location: Iwo Jima
Description: Passenger Leonard J. Stringfield reported that his C-46 developed engine trouble when approached by three luminous blobs of light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_2

Event 4388 (1FA884CA)

Date: 9/1945
Location: Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan
Description: A stationary bluish-whitelight, about the size of a dime at arms length, move and then return to original position. (Page 195-196 Ref.1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_304

Event 4389 (20101CB7)

Date: 9/1945
Locations: Fort Strong in Boston harbor, Massachusetts; Fort Bliss, Texas; White Sands, New Mexico
Description: The first group of seven German rocket scientists arrive at Fort Strong in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, through Operation Overcast: Wernher von Braun, Erich W. Neubert, Theodor A. Poppel, August Schultze, Eberhard Rees, Wilhelm Jungert, and Walter Schwidetzky. By the end of the year, they and two other groups are moved to Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands, New Mexico, as “War Department Special Employees.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Paperclip”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_741

Event 4390 (3C6C7B6A)

Date: 9/1945
Locations: Los Alamos, New Mexico; Oxnard Field, New Mexico; Wendover Field [now Airport], Utah; Sandia Base [now part of Kirtland AFB]; Kirtland Field
Description: The US Army atomic bomb production unit, Z Division, named for its director, Jerrold R. Zacharias from Los Alamos, New Mexico, moves to Oxnard Field, New Mexico, from Wendover Field [now Airport], Utah, to be closer to Los Alamos. This marks the beginning of Sandia Base [now part of Kirtland AFB]. Nearby Kirtland Field is used as a B-29 base for aircraft compatibility and drop tests. By October, all the staff and facilities at Wendover are transferred to Sandia. As reservist officers are demobilized, they are replaced by about 50 hand- picked regular officers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Manhattan Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_742

Event 4391 (9603EFB9)

Date: 9/1945
Description: Policy adviser Ferdinand Eberstadt writes for Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal a report recommending a complete realignment of national security organizations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Eberstadt Report”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_743

Event 4392 (514F37D2)

Date: 9/2/1945
Description: End of WW2
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_173

Event 4393 (2300CB1B)

Date: 9/20/1945
Location: FRANCE, Draguignan (Var)
Description: (Translated from French) While he was tending to his sheep near the Lamothe gate, Mr. F. saw, an hour before daybreak, a perfectly circular yellow light of the apparent size of a football. The phenomenon descended vertically, increasing in intensity, and stopped about thirty meters above the witness. A powerful beam shone on Mr. F., illuminating an area of 50 m in diameter around him. Completely dazzled, dizzy, the shepherd was on the verge of panic. The sheep were frantic and running in all directions. After a time he could not determine, the witness heard a buzzing and saw that the object was slowly rising into the sky. After a few seconds the beam went out and the UFO disappeared. (1945, week of September 20th to 27th)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 275
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1070

Event 4394 (665BA570)

Date: 9/20/1945
Description: The OSS is dissolved by Executive Order, effective October 1, scattering personnel through the Departments of State and War. The Research and Analysis Branch is transferred to the State Department. The War Department takes over Secret Intelligence (SI) and Counter Espionage (X2), which are rolled up into the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) headed by Brig. Gen. John Magruder, the former OSS Deputy Director of Intelligence who oversees the OSS liquidation. Most of the other personnel are cashiered.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of Strategic Services”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_744

Event 4395 (327261B3)

Date: 9/24/1945 (approximate)
Time: 04:00
Location: DRAGUIGNAN, FR
Description: Glowing saucer near ground. Beams light / ground. Observer(s) dizzy. Sheep run. / r156#13.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_557

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., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “DRAGUIGNAN,FR:GLOWING SCR nr GND:BEAMS LITE/GND:OBS DIZZY:SHEEP RUN:/r156#13”, LatLong: “43.533335 6.483334”, LatLongDMS: “43:32:00 N 06:29:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4396 (BF0D8672)

Date: 9/26/1945
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCHES OF WAC CAPORAL. (1945, from September 26th to October 25th)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Wp. 253, Galcit Report
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1071

Event 4397 (29B2BF2A)

Date: 9/26/1945?
Location: Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan
Description: Night. Machinist Mate First Class George M. Reynolds, attached to the submarine tender USS Beaver with Submarine Squadron 45, anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. He is on the main deck when he sees a bluish light move to the south, turn right, go over to the west, stop, and stand still. When it moves again, it goes back to the general area it started from.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Strange Company 195–196
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_745

Event 4398 (609683B4)

Date: 10/1945
Location: Langley, VA
Description: The temporary successor to the OSS, the Strategic Services Unit (SSU), begins
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_174

Event 4399 (FCE5160E)

Date: 10/1945
Locations: Bryan; Stryker, Ohio
Description: 8:00 p.m. While driving a car between Bryan and Stryker, Ohio, Gerald M. Kryling and his wife Thelma approach a bright light about 50 feet in the air and 20 feet from the road near some high-tension wires. It appears to be a 35-foot oval object with an amber-colored opening like a window that has shadows moving around inside. It takes off horizontally at great speed and then moves straight up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFOS case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_746

Event 4400 (539336C1)

Date: 10/2/1945
Location: Cuxhaven, Germany
Description: British Operation Backfire near Cuxhaven: V-2 launch test
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_175
Rocket type: V-2

Event 4401 (CE140A6C)

Date: 10/9/1945
Description: Brig. Gen. George C. McDonald, AAF director of intelligence, writes to Maj. Gen. Elwood Richard Quesada in answer to a request for the investigation into wartime “balls of fire.” Exhaustive investigations of German technical personnel and US and UK sources reveal no confirmation of German involvement with the phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Macdonald–Quesada correspondence, October 1945
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_747

Event 4402 (A1F9EE1C)

Date: 10/15/1945
Location: Cuxhaven, Germany
Description: British Operation Backfire near Cuxhaven: V-2 launch test
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_176
Rocket type: V-2

Event 4403 (D8248D2A)

Date: 10/15/1945
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Cuxhaven
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCH OF A V2, FIRST BRITISH SHOT. SECOND SHOT THE SAME DAY
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, Wp. 254
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1072

Event 4404 (3A5E95A6)

Date: 10/24/1945
Location: New York City, New York
Description: United Nations charter in full force
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_177

Event 4405 (668B6611)

Date: 11/1945
Description: Operation Overcast is renamed Project Paperclip.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Paperclip”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_748

Event 4406 (20BADD12)

Date: 12/1945
Description: Lt. Col. Jo Chamberlin’s article on foo fighters appears in American Legion Magazine. Intelligence officers have ordered him not to state his military rank or position, but he is a special aide to Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jo Chamberlin, “The Foo Fighter Mystery,” American Legion Magazine 39, no. 6 (December 1945): 9, 43–47; “Foo Fighter Archive Donated to UHR,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 17 (December 2015): 2–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_749

Event 4407 (A6E793D4)

Date: 12/5/1945
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, disappearance of Flight 19. (December 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_541

Event 4408 (98717013)

Date: 12/5/1945
Description: (Translated from French) In Kristiansand (Norway), Linnea (same witness as for the observation in Kristiansand in 1939) saw 3 “bubbles” of rainbow colors above a hill to the West of the city. They maneuvered around for a moment, then disappeared to the West. (After the War)
Reference: UFO-NYT, 4/1969, 162
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_542

Event 4409 (F80B73E4)

Date: 12/5/1945
Time: 15:50
Location: EAST / FT LAUDERDALE, FL
Description: 6 Army Air Force (AAF) planes disoriented. Frantic radio. Huge search loses more.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_558

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “E/Ft LAUDERDALE,FL:6 AAF PLANES DISORIENTED:FRANTIC RDO:HUGE SEARCH LOSES MORE”, LatLong: “26.000001 -79.500004”, LatLongDMS: “26:00:00 N 79:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4410 (91ADF844)

Date: 12/5/1945
Locations: Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Atlantic Ocean; Florida Keys; off the coast of Florida
Description: A training flight (Flight 19) of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers disappears while over the Atlantic Ocean. The squadron’s flight plan is scheduled to take them due east from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for 141 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 140-mile leg to complete the exercise. The flight never returns to base. A report by Navy investigators concludes that flight leader Lt. Charles C. Taylor mistook small islands offshore for the Florida Keys after his compasses stopped working, resulting in the flight heading over open sea and away from land. The report is later amended by the Navy to read “cause unknown” to avoid blaming Taylor for the loss of five aircraft and 14 men. One of the search-and-rescue aircraft deployed to look for them, a PBM Mariner with a 13-man crew, also disappears. The report attributes the loss of the PBM aircraft to an explosion in midair while searching for the flight. According to contemporaneous sources, the Mariner has a history of explosions due to vapor leaks when heavily loaded with fuel, as it might have been for a potentially long search-and-rescue operation. A tanker off the coast of Florida sees an explosion and a widespread oil slick when fruitlessly searching for survivors. The weather is becoming stormy by the end of the incident. None of the Avenger bombers have been found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Flight 19”; Larry Kusche, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery— Solved, Harper & Row, 1975, pp. 97–122; Larry Kusche, The Disappearance of Flight 19, Harper & Row, 1980
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_750

Event 4411 (64AD50EC)

Date: 12/5/1945
Description: On this fateful day six U.S. Army Air Force planes, which took off from Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station, Florida disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean Bermuda Triangle. Flight 19, a formation of five TBM avengers became disoriented while flying northeast from Fort Lauderdale, and made increasingly frantic radio calls announcing they were lost and calling for assistance. A huge rescue search operation caused more aboard a Martin Mariner sea rescue plane to be lost.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Miami Herald, December 6, 1945; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 293; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 125; Vincent H. Gaddis, Invisible Horizons, p. 175
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8192

Event 4412 (75CA522B)

Date: 12/5/1945
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Description: Five TBM Avenger Bombers and One PBM Martin Mariner with a total of 27 men disappeared without a single trace during a training mission, in good weather and with good radio contact. UFOs were being reported by the news during that period of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_3

Event 4413 (197F61CC)

Date: 12/25/1945
Time: 06:00?
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Description: Fireballs land / roof. House burns down. 2 escape. 5 kids gone without trace.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_559

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTEVILLE,NC:FBLS LAND/ROOF:HOUSE BURNS DOWN:2 ESCAPE:5 KIDS GONE W/O TRACE”, LatLong: “35.050002 -78.877782”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 78:52:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4414 (A973C97D)

Date: 12/25/1945
Description: During a blizzard a silver, domed object with a square base landed on the sea off the coast of Ireland. It was surrounded by purple lights, and made a whirring noise. Two beings with squarish shaped feet and wearing diver suits were seen walking on the surface of the water. The craft rose off the surface of the sea and landed in a field on a nearby island, crushing two cows when it came down.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0129, citing Northern Network News, December 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8597

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Year: 1946, 412 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 4415 (C9F8F9F5)

Date: 1946
Location: Scandinavia
Description: Ghost Rockets seen in Scandinavia
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_88

Event 4416 (EA5F9030)

Date: 1946
Location: Antarctica
Description: Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s fourth Antarctic expedition (Operation High Jump). Involved 4,700 men, 13 ships (including the aircraft carrier Philippine Sea), and 25 aircraft. It was the largest Antarctic expedition ever attempted and would map and photograph almost 1,400,000 square km of the Antarctic continent, especially the coastline. Byrd made his second flight over the South Pole and was involved in a number of other flights. In 1948 the U.S. Navy produced a documentary about the operation. It was called The Secret Land and won an Academy Award for best documentary.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_178

Event 4417 (1B774BFF)

Date: 1946
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet “Arzamas-16” atomic bomb project plant opened - the Soviet “Los Alamos” (Weapons design and research, warhead assembly)
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_179

Event 4418 (1ECDD46B)

Date: 1946
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet “Sverdlovsk-44” atomic bomb project plant opened (Uranium enrichment)
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_180

Event 4419 (E49B678A)

Date: 1946
End date: 1951
Location: Launch Complex 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Between 1946–1951 the Army fires 67 V-2 rockets from the White Sands V-2 Launching Sight, Launch Complex 33
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_181

Event 4420 (7E675055)

Date: 1946
Location: ITALY, Foligno
Description: (Translated from French) The young B., 19 years old, on returning home, saw a hat-shaped craft hovering above the roof of his home, after which it landed on telescopic legs. A door opened in the bell-shaped part of the craft and a kind of dwarf emerged, who seemed to be making signs to the witness. The young man rushed back home to warn his mother, and both of them then saw the strange craft, which had already taken off, fly away.
Reference: CISU: archive file 4601, source “Paese sera” 13.8.77, report by Mr. Cestellini
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1079

Event 4421 (1A9BD7E8)

Date: 1946
Location: GRANDE BRETAGNE
Description: (Translated from French) The secret Haviland D.H. 108 Swallow aircraft, which was meant to prefigure the DH 110 model, lacked stability for the expected Mach 1 speeds. During its test flight it suffered a terrible crash. This made the Americans working on the X-4 project think: it had the same profile as the English aircraft and, rightly so, the USA feared a destabilization at high speed.
Reference: NASA website, 1997 “On the Frontier”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1146

Event 4422 (DC991274)

Date: 1946
Description: (Translated from French) One of the few photographs of the “Ghost Rocket” in 1946, in Sweden. See image at images/1946_GhostRocket_Sweden.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_543

Event 4423 (3E69235F)

Date: 1946
Description: The US nuclear stockpile consists of 9 atomic bombs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ryan Crierie, “U.S. Nuclear Stockpile, 1945–2009”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_751

Event 4424 (082DC687)

Date: 1946
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Description: Dancers on the roof of a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, watch the rapid passage of four square-shaped lights, reddish in color and aligned side by side, moving from the east and disappearing in the west in less than 60 seconds. One witness, meteorologist and RAF pilot George Raymond Leatherbarrow, estimates their altitude at 50,000 feet based on reflections on cirrus clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: G. R. Leatherbarrow, “Two Early UFO Cases from the Middle East,” Awareness 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1976): 4–5; Clark III 1177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_752

Event 4425 (856F639A)

Date: 1946
Description: American astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot writes that he thinks Earth might make contact with Venusians, coming into “fluent communication by wireless with a race brought up completely separate, having their own systems of government, social usages, religions, and surrounded by vegetation and animals entirely unrelated to any here on earth.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles Greeley Abbot, The Earth and the Stars, Van Nostrand, 1946, p. 110; Roger D. Launius, “Venus-Earth-Mars: Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System,” Life 2, no. 3 (2012): 255–273
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_753

Event 4426 (503FD69F)

Date: 1946
Locations: Westerham, Kent, England; Croydon
Description: A farmer named Gunyon in Westerham, Kent, England, calls the British Technical Intelligence staff asking that the Air Ministry come and remove one of these “darned contraptions” which has fallen on his farm. The intelligence officers ask for directions and are told to drive from Croydon to Westerham, turning onto a lane when they reach a pub called The White Dog. Amid great security, two staff cars are dispatched, but fail to find the farm. They locate a pub called The White Hart and a farmer named Bunyan, who strenuously denies having made the call. Although the incident appears to be a hoax, few people can reach the Technical Intelligence staff and convince them to make a field visit. Indeed, the intelligence officers believe that former Air Intelligence scientist Reginald Victor Jones, who has been skeptical of foo fighters and ghost rockets, is behind the affair. Jones writes that a signal is received from Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s staff in Tokyo, asking for confirmation of a report that a Russian flying bomb had recently crashed in England. The other Director of Intelligence on the Air Staff, Air Commodore Roland Eugene Vintras, suggests to Jones that this might tie in with the “Westerham Incident.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: R. V. Jones, Most Secret War, Hamish Hamilton, 1978, pp. 507–513; “UFO Britannia: Part 2—World War Foo and Post War Cover Ups,” Above Top Secret forum, December 19, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_754

Event 4427 (A24A5DF3)

Date: 1946
Location: Antarctic
Description: 1946-1947. Some believe that remnants of the defeated Third Reich retreated to a hidden underground base in Antarctica. This theory is bolstered by Germany’s history of Antarctic explorations, with known expeditions in 1873, 1910, 1925, and 1939. Supporters of this “frozen Fourth Reich” idea often cite Operation High Jump, a 1946-1947 military expedition to Antarctica led by American polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd. Officially, Byrd stated the operation aimed to train naval personnel and test equipment in frigid conditions. (Chapter 8, Ref 316)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_307

Event 4428 (4702C72C)

Date: 1946
Location: Antarctic
Description: 1946-1947. Rumors emerged that during Operation High Jump, Byrd’s expedition encountered hostile disc-shaped aircraft of unknown origin in Antarctica. Despite being equipped for 6-8 months, the operation concluded after just two months. Upon leaving, Byrd made a statement to the media, and a Chilean newspaper reported that he stressed the need for the U.S. to prepare defenses against hostile regions. Byrd was quoted warning of a potential threat from flying objects capable of traveling from pole to pole at astonishing speeds. (Chapter 8, Ref 317)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_308

Event 4429 (EA4ADC31)

Date: 1946
Location: Near Falkland Islands
Description: Shortly after the end of World War II, the Icelandic whaler “Juliana” encountered a large German U-boat near the Falkland Islands in 1946. This U-boat, which surfaced and displayed the German naval flag of mourning, dispatched a boarding party to the “Juliana”. The submarine’s commander demanded a portion of the whaler’s fresh food supply, speaking fluent English and compensating the whaler’s captain with U.S. dollars, even adding a bonus for each crew member. As the provisions were transferred, the U-boat’s commander informed the captain about the location of a large school of whales, which the “Juliana” later found as indicated. (Chapter 8, Ref 327)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_317

Event 4430 (663DABA2)

Date: 1946
Location: Between the southernmost tip of Latin America and the continent of Antarctica
Description: A French news agency corroborated ongoing rumors, confirming that there were indeed genuine instances of German U-boat activities occurring between the southernmost part of Latin America and Antarctica. (Chapter 8, Ref 328)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_318

Event 4431 (C7C1276A)

Date: 1946
Location: Lake Nipissing, Ontario
Description: A family in Ontario, Canada, observed a group of small, disc-shaped UFOs at Lake Nipissing. Approximately a dozen of these craft landed on the frozen lake surface, roughly 75 feet away from the observers, moving with a rotating motion. These UFOs repetitively ascended a few feet and then descended back onto the ice. When one of the witnesses approached them, the objects swiftly departed at a 45-degree angle, leaving a series of black marks on the ice. (Chapter 8, Ref 333)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_323

Event 4432 (29B4A649)

Date: 1946
Location: Portugal
Description: A large disc-shaped UFO with a green iridescent glow was observed hovering motionless over a town. The object remained for about five minutes before departing in a southerly direction. (Chapter 8, Ref 334)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_324

Event 4433 (C9F45AAF)

Date: 1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Beachgoers in Sweden observed a “projectile trailing luminous smoke” crashing into the sand, leaving a slag-like crater. Descriptions mentioned a cylindrical object between 65 and 100 feet in diameter. Despite the testimony, the Swedish military dismissed the incident, suggesting the witnesses had imagined it. (Chapter 8, Ref 349)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_342

Event 4434 (77C3E948)

Date: 1946
Location: Either Arizona and New Mexico
Description: Or 1947. Three construction company employees, after hearing a loud explosion, discovered the wreckage of an unfamiliar aircraft. Nearby, they saw three small humanoid creatures, one of which seemed injured. Later, they were interrogated by individuals who claimed the incident was related to a secret government project and instructed them to remain silent about what they witnessed. (Chapter 8, Ref 351)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_344

Event 4435 (059B730D)

Date: 1946
Location: Sweden
Description: In 1946, Sweden recorded over 1,000 ghost rocket sightings. A public report by the Swedish military attributed 80% of these sightings to natural celestial phenomena, especially after public interest was piqued. However, some sightings remain unexplained. Collaborations with astronomers suggested that some sightings, particularly those in July and August, were likely meteors or meteorites. Despite efforts to determine the nature of these phenomena, including radar tracking, definite conclusions remained elusive. The debris from supposed crash sites mostly consisted of coke or slag-like materials, and no evidence of any space projectile was found. (Chapter 9, Ref 371)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_363

Event 4436 (E34A593E)

Date: 1946
Location: Britain
Description: Approximate date. A secret British intelligence report analyzed visual observations from Scandinavia and highlighted the projectiles’ most notable characteristics: their great speed, intense associated light, silent operation, and approximately horizontal flight. The report noted that if these phenomena are natural, they are unusual. (Chapter 9, Ref 372)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_364

Event 4437 (5813A155)

Date: 1946
Location: Peenemunde
Description: Approximate date. The most widely accepted theory regarding ghost rockets is that they were V-2 rockets or possibly their predecessor, the V-1 guided missile, similar to those used by Hitler during World War II. It was speculated that the Russians were test-flying these from the former German rocket facility at Peenemunde on the Baltic coast. Though this theory was initially dismissed by various governments, a once-classified memo to President Harry Truman from General Hoyt Vandenberg suggested otherwise. The memo revealed that Peenemunde was operational and, based on Swedish radar data, most rocket launchings were traced back to this area. Additionally, reports indicated that a Soviet ship was monitoring these missile passages, and there were warnings against ship travel in parts of the Baltic. It was concluded that the USSR was likely conducting large-scale guided-missile tests in the Baltic region, primarily for scientific purposes. The proximity of Peenemunde’s manufacturing facilities, materials, and expertise made it a logical choice for such activities over establishing new facilities in Russia. (Chapter 9, Ref 380)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_370

Event 4438 (95097ACF)

Date: 1946
Location: Holland
Description: Reports emerged of flying fireballs with glowing tails moving noiselessly at high speed during the night over the north and east of Holland. (Chapter 9, Ref 388)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_376

Event 4439 (C09DA1E4)

Date: Early 1946
Location: Near Lafayette, New York
Description: A motorist noticed a gleaming light in the sky and, upon looking up, saw a large, metallic, cigar-shaped object hovering above. The UFO, estimated to be between 300 and 400 feet in length with pointed ends and no protrusions, was observed for a few minutes before it vanished instantly. (Chapter 8, Ref 330)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_320

Event 4440 (7F3C4264)

Date: 1/10/1946
Location: New Jersey
Description: Public announcements of radar signals bounced off Moon
Type: scientific advance
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_182

Event 4441 (8407FD20)

Date: 1/10/1946
Location: Wright Field, Ohio
Description: The Air Materiel Command at Wright Field, Ohio, issues a restricted-access document, German Flying Wings Designed by Horten Brothers by Capt. N. LeBlanc, detailing the drawings, photos, models, and documents relating to aircraft designed by Nazi aircraft designers the Horten brothers that were recovered in Germany by Allied forces.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: N. LeBlanc, German Flying Wings Designed by Horten Brothers, Air Material Command, Technical Intelligence summary report no, F-SU-1110-ND, January 10, 1946; H. P. Dabrowski, The Horten Flying Wing in World War II: The History and Development of the Ho 229, Schiffer, 1991; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, “Roswell and the Flying Wing,” IUR 18, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1993): 3; John Powell, “The Horten Flying Wings,” War Bird Forum, July 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_755

Event 4442 (15926050)

Date: 1/16/1946
Time: 23:00
Location: NEAR CHERBOURG, FR
Description: Air Force C54 transport pilot. Odd meteor going down. Rebounds going up [to] and descends again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_560

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr CHERBOURG,FR:AF C54 XPORT PILOT:ODD METEOR ↓:REBOUNDS ↑ +DESCENDS AGAIN.”, LatLong: “49.633336 -1.616667”, LatLongDMS: “49:38:00 N 01:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manche”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4443 (075D65B7)

Date: 1/18/1946
Locations: US; Paris, France
Description: 11:00 p.m. A US C-54 transport plane is at 7,000 feet over the French countryside on its way to Paris, France. Suddenly the pilot sees a brilliant “shooting star” about 35° above the horizon. It streaks down below the eastern horizon, then reappears and moves in a hyperbola before falling again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_756

Event 4444 (BC7E4E80)

Date: 1/22/1946
Description: President Truman creates a National Intelligence Authority (State, War, Navy, Chief of Staff, and a presidential representative with the DCI as a non-voting member) for policy and coordination and a Central Intelligence Group for operations under it. Rear Adm. Sidney Souers heads the CIG as Director of Central Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National Intelligence Authority”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_757

Event 4445 (A2257A93)

Date: 2/1946 (approximate)
Time: 00:20
Location: JOHANNESBURG, RSA
Description: 2 observer(s). Sphere/orb/globe passes through disk / 15M altitude. 2 pseudo-human/entity in dome. / r244#17.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_561

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “JOHANNESBURG,RSA:2 OBS:ORB PASSES THRU DISK/15M alt:2 PSH in DOME:/r244#17”, LatLong: “-26.116668 27.916668”, LatLongDMS: “26:07:00 S 27:55:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4446 (A6396D49)

Date: 2/21/1946
Locations: west Finland; Västerbotten; Västernorrland; Kopparberg [now Dalarna]; Gävleborg; Uppsala; Östergötland; Skaraborg [now Västra Götaland]; Vaasa province, Finland
Description: 8:30 p.m. One or more meteors are seen in west Finland and the counties of Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Kopparberg [now Dalarna], Gävleborg, Uppsala, Östergötland, and Skaraborg [now Västra Götaland] in Sweden. It supposedly sets a farmhouse on fire in Vaasa province, Finland. It leaves a long trail of smoke in the sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Archives for the Unexplained, “Case XXX: The Meteor That Did Not Start a Fire”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_758

Event 4447 (5AFB0C98)

Date: 2/26/1946
Location: Scandinavia
Description: Ghost Rocket reports in Scandinavia, Sweden/Finland
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_183

Event 4448 (A7FFBCA7)

Date: 2/28/1946
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) FIRST FLIGHT OF THE REPUBLIC F-84 (THUNDERJET) SERIES DELIVERED IN MAY 1947, SINGLE-SEAT, FIGHTER-BOMBER REACTION, THIN FUSELAGE, WINGS AT AN ANGLE OF 12°, THE FIRST SERIE REACHED MAX 945 KM/H, CEILING 12500 METERS. [note from vog: isn’t this the plane that, according to some, is the object of Kenneth Arnold’s observation?] (February 28, 1946)
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft” Bill Gunston - Elsevier Sequoia 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1080

Event 4449 (EED55EE2)

Date: 3/1946
Description: The Air Technical Service Command becomes the Air Materiel Command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Materiel Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_759

Event 4450 (3F847AF9)

Date: 3/5/1946
Location: BRAZIL, Araçariguama, (Sao Roque de Sao Paolo)
Description: (Translated from French) Excerpt from the report of Professor Felipe Machado Carrion, president of the Brazilian GGIOANI group: On this March 5, Mardi Gras day, Joao Prestes Filho had invited his 39-year-old friend Salvador dos Santos (still alive in 1971 at the time of the report) to go fishing on the banks of the Tiete. He asked his wife to take his sons to the carnival festivities, telling her to leave one of the windows of the house ajar, through which he could enter upon his return from fishing. Prestes Filho and dos Santos spent the day fishing, joyfully and carefree. Around 7:00 pm, under a light and uniform mist, in a serene atmosphere, not stormy, they returned from the Rio Tiete. They separated at a fork in the road, each heading towards his own house. An hour later, Prestes Filho burst into his sister Maria’s house, shouting and in a disjointed way that when he tried to open the window, he received from outside a silent beam of light, against which he protected his eyes and head with both hands. Dazed, he fell to the ground for a few brief moments, without losing consciousness. He got up and started running towards the center of the village, in search of help. Maria’s neighbors were immediately called, and Prestes Filho kept telling his story. One of the neighbors, Aracy Gomide, never left Prestes Filho’s side from that moment on. His hair, head, eyes, clothes, nothing showed signs of deep or light burns. His eyes were dilated, in terror, his voice excited. Soon the scene turned to horror: Prestes Filho’s flesh began to become visible, taking on the same aspect as if it had been cooked for long hours in boiling water. It began to peel off the bones, falling in pieces from the jaw, chest, arms, hands, fingers, lower legs, feet, toes. Some pieces of flesh remained hanging by the tendons, the witnesses not daring to remove them. Then everything deteriorated in an unpredictable way: the teeth and bones were exposed. Prestes Filho energetically refused the water and food that were offered to him, but at no time did he seem to feel any pain. His nose and ears detached, rolling down his body to the ground. A terrifying specter, dislocating from mutilation to mutilation. Eyes wide open in terror. Words already distorted in a mouth that was disarticulating: only sounds remained, whose meanings were lost. In the general confusion, what remained of Prestes Filho’s almost decomposed body was loaded onto a cart that was to take him to Santa Casa de Santana de Parnaiba, the nearest hospital. In the sixth hour after the light attack, a corpse returned to Araçariguama, as Prestes Filho died during the journey without reaching the hospital. Until his last moments, guttural sounds came out of his mouth. Was he still telling his story of horrors? As there was no medical examination, the death certificate said “Death by generalized burns”. The police made some inquiries that led to nothing that could be added validly to the content of the death certificate. (…)"
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 276 to 278
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1081

Event 4451 (6C9C6577)

Date: 3/5/1946
Time: 19:30
Location: ARACARIGUAMA, BRZ
Description: Night light zaps man / beam. Flesh falls off! Dies. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v19#2+/ LDLN#138.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_562

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “902”, HatchDesc: “ARACARIGUAMA,BRZ:NLT ZAPS MAN/BEAM:FLESH FALLS OFF!:DIES:/FSR v19#2+/LDLN#138”, LatLong: “-23.433334 -47.066669”, LatLongDMS: “23:26:00 S 47:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 4452 (CA637E62)

Date: 3/5/1946
Locations: Tietê River; Araçariguama, São Paulo, Brazil; Santana di Parnaíba
Description: 6:00 p.m. João Prestes is returning on foot from a fishery on the banks of the Tietê River to his sister’s home in Araçariguama, São Paulo, Brazil. As he is entering the house, a light from outside strikes and envelopes him. He becomes dizzy and confused but manages to get up and go inside. He summons Araci Gomide, a nurse who has served in the military with him. Gomide describes his friend as being literally cooked, with his flesh detaching from his bones, injuries on his feet and ankles, and his feet clenched like the claws of a bird. His arms are burned and the flesh on his fingers is falling off. His chest, neck, and face also seem to be burned but not charred or red. Prestes dies on the way to a hospital in Santana di Parnaíba at 3:00 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 166–167; Brazil 17–21; Pablo Villarubia Mauso, “The Incredible Saga of João Prestes,” UFO Casebook
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_760

Event 4453 (1088081B)

Date: 3/5/1946
Description: Sr. Joao Prestes Filho, age 40, had anticipated an uneventful day of fishing in Aracariguama, Sao Paulo State, Brazil but he returned home at 7:30 p.m., terrified by his encounter with a beam of light that came from the sky and struck him without warning nor any noise. He went into his house saying that he had been hit by a silent beam of light, which stunned him and knocked him to the ground. A little while later his flesh looked like it had been cooked, as if it had been exposed to intense microwave energy, and started a rapid deterioration. He died from the effects.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Felipe Machado Carrion, FSR, March-April 1973, p. 14; Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 124
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1307

Event 4454 (1300D3AB)

Date: 3/6/1946
Location: Pacific Coast Region, US
Description: The Western Defense Command, activated on 3/17/1941, is deactivated
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_184

Event 4455 (E587E036)

Date: 3/6/1946
Description: The Western Defense Command is deactivated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Western Defense Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_761

Event 4456 (A151A25E)

Date: 3/14/1946
Locations: US Highway 136; Havana, Illinois
Description: Dusk. Paul Cummings Jr. is driving east on US Highway 136 about 10 miles east of Havana, Illinois, with Douglas Gowdy. A bright orange ball appears in the road about 1 mile ahead, gliding down the highway only one foot above the pavement and possibly touching both shoulders of the road. When it is within 2,000 feet, Cummings pulls the car over and stops, and they rush out to lie down in a ditch, fearing an explosion. When they look up again, the object is nowhere in sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_762

Event 4457 (22E68EFC)

Date: 3/14/1946
Description: Two men, Cummings and Gowdy, driving on a road in Havana, Illinois had a close encounter with a flying saucer at 5:00 a.m. The object buzzed their car ten miles east of town on Highway 136.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 26; Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, case 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1468

Event 4458 (E069C90B)

Date: 3/15/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: First static test fire of V-2 missile at White Sands Pad 33
Type: aerospace
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_185

Event 4459 (A06A558D)

Date: 3/15/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) STATIC TEST OF V2 NO. 1
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1082

Event 4460 (2763EEC1)

Date: Spring 1946
Location: CHINA, Dongliangzihe (Hebei)
Description: (Translated from French) My father told us an astonishing story: Around one o’clock in the night, he got up to satisfy a natural need outside. The night was calm and the sky starry. When he returned to his room, he suddenly saw the sky in the northeast lit up like in broad daylight. (…) He discovered an object neither round nor square flying in his direction. The shining object was as wide as two houses and as high as one floor. When the object passed over his head, it was 3 m away from him, but my father heard no sound. The huge flying machine was heading southwest. After about ten seconds, it had completely disappeared. (…) The next day (…) I learned that two teachers had seen in the night, around one o’clock, a huge luminous object advancing in jerks, going up and down. After three or four seconds, the object was only 50 m away from them. As it approached, the object became bigger and brighter. Frightened, they ran away. (…) But then they heard a loud “Peng” and the object rose to 30 m from the ground. It brightly illuminated the whole school with its bluish light. Even more scared, the two teachers shouted and woke up the teachers and all the boarders (…) But at that moment the luminous object had already disappeared. (1946, Spring)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestres”, ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.84, 85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1091

Event 4461 (916A77E7)

Date: 4/1946
Location: JAPAN, Okinawa
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1942, USA, same person) Howard Menger is injured in Okinawa and is in the presence of a man, dressed in military clothing, who tells him that the extraterrestrials continue to prepare him for his mission and predicts the atomic explosion of Hiroshima which took place four months later. [note from vog: this would have already been told to him in 1944, when he was still in the USA… ] (April, 1946)
Reference: follow-up in 1955
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Mystery of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 146
Reference: follow-up June 1946, USA, High Bridge
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1083

Event 4462 (6AE1A727)

Date: 4/1946
Alternate date: 5/1946
Locations: Country Club Road; Lafayette, New York
Description: Around 12:00 noon. Richard R. Hill and Stanley Ogdrzyiak are driving in an open convertible on the Country Club Road near Lafayette, New York. Suddenly they see a gleaming, metallic, cigar-shaped object in the sky. It remains motionless at 5,000–10,000 feet altitude, which at that height would make it 300–400 feet long. After 2 minutes, it disappears instantaneously.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 84,” CRIFO Newsletter 2, no. 3 (June 3, 1955): 4; Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_765

Event 4463 (453A2B96)

Date: 4/1946
Location: Florida
Description: Following World War II, there was a surge in UFO sightings worldwide. An American military transport plane pilot reported an encounter over Florida. While flying, he and his crew spotted what they initially believed to be a shooting star. However, as it approached, they realized it was a long, cylindrical object, about twice the size of a B-29, with glowing portholes. The object, estimated to be traveling at 2,000 miles per hour, veered to avoid a collision and vanished over the horizon. (Chapter 8, Ref 329)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_319

Event 4464 (E029933A)

Date: 4/2/1946
Description: The Strategic Services Unit is transferred to the new Central Intelligence Group and becomes the Office of Special Operations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Strategic Services Unit”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_763

Event 4465 (EE0E97DA)

Date: 4/16/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: First V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, reaching 5.5km altitude (radio cut off after launch, fin 4 failed prior to cutoff)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_186
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 5.5km

Event 4466 (31886354)

Date: 4/16/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 14:47 TEST LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 2; ALTITUDE 8 KM. RADIO STOP
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: EMERGENCY
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1084

Event 4467 (E406C651)

Date: 4/20/1946
Description: League of Nations dissolved, succeeded by the United Nations (UN)
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_187

Event 4468 (B3A893FA)

Date: 4/25/1946
Location: Anima Nipissing Lake, Ontario
Description: While ice fishing at Anima Nipissing Lake, Ontario, Don Cameron and his family watch 12–14 small disc- shaped objects descend at a 45° angle about 75 feet away. They come spinning down on the ice, rise 2 feet into the air, then come down again. Cameron walks toward them, and they ascend and shoot away at the same angle and direction. They find black marks on the snow and ice.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_764

Event 4469 (A640F40E)

Date: 5/1946
End date: 12/1946
Location: Scandinavia
Description: 2,000 Ghost Rocket sightings in Sweden/Finland
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_188

Event 4470 (18DD25B0)

Date: 5/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Angelholm
Description: (Translated from French) A Swedish industrialist, Gösta Carlsson, told journalist Eugen Semitjov (issue no. 44, Allers, 1971): “It was one evening in May 1946. I had gone out to try to find pollen for my bees and I had taken a flashlight because the darkness was already well established. Suddenly I saw a light between the trees: I then thought that someone had just lit a fire. But when I saw that this light was advancing towards a small clearing, I changed my mind. So I headed in its direction and when I arrived at the edge of this open space, I saw something like a disc topped with a dome and resting on the ground. On the dome there were some kind of oval windows and above it was planted a kind of periscope, like for a submarine. Under the disc one could distinguish a large oblong fin extending from the center to the outside of this lateral part. Two landing feet were also visible and from a door located next to the fin-shaped wing, a ladder descended to the ground. The object had approximately 16 m in diameter for a maximum height of 4 m. On the periphery of the disc there were a series of openings like nozzles and besides, when the object left, jets of gas or vapors came out of it which burned the grass. The light that had attracted my attention was on the kind of mast that I assimilated to a periscope. This rod had a length of 5 m and from its top three antennas were leaving. Lower, it was a kind of lampshade that was suspended there. It was from there that this light seemed to pulsate, of a rather curious purple shade and which illuminated not only the object but also one to two meters all around. On the ground, outside this illuminated zone, a man dressed in a tight white suit was standing. It seemed that he was guarding the machine, because having spotted me he pointed his hand in my direction: I was less than 10 m from him and I stopped dead. The man had my size but he was much thinner than me. I saw that there were other people around the object, but what was strange was that they did not say a word. There were three of them working on one of the portholes and two others standing on the side of the machine. I also saw three women. In total I thus spotted the presence of eleven people. They all had black boots and gloves, a belt of the same color around the waist and a transparent helmet on their head. The women had ash-colored hair, but I could not see the shade of those of the men because they wore a kind of dark cap. Their skin was brownish, as if tanned by the sun. I advanced a few more steps, but the guard stopped me again with a gesture of the hand. This character was wearing a black box suspended from a chain around his neck: it looked like an old camera. He turned this device in my direction and I then thought he wanted to take a picture of me. But nothing happened except that I heard a click in my flashlight. This one did not work anymore afterwards, but this may be only a coincidence: when I returned home I noticed that the new batteries were completely discharged. One of the women came out of the cabin of the object holding something in her hand. She approached the edge of the illuminated zone and, through this kind of luminous curtain, she threw the object she was holding: at the same time she laughed …” Carlsson found this object which had the shape of a stick. An analysis carried out in 1971 revealed that it was silicone with various impurities. After this episode the witness left the place and did not return until about thirty minutes later. He approached by another path and then felt a strong ozone smell in the atmosphere. Before he reached the clearing, a very bright red light came on. With a kind of plaintive noise the object rose slowly above the treetops. At 500 m it seemed to waver a bit, then suddenly the light became brighter and turned purple. The object accelerated and disappeared at full speed. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 279 to 281) 1946, summer, Angelholm A man saw in a wood outside the town, a swollen disc resting on two crutches and a tailplane. All around there were eleven beings of human appearance, of both sexes, dressed in white overalls and wearing spherical helmets. He approached but one being made him a sign to stop. Believing it to be a military secret, the man moved away and observed from a distance the takeoff and the rapid disappearance of the craft. traces were found.
Reference: Inforespace no. 48 of 1979, p. 29
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1090

Event 4471 (8FDA3132)

Date: 5/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Start of a wave of observations, mainly in Scandinavia, but also in the rest of Europe, and even in North Africa. (May)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_544

Event 4472 (EC57F7C6)

Date: 5/1946
Location: Angelholm, Sweden
Description: At twilight while walking home, a prominent industrialist saw a light in the woods and went to investigate. He saw a disc with dome and oval windows on the ground. Around it were about 11 beings with transparent helmets and uniform-like clothing apparently working on the craft. Later he saw the craft take off emitting bright red light, then speed away. Burned grass and other trace marks were found at the site. (Ref. 3; Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1972.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_305

Event 4473 (27F82745)

Date: 5/1946
Location: LaGrange, FL
Description: A Navy gunnery and radar officer observed a dark elliptical object which moved slowly overhead, disappearing in a cloud bank. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, I] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_308

Event 4474 (9C779548)

Date: 5/1946
Locations: La Grange; Titusville, Florida
Description: Day. Navy Lieutenant Andrew A. Titcomb is on leave and picking oranges at his wife’s family home at La Grange, north of Titusville, Florida, when he hears a whistling noise and sees a dark “flying football” directly overhead at about 1,000 feet elevation moving at 125 mph. It appears 15–20 feet in diameter and flies in an arc to the southeast. It disappears in a cloudbank.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 6; Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_766

Event 4475 (D7660697)

Date: 5/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: A prominent Swedish businessman witnessed a disc-shaped object with a cupola, oval windows, a mast resembling a submarine’s periscope, an oblong fin, landing legs, and a ladder touching the ground. The UFO, approximately 53 feet in diameter, had turbine-like holes from which jet beams emerged, scorching the grass upon departure. The mast emitted a strange pulsating purple light that covered the object and nearby ground. The businessman observed multiple individuals, totaling 11, near the UFO. These individuals wore white overalls, transparent helmets, black boots, gloves, and belts. The women had ashen-colored hair, while the men wore black caps. The beings appeared sunburned. One guard had a black box hanging from his neck, which seemed to drain the battery of the witness’s forehead lamp upon being directed at him. The witness briefly left the site but returned to see the UFO ascend and depart rapidly. (Chapter 8, Ref 344)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_337

Event 4476 (EBEFB9A4)

Date: 5/10/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: First nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 112.6km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_189
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 112.6km

Event 4477 (A40E9E1D)

Date: 5/10/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 3, ALTITUDE 112 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1085

Event 4478 (BDFBC957)

Date: 5/13/1946
Location: Astrakhan Oblast
Description: Plans for a new test site for the first Soviet ballistic missiles and atomic bombs at Kapustin Yar test site
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_190

Event 4479 (06638ADB)

Date: 5/13/1946
Locations: Kaliningrad; Korolyov; Moscow; Russia
Description: The Soviets establish a rocket center called NII-88 [now TsNIIMash] at Kaliningrad [now Korolyov], Russia, northeast of Moscow. Missile designer Sergei Korolev is appointed chief designer of Section 3 on long-range missiles. Stalin declares Korolev’s name a secret, which it remains until his death in 1966. Russia keeps dozens of its captured German scientists here, working on special projects until 1955.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “TsNIIMash”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_767

Event 4480 (936918B6)

Date: 5/13/1946
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Description: A rocket is seen traveling over Helsinki, Finland, in a southwesterly direction at 1,000 feet. It supposedly moves at supersonic speed, emitting a magnesium-like light and a trail of smoke.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan L. Aldrich, comp., The Ghost Rocket File, Fund for UFO Research, 2000, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_768

Event 4481 (98F8B73D)

Date: 5/18/1946
Time: 18:00?
Location: ANGELHOLM, SWD
Description: Domed saucer / ground. 11 pseudo-human/entity fix window. Observer(s) halted / gestures. / FSRv18#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_563

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “ANGELHOLM,SWD:DOMED SCR/GND:11 PSH FIX WINDOW:OBS HALTED/GESTURES:/FSRv18#2”, LatLong: “56.244447 12.855556”, LatLongDMS: “56:14:40 N 12:51:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 4482 (011B1968)

Date: 5/18/1946
Locations: Kronoskagen; Ängelholm, Sweden
Description: 10:45 p.m. Gösta Carlsson, later to become founder and owner of Cernelle AB, is walking in the forested area of Kronoskagen near Ängelholm, Sweden, when he sees a disc-shaped machine more than 50 feet in diameter. On the top is a cupola with oval windows, and beneath it are an oblong “fan,” two legs, a small ladder, and openings. A man dressed in a white, one-piece outfit gestures to Carlsson to stop. Two other occupants, three of them women, all wearing suits and transparent helmets, are nearby. One of the males points a boxlike device at the witness, who leaves the scene but returns by a different route 30 minutes later, just in time to see the UFO depart. A concrete model of the UFO is dedicated in 1963 as a memorial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “UFO-Memorial Ängelholm”; Sven-Olof Fredrickson, “The Ängelholm Landing Report,” Flying Saucer Review 18, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1972): 15– 17; Anders Liljegren, “High-Quality Investigation of 1946 CEIII Case,” AFU Newsletter, no. 38 (March 1995): 2–3; Clark III 528–529; Clas Svahn, “Gösta Carlssons möte,” Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige, July 10, 2018; Håkan Blomqvist, “UFO-Sweden Memories: Ängelholm 1996,” Håkan Blomqvist’s Blog, July 1, 2020; Clas Svahn and Gösta Carlsson, Mötet i gläntan: Sveriges mest kända närkontakt med UFO, 3rd ed., Parthenon, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_769

Event 4483 (82506FD6)

Date: 5/21/1946
Location: Stora Mellösa, Sweden
Description: Two motorists report an elongated craft resembling a rocket or Zeppelin over Stora Mellösa, Sweden. One of the witnesses sees two short wings, although the other cannot see any despite watching the object for 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_770

Event 4484 (177881EA)

Date: 5/24/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Vasteras and Karlskrona
Description: (Translated from French) At Vasteras, around 00:05, a witness observed the phenomenon, the size of a full moon in the sky of the SO, at an estimated altitude of 100-200 m and at a maximum distance of 500 m from the witness. This object was descending. At Karlskrona, at 2:20, a rocket was observed coming from the north and going towards the south, towards Copenhagen (Denmark) at a speed of approximately 400 km/h and at an altitude not exceeding 100 m. It flew horizontally, without wings or tail and was observed for 10 seconds.
Reference: Spökraketerna 1946, Göran Jansson
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1086

Event 4485 (CDD50E50)

Date: 5/24/1946
Time: 02:20
Location: LANDSKRONA, SWD
Description: 3+observer(s). Fireball = 6M wingless cylinder/cigar-shape / 90M altitude shoots bursts / sparks. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_564

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LANDSKRONA,SWD:3+OBS:FBL=6M WINGLESS CGR/90M alt SHOOTS BURSTS/SPARKS:>>SW”, LatLong: “55.883336 12.833334”, LatLongDMS: “55:53:00 N 12:50:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4486 (2B1C4E96)

Date: 5/24/1946
Location: Landskrona, Sweden
Description: 2:20 a.m. Witnesses in Landskrona, Sweden, see a wingless, cigar-shaped object, spurting sparks from its tail. About 300 feet above the ground, it is moving at airplane speed toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 1; Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_771

Event 4487 (21C17BED)

Date: 5/25/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Huddinge, Hässleholm, Uppsala
Description: (Translated from French) In Huddinge people observe an unknown luminous phenomenon in the sky. In Hässleholm it is 2:10 when a ghost rocket flies at low altitude, around 300 m, at a speed of at least 600 km/h, in a straight trajectory. It is observed for 10 seconds. Around 7 pm, a luminous phenomenon in the shape of a drop of water but with a metallic aspect is observed.
Reference: Spökraketerna 1946, Göran Jansson
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1087

Event 4488 (D43492D7)

Date: 5/25/1946 (approximate)
Location: KARLSKRONA AND HUDDINGS AND HAGALUND, SWD
Description: Wave / silent fireballs and wingless cigars mystify all.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_565

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “208”, HatchDesc: “KARLSKRONA+HUDDINGS+HAGALUND,SWD:WAVE/SILENT FBLS+WINGLESS CGRS MYSTIFY ALL”, LatLong: “56.205558 15.633334”, LatLongDMS: “56:12:20 N 15:38:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4489 (F1C426A1)

Date: 5/26/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Helsingborg
Description: (Translated from French) At 11 PM an object was seen in the sky. It had all the characteristics, including sound, of a German V1 bomb.
Reference: and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one…recovered by the liberators
Reference: Spökraketerna 1946, Göran Jansson
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1088

Event 4490 (5AF207B1)

Date: 5/28/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Erkilstuna and Mellosa
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:30 pm a rocket of aluminum-like appearance passed over Erkilstuna. At Mellosa a cigar-shaped object, on a hesitant trajectory, headed north at an altitude of 300 to 500 meters and passed over the aerodrome. (Spökraketerna 1946, Göran Jansson) May 29, 1946 USA, White Sands The US Army invited hundreds of journalists, photographers, filmmakers, even scientists, generals, including some British, to a spectacular show. Safely sheltered in bunkers, the guests could admire from a respectful distance a V2 rocket (…) At exactly 2:13 pm, a jet of flames appeared beneath it. The rocket rose with an impressive slowness before accelerating more and more in an awful roar, dragging behind it a 20 m long flaming tail, until it became a small orange star that finally disappeared, leaving only a thin trail of smoke. (…) Three minutes later, the V2, which had been followed by radars and special optical instruments taken from the Germans, after reaching nearly 100 km in altitude, fell back, signaled by an observation plane, at 4000 km/h, about sixty km from its starting point, burying itself in the desert sand amidst a burst of flames. (…) While tests of the V2, more or less modified, continued at a rate of one per week, in 1947 one of them reached the record altitude of 183 km.
Reference: “To the Assault of Space” - Georges H. Gallet, ed. of Modern Thought, p. 85, 86
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1089

Event 4491 (60C07784)

Date: 5/28/1946
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: The Aftonbladet newspaper in Stockholm, Sweden, is the first to use the term “Spökraket” (ghost rocket) in a headline.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_772

Event 4492 (C394C6B0)

Date: 5/29/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 112.1km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_191
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 112.6km

Event 4493 (5D073CA6)

Date: 5/31/1946
Time: 11:40
Location: KATRINEHOLM, SWD
Description: Several observer(s). Plain cylinder/cigar-shape faster / any fighter. Slight rumble. Turns going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_566

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KATRINEHOLM,SWD:SVRL OBS:PLAIN CGR FASTER/ANY FIGHTER:SLIGHT RUMBLE:TURNS >>W”, LatLong: “58.988892 16.194445”, LatLongDMS: “58:59:20 N 16:11:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4494 (458A7424)

Date: 5/31/1946
Location: Katrineholm, Sweden
Description: 11:43 a.m. A huge, metallic, wingless cigar moves rapidly at 1,000 feet altitude over Katrineholm, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 2–3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_773

Event 4495 (AC256DAF)

Date: 6/1946
Location: USA, High Bridge (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) (Cfr: 1945, early April, Okinawa) Discharged Howard Menger is in High Bridge and goes into the forest. A saucer lands: two blond men and the woman he had already met 14 years earlier in the same place, disembark. She has not changed and appears to be 25 years old, in fact she tells him, she is over 500 years old. But on the planet from which she and her two companions come, the atmosphere and lifestyle slow down aging. She gives him indications about his future mission and asks him not to reveal his story for 10 years.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Mystery of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 146
Reference: follow-up March 1956, unspecified location, assumed USA
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1095

Event 4496 (A3CFD36D)

Date: 6/1946
Location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton OH
Description: A young boy visiting Wright Field claimed to have seen a domed saucer around 20 feet in diameter with three legs in a hangar. Next to it were several small, humanoid bodies with large, pear-shaped heads on stretchers. After being spotted by a colonel, the boy’s father lost his job. The boy’s grandfather, an employee at the base, allegedly confirmed a UFO had been brought there. (Chapter 8, Ref 347)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_340

Event 4497 (57C54A73)

Date: 6/6/1946
Description: The Joint Research and Development Board is created by the Secretaries of War and the Navy to coordinate research efforts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joint Research and Development Board, Organization Authority Record, June 6, 1946
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_776

Event 4498 (520BBEA6)

Date: 6/9/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Helsinki (Finland), a bright multicolored light is observed above the city, with a trail of smoke and the sound of thunder. Its luminous trail persists for 10 minutes. (June 9, Night)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_545

Event 4499 (E2D84957)

Date: 6/9/1946
Location: Sala, Sweden
Description: Night. An enormous light drops earthward over Sala, Sweden, leaving a long, fiery trail. An explosion is heard.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_777

Event 4500 (56BBBBDE)

Date: 6/9/1946
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Description: 10:17 p.m. A rocket-like light passes over Helsinki, Finland, at 10,000 feet leaving a smoke trail and making a distant rumble. A luminous afterglow lasts 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_778

Event 4501 (3675C9FA)

Date: 6/10/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Same phenomenon as the day before, but newspapers indicate that the object turned around to return in the direction it came from. (June 10th, night)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_546

Event 4502 (A5AFD9C0)

Date: 6/10/1946
Time: 21:00?
Location: HELSINKI, FINL
Description: Ghost rocket going northwest to Tammerfors. Returns over Helsinki going quickly southeast / Baltic.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_567

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “HELSINKI,FINL:GHOST ROCKET> NW to TAMMERFORS:RETURNS OVR HELSINKI >>SE/BALTIC”, LatLong: “60.200003 24.933335”, LatLongDMS: “60:12:00 N 24:56:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4503 (A4D541EF)

Date: 6/10/1946
Location: Latin America
Description: Lieut. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg replaces Souers as director of the CIG. He expands it and wins the right to collect intelligence in Latin America.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946–65, vol. 1, 1946–1955, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_779

Event 4504 (39F65B1D)

Date: 6/10/1946
Description: Mystery “ghost rockets” were seen over Tampere and Helsinki, Finland.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: H. Edward Hill
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3403

Event 4505 (B185F22B)

Date: 6/12/1946
Description: (Translated from French) The Swedish General Staff requests the army to report their observations through official channels, admitting to be aware of the phenomenon since May. (June 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_547

Event 4506 (19D35127)

Date: 6/12/1946
Time: 20:00?
Location: ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN
Description: ‘Ghost-bomb’ exits cloud. Descends going quickly north. Intermittent exhaust.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_568

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ESKILSTUNA,SWEDEN:‘GHOST-BOMB’ EXITS CLOUD:DESCENDS>>N:INTERMITTENT EXHAUST”, LatLong: “59.350003 16.500001”, LatLongDMS: “59:21:00 N 16:30:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4507 (64305094)

Date: 6/12/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: The Swedish Defense staff secretly orders reports of unknown rockets to be collected by military and civilian defense units in Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_780

Event 4508 (88950FAD)

Date: 6/13/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 117.2km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_192
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 117.2km

Event 4509 (104A9CFC)

Date: 6/13/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCH OF V2 NO. 5 AT 16:40. ALTITUDE 117 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1092

Event 4510 (FBE3E49C)

Date: Mid 1946
Location: La Grange, Florida
Description: A Navy officer in La Grange, Florida, heard a whistling sound above him. Looking up, he saw a dark “flying football” moving from west to east at around 1,000 feet, traveling approximately 125 miles per hour. The object had no wings, engine sound, or other distinguishable features and was estimated to be 15-to-20 feet in diameter. It smoothly curved southeast and disappeared into a cloud bank. The officer’s wife and family also heard the noise, and his wife briefly saw the object as it disappeared. (Chapter 8, Ref 331)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_321

Event 4511 (0C253D26)

Date: Mid 1946
Location: San Diego, California
Description: In 1946, two individuals observed a UFO near San Diego, California. Positioned on high ground curving from Morrow Bay, they spotted a dark, bat-like object in the sky after sunset. The object remained stationary for several minutes, its shape clearly visible. It then either descended or was obscured by rising cloud mist, disappearing from view. After its disappearance, a vibrant flush of color spread over the sea. (Chapter 8, Ref 332)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_322

Event 4512 (2ACF0157)

Date: Mid 1946
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Description: Two South African women observed a UFO hovering above a hotel roof in Johannesburg. The object was saucer-shaped with a central gold-colored ball. They heard a clicking sound, and the ball detached and then re-attached itself above the main saucer. Two seven-foot-tall human-like figures, resembling identical twins with fair complexions, broad shoulders, and short, wavy hair, appeared between the saucer and the ball. Dressed in white uniforms with stiff collars and wide belts, the figures stood motionless, staring at the women. The sighting concluded as the UFO and its occupants slowly moved away, obscured by a building. (Chapter 8, Ref 345)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_338

Event 4513 (25C766CD)

Date: Mid 1946
Location: Oconomowoc Lake, Wisconsin
Description: Three individuals witnessed a shiny object, resembling a silver-colored pointed cam, tumbling from the sky over Oconomowoc Lake in Wisconsin. As it descended, a barn caught fire, and locals reported hearing an explosion. Despite the witness’s attempt to inform authorities, they dismissed the claims. (Chapter 8, Ref 348)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_341

Event 4514 (F6CA09F1)

Date: 6/18/1946
Locations: Moscow; Caucasus; Middle East
Description: A first-strike scenario, the Pincher war plan, is created by the US military to strike Moscow and the Caucasus with 50 nuclear weapons if the Soviets invade the Middle East. It is never officially approved, but the Joint Chiefs agree to use it for planning purposes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Phillip S. Meilinger, “The Early War Plans,” Air Force Magazine, December 1, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_781

Event 4515 (2132940B)

Date: Summer 1946
Location: NETHERLANDS, Elst (Gelder, Betuwe)
Description: (Translated from French) A large elongated and oval object was seen, flying at high speed above the pastures, at very low altitude. The witness even saw windows on the object which he described “as being made of black glassy material” (1946, Summer)
Reference: (c) 1997 Jeroen Slurf and Jeroen Kümeling.UFO nieuwsbrief jaargang 2, nummer 1
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1110

Event 4516 (130B818A)

Date: Summer 1946
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Description: Late evening. Two women on a walk in Johannesburg, South Africa, see an aerial object hovering 5 feet above the roof of a nearby hotel. It is shaped like a saucer with a round, golden ball in the center, evenly split between the top and bottom sections. They hear a clicking noise, and the ball drops through the saucer until it is level with the roof. More clicks are heard, and the ball rises through and above the saucer 8–9 feet. In the space between the ball and the disc the witnesses see two figures larger than normal height (7 feet), fair-complexioned and broad-shouldered, with short wavy hair. They are wearing white uniforms with stiff collars and stand motionless until the object floats away and is lost to view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Judge, “Near-Landing in 1946 in Johannesburg,” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 5 (March 1979): 14–16; Clark III 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_774

Event 4517 (13DD82BF)

Date: Summer 1946
Locations: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Cheyenne Mountain; Escarpment
Description: Day. Eleanor Hancock is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, looking southwest toward Cheyenne Mountain when two shining silver objects appear, moving rapidly in tandem from east to west toward the escarpment. Just before they reach the mountain, they turn sharply upward, still in formation, and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_775

Event 4518 (3B51EAD8)

Date: 6/25/1946
Locations: Jack Northrop Field; Hawthorne Municipal Airport; Muroc Army Air Field; Edwards AFB
Description: A four-engine Northrop XB-35 flying wing bomber makes its first test flight from Jack Northrop Field [now Hawthorne Municipal Airport] to Muroc Army Air Field [now Edwards AFB] in California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-35”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_782

Event 4519 (52E54DF2)

Date: 6/26/1946
Location: Morjärv, Sweden
Description: The commander of the military district in Morjärv, Sweden, issues instructions on how to report incidents with “certain kind of light phenomena’ that might be associated with “tests made by foreign powers with guided weapons.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Swords 12).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_783

Event 4520 (762E3E33)

Date: 6/28/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 107.8km altitude (nose separation failure)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_193
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 107.8km

Event 4521 (29695790)

Date: 6/28/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH TEST AT 12:25 OF V2 #6, ALTITUDE 107 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1093

Event 4522 (7096E91D)

Date: 6/29/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Kölmervsjön lake
Description: (Translated from French) A military report indicates that a “ghost bomb” fell into the lake. The object resembled a 3 m long rocket and letters were painted on the side.
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that announce the superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1094

Event 4523 (FA73E47C)

Date: 6/30/1946
Time: 21:01:00.0
Location: 11.5900 165.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Able” Yield: 21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_3

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5900 165.5000”, LatLongDMS: “11:35:24 N 165:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.16”, NukeName: “Able”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “21”

Event 4524 (09DB3649)

Date: 7/1946
Location: CANADA, Oakville (Ontario)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Brown saw at 10:55 PM the passage of two rocket-shaped bodies perfectly silent. When the objects passed over the farm, the witnesses noticed openings arranged two by two at the front and back. These two UFOs were moving at about fifteen meters from the ground emitting red flames. (July 1946)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 282
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1109

Event 4525 (0E0E87A4)

Date: 7/1946
Time: 14:00
Location: JYDERUP TO/FROM KALUNDBORG, DK
Description: Several observer(s). 2 silent silver saucers tilt and wobble. Fly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_569

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “JYDERUP><KALUNDBORG,DK:SVRL OBS:2 SILENT SLVR SCRS TILT+WOBBLE:FLY ↑”, LatLong: “55.650003 11.233334”, LatLongDMS: “55:39:00 N 11:14:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4526 (69C3C101)

Date: 7/1946
Alternate date: 8/1946
Location: Unknown City, Sweden
Description: “Ghost rocket” sightings. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_310

Event 4527 (C95253A3)

Date: 7/1946
Locations: Tibet; Antarctica
Description: Amazing Stories publishes four short articles in its September 1945 issue by William C. Hefferlin, each describing a wonderful new invention that has come to the author, according to editor Ray Palmer, “from Tibet by mental telepathy.” One of the inventions is a “circle-winged airplane.” In later issues, Hefferlin and his wife Gladys go on to describe the Rainbow City, an underground Martian city beneath Antarctica where the flying saucers originate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A Description of Rainbow City from the Hefferlin Manuscript (Hollow Earth)”; Walter Kafton- Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, pp. 160–167; Clark III 610
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_784

Event 4528 (D1716287)

Date: 7/1946
Location: Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Description: Day. A long, silver-colored cigar appears suddenly out of the haze over Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts, moves noiselessly over the water, then disappears suddenly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lore and Deneault, p. 148; Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_785

Event 4529 (14FD6BDD)

Date: 7/1946
Location: Viskinge, Denmark
Description: 2:00 p.m. Hans Sorensen is cycling near Viskinge, Denmark, when he sees three discs flying silently overhead. The underside is uneven and dull gray, but they are like “polished mirrors” on top.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_786

Event 4530 (858EA8F9)

Date: 7/1946
Location: Lake Mjosa, southeastern Norway
Description: Several witnesses in July 1946 reported seeing an object resembling a German V-1 missile crash into Lake Mjosa in southeastern Norway. It was described as cigar-shaped, about 8 feet in length, with wings and making a whistling noise. The object appeared shiny at its front and rear, while its middle and wings were dark-colored. Some witnesses believed they saw two such objects. The Norwegian military investigated the incident but did not disclose their findings. (Chapter 9, Ref 373)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_365

Event 4531 (70BBBD19)

Date: 7/1946
Location: Lake Kolmjarv, northern Sweden
Description: The day after an incident in Norway, a similar event was reported in Sweden, where an object crashed into Lake Kolmjarv around noon. Eyewitnesses heard a humming sound and saw a rocket-like device diving towards the lake. The object had a snub nose, a pointed stern, and possibly wing-like protrusions. It made a loud, unfamiliar noise while airborne and sounded like an explosion upon impact with the water. A Swedish military unit investigated the site and reportedly found an impact crater at the bottom of the lake but no remains of the object. (Chapter 9, Ref 374)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_366

Event 4532 (87ACF41E)

Date: 7/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Approximate date. An American aviation magazine reported that an unidentified missile reportedly fell into a lake in Sweden. Authorities promptly responded and conducted a search operation with around 600 military personnel. Witnesses claimed that heavy, concealed materials were transported out of the area under the cover of darkness. The incident then seemingly faded from public discourse. (Chapter 9, Ref 375)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_367

Event 4533 (466D5DF4)

Date: 7/1/1946
Locations: Bikini Atoll; Marshall Islands
Description: Able nuclear test, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Radio-controlled autopilots are installed in eight B-17 bombers, converting them into remote-controlled drones that are then loaded with automatic cameras, radiation detectors, and air sample collectors. Their pilots operate them from mother planes at a safe distance from the detonation. The drones can fly into Able’s mushroom cloud, which would have been lethal to crew members.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Crossroads”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_787

Event 4534 (A4D77572)

Date: 7/3/1946
Location: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Description: The Joint Research and Development Board is established. Essentially it is Vannevar Bush’s existing cadre of brain trust from the still active Office of Scientific Research and the postwar Joint New Weapons Committee. Added to this are other reconstituted R&D committees and advisers like Lloyd Berkner of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The original founding members are physicist Alfred Lee Loomis, biologist Caryl Parker Haskins, physicist Luis Walter Alvarez, physicist William Shockley, and George Doriot. Two military representatives each from the Army, Navy, and Air Force complete the board’s membership. Counting Bush, this makes a board of 12.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_788

Event 4535 (C511E485)

Date: 7/5/1946
End date: 12/1946
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Description: Dr. Oliver J. Lee, director of Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University, states in a Los Angeles Examiner article that radar signals were secretly bounced off the Moon during WW2. He also speculates that the saucers are remotely controlled.
Type: Newspaper Article
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_194

Event 4536 (3C98563D)

Date: 7/6/1946
Locations: Royal Swedish Air Force Materiel Administration; Air Administration
Description: A special ghost rocket investigations committee is formed with Col. Bengt Jacobsson from the Royal Swedish Air Force Materiel Administration as chairman. Other members are Henry Kjellson and Eric Malmberg from the Air Administration; Maj. Nils Ahlgren and Capt. Gerdt Stangenberg from the Air Defense department; chemist Gustaf Ljunggren; physicist Martin Fehrm; and Olof Kempe from the Defense Radio Institute. They hold at least 12 meetings, beginning on July 10.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 13; Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 33; Swords 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_789

Event 4537 (11BBF607)

Date: 7/6/1946
Description: Astronomer Bertil Lindblad, after consulting with the Swedish Defense staff on ghost rocket reports, remarks that the “adjective ‘cigar-shaped’ is something new.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_790

Event 4538 (19E054FC)

Date: 7/7/1946
Time: 19:50
Location: GAVLE, SWEDEN
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape east going quickly west / 28K’ altitude. Clear outline. Vibrant bright light / rear. FSRv15#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_570

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GAVLE,SWEDEN:SVRL OBS:CGR E>>W/28K’alt:CLEAR OUTLINE:VBRITE LITE/REAR:FSRv15#2”, LatLong: “60.666670 17.116667”, LatLongDMS: “60:40:00 N 17:07:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4539 (D80954C4)

Date: 7/7/1946
Description: A cigar-shaped object flew over Gavle, Sweden from the east to the west at 28,000 feet altitude at 7:45 p.m. and was seen by several townspeople. It had a clearly distinguishable outline, and a very bright light at the rear.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3896

Event 4540 (AA4F4478)

Date: 7/8/1946
Location: NORWAY, Vuoremijoki
Description: (Translated from French) At 23:35 two loud detonations were heard, followed by a hissing sound, like those produced by welding machines. An oblong cloud of vapor “seeming to be overheated steam” then rose from behind a hill called Kivitunturi. From this cloud then emerged an object, resembling a rocket, which rose on a trajectory of 30 to 40° in the direction of the southwest. The distance from the witnesses must have been about 5 to 8 km. It was morning, the sun was up, visibility was very good. All the witnesses estimated the length of the “rocket” to be between 10 and 15 meters.
Reference: SWEDISH INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 26 Aug 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1096

Event 4541 (DEEC9D0E)

Date: 7/8/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Vuoremijoki (Norway), 2 loud detonations were heard by 2 people, followed by a very loud hissing, as if it came from a welding machine. An oblong cloud of “steam and heat” then rose from behind a hill called Kivitunturi. Out of this cloud emerged an object that looked like a projectile. It maintained an ascending trajectory of 30 to 40°, in the direction of the Southwest. The distance of the phenomenon was estimated between 5 and 8 km. The visibility was good, and the Sun was up. The length of the projectile was estimated between 10 and 15 m. (July 8th, 11:55 PM)
Reference: Swedish intelligence report, August 26th 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_551

Event 4542 (FA39811A)

Date: 7/8/1946
Location: NORRKOPING, SWEDEN
Description: J. B. strand. Fast silent grey 50cm ball flies going quickly east. / news / r130p05.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_571

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NORRKOPING,SWEDEN:J.B.STRAND:FAST SILENT GRY 50cm BALL FLIES>>E:/NEWS/r130p05”, LatLong: “58.616669 16.183334”, LatLongDMS: “58:37:00 N 16:11:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4543 (542F114E)

Date: 7/9/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 134.4km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_195
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 134.4km

Event 4544 (B24AFADE)

Date: 7/9/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:11, FIRST TEST FIRING: LAUNCH OF V2 #8, IT REACHES 5 KM ALTITUDE AND EXPLODES. At 12:25 SECOND TEST FIRING WITH LAUNCH OF V2 #7, ALTITUDE REACHED 133 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1097

Event 4545 (525EA1A4)

Date: 7/9/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Over 200 sighting reports are received by the Swedish military, many of which describe tubular objects or objects shaped like a low-flying, slow-moving axis, with or without very little sound. First sightings of unusual flying objects brought to the attention of US intelligence services. (July 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_548

Event 4546 (4ACF1C7A)

Date: 7/9/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Sweden forms a “ghost rockets committee” to study the problem.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_549

Event 4547 (A467627B)

Date: 7/9/1946
Description: (Translated from French) First reports received by the Swedish army. (July 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_552

Event 4548 (CCAA4F03)

Date: 7/9/1946
Time: 15:30
Location: TURKU, FINLAND
Description: Numerous observer(s). Fast bright-red ‘rocket’ casts shadows. South going quickly north. / r232’76#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_572

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TURKU,FINLAND:NMRS OBS:FAST BRITE-RED ‘ROCKET’ CASTS SHADOWS:S>>N:/r232’76#4”, LatLong: “60.416670 22.216668”, LatLongDMS: “60:25:00 N 22:13:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4549 (B94149F8)

Date: 7/9/1946
Location: Njurunda, Sweden
Description: A journalist finds three dubious fist-size fragments, one of iron and the other two slag-like, after a bright projectile is seen over a beach at Njurunda, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, p. 12; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_791

Event 4550 (DCDB0265)

Date: 7/9/1946
Locations: Guldsmedshyttan; Lindesberg; Sweden
Description: 2:30 p.m. Erik and Asa Reuterswärd take a photo of a greenish-white daylight meteor by a lake at Guldsmedshyttan, northwest of Lindesberg, Sweden. They are atop a forest watchtower and have a good view of the object. The image is circulated to newspapers throughout Sweden; however, the photo probably shows an unusual daylight meteor, not a ghost rocket.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 12–13; Clas Svahn, “The 1946 Ghost Rocket Photo,” `IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 12–14, 23; Swords 13–14; Clas Svahn, “Spökraketerna: Den Största Gåtan,” Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige, March 7, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_792

Event 4551 (A7CA645E)

Date: 7/9/1946
Locations: Vaxön, Sweden; Järna Station in Södertälje
Description: 2:30 p.m. Two people on the north side of Vaxön, Sweden, watch a glowing white object with a blue-white tail streak across the sky in about 2 seconds, disappearing to the southeast. Around the same time, a witness at Järna Station in Södertälje sees an object “like a glass flask in a thermos” descending from a high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_793

Event 4552 (5872AEAA)

Date: 7/9/1946
Locations: Stockholm, Sweden; Washington, D.C.; Central Sweden
Description: 2:30 p.m. A member of the US legation sees a silent ghost rocket falling rapidly over Stockholm, Sweden, according to a July 11 telegram from State Department official Christian M. Ravndal to Washington, D.C. Hundreds of other observations take place over central Sweden. Ravndal suggests that the Soviets are trying to intimidate the Swedes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, p.11; Clark III 524, 527; Good Above, p. 20; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p.p. 6, betw. 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_794

Event 4553 (5A30418D)

Date: 7/9/1946
Location: Ockelbo, Sweden
Description: 2:35 p.m. Efrain Johnson sees a strange, cigar- or sugarloaf-shaped object to the east of Ockelbo, Sweden. It shines like silver and appears “like some glistening mass.” It falls to the ground and is gone in a few moments.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_795

Event 4554 (508E2CDD)

Date: 7/9/1946
Locations: Sörbo, Sweden; Södra Barken
Description: About 3:00 p.m. A housewife near Sörbo, Sweden, is washing on the shore of Södra Barken when she sees a falling object coming from the northeast. It changes color from blue to green and has a long tail. It tumbles into the lake about 320 feet away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_796

Event 4555 (BDB7A4D3)

Date: 7/9/1946
Locations: Mockfjärd, Sweden; Mt. Landholm
Description: 3:30 p.m. A young man in Mockfjärd, Sweden, sees a silver-colored star diving toward the ground with a whistling noise. It comes down about 490 feet away from him, and he is blinded by the intense light. He thinks it crashes into Mt. Landholm. A powerful burning smell lingers for 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_797

Event 4556 (150B4A27)

Date: 7/9/1946
Location: Turku, Finland
Description: 3:35 p.m. Many people see a bright red, rocket-like object moving swiftly over Turku, Finland, and leaving a short trail. It casts shadows on the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_798

Event 4557 (76B1222A)

Date: 7/9/1946
Description: At 2:30 p.m. a UFO that looked like a silvery thermos bottle flew over Jarna, Sweden. There were six more reports of cigar-shaped objects and eleven reports of fireballs rocketing over Sweden at about this time.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3938

Event 4558 (3F9B9B71)

Date: 7/9/1946
Description: At 3:35 p.m. a fast, bright red, cigar-shaped ‘rocket’ cast shadows as it flew over Turku, Finland from south to north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3939

Event 4559 (32426719)

Date: 7/10/1946
Time: 14:30
Location: OREBRO, SWD
Description: Green fireball trails red smoke going quickly northeast. Large bullet shoots going down / Kumla. / r130p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_573

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: "OREBRO,SWD:GRN FBL TRAILS RED SMOKE >>NE:LRG BULLET SHOOTS ↓/KUMLA:/r130p12 ", LatLong: “59.250003 15.250001”, LatLongDMS: “59:15:00 N 15:15:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4560 (887F67EE)

Date: 7/10/1946
Time: 23:00
Location: LINKOPING, SWEDEN
Description: Numerous observer(s). Rocket-like object tows coppery sphere/orb/globe on a cable?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_574

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LINKOPING,SWEDEN:NMRS OBS:ROCKET-LIKE OBJ TOWS COPPERY ORB ON A CABLE?”, LatLong: “58.405558 15.666667”, LatLongDMS: “58:24:20 N 15:40:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4561 (920DCF9B)

Date: 7/10/1946
Locations: Norrvikssand, Sweden; Kubikenborg
Description: A brilliantly glowing projectile trailing luminous smoke crashes into a beach near Norrvikssand, Sweden. Airline pilot Torvald Linden and other witnesses find a shallow crater a little more than 3 feet in diameter. A mass of slag-like material, some of it reduced to powder (which burns the hands when touched) is found at the site and collected into bags. A journalist from Svenska Dagbladet on July 11 finds a “burnt-brown object with a hollow cylinder” with a diameter of about 1–2 inches. Military authorities take over the site. The debris is taken to Dr. B. Backlund at a laboratory in Kubikenborg, who finds it contains paper with microscopic black-and-white squares like a screen. Some porous, rust-colored fragments are also present. The same day, the beach is visited by Lt. Col. Rudberg, Capt. C. Ljungdahl, and Capt. R. Westlin, who conclude that the material has been in the area for a long time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 10–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_799

Event 4562 (CF2120EF)

Date: 7/10/1946
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: 2:30 p.m. A bluish flying cigar 10–12 times the diameter of the full moon in length passes over Stockholm, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_800

Event 4563 (967FC994)

Date: 7/11/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Njurunda
Description: (Translated from French) At around 2:30 PM, a spherical object followed by a 30 meter long luminous trail emerged close to the rooftops and crashed near a group of children playing on the beach. Several people rushed to the impact point of the “bomb”. A 2 meter long, 10 cm deep mark was found. Some pieces of crystallized and porous, brown sand were collected, which burned the fingertips like acid. Upon analysis, these samples showed a high concentration of organic matter.
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that Announce the Superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 57
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1098

Event 4564 (F34ACA18)

Date: 7/11/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Andebu (Norway), work was being done at the Berg farm when a deafening impact was heard. A large splash of water was created in a pond, as if a body had been thrown into it. A blue-gray smoke appeared on the lake, and it was this smoke that drew the attention of the witnesses to the lake. (July 11, 2:30 PM)
Reference: [Tønsberg Blad, July 1946] [Buskeruds blad, July 13, 1946, 1+7] [Dagbladet, July 13, 1946, 16] [Drammens tidende, July 13, 1946, 1+7] [Vårt Land, July 13, 1946, 1] [Friheten, July 15, 1946, 7] [Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 9-10] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 10]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_553

Event 4565 (84001D70)

Date: 7/11/1946
Location: SOUTH / GOTEBORG, SWEDEN
Description: Sunbather. Long silent silver object flies going quickly south slowly. / news release.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_575

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S/GOTEBORG,SWEDEN:SUNBATHER:LONG SILENT SLVR OBJ FLIES>>S SLOWLY:/NEWS RELEASE”, LatLong: “57.633336 12.000001”, LatLongDMS: “57:38:00 N 12:00:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4566 (81DA7381)

Date: 7/11/1946
Time: 01:30
Location: KOPINGSVIK, OLAND, SWD
Description: Fast bright green sphere/orb/globe going quickly east. Trailing spiral / light just vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_576

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KOPINGSVIK,OLAND,SWD:FAST BRITE GRN ORB>>E:TRAILING SPIRAL/LITE JUST VANISHES!”, LatLong: “56.866669 16.722223”, LatLongDMS: “56:52:00 N 16:43:20 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4567 (21051975)

Date: 7/11/1946
Time: 14:30
Location: RAMSJO, SWD
Description: 3+observer(s). 20cm fireball / treetops. Going quickly east. 2M crater / dark acrid gunk. / FSRv15#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_577

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RAMSJO,SWD:3+OBS:20cm FBL/TREETOPS:>>E:2M CRATER/DRK ACRID GUNK:/FSRv15#2”, LatLong: “62.166670 15.666667”, LatLongDMS: “62:10:00 N 15:40:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4568 (9C5DF86E)

Date: 7/12/1946
Time: 19:00
Location: RAGUNDA, SWEDEN
Description: Strange “soap bubble” with “drops on brim”. Goes going quickly northwest slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_578

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “RAGUNDA,SWEDEN:STRANGE “SOAP BUBBLE” WITH “DROPS ON BRIM”:GOES>>NW SLOWLY”, LatLong: “63.055559 16.383334”, LatLongDMS: “63:03:20 N 16:23:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4569 (620FD3AE)

Date: 7/12/1946
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: Swedish Intelligence agrees to cooperate in sharing ghost rocket information with the British military attaché in Stockholm, Sweden, Maj. de Salis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_801

Event 4570 (565D0C1C)

Date: 7/12/1946
Location: Gryon, Vaud, Switzerland
Description: Day. The railway station master at Gryon, Vaud, Switzerland, is watching a B-24 Liberator flying overhead at 15,000 feet when he also sees a “flying bomb” looking like a big star traveling northeast at about 250 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_802

