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

[c0mmando]

Event 5912 (183D1405)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Vandenberg; Symington
Description: 12:50 p.m. Vandenberg and Symington meet with the Joint Chiefs.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1056

Event 5913 (5EB595EC)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Gowen Field [now Boise Airport], Boise, Idaho
Description: 12:17 p.m. Idaho Statesman aviation editor and former B-29 pilot David N. Johnson, flying in an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 Texan, sees a black object standing out against the clouds as he prepares to land at Gowen Field [now Boise Airport], Boise, Idaho. Johnson takes 10 seconds of 8mm motion-picture film (but it shows no trace of the object). It makes a slow roll, then makes a stair-step climb, then disappears into the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AT-6 Encounters Black Disc”; Bloecher, pp. III-12–13; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 39–43, 55; Sparks, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1057

Event 5914 (BE079D88)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Vandenberg; Symington
Description: 2:30 p.m. Vandenberg and Symington meet again.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1058

Event 5915 (7DE80ACE)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Vandenberg
Description: 4:17 p.m. Vandenberg meets with Maj. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell Jr., director of information for the Army Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Donald R. Schmitt, UFO Crash at Roswell II, Moonset, 2001).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1059

Event 5916 (4633DAB0)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Roswell Army Air Field; New Mexico
Description: Late afternoon. 1Lt Chester P. Barton, stationed at Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico, is sent by Maj. Edwin D. Easley to go to the crash site and report back to him about what is going on. He gets no closer than about 50 feet from the wreckage, which appears to have burned. He is convinced it is the remains of a B-29 bomber. He remains at the site for about 90 minutes then reports back to Easley.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joseph Stefula, “The Roswell Testimony of Chester P. Barton,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 21–23, 29–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1060

Event 5917 (29FC7E9C)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: Brig. Gen. George F. Schulgen, chief of the Requirements Intelligence branch of Army Air Force Intelligence, requests FBI help with the problem of the flying discs from Special Agent S. Wesley Reynolds. Army intelligence claims they are not Army or Navy craft. He says that Air Corps Intelligence is utilizing all its scientists to study the cases to see whether they are natural or artificial or inspired by “individuals of Communist sympathies with the view to causing hysteria and fear of a secret Russian weapon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: E. G. Fitch, [FBI memo], July 10, 1947; ClearIntent, p. 148; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1061

Event 5918 (8D15C774)

Date: 7/9/1947
Locations: Midland, Michigan; Dow Chemical Company materials research laboratory in Midland
Description: Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Electrician Raymond Edward Lane and his wife are picking huckleberries near Midland, Michigan, when they hear a kind of “puff” noise nearby. Looking up, they see a ball of white, sparkling fire, like a Fourth of July sparkler, about the size of a bushel basket, no more than 100 feet away. It is hovering several feet above a stretch of sand. After about 10 or 15 seconds, the light goes out and the object vanishes. The only thing that remains is a peculiar dark substance on the sand and some metallic fragments. Lane collects fragments of the material in a tin can and brings them the next morning to Robert S. Spencer, a senior researcher at the Dow Chemical Company materials research laboratory in Midland. Spencer goes to the site with Lane and Dow’s internal security chief Edward Fales. Spencer has the Dow spectroscopy laboratory analyze the fragments and reports that the shiny pellets are largely silver mixed with a bit of silicon. They conclude that it consists of fused sand. By the end of September, the lab has analyzed ashlike powder found at the site. It turns out to be thorite that is slightly radioactive, mixed with magnesium hydroxide and other trace minerals. The conclusion is that the sighting is the result of some kind of home-made fireworks experiment, although Dow chemist John Josef Grebe suspects it might have been a small missile.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Hovers over Sand”; Bloecher, pp. IV-2–3; Joel Carpenter, “The Midland Fireball: Dow Chemical, UFOs, and Evidence,” IUR 23, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 28–32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1062

Event 5919 (32BD1C4E)

Date: 7/9/1947
Location: Grand Falls, Newfoundland
Description: 11:30 p.m. Constable Eric Kearsey sees four yellowish discs flying in close formation above Grand Falls, Newfoundland. He calls other people to watch them as well. They are moving at high speed to the east with a dipping motion. At 11:40 p.m., an egg-shaped object “the size of a barrel head” passes overhead in the same direction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: St. John’s (Newf.) Evening Telegram, July 9, 1947; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 45–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1063

Event 5920 (DE367026)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: There are 24 UFO reports recorded for this date in the UFOCAT database, all from North America. To view a map showing the distribution of these reports, click here.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3940

Event 5921 (CBBBED25)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: At 5:40 a.m. a farmer out plowing his fields in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada saw five disc-shaped objects criss-cross the sky three times in different formations. The objects were silent and had no lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1094; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, A History. 1947, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3941

Event 5922 (FFC442E5)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: Two small saucers were seen over Albuquerque, New Mexico on this day. One hovered, the other shot up and than both shot away toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3942

Event 5923 (DC1CAD57)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: At 5:30 a.m. a shiny gray disc whizzed through the sky over Springfield, Illinois. Its estimated speed was 500 mph moving in a southerly direction. It dipped below the tree line and came back up again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 788
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3943

Event 5924 (591AC342)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: At 12:15 p.m. a huge flat black disc over Boise, Idaho executed a series of staircase maneuvers for 45 seconds. Motion picture filming was attempted, but resulted in poor quality images.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 10, 1947, UNICAT, case # 721, Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 794
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3944

Event 5925 (48CB48C7)

Date: 7/9/1947
Description: At eight o’clock in the evening a one-meter diameter disc flew over Llano, Texas heading toward the southwest. It appeared to be spinning, and it possibly landed remotely.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 98, citing Austin American
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3945

Event 5926 (EDF9861C)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 16.25km altitude (Early yaw led to termination at 32s.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_259
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 16.25km

Event 5927 (EA7984B7)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: Estimated date student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright accompanies Einstein to Roswell area. She was 17 years, 10 months, 21 days old.
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_260

Attributes: Einstein

Event 5928 (0E6FB370)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: FBI Memo: Gen. George F. Schulgen (Chief of the Air Intelligence Requirements Division) organizes top scientists to determine if the flying discs are indeed fact and whether or not they are a foreign body mechanically devised and controlled. He desired the assistance of the FBI in locating and questioning the individuals who first sighted the discs. Col. L. R. Forney of MID indicated that it has been established that the flying discs are not the result of any Army or Navy experiments and should be of interest to the FBI
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p148)
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_261

Event 5929 (40D25466)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:18 EST, V2 #29 was launched, reaching only 16 km in 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_1269

Event 5930 (48FD20E8)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, west of Buhl (Idaho)
Description: (Translated from French) At 1:20 PM George Dey and Roy Wilson reported seeing flying saucers west of Buhl above Joel Hart’s farm. They said that at first the objects were luminous and flying in formation, then they scattered. [note from vog: could they not have seen the V2 launched an hour earlier?]
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_1270

Event 5931 (16D82008)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, Logan, West Virginia
Description: (Translated from French) George Vance observed at 4:30 PM “a round turtle-backed object” shining intensely while flying in a straight line.
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_1271

Event 5932 (80AF981B)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Description: (Translated from French) A 17-inch diameter disc (42.5 cm) was found. It was apparently made of cardboard and painted with silver enamel. In the center of the disc there was a small pipe and a small motor and on the side a propeller. This “UFO” was requisitioned by a colonel of the civil guard, but seeing the “toy” the FBI did not want it.
Reference: CENAP: “Mülle aus den Weltraum” - space junk -
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1272

Event 5933 (2C6F000E)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, between Clovis and Clines (New Mexico) Fort Summer
Description: (Translated from French) Astronomer Lincoln La Paz, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, was travelling from Clovis to Clines Corners when they all noticed a curious bright object almost motionless in the sky amidst thin clouds, around 4:50 PM. This object was ellipsoidal and began to climb slowly before disappearing behind a cloud. It reappeared a few seconds later, but much higher, which made Dr. La Paz think he had just encountered a brand new aerial invention. (Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 41) At 4:47 (…) luminous, a bit less white than Jupiter in dark weather (…) The object was visibly trembling (…) The object was between 30 and 50 km away, was between 55 and 80 m long and between 20 and 30 m high, its horizontal speed was between 150 and 250 km/h, its vertical elevation between 800 and 1500 per hour. It was moving in an oscillating manner (…) (Leslie Adams and George Adamski: “Les S. V. ont atterri” - J’ai Lu 1971, p. 44 à 46) At 4:47 a renowned astronomer (whose identity is not mentioned in the magazine “Life” where the author drew the article from) accompanied by two of his teenage daughters saw an elliptical object very high among the clouds (note from vog: still the V2?) The astronomer, using his pencil to determine the apparent size, estimated that the object was at a distance between 20 and 30 miles from his position, elliptical and rigid, 160 feet long, 65 feet wide, flying at 120 to 180 mph horizontally or 600 to 900 mph vertically. It was silent (??? note from vog: I’ll believe it, at that distance!) luminous through the clouds, with a slightly undulating movement, without a condensation trail. The observation lasted 2 minutes 30.
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_1273

Event 5934 (66197FDF)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, Cheyenne (Wyoming)
Description: (Translated from French) Two silver discs shaped like saucers with a dome on the upper part passed slowly over the city on a clear day.
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_1274

Event 5935 (75C08CD9)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, Temple (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) Smith Tarrant, who had been a colonel in the Air Force, saw from the doorway of a store two flying saucers at about 1500 feet altitude, flying in a straight line at a speed of 200 to 250 mph. They left his view to the south after a three minute observation, during which he heard no sound, nor did he perceive any exhaust trail, or any visible means of propulsion.
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_1275

Event 5936 (99C67462)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, in Missouri
Description: (Translated from French) Sixty people at the local ice cream parlor at the John Cox farm saw groups of flying saucers flying in pairs or threes from north to south. Some flew alone, but most were in formation. The same kind of observation was made by Mr. and Mrs. Dykes and Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren and their family as they drove on Highway 65. The sight of this phenomenon caused all these people to pull over to the side of the road where they were joined by other stunned motorists.
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_1276

Event 5937 (9D7D9054)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, near Brockton (Montana)
Description: (Translated from French) At 7 PM, Ray Carpenter and his wife saw a luminous object in a bank of dark clouds. A former director of the Wolf Point aerodrome, Carpenter estimated the size of the object to be that of a private plane flying very fast.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1277

Event 5938 (05F9CFB6)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: USA, Tulsa (Oklahoma)
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:00 PM a pilot from the “Lee Geophysical Company” saw a luminous craft fly south. An independent witness, J.C. Penman, saw instead “a round fluorescent lamp” heading northeast. (“UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 65) July 10, 1947; Harmon Field, Newfoundland, Canada. Between 3 and 5 PM local time. Witnesses: three crew members and Mr. Leidy, of Pan American Airways, observed for a short time a translucent disc, or wheel-shaped, flying rapidly and leaving a dark blue trail, before making its way through the clouds. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). At 5 PM, civilian navigators saw a UFO similar to a truck wheel at 10,000 feet. Photo taken of some kind of smoke trail. Around 11:15 PM, several witnesses in St. Jean saw round and luminous UFOs.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1278

Event 5939 (363C4FEB)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: NORWAY, near Skotfoss
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7:30 pm my wife told me she had seen an object in the sky. It was entering the clouds at an indeterminate altitude, shining like a star or like a mirror reflecting the sun. When it went into the shade it became dark and round or oval. There was no sound coming from the object which was the size of an airplane. It stayed in view for four minutes and then disappeared towards the southeast."
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 66
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1279

Event 5940 (D3C4A09A)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At Harmon Field (Newfoundland, Canada) 3 ground personnel, including Mr. Leidy, for Pan American Airways, briefly observed a translucent disc or wheel-shaped object flying at very high speed, leaving a dark blue trail behind it before climbing into the clouds. A UFO was photographed by one L. (Between 3pm and 5pm)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_671

Event 5941 (BC6CB0DC)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At Clovis, Clines Cornes (New Mexico), one of the greatest American astronomers (wishing to remain anonymous) who was driving with his family saw an elliptical object maneuvering in an enigmatic way near a cloud region. During the 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the observation, the whole family had time to meticulously observe the object. The astronomer guarantees his own calculations: rigid, elliptical object, with a size of 50 to 80 m and moving at a speed of 190 to 290 km/h. Oscillation and silent movement: We had before our eyes a flying machine of an unknown type. (…) Against a background of dark clouds, the object gave a strong impression of self-luminosity. (…) The appearance and behavior of the object do not correspond to any known optical or celestial phenomenon. No plane, no rocket, no guided missile can make such a rapid ascent (from 966 to 1450 km/h) without leaving vapor trails. (16 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_672

Event 5942 (A5361E2E)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: Morristown, New Jersey
Description: THEY TRY NEW JERSEY NEXT. John H. Janssen, driving to Morristown Airport at 10 am, saw four objects in the sky and got out of his car to photograph them. They seemed to be about 10,000 feet in the air, flying rapidly in formation toward New York City. Three of the saucers were silvery white and the fourth was a dull, metallic color. As they disappeared, they put on a burst of speed far in excess of any jet plane Janssen had ever seen. Censorship the next day kept his photo out of most of the nation’s dailies.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_5

Event 5943 (A762DF1F)

Date: 7/10/1947 (approximate)
Location: CAHERSIVEEN, IRELAND
Description: 5 observer(s). ‘Flying saucer’. No further details. / N. China Daily 14 Jul. '74.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1094

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “81”, HatchDesc: “CAHERSIVEEN,IRELAND:5 OBS:‘FLYING SAUCER’:NFD:/N.CHINA DAILY 14JLY74”, LatLong: “51.933336 -10.216667”, LatLongDMS: “51:56:00 N 10:13:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5944 (4EA60097)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 03:00
Location: SULPHUR SPRS, TX
Description: 6M funnel going south. Bursts into small white disks. They hover then going quickly northwest straight and level.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1095

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “149”, HatchDesc: “SULPHUR Sprs,TX:6M FUNNEL >S:BURSTS INTO SML WHT DISKS:THEY HVR THEN >>NW S/L”, LatLong: “33.138890 -95.600005”, LatLongDMS: “33:08:20 N 95:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 5945 (04D1CBA0)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 08:30
Location: NORTHEAST / SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: 1 observer. Disk hovers 2 / min over mountains. “Odd motion”. / Salt Lake Tribune.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1096

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: “1500”, HatchDesc: “NE/SALT LAKE CITY,UT:1 OBS:DISK HVRS 2/min OVR MTNs:“ODD MOTION”:/SLC Tribune”, LatLong: “40.866669 -111.750005”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:00 N 111:45:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5946 (6DE9C4AE)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 11:00?
Location: VALDOSTA, GA
Description: 2 / light plane. 1M cake pan / 600M altitude 1500M away. (Cake pan missing!)
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_1097

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “70”, HatchDesc: “VALDOSTA,GA:2/LITE PLANE:1M CAKE PAN/600M alt 1500M away:(cake pan missing!)”, LatLong: “30.833335 -83.266671”, LatLongDMS: “30:50:00 N 83:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5947 (FED02584)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 11:10
Location: BURIEN, WA
Description: Don Reber. Round shiny 3’ disk. Not fast. 1 mile altitude? Straight and level going quickly northwest. / r131#4p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 811)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1098

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: “76”, HatchDesc: “BURIEN,WA:DON REBER:ROUND SHINY 3’DISK:NOT FAST:1mi alt?:S/L >>NW:/r131#4p57”, LatLong: “47.483336 -122.350006”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:00 N 122:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1600”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5948 (2213C380)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: DOUGLAS, AZ
Description: 1 / home. Bright thick 16CM disk just outside window! Wobbles. / r111p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1099

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1220”, HatchDesc: “DOUGLAS,AZ:1/HOME:BRITE THICK 16CM DISK JUST OUTSIDE WINDOW!:wobbles:/r111p19”, LatLong: “31.333335 -109.550005”, LatLongDMS: “31:20:00 N 109:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5949 (7938909C)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: SANTIAGO, CHL
Description: Aviation mechanics. Oval silvery saucers / 150M altitude. No further details / News Dispatch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1100

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: “Chile”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “521”, HatchDesc: “SANTIAGO,CHL:AVIATION MECHANICS:OVAL SILVERY SCRS/150M alt:NFD/news dispatch”, LatLong: “-33.416668 -70.650003”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 S 70:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5950 (BFD5C667)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: TEMPLE, TX
Description: Ex-Air Force Colonel and more/others. 2 2M disks going quickly south / 350kph into wind. 500M altitude straight & level flight. / r171p99.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 452)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1101

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: “3”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “TEMPLE,TX:EX-AF COLONEL++:2 2M DISKS>>S/350kph into wind:500M alt S&L:/r171p99”, LatLong: “31.100001 -97.350005”, LatLongDMS: “31:06:00 N 97:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “500”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5951 (614B24DE)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: WEST / BUHL, ID
Description: 2 / ranch. 7 saucers going [to] over. Break formation and cross sky very fast. / Buhl Herald.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1102

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: “120”, HatchDesc: “W/BUHL,ID:2/RANCH:7 SCRS > OVER:BREAK FORMATION+CROSS SKY VFAST:/Buhl Herald”, LatLong: “42.600002 -114.766672”, LatLongDMS: “42:36:00 N 114:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5952 (77D5D74B)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 14:30
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: Lester Sherill. 8’ silver disk fast / 6000’ altitude. Makes steep bank going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 818)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1103

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: “820”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:LESTER SHERILL:8’SLVR DISK FAST/6000’alt:MAKES STEEP BANK >>E”, LatLong: “43.583335 -116.183339”, LatLongDMS: “43:35:00 N 116:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5953 (16DE66DA)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 16:20
Location: CARNATION, WA
Description: 2+2 kids. Round flat shiny bluish disk straight and level going quickly north / tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 820)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1104

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “CARNATION,WA:2+2 KIDS:ROUND FLAT SHINY BLUISH DISK S/L >>N/TREMENDOUS SPEED”, LatLong: “47.650002 -121.911117”, LatLongDMS: “47:39:00 N 121:54:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5954 (6690FCA6)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 16:30
Location: LOGAN, WVA
Description: 1 observer. Round object ‘W / turtle back’ going [to] straight & level flight. Glistens / sunlight. / Logan Banner.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1105

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: “207”, HatchDesc: “LOGAN,WVa:1 OBS:ROUND OBJ ‘W/TURTLE BACK’ > S&L:GLISTENS/SUNLITE:/Logan Banner”, LatLong: “37.850002 -81.988893”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:00 N 81:59:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5955 (18261049)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: FORT SUMNER, NM
Description: Astronomer LaPaz and 3 / car. Luminous/glowing 300’ saucer / clouds. Going up / 600+MPH going north. / r187.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 458)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1106

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1249”, HatchDesc: “FORT SUMNER,NM:ASTRONOMER LaPAZ+3/car:LUMn 300’SCR/clouds:↑/600+MPH>N:/r187”, LatLong: “34.583335 -104.200005”, LatLongDMS: “34:35:00 N 104:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5956 (B30F1329)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: SMYRNA, GA
Description: 1 / car. “Flying tin lid” / incredible speed. Brilliant reflections / sun.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1107

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: “324”, HatchDesc: “SMYRNA,GA:1/CAR:“FLYING TIN LID”/INCREDIBLE SPEED:BRILL.REFLECTIONS/SUN”, LatLong: “33.883335 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5957 (D1251FF5)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 17:30
Location: HARMON FIELD, NFLD
Description: Air mechanics and more/others. C54-size saucer cuts arc / clouds. Photographs. / r26p154.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1108

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HARMON FIELD,NFLD:AIR MECHANICS++:C54-SIZE SCR CUTS ARC/CLOUDS:FOTOS:/r26p154”, LatLong: “48.550002 -58.566669”, LatLongDMS: “48:33:00 N 58:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5958 (C7A22C83)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 19:30
Location: SKOTFOSS, NORWAY
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer northwest going southeast. Size and speed of plane. Absolute(ly) silent. Flashes / sunlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1109

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SKOTFOSS,NORWAY:3 OBS:SCR NW>SE:SIZE+SPEED of PLANE:ABS SLNT:FLASHES/SUNLITE”, LatLong: “59.200003 9.500000”, LatLongDMS: “59:12:00 N 09:30:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5959 (030594F1)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR TULSA, OK
Description: Separate airmen. Perfect ring / light going northeast straight & level flight. Constant speed and altitude…
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1110

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “nr TULSA,OK:SEP.AIRMEN:PERFECT RING/LITE >NE S&L:CONSTANT SPEED+ALTITUDE…”, LatLong: “36.150002 -95.950005”, LatLongDMS: “36:09:00 N 95:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5960 (E1CA1A86)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: MUKDEN, CHN
Description: 2+observer(s). 100+4’ disks going west over steel factory / 1 minute(s) intervals. / r171p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1111

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “80”, HatchDesc: “MUKDEN,CHN:2+OBS:100+ 4’DISKS >W OVR STEEL FACTORY/1min INTERVALS:/r171p39”, LatLong: “41.833335 123.433339”, LatLongDMS: “41:50:00 N 123:26:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LNG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 5961 (7A024754)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Harmon Field, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Harmond Field Photo (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470710
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_376

Event 5962 (F94D2E95)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Morristown, NJ
Description: 6 DD from aircraft (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470710
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_377

Event 5963 (B9CB92AF)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Ft. Sumner (near), NM
Description: A sharply outlined, white ellipsoidal seemingly luminous 200 ft object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 470710
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_378

Event 5964 (97D5CC11)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Harmon Field, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Disc-shaped object flew very fast, leaving a dark blue trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470710
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_402

Event 5965 (17A4AFA3)

Date: 7/10/1947
Time: Between 3 and 5 PM local time
Location: Harmon Field, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witnesses: three ground crewmen, including Mr. Leidy, for Pan American Airways. Watched briefly while one translucent disc- or wheel-shaped object flew very fast, leaving a dark blue trail and then ascended and cut a path through the clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_5

Event 5966 (8A577CB1)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: La.
Description: FBI agent E. G. Fitch forwards Schulgen’s request to Assistant Director of the Domestic Intelligence Division D. Milton “Mickey” Ladd at FBI headquarters in a memo titled “Flying Disks.” Ladd adds a note saying that the “Bureau does not believe it should go into these investigations” because many cases are “pranks.” Associate FBI Director Clyde Tolson adds, “I think we should do this,” while J. Edgar Hoover writes, “I would do it but before agreeing to it we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the La. Case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: E. G. Fitch, [FBI memo], July 10, 1947; RosRept, pp. 25– 26; Good Above, p. 541; Kevin D. Randle, “The Hoover Memo Again,” A Different Perspective, July 29, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1064