Event 4571 (D2DBE666)

Date: 7/12/1946
Location: Usta, Örebro, Sweden
Description: 10:00 p.m. Inga Eriksson is in her garden in Usta, Örebro, Sweden, when she hears a sharp, sizzling sound in the air and sees three silvery triangular objects traveling horizontally from east to west. They are visible only for 2 seconds, but her mother notes that the electrical power has gone out in their home.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: AFU case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_803

Event 4572 (3A4A0EC8)

Date: 7/13/1946
Location: NORWAY, Stavanger
Description: (Translated from French) At 11 PM a yellow-red luminous object was approaching from the southeast. It looked like a rocket, flying at high altitude and high speed. It disappeared in the northwest, maintaining the same altitude throughout the observed trajectory.
Reference: STAVANGEREN, Jul 1946. DAGBLADET, 16 Jul 1946, 8. AFTENPOSTEN, 17 Jul 1946, 4. MORGENPOSTEN, 17 Jul 1946, 8. NATIONEN, 17 Jul 1946, 2. VERDENS GANG, 17 Jul 1946, 1. CIA INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 9 Apr 1947. Liljegren: SPÖKRAKETERNA 1946 - NYHETSBYRÅMATERIALET., 1977, 10. Gross: THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST ROCKETS., 1982, 12. Listing d’Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1099

Event 4573 (C850BB6A)

Date: 7/13/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Oslo (Norway), a luminous object passes over the city. It comes from the North-East and disappears towards the South, at the speed of a jet plane. The witnesses refute the possibility of a shooting star. The light is bigger and more intense than that of a usual star, and it leaves behind a trail of smoke. The altitude is estimated to be that of a normal aircraft, and the object maintains a straight trajectory during the entire observation. (20 h 55)
Reference: Aftenposten, 15 July 1946, 1
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_554

Event 4574 (6E42A6DC)

Date: 7/13/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Stavanger (Norway), a yellow-red luminous object approaches from the Southeast. It looks like a projectile, flying at high speed and high altitude. It disappears towards the Northwest, always maintaining the same altitude. There are 4 witnesses, who all reject the possibility of a meteor… (11 PM)
Reference: [Stavangeren, July 1946] [Dagbladet, 16 July 1946, 8] [Aftenposten, 17 July 1946, 4] [Morgenposten, 17 July 1946, 8] [Nationen, 17 July 1946, 2] [Verdens gang, 17 July 1946, 1] [CIA Intelligence Report, 9 April 1947] [Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 10] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 12]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_555

Event 4575 (8158B718)

Date: 7/13/1946
Time: 12:00
Location: HAGERSTEN / MALARHOJDEN, SWD
Description: Silent 20cm ball / treetop level flies going quickly north. Glows blue-green.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_579

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAGERSTEN/MALARHOJDEN,SWD:SILENT 20cm BALL/TREETOP LVL FLIES>>N:GLOWS BLU-GRN”, LatLong: “59.288892 17.950001”, LatLongDMS: “59:17:20 N 17:57:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4576 (54BD11D8)

Date: 7/13/1946
Time: 23:00
Location: ROGALAND PROVINCE, NORWAY
Description: 4 observer(s). Vibrant bright yellow-red object / steady high altitude. Southeast going quickly northwest. No meteor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_580

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROGALAND PROV.,NORWAY:4 OBS:VBRITE YEL-RED OBJ/STEADY HI ALT:SE>>NW:NO METEOR”, LatLong: “59.000003 6.000000”, LatLongDMS: “59:00:00 N 06:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4577 (F0CE07CB)

Date: 7/14/1946
Location: NORWAY, Son
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:50 PM a man observed an object flying very quickly at an altitude of approximately 1000 meters. He was able to follow it with his eyes for two minutes. During this time the object changed color, becoming blue-green.
Reference: AFTENPOSTEN, 15 Jul 1946, 1; 16 Jul 1946, 5. BORAS TIDNING, 16 Jul 1946. BUSKERUDS BLAD, 16 Jul 1946, 2. FREMTIDEN, 16 Jul 1946, 1. Listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1100

Event 4578 (2AB0A869)

Date: 7/14/1946
Location: NORWAY, Jeloy
Description: (Translated from French) At 22:55 four witnesses observed a bright yellow-white “star” on the southern horizon. They were able to see it for one minute, during its fast and high altitude flight towards the northwest. During the observation the color changed to a bluer tone.
Reference: AFTENPOSTEN, 15 Jul 1946, 1; 16 Jul 1946, 5. BORÅS TIDNING, 16 Jul 1946. BUSKERUDS BLAD, 16 Jul 1946, 2. DN, 16 Jul 1946. FREMTIDEN, 16 Jul 1946, 1. VERDENS GANG, 16 Jul 1946, 6. VD, 16 Jul 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1101

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Event 4579 (27BCA7AD)

Date: 7/14/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Son (Norway), a man sees an object moving quickly at an altitude of approximately 1000 m. It can be observed for 2 minutes, and its color changes to blue-green… (22 h 50)
Reference: [Aftenposten, July 15th 1946, 1; 16 Jul 1946, 5] [Borås tidning, July 16th 1946] [Buskruds blad, July 16th 1946, 2] [Fremtiden, July 16th 1946, 1]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_556

Event 4580 (C9848FC0)

Date: 7/14/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Jeløy (Norway), 4 witnesses see a large “star” yellow-white bright appear on the horizon in the South. It can be observed for 1 min, flying quickly and at high altitude, disappearing to the North-North-West. Ekke changes its color to more bluish. (22 h 55)
Reference: [Aftenposten, July 15th 1946, 1; July 16th 1946, 5] [Borås Tidning, July 16th 1946] [Buskruds blad, July 16th 1946, 2] [Fremtiden, July 16th 1946, 1] [DN, July 16th 1946] [Verdens gang, July 16th 1946, 6] [VD, July 16th 1946]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_557

Event 4581 (A9F17B7A)

Date: 7/15/1946
Description: The Swedes provide the British attaché with analytical reports of all observations to date.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_804

Event 4582 (DF503B83)

Date: 7/16/1946
Time: 22:00
Location: MATFORS, SWD
Description: 2 / motorcycle. Glowing silver cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly east over town toward(s) Sundvall and coast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_581

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MATFORS,SWD:2/MOTORCYCLE:GLOWING SLVR CYL >>E OVR TOWN TWRD SUNDVALL+COAST”, LatLong: “62.355559 17.005556”, LatLongDMS: “62:21:20 N 17:00:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4583 (7D1F0F3B)

Date: 7/16/1946
End date: 7/18/1946
Locations: US; Stockholm, Sweden
Description: US Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal makes an unexpected visit to Stockholm, Sweden, to meet with the Swedish Defense Minister Allan Vougt and two members of the special committee on ghost rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_805

Event 4584 (C4EB4809)

Date: 7/17/1946
Location: NORWAY, Oslo
Description: (Translated from French) An engineer reported having observed at 12:50, a luminous object, coming from the east and going towards the southwest. He observed it through binoculars and saw that the object emitted a rather dense gray smoke.
Reference: FREMTIDEN, July 19, 8. MORGENBLADET, July 19, 1. Liljegren: SPÖKRAKETERNA 1946 - NYHETSBYRÅMATERIALET., 1977, 11-2. Gross: THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST ROCKETS., 1982, 16. Listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1102

Event 4585 (E5C2065C)

Date: 7/17/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Oslo (Norway), an engineer reported seeing a bright object coming from the East and going towards the Southwest. Observed with binoculars, it produced a thick gray-white trail. (July 17, 12:50)
Reference: [Fremtiden, July 19, 1946, 8] [Morgenbladet, July 19, 1946, 1] [Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 11-2] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 16]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_558

Event 4586 (98F1D96C)

Date: 7/18/1946
Location: NORWAY, Son
Description: (Translated from French) 11:35: Bright object, with wings, making noise, emitting smoke.
Reference: Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1103

Event 4587 (72B1D924)

Date: 7/18/1946
Location: NORWAY, Mjosa
Description: (Translated from French) A family of farmers reported that an airplane was making a strange whistling sound at low altitude. Soon the witnesses saw two rocket-shaped objects pass quickly overhead and crash to the ground together. Two other witnesses described the craft as a kind of V1; then two small rockets two meters long fell together into the lake following a parabolic trajectory. (Pierre VIEROUDY: “Ces OVNI qui annoncent le surhomme” - Laffont 1979, p. 58, which dates the incident to June 20, 1946 and locates Mjosa in Sweden…) Between 12:00 and 12:30, several witnesses observed two objects, resembling V 1s, coming slowly, at low altitude (50 meters) from the west. Their attention had been drawn by a whistling, not resembling the sound of an airplane engine. The two objects flew so low that they almost brushed the tops of the trees. Both of them fell into Lake Mjosa, 2 km from the west beach and 7 km from Minnesund. They had the shape of a rocket, measuring about 2.50 m long and had wings with a total span of 2 meters. The wings were placed a little forward, about 1 m from the nose. The nose and tail shone like metal but the central part, as well as the wings, was very dark. The wings seemed to move slightly. The objects had no lights or fires and they flew one behind the other. Their trajectory was like that of a stone thrown with force. When they fell into Lake Mjosa, they raised a water jet several meters high. There was no sound of explosion. The sky was clear and the water calm. Among the witnesses were the whole family of Sigvart Skaug, and the two brothers Nils & Gustav Tosterud.
Reference: AFTENPOSTEN, 19 Jul 1946, 1; 20 Jul 1946, 1+5+14. BUSKERUDS BLAD, 20 Jul 1946, 1. DRAMMENS TIDENDE, 20 Jul 1946, 1. FREMTIDEN, 20 Jul 1946, 1. GÖTEBORGS-TIDNINGEN, Jul 1946. HD, 20 Jul 1946. SVD, 20 Jul 1946. MT, 21 Jul 1946, 18. AFTENPOSTEN, 22 Jul 1946, 1. ARBEIDERBLADET, 22 Jul 1946, 1. FREMTIDEN, 22 Jul 1946, 1. MORGENBLADET, 22 Jul 1946, 1. FLYING SAUCER REVIEW, v 15/n 2 - Mar/Apr 1969, 18. OFFICIAL UFO, Oct 1976, 61. Gross: THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST ROCKETS, 1982, 14-5. AFU NEWSLETTER, 27 - Jan/Dec 1984, 4.Listing d’Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1104

Event 4588 (3223367F)

Date: 7/18/1946
Description: (Translated from French) A Son (Norway), an object with wings emitting light, sound and smoke was observed. (23 h 35)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_559

Event 4589 (DCE3BF20)

Date: 7/18/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Mjøsa (Norway), several witnesses see objects resembling V1s coming from the West at low altitude (about 50 m). The witnesses first hear a loud whistling, not exactly that of an aircraft. The objects fly so low that they make the trees sway. They all fall into Lake Mjøsa, about 2 km from the West coast and about 7 km from Minnesund. They have the shape of cigars, measure 2.5 m long, with long wings of about 1 m behind the nose. The front and back parts shine like metal, but the middle section where the wings are is black. The wings seem to beat lightly. No fire or light is seen. The objects are close to each other, one in front of the other, and their trajectory is like that of a stone thrown. When they reach Lake Mjøsa, the water splashes several meters into the air. No explosion is heard. The sky is clear and the water is calm. Among the witnesses are Sigvart Skaug, his wife, his son, his daughter and Nils & Gustav Tosterud. (From 12:00 to 12:30)
Reference: [Aftenposten, July 19, 1946, 1; July 20, 1946, 1+5+14] [Buskeruds blad, July 20, 1946, 1] [Drammens tidende, July 20, 1946, 1] [Fremtiden, July 20, 1946, 1] [GÖTEBORGS-Tidningen, July 1946] [HD, July 20, 1946] [SVD, July 20, 1946] [MT, July 21, 1946, 18] [Aftenposten, July 22, 1946, 1] [Arbeiderbladet, July 22, 1946, 1] [Fremtiden, July 22, 1946, 1] [Morgenbladet, July 22, 1946, 1] [Flying Saucer Review, v 15/n 2 - March/April 1969, 18] [Official UFO, October 1976, 61] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 14-5] [AFU Newsletter, 27 - January/December 1984, 4]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_560

Event 4590 (3C3C3382)

Date: 7/18/1946
Time: 12:00
Location: LAKE MJOSA, NORW
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 2 fast low 8’ cylinders dive / lake. Short wings flap! / r189p179.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_582

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAKE MJOSA,NORW:2+2 OBS:2 FAST LO 8’CYLS DIVE/LAKE:SHORT WINGS FLAP!:/r189p179”, LatLong: “60.750003 11.000001”, LatLongDMS: “60:45:00 N 11:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4591 (01C4B140)

Date: 7/18/1946
Location: Stockholm
Description: Two British intelligence officers arrive in Stockholm to meet with their counterparts in Sweden. One is from the Air Ministry (Squadron Leader Barrie Heath) and the other (Maj. Malone) is from MI10(a), a branch of the Directorate of Military Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_806

Event 4592 (94C983A8)

Date: 7/18/1946
Locations: Lake Mjøsa in southeastern Norway; Minnesund
Description: 12:00 noon. Sigvat Skaug and his son, who live along Lake Mjøsa in southeastern Norway, and his sister Åse Tandberg watch two rocket-like objects about 7 feet long pass over their heads at a very low altitude. They fall simultaneously into the lake, throwing the water several feet into the air. The objects look like V-1 rockets and come in low from the west at about 150 feet, causing the trees to sway. They fall into the lake about 1.2 miles from the western shore and 4.3 miles from Minnesund.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “‘Ghost Rocket’ Crashes into Lake”; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 18–19; Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, pp. 19–20; Clas Svahn and Anders Liljegren, “The Kölmjärv Ghost Rocket Crash Revisited,” AFU Newsletter 27 (Jan./Dec. 1984): 1–5; Swords 16; Clark III 526
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_807

Event 4593 (DFB01E48)

Date: 7/18/1946
Locations: Ortviken, Sweden; Sundsvall
Description: Three workers see a ghost rocket above Ortviken, Sweden. Shortly afterward, Gunnar Falck watches a silvery cylinder moving over the northern part of Sundsvall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_808

Event 4594 (94C79084)

Date: 7/18/1946
Description: Two fast, low-flying eight-foot long cylinders dove into Lake Mjosa, Norway. They had short wing flaps. There were four witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4154

Event 4595 (5725C7C7)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Failed V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 4.8km altitude (oxygen pump explodes)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_196
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 4.8km

Event 4596 (0F03F889)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Kölmjärv Lake
Description: (Translated from French) Knut Lindbäck and his servant, working outside, heard a loud buzzing in the sky. Lindbäck looked up and saw a gray rocket-shaped object descending towards the lake. The nose was rounded and the tail pointed and it seemed to have fins. Everything was going very quickly and he didn’t have much time to observe it. When it fell into the water, a first huge column of water was raised, then a second. The witness estimated the length of the object to be about 2 meters. After the fall, uprooted algae and water lilies were floating everywhere and the water of the lake was completely muddy. Although the water was only 1.50m to 2m deep, it was impossible to locate the fallen object due to the muddy bottom.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 175
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1105

Event 4597 (B1E5B330)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Bölebyn (in the north)
Description: (Translated from French) An unusual aerial object was observed: it had the appearance of an illuminated milk jug. The observation lasted a good quarter of an hour: it must not have been flying very fast.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 175
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1106

Event 4598 (C2C2405A)

Date: 7/19/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Knut Lindback and Beda Persson were working by the side of Lake Kolmjarv (northern Sweden) when they heard a buzzing in the sky. They saw a gray object, resembling an airplane or a rocket, rushing towards the lake. The object touched the water about 1 km away from them, creating a huge geyser. Later, Lindback would declare: I’m sure it was a solid object. It measured 2 m long and had a snub nose while the back was pointed. I thought I saw 2 protrusions on the sides, like wings, but I can’t swear to it because everything happened very quickly. After this incident which had another witness by the lake’s shore, soldiers undertook a two-week search, without finding any trace of what the three individuals had seen. (July 19th, just before noon)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_550

Event 4599 (4E436D69)

Date: 7/19/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Møsvannet (Norway), a sound like that of an aircraft was heard. The sound came from the South-West, becoming louder and louder, culminating in a crash as if an aircraft had crashed into the ground. It lasted a few seconds, but nothing was seen. (July 19th, between 1pm and 1:30pm)
Reference: [Fremtiden, July 22nd 1946, 6]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_561

Event 4600 (3F0D7402)

Date: 7/19/1946
Time: 11:30
Location: NEAR PITEA, SWD
Description: 4 observer(s). Shiny ‘flying milk can’ glides going northwest / 15 minute(s)!
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_583

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “nr PITEA,SWD:4 OBS:SHINY ‘FLYING MILK CAN’ GLIDES >NW/15min!”, LatLong: “65.311114 21.483334”, LatLongDMS: “65:18:40 N 21:29:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4601 (F2AC3A00)

Date: 7/19/1946
Time: 11:40
Location: LK KATTISTJARN, SWD
Description: 1 observer. Big roar / no wind. Unseen object dives / lake. Big splash!
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_584

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Lk KATTISTJARN,SWD:1 OBS:BIG ROAR/NO WIND:UNSEEN OBJ DIVES/LAKE:BIG SPLASH!”, LatLong: “66.455559 23.205557”, LatLongDMS: “66:27:20 N 23:12:20 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4602 (91EA83C4)

Date: 7/19/1946
Time: 11:50
Location: KOLMJARV LAKE, SWD
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Humming. 2M cone dives / lake backwards. 0 found. / r10p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_585

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KOLMJARV LAKE,SWD:2+2 OBS:HUM:2M CONE DIVES/LAKE BACKWARDS:0 FOUND:/r10p57”, LatLong: “66.316670 22.900001”, LatLongDMS: “66:19:00 N 22:54:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4603 (109A69FD)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: Bölebyn, Sweden
Description: 11:15 a.m. In the village of Bölebyn, Sweden, Leonard Danielsson and his sons Kjell, Dan, and Hans see an “aeroplane” moving against the wind to the southwest. The boys say it looks like a large, metallic milk canister. It travels from horizon to horizon in about 20 minutes before disappearing in the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_809

Event 4604 (7DBC6896)

Date: 7/19/1946
Locations: Lake Kattisträsket, Sweden; Boden
Description: 11:30 a.m. Kurt Larsson, 11, is fishing at the north end of Lake Kattisträsket, Sweden, when he hears a roaring sound. A huge column of water rises out of the lake as if a mine has detonated. Military officers from Boden investigate, but the lake is too muddy to send in a diver. They conclude that whatever fell is buried in 15 feet of mud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_810

Event 4605 (B1E6BDD4)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: Lake Kölmjärv, Sweden
Description: 11:45 a.m. Many witnesses see a gray, winged rocket crash into Lake Kölmjärv, Sweden, with a loud bang close to the southwest bank. Knut Lindbäck says it generates a high plume of water when it hits the surface, “followed by another cascade as if something had detonated.” Water lilies and other aquatic plants are torn up and thrown on the shore. Lieut. Karl-Gösta Bartoll from the Boden engineer corps arrives the next day to supervise the salvage operation. Engineers Roland Rynniger and lab technician Torsten Wilner from the Defense Research Department also arrive with a Geiger counter. A three-week search turns up no traces of metal, even though the evidence points to an underwater explosion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “‘Ghost Rocket’ Crashes into Lake”; Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, pp. 20–26; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 20, 76; Clas Svahn and Anders Liljegren, “The Kölmjärv Ghost Rocket Crash Revisited,” AFU Newsletter 27 (Jan./Dec. 1984): 1–5; Swords 17–20, 24; Clark III 525, 526
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_811

Event 4606 (FE94B27E)

Date: 7/19/1946
Locations: Lake Vassarajärvi; Norrbotten County, Sweden
Description: 3:00 p.m. Karl and Tyra Axberg are sitting on the porch of their cabin on Lake Vassarajärvi in Norrbotten County, Sweden, when they hear a loud noise. A projectile comes in at a very low angle and hits the water at a 30° angle, continuing underwater for about 600 feet. A military team led by Karl-Gösta Bartoll can find no trace of a “ghost bomb.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 24–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_812

Event 4607 (7904E930)

Date: 7/19/1946
Locations: Lake Marmen; Sunnanå, Sweden
Description: 3:40 p.m. Ingrid Hansson is sunbathing with her father on a floating jetty at the northern end of Lake Marmen, near Sunnanå, Sweden. She hears a violent roaring over the water and looks up to see an object bouncing along the surface, stirring up a wake. The object has created a water column 66 feet high upon impact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_813

Event 4608 (D9C904A4)

Date: 7/19/1946
Location: Scandinavian countries
Description: Maj. Gen. George C. McDonald prepares a memorandum for the Commander of the Army Air Forces Gen. Carl Spaatz on reports of “rockets” over Scandinavian countries.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan L. Aldrich, comp., The Ghost Rocket File, Fund for UFO Research, 2000, pp. 9–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_814

Event 4609 (B29D0D99)

Date: 7/19/1946
Description: During the mystery ghost rocket wave of sightings over Scandinavia this year, at 11:55 a.m. a two-meter long cone-shaped object fell into Kolmjarv Lake, Sweden. An underwater search was attempted but nothing was found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: AFU Sweden
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4188

Event 4610 (20E14C59)

Date: 7/21/1946
Location: BELGIUM, Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders)
Description: (Translated from French) At the Vrouweneekhoek quarter, a young cyclist was returning home around 8:30 pm when he saw a disc on the side of the road. Amazed, the witness then saw two figures, no more than a meter tall. Before re-entering the object on the ground, one of the beings broke an acacia branch. Completely scared, it was only the next day that the young boy returned to the spot: he then discovered an irregular trapezoidal surface where the vegetation seemed to be charred.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 282-283 which places this in August; original source Hugo Huis, and GESAG special June 1972 p. 72
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1107

Event 4611 (FED8FD43)

Date: 7/21/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Hurdal (Norway), sighting of a dark object, moving at high speed, whistling at an altitude not exceeding 200 m. (July 21, 6:40 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_562

Event 4612 (8E73D2D7)

Date: 7/22/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Gardermoen (Norway), 3 pilots saw a flying bomb pass over the airfield at an incredible speed. The altitude must have been between 2000 and 3000 feet. All witnesses reported fire and sparks coming from the tail but no sound was heard. (July 22, 1 AM)
Reference: [Official UFO, Oct 1976, 61] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 17]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_563

Event 4613 (6EA2DC2C)

Date: 7/22/1946
Time: 01:00
Location: GARDERMOEN AIRFIELD, NORWAY
Description: Military observer(s). Very fast silent cylinder/cigar-shape / 900M altitude. Fire and sparks / tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_586

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GARDERMOEN AIRFIELD,NORWAY:MIL OBS:VFAST SLNT CGR/900M alt:FIRE+SPARKS/TAIL”, LatLong: “60.216670 11.133334”, LatLongDMS: “60:13:00 N 11:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4614 (CE3E1C25)

Date: 7/24/1946
Time: 21:34:59.8
Location: 11.5900 165.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Baker” Yield: 21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_4

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5900 165.5000”, LatLongDMS: “11:35:24 N 165:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Baker”, NukeSource: “G+R”, NukeType: “NWCU”, NukeY: “21”

Event 4615 (1762F42C)

Date: 7/24/1946
Locations: Vålberg, Värmland, Sweden; Norway; Vänern lake
Description: 1:20 p.m. Engineer Tennlund sees a small cigar-shaped object with a pair of small wings south of Vålberg, Värmland, Sweden. It comes from the direction of Norway (west) at great speed with no sound. Tennlund thinks it crashes into Vänern lake.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_815

Event 4616 (7CC5CDF9)

Date: 7/25/1946
Description: The Swedish military states that ghost rockets are not meteors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_816

Event 4617 (83BF61EC)

Date: 7/25/1946
Locations: Baker nuclear test; Bikini Atoll; Marshall Islands
Description: Baker nuclear test, Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Crossroads”; Fran Ridge, “The Baker Blast: Cause for Alarm?” May 4, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_817

Event 4618 (EF017752)

Date: 7/26/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Oslo (Norway), several witnesses hear 2 loud explosions, the last one seeming to have an echo. One person also claims to have seen a white light at the same time. (July 26, 0:53)
Reference: [Aftenposten, July 26 1946, 1+2] [Dagbladet, July 26 1946, 1+6] [Verdens gang, July 27 1946, 5] [Morgenbladet, July 29 1946, 2] [Flying Saucer Review, v 15/n 2 - March/April 1969, 18]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_564

Event 4619 (3079227F)

Date: 7/27/1946
Time: ~15:00
Location: HONG, DK
Description: Numerous observer(s). Shiny silver cylinder/cigar-shape crosses sky southeast going quickly northwest / 10 second(s). No fire / smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_587

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HONG,DK:NMRS OBS:SHINY SLVR CGR CROSSES SKY SE>>NW/10sec:NO FIRE/SMOKE”, LatLong: “55.500003 11.283334”, LatLongDMS: “55:30:00 N 11:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4620 (08E20506)

Date: 7/27/1946
Locations: London, England; Sweden
Description: British Air Attaché Capt. Henderson informs the Foreign Office in London, England, that cooperation with Swedish Air Staff should be kept from the Americans.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows, Piatkus, 2002; Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Swords 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_818

Event 4621 (5D8ECD1F)

Date: 7/28/1946
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: Night. Sections of Oslo, Norway, are shaken by two violent aerial explosions. An “intense white light” accompanies the blasts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London Daily Telegraph, July 29, 1946; Clark III 526
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_819

Event 4622 (AEDFCEBA)

Date: 7/29/1946
Locations: Norway; Sweden
Description: Norway begins censoring ghost rocket reports just as Sweden is doing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_820

Event 4623 (DA805B02)

Date: 7/30/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 161.5km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_197
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 161.5km

Event 4624 (EF871A7E)

Date: 7/30/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:36 TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #9, REACHED ALTITUDE 167 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1108

Event 4625 (2964DBFF)

Date: 7/30/1946
Description: (Translated from French) The Swedish army has collected over 600 reports (over 1000 according to other sources) concerning objects nicknamed “ghost rockets” (ghost rockets). These are generally described as having the general shape of cigars, with orange flames appearing to come out of the back. The observations are generally nocturnal. The General Staff declares the situation to be extremely serious; indeed, the observed objects, real, are detected by military radars. American officials share the concern of their Swedish counterparts, as the nearby Peenemünde base fell into Russian hands at the end of the war. This test center was used for the development of secret German weapons and may still shelter unusual devices. (July 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_565

Event 4626 (2ADFEABB)

Date: 7/30/1946
Location: Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Description: 1:15 p.m. Two objects shaped like dark crosses are seen in the sky over Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_821

Event 4627 (A4EB34ED)

Date: 7/30/1946
Location: Oskar-Fredriksborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Description: 3:12 p.m. William Jorgensen, a soldier at the fort at Oskar-Fredriksborg, Stockholm, Sweden, sees a silent flying object with short wings at a distance of about 6,560 feet. It is moving faster than a jet aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_822

Event 4628 (701A3DA7)

Date: 7/30/1946
Location: Norway-Sweden border
Description: 5:00 p.m. A customs officer on the Norway-Sweden border watches a silvery torpedo with short wings. The object moves in from the south but changes direction with a sharp turn and continues east with a whining sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_823

Event 4629 (21686C83)

Date: 8/1946
Location: USA, Oklahoma City
Description: (Translated from French) In the late afternoon, around 5:15 PM, Margaret Sprankle, 28 years old, an employee at A.F.B. Tinken, was returning home and saw a disk less than 100 m away, flying at low altitude. It hovered, inclined at 45°. At its lower part there were a dozen openings through which Margaret Sprankle thought she could make out shapes with large, bald heads and drooping shoulders. After 90 seconds the UFO moved away to the northwest and then quickly disappeared. (August, 1946)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 283
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1123

Event 4630 (12C24755)

Date: 8/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Sweden on behalf of Shell Oil Company, James Doolittle investigates the phenomenon of Ghost Rockets. According to other sources he goes to Spitzberger (Norway), to see a crashed UFO in May. According to former sailors of the Alabama vessel at the time, the UFO was brought to the United States on this ship from Spitsbergen.
Reference: Dorothy Kirgallen
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_566

Event 4631 (E9BC62A7)

Date: 8/1946
Description: (Translated from French) The phenomenon is spreading to Southern Europe. (August mid-month)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_572

Event 4632 (8D433DAF)

Date: 8/1946 (approximate)
Time: 14:00
Location: VISKINGE, DENMARK
Description: 1 / bicycle. 3 metallic disks going [to] overhead. Mirror-tops and dull grey / bottom/underside. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_588

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VISKINGE,DENMARK:1/BICYCLE:3 MTLC DISKS > OVHD:MIRROR-TOPS+DULL GRY/BTM:SLNT”, LatLong: “55.666669 11.266667”, LatLongDMS: “55:40:00 N 11:16:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4633 (91497447)

Date: 8/1946
Time: 20:30
Location: ST. NIKLAAS, BELGIUM
Description: Pan-shaped object / roadside. Small humanoid (or Grey) outside holds tree-branch. Burn physical trace(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_589

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.NIKLAAS,BELG:PAN-SHAPED OBJ/ROADSIDE:OID OUTSIDE HOLDS TREE-BRANCH:BURN TRC”, LatLong: “51.133336 4.133334”, LatLongDMS: “51:08:00 N 04:08:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4634 (503E1B28)

Date: 8/1946 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: POUNTA, SAMOS, GRC
Description: Orange teardrop shape southeast going northwest. Sound like wind / trees. / FSRv24#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: Von LUDVIGER, Illobrand ed. UFO’s-SEUGEN UND ZEICHEN. Berlin 1995 edition q-Verlags GmbH ISBN 3-86124-300-8. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_590

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “POUNTA,SAMOS,GRC:ORG TEARDROP SHAPE SE>NW:sound like wind/trees:/FSRv24#6”, LatLong: “37.883335 26.583335”, LatLongDMS: “37:53:00 N 26:35:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4635 (79DD5535)

Date: 8/1946
Locations: US Highway 41; Lake Michigan; Chicago, Illinois
Description: Day. Charles A. Johnson is driving on US Highway 41 along Lake Michigan north of Chicago, Illinois, when he sees three silver discs going from east to west in a triangular formation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_824

Event 4636 (AD0B2497)

Date: 8/1946
Location: Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Description: 8:30 p.m. A young man sees a pan-shaped object near a road in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. A small entity holding an acacia branch is nearby. The being enters the object through an opening on the underside. Afterward, traces of burning on the ground are detected.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1940–1949, p. 20; Clark III 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_825

Event 4637 (4C7B0B57)

Date: 8/1946
Location: Tinker Air Force Base outside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Description: A civilian employee of Tinker Air Force Base encountered a lens-shaped, metallic UFO with a “weathered aluminum finish” hovering over trees near her home. The object, estimated to be about 75 feet in diameter, had around a dozen square windows on its lower portion. In each window, she observed the head and shoulders of human-like figures, which appeared either bald or possibly wearing helmets. After observing her for a few minutes, the UFO rotated and quickly and silently flew away. The witness, familiar with many conventional aircraft, believed this was something entirely different. (Chapter 8, Ref 343)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_336

Event 4638 (D985F266)

Date: 8/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Approximate date. A Swedish scientist, while observing clouds through a telescope, spotted a luminous point on the horizon. Initially mistaking it for an airplane, he soon realized its speed was too great. Within moments, he got a full view of the object, describing it as torpedo-shaped, metallic, and approximately 90 feet long. Despite its proximity (about 1-1/4 miles away), the object made no sound. It emitted an intense light when it exploded, but there were no visible signs of fire, smoke, or sparks. (Chapter 9, Ref 376)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_368

Event 4639 (DEE2D142)

Date: 8/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: A Swedish air force pilot reported seeing a dark, cigar-shaped object while flying over the central region of the country. As per a declassified U.S. intelligence report, the object was around 50 feet above and roughly 6,500 feet away from the pilot, traveling at an estimated 400 mph. Interestingly, the missile had no visible wings, rudders, or any other projecting parts and did not show any signs of fuel exhaust. It maintained a constant altitude, even over varying terrain, which was considered unusual. This capability might have seemed improbable then, but a Swedish defense expert later suggested that if the observations were accurate, the details could point to some kind of advanced cruise missile, although no one had such sophisticated technology in that period. (Chapter 9, Refs 377, 378)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_369

Event 4640 (72CA5D6F)

Date: 8/1/1946
Location: USA, northeast of Tampa (Florida)
Description: (Translated from French) Transport plane pilot Jack Puckett observed an cylindrical object maneuvering around his aircraft which was flying at an altitude of 1200 m northeast of Tampa. (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 282) At 900 m it changed course and crossed their path. (note de vog: ??? isn’t that a bit “arranged?”) Its size was twice that of a B-29, it disappeared at an estimated speed of 2500 and 3200 km/h. (Johannes von BUTLAR: “Ovni, nous ne sommes pas seuls” - Presses de la Cité 1979 p. 28) On July 24, 1946 at 6 pm the C 47 pilot, Jack E. Puckett and copilot Henry Glass saw above the ocean southeast of their position, a cylindrical flying object with luminous windows. The size was approximately twice that of a B-29. Flying at about 2000mph the object had a tail of flames behind it, half its own length. It disappeared on the horizon. (1946, August 1 (July 24))
Reference: “UFO’s, a century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 24: it cites Puckett’s letter of July 24, 1957 to Donald Keyhoe, and found in the CUFOS files
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1111

Event 4641 (BE8A16EF)

Date: 8/1/1946
Time: 18:00
Location: 30 MI NORTHEAST / TAMPA, FL
Description: 3 C47 crew / 30K’ altitude. 60M cylinder/cigar-shape with row / lit portholes going quickly northeast. / r65p28.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_591

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “30mi NE/TAMPA,FL:3 C47 CREW/30K’alt:60M CGR W/ROW/LIT PORTHOLES >>NE:/r65p28”, LatLong: “28.350001 -82.133337”, LatLongDMS: “28:21:00 N 82:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4642 (1BE87D2E)

Date: 8/1/1946
Location: Unknown City, FL
Description: Observation of cigar-shaped UFO by Air Corps transport pilot. [NICAP UFO Evidence, 1964, Hall, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_309

Event 4643 (75C6B35E)

Date: 8/1/1946
Location: Tampa (near), FL
Description: Puckett Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_313

Event 4644 (FEEA3E58)

Date: 8/1/1946
Description: President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act, transferring the control of atomic energy from military to civilian hands, effective on January 1, 1947. It categorizes information on atomic energy as “born classified,” even if it is not created by any US government agency. “Restricted Data” is not a level of classification; rather, a document can be classified as Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret, while also containing Restricted Data. In addition, a document containing Restricted Data can also contain Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information. In this way, a document can be classified as Secret (S), Secret//Restricted Data (S//RD), or Secret//Restricted Data- Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information (S//RD-CNWDI), depending on the type of information it contains.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Atomic Energy Commission”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_827

Event 4645 (0B1FF5FE)

Date: 8/1/1946
Description: Truman approves the establishment of the Office of Naval Research for “planning, fostering, and encouraging scientific research” in relation to naval power and national security.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of Naval Research”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_828

Event 4646 (2FB8A9CC)

Date: 8/1/1946
Locations: USSR; Sweden
Description: Col. Edwin Kennedy Wright, Vandenberg’s executive assistant at the Central Intelligence Group, sends a memorandum to President Truman saying the ghost rockets conform to a V-1 shape and seem to be launched from the USSR. The report notes that the missiles can turn and fly circular courses, seemingly indicating radio control. Most information comes from the military attaché in Sweden and the conclusions are from the director of intelligence for the War Department general staff.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 21–23; Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 10, 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_829

Event 4647 (2F4CEA53)

Date: 8/1/1946
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: 6:00 p.m. AF Capt. Jack E. Puckett is flying over Tampa, Florida, in a C-47 transport and sees a long cylinder twice the size of a B-29 with luminous portholes. After 3 minutes, it disappears at a speed of 1,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Rocket Craft Encounter Revealed by World War 2 Pilot,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 2 (Aug./Sept. 1957): 15; UFOEv, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_830

Event 4648 (7AB1690B)

Date: 8/1/1946
Description: At 6:00 p.m. three military witnesses including the pilot named Puckett, flying in a twin engine C-47 transport 40 miles north of Tampa, Florida at 4,000 feet altitude, sighted a cylinder-shaped UFO with luminous portholes that flew in front of the plane. The cylinder was about twice the size of a B-29, and approached to within 1,000 yards. It covered 75 miles in three minutes and appeared on a collision course with the aircraft. The stream of fiery exhaust from the craft was about half the length of the unknown object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP files, report dated July 24, 1957; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 102; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 23; UNICAT, case # 669
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4553

Event 4649 (58A423C3)

Date: Early 8/1946
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: An astronomer and meteorologist is looking at some clouds through a telescope in Stockholm, Sweden, and sees a luminous object that he estimates is about 90 feet long, torpedo-shaped, and metallic. It has a “tapered tail that spewed glowing blue and green smoke and a series of fire balls.” The object explodes with a terrific flash.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sweden Plans Radar Fight on ‘Rockets,’” Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1946, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_826

Event 4650 (1D84DF8F)

Date: 8/3/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Finnfjordsvann (Norway), witnesses observe a rocket passing over Finnfjordsvann from Southeast to Northwest, at an altitude of approximately 1000 m. The object is dark and measures approximately 5 m in length. Its speed is approximately 1000 km/h (August 3rd, 0:30)
Reference: [Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_567

Event 4651 (AED771EB)

Date: 8/3/1946
Description: A cigar-shaped object flew over central Norrland, Sweden this evening.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bjorn Overbye, FSR, May-June 1969, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4621

Event 4652 (D36B36B1)

Date: 8/5/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Eidsfjord/Vesterålen (Norway), a witness observed through binoculars an object shaped like a cigar with luminous protrusions at the back. It was heading from South-East to North-West, never changing trajectory or speed, at a great altitude. With the cloud cover at 300 m, the object could not be seen without binoculars. (From 19:15 to 19:35)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_568

Event 4653 (007463F7)

Date: 8/5/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Eidsfjord/Vesterålen (Norway), a bright object was observed travelling at high speed and high altitude, from East to West. (19:45 to 20:05)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1st October 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_569

Event 4654 (3279A895)

Date: 8/5/1946
Time: 23:00
Location: SKENE, SWEDEN
Description: Circular silver object glitters / sun. Going quickly southwest fast. / Goteborg News. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_592

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SKENE,SWEDEN:CIRC.SLVR OBJ GLITTERS/SUN:>>SW FAST:/GOTEBORG NEWS:/FSR v15#3”, LatLong: “57.483336 12.633334”, LatLongDMS: “57:29:00 N 12:38:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4655 (0C4477EF)

Date: 8/5/1946
Location: Landskrona, Skåne, Sweden
Description: 6:26 p.m. A luminous object is seen by a motorist near Landskrona, Skåne, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_831

Event 4656 (FC6673B9)

Date: 8/5/1946
Location: Skåne, Sweden
Description: 11:00 p.m. A fast-moving, silent, circular object glitters in the sun over Skåne, Sweden, as it heads toward the south-southwest at a high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_832

Event 4657 (D7FC4E13)

Date: 8/6/1946
Locations: US; Budapest, Hungary; Germany; Russia
Description: The US delegation in Budapest, Hungary, reports that a German scientist now working for the Russians has revealed that the Soviets have developed guided rockets called V-3 and V-4 that are able to fly a round trip of 700 miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_833

Event 4658 (788B946F)

Date: 8/7/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Near Bergen (Norway), several “bombs” were observed. (7 August)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 September 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_570

Event 4659 (5B4A4888)

Date: 8/7/1946
Location: GOTTLAND ISLAND, SWEDEN
Description: Teacher. Object / 800kph. 500M altitude. Faint blue glow / nose. / FSRv15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_593

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GOTTLAND ISL,SWEDEN:TEACHER:OBJ/800kph:500M alt:FAINT BLU GLOW/NOSE:/FSRv15#3”, LatLong: “57.583336 18.333334”, LatLongDMS: “57:35:00 N 18:20:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4660 (17A93FCB)

Date: 8/7/1946
Location: Northern Japan
Description: A Top Secret message from the Commander-in-Chief Air Forces, Pacific, to Gen. Lauris Norstad, War Department Operations, requests guidance on the current classification of the substitute code word “Majestic” for Operational Plan Olympic (the invasion of Northern Japan). The plan has been downgraded to Restricted (Message CM1472 IN). The answer is that both code words had been declassified by the JCS on October 8, 1945 (Message CM96908 OUT 8 Aug 1946).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Murray Bott, “Military Codenames ‘Olympic’ and ‘Majestic,’” UFO UpDates, April 4, 2002
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_834

Event 4661 (57DE8CC1)

Date: 8/7/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Swedish Lt. Lennart Neckman of the Defense Staff’s Air Defense Division sees a clear, yellow flame passing low and slow over the countryside.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_835

Event 4662 (8C317D9C)

Date: 8/8/1946
Location: SWEDEN
Description: (Translated from French) The Daily Graphic of Stockholm published on August 8 that “boomerang bombs” were flying over Sweden towards the north and then crossing the country towards the south. None had fallen…(Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux OVNI” - De Vecchi 1977 - p. 36) Professor John Persson saw a rocket carrying a dazzling light at the tip. He estimated the altitude to be 500 meters and the speed to be 800 km/h.
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “Ces OVNI qui annoncent le surhomme” - Laffont 1979, p. 58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1112

Event 4663 (4108302E)

Date: 8/8/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Chief of Swedish Air Defense Maj. Nils Ahlgren says that some of the rockets are seen at low altitude, maneuver in half circles, and appear to come from the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_836

Event 4664 (F195D7FC)

Date: 8/9/1946
Location: GAVLE, SWEDEN
Description: Yellow fireball going quickly east. Same seen / N. Sweden going quickly east. Also Stockholm direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_594

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GAVLE,SWEDEN:YELLOW FBL >>E:SAME SEEN/N.SWEDEN >>E:also Stockholm dir.unk”, LatLong: “60.666670 17.133334”, LatLongDMS: “60:40:00 N 17:08:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4665 (03CE97C6)

Date: 8/11/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In the Oslo region (Norway), some bombs were observed. (11 August)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 September 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_571

Event 4666 (6B9865D3)

Date: 8/11/1946
Location: CHATILLON-SUR-SEINE, FR
Description: Whistle-rockets with glowing-trails. 1 / week going [to] 18 August. / r130p52.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_595

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “248”, HatchDesc: “CHATILLON-sur-SEINE,FR:WHISTLE-ROCKETS W/GLOW-TRAILS:1/WEEK>18AUG:/r130p52”, LatLong: “48.800002 2.283333”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 02:17:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Paris”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4667 (10E6D087)

Date: 8/11/1946
Time: 20:50
Location: HUNDREDS / TOWNS / EAST AND CENTRAL SWEDEN
Description: Huge wave / fireballs rockets cigars. 1 offloads night lights. 300 report(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_596

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “70”, HatchDesc: “100s/TOWNS/E+CNTRL SWEDEN:HUGE WAVE/FBLS ROCKETS CGRS:1 OFFLOADS NLTS:300 RPTS”, LatLong: “58.000003 16.000001”, LatLongDMS: “58:00:00 N 16:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4668 (A85EEFB3)

Date: 8/11/1946
Time: 21:00
Location: STOCKHOLM, SWD AND AREA
Description: Many objects. 1 lands / farm? 1 scouts harbor and going southeast. Flaming torpedo.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_597

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “STOCKHOLM,SWD+AREA:MANY OBJs:1 LANDS/FARM?:1 SCOUTS HARBOR+>SE:FLAMING TORPEDO”, LatLong: “59.383336 17.983334”, LatLongDMS: “59:23:00 N 17:59:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4669 (CFEDAD56)

Date: 8/11/1946
Locations: Ljugarn; Gotland; Sweden
Description: 8:47 p.m. Astronomer Bertil Lindblad sees an exploding fireball in Ljugarn on Gotland, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, p. 38
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_837

Event 4670 (AC1B8E7D)

Date: 8/11/1946
Locations: central Sweden; southern Sweden; Stockholm
Description: 9:00–10:00 p.m. Hundreds of people in central and southern Sweden see “ghost bombs” that fly from south to north, giving off a brilliant blue-white light. Sometimes two of the objects are seen flying together. Some witnesses see smaller silver balls come out of the larger objects, which are variously described as cylinders and torpedoes with a “wide nose” and “fire-spurting tail.” Stockholm is said to be “near the boiling point” with ghost rocket speculation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 33– 39; Göran Jansson, “Spökraketerna 1947,” January 2005, pp. 38–40; Clark III 525; Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 37; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 50–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_838

Event 4671 (65CBF02F)

Date: 8/11/1946
Description: On this evening a UFO crashed into the sea in a fjord on the western coast of Sweden. At 10:45 p.m. a procession of objects passed over the Mariestad area of Sweden, and a cylindrical object was sighted five minutes later in the sky over southern Norrland province. At Chatillon-sur-Seine, France whistling rockets with glowing contrails were seen on this night and subsequent nights until August 18.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: AFU Sweden, case G101; Loren E. Gross, Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4855

Event 4672 (626E801E)

Date: 8/12/1946 (approximate)
Location: GRANTS PASS, OR
Description: Intense red and green flares sway between mountain-tops / 30 minute(s). Not aircraft.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_598

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “289”, HatchDesc: “GRANTS PASS,OR:INTENSE RED+GRN FLARES SWAY BTWN MTN-TOPS/30min:NOT AIRCRAFT”, LatLong: “42.450002 -123.316673”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 123:19:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4673 (E94E4507)

Date: 8/12/1946
Time: 21:00
Location: SODERTALJE, SWD
Description: Spool-shape ‘rocket-bomb’. Magnesium flare exhaust going quickly north. / FSRv15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_599

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SODERTALJE,SWD:SPOOL-SHAPE ‘ROCKET-BOMB’:MAGNESIUM FLARE EXHAUST >>N:/FSRv15#3”, LatLong: “59.205558 17.577779”, LatLongDMS: “59:12:20 N 17:34:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4674 (FCDC2684)

Date: 8/12/1946
Time: 21:00
Location: GOTEBORG, SWEDEN
Description: 5’ fish-shaped cylinder/cigar-shape north going quickly south. Drops & lands / small island / news. / FSRv15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: A HISTORY of UFO CRASHES; Avon Books, Dresden, TN 1995 (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_600

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GOTEBORG,SWEDEN:5’FISH-SHAPED CGR N>>S:DROPS & LANDS/SML ISLAND/NEWS:/FSRv15#3”, LatLong: “57.666669 11.966667”, LatLongDMS: “57:40:00 N 11:58:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4675 (043A563C)

Date: 8/12/1946
Location: Valdshult, Jönköping, Sweden
Description: 10:00 a.m. A twin-engine Saab 18 Swedish Air Force bomber crashes and explodes near Valdshult, Jönköping, Sweden, killing three airmen. Rumors circulate that it collided with a ghost rocket, but an investigation indicates that the pilot lost control.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 39–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_839

Event 4676 (FD1D1708)

Date: 8/12/1946
Location: seaport town in southern Sweden
Description: 8:15 p.m. A torpedo-shaped ghost rocket moves slowly over a seaport town in southern Sweden, barely grazing the roofs and trailing smoke. It continues out to sea and seems to come down on a small island. Two men go out to investigate, but the island is too overgrown to allow a search.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 40–41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_840

Event 4677 (63CF80E2)

Date: 8/12/1946
Description: A spool-shaped “rocket bomb” was sighted flying rapidly to the north over the town of Sodertalje, Sweden at 9:00 p.m. It had a magnesium colored flare for an exhaust.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4929

Event 4678 (6FCEF89B)

Date: 8/12/1946
Description: Over Grants Pass, Oregon an intense red and green object, flaring in intensity, swayed back and forth in a rocking motion between mountain tops for 30 minutes on this night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, Charles Fort, the Fortean Society, and UFOs, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4930

Event 4679 (BC3CBDA7)

Date: 8/13/1946
Location: SWEDEN, center of Norrland
Description: (Translated from French) An object with small wings falls from the sky into a lake.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 175
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1113

Event 4680 (12C43D7D)

Date: 8/13/1946
Time: 20:00
Location: KARLSKRONA, SWD
Description: 5’ cylinder/cigar-shape passes 50M from observer(s). Faint green glow. Smokes / rear. / FSRv15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_601

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KARLSKRONA,SWD:5’CGR PASSES 50M FROM OBS:FAINT GRN GLOW:SMOKES/REAR:/FSRv15#3”, LatLong: “56.205558 15.616667”, LatLongDMS: “56:12:20 N 15:37:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4681 (CF404DFC)

Date: 8/13/1946
Locations: Paris; Scandinavia; Leningrad; St. Petersburg; Russia
Description: Capt. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, US naval attaché in Paris, forwards as top secret a report by the French government on ghost rocket activity in Scandinavia. It states that “a good number of these projectiles are of the V- 1 type in the form of a torpedo with two small wings.” A map shows them originating in the Leningrad [now St. Petersburg] area, Russia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 21; Good Need, pp. 38–39; Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_841

Event 4682 (CD3E2259)

Date: 8/13/1946
Locations: Budapest; London; Stockholm; Oslo; Helsinki; Copenhagen; Soviet ship in the north Baltic Sea; Hiiumaa island, Estonia; Latvia; Peenemünde, Germany; Parikkala in Finland; Łeba, Poland
Description: The Hungarian report of August 6 causes Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Chamberlin, Army assistant chief of staff for intelligence, to ask Budapest for further information. Top-secret requests are sent to military attachés in London, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, and Copenhagen asking for listings of all ghost rocket reports, as well as V-3 and V-4 missiles. The military attaché in Oslo reports that a Soviet ship in the north Baltic Sea has been transmitting code to shore stations regarding the ghost rockets. The military attaché in Moscow asks other European officials about where the rockets originate and gets several answers, which he forwards on to Chamberlin: Hiiumaa island, Estonia; Latvia; or Peenemünde, Germany. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney of the US Forces in Europe Theater replies that Peenemünde is a likely origin, since the site has been refurbished. The military attaché in Stockholm suspects Hiiumaa, Peenemünde, or Parikkala in Finland, while the naval attaché in Stockholm thinks that Łeba, Poland, is the launch site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_842

Event 4683 (E9455EC9)

Date: 8/13/1946
Locations: New York; Sweden
Description: The New York Times says the ghost rocket situation is extremely dangerous and that Sweden will not tolerate such violations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Swedes Use Radar in Fight on Missiles,” New York Times. August 13, 1946, p. 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_843

Event 4684 (D130F698)

Date: 8/13/1946
Locations: US; Stockholm; Sweden
Description: The US naval attaché and the Assistant US military attaché in Stockholm interview three Swedish Air Force officers assigned to the General Staff who say that they believe the objects are rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Swords 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_844

Event 4685 (2A3E0B5D)

Date: 8/13/1946
Location: Denmark
Description: Afternoon. A troop of Boy Scouts in Denmark see a rocket-like object moving quickly at an altitude of 1,600 feet. They can see small side wings and fins. A blue-white light streams from the bottom, and it diverges from a straight course to a 35° curve.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_845

Event 4686 (AFA0171F)

Date: 8/13/1946
Location: Karlskrona, Sweden
Description: 8:00 p.m. A cigar-shaped object flies past a witness at Karlskrona, Sweden, at a distance of only 150 feet. Only 5 feet long, it emits a faint green light and trails smoke from the rear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_846

Event 4687 (A2B00B5E)

Date: 8/14/1946
Location: SWEDEN, Vaggeryd
Description: (Translated from French) A Swedish military plane collided with one of the mysterious projectiles and the three crew members perished. A witness claimed that the “projectile” was making directional changes. [note from vog: Ribera is the only one to mention this, no trace in Swedish archives… ]
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977 - p. 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1114

Event 4688 (45E940BC)

Date: 8/14/1946
Location: PORTUGAL, Province of Alentejo and Northern part of the country
Description: (Translated from French) The Belgian-Flemish newspaper “Belang Van Limburg” - 19.9.46 published an article saying that the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory had no explanation for the observations made in different provinces regarding strange lights in the sky. These were balls of green light flying at high speed without any noise.
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing by Victor Lourenço
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1115

Event 4689 (DC8D7461)

Date: 8/14/1946
Location: Bt. Malingsbo and Krylbo, Sweden
Description: 10:02 a.m. Two witnesses flying a SAAB B-18 bomber on a navigational training flight at 200 meter altitude observed a cigar-shaped object described as 1 meter wide by 15 meters long. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 460814
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_314

Event 4690 (A8C8FE63)

Date: 8/14/1946
Location: New York
Description: The New York Times reports that Secretary of State Dean Acheson is “very much interested” in the ghost rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 46; “2 Swedes Escape a ‘Ghost Rocket,’” New York Times, August 14, 1946, p. 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_847

Event 4691 (A49F5E9A)

Date: 8/14/1946
Locations: Sweden; Malingsbo; central Sweden
Description: 10:02 a.m. Swedish Air Force pilot Lieut. Gunnar Irholm and his signaler, Cpl. Möller, are flying a B-18A bomber at 650 feet 4 miles northeast of Malingsbo in central Sweden when they see a dark cigar-shaped object approaching on their left. It has no visible wings, rudders, lights, flame or projections of any type. It appears to follow the terrain at 370–430 mph, maintaining the same height, then vanishes into a storm cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Ghost Rockets over Scandinavia,” Intelligence Review, no. 49, January 9, 1947, US Department of Defense; Don Berliner, Marie Galbraith, and Antonio Huneeus, Unidentified Flying Objects Briefing Document, UFO Research Coalition, December 1995, pp. 33–35; Swords 15–16; “Cigar Sighted from B-19 Bomber,” AFU Newsletter, no. 44 (September 2002): 1–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_848

Event 4692 (2897858C)

Date: 8/15/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 6.4km altitude (Radio cut-off 16.5s after launch)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_198
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 6.4km

Event 4693 (BCCF2BA9)

Date: 8/15/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:00 AM, TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #10, REACHING ONLY 3 KM ALTITUDE. RADIO CUT-OFF
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: EMERGENCY
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1116

Event 4694 (E5027F0E)

Date: 8/15/1946
Time: 21:50
Location: COPENHAGEN, DK AND AREA
Description: Several report(s) / slow silent rockets. 1 going quickly east. 1 going quickly north. Back 18 August / N. side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_602

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “COPENHAGEN,DK+AREA:SVRL RPTS/SLOW SLNT ROCKETS:1>>E:1>>N::BACK 18AUG/N.SIDE”, LatLong: “55.700003 12.416667”, LatLongDMS: “55:42:00 N 12:25:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4695 (1FED2CFA)

Date: 8/15/1946
Location: east side of Waterloo, Iowa
Description: Night. Several residents of the east side of Waterloo, Iowa, see an object buzzing rapidly around some trees. It gradually ascends, surrounded by a cloud of white vapor, and disappears high in the sky. One person calls it “a great white bird; another, a bomb.” Mrs. Russell Lampman says that the object is “6 feet, 3 inches tall, like a large man, and rather rectangular in shape.” She and her husband watch it for an hour after it starts hovering about 20– 25 feet above a nearby alley.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Al Starr, “Street Scene,” Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Times, August 18, 1946, p. II-1; “Well, We Saw It First!” Waterloo Daily Courier, July 7, 1947, p. 2; Project 1947, “UFO Reports: 1946”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_849

Event 4696 (7E73A39B)

Date: 8/16/1946
Location: MALMO, SWEDEN
Description: Missile flies over. Explosion breaks many windows. No traces found.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: A HISTORY of UFO CRASHES; Avon Books, Dresden, TN 1995 (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_603

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MALMO,SWEDEN:MISSILE FLIES OVR:EXPLOSION BREAKS MANY WINDOWS:NO TRACES FOUND”, LatLong: “55.600003 13.000001”, LatLongDMS: “55:36:00 N 13:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4697 (8CDC6019)

Date: 8/16/1946
Locations: Stockholm; Sweden
Description: Col. L. H. Johnson, US naval attaché in Stockholm, transmits a “Top Secret Report R334-46 of 13 August 1946 Subject: SWEDEN Guided Missiles Rocket Sightings Over Sweden.” It concludes: “No tangible evidence to date as to nature or origin of rockets reported over Sweden, although Swedish Defense Staff insists that they are rockets.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Jan L. Aldrich, comp., The Ghost Rocket File, Fund for UFO Research, 2000, pp. 32–35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_850

Event 4698 (35D34EA3)

Date: 8/16/1946
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Description: A missile produces an enormous explosion over Malmö, Sweden, that shakes or breaks many windows. Some witnesses think they can see fragments of the object falling to earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Windows Broken by Rocket Bomb,” Manchester Guardian, August 17, 1946, p. 6; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_851

Event 4699 (5F719485)

Date: 8/17/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Tromsø (Norway), an explosion breaks windows. (August 17)
Reference: [Daily Telegraph, August 17, 1946] [Gross: The Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, 1982, 38]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_573

Event 4700 (69C92C84)

Date: 8/17/1946
Time: 20:00
Location: SNEKKERSTEN, DK
Description: Numerous observer(s). 2 cigars north going quickly south over Oresund. Slow. Glow. Emit clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_604

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, 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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SNEKKERSTEN,DK:NMRS OBS:2 CGRS N>>S ovr ORESUND:SLOW:GLOW:EMIT CLOUDS”, LatLong: “56.016669 12.583334”, LatLongDMS: “56:01:00 N 12:35:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4701 (CAAD6A8D)

Date: 8/18/1946
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: 8:00 or 10:00 p.m. An aerial object like a 9-foot cigar is seen moving slowly on the north side of Copenhagen, Denmark. It explodes with extraordinary force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_853

Event 4702 (C7DFB52E)

Date: 8/19/1946
Locations: Moscow; Peenemünde, Germany
Description: The US military attaché in Moscow reports on the visit of Maj. Stig Wennerström of the Swedish Air Force, who reveals that radar indicates the ghost rocket launch site is at Peenemünde, Germany. The rockets appear to be radio-controlled, carry no warheads, are self-destructive, and are plotted over a range of 620 miles. Sometimes they follow zigzag courses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_854

Event 4703 (944A94E1)

Date: 8/19/1946
Locations: US; Stockholm, Sweden; Europe; London; Sweden
Description: Two US experts on aerial warfare, aviation legend General Jimmy Doolittle and British Group Captain Douglas Bader, and General David Sarnoff, president of RCA, arrive in Stockholm, Sweden, ostensibly on private business, and independently of each other. The official explanation is that Doolittle, who is now vice-president of the Shell Oil Company, is inspecting Shell branch offices in Europe, while Sarnoff, a former member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s London staff, is studying the market for radio equipment. However, the story indicates that the Chief of the Swedish Defense Staff, Col. C. R. Kempf, makes no secret that he “was extremely interested in asking the two generals advice and, if possible, would place all available reports before them.” However, Doolittle denies the correlation to Barry Greenwood in 1984, and researchers have found no evidence to support a collaboration.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 53–54; Clark III 527; Swords 21, 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_855

Event 4704 (7400E5A6)

Date: 8/20/1946
Location: Near Dijon, France
Description: “Huge, elongated projectiles passed overhead at prodigious speeds, emitting a whistling noise”. (Chapter 9, Ref 382)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_371

Event 4705 (D32269D1)

Date: 8/21/1946
Locations: Norway; Sweden
Description: The General Staff in Norway issues a memorandum to the press asking it not to mention any ghost rockets seen over the country and to pass on all reports to the military Intelligence Department. In Sweden, the ban is limited to any mention of where the rockets are seen to land or explode.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London Daily Telegraph, August 22, 1946; Good Above, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_856

Event 4706 (20A6FAEE)

Date: 8/22/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 0km altitude (Control failure led to cut-off command at 6.5s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_199
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 0km

Event 4707 (20EB4E21)

Date: 8/22/1946
Location: FRANCE, Espis (Tarn et Garonne)
Description: (Translated from French) Children and adults saw entities appear: the Virgin Mary, other saints, angels. First appearance on August 22, 1946, then these entities appeared punctually on the 13th of each month until 1950.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 330
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1117

Event 4708 (1A34B290)

Date: 8/22/1946
Time: 12:00?
Location: NORRKOPING, SWD
Description: Movies taken / ghost rocket. Clearly visible. Film going [to] military. Shows blank.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John & EVANS, Hillary (ed): PHENOMENON - 40 YEARS of F.S.; BUFORA/Avon Books, NY 1988 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_605

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NORRKOPING,SWD:MOVIES TAKEN/GHOST ROCKET:CLEARLY VISIBLE:FILM>MIL:SHOWS BLANK”, LatLong: “58.616669 16.166667”, LatLongDMS: “58:37:00 N 16:10:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4709 (08373D82)

Date: 8/22/1946
Locations: Getå; Stockholm, Sweden
Description: 3:00 p.m. Photographer Gösta Skog takes a color film of a ghost rocket at Getå, 100 miles south of Stockholm, Sweden. The cigar-shaped object appears out of a cloud at 3,000 feet, trailing exhaust. The film turns out to be overexposed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clas Svahn, “Spökraketerna: Den Största Gåtan,” Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige, March 7, 2017; Swords 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_857

Event 4710 (AC6CE0DD)

Date: 8/22/1946
Locations: Peenemünde; East Germany; Moscow; Gulf of Bothnia
Description: Director of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) Lt. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg writes a top secret memo to President Truman via Adm. William D. Leahy, stating that the “weight of evidence” points to Peenemünde (which has become a Soviet naval base), East Germany, as the origin of the ghost rockets, and that a US military attaché in Moscow has been told by a “key Swedish Air Officer” [Wennerström] that radar course-plotting leads to the conclusion that Peenemünde is the launch site. CIG speculates that the missiles are extended-range developments of V-1s being aimed for the Gulf of Bothnia for test purposes and “do not overfly Swedish territory specifically for intimidation; self-destruct by small demolition charge or burning.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Barry Greenwood, “Significant Ghost Rocket Documents Available,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 15 (June 2015): 1–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_858

Event 4711 (23DB1E6E)

Date: 8/23/1946
Description: (Translated from French) A “bomb” is seen passing between Oksebåsneset and Renøen, north of Kirkenes, heading southwest. (August 23, 7:35 PM)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, September 21, 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_574

Event 4712 (6E753825)

Date: 8/23/1946
Locations: Sweden; British
Description: The British Foreign Office states that English radar experts, including Reginald Victor Jones, having returned from Sweden, had “submitted secret reports to the British government on the origin of the rockets.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_859

Event 4713 (0A20D3ED)

Date: 8/24/1946
Location: NORWAY, Russeviksodden
Description: (Translated from French) The witness was on board the ship “Helkkingen” and observed at 20 o’clock, a ball of light rising on the horizon, between Holmengravika and Rodberget. Then it fell back, halfway between the sea and the horizon. After the impact, nothing was observed for the following thirty seconds. Then a fire, of red color, appeared and continued to burn for 3 minutes. The “Hekkingen” was then 3/4 of a nautical mile NE of Russeviksodden and was sailing towards Kirkeness (SSO). The trajectory of the ball of fire was supposed to go from north to west. It was also seen at the port, for 5 seconds, and it seemed to fly very, very fast. The witness, on the ship, estimated its altitude to be about 400 meters, the distance to 2 nautical miles. It was raining, night was falling, but one could still see the outlines of the nearby mountains. The cloud cover was at about 1000 meters. A colleague of the first witness observed the phenomenon with binoculars. He said that the red fire produced white smoke.
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 1 Oct 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1118

Event 4714 (105F9216)

Date: 8/24/1946
Location: NORWAY, Sande
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9pm, two men saw in the sky an object resembling an airplane, coming from the north and flying at high speed. This object made no noise. It flew at an altitude of barely 200m, and was surrounded by a yellow-green light. When it arrived above Orebergvannet the light went out.
Reference: BUSKERUDS BLAD, August 26, 1946, 5. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1119

Event 4715 (8484F960)

Date: 8/24/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Southern Norway, sightings of “flying bombs” in various places
Reference: [Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 Sep 1946].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_575

Event 4716 (50C912A0)

Date: 8/24/1946
Description: (Translated from French) A Russeviksodden (Norway) a witness observed a light ball rising from the horizon, between Holmengråvika and Rødberget. It then descended and fell halfway between the sea and the horizon, between Holmengråvika and Rødberget. The witness was on board the d/s Hekkingen. After the impact nothing was seen for 30 s, then a fire appeared with a red color, and continued for about 3 min. The position of the d/s Hekkingen was 3/4 of a nautical mile Northeast of Russeviksodden in the direction (South-half-West) of Kirkenes. The trajectory of the light ball is assumed from North to West. It can be seen from the port, traveling very fast, about 5 seconds. The witness estimated its altitude to be about 400 m, and to be about 2 nautical miles from the object. It was lightly raining and beginning to get dark at this time, but the witness could still see the outlines of the surrounding mountains. The cloud cover was at 1000 m. Another witness on the d/s Hekkingen also saw the fire, with binoculars. This witness described the fire as being red and producing white smoke, for about 3 min (20 h)
Reference: [Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1 October 1946].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_576

Event 4717 (6C3C18EB)

Date: 8/24/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Oslo (Norway), 2 independent witnesses see a bright luminous object passing over the Northeast of the city towards the South at the same speed as an airplane. Its light is bigger and brighter than a star, and it leaves a small trail of smoke, without ever deviating from its course. (20 h 55)
Reference: [Aftenposten, 26 August 1946, 1] [Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 28] [Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 45]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_577

Event 4718 (AB178623)

Date: 8/24/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Sande (Norway), two men see an object resembling an airplane coming from the North at high speed. It is heading South, without any sound being heard. The object is at about 200 m altitude, and is surrounded by a yellow-green light, but the light disappears when it is above Orebergvannet (9 PM)
Reference: Buskeruds blad, 26 August 1946, 5
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_578

Event 4719 (7EF8996C)

Date: 8/24/1946
Time: 04:30
Location: BOURGES, FR
Description: Big noise. Huge ‘projectiles’ whistle going quickly [to] overhead. Many wakened. No further details [in].
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_606

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BOURGES,FR:BIG NOISE:HUGE ‘PROJECTILES’ WHISTLE >> OVHD:MANY WAKENED:nfd”, LatLong: “47.100002 2.366667”, LatLongDMS: “47:06:00 N 02:22:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cher”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4720 (4989CCF2)

Date: 8/24/1946
Time: 19:30
Location: WILMINGTON, NC
Description: Fireball passes slowly going quickly northeast. 1940hrs same / similar going quickly southeast over Durham, NC.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_607

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,NC:FBL PASSES SLOWLY >>NE::1940hrs SAME/SIMILAR >>SE ovr DURHAM,NC”, LatLong: “34.216668 -77.933337”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 N 77:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4721 (EA3288F0)

Date: 8/24/1946
Location: Stockholm
Description: Stockholm Air Attaché Maj. Gen. Alfred A. Kessler Jr. informs the War Department that the Ghost Rockets are an “unintentional hoax which developed naturally but which exploited by Defense staff by implication and lack of frankness possibly interest defense budget and to alert west against east.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_860

Event 4722 (34840589)

Date: 8/24/1946
Locations: Europe; Oslo, Norway; Norway; Sweden; Lake near Oslo
Description: Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Commander of US Naval Forces in Europe, writes a letter to the US naval attaché in Oslo, Norway, on “Rocket Bombs or Guided Missiles over Norway and Sweden.” Two “missiles” have fallen into a lake near Oslo, and the US Navy is “very interested.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Adm. Henry Kent Hewitt], Letter to US Naval Attaché, Oslo, “Rocket Bombs or Guided Missiles over Norway and Sweden,” August 24, 1946
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_861

Event 4723 (7F2717EB)

Date: 8/24/1946
Locations: Norway; Sweden
Description: Evening. A Norwegian student and a Swedish engineer are boating on a small river “somewhere in Sweden” when a light approaches them from the southeast. It resembles a full moon and emits an intense light: “As it passed immediately overhead, it grew so bright you could see a well as on a sunny day.” The object, about 10 feet long, releases four stars that fall silently to the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 58–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_862

Event 4724 (ACEE13F5)

Date: 8/24/1946
Description: A big noise was heard at 4:30 a.m. Huge “'projectiles” like rockets made a whistling sound as several of them flew overhead in the town of Bourges, Cher Department, France. Many people were awakened by the noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 151
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5282

Event 4725 (97516CE5)

Date: 8/25/1946 (approximate)
Time: 17:20
Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK
Description: Saucer / 60M altitude. 12 portholes / lower part. 1 head looks out each port.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard H: From AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD (1900-1946) UFO Research Coalition; Fairfax, VA 2000. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_608

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “394”, HatchDesc: “TINKER AFB,OK:SCR/60M alt:12 PORTHOLES/LOWER PART:1 HEAD LOOKS OUT EACH PORT”, LatLong: “35.433335 -97.366671”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:00 N 97:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4726 (09C25CE5)

Date: Late 8/1946
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: Disc-shaped craft with windows, humanoid figures visible inside, hovered at low altitude. After about 1-1/2 minutes the object rotated, then sped away disappearig in seconds. (Ref. 3; Case summary by Ted Bloecher, 14 pages. Interviews by Bloecher, Lucius Farish, and Mildred Higgins.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_311

Event 4727 (8E783A76)

Date: Late 8/1946
Location: Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Description: Margaret Sprankle, a civilian employee at Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is returning from work when she sees, about 300 feet away, a large, metallic, lens-shaped structure about 75 feet in diameter. On the lower right side are 12–14 square windows; in each, visible from the shoulders up, is a figure. Their heads are very round. The object rotates 90° on its vertical axis and silently flies northwest and disappears in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1940–1949, p. 22; Clark III 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_852

Event 4728 (28096E1B)

Date: 8/26/1946
Location: NORWAY, Engerdal
Description: (Translated from French) At 21:00, 2 witnesses saw a rocket above Femundselven. It was going southeast at the speed of an airplane and left a trail of smoke.
Reference: HAMAR ARBEIDER-BLAD, Aug 1946. ARBEIDETS RETT, 28 Aug 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1120

Event 4729 (BA4B2705)

Date: 8/26/1946
Location: NORWAY, Arsteinfjellet
Description: (Translated from French) At 23:00, two witnesses in a boat were rowing home. They saw a bright object of an intense green color surrounded by white sparks, coming from the southeast towards the northwest. It flew at an altitude of 300-400 m, on a constant trajectory. The weather was clear, visibility was good. No sound from the object was heard. It was observed for about 3 minutes and then arrived above Arsteinfjellet, where it split into two parts, the head being the smallest. The witnesses assumed that the two parts fell, but they could not see if that was the case, because in the meantime the object was no longer illuminated and it was pitch black.
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 1 Oct 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1121

Event 4730 (7466A276)

Date: 8/26/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Engerdal (Norway), 2 witnesses saw a rocket above Femundselven, moving towards the South-East at the speed of a jet plane. It left a smoke trail. (21 h)
Reference: [Hamar arbeiderblad, August 1946] [Arbedets rett, 28 August 1946]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_579

Event 4731 (14E4222C)

Date: 8/26/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Årsteinfjellet (Norway), 2 witnesses were returning home in a fishing boat when they saw an object of intense green emitting sparks, moving from South-East to North-West. At an altitude between 300 and 400 m, it did not vary in speed or direction. The weather was clear with good visibility. No sound was heard. The object was visible for 3 minutes, until it was above Årsteinfjellet, where it disintegrated into 2 parts, with the front part being the smallest. The objects must have fallen, but could not be seen, as it was too dark. (23 h)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1st October 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_580

Event 4732 (CEFCDE3E)

Date: 8/26/1946
Locations: US; Stockholm; Sweden; UN; British
Description: The US military attaché in Stockholm reports that the Swedes, possibly worried about a Soviet veto of their application for UN membership, have canceled their request for British radar equipment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_863

Event 4733 (801C3E6A)

Date: 8/27/1946
Location: NORWAY, Roras
Description: (Translated from French) At 14:30 Rolf Wintervold saw an object that looked like a ring of gray smoke. The object could be at 20-50 m. altitude. At first, it moved slowly, then accelerated to an estimated speed of 800 km/h. First it followed the trajectory of the railway, then that of the RV30 road going full north.
Reference: ARBEIDETS RETT, 28 Aug 1946. UFO REPORT FORM, 29 Jul 1973. UFO FORUM, 4/1973, 7. Listing of Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1122

Event 4734 (91D3D7D1)

Date: 8/27/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Rørås (Norway), Rolf Wintervold sees an object resembling a gray smoke ring. The object is at a height of 20 to 50 m, and moves slowly, before accelerating to an estimated speed of 800 km/h. It follows the railway, then the RV30 road North (August 27th, 2:30 PM)
Reference: [Arbeidets rett, August 28th 1946] [UFO Report form, July 29th 1973] [UFO Forum, 4/1973, 7].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_581

Event 4735 (AAC0D72F)

Date: 8/29/1946
Location: American embassy in Stockholm
Description: The American embassy in Stockholm tells the State Department that the ghost rockets are probably Soviet missiles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 63A; [Memo on telegram of August 27, 1946]; Good Above, pp. 22, 447
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_864

Event 4736 (2B5109A9)

Date: 9/1946
Time: 19:10
Location: ST. LEGER-DE-FOUGERET, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Odd whistle. Red-orange lens-disk going up. Spins. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_609

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.LEGER-de-FOUGERET,FR:2 OBS:ODD WHISTLE:RED-ORG.LENS-DISK ↑:SPINS:ABS.SLNT”, LatLong: “47.016669 3.905556”, LatLongDMS: “47:01:00 N 03:54:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nièvre”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4737 (721F515F)

Date: 9/1946
Locations: Munich, Germany; Moscow, Russia; Kubischew
Description: German rocket engineer Walter Ziegler tells Army CIC that 400 men from his former rocket group at Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) in Munich, Germany, are invited by Russian military officers to a fancy dinner, wined and dined, then taken home. Several hours later, all 400 are woken up by the Russians and forced to take a trip. (Ziegler is not among them.) They are transported by train to a small town (“Kubischew”) outside Moscow, Russia, where they remain and work on secret military rocket projects under terrible conditions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_865

Event 4738 (8BB5D8BA)

Date: 9/1/1946
Location: GREECE
Description: (Translated from French) Several military units stationed in Greece reported the observation of mysterious rockets in the sky. According to a statement given to AFP by the authorities of the British Embassy in Greece, these objects reached altitudes between 500 m and 10 km. In total, thirteen reports were recorded for that night. The objects had been observed in all parts of the country but particularly in Macedonia and Thessaloniki where the following cities were overflown: Edessa, Ptolemais, Kastora and Grevena, Katerini, Eginion, Thessaloniki, Paranestion and Drama.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 284-285
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1124

Event 4739 (9F1FB872)

Date: 9/1/1946 (approximate)
Location: DRAMA, GREECE
Description: Military report(s). Ghost rockets here also. 15K-30K’ altitude north going quickly south. / LDLN#342.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_610

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “232”, HatchDesc: “DRAMA,GREECE:MIL RPTS:GHOST ROCKETS HERE ALSO:15K-30K’alt N>>S:/LDLN#342”, LatLong: “41.150002 24.166668”, LatLongDMS: “41:09:00 N 24:10:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4740 (B0F45963)

Date: 9/1/1946
Location: SALONIKA AND MACEDONIA, GRC
Description: Wave / ghost projectiles / Greek Prime Minister. / LDLN#342.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_611

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “SALONIKA+MACEDONIA,GRC:WAVE/GHOST PROJECTILES/GREEK PRIME MINISTER:/LDLN#342”, LatLong: “40.666669 22.000001”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 22:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4741 (C331974D)

Date: 9/1/1946
End date: 9/2/1946
Location: Northern Greece
Description: Late night and early morning. Rocket-shaped objects are seen over northern Greece, according to Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris. Physicist Paul Santorinis is placed in charge of an investigation. He rules out Russian missiles, but the Army ends the investigation in 1947.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 525; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 62–63; Good Above, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_866

Event 4742 (1956E7B6)

Date: 9/2/1946
Location: GREECE, Thessaloniki
Description: (Translated from French) A rocket-like projectile flew over the port of Thessaloniki, according to the Greek Prime Minister Tsaldaris.
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977 - p. 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1125

Event 4743 (64ECDDF7)

Date: 9/2/1946
Location: OFF ANCONA, ITALY
Description: Fishermen. Ghost-bomb falls / sea. Big vapor cloud. Yugo rocket?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_612

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off ANCONA,ITALY:FISHERMEN:GHOST-BOMB FALLS/SEA:BIG VAPOR CLOUD:YUGO ROCKET?”, LatLong: “43.666669 13.583334”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:00 N 13:35:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ancona”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 4744 (A985CA24)

Date: Early 9/1946
Location: Greece
Description: In early September, the Greek government reported that flying rockets were observed over the northern part of Greece, with one seen over Salonika falling into the sea. A total of four rockets were witnessed. (Chapter 9, Ref 383)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_372

Event 4745 (8F133776)

Date: 9/4/1946
Location: Sweden
Description: Top Secret Memo, to Mr. Morgan, from Mr. Lyon stating: 800 UFO reports have been reported with new ones coming in daily from Sweden. Full details of these reports have been forwarded to Wash., D.C. by our Military and Naval Attaches
Type: top secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p22,447)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_200

Event 4746 (C5D5EDB2)

Date: 9/6/1946
Location: PHILOMATH, OR
Description: Purple fireball cruises going quickly east over town. Also red fireball low and slow over New Orleans.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_613

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “PHILOMATH,OR:PURPLE FBL CRUISES >>E ovr TOWN::+RED FBL LO+SLO ovr NEW ORLEANS”, LatLong: “44.538891 -123.366673”, LatLongDMS: “44:32:20 N 123:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4747 (7991C95E)

Date: 9/7/1946
Location: GREECE, Macedonia
Description: (Translated from French) A “flying bomb” crossed from north to south the west of Macedonia, 110 km from Thessaloniki.
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977 - p. 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1126

Event 4748 (A3AE160F)

Date: 9/7/1946
Location: Littlehampton, England
Description: British pilot Edward Mortlock Donaldson attains an airspeed record of 616 mph in a Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 at Littlehampton, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Edward Donaldson (RAF officer)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_867

Event 4749 (98D9AD4B)

Date: 9/9/1946
Location: Scandinavia
Description: The scientific advisor to MI6, English physicist Reginald Victor Jones, considers the ghost rockets a social panic phenomenon. An RAF Intelligence report, “Investigation of Reported Missile Activity over Scandinavia,” identifies eight types of ghost rocket sightings: iron cylinder, magnesium-like light, white core surrounded by blue-green, shining ball with tail, torpedo-shape, black object with flame, small rocket, small missile. It takes the daytime reports seriously but concludes are probably only a few genuine reports of actual missiles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; Swords 26–27; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 63–64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_868

Event 4750 (D70011A0)

Date: 9/10/1946
Location: NETHERLANDS, province of Twente
Description: (Translated from French) The newspaper “Hengelosch Dagblad” reported on September 12 the events of the 10th as follows: “The rocket passing through our firmament was observed by the population of Hengelo, Almelo and Enschede, probably concerns a test of V6, improved model (by the Americans) of V2. They called it V”, since the supposed rockets of Russian manufacture were already designated as V3, V4 or V5. The speed of the object would have been about 12,800 km/h. It flew silently at an altitude of 21 km. This rocket was also observed in Oldenzaal, while a Frisian witness saw it in the sky in the southeast.
Reference: (c) 1997 Jeroen Slurf and Jeroen Kümeling.UFO nieuwsbrief jaargang 2, nummer 1
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1127