Event 5967 (70BE9D19)

Date: 7/10/1947
Locations: Fort Worth; Wright Field, Ohio; Dayton
Description: Roswell debris and bodies have been flown from Fort Worth to Wright Field, according to future Brig. Gen. Arthur Exon, then stationed at Wright Field, Ohio, who says that a special unit is created to study them. The story is slightly corroborated by Jack G. Tiffany Jr., whose father Jack G. Tiffany Sr. is one of the crew members that flies debris from Fort Worth to Dayton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 61–66; Thomas J. Carey and Donald J. Schmitt, Inside the Real Area 51, New Page, 2013, pp. 165–175; Nukes 483–486
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1065

Event 5968 (E087FD02)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Morristown, New Jersey
Description: 10:00 a.m. John H. Janssen, aviation editor of the Morristown Daily Record, takes a photo of four luminous objects as he is flying his Piper J-3 Cub at 10,000 feet over Morristown, New Jersey. Three of the objects are silvery white, while the fourth is a dull metallic color.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Saucers’ Invade Morristown; 4 Discs Photographed near Airport,” Paterson (N.J.) Evening News, July 11, 1947, p. 10; NICAP, “07-10-1947 USA, New Jersey, Morristown”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1066

Event 5969 (8205AE43)

Date: 7/10/1947
Locations: Pentagon; Vandenberg
Description: 10:30 a.m. Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay, deputy chief of Air Staff for Research and Development at the Pentagon, meets with Vandenberg, Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, and Lt. Gen. Robert Miller Montague.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1067

Event 5970 (EE5FFD0C)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: 12:15 p.m. Doolittle and Vandenberg meet with Truman.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1068

Event 5971 (5DC9B9F1)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Robert P. Patterson
Description: 2:40 p.m. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson meets with Groves and Montague.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1069

Event 5972 (B6BA299A)

Date: 7/10/1947
Locations: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico; Wright Field, Ohio
Description: 4:25 p.m. A V-2 launch is aborted at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, after 32 seconds due to an early yaw. Gen. Gen. Nathan Twining stops at White Sands before returning to Wright Field, Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1070

Event 5973 (0CF2F9DB)

Date: 7/10/1947
Locations: University of New Mexico; Highway 60 near Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Description: 4:47 p.m. University of New Mexico astronomer Lincoln LaPaz, his wife Leota, and two daughters, Jean and Mary, are driving west on Highway 60 near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, when they see a sharply outlined, white ellipsoidal object wobbling in the sky to the west about 25 miles away. They watch it for about 30 seconds, then it disappears behind a cloud, but reappears 5 seconds later further to the right. He estimates its size as 245 feet long and 100 feet thick at the maximum, with a horizontal speed of 120–180 mph and a vertical speed of 600–900 mph. It moves silently with no vapor trail. It resembles no known aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “200ʹ Ellipsoidal Object Sighted by La Paz Family”; H. B. Darrach Jr. and Robert Ginna, “Have We Visitors from Space?” Life, April 7, 1952, p. 84; Bloecher, p. III-19; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 July 7th–July 10th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 58; Sparks, p. 24; 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_1071

Event 5974 (B24D601D)

Date: 7/10/1947
Locations: Ernest Harmon AFB [now Stephenville International Airport]; Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland
Description: 5:30 p.m. Three civilian airline mechanics (John N. Mehrman Jr., Robert Leidy, and John E. Woodruff) at Ernest Harmon AFB [now Stephenville International Airport] are returning from a fishing trip and driving up a mountain road near Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland. They see a bluish-black exhaust trail that has cut through some clouds leaving a “hole.” Woodruff sees a disc-shaped object the apparent size of a C-54 transport plane coming out of the clouds and traveling at a terrific rate of speed. The hole remains in the cloud for more than an hour. Leidy takes two Kodachrome photos of the exhaust trail. The sighting later impresses Project Sign personnel to the extent that they ask questions about UFO effects on clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Harmon Field Photo”; Sparks, p. 24; Michael D. Swords, “Can You Learn Anything from UFO Photos, Part Two,” The Big Study, July 5, 2012; Swords 38–39; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 1, 1947, The Author, February 1991, pp. 44– 45; Chris Rutkowski, “The Cold, Hard Facts about UFOs in Canada,” IUR 34, no. 1 (Sept. 2011): 8–9; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, pp. 49–50; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 167, 264–267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1072

Event 5975 (8B1DB30A)

Date: 7/10/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Mac Brazel is still being held at a guest house on the Roswell, New Mexico, base. The officers try to convince him not to say anything about what he has seen. They also try to prevent him talking to reporters. He is given a physical by doctors at the base hospital.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1073

Event 5976 (372B59E4)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: There are 19 UFO reports recorded for this day in the UFOCAT database: two from Europe, one from China, one from Newfoundland, and the remainder in the United States.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3973

Event 5977 (3D1BFB46)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 10 o’clock in the morning GMT a British Vickers Viking aircraft was flying over the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic off the coast of France when the crew of three sighted a gray flying object, shaped like a tadpole. It was traveling at an estimated 600 mph and leaving a long vapor trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3974

Event 5978 (2FC4F842)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 11:00 a.m. EDT in Valdosta, Georgia a one-meter diameter “cake pan” shaped object flew over at 600 meters altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3975

Event 5979 (92F33D19)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 11:00 p.m. PDT (2:00 p.m. EDT) a man in Burien, Washington watched a three-foot diameter round shiny disc-shaped object fly slowly and silently toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 11, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3976

Event 5980 (3EE931A1)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 7:30 p.m. European time (1:30 p.m. EDT) in Skotfoss, Norway a disc flew across the sky from the northwest to the southeast. It was estimated to be the size of a small plane and traveling at normal aircraft speeds, but made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3977

Event 5981 (B0B0A47E)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 4:47 p.m. astronomers Dr. Lincoln La Paz, Director of the Institute of Meteoritics and Department Head of the Astronomy Department at the University of New Mexico, and Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, and other family members watched a luminous 300-foot wide saucer ascend at 600 mph near Fort Sumner, New Mexico heading toward the north. In 1948 Dr. La Paz served as a voluntary consultant for the USAF in connection with the “green fireball” investigations.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 819; Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947, p. 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3978

Event 5982 (D2AC844B)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: Sometime between 3 o’clock in the afternoon and 5:00 p.m., three ground crewman, including Mr. Leidy, a mechanic for Pan American Airways, took photographs of a C-54 sized translucent disc-or wheel-shaped UFO flying below the clouds over Ernest Harmon Air Field in Newfoundland, Canada. They watched briefly while the UFO flew very fast, leaving a dark blue trail. It then ascended and cut a path through the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1978, p. 4; International UFO Reporter, December 1998; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3979

Event 5983 (14D97DED)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 5:30 p.m. EDT a “flying tin lid” shaped object flew over Smyrna, Georgia at an incredible speed. It reflected sunlight brilliantly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3980

Event 5984 (62ABC687)

Date: 7/10/1947
Description: At 8:00 p.m. CDT several airmen near Tulsa, Oklahoma saw a perfect ring of light in the sky that flew toward the northeast at a constant speed and altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 101
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3981

Event 5985 (528BEF68)

Date: 7/11/1947
Description: A Washington beltway newspaper column reporters that a visitor found Einstein “sick”, but Einstein stated not to worry, that the world is sick and the “military mass-minded approach” he saw in Germany was coming here.
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_262

Event 5986 (8E8D517E)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: CANADA, Codroy
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:20 AM the inhabitants of Codroy saw a flying saucer with a conical tail. The object was very bright, in yellow tones and left a yellowish trail. It flew extremely fast, coming from the northwest and heading east at an altitude of about 6000 feet.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1280

Event 5987 (22067388)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: USA, Brush (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) Johnny Johnson, working for the E. L. Mansure company, tried in vain to shoot down the “flying saucers”. He was at his home and sleeping, when his wife, who was returning from church around 10 pm with neighbors, came to wake him up to tell him that there were “strange objects” in the air. He took his gun and fired several shots at the saucers, in the hope of shooting one down. They were flying at low altitude, were circular, and continued to fly over the area for half an hour. Unable to reach them, Johnson eventually went back to bed.
Reference: Source: Bluefield, West Virginia SUNSET NEWS, 12 July 1947, Page 1. Edition I and Edition II. "Learns Shots Can’t Ground Flying Discs - cfr Jan Aldrich
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1281

Event 5988 (3FAE85E4)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: USA, High Point (North Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) The Associated Press reported this: “Two pilots flying at 1000 feet about 10 miles south of High Point saw at 7:20 pm ‘a ball of fire…’ ‘A huge object flying at very high speed…’ A flash of light to the left of their plane made them look in that direction. They then saw a huge object, rounded on top, with a black band outlining the central part, flying at an incredible speed towards the north. The base of the object was rotating, and regularly there was a fire emission coming from it, as if it was a jet. The pilot had turned to get closer to this ‘thing’, but his maneuver was not yet finished when the object passed him and disappeared in the direction of the north, towards Winston-Salem, on a trajectory that passed through High Point and Thomasville.” (July 11, 1947)
Reference: Wilmington, (NC) MORNING STAR, 13 July 1947, Page 1 “YEP, THEY’RE REPORTED AGAIN’” - Jan Aldrich
Reference: Investigator’s note: The two pilots, Ed Lewis and Dick Milsaps, would have collaborated together on a local magazine “Southern Wings”, one being the author, the other the editor, but Bullard and Aldrich’s investigation could not find any trace of the magazine or the pilots.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1282

Event 5989 (16FC1CDF)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: ATLANTIC, Bay of Biscay
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:00 GMT in the morning, accompanying a Viking transport to Argentina, Captain Norman E. Waught of London Airwork Ltd was at approximately 8000 feet when he saw ahead of him at a higher altitude, an elongated, tadpole-shaped object flying at 16000 feet. First Officer Peter Roberts and Radio Officer Stuart Chinneck confirmed that the object was grayish and of an unusual shape. At one point they were 5 or 6 miles away from the UFO, which then passed by their aircraft at an enormous speed leaving a trail of vapor. The crew estimated the speed of the object to be 6000mph and 7000 feet above them.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1283

Event 5990 (B40AC8CE)

Date: 7/11/1947 (approximate)
Location: IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
Description: Pan-AM passengers / airport/apartment. Flat-shaped object trails golden vapor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1112

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Guatemala”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “IZTAPA,GUATEMALA:PAN-AM PASSENGERS/APT:FLAT-SHAPED OBJ TRAILS GOLDEN VAPOR”, LatLong: “13.933334 -90.716671”, LatLongDMS: “13:56:00 N 90:43:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IZT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 5991 (D76A24B0)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: WORTHING, TX
Description: 1 observer. Classic silver saucer. “Brighter than anything seen before / observer(s)”.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1113

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “WORTHING,TX:1 OBS:CLASSIC SLVR SCR:“brighter than anything seen before/OBS””, LatLong: “29.416668 -97.033338”, LatLongDMS: “29:25:00 N 97:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5992 (EAEB5624)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 00:30
Location: CODROY, NFLD
Description: 2 observer(s) fast “dinner-plate” flies straight and level. 2nd object in 2 days.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1114

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “CODROY,NFLD:2 OBS FAST “DINNER-PLATE” FLIES S/L::2ND OBJ IN 2 DAYS”, LatLong: “47.866669 -59.366669”, LatLongDMS: “47:52:00 N 59:22:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5993 (7E53C605)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 02:30
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: 1 observer. Dog barks. Silent white disk spins. Swoops over housetops. / r171p103.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 503)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1115

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “YUMA,AZ:1 OBS:DOG BARKS:SLNT WHT DISK SPINS:SWOOPS ovr HOUSETOPS:/r171p103”, LatLong: “32.700002 -114.633339”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 114:38:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5994 (DC33A8BB)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 08:40
Location: PARAMARAIBO, SURINAM
Description: 3+observer(s). 2+1 large bright disks going quickly east toward(s) river. High and fast. / De West.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1116

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, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Guyanas (all 3 of them)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “PARAMARAIBO,SURINAM:3+OBS:2+1 LRG BRITE DISKS >>E twrd Rvr:HIGH+FAST:/De West”, LatLong: “5.833334 -55.166669”, LatLongDMS: “05:50:00 N 55:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Surinam”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 5995 (0066CACC)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: LIVINGSTON, MT
Description: Machinist. 25cm shiny object hovers over store. Going up [to] going quickly [to] going west like a bullet.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1117

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1373”, HatchDesc: “LIVINGSTON,MT:MACHINIST:25cm SHINY OBJ HVRS ovr STORE:↑ >>>W like a bullet”, LatLong: “45.661113 -110.561116”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:40 N 110:33:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5996 (C00F7827)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: OVER BAY OF BISCAY
Description: Airline crew / 1200M altitude. Grey ‘flying tadpole’ / 2400M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1118

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ovr BAY of BISCAY:AIRLINE CREW/1200M alt:GREY ‘FLYING TADPOLE’/2400M alt:”, LatLong: “45.000002 -5.000000”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:00 N 05:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5997 (9E4F96CD)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 10:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / THE DALLES, OR
Description: 2 / ranch. Disk going quickly west / 3km altitude. Faster / any plane. 1500kph. Seen / 30 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1119

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: “100”, HatchDesc: “SE/THE DALLES,OR:2/RANCH:DISK >>W/3km alt:FASTER/ANY PLANE:1500kph:seen/30sec”, LatLong: “45.500002 -121.083339”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 121:05:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5998 (64356023)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: GARISENDA, ITL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Several luminous disks north going quickly south. Luminous object drops / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1120

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GARISENDA,ITL:NMRS OBS:SVRL LUMn.DISKS N>>S:LUMn.OBJ DROPS/GND”, LatLong: “44.500002 11.344445”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 11:20:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bologna”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 5999 (91DBAE99)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 11:50
Location: DOUGLAS, AZ
Description: Bright metallic 15cm disk just outside home window! Wobbles. / r111p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1121

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1220”, HatchDesc: “DOUGLAS,AZ:BRITE MTLC 15cm DISK JUST OUTSIDE HOME WINDOW!:WOBBLES:/r111p20”, LatLong: “31.350001 -109.533339”, LatLongDMS: “31:21:00 N 109:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6000 (F9947A73)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: GREYBACK MOUNTAIN, OR
Description: 6 observer(s). 4 disks wobble going south / airplane speed into mountain top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 504)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1122

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2150”, HatchDesc: “GREYBACK Mtn,OR:6 OBS:4 DISKS WOBBLE >S/AIRPLANE SPEED into Mtn top:”, LatLong: “42.111113 -123.311117”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:40 N 123:18:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6001 (D40E2F73)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: ~18:00
Location: SILVER CITY, NM
Description: 2 observer(s) / backyards. Brilliant flying disk west going quickly east / incredible speed. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1123

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1810”, HatchDesc: “SILVER CITY,NM:2 OBS/BACKYARDS:BRILL.FLYING DISK W>>E/INCREDIBLE SPEED:/NEWS”, LatLong: “32.766668 -108.216672”, LatLongDMS: “32:46:00 N 108:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6002 (380D8801)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: BOCA GRANDE, FL
Description: 3 observer(s). 3 disks wobble going quickly north fast. Low altitude. Humming. Silver trails.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 505)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1124

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOCA GRANDE,FL:3 OBS:3 DISKS WOBBLE >>N FAST:LO alt:HUM:SLVR TRAILS:”, LatLong: “26.700001 -82.255559”, LatLongDMS: “26:42:00 N 82:15:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6003 (75BC6576)

Date: 7/11/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: LONGVIEW, WA
Description: Professor and 4. Several round shiny disks maneuver / 2 groups. Fast. High altitude. Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1125

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: “7”, HatchDesc: “LONGVIEW,WA:Prof+4:SVRL RND SHINY DISKS MNVR/2 GROUPS:FAST:Hi alt:dir unkn”, LatLong: “46.138891 -122.938895”, LatLongDMS: “46:08:20 N 122:56:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6004 (720D49E4)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Description: Round 3’ Aluminum Object At Great Speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470711
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_379

Event 6005 (230BCF87)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Debriefings of all military participants in the debris recovery operation take place. They are taken into a room in small groups and told that the recovery is highly classified and not to talk about it. Military personnel warn civilians around Roswell, New Mexico, that they are not to talk about what happened.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, pp. 72–76, 172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1074

Event 6006 (033574ED)

Date: 7/11/1947
Location: Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska
Description: 11:00 a.m. USAAF Col. Bruce H. Perry and Maj. William E. Geyser, 59th AACS Group, see a round 2–3 foot or 10-foot aluminum or silver-metallic sphere traveling at great speed to the south of Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska. Estimated altitude is 3,000–4,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Round 3ʹ Aluminum Object at Great Speed”; Sparks, p. 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1075

Event 6007 (8DF7EA91)

Date: 7/12/1947
Description: In a declassified statement, Kenneth Arnold points out why the unidentified discs he saw couldn’t have been mirages: “I observed these objects not only through the glass of my airplane but turned my airplane sideways where I could open my window and observe them with a completely unobstructed view (without sunglasses).”
Type: declassified statement
Reference: Pea Research (B1-G, p16)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_263

Event 6008 (2FEED82A)

Date: 7/12/1947
Description: Announcement of Einstein’s ABC Special live radio broadcast on “The Immediate Need for World Law” next Thursday (so either July 17th, or the 24th)
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_264

Event 6009 (D248FDFE)

Date: 7/12/1947
Location: USA, Silver Lake (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) A man reported the observation at noon of an orange ball flying and making a humming sound above Silver Lake.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 68
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1284

Event 6010 (5CC6C78E)

Date: 7/12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Letter from Ken Arnold to the commander of Wright Field. Start of the official file. (Saturday, July 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_673

Event 6011 (D9DDE60D)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: ~03:00
Location: GALT, ONT
Description: Observer(s) wakens. 20cm ball / light over head! Observer(s) throws pillow. Object going [to] through wall.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1126

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “GALT,ONT:OBS WAKENS:20cm BALL/LITE ovr HEAD!:OBS THROWS PILLOW:OBJ > THRU WALL”, LatLong: “43.366669 -80.311115”, LatLongDMS: “43:22:00 N 80:18:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6012 (029C0A5A)

Date: 7/12/1947 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: DRUMHELLER AND LETHBRIDGE, ALTA
Description: Several observer(s). 3 saucers. 1 hovers others go quickly. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1127

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “700”, HatchDesc: “DRUMHELLER+LETHBRIDGE,ALTA:SVRL OBS:3 SCRS:1 HVRS OTHERS GO QUICKLY:>>SE”, LatLong: “51.466669 -112.700005”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 112:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6013 (9775B7DF)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: SILVER LAKE, WA
Description: Lumberman. Silver ball purrs. Reflects sun. Lost going [to] behind cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1128

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “158”, HatchDesc: “SILVER LAKE,WA:LUMBERMAN:SILVER BALL PURRs:REFLECTS SUN:LOST > BHND CLOUD”, LatLong: “46.294447 -122.783339”, LatLongDMS: “46:17:40 N 122:47:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6014 (82BE54F3)

Date: 7/12/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: EAST / LARCH MOUNTAIN, WA
Description: Prospector. 9 silver ovoids going southeast fast. Bob and weave. No smoke or noise.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 512)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1129

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “E/LARCH Mtn,WA:PROSPECTOR:9 SLVR OVOIDS >SE FAST:BOB+WEAVE:no smoke or noise”, LatLong: “45.700002 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “45:42:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6015 (AB72743A)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: SPRING COULEE, ALTA
Description: 5 / car. Silent shiny circular object / white center. Going east. Turns going quickly south. Observer(s) chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1130

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1040”, HatchDesc: “SPRING COULEE,ALTA:5/CAR:SLNT SHINY CIRC.OBJ/WHT CENTER:>E:TURNS >>S:OBS CHASE”, LatLong: “49.333336 -113.216672”, LatLongDMS: “49:20:00 N 113:13:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6016 (5745256A)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: BRAZIL, IN
Description: 1 observer. Shiny silver 60cm disk rolls going west across sky. Thin rim and thick center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 512)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1131

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “BRAZIL,IN:1 OBS:SHINY SLVR 60cm DISK ROLLS >W ACRS SKY:THIN RIM+THICK CTR:”, LatLong: “39.522224 -87.127782”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:20 N 87:07:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6017 (680FB302)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 13:40
Location: WILMINGTON, NC
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant saucer 3 / 4 moon-size going west. Flips / side and enters cloud / rainstorm.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1132

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: “15”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,NC:2 OBS:BRILL.SCR 3/4 MOONSIZE >W:FLIPS/SIDE+ENTERS CLOUD/RAINSTRM”, LatLong: “34.227779 -77.944448”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:40 N 77:56:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6018 (18E237B2)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: GRAND FORKS, ND
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). 12-15 saucers going east. Rotate? Small white disk / 1 observer(s). / r171p106.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1133

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: “254”, HatchDesc: “GRAND FORKS,ND:NMRS SEP.OBS:12-15 SCRS >E:ROTATE?:SML WHT DISK/1 OBS:/r171p106”, LatLong: “47.933336 -97.033338”, LatLongDMS: “47:56:00 N 97:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6019 (DC0365AC)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 15:30
Location: OVER UTAH LAKE, UT
Description: Private pilot. 6 silver disks flutter and stabilize several X. Going southwest. / r131#5p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 749)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1134

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: “2”, Elev: “1350”, HatchDesc: “ovr UTAH LAKE,UT:PVT PILOT:6 SLVR DISKS FLUTTER+STABILIZE SVRL X:>SW:/r131#5p7”, LatLong: “40.244446 -111.794450”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:40 N 111:47:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6020 (0E854824)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 16:30
Location: WEST / RIGBY, ID
Description: 3 / (seen thru) binoculars. Whirr. 3+3+3+1 bright metallic disks going north. Dip and rise. Small plane follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 514)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1135

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: “3”, Elev: “1475”, HatchDesc: “W/RIGBY,ID:3/BINOCS:WHIRR:3+3+3+1 BRITE MTLC DISKS >N:DIP+RISE:sml plane folos”, LatLong: “43.672224 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:20 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6021 (E3E9CA26)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Several officers. Grey object follows land contours closely / several min.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1136

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “ELMENDORF AFB,AK:SVRL OFFICERS:GRY OBJ FOLOS LAND CONTOURS CLOSELY/SVRL MIN.”, LatLong: “61.250003 -149.783340”, LatLongDMS: “61:15:00 N 149:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6022 (A5A494AC)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 18:40
Location: SAND POINT NAS AND SEATTLE, WA
Description: 2+2 separate observer(s). Silent silver saucer swerves going quickly east / 12K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 835)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1137

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “SAND POINT NAS+SEATTLE,WA:2+2 SEP.OBS:SLNT SLVR SCR SWERVES >>E/12K’alt:”, LatLong: “47.633336 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6023 (C3AB8F2C)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 19:20
Location: 16KM SOUTH / HIGH POINT, NC
Description: 2 / private plane. Huge fireball-saucer going north fast. Bottom rotates. / r171p104.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1138

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “16km S/HIGH POINT,NC:2/Pvt.PLANE:HUGE FBL-SCR >N FAST:BOTTOM ROTATES:/r171p104”, LatLong: “35.816668 -80.005559”, LatLongDMS: “35:49:00 N 80:00:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6024 (77F8F03E)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: ~20:00
Location: ELBA TO/FROM ALBION, ID
Description: 5 / car. Dark object going north. Possible landing / mountain peak. “No bird or plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 507)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1139

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1508”, HatchDesc: “ELBA><ALBION,ID:5/CAR:DRK OBJ >N:POSS.LANDING/Mtn PEAK:“no bird or plane””, LatLong: “42.333335 -113.566672”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 113:34:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6025 (4E46CD7C)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: KASHMERE GARDENS, TX
Description: Silver disk / fireball. Bounces and circles. Dips and soars fast. Kugelblitz?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 507)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1140

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “KASHMERE GARDENS,TX:SLVR DISK/FBL:BOUNCES+CCLS:DIPS+SOARS FAST:kugelblitz?”, LatLong: “29.811113 -95.327782”, LatLongDMS: “29:48:40 N 95:19:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6026 (3FC896CD)

Date: 7/12/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: WINCHESTER, IN
Description: 7 observer(s). 2 disks going west trailing beams / light. Whirl and shoot up and down. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 512)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1141

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: “342”, HatchDesc: “WINCHESTER,IN:7 OBS:2 DISKS >W TRAILING BEAMS/LITE:WHIRL+SHOOT UP+DOWN:XFAST”, LatLong: “40.172224 -84.983337”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:20 N 84:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6027 (CF077A24)

Date: 7/12/1947
Locations: Hotel Owyhee in Boise, Idaho; Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California; Mt. Rainier, Washington
Description: Kenneth Arnold is interviewed at the Hotel Owyhee in Boise, Idaho, by Lt. Frank M. Brown and Capt. William L. Davidson, who have flown in from Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California. He also submits a written statement to Army Air Force intelligence, referring to the objects as “saucer-like.” At the end of the report he draws a picture of what the objects appeared to look like at their closest approach to Mt. Rainier, Washington. He writes, “They seemed longer than wide, their thickness was about 1/20th their width.” As to motion, Arnold writes, “They flew like many times I have observed geese to fly in a rather diagonal chain-like line as if they were linked together.” (James Easton suggests in 2007 that Arnold may have seen pelicans, based on their movements, but this seems unlikely.) While they are at Arnold’s house, Brown and Davidson hear that pilot Emil J. Smith is in Boise on a layover, and all three go to the airport to talk to him.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 21–23; Kenneth Arnold, “Confidential,” Project 1947; Frank M. Brown, “Memorandum for the Officer in Charge,” July 16, 1947; James Easton, “Kenneth Arnold and the Pelicans,” UFO Conjectures, April 4, 2007; Martin Shough, “The Singular Adventure of Mr. Kenneth Arnold,” June 2010; 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_1076

Event 6028 (E365FC45)

Date: 7/12/1947
Description: The FBI conducts a shorter follow-up interview with Capt. Emil J. Smith.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1077

Event 6029 (9DD34BE6)

Date: 7/12/1947
Location: Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska
Description: 6:30 p.m. USAAF Maj. Edward Graham and others at Elmendorf AFB [now Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson], Anchorage, Alaska, see a balloon-like grayish object, 10 feet long, flying northwest at 100 mph at an altitude of 1,500 feet and following the contour of mountains 5 miles away. It is paralleling the course of a landing C-47.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1078

Event 6030 (2AB6CAD7)

Date: 7/12/1947
Locations: Naval Air Station Seattle at Sand Point; Magnuson Park; Seattle, Washington; North 82nd Street and 11th Avenue in Seattle
Description: 6:35 p.m. Seamen John C. Kennedy and Ben Bobberly are on duty at Naval Air Station Seattle at Sand Point [now closed and redeveloped as Magnuson Park], Seattle, Washington. They notice a silvery disc-shaped object flying overhead to the east at 12,000 feet. At about the same time, Arnold Bergh and James Calahan watch three silvery discs flying quickly north from their location near North 82nd Street and 11th Avenue in Seattle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1079

Event 6031 (EA898A0E)

Date: 7/13/1947
Location: USA, Wingville (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) Several witnesses saw at 7 pm above Baker Valley, a round object moving in a yo-yo pattern. Among them were pilots who attempted to intercept it in vain.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 68
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1285

Event 6032 (7D44D343)

Date: 7/13/1947
Location: BEIJING, CHINA
Description: Many observer(s). Huge sausage with dazzling rays / colored light near summer palace.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1142

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BEIJING,CHINA:MANY OBS:HUGE SAUSAGE W/DAZZLING RAYS/CLRD LITE nr SUMMER PALACE”, LatLong: “39.900002 116.366672”, LatLongDMS: “39:54:00 N 116:22:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beijing”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6033 (A6D81D9F)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 09:30
Location: PONCA CITY, OK
Description: 20+observer(s). 40+disks going north. Dull / 1 side and silver. 120kph / 300M altitude into cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 519)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1143

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: “307”, HatchDesc: “PONCA CITY,OK:20+OBS:40+DISKS >N:DULL/1 SIDE+SLVR:120kph/300M alt into cloud”, LatLong: “36.705557 -97.083338”, LatLongDMS: “36:42:20 N 97:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6034 (A933E71F)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 10:00
Location: BAY OF BISCAY
Description: T = GMT. 3 / aircrew. Grey flying tadpole / 4800M altitude. / Arg. papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1144

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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BAY of BISCAY:t=GMT:3/AIRCREW:GRY FLYING TADPOLE/4800M alt:/Arg.papers”, LatLong: “45.000002 -7.500000”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:00 N 07:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6035 (31B24267)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: MUSSELSHELL, MT
Description: 1+3 men / railroad/railway platform. Round white object going northwest / irregular path.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1145

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “913”, HatchDesc: “MUSSELSHELL,MT:1+3 MEN/RR PLATFORM:ROUND WHT OBJ >NW/IRREGULAR PATH:”, LatLong: “46.516669 -108.088894”, LatLongDMS: “46:31:00 N 108:05:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6036 (9A9C5341)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: GARDNER, MA
Description: 2 observer(s). Large coin-disk going quickly west over road. Tilts going down. Going quickly [to] WNW. Edge clear. / r187#838.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1146

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “GARDNER,MA:2 OBS:LRG COIN-DISK >>W OVR ROAD:TILTS↓:>>WNW:EDGE CLEAR:/r187#838”, LatLong: “42.577780 -72.000003”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:40 N 72:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6037 (8A2CD738)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR GRESHAM, OR
Description: 3 / car. 2M thin metallic disk swoops and flips. 400 kph / 750M altitude. Turns going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1147

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: “98”, HatchDesc: “nr GRESHAM,OR:3/CAR:2M THIN MTLC DISK SWOOPS+FLIPS:400 kph/750M alt:TURNS >S”, LatLong: “45.500002 -122.377784”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 122:22:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6038 (D4BE012B)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 18:10
Location: GRESHAM, OR
Description: Separate observer(s) / home. 4 metallic disks going north. Change positions in formation. 2000M altitude?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1148

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: “98”, HatchDesc: “GRESHAM,OR:SEP.OBS/HOME:4 MTLC DISKS >N:CHANGE POSITIONS/FORMn:2000M alt?”, LatLong: “45.500002 -122.416673”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 122:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6039 (22180114)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: WINGVILLE, OR
Description: 4 / dairy farm. Round object going up and down [to] going west toward(s) mountains. 2 private planes follow. / r131#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1149

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: “15”, Elev: “1036”, HatchDesc: “WINGVILLE,OR:4/DAIRY FARM:ROUND OBJ ↑+↓ >W twrd Mtns:2 Pvt PLANES FOLO:/r131#5”, LatLong: “44.850002 -117.916672”, LatLongDMS: “44:51:00 N 117:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6040 (9689E7ED)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 21:30
Location: NEW CUMBERLAND, WV
Description: 3 observer(s). 4-5 bright white 1M disks going quickly south / 15 minute(s) intervals. Meteors?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1150

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “NEW CUMBERLAND,WV:3 OBS:4-5 BRITE WHT 1M DISKS >>S/15min intervals:meteors?”, LatLong: “40.494446 -80.605559”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:40 N 80:36:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6041 (0A0383FC)

Date: 7/13/1947
Time: 22:30
Location: TOPEKA, KS
Description: 1 / porch. Disk from northeast stops and circles. 2 more from southwest and southeast join. All going quickly west. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1151

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: “300”, HatchDesc: “TOPEKA,KS:1/PORCH:DISK frm NE STOPS+CCLS:2 MORE frm SW+SE JOIN:ALL >>W:SLNT”, LatLong: “39.050002 -95.677782”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:00 N 95:40:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6042 (0B75C532)

Date: 7/13/1947
Locations: State Highway 2; Gardner, Massachusetts
Description: 5:48 p.m. Warren Baker Eames is driving with his wife Alice on State Highway 2 near Gardner, Massachusetts, when they see a large, silvery, disc-shaped object in the sky ahead, moving west. As they watch, its nearest edge dips down toward them and it accelerates in a sudden burst of speed to the west-northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1080

Event 6043 (15B4DDF7)

Date: 7/13/1947
Description: At 9:30 p.m. four or five bright white, one-meter wide discs flew over New Cumberland, West Virginia one after the other at 15-minute intervals. They flew away to the south. At 10:30 in Topeka, Kansas a disc-shaped object flew in from the northwest, stopped in midair, and circled. Two more discs, one each from the southwest and southeast fly in and join the first one. All three fly away silently toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, cases 1163 & 1164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4025

Event 6044 (5E78CA68)

Date: 7/14/1947
Location: TEMUCO AND CALDERA, CHL
Description: 2 separate UFO report(s) / news. Type unknown. No further details. Also 13 July / Puyehue, Chile.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1152

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “103”, HatchDesc: “TEMUCO+CALDERA,CHL:2 SEP UFO RPTs/NEWS:TYPE UNK:NFD::+13JLY/PUYEHUE,CHILE”, LatLong: “-38.716669 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 S 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CTN”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 6045 (4EF70AB0)

Date: 7/14/1947 (approximate)
Location: 4 MILES NORTH / LE GRAND, CA
Description: 1 / car. Sent shiny metal Saturn-saucer bobs going up and down [to] while crossing road.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: CHARLES FORT & UFO’S. Self published, 1976 (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1153

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: “77”, HatchDesc: “4mi N/Le GRAND,CA:1/CAR:SENT SHINY MTL SATURN-SCR BOBS ↑+↓ while CROSSING ROAD”, LatLong: “37.283335 -120.250006”, LatLongDMS: “37:17:00 N 120:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6046 (48EC525C)

Date: 7/14/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: SYRACUSE, NY
Description: Boy / 13. Featureless 60M cylinder/cigar-shape hovers over orchard 100M away. / NUFORC.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: NUFORC Report: Syracuse, NY: 14JLY47: archive.org
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1154

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “SYRACUSE,NY:BOY/13:FEATURELESS 60M CGR HVRS OVR ORCHARD 100M away:/NUFORC”, LatLong: “43.016669 -76.150004”, LatLongDMS: “43:01:00 N 76:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6047 (3D5D2AC9)

Date: 7/14/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / WILKESBORO, NC
Description: Blast-buzzing noise. Disk going quickly [to] Cfast / 1500M altitude. No further details / Daily News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1155

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “SW/WILKESBORO,NC:BLAST-BUZZING NOISE:DISK >> CFAST/1500M alt:NFD/Daily News”, LatLong: “36.083335 -81.233337”, LatLongDMS: “36:05:00 N 81:14:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6048 (98472630)

Date: 7/14/1947
Time: 19:20
Location: SOUTH / IDAHO FALLS, ID
Description: 1 / farm. Small disk / irregular course low and slow overhead. Tilts. Going southwest. Odd sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1156

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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1430”, HatchDesc: “S/IDAHO FALLS,ID:1/FARM:SML DISK/IRREG.COURSE LO+SLOW OVHD:TILTS:>SW:ODD SOUND”, LatLong: “43.416669 -112.033339”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:00 N 112:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6049 (073AB637)

Date: 7/14/1947
Time: 19:30
Location: NAMPA, ID
Description: 2 observer(s). 12 disks circle / W. sky. Join / various formations / 10 minute(s). Going quickly west. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1157

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “759”, HatchDesc: “NAMPA,ID:2 OBS:12 DISKS CCL/W.SKY:JOIN/VARIOUS FORMns/10min:>>W:/news”, LatLong: “43.550002 -116.561117”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 116:33:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6050 (A35A4C45)

Date: 7/14/1947
Time: ~21:30
Location: TIANJIN, CH
Description: Many observer(s). 1+2 blue-glowing saucers shoot rays all over/all about. / r208p33+/ r131#5p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1158

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: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “TIANJIN,CH:MANY OBS:1+2 BLU-GLO SCRS SHOOT RAYS ALLO:/r208p33+/r131#5p26”, LatLong: “39.116669 117.216672”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 117:13:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TNJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6051 (8AA39BE7)

Date: 7/14/1947
Description: At 10:30 a.m. in Syracuse, New York a 13-year-old boy saw a long, featureless cigar-shaped object hovering over an orchard only 100 meters away. At 1:00 p.m. in Wilkesboro, North Carolina a buzzing noise was heard and then a disc shot through the sky fast at an altitude of 1500 meters. At 7:20 p.m. a small disc flew over a farm south of Idaho Falls, Idaho flying on an irregular course, low and slow. It tilted, then flew away to the southwest making an odd sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1167, citing the National UFO Reporting Center; (2) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947 (Volume 5), p. 25; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 107
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4045

Event 6052 (113D4BB1)

Date: Mid 7/1947
Description: In a paper by U.S. Navy Physicist, Dr. Bruce Maccabee, he stated: “…the Air Force knew by the middle of July, 1947 that saucers were real and not manmade…the technology represented by the (recovered) disc…was so far beyond our own that it could not be understood immediately…Therefore it would be necessary to treat the disc as a military secret. This would mean containing all information about it within some small group.”
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_267
See also: 1/31/1949

Event 6053 (D0623119)

Date: 7/15/1947
Description: Memo to Mr. Ladd with a handwritten note from J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI stating, ”…before agreeing (to the investigation of crashed saucers)…we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the Soc. (Socorro, N.M.) case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination.
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good, p541, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_268

Event 6054 (686EE0D5)

Date: 7/15/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Mac Brazel is released by the military and returns to his farm. (Tuesday 15 July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_674

Event 6055 (F03E255A)

Date: 7/15/1947
Time: 08:40
Location: TUCUMCARI, NM
Description: 4 observer(s). Luminous saucer wobbles going SSE on edge. Fast. No sparks no trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1159

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: “1245”, HatchDesc: “TUCUMCARI,NM:4 OBS:LUMn.SCR WOBBLES >SSE on edge:FAST:no sparks no trail”, LatLong: “35.172224 -103.722227”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:20 N 103:43:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6056 (E8BA4951)

Date: 7/15/1947
Time: 12:20
Location: CONCORD, CA
Description: CAA pilot. 12-15 5M objects / groups. 200mph going west. Odd boomerang / SF news.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 841)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1160

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “CONCORD,CA:CAA PILOT:12-15 5M OBJS/GROUPS:200mph >W::ODD BOOMERANG/SF NEWS”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6057 (B6CBDB1F)

Date: 7/15/1947?
Time: 13:00?
Location: GRANGESBERG, SWD
Description: 2 14M cigars / low / 70kph. 2 rows / portholes. Face / large window. 1M antenna.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1161

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GRANGESBERG,SWD:2 14M CGRS/LOW/70kph:2 ROWS/PORTS:FACE/LRG WINDOW:1M ANTENNA”, LatLong: “60.066670 15.000001”, LatLongDMS: “60:04:00 N 15:00:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6058 (90C25905)

Date: 7/15/1947
Location: Roswell AAF, New Mexico
Description: Mack Brazel is returned home after an extensive interrogation at Roswell AAF, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell, Evans, 1994, p. 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1081

Event 6059 (25EE1C0B)

Date: 7/15/1947
Location: Concord, California
Description: 12:15 p.m. Col. Frank A. Flynn is flying a Vultee BT-13 Valiant over Concord, California, when a group of 12–15 objects approaches and passes him. At first he takes them for birds, but he can see no necks or wings and they are moving in excess of 200 mph. They are moving in a see-saw fashion at three different altitudes about 200 feet apart, and they appear to be about 15 feet across, white on the top and gray and black on the bottom. At their closest point, they are about one mile away. Flynn turns his plane around to pursue them, but they outdistance him quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1082

Event 6060 (3013E80C)

Date: 7/15/1947
Description: At 12:15 p.m. Colonel Frank A. Flynn, who was flying over over Concord, California, reported that at least a dozen oval-shaped UFOs in three groups that hung in the sky, swinging back and forth in a pendulum motion. They were white on top, grey and black for the rest, and about 15 feet wide.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: San Francisco News, July 18, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 841
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4064

Event 6061 (15373C0C)

Date: 7/16/1947
Location: CANADA, Vancouver Island (BC)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. C. Arnell found in his garden the debris of an American weather balloon, a “US Army Signal Corps weather balloon” which had probably been launched from an airport in the state of Washington. There were rubber pieces, a parachute like crepe paper, bright red in color. A complex mechanism was enclosed in a semblance of a box, weighing not 1 kilogram. Other similar balloon debris had already been found in various places on Vancouver Island.
Reference: Press clippings - cfr Jan Aldrich
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1286

Event 6062 (621C64D8)

Date: 7/16/1947
Time: ~02:00
Location: OSLO, NORWAY
Description: 1 observer. Flying saucepan with handle. Very fast. ‘Resembles S. sea island’(??)
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1162

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OSLO,NORWAY:1 OBS:FLYING SAUCEPAN W/HANDLE:VFAST:‘RESEMBLES S.SEA ISLAND’(??)”, LatLong: “59.866670 10.700001”, LatLongDMS: “59:52:00 N 10:42:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

[c0mmando]

Event 6063 (69AEE60C)

Date: 7/16/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: SALEM, OR
Description: Disk going south 500kph / 1200M altitude. Brisk 30° turn going quickly southeast. Shiny then grey color.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1163

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: “47”, HatchDesc: “SALEM,OR:DISK > S 500kph/1200M alt:BRISK 30°TURN >>SE:SHINY THEN GRY CLR”, LatLong: “44.944447 -123.033339”, LatLongDMS: “44:56:40 N 123:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6064 (217BC850)

Date: 7/16/1947
Time: 16:20
Location: MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
Description: 2 / car. 1M saucer slowly circles Air Force Base. Brown colored-grey / one side. Silver / other.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 529)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1164

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: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “958”, HatchDesc: “MOUNTAIN HOME,ID:2/CAR:1M SCR SLOWLY CCLS AFB:BRN-GRY/ONE SIDE:SLVR/OTHER:”, LatLong: “43.155558 -115.727783”, LatLongDMS: “43:09:20 N 115:43:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6065 (8E73FF2F)

Date: 7/16/1947
Locations: Ernest Harmon AFB; Newfoundland
Description: An initial report on the Ernest Harmon AFB case in Newfoundland is written up by a base intelligence officer.
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): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1083

Event 6066 (6033D57F)

Date: 7/17/1947
Location: USA, Helena (Montana)
Description: (Translated from French) Between 2:45 PM and 3:00 PM several objects appear at different altitudes above Helena. But it is possible that it was a balloon release as the military did at that time.
Reference: “UFO’s: A century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 68
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1287

Event 6067 (A821EB44)

Date: 7/17/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: FT. COLLINS, CO
Description: Ex-Army man and 4. 8 perfect-round shiny silver disks going quickly south extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1165

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1525”, HatchDesc: “Ft.COLLINS,CO:EX-ARMY MAN+4:8 PERFECT-ROUND SHINY SLVR DISKS >>S XFAST:”, LatLong: “40.600002 -105.100005”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 105:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6068 (A3BBCB0C)

Date: 7/17/1947
Time: 17:50
Location: OKLA, CITY, OK
Description: 1M disk drops / cloud. Back up / cloud when plane passes. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1166

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “OKLA,CITY,OK:1M DISK DROPS/CLOUD:BACK UP/CLOUD when plane passes:VFAST”, LatLong: “35.500002 -97.516671”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 N 97:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6069 (C1C7DD77)

Date: 7/18/1947?
Time: 13:00?
Location: GOLDFIELD, NV
Description: Miner. Odd round object spins slowly. Spins fast and object going quickly northeast over mountain.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1167

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: “2”, Elev: “1731”, HatchDesc: “GOLDFIELD,NV:MINER:ODD RND OBJ SPINS SLOWLY:SPINS FAST+OBJ >>NE ovr MOUNTAIN”, LatLong: “37.711113 -117.233339”, LatLongDMS: “37:42:40 N 117:14:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6070 (CF80FA43)

Date: 7/18/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / ARLEE, MT
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 saucers play hide and seek / clouds / 30 minutes. Dip and arc all over/all about. Bright and dim.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1168

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “940”, HatchDesc: “N/ARLEE,MT:2 OBS:2 SCRS PLAY HIDE+SEEK/CLOUDS/30mins:DIP+ARC ALLO:BRITE+DIM”, LatLong: “47.200002 -114.083339”, LatLongDMS: “47:12:00 N 114:05:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6071 (23684A81)

Date: 7/18/1947
Time: 23:30
Location: JOPLIN, MO
Description: 1 observer. Bright shiny 50cm ovoid going quickly southeast over railroad/railway freight house. / Sunday Globe.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1169