Event 4751 (05E9068B)

Date: 9/10/1946
Time: 22:00
Location: KOZANI AND SALONIKA, GREECE
Description: ‘Ghost rocket’ north going quickly south. / L’Espoir and Journal du Centre.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 341)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_614

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KOZANI+SALONIKA,GREECE:‘GHOST ROCKET’ N>>S:/L’Espoir+Journal du Centre”, LatLong: “40.266669 21.850001”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:00 N 21:51:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4752 (72C26DB2)

Date: 9/11/1946
Time: 14:00
Location: ENGLE, NM
Description: 3’ black cylinder/cigar-shape with fins moves trees. No trace found / Albuquerque Journal 29 Jun. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_615

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1455”, HatchDesc: “ENGLE,NM:3’BLACK CGR W/FINS MOVES TREES:NO TRACE FOUND/ALBQQ JRNL 29JUN47”, LatLong: “33.061113 -107.027783”, LatLongDMS: “33:03:40 N 107:01:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4753 (9D9BC869)

Date: 9/11/1946
Description: The Chief of Naval Intelligence requires naval attachés to forward information on Soviet rocket research and operations including launches from submarines.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NARA, US Naval Intelligence files; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_869

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Event 4754 (23CFDBE2)

Date: 9/11/1946
Description: Jack Northrop grounds the XB-35, which has suffered gearbox and propeller control problems, until the Army Air Force can fix its propulsion system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-35”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_870

Event 4755 (D30B5170)

Date: 9/11/1946
Location: Engle, New Mexico
Description: 2:00 p.m. Justin B. Rinaldi is standing in a friend’s backyard in Engle, New Mexico, when he hears a loud whirring sound and sees a black object whiz by. It is pointed at one end, has a narrow body, and what appear to be fins on the tail. It is traveling fast at an altitude of 75 feet. Rinaldi sees it hit a clump of trees at a ranch house and the “branches parted like a great force had struck.” He and friends go to the site but can find nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Disc Tales Bring 2 Reports from Engle Area,” Albuquerque Journal, June 29, 1947, p. 1; Clark III 530
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_871

Event 4756 (B3588542)

Date: 9/11/1946
Description: In Oak Lawn, Illinois a V-shaped formation of five silver disks, with one trailing behind, were seen heading northeast to Indiana, bypassing Chicago. They were the size of small peas at arms length, traveling high and fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (Source: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, September 1946 archived webpage, report uploaded April 16, 2005
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5848

Event 4757 (D7B38F16)

Date: 9/12/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Nedrevann/Porsangerfjord (Norway), a witness sees a light to the North-West. The light grows as it descends and disappears. (September 12, 9 PM)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1, 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_582

Event 4758 (831C382C)

Date: 9/12/1946
Time: 23:00?
Location: LONGWY, FR
Description: Newsman and several. 2 fireballs connected / bar north going south / plane speed. Absolute(ly) silent. 6km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_616

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LONGWY,FR:NEWSMAN+SVRL:2 FBLS CONNECTED/BAR N>S/PLANE SPEED:ABS.SLNT:6km alt”, LatLong: “49.533336 5.766667”, LatLongDMS: “49:32:00 N 05:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Meurthe-et-Moselle”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4759 (2A7091AC)

Date: 9/12/1946
Locations: Stockholm, Sweden; London
Description: Cmdr. Robert A. Winston, acting naval attaché in Stockholm, Sweden, writes to the London naval attaché in a secret air mailgram that he suspects there is a secret British-Swedish collaboration on ghost rocket information designed to keep the US from learning the truth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_872

Event 4760 (500598C1)

Date: 9/13/1946
Location: NORWAY, Nedrevann/Porsangerfjord
Description: (Translated from French) At 21:10 a rocket was observed by 7 witnesses; It was going towards the northwest. The first observation was made at Kalkkavare. The object had a slightly descending trajectory, flew at high speed, and white flames with red stripes coming out of the tail were clearly seen. The night was clear, there was a beautiful moonlight, there were also northern lights, very few clouds. The rocket must have been at about 2000 m altitude.
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: INTELLIGENCE REPORT, October 1 1946. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1128

Event 4761 (02C07376)

Date: 9/13/1946
Location: FRANCE, Nancy
Description: (Translated from French) In the “Tubantia” newspaper of Twente from September 14, a French UFO of the “dumbbell” model was reported: The inhabitants of Nancy saw strange meteors last night, on a north trajectory. It was two luminous balls, connected to each other at the front by a luminous bar and leaving a luminous trail behind, crossing the sky much faster than the fastest plane can do.
Reference: (c) 1997 Jeroen Slurf and Jeroen Kümeling.UFO nieuwsbrief jaargang 2, nummer 1
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1129

Event 4762 (76CA2355)

Date: 9/13/1946
Description: (Translated from French) At Nedrevann/Porsangerfjord (Norway), a projectile was observed by 7 witnesses in a North-West direction. It was first observed towards Kalkkavare. The object had a slightly descending trajectory. It moved very quickly, and flames at its back were clearly observed. The flames were bright white with red stripes. The weather was clear, with the Moon risen and the Northern Lights, plus some clouds. The object flew at least 2000 m in altitude. (September 13th, 9:10 PM)
Reference: Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_583

Event 4763 (6A17BDA3)

Date: 9/14/1946
Location: PORTUGAL
Description: (Translated from French) Mysterious rockets and unexplained aerial phenomena were observed on the 14th of September near Alemtejo, on the 16th above Porto and Douro, objects in the shape of cigars were seen heading south. On the 18th two other UFOs were spotted north of Lisbon: they were greenish globes moving silently southward. (1946, September 14th to 21st)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 285
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1130

Event 4764 (B496624A)

Date: 9/14/1946
Location: ALENTEJO AREA, PORTUGAL
Description: Odd bluish ball / light seen / 5 minute(s). Luminous rockets / Oporto / 16th.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_617

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ALENTEJO AREA,PORTUGAL:ODD BLUISH BALL/LITE SEEN/5min::LUM ROCKETS/OPORTO/16th”, LatLong: “38.666669 -7.750000”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 07:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4765 (A5EA3C0C)

Date: 9/15/1946 (approximate)
Location: MOROCCO, Casablanca
Description: (Translated from French) The “rocket” phenomenon was observed in Casablanca, leaving a huge greenish trail. (1946, around September 15)
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1131

Event 4766 (ADEC91F6)

Date: Mid 9/1946
Location: Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Description: Two luminous globes that shine “like an electric arc” are seen flying in a straight line over Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 66
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_873

Event 4767 (5CF529E0)

Date: Mid 9/1946
Location: Morocco
Description: Ghost rockets were witnessed over Morocco on two consecutive nights in mid-September. One was observed over the town of Fez, while another was seen near Tangier. Both projectiles appeared to fly at low altitudes from east to west, moving rapidly and trailing a long tail of yellow and green light. (Chapter 9, Ref 384)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_373

Event 4768 (5C54C3E6)

Date: Mid 9/1946
Location: Portugal
Description: Officials at a Lisbon observatory could not explain reports from various parts of Portugal of bright, greenish balls of light moving southwards, reminiscent of the ball of light variety of the later foo fighters. (Chapter 9, Ref 387)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_375

Event 4769 (C1322938)

Date: 9/16/1946 (approximate)
Location: PIC / MIDI D’OSSAU, FR
Description: ‘Rocket’ from Spain south going quickly north over mountain peak. / L’Espoir 18 Sep. '46.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_618

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PIC/MIDI d’OSSAU,FR:‘ROCKET’ FROM SPAIN S>>N OVR MTN PEAK:/L’Espoir 18SEP46”, LatLong: “42.838891 -0.422222”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:20 N 00:25:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PYA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4770 (F639E02C)

Date: 9/17/1946
Location: GERMANY, Herfird
Description: (Translated from French) A rocket-like projectile flew over the British occupation zone, the news was confirmed by the British Rhine Headquarters, apparently “Top Secret” did not exist yet.
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977, p. 36, 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1132

Event 4771 (E8BFB184)

Date: 9/18/1946
Location: Castanheira, Portugal
Description: Two greenish globes, one following close behind the other, zoom over Castanheira, Portugal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_874

Event 4772 (BEC5D91F)

Date: 9/20/1946
Location: ALGERIA, western part of the country
Description: (Translated from French) Balls of fire were observed there, leaving behind a long trail of flames and producing a “gray” light (sic). They passed at low altitude, heading from northeast to southwest. (1946, September 20th and 24th)
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1977, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1133

Event 4773 (6728F1D0)

Date: 9/21/1946
Location: Swedish National Defense Research Institute
Description: Chemist Gustaf Ljunggren of the Swedish National Defense Research Institute summarizes for the Swedish Defense staff his analysis of 27 finds of mysterious substances, allegedly from ghost rockets. None are radioactive and all have mundane explanations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 33–34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_875

Event 4774 (9EC5BA8C)

Date: 9/22/1946
Time: 03:20
Location: FIRENZE, ITALY
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape turns / sky going quickly [to] Rome. Also Turin and Bologna and Bari and Vercelli and Imola and Modena and more/others.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_619

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “FIRENZE,ITALY:CGR TURNS/SKY >>ROME:+TURIN+BOLOGNA+BARI+VERCELLI+IMOLA+MODENA++”, LatLong: “43.800002 11.250001”, LatLongDMS: “43:48:00 N 11:15:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Firenze”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4775 (0D190416)

Date: 9/22/1946
Locations: Florence, Italy; Rome
Description: 3:15 a.m. A rocket-shaped object is seen for 90 seconds over Florence, Italy. It makes an abrupt turn, then speeds south toward Rome.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. 69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_876

Event 4776 (A9886974)

Date: Autumn 1946
Description: (Translated from French) Decline of the Swedish observation wave. (Autumn)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_586

Event 4777 (5601BE98)

Date: 9/23/1946 (approximate)
Location: FES, MOROCCO
Description: Fireball-rocket going quickly west. Turns going quickly north. Faster / plane. Low altitude. / L’Espoir 24 SEPT46.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_620

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FES,MOROCCO:FBL-ROCKET >> W:TURNS >>N:FASTER/PLANE:LOW ALT:/L’Espoir 24SEPT46”, LatLong: “34.083335 -5.000000”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:00 N 05:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FES”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4778 (DE3E4CA4)

Date: Fall 1946
Locations: O’Neill, Nebraska; farm 8 miles north of O’Neill, Nebraska
Description: 9:00 p.m. Gladys McCage and her 4-year-old son see a yellowish-orange light coming from the northwest at a “terrific speed” toward their farm 8 miles north of O’Neill, Nebraska. Its color changes to red as it approaches, and soon it is hovering above the witnesses. They run toward the house and the cigar-shaped object swings up to the northeast. McCage says it is as big as a football field, has windows, and is making a loud noise. A yellowish- blue-green flame is shooting out near the back, and it is traveling too fast for any plane at the time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 530
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_878

Event 4779 (F11AD54D)

Date: 9/25/1946
Location: JYVASKYLA, FINLAND
Description: Several hundreds / observer(s). Slow cylinder/cigar-shape southeast going quickly northwest ‘explodes’. Fragments go / all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_621

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “JYVASKYLA,FINLAND:SVRL 100s/OBS:SLOW CGR SE>>NW ‘EXPLODES’:FRAGS GO/ALL DIRs”, LatLong: “62.244447 25.750001”, LatLongDMS: “62:14:40 N 25:45:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4780 (198C50F0)

Date: 9/25/1946
Time: 02:40
Location: VILLEFAUX, FR
Description: Blinding fireball follows mail truck / 15 minute(s). 2nd east going quickly west overhead. / Dijon papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_622

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “VILLEFAUX,FR:BLINDING FBL FOLOS MAIL TRUCK/15min:2nd E>>W OVHD:/Dijon papers”, LatLong: “47.550002 6.133334”, LatLongDMS: “47:33:00 N 06:08:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4781 (354B1965)

Date: Late 9/1946
Location: Dutch-German border
Description: British troops in Germany reported seeing “spook bombs” over the Dutch-German frontier. These missiles, resembling flying bombs, were observed moving rapidly from east to west. Similar reports were logged in Switzerland and Ireland around this time. (Chapter 9, Refs 385, 386)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_374

Event 4782 (72FCF3E7)

Date: Late 9/1946
Location: Belgium
Description: In Belgium, police examined remnants of a projectile, described as a “ball of light,” that fell outside a residence. The homeowner reported seeing the object approach at “terrific speed” around midnight, and upon landing, it emitted a cloud of smoke. (Chapter 9, Ref 389)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_377

Event 4783 (E9D0C3E1)

Date: 9/26/1946
Location: LINGEN AND MEPPEN, GERMANY
Description: British Army observer(s). ‘Missiles’ pass overhead going quickly west. / London papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY 1946 The Ghost Rockets. 1972,82,88. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_623

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

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LINGEN+MEPPEN,GERMANY:BRIT.ARMY OBS:‘MISSILES’ PASS OVHD >>W:/LONDON PAPERS”, LatLong: “52.583336 7.316667”, LatLongDMS: “52:35:00 N 07:19:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LSX”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 4784 (CBEC0E56)

Date: 9/30/1946
Location: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City
Description: David Sarnoff, in a speech at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, says that the “ghost bombs are no myth but real missiles.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Two”; “Sarnoff Predicts Weather Control and Delivery of the Mail by Radio,” New York Times, October 1, 1946, p. 1, 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_877

Event 4785 (228688E5)

Date: 10/1946
Location: USA, Preakness (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) Dolores Benante, while out riding her horse in a beautiful moonlight, suddenly saw a white-bluish circular UFO appear and hover above her, causing great excitement in her horse.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 285
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1139

Event 4786 (6EC7DB10)

Date: 10/1946
Location: Paterson, NJ
Description: Horse reacts to circular light (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 461000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_315

Event 4787 (C0FD5FB1)

Date: 10/1946
Locations: Denver, Colorado; Mount Shasta, California
Description: Ray Palmer publishes a letter from Maurice Doreal (pseudonym of Claude D. Dodgin) of the Brotherhood of the White Temple in Denver, Colorado, regarding the “Shaver mystery.” Doreal claims intimate knowledge of the subterranean realms, which he claims are inhabited by the Black Brotherhood and protected by “space-warps.” In 1949 Doreal claims to have visited caves inside Mount Shasta, California, inhabited by Atlantean masters. He equates Shaver’s Dero with an evil group of Lemurians.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds, Loompanics, 1989, pp. 154–160; Charmaine Ortega Getz, “The (Sort of) Amazing Story of Maurice Doreal and the Brotherhood of the White Temple Revealed at Last,” Weird Colorado, September 6, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_879

Event 4788 (7AAD26F5)

Date: 10/1946
Location: Arkansas and Wright Field, Dayton OH
Description: Or Nov. A classic saucer-shaped UFO, resembling two soup bowls joined at the rim, was allegedly found in Arkansas and moved to Wright Field. An ex-airman at the base described the craft as being 15 feet in diameter and 7 feet thick with a series of rectangular windows. It had a brushed aluminum appearance and seemed to be made from a single material. The interior was mostly empty, but featured a central cylinder about three feet in diameter. (Chapter 8, Ref 350)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_343

Event 4789 (4E37CF86)

Date: 10/1/1946
Location: FROM AUSTRALIA TO USA
Description: (Translated from French) THE THIRD LOCKHEED MODEL 26 NEPTUNE, OF THE P2V1 SERIES WITH PISTONS, TOOK OFF THREE DAYS BEFORE FROM PERTH IN AUSTRALIA AND FLEW WITHOUT STOPPING THE 18080 KM TO COLUMBUS (OHIO). IT SET A WORLD RECORD FOR DISTANCE FOR PISTON AIRCRAFT, A PERFORMANCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN BEATEN.
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft” - Bill Gunston - Elsevier Sequoia 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1134

Event 4790 (29E4C62F)

Date: 10/1/1946
Locations: London, England; Scandinavia
Description: The US Military Attaché in London, England, writes a top-secret memo to the War Department complaining that the British “may not have given us all information on reported rockets over Scandinavia.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan L. Aldrich, comp., The Ghost Rocket File, Fund for UFO Research, 2000, p. 73
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_880

Event 4791 (D20B6B0F)

Date: 10/7/1946
Location: NORWAY, As
Description: (Translated from French) The night watchman of Bjornebekk Kursted, saw a luminous object coming from the northwest at 00:10 hours. It had the shape of a cylinder, was going a bit faster than an airplane, at an altitude of about 1000 m. At the back, he observed flames. The conical nose of the object was slightly luminous. He observed the phenomenon for a minute, then suddenly the object fell towards the ground and disappeared from his view. No sound of explosion was heard.
Reference: VÅRT LAND, October 8, 1946, 1. Listing by Ole Jonny Braenne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1135

Event 4792 (E3DC99FA)

Date: 10/7/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Ås (Norway), the night guard of Bjørnebekk Kursted sees a bright object coming from the Northwest. It has the shape of a cylinder, moving a bit faster than an airplane, at an altitude of about 1000 m. Flames are visible at the back. Its nose is conical and slightly luminous. It is visible for 1 minute, then suddenly falls and disappears. No explosion is heard. (October 7th, 0:10)
Reference: Vårt land, October 8th, 1946, 1
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_584

Event 4793 (7BD34DC6)

Date: 10/9/1946
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: Newspaper/radio UFO reports after meteor shower over southern CA. BSRA received many phone calls. BSRA mediums established contact and reported it would return
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: rg
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_201

Event 4794 (EFB49552)

Date: 10/9/1946
Location: USA, California
Description: (Translated from French) George Adamski observed a cigar-shaped object hovering motionless in the sky, and then heading south towards San Diego, where thousands of people (note from vog: see San Diego, same day, where Bougard mentions a dozen witnesses…) saw it. It was then that Adamski decided to build a telescope with the intention of photographing the objects. From 1946 to 1952 he took 500 shots of aerial phenomena of which only about twenty were clear enough to be identified as flying saucers.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1136

Event 4795 (B37A25DC)

Date: 10/9/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In San Diego (California), 16 people are gathered on a roof to observe a meteor shower when a winged object of white-blue color appears in the sky. It looks like an extremely long plane, with 2 red lights, leaving a luminous trail. One of the witnesses, Harold T. Wilkins, recounts: This strange object was certainly not an airplane. But the wings, which moved, were much too large to belong to a bird. In fact, it looked more like butterfly wings. The object emitted a red glow. The object becomes clearly visible when it passes in front of the Moon. Some of the witnesses will say that it looked like a giant bat. (October 9th, the Night)
Reference: Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, New York, Citadel Press 1954, chapter 3, p. 44-45
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_585

Event 4796 (5452CF9E)

Date: 10/9/1946
Time: 19:20
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Large batlike object hovers and maneuvers during meteor shower. Unidentified.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_624

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “95”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “SAN DIEGO,CA:SVRL OBS:LRG BATLIKE OBJ HVRS+MNVRS DURING METEOR SHOWER:UID”, LatLong: “32.716668 -117.150006”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 117:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4797 (7ADA4CA4)

Date: 10/9/1946
Locations: Mount Palomar, California; San Diego
Description: Evening. George Adamski and some associates are watching a meteor shower associated with Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner when they see a “gigantic spacecraft” hovering above the mountain ridge south of Mount Palomar, California. He claims to meet a military officer a few weeks later who assures him that the object was indeed from another world. Others in San Diego see an object with a long, tube-shaped fuselage, giant wings, and two red lights. The medium Mark Probert later tells the press that he has established psychic communication with the occupants and the object is called the Kareeta.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sparks Fly As Comet Passes Earth,” Los Angeles Daily News, October 10, 1946, p. 3; Colin Bennett, Looking for Orthon, Paraview, 2001, pp. 28–29; Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, Citadel, 1954, pp. 41–48; Curt Collins, “1946, Before Saucers, Kareeta: UFO Contact in California,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, August 8, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_881

Event 4798 (DF1619F3)

Date: 10/10/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 173.8km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_202
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 173.8km

Event 4799 (60CE9639)

Date: 10/10/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: First picture of Earth from space. V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 104.6km altitude (subnormal propulsion performance)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_203
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 104.6km

Event 4800 (B7BCA813)

Date: 10/10/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:02 AM TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #12, REACHED ALTITUDE 164 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1137

Event 4801 (4F4B3719)

Date: 10/10/1946
Location: Friedland Refugee Camp, Lower Saxony, Germany
Description: 4:00 a.m. Waltraut Anlauf, a telephone operator in Friedland Refugee Camp, Lower Saxony, Germany, sees small, elongated flashes at a great height in the sky. They look like cigars and are luminescent white in front and bluish-white in back. She sees about 10 objects pass per minute. Sometimes there is an interruption of about 10 minutes, and then new groups appear. The sighting lasts one hour. Possibly these are part of the Taurid meteor shower.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 529
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_882

Event 4802 (EAB8E055)

Date: 10/10/1946
Description: The defense staff in Sweden admits it cannot explain the ghost rockets because reports are too vague. About 80% appear to be meteors (“celestial phenomena”), although radar has tracked a few unusual targets. The report concludes that they are not V-type bombs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Swedish Inquiry Fails to Solve Rocket Case,” New York Times, October 11, 1946, p. 3; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 71–72; Good Above, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_883

Event 4803 (B2D5B5A0)

Date: 10/21/1946
Location: shore of a lake in southern Sweden
Description: Two persons on the shore of a lake in southern Sweden hear a whistling sound in the air, like a “flock of birds.” They see an object moving over the trees at a low altitude. It is dart-shaped and has short wings and a “ball-shaped tip.” It falls into the lake and possibly explodes on impact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., p. p. 74
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_884

Event 4804 (81D1F0EF)

Date: 10/24/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:15 PM, TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #13. ALTITUDE REACHED 104 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1138

Event 4805 (BA760FA6)

Date: 11/1946
Location: Wright Field, Ohio
Description: The War Department issues a press release on how German scientists are helping out at Wright Field, Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dolan, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_885

Event 4806 (3D549FA4)

Date: 11/7/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, .32km altitude (Guidance failure preceded emergency cut-off at 31s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_204
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: .32km

Event 4807 (7BB099C4)

Date: 11/7/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 13:31 TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #14. RADIO SHUTDOWN (EMERGENCY) CRASH BEYOND THE RIO GRANDE IN MEXICAN TERRITORY.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 258, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1140

Event 4808 (EF2607D0)

Date: 11/21/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 101.4km altitude (Sub-normal propulsion performance, beyond Kármán line)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_205
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 102.4km

Event 4809 (589A7096)

Date: 11/21/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) 9:55 AM - Test launch of V2 #15, altitude reached 100 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1141

Event 4810 (14861052)

Date: 11/27/1946
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) FIRST FLIGHT OF THE SINGLE-SEAT REACTION FIGHTER NORTH AMERICAN “SABRE” THE FIRST DELIVERY TO THE SQUADRON WILL TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER 1948 UNDER THE NAME F-86A IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF ITS TIME. IN 1945 ALREADY THERE WERE THREE PROTOTYPES ORDERED BY THE NAVY… (November 27, 1946)
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft” - Bill Gunston - Elsevier-Sequoia 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1142

Event 4811 (85DC3868)

Date: 11/29/1946
Locations: Russia; Halle, Germany
Description: A top secret Air Intelligence report, “Significant Developments of Scientific Warfare in Russia,” designates the ghost rockets as “V-5” weapons produced by the Siebel Works in Halle, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_886

Event 4812 (9ECBD942)

Date: 12/1/1946
Description: (Translated from French) The Swedish committee formed in July reaches the following conclusions: Even though the main body of testimonies can be attributed to the observation of celestial phenomena, the committee cannot consider that some of the facts presented are only due to popular imagination. (December 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_587

Event 4813 (25ABA86C)

Date: 12/1/1946
Description: (Translated from French) A. Kazantsev describes in a science-fiction novel that the Tunguska event in 1908 was due to the explosion of a “Martian” vessel powered by nuclear energy.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_588

Event 4814 (607D793E)

Date: 12/1/1946
Description: (Translated from French) The United States has a majority in the UN and controls 25% of the IMF.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_589

Event 4815 (33ED4844)

Date: 12/1/1946
Description: (Translated from French) In Brazil, Joao Prestes Filho, 39 years old, was suddenly illuminated by a strong beam of light while returning from fishing. Quickly the scene turned to horror: Prestes’ flesh began to become visible, taking on the same appearance as if it had been cooked for long hours (…). It started to detach from the bones. (…). The unfortunate man died in atrocious conditions, without any cause ever being identified.
Reference: Bertrand Meheust, Science-Fiction and Flying Saucers, Mercure de France, 1978
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_590

Event 4816 (DE75A5E9)

Date: 12/1/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the project RAND.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_591

Event 4817 (2D7D25AC)

Date: 12/3/1946
Description: The Swedish military reports that about 100 impacts were investigated by the Defense Research Institution and not found to be rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “Guided Missiles and UFOs: A Tangle of Fear, 1937–53, Part Three”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_887

Event 4818 (129E24D4)

Date: 12/5/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 152.9km altitude (Control system failed at altitude)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_206
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 152.9km

Event 4819 (DD14627D)

Date: 12/5/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 13:08 TEST LAUNCH OF V2 #16, ALTITUDE 167 KM.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1143

Event 4820 (20BB0755)

Date: 12/10/1946
Description: Gen. Curtis LeMay answers an inquiry from Assistant Secretary of War for Air Stuart Symington about establishing interim projects at the Air Materiel Center (AMC). LeMay’s answer: The Commander of AMC on his own volition may establish an interim project; however, to continue the project it must be approved for the next budget cycle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB; Jan Aldrich, “Secret Twining Letter: ‘The Reported Phenomena Are Real,’” October 11, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_888

Event 4821 (9030A1C9)

Date: 12/17/1946
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 184.4km altitude (Rocket exploded at 440s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_207
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 184.4km

Event 4822 (96332874)

Date: 12/17/1946
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10 PM, test launch of V2 #17 which reached 186 km in altitude. (1946, 17 DECEMBER)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1144

Event 4823 (94C871D2)

Date: 12/23/1946
Description: Jacobsson’s ghost rocket committee issues its final report on 987 ghost rocket cases, stating that 225 reports had been made in full daylight. More than 100 reports describe spool-shaped objects with or without wings. It concludes: “Despite the extensive effort, which has been carried out with the means available, and seven months after the first observations, no actual proof that a test of rocket projectiles has taken place over Sweden has been found.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 26; Loren E. Gross, UFO’s, a History: 1946, the Ghost Rockets, The Author, 1988 ed., pp. 75–76; Anders Liljegren and Clas Svahn, “The Ghost Rockets,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_889

Event 4824 (A03AB374)

Date: 12/30/1946
Location: USA, Morrow Bay (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Ella Young was with a friend: “The sun had just set, it must have been 5:35 pm. Suddenly a dark object appeared in the sky and as it approached us, its shape became more distinct. It looked like a black stick with wings. It remained motionless for a few moments. It then flew off towards the horizon and disappeared behind a cloud. Right after, a bright flash of light illuminated the sky above the ocean.”
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977- p. 285-286
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1145

Event 4825 (AC475BA8)

Date: 12/30/1946
Description: (Translated from French) Near Morrow Bay (California), the American writer Ella Young describes her observation: Cut out on the golden sky, it was very black. It came straight towards us and, given the curvature of its wings, it looked like a bat. I’m not quite sure if there was any movement at the ends of the wings; but this strange machine seemed to remain motionless for several minutes and its shape was very precise. Suddenly, either it descended or the banks of fog rose - perhaps both at the same time - but the machine passed behind the clouds never to reappear. Immediately after, a flood of color ran across the surface of the sea. (December 30th, at dawn)
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_592

Event 4826 (37F3D5AF)

Date: 12/30/1946
Time: 17:40
Location: MORRO BAY, CA
Description: Bat-saucer hovers / minutes. Drops behind cloud. Sea lit up in great color.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_625

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MORRO BAY,CA:BAT-SCR HOVRS/MINUTES:DROPS BHND CLOUD:SEA LIT UP IN GREAT COLOR”, LatLong: “35.400002 -120.966672”, LatLongDMS: “35:24:00 N 120:58:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

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Year: 1947, 1658 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 4827 (0C97700F)

Date: 1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Einstein sees “Greys” for the first time
Type: rumor
Reference: anonymous information (R.G.)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_208

Attributes: Einstein, gallant

Event 4828 (6D735D78)

Date: 1947
Location: Ozyorsk, Russia
Description: Soviet “Chelyabinsk-40 and later 65” atomic bomb project plant opened (Plutonium production, component manufacturing). Now one of the most contaminated places on Earth.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_210

Event 4829 (5CF173F9)

Date: 1947
Location: N 58 39 E 59 47
Description: Soviet “Sverdlovsk-45” (Plant 418) atomic bomb project plant opened (Uranium enrichment, warhead assembly)
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_213

Event 4830 (A2D1123C)

Date: 1947
End date: 1949
Location: US
Description: USAF Investigation Summary: Serious investigation, conclusions UFOs real and interplanetary.
Type: investigation
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_896

Event 4831 (DD5B1A4C)

Date: 1947
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The rockets were applied to essentially (note from vog: but not 100%…) peaceful purposes: for sounding the upper atmosphere. The explosive charge was replaced by special devices, photographic chambers, spectrographs, etc. destined to descend by parachute, and knowledge of our aerial envelope could thus be extended up to 135 km, and even 183 kilometers of altitude in 1947.
Reference: “L’Astronautique” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12
Reference: see 1949
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1147

Event 4832 (19D5BE32)

Date: 1947
Location: USA, between Flagstaff and Phoenix
Description: (Translated from French) Clarence Hale and his wife Ruth said they saw hundreds of UFOs in the area. The first one in 1947. They got so used to it that they no longer pay attention. “We have a kind of intuition,” said Ruth. "We feel that there is one outside, and when we go out, of course, there is one. They give us the impression of a kind of warm friendship. They are trying to make the earth and the universe better, filled with friendship and love. Most of the people in the area think the same thing. In addition, they claim to have provided the US authorities with a lot of evidence and evidence, such as this powder that is often spread in circles. Cliff Johnson found 5 each 4 meters in diameter, in his lawn one beautiful morning. Clarence Hale adds that he also found circles of powder after observing a UFO at 8 o’clock in the morning, flying at 30 mph, measuring nearly 300 meters long, with lit portholes and doors " [note from vog: should we not be wary of this kind of testimony? … they have, they say, some kind of intuitions … hm! not very objective that.] (1947,)
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p.138, 139
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1218

Event 4833 (59E583DF)

Date: 1947
Location: USA, Acres Home - Houston (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) A witness saw a silver saucer land. Out of it came a small pilot who was no more than 60 cm tall, with a round head the size of a basketball. This dwarf saluted the witness, went back into his craft and took off.
Reference: Inforespace n° 48 of 1979, p. 29
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1263

Event 4834 (1ECB61E5)

Date: 1947
Location: COTE D’IVOIRE, Adiopodoumé
Description: (Translated from French) A young African saw near the Institute of Education and Research, located near the forest, a small man with red fur on his body and long hair on his head. This creature emerged from the trees, but upon realizing that she was not alone, she retreated back into the forest.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 198
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1327

Event 4835 (853A0857)

Date: 1947
Location: USA, Stratford, Connecticut
Description: (Translated from French) Thomas C. Smith, recently graduated from Penn State University with a degree in mechanical engineering, was working for the Chance-Vought Aircraft Company in Stratford, which was manufacturing airplanes for the US Navy. He had the opportunity to see on the ground and then in flight, a perfectly terrestrial flying saucer. The disc was in a hangar, was elliptical in shape, measured about 12 meters in diameter and was powered by propeller engines. Its takeoff was vertical for the first three meters (like a helicopter) and then it took an ascending trajectory. The bubble-shaped cockpit allowed the pilot to see in front of him and below him. The edges of the craft were thick, about ten centimeters, and the bubble was only 60 centimeters high. Smith saw the pilot enter and lie down on his stomach on the provided bunk. At the back there were two propellers. The metal parts were painted khaki. Smith claims that many such devices were being developed and tested by test pilots and that there were obviously from time to time, accidents.
Reference: Source: Lancaster New Era, Pennsylvania, 12.7.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1328

Event 4836 (AFD27DF5)

Date: 1947
Location: Buffalo, New York
Description: BUFFALO MAN REPORTS ONE FOUR YEARS LATER. Jolin S. Sarick of Buffalo, on July 22, 1951, describes a sighting of his in 1947: “I saw twin lights coming down and when I saw them they were already quite close to the ground. They were steady and the color was blue or green. The lights seemed about a mile away and in the direction of our airport which is 7 miles away. We have never before or since seen any lights from airplanes coming down or going up from the airport.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_125

Event 4837 (A3F58EEC)

Date: 1947
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Cmdr. Bernard Baruch Jr. makes 44 trips at his own expense to lobby for the implementation of the peacetime Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings (CIRES) message system. He meets with DCI Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Rear Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Rear Adm. Earl E. Stone, Vice Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Rear Adm. John E. Gingrich, Adm. DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, Maj. Gen. Robert W. Harper, Lieut. Gen Idwal H. Edwards, Vice Adm. Ralph Riggs, Capt. Richard Burke (USCG), and about 20 other officials.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Capt. Bernard Baruch, Jr.”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_890

Event 4838 (2E2C75A6)

Date: 1947
Locations: Sacramento, California; Roseville
Description: 11:00 p.m. Air Force pilot Edwin T. Yeoman is returning home with his wife Eva after going to a movie in Sacramento, California. As they drive northeast, they see a stationary light hovering at an altitude of 3,000–4,000 feet above Roseville. After watching it for 5 minutes, the light gets brighter, rises vertically for several thousand feet, makes an abrupt 90° turn, and shoots across the horizon from east to west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFOS case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_891

Event 4839 (E19B5953)

Date: 1947
Location: Germany and US
Description: The Germans during WWII developed advanced weapons and technologies that surpassed those of the Allies, including stealth technology, ballistic missiles, jet and rocket-powered aircraft, remote-controlled bombs, various types of missiles, helicopters, innovative aircraft designs, radioactive artillery, and night vision devices. It is suggested that the reverse engineering of alien technology could have influenced these advancements. Similarly, there are claims that the U.S. benefited from reverse engineering technology obtained from the 1947 Roswell crash, leading to developments such as transistors, lasers, integrated circuits, fiber optics, bulletproof fabric, and particle beam weapons. (Chapter 7, Refs 297, 298)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_289

Event 4840 (A6D5394C)

Date: 1947
Location: US
Description: A U.S. Air Force intelligence report suggested that the observed “flying saucers” could be long-range aircraft with high maneuverability and speed. These unidentified objects were thought to possibly be of Russian manufacture, influenced by German technology. However, there was also speculation that they might represent interplanetary craft. (Chapter 8, Ref 310)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_301

Event 4841 (F66F14BD)

Date: 1947
Location: Washington DC
Description: When he returned to Washington from Antarctica expedition (Operation High Jump), Admiral Richard Byrd reportedly urged the U.S. to use Antarctica as an atomic test site. (As far as we know, his recommendation was not acted upon.) (Chapter 8, Ref 318)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_309

Event 4842 (3AE4769F)

Date: Early 1947
Location: Australia
Description: Two schoolmates in a small town in Australia witnessed a significant UFO event on a cold night. The surroundings suddenly illuminated brightly, prompting the boys to dismount their bicycles. They observed a large UFO hovering just above them, seemingly resting on power lines. The object seemed to struggle with descending further due to its position between shops. The boys had a clear view of it for about three minutes. Subsequent to this event, Australian newspapers reported multiple UFO sightings in nearby areas. (Chapter 8, Ref 341)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_334

Event 4843 (D8A7D736)

Date: 1/1947
Location: Papago Indian Reservation
Description: W.H. (initials) of Yucca Valley, Calif., while still serving in the U.S. Navy, was on leave with C.C. (initials) who was just out of the U.S. army. While they were looking for desert property to buy they came upon the Papagos Indian Reservation, north of the rugged Superstition Mtns. west of Globe, Arizona. While traveling on a dirt trail, they came upon a group of military personnel guarding a crashed saucer half buried in the sand. Description: Disc shaped with a domed top; about 30 ft. diam.; two rings on its outer edge which seemed to have windows between them. There was no evidence of an encampment or heavy equipment.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (A5, B3-C, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_214

Event 4844 (0EEA1356)

Date: 1/1947
Location: USA, West of Globe (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) W.H. still in service with the US Navy, out with C.C. who was discharged, looking for a property to acquire in a remote location. They arrive near the Papagos Indian Reservation, on the north side of the Superstition Mountains west of Globe. Driving on a bad road, they come across a group of soldiers on guard around a crashed and partially burned saucer in the sand. Object topped with a dome, about 30 feet in diameter, two outer rings seeming to frame portholes. [note from vog: probably debris from one of the V2s launched in January…? ]
Reference: UFO Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1149

Event 4845 (86446785)

Date: 1/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The Highjump operation is organized in Antarctica (South Pole) by the US Navy. In total 4700 men, 13 ships and 23 planes are involved. A base is set up at Little America. An exhaustive mapping of the coast and inland areas is developed. Over 70000 aerial photographs are taken. Perhaps the goal is also to ferret out Nazi bases, and Nazi resistance is suspected to have been encountered. (January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_593

Event 4846 (AC952025)

Date: 1/1947
Location: Arizona
Description: Two men, one a U.S. Navy enlisted individual on leave and the other recently discharged from the Army, encountered a disc-shaped object, half-buried in the sand with a diameter of 30 feet, a thickness of 18 feet, a dome on top, and windows or portholes around its rim. They were quickly ordered to leave the scene by military personnel. (Chapter 8, Ref 352)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_345

Event 4847 (D3F66589)

Date: 1/1/1947
Description: The civilian US Atomic Energy Commission assumes responsibility for nuclear energy from the wartime Manhattan Project. The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project assumes responsibility for all aspects of nuclear weapons remaining under military control.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Atomic Energy Commission”; Wikipedia, “Armed Forces Special Weapons Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_892

Event 4848 (66A94DEC)

Date: 1/7/1947
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. SKY OBJECT A MYSTERY ROCKET? A laboratory analysis of the cylindrical object which fell in Portland yesterday from a clear sky established the presence of aluminum, titanium, magnesium, calcium, chrome, and zircon. Dr. John E. Allen, chief geologist of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, said it gives a reasonable basis for the hypothesis that it could have been used in rocket construction. The largest portion of the object has been taken over by an Army investigator for examination. The object was found when a mysterious ice shower occurred Saturday, confined to a fifteen-foot square area of Hill Military Academy.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_1

Event 4849 (17843C4E)

Date: 1/9/1947
Location: US
Description: The US Defense Department’s Intelligence Review, no. 49, contains a four-page summary of ghost rocket sightings and suggests some may have been Soviet test missiles or jet airplanes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Ghost Rockets over Scandinavia,” Intelligence Review, no. 49, January 9, 1947, US Department of Defense; Don Berliner, Marie Galbraith, and Antonio Huneeus, Unidentified Flying Objects Briefing Document, UFO Research Coalition, December 1995, pp. 33–35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_893

Event 4850 (39ABB183)

Date: 1/10/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 116.2km altitude (Degraded performance led to roll rate of 60 rpm)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_215
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 116.2km

Event 4851 (9150BB69)

Date: 1/10/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) (Or January 23?) 14:13 test launch of V-2 #18, altitude 115 km. Launch on January 23 of V-2 #19, which only reached 50 km altitude.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1148

Event 4852 (67444409)

Date: 1/16/1947
Location: North Sea
Description: Long chase of UFO with evasive maneuvers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_13

Event 4853 (14999E28)

Date: 1/16/1947
Time: 20:10
Location: 50 MI WITH DUTCH COAST
Description: Project Bluebook Case #54. RAF Mosquito chases RADAR blip 22K’ altitude going quickly west to Norfolk.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_626

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “108”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “50mi W/DUTCH COAST:BBK#54:RAF MOSQUITO CHASES RDR BLIP 22K’alt >>W to NORFOLK”, LatLong: “52.866669 2.616667”, LatLongDMS: “52:52:00 N 02:37:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSE”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4854 (AB6C60F9)

Date: 1/16/1947
Location: North Sea, 50 miles from Holland, At Sea
Description: 10:30 p.m. (GMT). RAF pilot of Mosquito pursued unidentified radar target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470116
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_316

Event 4855 (B8EACC83)

Date: 1/16/1947
Locations: RAF Trimley Heath Radar Station; Felixstowe, Suffolk, England; North Sea; Netherlands coast; Norfolk coast
Description: 11:30 p.m. An RAF Mosquito plane chases an unidentified target detected on radar at RAF Trimley Heath Radar Station [now closed] near Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, moving at a speed calculated to be faster than sound at an altitude of 38,000 feet over the North Sea, 50 miles north of the Netherlands acoast. It descends to 17,000 feet and takes controlled, evasive action. The plane pursues it for 40 minutes, even though the pilot cannot see it visually, until he loses it over the Norfolk coast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 29; ClearIntent, p. 151; Sparks, p. 16; David Clarke, “Operation Charlie,” 2002; Martin L. Shough, “A New Study of the British ‘Ghost Airplanes’ of 1947,” April 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_894

Event 4856 (D7774464)

Date: 1/16/1947
Description: At 11:30 at night in the North Sea an RAF Mosquito pilot picked up a strange object on radar 50 miles north of the coast of Holland. The UFO seemed to be taking evasive maneuvers when approached by the fighter aircraft. The UFO was pursued for 30 minutes until over the Norfolk, England coast, at which point the object darted away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_344

Event 4857 (13D0079C)

Date: 1/17/1947
Location: North Sea, 50 miles from Holland, At Sea
Description: 10:30 p.m. (GMT). RAF pilot of Mosquito pursued unidentified radar target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470117
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_317

Event 4858 (4F8C2D21)

Date: 1/17/1947
Locations: Neatishead, northeast of Norwich, England; North Sea
Description: 11:37 p.m. After two unidentified targets similar to yesterday’s are reported by RAF Neatishead, northeast of Norwich, England, over the North Sea, another radar track enters the Eastern Sector area, and an RAF Mosquito piloted by Flight Lt. William Kent is scrambled to 18,000 feet. Kent attempts to close in, but his onboard radar is unable to keep it on track because the target is “jerking violently” and taking evasive action. After 20 minutes, the target descends below 2,000 feet and is lost from ground radar. Unofficially the radar operators give the intruder a name—Charlie—and when the Air Ministry later begins a concerted effort to solve the mystery, its code name is “Operation Charlie.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Martin L. Shough, “A New Study of the British ‘Ghost Airplanes’ of 1947,” April 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_895

Event 4859 (62ADCFD1)

Date: 1/20/1947
Locations: London; England
Description: In London, Ben Lockspeiser, chief scientist for the UK Ministry of Supply, after meeting with Swedish scientists and air force authorities, informs the American naval attaché in London, England, Cmdr. Jenkins, that the Swedes doubt the rockets are from Russia but prefer that the US and UK continue to think so. Natural phenomena and popular imagination are considered the causes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 3–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_896

Event 4860 (D6F9F5C1)

Date: 1/23/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 49.9km altitude (Degraded performance led to roll rate of 80 rpm)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_216
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 49.9km

Event 4861 (13EBE90C)

Date: 1/23/1947
Locations: Neatishead, Norfolk, England; Yorkshire
Description: Night. Three senior RAF officers are visiting RAF Neatishead in Norfolk, England, for an interception exercise when an unidentified radar target makes another appearance at 28,000 feet. RAF Mosquitos from Yorkshire are scrambled, but by the time the aircraft reach the area, the target is gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Martin L. Shough, “A New Study of the British ‘Ghost Airplanes’ of 1947,” April 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_897

Event 4862 (4FA3C4BC)

Date: 1/27/1947
Locations: RAF Neatishead, England; Downham Market, Norfolk
Description: RAF Flying Officer Stewart of the Northern Signals Area, after investigating the Operation Charlie radar incidents at RAF Neatishead, England, issues a report, no longer extant, that suggests that some of the targets are radiosonde balloons released by the USAAF’s 8th Weather Squadron in Downham Market, Norfolk. However, RAF and Air Ministry sources continue to refer to the sightings as unexplained over the following months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Martin L. Shough, “A New Study of the British ‘Ghost Airplanes’ of 1947,” April 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_898

Event 4863 (5039D38E)

Date: 1/29/1947
Locations: Los Alamos Laboratory; Sandia Base, New Mexico
Description: Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal issue a memorandum that formally establishes the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, a new agency to take over responsibility for the aspects of nuclear weapons that still remain under the military. It is to be jointly staffed by the Army and Navy. Los Alamos Laboratory’s ordnance engineering Z Division and AFSWP establish themselves at Sandia Base, New Mexico, bringing the strict secrecy that has prevails at Los Alamos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Armed Forces Special Weapons Project”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_899

Event 4864 (322608F0)

Date: 2/1947
Location: BRAZIL, Manuos, (Amazon River)
Description: (Translated from French) A traveler saw five “birds” with leather bodies and wings.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 314
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1150

Event 4865 (799BF159)

Date: 2/3/1947
Time: 12:00?
Location: FRANKFURT, GERM
Description: 3 US WACs / base. 3 big fireballs maneuver / 30 minute(s). Vanish in place. Back twice.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_627

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “FRANKFURT,GERM:3 US WACs/BASE:3 BIG FBLS MNVR/30min:VANISH IN PLACE:back twice”, LatLong: “50.116669 8.700000”, LatLongDMS: “50:07:00 N 08:42:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4866 (6227F58B)

Date: 2/6/1947
Locations: Lock, South Australia; Port Augusta, South Australia
Description: Around 7:30 a.m., Frederick Walter Flavel and his wife Emma are walking to their house in Lock, South Australia, when they see five gray, oblong objects rise apparently from the sea and move from northwest to southeast. At 9:00 a.m., Ronald Ernest Ellis and two other railroad workers in Port Augusta, South Australia, watch five white or light-pink egg-shaped objects moving across the sky from north to south at about 6,000 feet. They quiver, cast shadows on the ground, and move out of sight in a few seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Five Objects Cast Shadows”; Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough, Return to Magonia: Investigating UFOs in History, Anomalist, 2015, pp. 329–350
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_900

Event 4867 (0360DC9C)

Date: 2/8/1947
Locations: US; Sweden
Description: A US Navy Privateer bomber flying over Sweden picks up signals that might be directing rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Letter from US Naval Forces Europe, London, to Chief of Naval Operations; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_901

Event 4868 (098CF434)

Date: 2/9/1947
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Description: Student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright wins writing essay competition
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_217

Attributes: Einstein

Event 4869 (05719431)

Date: 2/12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) A monstrous bolide strikes the USSR near the city of Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Far East north of Vladivostok. It is first spotted as a bright light in the daytime sky, bright enough to burn eyes as it hurtles towards the ground at a sharp angle. Followed by a huge smoky trail, the meteor streaks towards the Earth, filling the sky with deep reverberating thunderclaps and shaking the ground. The meteorite, estimated to weigh more than 100 tons, explodes into fragments that impact a large area, digging more than 120 craters, the largest of which is 20 feet deep and 90 feet in diameter. Blocks of iron weighing up to 2 tons are scattered across the landscape. It is unclear what details LaPaz will have of this incident by the end of 1948. As unlikely as it may seem today, judging by the comments he will make in his papers, he will clearly suspect at the time that this event, like other unusual meteors in 1946 and 1947, could have been caused by a man-made object. Although it is now known that the meteor traveled from the North-Northeast to the South-Southwest, the Soviet investigator initially dispatched to the scene, Krinov, will indicate a trajectory from the North-Northwest to the South-Southeast. The erroneous estimation of the trajectory could have led LaPaz to believe that the object was a missile from the western part of the USSR. (10:38)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_594

Event 4870 (5EA496D7)

Date: 2/12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The governments of the United States and Canada agree on a Joint Declaration on Defense Collaboration emphasizing the continued importance of defense planning and efforts in this regard. Among those proposed are the exchange of military personnel, the adoption of common weapon, equipment and organization designs and standards, and the cooperation and exchange of observers in exercises.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_595

Event 4871 (74DE1274)

Date: 2/12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) James Forrestal is promoted to United States Secretary of Defense.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_596

Event 4872 (D2EA353F)

Date: 2/17/1947
Locations: London, England; Peenemünde, Germany; Finland
Description: Capt. J. B. Pearson Jr., US naval attaché in London, England, sends an intelligence report to the Chief of Naval Intelligence about his conversation with Col. Westergard, head of the Airplane Design Section for the Swedish Air Ministry. Westergard tells him some 40% of the 1,000 ghost rocket sightings are “reliable.” They seem to originate in Peenemünde, Germany, and fly toward Finland. The best observation is from an artillery officer who sees an object in his optical range finder and follows it for about 90 seconds. It is in level flight at 4.5 miles distance and is about 36 feet long and torpedo shaped.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_902

Event 4873 (E9CE41C0)

Date: 2/20/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 109.4km altitude (Blossom 1 — Propulsion degraded at 55.5s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_218
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 109.4km

Event 4874 (47FF24A2)

Date: 2/20/1947
Location: USA, White Sands Proving Grounds
Description: (Translated from French) 11:16 am - Test launch of V-2 #20, reaching 109 km altitude. It is believed to have been a launch with “biological experiment”. (February 20, 1947)
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Nieuwenhuis H. 1988
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1151

Event 4875 (AF8F4108)

Date: 2/28/1947
Location: Lake Meade, NV
Description: Formation of discs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_14

Event 4876 (32E965F0)

Date: 2/28/1947
Location: Lima, Peru
Description: Three “Figures” Near Disc (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470228
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_318

Event 4877 (6EF93EBD)

Date: 2/28/1947
Locations: Sweden; USAF Office of Air Intelligence
Description: Capt. Emmet O’Beirne, Chief of the Defensive Air Branch, writes a memorandum to the chief of the USAF Office of Air Intelligence about the branch’s interview with H. W. Flickinger, vice president for exports at Republic Aircraft Corp. after his return from Sweden: “He stated that he had seen one of the Swedish ‘spook rockets’ in flight, which resembled the V-1 buzz bomb but was somewhat smaller. The noise of this missile was more that of a rocket than like a V-1.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_903

Event 4878 (D0E6B450)

Date: 3/1947
Time: 03:00
Location: PUTNAM, CT
Description: 1 observer. Luminous disk crosses sky / 4 second(s) going quickly west. Back 3 weeks later. / local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_628

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “88”, HatchDesc: “PUTNAM,CT:1 OBS:LUMn.DISK CROSSES SKY/4 sec >>W:BACK 3 WEEKS LATER:/local news”, LatLong: “41.900002 -71.916670”, LatLongDMS: “41:54:00 N 71:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4879 (9E67AF6B)

Date: 3/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: ALAMOSA, CO
Description: 2 teens. Meteor = silent glowing triangle. Levels off going south over town / 15 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_629

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2499”, HatchDesc: “ALAMOSA,CO:2 TEENS:METEOR=SLNT GLOWING TRIANGLE:LEVELS OFF >S ovr TOWN/15sec”, LatLong: “37.466668 -105.872227”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:00 N 105:52:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4880 (FDB20D71)

Date: 3/1947
Location: Palatine, New York
Description: A motorist in New York encountered a disc-shaped object hovering near the ground in a field. The craft, measuring about 60 feet in diameter and 15 feet thick, rose vertically and vanished within seconds. (Chapter 8, Ref 335)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_325

Event 4881 (EA30F93B)

Date: 3/1947
Location: West Virginia
Description: A woman in West Virginia spotted a round, silver-colored aerial object in the afternoon sky. It appeared to float silently, unlike the audible engines of airplanes at a similar distance. The object emitted reflections like a sunlit tin can, with its sides being silver and the top resembling the color of silk. (Chapter 8, Ref 336)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_326

Event 4882 (0751B5C8)

Date: 3/1947
Location: Maine
Description: Or April. A man driving near an airport in Maine observed several “saucer-like objects” hovering close to the ground. These objects, resembling pie plates, revolved and emitted a trail of smoke from their edges. They were distinct from conventional aircraft, reflected sunlight, and were estimated to be about 40 feet in diameter. (Chapter 8, Ref 337)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_327

Event 4883 (F3F2A02B)

Date: 3/7/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 165.2km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_219
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 165.2km

Event 4884 (E3557C53)

Date: 3/7/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) 11:23 AM - Launch of V2 #21, altitude 160 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1152

Event 4885 (6AD8531A)

Date: 3/17/1947
Description: Newspaper article stating Einstein “has helped many young students to find their directions”
Type: newspaper article
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_220

Attributes: Einstein

Event 4886 (8BB29758)

Date: Spring 1947
Location: CANADA, Langley Prairie (C.B.)
Description: (Translated from French) Excerpt from a letter from an anonymous witness: “We were living there, on the side of the road called the Trans Canada Highway, the Cloverdale/Langley road crossed our property. The area is very sparsely populated and consists mostly of flat fields as far as the eye can see. We were on vacation, I was 16 years old. With my brother I was near a pond close to our house. While he was trying to fish for minnows, I was reading, leaning against and in the shade of a tree. It was quiet, it was nice. I had heard a humming sound, but I didn’t think anything special about it. Then, I remember, we see in the sky something gray-silver, right in front of us. What happened? For an hour we experienced conscious situations, interspersed with moments of unconsciousness. In the object a door opened, its full height, and four or five grotesque creatures, resembling praying mantises, but dressed in gray-silver tights, without buttons, zippers, nothing, came out. I had gotten up, still holding my book in my hand, and one of these creatures came straight towards me. I was petrified, it put a hand on my shoulder and looked me straight in the eyes, as if to read my thoughts and I had the impression of hearing “clicks” like a camera, produced by its huge black eyes. It was terrifying. Then there was a blackout.

… I felt calmer, and I sent my mother, who was screaming, back inside, telling her that he “would kill her if she didn’t go back into the house”. The creature left me to join its congeners. They walked around the UFO, which seemed to be broken down, because they seemed to be repairing something on the side of the door. Little by little I regained my senses and noticed that several vehicles were circulating on the road. The drivers could not fail to see the scene. But the first creature was coming back towards me, putting its hand on my shoulder again, looking me straight in the eyes again and I understood this telepathic message: “We are leaving now, don’t look up, don’t look, don’t look.” I was there, head bowed, but I thought: “I have to look” which I did. The thing was there, above the tree where I was standing, going up vertically into the sky, where there were also four military planes. The saucer was going faster than anything I had ever known before or after, without any noise. The UFO disappeared in the direction of Washington, and I had the impression that the military planes were trying in vain to chase it. In my opinion, there must be a report about it. I called my brother, who was not moving. I had to get into the pond and take his hand, saying “Come, let’s go back now”. When I got back into the kitchen, my mother was angry “Finally, here you are”. We didn’t talk, couldn’t talk, but we were terribly thirsty. We drank water, a lot of water and went to bed, both of us. We spent several days in bed, drinking only water and sleeping. When I finally recovered, going down to the kitchen, I could see through the window near the pond, a large circle of scorched grass. A few months later my parents moved. We never talked about this event, neither between us, nor with others.” (1947 (Spring or Summer))
Reference: Source: UFO UpDates Mailing List, from: boliver at Direct.CA (Bill Oliver) 4.8.1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1329

Event 4887 (2BC9DB6F)

Date: Spring 1947
Location: Langley, British Columbia
Description: In a remote area near Langley, British Columbia, two young boys encountered a UFO. One boy, while reading near a creek, heard a hum before a silver-gray UFO landed in front of him. From it emerged several creatures resembling praying mantises, wearing form-fitted silver-gray attire. One creature approached the boy, took his book, placed its hands on his shoulder, and communicated telepathically, instructing him not to look up as they departed. When the boy eventually looked up, the UFO was ascending rapidly, pursued ineffectively by four military planes. The other boy seemed in a daze, and the boy had to guide him away from the creek. Following the encounter, they experienced extreme thirst and the boy felt ill for days. Later, they noticed a circle of burnt grass where the UFO had landed. (Chapter 8, Ref 346)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_339

Event 4888 (818BC922)

Date: 3/21/1947
Location: southern Sweden
Description: A cigar-shaped object with smoke coming from its tail is seen flying from east to west at considerable height over southern Sweden by several witnesses. It looks metallic and is about 60 feet long, flying slowly. The object seems to turn around and fly back eastward briefly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Phantom Bomb’ Returns to Skies over Sweden,” New York Times, March 22, 1947, p. 8; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_904

Event 4889 (87AE130A)

Date: 3/30/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: OCALA TO/FROM ORLANDO, FL
Description: 3 / car. Several silver disks. Appear and disappear. No further details. (AP) / 6 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_630

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “OCALA><ORLANDO,FL:3/CAR:SVRL SLVR DISKS:APPEAR+DISAPPEAR:NFD:(AP)/6JLY47”, LatLong: “28.866668 -81.766671”, LatLongDMS: “28:52:00 N 81:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4890 (4FD86E92)

Date: 3/30/1947
Description: In 1947 at 11:00 a.m., Mrs. J. E. Harp of Lutz, Florida her seven-year-old daughter Sandra, and her mother Mrs. W. H. Brown saw several flying discs while driving. The discs were silvery colored and seemed to appear and disappear. They did not have time to count the number, and could not estimate the altitude, size or speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan L. Aldrich, Project 1947: A preliminary report on the 1947 UFO sighting wave, UFO Research Coalition, 1997, p. 57, quoting the Orlando Sentinel Star, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1725

Event 4891 (7FB325DA)

Date: 4/1947
Location: FRANCE, Col de Serre (Falgoux)
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:15 Maxime Orliange was driving and saw a disk 30 meters in diameter, lenticular, with a dome hovering above him. Blue light coming from between the dome and the disk. The object made a loop while rising without noise to a position 400 meters from the witness, at about 30 meters in height. Disappearance almost instantaneous vertically. (April 1947)
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, le premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 50
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1158

Event 4892 (1AEEEBD2)

Date: 4/1947
Location: PORT ALBERNI, BC
Description: 2 observer(s). Ducks and chickens act up. Bright metal saucers going quickly east on edge. / r129p98.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_631

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “59”, HatchDesc: “PORT ALBERNI,BC:2 OBS:DUCKS+CHICKENS ACT UP:BRITE MTL SCRS>>E ON EDGE:/r129p98”, LatLong: “49.233336 -124.800006”, LatLongDMS: “49:14:00 N 124:48:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4893 (796746D0)

Date: 4/1947
Time: 08:20
Location: COL.-DE-SERRE, FR
Description: Silent 30M domed saucer hovers over car. Trees bend. Very fast quickly going up. / LDLN#249.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_632

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), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “COL-DE-SERRE,FR:SLNT 30M DOMED SCR HVRS OVR CAR:TREES BEND:VFAST ↑↑:/LDLN#249”, LatLong: “45.133335 2.705556”, LatLongDMS: “45:08:00 N 02:42:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cantal”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4894 (0B3E3BD4)

Date: 4/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: LA ROCHE-SUR-YONNE, FR
Description: Silent metallic Saturn-sphere/orb/globe. Small antenna. Spins. Going [to] over roof. / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_633

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “La ROCHE-sur-YONNE,FR:SLNT MTLC SATURN-ORB:SML ANTENNA:SPINS:> OVR ROOF:/r171”, LatLong: “46.633336 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “46:38:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4895 (46EA4C43)

Date: 4/1947
Location: Richmond, VA
Description: Silvery Disc Seen Through Theodolite (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 4704xx
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_319

Event 4896 (C9306475)

Date: 4/1947
Description: The June 1947 issue of Amazing Stories is devoted in its entirety to “proofs” of Richard Shaver’s claims and includes four of his novellas. Vincent Gaddis has written a prescient article on UFOs, titled “Visitors from the Void.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Halperin, “The Shaver Mystery—Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Quest for Lemuria (Part 2),” July 11, 2014; Richard S. Shaver, “Formula from the Underworld,” Amazing Stories 21, no. 6 (June 1947): 10–29; Vincent H. Gaddis, “Visitors from the Void,” Amazing Stories 21, no. 6 (June 1947): 159–161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_905

Event 4897 (EBC495D0)

Date: 4/1947
Locations: US Weather Bureau; Richmond, Virginia
Description: 11:00 a.m. US Weather Bureau meteorologist Walter A. Minczewski watches a silvery disc through a theodolite while tracking a ceiling balloon in Richmond, Virginia. It is traveling east to west at less than 15,000 feet and has a flat bottom and a dome on top.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Silvery Disc Seen through Theodolite”; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, p. 62; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 17–21; Sparks, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_906

Event 4898 (AF1AD4AA)

Date: 4/1947
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description: Two Weather Bureau employees in Richmond observed a metallic elliptical disk through a theodolite on three occasions. One sighting was at 15,000 feet, lasting 15 seconds. The disk had a flat bottom and round top, appeared below a weather balloon, and was moving rapidly. (Chapter 8)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_330

Event 4899 (C2A026C9)

Date: 4/1/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 129.2km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_221
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 129.2km

Event 4900 (88B5ACBC)

Date: 4/1/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 13:10 launch of V2 #22, it reached 129 km altitude.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1153

Event 4901 (3881FDCC)

Date: 4/5/1947
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Odd B-shaped object. 2 compartments. Lights flash. See Des Moines.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_634

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “SALT LAKE CITY,UT:ODD B-SHAPED OBJ:2 COMPARTMENTS:LITES FLASH:see Des Moines”, LatLong: “40.750002 -111.883339”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 111:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4902 (C5CE9F85)

Date: 4/8/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 102.2km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_222
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 102.2km

Event 4903 (23C7E0F6)

Date: 4/8/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 17:10 launch of V2 #23 which reached 103 km altitude.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1154

Event 4904 (DC2429E8)

Date: 4/11/1947 (approximate)
Time: 15:00
Location: BRADSHAW, WV
Description: Round silent silver object crosses sky slow and straight. / letter to airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_635

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “362”, HatchDesc: “BRADSHAW,WV:RND SLNT SLVR OBJ CROSSES SKY SLOW+STRAIGHT:/letter to airport”, LatLong: “37.350002 -81.800004”, LatLongDMS: “37:21:00 N 81:48:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4905 (C198C4B4)

Date: Mid 4/1947
Location: USA, Richmond (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) Meteorologist Minozewski and his team observed, during a balloon launch, an ellipsoidal silver object just below it. This object had a kind of dome on its upper part and was larger than the balloon. It moved horizontally quickly. (April mid-1947)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “From S.V. to UFOs” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 32
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1155

Event 4906 (F5424A3D)

Date: 4/15/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Engineers from the Richmond Weather Bureau, including Walter A. Minczewski, launch a balloon they track with a theodolite. They observe, just below the craft, a silver object in the shape of an ellipse. It appears larger than the balloon and they can make out, through the theodolite, that it is flat on the bottom and has a dome on the upper side. They observe it for about 15 seconds, then the object disappears to the West at the altitude of commercial airplanes. (April 15th)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_597

Event 4907 (3A269CAB)

Date: 4/15/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Col de Serres (Dordogne).
Reference: Vallée 1966
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_598

Event 4908 (533C6E9F)

Date: 4/15/1947?
Time: 10:30
Location: RICHMOND, VA
Description: 2 weathermen / theodolite. Domed metallic flat-bottom/underside saucer going quickly northwest. / r2p69.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_636

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,VA:2 WEATHERMEN/THEODOLITE:DOMED MTLC FLAT-BTM SCR >>NW:/r2p69”, LatLong: “37.550002 -77.466670”, LatLongDMS: “37:33:00 N 77:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4909 (2A8C074A)

Date: 4/15/1947
Locations: US; Stockholm; Sweden
Description: The US Naval Attaché in Stockholm issues a secret intelligence report, “Sweden: Guided Missiles, Alleged Rockets over Sweden.” Both the naval and military attachés agree that there is nothing to the ghost rocket episode. No foreign missiles have overflown or landed in Sweden, according to the evidence a, vailable. “Swedish officials prefer to dismiss it as an unexplained press sensation.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_907

Event 4910 (3917A6F6)

Date: 4/17/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 142.4km altitude (Successful test of ram-jet payload)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_223
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 142.4km

Event 4911 (F5AEBA87)

Date: 4/17/1947
Location: USA, Georgetown (South Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 2:00 PM Mrs. Harrelson, occupied in her kitchen, heard a sound like an airplane followed immediately by an awful crash. She went outside and was astonished to see that the neighboring house had no roof. The rafters had been torn off, tiles and bricks thrown in all directions around. However, there was no airplane in the sky, the weather was absolutely calm, without wind. And the humming was getting farther away.
Reference: indeed strange…
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V. - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 52
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1156

Event 4912 (3704C9E5)

Date: 4/17/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:22, launch of V2 #22, altitude reached 140 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1157

Event 4913 (E4BD8C91)

Date: 4/17/1947
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Col. Oliver G. Haywood Jr. of the Atomic Energy Commission writes a memorndum to Harold A. Fidler at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, saying: “It is desired that no document be released which refers to experiments with humans and might have adverse effect on public opinion or result in legal suits. Documents covering such work should be classified ‘secret.’”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Advisory Committtee on Human Radiation Experiments, memo, “Documents Retrieved from Oak Ridge Operations: The Atomic Energy Commission’s Declassification Review of Reports on Human Experiments and the Public Relations and Legal Liability Consequences,” December 6, 1994; Wikipedia, “Unethical human experimentation in the United States”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_908

Event 4914 (6EE76A74)

Date: Late 4/1947
Alternate date: Early 5/1947
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 12:05 p.m. Mrs. William Down and Mrs. H. G. Olavick of Tucson, Arizona, see an unusual, fleecy cloud in an otherwise cloudless sky. Moving around it in “yo-yo fashion” are a number of small discs with a dull-white finish. They move up and down and sideways, occasionally disappearing into or behind the cloud. They watch the objects for 5–7 minutes, then all the discs disappear above the cloud, while a larger object emerges from the cloud and moves eastward. Behind it comes a V-formation of nine of the smaller discs, which then climbs at high speed toward the northeast and disappears in 2–3 seconds. The witnesses assume the objects are some new type of aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. ix; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects and Cloud Cigars,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_909

Event 4915 (4D1B1A4C)

Date: 4/26/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~21:30
Location: NEAR ROTHOIS, FR
Description: 2+1 observer(s). 60cm glowing-balls follow girls / curving road. Vanish at home.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_637

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr ROTHOIS,FR:2+1 OBS:60cm GLOW-BALLS FOLO GIRLS/CURVING ROAD:VANISH AT HOME”, LatLong: “49.583336 1.988889”, LatLongDMS: “49:35:00 N 01:59:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oise”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4916 (D4967F20)

Date: 4/29/1947
Time: 12:10
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Odd lone cloud. 9 white saucers exit and play. Away / V formation going quickly northeast. / MJ#288.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_638

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:2 OBS:ODD LONE CLOUD:9 WHT SCRS EXIT+PLAY:AWAY/VFORM >>NE:/MJ#288”, LatLong: “32.233335 -110.883339”, LatLongDMS: “32:14:00 N 110:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4917 (480F73F4)

Date: 4/29/1947
Description: On this day two women, Mrs. Olavick and Mrs. Down of Tucson, Arizona watched nine white discs and another object behind a steamy cloud in a completely clear sky, arranged in a V-shaped formation. The ten objects moved up and down in an erratic manner, and in and out of the unnatural cloud for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 9; George Kocher, Rand Corporation: UFO’s: What to Do?, p. 15; Kenneth Larson, Flying Saucers, October 1968, p. 40; UNICAT database, case 819, citing James E. McDonald
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2402

Event 4918 (0574583F)

Date: 5/1947 (approximate)
Time: 05:30
Location: TRAIN #8 EAST / ANTELOPE, SSK
Description: 90M cylinder/cigar-shape with 2 rows / windows going quickly south. CP Rail News V8#2 Feb’78.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_639

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “790”, HatchDesc: “TRAIN #8 E/ANTELOPE,SSK:90M CGR W/2 ROWS/WINDOWS >>S:CP Rail News V8#2 Feb’78”, LatLong: “50.166669 -108.300005”, LatLongDMS: “50:10:00 N 108:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4919 (8602A5A9)

Date: 5/1947 (approximate)
Time: 09:00
Location: SOUTH / SALINAS, CA
Description: 3 / farm. 9’ saucer found / carrot patch. USAF truck and men cart object away!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_640

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “S/SALINAS,CA:3/FARM:9’SCR FOUND/CARROT PATCH:USAF TRUCK+MEN CART OBJ AWAY!”, LatLong: “36.616668 -121.650006”, LatLongDMS: “36:37:00 N 121:39:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4920 (B908ECC6)

Date: 5/1947
Location: Jennings, Missouri
Description: 9:00 p.m. Harry Bentrup Jr. is on his porch in Jennings, Missouri, when a circular object surrounded by a ring of luminous green lights swoops in quickly from the east, hovers above him for 15 seconds, then takes off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: MUFON case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_910

Event 4921 (CD07148E)

Date: 5/1947
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Description: An RCA field engineer in Oklahoma City observed a disk flying at an altitude between 10,000 and 18,000 feet. The object was moving northwards rapidly without leaving any trail. (Chapter 8)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_331

Event 4922 (3759147A)

Date: 5/1947
Location: Socorro, New Mexico
Description: A former military photographer reported a UFO crash near Socorro, New Mexico. The crash resulted in one dead alien occupant, while three others survived. These survivors made crying-like sounds and held box-like devices close to their chests, with one appearing injured. The same witness later claimed to have filmed autopsies of alien beings on two occasions in 1947 and once in 1949. (Chapter 8, Ref 353)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_346

Event 4923 (4612F639)

Date: 5/1/1947
Location: Washington DC
Description: Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter replaces Hoyt Vandenberg as Director of Central Intelligence. Dr. Leon Davidson notes this as the actual beginning of the CIA in 1961.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_224

Event 4924 (9DBFCB38)

Date: 5/1/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: Mrs. Clark. 2 flying “tennis-balls” go over yard. / commercial appeal.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_641

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:Mrs CLARK:2 FLYING “TENNIS-BALLS” GO OVER YARD:/COMMERCIAL APPEAL”, LatLong: “35.133335 -90.033338”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:00 N 90:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4925 (696FE9FF)

Date: 5/1/1947?
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Description: Mrs. W. C. Clark of Memphis, Tennessee, watches two objects “like tennis balls” fly over her yard.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Three Memphians Say They Saw Objects,” Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal, July 7, 1947, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_911

Event 4926 (054A4C26)

Date: 5/1/1947
Description: Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter replaces Hoyt Vandenberg as Director of Central Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_912

Event 4927 (FFFC476A)

Date: 5/3/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: BOULDER, CO
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru) telescope. Dark object passes moons face. Straight and level. / Life Magazine.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_642

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1629”, HatchDesc: “BOULDER,CO:AM.ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:DARK OBJ PASSES MOONS FACE:S/L:/Life Magazine”, LatLong: “40.050002 -105.283338”, LatLongDMS: “40:03:00 N 105:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 4928 (14A93FCB)

Date: 5/5/1947
Location: USA, Washington State
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:30 PM three witnesses saw a silver disc making a dive, then disintegrating, leaving only a column of smoke.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1159

Event 4929 (D5AC738E)

Date: 5/5/1947 (approximate)
Location: USA, Tucson (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. H. V. Olavick and Mr. Rawlins, who later became her husband, observed 10 flying saucers performing bizarre aerial maneuvers above Tucson. One of the saucers was larger than the other nine and was estimated to be 100 feet in diameter. While they watched, the nine smaller saucers seemed to be “playing hide and seek” together around a cloud and this game was accompanied by violent maneuvers that lasted seven minutes. Finally, regrouping behind the largest saucer in a V formation, the group flew off to the northeast at a dizzying speed. (1947, around May 5)
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 32
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1160

Event 4930 (F560E1BA)

Date: 5/5/1947
Description: Hillenkoetter writes to Baruch, saying that his CIRES plan is “on the verge of being put into effect.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_913

Event 4931 (13A340E8)

Date: 5/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting over Belgrade (Yugoslavia). (May 7)
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, AAF Archives
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_599

Event 4932 (6BB0928D)

Date: 5/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) English scientists and aviators examine the debris of a flying object in Spitzberg (Norway). They are convinced, according to the dispatch, that the device comes from another planet and that these saucers were piloted by small men (less than 1.20 m). 17 bodies were reportedly found. The story comes from a dispatch that appeared only one day in the U.S. news before being silenced by the military.
Reference: Several sources including Dorothy Kilgallen
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_600

Event 4933 (C42378B1)

Date: 5/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The American monthly magazine Mechanix Illustrated features its cover with the Flying Saucer, a circular-winged aircraft of the Navy, which will be suspected to be the origin of some UFO sightings.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_601

Event 4934 (42154000)

Date: 5/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Hoyt Vandenberg is replaced in his position as DCI and Director of the CIG by Roscoe Hillenkoeter.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_602

Event 4935 (235248AA)

Date: 5/10/1947
Location: NEWARK, NJ
Description: 1+1 observer(s). Shiny ovoid with gold band / center west going quickly east. Back 6 July / Case#385.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_643

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “NEWARK,NJ:1+1 OBS:SHINY OVOID W/GOLD BAND/CENTER W>>E::BACK 6JLY/CASE#385”, LatLong: “40.733335 -74.172226”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 74:10:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4936 (54D89F64)

Date: 5/10/1947
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Description: Rose Slawuta of Newark, New Jersey, sees a shining, elliptical object with a gold band around it approaching fron the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, July 7, 1947; Bloecher, p. I-2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_914

Event 4937 (CFEB1109)

Date: 5/14/1947
Location: HUNGARY, Budapest
Description: (Translated from French) At approximately 8:30 PM, an aerial phenomenon was observed crossing the sky from SE to NE following a practically rectilinear trajectory. A consensus of the observers placed the object at an altitude of approximately 3000 feet and a speed greater than 400 mph and the witnesses described the object as being spherical in shape with an approximate diameter of 3 to 4 feet. It seemed to be burning and left a generally uniform trail, but with, sometimes, enlargements that could suggest successive pulsations. The object also apparently emitted a trail of flames of about 3 meters long, but no sound was heard.
Reference: Phenomena #35 of 1997 pp. 6 and 7
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1161

Event 4938 (C2A265BF)

Date: 5/14/1947
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Description: 8:30 p.m. A spherical object 3-4 feet in diameter is seen over Budapest, Hungary, passing southeast to northwest at about 3,000 feet altitude in a flat trajectory.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allied Control Commission for Hungary; George Mitrovic, The Gateways to the Gods, Kindle, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_915

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Event 4939 (9C8C794B)

Date: 5/15/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: A V-2 test missile at White Sands goes off course. Reaches 135.2km, internal explosion at 64.3s. Commanding Officer blames “peculiar phenomena” for the accident. Former state representative Jon Andrew Kissner finds evidence in 1994 that possibly another object was seen in the vicinity of the rocket after the launch that might have been responsible for the failure.
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_225
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 135.2km

Event 4940 (49E85BE0)

Date: 5/15/1947
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: UFO sighting in Oklahoma City: round, disc-like, ten times longer than thick, high speed, Project Grudge case #82. (Possibly 5/21/1947)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_226

Event 4941 (7CF2B9DE)

Date: 5/15/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:08, V2 #26 was launched, reaching an altitude of 122 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1162

Event 4942 (3B6288A4)

Date: 5/15/1947
Locations: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico; Alamogordo; New Mexico
Description: 4:11 p.m. A Hermes test missile (V-2) at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, goes off course and lands 6 miles east of Alamogordo five and a half minutes after launch. Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner blames “peculiar phenomena” for the accident. The official explanation is that the V-2 had a defective fin. Trade consultant and former state representative Jon Andrew Kissner finds evidence in 1994 that possibly another object was seen in the vicinity of the rocket after the launch that might have been responsible for the failed test.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “V-2 Goes Astray, Lands in Six Miles of Alamogordo,” Las Cruces (N.Mex.) Sun-News, May 16, 1947, p. 1; Good Need, pp. 55–57; Wikipedia, “Hermes program”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_916

Event 4943 (BE1455DC)

Date: Mid 5/1947
Location: Manitou Springs, Colorado
Description: A group of seven railroad workers observed a silver UFO performing aerial maneuvers above them. The object hovered approximately 1,000 feet above, revolving as it stayed in place. It moved erratically in wide circles, reflecting light intermittently, suggesting a changing angle of reflection. After around 20 minutes, the UFO disappeared in a straight line towards the west-northwest. (Chapter 8, Ref 338)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_328

Event 4944 (A350BCF8)

Date: 5/17/1947
Location: USA, Oklahoma City
Description: (Translated from French) … an enormous oval saucer, ten times its diameter in length, was seen by Byron Savage, a pilot from Oklahoma City. (Donald KEYHOE: “Flying Saucers are Real” ed. Corrêa Paris 1951, p89) Observation report at 8:30 PM by Brian Savage (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider) On May 17, 1947, the American pilot Byron (??) Savage saw an enormous disk moving at an unimaginable speed. Two days later, this disk was reported in another region of the USA. (May 17, 1947)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Flying Saucers Come from Another World” Fleuve Noir 1947 - Omnium Littéraire 1972 re-edition - p. 217
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1163

Event 4945 (58D3D311)

Date: 5/17/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Description: Pilot B. Savage. Large silent silver pie-pan saucer going northwest. / r171p61+/ MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_644

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “OKLAHOMA CITY,OK:PILOT B.SAVAGE:LRG SLNT SLVR PIE-PAN SCR >NW:/r171p61+/MJ#121”, LatLong: “35.450002 -97.533338”, LatLongDMS: “35:27:00 N 97:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4946 (A9C7070F)

Date: 5/17/1947
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: 8:30-9 p.m Field Engineer Savage saw a frosty white round and flat objectRound & Flat Object Observed By Field Engineer (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470517
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_320

Event 4947 (3B8DAF04)

Date: 5/17/1947
Alternate date: 5/19/1947
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Description: 8:30 p.m. Byron B. Savage, an RCA field engineer, sees a frosty-white or silvery elliptical object about the size of a B-29 heading northwest at 10,000 feet over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at three times the speed of a jet (about 1,800 mph). As it noiselessly passes overhead, it appears to be circular.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Round and Flat Object Observed by Field Engineer”; Oklahoma City Times, June 26, 1947; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 27–28; Sparks, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_917

Event 4948 (C643A3CA)

Date: 5/17/1947
Description: Between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. Field Engineer Savage in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma saw a frosty white, round and flat object, with a diameter to thickness ratio of 10:1. It was estimated to be the size of a B-29 (140 feet wingspan) traveling north at a 350° heading at between 10,000 to 18,000 feet moving at three times the speed of a jet, making a slight swishing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oklahoma City Times, June 26, 1947; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 3; APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 8; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, May 1992, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2914

Event 4949 (8612BFA7)

Date: 5/18/1947
Location: USA, Richmond (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) Several witnesses observed a flat, white, cigar-shaped object quickly traversing the sky at sunset, heading northwest.
Reference: Ufo Roundup vol. 2 n° 21, 25.5.97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1164

Event 4950 (4F646F83)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: Manitou Springs, CO
Description: UFO sighting in Manitou Springs CO: “Reversal of direction of fight, manoeuvres” , Project Grudge case #92
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_227