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: “297”, HatchDesc: “JOPLIN,MO:1 OBS:BRITE SHINY 50cm OVOID >>SE OVR RR FREIGHT HOUSE:/Sunday Globe”, LatLong: “37.083335 -94.516671”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 94:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6072 (06CDEB8C)

Date: 7/18/1947
Description: In Joplin, Missouri a bright, shiny ovoid object, half a meter in length, flew over the railroad freight house at 11:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 109
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4155

Event 6073 (BB6D7A96)

Date: 7/19/1947
Location: HATZIC ISLAND, BC
Description: 1 observer. Shiny disk going quickly southeast straight & level flight / 120M altitude directly overhead. Vancouver Sun.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1170

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “HATZIC Isl,BC:1 OBS:SHINY DISK >>SE S&L/120M alt DIRECTLY OVHD:Vancouver Sun”, LatLong: “49.150002 -122.266672”, LatLongDMS: “49:09:00 N 122:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6074 (6B64F0FE)

Date: 7/19/1947
Time: 06:10
Location: BALCARCE, ARG
Description: 100 saucers north going quickly south. 1 paces car. 2 good photos. / r192p321+/ r129p96.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 532)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1171

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “97”, HatchDesc: “BALCARCE,ARG:100 SCRS N>>S:1 PACES CAR:2 GOOD PHOTOS:/r192p321+/r129p96”, LatLong: “-37.850002 -58.266669”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:00 S 58:16:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6075 (13E3D172)

Date: 7/19/1947
Locations: Lanzhou City, Gansu, China; Gansu province
Description: The antiaircraft command base of the Chinese Nationalist Government Air Force spots a UFO over Lanzhou City, Gansu, China. It is 50 feet long and has an apparent rudder and two jet pipes in the back. About 8:00 p.m., witnesses in Gansu province watch a red object cross the sky in 2 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paul Dong, The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China, Prentice-Hall, 1984, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1084

Event 6076 (7A9637BA)

Date: 7/20/1947
Location: USA, Texas
Description: (Translated from French) One UFO event is reported in Texas, and according to its description it appears to be a rocket launch.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 68
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1288

Event 6077 (92C11A75)

Date: 7/20/1947
Location: At sea, near Newfoundland (Canada)
Description: (Translated from French) A ship reported that at around 8:15 PM red-orange flashes were emitted by a UFO changing direction in its progression.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1289

Event 6078 (64EB71E1)

Date: 7/20/1947
Time: 09:20
Location: FROSTBURG, MD
Description: White circular object above broken clouds. Audible sounds-type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1172

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “632”, HatchDesc: “FROSTBURG,MD:WHT CIRC. OBJ ABOVE BROKEN CLOUDS:AUDIBLE SOUNDS-TYPE UNKNOWN”, LatLong: “39.666669 -78.916670”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 78:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6079 (E545CB04)

Date: 7/20/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR OLAVARRIA, ARG
Description: Several / farm. “Saucer” drops / 20M altitude. Fast spin. Blue light. Finally going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 532)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1173

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “163”, HatchDesc: “nr OLAVARRIA,ARG:SVRL/FARM:“SCR” DROPS/20M alt:FAST SPIN:BLUE LITE:FINALLY >S”, LatLong: “-36.883335 -60.300003”, LatLongDMS: “36:53:00 S 60:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6080 (6E7D36FE)

Date: 7/20/1947
Time: 18:30
Location: EKOLN LAKE, UPPLAND, SWEDEN
Description: Air Force man. Metallic football going quickly NNW / 250kph. 550M altitude 1 km away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1174

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “EKOLN Lake,UPPLAND,SWEDEN:AF MAN:MTLC FOOTBALL >>NNW/250kph:550M alt 1 km away”, LatLong: “59.750003 17.616668”, LatLongDMS: “59:45:00 N 17:37:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6081 (B7008B6F)

Date: 7/20/1947
Time: 18:50
Location: SINGAPORE
Description: UK Army Sgt. “Saucer” dips and spirals slowly. Balloon? / Straits Times 23 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 532)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1175

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)

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SINGAPORE:UK ARMY SGT:“SCR” DIPS+SPIRALS SLOWLY:balloon?:/Straits Times 23Jly”, LatLong: “1.283333 103.850005”, LatLongDMS: “01:17:00 N 103:51:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNG”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6082 (72B095A6)

Date: 7/20/1947
Time: 20:00?
Location: NANJING, CHINA
Description: 3 separate military-air observer(s) and more. “Flying saucer”. Headquarters collecting reports…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 533)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1176

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), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “NANJING,CHINA:3 SEP.MIL-AIR OBS+:“FLYING SAUCER”:HQ collecting reports…”, LatLong: “32.050002 118.783339”, LatLongDMS: “32:03:00 N 118:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jiangsu”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6083 (AAD77E8A)

Date: 7/20/1947
Description: At 2:30 a.m. in Idaho Falls, Idaho Mr. Denton saw a UFO swing back and forth in a pendulum motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Idaho Daily Statesman, July 21, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 842
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4220

Event 6084 (6B461EF7)

Date: 7/21/1947
Time: 10:20
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: Ex-airman / ground. Brilliant silver ovoid going quickly NNE / 2000M altitude. 1000kph. No tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 534)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1177

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “820”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:EX-AIRMAN/GND:BRILL.SLVR OVOID >>NNE/2000M alt:1000kph:NO TAIL”, LatLong: “43.616669 -116.216672”, LatLongDMS: “43:37:00 N 116:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6085 (5A4D838A)

Date: 7/21/1947
Locations: Ernest Harmon AFB; Pentagon
Description: A more detailed report on the Ernest Harmon AFB incident is sent to 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): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1085

Event 6086 (F50D77DE)

Date: 7/21/1947
Description: Life magazine publishes a pictorial news story on the flying discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Speaking of Pictures: A Rash of Flying Disks Breaks Out over the U.S.,” Life, July 21, 1947, pp. 14–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1086

Event 6087 (5D8EA6AB)

Date: 7/21/1947
Description: At 10:15 a.m. Mr. James E. Petteway of Boise, Idaho briefly sighted an oval object flying on a straight steady course to the north-northeast. It was bright, like polished silver, and flew at an estimated speed of 600 miles per hour, at 7000 feet altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case # 844, citing the Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 22, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4258

Event 6088 (3F3DDF18)

Date: 7/22/1947 (approximate)
Location: WILLIMANTIC, CT
Description: “Man photographs flying metallic hexagon!”. Tilts. No further details [in] local papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1178

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “81”, HatchDesc: “WILLIMANTIC,CT:“MAN FOTOS FLYING MTLC HEXAGON!”:TILTS:NFD local papers”, LatLong: “41.711113 -72.211115”, LatLongDMS: “41:42:40 N 72:12:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6089 (6365B7FC)

Date: 7/22/1947
Location: Maury Island, Washington
Description: Ray Palmer writes to Kenneth Arnold and tells him about the Maury Island, Washington, case, asking him to look into it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jason Colavito, ed., “Inquiry into Richard Shaver and Ray Palmer, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1947”; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1087

Event 6090 (F5417D8B)

Date: 7/23/1947
Location: BRAZIL, Bauru-Pitanga, Campo de Mourao
Description: (Translated from French) A works supervisor, José C. Higgins, heard a very sharp, piercing sound and saw a large disc land that was about 50m wide. It was made of a grayish-white metal and stood on curved metal legs. The other workers fled and Higgins was left alone with three entities over 2 meters tall wearing “transparent suits covering head and body, and inflated like rubber bags,” as well as “metal boxes” on their backs. Their clothing, visible through the suits, resembled brightly colored paper. The entities, all identical, had huge round eyes, enormous round and bald heads, no eyebrows, no beards, and legs that were proportionally longer than ours. Higgins couldn’t tell if they were male or female but he found them strangely beautiful. They surrounded him, one of them raised a metal tube towards him and they seemed to want to draw him into the disc. But observing that they feared the bright sun, he managed to escape and hid for half an hour in a bush where he then observed that, with extraordinary agility, they jumped and gamboled while throwing huge stones. Then they went back into the craft which vanished with a whistle towards the north. In the previous phase one of them had dug eight holes in the ground with a stick and showed Higgins that the largest hole was “Alamo” while the seventh, the farthest away, was “Orque”. (Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 107) José C. Higgins, who was then in Brazil, encountered three astronauts wearing transparent and inflated scuba suits like automobile tires. Each of them had a kind of metal bag on their shoulders. One of the characters drew a point surrounded by seven circles on the ground, then indicated the seventh circle as well as the craft from which they had just disembarked. According to their external appearance, they did not differ in any way from the inhabitants of our planet. (A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 227, he places this in August 1947) Three humanoids 2.10m tall who looked like triplets.
Reference: Jean SIDER: “UFO, the Unmasked Invaders”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 80
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1290

Event 6091 (8654801F)

Date: 7/23/1947
Location: USA, Morristown (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: July 10, 1947) The “Continental J. 3” plane of pilot John E. Janssen was stopped and immobilized in mid-air by a flying saucer. (Jimmy GUIEU: “Black-out sur les S.V.” - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 68) The pilot’s body was filled with unpleasant electric tingles. The plane’s circuits were cut. The aviator saw above him the presence of two overlapping metal discs, one clearly hovering much higher than the other. After a while the plane nosedived, the tingles disappeared and Janssen was able to restart the engine and straighten the plane.
Reference: J. G. DOHMEN: “A identifier et le cas Adamski” - éd. Guy Dohmen, Biarritz 1972, p. 51, 52
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1291

Event 6092 (FA3EF796)

Date: 7/23/1947
Location: Belgium
Description: (Translated from French) A green fireball was reported under the clouds. This is the only good UFO report for this date.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 68
Reference: the author cites the newspaper “Het Belang van Limburg” and a letter from 1954
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1292

Event 6093 (99276518)

Date: 7/23/1947
Description: (Translated from French) John Jenssen is piloting a private plane over New Jersey when he sees a lightning flash high up in the sky. The engine stalls, but the plane continues its horizontal flight. Jenssen then sees on his left a strange craft, like a specter with portholes around its rim. A second UFO stands motionless in the sky 400 m from the first. Jenssen then restarts and escapes the UFOs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_675

Event 6094 (CAF82CEF)

Date: 7/23/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Near Pitanga (Brazil), a group of men sees a disk-shaped craft land near them. One of them, José G. Higgins, sees 3 beings wearing shiny clothes and transparent suits come out of the saucer. They are 2 m tall, have bald heads larger than average, huge round eyes, no eyelashes or eyebrows, and carry a metal box on their backs. They draw a picture of the solar system for the witness and show him Uranus as if to indicate where they come from.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_676

Event 6095 (8D7A1B0E)

Date: 7/23/1947
Time: 12:00?
Location: BAURU, BRZ
Description: Grey 30M saucer going down. 3 2M men / in space-suits draw starmap / dirt. / r108p31+Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v7#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1179

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “535”, HatchDesc: “BAURU,BRZ:GRY 30M SCR ↓:3 2M MEN/SPC-SUITS DRAW STARMAP/DIRT:/r108p31+FSR v7#6”, LatLong: “-22.316668 -49.066669”, LatLongDMS: “22:19:00 S 49:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 6096 (425F5DEC)

Date: 7/23/1947
Time: 17:00
Location: ODENSALA, SWEDEN
Description: Several observer(s). Silent silver saucer going east / 400M altitude. Airplane speed. / AFU Sweden.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1180

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ODENSALA,SWEDEN:SVRL OBS:SLNT SLVR SCR >E/400M alt:AIRPLANE SPEED:/AFU Sweden”, LatLong: “63.150003 14.683334”, LatLongDMS: “63:09:00 N 14:41:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6097 (22D8584A)

Date: 7/23/1947
Location: Bauru, near Pitanga, Brazil
Description: A group of survey workers ran away as they heard a hissing noise and saw a disk land 50 m away. Jose C. Higgins saw two figures through, a window. Later three beings in shiny clothes and translucent suits, with oversized bald heads, huge round eyes, no eyelashes or eyebrows, and a metal box on their back, emerged from the craft. They were over 2 m. tall. They drew the solar system and pointed to Uranus as if to suggest that was their point of origin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 163; FSR 61, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_61

Event 6098 (DCE447A9)

Date: 7/23/1947
Locations: Morristown Airport; New Jersey
Description: Day. John H. Janssen, aviation editor of the Morristown Daily Record, is flying his Piper J-3 Cub at 6,000 feet near the Morristown Airport in New Jersey. He sees a flash of light, the engine gives out, and the plane seems to be motionless. Then he sees two UFOs (this time with portholes) and manages to get the propeller going again. This is one of the first cases of “vehicle interference” UFO cases involving an airplane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “07-10-1947 USA, New Jersey, Morristown”; John H. Janssen, “My Encounter with Flying Disks,” Fate 2, no. 3 (September 1949): 12–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1088

Event 6099 (48FBF0E8)

Date: 7/23/1947
Locations: Campina do Amoral; Colônia Goio-Bang; Luiziana; Mamboré; Paraná; Brazil
Description: José C. Higgens and some assistants are surveying a field in Campina do Amoral in the Colônia Goio-Bang, located between Luiziana and Mamboré, Paraná, Brazil. On hearing a sharp sound, they see a grayish-white disc- shaped object about 100 feet in diameter, which soon lands and rests on curved metal feet. His assistants flee, but Higgens goes up to examine it. He sees a small, glass window, then two odd-looking beings observing him curiously. A door opens in the craft, and three other hairless beings dressed in transparent overalls. They have large, round eyes with eyebrows and pronounced eyelashes. Their legs are disproportionately long and they are about 7 feet tall. One points a small tube at Higgens. They are speaking in an unknown, sonorous language. He walks toward the door and can see only a small cubicle, bordered by another door, and several portholes. Higgens by gestures asks where they are from and the leader draws a map in the dirt, indicating a seventh planet, presumably Uranus. He eludes them by pretending to look for his wife and goes into a hidden spot in the woods. After 30 minutes the beings climb into the object and take off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Caso José Higgens”; Clark III 576– 577; Brazil 21–23; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1089

Event 6100 (B80C9B07)

Date: 7/23/1947
Description: A group of survey workers working northeast of Pitanga, Parana State, Brazil ran away when they heard a hissing noise and saw a disc-shaped object land only 50 meters away from them. Jose C. Higgins saw two figures through a window inside the craft. Later three beings in shiny clothes and translucent suits, with oversized baldheads, huge round eyes, no eyelashes or eyebrows, and a metal box on their back, emerged from the craft. They were over two meters (6.6 feet) tall. They drew a sketch of the solar system and pointed to Uranus as if to suggest that was their point of origin.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, November-December 1961; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191; Jader U. Pereira, Les Extra-Terrestres, citing O Cruzeiro, November 13, 1954
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4311

Event 6101 (F9A18EC6)

Date: 7/23/1947
Description: On this day a private pilot named Jenssen, flying at 6000 feet over Morristown, New Jersey encountered a shaft of light from above. The aircraft’s engine faltered, then died, but the plane maintained its altitude. He felt a prickling sensation and saw a metallic disc above and ahead of him. He was able to re-start the plane by putting the nose down when he got control back.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 70; Leonard G. Cramp, Piece for a Jig-Saw, p. 318
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4312

Event 6102 (0BF5EE61)

Date: 7/23/1947
Location: Morristown, New Jersey
Description: Pilot John H. Janssen reported that his plane motors conked off, but his plane remained suspended in the air, during a close approach of 2 UFOs over Morristown, New Jersey. Janssen reported an electric-like pricking sensation during his hair-raising experience.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_5

Event 6103 (F0B97F66)

Date: 7/24/1947
Description: Einstein’s ABC Special live radio broadcast on “The Immediate Need for World Law”
Type: newspaper article
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_269

Event 6104 (CD63D6C8)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 00:10
Location: WOLF POINT, MT
Description: Grey 60cm dishpan-saucer going quickly east fast / 30M altitude. Lady report(s) dishpan missing!
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1181

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “609”, HatchDesc: “WOLF POINT,MT:GRY 60cm DISHPAN-SCR >>E FAST/30M alt:lady rpts dishpan missing!”, LatLong: “48.088891 -105.638894”, LatLongDMS: “48:05:20 N 105:38:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6105 (A50CFE42)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 07:00
Location: WEST / SQUANTUM NAS, MA
Description: 2 air observer(s). Shiny silver ball going quickly northwest rising over Milton. Gone / 10 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 540)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1182

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “W/SQUANTUM NAS,MA:2 AIR OBS:SHINY SLVR BALL >>NW RISING OVR MILTON:gone/10secs”, LatLong: “42.266669 -71.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:00 N 71:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6106 (9B5220E6)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 10:30
Location: SOUTH / ARVADA, WYO
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 metallic disks fly on a tilt. Turn to smoke rings. Dissolve!
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1183

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: “1120”, HatchDesc: “S/ARVADA,WYo:1/BINOCS:2 MTLC DISKS FLY on a TILT:TURN TO SMOKE RINGS:dissolve!”, LatLong: “44.616669 -106.133338”, LatLongDMS: “44:37:00 N 106:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6107 (B20F9774)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: PEHUAJO, ARG
Description: J. Arigues sees saucer / 60-70M altitude near home. No further details / B. A. Standard / 26 Jul. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 539)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1184

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “PEHUAJO,ARG:J.ARIGUES SEES SCR/60-70M alt NR HOME:NFD/B.A.Standard/26Jly47”, LatLong: “-35.816668 -61.900003”, LatLongDMS: “35:49:00 S 61:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “65”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6108 (FF9EA369)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 21:00
Location: CHILLIWACK, BC
Description: 4 observer(s). Large shiny oval disk going quickly southwest through clouds 500’ over mountains. Straight and level.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 847)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1185

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: “7”, HatchDesc: “CHILLIWACK,BC:4 OBS:LRG SHINY OVAL DISK >>SW THRU CLOUDS 500’OVR MTNS:S/L”, LatLong: “49.166669 -121.950006”, LatLongDMS: “49:10:00 N 121:57:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6109 (363257E8)

Date: 7/24/1947
Time: 22:00?
Location: OREGON CITY, OR
Description: Cabbie. Green-glow “pear-shaped tube” going south slow / 240M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 539)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1186

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “OREGON CITY,OR:CABBIE:GRN-GLOW “PEAR-SHAPED TUBE” >S SLOW/240M alt:”, LatLong: “45.350002 -122.600006”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:00 N 122:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “240”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6110 (557F92A5)

Date: Late 7/1947
Location: SWITZERLAND, Azeindaz
Description: (Translated from French) In 1969, after reading in the newspaper “La Suisse” articles about UFOs, a reader took up her pen and wrote: “At Azeindaz, one evening with beautiful weather, I was sitting around 8 pm against the wall of my brother’s house, on the side of the Tour d’Azeindaz. Suddenly, I saw in the sky, high above the said Tour, a luminous disc. It was the size of the moon (the size is difficult to evaluate, now I have the impression that it was bigger), of a bright white-silver, like aluminum, slightly tinted mauve-light blue, and accompanied by green and red balls. The most characteristic was its descent movement towards the ridges, turning slowly on itself, like leaves falling in autumn. The apparition was very beautiful, I was very moved, it disappeared behind the Tour d’Azeindaz, in the precipice towards Solalex. The whole movement lasted about 15 to 20 seconds, if not more. What was also characteristic is that the object seemed to rush towards me, to “come” from very high. I went to the others to announce this wonderful extraordinary vision, but nobody paid attention and I was even answered very evasively. I did not talk about it anymore, but I remember it very well…” (1947, late July)
Reference: Les Soucoupes chez Heidi, cfr GREPI, Switzerland, 1997
Reference: Marlise Flotron, Lausanne
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1297

Event 6111 (48F24EBC)

Date: 7/25/1947
Time: 16:50
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: Several observer(s). Silver-aluminum disk wobbles like tossed plate / 5 minutes. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1187

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: “1109”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:SVRL OBS:SLVR-ALUM.DISK WOBBLES like tossed plate/5mins:>N”, LatLong: “31.766668 -106.433338”, LatLongDMS: “31:46:00 N 106:26:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6112 (87385714)

Date: 7/25/1947
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: Intelligence agents from the Fourth Air Force, Lt. Frank M. Brown and Capt. William L. Davidson, visit Kenneth Arnold in Boise, Idaho, and tell him to contact them if he runs across any interesting UFO evidence.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1090

Event 6113 (7D7B08D4)

Date: 7/25/1947
Locations: Roswell, New Mexico; China
Description: A memorandum over the signature of Maj. Lester M. Garrigues states that by order of Col. Blanchard, the nine men who had been assigned duties in the recovery of the Roswell, New Mexico, crash are relieved from duty on that project. However, it is now largely considered a forgery by Frank Kaufmann. Garrigues has assumed duties in China prior to this and is no longer in Roswell.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 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_1091

Event 6114 (752361AF)

Date: 7/25/1947
Location: Dumas, Texas
Description: Day. Leonard Robertson is riding his motorcycle northeast of Dumas, Texas, when he sees a flash of light to his left. An oval object like a bubble is floating over a field about one mile away. Suddenly the object explodes, so Robertson takes a side road to the field where he retrieves a piece of metal “lighter than aluminum foil” about 30 inches long and 24 inches wide. There are two small holes in it and the center seems to be burned.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Perryton Man Displays Proof of Saucer Story,” Amarillo (Tex.) Daily News, August 6, 1947, p. 1; “Salvage from Mystery Blast,” Amarillo (Tex.) Daily News, August 9, 1947, p. 5; Curt Collins, “The Texas UFO Crash Debris Photo from July 1947,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, May 21, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1092

Event 6115 (CDA13599)

Date: 7/26/1947
Description: (Translated from French) On board the presidential C-54 Sacred Crow, Truman signs the National Security Act, founding the NSC, the CIA (replacing the CIG) and the USAF as an independent entity from the National Military Establishment (which would become the DoD in 1949). (Saturday, July 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_677

Event 6116 (E529ECF3)

Date: 7/26/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Stalin summons nuclear physicist S. Korolyev (father of Soviet missiles and space program); he entrusts him with a series of foreign reports concerning UFOs and including the Roswell crash case. Korolyev, who has a team of translators and 3 days to give his opinion on the potential threat posed by UFOs, assures the master of the USSR that the saucers are not American weapons; although real, the phenomenon does not seem dangerous to him. Stalin approves this conclusion shared by all the scientists he consulted.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_678

Event 6117 (D6087DFB)

Date: 7/26/1947
Time: ~21:00
Location: LIGNY-LE-RIBAULT, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Blue-glowing sphere/orb/globe smokes and flames. Going quickly northwest. Also seen / Orleans.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1188

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LIGNY-le-RIBAULT,FR:SVRL OBS:BLU-GLO ORB SMOKES+FLAMES:>>NW:ALSO SEEN/ORLEANS:”, LatLong: “47.700002 1.783333”, LatLongDMS: “47:42:00 N 01:47:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6118 (E0E9C86A)

Date: 7/26/1947
Location: Joint Research and Development Board
Description: President Truman signs the National Security Act, a major restructuring of the military and intelligence agencies. It creates a unified National Military Establishment (Army and Navy) and a Department of the Air Force, both under the new Secretary of Defense. The Joint Research and Development Board becomes the R&D brain center. Each of the three service secretaries maintains quasi-cabinet status. It establishes the National Security Council to advise the president and the Central Intelligence Agency, the first peacetime intelligence agency in the US. The CIA is prohibited from conducting domestic surveillance, but Allen Dulles ensures it can handle “other functions” affecting “national security” without scrutiny from Congress or (sometimes) the president. Much of the CIA’s funding initially comes from wealthy Americans. The act creates the first black military and intelligence budget.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National Security Act of 1947”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1093

Event 6119 (8E0674EB)

Date: 7/27/1947
Location: Maury Island, Washington
Description: Ray Palmer wires Kenneth Arnold $200 to investigate the Maury Island, Washington, case.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, 1952, Palmer, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1094

Event 6120 (4140D5B0)

Date: 7/27/1947
Locations: Portland Oregonian; Boise Stateman
Description: Capt. Davidson and Lt. Brown interview Richard Rankin. The FBI finds that the CIC agents have also interviewed Kenneth Arnold, Capt. Emil J. Smith, Flight Officer Ralph Stevens, and Boise Stateman Editor David N. Johnson about their UFO sightings. Leverett G. Richards, aviation editor of the Portland Oregonian, informs the FBI of this information. He also calls Lieut. Gen. Nathan Twining, who leaves “the impression that the AAF instituted this investigation to wash out the disc reports since they are definitely not of AAF origin.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Memo for FBI Director from Mr. D. M. Ladd, August 14, 1947
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1095

Event 6121 (87B17C6C)

Date: 7/28/1947
Time: 12:10
Location: NORWOOD, MBA
Description: 1 observer. Shiny silver disk going west / very high altitude. Leaves (something behind) puffs / smoke / regular intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 543)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1189

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “229”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,MBa:1 OBS:SHINY SLVR DISK >W/VHI alt:LVS PUFFS/SMOKE/REGULAR INTERVALS”, LatLong: “49.877780 -97.116671”, LatLongDMS: “49:52:40 N 97:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manitoba”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6122 (FE7DBBAE)

Date: 7/28/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTHWEST / MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
Description: 2 pilots / United Airlines (UAL) flight-105. Saucer weaves / 2 minute(s). Turns going quickly northwest and away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1190

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “955”, HatchDesc: “NW/MOUNTAIN HOME,ID:2 PILOTS/UAL FLT-105:SCR WEAVES/2min:TURNS>>NW+AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “43.200002 -115.833339”, LatLongDMS: “43:12:00 N 115:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6123 (2D660759)

Date: 7/28/1947
Location: Bt. Mountain Home & Boise, ID
Description: DC-3 Crew Observes Disc (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_380

Event 6124 (62E8FD2C)

Date: 7/28/1947
Locations: Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland; Wright Field, Ohio; Stephenville; Pentagon
Description: After assessing the Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, report, Gen. Schulgen orders Col. Howard M. McCoy, deputy commander of T-2 intelligence at Wright Field, Ohio, to send a top-level assessment team (possibly Alfred Loedding or Col. William R. Clingerman Jr.) to Stephenville “immediately” and report directly to the Pentagon afterwards. McCoy suspects German or Russian technology.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 33–34; Swords 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1096

Event 6125 (B8065690)

Date: 7/28/1947
Locations: Mountain Home, Idaho; Boise
Description: 8:34 p.m. Capt. Charles F. Gibian and First Officer Jack Harvey are piloting United Air Lines Flight 105 and descending above Mountain Home, Idaho, in preparation for landing in Boise. Harvey sees an object that seems to be another aircraft ahead of them and to the south, but it rapidly moves to the northwest in a weaving fashion, diminishing in size and vanishing from view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “United Air Lines Crew Reports Sighting Flying Saucer between Mountain Home and Boise,” Boise Idaho Daily Statesman, July 29, 1947, pp. 1–2; Bloecher, pp. III-13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1097

Event 6126 (26E5DDBD)

Date: 7/28/1947
Description: At 12:10 p.m. a shiny silver disc was seen flying toward the west at a high altitude In Norwood, Manitoba. If left behind puffs of smoke at regular intervals.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947 (Volume 5), p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4446

Event 6127 (72D4E4A4)

Date: 7/28/1947
Description: United Airlines flight 105 flying between Mountain Home and Boise, Idaho had a near collision with a flying disc at 10:34 p.m. The cockpit crew members were named Gibian and Harvey.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Idaho Daily Statesman, July 29, 1947; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 849; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4447

Event 6128 (D91CAB58)

Date: 7/29/1947
Description: Kenneth Arnold interviews Dahl in Tacoma WA, near Maury Island. Retrieved metals sent to Ray Palmer and sent to a lab for analysis. Metals confiscated by the military from Ray Palmer. Dahl leaves in terror and is tracked down in public archives to the southern Oregon area.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_270

Event 6129 (BAF6F59E)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 160.7km altitude (Near vertical trajectory.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_271
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 160.7km

Event 6130 (345E159F)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 05:55, launch of V2 No. 30, reaching an altitude of 159 km. (GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952) July 29, 1947; Hamilton Air Base, California. 12:00 p.m. PDT. Witnesses: Base Operations Assistant Captain William Rhyerd, former AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Observed for an unspecified length of time two round and shiny objects, estimated to be 15-25 feet in diameter, flying at 3 or 4 times the apparent speed of a P 80. One of the objects flew in a straight line, the other oscillated from left to right like an escort.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1293

Event 6131 (E624979B)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: USA, Union, Oregon
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold case) Above Union he saw flying straight ahead, a strange group of objects the color of embers, resembling ducks in migration. He tried to photograph them. These objects were round, their upper part matte with a spot. They flew at several hundred miles per hour.
Reference: The coming of the Saucers" Kenneth Arnold, Palmer, 1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1294

Event 6132 (6E5AC9AB)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: USA, Canyon Ferry
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:05 a bright disc moving quickly, then hovering. After being shaken by oscillations it is seen “dissolving” into the air.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1295

Event 6133 (122A5E88)

Date: 7/29/1947
Description: (Translated from French) At Hamilton Field (California), the base operations assistant officer Captain William Rhyerd and former AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart observed 2 round, bright white objects with a diameter between 15 and 25 feet, flying 3 to 4 times at a speed comparable to a P-80 also visible. One object flew in a straight and horizontal line, the other one swirled around it like an escort. (Tuesday, July 29th, 2:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #69 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_679

Event 6134 (DCB6F85D)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 06:30
Location: OVER UNION, OR
Description: Ken Arnold / light plane again. 20-25 brassy disks flip and veer going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 850)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1191

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “850”, HatchDesc: “ovr UNION,OR:KEN ARNOLD/LITE PLANE AGAIN:20-25 BRASSY DISKS FLIP+VEER >>SW”, LatLong: “45.205558 -117.866672”, LatLongDMS: “45:12:20 N 117:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6135 (116C57AB)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 12:10
Location: NORTHWEST / CANYON FERRY, MT
Description: 2 / car. 1M saucer / 3km altitude. Flutters. Going up and down. Lost / clear sky. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1192

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1190”, HatchDesc: “NW/CANYON FERRY,MT:2/CAR:1M SCR/3km alt:FLUTTERS:↑+↓:lost/clr sky:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “46.683336 -111.750005”, LatLongDMS: “46:41:00 N 111:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6136 (48282F3A)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: NORTH / WENDELL, ID
Description: 2 / car. 2 round silver objects going [to] extremely fast. Seen / 2 minutes. Very high altitude. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 547)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1193

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1055”, HatchDesc: “N/WENDELL,ID:2/CAR:2 RND SLVR OBJs > XFAST:SEEN/2 mins:VHI alt:NFD/news”, LatLong: “42.850002 -114.716672”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 114:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 6137 (CFFA8BE1)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: PORT ORCHARD, WA
Description: Coroner. Large silver ovoid going down [to] going quickly southeast / 150M altitude. 12’ x5’. Silent. Landing?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 543)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1194

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “PORT ORCHARD,WA:CORONER:LRG SLVR OVOID ↓ >>SE/150M alt:12’x5’:SLNT:LANDING?”, LatLong: “47.527780 -122.638895”, LatLongDMS: “47:31:40 N 122:38:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6138 (9A14FD3D)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 14:50
Location: HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 2 Air Force Officers. 2 saucers pace P80 landing. Others maneuver and going quickly SSW. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1195

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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: “4”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON AFB,CA:2 AF OFCRS:2 SCRS PACE P80 LANDING:OTHERS MNVR+>>SSW:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “38.061113 -122.505561”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:40 N 122:30:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6139 (FE3ED24C)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: Canyon Ferry (Helena?), MT
Description: 3’ Bright Disc Maneuvers At High Speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_381

Event 6140 (78D66FEC)

Date: 7/29/1947
Location: Hamilton Field, CA
Description: Two 15-25’ Spheres Observed By AF Men (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 69)
Reference: NICAP: 470729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_382

Event 6141 (80D07259)

Date: 7/29/1947
Time: 2:50 PM PDT
Location: Hamilton Air Base, California
Description: Witnesses: Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. William Rhyerd, ex-AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Watched for unknown length of time while two round, shiny, white objects with estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speed of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level; the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_6

Event 6142 (C26CDF2F)

Date: 7/29/1947
Description: A memo from FBI agent E. G. Fitch says that Special Agent Reynolds has met with Gen. Schulgen again, who assures him that “all discs recovered would be made available for the examination by the FBI agents.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 149–150
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1098

Event 6143 (1D8F58CB)

Date: 7/29/1947
Locations: Tacoma, Washington; Union, Oregon; La Grande; Winthrop Hotel
Description: 6:55 a.m. Kenneth Arnold is flying to Tacoma, Washington, to investigate the Maury Island mystery. As he is over Union, Oregon, preparing to land at La Grande to refuel, he sees a cluster of 25 small (24–30 inches) brass- colored discs with a spot in the middle moving at a terrific speed. They come within 1,200 feet of his aircraft before veering away. At La Grande, he phones aviation editor David N. Johnson about his sighting, then reaches Tacoma at dusk. He gets a room (502) at the Winthrop Hotel, where a room and a bath have already been mysteriously reserved for him. Harold A. Dahl visits Arnold that night, then takes him to Fred Crisman’s place to see some Maury Island fragments. Arnold thinks it looks like lava.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 25–38; Bloecher, pp. I-15–16, III-14; Clark III 720–721
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1099

Event 6144 (378DF9B2)

Date: 7/29/1947
Locations: Hamilton Army Airfield; Novato, California
Description: 2:50 p.m. Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. William H. Ryherd and ex-AAF B-29 pilot 1Lt Ward Stewart see two round, shiny, white objects near Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California. The objects are 15–25 feet in diameter and are flying at about 750 mph at an altitude of 6,000–10,000 feet heading south. One object flies straight and level; the other weaves from side-to-side like an escort fighter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bloecher, p. III-5; Sparks, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1100

Event 6145 (1837E42C)

Date: 7/29/1947
Description: Hamilton Air Base, California At 2:50 p.m. PDT the Assistant Base Operations Officer, Capt. William Rhyerd, and Ward Steward, an ex-B-29 pilot, watched for unknown length of time while two round, shiny, white objects with estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speed of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level; the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4469

Event 6146 (6FE4BA8E)

Date: 7/30/1947
Location: Canada, between Torquay and Estevan (Saskatchewan)
Description: (Translated from French) A motorist driving his vehicle was observing storm clouds in the sky just before dawn. As he watched, something emerged from the clouds, passed over him and flew off in a south-easterly direction. This thing glided towards the ground, righted itself and gained altitude before disappearing at great speed. The object did not seem to be very high in the sky. “It looked like an airplane wing burning at both ends, but when it passed over me I could see it was round in shape. It was the size of a tractor wheel and four feet thick. It was spinning and flames were coming out all around it. I had laughed at stories about these things, but this time I wasn’t laughing, I was scared. The object was real. I wish I had found another witness to this apparition, but at that hour there was no one around.” The witness said the object was silent and he was able to observe it for about 20 seconds.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1298

Event 6147 (FF5E7415)

Date: 7/30/1947
Time: 06:00
Location: NEAR ESTEVAN, SSK
Description: 1 / car. Silent 2M glowing-disk 30cm thick. Going down / clouds. Going quickly southeast overhead fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1196

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “549”, HatchDesc: “nr ESTEVAN,SSK:1/CAR:SLNT 2M GLOW-DISK 30cm THICK:↓/CLOUDS:>>SE OVHD FAST:”, LatLong: “49.116669 -103.083338”, LatLongDMS: “49:07:00 N 103:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6148 (8A7F2679)

Date: 7/30/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTH / TAMARACK, ID
Description: 1 observer. Blinding silver fireball dives / Army surplus truck. Hits cab. Very hot.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLOECHER, Ted: REPORT / the UFO WAVE of 1947; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson 1967. (Index 853)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1197

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1249”, HatchDesc: “S/TAMARACK,ID:1 OBS:BLINDING SLVR FBL DIVES/ARMY SURPLUS TRUCK:HITS CAB:VHOT”, LatLong: “44.950002 -116.350006”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 116:21:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6149 (D25CD506)

Date: 7/30/1947
Locations: Maury Island, Washington; Tacoma; Winthrop Hotel
Description: Arnold calls United Airlines pilot Capt. Emil J. Smith and asks him to come listen to the Maury Island, Washington, story. Smith arrives in Tacoma in the afternoon and cross-examines Dahl and Crisman. Smith stays with Arnold at the Winthrop Hotel. Journalist Ted Morello of United Press calls Arnold and says that a crackpot has been calling him, explaining everything that is going on in the hotel room, including conversations with Smith when they are alone. They try but fail to locate a listening device in the room.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 38–46; Clark III 721
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1101

Event 6150 (E06E6786)

Date: 7/30/1947
Description: The FBI issues a policy statement on “Flying Discs,” saying that sightings should be investigated to see whether an “individual might be desirous of seeking personal publicity, causing hysteria, or playing a prank.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Disks,” Section B, Bureau Bulletin no. 42, Series 1947, in Black Vault FBI documents compilation, p. 48; ClearIntent, p. 150
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1102

Event 6151 (891F7971)

Date: 7/30/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: A memo with the subject line, “Recovery ‘Flying Discs,’” purportedly written by Maj. Edwin D. Easley, acknowledges that the Roswell, New Mexico, crash could “represent an interplanetary craft of some kind.” However, it is now largely considered a forgery by Frank Kaufmann.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 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_1103

Event 6152 (D6E910A3)

Date: 7/30/1947
Description: The Garrett Estimate, an Air Force Base Intelligence Report on “Flying Discs”—an informal estimate of the situation based on 16 reports selected by Collections Officer Lt. Col. George D. Garrett—says that the “flying saucer situation is not all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomena. Something is really flying around.” Also, “Lack of topside inquiries . . . give more than ordinary weight to the possibility that this is a domestic project, about which the President, etc., know.” The study is passed up the line to Gen. George Schulgen and Hoover at the FBI for comment, subtly indicating that investigating a domestic project is a waste of time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Air Force Base Intelligence Report, “Flying Discs,” July 30, 1947; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 32–33, 57–61; Swords 39, 474–475; Kevin D. Randle, “Roswell, Nathan Twining, and the Mini-EOTS,” A Different Perspective, October 6, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1104

Event 6153 (77722B08)

Date: 7/30/1947
Description: Mr. Ostrom, a 66-year-old man driving an Army truck on Route 95 one mile north of Tamarack, Idaho a 4:00 p.m. when he saw a silver sphere approach and hit the roof of his truck, and then bounce off. At the point of contact a small surface area of the metal roof, about the size of a silver dollar, had melted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 168; Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 853
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4499

Event 6154 (A56C6233)

Date: 7/31/1947
Locations: Maury Island; Winthrop Hotel room in Tacoma, Washington; Hamilton Army Airfield in Novato, California
Description: Crisman and Dahl bring heavy fragments and white metal from the Maury Island case to the Winthrop Hotel room in Tacoma, Washington. They cannot locate the photos. Arnold calls Brown and Davidson at Hamilton Army Airfield in Novato, California. They quickly depart for Tacoma. Morello calls Arnold and says his informant knows that Brown and Davidson are on their way in a B-25. They arrive in the late afternoon. The five men talk until 11:00 p.m., when Crisman offers to go home and get more Maury Island fragments. He returns with slightly different, more slag-like rock stuffed in a large cereal box, which is loaded into Brown’s army vehicle. Brown and Davidson leave to go back to Hamilton for Air Force Day the next day. Morello calls again and says his informant told him everything about what has just taken place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 46–57; [FBI teletype, August 6, 1947], pp. 87–88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1105

Event 6155 (3BF5DBB2)

Date: 7/31/1947
Description: Capt. Edward Ruppelt: “By the end of July 1947, the UFO security lid was down tight. The few members of the press who did inquire about what the Air Force was doing got the same treatment that you would get today if you inquired about the number of thermonuclear weapons stock-piled in the U.S.’s atomic arsenal. . . [At T-2 there was] confusion almost to the point of panic."
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1106

Event 6156 (3E8B62B7)

Date: 8/1947
Location: BELGIUM, Jalhay (Liège)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Dessily was with other people witness to the terror of a peasant after the landing of a UFO on his field. A circular trace of 15 m in diameter was visible in the half-charred plants.
Reference: list Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt, Belg.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1310

Event 6157 (CD1DB9FB)

Date: 8/1947
Location: USA, near Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:00, a mountain hiker saw a UFO landed on the ground. It took off, causing the witness to become dizzy.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1311

Event 6158 (86FF96CE)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Burbank, California
Description: COLLINS WON’T REPORT HIS TO PRESS. Tom Collins, of Port Chester, N.Y., saw flying saucers over Burbank, California, where he was visiting his wife in the hospital having their third child. He told his wife about the sighting, but never reported seeing them because the press was making such saucer-sighters look ridiculous.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_6

Event 6159 (68DA3A2D)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Bethell, Ala
Description: From the Air Material Command, Wright Field’s Project Saucer/Project Sign Report: Two pilots for a Bethel, Ala. flying service told investigators they spotted a huge black object, bigger than a C-54, silhouetted against the brilliant evening sky. In order to avoid collision, they said they pulled up to 1,200 feet and watched the object cross their path at right angles. The two pilots told of swinging in behind the object and following it to 170 mph until it outdistanced them and disappeared four minutes later. It was described as having no motors, wings, or visible means of propulsion, being smooth-surfaced and streamlined.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_29

Event 6160 (E13D6F4B)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Fort Richardson, Alaska
Description: From the Air Material Command, Wright Field’s Project Saucer/Project Sign Report: Two officers told of seeing a spherical object about 10 feet in diameter flying through the air at tremendous speed, leaving no vapor trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_30

Event 6161 (3DC3210E)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Media, PA
Description: Air Force pilot sees disc hover and speed away
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_24

Event 6162 (BF801998)

Date: 8/1947 (approximate)
Location: MAFFRA, VCT
Description: 2 / car near collision. Gold sphere over road jumps aside. High wind stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1198

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MAFFRA,VCT:2/CAR NR COLLISION:GOLD SPHERE OVR ROAD JUMPS ASIDE:HIGH WIND STOPS”, LatLong: “-37.938891 146.955563”, LatLongDMS: “37:56:20 S 146:57:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6163 (8A69228E)

Date: 8/1947
Location: JALHAY, BELGIUM
Description: 2 / farm. Large object quickly going down. Type unknown. 50M circle / burnt grass. Sharply defined.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1199

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

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JALHAY,BELG:2/FARM:LRG OBJ ↓↓:type unk:50M CIRCLE/BURNT GRASS:sharply defined”, LatLong: “50.550002 5.966667”, LatLongDMS: “50:33:00 N 05:58:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6164 (DA6E4E8B)

Date: 8/1947 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: FONTAINEBLEU, FR
Description: 3 observer(s) / woods. 3 disks southeast going quickly northwest. 3 more follow after. / Contact Lecteurs.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1200

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FONTAINEBLEU,FR:3 OBS/WOODS:3 DISKS SE>>NW:3 MORE FOLO AFTER:/Contact Lecteurs”, LatLong: “48.450002 2.616667”, LatLongDMS: “48:27:00 N 02:37:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6165 (3957F11F)

Date: 8/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~14:00
Location: VASSOURAS, BRAZIL
Description: Shiny 38cm metallic saucer wavers / 25M altitude. Indents / dome. Follows railroad/railway tracks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GRANCHI, Irene: UFO’s and ABDUCTIONS in BRAZIL: Horus House Press, Madison, WI: 1992 (English translation 1994) ISBN 1-881852-09-1 (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1201

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “611”, HatchDesc: “VASSOURAS,BRZL:SHINY 38cm MTLC SCR WAVERS/25M alt:INDENTS/DOME:FOLOS RR TRACKS”, LatLong: “-22.416668 -43.633335”, LatLongDMS: “22:25:00 S 43:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6166 (8AC011EF)

Date: 8/1947
Time: ~15:00
Location: NEAR PUDASJARVI, FNL
Description: 2 / woods. Brown bullet shape hovers / N. sky. Blue-green tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1202

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr PUDASJARVI,FNL:2/WOODS:BROWN BULLET SHAPE HVRS/N.SKY:BLU-GRN TAIL”, LatLong: “65.300003 26.833335”, LatLongDMS: “65:18:00 N 26:50:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6167 (DAC137A5)

Date: 8/1947
Time: 19:00
Location: PAOLA, MALTA
Description: Many observer(s). Brilliant cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly northwest. Too fast for a blimp. / UFOIC Sydney NSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1203

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: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PAOLA,MALTA:MANY OBS:BRILL.CGR >>NW:too fast for a blimp:/UFOIC Sydney NSW”, LatLong: “35.883335 14.516667”, LatLongDMS: “35:53:00 N 14:31:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6168 (4A1D950E)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Danforth, IL
Description: Specimens of an alleged “Flying Saucer” were brought to AMC by Col. H. M. McCoy (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 470800
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_383