Event 4951 (46E86DC8)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: Manitou Springs, CO
Description: UFO sighting in Manitou Springs CO: “Reversal of direction of fight, manoeuvres” , Project Grudge chase #92
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_228

Event 4952 (9B93DEE9)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: USA, Manitou Springs (Colorado)
Description: (Translated from French) … In the short time it could be followed, it changed direction twice, maneuvering at an incredible speed. (Donald KEYHOE: “Flying Saucers Are Real” ed. Corrêa Paris 1951, p 89) Seven employees of the Pike’s Peak Railway were peacefully having lunch when, around 12:15, a bright silver object approached quickly. When it arrived above the witnesses, the UFO almost stopped and began to circle. At times it reflected the sunlight and when observed through binoculars it was impossible to accurately estimate its dimensions. The object moved silently for more than 20 minutes, diving towards the ground and changing direction before finally disappearing.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “From S.V. to UFOs” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 32,33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1165

Event 4953 (D8967564)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: CHILE, Del Salto
Description: (Translated from French) The observatory staff saw and was able to photograph a strange meteorite above Santiago. The object moved slowly, sometimes emitting white smoke plumes. The report indicated an increase in speed towards the end of the observation.
Reference: Phenomena #35 of 1997 p. 7
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1166

Event 4954 (072F4BA5)

Date: 5/19/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The staff of the Del Salto Observatory (Chile), observe and photograph a strange meteorite above Santiago. The object moves slowly, sometimes emitting white smoke plumes. The report indicates an increase in speed at the end of the observation. The information will not be made public until the observation of Arnold. (May 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_603

Event 4955 (A04276B9)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
Description: Astronomers. Odd slow meteor puffs smoke. Hovers. Shoots away. / r129p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_645

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “521”, HatchDesc: “SANTIAGO,CHILE:ASTRONOMRS:ODD SLO METEOR PUFFS SMOKE:HVRS:shoots away:/r129p75”, LatLong: “-33.450002 -70.633337”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 S 70:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4956 (48811163)

Date: 5/19/1947
Time: 12:20
Location: MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
Description: 7 railroad/railway men. Silver saucer / acrobatics / 20 mn. Going quickly [to] WNW into wind. / r26p154.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_646

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1926”, HatchDesc: “MANITOU SPRINGS,CO:7 RR MEN:SLVR SCR/ACROBATICS/20mn:>>WNW into wind:/r26p154”, LatLong: “38.850002 -104.916672”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 104:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4957 (6DF56BB5)

Date: 5/19/1947
Location: Manitou Springs, CO
Description: Silver Object Gyrates Then Heads WNW (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470519
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_321

Event 4958 (E1D1EDA9)

Date: 5/19/1947
Locations: Pike’s Peak Railway; Manitou Springs, Colorado
Description: Around 12:30 p.m. Navy veteran Dean A. Hauser and six other Pike’s Peak Railway workers (including Ted Weigand, Marion Hisshouse, T. J. Smith, L. D. Jamison) at Manitou Springs, Colorado, are taking a lunch break when they watch a silver object come in from the northwest, hover overhead, and gyrate at 1,000 feet. The UFO is moving “erratically in wide circles” and reflects light like it is made of metal. After 20 minutes it disappears in a straight line to the west-northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Manitou Vets Relate Story: Another ‘Disk’ Seen,” Denver Post, June 28, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, p. I-1; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 January 1st–June 23rd, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 29–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_918

Event 4959 (3D48C23F)

Date: 5/19/1947
Description: At 12:15 p.m. seven railroad workers in Manitou Springs, Colorado watched a silver saucer do acrobatics for 20 minutes. The object flew away quickly to the west-northwest into the wind.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Denver Post, June 28, 1947; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers Are Real, p. 66; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 3; APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 8; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, May 1992, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2969

Event 4960 (69D606F6)

Date: 5/25/1947?
Location: HEALY, AK
Description: 1 observer. Glittering silver disk over rail line here. Trails teardrop cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_647

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “394”, HatchDesc: “HEALY,AK:1 OBS:GLITTERING SLVR DISK OVR RAIL LINE HERE:TRAILS TEARDROP CLOUD”, LatLong: “63.861114 -148.966674”, LatLongDMS: “63:51:40 N 148:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4961 (78D1FFAC)

Date: Late 5/1947
Location: Beaufort (near), SC
Description: Four Discs Flying Overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 4705Late
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_322

Event 4962 (62418B81)

Date: Late 5/1947
Locations: Augusta, Georgia; St. Helena Sound; Beaufort, South Carolina
Description: 11:00 a.m. Colden R. Battey, a physician from Augusta, Georgia, is fishing 10 miles off St. Helena Sound, near Beaufort, South Carolina. He notices a formation of four disc-like objects flying overhead in a southeasterly direction at a terrific rate of speed. The discs appear to be spinning on their axes and are at an estimated altitude of 20,000 feet. They are silvery and appear highly polished, and on their undersides Battey can see a circular rim or projection, about one-quarter of the way from the edges. No sound is heard as they fly overhead. The formation speeds out of view in less than 20 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Four Discs Flying Overhead”; Bloecher, p. I-2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_919

Event 4963 (AC0F99F2)

Date: Late 5/1947
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina
Description: A fisherman observed a formation of four spinning, highly-polished disc-shaped UFOs. They flew by noiselessly, and each had a circular rim or projection on the underside, about one-quarter of the way from their edges. (Chapter 8, Ref 339)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_329

Event 4964 (59D557FE)

Date: End of 5/1947
Location: USA, St Helena Found (South Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) Colden R. Battey, a doctor from Augusta (Georgia) was fishing when he saw a formation of 4 discs fly over quickly. They were silver, seemed to spin around their axis, and reflected the light. (1947, End of May)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1167

Event 4965 (0510E45A)

Date: 5/28/1947 (approximate)
Time: 11:00
Location: OFF ST. HELENA SOUND, SC
Description: Men / boat. 4 silent silver saucers spin going quickly southeast / terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_648

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “OFF St HELENA SOUND,SC:MEN/BOAT:4 SILENT SLVR SCRS SPIN>>SE/TERRIFIC SPEED:”, LatLong: “32.400002 -80.300004”, LatLongDMS: “32:24:00 N 80:18:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4966 (8CD81B09)

Date: 5/29/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 79.3km altitude (Hermes II prototype with dummy Organ ramjet test. Lost control after 4s and crashed outside range near Juarez, Mexico.
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_229
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 79.3km

Event 4967 (09E9D5EB)

Date: 5/29/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) In the forenoon launch of a V2, it falls beyond the Polygon at El Paso.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, p. 258
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1168

Event 4968 (6A21EB76)

Date: 5/29/1947
Locations: White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico; Tepeyac Cemetery; Juárez, Mexico
Description: 7:30 p.m. A Hermes II test missile (a modified V-2) is launched from White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico to test the “Organ,” a series of ramjet air intakes designed to take pressure measurements. The missile travels south instead of north and lands in the Tepeyac Cemetery, 3 miles south of Juárez, Mexico, creating an international incident. It leaves a crater 50 feet wide and 24 feet deep. German scientists Wernher Von Braun and Ernst Steinhoff are conducting the test.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Hermes program”; J. Terry White, “The Hermes II Incident,” White Eagle Aerospace, May 2, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_920

Event 4969 (70DD9E20)

Date: 5/31/1947
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Description: Student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright class photo in newspaper
Type: newspaper article
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_230

Attributes: Einstein

Event 4970 (1D012C65)

Date: 5/31/1947
Description: A former military photographer claimed that a UFO, 30-40 feet in diameter and about 15 feet in height, crashed near the area of Socorro, New Mexico and was recovered on this day. One occupant of the craft was killed in the crash, while three others allegedly emerged alive. When they were found by the U.S. military, the survivors reportedly made crying-like sounds and clutched box-like devices to their chests. One of them appeared to be injured. The occupants were of small height and had copper based blood. This object was reportedly eventually sent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and ended up at the “Hangar 18” facility.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phillip L Rife, It Didn’t Start With Roswell; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3174

Event 4971 (E9F5E61F)

Date: 6/1947
Description: Oppenheimer-Einstein Majestic Document on US Space Law, “Relationships with Inhabitants of Celestial Bodies”
Type: majestic document
Reference: Majestic Document
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_231

Attributes: Einstein, majestic

Event 4972 (3027CF91)

Date: 6/1947
Location: ROMANIA, Oradea
Description: (Translated from French) Testimony of Andréas Schulhof: He relates the time of June 1947 when he saw through the window of a train six unusual objects flying in formation near Oradea at a speed such that he attributed to them a speed of 2000 km/h.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est” - trad. Laffont 1976 - p. 296
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1170

Event 4973 (84B782DD)

Date: 6/1947
Location: USA, Oak Ridge (Tennessee)
Description: (Translated from French) The first “UFO” incident above the Oak Ridge atomic base dates back to June 1947, with the photograph taken by a civilian.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979 - p. 141, 142
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1171

Event 4974 (4E233204)

Date: 6/1947
Location: Oak Ridge Nuc. Fac., TN
Description: Air Space Violation; photographed, photos confiscated.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_15

Event 4975 (EFCB56BA)

Date: 6/1947
Time: ~10:00
Location: SODRA HAMMARBY, SWD
Description: Plain tube-cylinder/cylindrical object going north. Fast 90° turn and instant acceleration going quickly east. / r171p131.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_649

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SODRA HAMMARBY,SWD:PLAIN TUBE-CYL > N:FAST 90°TURN+INSTANT ACCEL >>E:/r171p131”, LatLong: “59.305558 18.133334”, LatLongDMS: “59:18:20 N 18:08:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4976 (7045E0C8)

Date: 6/1947
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: AMC civilian engineer W. R. Presley takes a muddy photo of a UFO at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is most likely a photographic flaw.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, p. 142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_921

Event 4977 (B9A2471C)

Date: 6/2/1947
Location: USA, Rehoboth (Delaware)
Description: (Translated from French) Report from Forest Wenyon: a UFO in the shape of a jar moving very quickly. The witnesses were interviewed by the FBI.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1169

Event 4978 (9F95D03F)

Date: 6/2/1947
Location: OVER LEWES, DE
Description: Pilot. Fast “mayo jar” crosses nose / light plane. Going quickly east / 12Kmph. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_650

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “ovr LEWES,DE:PILOT:FAST “MAYO JAR” CROSSES NOSE/LITE PLANE:>>E/12Kmph:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “38.772224 -75.138892”, LatLongDMS: “38:46:20 N 75:08:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 4979 (489D2A3F)

Date: 6/2/1947
Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE
Description: Pilot in aircraft saw a silvery jar-shaped object (Project 1947; McDonald list; FOIA; Bloecher 1967) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470602
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_323

Event 4980 (2004B2FA)

Date: 6/2/1947
Location: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Description: Private pilot Forrest Wenyon is flying over Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and sees a silvery, jar-shaped object cross in front of his plane. It has a silver-white, fiery exhaust.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jar-Shaped Object Crosses in Front of Aircraft”; Bloecher, p. III-9; Sparks, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_922

Event 4981 (04750111)

Date: 6/2/1947
Description: Pilot Wenyon reported that a silver, “mayo-jar” shaped UFO crossed in front of his light plane while flying at between 10,000 and 12,000 feet near Lewes, Delaware on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher investigation files, clipping dated July 8, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 6; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3218

Event 4982 (E5D93F3A)

Date: 6/2/1947
Description: At 1:30 p.m. an inverted saucer-shaped disc of brilliant metal was sighted by John Laube and Fred Platte in Waverly, Iowa. It flew just above the top of a 180-foot grain elevator at Waverly Sugar Manufacturing Plant. They had it in sight for five minutes before it was obscured by trees as it flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes, Bordentown, New Jersey, April 16, 2005, citing Waterloo Courier, July 10, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3219

Event 4983 (F27AA942)

Date: 6/4/1947
Location: Alamogordo Army Air Field
Description: Project Mogul flight number 4 is allegedly launched from Alamogordo Army Air Field.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, “The Project Mogul Flights and Roswell,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 6–7, 23; Robert J. Durant, “Project Mogul Still a Flight of Fancy,” IUR 26, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 17–27; David Rudiak, “The Phony Mogul Balloon Trajectory,” 2002; Kevin D. Randle, “Mogul and Roswell,” A Different Perspective,” July 11, 2013; Kevin D. Randle, “A Few Facts about Project Mogul,” A Different Perspective, August 12, 2013; Kevin D. Randle, “Truth about Mogul,” A Different Perspective, April 4, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_923

Event 4984 (592F91AD)

Date: 6/6/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: BOMBAY, INDIA
Description: Dazzling fireball then round blue night light with small objects orbiting. / r129p95+/ news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_651

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “India”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “18”, HatchDesc: “BOMBAY,INDIA:DAZZLING FBL then RND BLU NLT w/SML OBJs ORBITING:/r129p95+/news”, LatLong: “18.983334 72.850003”, LatLongDMS: “18:59:00 N 72:51:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maharashtra”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4985 (FC6191F8)

Date: 6/6/1947
Description: On this evening around 9 p.m. a dazzling fireball was seen over Bombay, India. Then a round blue ball of light appeared, surrounded by smaller objects orbiting it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 652, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947 (2nd edition), p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3316

Event 4986 (C58D5331)

Date: 6/7/1947
Location: INDIA, Bombay
Description: (Translated from French) According to the “Times of India” UFOs were seen above Bombay.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1172

Event 4987 (6B7098CC)

Date: 6/9/1947
Locations: eastern Siberia; U.S.
Description: A still-unlocated air intelligence summary is released, alleging that the Soviets in eastern Siberia are producing (or may be able to produce) 1,400 (or 1,800) aircraft based on the Horten brothers’ VIII-type, low-aspect, disc- shaped design by 1952. A Russian aviation historian thinks that the factories in question are at the time producing copies of the German Messerschmidt Me 262 jet fighter. A correct, more detailed summary of the intelligence report is published in December 1948 in Air Intelligence Report Number 100-203-79, “Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_924

Event 4988 (719CA85E)

Date: 6/10/1947
Location: HUNGARY, Budapest
Description: (Translated from French) U.S. Air Force records contain cases observed in Budapest on this date. Ted Bloecher, who mentions this in his “Report on the UFO Wave of 1947,” does not give any details since his study only concerns the American wave of 1947. (Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est” - translated by Laffont 1976 - p. 246) Gyorik Ference saw four objects of yellow-red color in the shape of plates flying above Budapest. (note of vog: here is the contradiction in the following sentence) The objects were spherical and silver in color.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1173

Event 4989 (E3509C27)

Date: 6/10/1947
Location: USA, Douglas (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) At 11 PM, Mrs. Coral Lorenzen saw a light rising from the Mexican side, it was spherical in shape and rose quickly until it disappeared among the stars. The observation only lasted 10 seconds.
Reference: Ufo Roundup vol. 2 n° 21 25.5.97
Reference: with her husband Jim Lorenzen they then created APRO
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1174

Event 4990 (8107CA5A)

Date: 6/10/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting over Budapest (Hungary). (June 10)
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, Archives de l’AAF
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_604

Event 4991 (EC11BAFF)

Date: 6/10/1947
Time: 15:30
Location: BUDAPEST, HUNG
Description: Approximate 50 report(s) / silver balls. 14 May. ‘1947. Silent 4’ saucer going quickly northwest / 400mph / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_652

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Hungary”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “232”, HatchDesc: “BUDAPEST,HUNG:APRX 50 RPTS/SLVR BALLS::14MAY1947:SLNT 4’SCR >>NW/400mph/ATIC”, LatLong: “47.500002 19.050001”, LatLongDMS: “47:30:00 N 19:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BDB”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 4992 (314D9FC9)

Date: 6/10/1947
Time: 23:00
Location: AGUA PRIETA, MEXICO
Description: Night light-sphere rises / ground. Flies going up [to] stars. Seen / Douglas, AZ / C Lorenzen.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 365)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_653

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1170”, HatchDesc: “AGUA PRIETA,MEX:NLT-SPHERE RISES/GND:FLIES ↑ STARS:SEEN/DOUGLAS,AZ/C LORENZEN”, LatLong: “31.300001 -109.566672”, LatLongDMS: “31:18:00 N 109:34:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sonora”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 4993 (D99F6AA1)

Date: 6/10/1947
Time: 2300
Location: Douglas, Arizona
Description: Coral Lorenzen saw a light rise from the ground in Mexican territory. It took a definite spherical shape and vanished in less than ten seconds among the stars.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. I 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_55

Event 4994 (5305ABC9)

Date: 6/10/1947
Location: Arena Street [modern Dózsa György út] in Budapest, Hungary
Description: 3:30 p.m. Gyorik Ferenc and others on Arena Street [modern Dózsa György út] in Budapest, Hungary, watch four yellow-red discs moving toward the northwest in a straight-line formation for about 30 seconds. They are about 165 feet apart. The objects make a small arc around a corner of a park before disappearing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project Blue Book record; Joe Brill, “UFOs behind the Iron Curtain,” Skylook, no. 76, March 1974, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_925

Event 4995 (31351304)

Date: 6/10/1947
Description: At 11:00 p.m. in Agua Prieta, Mexico a glowing sphere was seen as it rose from the ground and flew up into the night sky. At the same time in Douglas, Arizona Coral Lorenzen, the co-founder of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization in 1952 and future author of seven books on the UFO phenomenon, witnessed an unidentified light land remotely, take on a definite spherical shape, then shoot up rapidly from the ground and vanish in less than ten seconds among the stars. According to the Air Force files there were more than fifty reports of UFOs seen during the daytime over Budapest, Hungary.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 16; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of the Phenomenon, p. 50; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 191
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3404

Event 4996 (C152B180)

Date: 6/11/1947 (estimated)
Description: Student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright’s last day of high school
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_232

Attributes: Einstein

Event 4997 (069C7138)

Date: 6/12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of 2 discs with central hole on their underside. (June 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_605

Event 4998 (DEF73841)

Date: 6/12/1947
Time: 18:20
Location: WEISER, ID
Description: 2 tiny shiny objects drift. Going up and down [to] 2X fast. CC away going quickly southeast. Contrail. / r187#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_654

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “649”, HatchDesc: “WEISER,ID:2 TINY SHNY OBJS DRIFT:↑+↓ 2X FAST:CC AWAY>>SE:CONTRAIL:/r187#8”, LatLong: “44.250002 -116.966672”, LatLongDMS: “44:15:00 N 116:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 4999 (6E48832F)

Date: 6/12/1947
Location: Weiser, ID
Description: 6:15 p.m. 2 high speed round objects glistening in the sun at high altitude (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher 1967) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470612
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_324

Event 5000 (F7DA5A53)

Date: 6/12/1947
Location: Weiser, Idaho
Description: 6:15 p.m. Lovena Erickson sees two high-speed, round objects at a high altitude over Weiser, Idaho. They move up and down twice and leave a vapor trail that persists for more than an hour.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “June 12, 1947, Weiser, Idaho”; Bloecher, p. II-8; Sparks, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_926

Event 5001 (6896DFA3)

Date: 6/12/1947
Description: A bright metallic ovoid object was seen from the highway in Weiser, Idaho by a Mrs. Erickson and her daughter at 6:15 p.m. The UFO zigzagged to the southwest. It and a second object were in view for three minutes before vanishing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers Are Real, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3432

Event 5002 (AB145276)

Date: 6/13/1947
Time: 23:30
Location: WEST / FLEURE, FR
Description: 6M orange-glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape with bright halo. Lands / 5 minute(s) in storm. Going up [to] and away. / r171p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_655

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/FLEURE,FR:6M ORG-GLOW-CGR W/BRITE HALO:LANDS/5min in STORM:↑+AWAY:/r171p162”, LatLong: “46.472224 0.466667”, LatLongDMS: “46:28:20 N 00:28:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vienne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5003 (EBF94B18)

Date: 6/13/1947
Description: At 11:30 p.m. west of Fleure, France a six-meter long, glowing orange cigar-shaped object surrounded by a bright halo landed in a storm. It stayed on the ground for five minutes, ascended quickly and shot away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue #198
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3453

Event 5004 (9BA286D3)

Date: 6/14/1947
Location: USA, Bakersfield (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Richard Rankin, Palm Springs, California, pilot, reported having observed 10 flying saucers above Bakersfield on the 23rd (error, it was the 14th) of June. They were flying at an altitude of 9000 feet, quickly, at a speed of 300 or 400 mph. “I counted 10 in formation,” he said. "They were heading north. At 2:15 pm (error, it was noon) they turned around, heading south, and there were only seven left in the formation. I couldn’t see their engines, or where they were located, and they had no wings. They appeared round to me. They resembled the drawings of the “Navy’s Flying Flapjack”. The Navy claims the Flapjack have not left their base. Rankin has logged 7000 hours of flight, and is the brother of stunt pilot Tex Rankin. (from the “Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 2, 1947. Portland, Ore., July 2.”) Richard Rankin was outside at noon and watching a boy mowing the neighbor’s lawn. The weather was clear and sunny when Rankin and the young man saw ten objects flying in a loose V formation. They were heading north. But then seven of the discs turned around and flew back over them on their way south. Their diameter was 30 to 35 feet and they were flying at an estimated speed of 350 mph at an altitude of about 8500 feet. (1947, June 14 (not 23).)
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1175

Event 5005 (FB67B2FF)

Date: 6/14/1947
Location: USA, Roswell (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) Mac Brazel finds on his ranch 140 km from Roswell debris from an unknown device. Only on July 7th did he inform the sheriff who alerted the military base. On July 8th Colonel Blanchard announced the recovery of a crashed flying disc. That same evening General Ramey denied this information saying it was a weather balloon. For 50 years now this affair has been the subject of much ink: UFO or not UFO? Recovery of some small dead and alive creatures by the USAF? Will we ever know? All authors have abundantly described the peregrinations of the affair, from Stanton Friedman to Crain Jr, from Maurice Chatelain to Gildas Bourdais, from Ph. Corso to Lagrange, and I forget dozens… (1947, June 14th and following days)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1176

Event 5006 (EE9EC90E)

Date: 6/14/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Richard Rankin in Bakersfield (California). (June 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_606

Event 5007 (2D4AF785)

Date: 6/14/1947
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Description: Ten “Almost Round” Objects In Formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470614
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_325

Event 5008 (5B2BD393)

Date: 6/14/1947
Description: At noon in Bakersfield, California a man saw 10 flying saucers fly over in a triangular formation. Their speed was estimated to be 900 kilometers per hour. The report was one of the early cases investigated by the FBI.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3471

Event 5009 (4D7A5499)

Date: 6/15/1947
Location: USA, Lansing (Michigan)
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:30 PM Harry Ripper was alerted by the house owner Mrs. Letta Loree, who saw “balls of fire” jumping in and out of the clouds, like clay pigeons, and burning for ten minutes. Ripper got tired of the show and went home. Once at home he saw a stationary beam of light, but he thought it was not related to the phenomenon observed.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1177

Event 5010 (A9B26EC4)

Date: 6/15/1947 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: LANSING, MI
Description: 2 observer(s). Fireballs shoot to and fro between clouds like clay pigeons. / r171p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_656

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “LANSING,MI:2 OBS:FBLS SHOOT TO+FRO BTWN CLOUDS LIKE CLAY PIGEONS:/r171p64”, LatLong: “42.705558 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “42:42:20 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5011 (844E9367)

Date: 6/15/1947 (approximate)
Time: 22:10
Location: NORTH / DECLO, ID
Description: Night light zigzags. Shines cone / light going down. Flies going quickly north over lava desert / no towns.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_657

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1292”, HatchDesc: “N/DECLO,ID:NLT ZIGZAGS:SHINES CONE/LITE ↓:FLIES>>N OVR LAVA DESERT/NO TOWNS”, LatLong: “42.750002 -113.655561”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:00 N 113:39:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5012 (2B8B444C)

Date: 6/16/1947
Location: USA, Valley City (North Dakota)
Description: (Translated from French) Firefighter Hjalmer Lokken reported having observed at around 9 PM “something that looked like a very red ball” passing quickly through the sky at the height of the flag flying over the college (65 m altitude) and heading west.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1178

Event 5013 (05549DCC)

Date: 6/16/1947 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: VALLEY CITY, ND
Description: Fireman. Bright red 40cm ball going quickly west / ~20M altitude. Extremely fast. No further details. / r171p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_658

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “372”, HatchDesc: “VALLEY CITY,ND:FIREMAN:BRITE RED 40cm BALL >>W/~20M alt:XFAST:NFD:/r171p64”, LatLong: “46.916669 -98.005560”, LatLongDMS: “46:55:00 N 98:00:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5014 (506E92EE)

Date: 6/17/1947
Location: USA, Dubuque (Iowa)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Louis Korn, of 879 Rush Street, saw six objects which were all alike, above the Mississippi River. They appeared to measure only two feet long by one foot wide, and were oval in shape and somewhat vaporous, somewhat like a white cloud. They seemed to float gently in the air, remaining visible for an hour. The Korns saw identical objects again on July 4, 1947.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1179

Event 5015 (58B48B44)

Date: 6/17/1947
Time: 14:00?
Location: MURTAUGH, ID
Description: 2 observer(s). Flat silver-white disk going down. Levels off and away. Bright rays. Exudes vapor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 460)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_659

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1244”, HatchDesc: “MURTAUGH,ID:2 OBS:FLAT SLVR-WHT DISK ↓:LEVELS OFF+AWAY:BRITE RAYS:EXUDES VAPOR”, LatLong: “42.494446 -114.161117”, LatLongDMS: “42:29:40 N 114:09:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5016 (D44CDF7C)

Date: 6/17/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: BREMERTON, WA
Description: 2+1 separate observer(s). Platter disks since afternoon. Extreme speeds going quickly west. Waver.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_660

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BREMERTON,WA:2+1 SEP.OBS:PLATTER DISKS SINCE AFTERNOON:XTREME SPEEDS>>W:WAVER”, LatLong: “47.566669 -122.616673”, LatLongDMS: “47:34:00 N 122:37:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5017 (1BBDFBAC)

Date: 6/17/1947 (approximate)
Time: 23:00?
Location: MADISON, WI
Description: E. McGilvery PhD. Bright round self-Illum.obj 2 / 3 moon-size southwest going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_661

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “MADISON,WI:E.McGILVERY PhD:BRITE ROUND SELF-ILLUM.OBJ 2/3 MOONSIZE SW>>NE:”, LatLong: “43.083335 -89.383338”, LatLongDMS: “43:05:00 N 89:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5018 (05430AD5)

Date: 6/17/1947
Time: 1030
Location: Bisbee, Arizona
Description: John A. Petsche, electrical worker and another witness independently saw a disk-shaped object, which seemed to land near Tintown.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. I 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_58

Event 5019 (A92D2DF8)

Date: 6/17/1947
Description: On this day in 1947 three platter-shaped discs were seen hovering in the sky for a period of three hours over Bremerton, Washington from late in the afternoon until evening. The objects wavered as they flew, and shot off at extreme speeds toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 26, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3524

Event 5020 (E3E37960)

Date: 6/18/1947
Location: USA, Eugene (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) E.H. Sprinkler saw in the southwestern sky a multitude of saucers flying in the direction of the northeast. Sprinkler wanted to take a photo, but their speed was so great that they were out of sight before his camera was ready.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1180

Event 5021 (910E2BE0)

Date: 6/18/1947 (approximate)
Location: USA, Bremerton (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Elma Shingler, who lives west of the Cascade Mountains, saw twice objects shaped like saucers, reflecting light, flying at dizzying speeds. (1947, around June 18)
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1181

Event 5022 (7EE8AAA7)

Date: 6/18/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR EUGENE, OR
Description: E. Sprinkle and 5. 7 round objects going quickly northeast overhead / X-formation. Poor photograph taken.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_662

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “nr EUGENE,OR:E.SPRINKLE+5:7 ROUND OBJS >>NE OVHD/X-FORMATION:POOR FOTO TAKEN:”, LatLong: “44.133335 -123.083339”, LatLongDMS: “44:08:00 N 123:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5023 (5A3A1F78)

Date: 6/18/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY/UNIVERSE(AL), NJ
Description: Ex-registrar. Moon-size fiery ring going [to] over high school / minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: Princeton Herald [NJ] for 11JLY47, on file here as 18JUNE47.txt cr: Joel Carpenter.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_663

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “PRINCETON UNIV,NJ:EX-REGISTRAR:MOONSIZE FIERY RING >OVR HIGH SCHOOL/MINUTES.”, LatLong: “40.350002 -74.650004”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 74:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5024 (E8C10E02)

Date: 6/18/1947
Locations: Eugene, Oregon; Skinner’s Butte
Description: Day. E. H. Sprinkle is one of a half-dozen Eugene, Oregon, residents who spot a formation of round objects “racing overhead” on a course to the northeast. Watching from Skinner’s Butte outside town. Sprinkle takes a snapshot of the objects with an inexpensive camera as they race over. Enlargements of the photograph show “seven dots” in a formation “shaped like an X or a Y, lined up across the sky.” Newspaper photographers say the dots “might be a fault in the developing process” that sometimes appears on a negative that has not been agitated properly in the developer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Local Man Asserts Flights Seen Here,” Eugene (Oreg.) Guard, June 26, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, p. IV-3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_927

Event 5025 (934C3960)

Date: 6/19/1947
Location: USA, Webster (Massachusetts)
Description: (Translated from French) An elderly lady saw from her window an object of the apparent size of the moon, passing nearby. In this object there was a slender figure whose clothing resembled a Navy uniform
Reference: Inforespace No. 48 of 1979, p. 29
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1182

Event 5026 (413D88FE)

Date: 6/19/1947
Location: Webster, MA
Description: Unidentified woman who saw an occupant inside an object who looked like “a Navy officer.” (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_326

Event 5027 (C580CB9D)

Date: 6/19/1947
Locations: Muroc AFB; Edwards AFB; California
Description: USAAF Col. Albert Boyd reaches a world airspeed record of 624 mph in a Lockheed P-80R Shooting Star at Muroc AFB [later Edwards AFB], California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Albert Boyd”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_928

Event 5028 (2545C7E2)

Date: 6/19/1947
Locations: Baltic Sea; Sweden
Description: Maj. Gen. Stephen Chamberlin, head of War Department Intelligence, authorizes three electronic signals intelligence flights between July 1 and August 1 to look for radio signals over the Baltic Sea. The Swedish military is told that they are training flights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_929

Event 5029 (04DEB269)

Date: 6/20/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: HOT SPRINGS, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 groups / 3 saucers each going northeast. Turn / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. / ABQJ2JLY47+/ r187#17.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_664

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1293”, HatchDesc: “HOT SPRINGS,NM:2 OBS:3 GRPS/3 SCRS EACH>NE:TURN/DLT FORMN:/ABQJ2JLY47+/r187#17”, LatLong: “33.133335 -107.250005”, LatLongDMS: “33:08:00 N 107:15:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5030 (C12339B5)

Date: 6/20/1947
Location: Hot Springs, NM
Description: 8:00 PM MST. Woman and her daughter observed three revolving groups of three discs in trianglular formation , straight course, S-NE (Bloecher,17,II-9) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_327

Event 5031 (3C82EB2D)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Maury Island, WA
Description: Harold Dahl sees 6 discs near Tacoma Harbor, WA. Drops metal residue.
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_89

Attributes: metals

Event 5032 (8957AA9F)

Date: 6/21/1947
Description: Maury Island Incident
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Medium
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_233

Attributes: metals

Event 5033 (34358E2F)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: USA, Saint Joe
Description: (Translated from French) A woman from Spokane saw eight discs descending in a “falling leaf” pattern near the banks of the Saint Joe River (Idaho).
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1183

Event 5034 (342866FF)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: USA, Maury Island, Tacoma
Description: (Translated from French) 14:00: Dahl, on a patrol boat in the harbor, saw when looking up, at 600 m altitude, 6 machines resembling giant inner tubes with portholes. 5 of them were slowly turning around the 6th, which seemed to be in trouble. They slowly and silently descended to 150 m above the water. After a muffled explosion, the central object started to pour out slag and molten metal, which hit the water with a hissing sound. The whole group then rose and moved away out to sea. Dahl made a report to his superior Fred L. Crisman, who was initially skeptical before seeing a saucer himself in the area. Through editor Ray Dero Palmer, Kenneth Arnold met Dahl who claimed that in the meantime he had been contacted by a mysterious man in black. This man described the Tacoma incident as clearly as if he had been standing next to Dahl during the observation. The man ordered him to keep quiet. (Philippe SCHNEYDER: “Ovni, premier bilan” - éd. du Rocher 1983, p. 185) (…) "Five minutes passed like this, then one of the machines detached from the formation and approached the one that was not moving. It seemed to us that it touched it, then in turn it stopped. After a few minutes we heard a muffled sound and the lowest placed object started to eject thousands of (…) fine white metal particles that were fluttering in the air (…) Then the same object spat out black metal fragments that were thrown into the water or onto the beach. They must have been hot because their contact with the water caused a release of steam. We ran to take refuge on the rocks, but my son was burned on one arm by a fragment of this metal, while our dog was killed. Suddenly the metal rain stopped. The strange object and its five companions rose silently and headed west, towards the Pacific. (…) (A. RIBERA: “Ces mystérieux Ovni” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 66 to 71) All this affair would be a hoax set up to discredit the Kenneth Arnold case - also read “The coming of the Saucers” by K. Arnold, 1952, Palmer, and John Keel ‘OUR HAUNTED PLANET’. [IN REALITY, it is a hoax, cfr: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Face aux Soucoupes Volantes”, ed. France- Empire 1958, p. 39 to 42, where Ruppelt calls them Jackson and Richards although these are not their real names.]
Reference: 1968., Fawcett Crest., Greenwich, Conn.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1184

Event 5035 (CA8487EF)

Date: 6/21/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Start of the Maury Island affair. An American Coast Guard vessel (2 fishermen?), with the captain’s son (15 years old), his dog, and another crew member, is patrolling in Puget Sound. The boat stops in a bay of Maury Island, about 5 km from Tacoma. People on board the vessel then see 6 very large, doughnut-shaped objects just above their heads. None of these objects make any noise. 5 of the UFOs start to circle the 6th, which loses altitude until it stops, hovering. Afraid that the object might fall into the sea, Dahl moves the boat onto the beach. That’s where he takes 4 photographs of the objects. The central UFO then vomits out pieces of molten metal that fall into the water and onto the shore. One of them kills the dog, another severely burns Dahl’s son, and a seagull is also killed. The boat is damaged. Then the UFO rises, joins the others, and all 6 of them speed off over the Pacific. The men collect samples of the still-hot metal. Back at the port, Dahl reports the events to his superior officer, Fred Crisman. (Saturday, June 21, 2 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_607

Event 5036 (C77AD676)

Date: Summer 1947
Location: Pittsburg, KS
Description: Navy command reports disc-shaped objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_23

Event 5037 (CB6035E3)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: YUKON, OKLA
Description: Salesman. 6 “washtubs” fly over in formation. Very high. 2nd hand report.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_665

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: “392”, HatchDesc: “YUKON,OKLA:SALESMAN:6 “WASHTUBS” FLY OVR IN FORMATION:VERY HI:2nd HAND Rpt”, LatLong: “35.505557 -97.761116”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:20 N 97:45:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5038 (FC30D7A5)

Date: 6/21/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 8 observer(s). 8 house-size saucers going quickly southwest / 600mph and more. Dead leaf descent / Idaho side.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_666

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: "SPOKANE,WA:8 OBS:8 HOUSE-SIZE SCRS >>SW/600mph+:DEAD LEAF DESCENT/IDAHO SIDE ", LatLong: “47.666669 -117.433339”, LatLongDMS: “47:40:00 N 117:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5039 (A132C9CA)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Spokane, WA
Description: Eight Disc-Shaped Objects Big As A House (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470621
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_328

Event 5040 (2554125B)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Maury Island, WA
Description: Maury Island Incident (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470621
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_329

Event 5041 (6ECB1F0E)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Richland, WA
Description: Three Flat Objects Faster Than P-38’s (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470621
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_330

Event 5042 (16BCF475)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Maury Island, near Tacoma, Washington
Description: Harold A. Dahl and others allegedly saw six tire-shaped objects, 30 m in diameter, metallic with dark openings, over Puget Sound. One of the objects exploded, showering the witnesses with metal. Officially regarded as hoax.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ruppelt (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_56

Event 5043 (AF76579E)

Date: 6/21/1947
Time: 1150
Location: Spokane, Washington
Description: Eight disk-shaped objects the size of a house, were seen flying at 1000 km/h. A civilian woman stated that the objects fell with a deadleaf motion and landed before ten witnesses on the shore of the Saint Joe River, in Idaho.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_57

Event 5044 (FA3E0927)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Spokane, Washington
Description: 11:55 a.m. Guy R. Overman watches several silvery objects moving below a plane at Spokane, Washington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Eight Disc-Shaped Objects As Big As a House”; Bloecher, p. II-18; Sparks, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_930

Event 5045 (A4618487)

Date: 6/21/1947
Location: Maury Island, Washington
Description: Log salvager Harold A. Dahl is patrolling east of Maury Island, Washington, with his 15-year-old son Charles and two crewmen when he allegedly sees six doughnut-shaped objects. Five of them are circling the sixth, which seems distressed. When it is directly above the boat at 500 feet, it supposedly spews some hot slag-like material that breaks Charles’s arm and kills his dog. Dahl claims he filmed the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 721; John A. Keel, “The Maury Island Caper,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 40–43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_931

Event 5046 (98797055)

Date: Summer 1947
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Description: Naval Cmdr. L. H. Witherspoon sees a disc-shaped UFO flash over the airport at Pittsburg, Kansas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_959

Event 5047 (D643C924)

Date: 6/21/1947
Description: Harold A. Dahl, his son, and others on board a boat allegedly saw six donut-shaped objects, 30 meters in diameter, metallic with dark openings, over a bay next to Maury Island on Puget Sound, Washington. One of the UFOs exploded, showered the witnesses with a slag-like metal. This case has been widely regarded as a hoax because of some deliberate deception of UFO investigator Kenneth Arnold by a shadowy con man named Chrisman who claimed to have been involved, but there are still unexplained elements to this case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3565

Event 5048 (8A482004)

Date: 6/21/1947
Description: Eight disc-shaped objects the size of a house were seen flying at 1,000 kph at 11:55 a.m. in Spokane, Washington. A woman stated that the objects fell with a falling leaf motion and landed before ten witnesses on the shore of the Saint Joe River, in Idaho.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, p. 16; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3566

Event 5049 (B34A249E)

Date: 6/22/1947
Location: USA, Radium Springs (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) During the day of June 22 a “flying saucer” was observed by H.E. Hammond and his son L.V.W. Hammond, director of the Oregon Savings Bank Association.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1185

Event 5050 (EADF3A9A)

Date: 6/22/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the morning, a man dressed in black arrives at Dahl’s in a black Buick and invites him to lunch. During the meal, he indicates to Dahl that he is aware of everything that happened in Maury and tells him: Silence is the best thing for you and your family. You have seen what you should never have seen. Dahl later establishes that no one has spoken to anyone about their strange experience. (Sunday, June 22nd)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_608

Event 5051 (FD24AD05)

Date: 6/22/1947
Time: 11:30
Location: GREENFIELD, MASS
Description: Fast irregular round silver-white metallic object going quickly northwest. / MJ#121+/ r171p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_667

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “GREENFIELD,MASS:FAST IRREGULAR ROUND SLVR-WHT MTLC OBJ >>NW:/MJ#121+/r171p65”, LatLong: “42.350002 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5052 (60583409)

Date: 6/22/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: NORTHEAST / BAKER, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). Pie-tin saucer flies over baths at ‘radium springs’. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_668

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1050”, HatchDesc: "NE/BAKER,OR:2 OBS:PIE-TIN SCR FLIES OVR BATHS at ‘RADIUM SPRINGS’:NFD ", LatLong: “45.033335 -117.533339”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:00 N 117:32:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5053 (5B79F402)

Date: 6/22/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: 1 observer. Shiny 12 Mx2M metal blimp / 150mph over mountain-top. / Albuquerque Journal 29 Jun. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_669

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1110”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:1 OBS:SHINY 12Mx2M MTL BLIMP/150mph OVR MTN-TOP:/ALBQQ JRNL 29JUN47”, LatLong: “31.783335 -106.500005”, LatLongDMS: “31:47:00 N 106:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5054 (74043889)

Date: 6/22/1947
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Dahl claims he is visited by a mysterious dark-suited man who knows all about the sighting. He tells his associate Fred L. Crisman, and they allegedly go to the beach to pick up fragments. Dahl mails Ray Palmer in Chicago, Illinois, some fragments.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 721; Kenn Thomas, Maury Island UFO: The Crisman Conspiracy, IllumiNet, 1999; Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson, “The Maury Island UFO Incident,” February 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_932

Event 5055 (D721262A)

Date: 6/22/1947
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Description: Edward Louis DeRose in Greenfield, Massachusetts, sees a small, round-shaped, silvery-white object moving in a northwesterly direction faster than a speeding plane at an estimated altitude of 1,000 feet. The object stays in view for 8–10 seconds until obscured by a cloud bank. It reflects the sunlight strongly as if is made of polished aluminum or silver.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Air Force Base Intelligence Report, “Flying Discs,” July 30, 1947; Kevin D. Randle, “Roswell, Nathan Twining, and the Mini-EOTS,” A Different Perspective, October 6, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_933

Event 5056 (95DFC405)

Date: 6/22/1947
Locations: Mount Franklin; El Paso, Texas
Description: 3:30 p.m. G. Oliver Dickson sees a shiny disc “a little like a blimp” flying north to south about 3,000 feet above Mount Franklin just north of El Paso, Texas. He estimates it is about 40 feet across and 5 feet thick.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More El Pasoans Report Seeing ‘Flying Discs’ in Southwest,” El Paso (Tex.) Times, June 29, 1947, pp. 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_934

Event 5057 (B5DFCF9B)

Date: 6/22/1947
Locations: Yale University; Hartford, Connecticut
Description: Evening. Yale University astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer is speaking on WTIC radio in Hartford, Connecticut, and speculates that if life on Mars developed a bit earlier than on earth, it is possible that Martians have been civilized for millions of years. “Unless they had spent some time in a large city or had landed sufficiently recently to be photographed, we would have no record of their being here,” he says, and that “any few men who had seen them would probably not be believed by anyone else.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mars May Be Peopled, Says Yale Speaker,” Hartford (Conn.) Courant, June 23, 1947, p. 1; Clark III 455
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_935

Event 5058 (FC18F588)

Date: 6/22/1947
Description: In 1947 during the beginning days of the great UFO wave of 1947, a rapidly moving, round, silvery-white object was seen at 11:30 a.m. in the town of Greenfield, Massachusetts. It was one of the early cases secretly investigated by the FBI. Later that same day, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. Hammond and his son were vacationing in Radium Springs, New Mexico and saw a “flying pie-plate” disc while swimming.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce S. Maccabee, UFO Related Information from the FBI File, APRO Bulletin, December 1977, pg. 8; Baker, Oregon Democrat Herald, June 27, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3596

Event 5059 (FBD116D0)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Description: In the afternoon, a railroad engineer sees something very strange in the sky and reports it to the local newspaper. “They looked like ten shiny, disc-shaped things. They were very, very high, fluttering along in a string and pretty soon they vanished toward the northwest.” He guessed they were travelling at 500mph - faster than any plane he ever saw.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Edwards, “My First 10,000,000 Sponsors”, page 111 (paperback)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_90

Event 5060 (22453F36)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: USA, somewhere in Mississippi
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Elizabeth Hall was awoken at two o’clock in the morning by a brilliant light outside her open bedroom window. The light grew larger and then smaller. After blinking three times (in pulses) the object silently disappeared in a fourth pulse.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1186

Event 5061 (1264BB5A)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: USA, El Paso (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon of June 23, around 3:30 PM, a shining disc was flying at 150 mph above El Paso. One of the witnesses, Dr. G. Oliver Dickson, an optician, described it as having the shape of a balloon with a point at each end. The sunlight was not reflected by the object.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1187

Event 5062 (6F7A8F13)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: USA, Wapakoneta (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) On the evening of June 23, Richard L. Bitters, editor of a major newspaper, saw strange flying objects, but only revealed this observation after the Kenneth Arnold case.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1188

Event 5063 (A39FEF46)

Date: 6/23/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Fred Crisman goes to Maury to see the metal debris for himself. While he is there, a saucer-shaped flying object appears, flies over the bay and then disappears into a thundercloud. He then develops the photographs: they are covered with white spots, as if they had been exposed to some kind of radiation. (Monday, June 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_609

Event 5064 (26E5D4DB)

Date: 6/23/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: Pilot Rankin and 1+2. 10 30M saucers going north / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. Back / 1415h going south. / r171p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_670

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “135”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “BAKERSFIELD,CA:PILOT RANKIN+1+2:10 30M SCRS> N/DLT FORMn:BACK/1415h>S:/r171p66”, LatLong: “35.366668 -119.016672”, LatLongDMS: “35:22:00 N 119:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5065 (3CED7FE0)

Date: 6/23/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR CLAYTON, GA
Description: 2 / car / mountains. Big shiny silver ball hovers / several minutes. Then zooms away…
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_671

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “587”, HatchDesc: “nr CLAYTON,GA:2/CAR/Mtns:BIG SHINY SLVR BALL HVRS/SVRL MINs:then zooms away…”, LatLong: “34.877779 -83.400004”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:40 N 83:24:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5066 (64DBB77C)

Date: 6/23/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: BRIDGEPORT, NE
Description: Chickens panic. 2 platters going southeast / 3km altitude. Odd dips reflect sun. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_672

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: “1117”, HatchDesc: “BRIDGEPORT,NE:CHICKENS PANIC:2 PLATTERS >SE/3km alt:ODD DIPS REFLECT SUN:/news”, LatLong: “41.666669 -103.100005”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 103:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5067 (653D72AF)

Date: 6/23/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: WAPAKONETA AND MORE/OTHERS, OH
Description: 2+2 separate observer(s). Saucer flies uneven course. Leaves (something behind) luminous trail. / r187p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_673

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “WAPAKONETA++,OH:2+2 SEP.OBS:SCR FLIES UNEVEN COURSE:LVS LUMN.TRAIL:/r187p27”, LatLong: “40.566669 -84.194448”, LatLongDMS: “40:34:00 N 84:11:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5068 (326BD8C3)

Date: 6/23/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Description: Railroad/railway engineer. 10 silver saucers flutter / high string formation going quickly northwest. / r28p428.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_674

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “nr CEDAR RAPIDS,IA:RR ENG:10 SLVR SCRS FLUTTER/HIGH STRING FORMn >>NW:/r28p428”, LatLong: “41.966669 -91.666671”, LatLongDMS: “41:58:00 N 91:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5069 (AC50F583)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Description: Railroad engineer saw 10 shiny disc-shaped objects, very high, fluttering along in a string toward NW. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_331

Event 5070 (9A30535F)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: Bakersfield, California
Description: Afternoon. Disabled stunt pilot Richard Rankin views 10 flat, circular objects flying in a V-formation over his house in Bakersfield, California. About two hours later, 7 of the objects are seen flying in the opposite direction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II-3; Sparks, p. 17; Kevin D. Randle, “More Pre-Arnold UFO Sightings,” A Different Perspective, June 30, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_936

Event 5071 (C593636B)

Date: 6/23/1947
Location: Wapakoneta, Ohio
Description: 9:30 p.m. Richard L. Bitters and his wife Martha are returning from a movie in Wapakoneta, Ohio, when they see a saucer-like object flying an uneven course in the sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Just Didn’t Fit Editor’s Idea of a ‘Scoop,’” Madison Wisconsin State Journal, July 7, 1947, p. 2; Bloecher, p. III-6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_937

Event 5072 (B593EE55)

Date: 6/23/1947
Description: A large shiny silver ball hovered for several minutes over a mountain in Clayton, Georgia and then zoomed away. There were two witnesses named Cantrell and Pepper.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3612

Event 5073 (6637E2B4)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Mt. Rainer, WA
Description: Kenneth Arnold sights 9 discs near Mt. Rainer, Washington
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_91

Event 5074 (70E93434)

Date: 6/24/1947
Description: A civilian pilot, Kenneth Arnold, reports seeing 9 flying saucers flying in formation at an altitude of 9200 feet and at almost 1700 mph. He estimated them to be 20 to 25 miles away from him and between 45 to 50feet long
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_234

Event 5075 (04018A48)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
Description: (Translated from French) An engineer assigned to the railroad, getting off the train, observed ten objects in the shape of flying discs in strict formation: “like wild geese”. His story was published, but ironically, the six lines relating the observation, attracted no attention.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1189

Event 5076 (1698A879)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, Boise (Idaho)
Description: (Translated from French) Lt. Gr. Donald S. Whitehead and Chief Justice Lampert saw a strange object in the sky in the afternoon. The object was stationary in the sky and resembled a comet.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p.37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1190

Event 5077 (3B061716)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, Richland (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 2:30 PM Leo Bernier saw several silver discs high in the sky, on a west-southwest trajectory. This was the first witness to suggest an extraterrestrial link to his observation.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1191

Event 5078 (F4EBAD97)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, between CHEHALIS and YAKIMA, Mount Rainier (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) “Kenneth Arnold Incident”. Against the whiteness of the snow, he saw nine bright discs rushing at a frantic pace, a speed he mentally estimated, by comparing their angular speed and their approximate distance given by the mountain, at more than two thousand kilometers per hour. For three minutes the astonished American saw the nine bright discs maneuvering around the peaks, in formation, “exactly,” he recounted later, “as if they were connected to each other at 4,000 meters of altitude.” Still relying on the approximate distance of the mountain, he calculated that their size must have been that of a DC-3"… . (“Lights on Flying Saucers” Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, p. 15) Kenneth Arnold had taken off from Chehalis for a mountain search mission: a C-46 of the Navy would have crashed somewhere in the Cascade Mountains. Sunny afternoon and very good visibility. Suddenly, around 3 pm, a white-blue flash illuminated the entire right side of his cabin. He looked around to see where it came from, when a second flash, then others, made him turn his head. He then saw a formation of nine sparkling objects, of a metallic shine, coming from the direction of Mount Baker and going in that of Mount Rainier; it flew very close to the peaks and at a very high speed. The objects that composed it seemed to be connected to each other and it disappeared behind a high peak. Taking Mount Rainier and Mount Adams as reference points, Mr. Arnold calculated by triangulation the speed of these objects and was surprised to obtain 2,700 km/h; the formation was 30 to 40 km from his plane. Its speed was astonishing at the time because the sound barrier had not yet been broken, that is 1,200 km/h. He also noticed that the objects flew in two parallel lines, one of five, the other of four and that their flight was not straight, regular, but erratic. That same evening he declared to journalists that these objects had behaved like saucers bouncing on the water. Each disc-shaped object had about the size of a four-engine C-54, which is respectable. Their appearance was similar to that of a hammered bronze bowl. The bottom of each saucer seemed flat and the top more bulging. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of Flying Saucers” - Laffont 1970 - p.86-87) Hans Van Kampen, after a thorough examination (…) concluded that Arnold could have seen a flight of F-84 Thunderjets which were still secret planes at that date. Were the first UFOs really planes? (Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 47) Pendeleton (Oregon) June 25 (A.P.) - Kenneth Arnold reports that he observed nine bright objects, flying at 2000 km/h above the Cascade chain in the western part of the state of Washington. These objects were saucer-shaped and were at an altitude of 3000 meters. When Arnold had spotted them, they were 40 or 50 km away and were heading north (F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, ed. Del Duca, Paris “Les éditions Mondiales” 1951, p.169, which cites the "Los Angeles Times of June 26, 1947, title “Nine saucers flying at 2000 km-h have been observed. But what are they?”
Reference: continued on July 29, 1947
Reference: also read “The coming of the Saucers” by K. Arnold, 1952, Palmer: of the nine objects 8 were similar and one was very different.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1192

Event 5079 (0B10E164)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, Cascade Mountains (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) On the same June 24, 1947, before the aviator’s story was released by the press, a prospector working in the Cascade Mountains named Fred Johnson had seen in the sky six objects exactly like those of Kenneth Arnold. He was even able to follow them with a telescope for several seconds. Curiously, while these objects were passing, the magnetic needle of his compass, gone mad, was agitated in its case. (“Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes” Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, p. 15,16) A prospector, Mr. Johnson, reported the daytime passage of several UFOs that made the needle of his compass swing from side to side. The witness was questioned at length by the FBI. (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee trans. Jean Sider) Johnson had his attention drawn to a flash of light in the sky and saw six bright, round objects. As these objects flew towards the southeast at an altitude of about 1000 feet, Johnson noticed they had tails and flew silently. The observation lasted from 45 to 60 seconds as the prospector watched them through a hand telescope. He estimated their diameter to be about 30 feet, their shape was not perfectly circular, it ended in an oval point towards the front. At the tail end he also saw something swinging from left to right. The objects flew at a speed never seen before.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1193

Event 5080 (E60EA598)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, Yakima (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Ethel Wheelhouse reported having observed the flying discs at very high speed.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1194

Event 5081 (63AF242E)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: USA, San Francisco
Description: (Translated from French) Sergeant David Menary of the highway patrol, saw from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco a dozen bright objects in the sky in the evening. “They were each the size of a football, they flew past me in a rush, and fell into the sea,” he said.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1195

Event 5082 (B17DA451)

Date: 6/24/1947
Description: (Translated from French) As he flies over the Cascade Mountains (Washington) in search of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed the day before, Kenneth Arnold, a businessman from Idaho and a civilian pilot, observes 9 disk-shaped objects moving in formation at a high speed. (15 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_610

Event 5083 (501E1FBE)

Date: 6/24/1947
Description: (Translated from French) An unexplained Blue Book case in Portland (Oregon).
Reference: case Blue Book #12 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_611

Event 5084 (B1FC70DD)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: BELLINGHAM, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). Kite-like triangular object speeds going quickly south. Sound “unlike plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_675

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BELLINGHAM,WA:2 OBS:KITE-LIKE TRIANGULAR OBJ SPEEDS>>S:SOUND “UNLIKE PLANE””, LatLong: “48.750002 -122.466673”, LatLongDMS: “48:45:00 N 122:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5085 (27210CBF)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 12:20
Location: VANCOUVER, WA
Description: 1 observer. Saucer going quickly north over town. No further details. See 04 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_676

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,WA:1 OBS:SCR >>N OVR TOWN:NFD:see 04JLY47”, LatLong: “45.683336 -122.666673”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 122:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5086 (E9325182)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 13:50
Location: 10 MI EAST / JOLIET, IL
Description: Railroad/railway engineer. 9 saucers / linear formation flip / sequence. North going quickly south / 1500m altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_677

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “10mi E/JOLIET,IL:RR ENGINEER:9 SCRS/LINEAR FORMn FLIP/SEQUENCE:N>>S/1500m alt”, LatLong: “41.533335 -87.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 N 87:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5087 (B9151E4D)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: ~14:00
Location: NORTH / CORVALLIS, OR
Description: Series of several groups / bright shiny silver objects going quickly east. Fast and distant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_678

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “68”, HatchDesc: “N/CORVALLIS,OR:SERIES of SVRL GRPS/BRITE SHINY SLVR OBJS >>E:fast+distant”, LatLong: “44.600002 -123.266673”, LatLongDMS: “44:36:00 N 123:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5088 (D4F167A6)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 14:00?
Location: NORTH / PENDLETON, OR
Description: Farmer. Silver sphere hovers / 5’ altitude. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) enter. Going northwest and circles going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_679

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “N/PENDLETON,OR:FARMER:SLVR SPHERE HVRS/5’alt:2 OIDS ENTER:> NW+CCLs >>NE”, LatLong: “45.916669 -118.916672”, LatLongDMS: “45:55:00 N 118:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OER”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5089 (50812CEF)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: RICHLAND, WA
Description: 1 observer. 3 saucers going quickly [to] WSW straight & level flight. Faster / planes. ‘Tilted disk shape’. / r187#37.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_680

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “109”, HatchDesc: “RICHLAND,WA:1 OBS:3 SCRS >>WSW S&L:FASTER/PLANES:‘TILTED DISK SHAPE’:/r187#37”, LatLong: “46.283336 -119.333339”, LatLongDMS: “46:17:00 N 119:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5090 (432C3AEE)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: 10 MI SOUTH / MINERAL, WA
Description: Sidney Gallagher. 9 shiny flashing ovoids going quickly north. / r187#40.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 460)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_681

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “553”, HatchDesc: “10mi S/MINERAL,WA:SIDNEY GALLAGHER:9 SHINY FLASHING OVOIDS >>N:/r187#40”, LatLong: “46.566669 -122.177784”, LatLongDMS: “46:34:00 N 122:10:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5091 (EA944955)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: NEAR MINERAL, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #12. Kenneth Arnold. 9 saucers at 9000’ going quickly SSE / 1300MPH! One is [a] crescent. / r149p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: UFO ENCOUNTERS & BEYOND; Signet Books 1993. 192pp. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_682

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “539”, HatchDesc: “nr MINERAL,WA:BBK#12:K.ARNOLD:9 SCRS @9000’>>SSE/1300MPH!:1=CRESCENT:/r149p26”, LatLong: “46.716669 -122.177784”, LatLongDMS: “46:43:00 N 122:10:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5092 (3EA5C8B7)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: NORTH / LONE JACK, MO
Description: 2+observer(s). 7-8 disks / loose formation going quickly northwest. White vapor trails. Bright and high and fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_683

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “N/LONE JACK,MO:2+OBS:7-8 DISKS/LOOSE FORMn>>NW:WHT VAPOR TRAILS:BRITE+HI+FAST”, LatLong: “38.900002 -94.172227”, LatLongDMS: “38:54:00 N 94:10:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5093 (1CE716B4)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: MT. ADAMS, WA
Description: Prospector / (seen thru) telescope. Cylinder/cigar-shape and 5 10M saucers going southeast / 300M altitude. Compass spins / r15p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_684

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3700”, HatchDesc: “Mt ADAMS,WA:PROSPECTOR/TSCOPE:CGR+5 10M SCRS>SE/300M alt:COMPASS SPINS/r15p14”, LatLong: “46.205558 -121.488895”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:20 N 121:29:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5094 (F25FE0AF)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 15:00?
Location: UKIAH, CA
Description: Unidentified pilot. Saucers similar to Arnold objects over mountains near here / H. Arnold.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_685

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “UKIAH,CA:UID PILOT:SCRS SIMILAR TO ARNOLD OBJs OVR MTNS NEAR HERE/H.ARNOLD”, LatLong: “39.150002 -123.205561”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 123:12:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5095 (CFD618A2)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 15:30
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: Lt. Governor and 3. “Daytime comet” hovers / 20 minute(s). Drops going west below horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_686

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “819”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:Lt.GOVERNOR+3:“DAYTIME COMET” HVRS/20min:DROPS >W BELOW HORIZON.”, LatLong: “43.600002 -116.166672”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 116:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 5096 (3A3FC995)

Date: 6/24/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: ROSEVILLE, CA
Description: Mrs. Wendt. Bright shiny disk turns and dips / moderate speed going quickly northwest / 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_687

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “ROSEVILLE,CA:Mrs WENDT:BRITE SHINY DISK TURNS+DIPS/MODERATE SPEED >>NW/2min”, LatLong: “38.750002 -121.316672”, LatLongDMS: “38:45:00 N 121:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5097 (A0FBD5F9)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Mt. Adams, WA
Description: Prospector Compass Incident (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: 12)
Reference: NICAP: 470624
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_332

Event 5098 (84698993)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Mt. Ranier, WA
Description: Arnold Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470624
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_333

Event 5099 (48FA8C9F)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Pendelton, OR
Description: A humanoid report on the same day Arnold had his sighting (Bloecher). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_334

Event 5100 (50820BF1)

Date: 6/24/1947
Alternate date: 6/30/1947
Locations: 25 miles north of Pendleton, Oregon; Columbia River
Description: Afternoon. Bill Schuening, a farmer, is driving his pickup truck down a remote rural road 25 miles north of Pendleton, Oregon, when he hears a loud humming sound. Coming over a rise, he sees in a nearby field a large disc-shaped object hovering 5–6 feet off the ground. He can also see two short (3 feet tall) figures wearing green suits and white helmets standing underneath the object. The figures suddenly vanish, and the craft then shoots towards the Columbia River, makes a big circle, and flies towards the mountains.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Man Sees Figures Standing near Disc”; Clark III 267; Patrick Gross, URECAT, November 7, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_938

Event 5101 (ADF05F02)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Joliet, Illinois
Description: 1:50 p.m. Railroad engineer Charles Kastl sees 9 or 10 spinning discs in the air about 12 miles east of Joliet, Illinois. They are a string of flat circular objects “going faster than anything I’ve ever seen.” Kastl can see no connecting link between them, but they act as though the leading disc has a motor in it to power the others, because when it flips, the others do as well. When it rights itself, the others also right themselves.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Discs Seen by Railroad Man,” Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, June 28, 1947, p. 2; Schopick, pp. 1–2; NICAP, “Engineer Reports 10 Shiny Flat Discs”; Kevin D. Randle, “The June 23, 1947 UFO Sighting,” A Different Perspective, March 20, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_939

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Event 5102 (8A22ECD2)

Date: 6/24/1947
Locations: Boise, Idaho; Chehalis, Washington; Yakima, Washington; Mount Rainier, Washington; Mount Adams, Washington; Pendleton, Oregon
Description: 3:00 p.m. Boise, Idaho, businessman Kenneth Arnold, flying his CallAir Model A-2 from Chehalis to Yakima, Washington, sees a string of nine objects flying in an echelon formation past Mount Rainier, Washington. At first he assumes they are jets, but he can see no trails. They cover the 50-mile distance between Rainier and another peak in 1 minute 42 seconds. He estimates their speed to be at least 1,200 mph. The objects swerve in and out of the smaller peaks, flipping from side to side in unison, dipping, and presenting their lateral surfaces, which reflect the bright sunlight and cause the flashes he saw earlier. They are in view for about two and a half minutes and are last seen heading south over the last high peak of Mount Adams. Arnold tells the airport staff about it in Yakima at 4:00 p.m. and they call ahead to Pendleton, Oregon, to alert them of Arnold’s arrival at an air show and his story. A large crowd awaits him, and a discussion follows. The consensus is that Arnold has seen guided missiles. But no such technology exists at the time that can match the objects’ description and performance, and the late 1990s explanation that Arnold observed a flight of white pelicans is equally improbable. Researcher Martin Shough concludes in 2010: “Examination of the sighting report in detail improves its evident internal consistency, rather than degrading it, and study of the principal contending explanations reveals that they are each very much less attractive when tried out in quantitative detail against the best information than they may appear at first sight.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting”; [Project Blue Book file]; NICAP, “Kenneth Arnold Sighting”; Center for UFO Studies, [clippings and reports]; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 9–13; Bloecher, p. I-2–3; Patrick Gross, “The Kenneth Arnold Sighting, June 24, 1947”; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 48–53; John A. Keel, “Kenneth Arnold and the F.B.I.,” Flying Saucer Review 32, no. 5 (August 1987): 2–12; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 1, 1947, The Author, February 1991, pp. 5–9; Bruce Maccabee, “The Arnold Phenomenon: Part One,” IUR 20, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1995): 14–17; Bruce Maccabee, “The Arnold Phenomenon: Part Two,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 10–13, 24; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, pp. 14–22; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 54–59; Martin Shough, “The Singular Adventure of Mr. Kenneth Arnold,” June 2010; Bruce Maccabee, Three Minutes in June: The UFO Sighting That Changed the World, The Author, 2017; Nigel Watson, “Was It a Bird? Was It a Plane?” Fortean Times 355 (July 2017): 46–49; Clark III 169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_940

Event 5103 (38462D9B)

Date: 6/24/1947
Locations: Idaho; Boise, Idaho
Description: 3:30 p.m. Idaho Lieutenant Governor Donald S. Whitehead and Justice of the Peace Jacob M. Lampert see an object with a brilliant head and a smoky tail from an office window in downtown Boise, Idaho. It dips from view after about 20 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Whitehead, Lampert, Join ‘Disc List,’” Boise Idaho Statesman, July 3, 1947, p. 9; Bloecher, pp. III-18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_941

Event 5104 (33547966)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Mount Adams, Oregon
Description: Afternoon. Fred M. Johnson, a prospector in the Mount Adams, Oregon, area, sees 5-6 oval objects with tails about 30 feet in diameter. He watches one through a telescope. They are not flying in any sort of formation and as they bank in a turn, the sunlight flashes off them. As they approach, Johnson notices that his compass begins to spin wildly. When the objects finally vanish in the distance, the compass returns to normal. Johnson’s report is the very first “unidentified” case in the Project Sign files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Prospector Compass Incident”; Bloecher, p. IV- 3; Clark III 170–171; Bruce Maccabee, “The Arnold Phenomenon: Part Three,” IUR 20, no. 3 (May/June 1995): 6–7; Martin Shough, “The Singular Adventure of Mr. Kenneth Arnold,” June 2010, pp. 106, 109–110; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 58–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_942

Event 5105 (59C99A5F)

Date: 6/24/1947
Description: On this morning a prospector named Johnson in the Hood River region of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon sighted five or six discs flying silently overhead, heading toward the southeast. He noticed that his compass began spinning when the discs passed over. His watch also stopped running.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phoenix Arizona Republic, June 26, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 30; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, case 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3635

Event 5106 (4DC73B4B)

Date: 6/24/1947
Description: At 2:58 p.m. Kenneth Arnold, flying his private plane near Mount Rainier, Washington was attracted by reflected sunlight from nine distant metallic flying objects. He watched as they flashed across the sky, one behind the other, “skipping as saucers upon water.” They tilted back and forth as they flew. One object was definitely crescent shaped, the others may have been disc shaped or crescent shaped with a 10 to 1 width to thickness ratio. He clocked them as they flew past Mount Adams, and calculated that they were flying at a speed of 1,500 miles per hour and at an altitude of 9,500 feet. When he landed in Pendleton, Oregon he was interviewed at the local radio station where the term “flying saucer” was first coined, despite the fact that the objects he sighted may not have been discs.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 9; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 9; The Oregonian, June 26, 1947; Kevin Randle, Spaceships of the Visitors, p. 87; UNICAT database, case 354, citing Bruce Maccabee
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3636

Event 5107 (E0430FC4)

Date: 6/24/1947
Location: Chehalis, Washington
Description: A private pilot named Kenneth Arnold observed a chain of nine peculiar-looking aircraft flying near Mount Rainier. Initially thinking they were reflections from another plane, Arnold noticed that the objects flew like geese, in a diagonal, chain-like formation, swerving between mountain peaks. These objects lacked visible tails and were estimated to be traveling at speeds of approximately 1,700 miles per hour, faster than any known aircraft then. Arnold compared the span of the objects to the distance between the outermost engines of a DC-4, which is around 60 feet. The sight deeply unsettled him as he was familiar with most flying objects. (Chapter 8, Ref 354)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_347

Event 5108 (2F8C0061)

Date: 6/25/1947
Location: USA, Suburbs of New York
Description: (Translated from French) Two couples living in the suburbs of New York have revealed that they had seen one of these strange fireballs called “flying saucers” which have been keeping all Americans on edge for the past two weeks. The latest commented revelation is that of Mr. Harold Dahl (note from vog: see the date of June 21, 1947) who has just sent to the University of Chicago a piece of metal which was allegedly thrown by a flying saucer observed on June 25th. (June 25, 1947)
Reference: Michel MONNERIE: “The Shipwreck of the Extraterrestrials” ed. Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes, Paris, 1979, p. 106, which considers this kind of press clipping as a hoax to feed the myth
Reference: archives of L.D.L.N.
Reference: no references
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1196

Event 5109 (71F3EE4F)

Date: 6/25/1947
Location: USA, Kansas City (Missouri)
Description: (Translated from French) Carpenter W.I. Davenport saw nine objects high in the sky that looked like discs flying at very high speed towards the west.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1197

Event 5110 (DD95B45D)

Date: 6/25/1947
Location: USA, Utah, Oklahoma, and New York.
Description: (Translated from French) A single disc appears in the sky of Utah and later C.E. Holman reports the observation of two illuminated discs in Oklahoma. The same day Louis Stebbins saw a reddish object crossing the sky of the countryside near Glens Falls, New York.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1198

Event 5111 (D6A409DA)

Date: 6/25/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Arnold’s observation makes headlines in all newspapers. Fred Crisman decides to talk to a local reporter about what Dahl and his crew have seen. (Wednesday 25th June)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_612

Event 5112 (16500E80)

Date: 6/25/1947 (approximate)
Time: 03:00
Location: NEAR CONNELLSVILLE, PA
Description: Mrs. Hart. 13 23cm glowing-plates hover in formation over orchard / 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_688

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “nr CONNELLSVILLE,PA:Mrs HART:13 23cm GLOW-PLATES HVR/FORMn OVR ORCHARD/10sec”, LatLong: “40.016669 -79.588893”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 79:35:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5113 (B3E10B15)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: 12:30
Location: KANSAS CITY, MO
Description: 9 metallic objects / loose formation going quickly west very high and very fast. “Engine noise” and contrails.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_689

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “224”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,MO:9 MTLC OBJS/LOOSE FORMn >>W VHI+VFAST:“ENGINE NOISE”+CONTRAILS”, LatLong: “39.100002 -94.566671”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 94:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5114 (53D35D87)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: NEAR PUEBLO, CO
Description: Lowry and 1. 2 ovoids buzz car / sequence. Spin fast. 90-turn going quickly south and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_690

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “nr PUEBLO,CO:LOWRY+1:2 OVOIDS BUZZ CAR/SEQUENCE:SPIN FAST:90-TURN>>S+GONE”, LatLong: “38.250002 -104.600005”, LatLongDMS: “38:15:00 N 104:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5115 (EED9B0A2)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: ~16:00
Location: SALEM, OR
Description: William A. Bond. 2 disks northwest going southeast / plane speed in succession. High altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_691

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “SALEM,OR:WILLIAM A.BOND:2 DISKS NW>SE/PLANE SPEED IN SUCCESSION:HI ALT:NFD”, LatLong: “44.950002 -123.033339”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 123:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5116 (16ED6B0B)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: NEWCOMB, NM
Description: 2 / trading post. Saucer straight and level going quickly southeast across sky. / Gallup and Albuquerque Journal 20 Jun. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_692

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1695”, HatchDesc: “NEWCOMB,NM:2/TRADING POST:SCR S/L >>SE ACRS SKY:/GALLUP+ALBQQ JRNL 20JUN47”, LatLong: “36.283335 -108.705561”, LatLongDMS: “36:17:00 N 108:42:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5117 (D14B409E)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: 2 / 10 th Ave. 2 metallic ‘exclamation marks’ going quickly east in unison. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_693

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “SALT LAKE CITY,UT:2/10th Ave:2 MTLC ‘EXCLAMATION MARKS’ >>E IN UNISON:NFD”, LatLong: “40.766669 -111.883339”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 111:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5118 (D3175E07)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: SILVER CITY, NM
Description: Dentist. Saucer 1/2 diameter / moon over town going quickly south. / Albuquerque Journal-27 Jun. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_694

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1810”, HatchDesc: “SILVER CITY,NM:DENTIST:SCR 1/2 DIAM/MOON OVR TOWN >>S:/ALBUQQ JOURNAL-27JUN47”, LatLong: “32.783335 -108.233338”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 108:14:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5119 (46A14897)

Date: 6/25/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: WALTERS, OK
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers play around sky / 30+min. Observer(s) gets bored and goes to bed!
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_695

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “322”, HatchDesc: “WALTERS,OK:1 OBS:2 SCRS PLAY AROUND SKY/30+min:OBS GETS BORED+GOES TO BED!”, LatLong: “34.361113 -98.305560”, LatLongDMS: “34:21:40 N 98:18:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5120 (E51E40F5)

Date: 6/25/1947
Locations: East Oregonian office in Pendleton, Oregon; Cascade Mountains
Description: Kenneth Arnold goes to the East Oregonian office in Pendleton, Oregon, and speaks with reporters Nolan Skiff and William C. Bequette. Arnold says the “saucer-like” objects were racing over the Cascade Mountains with a peculiar weaving motion “like the tail of a Chinese kite.” Bill Bequette writes the first saucer news story for the newspaper. He does not use the term “flying saucer,” but headline writers in other papers use it (such as the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 26), and reporters start picking it up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Impossible! Maybe, But Seein’ Is Believin’, Says Flier,” Pendleton East Oregonian, June 25, 1947, p. 1; “Flying Saucers Puzzle Pilot,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 1947, p. 1; Clark III 170; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, 1952, Palmer, pp. 13–15; Pierre Lagrange, “A Moment in History: An Interview with Bill Bequette,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 15, 20; “Saturday Night Uforia: ‘It Seems Impossible—But There It Is,’” Daily Kos, April 18, 2009; Phil Wright, “The Sighting,” Portland East Oregonian, June 16, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_943

Event 5121 (F4CF7EB9)

Date: 6/25/1947
Location: 82nd Street and Holmes Road in Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Shortly after 12:00 noon. W. I. Davenport is working on the roof of a house at 82nd Street and Holmes Road in Kansas City, Missouri, when he hears the sound of a motor. Looking up, he sees 9 objects approaching from the east. They are aluminum-colored and leave vapor trails.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Puzzle in Sky Whiz,” Kansas City (Mo.) Star, June 26, 1947, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_944

Event 5122 (34B491C8)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: USA, La Grande (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) Nine bright objects, with “fins,” entered and exited the clouds in La Grande. The sighting was made by student Larry Jones and two Catholic nuns.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1199

Event 5123 (7CA4B681)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: USA, Denver
Description: (Translated from French) Later in the evening Henry Martin and Walter Harrod observed a group of objects resembling “coffee pot lids”, shiny, and flying in a southwesterly direction at an altitude of about 5000 feet.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1200

Event 5124 (54BAEE03)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: USA, in Utah
Description: (Translated from French) Glen Bunting and two other independent witnesses observed a single object flying at high speed towards the east. A similar and equally fast craft was reported in Utah by Roy Walters, a private pilot who made the observation near Cedar City. The director of the Cedar City airport, Royce R. Knight, confirmed the observation. Another independent witness in Cedar City, Charles Moore, also saw a single object flying at high speed towards the east.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p.38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1201

Event 5125 (31593533)

Date: 6/26/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: GRAND CANYON, AZ
Description: Doctor and 3. Big silver ball passes north rim fast. / r22p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_696

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “2515”, HatchDesc: “GRAND CANYON,AZ:DOCTOR+3:BIG SLVR BALL PASSES NORTH RIM FAST:/r22p19”, LatLong: “36.050002 -112.133339”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:00 N 112:08:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5126 (945D8EEF)

Date: 6/26/1947 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: LA GRANDE, OR
Description: 1+2 nuns. 9 shiny saucers with fins weave in and out in formation. / r171p68.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_697

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “845”, HatchDesc: “La GRANDE,OR:1+2 NUNS:9 SHINY SCRS W/FINS WEAVE IN+OUT/FORMn:/r171p68”, LatLong: “45.333335 -118.100006”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 118:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5127 (96C0F432)

Date: 6/26/1947
Time: 19:40
Location: NORTHEAST / CEDAR CITY, UT
Description: Airport manager and aviators. Saucer going quickly east / seconds. Straight and level trajectory. Extremely fast. No maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_698

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1782”, HatchDesc: “NE/CEDAR CITY,UT:AIRPT MGR+AVIATORS:SCR >>E/SECONDS:S/L TRAJ:XFAST:NO MNVRS.”, LatLong: “37.716668 -113.000005”, LatLongDMS: “37:43:00 N 113:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5128 (937D9A4C)

Date: 6/26/1947
Time: 19:40
Location: NEAR LOGAN, UT
Description: Teacher and 2 separate hunters. Silver disk going quickly east. Reported / newspaper. / r15p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_699

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1365”, HatchDesc: “nr LOGAN,UT:TEACHER+2 SEP.HUNTERS:SLVR DISK >>E:REPORTED/NEWSPAPER:/r15p15”, LatLong: “41.733335 -111.833339”, LatLongDMS: “41:44:00 N 111:50:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5129 (EF90A4DB)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: 4639 South Oakenwald, Chicago, Illinois
Description: 2:00 a.m. Mrs. J. M. Harrison watches a large fireball pass toward the northwest from her residence at 4639 South Oakenwald, Chicago, Illinois. It breaks up into two dozen small discs that whirl around rapidly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Dr. Urey Scoffs at ‘Atom Angle’ to Flying Disks,” Chicago Tribune, July 6, 1947, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_945

Event 5130 (E712F5F7)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Description: Kenneth Arnold is interviewed live on KWRC radio in Pendleton, Oregon, by broadcaster Theodore A. “Ted” Smith.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “About the June 25, 1947, Interview on WKPG Radio by Bill Bequette”; “Kenneth Arnold Interviewed by Bill Bequette [actually Ted Smith],” Nutsandbolts UFO YouTube channel, December 12, 2010
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_946

Event 5131 (270D36D9)

Date: 6/26/1947
Location: Muroc AFB [now Edwards AFB], California
Description: Northrop delivers a second four-engine XB-35 flying wing aircraft to Muroc AFB [now Edwards AFB], California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-35”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_947

Event 5132 (699E7733)

Date: 6/26/1947
Description: In the afternoon on this day, nine shiny discs with fins flew over La Grande, Oregon, weaving in-and-out of formation. There were also four separate daylight disc sightings in Utah between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. in the following locations: Cedar City, Logan, and Diamond Fork Canyon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database: Salt Lake City Tribune, June 28, 1947; Salt Lake City Deseret News, June 30, 1947; Salt Lake City Tribune, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3665

Event 5133 (825CF6D7)

Date: 6/27/1947
Location: USA, Woodland (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) Clyde Homan observed two formations of 4 or 5 objects moving quickly above a railway line. They reflected light, moved silently by rocking forward and backward, undulating.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1202

Event 5134 (40F38B39)

Date: 6/27/1947
Location: USA, Kansas City
Description: (Translated from French) Nine objects, resembling silver plates, were seen by a woman as they flew over the Cascade Range. During their flight, these discs swayed and changed direction.
Reference: A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 73
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1203

Event 5135 (4139E4BF)

Date: 6/27/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Following UFO sightings in the area, Lieutenant Colonel Harold R. Turner said “the flying saucers that were reported in several western areas on the night of Wednesday to Thursday were more than likely jets. Jets have circular exhausts and when they fly people can have the optical illusion of seeing round objects.”
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1204

Event 5136 (D98E3D03)

Date: 6/27/1947
Description: (Translated from French) A housewife sees discs resembling silver plates flying at high speed above the Cascade Mountains. During their flight, they waver from side to side, and change their formation. (Friday, June 27th)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_613

Event 5137 (A379498F)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: CAPITAN, NM
Description: 3 observer(s). Shiny object streaks by. Lands on hill. / Albuquerque Journal 2 Jul. '47. / r15p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_700

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1936”, HatchDesc: “CAPITAN,NM:3 OBS:SHINY OBJ STREAKS BY:LANDS ON HILL:/ABQ JRNL 2JLY47:/r15p15”, LatLong: “33.588890 -105.572227”, LatLongDMS: “33:35:20 N 105:34:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 5138 (F09B08A0)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: WARREN, AZ
Description: Maj. Wilcox. 8+disks going east overhead / 3 second(s) intervals. 1K’ over mountain tops. / r187#78.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLITZ, Charles & MOORE, William: The ROSWELL INCIDENT; Putnam 1980 & Berkley Books 1988. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_701

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1700”, HatchDesc: “WARREN,AZ:Maj.WILCOX:8+DISKS >E OVHD/3sec INTERVALS:1K’ovr Mtn.TOPS:/r187#78.”, LatLong: “31.416668 -109.883339”, LatLongDMS: “31:25:00 N 109:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5139 (5D21CCAE)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: BISBEE, AZ
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer lands / Tintown. 9 saucers / single file going southeast over mountains according to others.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_702

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1682”, HatchDesc: “BISBEE,AZ:3 OBS:SCR LANDS/TINTOWN::9 SCRS/SINGLE FILE >SE OVR MTNS per OTHERS”, LatLong: “31.433335 -109.916672”, LatLongDMS: “31:26:00 N 109:55:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5140 (8A981FC5)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: MOUNTAIN HOME, ARK
Description: Glistening flashing round object northeast going quickly south. Similar / Fayetteville, AR.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_703

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “MOUNTAIN HOME,ARK:GLISTENING FLASHING ROUND OBJ NE>>S::SIMILAR/FAYETTEVILLE,AR”, LatLong: “36.350002 -92.383338”, LatLongDMS: “36:21:00 N 92:23:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5141 (77D71131)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: SOUTH / WOODLAND, WA
Description: PhD and 1. 2 groups / 4-5 silent shiny thin disks cross road and river. Veer going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 311)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_704

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “S/WOODLAND,WA:PHD+1:2 GRPS/4-5 SLNT SHINY THIN DISKS CROSS ROAD+RIVER:VEER>>SE”, LatLong: “45.877780 -122.744450”, LatLongDMS: “45:52:40 N 122:44:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5142 (217BD915)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 20:00?
Location: GALLUP, NM
Description: Barber. Saucer northwest going quickly southeast. / Gallup Ind and Albuquerque Journal 01 Jul. '47. / r187#87.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_705

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1952”, HatchDesc: “GALLUP,NM:BARBER:SCR NW>>SE:/GALLUP IND+ALBQQ JRNL 01JLY47:/r187#87”, LatLong: “35.500002 -108.766672”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 N 108:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5143 (D74DA02C)

Date: 6/27/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: VICTORIA, BC
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Silver saucer goes over horizon. Also saucer late May / Vancouver Sun 28 Jun. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_706

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “VICTORIA,BC:2 SEP.OBS:SLVR SCR GOES OVR HORIZON:+SCR LATE MAY/VCVR SUN 28JUN47”, LatLong: “48.500002 -123.400006”, LatLongDMS: “48:30:00 N 123:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5144 (A94E12B8)

Date: 6/27/1947 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: BONDI BEACH, NSW
Description: 1 observer. Humming or drone. Pale blue blimp-cylinder/cigar-shape overhead. Away into dark sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_707

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BONDI BEACH,NSW:1 OBS:HUM or DRONE:PALE BLUE BLIMP-CGR OVHD:AWAY into DARK SKY”, LatLong: “-33.900002 151.283341”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 S 151:17:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5145 (6E0C887F)

Date: 6/27/1947
Locations: San Antonio, New Mexico; White Sands
Description: 9:50 a.m. Mrs. W. B. Cummings is driving about 5 miles southeast of San Antonio, New Mexico, when she sees a bright silver object descending quickly in the east. It leaves a short white trail. White Sands officials say there has been no missile testing since June 12.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More El Pasoans Report Seeing ‘Flying Discs’ in Southwest,” El Paso (Tex.) Times, June 29, 1947, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_948

Event 5146 (5E178FFF)

Date: 6/27/1947
Location: Pentagon
Description: Pentagon Army AF Public Relations Officer Capt. Tom Brown says the army has no idea what the discs are.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 1, 1947, The Author, February 1991, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_949

Event 5147 (0AB7CAAF)

Date: 6/27/1947
Locations: Pendleton, Oregon; Texas; Idaho
Description: In a United Press dispatch from Pendleton, Oregon, Kenneth Arnold expresses frustration over the furor that his saucer sighting has caused. A preacher has called him from Texas to say that the flying discs are “harbinger of doomsday.” A woman recognizes Arnold in a Pendleton café and runs out shrieking that he is “the man who saw the men from Mars.” He says the whole thing has gotten out of hand: “Half the people I see look at me as a combination Einstein, Flash Gordon, and screwball. I wonder what my wife back in Idaho thinks.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report of ‘Flying Saucers’ Causes Furor; Texas Preacher Calls Flock for World’s End,” Medford (Oreg.) Mail Tribune, June 27, 1947, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_950

Event 5148 (EFDFF094)

Date: 6/27/1947
Locations: Alamogordo Army Air Field; Holloman AFB; New Mexico; Engle, New Mexico
Description: Day. Capt. Robert D. Dwan, a pilot out of Alamogordo Army Air Field [now Holloman AFB], New Mexico, is flying a private plane near Engle, New Mexico, at 3,000 feet, when he looks down and sees a “ball of fire, with a fiery blue tail behind it.” The object is about 2,000 feet below him, and he is “certain it is a meteorite.” The object disintegrates as he watches it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, pp. III-9–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_951

Event 5149 (A9949B7B)

Date: 6/27/1947
Location: Woodland, Washington
Description: Afternoon. Clyde Homan sees two groups of loosely bunched objects, rocking back and forth as they fly noiselessly above Woodland, Washington. The objects are bright, flat, and moving at an estimated 600 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, pp. II-1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_952

Event 5150 (80447F99)

Date: 6/27/1947
Description: At 10:00 a.m. a shiny disc-shaped object streaked by Capitan, New Mexico and landed on a nearby hill. At 10:30 a.m. John A. Petsche, an electrical worker, and another person independently witnessed a disc-shaped object, which seemed to land near Tintown, Arizona. The disc had a mirror-like surface.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Albuquerque Journal, July 2, 1947; (2) Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 17; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3690

Event 5151 (C0D5C4A3)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: USA, Waterloo (Iowa)
Description: (Translated from French) J.E. Johnson went down to the basement, around 1:30 in the morning, to check the plumbing. A basement that was entered from the front of the house. When he came out, while he was in his yard, his attention was drawn to a circular, luminous object that crossed his field of vision 8 meters in front of him. It had a diameter of about 4 meters, appeared flat and quickly moved at low altitude from south to north. Its appearance surprised him “not so much in itself, but because the object emitted rays that had numbed me from head to toe. I could barely get back home”. His wife, a nurse, was in the kitchen and confirmed his state. The next day he felt pain in his chest and had difficulty raising his arm. He said that the observation was accompanied by a “fireworks rocket noise”.
Reference: Phenomena #35 of 1997, p. 8
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1205

Event 5152 (43AA50EE)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: USA, Luke Meade (Nevada)
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:00 PM Lt Armstrong, at the controls of his aircraft, saw a formation of 6 white discs coming straight towards him, at an altitude of 2000 m. (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider) (Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels) The pilot of an F-51 was flying near Lake Meade in Nevada when he spotted a formation of 5 or 6 circular objects to his right. It was around 3:15 PM
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Face aux Soucoupes Volantes”, ed. France- Empire 1958, p.32
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1206

Event 5153 (B7D68899)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: USA, Alabama, Maxwell Base
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:20 PM observation by members of the A.A.F. of the Maxwell Base, including Air Force Intelligence officers. For 5 minutes they observed a UFO making zigzags. (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider) Around 9:20 PM four military aviators, two pilots and two officers, saw a very bright light crossing the sky. They spotted it just above the horizon, it zigzagged towards them with moments of very high speed. When it reached their vertical, it made a 90° turn and disappeared in a southward direction. 15
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Face aux Soucoupes Volantes”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 32
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1207

Event 5154 (A522B8F4)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: USA, Chicago
Description: (Translated from French) A housewife saw a (pulsating light) “with legs”.
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Confronting the Flying Saucers”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1208

Event 5155 (C58B64F1)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: USA, Appleton (Colorado)
Description: (Translated from French) Farmer H.E. Soule reported to local authorities in Grand Junction that he had observed a small disk-shaped object coming from the northwest and flying less than 33 meters above his house without emitting any sound. The disk then reportedly departed to the east above highway 6 for a distance of about one mile, before finally turning southeast.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1209

Event 5156 (502A09B3)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: (Translated from French) An USAF jet pilot, Lieutenant Armstrong, flying 48 km north of Lake Meade (Nevada), observed a formation of 5 or 6 flying discs at an estimated altitude of 1800 m. (14 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_614

Event 5157 (555D9AE4)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Beusher sees more than 7 blue and silent disks flying over his Rockfield (Wisconsin) farm, heading south. (15 h 45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_615

Event 5158 (43D61C98)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Similar UFOs are later seen in Illinois (reported by evening radio news).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_616

Event 5159 (7535D6A5)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At the Maxwell Air Force Base near Montgomery (Alabama), 2 pilots, 2 intelligence officers and 4 other witnesses saw a light shining intensely which zigzagged, whirled around quickly, and made a sharp 90° turn before disappearing. (9:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_617

Event 5160 (15A1B42F)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Above Lake Mead (Nevada), an F-51 hunter crosses a formation of disks.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_618

Event 5161 (118B293B)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: Lake Meade, NV
Description: F-51 pilot sees formation of five or six circular objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_16

Event 5162 (53E17C1E)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: Maxwell AFB, AL
Description: Four Air Force officers see fast, bright, zigzagging light in the sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_17

Event 5163 (AC6A92C7)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 01:30
Location: WATERLOO, IA
Description: Fast flat 3M saucer going quickly [to] 8M away. Loud swish. Observer(s) numb. / r187#304+/ r171p68.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_708

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “WATERLOO,IA:FAST FLAT 3M SCR >>8M away:LOUD SWISH:OBS NUMB:/r187#304+/r171p68”, LatLong: “42.483335 -92.350004”, LatLongDMS: “42:29:00 N 92:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5164 (EF380E35)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: 3+1 separate observer(s). Daytime-hour unknown. Cake-pan saucer south going quickly north. High and fast. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_709

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “176”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:3+1 SEP.OBS:DAYTIME-HOUR unk:CAKE-PAN SCR S>>N:HI+FAST:GLOWS”, LatLong: “42.350002 -83.033337”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 83:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5165 (E4607573)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: APPLETON, CO
Description: 1 observer. 2’ dull aluminum disk going east low over roof. Follows US6. Turns going quickly southeast and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_710

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “APPLETON,CO:1 OBS:2’DULL ALUM.DISK > E LOW OVR ROOF:FOLOS US6:TURNS>>SE+AWAY”, LatLong: “39.138891 -108.594450”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:20 N 108:35:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5166 (8C4AA05C)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 15:20
Location: 30 MI NORTHWEST / LAKE MEAD, NV
Description: F51 pilot Armstrong. 6 3’ white saucers / 6K’ altitude going quickly southeast / 250knots.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_711

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “30 mi NW/LAKE MEAD,NV:F51 PILOT ARMSTRONG:6 3’ WHT SCRS/6K’alt >>SE/250knots”, LatLong: “36.583335 -114.433339”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:00 N 114:26:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5167 (54E153AF)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 15:30
Location: NORTH / CALDWELL, ID
Description: 2 observer(s). 9 domed saucers maneuver and jiggle in formation east going quickly west. Going [to] 2400M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_712

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “723”, HatchDesc: “N/CALDWELL,ID:2 OBS:9 DOMED SCRS MNVR+JIGGLE/FORMn E>>W:>2400M alt:”, LatLong: “43.750002 -116.688894”, LatLongDMS: “43:45:00 N 116:41:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2400”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5168 (1DD6988A)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 15:50
Location: ROCKFIELD, WI
Description: Blue Book. M. Beusher and 1. 7-10 silent blue saucers going quickly south fast over farm. / r2p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_713

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “271”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFIELD,WI:BBK:M.BEUSHER+1:7-10 SLNT BLU SCRS >>S FAST OVER FARM:/r2p70”, LatLong: “43.155558 -88.133338”, LatLongDMS: “43:09:20 N 88:08:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5169 (A408CB2C)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: ~16:00
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Farmer. 7 blue disks over farm. 2 hours later same seen / S. Wisconsin.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_714

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFORD,IL:FARMER:7 BLUE DISKS OVR FARM:2hrs LATER SAME SEEN/S.WISCONSIN”, LatLong: “42.266669 -89.083338”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:00 N 89:05:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5170 (3AB4C07A)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 17:10
Location: EAST / SEASIDE, OR
Description: Woman and daughter age 8. Round object very fast and high. Bright and dim going quickly south / 3 min.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_715

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “E/SEASIDE,OR:WOMAN+DAUGHTER age 8:ROUND OBJ VFAST+HIGH:BRITE+DIM >>S/3MIN:”, LatLong: “45.994447 -123.900006”, LatLongDMS: “45:59:40 N 123:54:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5171 (984FFBD8)

Date: 6/28/1947
Time: 21:20
Location: MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL
Description: 4 observer(s). Night light zigzags. Wild accelerations. Sharp 90° turn going quickly south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_716

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “52”, HatchDesc: “MAXWELL AFB,AL:4 OBS:NLT ZIGZAGS:WILD ACCELs:SHARP 90°TURN>>S+AWAY”, LatLong: “32.400002 -86.316671”, LatLongDMS: “32:24:00 N 86:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5172 (2A52FEC9)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: Rockfield, WI
Description: 3:43 [3:45 CST?] p.m. saw 7-10 saucer-shaped objects fly overhead heading S at high speed (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher 1967) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470628
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_335

Event 5173 (86A44C24)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: Fort Mead (30 miles NW of), NV
Description: 3:15 [1:15 PST?] p.m. Pilot saw a tight formation of 5-6 white circular 3 ft objects (Ruppelt p. 19; FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher 1967). (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470628
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_336

Event 5174 (9DEAC763)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
Description: Object Zig-Zags With Bursts of Speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470628
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_337

Event 5175 (E2620BB5)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: 30 miles north of Lake Mead, Nevada
Description: 1:15 p.m. Lieut. Eric B. Armstrong, flying an F-51 at 6,000 feet 30 miles north of Lake Mead, Nevada, sees a formation of 5–6 objects streak by his plane. They are in close formation at an estimated speed of 285 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Formation of 5–6 Objects Head toward P-51”; Bloecher, p. III-10; Sparks, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_953

Event 5176 (F578757A)

Date: 6/28/1947
Locations: Maxwell Field; Maxwell AFB; Montgomery, Alabama
Description: 9:20 p.m. Two pilots and two intelligence officers (Capt. Wilson H. Kayko, Capt. John H. Cantrell, 1st Lt. Theodore Dewey, and Capt. Redman) at Maxwell Field [now Maxwell AFB] in Montgomery, Alabama, see a bright light zigzagging across the sky for 25 minutes. When it is directly overhead, the UFO makes a sharp 90° turn and disappears to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Zig-Zags with Bursts of Speed”; Bloecher, p. III-3; Sparks, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_954

Event 5177 (7B74E697)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: At 1:30 a.m. a shiny disc-shaped object descended into the backyard of a Mr. Johnston in Waterloo, Iowa and hovered less than 25 feet away from him. He experienced a number of physical complaints as the result of his close encounter, including numbness, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. The UFO made a swishing sound as it flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Waterloo (Iowa) Courier, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3706

Event 5178 (21BE57E9)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: At around 2 p.m. a formation of 5-6 white circular objects approached an F-51 aircraft being piloted by an airman named Armstrong while he was flying thirty miles northwest of Lake Mead, Nevada. This case was also investigated by the FBI at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 95; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 3; APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3707

Event 5179 (6CE767AA)

Date: 6/28/1947
Description: Four US Air Force officers saw a fast moving, bright, zigzagging light in the sky over Maxwell AFB, Alabama as 9:20 p.m. The light made quick accelerations and 90 degree turns, and flew off toward the south. Their sighting lasted at least five minutes, and was investigated by the FBI.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 102; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 3; APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 8; Richard M. Dolan, UFOs and the National Security State, p. 396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3708

Event 5180 (A8E58EEE)

Date: 6/28/1947
Location: 30 miles northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada
Description: An Air Force lieutenant flying northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada, at 10,000 feet observed five or six white circular objects in formation moving at an estimated speed of 285 miles per hour. (Chapter 8)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_332

Event 5181 (BBC51898)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Days before the Roswell Incident on June 29, 1947, Dr. C. J. Zohn (working for a Washington naval research lab) and 3 others see UFO’s 20 miles from the V-2 rocket testing grounds at White Sands (which would probably be Pad 33).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_235

Event 5182 (BB203591)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: USA, south of Pendleton (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11 o’clock in the morning Mrs. Morton Elder saw seven objects flying north emitting a faint buzzing sound. Other independent witnesses reported the same kind of sighting in the area.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1210

Event 5183 (0BF09102)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: USA, Las Cruces (or White Sands?) (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. C.J. Zohn, an expert in missiles, accompanied by three other people, were examining the launch site of a V-2 rocket, when suddenly, around 1 pm, a bright light was seen in the sky. They then saw a silver disc spinning rapidly above them.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1211

Event 5184 (15EAFC09)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: USA, Richland (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:00 PM Mr. and Mrs. James Harbor saw a huge silver disc surrounded by a kind of halo. Several other inhabitants of Richland saw the same thing. Most of the witnesses agreed that the outer edge of the disc indicated that it was spinning rapidly and that the central section remained still.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p.40
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1212

Event 5185 (03017A25)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: USA, between Des Moines and Manson City (Iowa)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:45 pm the driver of a bus saw an oval object followed by 4 other objects. Then 13 other objects came from the opposite direction. They all flew at an estimated altitude of 400 m. They made a noise like a dynamo and disappeared in the direction of NNO.
Reference: Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1213

Event 5186 (A5C95167)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: USA, St Joseph (Missouri)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 5:30 PM, Mr. and Mrs. Budds and their son were observing a bright object flying low and at a slow speed, heading south. The unusual object appeared like a small sun or a full moon, while the sky was completely covered by clouds. It flew at a constant speed towards the south.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 40
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1214

Event 5187 (03A7448E)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the rocket testing zone of White Sands (New Mexico), the American Naval Laboratories rocket expert, Dr. C. John, along with 2 (3?) other scientists (Dr. Zohn and Curtiss Rockwood, rocket experts) see a silver disc that appears to be moving in the sky at a speed they estimate to be faster than the speed of sound.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_619

Event 5188 (F3777DD0)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The driver of a vehicle traveling from Des Moines to Mason City is about 10 km from Clarion (Iowa) when a group of 5 UFOs passes in his field of vision. They are followed by 13 more, whiter and more oval, coming from the opposite direction, making a sound similar to that of a dynamo, and flying northwest. (4:45 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_620

Event 5189 (E77C0D22)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of J. E. Johnson. (1 h 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_621

Event 5190 (5F63F69B)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Silvery craft seen by three scientists.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_18

Event 5191 (DEDE66BA)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: ~10:00
Location: CLIFF, NM
Description: Rancher. Round silver object falls / hills. Army Air Force (AAF) men find stinky odor only.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLITZ, Charles & MOORE, William: The ROSWELL INCIDENT; Putnam 1980 & Berkley Books 1988. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_717

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1374”, HatchDesc: “CLIFF,NM:RANCHER:ROUND SLVR OBJ FALLS/HILLS:AAF MEN FIND STINKY ODOR ONLY”, LatLong: “32.966668 -108.666672”, LatLongDMS: “32:58:00 N 108:40:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5192 (DD38CCDA)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: MCKAY CREEK, OR
Description: 1 observer. 7 round ‘umbrella tops’ going quickly northwest fast. Humming like musical top!
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_718

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “400”, HatchDesc: “McKAY CREEK,OR:1 OBS:7 ROUND ‘UMBRELLA TOPS’ >>NW FAST:HUM LIKE MUSICAL TOP!”, LatLong: “45.605558 -118.794450”, LatLongDMS: “45:36:20 N 118:47:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5193 (19168D0E)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: NEAR MEDFORD, OR
Description: 10+observer(s). 9 white saucers / V-formation / 120mph. Spiral over airport. Make cloud!
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_719

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “nr MEDFORD,OR:10+OBS:9 WHT SCRS/V-FORMn/120mph:SPIRAL OVR AIRPORT:MAKE CLOUD!”, LatLong: “42.333335 -122.916673”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 122:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5194 (42465D31)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: LAC DESCHENES, ON
Description: 3 observer(s). Fast silent extremely bright-white stovepipe here and going south / Ottawa / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_720

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “LAC DESCHENES,ON:3 OBS:FAST SLNT XBRITE-WHT STOVEPIPE HERE+>S/OTTAWA/5min:”, LatLong: “45.366669 -75.900004”, LatLongDMS: “45:22:00 N 75:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5195 (FDB0DF95)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: US70 NEAR ORGAN, NM
Description: Rocket experts and 2. Silver saucer / northwest sky going quickly north. 9K’ altitude. / r15p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_721

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1565”, HatchDesc: “US70 nr ORGAN,NM:ROCKET EXPERTS+2:SLVR SCR/NW SKY>>N:9K’alt:/r15p17”, LatLong: “32.400002 -106.583338”, LatLongDMS: “32:24:00 N 106:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5196 (13653A65)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 13:30
Location: MOSCOW, ID
Description: 5+2 kids. Large shiny flat disk oscillates going quickly southeast / cloud level. / r187#111.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_722

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “787”, HatchDesc: “MOSCOW,ID:5+2 KIDS:LRG SHINY FLAT DISK OSCILLATES >>SE/CLOUD Lvl:/r187#111”, LatLong: “46.750002 -116.966672”, LatLongDMS: “46:45:00 N 116:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5197 (1E6E5C12)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: NOGALES, AZ
Description: Numerous observer(s). ~6 disks west going quickly east / low altitude. Maneuver / circles. “Size and shape / dinner plate”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_723

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1173”, HatchDesc: “NOGALES,AZ:NMRS OBS:~6 DISKS W>>E/lo alt:MNVR/CCLS:“SIZE+SHAPE/DINNER PLATE””, LatLong: “31.366668 -110.933339”, LatLongDMS: “31:22:00 N 110:56:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5198 (67AC0CDB)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: US69 EAST / CLARION, IA
Description: Bus driver. 17 white saucers. At 1200’. Dynamo sounds. 4 going SSE. 13 going quickly NNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_724

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “354”, HatchDesc: “US69 E/CLARION,IA:BUS DRIVER:17 WHT SCRS:@1200’:DYNAMO SOUNDS:4> SSE:13>>NNW”, LatLong: “42.733335 -93.683338”, LatLongDMS: “42:44:00 N 93:41:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5199 (533B3783)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: SR141 SOUTHEAST / SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver disk high and fast going quickly south. ‘Size of pieplate’. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_725

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “332”, HatchDesc: “SR141 SE/SIOUX CITY,IA:2 OBS:SLVR DISK HI+FAST >>S:‘size of pieplate’:NFD”, LatLong: “42.250002 -96.083338”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:00 N 96:05:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5200 (D5AE51BE)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 19:30
Location: LINDA, CA
Description: Several observer(s)? Saucer going [to] overhead. Door opens / bottom/underside. Blue-white light comes out. Buzz and whirr.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_726

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “LINDA,CA:SVRL OBS?:SCR >OHVD:DOOR OPENS/Btm:BLU-WHT LITE COMES OUT:BUZZ+WHIRR”, LatLong: “39.133335 -121.533339”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:00 N 121:32:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5201 (88BFB69F)

Date: 6/29/1947
Time: 21:10
Location: SAN LEANDRO, CA
Description: 5 observer(s). 25’ flat oval disk / 5K’ altitude and tremendous speed/velocity going quickly north. Seen / moonlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_727

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: "SAN LEANDRO,CA:5 OBS:25’FLAT OVAL DISK/5K’alt+TREMENDOUS SPD>>N:SEEN/MOONLITE ", LatLong: “37.700002 -122.133339”, LatLongDMS: “37:42:00 N 122:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5202 (C4D69EBF)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: Des Moines, IA
Description: Line Of Saucers Headed SSE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_338

Event 5203 (2A05AB56)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: Jacksonville, OR
Description: V-formation of nine UFOs seen by a group of people west of Medford (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 470629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_339

Event 5204 (608E1CC1)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Description: Naval Research Lab Rocket Scientists See Silver Disc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 470629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_340

Event 5205 (A0426B0B)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: 20 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Description: 1:15 p.m. Carl J. Zohn, a guided missile expert with the Naval Research Laboratory, is 20 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to observe a V-2 rocket launch scheduled for July 3. Between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m., he is riding out to the testing grounds with John R. Kauke and NRL scientist Curtis C. Rockwood (and his wife Nancy) when they see a silvery disc flying at 8,000–10,000 feet. It has no appendages, wings, tail, or propellers. After about 60 seconds it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Naval Research Lab Rocket Scientists See Silver Discs”; Bloecher, p. III-18; Sparks, p. 18; Evelyne Tsezana, “Grandpa Zohn Saw UFOs in New Mexico,” Geni, April 6, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_955

Event 5206 (3E3B02E5)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: A 1:15 p.m. four rocket experts saw a silver saucer in the sky over Organ, New Mexico. It flew off to the north at 9,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 109
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3723

Event 5207 (508E63DA)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: About 45 minutes later nine white saucers flying in V-formation flew over Medford, Oregon at a speed of 120 mph. They flew in a spiral over the airport, and appeared to make a cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 729
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3724

Event 5208 (1EA3B2DD)

Date: 6/29/1947
Description: Between 13 and 18 white oval and disc-shaped objects flew over Clarion, Iowa at 4:45 p.m. They made a noise like that of a dynamo.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 178
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3725

Event 5209 (A76F6BED)

Date: 6/29/1947
Location: Near White Sands, New Mexico V-2 firing grounds
Description: A party of three, including two scientists, reported seeing a large disk or sphere moving horizontally at high speed and an estimated altitude of 10,000 feet while heading towards a V-2 firing ground. The object, with no protruding surfaces like wings, was visible for about 60 seconds before disappearing to the northeast. Two observers concurred on the sighting details, but one believed he saw vapor trails. (Chapter 8, Ref 340)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_333

Event 5210 (139F7EA7)

Date: 6/30/1947
Location: CANADA, Vancouver (BC)
Description: (Translated from French) Two citizens reported having observed mysterious objects rotating, luminous, and flying at high speed above the city. William Crodie saw a silver object, without wings or tail, he said that the phenomenon was descending slowly. A woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, reported having seen some vaporous objects in the shape of a disk pass over her house about a month ago. She did not dare to say it right away, for fear that people would consider her crazy.
Reference: source: Jan Aldrich of UFO activity over British Columbia during the summer of 1947 - newspaper articles
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1215

Event 5211 (25C0EDB5)

Date: 6/30/1947
Location: At sea, off the coast of KENYA
Description: (Translated from French) The steamer Llandovery Castle was sailing along the Kenyan coast southward. The night was very starry but without a moon. A passenger who was walking on the ship’s aft deck noticed an unusual shadow that partially masked the stars. It seemed to him that it was descending and approaching the boat. He told an officer who, having seen it, called the captain. At that moment twelve people, nine of them passengers, were observing the object that was approaching. It was huge and had no running lights. The thing settled at a height of 30 m above the sea and at a distance of 800 m from the ship, between the coast and it. It lit up a blinding white searchlight that illuminated the sky from the bottom of the object to the surface of the water and the reflection of this light allowed to see a gigantic dirigible-shaped craft, controlled intelligently, which advanced in concert with their ship. It was about twice the length of the Llandovery Castle, that is to say about 300 m, was silent, seemed to be made of a shiny material that reflected the light reflected by the sea as well as the glow of the stars. This craft sailed in concert with the ship for several minutes then turned off its projector and rose quickly and silently into the night sky from whence it came.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse” - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 27, 28.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1216

Event 5212 (120D8CF9)

Date: 6/30/1947
Location: USA, Grand Canyon
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:10am Lt. McGinty, in command of his aircraft, saw two round, gray UFOs descending towards the ground in a vertical line.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1217

Event 5213 (840D73CD)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Kenneth Arnold, who heard of the affair from a journalist friend, went to Tacoma and spoke with Fred Crisman.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_622

Event 5214 (BFD4253B)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) An American Navy pilot flying South sees near Williams Field (Arizona) 2 gray spheres about 3 m in diameter, diving at an inconceivable speed and seeming to land about 40 km South of the Grand Canyon. (9:10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_623

Event 5215 (7D0483AC)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Police officers in Portland (Oregon) saw 5 discs resembling bright hubs, of chrome structure appear, disappear and then reappear, flying as if they were spinning wrong. Agent K. Mc Dowell, on patrol duty, will affirm: “I saw 5 large objects in the sky, they were shaped like discs and had no special color. They lowered and then rose in a very fast oscillating movement, and disappeared very quickly.”
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_624

Event 5216 (A23D33B3)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 2 other police officers and 1 private pilot see 3 discs at the same moment, flying at a terrifying speed, grouped in a straight line. The last disc was moving laterally, inside a lateral arc, very quickly. They were silent and left no condensation trails behind them.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_625

Event 5217 (F9509AF7)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) On the Kenyan coast, 12 members of the crew of the steamer Landovery Castle, including the captain, observe a huge dark object approaching. It stops 800 m away and 30 m high, then turns on a blinding white spotlight that illuminates the sea and reveals a 300 m long cigar. It moves in formation with the boat for a few minutes, then turns off its spotlight and disappears into the night.
Reference: Pottier 1974
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_626

Event 5218 (1625CBD1)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) General Ramey and his intelligence director give press interviews debunking the phenomenon of flying saucers.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_627

Event 5219 (B748FBC8)

Date: 6/30/1947
Location: Grand Canyon, AZ
Description: Navy pilot sees two fast gray objects, possible landing.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_19

Event 5220 (CDC6B6ED)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: ~04:00
Location: ROGERS, ARK
Description: J. P. Crumpler. Fast bright metallic disk northwest going quickly southwest in storm clouds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_728

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “418”, HatchDesc: “ROGERS,ARK:J.P.CRUMPLER:FAST BRITE MTLC DISK NW>>SW IN STORM CLOUDS:NFD”, LatLong: “36.333335 -94.116671”, LatLongDMS: “36:20:00 N 94:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5221 (F5F309F8)

Date: 6/30/1947 (approximate)
Time: 05:00?
Location: NEAR ARKADELPHIA, ARK
Description: Farm worker. 3 thin disks ‘phonograph records’ going quickly southwest fast / ~100m altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_729

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “nr ARKADELPHIA,ARK:FARM WORKER:3 THIN DISKS ‘phono.records’>>SW FAST/~100m alt”, LatLong: “34.116668 -93.050004”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 93:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5222 (A94CFB63)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 09:10
Location: SOUTH / GRAND CANYON, AZ
Description: Navy pilot. 2 12’ grey saucers maneuver / crazy speed and land. / r187#115.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_730

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “S/GRAND CANYON,AZ:NAVY PILOT:2 12’GRY SCRS MNVR/CRAZY SPEED+LAND:/r187#115”, LatLong: “36.033335 -112.200005”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 N 112:12:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5223 (C629850F)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: 12 MI NORTHWEST / PROVO, UT
Description: 1 observer. 2 then 12 shiny metal disks going quickly southeast / great height. Seen / 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_731

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1365”, HatchDesc: “12mi NW/PROVO,UT:1 OBS:2 then 12 SHINY MTL DISKS >>SE/GREAT HEIGHT:SEEN/2min”, LatLong: “40.350002 -111.750005”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 111:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5224 (826651BB)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: NORTHEAST / HAILEY, ID
Description: 2 observer(s). 8-9 extremely bright saucers / V-formation going quickly northwest. Very high and very fast. No planes. / r187#120.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_732

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1640”, HatchDesc: “NE/HAILEY,ID:2 OBS:8-9 XBRITE SCRS/V-FORM>>NW:VHIGH+VFAST:NO PLANES:/r187#120”, LatLong: “43.855558 -114.638894”, LatLongDMS: “43:51:20 N 114:38:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5225 (3E75A1D3)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Jailer and separate observer(s). Bright shiny silent “silver dollar” going quickly east faster / jet plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_733

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:JAILER+SEP.OBS:BRITE SHINY SLNT “SLVR DOLLAR” >>E FASTER/JET PLANE”, LatLong: “47.633336 -117.433339”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 117:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5226 (2EF2DABE)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: WEST / BOISE, ID
Description: 2 / car. Silvery half-dome clings to edge of cloud. “Sun-dog” / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_734

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “825”, HatchDesc: “W/BOISE,ID:2/CAR:SLVRY HALF-DOME CLINGS TO EDGE OF CLOUD:“SUN-DOG”/USAF”, LatLong: “43.600002 -116.233339”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 116:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5227 (92CD06EA)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: TUPELO, ARK
Description: Postmaster and 2. 4’ diameter silver object going quickly northeast. High fast and silent. Brief sighting.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_735

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “TUPELO,ARK:POSTMASTER+2:4’diam.SLVR OBJ >>NE:HIGH FAST+SLNT:brief sighting”, LatLong: “35.383335 -91.250004”, LatLongDMS: “35:23:00 N 91:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5228 (FD221B4F)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 19:30
Location: ALBANY, GA
Description: 4 observer(s). Big bright plain metallic top-saucer hovers 5-10 minutes. Observer(s) drive away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_736

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “ALBANY,GA:4 OBS:BIG BRITE PLAIN MTLC TOP-SCR HVRS 5-10 mins:obs drive away.”, LatLong: “31.577779 -84.155560”, LatLongDMS: “31:34:40 N 84:09:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5229 (12D3696B)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: ASTORIA, OR
Description: Jack Hayes / hospital. 2 fast disks going quickly southwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_737

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “ASTORIA,OR:JACK HAYES/HOSPITAL:2 FAST DISKS >>SW:NFD”, LatLong: “46.166669 -123.816673”, LatLongDMS: “46:10:00 N 123:49:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5230 (AB6BFB57)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: KNOXVILLE, TN
Description: College president and 1+1. Long saucer-cylinder/cylindrical object going west overhead. Trail / sparks. Whistles.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_738

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “267”, HatchDesc: “KNOXVILLE,TN:COLLEGE PRESIDENT+1+1:LONG SCR-CYL >W OVHD:TRAIL/SPARKS:WHISTLES”, LatLong: “35.950002 -83.933337”, LatLongDMS: “35:57:00 N 83:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5231 (90397A60)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: NORWOOD, OH
Description: Several separate observer(s). Huge saucer. 6 small disks orbit. / news. No further details. / r171p79.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_739

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,OH:SVRL SEP.OBS:HUGE SCR:6 SML DISKS ORBIT:/NEWS:NFD:/r171p79”, LatLong: “39.150002 -84.450004”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 84:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5232 (C10890C3)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: ~23:00
Location: TUCUMCARI, NM
Description: Mrs. Hardin. Saucer east going quickly west / high speed / 6 second(s). “… not a meteor!”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLITZ, Charles & MOORE, William: The ROSWELL INCIDENT; Putnam 1980 & Berkley Books 1988. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_740

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: “15”, Elev: “1245”, HatchDesc: “TUCUMCARI,NM:MRS HARDIN:SCR E>>W/HI SPEED/6 sec:”…NOT A METEOR!“”, LatLong: “35.166668 -103.700005”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:00 N 103:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5233 (25E41308)

Date: 6/30/1947
Location: Grand Canyon (Near S rim of), AZ
Description: 9:10 a.m. (MST?). 2 gray, circular objects about 8 or 10 ft diameter (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470630
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_341

Event 5234 (6D8C70A3)

Date: 6/30/1947
Time: 0910
Location: Grand Canyon, near Williams Field, Arizona
Description: A Navy lieutenant was flying at 9000 m toward the south when he saw two circular objects diving at “unconceivable” speed. They were gray, about 3 m in diameter, and appeared to land 40 km south of the Grand Canyon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_59

Event 5235 (3EBC6DD7)

Date: 6/30/1947
Locations: Williams AFB [now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport], Arizona; Grand Canyon
Description: 9:10 a.m. Naval Lt. William G. McGinty is flying a P-80 from Williams AFB [now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport], Arizona, near the Grand Canyon when he observes two circular objects diving at inconceivable speed and landing 25 miles south of the canyon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “P-80 Pilot Sees Circular Objects Dive and Land”; Bloecher, p. II-12; Sparks, p. 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_956

Event 5236 (B7CA50AE)

Date: 6/30/1947
Locations: Eighth Air Force; Fort Worth, Texas
Description: Eighth Air Force Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey and intelligence officer Col. Alfred Kalberer hold a press conference in Fort Worth, Texas, on the flying discs. Ramey thinks people are “seeing heat waves.” Kalberer labels the sightings as “Buck Rogers stuff.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 June 24th–July 6th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_957

Event 5237 (43D0EC13)

Date: 6/30/1947
Locations: Wright Field; Dayton, Ohio
Description: Around this time the Air Force Research and Development office of the Air Materiel Command organizes an informal project at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, to collect UFO reports in the interests of national security. The project officer at Wright Field is Lt. Col. Edward G. Nabell Jr.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_958

Event 5238 (E8A9177B)

Date: 6/30/1947
Description: A Navy Lieutenant named McGinty was flying in a P-80 fighter aircraft near Williams Field, Arizona at 9000 meters altitude when toward the south when he saw two circular objects diving at an “unconceivable” speed. They were gray, about three meters in diameter, and appeared to land 40 kilometers south of the Grand Canyon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #78; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3740

Event 5239 (757622BE)

Date: 7/1947
Description: Student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright visits Princeton and studies under Einstein
Type: scientist
Reference: Bragalia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_236

Attributes: Einstein

Event 5240 (88178279)

Date: 7/1947
Description: Alternate date for the organization of the MAJESTIC-12 group by General George C. Marshall. Established in order to study the crash debris from the Roswell-Magdalena area.
Type: majestic document
Reference: “Matrix 1”, Valerian
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_265

Attributes: Majestic
See also: 9/24/1947

Event 5241 (888A0102)

Date: 7/1947
Description: Conclusion to an FBI/ARMY Intelligence Report: Based on a detailed study of the Kenneth Arnold case (6/24/1947) and 15 other UFO encounters during the first month of the “flying saucer” mystery the conclusion is “this flying saucer situation is not all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomenon. Something is really flying around.” (This report was declassified FOIA, 1976.)
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_266
See also: 6/24/1947
See also: 9/23/1947

Event 5242 (9EFEB465)

Date: 7/1947
Location: US
Description: The Air Force began investigating UFO reports seriously after sightings by airline pilots, other qualified observers.
Type: investigation
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_854

Event 5243 (84E5499C)

Date: 7/1947
Location: USA, Tucson
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Olavick was in her kitchen at 2101 East Hawthorne Street, Tucson, while Mrs Down was in the garden. Suddenly Mrs. Down called the neighbor in an excited manner. It was noon, with a beautiful cloudless sky. A little to the north of their zenith was a single fluffy, vapor cloud, at an altitude difficult to estimate but probably at 3000 meters. Into and out of this cloud were entering and exiting white, matte objects that moved erratically in the sky, occasionally disappearing into or above this strange cloud. They stayed in observation for 5 or 6 minutes when suddenly the entire group of white things disappeared into or above the cloud. A minute later, a new object emerged from the cloud, it was two to three times larger than the white objects observed previously. Behind the largest object, the small ones followed, and they flew in a “V” formation: four objects just behind the largest, then a row of three and finally two objects in line to finish. As soon as the last two objects closed the formation, the whole group shot off like an arrow towards the northeast, rising, so that in 2 or 3 seconds they had disappeared from view. The witnesses do not know what happened to the cloud after the departure of the objects. In their opinion, they had just had the chance to observe American top-secret planes.
Reference: Source: NICAP and James McDonald
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1236

Event 5244 (2EF34589)

Date: 7/1947
Location: FRANCE, Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie (region of Rouen)
Description: (Translated from French) Mme S. was cycling at around 3pm on the road that runs alongside the Seine. She saw on the road a kind of large rugby ball, 3 meters long and 2 meters high. Beside the craft were two small beings, about 1 meter tall. “When I got to about a hundred meters from this thing, I stopped and rang my bike bell. The two small beings got up, saw me, and rushed into their craft. It rose vertically to about a hundred meters, then stopped oscillating for a few seconds before speeding away.” Astonished, the witness continued on her way, wondering what devilry she had just witnessed…
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Face aux extra-terrestres” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 89, 90
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1296

Event 5245 (7CED08C0)

Date: 7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 50 miles northeast of St. Louis (Missouri), on a clear, cloudless day, a 14-year-old boy was nailing corrugated panels to the roof of a barn. He then saw an object in the shape of a disc, non-luminous and smaller than the Moon, pass over him from east to west, slightly to the south, at an estimated altitude between 10,000 and 20,000 feet. Becoming a scientist, he would not report his observation until much later in 1973, during an internal survey of the AIAA. (9-10 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_628

Event 5246 (FD418CAC)

Date: 7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Montusson.
Reference: Vallée 1966
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_629

Event 5247 (B1E4B202)

Date: 7/1947
Time: ~00:30
Location: JYVASKYLA, FINL
Description: Amateur astronomer and more. Metallic cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly southeast. Faster / planes. Going quickly south / separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_741

Attributes: 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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JYVASKYLA,FINL:AM.ASTRON+:MTLC CGR >>SE:FASTER/PLANES::>>S/SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “62.233336 25.750001”, LatLongDMS: “62:14:00 N 25:45:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5248 (D4C419B6)

Date: 7/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: JAMSA, FINL
Description: Girl / 11. Brown cylinder/cigar-shape exits cloud. Hovers / 2-3 minute(s). Departure not seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_742

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “JAMSA,FINL:GIRL/11:BROWN CGR EXITS CLOUD:HVRS/2-3min:departure not seen”, LatLong: “61.866670 25.183335”, LatLongDMS: “61:52:00 N 25:11:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

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Event 5249 (5BD11022)

Date: 7/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: NEAR VASTERAS, SWD
Description: 2 observer(s). Round silver metallic silent ovoid. Instant 90° turn going west. / AFU Sweden.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_743

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr VASTERAS,SWD:2 OBS:RND SLVR MTLC SLNT OVOID:INSTANT 90° TURN >W:/AFU Sweden”, LatLong: “59.616670 16.550001”, LatLongDMS: “59:37:00 N 16:33:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5250 (2267B296)

Date: 7/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: WEST / BLYTHE, CA
Description: Bill Lear / P38 plane. 2 near collision with wingless fuselage.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ALIEN CONTACT, Top-Secret UFO Files Revealed; William Morrow, NY 1993. 288pp. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_744

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “W/BLYTHE,CA:BILL LEAR/P38 PLANE:2 NEAR COLLISION WITH WINGLESS FUSELAGE:”, LatLong: “33.616668 -114.750005”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 114:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5251 (1318E05E)

Date: 7/1947
Location: Nashville, TN
Description: Area of a sighting of a landed disc and two occupants. (Bloecher) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_342

Event 5252 (07AE61C7)

Date: 7/1947
Location: Near Malta, Mediterrian Sea, At Sea
Description: 2:30 p.m. (EDT). Fishermen rep “little men” on “sub”. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470700
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_343

Event 5253 (095E25C6)

Date: 7/1/1947
Locations: White Sands, NM; Alamogordo, NM; Roswell, NM
Description: Military installations at White Sands, Alamogordo, and Roswell, New Mexico track high-speed objects on radar, all flying at speeds well above what current jet fighters were capable of doing. With the radar blips penetrating highly secure air space at will, all three facilities go on full alert.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_237

Event 5254 (6AF66A26)

Date: 7/1/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field, Roswell NM; White Sands, NM
Description: Contested information: Military officials, both officers and the enlisted technicians had been tracking, on their radar, an unidentified object in flight over southern New Mexico since July 1. The object had first appeared over the highly restricted areas near the White Sands Proving Grounds. On July 2, Steve MacKenzie (a pseudonym, actually Frank Kaufmann), stationed at Roswell Army Air Field, had received a call from Brigadier General Martin F. Scanlon of the Air Defense Command, ordering him to report to the radar sites at White Sands. MacKenzie was to monitor the object’s movements and report them directly to the general. MacKenzie could not leave the scope unattended for even the shortest of times. In fact, once he had his watch established, he set up a system of mirrors so that he could see the screen even when he needed to use the latrine. MacKenzie stayed at his post for twenty-four hours straight, but nothing changed. The object appeared periodically over southern New Mexico, but usually just “flitting from one location to another.” When MacKenzie reported that nothing had changed significantly during his twenty-four-hour watch, Scanlon decided to end MacKenzie’s part of the operation. Although MacKenzie was ordered back to Roswell, the operators at White Sands were told to continue to monitor the object, as were the radarmen at Roswell and Albuquerque. (R.G.: Interestingly, this case was deleted and “declared a hoax” in NICAP’s records and by K. Randle, but after re-reading all the relevant research I don’t believe that this is a matter of a simple hoax. It fits into the historical timeline well and should be re-examined.)
Type: radar sightings
Reference: Radar Tracks Object - nipcap.org
Reference: Frank Kaufmann (aka Steve McKenzie) - roswellfiles.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_929

Event 5255 (895FFD25)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico
Description: Troy Pendergrass, who was involved in New Mexico state politics for many years, stated to the press that he and friends saw a very bright flying object, as “bright as a mirror”, land in Ash Canyon, near Elephant Butte Lake (west of White Sands Proving Grounds). He said he found a 5x8 inch piece of crinkled tin foil, heavier than that used for gum wrappers, burned and partially melted.
Type: ufo sighting, landing, metals
Reference: https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/rw/p/gallupindependent1jul1947.htm
Reference: newspapers.com
Reference: newspapers.com
Reference: findagrave.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_949

Event 5256 (974D7C83)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: USA, Portland (Oregon) and Tucson
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:45 the Baillet couple saw two groups of flying saucers pass over their new house in Portland. The second group was composed of ten or twelve objects and flew low over the small hills near the Columbia River. A quarter of an hour later another woman in the area saw a bright object for fifteen minutes near the Columbia. A welder at work had his gaze drawn outside and watched the bright object with his protective glasses still on. There was an influx of observations and phone calls to Fort Stevens and the Coast Guard of Port Adams. The young county officer Robert E. Johnson also saw a silver disc flying over his area in the afternoon.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 41
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1219

Event 5257 (42CCE838)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Canada, Prince Edward Island, Edmonton, Delaware
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. and Mrs. C.G. Gunn and two friends saw strange objects flying at high speed in the sky. At Edmonton (Alberta) Mrs. A. Olson reported seeing around 3 pm a silver craft flying at very high speed towards the southeast. Between Wilmington and St George in Delaware a man saw five oval shaped objects with two short protrusions at the back.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 41
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1220

Event 5258 (40676E99)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: JAPAN, Chitoze AAB, Mokkaido
Description: (Translated from French) A radar operator detected a target flying at a speed of 600mph. The object changed direction four times during the detection. The Pentagon in Washington was very interested because at that time very few aircraft could reach that speed. (…) Major Farrier however pointed out that at that date it was known that the USSR had aircraft capable of reaching that speed.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 41
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1221

Event 5259 (FF12EDDC)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Arnold sees the fragments compared to slag, cinder, but not the negatives of the lost photos. He calls Lieutenant Frank Brown, an intelligence officer from the Hamilton Air Force Base (California), to ask him to join the investigation. Brown and a certain Captain Davidson take the road that same hour, aboard a B-25 bomber. They talk that afternoon with Crisman in Arnold’s hotel room. Brown says he has to return to California that night and can therefore not visit the island. But he fills a large box with kilos of metal fragments before leaving.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_630

Event 5260 (750C3611)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The radars located at Roswell, White Sands and Alamogordo detect an unidentified flying object moving at incredible speeds.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_631

Event 5261 (BE32EE66)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 09:30
Location: NEAR CHANDLER, AZ
Description: 1 observer. Silver discus-saucer going quickly north / great speed over Indian reservation. 5K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_745

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “370”, HatchDesc: “nr CHANDLER,AZ:1 OBS:SLVR DISCUS-SCR >>N/GREAT SPEED ovr INDIAN RSVN:5K’alt”, LatLong: “33.300002 -111.833339”, LatLongDMS: “33:18:00 N 111:50:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5262 (26F834B3)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: NORTHEAST / PORTLAND, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 then 10-12 silent disks tip side to side. Follow river going quickly [to] WNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_746

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “NE/PORTLAND,OR:2 OBS:3 then 10-12 SLNT DISKS TIP SIDE to SIDE:FOLO RVR >>WNW”, LatLong: “45.583336 -122.588895”, LatLongDMS: “45:35:00 N 122:35:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5263 (3388EAEE)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 12:50
Location: FT. STEVENS ANNEX, OR
Description: Several observer(s). Extremely bright disk maneuvers / 15 minute(s). Going north toward(s) river. / r187#138.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_747

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “Ft.STEVENS ANNEX,OR:SVRL OBS:XBRITE DISK MNVRS/15min:>N twrd RIVER:/r187#138”, LatLong: “46.200002 -123.950006”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 123:57:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5264 (4E5E1340)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 12:50
Location: SR183 WITH DALLAS, TX
Description: 2+girl. Flat-balloon disk going quickly southwest / cloud level / 14 second(s). Fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_748

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “SR183 W/DALLAS,TX:2+GIRL:FLAT-BALLOON DISK >>SW/CLOUD LEVEL/14sec:FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “32.833335 -97.050005”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 97:03:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5265 (A136F82A)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: PENDLETON, OR
Description: Several observer(s). 6-9 shiny platters whiz overhead going quickly south / 4-5 minute(s). Straight and level flight. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_749

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “PENDLETON,OR:SVRL OBS:6-9 SHINY PLATTERS WHIZ OVHD >>S/4-5min:S/L FLITE:NFD”, LatLong: “45.672224 -118.788895”, LatLongDMS: “45:40:20 N 118:47:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5266 (874A43E7)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Mrs. Olsen. 1M silver object going quickly southeast fast. Wavers and sparkles. Not a globe.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_750

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “642”, HatchDesc: “EDMONTON,ALTA:Mrs.OLSEN:1M SLVR OBJ >>SE FAST:WAVERS+SPARKLES:not a globe”, LatLong: “53.533336 -113.433339”, LatLongDMS: “53:32:00 N 113:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5267 (C06A30BA)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: NORTH BEDEQUE, PEI
Description: Farmer and separate observer(s). Fast high fireball going quickly south straight and level for 90 second(s). / r187#133.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_751

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “N.BEDEQUE,PEI:FARMER+SEP.OBS:FAST HI FBL >>S S/L for 90sec:/r187#133”, LatLong: “46.366669 -63.766670”, LatLongDMS: “46:22:00 N 63:46:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5268 (98E34103)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 20:40
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY
Description: Weatherman and 3 separate report(s). Silent saucer going southeast / 100mph. Back going northwest / 2200h. / r131#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_752

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “LOUISVILLE,KY:WEATHERMAN+3 SEP.RPTS:SLNT SCR> SE/100mph::BACK>NW/2200h:/r131#3”, LatLong: “38.233335 -85.733337”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:00 N 85:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5269 (FE7A084A)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: WALLACEBURG, ON
Description: R. Stevens. Moon-size disk north going south. 3 bright flashes. Maneuvers just over horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_753

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “WALLACEBURG,ON:R.STEVENS:MOONSIZE DISK N>S:3 BRITE FLASHES:MNVRS JUST OVR HRZN”, LatLong: “42.583335 -82.433337”, LatLongDMS: “42:35:00 N 82:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5270 (DB859557)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: ~21:00
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 2+2 separate observer(s). Large object going quickly east. Stops / 1 second(s). Shoots going quickly east again. / r22p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_754

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:2+2 SEP.OBS:LRG OBJ >>E:STOPS/1 sec:SHOOTS >>E again:/r22p21”, LatLong: “33.450002 -112.066672”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 N 112:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5271 (6B41D9A9)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: WILMINGTON, NC
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Silent cone disk with grill high and fast. Descends going quickly south over horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_755

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,NC:3 SEP.OBS:SLNT CONE DISK W/GRILL HIGH+FAST:DESCENDS >>S OVR HRZN”, LatLong: “34.216668 -77.916670”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 N 77:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5272 (85BE21DD)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: SULLIVANS ISLAND, SC
Description: 4 observer(s). Red disk north going quickly south / extremely fast. 1st seen / Wilmington NC / 2130hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_756

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “SULLIVANS ISLAND,SC:4 OBS:RED DISK N>>S/XFAST:1st SEEN/WILMINGTON.NC/2130hrs”, LatLong: “32.800002 -79.833337”, LatLongDMS: “32:48:00 N 79:50:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5273 (66BDCF7A)

Date: 7/1/1947
Time: 23:00?
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Many observer(s). 13 silver saucers going south, east then going west. Blue disk zigzags / northwest sky. / r22p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_757

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1486”, HatchDesc: “ALBQQ,NM:MANY OBS:13 SLVR SCRS> S,E THEN >W:BLUE DISK ZIGZAGS/NW SKY:/r22p20”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.650005”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5274 (5E230AC2)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: This alleged incident is listed for-the-record only and has been declared a hoax. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 470701
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_344

Event 5275 (F366AA42)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Chitose AAB, Hokkaido, Japan
Description: GCA Unit Tracks UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470701
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_345

Event 5276 (401F7860)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: North Bedeque, Prince Edward Island
Description: Day. Animal ecologist Charles K. Gunn, his wife, and two passengers are driving near North Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, when they see a bright, shapeless object speeding along in the sky for 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_961

Event 5277 (2509C4B6)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan
Description: A target is picked up on radar at Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, moving 16 miles north at speeds in excess of 500 mph. The blip instantly reverses course four times, breaks into two objects, then merges into one again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. James F. Olive Jr., “Radar Pick-Ups of High-Speed Targets in the Far East,” Memorandum for Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1947
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_962

Event 5278 (EC2B586E)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Description: Col. Alfred Kalberer holds another press conference in Fort Worth, Texas, and brings astronomer Oscar Monnig along to comment that the discs are “an interesting study in human psychology.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 June 24th–July 6th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_963

Event 5279 (6647C931)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Night. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chamber of Commerce official Max Hood sees a bluish disc zigzagging for about 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-17; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 June 24th–July 6th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_964

Event 5280 (4B08E5A4)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Description: 10:10 p.m. Meteorologist Ellwood E. Unger and his wife watch a round, orange, luminous object going about 100 mph after they leave a movie theater in Louisville, Kentucky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-2; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 June 24th–July 6th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_965

Event 5281 (0BBAF624)

Date: 7/1/1947?
Locations: Mozambique Channel; Union-Castle Mail SS Llandovery Castle
Description: 11:00 p.m. Mrs. A. M. King is with another passenger on the deck of the Union-Castle Mail SS Llandovery Castle as it is steaming through the Mozambique Channel. They notice a star-like object traveling fast toward the ship. It shines a strong beam of light on the water within 150 feet of the ship, then descends, the beam shortening and becoming brighter as it nears the water. Soon the light switches off and they can see a metallic object that looks like a cigar with the end cut off. It remains about 20 feet above the sea, moving parallel with the ship. King estimates it is about four times the length of the ship and four times as tall. After a few seconds, a large flame erupts from the rear of the object. It vanishes soundlessly in the darkness.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp. 18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_966

Event 5282 (E9A199B6)

Date: 7/1/1947
End date: 7/3/1947?
Locations: Roswell, New Mexico; Washington, D.C.; New Mexico desert
Description: According to Annie Jacobsen’s informant, EG&G engineer Alfred O’Donnell, the upcoming Roswell, New Mexico, crashes are the result of a psychological warfare operation by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to fly into US airspace two disc- or wing-shaped aircraft based on a Horton brothers design obtained at the end of World War II. One craft allegedly contains living dwarves or children (human guinea pigs) who had been surgically altered using similar methods to those used in Auschwitz concentration camp by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. This aircraft is remotely controlled by the crew of the second craft. The idea is to land the first aircraft in a visible location in the US, perhaps in Washington, D.C. The children would exit the craft and present themselves to the highest echelons of the government. However, the two aircraft crash in the New Mexico desert and, he claims, the Atomic Energy Commission is put in charge of the remains.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 367–374; Kremlin 30–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_967

Event 5283 (320E4D90)

Date: 7/1/1947
End date: 7/3/1947
Locations: Southern New Mexico; Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque; Alamogordo; White Sands Missile Range
Description: US Signal Corps radar sites in southern New Mexico and one at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque allegedly track an object “flitting around” the sky, frequently returning but finally disappearing on the night of July 4. Much of this story originates with now-discredited Roswell witness Frank Kaufmann, who claims he was ordered to bring a group of radar experts to Alamogordo to evaluate unexplained radar targets at White Sands Missile Range.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 159; Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes, Avon, 1995, p. 8; Jim Wilson, “Roswell Plus 50,” Popular Mechanics 174 (July 1997): 48–53; Kevin D. Randle, “Frank Kaufmann, Roswell Witness,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 8, 17–19; Mark Rodeghier, “Frank Kaufmann Exposed,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 9–11, 26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_968

Event 5284 (C95FC859)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: Radar operators at Chitose Army Air Base on Hokkaido, Japan picked up an unidentified target 16 miles north of the base on course of 180 degrees and a speed in excess of 500 mph. The target reversed course, broke up into two responses, then merged back together again into one large response.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown, New Jersey talk, April 16, 2005, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3760

Event 5285 (87F281E8)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: At 11:45 a.m. three discs were spotted over Portland, Oregon, then another 10-12 discs showed up, silently tipping from side to side as they followed the river to the west-northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oregon Journal, July 2, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 135; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3761

Event 5286 (BE4D345E)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: At noon Mrs. Hunt saw saw six discs maneuvering in the sky over Madras, Oregon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: The Oregonian, July 3, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 136
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3762

Event 5287 (BBB3C6E1)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: At 12:45 p.m. over Fort Stevens Annex, Oregon an extremely bright disc-shaped object maneuvered for 15 minutes. It then flew north toward the Columbia River.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ashland Budget, July 1, 1947; Oregon Journal, July 2, 1947; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3763

Event 5288 (A2FC4A22)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: At 3:00 p.m. a woman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada saw a small silver colored, disc-shaped object three feet in diameter. It flew off toward the southeast with a wavering motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edmonton Journal, July 2, 1947; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3764

Event 5289 (BEBAA01F)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: In mid-afternoon in Pendleton, Oregon six to nine shiny platter-shaped objects whizzed overhead heading quickly toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oregon Journal, July 3, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 139
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3765

Event 5290 (86FB44CF)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: Dr. G. Oliver Doctor saw a ‘flying disc’ zip over the city of El Paso, Texas on this day. It was shaped like two pie pans rim-to-rim, and was estimated to be 30 feet in diameter. It hurtled over Mount Franklin and then flew off towards Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown, New Jersey talk, April 16, 2005, p. 4, citing the Norman (OK) Transcript, July 2, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3766

Event 5291 (8BB646C7)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: At 9:58 p.m a red disc-shaped object flew north to south at an extremely fast speed over Charleston, South Carolina. It had been seen earlier at Wilmington, North Carolina at 9:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charleston (SC) News Courier, July 6, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 147
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3767

Event 5292 (B7D832F9)

Date: 7/1/1947
Description: Late in the evening at around 11:00 p.m. thirteen silver disc-shaped objects flew over Albuquerque, New Mexico. They flew first toward the south, then turned to the east, and finally flew off to the west. A blue disc was also seen zig-zagging in the northwestern sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albuquerque Journal, July 2, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 152; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3768

Event 5293 (1EC02871)

Date: 7/1/1947
Location: Off the coast of the east African nation of Kenya
Description: Passengers and crew aboard the steamer “Llandovery Castle” off the coast of Kenya reported a massive, silent UFO pacing their vessel one night. The object, resembling a dirigible, was about twice the ship’s length, approximately 1,000 feet long, with a shiny surface. The ship’s log noted the UFO descended to around 100 feet, projecting a brilliant white light from below, and followed the ship at a half-mile distance. After a few minutes, the light went off, and the object ascended into the darkness. (Chapter 8, Ref 342)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_335

Event 5294 (5FF6B02C)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: Roswell area crash
Type: ufo crash
Reference: Valerian, Matrix 1
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_238

Event 5295 (5FF6B02C)

Date: 7/2/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Roswell area crash
Type: ufo crash
Reference: “Matrix 1”, Valerian
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_239

Event 5296 (6C03E0A8)

Date: 7/2/1947
Location: Magdalena, N.M.
Description: Magdalena, N.M.: Mr. Barnett sighted a shiny object out in the desert and, upon investigation, came upon a crashed disc-shaped object, 9 meters (30 ft.) across. Later a military truck arrived to supervise the investigation of the crash site. Barnett saw dead bodies strewn about the crash site. They weren’t wearing military uniforms, and in fact didn’t even look human. Seen from a distance, the bodies had on silvery suits and appeared to be about 3 ft. tall.
Type: ufo crash
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_240

Event 5297 (A916AAE7)

Date: 7/2/1947
Location: USA, Magdalene, N.M.
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Barnett saw a bright object in the desert. He approached it to see what it was and found a crashed saucer-shaped object, 30 feet in diameter. Later a military truck arrived with personnel to oversee the investigation at the site. Mr. Barnett saw bodies being taken away by the military: they were not wearing military clothing and did not have a human appearance. Seen from a distance, the bodies seemed to be wearing tight silver jumpsuits and were less than one meter tall.
Reference: Ufo Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1222

Event 5298 (30DF92CD)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Early in the morning, Crisman is on the phone with Arnold. The B-25 where Brown and Davidson were has crashed near Kelso. Both are dead. One of the plane’s engines mysteriously caught fire 20 minutes after takeoff. The fragments are not found. Arnold organizes an expedition to Maury Island with Crisman and Dahl, but it turns out that the engine of their boat dies. Crisman promises to call Arnold as soon as the problem is solved. He never does. And he does not return the photographs either. He has become untraceable — according to Dahl, he left town on business; according to other sources, he was last seen boarding a military plane bound for Alaska. Then Dahl’s son disappears in turn. Moreover, it seems that someone has filled Arnold’s hotel room with microphones, transmitting to local newspapers the details of his conversations, even those he had alone with Brown and Davidson. He contacts another intelligence officer, a certain Major Sanders, who obstructs him. Arnold, now deeply shaken, leaves town. Official explanation: hoax set up by the coast guard to get publicity. However, they are not prosecuted.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_632

Event 5299 (08E1C014)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) A violent storm in the Corona region, northwest of Roswell.
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_633

Event 5300 (044F2083)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Dan Wilmot and his wife spot an oval-shaped craft flying in the sky towards the North-West. (21 h 50)
Reference: Lagrange 1996
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_634

Event 5301 (D6F02651)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) William Woody (witness) and his father see a meteor bright, white with a red tail, crossing the sky.
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_635

Event 5302 (52890003)

Date: 7/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, Mac Brazel, a farmer living near Corona, heard a loud explosion during the storm.
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_636

Event 5303 (2EF82885)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 07:00
Location: LEWISTON, ID
Description: 3+2 kids. 3 shiny white saucers dip and roll / high altitude. Going quickly east on edge. / r187#155.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_758

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “LEWISTON,ID:3+2 KIDS:3 SHINY WHT SCRS DIP+ROLL/hi alt:>>E on edge:/r187#155”, LatLong: “46.400002 -116.966672”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 N 116:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5304 (26A58A94)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 14:20
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: Highway Patrolman and 1. 6 25cm silver balls plummet going down / bay at GG bridge!
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_759

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:HWY PATROLMAN+1:6 25cm SLVR BALLS PLUMMET↓/BAY at GG BRIDGE!”, LatLong: “37.800002 -122.483339”, LatLongDMS: “37:48:00 N 122:29:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5305 (0031D2E0)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: ROYAL OAK, MI
Description: Sid Trezise. 5cm silver ball going quickly southeast fast. Whizzing sound. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_760

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “ROYAL OAK,MI:SID TREZISE:5cm SLVR BALL >>SE FAST:WHIZZING SOUND:NFD”, LatLong: “42.500002 -83.144448”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 83:08:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5306 (0B5A5F60)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 16:30
Location: US10 ESE / NORTH BEND, WA
Description: Private investigator and 1. 24 washtub saucers going south. Turn going quickly west. Glisten.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_761

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “US10 ESE/NORTH BEND,WA:Pvt INVESTIGATOR+1:24 WASHTUB SCRS> S:TURN>>W:GLISTEN”, LatLong: “47.450002 -121.583339”, LatLongDMS: “47:27:00 N 121:35:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5307 (843D11EE)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: GREEN BAY, WI
Description: Eugene LaPlante and son. Disk or sphere going quickly northwest fast. Seen 3-4 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_762

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “GREEN BAY,WI:EUGENE LaPLANTE+SON:DISK or SPHERE >>NW FAST:SEEN 3-4min:NFD”, LatLong: “44.500002 -88.011115”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 88:00:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5308 (2CE48ABD)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 2 / car. Several bright thin disks / 5000’ altitude going quickly southwest fast straight and level. 3 objects back 3 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_763

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:2/CAR:SVRL BRITE THIN DISKS/5000’alt >>SW FAST S/L:3 OBJS BACK 3JLY”, LatLong: “39.744446 -104.988894”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:40 N 104:59:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5309 (E4308219)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: DE KALB, TX
Description: 2+1 separate observer(s). Shiny saucer 30m over tomato patch and house. Local wave TX and ark.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_764

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “124”, HatchDesc: “De KALB,TX:2+1 SEP.OBS:SHINY SCR 30m OVR TOMATO PATCH+HOUSE:LOCAL WAVE TX+ARK”, LatLong: “33.500002 -94.616671”, LatLongDMS: “33:30:00 N 94:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5310 (A547BD32)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 100 / ballpark. 2 shiny 30cm silver saucers hover and go slowly. / r187#161.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_765

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “205”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:100/BALLPARK:2 SHINY 30cm SLVR SCRS HVR+GO SLOWLY:/r187#161”, LatLong: “39.133335 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5311 (F6B64425)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: EAST / LAUREL, OR
Description: 3 metallic disks play tag and circle fast. Plane-size. High-altitude. Going quickly east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 461)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_766

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “59”, HatchDesc: “E/LAUREL,OR:3 MTLC DISKS PLAY TAG AND CCL FAST:PLANE-SIZE:HI-ALT:>>E:NFD”, LatLong: “45.416669 -122.950006”, LatLongDMS: “45:25:00 N 122:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5312 (1F14D4FC)

Date: 7/2/1947
Time: 21:50
Location: ROSWELL, NM
Description: Wilmots. Large glowing-tub-saucer going quickly northwest overhead. 800kph / 450M altitude. / MJ#275+281.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_767

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1089”, HatchDesc: “ROSWELL,NM:WILMOTS:LRG GLO-TUB-SCR >>NW OVHD:800kph/450M alt:/MJ#275+281”, LatLong: “33.400002 -104.533338”, LatLongDMS: “33:24:00 N 104:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5313 (34E238AA)

Date: Early 7/1947
Location: Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Seine-Maritime, France
Description: A cyclist near Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Seine-Maritime, France, encounters an oval object, 10 feet long and 5 feet high, resting on the road 100 feet in front of her. Two small beings dressed in outfits and headgear are busy around it. When she honks her horn, the entities scurry into the object, entering it through a 20-inch opening. The UFO rises, oscillates, and streaks away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 267; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 81, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_960

Event 5314 (8C7D1720)

Date: 7/2/1947
Locations: Cincinnati (Ohio); Milling Machine Company
Description: 8:00 p.m. Spectators at a baseball game at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Milling Machine Company watch two slow- moving discs hovering above the field for 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “100 at Ball Game Tell of Seeing Two Mystery Saucers,” Cincinnati (Ohio) Post, July 7, 1947, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_969

Event 5315 (0B5EA373)

Date: 7/2/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: 9:50 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilmot see an oval object like two inverted saucers pass over their house moving northwest in Roswell, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 19; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 159; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, “When and Where Did the Roswell Object Crash?” IUR 19, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1994): 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_970

Event 5316 (18666192)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Magdalena, NM
Description: Magdalena, NM area crash
Type: ufo crash
Reference: “Matrix 1”, Valerian
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_241

Event 5317 (34284CEC)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: The first instance of the ET hypothesis to appear in the media, in a letter by Ole Johannes Sneide 1886-8/31/1947. His letter first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. The flying discs were “oblate spheroid space ships from the older planets.” “Usually they travel in outer space with speeds approximating that of light by use of anti-gravity devices and hyperspace. In our space they travel much slower, and, of course, become visible either by intent or by accident, for in their travels they use the invisibility screen.” “This space navigation has been going on for millions of years, these ‘nova’ having come into our galaxy originally from the Great Magellanic Cloud via the Lesser Magellanic Cloud, 47 Tucanae, Omega and Alpha Centauri clusters.” “Their masters planted the original humanities here and which did not develop sui generis. They have been absent from our planet since before the fall of the Roman Empire when the Great Master left earth for the outer galaxy by fohatic teleportation.” “He is now back and what is going to be done depends upon mankind, but my advice is that physical man set up no belligerence, for a small concentration of those disks just beyond the range of our atmosphere could clean the surface of our planet completely in a matter of less than 24 hours. “Their present local headquarters is on the unseen side of our moon. I discovered this by teleportation visits hither and yon in and between our galaxy.” “Mankind,” he concluded, “will just have to learn their physics all over again, someday, if they live. Ah! If they live!”
Type: newspaper article
Reference: The Saucers That Time Forgot - blogspot.com
Reference: Jason Colavito - Saucer Mystery Solved?
Reference: Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, 7/3/1947, newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_928

Event 5318 (58D8BF45)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: USA, Harborside, Maine.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:30 p.m. EDT. Witness: Astronomer John Cole of Brooksville, Me. Observed for 10-15 seconds ten very bright objects, with two dark shapes on their right side, moving like a swarm of bees in a Northwest direction. A very low sound accompanied the flight of the phenomenon. -(Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) He estimated their speed between 600 and 1200 mph when they passed in a hazy sky towards the northwest.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1223

Event 5319 (66CE8303)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: USA, St Maries (Idaho)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. W. Johnson and her family were able to observe the landing of nine objects. At least nine people saw a formation of 8 or 9 objects in the shape of a bowl, very large, luminous, moving slowly in jerks. Arriving above a clearing they descended. (Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 35) An air patrol of the Oregon National Guard almost saw one of these objects. They considered sending an airplane that day to do research near St Maries, where a woman reported that at least ten people saw eight of these flying objects disappear into the fog on July 3rd.
Reference: “Las Vegas Review-Journal”, July 7, 1947 Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1224

Event 5320 (2C1A4FC5)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: USA, Redding (California)
Description: (Translated from French) A couple saw a flying, luminous triangle pass silently over the area, heading north.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1225

Event 5321 (D545B0F9)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: USA, Santa Rosa (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Interesting observation because it takes place at the Auxiliary Naval Station and the witnesses are all well trained in observation. One of the witnesses recounts: "I saw it a few minutes before 5 pm. From my position the phenomenon seemed to be at 1000 feet above the north-south runway of the airfield and I estimated its diameter to be 15 or 20 feet. (…) It had the shape of an enormous pocket watch, without the winding stem. It was covered with a silver material, like aluminum. There was no mark or sign on the surface, which was perfectly smooth. The object flew at the speed of a glider under normal conditions and my first impression was that it was one. However, there was something strange about it, and I observed it better. That’s when I realized there were no wings, or any protruding parts. It flew gently north until it reached the end of the runway, there the object turned east, with very little inclination, and headed towards Santa Rosa. I had a moment of inattention and when I looked up again, the thing was gone. But the object must have been controlled. It only deviated when the winds were strong, to resume its straight trajectory. In short, the object behaved exactly like a glider.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1226

Event 5322 (1F89392B)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Mac Brazel arrives in the morning to the crash site, accompanied by a neighbor. The debris is scattered over an area of more than 1 km long and about 100 m wide, oriented Northwest/Southeast. Mac Brazel collects some debris and returns to his farm.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_637

Event 5323 (3E3D99D3)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) David N. Johnson, a specialized journalist in aeronautical matters at the Idaho Daily Statesman of Boise, where Kenneth Arnold resides, cites 2 new observations that confirm the description given by Arnold of one of the devices: in the shape of a flying wing. The article also cites Lieutenant General Nathan F. Twinning, reached by phone, who declares that the army is investigating these affairs. He even asks witnesses to send a description of what they saw to the “commanding general” of Wright Field. When Johnson wants to know if these objects could come from a foreign country, the general answers that they should then fly over great distances. Twinning doubts that they are guided missiles: the remote control technique is not advanced enough when the distance is too great.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_638

Event 5324 (6039D32E)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Article from the Las Vegas Review Journal, titled The Army Experts Embarrassed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_639

Event 5325 (EE86C331)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Astronomer John F. Cole of South Brooksville, Maine, observed for 10-15 seconds 10 very bright objects, with 2 dark shapes to their left, moving like a swarm of bees in a northwest direction. A loud rumble was heard. On his way back from lunch, Cole observed the flight of some strange and noisy objects rushing towards the northwest (in the opposite direction?). Their diameter was estimated at 100 feet. (2:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #27 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_640

Event 5326 (B05A80E0)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, Mack Brazel showed a small piece of debris to his neighbors, Floyd and Loretta Proctor: it could neither be cut nor burned. Brazel offered to come and see the site with them, but they declined the invitation, arguing that it was far away and it was late.
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_641

Event 5327 (EF126249)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: REDDING, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Large bright fast silent triangle going quickly north. 7 saucers north / Alturas same day.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_768

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “REDDING,CA:2 OBS:LRG BRITE FAST SLNT TRIANGLE>>N::7 SCRS N/ALTURAS SAME DAY”, LatLong: “40.583335 -122.383339”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:00 N 122:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5328 (02CEEEA5)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 03:30
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: Mrs. Nelson. 2 white-glow saucers going quickly south. Instant 90° turn going quickly east. / r187#179.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_769

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “312”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:Mrs.NELSON:2 WHT-GLOW SCRS >> S:INSTANT 90°TURN >>E:/r187#179”, LatLong: “41.283335 -95.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 N 95:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5329 (8E4B9E26)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 06:00
Location: TEXARKANA, ARK
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver saucer going quickly east overhead / 400’ altitude. Ditto / 4 July / 2100h. / r187#180+273.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_770

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “99”, HatchDesc: “TEXARKANA,ARK:2 OBS:SLVR SCR >>E OVHD/400’alt:DITTO/4JLY/2100h:/r187#180+273”, LatLong: “33.433335 -94.000004”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:00 N 94:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5330 (57378E43)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: ~07:00
Location: GAINESVILLE, GA
Description: Man and boy. 3 shiny silver saucers going [to] fast in formation. / Gainesville Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_771

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “381”, HatchDesc: “GAINESVILLE,GA:MAN+BOY:3 SHINY SLVR SCRS > FAST/FORMATION:/Gainesville Times”, LatLong: “34.300002 -83.822226”, LatLongDMS: “34:18:00 N 83:49:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5331 (C86AFD48)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 09:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / CORONA, NM
Description: WW Brazel finds much weird wreckage. Unknown symbols. Many references.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER,Don & FRIEDMAN, Stanton: CRASH at CORONA 1992 1997 Marlowe & Co. NY ISBN 1-56924-863-X. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_772

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “1900”, HatchDesc: “SE/CORONA,NM:WW BRAZEL FINDS MUCH WEIRD WRECKAGE:UNKNOWN SYMBOLS:many refs”, LatLong: “33.944446 -105.305561”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:40 N 105:18:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5332 (5254852D)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 09:30
Location: CONOWINGO DAM, MD
Description: 2+100 observer(s). 8 disks / string formation hover and maneuver. Some shoot away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_773

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “CONOWINGO DAM,MD:2+100 OBS:8 DISKS/STRING FORMn HVR+MNVR:some shoot away”, LatLong: “39.661113 -76.172226”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:40 N 76:10:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5333 (EFE32437)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: LOCKLAND AND GREEN HILLS, OH
Description: 1+1 observer(s). Silver football / high altitude. Going south. Engine sound. Going north / 1730h.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_774

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “LOCKLAND+GREEN HILLS,OH:1+1 OBS:SLVR FOOTBALL/HI ALT:>S:ENGINE SOUND:>N/1730h”, LatLong: “39.227780 -84.461115”, LatLongDMS: “39:13:40 N 84:27:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5334 (BE73FDA4)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: KEOKUK, IA
Description: 3 flight instructors. 3 fast bright silver disks straight going quickly east over airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_775

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “203”, HatchDesc: “KEOKUK,IA:3 FLITE INSTRUCTORS:3 FAST BRITE SLVR DISKS STRAIGHT>>E OVR AIRPORT”, LatLong: “40.416669 -91.400004”, LatLongDMS: “40:25:00 N 91:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5335 (29EC798A)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 12:40
Location: NAMPA, ID
Description: C. Hughes and C. Faust. Silent circular object undulates west going quickly east / great speed. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_776

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “759”, HatchDesc: “NAMPA,ID:C.HUGHES+C.FAUST:SLNT CIRC.OBJ UNDULATES W>>E/GREAT SPEED:NFD”, LatLong: “43.533335 -116.561117”, LatLongDMS: “43:32:00 N 116:33:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5336 (C90CF795)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: 20 MI WITH SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: 3 disks going east / 400mph. Circle and fly back going quickly west. / wire service report.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 194)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_777

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “20mi W/SAN DIEGO,CA:3 DISKS > E/400mph:CIRCLE+FLY BACK>>W:/WIRE SERVICE RPT”, LatLong: “32.666668 -117.500006”, LatLongDMS: “32:40:00 N 117:30:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5337 (8CD80F2D)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: HARBORSIDE, ME
Description: Project Bluebook Case #77. Astronomer Cole. Series / 10 100’ saucers going quickly northwest. Loud roar. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_778

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “HARBORSIDE,ME:BBK#77:ASTRONOMER COLE:SERIES/10 100’SCRs >>NW:LOUD ROAR:VFAST”, LatLong: “44.366669 -68.811114”, LatLongDMS: “44:22:00 N 68:48:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5338 (E125F61F)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: SANTA ROSA NAS, CA
Description: 2 separate observations. 50’ silver saucer going north 1K’ over runway. Turns going quickly east toward(s) town.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_779

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “SANTA ROSA NAS,CA:2 SEP OVS:50’SLVR SCR > N 1K’ ovr RUNWAY:TURNS >>E twrd TOWN”, LatLong: “38.450002 -122.700006”, LatLongDMS: “38:27:00 N 122:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5339 (E5DE721C)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: AUGUSTINE COVE, PEI
Description: Farmer. Bright round “apple-shape” north going quickly south fast. Straight and level and makes dips.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_780

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “AUGUSTINE COVE,PEI:FARMER:BRITE ROUND “APPLE-SHAPE” N>>S FAST:S/L+MAKES DIPS”, LatLong: “46.222224 -63.605559”, LatLongDMS: “46:13:20 N 63:36:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5340 (44F62BE7)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: SHERBROOKE, PEI
Description: 2 observer(s). Fireball northwest going quickly southeast / 5 second(s). RCAF investigating. / J. Aldrich p6+Internet.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 190)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_781