Event 6169 (1D28A3F1)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Media, PA
Description: Boyce Case, (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_384

Event 6170 (F98C3831)

Date: 8/1947
Location: Media, Pennsylvania
Description: USAF fighter pilot W. Boyce sees a hovering disc above Media, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1107

Event 6171 (AF0E6175)

Date: 8/1947
Description: T-2 Intelligence and Army Air Force Intelligence hold meetings over the next two months and prepare documents requesting an authorized project to investigate UFOs, per General LeMay’s 1946 instructions.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1108

Event 6172 (E2D12E7E)

Date: 8/1947
Description: The Air Materiel Command headquarters replaces T-2 Intelligence with the Technical Intelligence Department, tasked with producing reports and estimates on foreign air weapons. It begins to develop a photoanalysis capability.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1109

Event 6173 (BB77AB1A)

Date: 8/1947
Locations: Denver Post; Manzano Mountains; Sandia Base; New Mexico
Description: The Denver Post runs a story that claims the military is building a secret base consisting of huge caverns for atomic weapons defense purposes. The article says the new base is in the Manzano Mountains southeast of Sandia Base, New Mexico. The military responds by issuing a statement that operations and construction near Sandia Base are top secret. In fact, however, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project is building one of several bases around the country that will be used for nuclear weapons storage. The AFSWP code-names the base “Site Able.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sandia Base”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1110

Event 6174 (BFB13F4F)

Date: 8/1/1947
Description: A B-25 plane containing materials retrieved from Harold Dahl near Maury Island WA crashes near Kelso, WA
Type: ufological event
Reference: Wikipedia link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_272

Event 6175 (F31C9F2E)

Date: 8/1/1947
Location: FRANCE, Arèches (Savoie)
Description: (Translated from French) Two women saw three discs topped with dark domes, coming in a triangular formation from behind the hills. They crossed the sky in a straight line, from WSW to ENE. All three seemed to have a lower part in rotation and had a metallic look.
Reference: Phenomena No. 35 of 1997 p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1299

Event 6176 (CBC4E480)

Date: 8/1/1947
Time: 13:00
Location: NEAR WINNEMUCCA, NV
Description: Mayor / Boise and 1. 12 disks / V formation / 300M altitude below airliner.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 608)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1204

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1313”, HatchDesc: “nr WINNEMUCCA,NV:MAYOR/BOISE+1:12 DISKS/VFORM/300M alt BLW AIRLINER:”, LatLong: “40.916669 -117.750006”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:00 N 117:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6177 (28DC5299)

Date: 8/1/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: ARECHES, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 dark silent metallic domed-saucer going [to] east-northeast. Rims rotate only. / r171p163.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1205

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ARECHES,FR:2 OBS:3 DRK SLNT MTLC DOMED-SCR >ENE:RIMS ROTATE only:/r171p163”, LatLong: “45.688891 6.572223”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:20 N 06:34:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6178 (3BDA625D)

Date: 8/1/1947
Locations: McChord Field near Tacoma, Washington; Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California; Kelso, Washington
Description: Brown and Davidson make a stop at McChord Field near Tacoma, Washington, to speak with intelligence officer Maj. George Sander, then board the B-25 for Hamilton Army Airfield [now closed] in Novato, California. It explodes and crashes near Kelso, Washington, at 1:30 a.m., 20 minutes after taking off, when the left engine catches fire. An army hitchhiker and engineer parachute to safety. Brown and Davidson fail to signal distress or bail out. After hearing the news, Arnold calls Palmer and offers to return his money. Palmer says to just mail him some fragments. Arnold and Smith visit Morello and Dahl and Crisman. They talk to Tacoma Times reporter Paul Lantz in the hotel lobby, who writes the article “Sabotage Hinted in Crash of Army Bomber at Kelso.” Debris from the crash is not discovered until 2007.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Day Marred As B-26 Crashes Here,” Longview (Wash.) Daily News, August 1, 1947, p. 1; “‘Flying Saucers’ Figure in Two Air Crash Deaths,” Galveston (Tex.) Daily News, August 3, 1947, pp. 1, 5; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 57–72; Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson, “The Maury Island UFO Incident,” February 2014; Leslie Slape, “Marker Placed near Kelso to Honor Pilots in ‘47 Crash,” Longview (Wash.) Daily News, August 3, 2007, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1111

Event 6179 (7CB71298)

Date: 8/1/1947
Description: At 8:30 p.m. three dark metallic domed discs flew over the mountains of Areches, Savoie, France heading east-northeast. They made no sound, and had rotating rims.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phenomenes Spatiaux, June 1968
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4554

Event 6180 (634AF76C)

Date: 8/1/1947
Location: Tacoma, Washington State
Description: Lt. Frank M. Brown and Captain William Davidson of Air Force Intelligence died when their plane crashed. Their mission: bringing back UFO fragments that crashed to earth at Tacoma.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_4

Event 6181 (08CBC07A)

Date: 8/2/1947
Location: CHILE, Santiago
Description: (Translated from French) A Lancastrian Star Dust of British South American Airways, was due to land in Santiago at 5:45 pm. At 5:41 pm the radio reported to the control tower that all was well on board and that the pilot, Capt. R. J. Cook was about to begin the approach procedure. At the end of this message, the Santiago radio operator heard three times, very clearly, very loudly, pronounced by another voice than that of the pilot, a word that could be spelled as “STENDEK”… (note of vog: “stand on deck”? It is the cry launched when a ship (mariner) is in distress) From that moment on, there was no more news either from the plane, or from the 5 crew members, or from the six passengers, or from the radio, or from any other testimonies. A large corridor of 400 km² was combed through with several aircraft, without result. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on Humanoid ETs” - Laffont 1977 - p. 103, 104) IN REALITY: But in December 1999, Argentinian aviation enthusiast Juan Carlos Mouso was flying over Mount Tupungato, 110 kilometers (66 miles) southwest of Mendoza and 500 kilometers and 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Buenos Aires, “when he spotted the glint of sunshine on a fuselage on the mountain’s south face.” Mouso convinced the Argentinian government to mount a search of Tupungato. Assisting Mouso in the arduous climb was Argentina’s 11th Mountain Infantry Regiment. On Monday, January 24, 2000, Mouso and two Argentinian soldiers “found a badly-damaged four- engine Lancaster and three frozen bodies” on one of Tupungato’s glaciers at an altitude of 5,500 meters (17,600 feet.)." Apparently, the Star Dust had exploded in mid-air, scattering debris over the snowfields to a distance of one kilometer (0.62 miles). “Investigators huffing through the thin air at the crash site found twisted metal and the remains of three frozen bodies amid the wreckage of the fuselage.”

“Besides the three bodies, the searchers also found a woman’s hand and a shoe with a Royal Air Force (RAF) insignia that may have belonged to one of the pilots.” “‘The urgency now is to fence off the (crash) site so no one removes any of the discovered remains until a group of specialists can arrive, which is difficult but not impossible,’ Lt. Col. Bustos said.” Argentinian “federal judge Alfredo Manuel Rodriguez is in charge of the forensic investigation and is taking fingerprints and DNA samples to establish the victims’ identities.” Paul Simpson was reportedly wearing a small silver lapel pin in the form of a running greyhoud. This is the insignia of a King’s Messenger and will probably be used to identify his remains, if they are found.
Reference: See the Argentinian newspapers Uno for January 24, 2000 and La Nacion for January 26, 2000. - Scott Corrales, Jim Hickman et UFO Roundup, Volume 5, Number 5, 3.2.2000, Editor: Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1300

Event 6182 (31A804C5)

Date: 8/2/1947 (approximate)
Location: SWITZERLAND, Locarno
Description: (Translated from French) On August 8th 1947 (note from vog: August 8th was a Sunday, if I’m not mistaken), the Gazette de Lausanne, citing the Corriere del Ticino, mentions a communication from its correspondent in Locarno: “Last Monday, around 3 o’clock in the morning, a luminous globe was seen in the sky, accompanied by a very shrill whistling, crossing the horizon from east to west and disappearing behind the Pizzo Ruscada. Many think it was one of the famous “flying saucers” and others affirm it was a meteor of an exceptional size.” (1947, August 2nd (?))
Reference: The Saucers in Heidi, cfr GREPI, Switzerland, 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1304

Event 6183 (DEFB57A0)

Date: 8/2/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The Lancastrian Star Dust of the British company South American Airways is flying over the Andes. Despite the snowfall, a few minutes before landing in Santiago, Chile, the plane’s radio operator Dennis Harmer sends a Morse message to announce a good arrival: ETA [Estimated Time of Arrival] Santiago 17.45 hrs STENDEC. The official report on this will be as follows: The signal of 17.41 was received by Santiago only 4 minutes before the ETA. The Chilean radio operator in Santiago indicates that the signal was received loud and clear but that it was given very quickly. Not understanding the word “STENDEC” he asked and received the same word repeated twice in succession. No explanation for the word “STENDEC” was found. From that moment nothing more was heard from the plane and no contact was established with the control tower in Santiago. All subsequent calls were unanswered. This last word will therefore remain incomprehensible, like the disappearance of the plane. The plane will not be found until January 2000. (August 2, 17:41)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_680

Event 6184 (F20A7EEE)

Date: 8/3/1947
Description: Newspaper article: “Crashed Bomber Reported Carrying ‘Flying Disc’”. Maury Island incident metallic fragments were reported to be extremely heavy and subjected to extreme heat.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_273

Event 6185 (0C560B54)

Date: 8/3/1947
Time: 19:50
Location: HACKENSACK, NJ
Description: Multiple observer(s). Round black object "too fast for a balloon. / FBI files.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1206

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: "HACKENSACK,NJ:MULTIPLE OBS:ROUND BLACK OBJ “TOO FAST FOR A BALLOON:/FBI FILES”, LatLong: “40.883335 -74.050004”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:00 N 74:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6186 (F802C75D)

Date: 8/3/1947
Locations: Tacoma, Washington; Winthrop Hotel
Description: Smith contacts Maj. Sander, who relieves Arnold and Smith of all their fragments. He shows them a smelting lot where he finds similar pieces of slag. Smith and Arnold check out of the Winthrop Hotel in Tacoma, Washington.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 73–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1112

Event 6187 (B0E331C1)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: USA, near Boston
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:00 PM the pilot and navigator saw from their plane an orange, shiny, cylindrical UFO, its two ends tapering off. 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_1301

Event 6188 (B1BDE027)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: ALASKA, near Béthel
Description: (Translated from French) On a day in July, with a cloudless sky, it was still daylight, around 10 pm. (…) The pilot was arriving with his DC 3 towards the Béthel airport. He saw the object to his left and declared that the co-pilot saw it at the same instant. They made a 45° turn to leave the object’s trajectory and then had the impression that it was moving away. The pilot described it as a winged object of the apparent size of a C.54. He could not see any propulsion system, any combustion, or any vapor trail. (…) The civil aviation authorities of Béthel had no other plane in the sector. (…) The object was at 1000 feet, and was moving at 300 mph. No radio interference. The object appeared dark and very sharply outlined against the sky. (…) (Phénoména n° 35 of 1997, p. 12 which falsely relates the story in July) At 10 pm (but it was still daylight) the pilot and co-pilot of a military plane saw a UFO in the shape of a winged object without engines or trace of combustion smoke. Witnesses were extensively interrogated by the FBI. (doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider, he places the date at August 4, 1947).
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 71 and 72, on the date of August 4
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1302

Event 6189 (7E8D253C)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: Bethel, AK
Description: Large, smooth object seen by pilot and copilot, reported to ADC.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_25

Event 6190 (C4C51D0E)

Date: 8/4/1947 (approximate)
Location: FT. RICHARDSON, AK
Description: 2 Army officers. 3m sphere extremely fast. No contrail. Report to FBI.
Type: sighting
Reference: KLOIAN, Richard: UFO’s in the New York TIMES, 1947-1987 1994 Document Research Services, Berkeley, CA (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1207

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “Ft.RICHARDSON,AK:2 ARMY OFFICERS:3m SPHERE XFAST:NO CONTRAIL:report to FBI”, LatLong: “64.300003 -146.166674”, LatLongDMS: “64:18:00 N 146:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6191 (F6F5034B)

Date: 8/4/1947
Time: 16:00
Location: NEAR EVERETT, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #73. Pilot and navigator. 15’ glowing gold cylinder/cylindrical object / glaring jet exhaust.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1208

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr EVERETT,MASS:BBK#73:PILOT+NAVGR:15’ GLOWING GOLD CYL/GLARING JET EXHAUST”, LatLong: “42.416669 -71.055559”, LatLongDMS: “42:25:00 N 71:03:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6192 (D11233BB)

Date: 8/4/1947
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR BETHEL, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #58. Local pilots. Very large dark fuselage hovers. Away / 500mph when neared.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1209

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “nr BETHEL,AK:BBK#58:LOCAL PILOTS:VLRG DRK FSLG HVRS:AWAY/500mph WHEN NEARED”, LatLong: “60.794447 -161.750008”, LatLongDMS: “60:47:40 N 161:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6193 (65A8D9DB)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: Bethel, AK
Description: Smooth surfaced black object larger than a DC-3 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470804
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_385

Event 6194 (30DF7D0B)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: Everett, MA
Description: A bright orange or deep-gold colored cigarette-shaped (Project 1947; McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470804
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_386

Event 6195 (F0623DA3)

Date: 8/4/1947
Location: Bethel, Alaska
Description: Pilots Capt. Jack Peck and Vince Daly see a smooth UFO northwest of Bethel, Alaska, dead ahead as they are flying a DC-3 for Al Jones Flying Service. Peck hauls back on his controls to bring his plane up to safer altitude. Now 1,000 feet higher, the pilots glance downward and spot the UFO closer but on a changed course. Still dark against the sky, it looks to be as large as a C-54. Intrigued, Peck dives on the object as it pulls away, doing his best to get a better view, but it speeds up to an estimated 500 mph and is lost to view in four minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Smooth Black Object Crosses Path of DC-3”; Harold D. Johnston, “Matters of National Interest,” August 5, 1947; Sparks, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1113

Event 6196 (9425D47F)

Date: 8/4/1947
Description: The pilot and co-pilot of an airliner flying over Everett, Massachusetts at 4:00 p.m. sighted a bright glowing orange cylindrical object, 15 feet long and shaped like a cigarette, flying at 150 mph. It had a glaring jet exhaust. At dusk two more pilots on a civilian cargo plane saw another UFO that looked like a fuselage without wings while flying over Bethel, Alaska. This second UFO outdistanced their airplane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal, December 1977, p. 10; NICAP UFO Investigator, February 1978, p. 4; Bob Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, August 19, 1987
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4640

Event 6197 (92FC7893)

Date: 8/5/1947
Time: 06:30
Location: NORTHWEST / ONTARIO, OR
Description: 3 / ranch. 2 disks going quickly north. Not planes. / r171p200+Ontario Argus 7 Aug. '47.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1210

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: “700”, HatchDesc: “NW/ONTARIO,OR:3/RANCH:2 DISKS >>N:not planes:/r171p200+Ontario Argus 7AUG47”, LatLong: “44.050002 -116.983339”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 116:59:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6198 (47D0F8F4)

Date: 8/5/1947 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: NORTHEAST / PHILOMATH, OR
Description: Ex Anti-Aircraft guns/teams-gunner and 2. 3 large disks going quickly northeast abreast / 2500M altitude. Rise and dip.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1211

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “NE/PHILOMATH,OR:EX AA-GUNNER+2:3 LRG DISKS >>NE ABREAST/2500M alt:RISE+DIP:”, LatLong: “44.561113 -123.300006”, LatLongDMS: “44:33:40 N 123:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2500”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6199 (A6BA4C0D)

Date: 8/6/1947
Location: USA, Philadelphia
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:30 PM many witnesses saw a UFO in the shape of a “giant firecracker” moving at an apparent speed of several hundred miles/hour. 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_1303

Event 6200 (4ED3707C)

Date: 8/6/1947
Location: Robert Lee, Texas
Description: TEXAS SEES ONE CHANGE IN SHAPE? Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reid, Owen Fletcher, Dock Mennington and Bob Patterson saw an object in the sky at about 10 p.m. in the shape of an luminous disk. It was larger and faster than a plane. It maneuvered in the sky for twenty minutes and then took off in the direction of San Angelo. In fifteen minutes it returned, this time in the shape of a long log. The sky was clear with no clouds. The nearest searchlight was 100 miles away. It continued its capers for more than half an hour. Finally, it took off on the shape of a long cigar with a thin smokey trail and vanished in the distance.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_7

Event 6201 (A7BE4455)

Date: 8/6/1947
Location: ROBERT LEE, TX
Description: 5 observer(s). Saucer maneuvers. Away and back / 15 minute(s). Maneuvers / 30 minute(s). Changes shape going quickly [to] cylinder/cigar-shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1212

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “5556”, HatchDesc: “ROBERT LEE,TX:5 OBS:SCR MNVRS:AWAY+BACK/15min:MNVRS/30min:CHANGES SHAPE>>CGR”, LatLong: “31.888890 -100.483338”, LatLongDMS: “31:53:20 N 100:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6202 (AFE6719C)

Date: 8/6/1947
Time: 18:00
Location: MEDIA, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #70. Ex Air Force-pilot and 2. Saucer hovers. Away / 725kph. Slight hiss and flames. / r131p55.
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_1213

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “101”, HatchDesc: “MEDIA,PA:BBK#70:EX AF-PILOT+2:SCR HVRS:AWAY/725kph:SLIGHT HISS+FLAMES:/r131p55”, LatLong: “39.916669 -75.383337”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:00 N 75:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

[c0mmando]

Event 6278 (1CC9ECDA)

Date: 8/19/1947
Description: USAF Lt. Col. George Garrett tells FBI SAC S.W. Reynolds that he suspects the Navy or Army is testing new technology and some of it is responsible for the flying saucers and other UAP seen.

• https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/04/ufos-and-secret-experiments/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120410222842/https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/04/ufos-and-secret-experiments/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_5

Event 6279 (2BB7D386)

Date: 8/19/1947
Description: Gen. Stephen Chamberlin and the War Department, however, claim to have no knowledge of USG or USG contractor programs responsible for the UAP.

• https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/04/ufos-and-secret-experiments/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120410222842/https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/04/ufos-and-secret-experiments/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_6

Event 6280 (D8ED166F)

Date: 8/20/1947
Description: An Anglo-American intelligence team releases a report on secret German weapons. Foo fighters are said to be caused by a rocket-propelled plane launched straight up from the ground, intercepting Allied bomber formations by firing a spray of rocket shells from the nose. The pilot then parachutes back to the ground, a chute opens on the rocket, and it is recovered for re-use.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: New London (Conn.) Day, August 20, 1947; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1129

Event 6281 (E053A343)

Date: 8/21/1947
Time: 08:30
Location: CORTES BAY, BC
Description: Lumbermen. Big roar. 20 disks twist and maneuver going quickly west fast over bay. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1236

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CORTES BAY,BC:LUMBERMEN:BIG ROAR:20 DISKS TWIST+MNVR >>W FAST ovr BAY:NFD”, LatLong: “50.066669 -124.933339”, LatLongDMS: “50:04:00 N 124:56:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6282 (73BFE1DC)

Date: 8/21/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: WEST / BASALT, NV
Description: 4 observer(s). Large disk going south. Flutter motion. Drops and rises over peak. Turns going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1237

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: “1950”, HatchDesc: “W/BASALT,NV:4 OBS:LRG DISK >S:FLUTTER MOTION:DROPS+RISES OVR PEAK:TURNS >W:”, LatLong: “38.000002 -118.333339”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 118:20:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6283 (1B210D6D)

Date: 8/21/1947
Time: 12:30
Location: BRADLEY FIELD, ID
Description: 2 pilots / ground. 2 silver domed saucers going quickly NNE. 1 / sharp turn going quickly SSE.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1238

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: “800”, HatchDesc: “BRADLEY FLD,ID:2 PILOTS/GND:2 SLVR DOMED SCRS >> NNE:1/SHARP TURN >>SSE”, LatLong: “43.644447 -116.266672”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:40 N 116:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6284 (1585D7A2)

Date: 8/22/1947
Time: 23:00?
Location: SEMMERING, AUSTRIA
Description: Astronomers and weathermen. Big bright disk turns going quickly northeast. / Wash.Post.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1239

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

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SEMMERING,AUSTRIA:ASTRONOMERS+WEATHERMEN:BIG BRITE DISK TURNS >>NE:/Wash.Post”, LatLong: “47.633336 15.833334”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 15:50:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6285 (FAA594F9)

Date: 8/22/1947
Description: Col. Robert Taylor III, Collection Branch of Army Air Force Intelligence, summarizes the findings of Lt. Col. Garrett’s investigations of UFOs in a letter to Gen. Curtis LeMay, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development. Taylor requests any information on AAF projects that might give rise to such UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 August 1st–December 31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 27; Swords 39–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1130

Event 6286 (DAACB788)

Date: 8/23/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: LIVINGSTON, MT
Description: 3 boys. Saucers going quickly north. Railroad/railway men clearly see saucers going quickly south. Smooth and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1240

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: “1373”, HatchDesc: “LIVINGSTON,MT:3 BOYS:SCRS >> N:RR MEN CLEARLY SEE SCRS >>S:SMOOTH+SLNT”, LatLong: “45.650002 -110.550005”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:00 N 110:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6287 (E5990AB7)

Date: 8/23/1947
Description: Two railway men, J. A. Martin and Kenneth Smith, working near Livingston, Montana saw disc-shaped machines traveling to the south in the sky just before sundown. Their speed was 40-60 mph; they glided smoothly and made no sound. They were plainly visible.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown, NJ talk April 16, 2005, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5245

Event 6288 (0E50C17C)

Date: 8/24/1947
Location: NEAR SNOQUALMIE PASS, WA
Description: 3 mountain climbers. Semi transparent saucer. Buzzsaw sound. Very fast and near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1241

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “900”, HatchDesc: “nr SNOQUALMIE PASS,WA:3 MTN CLIMBERS:SEMI XPARENT SCR:BUZZSAW SOUND:VFAST+NEAR”, LatLong: “47.433336 -121.400006”, LatLongDMS: “47:26:00 N 121:24:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6289 (462CEE66)

Date: 8/24/1947
Description: The name Joint Research and Development Board is changed to simply Research and Development Board.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1131

Event 6290 (FF230C7A)

Date: 8/24/1947
Description: On this day three mountain climbers on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington saw a semi-transparent saucer-shaped object that made a buzzsaw sound. Very fast and near witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1250, citing Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1947, p. 62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5283