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “SHERBROOKE,PEI:2 OBS:FBL NW>>SE/5sec:RCAF INVSTGn:/J.ALDRICH p6+Internet”, LatLong: “46.416669 -63.833336”, LatLongDMS: “46:25:00 N 63:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5341 (352A7B5E)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: VILLAGE GREEN, PEI
Description: Farmer. Black cylinder/cigar-shape with flame and contrail / rear. Going quickly south / 3 km.alt. / r171p73.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_782

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “VILLAGE GREEN,PEI:FARMER:BLK CGR W/FLAME+CONTRAIL/REAR:>>S/3 km.alt:/r171p73”, LatLong: “46.200002 -62.922225”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 62:55:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5342 (C191F636)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR ST. MARIES, ID
Description: 15 observer(s). 8 large washtub saucers going north land / mountainside. / r106p65+/ r187#200.
Type: sighting
Reference: KLOIAN, Richard: UFO’s in the New York TIMES, 1947-1987 1994 Document Research Services, Berkeley, CA (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_783

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “675”, HatchDesc: “nr St.MARIES,ID:15 OBS:8 LRG WASHTUB SCRS >N LAND/MTNSIDE:/r106p65+/r187#200”, LatLong: “47.316669 -116.561117”, LatLongDMS: “47:19:00 N 116:33:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5343 (EBD4486E)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: MENDON, VT
Description: 1 observer. Green tube with white ‘head’ low and slow over meadow. Leaves going southwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_784

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “317”, HatchDesc: “MENDON,VT:1 OBS:GRN TUBE W/WHT ‘HEAD’ LOW+SLOW OVR MEADOW:LEAVES >SW:NFD”, LatLong: “43.655558 -72.933337”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:20 N 72:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vermont”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5344 (8D6CE2EE)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: SPRINGFIELD, IL
Description: Cop and several motorists. 4 disks shoot across sky. Later in Decatur, IL.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_785

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,IL:COP+SVRL MOTORISTS:4 DISKS SHOOT ACRS SKY::LATER in DECATUR,IL”, LatLong: “39.800002 -89.633338”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 89:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5345 (E036AE78)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: OAKLAND, CA
Description: Mrs. Devaughn. String / pearly luminous disk-orbs going quickly east fast. Revolve rapidly.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_786

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “OAKLAND,CA:Mrs.DeVAUGHN:STRING/PEARLY LUMN.DISK-ORBS >>E FAST:REVOLVE RAPIDLY”, LatLong: “37.816668 -122.250006”, LatLongDMS: “37:49:00 N 122:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5346 (A6E2E3E4)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Jacob Kriv and 2 teens. Luminous/glowing disk going quickly east quite fast. Straight and level course. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 206)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_787

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX CITY,IA:JACOB KRIV+2 TEENS:LUMn DISK >>E QUITE FAST:S/L COURSE:NFD”, LatLong: “42.500002 -96.433338”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 96:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5347 (95827816)

Date: 7/3/1947 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: STRTS / MADAGASCAR
Description: 1600’ silent cylinder/cigar-shape paces ship. Spotlights going down / sea. No portholes. Shoots going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 325)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_788

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “STRTS/MADAGASCAR:1600’SLNT CGR PACES SHIP:SPOTLITES↓/SEA:NO PORTS:SHOOTS >>S”, LatLong: “-16.166667 42.000002”, LatLongDMS: “16:10:00 S 42:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MDG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5348 (116090C4)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: ~23:00
Location: OFF FT ROSS, CA
Description: Forest lookout. Ship burns and sinks / 30 minute(s). None missing. Not a trace.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_789

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off Ft ROSS,CA:FOREST LOOKOUT:SHIP BURNS+SINKS/30min:NONE MISSING:NOT A TRACE”, LatLong: “38.416668 -123.416673”, LatLongDMS: “38:25:00 N 123:25:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5349 (F60BB8EC)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Famous alleged UFO crash (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 470703
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_346

Event 5350 (BA2714D2)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Famous alleged UFO crash and bodies recovered (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 470703
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_347

Event 5351 (B667C291)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: South Brooksville-Harborside, ME
Description: Astronomer Observes Ten Large Objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 27)
Reference: NICAP: 470703
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_348

Event 5352 (4FAD223A)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: St. Maries (near), ID
Description: Landing, seen by a family of ten in Northern Idaho, of eight huge objects (Bloecher) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470703
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_349

Event 5353 (02C001A9)

Date: 7/3/1947
Time: 2:30 PM EDT
Location: Harborside, Maine
Description: Witness: astronomer John Cole of South Brooksville, Me. Watched 10-15 seconds while ten very light objects, with two dark forms to their left, moved like a swarm of bees to the northwest. A loud roar was heard.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_0

Event 5354 (74705BA7)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: River Drive near West 8th Street in Denver, Colorado
Description: 8:55 a.m. William F. LeFevre watches a shiny, mirror-like disc zoom over River Drive near West 8th Street in Denver, Colorado, at several thousand feet and make a 45° turn before vanishing toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Denver Post, July 5, 1947; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, p. 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_971

Event 5355 (4CA0C0DA)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Morning. Project Mogul Flight number 8, a cluster of plastic balloons, is launched from Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, “The Project Mogul Flights and Roswell,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 6–7, 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_972

Event 5356 (B364DFCC)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Harborside, Maine
Description: 2:30 p.m. Amateur astronomer John F. Cole watches a group of 10 objects moving northwest near Harborside, Maine, at 600–1,200 mph. Each is 50–150 feet wide. The objects are milling about in loose formation like a “swarm of bees” for 10–15 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Astronomer Observes Ten Large Objects”; Bloecher, p. III-18; Sparks, p. 19; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, p. 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_973

Event 5357 (97EEA70D)

Date: 7/3/1947
Locations: St. Louis; Wright Field, Ohio; Wright Field
Description: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Air Research Center at Wright Field, Ohio, and the army intelligence service are looking into the flying discs. An INS dispatch states that Commander of the Army Air Force Gen. Carl Spaatz has asked Wright Field to look into such reports. Air Materiel Command’s Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining tells Idaho Evening Statesman reporter David N. Johnson that officials are indeed looking into the discs and that Wright Field has no comparable technology. Lieut. William C. Anderson, Wright Field public relations officer, says there is no confirmation that the discs exist. Maj. Paul Gaynor says the Army Air Force needs more concrete information. German scientists working at Wright Field are asked about the discs, but they say they have heard nothing about any such experiments in Europe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Army Gets Around to Checking ‘Flying Discs’ and Is Mystified,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 3, 1947, p. 1; Dave Johnson, “AAF Investigates Reports of Mysterious Air Objects,” Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 3, 1947, pp. 1, 9; “Military Says ‘No Results’ in Disc Probe,” Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 4, 1947, p. 2; “Weird ‘Flying Saucers’ Seen over 10 States,” New York Daily News, July 4, 1947, Final ed., p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_974

Event 5358 (6E436F4A)

Date: 7/3/1947
Locations: Village Green; Charlottetown; Prince Edward Island; Augustine Cove
Description: 5:45 p.m. Farmer Ewen McNeill in Village Green, east of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, sees a black, rocket-shaped projectile trailing a blindingly white flame and a smoke trail pass overhead as he is working his fields. It seems to be flying at 10,000 feet and is visible for 15 seconds. Around the same time, a resident of Augustine Cove watches an “object the size of an apple” traveling south at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II-17; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_975

Event 5359 (EA425CAA)

Date: 7/3/1947
Locations: Saint Maries, Idaho; St. Joe River; Spokane Army Air Base; Fairchild AFB
Description: 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Walter Johnson and her family see 8–9 discs flying out of the southern sky 6 miles west of Saint Maries, Idaho, over the St. Joe River. The objects came in “very fast, slow down jerkily, then flutter to the ground like leaves.” Mrs. Johnson thinks the objects are about the size of a “five-room house.” When they reach a clearing in the timber, they appear to “settle Down” a few at a time. Mrs. Johnson reports the sighting to intelligence officers at the Spokane Army Air Base [now Fairchild AFB], and an intensive air search is carried out by two missions of the National Guard’s 116th Fighter Group. Local sheriff’s deputies also make a ground search, but no traces of alanding can be found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Saucer’ Reports Increase As Sky Is Searched in Vain,” Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, July 7, 1947, pp. 1, 6; “Dishman Residents Saw ‘Flying Saucers’ Land,” Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, July 7, 1947, p. 6; Bloecher, p. II-12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_976

Event 5360 (3A04498E)

Date: 7/3/1947
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: 7:30 p.m. Project Mogul Flight number 9, a cluster of plastic balloons, is launched from Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, “The Project Mogul Flights and Roswell,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 6–7, 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_977

Event 5361 (5705E49A)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: There are 35 unexplained UFO, USO (unidentified submarine object), and humanoid reports for this day in UFOCAT, including the alleged discovery of the famous Roswell debris field by Mac Brazel on a ranch near Corona, New Mexico and the discovery of a crashed disc by Barney Barnett in an arroyo near Magdelena, New Mexico. A cluster of three reports came from around Cincinnati, Ohio between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. A cluster of another three reports came from Prince Edward Island, Canada at 5:45 p.m. including the sighting of a black cigar-shaped object in Charlottetown. There was a third cluster of sightings from Sonoma County, California where a forest fire lookout in Fort Ross saw what looked like a burning ship sink slowly into the Pacific Ocean where no ship was reported missing. There was a fourth cluster of three sightings between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U Computer database, case 782; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT, case A2038; Cincinnati (OH) Post, July 3, 1947; Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, July 9, 1947; Windsor (ON) Daily Star, July 5, 1947; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 6); Baltimore Sun, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3796

Event 5362 (3C0684EF)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: Harborside, Maine - John F. Cole, an astronomer, watched a series of objects that gave off a roaring noise at 2:30 in the afternoon from Harborside, south of Brooksville, Maine. The objects were in the north and were proceeding northwest at a high speed. He estimated their diameter at 100 feet. Calling the report an “unusually well-supported incident,” the Air Force had no explanation. However, years later the Air Materiel Command publicly explained the event as “birds or insects”. This sighting was also one of the 1947 cases investigated by the FBI.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, pg. 51; Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, pg. 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3797

Event 5363 (A1A658F9)

Date: 7/3/1947
Description: In the village of Mendon, Vermont at 9:00 p.m. Mrs. Spieski sighted a cylindrical UFO, shaped like a flashlight with a white head and green body. It flew at a moderate speed over a meadow at low altitude, heading toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher; Rutland (VT) Herald, July 9, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3798

Event 5364 (C4CF87EB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Magdalena, NM
Description: UFO crashes in Horse Mountain Canyon: 2 dead grays, one heavily injured, one surviving
Type: ufo crash
Reference: anonymous information (R.G.)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_242

Attributes: gallant

Event 5365 (1C987AA5)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Portland area mass sightings, hundreds of witnesses, Blue Book Report includes state and local police witnesses
Type: mass ufo sighting
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_243

Event 5366 (079E32D9)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Pacific Northwest
Description: Capt. E. J. Smith co-pilot & stewardess see UFO’s in PNW
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_244

Event 5367 (D40A9CBE)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Portland, (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) In Portland, Oregon, there were hundreds of simultaneous witnesses: pilots, port officers, police officers. And their testimony was consistent: they all had seen a dozen shining discs in the sun, moving quickly in the sky at an altitude that the most qualified estimated at 13,000 meters. (“Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes” Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, p. 16) At 11 o’clock the passengers of a bus saw, near Redmond, four objects in the shape of a disc flying like lightning over Mount Jefferson. At 1:05 p.m. a police officer, on the parking lot behind the central police station of the city of Portland, noticed that the pigeons were fluttering around as if they were frightened; he looked up and saw five objects in the shape of a disc, two going south and three east. They were flying very fast and seemed to oscillate on their lateral axis. A few minutes later, two other officers, both former pilots, declared that three of these objects were flying in a line. Shortly afterwards, the port patrol called the central police station: a crew of four patrolmen had seen three to six of these discs, in the shape of a chrome wheel hubcap, and moving very quickly, they were also oscillating while flying. (Henry DURRANT: “Le livre noir des S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.94) It is evident that the multiple fireworks fired at different times on the occasion of Independence Day multiplied the observations of unidentified flying objects, often seen as simple or multiple lights.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 45 and following
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1227

Event 5368 (3F50B674)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Vancouver (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) Having heard the radio call from Portland, 7 or 8 deputies of the sheriff went out to check. They saw 20 to 30 discs heading southwest, just above the city courthouse. Fred Krives, one of the witnesses, stated: these objects were dark, not at all shiny, they flew in a single line, separated by equal intervals. They headed towards Portland, 7 km away. They stopped flying in formation above Portland by spreading out to the south and west. The witness would have heard a faint buzzing during the observation.
Reference: Inforespace n° 20, p. 14
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1228

Event 5369 (EFC19F76)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Emmet, Idaho
Description: (Translated from French) 8:17 p.m. PDT. Witnesses: Capt. E.J. Smith of United Air Lines, First Officer Ralph Stevens, Stewardess Marty Morrow. Observed for 12-15 minutes four white objects with flat base and structured top, flying at varying speeds. One of the objects flew higher and to the right of the other three. (Project: Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) “Five things,” the pilot wrote in his report, “thin and smooth underneath and appearing rough on top, were silhouetted against the setting sun shortly after takeoff from Boise at 8:04 p.m. We saw them very clearly and followed them for about 70 miles in a northeasterly direction. They then disappeared, without our being able to say whether they moved away or disintegrated. We also cannot say whether they were round, oval, or of some other shape, but we are sure they were neither airplanes, clouds, nor smoke.” (July 4, 1947)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Face aux Soucoupes Volantes”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 34
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1229

Event 5370 (E03ABDDD)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Redwood (California)
Description: (Translated from French) (Associated Press) A flight of about thirty saucers was observed this day at 10:35 AM above the San Carlos region, by Stanley Miramon and his mother, Mrs. Marie Maranta. Miramon said they were heading northeast of San Carlos, at 2000 feet altitude, that they were round, silver in color, and the size of a car. A twin-engine transport plane was in the same region of the sky and it seemed to him that the pilot was observing these phenomena and heading towards them. Miramon went into the house to call the newspaper and when he came out the objects were gone.
Reference: Internet May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1230

Event 5371 (D000E536)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Corning, California
Description: (Translated from French) At around 5:15 in the morning, at least five witnesses saw an unusual object in the sky, flying above Highway 5, near Corning. Jay Munger was drinking his coffee, as he worked the night shift at a bowling alley. He was with the police officers James Overton of Corning and Frank Rakes of Orland. It was Munger who first saw the object through the window. All three of them quickly went outside and saw something oval-shaped and dark grey in color, with a light on the top part, which shone upwards, and a less intense light illuminating downwards, on the base. A darker or black band encircled the object at mid-height. At first the thing was to the west, at a quarter of a mile away, and at around thirty meters above the ground. The thing was practically motionless. The sun had not yet risen, but the lights of the object itself were bright enough. Munger was calling his wife, but she couldn’t see anything from where she was, trees blocking her view. He then rejoined the two police officers. The object had barely moved, now being at half a mile away. But then suddenly it accelerated, heading south and disappearing from their sight in less than ten seconds. Paul Heideman, from Fremont, California, was driving on Highway 5 southwards at the same time. He was accompanied by his friend Robert King. He saw the light of the object turn eastwards and remain almost motionless five blocks to the west. The diameter of the object is estimated to be 15 to 30 meters, the thickness 5 to 8 meters, and the black band could have been 1.50 to 3 meters. This object made no sound.
Reference: Source: NICAP and James McDonald
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1231

Event 5372 (E960938C)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Circleville (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) (A.P.) Sherman Campbell announced that he had found on his farm an strange object shaped like a six-pointed star, 1.25 meters high and 1.20 meters wide, covered with a layer of tin and weighing about two pounds. IN REALITY: the Port Columus weather station declared that the description of this device corresponded to that of an object used by the air forces to measure wind speed.
Reference: F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, ed. Del Duca, Paris “Les Editions Mondiales” 1951, p. 171 which cites the “Los Angeles Examiner” of July 5, 1947 under the title “Strange Find -A Saucer Falls into a Farm”.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1232

Event 5373 (A7740C02)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: USA, Santa Monica
Description: (Translated from French) Dan J. Whelan and Duncan Underhill, from Hollywood, announced that on July 4, at 5 pm near Santa Monica, they had seen a disc, at about 600 meters above them. They were flying at 2000 meters altitude. It was a flat and round object, resembling a target for training, having 12 or 15 meters in diameter and flying at 700 or 800 km/h. (July 4, 1947)
Reference: F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, ed. Del Duca, Paris “Les Editions Mondiales” 1951, p. 171, citing the “Los Angeles Examiner” of July 5, 1947, title “Aviators See Flying Saucers Closely. One Says ‘Ovoid Objects Troubled Him’.”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1233

Event 5374 (131FEDD1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In Seattle, a young man photographs a strange light.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_642

Event 5375 (3900A86F)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, in Twin Falls, Smoke River Canyon (Idaho) saw at least 35 discs demonstrating strength on Independance Day.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_643

Event 5376 (DAE15CFB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Peak of the wave of observations with 88 observations made by over 400 witnesses in 24 states and one Canadian province. In half of the cases, they were single objects; in the others, there were two or more, some flying in formation. Two-thirds of these observations were made in broad daylight and concerned round, spherical, or disc-shaped UFOs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_644

Event 5377 (89309098)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The East Oregonian, the first newspaper to publish Arnold’s account, reports that a spokesperson from the USAF in Washington has stated that the saucers are not an American weapon and that there is not enough data to justify an investigation.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_645

Event 5378 (4F9A0A8B)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) A first investigation by the USAF concluded that the wave of observation was due to hallucinations. (Same as before?)
Reference: Vallée 1966
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_646

Event 5379 (DFFD03EB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In Boise, a half-circle shaped disk was seen hanging from a cloud, as bright and silver as a mirror reflecting the sun’s rays.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_647

Event 5380 (A1679CEA)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Captain E. J. Smith, his co-pilot and a stewardess above Emmet (Idaho). (20 h 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_648

Event 5381 (D70A94EB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Near Portland (Oregon), nearly 300 witnesses including police officers see 9 discs described as shiny chrome hubcaps. (June 24?) (2 h)
Reference: GEPAN, Information Note No. 3, 1981
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_649

Event 5382 (FB774AE1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 85 stories of observations published in the press.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_650

Event 5383 (144C3300)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: Coast Guard personnel photograph UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_20

Event 5384 (501256A1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Possible UFO crash retrieval.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_21

Event 5385 (0DDDB7B0)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: OTTAWA, ON
Description: Bright green saucer here. Translucent 30cm luminous plates over Sarnia same day.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_790

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “OTTAWA,ON:BRITE GRN SCR HERE::TRANSLUCENT 30cm LUMn.PLATES OVR SARNIA same day”, LatLong: “45.400002 -75.700004”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:00 N 75:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5386 (56193152)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 01:00
Location: EAST ORANGE AND ESSEX FALLS, NJ
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Fireball and disks and saucers hover and going [to] all directions. / r151+/ r187p212.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_791

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “51”, HatchDesc: “E.ORANGE+ESSEX FALLS,NJ:3 SEP.OBS:FBL+DISKS+SCRS HVR+>ALL DIRS:/r151+/r187p212”, LatLong: “40.772224 -74.233337”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:20 N 74:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5387 (4D15411C)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 01:10
Location: VANCOUVER, WA
Description: 3 deputies. 20-30 round objects going west and going south / linear formations. Low humming heard.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_792

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,WA:3 DEPUTIES:20-30 ROUND OBJs >W and >S/LINEAR FORMns:low hum heard”, LatLong: “45.683336 -122.650006”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 122:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5388 (512997CC)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 04:10
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: Ray / light / window wakes 1 observer(s). Sun-size blazing sphere/orb/globe hovers outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 215)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_793

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,VA:RAY/LITE/WINDOW WAKES 1 OBS:SUN-SIZE BLAZING ORB HVRS OUTSIDE”, LatLong: “38.805557 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:20 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5389 (61D561C4)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: DANVERS, MA AND AREA
Description: Ray Fowler and many. White ovoid seen / daytime. / Salem news / r155p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: The WATCHERS; Bantam PB, NY 1990 (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_794

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “DANVERS,MA+AREA:RAY FOWLER+MANY:WHT OVOID SEEN/DAYTIME:/SALEM NEWS/r155p5.”, LatLong: “42.583335 -70.933337”, LatLongDMS: “42:35:00 N 70:56:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5390 (F539282A)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: EAST / MOSCOW, ID
Description: 2 / light plane. Very white disk wavers going quickly north / flight path. Larger / any plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_795

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “790”, HatchDesc: “E/MOSCOW,ID:2/LITE PLANE:VERY WHT DISK WAVERS >>N/FLITEPATH:LARGER/ANY PLANE”, LatLong: “46.733336 -116.933339”, LatLongDMS: “46:44:00 N 116:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5391 (944BD122)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: SAN PEDRO AND REDONDO BEACH, CA
Description: 3+1 separate observer(s). 6 saucers going quickly southeast. 500mph / high altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 221)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_796

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “SAN PEDRO+REDONDO BEACH,CA:3+1 SEP.OBS:6 SCRS >>SE:500mph/HI ALTITUDE:NFD”, LatLong: “33.733335 -118.266672”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:00 N 118:16:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5392 (48B15021)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: MT. JEFFERSON, OR
Description: Several / car. 4 fast silent saucers pass summit. / r187#220+/ International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v23#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_797

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “915”, HatchDesc: “Mt.JEFFERSON,OR:SVRL/CAR:4 FAST SLNT SCRS PASS SUMMIT:/r187#220+/IUR v23#4”, LatLong: “44.266669 -121.233339”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:00 N 121:14:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5393 (A157E98E)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: CLIFTON, CO
Description: 3+9 kids. 3 flat shiny metal saucers maneuver 2-5K’ altitude. 1 goes up. 2 going quickly east. Trails.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_798

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1439”, HatchDesc: “CLIFTON,CO:3+9 KIDS:3 FLAT SHINY MTL SCRS MNVR 2-5K’alt:1 GOES UP:2>>E:TRAILS”, LatLong: “39.077780 -108.483339”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:40 N 108:29:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5394 (7AF5765A)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 12:00?
Location: TONOPAH TO/FROM AUSTIN, NV
Description: 2 / private plane. 5 brilliant disks going quickly southwest / 3000M altitude. Too fast to catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_799

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1900”, HatchDesc: “TONOPAH><AUSTIN,NV:2/Pvt.PLANE:5 BRILL.DISKS >>SW/3000M alt:too fast to catch”, LatLong: “38.783335 -117.200006”, LatLongDMS: “38:47:00 N 117:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5395 (A9D3D5D8)

Date: 7/4/1947 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: OROVILLE, CA
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers 30cm apart circle and bob going up and down [to] over school. Very fast. Keep moving.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_800

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “OROVILLE,CA:1 OBS:2 SCRS 30cm APART CCL+BOB ↑+↓ ovr SCHOOL:VFAST:KEEP MOVING”, LatLong: “39.516669 -121.222228”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 N 121:13:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5396 (95EE2730)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Shiny pie-pan flips over several times crossing sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_801

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “BAKERSFIELD,CA:SVRL OBS:SHINY PIE-PAN FLIPS OVR SVRL TIMES CROSSING SKY”, LatLong: “35.383335 -119.033339”, LatLongDMS: “35:23:00 N 119:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5397 (A81FB782)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: RICHLAND, WA
Description: Several observer(s). Bright disk flips over and over. Straight up / high altitude. Going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_802

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “109”, HatchDesc: “RICHLAND,WA:SVRL OBS:BRITE DISK FLIPS OVR+OVR:STRAIGHT UP/HIGH ALT:>>NE:NFD”, LatLong: “46.300002 -119.333339”, LatLongDMS: “46:18:00 N 119:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5398 (F9C5035D)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: TROUTDALE, OR
Description: 3 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. V-shaped observer(s) going quickly northeast over Columbia River. Dips during flight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_803

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “TROUTDALE,OR:3 OBS/BINOCS:V-SHAPED OBS >>NE OVR COLUMBIA RVR:DIPS DURING FLITE”, LatLong: “45.583336 -122.366673”, LatLongDMS: “45:35:00 N 122:22:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5399 (95DF2CB1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Cops and more/others. Pigeons scared. 5 large disks wobble. 2 going quickly east. 2 going quickly south. / r106p50+/ r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_804

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:COPS++:PIGEONS SCARED:5 LRG DISKS WOBBLE:2>>E:2 >>S:/r106p50+/r171”, LatLong: “45.516669 -122.683339”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 122:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5400 (4A702C42)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:10
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: 2 cops / car#82+separate observer(s). 3 disks overhead. Going quickly east. / r131#3p35-37.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_805

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:2 COPS/CAR#82+SEP.OBS:3 DISKS OVHD:>>E:/r131#3p35-37”, LatLong: “45.516669 -122.666673”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 122:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5401 (B56BF110)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:10
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Hundreds include/including police. 1 saucer then groups. All over Oregon and Wash. Extremely fast maneuvers. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_806

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:100s INCL POLICE:1 SCR THEN GRPS:ALL OVR ORE+WASH:XFAST MNVRS:>S”, LatLong: “45.500002 -122.683339”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 122:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5402 (A05D185E)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: 3 harbor patrolmen. 3-6 shiny disks going quickly south fast. Oscillating. / r55p101.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 335)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_807

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:3 HARBOR PATROLMEN:3-6 SHINY DISKS >>S FAST:OSCILLATING:/r55p101”, LatLong: “45.533336 -122.683339”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:00 N 122:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

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Event 5403 (ACA05B6D)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: MILWAUKIE, OR
Description: Highway Patrolman C. Cross. 2-3 shiny white saucers going quickly northwest. / r187#236+/ r15p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_808

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “91”, HatchDesc: “MILWAUKIE,OR:HWY PATROLMAN C.CROSS:2-3 SHINY WHT SCRS >>NW:/r187#236+/r15p19”, LatLong: “45.450002 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5404 (D9916869)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: Saleslady. Silver-chrome disk going quickly northeast. Extremely fast / very high altitude. Straight and level trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 223)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_809

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:SALESLADY:SLVR-CHROME DISK >>NE:XFAST/VHI ALT:S/L TRAJ.”, LatLong: “29.966668 -90.050004”, LatLongDMS: “29:58:00 N 90:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5405 (F0BA8F14)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 14:50
Location: TWIN FALLS, ID
Description: 60 / picnic. 3 groups / saucers in V formation and loose. Circle and dive. Going west. / r131#1p83.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_810

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1137”, HatchDesc: “TWIN FALLS,ID:60/PICNIC:3 GRPS/SCRS in VFORM+LOOSE:CCL+DIVE:>W:/r131#1p83”, LatLong: “42.566669 -114.450005”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:00 N 114:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5406 (868EA28E)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: NORTHEAST / CRAIG, MT
Description: Flash. Series / silver plates. Tumble / waver going quickly northwest. / r187#240+/ r171p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_811

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1050”, HatchDesc: “NE/CRAIG,MT:FLASH:SERIES/SLVR PLATES:TUMBLE/WAVER>>NW:/r187#240+/r171p75”, LatLong: “47.188891 -111.805561”, LatLongDMS: “47:11:20 N 111:48:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5407 (9AAB69BB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: 2 separate police report(s) and newsmen. Shiny saucers flip. Finally going quickly east. / r15p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 335)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_812

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:2 SEP.POLICE RPTS+NEWSMEN:SHINY SCRS FLIP:FINALLY>>E:/r15p19”, LatLong: “45.500002 -122.611117”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 122:36:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5408 (C6119ABC)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: ~16:00
Location: COLORADO SPRS, CO
Description: Air Force pilot. Extremely large disk rises into clouds at 20K’ altitude. No report made.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_813

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1802”, HatchDesc: “COLORADO Sprs,CO:AF PILOT:XLARGE DISK RISES INTO CLOUDS AT 20K’alt:NO RPT MADE”, LatLong: “38.850002 -104.800005”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 104:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5000”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5409 (54797D5F)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / ST. CHARLES, MO
Description: Aircraft spotter and 13. Silent 25’ saucer with propeller? Tilts and going northwest / 300’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_814

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “135”, HatchDesc: “SE/St.CHARLES,MO:ACRFT SPOTTER+13:SLNT 25’SCR W/PROPELLER?:TILTS+>NW/300’alt”, LatLong: “38.700002 -90.333338”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 90:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5410 (1632DB83)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: LAKE JACKSON, TX
Description: Mrs. Jacobs. Disk going quickly southeast fast toward(s) Gulf. ‘Bigger than a saucer’.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_815

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “LAKE JACKSON,TX:Mrs.JACOBS:DISK >>SE FAST TWRD GULF:‘bigger than a saucer’”, LatLong: “29.033335 -95.433338”, LatLongDMS: “29:02:00 N 95:26:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5411 (03E9C568)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: WEST / LONG BEACH, CA
Description: 2 / private plane. 50’ skeet-saucer / 7000’ altitude going quickly NNW / 500mph overhead. Observer(s) scared.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_816

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “W/LONG BEACH,CA:2/Pvt PLANE:50’SKEET-SCR/7000’alt >>NNW/500mph OVHD:OBS SCARED”, LatLong: “33.766668 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “33:46:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5412 (5C10F189)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: USCG man and more/others. Photographs saucer / front porch. Several disks going quickly west. (AP)5JLY. / r187#253.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_817

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:USCG MAN++:FOTOS SCR/FRONT PORCH:SVRL DISKS >>W:(AP)5JLY:/r187#253”, LatLong: “47.633336 -122.333339”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 122:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5413 (ACF9DDE8)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: LAKE CITY, WA
Description: 20+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 1 photographs silver saucer going quickly north / 500mph after Seattle sightings.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_818

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “82”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CITY,WA:20+OBS/BINOCS:1 FOTOS SLVR SCR>>N/500mph AFTER SEATTLE SIGHTINGS”, LatLong: “47.150002 -122.550006”, LatLongDMS: “47:09:00 N 122:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5414 (67A916BB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: SALEM, OR
Description: G. Graen and wife. Ovoid / 10K’ altitude going quickly south / terrific speed. Lost in the distance. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_819

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “SALEM,OR:G.GRAEN+WIFE:OVOID/10K’alt >>S/TERRIFIC SPEED:LOST/DISTANCE:NFD”, LatLong: “44.950002 -123.050006”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 123:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5415 (2C0DC910)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NORTHEAST / ELLIOTT, ND
Description: Navy veteran and 2 / farm. 25cm fast green disk passes close / 35’ altitude. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 255)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_820

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “399”, HatchDesc: “NE/ELLIOTT,ND:NAVY VET.+2/FARM:25cm FAST GRN DISK PASSES CLOSE/35’alt:>S”, LatLong: “46.411113 -97.788894”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:40 N 97:47:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “11”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5416 (3F5FA263)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: United Press International newsman and 3. White disk crosses sky going quickly southeast / insane speed. Absolute(ly) silent. 10K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_821

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “820”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:UPI NEWSMAN+3:WHT DISK CROSSES SKY >>SE/INSANE SPEED:ABS SLNT:10K’alt”, LatLong: “43.616669 -116.200006”, LatLongDMS: “43:37:00 N 116:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5417 (9E8D59C5)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: HAUSER LAKE, ID
Description: Many / fireworks. Metal 30’ disk / 20K’ altitude. Extremely quickly going up [to] when plane nears. / r187.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 352)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_822

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “667”, HatchDesc: “HAUSER LAKE,ID:MANY/FIREWORKS:MTL 30’DISK/20K’alt:↑↑↑ when plane nears:/r187”, LatLong: “47.750002 -116.983339”, LatLongDMS: “47:45:00 N 116:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6000”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5418 (73E0FF29)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: ~20:00
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS
Description: 3 observer(s). Several glowing disks seen going quickly north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_823

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,KS:3 OBS:SVRL GLOWING DISKS SEEN >>N:NFD”, LatLong: “39.100002 -94.616671”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 94:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5419 (5F5C6811)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: CASPER, WY
Description: Mrs. McLeod. Silver disk races southeast going quickly northwest into clouds. 1 brief red flash.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 272)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_824

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1567”, HatchDesc: “CASPER,WY:Mrs.McLEOD:SLVR DISK RACES SE>>NW INTO CLOUDS:1 BRIEF RED FLASH:”, LatLong: “42.850002 -106.316672”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 106:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5420 (53C8ADC0)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Doctor and more/others. Round object with halo and whirling jets. Slow. Going SSE into clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_825

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:DOCTOR++:ROUND OBJ W/HALO+WHIRLING JETS:SLOW:>SSE into CLOUDS”, LatLong: “39.983335 -75.150004”, LatLongDMS: “39:59:00 N 75:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5421 (67212FEE)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: 2 BF Goodrich executives and families. Round silver object going quickly east. Self illuminated.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_826

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:2 BF GOODRICH EXECs+FAMILIES:ROUND SLVR OBJ >>E:SELF ILLUMINATED”, LatLong: “41.083335 -81.500004”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 81:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5422 (E4AD5A44)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: MALIBU BEACH, CA
Description: 1 observer. Several disks going quickly southwest to sea / 350mph. 1000’ altitude. ‘Crackling noise’.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_827

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MALIBU BEACH,CA:1 OBS:SVRL DISKS >>SW to SEA/350mph:1000’alt:‘CRACKLING NOISE’”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.683339”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:41:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5423 (718F5C6A)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Aircraft inspector. “Lima-bean” flies over Elysian Park. Clear dome.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 287)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_828

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “LOS ANGELES,CA:AIRCRAFT INSPECTOR:“LIMA-BEAN” FLIES OVR ELYSIAN PARK:CLR DOME”, LatLong: “34.083335 -118.233339”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:00 N 118:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5424 (F7B45C0B)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: 2 MILES NORTH / FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Description: Farmer. 3 yellow saucers circle and scare livestock. Going southwest. Back next night.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_829

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “430”, HatchDesc: “2mi N/FAYETTEVILLE,AR:FARMER:3 YEL.SCRS CCL+SCARE LIVESTOCK:>SW:BACK NEXT NITE”, LatLong: “36.100002 -94.166671”, LatLongDMS: “36:06:00 N 94:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5425 (C1682FEA)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: DELAWARE, OH
Description: Farmer and AAA official. 5 reddish saucers going quickly west fast. Straight and level trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 266)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_830

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “268”, HatchDesc: “DELAWARE,OH:FARMER+AAA OFFICIAL:5 REDDISH SCRS >>W FAST:S/L TRAJ:”, LatLong: “40.300002 -83.066671”, LatLongDMS: “40:18:00 N 83:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5426 (C4C3FD6E)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: ELMIRA, MO
Description: 3 observer(s). 8 disks southwest going quickly northeast. Fairly bright. Straight and level course. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_831

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “292”, HatchDesc: “ELMIRA,MO:3 OBS:8 DISKS SW>>NE:FAIRLY BRITE:S/L COURSE:NFD”, LatLong: “39.516669 -94.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 N 94:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5427 (E9F0AF27)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 21:20
Location: EMMETT, ID
Description: Project Bluebook Case #34. United Airlines (UAL) DC3 flight 105. 1 big and 4 small saucers going northwest. Also 2nd group. / r187+/ r26p151.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_832

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “19”, Elev: “724”, HatchDesc: “EMMETT,ID:BBK#34:UAL DC3 FLT 105:1 BIG+4 SM SCRS >NW:+2nd GROUP:/r187+/r26p151”, LatLong: “43.872224 -116.500006”, LatLongDMS: “43:52:20 N 116:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5428 (2C59F0D1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: MADISON, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright saucer circle town. Out and back 3X. Hovers. Going quickly south. Back 7 July going south again.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_833

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “MADISON,WI:2 OBS:BRITE SCR CCL TOWN:OUT+BACK 3X:HVRS:>>S::BACK 7JLY >S AGAIN.”, LatLong: “43.066669 -89.400004”, LatLongDMS: “43:04:00 N 89:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5429 (F180F975)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: ~22:00
Location: ST. PAUL, MN
Description: 1 / grand Ave. 8cm disk! Low and slow. Glows. Going ESE toward(s) Holman Airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 282)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_834

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “St.PAUL,MN:1/GRAND Ave.:8cm DISK!:LOW+SLOW:GLOWS:>ESE twrd HOLMAN AIRPORT”, LatLong: “44.933335 -93.094449”, LatLongDMS: “44:56:00 N 93:05:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5430 (CCFDEA78)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: SIOUX FALLS, SD
Description: R. Jordan. Long narrow light-colored object straight and level going quickly west under dark clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 283)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_835

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “433”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX FALLS,SD:R.JORDAN:LONG NARROW LIGHT-CLRD OBJ S/L >>W UNDER DRK CLOUDS”, LatLong: “43.533335 -96.733338”, LatLongDMS: “43:32:00 N 96:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5431 (F8756DAD)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: ALHAMBRA, CA
Description: 2 / car. Ovoids cavort. Gyrate. Do figure-8s. Circle. Faster / planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 296)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_836

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “ALHAMBRA,CA:2/CAR:OVOIDS CAVORT:GYRATE:DO FIGURE-8s:CIRCLE:FASTER/PLANES”, LatLong: “34.100002 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5432 (882AC2E1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: 4 MILES EAST / UTICA, MI
Description: 1+boy / 9. Bright white round object / jerks going up and down [to] and sideways / terrible speeds. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_837

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “188”, HatchDesc: “4mi E/UTICA,MI:1+BOY/9:BRITE WHT ROUND OBJ/JERKS ↑+↓+SIDEWAYS/TERRIBLE SPDS:>S”, LatLong: “42.616669 -82.966671”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 82:58:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5433 (2C3D8B99)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 23:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 1 observer. Metallic domed saucer flips over railroad/railway station/depot/facility. Several shiny disks / V-formation going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 294)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_838

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:1 OBS:MTLC DOMED SCR FLIPS OVR RR STn::SVRL SHINY DISKS/VFORMn >>N”, LatLong: “39.733335 -105.016672”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 105:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5434 (DA446CE6)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 23:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / DATIL, NM
Description: 5 observer(s). Silver disk crashed / Arroyo. 3 alien bodies. (Controversial.)
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER,Don & FRIEDMAN, Stanton: CRASH at CORONA 1992 1997 Marlowe & Co. NY ISBN 1-56924-863-X. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_839

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2240”, HatchDesc: “SE/DATIL,NM:5 OBS:SLVR DISK CRASHED/ARROYO:3 ALIEN BODIES:(controversial)”, LatLong: “34.000002 -107.500005”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 107:30:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 5435 (69FE376D)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 23:50
Location: WEST TRENTON, NJ
Description: Ms. Marshall. Bright luminous silent disk high and fast going quickly east. Straight and level trajectory. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_840

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: “18”, HatchDesc: “W.TRENTON,NJ:Ms.MARSHALL:BRITE LUMn.SLNT DISK HI+FAST >>E:S/L TRAJ.:NFD”, LatLong: “40.266669 -74.794448”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:00 N 74:47:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5436 (EBB0FC35)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 23:50
Location: BETHESDA, MD
Description: Writer. 3-4 bright blue disks going north very fast. Domed saucer west antenna / 5 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_841

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “93”, HatchDesc: “BETHESDA,MD:WRITER:3-4 BRITE BLU DISKS >N VFAST::DOMED SCR W ANTENNA/5JLY”, LatLong: “39.000002 -77.100004”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 77:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5437 (62B3F3A7)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Redmond (near), OR
Description: 11 a.m. witnesses in a car near Redmond saw 4 discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_350

Event 5438 (6769BC0A)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Portland and Milwaukie, OR, Vancouver, WA, various
Description: Many over a wide area saw 5 large discs moving at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_351

Event 5439 (FE8CA53C)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Portland, OR
Description: 3 metallic discs glinting sunlight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_352

Event 5440 (95F870B8)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Portland, OR
Description: A silvery disc-shaped object flipping in an erratic path (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_353

Event 5441 (AF0951C6)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Portland and Milwaukie, OR, Vancouver, WA, various
Description: Seven Discs Observed By Many Witnesses (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_354

Event 5442 (C91C2982)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: Frank Ryman-1st known photo of Circular obj which moved across the wind [UFOE, VII, XII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_355

Event 5443 (3ACEC2F8)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Emmett, ID
Description: 5 disc-shaped objects with flat bottoms and rough tops. Smith/Stevens Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 34)
Reference: NICAP: 470704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_356

Event 5444 (23A3B9A7)

Date: 7/4/1947
Time: 8:17 PM PDT
Location: over Emmet, Idaho
Description: Witnesses: United Air Lines Capt. E.J. Smith, First Officer Ralph Stevens, Stewardess Marty Morrow. Watched for 12-15 minutes while four objects with flat bottoms and rough tops moved at varying speeds, with one high and to the right of the others.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_1

Event 5445 (EF22BA46)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: 184 S. Arlington Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey
Description: 3:00 a.m. Lenora Woodruff wakes up in her home at 184 S. Arlington Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey, when several airplanes fly overhead. She looks out and sees a “strange goldenish platter” moving swiftly across the sky. It disappears in a second.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “South Plainfield Woman Reports Seeing ‘Flying Saucer’ Formation,” Bridgewater (N.J.) Courier-News, July 5, 1947, p.1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_978

Event 5446 (C5470B5A)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Description: After 4:00 a.m. Mrs. Martin Kole is awakened in her home in Alexandria, Virginia, by something shining through her bedroom window. She sees a large, roiund object hovering in the southwestern sky. She watches it for a few minutes, then goes back to bed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II-6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_979

Event 5447 (85927C81)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: San Francisco, California
Description: The United Press service rounds up theories about the flying discs. It quotes Army Air Force “experts” saying that the sightings might be caused by weather conditions, or meteorites, or foreign aircraft that it is “our responsibility to know about it and take proper action.” Occultist Ole J. Sneide from San Francisco, California, thinks they are “oblate spheroid space ships from other planets” with hidden bases on the dark side of the moon. This is apparently the first public mention of an extraterrestrial origin for flying saucers in the media.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “U.S. Stops ‘Laughing Off’ Stories of Flying Disks,” Hollywood (Calif.) Citizen-News, July 3, 1947, p. 1; “Flying Disks Said ‘Space Ships’ from Other Solar Systems,” Bryan (Tex.) Eagle, July 3, 1947, p. 8; “Buck Rogers Special,” Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat, July 4, 1947, p. 2; Curt Collins, “A 1947 Pioneer of the UFO Extraterrestrial Hypothesis,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, December 16, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_980

Event 5448 (6A93B5C9)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Description: 10:30 a.m. CAA official Irving C. Allen is flying a small aircraft near Moscow, Idaho, when he sees a white disc moving north for 5 minutes as it crosses his path several miles in front of him.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_981

Event 5449 (0A16A7E4)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Redmond, Oregon
Description: 11:00 a.m. C. J. Bogne and other witnesses in a car near Redmond, Oregon, see four discs flying past Mt. Jefferson on a straight course at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 20; Bloecher, p. II-9; Sparks, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_982

Event 5450 (D2C57CC1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Portland Oregonian; Beaverton, Oregon
Description: 11:00 a.m. Harry Hale, production manager of the Portland Oregonian, sees one shiny disc moving swiftly just west of Beaverton, Oregon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Liner Crew Confirms Flying Disks over State; Many Seen during Day over City,” Portland Oregonian, July 5, 1947; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1947”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_983

Event 5451 (3B973914)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Portland, Oregon; Clark County; Oregon
Description: 1:05–5:30 p.m. Many people in Portland, Oregon—including KOIN newsman Frank Cooley, deputy Clark County Sheriff Fred Krives, Portland police officer Kenneth A. McDowell, and Oregon highway patrol Sgt. Claude Cross—view five large discs moving at high speed to the east, two flying south and three to the east, with an oscillating or wobbling motion, sudden 90° turns or zigzagging. Radio reports alert other officers (including Walter Lissy, Robert Ellis, and Earl Patterson, all WWII veterans) who see the metallic objects that look like a disc or hubcap or pie-pan or half-moon flashing in the sun. No vapor trail or noise (except possible humming) is reported.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Seven Discs Observed by Many Witnesses”; Bloecher, pp. II-9, III-15; Sparks, p. 20; “Air Liner Crew Confirms Flying Discs over State; Many Seen during Day over City,” Portland Oregonian, July 5, 1947; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1947”; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, p. 58; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, “Alfred Loedding: New Insight on the Man behind Project Sign,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_984

Event 5452 (2447AE96)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Twin Falls Park; Twin Falls, Idaho
Description: 2:50 p.m. Seven people at Twin Falls Park, seven miles east of Twin Falls, Idaho, watch a group of discs in a rough V-formation flying at great speed. A second flight of 9–10 objects circle overhead in a loose formation. They gain altitude rapidly and move to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Mystery Grows,” Tucson (Ariz.) Daily Citizen, July 5, 1947, p. 4; Bloecher, p. II-5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_985

Event 5453 (82A0C23F)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Old Saint Charles Road; Pattonville, Missouri
Description: 5:00 p.m. Nova Hart and his wife Marveline are picnicing off Old Saint Charles Road west of Pattonville, Missouri. They see a saucer-shaped object, ribbed like a “parachute canopy,” gliding slowly (50–60 mph) and silently from south to north about 300 feet off the ground. It seems to have a propellor attached to a red conical structure on its underside and is about 20–25 feet in diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II-14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_986

Event 5454 (DB4E6DCD)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: After 5:00 p.m. Private pilot Dan Whelan and passenger Duncan Underhill are flying at 5,000 feet west of Long Beach, California, when they see a disc about 2,000 feet above them, traveling at 400–500 mph. They estimate it is 40–50 feet in diameter and flying north-northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Air Disc’ Mystery Grows, Baffles U.S.,” Hollywood (Calif.) Citizen-News, July 5, 1947, pp. 1, 3; Bloecher, p. III-10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_987

Event 5455 (3A2E3CEB)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: 12321 22nd Street NE, Lake City, Seattle, Washington
Description: 5:45 p.m. Coast Guard Yeoman Frank Ryman photographs a round disc over his home at 12321 22nd Street NE, Lake City, Seattle, Washington. The object is in sight for 4–5 minutes and is seen by at least 20 others, traveling 500 mph. The photo shows a small, blurred white oval against a background of sky, but when enlarged the object is quite distinct. The Air Force explains it as a weather balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Observers Report Discs over Entire Western Area,” Salt Lake City Deseret News, July 5, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, pp. IV-3–4; London UFO Research Unit, “Seattle, Washington, America, North America”; Michael D. Swords, “Can You Learn Anything from UFO Photos, Part Two,” The Big Study, July 5, 2012; Kenneth Lloyd Larson, “A Summer 1947 Sighting,” IUR 20, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1995): 19–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_988

Event 5456 (4DD0E347)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: 6:30 p.m. United Press correspondent John C. Corlett, along with artist V. H. Selby and their wives, see a white disc speeding over Boise, Idaho, at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. It takes about 3 seconds to disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “View of ‘Flying Saucers’ over Ontario Dumbfounds Veteran Pilot, Other Crew Member of Airliner,” Portland Oregonian, July 5, 1947; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1947”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_989

Event 5457 (AA53DBD3)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Hauser Lake, Idaho
Description: 7:00 p.m. George Aster and others at Hauser Lake, Idaho, watch a flying disc for 30 minutes as it hovers with a lateral oscillation about 30° above the horizon at an estimated 20,000 feet. It shoots straight up and vanishes when a small aircraft approaches it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Disks Seen Here Today, Is Report,” Spokane (Wash,) Spokesman- Review, July 7, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, pp. II-6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_990

Event 5458 (6A6813CF)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Fayetteville, Arkansas; 2 miles north of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Description: Sunset. Henry Seay, a farmer living 2 miles north of Fayetteville, Arkansas, watches three yellow discs flying overhead to the southwest, dropping sparks, and frightening his cattle and horses. The following night it happens again and the cows go into a panic, running off to the other side of the pasture. Some kind of dust falls on Seay, although it does not burn. After several seconds, the object rises up vertically 30–40 feet and shoots off horizontally at 50 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. IV-1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_991

Event 5459 (F3183D60)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital; Philadelphia
Description: Sunset. M. K. Leisy, a junior intern at the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital at 44th and Market streets in Philadelphia, is reading on the porch of the hospital when he hears a loud roar. A large transport plane passes overhead, but he also sees a dark sphere with a luminous halo around it moving below the clouds at a moderate speed. It disappears into the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Discs Seen over City,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1947, pp. 1, 3; Bloecher, pp. II-14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_992

Event 5460 (0964B64B)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Boise, Idaho; Seattle, Washington; Emmett, Idaho
Description: 9:12 p.m. United Air Lines Flight 105 pilots Capt. Emil J. Smith and First Officer Ralph Stevens are flying from Boise, Idaho, to Seattle, Washington, when they see a formation of five discs over Emmett, Idaho, silhouetted against the sunset. Stewardess Marty Morrow sees them as well. The objects appear to merge and speed away to the northwest. Another group appears and arranges itself in a straight line. The nine objects are seen at least 12 minutes over a distance of 45 miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “View of ‘Flying Saucers’ over Ontario Dumbfounds Veteran Pilot, Other Crew Member of Airliner,” Portland Oregonian, July 5, 1947; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1947”; NICAP, “5 Discs Sighted by United Flight”; Bloecher, pp. III-10–11; Sparks, p. 20; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, 1952, Palmer, pp. 18–19; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 41–42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_993

Event 5461 (18545DFA)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Roswell Army Air Field [now closed], New Mexico
Description: The first of the special flights from Washington, D.C., arrives at Roswell Army Air Field [now closed], New Mexico (presumably to investigate the radar reports claimed by Frank Kaufmann). On the plane is Warrant Officer Robert Thomas. Thomas and his companions are in uniform upon arrival, but quickly change to civilian clothes. Thomas wants an on-site briefing as soon as it can be arranged. These men remain at RAAF throughout the later retrieval.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 160–161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_994

Event 5462 (9035E6F8)

Date: 7/4/1947
Location: Corona, New Mexico
Description: During a thunderstorm near Corona, New Mexico, W. W. “Mack” Brazel hears a tremendous thunderclap that sounds like an explosion but is somehow different from the rest of the thunder. Others in the area report the same phenomenon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 160
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_995

Event 5463 (6B294463)

Date: 7/4/1947
Locations: southern New Mexico; Kirtland AFB
Description: 11:27 p.m. Army Signal Corps radar sites in southern New Mexico supposedly continue to track a mysterious object. Kirtland AFB’s commander scrambles a fighter jet piloted by Kenny Chandler to locate the object, but he cannot find it. Before midnight, Frank Kaufmann allegedly sees a brilliant glow on the radar display, pulsates a number of times, then explode in a starburst. The belief is that the object has now crashed. Jim Ragsdale and “Trudy Truelove” supposedly see a bright flash of light and hear a roaring sound that passes overhead. Ragsdale knows that something has struck the ground close to their campsite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 160; Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 36; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, “When and Where Did the Roswell Object Crash?” IUR 19, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1994): 14; Kevin D. Randle, “The Truth about the Jim Ragsdale Story,” IUR 21, no. 3 (Fall 1996): 13–16, 29–30; Jim Wilson, “Roswell Plus 50,” Popular Mechanics 174 (July 1997): 48–53; The Roswell Files, “Jim Ragsdale,” April 11, 1998; Kevin D. Randle, “Frank Kaufmann, Roswell Witness,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 8, 17–19; Mark Rodeghier, “Frank Kaufmann Exposed,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 9–11, 26; Kevin D. Randle, “Jim Ragsdale’s Roswell Tale,” A Different Perspective, April 22, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_996

Event 5464 (F9137C90)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: There are 73 UFO reports from across the United States and one report from Canada recorded for this day in UFOCAT. The majority of the reports fall in a swath from the Pacific Northwest down through the Mississippi River Valley. Most of these sightings were of flyovers by daylight discs, although there was one humanoid report from Fort Worth, Texas.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3808

Event 5465 (C65A8D9B)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: The retrieval of UFO wreckage and bodies allegedly occurred on this day from a crash site near Corona, New Mexico. The bodies were taken later to Roswell AFB, New Mexico and then flown to Carswell AFB in Texas. According to the relatives of witnesses who shared details about the alien humanoid bodies, they had baldheads, small sunken eyes, small noses, no ears, long forearms, and only four long slender fingers on each hand.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Patrick Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials: A complete overview of alien life forms based on actual accounts and sightings, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3809

Event 5466 (F198F00C)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: At noon while flying between Tonopah and Austin, Nevada and cruising at an estimated 10,000 feet altitude, Mr. Harris and his passenger sighted five circular objects flying below his airplane. They were shiny and reflected sunlight. He tried to catch up to them but could not.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Nevada Daily Free Press, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3810

Event 5467 (F8F00AB1)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: A young woman driving in the afternoon on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas saw a 25-foot diameter flying disc. She got out of her car and waved. The object tipped and the human-appearing occupants waved back to her, and then the disc flew away in silence.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, Mysterious Visitors, p. 91
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3811

Event 5468 (C84BAD01)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: At 1:05 p.m. a police officer at police headquarters in Portland, Oregon saw five flying discs, two going south, three flying to the east at high speed. They were oscillating around a central vertical axis. Minutes later two police, both pilots, saw three more discs trailing one another. Then four patrolmen reported seeing 3-6 “chrome hubcaps” flying over the city. At about the same time a highway patrolman in Milwaukee, Oregon watched two or three shiny white saucers fly quickly toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, p. 2; Oregon Journal, July 5, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3812

Event 5469 (FB564AC6)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: Also that day four silent discs passed the summit of Mount Jefferson in Oregon flying at a high rate of speed. In Troutdale, Oregon a V-shaped object flew toward the northeast over the Columbia River. It made dipping motions during its flight, and was observed through binoculars by three men. In Vancouver, Washington 20-30 round objects flew toward the west and south in straight-line formations. A low humming sound was heard. North of Craig, Montana a string of twelve plate-shaped objects flew over a couple while they were out fishing on a bridge at 3:00 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; The Oregonian, July 5 & 6, 1947; International UFO Reporter, Winter 1998; Wyoming State Tribune, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3813

Event 5470 (3EA069DF)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: At 5:30 p.m. at the residential area of Greenwood Lake in north Seattle, Washington Mr. Larson sighted a round white object descend vertically, then make a ninety-degree turn and proceed horizontally flying toward the south. Two more people at the nearby University of Washington campus also saw the UFO, as did 21 more in the Lake City area of the city. One of the witnesses in the Lake City area took a photograph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A preliminary report on the 1947 UFO sighting wave, p. 82; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, p. 257; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 8, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3814

Event 5471 (12AD457F)

Date: 7/4/1947
Description: At 11:00 p.m. an orange ball of light, “as big around as a barrel,” which resolved itself into a disc, frightened Ms. M. Voigt of Edgerton, Wisconsin. The UFO flew fast across the sky but was back again for ten minutes, when it then suddenly vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Madison Capital-Times, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3815

Event 5472 (473C66D7)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: Plains of San Agustin, NM
Description: Plains of San Agustin area: Gerald Anderson and family/friends witness a crashed UFO with 4 ET’s, later passes a polygraph test, interviewed by ufologist Stanton Friedman.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_245

Event 5473 (9C4EF994)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Frank Cooley, a former Marine Corps observer now with radio station KOIN in Portland, confirmed numerous reports of witnesses in the Portland are Friday afternoon. Cooley estimated the disks were flying at 20,000 feet. He saw twelve of them and flatly declared them to be manned and maneuverable.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Los Angeles Examiner, Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff5)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_246

Event 5474 (A2C11E50)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 08:00
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars and more/others. White saucer going east turn sharp going quickly north. Also 8 disks / airport. / r187#308.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_842

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “SACRAMENTO,CA:2/BINOCS++:WHT SCR > E TURN SHARP>>N:+8 DISKS/AIRPORT:/r187#308”, LatLong: “38.577780 -121.472228”, LatLongDMS: “38:34:40 N 121:28:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5475 (48FF8CDE)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 08:30
Location: DANA POINT, CA
Description: 2+1 observer(s). 2 saucers going north up canyon toward(s) mission. Also going quickly NNW / eagle rock.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_843

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “49”, HatchDesc: “DANA POINT,CA:2+1 OBS:2 SCRS > N UP CANYON TWRD MISSION:also>>NNW/EAGLE ROCK:”, LatLong: “33.466668 -117.700006”, LatLongDMS: “33:28:00 N 117:42:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5476 (BE2B08BD)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~09:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 1 observer. 5 saucers going east. 1 circles city. 5 observer(s) / pm. Sphere/orb/globe in and out / clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_844

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1480”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:1 OBS:5 SCRS >E:1 CIRCLES CITY::5 OBS/PM:ORB IN+OUT/CLOUDS”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.683338”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5477 (AA40B2C7)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~10:00
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 6+disks / fast erratic trajectories. 10K’ altitude. 1 flew going quickly east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_845

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:2 OBS:6+DISKS/FAST ERRATIC TRAJS:10K’alt:1 FLEW >>E:NFD”, LatLong: “34.083335 -118.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:00 N 118:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5478 (E1849427)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~10:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 1 observer. Dull aluminum 20’DOMED disk 5K’ over capitol building. 1100MPH going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_846

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:1 OBS:DULL ALUM.20’DOMED DISK 5K’OVR CAPITOL BLDG:1100MPH >>NE”, LatLong: “39.727780 -104.988894”, LatLongDMS: “39:43:40 N 104:59:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5479 (E3896DE1)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 10:50
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 aluminum disks straight and level going quickly south fast. Another does same / 1100h / same observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_847

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:2 OBS:2 ALUM.DISKS S/L >>S FAST:ANOTHER DOES SAME/1100h/SAME OBS”, LatLong: “47.666669 -117.450006”, LatLongDMS: “47:40:00 N 117:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5480 (6D82DD0A)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 10:50
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Brilliant saucer going north. Also 2 ovoids / 1240h 1 banks and shoots going up. 1 wobbles going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_848

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “170”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:3 SEP.OBS:BRILL.SCR>N:+2 OVOIDS/1240h 1 BANKS+SHOOTS ↑:1 WOBBLES>N”, LatLong: “47.605558 -122.322228”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:20 N 122:19:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5481 (43D18D75)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Description: Air Force Sgt. and 2. Silent silver disk 5000’ over home. Circles Black Mountain. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_849

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “MOUNTAIN VIEW,CA:AF Sgt+2:SLNT SLVR DISK 5000’OVR HOME:CRCLs BLACK Mtn:>>W”, LatLong: “37.400002 -122.100006”, LatLongDMS: “37:24:00 N 122:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5482 (53183F5C)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: TACOMA, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 “spools” connected by rod. Going quickly / plane speed. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_850

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “114”, HatchDesc: “TACOMA,WA:2 OBS:2 “SPOOLS” CONNECTED BY ROD:>>/PLANE SPEED:ABS SILENT”, LatLong: “47.216669 -122.433339”, LatLongDMS: “47:13:00 N 122:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5483 (74055A2F)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: FORT COLLINS, CO
Description: Mrs. Mason. Reflective silver disk / extreme height. Going west / steady course.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_851

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1525”, HatchDesc: “FORT COLLINS,CO:Mrs.MASON:REFLECTIVE SLVR DISK/XTREME HEIGHT:>W/STEADY COURSE”, LatLong: “40.583335 -105.083338”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:00 N 105:05:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5484 (D24135FB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: PAYETTE, ID
Description: 3 surveyors. 4 silver saucers with dark line / center. Going quickly northwest / 800kph. Lost in clouds / 8K’.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_852

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “655”, HatchDesc: “PAYETTE,ID:3 SURVEYORS:4 SLVR SCRS W/DRK LINE/CTR:>>NW/800kph:LOST/CLOUDS/8K’”, LatLong: “44.077780 -116.933339”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:40 N 116:56:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5485 (F598AA13)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: AUGUSTA, ME
Description: Newsman and 1. 12 grey disks very fast going quickly northeast / single file. / CAA report.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_853

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “AUGUSTA,ME:NEWSMAN+1:12 GRY DISKS VFAST >>NE/SINGLE FILE:/CAA REPORT”, LatLong: “44.300002 -69.766670”, LatLongDMS: “44:18:00 N 69:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5486 (ABBE223B)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 13:50
Location: SHREVEPORT, LA
Description: Trucker. 2 spinning disks / succession. Going quickly north fast. Seen briefly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_854

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: “63”, HatchDesc: “SHREVEPORT,LA:TRUCKER:2 SPINNING DISKS/SUCCESSION:>>N FAST:SEEN BRIEFLY:NFD”, LatLong: “32.466668 -93.800004”, LatLongDMS: “32:28:00 N 93:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5487 (42B67EE0)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: AUBURN, CA
Description: 50+observer(s). Several large silver saucers / V-formation. Extreme altitude going quickly south / 1000+MPH.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_855

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “AUBURN,CA:50+OBS:SVRL LARGE SLVR SCRS/V-FORMn:EXTREME ALTITUDE >>S/1000+MPH”, LatLong: “38.883335 -121.066672”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 121:04:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5488 (7D20EF83)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: ANACONDA, MT
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 3 or 6 fast silver objects flutter going quickly east. Type unknown. / police report.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_856

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1604”, HatchDesc: “ANACONDA,MT:2 SEP.OBS:3 or 6 FAST SLVR OBJS FLUTTER >>E:type unk:/POLICE RPT”, LatLong: “46.116669 -112.933339”, LatLongDMS: “46:07:00 N 112:56:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5489 (8CCDAE20)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: COVINGTON, KY
Description: 2 observer(s). Circular object with legs / underside going quickly [to] overhead. Same / Chicago. Back 6 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_857

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “COVINGTON,KY:2 OBS:CIRC.OBJ W/LEGS/UNDERSIDE>>OVHD::SAME/CHICAGO::BACK 6JULY”, LatLong: “39.066669 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5490 (AD42A9A2)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Group / teens. Orange disk follows transport plane going east across river. Going quickly west / 2230hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 325)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_858

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:GRP/TEENS:ORG.DISK FOLOS XPORT PLANE >E ACRS RIVER:>>W/2230hrs”, LatLong: “39.933335 -75.150004”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 75:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5491 (BC50BC26)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~15:10
Location: CAMDEN, NJ
Description: 1 observer. Dull aluminum disk / cloud level going east. 20cm / arms length. Slow. Weaves and jumps.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_859

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “CAMDEN,NJ:1 OBS:DULL ALUM.DISK/CLOUD LVL >E:20cm/ARMS LENGTH:SLOW:WEAVES+JUMPS”, LatLong: “39.927780 -75.122226”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:40 N 75:07:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5492 (A356AF19)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 15:20
Location: ALBANY, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver disk going south. Slows and stops. Going quickly north again into cloud. / r171p79.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_860

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “ALBANY,OR:2 OBS:SLVR DISK> S:SLOWS+STOPS:>>N AGAIN into CLOUD:/r171p79”, LatLong: “44.650002 -123.116673”, LatLongDMS: “44:39:00 N 123:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5493 (ADEBEB0D)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 16:10
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: Retired airman and several. 3 silver saucers / violent maneuvers. Shoot going quickly northwest. / r187#335.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 353)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_861

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “821”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:Retd.AIRMAN+SVRL:3 SLVR SCRS/VIOLENT MNVRS:SHOOT>>NW:/r187#335”, LatLong: “43.583335 -116.200006”, LatLongDMS: “43:35:00 N 116:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5494 (54F70C2F)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: ELIZABETH, NJ
Description: Cop. 2 silver disks dive and maneuver. Erratic going quickly northeast / 400mph. = 12 July / r131#5p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 425)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_862

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “ELIZABETH,NJ:COP:2 SLVR DISKS DIVE+MNVR:ERRATIC >>NE/400mph:=12JLY/r131#5p16”, LatLong: “40.683335 -74.216670”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 74:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5495 (D6859DC5)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 17:40
Location: SOUTH / REDWOOD CITY, CA
Description: Retired airman. A. Fernandez. 6’ disk going quickly southwest. Seen briefly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_863

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “S/REDWOOD CITY,CA:RETd AIRMAN:A.FERNANDEZ:6’DISK >>SW:SEEN BRIEFLY:NFD”, LatLong: “37.466668 -122.216672”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:00 N 122:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5496 (95A177EB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR MONCKS CORNER, SC
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny 10’ flying clam going quickly east faster / plane. Straight and level trajectory. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_864

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “nr MONCKS CORNER,SC:2 OBS:SHINY 10’FLYING CLAM >>E FASTER/PLANE:S/L TRAJ:NFD”, LatLong: “33.194446 -80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “33:11:40 N 80:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5497 (62318FBB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 18:20
Location: CHARLESTON, SC
Description: Several separate observer(s). Silent silver saucer going quickly east over Navy yards. High fast and steady.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 337)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_865

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON,SC:SVRL SEP.OBS:SLNT SLVR SCR >>E OVR NAVY YARDS:HIGH FAST+STEADY”, LatLong: “32.750002 -79.933337”, LatLongDMS: “32:45:00 N 79:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5498 (64F7B704)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR DELL RAPIDS, SD
Description: Dahl and Rutherford / car. Round silver ‘dinner plate’ going quickly north. High and fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_866

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “457”, HatchDesc: “nr DELL RAPIDS,SD:DAHL+RUTHERFORD/CAR:ROUND SLVR ‘DINNER PLATE’>>N:HIGH+FAST:”, LatLong: “43.827780 -96.711116”, LatLongDMS: “43:49:40 N 96:42:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5499 (7E5C0784)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: SAN LEANDRO, CA
Description: Several / police and fire Departments and many calls. White disk circles / 30 minute(s) / 5K’ altitude. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_867

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “SAN LEANDRO,CA:SVRL/POLICE+FIRE DEPTS+MANY CALLS:WHT DISK CCLs/30min/5K’alt:>S”, LatLong: “37.700002 -122.150006”, LatLongDMS: “37:42:00 N 122:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5500 (D9FB0136)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTH OAKLAND, CA
Description: Several / Birch St. Large round very shiny object high and fast going quickly east overhead / 15 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_868

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “S.OAKLAND,CA:SVRL/BIRCH St:LRG ROUND VERY SHINY OBJ HI+FAST >>E OVHD/15sec:NFD”, LatLong: “37.744446 -122.161117”, LatLongDMS: “37:44:40 N 122:09:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5501 (6FB2A6A6)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAPOLIS, OH
Description: TWA crew. Propeller-shape rotates slowly beneath airliner. 200mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_869

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “203”, HatchDesc: “NEAPOLIS,OH:TWA CREW:PROPELLER-SHAPE ROTATES SLOWLY BENEATH AIRLINER:200mph”, LatLong: “41.494446 -83.872226”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:40 N 83:52:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5502 (F82AE168)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~19:00
Location: ALLEGAN, MI
Description: 27 observer(s). 20 8m silver disks in procession east going quickly west. High and fast. Straight and level trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 341)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_870

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “ALLEGAN,MI:27 OBS:20 8m SLVR DISKS in PROCESSION E>>W:HIGH+FAST:S/L TRAJ”, LatLong: “42.527780 -85.855560”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:40 N 85:51:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5503 (2B743B2D)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:30
Location: SHREWSBURY, MA
Description: Series / blue disks going quickly north high and fast in rainstorm. / Bloecher notes.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_871

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “204”, HatchDesc: “SHREWSBURY,MA:SERIES/BLUE DISKS >>N HIGH+FAST in rainstorm:/Bloecher notes”, LatLong: “42.283335 -71.700003”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 71:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5504 (2E663C26)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: 1+several kids. Moon-size silent silver disk going southwest / 3 minute(s). Rather high. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 346)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_872

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: “3”, Elev: “313”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:1+SVRL KIDS:MOONSIZE SLNT SLVR DISK >SW/3min:RATHER HIGH:NFD”, LatLong: “41.266669 -95.900005”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 95:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5505 (7E864A97)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: ~20:00
Location: MEEKER, OK
Description: Bert Hall and wife. Small white washtub-sized disk southwest going northeast. Bobs going up and down / 6500’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_873

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “309”, HatchDesc: “MEEKER,OK:BERT HALL+WIFE:SML WHT WASHTUB-SIZED DISK SW>NE: BOBS ↑+↓/6500’alt”, LatLong: “35.505557 -96.900005”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:20 N 96:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5506 (C9A8E4B2)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: ZANESVILLE, OH
Description: Airport tower. 2 silent ovoid disks just under clouds going quickly northeast fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_874

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “213”, HatchDesc: “ZANESVILLE,OH:AIRPORT TOWER:2 SLNT OVOID DISKS JUST UNDER CLOUDS >>NE FAST”, LatLong: “39.938891 -82.011115”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:20 N 82:00:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5507 (AA52E64C)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Description: Disk lands / farm. Yellow glow. Going up / sparks. Cows bolt. Going quickly southwest. / r187#350.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 354)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_875

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “427”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTEVILLE,AR:DISK LANDS/FARM:YLW GLOW:↑/SPARKS:COWS BOLT:>>SW:/r187#350”, LatLong: “36.094446 -94.166671”, LatLongDMS: “36:05:40 N 94:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5508 (D01EE5E8)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: VALDOSTA, GA
Description: Woman. Small aluminum plate flies behind treeline. No further details / V. Daily Times.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_876

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “VALDOSTA,GA:WOMAN:SML ALUMINUM PLATE FLIES BHND TREELINE:NFD/V.Daily Times”, LatLong: “30.833335 -83.283337”, LatLongDMS: “30:50:00 N 83:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5509 (E25C27B9)

Date: 7/5/1947
Time: 23:40
Location: JANESVILLE, WI
Description: 4 observer(s). Disk circles counterclockwise. Going [to] out and back. Hovers and flutters and circles again. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_877

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “246”, HatchDesc: “JANESVILLE,WI:4 OBS:DISK CCLs CCW:> OUT+BACK:HVRS+FLUTTERS+CIRCLES AGAIN:>>NW”, LatLong: “42.683335 -89.016671”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 N 89:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5510 (0CF99547)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: 9:00 AM. Five discs flew toward the east over the city; one circled back over the city. In the afternoon five witnesses saw a sphere maneuver in-and-out of clouds (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_357

Event 5511 (D1444099)

Date: 7/5/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field; Alamogordo
Description: 3:00 a.m. Acting on what he claims are orders from Brig. Gen. Martin F. Scanlon of the Army’s Air Defense Command, discredited Roswell witness Frank Kaufmann returns to Roswell Army Air Field from Alamogordo to alert Colonel William H. Blanchard, Roswell AAF commanding officer, about a potential crash.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jim Wilson, “Roswell Plus 50,” Popular Mechanics 174 (July 1997): 48–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_997

Event 5512 (280AEBAA)

Date: 7/5/1947
Locations: Roswell, New Mexico; Pine Lodge Road northwest of Roswell
Description: 5:00 a.m. Archaeologists, including William Curry Holden, working the sites around Roswell, New Mexico, stumble across an impact site where an object has crashed. One of them heads to the closest phone to tell Sheriff George A. Wilcox of the discovery of the remains of a crashed aircraft of some kind. Wilcox calls the local fire department to alert them about the crash. One truck, with Dan Dwyer on it, responds to the call. The site is about 35–40 miles north of Roswell. The Roswell Fire Department, escorted by members of the Roswell Police Department, makes a run along Pine Lodge Road northwest of Roswell. They are among the first civilians to stumble across the impact site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 33–36; Thomas J. Carey, “The Search for the Roswell Archaeologists: Casting the Net,” IUR 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1993): 3–8, 23–24; Thomas J. Carey, “The Continuing Search for the Roswell Archaeologists: Closing the Circle,” IUR 19, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1994): 4–12; Kevin D. Randle and Anthony Bragalia, “Two Roswell Witnesses, Reconsidered,” IUR 32, no. 3 (July 2009): 6–8, 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_998

Event 5513 (3AEF92AA)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: 5:01 a.m. Project Mogul Flight number 10, a cluster of plastic balloons, is launched from Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, “The Project Mogul Flights and Roswell,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 6–7, 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_999

Event 5514 (FBC8D283)

Date: 7/5/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico; US Highway 285; Frankfurt, Germany
Description: 5:30 a.m. According to discredited Roswell witness Frank Kaufmann, a small contingent of men from Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico drive north on what is now US Highway 285. Near mile marker 132, they turn off the road and began driving across the desert, stopping from time to time to cut the barbed-wire fencing. They discover a heel-shaped craft measuring about 25 feet long and 12 feet wide embedded in a cliff. The soldiers find civilians on the site already. Besides the archaeologists, a local man named Larry Campbell (later called Jack Armstrong or Cactus Jack) also claims to have been there. They escort them off while others secure the area. Five bodies are allegedly found on the site. The impact site is cleaned and secured by 11:30 a.m. Annie Jacobsen has interviewed Alfred O’Donnell, later an engineer at EG&G, who tells her that one of the objects crashed and was recovered by the Joint Chiefs, including the airframe, propulsion equipment, and the power plant. It has no wings or tail. The fuselage is round and there is a dome on top. Inside there are Cyrillic letters stamped or embossed in a ring running around the inside. Army intelligence officers suspect that the craft is the brainchild of German airplane engineers, Walter and Reimar Horten, working for the Russian military. A frantic search to find what happened to the brothers allegedly takes place; informants like Austrian physicist Adolf Smekal of Frankfurt, Germany, provide leads, with confusing results for several months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 161; Thomas J. Carey, “The Strange Saga of ‘Cactus Jack,’” IUR 22, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 3–11; Jim Wilson, “Roswell Plus 50,” Popular Mechanics 174 (July 1997): 48–53; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 36–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1000

Event 5515 (8A5A954F)

Date: 7/5/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field; Fort Stanton; Lincoln, New Mexico; Albuquerque; Fort Stanton cemetery
Description: 10:00 a.m. W/O Robert Thomas and his crew proceed to the impact site. The bodies, originally covered by sheets, are now in lead-lined body bags. Only those with the highest clearance are allowed close to the center of the impact. Guards are posted, facing out, to keep the curious away. According to researcher Kathy Kasten, the dead bodies are taken to Roswell Army Air Field, but one is still alive and taken to Fort Stanton [now closed] in Lincoln, New Mexico, whose Marine Hospital was used to confine troublesome German and Japanese detainees during World War II. Allegedly, aerospace physician William Randolph Lovelace II travels there from Albuquerque to examine the survivor, who reportedly dies one week later and is buried in the Fort Stanton cemetery.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 161; Nick Redfern, The Roswell UFO Conspiracy, Lisa Hagan, 2017, pp. 204–221
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1001

Event 5516 (2DD935BB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: J. B. Foster ranch house southeast of Corona, New Mexico
Description: Following the rain the night before, Brazel inspects the pastures surrounding the J. B. Foster ranch house southeast of Corona, New Mexico. Riding with him is the young son of the Proctors, William D. Proctor. During the inspection, Brazel discovers a large debris field. Scattered on the slopes and into the sinkhole and depressions are plastic-like beams, pieces of lightweight balsawood-like material only stronger, light metallic foil (which doesn’t stay bent or folded, resumes its original shape, and won’t tear), and heavy-gauge monofilament. The debris is thick enough that the sheep refuse to cross the field and are driven around it to water more than a mile away. Brazel, taking a few scraps of the material, heads to the home of his closest neighbors, Floyd and Loretta Proctor. He shows them “a little sliver” of material that he can neither burn nor cut. Some of the beams have symbols on them that reminds Brazel of Chinese ideograms. The Proctors suggest he take it into town to show the sheriff.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle, “Did a Balloon Crash at Roswell?” IUR 15, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1990): 4–5; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 27– 32, 161; Michael D. Swords, “Roswell: Clashing Visions of the Possible,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 11–13, 33– 35; Robert A. Galganski, “The Roswell Debris Field: Size Doesn’t Matter,” IUR 25, no. 4 (Winter 2000–2001): 14–19, 30; Donald R. Burleson, “Roswell Trajectory Feasibility,” Center for UFO Studies; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, pp. 125–127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1002

Event 5517 (ADAD17DB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Location: Auburn, California
Description: 2:30 p.m. Automobile dealer Kjell Qvale and dozens of others see a triangular formation of silvery discs flying south near Auburn, California. They appear directly overhead and are in view for 3–4 minutes, disappearing one at a time, but not over the hdorizon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Skeptical Experts Call Disc Reports ‘Mass Illusion,’” San Francisco Examiner, July 8, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, p. II-5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1003

Event 5518 (5FEF37C1)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: Later that evening, Brazel removes the large, circular piece of the debris from the range. Brazel either loads it into the back of his truck or drags it along behind. He stores it in a livestock shed about three miles north of the crash site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 163
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1004

Event 5519 (2DA913BF)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: There are 59 UFO reports from across the United States and one from Canada recorded for this day in UFOCAT. The geographical distribution of the UFO sightings is similar to the day before, but with many more reports from California and the Great Lakes. The majority of these reports were of flyovers by daylight discs.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3835

Event 5520 (31AE4D83)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: At 8:00 a.m. two discs zoomed in from the west over Sacramento, California. One banked sharply and headed north. According to one witness, it “seemed to stand on one edge as it turned.” Both objects left vapor trails.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, citing the Sacramento Bee, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3836

Event 5521 (5CE86DDC)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico - Five discs flew toward the east over the city at 9 o’clock in the morning; one circled back over the city. In the afternoon five witnesses saw a sphere maneuver in-and-out of clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave; Albuquerque Journal, July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3837

Event 5522 (F0D544B9)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: In Augusta, Maine at 1:15 p.m. local time, two witnesses, including the program director of WRDO Radio, saw twelve discs flying rapidly in a straight line toward Bangor in a north-northeasterly direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Daily Kennebec Journal, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3838

Event 5523 (B2491682)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: At 1:00 p.m. in 1947 a party of surveyors in Payette, Idaho saw four silvery discs that each had a dark line in the center fly toward the northwest at an estimated speed of 800 km per hour. They were lost in the clouds at an estimated altitude of 8,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 862
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3839

Event 5524 (EBEFFA2E)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: In clear sky at 3:00 p.m. in Anaconda, Montana a man saw six silvery objects fluttering as they flew toward the east. A woman, an independent witness, also saw the same three fluttering objects disappear over the horizon. Both witnesses called the police.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 80
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3840

Event 5525 (010944FB)

Date: 7/5/1947
Description: at 7:00 p.m. in daylight skies over Neapolis, Ohio a TWA flight crew saw a propeller-shaped object rotating slowly as it flew beneath the airliner. It was flying at an estimated speed of 200 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, newspaper clipping dated July 6, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3841

Event 5526 (D0FE991D)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: USA, Kansas City
Description: (Translated from French) Commander A. B. Browning, AC/A3 Pentagon, saw at 1:45 PM aboard a B-42 flying at 10,000 feet, a round silver disc, in clear weather without clouds.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1234

Event 5527 (D06080BF)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: USA, Bozeman
Description: (Translated from French) (United Press) A P-38 pilot reported on July 7 that he had shot down a flying saucer on the 6th, above the Root Mountains in western Alabama. He called the saucer a “flying yo-yo”. The pilot, Vernon Baird of Los Angeles, flying for the Fairchild Photo-grammetric Engineer’s Company, said he spotted the “yo-yo” from his firm’s P-38. For the firm, aerial photos were to be taken between Helena and Yellowstone Park. Vernon Baird and his photographer George Suttin of Los Angeles were flying at 360 mph at 32,400 feet when they had engine trouble. “One hundred yards behind us, the yo-yo was there. It was a kind of small, nicely made round plane, pearl gray in color, with a Plexiglas dome. It measured 15 feet in diameter and nearly 4 feet thick.” The “yo-yo” came over the P-38 and Baird made an evasive maneuver, in which the propeller touched the “yo-yo” which split into two parts, like a shell. The two halves spiraled down somewhere towards the Madison Range. (note from vog: and nobody found a single little piece?) Baird adds that after the fall of the two parts of the “yo-yo” he saw a lot of other of these things, spinning around “like a bunch of molecules dancing the rumba” Baird said he was too preoccupied with his maneuvers to have noted if there was a pilot in this craft. His photographer didn’t even think of taking a photo. [note from vog: doesn’t this look like a journalist hoax?]
Reference: Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1235

Event 5528 (4629F7FE)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: USA, Fairfield-Suisan Air Base (California)
Description: (Translated from French) In broad daylight. At Fairfield (California), Captain Burniston of the AAF and his wife saw, for one minute, a UFO moving quickly while oscillating. It had no wings. (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider) Among the most interesting observations, a large disc was seen accompanied by smaller objects entering or leaving it. This series of testimonies began in the evening in Tucson and a few hours later in Palmdale and Hollywood (California). There were other witnesses afterwards in Tacoma
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 39
Reference: Washington
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1237

Event 5529 (87B6C6BD)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: USA, Temple (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) Landing and ascent of a small disc. (1947, July 6th or 7th)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “From S.V. to UFOs” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 38
Reference: In the documents of the Project Blue Book, the folder referring to this case is empty!
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1250

Event 5530 (B8200B19)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Brazel responds to a call from Frank Joyce, of the local radio, asking to gather any local information, and tells him what he has found.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_651

Event 5531 (04F25452)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Brazel goes to Roswell to report what he saw and show a sample of the debris to Sheriff Wilcox, who decides to notify the local air base.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_652

Event 5532 (9DA634A4)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Several officers arrive a few minutes after the sheriff’s call, examine the debris, then return to the base.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_653

Event 5533 (BADAF475)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Colonel Blanchard orders Major Marcel, responsible for base security, to immediately inspect the debris field, led by Brazel, and to take someone with him. Marcel leaves with Captain Cavitt.
Reference: Bourdais 2000-05
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_654

Event 5534 (49641E16)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At the Fairfield-Suisan (California) USAF base during the day, Air Force Captain James Burniston and his fiancée observed for 1 minute an object without wings or tail swaying 3 times on each side and then quickly flying off to the southeast.
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case #36
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_655

Event 5535 (2334242A)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 3 women are walking in a field and see a circular, luminous object, appearing to float near the ground, as a dirigible would. Coming from the south, it heads towards them before slowly turning towards the south-west and disappearing over a hill. (17 h 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_656

Event 5536 (60BA9092)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS
Description: 1 observer? 13cm grey disk circles observer several times at 60cm altitude!
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_878

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,KS:1 OBS?:13cm GRY DISK CIRCLES OBSERVER SVRL TIMES @ 60cm ALT!”, LatLong: “39.083335 -94.633338”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:00 N 94:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5537 (9C655E8C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 00:20
Location: PATERSON, NJ
Description: Observer(s) = Barton Walker. Moon-size sphere/orb/globe skims along southwest going northwest. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_879

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “PATERSON,NJ:OBS=Barton Walker:MOONSIZE ORB SKIMS ALONG SW>NW:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “40.916669 -74.183337”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:00 N 74:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5538 (4F7C1B44)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 00:30
Location: EUGENE, OR
Description: 3 / car. Big bright shiny disk going [to] slow. Lines radiate outward. Cloudy night.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_880

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “127”, HatchDesc: “EUGENE,OR:3/CAR:BIG BRITE SHINY DISK > SLOW:lines radiate outward:cloudy nite”, LatLong: “44.050002 -123.100006”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 123:06:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5539 (E4930BA6)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 03:00
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: Soldier. 4 pink-silver saucers / uneven V-formation whirl over Canal Street.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 387)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_881

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:SOLDIER:4 PINK-SLVR SCRS/UNEVEN VFORMn WHIRL OVR CANAL STREET”, LatLong: “29.950001 -90.050004”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 90:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5540 (E6019DA0)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: ~05:00
Location: LODI, CA
Description: Farmer. 60cm grey saucer 6m over ground. Nearly hits Pumphouse. Straight and level going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_882

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “LODI,CA:FARMER:60cm GRY SCR 6m OVR GND:NEARLY HITS PUMPHOUSE:STRAIGHT+LVL >>S”, LatLong: “38.127780 -121.272228”, LatLongDMS: “38:07:40 N 121:16:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5541 (05F0BBA5)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 05:00
Location: POCATELLO, ID
Description: 2 / car. 3’ disk with dome and funnel. Going down [to] by meat market. Jerky maneuvers. / r187#383.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_883

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1340”, HatchDesc: “POCATELLO,ID:2/CAR:3’DISK W/DOME+FUNNEL:↓ by MEAT MARKET:JERKY MNVRS:/r187#383”, LatLong: “42.866669 -112.433339”, LatLongDMS: “42:52:00 N 112:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5542 (B15F1631)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 06:00
Location: NORTH / MIAMI SPRS, FL
Description: 2 fishing. 2+1 4M saucers going up / everglades to 1800M and going quickly south fast. / r187#382.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_884

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “N/MIAMI SPRs,FL:2 FISHING:2+1 4M SCRS ↑/EVERGLADES to 1800M+>>S FAST:/r187#382”, LatLong: “25.816668 -80.288893”, LatLongDMS: “25:49:00 N 80:17:20 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5543 (17415006)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 06:40
Location: ASHLAND, OR
Description: Doctor and 2 families camping / McKee Bridge. Silver disk / 7K’ altitude overhead straight and level.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 389)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_885

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “595”, HatchDesc: “ASHLAND,OR:DOCTOR+2 FAMILIES CAMPING/McKEE BRIDGE:SLVR DISK/7K’alt OVHD S/L”, LatLong: “42.183335 -122.700006”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:00 N 122:42:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5544 (AE5CE086)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 07:10
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 1 observer. 2 objects like aluminum toy propellers going south. Stops. Rise until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 391)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_886

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:1 OBS:2 OBJS LIKE ALUM.TOY PROPELLERS >S:STOPS:RISE UNTIL GONE”, LatLong: “47.650002 -117.450006”, LatLongDMS: “47:39:00 N 117:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5545 (3E77DBF7)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 08:20
Location: NEAR PITTSBURG, CA
Description: Pilot-engineer and 1. Silent silver disk going quickly south. Rotates counterclockwise. / r187#395.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_887

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “nr PITTSBURG,CA:PILOT-ENGINEER+1:SLNT SLVR DISK >>S:ROTATES CCW:/r187#395”, LatLong: “38.000002 -121.883339”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 121:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

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Event 5546 (78685C32)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: 3+1 separate observer(s). White object wobble. Shoots going quickly northeast. Also saucer going quickly south. 24hr series. / r187#393.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_888

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:3+1 SEP.OBS:WHT OBJ WOBBLE:SHOOTS>>NE:+SCR>>S:24hr SERIES:/r187#393”, LatLong: “32.200002 -110.866672”, LatLongDMS: “32:12:00 N 110:52:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5547 (87E83C10)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: LAKE LOTAWANA, MO
Description: Physician sailing. 7 saucers going quickly north fast overhead in formation. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 394)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_889

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “LAKE LOTAWANA,MO:PHYSICIAN SAILING:7 SCRS>>N FAST OVHD in FORMATION:NFD”, LatLong: “39.000002 -94.433338”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 94:26:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5548 (1B97C4B9)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: ALEXANDRIA, LA
Description: 4 observer(s). Saucer going quickly northwest. Delta airline(s)/airliner questions all pilots on Ft. Worth route.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_890

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,LA:4 OBS:SCR >>NW:DELTA AL QUESTIONS ALL PILOTS on Ft.WORTH ROUTE”, LatLong: “31.311113 -92.433338”, LatLongDMS: “31:18:40 N 92:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5549 (34AD4249)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 11:00?
Location: FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #36. Air Force pilot. Saucer wobbles 3X. Going quickly southeast. / r187#423+/ r29p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_891

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFIELD-SUISUN,CA:BBK#36:AF PILOT:SCR WOBBLES 3X:>>SE:/r187#423+/r29p21”, LatLong: “38.233335 -122.000006”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:00 N 122:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5550 (E187201B)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: NEW WESTMINSTER, BC
Description: 6 observer(s). Shiny 100M metallic disk going [to] sky / 25km altitude. 3 saucers / dust cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO ROUNDUP weekly email of UFO news: Joseph Trainor. http://www.digiserve.com/ufoinfo/roundup/ … (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_892

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “NEW WESTMINSTER,BC:6 OBS:SHINY 100M MTLC DISK > SKY/25km alt:3 SCRS/DUST CLOUD”, LatLong: “49.233336 -122.966673”, LatLongDMS: “49:14:00 N 122:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25000”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5551 (67505806)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: BUCKLEY NAS, CO
Description: 2 military observer(s). Silent silver saucer shoots going up and down / several min. Shoots away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 403)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_893

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1726”, HatchDesc: “BUCKLEY NAS,CO:2 MIL.OBS:SLNT SLVR SCR SHOOTS ↑+↓/SVRL MIN:SHOOTS AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “39.733335 -104.800005”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 104:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5552 (BA610CC8)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: 16KM SOUTHEAST / BOISE, ID
Description: Airline(s)/airliner passenger. Saucer flashes by going quickly southwest. Stewardess rushes to look.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_894

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “850”, HatchDesc: “16km SE/BOISE,ID:AL PASSENGER:SCR FLASHES BY >>SW:stewardess rushes to look”, LatLong: “43.483335 -116.116672”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:00 N 116:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5553 (7D81E46F)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: LOGANSPORT, IN
Description: Farmer. Whining roar. Grey saucer going down. Hovers and spins. Rises to clouds and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 400)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_895

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “LOGANSPORT,IN:FARMER:WHINING ROAR:GRY SCR ↓:HVRS+SPINS:RISES to CLOUDS+GONE”, LatLong: “40.750002 -86.350004”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 86:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5554 (A8448692)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: Veteran pilot and teacher. Large silver plate going north veers going quickly west out to sea again.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_896

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:VET.PILOT+TEACHER:LRG SLVR PLATE > N VEERS>>W OUT TO SEA AGAIN”, LatLong: “33.783335 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5555 (E4DCD4AF)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 13:50
Location: OVER CLAY CENTER, KS
Description: Army Air Force (AAF) Major / B-25. Bright silver 40’ saucer / 10K’ altitude. Shoots going quickly east. / FBI.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_897

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “370”, HatchDesc: "ovr CLAY CENTER,KS:AAF MAJOR/B-25:BRITE SLVR 40’SCR/10K’alt:SHOOTS >>E:/FBI ", LatLong: “39.383335 -97.116671”, LatLongDMS: “39:23:00 N 97:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5556 (AB964F35)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: 2+2 separate observer(s). Ovoid going quickly northwest. Saucer flies over GG bridge / 600mph / 1452h.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_898

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:2+2 SEP.OBS:OVOID >>NW::SCR FLIES OVR GG BRIDGE/600mph/1452h”, LatLong: “37.800002 -122.466673”, LatLongDMS: “37:48:00 N 122:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5557 (19CF8F0B)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 14:50
Location: ENCAMPMENT, WY
Description: Aviation engineer and 2. Silent ovoid going north sideways. Very large and high. / r242p55.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_899

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2243”, HatchDesc: “ENCAMPMENT,WY:AVIATION ENGINEER+2:SLNT OVOID>N SIDEWAYS:VLARGE+HIGH:/r242p55”, LatLong: “41.211113 -106.788894”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:40 N 106:47:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5558 (1B52B0F1)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: CASPER, WY
Description: 2 observer(s). Glittering disk going quickly east / high altitude. Straight and level flight. (See encampment, WY.)
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 430)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_900

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1567”, HatchDesc: “CASPER,WY:2 OBS:GLITTERING DISK >>E/HIGH ALT:S/L FLITE:(see ENCAMPMENT,WY)”, LatLong: “42.866669 -106.300005”, LatLongDMS: “42:52:00 N 106:18:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5559 (391C9788)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: CLEARWATER, FL
Description: 1 observer. Shiny pie-tin disks flip over and over. Fast and high going quickly southeast. / r187#609.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_901

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “CLEARWATER,FL:1 OBS:SHINY PIE-TIN DISKS FLIP OVR+OVR:FAST+HIGH >>SE:/r187#609”, LatLong: “27.966668 -82.800004”, LatLongDMS: “27:58:00 N 82:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5560 (3E5BEFAB)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: EAST / CASA GRANDE, AZ
Description: 2 disks converge here. 1 from west and 2nd from northeast. Play tag. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Highly doubtful: http://www.cseti.org/crashes/070.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_902

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “425”, HatchDesc: “E/CASA GRANDE,AZ:2 DISKS CONVERGE HERE:1 from W+2nd from NE:PLAY TAG:>>S:”, LatLong: “32.877779 -111.733339”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:40 N 111:44:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5561 (D9D6F2CE)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: SANTA ROSA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). White disk going quickly northeast extremely fast. 4 observer(s). 10 saucers going quickly east / 1000h / 07 July / r187#585.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_903

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “SANTA ROSA,CA:2 OBS:WHT DISK >>NE XFAST::4 OBS:10 SCRS>>E/1000h/07JLY/r187#585”, LatLong: “38.433335 -122.716673”, LatLongDMS: “38:26:00 N 122:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5562 (A09AE870)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: 3 observer(s). Dust cloud / hill. 3 saucers rise from trees. 2 hover. 1 shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_904

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,BC:3 OBS:DUST CLOUD/HILL:3 SCRS RISE FROM TREES:2 HVR:1 SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “49.250002 -123.100006”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 123:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5563 (1637C85C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: SAVANNAH, GA
Description: 5 separate observer(s). 1+2 metallic ovoids going ESE. Descriptions differ. / S. Evening Press.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_905

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “13”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNAH,GA:5 SEP.OBS:1+2 MTLC OVOIDS >ESE:descripts differ:/S.Evening Press”, LatLong: “32.066668 -81.100004”, LatLongDMS: “32:04:00 N 81:06:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5564 (FF1B3494)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: EAST / GREENWOOD, MO
Description: 3 / farm. Large silver plate going north. Turns on edge. Turns 180° back going south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_906

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “295”, HatchDesc: “E/GREENWOOD,MO:3/FARM:LRG SLVR PLATE > N:TURNS ON EDGE:TURNS 180°BACK>S+AWAY”, LatLong: “38.850002 -94.361116”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 94:21:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5565 (B291309E)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: ~17:00
Location: MT. VERNON, WA
Description: 4 car / US99. Shiny disk going quickly southeast. Big fast steady and brief. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_907

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “Mt.VERNON,WA:4 CAR/US99:SHINY DISK >>SE:BIG FAST STEADY+BRIEF:NFD”, LatLong: “48.422225 -122.333339”, LatLongDMS: “48:25:20 N 122:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5566 (12B4693C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 17:10
Location: LAKE PONCHARTRAIN, LA
Description: 5 / boat. 3 shiny saucers / delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation high and fast going quickly north. Enter cloud…
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_908

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAKE PONCHARTRAIN,LA:5/BOAT:3 SHINY SCRS/DLT-FORMn HIGH+FAST>>N:ENTER CLOUD…”, LatLong: “30.000001 -90.066671”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 N 90:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5567 (42DE0273)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: SIOUX FALLS, SD
Description: 1 observer. Silver sphere/orb/globe going quickly southwest faster / any plane. 10K’ altitude. Rod sticks going down / center.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 452)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_909

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “433”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX FALLS,SD:1 OBS:SLVR ORB>>SW FASTER/ANY PLANE:10K’alt:ROD STICKS↓/CENTER”, LatLong: “43.550002 -96.733338”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 96:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5568 (61EB6E84)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: EMPORIA, KS
Description: 3 / observer(s). Silent shiny saucer going north low and slow over wheat field. Veers going southwest. Skims hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_910

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “368”, HatchDesc: “EMPORIA,KS:3/OBS:SLNT SHINY SCR > N LO+SLO ovr WHEAT FLD:VEERS >SW:SKIMS HILLS”, LatLong: “38.405557 -96.183338”, LatLongDMS: “38:24:20 N 96:11:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5569 (5C233247)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: DARLINGTON, SC
Description: FBI wire / 12 saucers( = boomerangs) / 200mph. Army plane follows. / r187#444.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_911

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “DARLINGTON,SC:FBI WIRE/12 SCRS(=BOOMERANGS)/200mph:ARMY PLANE FOLOS:/r187#444”, LatLong: “34.300002 -79.877782”, LatLongDMS: “34:18:00 N 79:52:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5570 (56CB0B43)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: MILWAUKEE, WI
Description: 1+2 observer(s). 3 saucers going northwest. Change color(s). 1 back from northwest / 2025hrs veers going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 455)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_912

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “191”, HatchDesc: “MILWAUKEE,WI:1+2 OBS:3 SCRS > NW:CHANGE CLRS::1 BACK fm NW/2025hrs VEERS >>S”, LatLong: “43.033335 -87.950004”, LatLongDMS: “43:02:00 N 87:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5571 (63F385DE)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NORTHWEST / RICHMOND, VA
Description: 3 / car. 12 shiny silent 25’ metal saucers wave and flip going quickly north / 500’ altitude below clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_913

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “NW/RICHMOND,VA:3/CAR:12 SHINY SLNT 25’MTL SCRS WAVE+FLIP>>N/500’alt BLW CLOUDS”, LatLong: “37.583335 -77.500004”, LatLongDMS: “37:35:00 N 77:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5572 (1B6A228E)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NORMAN, OK
Description: University Dean / engineering and 4. 1+2 objects going quickly west / incredible speed. 20K’ altitude. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 456)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_914

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “NORMAN,OK:UNIV.DEAN/ENGINEERING+4:1+2 OBJs >>W/INCRED.SPEED:20K’alt:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “35.250002 -97.433338”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 97:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 5573 (F8747294)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: MORA, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). 1 classic saucer north going quickly south fast. / letter to Albuquerque Journal 9 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_915

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2188”, HatchDesc: “MORA,NM:2 OBS:1 CLASSIC SCR N>>S FAST:/LETTER to ALBUQQ JOURNAL 9JLY47:”, LatLong: “35.966668 -105.327783”, LatLongDMS: “35:58:00 N 105:19:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5574 (D8CDFBAF)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: ~18:00
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: 21+observer(s). Silver disk whirls and changes direction several X / several min. Going quickly northwest. Searching?
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 476)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_916

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “822”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:21+OBS:SLVR DISK WHIRLS+CHANGES DIRn SVRL X/SVRL min:>>NW:searching?”, LatLong: “43.583335 -116.216672”, LatLongDMS: “43:35:00 N 116:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5575 (3098AC16)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: TERRACE PARK, OH
Description: 1 observer. 2 shiny silver plates going north under overcast. Straight & level flight. / r187#445.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_917

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “TERRACE PARK,OH:1 OBS:2 SHINY SLVR PLATES >N UNDER OVERCAST:S&L:/r187#445”, LatLong: “39.161113 -84.305560”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:40 N 84:18:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5576 (1C200ED5)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: ANADARKO, OK
Description: 5 observer(s). 1 round object going west “awfully fast”. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 458)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_918

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “ANADARKO,OK:5 OBS:1 ROUND OBJ >W “AWFULLY FAST”:NFD:”, LatLong: “35.050002 -98.238894”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 98:14:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5577 (3C4F4C48)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: WEST / SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 saucer north going quickly south / high altitude. Change formations. Going quickly southwest. / r187#291+/ r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_919

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “W/SALT LAKE CITY,UT:2 OBS:3 SCR N>>S/HI ALT:CHANGE FORMns:>>SW:/r187#291+/r171”, LatLong: “40.750002 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5578 (DA79D9C7)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: US71 SOUTH / FAUCETT, MO
Description: 5+observer(s). Star-like silver disk dips and climbs again. Going quickly northeast straight and level. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 468)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_920

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “295”, HatchDesc: “US71 S/FAUCETT,MO:5+OBS:STARLIKE SLVR DISK DIPS+CLIMBS AGAIN:>>NE S/L:VFAST”, LatLong: “39.566669 -94.794449”, LatLongDMS: “39:34:00 N 94:47:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5579 (66BCA578)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: LONDONDERRY, NH
Description: H. Healy. 2 big fast disks northeast going quickly southwest / 2500’ altitude with whistling sound. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_921

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “LONDONDERRY,NH:H.HEALY:2 BIG FAST DISKS NE>>SW/2500’alt W/WHISTLING SOUND:NFD”, LatLong: “42.866669 -71.372226”, LatLongDMS: “42:52:00 N 71:22:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5580 (7976767B)

Date: 7/6/1947 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Description: Boy / 14. 3 large “aluminum plates” / V-formation going west. Straight and level trajectory / 5 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_922

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “VALLEY STREAM,NY:BOY/14:3 LRG “ALUMINUM PLATES”/VFORMn >W: S/L TRAJ/5min:NFD”, LatLong: “40.666669 -73.711115”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 73:42:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5581 (05D1D2A3)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: PORTSMOUTH, VA
Description: 11 observer(s). Black disk going quickly northwest. Straight and level flight “as if towed”. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 457)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_923

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PORTSMOUTH,VA:11 OBS:BLACK DISK >>NW:S/L FLITE “AS IF TOWED”:NFD”, LatLong: “36.833335 -76.316670”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 76:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5582 (CFD9A832)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: WEST HARTFORD, CT
Description: 6+observer(s). Reddish-brown colored disk going quickly northwest fast. Straight and level. “Plane speed or greater”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_924

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “W.HARTFORD,CT:6+OBS:REDDISH-BRN DISK >>NW FAST:S/L:“PLANE SPEED OR GREATER””, LatLong: “41.761113 -72.744448”, LatLongDMS: “41:45:40 N 72:44:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5583 (0E0E019B)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: ~19:00
Location: EDGEWOOD, TX
Description: 11 observer(s). Light colored 40’ disk faster / plane. Just below clouds. Rises going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 477)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_925

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “428”, HatchDesc: “EDGEWOOD,TX:11 OBS:LITE CLRD 40’DISK FASTER/PLANE:JUST BLW CLOUDS:RISES >>NW”, LatLong: “32.700002 -95.883338”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 95:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5584 (3D89C753)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: SAN RAFAEL, CA
Description: Cop and 3. Disk dips and rises / Eastern sky. Humming sound unlike plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_926

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SAN RAFAEL,CA:COP+3:DISK DIPS+RISES/EASTERN SKY:HUMMING SOUND UNLIKE PLANE”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.533339”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5585 (4540B55E)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:10
Location: US6 NORTHEAST / GRETNA, NE
Description: Omaha couple. 1 aluminum sphere very high and fast. “Went straight east going quickly [to] W”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 470)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_927

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “370”, HatchDesc: “US6 NE/GRETNA,NE:OMAHA COUPLE:1 ALUM.SPHERE VHI+FAST:“WENT STRAIGHT E>>W””, LatLong: “41.166669 -96.200005”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 96:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5586 (17F60456)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: LADUE, MO
Description: 15 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 3+3 silent saucers going south / high altitude. Kite-like object bobs going up and down / 45 minute(s)!
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 461)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_928

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “LADUE,MO:15 OBS/BINOCS:3+3 SLNT SCRS >S/HI ALT:KITELIKE OBJ BOBS ↑+↓/45min!”, LatLong: “38.650002 -90.383338”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 90:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5587 (7373CCED)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: FERGUSON, MO
Description: William Good and wife at home. Silent disk going quickly east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 466)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_929

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “FERGUSON,MO:WILLIAM GOOD+WIFE at home:SLNT DISK >>E:NFD”, LatLong: “38.744446 -90.305560”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:40 N 90:18:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5588 (59F4E26C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: SHREWSBURY, MO AND ST. LOUIS
Description: Many separate observer(s). 3+3 shiny silent disks going quickly east. High and fast. / r171p80.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_930

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “SHREWSBURY,MO+St.LOUIS:MANY SEP.OBS:3+3 SHINY SLNT DISKS >>E:HI+FAST:/r171p80”, LatLong: “38.588891 -90.338893”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:20 N 90:20:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5589 (986044E1)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: ROCHESTER, NY
Description: K. Ohley and wife. Fast silent disk going east right over yard / 3-4 second(s). Straight and level trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 459)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_931

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “ROCHESTER,NY:K.OHLEY+WIFE:FAST SLNT DISK >E RIGHT OVR YARD/3-4sec:S/L TRAJ”, LatLong: “43.133335 -77.616670”, LatLongDMS: “43:08:00 N 77:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5590 (4E4AF42D)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: Many separate observer(s). Up to 11 saucers and 40 night lights. Saucers whirl. Going quickly west. Blue Book. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 482)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_932

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,AL:MANY SEP.OBS:UP TO 11 SCRS+40 NLTS:SCRS WHIRL:>>W:BBK:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “33.516668 -86.816671”, LatLongDMS: “33:31:00 N 86:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5591 (A0BC88CF)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: 3+observer(s). Luminous disk very fast / 3K’ altitude north going quickly south. Rim glows. No traces / effects.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 500)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_933

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “139”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:3+OBS:LUMn.DISK VFAST/3K’alt N>>S:RIM GLOWS:NO TRACES/EFFECTS”, LatLong: “32.783335 -96.766671”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 96:46:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5592 (EA3CCD42)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 21:00?
Location: COPENHAGEN, DK
Description: 2+observer(s). Saucer seen. No further details. (AP) Stockholm Aftonbladet 7 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_934

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “COPENHAGEN,DK:2+OBS:SCR SEEN:NFD:(AP) STOCKHOLM AFTONBLADET 7JLY47”, LatLong: “55.700003 12.450001”, LatLongDMS: “55:42:00 N 12:27:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5593 (27D1DAAC)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 21:10
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Group / disks shoot going quickly west. 2 minute(s) later 2 silver saucers fly going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_935

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:2 SEP.OBS:GROUP/DISKS SHOOT>>W::2min LATER 2 SLVR SCRS FLY>>SW”, LatLong: “39.750002 -104.950005”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 104:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5594 (3C63A17F)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: KANKAKEE, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). 5 saucers / row roll / edge like string of wheels / sky. Blue glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 481)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_936

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “192”, HatchDesc: “KANKAKEE,IL:2 OBS:5 SCRS/ROW ROLL/EDGE LIKE STRING OF WHEELS/SKY:BLUE GLOW”, LatLong: “41.133335 -87.850004”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:00 N 87:51:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5595 (DD68C40F)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: EAST LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Newsman J. Harris. Blue-luminous wheel-like object wobbles. Straight and level trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 524)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_937

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “102”, HatchDesc: “E.LOS ANGELES,CA:NEWSMAN J.HARRIS:BLUE-LUMn.WHEEL-LIKE OBJ WOBBLES:S/L TRAJ.”, LatLong: “34.016668 -118.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 118:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5596 (809B962C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: EAST PROVIDENCE, RI
Description: 1 observer. Luminous disk “W / Maltese cross” high and fast straight and level going quickly north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 502)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_938

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “E.PROVIDENCE,RI:1 OBS:LUMn.DISK “W/MALTESE CROSS” HI+FAST S/L >>N:NFD”, LatLong: “41.816669 -71.366670”, LatLongDMS: “41:49:00 N 71:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5597 (79F62137)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: LAKE GENEVA TO/FROM BURLINGTON, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer with large propeller outruns light plane. Flash.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_939

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “246”, HatchDesc: “LAKE GENEVA><BURLINGTON,WI:2 OBS:SCR W/LRG PROPELLER OUTRUNS LITE PLANE:FLASH”, LatLong: “42.633335 -88.333338”, LatLongDMS: “42:38:00 N 88:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5598 (98F41260)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: WOODLAWN, MD
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 4 luminous saucers drift going west / cloud altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 508)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_940

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “WOODLAWN,MD:2 SEP.OBS:4 LUMn.SCRS DRIFT >W/CLOUD ALTITUDE:NFD”, LatLong: “39.633335 -76.077781”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:00 N 76:04:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5599 (A2485B80)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: PRESTON, ON
Description: 1 observer. Fiery red disk ‘like washing machine lid’ going quickly west over town. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_941

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “288”, HatchDesc: “PRESTON,ON:1 OBS:FIERY RED DISK ‘LIKE WASHING MACHINE LID’ >>W OVR TOWN:NFD”, LatLong: “43.400002 -80.350004”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 80:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5600 (57920E06)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 22:40
Location: PALMDALE, CA
Description: 1 observer. Mother saucer with small saucers play / sky. Out and back several X. Going south toward(s) L.A.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_942

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “775”, HatchDesc: “PALMDALE,CA:1 OBS:MOTHER SCR W/SML SCRS PLAY/SKY:OUT+BACK SVRL X:>S twrd L.A.”, LatLong: “34.566668 -118.127783”, LatLongDMS: “34:34:00 N 118:07:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5601 (F6C5F410)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 23:00?
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: 3+2 separate observer(s). Shiny disk extremely fast going quickly west. “Lobster like with claws” / 1 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_943

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:3+2 SEP.OBS:SHINY DISK XFAST >>W:“LOBSTER LIKE W/CLAWS”/1 OBS”, LatLong: “39.783335 -86.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:47:00 N 86:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5602 (F7417C89)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 23:00
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: 6-8 12’ saucers dart to and fro / news and FBI. Possible same / Palmdale objects. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_944

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:6-8 12’SCRS DART TO+FRO/NEWS+FBI:POSS.SAME/PALMDALE OBJs:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “34.116668 -118.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 118:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5603 (D5D39B34)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 23:20
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: Dozens / separate observer(s). Large flashy disks going quickly east straight over lake. / r151+The New York Times (NYT.)
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 519)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_945

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:DOZENS/SEP.OBS:LRG FLASHY DISKS >>E STRAIGHT OVR LAKE:/r151+NYT”, LatLong: “41.850002 -87.616671”, LatLongDMS: “41:51:00 N 87:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5604 (89773691)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 23:50
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 1 observer. 25cm plate with propeller / rear flies over home / treetop level.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 526)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_946

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:1 OBS:25cm PLATE W/PROPELLER/REAR FLIES OVR HOME/TREETOP LVL”, LatLong: “44.950002 -93.233338”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 93:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5605 (DDB8BB7A)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: 23:50
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: 1 observer. “Rolling” luminous disk south of town going quickly west. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_947

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:1 OBS:“ROLLING” LUMn.DISK SOUTH OF TOWN >>W:NFD”, LatLong: “41.250002 -95.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 N 95:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5606 (57747B24)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: Fairfield-Suisan AFB, CA
Description: Round Flat Object Size Of C-54 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 36)
Reference: NICAP: 470706
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_358

Event 5607 (83ADC0D0)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: Clay Center, KS
Description: 30-50’ Circular Object Paces B-25, Accelerates (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470706
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_359

Event 5608 (DC036F97)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: S. Central, WY
Description: Aviation engineer saw oval UFO. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_360

Event 5609 (CA649AD9)

Date: 7/6/1947
Time: Daytime
Location: Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, California
Description: Witnesses: Army Air Forces Capt. and Mrs. James Burniston. Watched for 1 minute while one object having no wings or tail rolled from side-to-side three times and then flew away very fast to the southeast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_2

Event 5610 (46B3352B)

Date: 7/6/1947
Locations: Roswell, New Mexico; Roswell Army Air Field; Brazel’s ranch
Description: Brazel gets up early, completes his chores, and then drives into Roswell, New Mexico, about 75 miles away. He stops at the office of Sheriff George A. Wilcox. Contrary to published reports, Wilcox is excited about the find and suggests the military at the Roswell Army Air Field [now closed] be notified. While waiting for the military officers to arrive, Wilcox dispatches two of his deputies to the ranch. They have only the directions given by Brazel, but both men are familiar with the territory; and Wilcox believes they will be able to find the debris field. KGFL reporter Frank Joyce calls Wilcox, who tells him Brazel is in his office with an interesting story. Brazel allegedly gets on the phone with Joyce and mentions debris and a stench from dead bodies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 163–164
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1005

Event 5611 (A2105D76)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: Clay Center, Kansas
Description: 1:45 p.m. Maj. A. B. Browning and the crew of a B-25 flying over Clay Center, Kansas, see a silvery disc about 30–50 feet in diameter slightly lower than their plane. It paces them for a while then shoots off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “30–50ʹ Circular Object Paces B-25, Accelerates”; Bloecher, p. III-11; Sparks, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1006

Event 5612 (B4BB471D)

Date: 7/6/1947
Locations: Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field; Fairfield, California
Description: Day. Army Air Corps Capt. James H. Burniston and his wife watch a round, flat object that oscillates on its lateral axis of travel three quarters of the way across the sky in a few seconds at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field [now Travis AFB] near Fairfield, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Round Flat Object Size of C-54”; Bloecher, p. III-3; Sparks, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1007

Event 5613 (D4CC8687)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: Encampment, Wyoming
Description: 2:45 p.m. David A. Kenney, an aircraft instruments engineer, and two others watch an oval-shaped UFO flying at a high altitude for nearly 2 minutes near Encampment, Wyoming.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-17; David Kenney, “Right Place, Right Time,” IUR 30, no. 4 (August 2006): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1008

Event 5614 (0B104169)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: 317 Ash Street, Tempe, Arizona
Description: Afternoon. Francis Howell and his wife are in their yard at 317 Ash Street in Tempe, Arizona, when they see an object floating down to the ground with a kite-like motion. It appears to be about 2 feet across and made of aluminum. It disappears behind some trees. The Howells and some neighbors walk toward the place where it apparently has landed, and they see the disc ascend at a 45° angle and move at high speed toward the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Tempeans See ‘Disc,’” Phoenix Arizona Republic, July 7, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, p. II-13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1009

Event 5615 (4D3DC3D8)

Date: 7/6/1947
Locations: Roswell AAF; Ranch; Fort Worth Army Air Field; Washington, D.C.
Description: Colonel William H. Blanchard, Roswell AAF commanding officer, entrusted with oversight of the first and only atomic-bomb strike force in the world, the 509th Bomb Group, orders Jesse A. Marcel, the air intelligence officer, to investigate the debris report. Marcel immediately drives to the sheriff’s office. Marcel interviews Brazel, examines the pieces of the material that Brazel brought in, and decides he had better visit the ranch to examine the field for himself. Marcel, taking some of the debris with him, returns to the base and reports to Blanchard on what he has seen. Blanchard, convinced that he is in possession of something highly unusual, perhaps Soviet, alerts the next higher headquarters. Marcel and Blanchard all know this is from not any type of balloon. Marcel returns to the sheriff’s office with the senior counterintelligence agent assigned to the base, CIC Captain Sheridan W. Cavitt. They escort Brazel back to his ranch and examine the debris field. Acting on orders from Major General Clements McMullen, deputy commander of the Strategic Air Command, Blanchard obtains more of the debris from the sheriff’s office. It is sealed in a courier pouch and loaded on an airplane to be flown on to the Fort Worth Army Air Field, where it is given to Colonel Thomas J. DuBose for transport on to Washington, D.C. After Marcel and Cavitt leave with Brazel, the two deputies return to say they did not find the debris field but observed a burned area in one of the pastures. There the sand has been turned to glass and blackened. It looks as if something circular has touched down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 37–40, 164; Good Need, p. 89; Nukes 482–483
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1010

Event 5616 (2E6BAA64)

Date: 7/6/1947
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Description: 8:45 p.m. Army Staff Sgt. Ira L. Livingston watches a procession of glowing round objects moving at 500 mph over Birmingham, Alabama. A new one appears every 5 seconds. Many others report UFOs in the area between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. Robert Crossland, a copy reader for the Birmingham Age-Herald, takes a photo that shows two round white spots close together.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, pp. III-3–4, IV-4; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, pp. 67–68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1011

Event 5617 (CE4E2BA2)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: 9:00 p.m. Because of the distance to the ranch over roads that are less than adequate, Brazel, Marcel, and Cavitt do not arrive until after dark. They stay at the “Hines” house (an old ranch house close to the debris field), eat cold beans, and wait for daylight. Marcel runs a Geiger counter over the large piece of wreckage Brazel has stored in the cattle shed. He detects no sign of radiation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1012

Event 5618 (235B4777)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: There are 127 UFO reports for this day recorded in the UFOCAT database. Cities with multiple reports include St. Louis, Missouri: Birmingham, Alabama; Tucson, Arizona; Patterson, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois, Darlington, South Carolina; Boise, Idaho; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Portland, Oregon; and Mount Vernon, Washington.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3855

Event 5619 (6DAE9292)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At five o’clock in the morning, Mr. McLean and his son were driving through Pocatello, Idaho at dawn when they saw a three-foot wide disc with a bulge in the middle land on a city street. It rose up, made some jerky movements, and then shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Pocatello Tribune, July 7, 1947; Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, July 8, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3856

Event 5620 (2FC0CBFF)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: Mr. Bates, an airline passenger in a plane flying southeast of Boise, Idaho watched a disc flash by his window at one o’clock in the afternoon. It was heading toward the southwest. A stewardess quickly rushed over to look. That evening over Boise, silver discs whirled and changed directions several times in several minutes, as if searching for something.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, letters received by Civilian Saucer Intelligence, Los Angeles, April 5, 1952; Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3857

Event 5621 (416EB949)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: Three airmen flying aboard an Army Air Force B-25 near Clay Center, Kansas saw a silvery circular object, 10-15 meters in diameter, at 1:45 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3858

Event 5622 (4FDE525A)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: A Phillips Petroleum aircraft with two men on board, flying near the Kansas-Colorado border, reported that nine metallic, revolving objects came flying at their airplane this afternoon, one-by-one, for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3859

Event 5623 (36ED8F90)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: On this day Mr. Miller, a farmer in Logansport, Indiana heard a whining roar that drew his attention to a gray, spinning saucer-shaped object in the sky. It descended and hovered for several seconds. It then rose up into the clouds and was gone from view.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Indianapolis News, July 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3860

Event 5624 (AE0F506B)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 4:00 p.m. in Savannah, Georgia a metallic ovoid object, then two more metallic ovoid craft flew in the direction of the ESE; descriptions of the UFO differed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomena 1947-1967, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3861

Event 5625 (006EEC85)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: Three shiny discs in a delta formation flew high and fast toward the north across Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana at 5:10 p.m. They entered a cloud and were gone from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 451
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3862

Event 5626 (502897E0)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 5:15 p.m. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota a silver orb shot toward the southwest “faster than any plane.” It flew at an estimated altitude of ten thousand feet. It had what appeared to be a road stuck through the center of the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sioux Falls (SD) Daily Argus-Leader, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3863

Event 5627 (EDED423A)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 5:30 p.m. a low flying shiny circular object, floated like dirigible near the ground over a wheat field in Emporia, Kansas. It veered slowly to pass over a hill and fly toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A preliminary report on the 1947 UFO sighting wave, p. 85
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3864

Event 5628 (5F56BD89)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Stollmaier in Terrace Park, Ohio saw two “shiny silver plates” travel north to south at high rate of speed. They appeared to be gaining altitude as they flew. At the same time northwest of Richmond, Virginia twelve shiny metallic discs wavered and flipped across the sky, just below the clouds at an estimated altitude of 500 feet. At 7:00 p.m. a black disc flew across the sky in Portsmouth, Virginia. It flight was silent, “as if towed.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Cincinnati Enquirer, July 7, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, cases 442 & 457
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3865

Event 5629 (5D114DF3)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At six o’clock in the evening in Norman, Oklahoma the University of Oklahoma Dean of Engineering and four others watched one, then two more UFOs shoot to the west at a very high speed. They were estimated to be flying at 20,000 feet altitude. A round object flew across the sky to the west “awfully fast” over Anadarko, Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. That same evening a light colored 40-foot wide disc flew just below the clouds in Edgewood, Texas. It speed was judged to be faster than a plane, and it seemed to be gaining altitude as it flew toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Daily Oklahoman, July 8, 1947; Dallas Morning News, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3866

Event 5630 (FE826415)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 7:00 p.m. three families in West Hartford, Connecticut including a physician, saw a reddish brown disc move at great speed in a straight line flying toward the northwest. At about the same time in New Hampshire two large discs flew over the town of Londonderry, making a whistling noise. That same night a disc with a Maltese cross inscribed on it flew on a straight, northerly course over East Providence, Rhode Island.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hartford Times, July 7, 1947; Manchester Union-Leader, July 7, 1947; Providence Journal, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3867

Event 5631 (BE0D2CFA)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: At 7:00 p.m. a silver disc dipped down out of the sky and climbed back up again south of St. Joseph, Missouri. It then shot to the northeast very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 468
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3868

Event 5632 (681B0820)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: A 9:45 p.m. a military witness sighted up to eleven discs and some 40 nocturnal lights over Birmingham, Alabama. The discs whirled through the sky and flew off toward the west. Both the Air Force and the FBI investigated the case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3869

Event 5633 (FD070A4C)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: Four luminous discs drifted to the west at the same altitude as the clouds at 10:30 p.m. over Woodlawn, Maryland.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Baltimore News-Post, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3870

Event 5634 (62E9A52D)

Date: 7/6/1947
Description: A “rolling” luminous disc was seen flying south of Omaha, Nebraska at 11:45 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Omaha World-Herald, July 7, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3871

Event 5635 (30A454FD)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Secret operation to recover a crashed saucer in NM 75 miles northwest of Roswell Army Air Base (RAAF)
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (crash)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_247

Event 5636 (BCCD5C47)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Newspaper article: A P-38 tangles with a flying disc at 32k ft near LA, gets caught in prop wash and appears to disintegrate and crash, pilots forced to recant their story in contradictory manner
Type: anomalous incident
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_248

Event 5637 (25C69D2E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Spokane, CA
Description: Newspaper article: “Army can’t locate crashed saucers” in Spokane area
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_249

Event 5638 (467364C0)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Medford, OR
Description: OREGON HAS MORE SAUCERS - David W. chase of Phoenix, Oregon, radar technician saw an object five miles south of Medford, flying eastward, going 6-700 miles an hour at approximately 10,000 feet. It was in view about 60 or 70 seconds before disappearing over the horizon. The total view of the course was about 150 degrees. The saucer flew on edge at right angles to the plane of the earth and gave off a bright blue-white light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff5 )
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_250

Event 5639 (BBCAE80E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Description: CAMERA CATCHES TWO IN FLIGHT - Photographer Al Hixenbaugh took a photo of a flying saucer at 10:15. There were three objects in the sky, but he had time to snap only two. They made no sound. Neither did Hixenbaugh. He had no comment as to what they might be. They look like either two very bright saucer trails, or two saucers seen flat edge on against a dark sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Louisville Times - Fortean Society Sightings (Scully box 3 ff5 )
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_251

Event 5640 (749E69E7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Lancaster, March Field
Description: (Translated from French) (Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 8, 1947) A rotating disc is said to have fallen into a ravine behind the trees, near Lancaster. “Fifteen or twenty trees caught fire,” said the witness. A farmer by the name of Frits Godde denies it, he says that the ovoid and silver saucers were flying in a straight line towards Redlands, he told H.J. Stell, truck driver, who saw eight of them this morning at 6:12. Another farmer, R.V. Allen, says that a whole troop of these objects passed over Ontario. “They flew through the air like a pole swimming in water,” he said. Another witness recounts that they flew so low that their engines could be heard. As for Hall Hibbard, vice president of Lockheed, he claims to know nothing of a secret project. He supposes that the witnesses are seeing reflections on airplanes, that it is a kind of collective hysteria coupled with the desire of some to see their name printed in the newspapers.
Reference: Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1238

Event 5641 (5254A27C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Koekonong and East Troy (Wisconsin)
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:45 an instructor and a trainee, saw during a training flight, a UFO descending towards the ground, then flying horizontally at a speed of 9600 km/h. Around 14:30 a captain of the AAF and a passenger, during a flight, saw a UFO flying at 7000 km/h.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1239

Event 5642 (063A0F33)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Phoenix (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) William Rhodes was on his way to his laboratory located behind his home when he heard a noise above him. He looked up and saw a dark circular object spinning above the house. He rushed to the laboratory and came out with his camera: he was able to take two pictures published on July 9 in the Arizona Republic of Phoenix. A few weeks later an officer and an FBI agent went to Rhodes’ house who spontaneously gave them the original negatives. Afterwards, he tried in vain to get them back. (Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 39) He saw a dark, elliptical, flat, heel-shaped object flying between 400 and 600 mph. The photo shows an irregular shape and looks very much like the description made at the other end of the country, in Lakeland, Florida. (see next case).
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 56
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1240

Event 5643 (1CA72984)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Lakeland (Florida)
Description: (Translated from French) A man heard a whistling sound and this noise was followed by the appearance of five unidentified objects flying towards the northeast. After the observation, the witness constructed a model of what he had seen. It was a single-leaf clover-shaped craft with a small vertical tail and topped with a dome.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 56
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1241

Event 5644 (764E891C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Port Costa, California
Description: (Translated from French) (United Press) Ralph Dinsmore reported having observed a formation of flying saucers in the vicinity of Mount Diablo. The central object seemed to have a protuberance resembling a coffee cup and just below it there was another bearing a symbol that announced “5 cents”. As he watched, the “5 cents” announcement seemed to change into a “10 cents” configuration while the coffee in the saucer’s cup seemed to empty, the sugar disappeared and the cream too. (note from vog: !!!) Three police officers from San Leandro saw the saucer last night coming from the west, hovering over San Leandro at an altitude of 10,000 feet, for an entire hour. Private pilot Robert O’Hara from Hamilton Field, Marin County reported having seen a 40-foot saucer above the field at about 6000 feet. Frank Tylman, engineer and pilot during the first world war, saw with his 9-year-old son Danny a saucer on Sunday at 8:20 in the morning, 2 miles west of Pittsburg, Contra Costa County. “It was catapulting towards Mt Diablo,” he said, “turning counterclockwise, at an altitude of about 3000 feet, and faster than a jet. The wingspan was that of a P-80, it was silver, circular in shape, curved above and below and it left no condensation trail or smoke.”
Reference: Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1242

Event 5645 (D31C8EF7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Riverside (California)
Description: (Translated from French) In the early morning a man stepped out of his house to find the cause of the static electricity noise emitted by the radio. He then saw hovering above a high-tension line, six small discs, the size of small plates.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1243

Event 5646 (C2D24868)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Colton (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 6:21 eight objects in the shape of discs, or ovoid of silver color were observed flying silently in single file. One of the discs was more elliptical and was flashing. The witness said that the unidentified objects were flying much faster than airplanes.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1244

Event 5647 (24D85BD7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, San Carlos (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:35 Stanley Miramon and his mother saw about thirty objects circling above them at an altitude of 2000 feet. Miramon compared their size to that of an automobile and said they were round and silver in appearance.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1245

Event 5648 (EAC4F5F7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Glenn (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Two farmers busy with their harvest saw the sun reflecting off three “rows” of discs passing overhead. They estimated that there must have been at least 25 objects flying at high speed in a wavelike and rocking motion from right to left. Before they were out of sight, they saw the three rows change into a V formation.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1246

Event 5649 (4D75AD32)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Sacramento
Description: (Translated from French) William Smith, a photographer for the “Bee”, saw a round object that seemed to be doing loops in the air, alternately showing a dark side and a light side. Smith had served as an aviator in the Navy. He wanted to take a picture of the objects, but when he returned with his camera, they had disappeared.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1247

Event 5650 (724400EB)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Palmdale
Description: (Translated from French) (United Press) Mrs. Amy Herdliska reported to the police that she saw a “mother” saucer eject five small saucers above the mountains. The small discs scattered, returned to the mother disc and were seemingly absorbed by it. It was a bit like a mother hen and her chicks. (Internet, May 1997).
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1248

Event 5651 (8563B366)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Sonoma (California)
Description: (Translated from French) (United Press) General H. H. (Hap) Arnold, head of the armed forces during World War II, stated this day that the saucers are probably a development of American scientific research, but not yet perfected. He added that it could of course be foreign country’s devices, which have escaped all control. Lastly, the general supposes that they are simply combat aircraft.
Reference: Internet, May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1249

Event 5652 (A4605BB3)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Shreveport, Louisiana
Description: (Translated from French) The FBI office in New Orleans reported by telex on 7.7.47 that a small disc had been found. It had descended from the sky emitting smoke. The secret service of the army (G-2) of Barksdale was charged with retrieving it. It was a small flat disc 16 inches in diameter (40 cm) to which two small nozzles were applied. The G-2 of Barksdale had proposed to the FBI to take care of it themselves and the director (Hoover) was informed the next day, July 8, that the Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal had published the day before that Father Joseph Braskey had discovered a wooden saucer. The FBI could not fail to note that Braskey was a confirmed drinker and that he was telling any story and that there was no need to make a more thorough investigation.
Reference: CENAP, “Müll aus den Weltraum” = Space Garbage
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1251

Event 5653 (012EF985)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Tacoma (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) Several witnesses saw several objects, some of which landed on rooftops. The witnesses saw “little men” who disappeared when the journalists arrived. (Inforespace #48 of 1979, p. 29) Two policemen observed bright discs in the sky, in an erratic course. At first the objects emitted red light, then it became purple before changing to blue-white and then back to red. They said that the “central saucer” acted as if commanding the others. Around it, smaller saucers seemed to enter and exit.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1252

Event 5654 (01A7B68D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Fort Bragg (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Two teenagers who were fishing, observed around 3:30 pm, an object “flat and reflective” seeming to come towards them from the ocean. It quickly lost altitude and touched the water about 400 meters from the shore. The impact created a column of water. Then it floated on the surface before sinking. The two teenagers estimated the size to be that of a truck wheel.
Reference: Phenomena No. 35 of 1997, p. 9
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1253

Event 5655 (6913220D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, Springfield (Missouri)
Description: (Translated from French) At the Rogers Airport in Springfield, three witnesses saw a “flat” and luminous object, bearing what looked like “fins”. This object seemed to be constantly tumbling. This object followed Walker’s plane, and when Walker finally turned towards the southwest, the object disappeared.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1254

Event 5656 (80981A48)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: USA, St Joseph, Missouri
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:30 PM, John W. Hawkins and Virgil Ashley, sitting in Ashley’s garden, saw a flying saucer pass by at very high speed, heading north. The saucer was luminous, silver in color. They estimated its altitude to be around 300 feet and they heard a faint buzzing sound.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 57
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1255

Event 5657 (D64906D4)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: CANADA, London (Hamilton)
Description: (Translated from French) (The London Free Press, July 8) Three members of the James (Lucky) Ferguson family, 117 Langarth Avenue, Manor Park, saw the mysterious disc last night shortly after 8 pm. “It seemed about as big as one of those weather balloons, but it was flat, like a frying pan,” said Ferguson. “It was silver and had a luminous halo on the sides and at the back there were dark markings, and like serrations. The back part was not as rounded as the front part. It was alone.”
Reference: Internet May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1256

Event 5658 (99CA98C5)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: ENGLAND
Description: (Translated from French) The wife of a pastor had her attention drawn to the sky where she saw a black ring with cut edges flying through the air.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1257

Event 5659 (846C2DAA)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) William A. Rhodes takes 2 photographs
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_657

Event 5660 (0AE47215)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Maximum of the wave of observations (160 reports).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_658

Event 5661 (9E523AC3)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) A conference is being held at the Pentagon in the office of General Schulgen. It is decided to make a selection of “flying saucer” reports from more qualified observers in order to continue the investigation.
Reference: Project 1947 - UFO Reports, 1947
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_659

Event 5662 (47B229C7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) According to the MJ documents, a secret operation is launched to recover the Roswell wreckage for scientific study. 4 small beings with a human appearance are found, dead and in a state of decomposition, 3 km east of the wreckage, probably ejected at some point before the explosion of the device. A scientific team takes care of removing the bodies for study and the device is also removed. The witnesses are “debriefed” and the official explanation given to the journalists speaks of a lost weather balloon.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_660

Event 5663 (12F9053D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At Brighton Beach (Sussex, England), a couple on the beach saw a white sphere flying near the sea.
Reference: Mysterious Britain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_661

Event 5664 (F8265338)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: GLENN, CA
Description: 2 farmers. 25 saucers / 3 rows go left-Rt.-going up [to]-going down. Tip from side-to-side. Going quickly [to] V formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_948

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “GLENN,CA:2 FARMERS:25 SCRS/3 ROWS GO LEFT-RT-↑-↓:TIP FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE:>>VFORM”, LatLong: “39.522224 -122.011117”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:20 N 122:00:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5665 (A51EDF9F)

Date: 7/7/1947 (approximate)
Location: MEXICALI, MX
Description: 2 saucers reported here. 5 more over Ciudad Juarez, CHH, MX. / Panama News.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_949

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MEXICALI,MX:2 SCRS REPORTED HERE::5 MORE ovr CIUDAD JUAREZ,CHH,MX:/Panama News”, LatLong: “32.650002 -115.500006”, LatLongDMS: “32:39:00 N 115:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Baja California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5666 (BFDAB8C0)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Motorist chases low-flying coppery disk. Gets ticket. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_950

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:MOTORIST CHASES LO-FLYING COPPERY DISK:GETS TICKET:/NEWS”, LatLong: “39.783335 -86.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:47:00 N 86:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5667 (59EAA51E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: LANCASTER, CA
Description: Observer(s) unknown. Disk going down / ground level. Hits tree. Tree catches fire. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_951

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), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “718”, HatchDesc: “LANCASTER,CA:OBS UNKN:DISK ↓/GND LEVEL:HITS TREE:TREE CATCHES FIRE:NFD”, LatLong: “34.716668 -118.116672”, LatLongDMS: “34:43:00 N 118:07:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5668 (2F0D80D5)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: Separate observer(s). Many disks play like school / fish. Going quickly northeast toward(s) Colton. / r187.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_952

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “RIVERSIDE,CA:SEP.OBS:MANY DISKS PLAY LIKE SCHOOL/FISH:>>NE twrd COLTON:/r187”, LatLong: “33.950002 -117.400006”, LatLongDMS: “33:57:00 N 117:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5669 (7FAAA807)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: MARBLE MTS AND YREKA, CA
Description: Many calls / sheriff. Colored saucers and fireballs all over/all about Siskiyou Co.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_953

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “MARBLE MTs+YREKA,CA:MANY CALLS/SHERIFF:CLRD SCRS+FBLS allo SISKIYOU co:”, LatLong: “41.622224 -123.227784”, LatLongDMS: “41:37:20 N 123:13:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

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Event 5670 (61D6CEFB)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 00:10
Location: HUNTINGTON, WV
Description: 2 separate report(s). 4-6 orange glow saucers zig-zag and going quickly northeast. / Herald Dispatch 7 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_954

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “173”, HatchDesc: “HUNTINGTON,WV:2 SEP.RPTS:4-6 ORG.GLOW SCRS ZIG-ZAG+>>NE:/Herald Dispatch 7JLY”, LatLong: “38.400002 -82.466671”, LatLongDMS: “38:24:00 N 82:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5671 (A86D6FF9)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 00:30
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Melvin Kearney / 122 Warner Ave. 8 orange disks or balls going east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 548)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_955

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: "BALTIMORE,MD:MELVIN KEARNEY/122 WARNER Ave.:8 ORANGE DISKS or BALLS >E:NFD ", LatLong: “39.277780 -76.622226”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:40 N 76:37:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5672 (82AA19AB)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 02:00
Location: WALNUT HILLS, OH
Description: E. Smith. 3-4 disks red / hot coals. Straight and level high and fast north going quickly south. Briefly seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 553)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_956

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “WALNUT HILLS,OH:E.SMITH:3-4 DISKS RED/HOT COALS:S/L HI+FAST N>>S:briefly seen”, LatLong: “39.033335 -82.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:02:00 N 82:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5673 (506307D8)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 02:00
Location: COLUMBIA, MO
Description: University student. 50-60 luminous/glowing disks / V-formation. Whirl. Honk like geese. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_957

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBIA,MO:UNIV.STUDENT:50-60 LUMn DISKS/VFORMn:WHIRL:HONK LIKE GEESE:>>N”, LatLong: “38.933335 -92.316671”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 92:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5674 (7EE2EC0C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 02:10
Location: RUTLAND, VT
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant ovoid over gas-plant lights area. Vanishes as rain stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 550)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_958

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “RUTLAND,VT:2 OBS:BRILL.OVOID OVR GAS-PLANT LITES AREA:VANISHES AS RAIN STOPS”, LatLong: “43.611113 -72.972226”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:40 N 72:58:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vermont”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5675 (BF6E8932)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 02:30
Location: TACOMA, WA
Description: 2+observer(s). Saucers land / roof. Small humanoids (or Greys) exit! 2 cops. Small saucers orbit large. Going quickly west / r187.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_959

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “114”, HatchDesc: “TACOMA,WA:2+OBS:SCRS LAND/ROOF:OIDS EXIT!::2 COPS:SML SCRS ORBIT LRG:>>W/r187”, LatLong: “47.233336 -122.450006”, LatLongDMS: “47:14:00 N 122:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 5676 (9B0FA8F1)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 06:20
Location: US99 NEAR COLTON, CA
Description: Deliveryman. 8 silver saucers swish overhead going quickly southwest single file. / r171p86.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 563)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_960

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “US99 nr COLTON,CA:DELIVERYMAN:8 SLVR SCRS SWISH OVHD >>SW SINGLE FILE:/r171p86”, LatLong: “34.066668 -117.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 117:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5677 (1BDDA270)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 06:30
Location: GREENSBORO, NC
Description: 2 / car. 3 grey-black saucers / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. 500mpg going quickly [to] 250’ overhead. “Zipping noise”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 558)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_961

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “GREENSBORO,NC:2/CAR:3 GRY-BLK SCRS/DLT FORMn:500mpg >>250’OVHD:“ZIPPING NOISE””, LatLong: “36.050002 -79.816670”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:00 N 79:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5678 (7C3B5D7F)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~07:00
Location: BRAZEL RANCH, NM
Description: Major J. Marcel and 2 gather 2 carloads / strange debris.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_962

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “1900”, HatchDesc: “BRAZEL RANCH,NM:Mjr J.MARCEL+2 GATHER 2 CARLOADS/STRANGE DEBRIS:”, LatLong: “33.938891 -105.294449”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:20 N 105:17:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5679 (DA989674)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 07:50
Location: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, CO
Description: Several Army Air Force (AAF) men / (seen thru) binoculars. Silent shiny disk circles north and south. Comes / east. Goes going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_963

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1651”, HatchDesc: “LOWRY AFB,CO:SVRL AAF MEN/BINOCS:SLNT SHINY DISK CCLS N+S:COMES/EAST: GOES>>E”, LatLong: “39.733335 -104.950005”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 104:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5680 (5C37E839)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 08:00?
Location: 11KM NORTH / SHREVEPORT, LA
Description: Army Air Force (AAF) Sgt. / plane. Bright moon-size silver saucer tilts. Cannot catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_964

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “11km N/SHREVEPORT,LA:AAF Sgt/PLANE:BRITE MOONSIZE SLVR SCR TILTS:cannot catch”, LatLong: “32.583335 -93.800004”, LatLongDMS: “32:35:00 N 93:48:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5681 (A219F55E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 09:00
Location: LAKEVIEW, OR
Description: 3 / home. 2 then 4 disks weave / sky. All going quickly south. / Lake Co. Examiner 12 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_965

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1462”, HatchDesc: “LAKEVIEW,OR:3/HOME:2 then 4 DISKS WEAVE/SKY:ALL >>S:/Lake Co.Examiner 12JLY47”, LatLong: “42.188891 -120.344450”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:20 N 120:20:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5682 (0D3DE1D9)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 09:30
Location: OKAUCHEE, WI
Description: Ex Ground Observer Corps (GOC)-man and wife. 1 disk going quickly southwest. No further details. Exact time = 0925h CST.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 567)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_966

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “271”, HatchDesc: “OKAUCHEE,WI:EX GOC-MAN+WIFE:1 DISK >>SW:NFD:exact time=0925h CST.”, LatLong: “43.111113 -88.433338”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:40 N 88:26:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5683 (D239CC2B)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 09:50
Location: VERDI AND RENO, NV
Description: Many separate observer(s). Saucer going west / 1000mph. Going east. Going south. Contrails all over/all about. / r187#577.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_967

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1470”, HatchDesc: “VERDI+RENO,NV:MANY SEP.OBS:SCR> W/1000mph:> E:>S:CONTRAILS ALLO:/r187#577”, LatLong: “39.516669 -119.983339”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 N 119:59:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5684 (5EB755E8)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: NORTHEAST / SPRINGFIELD, MO
Description: 3 / ground. Saucer with fins follows light plane going northeast. Flips over. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_968

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “NE/SPRINGFIELD,MO:3/GND:SCR W/FINS FOLOS LITE PLANE >NE:FLIPS OVR:VANISHES”, LatLong: “37.366668 -93.150004”, LatLongDMS: “37:22:00 N 93:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5685 (595D0C2F)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: SAN BRUNO, CA
Description: 4+observer(s). Group / 15 disks spin and turn. Generally straight going quickly northeast / several min.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 587)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_969

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “SAN BRUNO,CA:4+OBS:GRP/15 DISKS SPIN+TURN:GENERALLY STRAIGHT>>NE/SVRL min”, LatLong: “37.633335 -122.416673”, LatLongDMS: “37:38:00 N 122:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5686 (A331BC46)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: ELKHORN AND EAGLE, WI
Description: 2 separate private pilots. White ball drops / clouds. Stops. Going east. Turns etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 426)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_970

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “ELKHORN+EAGLE,WI:2 SEP.PVT.PILOTS:WHT BALL DROPS/CLOUDS:STOPS:>E:TURNS etc”, LatLong: “42.766669 -88.500004”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 88:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5687 (43325644)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: LAWTON, OK
Description: 1 / back yard. Bright aluminum plate going quickly west high and fast. / L. Constitution 8 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_971

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: “338”, HatchDesc: “LAWTON,OK:1/BACK YARD:BRITE ALUMn.PLATE >>W HIGH+FAST:/L.Constitution 8JLY47”, LatLong: “34.600002 -98.383338”, LatLongDMS: “34:36:00 N 98:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5688 (2937D46E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 10:40
Location: SAN CARLOS, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 30 car-size silver disks circle overhead / 2K’ altitude. / r187#595.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_972

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “SAN CARLOS,CA:2 OBS:30 CAR-SIZE SLVR DISKS CCL OVHD/2K’alt:/r187#595”, LatLong: “37.505557 -122.261117”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:20 N 122:15:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5689 (8CF91438)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: KOSHKONONG, WI
Description: 4 observer(s) / 2 / planes. Saucer / 1200M altitude. Away / 9000kph and more. / Army Air Force (AAF) report. / r160#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_973

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “KOSHKONONG,WI:4 OBS/2/PLANES:SCR/1200M alt:AWAY/9000kph+:/AAF Rpt:/r160#121”, LatLong: “42.883335 -88.966671”, LatLongDMS: “42:53:00 N 88:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5690 (6AAED571)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: EAST TROY, WI
Description: 2 / 2nd plane and weathermen. Saucer going down [to] edgewise. Stops and levels. Going quickly / 8000kph / r131#4p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_974

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “E.TROY,WI:2/2ND PLANE+WEATHERMEN:SCR↓EDGEWISE:STOPS+LVLs:>>/8000kph/r131#4p9”, LatLong: “42.783335 -88.405560”, LatLongDMS: “42:47:00 N 88:24:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5691 (19CB064E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 12:00?
Location: TOWANDA, PA
Description: 2 20cm disks / intense light bob and weave 5M from house. Soar up and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 406)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_975

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “TOWANDA,PA:2 20cm DISKS/INTENSE LITE BOB+WEAVE 5M from HOUSE:SOAR UP+GONE”, LatLong: “41.766669 -76.444448”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:00 N 76:26:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5692 (D2545447)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: WILLOW SPRINGS, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). 13 house-sized saucers buzz going quickly east / single file. Blue glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 573)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_976

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “189”, HatchDesc: “WILLOW SPRINGS,IL:2 OBS:13 HOUSE-SIZED SCRS BUZZ >>E/SINGLE FILE:BLUE GLOW”, LatLong: “41.738891 -87.861115”, LatLongDMS: “41:44:20 N 87:51:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5693 (79D7B53D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: PHILLIPSBURG, NJ
Description: Teacher and 1. 1 disk going quickly south. Daytime hour unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 581)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_977

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “96”, HatchDesc: “PHILLIPSBURG,NJ:TEACHER+1:1 DISK >>S:DAYTIME HOUR UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “40.694446 -75.188892”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:40 N 75:11:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5694 (9AFCEF5C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: PITTSBURG, CA
Description: 3 observer(s). Disk hovers over yard briefly. Shoots going quickly east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_978

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “PITTSBURG,CA:3 OBS:DISK HVRS OVR YARD BRIEFLY:SHOOTS>>E:NFD”, LatLong: “38.033335 -121.883339”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 121:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5695 (1F6CDDDF)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: DORCHESTER, MA
Description: John Stewart and 1. 4 silver disks / single file. Fast / 5000’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 580)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_979

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “DORCHESTER,MA:JOHN STEWART+1:4 SLVR DISKS/SINGLE FILE:FAST/5000’alt:”, LatLong: “42.300002 -71.083337”, LatLongDMS: “42:18:00 N 71:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5696 (8B4CBDD4)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: GLASGOW, IL
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru) telescope. Silver 30’ cone moves side to side slow. Shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 598)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_980

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “179”, HatchDesc: “GLASGOW,IL:AM.ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:SLVR 30’CONE MOVES SIDE to SIDE SLOW:SHOOTS>>W”, LatLong: “40.572224 -89.811115”, LatLongDMS: “40:34:20 N 89:48:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5697 (E771A2CE)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: ENID, OK
Description: Ed Herbig. Aluminum “pancake” / terrific speed. 10-12K’ altitude. Straight and level going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_981

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “374”, HatchDesc: “ENID,OK:ED HERBIG:ALUM.“PANCAKE”/TERRIFIC SPEED:10-12K’alt: S/L >>S”, LatLong: “36.383335 -97.877782”, LatLongDMS: “36:23:00 N 97:52:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3300”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5698 (C8CD2E21)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAST POINT, GA
Description: 5 / car. Plain bright silver disk going / 10 minute(s). Fades away. / r131#4p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_982

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “311”, HatchDesc: “EAST POINT,GA:5/CAR:PLAIN BRITE SLVR DISK >/10min:FADES AWAY:/r131#4p11”, LatLong: “33.677779 -84.438893”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:40 N 84:26:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5699 (E2AF79C9)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: CICERO, IL
Description: 1 observer. Very large silver saucer. 4 small disks trail. Ovoid and disk / Chicago maneuver and going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 597)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_983

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “CICERO,IL:1 OBS:VLRG SLVR SCR:4 SML DISKS TRAIL::OVOID+DISK/CHICAGO MNVR+>>S”, LatLong: “41.844446 -87.755560”, LatLongDMS: “41:50:40 N 87:45:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5700 (EE688AB3)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: RENTON AND SEATTLE, WA
Description: Many separate observer(s) all day. Saucers spiral and gyrate and circle and flip. Going west and all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_984

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “132”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “RENTON+SEATTLE,WA:MANY SEP.OBS ALL DAY:SCRS SPIRAL+GYRATE+CCL+FLIP:>W+all dirs”, LatLong: “47.483336 -122.233339”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:00 N 122:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5701 (14FBCAEF)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:10
Location: HIXSON AND CHATTANOOGA, TN
Description: 2+1 observer(s). 1+4 bright shiny silent disks going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 591)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_985

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “205”, HatchDesc: “HIXSON+CHATTANOOGA,TN:2+1 OBS:1+4 BRITE SHINY SLNT DISKS >>NE:NFD”, LatLong: “35.138891 -85.233337”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:20 N 85:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5702 (5917A129)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:30
Location: TAMPA, FL
Description: 1+several separate observer(s). 2 big saucers / high altitude going south. Later 3 disks going northeast / 1830hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 594)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_986

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “TAMPA,FL:1+SVRL SEP.OBS:2 BIG SCRS/HI ALT >S::later 3 DISKS >NE/1830hrs”, LatLong: “27.950001 -82.433337”, LatLongDMS: “27:57:00 N 82:26:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5703 (AFB9FD15)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 13:30
Location: MALIBU BEACH, CA
Description: 3 teens. 4 gleaming round objects go straight and level going quickly west over coast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 627)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_987

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MALIBU BEACH,CA:3 TEENS:4 GLEAMING ROUND OBJS GO S/L >>W OVR COAST:NFD”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.700006”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:42:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5704 (6C8BE350)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: EAST TROY, WI
Description: Air Force Captain and 1 / plane. Silver object. Calculated / 6000kph. / FBI / MJ#121. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 606)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_988

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “EAST TROY,WI:AF CAPTAIN+1/PLANE:SLVR OBJ:CALC/6000kph:/FBI/MJ#121:type unkn”, LatLong: “42.783335 -88.416671”, LatLongDMS: “42:47:00 N 88:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5705 (020F69AE)

Date: 7/7/1947 (approximate)
Time: 15:00
Location: AMFREVILLE-LA-MI-VOIE, FR
Description: Saucer landed / banks / Seine. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) reboard. Going up [to] silently going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_989

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AMFREVILLE-la-MI-VOIE,FR:SCR LANDED/BANKS/SEINE:2 OIDS REBOARD:↑ SILENTLY >>SE”, LatLong: “49.350002 1.016667”, LatLongDMS: “49:21:00 N 01:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 5706 (A2577712)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: GMX SOUTH / SARASOTA, FL
Description: 1 / fishing boat. Round flat silver blimp going quickly southwest. Vanishes and reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_990

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GMX S/SARASOTA,FL:1/FISHING BOAT:ROUND FLAT SLVR BLIMP >>SW:VANISHES+REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “27.083335 -82.583337”, LatLongDMS: “27:05:00 N 82:35:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5707 (53F712BC)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 15:10
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 6 silver disks over power lines. Going quickly east. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Back 8 July 1500h going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 637)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_991

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:2 SEP.OBS:6 SLVR DISKS OVR PWR LINES:>>E:RFI::BACK 8JLY 1500h >N”, LatLong: “34.133335 -118.333339”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 118:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5708 (F382347F)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 15:10
Location: FT BRAGG, CA
Description: 2 / beach. Glistening tire-size saucer going quickly east. Lands / surface(s). Rests. Submerges.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_992

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “Ft BRAGG,CA:2/BEACH:GLISTENING TIRE-SIZE SCR >>E:LANDS/SURF:RESTS:SUBMERGES”, LatLong: “39.450002 -123.866673”, LatLongDMS: “39:27:00 N 123:52:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5709 (33C43479)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 15:20
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 2+4 observer(s). 6M coin disks going quickly southwest / diamond formation. Play tag. Stops and starts…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 407)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_993

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:2+4 OBS:6M COIN DISKS >>SW/DIAMOND FORMn:PLAY TAG:STOPS+STARTS…”, LatLong: “35.133335 -90.066671”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:00 N 90:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5710 (4224DEEF)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 15:30
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 80+observer(s)? 2 large silver orbs going quickly east. 1 high and 1 low. No wind. Photograph / grey ovoid. / r131#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_994

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:80+OBS?:2 LRG SLVR ORBS >>E:1hi+1low:NO WIND:FOTO/GRY OVOID:/r131#4”, LatLong: “33.450002 -112.033339”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 N 112:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5711 (E6589992)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: BRIGHTON, SUSSEX
Description: 2 observer(s). Too-large moon-disk. Flies going quickly south to sea over black rock cliffs.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_995

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BRIGHTON,SUSSEX:2 OBS:TOO-LARGE MOON-DISK:FLIES>>S to SEA OVR BLK ROCK CLIFFS”, LatLong: “50.783336 -0.116667”, LatLongDMS: “50:47:00 N 00:07:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5712 (5E8205D6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 16:30
Location: NEAR BERGSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Aircrew. 6M glass disk flashes and spins / tilt going quickly southwest / 2300kph. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 423)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_996

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “nr BERGSTROM AFB,TX:AIRCREW:6M GLASS DISK FLASHES+SPINS/TILT >>SW/2300kph:RFI”, LatLong: “30.216668 -97.683338”, LatLongDMS: “30:13:00 N 97:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5713 (2B968EA0)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Henry Quin. 3’ round silver object whizzes by going quickly SSW toward(s) City Hall…
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_997

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:HENRY QUIN:3’ROUND SLVR OBJ WHIZZES BY >>SSW TWRD CITY HALL…”, LatLong: “39.950002 -75.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:57:00 N 75:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5714 (C29FE3A8)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: TEMPE, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #46. Photograph / manta-saucer with small dome. Circles. Going northwest. Also 2’ transparent silver saucer / 6 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_998

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “359”, HatchDesc: “TEMPE,AZ:BBK#46:FOTO/MANTA-SCR W/SML DOME:CIRCLES:>NW::+2’XPRNT SLVR SCR/6JLY”, LatLong: “33.416668 -111.911116”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 111:54:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5715 (A8A94018)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
Description: Motorist. Huge umbrella-saucer covers US30. Going [to] over gas station.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_999

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “958”, HatchDesc: “nr MOUNTAIN HOME,ID:MOTORIST:HUGE UMBRELLA-SCR COVERS US30:>OVR GAS STATION”, LatLong: “43.150002 -115.700006”, LatLongDMS: “43:09:00 N 115:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5716 (DCBA2253)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / MEDFORD, OR
Description: Radar Tech. Saucer on edge / 650mph. Follows hilly contours going east. Extremely bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 655)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1000

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “SE/MEDFORD,OR:RADAR TECH:SCR ON EDGE/650mph:FOLOS HILLY CONTOURS>E:XBRITE”, LatLong: “42.300002 -122.850006”, LatLongDMS: “42:18:00 N 122:51:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5717 (A9A5281F)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / MISSION, TX
Description: Evidence of official coverup and military pilots and ground persons. Fast disk spins / 1200m altitude. Also San Antonio.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1001

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “SE/MISSION,TX:COV+MIL PILOTS+GND PERS:FAST DISK SPINS/1200m alt:+San Antonio”, LatLong: “26.200001 -98.300005”, LatLongDMS: “26:12:00 N 98:18:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5718 (444145C6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: GETTYSBURG, PA
Description: 16 observer(s). 6+6 15cm saucers roll / edge and going east overhead / 2 separate groups. / r131#4p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1002

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “258”, HatchDesc: “GETTYSBURG,PA:16 OBS:6+6 15cm SCRS ROLL/EDGE+>E OVHD/2 SEP.GROUPS:/r131#4p10”, LatLong: “39.816669 -77.233337”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:00 N 77:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5719 (2A6117F6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 17:40
Location: MONTGOMERY, AL
Description: Teen. 7 silver disks like tin-plates in formation. 2X treetop level going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 639)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1003

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “MONTGOMERY,AL:TEEN:7 SLVR DISKS LIKE TIN-PLATES/FORMn:2X TREETOP LVL >>N”, LatLong: “32.383335 -86.333337”, LatLongDMS: “32:23:00 N 86:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5720 (E94EDD42)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: DES MOINES, IA
Description: 1 teen. 3 silver disks / V formation. High and fast going quickly north. Quite flat when tilted.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 641)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1004

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “241”, HatchDesc: “DES MOINES,IA:1 TEEN:3 SLVR DISKS/VFORM:HIGH+FAST>>N:QUITE FLAT WHEN TILTED”, LatLong: “41.583335 -93.616671”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 93:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5721 (6EF335A4)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 18:10
Location: MILTON, WI
Description: 3 observer(s). 3 metallic saucers / triangle going quickly east. Rotate. Contrails. 1200m altitude. / r131#4p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 662)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1005

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “MILTON,WI:3 OBS:3 MTLC SCRS/TRIANGLE>>E:ROTATE:CONTRAILS:1200m alt:/r131#4p18”, LatLong: “42.777780 -88.950004”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:40 N 88:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5722 (F9338C40)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: LAKE BUCKEYE, FL
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 2 gold disks going [to] slow and stop. Bird following scared back.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1006

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “LAKE BUCKEYE,FL:2+2 OBS:2 GOLD DISKS >SLOW+STOP:BIRD FOLLOWING SCARED BACK”, LatLong: “28.038890 -81.705559”, LatLongDMS: “28:02:20 N 81:42:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5723 (962BA851)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 18:50
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Farmer Luckey. Shiny disk “electric clock” 500mph / 250’ altitude. Going quickly south fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 559)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1007

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFORD,IL:FARMER LUCKEY:SHINY DISK “ELEC.CLOCK” 500mph/250’alt:>>S FAST”, LatLong: “42.283335 -89.100004”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 89:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5724 (DBFFC3B7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: EAST PEORIA, IL
Description: 1 observer. 25-30 disks hover in straight row over tractor factory. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1008

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “144”, HatchDesc: “E.PEORIA,IL:1 OBS:25-30 DISKS HVR IN STRAIGHT ROW OVR TRACTOR FACTORY:NFD”, LatLong: “40.666669 -89.577782”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 89:34:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5725 (82A41C3C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: NEW HAVEN, CT
Description: John Evans. 2+bluish disks fly on edges straight and level going quickly southeast toward(s) L. I. Sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1009

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “NEW HAVEN,CT:JOHN EVANS:2+BLUISH DISKS FLY ON EDGES S/L >>SE TWRD L.I.SOUND”, LatLong: “41.300002 -72.933337”, LatLongDMS: “41:18:00 N 72:56:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5726 (E1A2F3F6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~19:00
Location: PONTIAC, MI
Description: 3 observer(s). Domed disks. Size = 2’ or 5’. Photograph see reference. 100mph / 150’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 651)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1010

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “292”, HatchDesc: “PONTIAC,MI:3 OBS:DOMED DISKS:SIZE=2’or 5’:FOTO see ref:100mph/150’alt”, LatLong: “42.633335 -83.300004”, LatLongDMS: “42:38:00 N 83:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5727 (68113CD0)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: 5 students. 3 very fast silent 10’ metallic ovoids / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation going east / 1000’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 650)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1011

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:5 STUDENTS:3 VERY FAST SLNT 10’MTLC OVOIDS/DLT FORMn >E/1000’alt”, LatLong: “39.950002 -83.033337”, LatLongDMS: “39:57:00 N 83:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5728 (04837B03)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: GAMBLE VALLEY, TN
Description: 1 observer. 3 gold saucers going northwest. 1 flat and 2 on edge. / Oak Ridge Journal / 10 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1012

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “GAMBLE VALLEY,TN:1 OBS:3 GOLD SCRS >NW:1 FLAT+2 ON EDGE:/Oak Ridge Jrnl/10Jly”, LatLong: “36.000002 -84.266671”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 84:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 5729 (C498928C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: EAST / OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Description: J. P. barnes. 8-9 disks faster than jets. Dip going up and down [to] going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 664)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1013

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “E/OKLAHOMA CITY,OK:J.P.BARNES:8-9 DISKS FASTER THAN JETS:DIP↑+↓ >>NE:NFD”, LatLong: “35.466668 -97.466671”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 97:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5730 (D0E3679E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: MARION, AL
Description: 2 observer(s). 5-7 luminous white disks going quickly south. “Lower than stars”. One would hope so.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 666)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1014