Event 6291 (F577D980)

Date: Late 8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, 12 ovoid objects the size of a B-29 without wings were observed in a tight diamond formation. They made a descent, stopped at a level, then made a wide turn and finally a rapid ascent at 40°, at a speed of 600 km/h. (Late August)
Reference: Hynek, 1979
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_692

Event 6292 (367E9644)

Date: Late 8/1947
Location: Rapid City AFB, SD
Description: AF major sees twelve glowing, elliptical silent 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_27

Event 6293 (9CF70963)

Date: Late 8/1947
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Tracked stationary target at 200 miles altitude using a modified CPS-4 radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 4708Late
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_396

Event 6294 (CF1C452E)

Date: Late 8/1947
Location: Vaughn (near), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 2: approx 20:00 - Basketball-Sized Object Explodes Near Colonel (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 4708Late
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_397

Event 6295 (E4002732)

Date: 8/25/1947
Locations: Muroc AFB; Edwards AFB; California
Description: USMC Maj. Marion Eugene Carl attains a world airspeed record of 651 mph in a Douglas Skystreak at Muroc AFB [now Edwards AFB], California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Marion Eugene Carl”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1132

Event 6296 (2B5563B3)

Date: Late 8/1947
Location: Garrett Estimate
Description: Brig. Gen. George F. Schulgen passes the updated Garrett Estimate on to Air Materiel Command head Gen. Nathan Twining with a request for a statement on the discs so an authorized UFO project can be requested. Col. Howard McCoy asks for a meeting between Alfred Loedding (aeronautics engineer at T-3), Lt. Col. George Garrett (Collections), and Charles Carroll (a math and missiles expert who has been correlating UFO sightings with approaches of planetary bodies) “in order to set up a system for evaluating the information being received.” These four will later form the core of the ETH-friendly faction at Project Sign.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: RosRept, p. 13; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 33–35; Letter to T-2 from Executive Air Intelligence Requirement Division, September 3, 1947; Sparks, p. 13; Swords 42, 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1135

Event 6297 (FA8F887B)

Date: 8/26/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: SANTA ROSA, NM
Description: 4 observer(s) / train depot. 60cm metallic disk going NNW slowly. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1242

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1402”, HatchDesc: “SANTA ROSA,NM:4 OBS/TRAIN DEPOT:60cm MTLC DISK >NNW SLOWLY:balloon?”, LatLong: “34.933335 -104.700005”, LatLongDMS: “34:56:00 N 104:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6298 (905ADADB)

Date: 8/26/1947
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTHWEST / MEXICO, MO
Description: 2 experience airmen / BT-13 plane. 3 grey disks going northwest / 9000’ altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 631)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1243

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: “1”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “NW/MEXICO,MO:2 EXPERIENCE AIRMEN/BT-13 PLANE:3 GRY DISKS >NW/9000’alt:NFD”, LatLong: “39.166669 -91.866671”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 91:52:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6299 (C6AF3FD3)

Date: 8/26/1947
Description: At 12:30 a.m. ten kilometers southwest of Fkenberg, Sweden the pilot and co-pilot of a DC-3 Swedish postal plane saw a UFO that looked like a green parallelogram. They watched it for 8-10 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: K. Gosta Rehn, UFOs Here and Now, p. 62; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 144
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5351

Event 6300 (D72641C8)

Date: 8/26/1947
Description: Late in the day two private pilots flying over Mexico, Missouri sighted three gray discs flying rapidly toward the northwest. They tried to chase them in their plane, but were quickly outdistanced.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, citing the Mexico Weekly Ledger, August 28, 1947; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1256, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1947 (Volume 6), p. 31.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5352

Event 6301 (D1D037A8)

Date: 8/28/1947
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: Target Tracked In A Climb (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470828
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_398

Event 6302 (ACC02C95)

Date: 8/28/1947
Location: Shika Island off Fukuoka, Japan
Description: Microwave Early Warning radar on Shika Island off Fukuoka, Japan, picks up a target moving 450–478 mph at an altitude of 1,500 feet. It changes course, climbs, and is tracked to a distance of 62 miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Target Tracked in a Climb”; Sparks, p. 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1133

Event 6303 (BF3497B8)

Date: 8/28/1947
Description: In Fukuoka, Japan at the U.S. Air Force Mew Radar Station there was a target picked up (radar only) in orbit at a range of 26-30 nautical miles and a bearing of 20-30 degrees. The target changed to a heading of 23 degrees and was tracked to a range of 54 nautical miles where it faded. The UFO was climbing on an outbound course.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown NJ talk April 16, 2005
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5406

Event 6304 (8A14E99E)

Date: 8/29/1947
Description: Gen. LeMay answers Col. Taylor’s August 22 request stating that there is no such project as described.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1134

Event 6305 (5952F7A2)

Date: 9/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Astronomer Lincoln LaPaz arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, and rediscovers the area of blackened ground earlier found by two of Wilcox’s deputies. He speaks to some witnesses and determines there might have been more than one object.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1136

Event 6306 (6657B821)

Date: 9/1947
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: ATIC conclusion that the flying saucers were real.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_6

Event 6307 (382DF906)

Date: 9/2/1947
Location: CANADA, Nanaimo, Vancouver
Description: (Translated from French) Flying saucers caused panic in a pigeon release, driving them, in panic, back to the pigeon loft. Thomas Naylor, well known to pigeon fanciers, reported the news. He swears to have observed, high in the sky, spinning discs in the sky, at the moment he was releasing his Birmingham pigeons. Finally it appeared that there was only one object, but it cut the trajectory of the flight and the pigeons returned precipitously to the pigeon loft, refusing to come out for a certain time.
Reference: Source: The Vancouver (BC) SUN of 3 Sep 1947: ‘Flying Saucers’ Stampede Pigeons" cfr: Jan Aldrich
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1312

Event 6308 (886DC48C)

Date: 9/2/1947
Time: 13:00?
Location: NANAIMO, BC
Description: Bird fancier. Aluminum disk scatters pigeons. No further details / 2 news items.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1244

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “NANAIMO,BC:BIRD FANCIER:ALUM.DISK SCATTERS PIGEONS:NFD/2 news items”, LatLong: “49.166669 -123.916673”, LatLongDMS: “49:10:00 N 123:55:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6309 (A9C46FD4)

Date: 9/3/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In Oswego (Oregon) Mrs. Raymond Dupui, a stay-at-home mother, sees between 12 and 15 round and silver objects. (September 3, 12:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #69 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_693

Event 6310 (7839F4A3)

Date: 9/3/1947
Time: 12:20
Location: LAKE OSWEGO, OR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #51. 1 observer. 12-15 silver saucers over town. FBI investigation/investigators = brushoff.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1245

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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “LAKE OSWEGO,OR:BBK#51:1 OBS:12-15 SLVR SCRS OVR TOWN:FBI INV=BRUSHOFF”, LatLong: “45.427780 -122.672228”, LatLongDMS: “45:25:40 N 122:40:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6311 (1455DA4A)

Date: 9/3/1947
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Description: Housewife saw 12-15 round, silver objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 85)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_399

Event 6312 (914FFE4E)

Date: 9/3/1947
Time: 12:15 PM PDT
Location: Oswego, Oregon
Description: Witness: housewife Mrs. Raymond Dupui. Watched for unknown length of time as 12-15 round, silver objects flew an unstated pattern.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_7

Event 6313 (3D7AC496)

Date: 9/3/1947
Locations: Mitchel Field; Long Island; New York
Description: A memo from Col. R. H. Smith at Air Defense Command headquarters at Mitchel Field on Long Island, New York, states that the intent of USAF cooperation with the FBI was to “relieve the numbered Air Forces of the task of tracking down all the many instances which turned out to be ash-can covers, toilet seats, and whatnot.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 156; Michael Hesemann and Philip Mantle, Beyond Roswell, Marlowe, 1997, p. 66
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1137

Event 6314 (E4865E7C)

Date: 9/3/1947
Location: Desolation Wilderness area west of Lake Tahoe, California
Description: Dale Edwards and three friends are camping out in the Desolation Wilderness area west of Lake Tahoe, California, when one of them spots a huge gray UFO accompanied by a rush of warm air. The next day they encounter a circle, 40 feet in diameter, of recently burned grass and skunk cabbage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “True Mystic Experiences,” Fate 2, no. 3 (September 1949): 74–82
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1138

Event 6315 (DFF83020)

Date: 9/5/1947
Description: (Translated from French) General Schulgen of the USAF confirms once again 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 related to flying saucers. (September 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_694

Event 6316 (EE406F16)

Date: 9/5/1947
Description: In response to the Garrett Estimate, Gen. Curtis LeMay states in a memo, copied to the FBI, that “a complete survey of research activities discloses that the Army Air Force has no project with the characteristics similar to those which have been associated with the Flying Discs.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Hall and Wendy A. Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, p. 83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1139

Event 6317 (21369138)

Date: 9/5/1947
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Wright Field, Ohio
Description: In Washington, D.C., Alfred Loedding (as Wright Field T-2’s liaison with the Pentagon) meets with Garrett and Carroll. Flying disk reports at the Pentagon are transferred to Wright Field, Ohio, shortly afterwards.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1140

Event 6318 (93C2FADD)

Date: 9/6/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test from USS Midway reaches 1.5km (Operation Sandy. Aircraft carrier launch successful. Exploded at 1524m)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_274
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 1.5km

Event 6319 (186B1B0C)

Date: 9/6/1947
Location: BERMUDA, “Midway”
Description: (Translated from French) British test launch of a V2, reaching 9.6 km altitude and exploding.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, p. 258
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1313

Event 6320 (B6DB678D)

Date: 9/6/1947
Location: From the Persian Gulf to the USA
Description: (Translated from French) The logbook of the tanker USS Chipola (…) reveals an observation made at 9:40 PM: “unidentified luminous phenomena” were observed 10° above the horizon at an estimated distance of 5 miles. The crew observed the maneuvers of two groups of 8 oval-shaped objects of a bluish color, at a speed of about 5 knots. They disappeared in about eight seconds. The witnesses were Officer of the Watch R.L. Simmons, Ensign J.B. Harris and Third Class J.A. Wisnienski.
Reference: Phénoména n° 35 of 1997 p. 16
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1314

Event 6321 (C6EDD3F2)

Date: 9/6/1947
Location: SHOUNS, TN
Description: 2 observer(s). Football-shaped object flips end over end. Seen below overcast sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1246

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “703”, HatchDesc: “SHOUNS,TN:2 OBS:FOOTBALL-SHAPED OBJ FLIPS END OVR END:SEEN BELOW OVERCAST SKY”, LatLong: “36.444446 -81.800004”, LatLongDMS: “36:26:40 N 81:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6322 (E16E3907)

Date: 9/6/1947
Time: 21:40
Location: PERSIAN GULF
Description: Crew / tanker Chipola. 8 blue-white ovoids climb / echelon formation. / MJ#235.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1247

Attributes: 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)

Extra Data: Country: “Arabian Peninsula”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PERSIAN GULF:CREW/TANKER CHIPOLA:8 BLU-WHT OVOIDS CLIMB/ECHELON FORMn:/MJ#235”, LatLong: “27.333335 49.833336”, LatLongDMS: “27:20:00 N 49:50:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6323 (FA5E4F79)

Date: 9/6/1947
Description: Four sailors, including a Richard Cruthers, onboard the US Navy oiler Chipola in the Persian Gulf spotted eight round spots of light flying in a group. They passed within half of a mile of the ship, made a climbing turn in echelon formation, and then went out of sight. They were a white or blue color.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 120; Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown NJ talk April 16, 2005; Astorian Budgeteer, November 4, 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5672

Event 6324 (D93512CA)

Date: 9/8/1947
Time: 22:40
Location: LOGAN, UT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #62. Several separate observer(s). 5 groups / 30-60 colored objects each circle town. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1248

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1358”, HatchDesc: “LOGAN,UT:BBK#62:SVRL SEP.OBS:5 GROUPS/30-60 CLRD OBJS each CIRCLE TOWN:/NEWS”, LatLong: “41.738891 -111.333339”, LatLongDMS: “41:44:20 N 111:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6325 (37BC7BF4)

Date: 9/8/1947
Location: Logan, UT
Description: 5 groups of a total of 12 [?] white or yellowish objects traveling at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470908
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_400

Event 6326 (74C0E55C)

Date: 9/11/1947
Time: 17:20
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Police and many. Silver object circles city fast. No description. / FBI interviews.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1249

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: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:POLICE+MANY:SLVR OBJ CCLS CITY FAST:no description:/FBI INTERVIEWS”, LatLong: “45.550002 -122.700006”, LatLongDMS: “45:33:00 N 122:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6327 (905811E7)

Date: 9/12/1947 (approximate)
Location: SWITZERLAND, La Rosiaz, Lausanne
Description: (Translated from French) On September 13, 1947 (note from vog: September 13 was a Saturday if I checked correctly), the Lausanne Gazette headlined: “Are these flying saucers?” “Reliable people living in La Rosiaz, Lausanne, witnessed a curious phenomenon on Friday evening. At around 6 pm, they saw a large, very bright star slowly crossing the sky from the Villeneuve region to above Evian. At 7 pm, a second star crossed the sky in the same direction, but this time it “attached” itself to the Dent d’Oche, where it stayed for several minutes before disappearing.” These witnesses insist that these aerial lights moved much slower than shooting stars. We cannot help but compare this account to the flying saucer affair, without drawing any conclusions." (1947, September 12 (?))
Reference: Les Soucoupes chez Heidi, cfr GREPI, Switzerland, 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1315

Event 6328 (50E09636)

Date: 9/13/1947
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Description: SAUCER SHINES LIKE DISHPAN. E. L. Lynn, 1040 Knox Ave., saw a large black object the size of the moon. It turned from very black to light yellow, then a pale pink. Finally, it began to shine like a very bright tin pan. It was about 20 miles distant and two miles high, was in view for five or six seconds and traveled about five times as fast as an ordinary airplane.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_10

Event 6329 (7469EE77)

Date: 9/13/1947
Location: NECKER ISLAND, HI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #59. PAA crew. Night light splits / 2. Turn toward(s) airliner. Wink out and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1250

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “NECKER ISL,HI:BBK#59:PAA CREW:NLT SPLITS/2:TURN TWRD AIRLINER:WINK OUT+GONE”, LatLong: “23.583334 -164.700008”, LatLongDMS: “23:35:00 N 164:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6330 (91AC8297)

Date: 9/13/1947
Location: Midway Island to Oahu, Hawaii, in airspace
Description: A bright light with no blue or red tinge split in 2 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470913
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_403

Event 6331 (8F566D9D)

Date: 9/14/1947
Location: Toronto, CA
Description: Toronto Globe. CANADA TRIED PHOTOGRAPHING THEM. A photo of a supposed flying saucer is given front-page coverage on the Globe, taken by Raymond Johnson of Toronto. Disk was yellow with a tail, the time of passage was fifteen seconds. An extremely poor reproduction shows a ship in the foreground with a saucer resembling a faint comet in the background.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_11

Event 6332 (9FD935A3)

Date: 9/15/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The head of the FBI in San Francisco intercepts a confidential message from the Air Force indicating that the army should take care of credible witnesses and leave the dubious cases and toilet seat affairs to the FBI’s buddies. Hoover, head of the FBI, chokes with rage and sends an angry letter to General George C. McDonald at the Pentagon, in which he announces to cease any investigation on the subject. From this day on, the FBI will officially deny any involvement in UFO investigations. (September 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_695

Event 6333 (AD1334AB)

Date: Mid 9/1947
Location: Garrett Estimate
Description: Twining passes the Garrett Estimate on to Col. Howard McCoy, Maj. Gen. Alden Crawford (chief of T-3), Gen. Franklin O. Carroll (director of research and development), Col. C. K. Moore (aircraft laboratory chief), Col. Russell Minty (power-plant laboratory chief), and Brig. Gen. Edgar P. Sorenson (Air Institute of Technology commander). They each study Garrett’s report and hold a conference on the discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1141

Event 6334 (7D8D0050)

Date: 9/16/1947
Time: 14:20
Location: NORTHEAST / FUKUOKA RS#1, JP
Description: RADAR blip going quickly southeast / 1400kph! 4500M altitude. Passes airliner.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1251

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NE/FUKUOKA RS#1,JP:RDR BLIP >>SE/1400kph!:4500M alt:PASSES AIRLINER:”, LatLong: “34.966668 131.316673”, LatLongDMS: “34:58:00 N 131:19:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KYS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6335 (C27C6038)

Date: 9/16/1947
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: Radar Tracks Incoming Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 470916
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_404

Event 6336 (FD390F90)

Date: 9/16/1947
Locations: Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport]; Fukuoka, Japan
Description: An incoming radar target is picked up at Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport], Fukuoka, Japan, moving 840–900 mph, then fading out.
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_1142

Event 6337 (9F3C7410)

Date: 9/17/1947
Location: Ft. Richardson, AK
Description: A 2-3 ft silver sphere traveling S at tremendous speed (McDonald list; Mary Castner/CUFOS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 470917
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_405

Event 6338 (EAAB37DD)

Date: 9/17/1947
Description: The US Senate confirms James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1143

Event 6339 (4E8E8AAD)

Date: 9/18/1947
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA officially begins, directed by Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_275

Event 6340 (5D5BE5C9)

Date: 9/18/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Official establishment of the USAF. Its first Secretary, W. Stuart Symington, takes the oath. (September 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_696

Event 6341 (DB1A69CC)

Date: 9/18/1947
Description: The reorganization of military and intelligence agencies under the National Security Act takes effect. The US Army Air Forces is disbanded and becomes the US Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1144

Event 6342 (E13D1F88)

Date: 9/19/1947
Description: Dr. Bronk’s team determines the recovered saucer from NM is a short range reconnaissance craft (from a mother ship)
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_276

Attributes: Majestic
See also: 11/30/1947

Event 6343 (FD9A3044)

Date: 9/19/1947
Description: (Translated from French) General Twining reports to President Truman. General Marshall insists that its contents remain secret. According to the MJ documents, Twining and Dr. Bush conclude that the disc must be a low-range reconnaissance device, due to its size as well as the apparent lack of any fuel provision. (September 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_697

Event 6344 (D8F3789B)

Date: 9/19/1947
Time: 05:30
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Geophysicist. RADAR blip going quickly southwest / 1600kph and more / bad weather. No visual observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1252

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:GEOPHYSICIST:RDR BLIP >>SW/1600kph+/BAD WEATHER:no visual obs”, LatLong: “29.733335 -95.400005”, LatLongDMS: “29:44:00 N 95:24:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6345 (6D6C7E88)

Date: 9/19/1947
Location: San Francisco
Description: FBI Special Agent Harry M. Kimball in San Francisco passes Col. R. H. Smith’s memo up the chain to Hoover.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1145

Event 6346 (5E0923CE)

Date: 9/19/1947
Location: State of New Mexico
Description: A dubious document, allegedly written on this date by DCI Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter and titled “Examination of Unidentified Disc-Like Aircraft near Military Installations in the State of New Mexico: A Preliminary Report,” has been circulated by Timothy S. Cooper. It purports to verify the “recovery of unidentified planform aircraft” in two locations on July 6.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1146

Event 6347 (487CEA6F)

Date: 9/19/1947
Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana
Description: 5:30 p.m. A geophysicist employed by the Humble Oil and Refining Company is testing a weather radar at Grand Isle, Louisiana, when the radar detects an object moving in a southwesterly direction at about 1,000 mph. It persists for about one minute, so he records it in his notebook and discusses the sighting with other scientists. No visual sighting is made.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Houston Press, March 24, 1950; Jan L. Aldrich, “Project 1947: A Progress Report,” March/April 1996
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1147

Event 6348 (B915D75C)

Date: 9/19/1947
Description: A Humble Oil geophysicist in Grand Isle, Louisiana was testing radar to detect bad weather at 5:30 p.m. when his radar detected a UFO shooting to the southwest at a speed greater than 1,000 mph for less than a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 43, citing Houston Press, March 24, 1950
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6078

Event 6349 (874F8EC0)

Date: 9/19/1947
Description: A disputed memo from DCI Roscoe Hillenkoetter discusses the need for a clear directive from the President and coordinated scientific examination of “objects” related to the flying saucer problem. The title of the memo is “Military Assessment of the Joint Intelligence Committee,” or MAJIC.

• https://majesticdocuments.com/pdf/hillenkoetter_memo.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_7

Event 6350 (5A538EB9)

Date: 9/20/1947
Location: USA, Southern California, at sea
Description: (Translated from French) Something off the coast of Southern California greatly disturbed the population. The incident occurred on September 20 and was reported by the US Coast Guard as: “A flaming object (that) fell into the sea off the coast; no missing aircraft; Griffith Park Observatory does not believe it was a kind of meteorite”. Strange indeed, since it looks very much like a meteorite and, in such cases, this is normally the first line of defense of orthodoxy. However, a more thorough investigation revealed that this darned “thing” was maneuvering, and for quite a while, and consequently it had greatly distressed the Coast Guard. (September 20, 1947)
Reference: Yvan T. SANDERSON: “The Invisibles Under the Seas” Albin Michel 1979 - pp. 50-51
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1316

Event 6351 (F04D1663)

Date: 9/20/1947
Description: A flaming object fell into the sea off the shore of San Diego, California. An investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard found no missing aircraft nor floating debris.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 72
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6115

Event 6352 (A3A00666)

Date: 9/21/1947
Location: Pentagon
Description: Arrangements are made to transfer UFO files from Garrett’s office in the Pentagon to Alfred Loedding at AMC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1148

Event 6353 (D6E406ED)

Date: 9/23/1947
Description: Confirmation sighting of Arnold’s discs by Fred Johnson
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_92

Event 6354 (542BF702)

Date: 9/23/1947
Description: USAF project “SIGN” started
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_93

Event 6355 (D8A52958)

Date: 9/23/1947
Description: Secret Briefing Document to Brig. General George Schulgen, AC/AS-2, from Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining (MJ-4), Commanding Officer, AMC, stating: Flying Saucers are REAL! Concerning “Flying Discs” the phenomenon reported is something real, not fictitious. These objects approximate the shape of a disc and appear to be as large as man-made aircraft. They have operating characteristics such as extreme rate ofclimb and maneuverability. Under a Security Code Name copies of this information will be sent to Army, Navy, AEC, JRDB, SAG, NACA, RAND and NEPA Projects. (AAF Record, U-39552)
Type: secret briefing
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_277
See also: 7/1947
See also: 9/15/1950
See also: 8/1954

Event 6356 (9A473341)

Date: 9/23/1947
Location: US
Description: The Chief of Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) sent a letter to the Air Force Commanding General stating the conclusion of ATIC that UFOs were real, and urging the establishment of a permanent project to analyze future reports.
Type: letter
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, pg. 31
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_855

Event 6357 (1F696E5E)

Date: 9/23/1947
Location: USA: Document TWINING.
Description: (Translated from French) DATE: 23 September 1947 SUBJECT: AMC Opinion Concerning “Flying Discs” TO: Commanding General Army Air Forces Washington 25, D.C. ATTENTION: Brig. General George Schulgen, AC/AS-2 1. As requested by AC/AS-2, the considered opinion of this command concerning the so-called “Flying Discs” is presented below. This opinion is based on interrogation report data furnished by AC/AS-2 and preliminary studies by personnel of T-2 and Aircraft Laboratory Engineering Division T-3. This opinion was arrived at in a conference between personnel from the Air Institute of Technology, Intelligence T-2, Office, Chief of Engineering Division, and the Aircraft, Power Plant and Propeller Laboratories of Engineering Division T-3.