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “MARION,AL:2 OBS:5-7 LUMn.WHT DISKS >>S:“LOWER THAN STARS”:one would hope so.”, LatLong: “32.633335 -87.316671”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 87:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5731 (71A8D7AB)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST / SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Numerous observer(s). Huge fireball maneuvers / high altitude. Going quickly north. Gone fast. / r131#4p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 674)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1015

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “W/SALT LAKE CITY,UT:NMRS OBS:HUGE FBL MNVRS/HIGH ALT:>>N:GONE FAST:/r131#4p10”, LatLong: “40.766669 -111.933339”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 111:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5732 (F4FD7380)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:40
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY
Description: 2+1 separate observer(s). Bright fiery disk going quickly northwest. Seems to land in Indiana.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 667)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1016

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “LOUISVILLE,KY:2+1 SEP.OBS:BRITE FIERY DISK >>NW:SEEMS TO LAND IN INDIANA”, LatLong: “38.266668 -85.766671”, LatLongDMS: “38:16:00 N 85:46:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 5733 (0D4DB141)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 20:50
Location: JACKSON, MS
Description: 1 observer. 2-3 luminous/glowing plate-saucers going [to] toward(s) Army air base going quickly northwest? Puffs / edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 669)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1017

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “JACKSON,MS:1 OBS:2-3 LUMn PLATE-SCRS > TWRD ARMY AIR BASE >>NW?:PUFFS/EDGES”, LatLong: “32.316668 -90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “32:19:00 N 90:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 5734 (4D054B01)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 21:00?
Location: WEST / YORK, OH
Description: 2 / farm. “Brilliant saucers” play / western sky / 1 hour. / Sandusky Register Star.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1018

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “199”, HatchDesc: “W/YORK,OH:2/FARM:“BRILL.SCRS” PLAY/WESTERN SKY/1 HOUR:/Sandusky Register Star”, LatLong: “41.350002 -82.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:21:00 N 82:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5735 (49B460E9)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~21:00
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers collide / flash. Fly / opposite directions. Groups / saucers / 1+8 July. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 671)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1019

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:1 OBS:2 SCRS COLLIDE/FLASH:FLY/OPP.DIRs:GROUPS/SCRS/1+8JULY:NFD”, LatLong: “42.350002 -83.016671”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 83:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5736 (89E07BD2)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: GREAT POND, ME
Description: 4 observer(s) and more/others. 3 fireballs going west separately. Stop. Join. Hover. 1 goes back going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 653)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1020

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “147”, HatchDesc: “GREAT POND,ME:4 OBS++:3 FBLS > W SEPARATELY:STOP:JOIN:HVR:1 GOES BACK >>E:”, LatLong: “44.933335 -68.283337”, LatLongDMS: “44:56:00 N 68:17:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5737 (5CE0AED1)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: MANCHESTER, NH
Description: 5 reports. 3 bright ovoids / delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation. Fast going quickly northwest. Back 9 Jul. '47 / 0350hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 652)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1021

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “MANCHESTER,NH:5 REPORTS:3 BRITE OVOIDS/DLT-FORMn:FAST>>NW::BACK 9JLY47/0350hrs”, LatLong: “42.983335 -71.450003”, LatLongDMS: “42:59:00 N 71:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5738 (F8F52CE7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: MANCHESTER AND WINTHROP, ME
Description: Several separate observer(s). Cluster / luminous saucers over Lake Cobbosseecontee.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 659)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1022

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “MANCHESTER+WINTHROP,ME:SVRL SEP.OBS:CLUSTER/LUMN.SCRS ovr LAKE COBBOSSEECONTEE”, LatLong: “44.266669 -69.866670”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:00 N 69:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5739 (FCE500EC)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~22:00
Location: KENSINGTON, AUSTR
Description: 2 white shiny saucers going quickly west toward(s) Parramatta. Wave / Sydney. / r171p171.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: AUFORN group, with Diane Harrison. http://www.fan.net.au/~tkbnetw/new
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1023

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KENSINGTON,AUSTR:2 WHT SHINY SCRS >>W twrd PARRAMATTA::WAVE/SYDNEY:/r171p171”, LatLong: “-33.816668 151.050007”, LatLongDMS: “33:49:00 S 151:03:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5740 (3A89AF93)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~22:00
Location: BEVERLY HILLS, CA
Description: 1 observer. “Little sun” altitude / bright and dim. Straight and level fast. Streaks away going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 688)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1024

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “BEVERLY HILLS,CA:1 OBS:“LITTLE SUN” ALT/BRITE+DIM:S/L FAST:STREAKS AWAY >>N”, LatLong: “34.066668 -118.400006”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 118:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5741 (6E5F3CEA)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTHEAST / FLORENCE, KY
Description: Teen / car. 30cm red-luminous/glowing globe going northeast / 5 minutes toward(s) Cincinnati. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1025

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “NE/FLORENCE,KY:TEEN/CAR:30cm RED-LUMn GLOBE >NE/5mins twrd Cincinnati:/news”, LatLong: “39.000002 -84.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 84:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5742 (70ED31C5)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: ATHENS, GA
Description: Airport swamped / calls. 3 silver saucers over town. / Athens Banner Herald.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1026

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “231”, HatchDesc: “ATHENS,GA:AIRPORT SWAMPED/CALLS:3 SLVR SCRS OVR TOWN:/Athens Banner Herald”, LatLong: “33.461113 -83.377782”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:40 N 83:22:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5743 (C4823BB8)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 22:50
Location: TACOMA, WA
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 2 saucers / V-formation. Extremely fast. 2 saucers with vapor trails over McChord Air Force Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 689)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1027

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “TACOMA,WA:2 SEP.OBS:2 SCRS/VFORMn:XFAST::2 SCRS W/VAPOR TRAILS OVR McCHORD AFB”, LatLong: “47.216669 -122.416673”, LatLongDMS: “47:13:00 N 122:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5744 (EA55A67E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: 23:00
Location: WESSINGTON SPRS, SD
Description: Farmer Barta. 1+2 blasts. 2’ orange globe hovers over yard. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 687)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1028

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “514”, HatchDesc: “WESSINGTON Sprs,SD:FARMER BARTA:1+2 BLASTS:2’ORG GLOBE HVRS OVR YARD:VANISHES”, LatLong: “44.088891 -98.572227”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:20 N 98:34:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5745 (D8586AEE)

Date: 7/7/1947
Time: ~23:00
Location: STOCKHOLM, SWD
Description: Classic flying saucer seen over city. / Aftonbladet Daily. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1029

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “STOCKHOLM,SWD:CLASSIC FLYING SCR SEEN OVR CITY:/AFTONBLADET DAILY:NFD”, LatLong: “59.366669 18.000001”, LatLongDMS: “59:22:00 N 18:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5746 (AAD00A0D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Willow Springs, IL
Description: Robert Meegan and his 14 year old son John saw "13 round objects all going east, single file in a straight line (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_361

Event 5747 (A201434A)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Tacoma, WA
Description: Bloecher’s case 547, from his book, is a humanoid report. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_362

Event 5748 (6BFD3FB0)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Shreveport (7 miles N of ), LA
Description: Military aircraft pilot Harston saw a bright silver object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_363

Event 5749 (9EA8A2E2)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Lakeland, FL
Description: Five “Turtle-Backed” Objects Headed NE (Sound Heard) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470707
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_364

Event 5750 (D9B79BC6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Hickam Field, HI
Description: A bright silver object about the angular size of the moon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_365

Event 5751 (B8AD0D8D)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Muroc Army Air Field, CA
Description: Oscillating Sphere Observed By Test Pilot & Others (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470707
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_366

Event 5752 (D970CC6C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Arlington, VA
Description: Bet. 10:30 and 11 p.m. (EDT) “blob,” the size of a small airplane, reflecting white light (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470707
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_367

Event 5753 (4D71BF36)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: The Rhodes Photo Case (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470707
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_368

Event 5754 (A0E1FA78)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Roswell AAF; Andrews AAF; Washington, D.C.
Description: 2:00 a.m. A special flight (the first) leaves Roswell AAF for Andrews AAF in Washington, D.C. Some of the debris and the bodies are on that flight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1013

Event 5755 (7D2FD004)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Roswell
Description: Brazel takes Marcel and Cavitt out to the debris field. It is three-quarters of a mile long and 200–300 feet wide. A gouge starting at the northern end of it extends for 400–500 feet toward the other end. It looks as if something has touched down and skipped along. The largest piece of debris is recovered at the southern edge of the gouge. The debris is as thin as newsprint, but incredibly strong. There is foil that, when crumpled, unfolds itself without a sign of a wrinkle, I-beams that flex slightly and have some symbols on them, and material resembling Bakelite. Marcel and Cavitt walk the perimeter of the field and then range out looking for more details or another crash site but find nothing else. Finally, they return and spend the remainder of the day collecting debris. They load the rear of Marcel’s car and then the jeep carryall driven by Cavitt. About dusk they begin the trip back to Roswell.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle, “The Roswell Material,” IUR 16, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1991): 10–11; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 27–29, 165; Kevin D. Randle, “Don’t Bother Me with the Facts…,” IUR 18, no. 3 (Jan./Feb. 1993): 16–17, 24; Robert A. Galganski, “The Roswell Debris: A Quantitative Evaluation of the Project Mogul Hypothesis,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 3–6, 23–24; Charles B. Moore, Robert G. Todd, Mark Rodeghier, and Kevin D. Randle, “Project Mogul and the Roswell Crash: An Exchange,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 7–9, 19–22; Kevin D. Randle, “Bessie Brazel’s Story,” IUR 20, no. 3 (May/June 1995): 3–5, 24; Robert A. Galganski, “Roswell: Connecting the Debris Field and the Impact Site,” IUR 21, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 11–17; Robert A. Galganski, “The Glue Explanation Just Won’t Stick,” IUR 22, no. 4 (Winter 1997–1998): 3–7; Robert A. Galganski, “An Engineer Looks at the Project Mogul Hypothesis,” IUR 23, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 3–6, 32; Thomas J. Carey, “Will the Real Sheridan Cavitt Please Stand Up?” IUR 23, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 14–21; Kent Jeffrey, “Roswell: Anatomy of a Myth,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 1 (1998): 79–101; Michael D. Swords, “A Different View of ‘Roswell: Anatomy of a Myth,’” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 1 (1998): 103–125; Robert M. Wood, “Critique of ‘Roswell: Anatomy of a Myth,’” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 1 (1998): 127–140; Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt, “Mack Brazel Reconsidered,” IUR 24, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 13–19; Robert A. Galganski, The Roswell Debris Field: An Engineer’s Perspective, Fund for UFO Research, 2002; Kevin D. Randle, “Bessie Brazel Schreiber and the Roswell Crash,” A Different Perspective, September 19, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1014

Event 5756 (43E6C9F9)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Alamogordo AAF; Kirtland AAF; New Mexico; Washington State
Description: AMC commander Lieut. Gen Nathan Twining unexpectedly flies to Alamogordo AAF and Kirtland AAF in New Mexico, remaining there until July 11. Army Air Forces Commander Gen. Carl Spaatz is supposedly “vacationing” in Washington State. He tells reporters he knows nothing about the flying discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1015

Event 5757 (0C75BA5C)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Description: A hoax in Shreveport, Louisiana. A 16-inch aluminum disc with smoke coming out of it is found. Army investigators find “Made in USA” on the disc. It is one of many homemade gadgets, weather balloon radar targets, circular saws, and other disc-like debris that people find or make in order to have some fun in the press or with gullible saucer-seekers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 21; “Speaking of Pictures: A Rash of Flying Disks Breaks Out over the U.S.,” Life, July 21, 1947, p. 14; ClearIntent, p. 149; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, “Secret Projects and Open Eyes: A Response,” IUR 19, no. 3 (May/June 1994): 15–17; Kevin D. Randle, “The Hoover Memo Again,” A Different Perspective, July 29, 2015; Maurizio Verga, “Here They Are! Early Crashes of Flying Saucers, a Visual History,” Cielo Insolito, no. 6 (March 2018): 8–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1016

Event 5758 (4F641AD4)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Reno, Nevada
Description: 9:55 a.m. Newspaper editor John Brackett and his wife Wilma see an object streak across the sky in Reno, Nevada, leaving a trail of bluish-white vapor. It is high in the sky and traveling at about 1,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Tiny Speck Whizzes across Sky Here at Unbelievable Rate of Speed; Many Reno Persons See Small Object,” Reno Nevada State Journal, July 8, 1947, p. 14; Bloecher, pp. III-7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1017

Event 5759 (A134AAFF)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Elkhart, Wisconsin; Koshkonong
Description: 11:30 a.m. Flight instructor Kenneth Jones out of Elkhart, Wisconsin, is practicing take-offs and landings with a student near Koshkonong. They watch a disc descending vertically on edge through the alto-cumulus clouds at 6,000 feet, stop at 4,000 feet, assume a horizontal orientation, and fly horizontally for 15 seconds, covering 23 miles at 5,500 mph. At one point it heads straight towards them on a course of about 120°, then stops again (apparently overhead) and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-11; Sparks, p. 22; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1018

Event 5760 (AD47B02E)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Toronto; Shreveport, Louisiana; Ellington Field [now Ellington Airport], Houston, Texas
Description: Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg’s activity log: 1:10 p.m., answers a Toronto Star reporter’s question about possible secret military aircraft. Vandenberg says no AAF planes are looking for discs, but National Guard planes are looking into the discs on their own. 1:50 p.m., Stephen Leo, public relations officer for AF Secretary Stuart Symington, calls concerning the Shreveport, Louisiana, incident. 1:55 p.m. Leo and Gen. Curtis LeMay discuss the discs. Col. Warren, at Ellington Field [now Ellington Airport] in Houston, Texas, calls concerning the Shreveport disc. 4:20 p.m., Col. Warren calls back and says the incident is a hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rudiak, “Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Roswell,” Roswell Proof, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1019

Event 5761 (23CE1C28)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: East Troy, Wisconsin; Eagle; Muskego
Description: 2:30 p.m. Capt. Robert J. Southey and Clem Hackworthy are flying a private aircraft near East Troy, Wisconsin, when they see a fast-moving silver object flying southeast from Eagle to Muskego, covering 17 miles in 20 seconds (approximately 3,060 mph). They try to photograph it, but it quickly disappears, then suddenly reappears about 10 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, pp. III-11–12; Sparks, p. 22; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1020

Event 5762 (FBC6F3C4)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Seattle, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Palm Springs, California; Washington State
Description: A meeting is held in the office of Brig. Gen. George F. Schulgen, chief of the Requirements Intelligence branch of Army Air Force Intelligence. It is decided to investigate five flying disc incidents with “qualified” observers and obtain detailed statements: two in Seattle, Washington; one in Boise, Idaho; one in Palm Springs, California; and one in Washington State.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1021

Event 5763 (9144F1E3)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Zelienople, Pennsylvania
Description: John Philip Bessor of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, writes to the US Air Force to offer his own theory that UFOs are “a form of space animal, or creature, of a highly attenuated (ectoplasmic?) substance, capable of materialization and dematerialization, whose propellant is a form of telekinetic energy.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 4, no. 4 (May/June 1951): 88; John P. Bessor, “Are the Saucers Space Animals?” Fate 8, no. 12 (December 1955): 6–12; Curt Collins, “The 1947 ET Hypothesis of John P. Bessor,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, February 15, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1022

Event 5764 (56A9B2A3)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Medford, Oregon
Description: 5:20 p.m. Radar technician David W. Chase watches a disc-shaped object passing overhead at Medford, Oregon. It appears to be flying at 600–700 mph on edge at right angles to the surface of the earth, though following its contours at 500–1,000 feet. The object gives off a bright light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-18; Ray Palmer, “New Report on the Flying Saucers,” Fate 4, no. 1 (January 1951): 63–81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1023

Event 5765 (F24775A7)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio; Olentangy River
Description: 7:45 p.m. Five students on a practice baseball field at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, see three metallic oval objects flying swiftly and silently in a triangular formation overhead. They seem to be about 10 feet in diameter and are flying east over the Olentangy River. They are out of sight within 10 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II- 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1024

Event 5766 (1600D8AF)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Great Pond near Rome, Maine
Description: 9:00 p.m. Orrin Williams and his wife Albertine, along with Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Grant, are fishing on Great Pond near Rome, Maine, when they see a “spinning rocket” come out of the southern sky and stop abruptly overhead, where it hovers as a ball of fire. A similar object comes from the east, passing close by the first one. A third object approaches from the east and stops by the first object before moving on. The first object then retraces its path to the south at high speed. The display lasts several minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. II-10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1025

Event 5767 (7A4EAC3B)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Phoenix, Arizona; Hamilton Army Airfield; Novato, California; James E. McDonald
Description: 9:00 p.m. William A. Rhodes, an independent scientist and inventor in Phoenix, Arizona, takes two photos of a dark, heel-shaped disc at his home at 4333 N. 14th Street. The photos are reproduced in the July 9 issue of the Arizona Republic. A few weeks later, an Army Air Corps Intelligence officer from Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California, visits Rhodes and takes the prints and negatives, but Rhodes is unable to get them back. However, Kenneth Arnold obtains them on a later visit to Hamilton, and they wind up with James E. McDonald. Rhodes actually has an informal top-secret clearance because of his invention of a degaussing device for ships. He dies in 2007 at the age of 90.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Rhodes Photo Case”; Bloecher, p. IV-4; Michael D. Swords, “Can You Learn Anything from UFO Photos, Part Two,” The Big Study, July 5, 2012; Swords 53, 54
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1026

Event 5768 (5021CC52)

Date: 7/7/1947
Locations: Western Avenue; Manchester, Maine; Cobboseecontee Lake
Description: 9:30 p.m. Charles Crockett, 15, is walking along Western Avenue in Manchester, Maine, when he sees a cluster of luminous objects to the west, just above the treetops on the north end of Cobboseecontee Lake. They are still visible when he arrives home and alerts his mother and grandmother. Possible searchlight beams.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Saucers’ Still Seen Flitting in N.E. Sky,” Bangor (Maine) Daily News, July 8, 1947, pp. 1–2; Bloecher, p. II-20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1027

Event 5769 (DE54C373)

Date: 7/7/1947
Location: Preston Street and Bickels Lane in Louisville, Kentucky
Description: 10:15 p.m. Louisville Times photographer Al Hixenbaugh is at Preston Street and Bickels Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, when he notices three “fiery balls” in the sky. He takes a 5-second exposure, capturing two of the objects that show as slightly curved streaks. He estimates they are 1–2 miles away, moving at 200 mph, and at an altitude of 1,000–2,000 feet. Robert Delara of 2745 West Market Street also sees the three objects shooting northward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Louisville (Ky.) Times, July 8, 1947; “‘Flying Liver Pills’ over Kentucky,” Cincinnati Enquirer, July 9, 1947, p. 1; Bloecher, pp. IV-4–5; “La Fotografía (y la Pélicula) Al Hixenbaugh 1,” Marcianitos Verdes, February 5, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1028

Event 5770 (4E580A6B)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: The radio announcer at Mexican radio station XEFI, a man named Duran, reported the he had sighted five disc-shaped objects over Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico and that two had been sighted over Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 86, citing Panama City Star, July 8, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3897

Event 5771 (449DE2BB)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: At three o’clock in the afternoon in Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Seine-Maritime department, France a small disc-shaped UFO landed on the banks of the Seine River. Two short humanoids, about three feet tall, got out and shortly later reboarded the craft. The UFO lifted off silently, and flew off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1000, citing Michel Figeut & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochees en France, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3898

Event 5772 (AB6633D6)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: At 10:35 a.m. in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California 30 round silvery objects circled over one spot for two minutes at 2,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sacramento Bee, July 7, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 595
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3899

Event 5773 (AFBE90F5)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: During the afternoon in Tacoma, Washington three male witnesses reported that a disc-shaped object landed on their neighbor’s roof. Several “little people” emerged, but disappeared when reporters approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Tacoma News Tribune, July 8, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 547
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3900

Event 5774 (F39740F8)

Date: 7/7/1947
Description: On this afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. William Rhodes was working in his backyard in Phoenix, Arizona when he heard a whooshing sound and saw an unusual looking, gray flying craft in the sky. He grabbed his camera and took two photographs. The flying object was twenty to thirty feet long, crescent-shaped, and flying at an estimated 1,000 feet altitude. It circled in the east for about 30 seconds. The photograph quality was sharp and clear, although the reproduction below is from the newspaper that first published it and suffers from deterioration in quality due to age and print technique.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Arizona Republic, July 9, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 632; Edward U. Condon (editor), Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 508; APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 8; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 4; Kevin D. Randle & Russ Estes, Spaceships of the Visitors, p. 95
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3901

Event 5775 (8F976BB3)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Intel. Officer Maj. Marcel reports Roswell Army Air Force captures a downed flying saucer near Roswell NM
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea Research (B1-B, J2, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_252

Event 5776 (E8BFE3DA)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: Roswell radio announcement, debris being flown by special plane to Wright Field
Type: ufological event
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_253

Event 5777 (E0B2FEA5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: FBI Dallas teletype to Director: flying saucer crashed and was recovered near Roswell NM
Type: teletype
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_254

Event 5778 (B9C28A4E)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: Urgent FBI Memo from Gen. Roger Ramey concerning “flying disc information”: “Maj. Curtan, HQ 8th AF, telephonically advised this office that an object purporting to be a flying disc was recovered near Roswell, N.M., this date…Information provided this office because of national interest in case and fact that (certain media sources) attempting to break the story of location of disc today…(the recovered disc was) being transported to Wright Field by special plane for examination…Maj. Curtan advised would request Wright Field to advise (FBI) results of examination.”
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_255
See also: 7/2/1947
See also: 7/7/1947

Event 5779 (24C516EE)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: United Press reports on a phone call to Einstein: “absolutely no comment”, claimed no knowledge
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_256

Event 5780 (D39C1633)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: BSRA (Borderlands) Memorandum found in official FBI UFO files, addressed to “important aeronautical and military authorities, to a number of public officials” that “a serious situation may develop at any time with regard to the flying saucers”. “If one of these should be attacked, the attacking plane will be almost surely destroyed.” “Part of the discs carry crews, others are under remote control.” “Heat resistant metal or alloy not yet known.”
Type: FOIA release
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_257

Event 5781 (0FDCA859)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: Newspaper article in England: Maury Island incident fragments sent for analysis to metallurgists at Chicago University
Type: Newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_258

Event 5782 (ACC687FB)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Cook Springs (Alabama)
Description: (Translated from French) At 7:05am a private pilot observed something strange while flying over Cook Springs: a circular object with a polished mirror-like surface silhouetted against the mountains. He attempted to get closer, but the UFO’s speed was so great that it quickly disappeared. (“UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 57) July 8, 1947; Muroc Air Base, California. 9:30 a.m. PDT. Witnesses: lst Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman, Miss Janette Scotte. They observed for an indeterminate amount of time two silver, circular, metallic-appearing objects flying in large circles, later one of the two objects reduced its circular trajectory to a smaller circle. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) July 9, 1947 (9??) Muroc Base, Mojave (California). At 9:30 in the morning at the canteen, an officer of the cantonment said: “I will believe in these discs when one has been shown to me.” He went out and… first saw two moving at approx. 500 km/h at 2500 m altitude on a heading of 320°. He called other witnesses. Shortly afterwards he saw a third, on the same heading, describing reduced circles in a rigid plane.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, pp. 95 to 97.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1258

Event 5783 (9E1007AB)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Rogers Dry Lake (near Murdoc)
Description: (Translated from French) On July 8, 1947, at 11:50, we were in an observation car in Sector 3, Rogers Dry Lake, to follow two P-82s and an A-26, flying at 6000 meters which were to carry out an ejection seat test. We noticed a round object, the color of aluminum, which at first seemed to us to be a parachute. Our first impression was that an ejection seat had been prematurely ejected, but this was not the case. The object was below 6000 m and was falling at a speed about three times greater than that of the test parachute which we saw open 30 seconds after the discovery of the object. As it fell, it was moving slightly to the north of true west, against the prevailing wind. We were unable to determine the horizontal speed but it seemed to us to be lower than the maximum speed of an F-80. When the object reached an altitude allowing us to observe its lateral silhouette, it presented itself in a clearly oval shape with, at the top, two projections which could be thin ailerons or caboches. They crossed each other at intervals, suggesting a slow rotation or oscillation.” (July 8, 1947)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Face aux Soucoupes Volantes”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p.35, 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1259

Event 5784 (7627D5C9)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Seattle
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:30 pm a very bright, oval-shaped object topped with a “glass” dome was flying in a north-west direction above the city.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1260

Event 5785 (2D1D6BAB)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, 40 miles from Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) 40 miles south of Muroc, at 3:50 PM a P-51 pilot at an altitude of 20,000 feet saw an object without wings or tail, “flat and reflecting nature”. He attempted to intercept it twice but could not reach the same altitude.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1261

Event 5786 (06C06C3A)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Norfolk (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) B. Turrentine saw and photographed a UFO in the shape of a rugby ball spinning and swaying. Witnesses were extensively questioned by the FBI.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1262

Event 5787 (E70521B4)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Mt. Baldy (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:50 PM Lt. A.E. Mormant, flying his fighter at 20,000 feet, saw a flat, wingless, tailless UFO moving at 35,000 feet.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1264

Event 5788 (1AFC8A54)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: USA, Corapeak (North Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) A farmer observed a disk shaped like a huge pancake, something like a ray without a tail. The UFO seemed to be at 2000 feet altitude, flying at about 800 mph and had an estimated diameter of 20 or 30 feet. The object had two window-shaped openings. The body seemed to be metallic and had the luster and polish of stainless steel or aluminum. When the object had passed the witness, he heard for 3 or 4 seconds an almost inaudible sound. The object had several protuberances shaped like pipes and these emitted steam.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1265

Event 5789 (3894FE49)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At the secret base of Muroc, 1st Lieutenant Joseph McHenry, Sergeant/T Ruvolo, Sergeant/S Nauman and Janette Scotte, all from the USAF, observed 2 (6?) apparently metallic, silver-looking objects moving in a large circular curve. Later, one of the objects moved in a smaller circle. The base officers observed the flight of some luminous disk-shaped objects. The craft, flying against the wind, crossed at about 300 miles/h at about 8000 feet. Before this day, engineers were called away from their aircraft maintenance tasks to observe a metallic saucer hovering above the base. [ (9:30)
Reference: Case Blue Book #50, unsolved
Reference: GEPAN, Information Note #3, 1981
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_662

Event 5790 (4720AA6E)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Military personnel establish a security perimeter around the crash site, and put Brazel under guard. They discover a second crash site 4 km southeast of the first.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_663

Event 5791 (4B7F95B0)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Barney Barnett and 4 other archaeologists stumble upon the new site just minutes before the military arrives. They claim to have discovered a large gray metallic object and 4 other extraterrestrial bodies, about 1.15 m in size. They are excluded from the area upon the military’s arrival.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_664

Event 5792 (2ABB70C7)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The Lieutenant Haut, press officer of the Roswell base, announces to the press agencies, on the orders of Colonel Blanchard, the recovery of a disk wreckage by Major Jesse Marcel.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_665

Event 5793 (19165023)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In New Mexico, C. T. Zohm, a Navy engineer, along with 3 technicians observed several discs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_666

Event 5794 (615FCFC6)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, General Ramey tells the press that his specialists made a mistake, and that it was a weather balloon.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_667

Event 5795 (D5EDC034)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Abadan, Iran
Description: IRAN REPORTS BORDER EXPLOSIONS. Strong, starlike bodies were seen at this point and also at Shosef and Saebishheh, near the Afghan frontier. After cavorting about the sky, the objects exploded loudly, leaving only a cloud of smoke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_2

Event 5796 (5151C5D5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Muroc Air Field
Description: Four separate sightings of metallic, disc-shaped craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_22

Event 5797 (F6EB318F)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Sgt. Baker and several. 3 round rolling objects faster / P80 planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1030

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON AFB,CA:Sgt BAKER+SVRL:3 ROUND ROLLING OBJs FASTER/P80 PLANES”, LatLong: “38.066668 -122.583339”, LatLongDMS: “38:04:00 N 122:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5798 (F07C3ABB)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: FREMONT, OH
Description: 3 observer(s). Brightly lit orange disk north going quickly south over house. No further details / Register-Star 8 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1031

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “194”, HatchDesc: “FREMONT,OH:3 OBS:BRIGHTLY LIT ORG.DISK N>>S OVER HOUSE:NFD/Register-Star 8JLY”, LatLong: “41.350002 -83.122226”, LatLongDMS: “41:21:00 N 83:07:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

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Event 5799 (2A7307CF)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: SAN JUAN, PR
Description: 2+2 saucers / pairs. Northeast going quickly southwest then going quickly south. News Report / Mexico. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1032

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “SAN JUAN,PR:2+2 SCRS/PAIRS:NE >> SW then >>S:NEWS Report/MEXICO:NFD”, LatLong: “18.433334 -66.133336”, LatLongDMS: “18:26:00 N 66:08:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puerto Rico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5800 (60F48EE8)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: NEAR BARNSDALL, OK
Description: 2 / car. Soft white 50cm disk scoots along just over ground. Maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 423)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1033

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “nr BARNSDALL,OK:2/CAR:SOFT WHT 50cm DISK SCOOTS ALONG JUST OVR GND:MNVRS”, LatLong: “36.566668 -96.166671”, LatLongDMS: “36:34:00 N 96:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5801 (A662265A)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 02:10
Location: SOUTH / CAMBRIDGE, MA
Description: Salesman. 5 disks straight and level 300mph going quickly north. Thousands / Ft. altitude. Vapor trails.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 718)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1034

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: “9”, HatchDesc: “S/CAMBRIDGE,MA:SALESMAN:5 DISKS S/L 300mph >>N:1000s/FT ALT:VAPOR TRAILS”, LatLong: “42.350002 -71.116670”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 71:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5802 (241CE599)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 07:10
Location: COOK SPRINGS, AL
Description: 1 / private plane. Flash. 1M saucer seen against mountain. Lost / haze. / r187#702.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1035

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “169”, HatchDesc: “COOK SPRINGS,AL:1/Pvt.PLANE:FLASH:1M SCR SEEN AGAINST MTN:LOST/HAZE:/r187#702”, LatLong: “33.583335 -86.416671”, LatLongDMS: “33:35:00 N 86:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5803 (F8947C5D)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 07:50
Location: 2 MILES NORTH / DE LAMERE, ND
Description: Farmer Miller. Bright shiny circular object going quickly southeast fast. Straight and level trajectory. Brief.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1036

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: “325”, HatchDesc: “2mi N/De LAMERE,ND:FARMER MILLER:BRITE SHINY CIRC.OBJ >>SE FAST:S/L TRAJ:brief”, LatLong: “46.300002 -97.350005”, LatLongDMS: “46:18:00 N 97:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5804 (23C57F17)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 08:20
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: Highway Department men. 2 silver saucers going northeast fast and silent / high altitude. Single file. / r111p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1037

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “YUMA,AZ:Hwy.Dept.MEN:2 SLVR SCRS >NE FAST+SLNT/HI ALT:SINGLE FILE:/r111p20”, LatLong: “32.716668 -114.616672”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 114:37:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5805 (09EA0B0D)

Date: 7/8/1947?
Time: ~09:00
Location: RED BAY, AL
Description: Private pilot. Near collision with silver disk! Shoots away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1038

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “RED BAY,AL:Pvt.PILOT:nr COLLISION W/SLVR DISK!:SHOOTS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “34.438891 -88.133338”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:20 N 88:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5806 (635AD1D5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 09:10
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 3 separate report(s) to 9 July going southwest. Up to 5 domed saucers. Swish. Hover. Spin and speed away.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1039

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:3 SEP.RPTS to 9JLY>SW:UP TO 5 DOMED SCRS:SWISH:HVR:SPIN+SPEED AWAY”, LatLong: “41.866669 -87.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:00 N 87:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5807 (898F5892)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 09:30
Location: MUROC AB, CA
Description: 3 military observer(s). 2+1 saucers / series. Circle. Going quickly west across wind / 300+mph. 8K’ altitude. / r55p95.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1040

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “710”, HatchDesc: “MUROC AB,CA:3 MIL OBS:2+1 SCRS/SERIES:CCL:>>W ACRS WIND/300+mph:8K’ALT:/r55p95”, LatLong: “34.883335 -117.916672”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 N 117:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5808 (55B0B39A)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: ~10:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: Many observer(s). 3 groups / saucer from west scatter all over/all about city center. All going quickly west again.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 671)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1041

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:MANY OBS:3 GRPS/SCR fm WEST SCATTER ALLO CITY CENTER:ALL >>W AGAIN”, LatLong: “39.738891 -104.983338”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:20 N 104:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5809 (8D451EBC)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: CARRIZOZO, NM
Description: 5 pilots / field. Saucer feathers down. Shoots up going quickly north. Seen 10 second(s) only.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLITZ, Charles & MOORE, William: The ROSWELL INCIDENT; Putnam 1980 & Berkley Books 1988. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1042

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1654”, HatchDesc: “CARRIZOZO,NM:5 PILOTS/FIELD:SCR FEATHERS DOWN:SHOOTS UP >>N:seen 10sec only”, LatLong: “33.638890 -105.877783”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:20 N 105:52:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5810 (343E0A19)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: CORAPEAKE, NC
Description: Farmer. 8M thin metallic disk going [to] 1200kph / 600M altitude. Windows. Steams / pipes!
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1043

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “CORAPEAKE,NC:FARMER:8M THIN MTLC DISK >1200kph/600M alt:WINDOWS:STEAMS/PIPES!”, LatLong: “36.533335 -76.566670”, LatLongDMS: “36:32:00 N 76:34:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5811 (31FF0FED)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 10:20
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 1 disk going [to] over railroad/railway yards. Going quickly south. High altitude. Back / 1400-1430h. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1044

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:2 SEP.OBS:1 DISK > OVR RR YARDS:>>S:HI ALT::BACK/1400-1430h:>SE”, LatLong: “45.500002 -122.666673”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 122:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5812 (9AB053C8)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 11:00?
Location: DOUGLAS AND TUCSON, AZ
Description: 2+3 observer(s). 25’ saucer west going east. Changes shape slow. Reflects sun. / r187#730.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1045

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: “2”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “DOUGLAS+TUCSON,AZ:2+3 OBS:25’SCR W>E:CHANGES SHAPE SLOW:REFLECTS SUN:/r187#730”, LatLong: “31.344446 -109.544450”, LatLongDMS: “31:20:40 N 109:32:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5813 (43A19869)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 11:20
Location: STEWARTSVILLE, MO
Description: 3 observer(s). 4 metallic disks going west / 150M altitude. Tilt side to side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1046

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “292”, HatchDesc: “STEWARTSVILLE,MO:3 OBS:4 MTLC DISKS >W/150M alt:TILT SIDE to SIDE:”, LatLong: “39.750002 -94.500005”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 94:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5814 (66E1A842)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: ROGERS DRY LAKE, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1. F51 pilot and ground crew. Large silent silver saucer going quickly northwest. Wind going east!
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1047

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “100”, Elev: “700”, HatchDesc: “ROGERS DRY LAKE,CA:BBK#1:F51 PILOT+GND CREW:LRG SLNT SLVR SCR>>NW:WIND > E!”, LatLong: “34.866668 -117.866672”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 N 117:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5815 (E48A3BCB)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 12:00?
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Saucer lands. 2’ man / large head shakes hands / mariner and takes off. / r15#21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 447)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1048

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:SCR LANDS:2’MAN/LRG HEAD SHAKES HANDS/MARINER+TAKES OFF:/r15#21”, LatLong: “29.766668 -95.400005”, LatLongDMS: “29:46:00 N 95:24:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 5816 (48DE9888)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: 10+observer(s). Group / saucers. 1 breaks away and flips. Black / 1 side and silver / other side.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 732)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1049

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:10+OBS:GROUP/SCRS:1 BREAKS AWAY+FLIPS:BLACK/1 SIDE+SLVR/OTHER SIDE”, LatLong: “47.683336 -117.400006”, LatLongDMS: “47:41:00 N 117:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5817 (509B05CE)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: Ovoid rocks and spins. Small objects follow. Disks going north. Photographs. FBI. / r171p93+MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: George Hebert in Norfolk (VA) Ledger-Dispatch for 9 July1947. On file here: NORFOLK47.TXT
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1050

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:OVOID ROCKS+SPINS:sml objs folo:DISKS >N:fotos:FBI:/r171p93+MJ#121”, LatLong: “36.833335 -76.266670”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 76:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5818 (30962641)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 12:10
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Description: Teacher / former skeptic. Pink saucer with dark spot / center. Fast / 5-10K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 711)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1051

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “St.LOUIS,MO:TEACHER/FORMER SKEPTIC:PINK SCR W/DARK SPOT/CENTER:FAST/5-10K’alt”, LatLong: “38.650002 -90.216671”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 90:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5819 (C498BA80)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 12:10
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 30+observer(s). 3 metallic-glassy disks going west against wind. Play in and out / clouds. Spin.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1052

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:30+OBS:3 MTLC-GLASSY DISKS >W AGAINST WIND:PLAY IN+OUT/CLOUDS:SPIN”, LatLong: “33.466668 -112.033339”, LatLongDMS: “33:28:00 N 112:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5820 (9C6DB56B)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: SHINGLE SPRINGS, CA
Description: Don Barter and wife and others. ~50 disks seen. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 740)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1053

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “433”, HatchDesc: “SHINGLE SPRINGS,CA:DON BARTER+WIFE+OTHERS:~50 DISKS SEEN:NFD:”, LatLong: “38.666669 -120.900006”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 120:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5821 (90ECBCAA)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Naval student pilot. Shiny 1M disk with hole / center at 500’ altitude. Low speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 735)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1054

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:NVL STUDENT PILOT:SHINY 1M DISK W/HOLE/CENTER @500’alt:LO SPEED”, LatLong: “47.666669 -117.416672”, LatLongDMS: “47:40:00 N 117:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5822 (31B580EE)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: AVALON, CA
Description: Hundreds / HIQ. observer(s). 3+3 saucers 850mph going south over island. Photographs going [to] mainland. / r187#734.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1055

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “AVALON,CA:100s/HIQ.OBS:3+3 SCRS 850mph >S OVR ISLAND:FOTOS>MAINLAND:/r187#734”, LatLong: “33.344446 -118.327783”, LatLongDMS: “33:20:40 N 118:19:40 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5823 (6DC9A19F)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: LOS ALTOS, CA
Description: Lady and 2 boys. 8 disks / 3 formations going quickly south toward(s) Los Gatos. See Redwood City.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1056

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALTOS,CA:LADY+2 BOYS:8 DISKS/3 FORMns >>S twrd LOS GATOS:see Redwood City”, LatLong: “37.383335 -122.116672”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 122:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5824 (231B9EBA)

Date: 7/8/1947 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: COURTENAY, BC
Description: Moon-size semi translucent saucer hovers / edge over airport as clouds pass.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 529)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1057

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “COURTENAY,BC:MOONSIZE SEMI XLUCENT SCR HVRS/EDGE ovr AIRPORT as clouds pass:”, LatLong: “49.688891 -124.988895”, LatLongDMS: “49:41:20 N 124:59:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5825 (D75A53C5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 13:50
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: 1+several kids. Shiny disk maneuvers / 1 L’alt going quickly north. Spirals going up. Levels and going quickly north and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 742)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1058

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “SACRAMENTO,CA:1+SVRL KIDS:SHINY DISK MNVRS/1L’alt>>N:SPIRALS↑:LEVELS+>>N+AWAY”, LatLong: “38.600002 -121.466672”, LatLongDMS: “38:36:00 N 121:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5826 (10BC21BD)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: ~14:00
Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA
Description: 3 observer(s). 8 saucers in formation going south / high altitude / groups / 4+3+1. / R. C. Times Gazette.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1059

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “REDWOOD CITY,CA:3 OBS:8 SCRS/FORMn >S/HIGH ALT/GROUPS/4+3+1:/R.C.Times Gazette”, LatLong: “37.472224 -122.233339”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:20 N 122:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5827 (ADFB1971)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). Very shiny 10’ saucer with glass dome. Going up [to] going down [to] motion going quickly northwest over city. / r187#752.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1060

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:2 OBS:VSHINY 10’ SCR W/GLASS DOME:↑↓ MOTION>>NW OVR CITY:/r187#752”, LatLong: “47.633336 -122.350006”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 122:21:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5828 (84754FF9)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 15:10
Location: EAST / WOODBURN, OR
Description: 6 observer(s). Small silver saucer hides / puffs / smoke. Maneuvers / 30 minutes. Going quickly [to] 2 toward(s) Salem.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1061

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “E/WOODBURN,OR:6 OBS:SML SLVR SCR HIDES/PUFFS/SMOKE:MNVRS/30mins:>>2 twrd SALEM”, LatLong: “45.144447 -122.833339”, LatLongDMS: “45:08:40 N 122:50:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5829 (DE54ECC2)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 15:50
Location: 40 MI SOUTH / MUROC ARMY AIR BASE, CA
Description: F51 pilot / 20K’ altitude. Flat reflective disk. Can’t reach-too high.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1062

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “40mi S/MUROC AAB,CA:F51 PILOT/20K’alt:FLAT REFLECTIVE DISK:CANT REACH-TOO HIGH”, LatLong: “34.333335 -117.883339”, LatLongDMS: “34:20:00 N 117:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5830 (66DB9182)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: ROSWELL, NM
Description: Army Air Force (AAF) news release. F.S. recovered! (Later) “only a weather balloon”.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin & SCHMITT,Donald: UFO CRASH at ROSWELL; Avon Books, NY 1991. 327pp. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1063

Attributes: NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “1089”, HatchDesc: “ROSWELL,NM:AAF NEWS RELEASE:F.S. RECOVERED!:(later) “ONLY A WEATHER BALLOON””, LatLong: “33.383335 -104.533338”, LatLongDMS: “33:23:00 N 104:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 5831 (1F690D09)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 16:30
Location: NORTH / ALTON, NH
Description: Vet private pilot and 1. 6M metallic saucer veers going quickly northeast / 400M altitude. 1100kph. / r187#733.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1064

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “N/ALTON,NH:VET Pvt PILOT+1:6M MTLC SCR VEERS >>NE/400M alt:1100kph:/r187#733”, LatLong: “43.450002 -71.216670”, LatLongDMS: “43:27:00 N 71:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “400”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5832 (3AB1DC88)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: PEARL HARBOR, HI
Description: 100 Navy men. Silver saucer going quickly east / high altitude. (Balloon earlier went going [to] southwest.)
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 769)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1065

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PEARL HARBOR,HI:100 NAVY MEN:SLVR SCR >>E/HI ALT:(BALLOON EARLIER WENT > SW)”, LatLong: “21.366668 -157.966674”, LatLongDMS: “21:22:00 N 157:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5833 (25CA1C91)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Several separate observer(s). Shiny aluminum round object going quickly south straight and level / 30 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 753)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1066

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX CITY,IA:SVRL SEP.OBS:SHINY ALUM.ROUND OBJ >>S S/L /30sec:NFD”, LatLong: “42.516669 -96.433338”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:00 N 96:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5834 (A5CDAF61)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: ~18:00
Location: CALDWELL TO/FROM NOTUS, ID
Description: 1 / car. 9-12 dark wiggly ‘amoebas’ going quickly west fast. Fade into distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1067

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “868”, HatchDesc: “CALDWELL><NOTUS,ID:1/CAR:9-12 DRK WIGGLY ‘AMOEBAS’ >>W FAST:FADE into DISTANCE”, LatLong: “43.694447 -116.750006”, LatLongDMS: “43:41:40 N 116:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5835 (D4DEA8CE)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 18:20
Location: COLUMBUS, KS
Description: 2 ex-airmen and 3. 6M metallic hemisphere going quickly southwest straight and level. 3km altitude. Slight tilt.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 822)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1068

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “277”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,KS:2 EX-AIRMEN+3:6M MTLC HEMISPHERE >>SW S/L:3km alt:SLIGHT TILT”, LatLong: “37.166668 -94.844449”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:00 N 94:50:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5836 (DD231503)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: VANCOUVER, BC AND SAANICH AND NEW WESTMINSTER
Description: Many separate observer(s). Flying disks all over area.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1069

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,BC+SAANICH+NEW WESTMINSTER:MANY SEP.OBS:FLYING DISKS ALL OVR AREA”, LatLong: “48.250002 -123.066673”, LatLongDMS: “48:15:00 N 123:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5837 (B08F01E9)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: TOPEKA, KS
Description: 1+3 separate observer(s). Green luminous disk very high and fast. Straight and level going quickly southwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1070

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “TOPEKA,KS:1+3 SEP.OBS:GRN LUMn.DISK VERY HIGH+FAST:S/L >>SW:NFD”, LatLong: “39.033335 -95.666671”, LatLongDMS: “39:02:00 N 95:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5838 (A008C47A)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: ~19:00
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Scores / observer(s). Grey truncated-cone saucer seen all over town.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 758)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1071

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:SCORES/OBS:GRY TRUNCATED-CONE SCR SEEN ALL OVR TOWN”, LatLong: “39.966669 -75.183337”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 75:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5839 (B7CE9B09)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 19:20
Location: SAN LEANDRO, CA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Silver disk hovers and maneuvers going up and down. Rises. “Explodes / flames”.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 766)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1072

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “SAN LEANDRO,CA:HUNDREDS/OBS:SLVR DISK HVRS+MNVRS ↑+↓:RISES:“EXPLODES/FLAMES””, LatLong: “37.683335 -122.150006”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 122:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5840 (E5C7A0C0)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: BRUSHY CREEK, TX
Description: Numerous observer(s). Row / 12 orbs reforms into circle formation. Going west / Palestine, TX.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 435)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1073

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “142”, HatchDesc: “BRUSHY CREEK,TX:NMRS OBS:ROW/12 ORBS REFORMS into CIRCLE FORMn:>W/PALESTINE,TX”, LatLong: “31.950002 -95.600005”, LatLongDMS: “31:57:00 N 95:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5841 (B713C6B4)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 21:00?
Location: BIG SANDY, TX
Description: Numerous observer(s). Big disk stops cold. 2nd disk catches up. Both circle going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1074

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “106”, HatchDesc: “BIG SANDY,TX:NMRS OBS:BIG DISK STOPS COLD:2nd DISK CATCHES UP:BOTH CCL >SW”, LatLong: “32.583335 -95.111116”, LatLongDMS: “32:35:00 N 95:06:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5842 (5C97A9DF)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 21:00?
Location: LONDON, ONT
Description: Steeplejack Ferguson and family. Flying pancake disk skips along going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1075

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: "LONDON,ONT:STEEPLEJACK FERGUSON+FAMILY:FLYING PANCAKE DISK SKIPS ALONG >NW: ", LatLong: “43.033335 -81.333337”, LatLongDMS: “43:02:00 N 81:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5843 (635AE8DF)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 21:50
Location: MADISON, WI
Description: 5 teens camping. Flat brilliant disk close to horizon. Southeast going quickly northwest very fast. Straight and level.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 777)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1076

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “MADISON,WI:5 TEENS CAMPING:FLAT BRILL.DISK CLOSE TO HRZN:SE>>NW VFAST:S/L”, LatLong: “43.066669 -89.416671”, LatLongDMS: “43:04:00 N 89:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5844 (4E192728)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Bloecher’s case 698, from his book, is a humanoid report. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_369

Event 5845 (563F87A9)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Los Angeles (near), CA
Description: F-51 pilot (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_370

Event 5846 (4D27F293)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Muroc AFB, CA
Description: 9:30 AM: 2 disc-shaped or spherical objects, silver and apparently metallic (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 50)
Reference: NICAP: 470708
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_371

Event 5847 (7B25ED21)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Muroc AFB, CA
Description: 11:50 AM - Noon: Sightings of discs had impact on EOTS. A round silver or aluminum-white object at first thought to be a parachute was seen (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470708
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_372

Event 5848 (7014F623)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Muroc AFB, CA
Description: Noon. Others witnesses independently, including Muroc CO Col. Signa A. Gilkey and engineer Major Richard R. Shoop and wife saw from a different location 5-8 miles away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470708
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_373

Event 5849 (CBD72AF9)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Muroc AFB (40 miles S of), CA
Description: 4 PM: a flat reflective object with no vertical fin or wings (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_374

Event 5850 (ECCA463B)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 1200
Location: Muroc Air Field, California
Description: An Air Force major observed a metallic object, reflecting sunlight oscillate, go down to ground level, and rise again. Simultaneously it was observed by a captain in Rodgers Dry Lake.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_60

Event 5851 (7009837B)

Date: 7/8/1947
Time: 9:30 AM PDT
Location: Muroc Air Base, California
Description: Witnesses: lst Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman, Miss Janette Scotte. Watched for an unstated length of time while two disc-shaped or spherical objects–silver and apparently metallic–flew a wide circular pattern, and then one of them later flew a tighter circle.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_3

Event 5852 (C50ED7B7)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Roswell; Corona, New Mexico; Roswell AAF
Description: 2:00 a.m. Marcel stops at home in Roswell to show his wife Viaud and son Jesse Jr. some of the Corona, New Mexico, crash debris. Over the next hour they examine it on the kitchen floor. Marcel Sr. says it is a flying saucer. Marcel is not breaking regulations since nothing has yet been classified. With the help of his son, Marcel loads it into the car to be taken to Roswell AAF.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 166; Robert J. Durant, “C. B. Moore’s Mogul Tape,” IUR 23, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 7–9, 32; Robert A. Galganski, “Probing the Roswell Thin-Strut Debris,” IUR 24, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 8–12, 30; Karl T. Pflock, et al., “Debris Details,” IUR 24, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1029

Event 5853 (514EB39B)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: base Provost Marshal; Fort Worth, Texas
Description: 6:00 a.m. Marcel and Cavitt visit with Blanchard in his quarters and tell him what they have seen. Blanchard calls base Provost Marshal Maj. Edwin D. Easley and orders him to post guards on the roads around the debris field. Armed guards encircle the primary areas, denying access to anyone without official business. Easley is directed to locate Brazel and have him escort the MPs to the debris field. Blanchard calls Eighth Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, and advises them of the new find.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1030

Event 5854 (E9391A97)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field; Corona in Lincoln County, New Mexico; Roswell; impact site approximately 40 miles north of Roswell
Description: 7:30 a.m. The regular 9:00 a.m. Roswell Army Air Field staff meeting is moved up 90 minutes. The main topic for discussion is Marcel and Cavitt reporting an extensive debris field near Corona in Lincoln County, New Mexico, approximately 75 miles northwest of Roswell. A preliminary briefing is provided by Blanchard about the separate impact site approximately 40 miles north of Roswell. Samples of wreckage are passed around the table. Pieces that resemble metal foil, paper-thin yet extremely strong, and pieces with unusual markings along their length are handed from man to man, each voicing their opinion. No one is able to identify the crash debris.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1031

Event 5855 (7F4C2F75)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Cavitt; Lewis S. Rickett; Carlsbad, New Mexico; Roswell; impact site north of Roswell
Description: 9:00 a.m. Cavitt and Lewis S. Rickett, who has returned from an assignment in Carlsbad, New Mexico, drive a staff car to the impact site north of Roswell, followed by MPs. They are stopped by the guards who are still posted. When they arrive, they see that a small containment of debris remains that Rickett is allowed to examine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1032

Event 5856 (AE762C1A)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Muroc AFB [now Edwards AFB]; Rogers Dry Lake
Description: 9:30 a.m.–9:20 p.m. Five separate UFO sightings take place at Muroc AFB [now Edwards AFB] in southern California, the Air Force’s aircraft testing and development center. Ruppelt says these are the first sightings “that really made the Air Force take a deep interest in UFOs.” At 9:30 a.m., 1st Lt. Joseph C. McHenry and three others see three discs heading in a westerly direction. At 10:10 a.m., XP-84 test pilot Maj. Jowell C. Wise sees a yellowish-white object at 10,000 feet traveling about 200 mph. At 11:50 a.m., Maj. Richard R. Shoop, Col. S. A. Gilkey, and Capt. John P. Stapp are sitting in an observation truck at Rogers Dry Lake and see a round, white aluminum-like object descending from 20,000 feet for about 90 seconds; it has two knobs or thick fins on the top. Around 4:00 p.m., a pilot flying an F-51 some 40 miles south of Muroc sees a “flat object of a light-reflecting nature”; it is flying too high for him to climb up to it. At 9:20 p.m., spherical objects are again seen in the area, this time at 8,000 feet and moving against the wind at 300 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Observers Sight Saucer over Base”; NICAP, “Object Observed by Four Witnesses in Observation”; NICAP, “Object Descends to Ground Level, Rises”; NICAP, “Flat Object with Fin Observed by F-51 Pilot”; Bloecher, pp. III-4, 12; Clark III 783–784; Sparks, pp. 22–23; Patrick Gross, “The Muroc Army Air Field Incidents”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1033

Event 5857 (637B7BD7)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: 11:00 a.m. Col. William Blanchard dictates a press release about the Roswell recovery to Public Information Officer Lt. Walter Haut, who delivers the release to radio stations around noon (the first apparently to Frank Joyce at KGFL) and the newspapers in Roswell, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1034

Event 5858 (AFB519AF)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: The Army Air Force issues a press release saying that, based on a “preliminary study,” the flying discs are not secret bacteriological weapons designed by a foreign power, experimental army aircraft, or spaceships. However, Army and Navy officials are not certain what they are.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Saucer’ Dept.—All Designs,” Racine (Wis.) Journal Times, July 8, 1947, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1035

Event 5859 (00959D09)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.) requests information on the flying discs from the War Department. Someone from Gen. Carl Spaatz’s office writes back on July 21 to tell him the Army Air Forces are looking into it, but there is “no indication” that the discs are “new or unusual missiles or aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 38
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1036

Event 5860 (E928832F)

Date: 7/8/1947?
Locations: US; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Mexico
Description: British radio and TV entertainer Hughie Green is driving across the US. About 250 miles west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he hears an announcement that a flying saucer “had crashed in New Mexico and that the Army were moving in to investigate. Later the program was interrupted again and quite a few details were given.” When he arrives at Philadelphia, there is nothing in the newspapers or on the radio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Star Puzzled,” Flying Saucer Review 1, no 1 (Spring 1955): 3; Clark III 319; “Hughie Green: ‘Peripheral Witness to Roswell?’” Above Top Secret forum, October 20, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1037

Event 5861 (DEEAD3A6)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Fort Worth Army Air Field, Texas; Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio; Corona, New Mexico; Roswell, New Mexico
Description: 1:00 p.m. Marcel goes on a B-29 special flight (the second) to Fort Worth Army Air Field, Texas, with the wreckage to report to Gen. Roger M. Ramey. The pilot is Lt. Col. Payne Jennings Jr. with Lt. Col. Robert Barrowclough riding in the bombardier’s seat. Only a few packages are loaded onto the plane. One, a triangular package about two feet long, is wrapped in brown paper. The other three are about the size of shoe boxes. They are so light that it feels as if there is nothing in them. When it lands in Fort Worth, the enlisted soldiers on the plane are ordered to remain aboard until a guard is posted and Marcel gets off taking one of the packages that he has been carrying on his lap. According to Flight Engineer M/Sgt. Robert Porter, the soldiers go to the mess hall once the guard is posted. The remaining debris is transferred to a B-25 that is flying to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Marcel goes to Ramey’s office and puts the package on his desk. They both go to a map room, where Marcel shows him where the debris was found. When they return to Ramey’s office, Marcel sees that the package he brought has been substituted by a torn-up weather balloon. Ramey proposes a plan that possibly originates from his bosses at the Pentagon. Attention needs to be diverted from the more important impact site north of Roswell by acknowledging the Corona location. Too many civilians are involved, and the press is already alerted.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 167–168; Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt, “Flight to Fort Worth: From Complicity to Cover-Up,” IUR 25, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 7–13, 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1038

Event 5862 (125C1AD3)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field; New Mexico; Chavez County Sheriff’s Office
Description: 2:26 p.m. Haut’s press release about the recovered disc reaches the Associated Press wire. The story announces: “The army air forces here today announced a flying disc had been found” the previous week. It says that the disc is recovered by intelligence officers of the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell Army Air Field [now closed], New Mexico, with the help of local ranchers and the Chavez County Sheriff’s Office. It adds that the disc is being loaned by Maj. Marcel “to higher headquarters.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1039

Event 5863 (1C5C7AC5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Corona, New Mexico
Description: 2:30 p.m. Blanchard decides it is time to “go on leave.” Too many phone callers into the base are asking to speak with him. He, along with a few members of his staff, drive out to the Corona, New Mexico, debris field. Those left at the base are told to inform the reporters that the colonel is now on leave.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 167; Kevin D. Randle, “When a Leave Is Not a Leave: Col. Blanchard and the Roswell Timeline,” IUR 19, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1994): 18–20; Karl T. Pflock, “Taking Liberties with a Leave,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1040

Event 5864 (B66D1841)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: 2:41 p.m. The press release is put on the United Press wire.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1041

Event 5865 (5EDCF060)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Mount Baldy, California
Description: 3:50 p.m. An Army National Guard pilot flying near Mount Baldy, California, observes a flat object, reflecting light, about the size of a fighter. He gives chase, attempting to keep it in sight, but is unable to do so.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Air Force Base Intelligence Report, “Flying Discs,” July 30, 1947; Kevin D. Randle, “Roswell, Nathan Twining, and the Mini-EOTS,” A Different Perspective, October 6, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1042

Event 5866 (727B979C)

Date: 7/8/1947
Location: Alton, New Hampshire
Description: 4:26 p.m. Thomas Dale is flying a small plane at 2,800 feet over Alton, New Hampshire, with passenger Jere Stetson. They see a metallic object some 2 miles away to the east and some 1,500 feet below their aircraft. It approaches them at great speed before veering to the north. They estimate it is 20 feet long and “not exactly round.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1043

Event 5867 (CF3E3961)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Roswell; Fort Worth, Texas
Description: 4:30 p.m. The Roswell Daily Record carries the “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer” story. In Fort Worth, Texas, Ramey issues a statement saying the Roswell officers were fooled and that the material is a Rawin target device suspended by a Neoprene rubber balloon. (“Rawin” is a method of determining wind speed and direction by using radar or radio waves to track a balloon carrying either a radar-sensitive target or radio transponder.). The debris is switched for the newspaper photographer, James Bond Johnson, at a press conference held by Ramey and Col. Thomas J. DuBose in late afternoon. Johnson takes six photos of the debris and leaves after 20 minutes. One of the photos shows Ramey holding a piece of paper (the “Ramey memo”) with words written on it; unfortunately, the resolution is inadequate to decisively “deblur” the text using modern technological methods. A weather officer, Maj. Irving Newton, is called in to identify the debris as from a balloon. A photo of Newton with the debris is taken by another photographer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 41–43, 168; Donald R. Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle, “Fort Worth, July 8, 1947: The Cover-Up Begins,” IUR 15, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1990): 21–23; Donald R. Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle, “The Fort Worth Press Conference: The J. Bond Johnson Connection,” IUR 15, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1990): 5–16; Robert A. Galganski, “Probing the Roswell Thin-Strut Debris,” IUR 24, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 8–12, 30; Donald R. Burleson, “Deciphering the Ramey Memo,” IUR 25, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 3–6, 32; Robert A. Galganski, “The Roswell Debris Field: Size Doesn’t Matter,” IUR 25, no. 4 (Winter 2000–2001): 14–19, 30; James Houran and Kevin D. Randle, “Interpreting the Ramey Memo,” IUR 27, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 10–14, 26–27; Donald R. Burleson, “On Blobs and Chiaroscuro,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 24; James Houran and Kevin D. Randle, “‘A Message in a Bottle’: Confounds in Deciphering the Ramey Memo from the Roswell UFO Case,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 16, no. 1 (2002): 45–66; Barry Greenwood, “An Observation on the Ramey Memo,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 11 (March 2004): 1–8; James Houran, A Search for Meaning in the Ramey Document: From the Roswell UFO Case, Fund for UFO Research, 2006; Dennis Balthaser, “Interview: James Bond Johnson (Roswell Wreckage Photographer),” The UFO Chronicles, March 27, 2006; Barry Greenwood, “Ramey Memo Redux: Line 5,” UFO Historical Revue, no 13 (September 2009): 5–19; Kevin D. Randle, Roswell in the 21st Century, The Author, 2016; Nick Redfern, The Roswell UFO Conpsiracy, Lisa Hagan, 2017, pp. 232–238
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1044

Event 5868 (3D0FCA6C)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Dallas, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Fort Worth; Wright Field; Roswell; New Mexico
Description: 5:17 p.m. Special Agent Percy Wyly II in the Dallas, Texas, FBI office sends a teletype headed “Flying Disc, Information Concerning” to J. Edgar Hoover and Strategic Air Command in Cincinnati, Ohio, expressing some doubt about the balloon explanation: “telephonic conversation between [Eighth Air Force] and Wright Field had not borne out this belief. Disc and balloon being transported to Wright Field by special plane for examination.” Wyly receives this information from Maj. Edwin M. Kirton at Fort Worth. Roswell mortician Glenn Dennis, intrigued by inquiries from the base about small caskets, visits the base hospital but is turned away forcibly; a nurse friend (possibly 1st Lt. Adeline “Eileen” M. Fanton) warns him to leave before he gets into trouble and supposedly tells him that three alien bodies had been found. Other witnesses to recovered bodies include T/Sgt Ernest R. Robbins, Maj. Edwin D. Easley, Ruben and Pete Anaya, New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Joseph Montoya, Sgt. Melvin E. Brown (who says the bodies looked Asian), Capt. Oliver “Pappy” W. Henderson, Staff Sgt. Robert A. Slusher, and Charles H. Forgus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Wyly’s teletype message]; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 168–169; Good Need, pp. 91–93; Mark Rodeghier and Mark Chesney, “Who’s the Dummy Now? The Latest Air Force Report,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 10; Nick Redfern, The Roswell UFO Conspiracy, Lisa Hagan, 2017, pp. 97–100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1045

Event 5869 (02473602)

Date: 7/8/1947
Locations: Fort Worth Army Air Field; Roswell
Description: 6:29 p.m. An Associated Press story goes out that a Fort Worth Army Air Field officer (Newton) has identified the Roswell debris as a weather balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 46–52, 168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1046

Event 5870 (80987B71)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: There are at least 74 UFO reports recorded for this day in the UFOCAT database. At ten o’clock in the morning an aluminum colored, pancake shaped object was sighted by a farmer as it flew over Corapeake, North Carolina. It flew at an estimated 800 mph at 2,000 feet altitude. He described it as having two windows and protruding pipe-like extensions, and emitting vapor and making a slight noise. At 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time an ovoid object was sighted over Norfolk, Virginia. It was seen rocking and spinning, and followed by smaller objects. An Air Force major observed a metallic object at Muroc Field (now Edwards AFB) in California at noon. The object reflected sunlight and oscillated up and down in the sky, going down to ground level then rising again. It was observed simultaneously by a captain in Rodgers Dry Lake Bed. At the same time a student pilot sighted at flying disc that looked like it had a hole in its center, flying at 500 feet altitude over Spokane, Washington. At 5:33 p.m. an object flew in a zigzag pattern over Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. At 9:47 p.m. five teenagers camping out at a golf course in Madison, Wisconsin saw a flat, brilliant disc close to the horizon. It flew from the southeast to the northwest very quickly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Norfolk (NC) Pilot, July 9, 1947; (2) newspaper clipping dated July 9, 1947; (3) Edward J. Ruppelt, True Magazine, May 1954; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191; (4) Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 9; (5) Ted Bloecher, Report on the 1947 UFO Wave, case 769, citing newspaper clipping dated July 9, 1947; (6) APRO Bulletin, March-April 1971, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3923

Event 5871 (E2AA72E0)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: 1st Lt. Walter Haut states in an allegedly signed affidavit he was stationed at Roswell Army Air Field as the Public Information Officer and received a call from Col. William Blanchard who said he possessed “flying saucer” debris. The material was from “outer space” and recovered from a crash northwest of Roswell, NM.

• https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/05/NINTCHDBPICT000652591599.jpg?strip=all&w=719

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_1

Event 5872 (47220353)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: Another affidavit from Arthur R. McQuiddy, the editor of the Roswell Morning Dispatch, claims Lt. Walter Haut delivered a press release to McQuiddy declaring the recovery of a “flying saucer.” McQuiddy claims Roswell Army Air Field next calls him and asks him to change the story to a “weather balloon” instead of a flying saucer.

• https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/rw/w/artmcquiddy.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_2

Event 5873 (CAFAD6F5)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: Col. Thomas J. DuBose states in a signed affidavit he was stationed at Fort Worth Army Air Field and received a phone call from Gen. Clements McMullen of Strategic Air Command informing him of an object recovered outside Roswell, NM.

DuBose states he requested Roswell Army Air Field to send the material to Fort Worth Army Air Field, which was eventually sent to Gen. Benjamin Chidlaw at Wright Field. DuBose states photographs of a weather balloon given to the press were a “cover story” to divert attention away from the origin of the flying saucer material.

• https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/rw/w/pics/thomasdubose-affidavit.jpg

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_3

Event 5874 (22FA61D3)

Date: 7/8/1947
Description: A signed affidavit from 1st Lt. Robert Shirkey also claims the flight of “crashed flying saucer” debris occurred between Roswell and Fort Worth. He also claims another flight operated by Oliver W. Henderson (see 9 July 1991 entry) flew directly to Wright Field.

• https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/rw/w/pics/robertshirkeya01.jpg

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_4

Event 5875 (D6A779B2)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: USA, Midland (Michigan)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Lane were picking berries around 5 pm when they saw an object hovering a few meters above a stretch of sand. After about ten seconds the object disappeared, but a black substance and some metal fragments were found at the site. Analysis concluded that the metal was silver and the black substance was thorite with some impurities of iron, aluminum, and titanium.
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 40, 41
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1266

Event 5876 (07CE6995)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: (Translated from French) 12:15 p.m. PDT. Witness: Idaho aviation editor and former AAF B-29 pilot Dave Johnson. After three days of aerial searches, he concentrated his gaze on the object and saw it maneuvering so that its edge was presented to him. At that moment it sparkled once in the sunlight. It then seemed to execute a maneuver resembling a roll or barrel roll, which instead of completing, stopped at around 180°. At that precise moment he lost sight of it. He forgot to look at his watch to determine the exact moment he saw the object, but immediately afterwards he called the Civil Aviation Weather Service which recorded his communication at 12:17 p.m. (July 9, 1947)
Reference: Brad STEIGER: “UFO, the Project Blue Book” - translated by Belfond 1979 - pp. 39,40; Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1267

Event 5877 (34F9D34F)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: USA, Llano (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8 PM T. A. Smith saw a flying disc heading southeast. He said the phenomenon looked like a whirling washing tub. He also noted that the object was emitting sparks, which was confirmed by another witness.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 64
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1268

Event 5878 (36F78388)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The military escort Brazel to the radio station, where he tells Frank Joyce that he saw a weather balloon. He leaves with the military.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_668

Event 5879 (EF85BCE1)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: (Translated from French) General Schulgen officially requests the FBI’s assistance in the investigation, and simultaneously affirms to the FBI that neither the U.S. Army nor the U.S. Navy have any research projects related to aircraft construction that could be linked to flying saucers.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_669

Event 5880 (01B697E9)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In Idaho, former AAF B-29 pilot and “statesman aviation editor” Dave Johnson observed for over 10 seconds from an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 a black disc staying outside the clouds, doing a half roll and then climbing in altitude. (0 h 17)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_670

Event 5881 (7A9CB19C)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: THEY MOVE INTO IDAHO. Dave Johnson, aviation director of the Idaho Stateman, while flying at 14,000 feet, west of Boise, saw a circular object bank in front of a cloud formation for 45 seconds. It rose sharply and jerkily toward the top of a towering bank of clouds, then turned its edge toward him, appearing as a straight black line, and shot straight up. It moved fast, and was very large. Three Idaho National Guardsmen had seen a similar object in the same area as Johnson.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_3

Event 5882 (75AC01AB)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: The Arizona Republic. ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHS THEM. The first clearly recorded photograph of what is believed to be a flying disk was taken today by an amateur Phoenix photographer, William Rhodes, as it circled north of the city. Rhodes shot the picture as the slow-flying object was approaching him. As it banked to make a right turn, he obtained this picture, showing clearly the shape of the disk. Rhodes said the object then shot away at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_4

Event 5883 (86292E67)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 7+observer(s) / cafe. 2 40cm saucers. 1 hovers. 1 shoots up. Both chase away going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1077

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:7+OBS/CAFE:2 40cm SCRS:1 HVRS:1 SHOOTS UP:BOTH CHASE AWAY>>S”, LatLong: “35.100002 -106.683338”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:00 N 106:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5884 (3D62E2FC)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: 14 MI WITH ROSWELL, NM
Description: 2 / car. Saucer rolls over repeatedly / 70 second(s). Drops down south / US70.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1078

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1070”, HatchDesc: “14mi W/ROSWELL,NM:2/CAR:SCR ROLLS OVR REPEATEDLY/70sec:DROPS DOWN S/US70:”, LatLong: “33.400002 -104.750005”, LatLongDMS: “33:24:00 N 104:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5885 (C811741A)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 00:10
Location: KAGOSHIMA, JPN
Description: Cop. Silent hyphen shapes / wavy motion going quickly northwest over bay. 1 km altitude. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1079

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KAGOSHIMA,JPN:COP:SLNT HYPHEN SHAPES/WAVY MOTION >>NW ovr BAY:1 km alt:/NEWS”, LatLong: “31.583335 130.516673”, LatLongDMS: “31:35:00 N 130:31:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5886 (37B9E941)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 05:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / LAKE KOSHKONING, WI
Description: Farmer. Chickens hide. Half-moon size green-glow object going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1080

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “SE/LAKE KOSHKONING,WI:FARMER:CHICKENS HIDE:HALF-MOON SIZE GRN-GLOW OBJ >NW:”, LatLong: “42.850002 -88.950004”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 88:57:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5887 (856B1B1C)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 05:30
Location: SPRINGFIELD, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny grey disk whizzes going south. 500mph. Dips below trees and back up.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 788)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1081

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,IL:2 OBS:SHINY GRY DISK WHIZZES >S:500mph:DIPS BLW TREES+BACK UP”, LatLong: “39.800002 -89.616671”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 89:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5888 (0D2D81F5)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 05:40
Location: KINCARDINE, ON
Description: Farmer / plow. 5 saucers criss-cross sky 3x / different formations. Silent. No lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 444)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1082

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “197”, HatchDesc: “KINCARDINE,ON:FARMER/PLOW:5 SCRS CRISS-CROSS SKY 3x/DIFF.FORMNs:SLNT:NO LITES”, LatLong: “44.166669 -81.633337”, LatLongDMS: “44:10:00 N 81:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5889 (3EA0F319)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 07:00
Location: HOPKINSVILLE, KY
Description: 2 observer(s). Washtub saucer “jet propelled”. Makes sput-sput sounds… (!)
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 789)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1083

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “163”, HatchDesc: “HOPKINSVILLE,KY:2 OBS:WASHTUB SCR “JET PROPELLED”:MAKES SPUT-SPUT SOUNDS…(!)”, LatLong: “36.866668 -87.488893”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 N 87:29:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5890 (B05B3A61)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: MORRISTOWN, NJ
Description: 1 observer. 4 100’ disks / line formation. 3 shiny and 1 dull. Slow and fast. 10K’ altitude. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 790)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1084

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “MORRISTOWN,NJ:1 OBS:4 100’DISKS/LINE FORMn:3 SHINY+1 DULL:SLO+FAST:10K’alt:>E”, LatLong: “40.800002 -74.483337”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 74:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5891 (45C11923)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 12:20
Location: BOISE TO/FROM MERIDIAN, ID
Description: United Airlines (UAL) pilot. Flat black saucer / staircase maneuvers. Bad film. / r185p1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1085

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “812”, HatchDesc: “BOISE><MERIDIAN,ID:UAL PILOT:FLAT BLK SCR/STAIRCASE MNVRS:BAD FILM:/r185p1”, LatLong: “43.611113 -116.300006”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:40 N 116:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5892 (90B28DC7)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: EVERETT, MASS
Description: Mulledy and Arlen. Daytime. 5-6 disks circle. Shoot going quickly east toward(s) Chelsea. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 792)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1086

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “EVERETT,MASS:MULLEDY+ARLEN:DAYTIME:5-6 DISKS CIRCLE:SHOOT >>E twrd CHELSEA:NFD”, LatLong: “42.383335 -71.055559”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 71:03:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5893 (34323F8F)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 15:50
Location: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT
Description: 2 private pilots. 7 saucers going quickly northeast. Disintegrate? No further details / local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1087

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1980”, HatchDesc: “GLACIER Nat’l PARK,MT:2 Pvt.PILOTS:7 SCRS >>NE:disintegrate?:NFD/local news”, LatLong: “48.633336 -113.750005”, LatLongDMS: “48:38:00 N 113:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 5894 (C9664B76)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: 3 teens. Small white disk faster / fighters. Going quickly south over field / 4K’ altitude. Straight and level.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 806)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1088

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “ELMENDORF AFB,AK:3 TEENS:SML WHT DISK FASTER/FIGHTERS:>>S OVR FIELD/4K’alt:S/L”, LatLong: “61.233336 -149.783340”, LatLongDMS: “61:14:00 N 149:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5895 (F8B64235)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 18:20
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Work crew. 3 disks spin over flour mill. 1 lands / riverbed. No traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 803)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1089

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:WORK CREW:3 DISKS SPIN OVR FLOUR MILL:1 LANDS/RIVERBED:NO TRACES”, LatLong: “47.683336 -117.433339”, LatLongDMS: “47:41:00 N 117:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5896 (4FBDD718)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: LLANO, TX
Description: Observer(s) = Smith and Owen. 1M disk going quickly southeast. Possible spin. Possible landing. / Austin American.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1090

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “336”, HatchDesc: “LLANO,TX:OBS=SMITH+OWEN:1M DISK >>SE:POSS.SPIN:POSS.LANDING:/Austin American”, LatLong: “30.766668 -98.666671”, LatLongDMS: “30:46:00 N 98:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5897 (51118AAC)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: BLUEFIELD, WV
Description: Several observer(s). Saucers maneuver / low altitude / 30 minute(s). 1 observer fires shotgun. / r171p98.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1091

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “796”, HatchDesc: “BLUEFIELD,WV:SVRL OBS:SCRS MNVR/lo alt/30min:1 OBS FIRES SHOTGUN:/r171p98”, LatLong: “37.266668 -81.222226”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 81:13:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5898 (5D7E79CA)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA
Description: B. Ballard / 319 Woodside Road and Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. Luminous disk south going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 807)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1092

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “REDWOOD CITY,CA:B.BALLARD/319 WOODSIDE Rd+HETCH HETCHY AQUEDUCT:LUMn.DISK S>NW”, LatLong: “37.472224 -122.216672”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:20 N 122:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5899 (9E09F8A8)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 23:30
Location: GRAND FALLS, NFLD
Description: Cop and others. “Flying Barrelhead” and 4 saucers. Phosphorescent aura.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1093

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “51”, HatchDesc: “GRAND FALLS,NFLD:COP+OTHERS:“FLYING BARRELHEAD”+4 SCRS:PHOSPHORESCENT AURA”, LatLong: “48.933336 -55.666669”, LatLongDMS: “48:56:00 N 55:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5900 (D4F05881)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Boise (Bet. Meridian and), ID
Description: A black disc, standing out against the clouds (Johnson Case (P)) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470709
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_375

Event 5901 (E5E92451)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Meridian, ID
Description: Black disc made a half-roll and then a stair-step climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_401

Event 5902 (330E5EB3)

Date: 7/9/1947
Time: 12:17 PM PDT
Location: Meridian, Idaho
Description: Witness: Idaho statesman aviation editor and former (AAF) B-29 pilot Dave Johnson. Watched for more than 10 seconds from an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 while a black disc, which stood out against the clouds, made a half-roll and then a stair-step climb.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_4

Event 5903 (3BDB868D)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: 4328 South Emerald Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Description: 1:00 a.m. William Valetta sees 5–6 domed discs streaking eastward as he stands outside his house at 4328 South Emerald Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. They make a swishing noise and he sees a blue flame underneath each of them. Smoke seems to be coming from the tops.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, pp. II-13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1047

Event 5904 (10CFF270)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Roswell Daily Record; Los Alamos, New Mexico; Kirtland AFB; Roswell; Fort Worth
Description: RAAF officers locate Mack Brazel and take him to the base for questioning, then to the Roswell Daily Record and radio station KGPL for a revised, sanitized version of his story, this time saying he found the debris on June 14. Copies of Haut’s original press release are recovered. Three fully loaded C-54’s carry debris to Los Alamos, New Mexico, via Kirtland AFB, according to Robert E. Smith, First Air Transport Unit. A crate allegedly carrying alien bodies is flown from Roswell to Fort Worth in a B-29, according to Staff Sgt. Robert A. Slusher, who says he was on board.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle, “Roswell, July 9, 1947,” IUR 14, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1989): 4–6, 23; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 53–58, 169–171; Kevin D. Randle, “Bessie Brazel’s Story,” IUR 20, no. 3 (May/June 1995): 3–5, 24; Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt, “Mack Brazel Reconsidered,” IUR 24, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 13–19; Kevin D. Randle, “Bessie Brazel Schreiber and the Roswell Crash,” A Different Perspective, September 19, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1048

Event 5905 (668CCFE7)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Boise (Idaho) Municipal Airport
Description: The FBI interviews Capt. Emil J. Smith and copilot Ralph Stevens at Boise (Idaho) Municipal Airport about their July 4 sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 151; Good Above, pp. 253–254
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1049

Event 5906 (12363262)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: US; Idaho
Description: US Sen. Glen H. Taylor (D-Idaho) says he hopes the saucers will turn out to be space ships from another planet, whose hostility might end all our “petty arguments on earth.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Can’t Laugh Off Saucers,’ Says Senator,” Boston Globe, July 9, 1947, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1050

Event 5907 (64B668B5)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Wright Field, Ohio; Pentagon
Description: The US Army Air Force issues classified orders requiring reports of any “saucer-like” objects to be investigated and passed on to T-2 Technical Intelligence at Wright Field, Ohio, with summaries sent to the Pentagon. However, most of the early cases still go directly to the Air Force Office of Intelligence at the Pentagon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, “Alfred Loedding: New Insight on the Man behind Project Sign,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1051

Event 5908 (38FAE991)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: 10:30 a.m. President Truman meets with Sen. Carl Hatch
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (D-N.Mex.).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1052

Event 5909 (042499FB)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Lt. Gen. James Doolittle
Description: 10:35 a.m. Assistant Secretary of War for Air Stuart Symington meets with Lt. Gen. James Doolittle and Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg. The conversation is presumably about the flying discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald R. Schmitt, UFO Crash at Roswell II, Moonset, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1053

Event 5910 (5E55724A)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: 10:50 a.m. Doolittle, Vandenberg, and Symington meet in the office of Army Chief of Staff Dwight D. Eisenhower. Maj. Gen. Lauris Norstad, director of the Plans and Operations Department, is also present.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald R. Schmitt, UFO Crash at Roswell II, Moonset, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1054

Event 5911 (63A71BA8)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Vandenberg
Description: 11:58 a.m. Vandenberg calls President Truman.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1055