2. It is the opinion that: a. The phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious. b. There are objects probably approximately the shape of a disc, of such appreciable size as to appear to be as large as man-made aircraft. c. There is the possibility that some of the incidents may be caused by natural phenomena, such as meteors. d. The reported operating characteristics such as extreme rates of climb, maneuverability (particularly in roll), and action which must be considered evasive when sighted or contacted by friendly aircraft and radar, lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, automatically or remotely.

e. The apparent common description of the objects is as follows: (1) Metallic or light reflecting surface. (2) Absence of trail, except in a few instances when the object apparently was operating under high performance conditions. (3) Circular or elliptical in shape, flat on bottom and domed on top. (4) Several reports of well kept formation flights varying from three to nine objects. (5) Normally no associated sound, except in three instances a substantial rumbling roar was noted. (6) Level flight speeds normally about 300 knots are estimated.

f. It is possible within the present U.S. knowledge - provided extensive detailed development is undertaken–to construct a piloted aircraft which has the general description of the object in subparagraph (e) above which would be capable of an approximate range of 700 miles at subsonic speeds. g. Any developments in this country along the lines indicated would be extremely expensive, time consuming and at the considerable expense of current projects and therefore, if directed, should be set up independently of existing projects. h. Due consideration must be given the following:

(1) The possibility that these objects are of domestic origin -the product of some high security project not known to AC/AS-2 or this command. (2) The lack of physical evidence in the shape of crash recovered exhibits which would undeniably prove the existence of these objects. (3) The possibility that some foreign nations has a form of propulsion possibly nuclear, which is outside of our domestic knowledge.

3. It is recommended that: Headquarters, Army Air Forces issue a directive assigning a priority, security classification and code name for a detailed study of this matter to include the preparation of complete sets of all available and pertinent data which will then be made available to the Army , Navy, Atomic Energy Commission, JRDB, the Air Force Scientific Advisory Group, NACA, and the RAND and NEPA projects for comments and recommendations, with a preliminary report to be forwarded within 15 days of receipt of the data and a detailed report thereafter every 30 days as the investigation develops. A complete interchange of data should be effected. 4. Awaiting a specific directive AMC will continue the investigation within its current resources in order to more closely define the nature of the phenomenon. Detailed Essential Elements of Information will be formulated immediately for transmittal thru channels. N.F. TWINING Lieutenant General, U.S.A. Commanding. (1947, 23 September)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1317

Event 6358 (08013286)

Date: 9/23/1947
Description: (Translated from French) The number of testimonies and the quality of the observers, often very credible, lead General Twining to suggest the creation of a study commission, which will later become the Sign project. He writes on this date that the observations are of reality and not visions or inventions (…) resembling probably the shape of a disk, hypothesizing that these objects could be American devices developed as part of some highly confidential unknown project or of foreign origin (and therefore probably Soviet). (September 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_698

Event 6359 (44D8AE0F)

Date: 9/23/1947
Location: Oak Ridge
Description: Head of Air Materiel Command Gen. Nathan Twining responds to Schulgen’s request for UFO information with a classified letter composed by Col. McCoy with the assistance of Alfred Loedding, “AMC Opinion Concerning ‘Flying Disks.’” Twining notes the discs are “real and not visionary or fictitious.” Reports (based on the cases in the Garrett Estimate) include “extreme rates of climb, maneuverability (particularly in roll), and action which must be considered evasive.” Twining gives three reasons to study the discs: They might represent a deep-black domestic project; to pick up physical evidence; and to find out if they are nuclear- propulsion devices from Russia or elsewhere. The letter lists common descriptions of the objects and recommends that USAF “issue a directive assigning a priority, security classification, and code name for a detailed study of the matter.” This will ultimately result in Project Sign. Henceforth all disc reports are to be sent to the Army and Navy Research and Development Board, the USAF Scientific Advisory Group, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Project RAND, and the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft project at Oak Ridge. Twining promises a detailed “Essential Elements of Information” (EEI) to be formulated immediately so that all agencies will have guidance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining, “AMC Opinion Concerning ‘Flying Disks,’” September 23, 1947; RosRept, p. 14; Swords 42, 476–478; Good Above, pp. 260– 262, 476–478
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1149

Event 6360 (C63DCEC7)

Date: Fall 1947
Description: Claude Degler, under the pseudonym John Chrisman, publishes a single issue of the first flying saucer fanzine, Weird Unsolved Mysteries.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 August 1st–December 31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 56–69; Curt Collins, “Claude Degler, One of the Ufologists That Time Forgot,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, July 15, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1158

Event 6361 (079EA919)

Date: 9/23/1947
Description: USAF Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining writes that flying discs are “real and not visionary or fictitious.” Twining suggests UAP could be a black budget USG project or from Soviet/Bloc. Twining’s letter to AAF Commanding Gen. George Schulgen states no physical UAP evidence from “crash recovered exhibits” had been found to date.

http://www.nicap.org/docs/470923.pdf

Note: Twining’s letter also led to the creation of Project Sign, whose sighting reports were required to be sent to the Army and Navy Research and Development Board, the USAF Scientific Advisory Group, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Project Rand, and the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft Project at Oak Ridge.

• http://www.cufos.org/books/The_Roswell_ReportR2.pdf (p14)
• https://archive.org/details/B-001-014-055/page/260/mode/2up (p260-p262)
• https://archive.org/details/B-001-014-055/page/476/mode/2up (p476-p478)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_8

Event 6362 (FCEBDB15)

Date: 9/24/1947
Description: A covert operation, MAJESTIC-12, is established and classified Top Secret by President H.Truman. It consists of 12 persons selected to control all branches of government, both military and non-military. This ultimately led to silencing of UFO witnesses, confiscating of UFO photos, harassing and debunking of witnesses (and rumors of worse). (ref. “Black Budget”; JMP letter)
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_278

Attributes: Majestic
See also: 2/15/1987
See also: 9/4/1987
See also: 7/1947

Event 6363 (30D383E6)

Date: 9/24/1947
Description: (Translated from French) According to the MJ documents, the creation of the MJ-12 group on the special executive secret order of President Truman, on the recommendation of Doctor Vannevar Bush and Secretary James Forrestal, who will be among the first members alongside Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, General Nathan F. Twining, General Hoyt Vandenberg, Doctor Detlev Bronk, Doctor Jerome Hunsaker, Sidney W. Souers, Gordon Gray, Doctor Donald Menzel, General Robert M. Montague and Doctor Lloyd V. Berkner. (September 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_699

Event 6364 (4F4E9272)

Date: 9/24/1947
Description: DCI Hillenkoetter, in a letter to AMC, designates T-2 and the Air Intelligence branch of the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics as National Assets. He indicates that he does not plan to duplicate air technical intelligence assets within the CIA.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1150

Event 6365 (9D75ADF4)

Date: 9/24/1947
Location: White House
Description: President Truman meets with Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Research and Development Board, at the White House. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal is also present.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stanton T. Friedman, Top Secret / MAJIC, Marlowe, 1996, pp. 68–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1151

Event 6366 (CA84C344)

Date: 9/24/1947
Description: A fake memo from President Truman to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal allegedly establishes a top-secret control group, Operation Majestic Twelve (MJ-12), to deal with the UFO problem.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 360; Joe Nickell and John R. Fischer, “The Crashed-Saucer Forgeries,” IUR 15, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1990): 4–20; Ted R. Spickler, “The Truman MJ-12 Letter,” IUR 16, no. 3 (May/June 1991): 12–13; Good Above, p. 551
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1152

Event 6367 (92C3B289)

Date: 9/24/1947
Location: Japan
Description: Col. Miles E. Goll, in a memo signed for Col. McCoy, asks about a radar case in Japan that Charles Carroll had mentioned to Alfred Loedding in their meeting of September 5.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dr. Carroll’s UFO files; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1153

Event 6368 (98514732)

Date: 9/24/1947
Description: DCI Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter allegedly writes a letter to Air Materiel Command designating T-2 and the Air Intelligence branch of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics as “national assets.” Hillenkoetter states he does not plan to duplicate this within the CIA.

• https://www.academia.edu/43868466/UFOs%20and%20Intelligence%20A%20Timeline%20By%20George%20M%20Eberhart

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_9

Event 6369 (F5C665EB)

Date: 9/25/1947 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: KUNGSHOLMEN, SWD
Description: 12M blue-grey ball with 12M antenna passes cloud to cloud / 200M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1253

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KUNGSHOLMEN,SWD:12M BLU-GRY BALL W/12M ANTENNA PASSES CLOUD to CLOUD/200M alt”, LatLong: “59.311114 18.000001”, LatLongDMS: “59:18:40 N 18:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6370 (D70A58E9)

Date: 9/25/1947
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Description: A memorandum from Maj. Robert J. Thomas lists the names of nine military personnel in charge of events in the aftermath of the Roswell, New Mexico, recovery. However, it is now largely considered a forgery by Frank Kaufmann.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 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_1154

Event 6371 (73773D69)

Date: 9/26/1947
Locations: Japan; Chitose Air Base; MEW Radar Station, Fukuoka
Description: A memorandum from Col. James F. Olive Jr., Chief of Air Intelligence Division, to the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, A-2, summarizes three radar trackings of high-speed targets in Japan (Chitose Air Base, July 1; and MEW Radar Station, Fukuoka, August 28 and September 16). It concludes that there is insufficient information to state that they involved aircraft or missiles but supports the conclusion that they were not natural phenomena. The report is forwarded to T-2 on September 29.
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_1155

Event 6372 (5DBB349B)

Date: 9/27/1947
Description: Hoover notifies USAF Maj. Gen. George C. McDonald, assistant chief of air staff, that he is advising all FBI agents to discontinue all flying disc investigations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to Gen. George C. McDonald, September 27, 1947; ClearIntent, p. 158; Michael Hesemann and Philip Mantle, Beyond Roswell, Marlowe, 1997, p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1156

Event 6373 (652DA331)

Date: 9/28/1947
Description: Student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright: Newspaper college freshman photo
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_279

Attributes: Einstein

Event 6374 (14D139BE)

Date: 9/30/1947
Description: Vannevar Bush is appointed head of the new Research and Development Board in the National Military Establishment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Research and Development Board: History and Functions, US National Military Establishment, June 1, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1157

Event 6375 (E16CFB9D)

Date: 10/1947
Description: Article on student and Einstein assistant Shirley J. Wright receiving Barry Scholarship
Type: scientist
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_280

Attributes: Einstein

Event 6376 (65020C80)

Date: 10/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: URJALA, FINL
Description: Teenage girl. Grey cylinder/cigar-shape 60M away over lake. 2nd cylinder/cigar-shape / W. sky. Zigzags going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1254

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “URJALA,FINL:TEENAGE GIRL:GRY CGR 60M away ovr LAKE:2nd CGR/W.SKY:ZIGZAGS >>SW”, LatLong: “61.088892 23.583334”, LatLongDMS: “61:05:20 N 23:35:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6377 (1B17A4ED)

Date: 10/1947?
Time: ~18:00
Location: PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MB
Description: Railroad/railway man. Big glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape going south. Beams going down. Fades away… / r171p119.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1255

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “PORTAGE la PRAIRIE,MB:RR MAN:BIG GLO-CGR >S:BEAMS↓:fades away…:/r171p119”, LatLong: “49.966669 -98.300005”, LatLongDMS: “49:58:00 N 98:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manitoba”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6378 (25693530)

Date: 10/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: US-66, NM
Description: 15 Mx6M object going west over car. Turns north. Returns. Hovers / 6M altitude. Going up [to] and going quickly west. Observer(s) very close.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1256

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1770”, HatchDesc: “US-66,NM:15Mx6M OBJ >W OVR CAR:TURNS N:RETURNS:HVRS/6M alt:↑+>>W:OBS VCLOSE”, LatLong: “35.000002 -107.166672”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:00 N 107:10:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6379 (29677AEA)

Date: 10/1947 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: BOURGET-LE-LAC, FR
Description: Airman. Disk 2km overhead. 6 jets / tangent. Rotates 1 / second(s). Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: ROUSSEL, Robert: OVNI, les Verites Cachees. Ed. Albin Michel,Paris 1994 ISBN 2-226-06646-2. 346 pp softback (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1257

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BOURGET-le-LAC,FR:AIRMAN:DISK 2km OVHD:6 JETS/TANGENT:ROTATES 1/sec:>>NW”, LatLong: “45.650002 5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:00 N 05:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6380 (A8B8F7B7)

Date: 10/1947 (approximate)
Time: 20:00
Location: TANGZHOU, TAIHE, JIANXI, CHINA
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant orange coil southeast going quickly northwest ascending until gone…
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1258

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TANGZHOU,TAIHE,JIANXI,CHINA:2 OBS:BRILL.ORG COIL SE>>NW ASCENDING UNTIL GONE…”, LatLong: “26.816668 114.916672”, LatLongDMS: “26:49:00 N 114:55:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jianxi”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6381 (3278E95E)

Date: 10/1947 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: JUNSELE, SWD
Description: 15M disk going quickly south. Concentric colored rings with black spot / center. To horizon / 15 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1259

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JUNSELE,SWD:15M DISK >>S:CONCENTRIC CLRD RINGS W/BLK SPOT/CENTER:to HRZN/15sec”, LatLong: “63.700003 16.877779”, LatLongDMS: “63:42:00 N 16:52:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6382 (813026B9)

Date: 10/1947
Time: 11 PM CDT
Location: Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: one unnamed civilian man. Watched for 1 hour while an undescribed object flew counterclockwise circles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_8

Event 6383 (3902B5E7)

Date: 10/1947
Description: Pilot Selman E. Graves states he witnessed the recovery of a crashed craft and two humanoid “bodies” in Paradise Valley, AZ. Graves states the federal government sponsored a state government project that relocated a nearby road and bulldozed the land to cover up the crash site.

• https://archive.org/details/B-001-014-055/page/396/mode/2up

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_10

Event 6384 (5D0A0939)

Date: 10/1947
Description: An “unknown missile” allegedly crashes this month in Mexico near Guadeloupe. The State Department is said to begin negotiations with the Mexican government to obtain the crashed object.

• Majic Eyes Only, p 81
• https://www.amazon.com/Majic-Eyes-Only-Ryan-Wood/dp/0977205908, p 81

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_11

Event 6385 (B0DB17C9)

Date: 10/1/1947
Description: First flight of the prototype jet fighter XP-86 flies from Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards AFB), CA — led to the F-86 Sabre
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_281

Event 6386 (95108AC7)

Date: 10/1/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Bulletin No. 59 from the FBI: All information related to UFOs must now be addressed to the USAF. (October 1)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_700

Event 6387 (FDA70A11)

Date: 10/1/1947
Location: Dodgeville, WI
Description: Man saw an undescribed object fly counterclockwise circles (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 91)
Reference: NICAP: 471001
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_406

Event 6388 (0C35A25E)

Date: 10/1/1947
Description: Bureau Bulletin 59 ends all FBI cooperation with the Air Force on UFO investigation, although the FBI continues its own inquiries.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 159
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1160

Event 6389 (76449512)

Date: 10/1/1947
Description: A letter from Truman to Vannevar Bush appears to bear the original Truman signature used in the MJ-12 fake memo.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1161

Event 6390 (85363664)

Date: Early 10/1947
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) Then on the 10th. Test pilot Chuck Yeager, on P-51 (XS-1), which he had named “Glamourous Glennis” in honor of his wife, reached a speed of Mach 0.93. (…) On October 10th Yeager reached Mach 0.94. But ice was forming inside the cockpit. Fighter pilots Bob Hoover and Dick Frost on Lockheed P-80 then assisted him “viva voice” to land blind. Analysis of the oscillographic film compared to ground data confirmed that the XS-1 had reached Mach 0.997 at 12000 meters altitude, or a speed of 1059 km. It was also, for everyone, the experience of the first “supersonic bang”. (1947, early October)
Reference: NASA Website, 1997 see "On the Frontier, Ref 1-19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1319

Event 6391 (348A8C04)

Date: Early 10/1947 (approximate)
Location: USA, Cave Creek, Arizona.
Description: (Translated from French) Selman Graves (22 years old) and his brother-in-law Bob Malody (16 years old) were hunting rabbits and exploring abandoned mines in what is now known as the Cave Creek Recreational Area. At one point, standing atop the highest hill, they looked south towards their friend Walt Salyer’s house. From their vantage point they could make out the house, the corral, and even the water tank. But when they looked west, they saw something unforgettable. It was an aluminum dome erected in the middle of the desert, like an observation dome. There were five men and two trucks near the dome. One of the trucks was a military-style (2.5-ton) personnel and equipment transport. But there was no equipment, no small cranes, nothing. Moreover, the five men didn’t seem to be working either. The dome was estimated to be 11 meters in diameter and was located about a mile from their position. (1947, Early October?)
Reference: see above: October 14, Muroc, and the landing…
Reference: See the newspaper Newsday of Melville, N.Y. for July 6, 1997. Lou Farrish of UFO Newsclipping Service, 1997.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1322

Event 6392 (0DCF7FE2)

Date: Early 10/1947
Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona
Description: Private pilot Selman E. Graves claims to have witnessed part of the recovery of a crashed UFO in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on property owned by his friend, Walt Salyer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 394–397
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1159

Event 6393 (731827E0)

Date: 10/7/1947
Time: 11:00
Location: HUDIKSVALL, SWD
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Pole-shapes going southwest slow. Engine sounds. Fiery tails. Planes?
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1260

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HUDIKSVALL,SWD:100s/OBS:POLE-SHAPES >SW SLOW:ENGINE SOUNDs:FIERY TAILS:planes?”, LatLong: “61.733336 17.083334”, LatLongDMS: “61:44:00 N 17:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6394 (561D21B4)

Date: 10/7/1947
Location: USAF headquarters
Description: Capt. R. V. A. Therien of the Royal Swedish Navy states at USAF headquarters that some ghost rockets have been observed making 180° turns, and about 33 of the incidents are considered factual.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 August 1st–December 31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1162

Event 6395 (C6CBEEFD)

Date: 10/8/1947
Description: (Translated from French) In Las Vegas (Nevada), a speeding object moving at 600 to 1600 km/h and leaving a trail behind it makes a 180° turn over 8-15 km and disappears in its region of origin. (October 8)
Reference: Hynek 1979
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_701

Event 6396 (E4578896)

Date: 10/8/1947
Location: LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Project Bluebook Case #71. Ex-USAF pilot and more/others. Contrail makes 140° turn. Source invisible.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1261

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), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “LAS VEGAS,NV:BBK#71:EX-USAF PILOT++:CONTRAIL MAKES 140°TURN:SOURCE INVISIBLE”, LatLong: “36.150002 -115.116672”, LatLongDMS: “36:09:00 N 115:07:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6397 (0017222E)

Date: 10/8/1947
End date: 10/9/1947
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: AAF reserve Capt. Moore saw object traveling at 700 mph (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 471008-09
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_407

Event 6398 (9884A40C)

Date: 10/9/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 156.1km altitude (Internal explosion at 83.5s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_282
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 156.1km

Event 6399 (A004FE76)

Date: 10/9/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 12:15 launch of V2 No. 27 which reached 156 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_1318

Event 6400 (E28DA04B)

Date: 10/10/1947
Time: 15:00
Location: FUKUSHIMA, JPN
Description: Cop and 2. 1M saucer going east / 200M altitude. Tail like a rocket. No further details / Kyodo News Agency.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1262

Attributes: 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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FUKUSHIMA,JPN:COP+2:1M SCR >E/200M alt:TAIL LIKE A ROCKET:NFD/Kyodo News Agcy”, LatLong: “37.750002 140.483340”, LatLongDMS: “37:45:00 N 140:29:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6401 (5DA8D959)

Date: 10/14/1947
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) The Sound Barrier was broken on October 14. Preparations began at dawn. There was a secret kept by Jack Ridley and Walt Williams about the horse fall that test pilot Yeager had the day before: He had two broken ribs and was bandaged roughly by a civilian doctor… So they made a short cut for him to be able to enter the plane. The crew of the B29 who had heard of the fall but ignored the case of the broken ribs, presented him with a carrot and a turnip. The Glamourous Glennis was put into the bomb bay of the B29 and then the tanks were filled with 1177 liters of liquid oxygen and 1109 liters of ethylene fuel (…) At 10:02 the Superfortress took off. Two P-80 fighters accompanied it. At 10:26, at 6000 meters of altitude, the Glamourous Glennis was launched into the sky above the Mojave Desert. (…) Soon it reached Mach 1.05, at 13100 m of altitude (speed 1125 km/h). Fourteen minutes after the launch it touched the ground in the bed of the dry lake. The Sound Barrier had been definitely broken.
Reference: NASA Website, 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1320

Event 6402 (58780E3C)

Date: 10/14/1947
Location: USA, near Cave Creek (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) NNE of Cave Creek, Arizona, at noon. Witnesses: former AAF bomber pilot J.L. Clark, civilian pilot Anderson, and a third person. Observed for 45-60 seconds an object in the shape of a flying wing, about 3 feet in size, appearing to be black in color, seen through the clouds, and red against the blue sky, flying in a straight line at an estimated speed of 380 m.p.h., at an altitude of 8-10,000 feet, from NW to SE. (Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner). [Note from vog: see previous article… this seems clear to me!]
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1321

Event 6403 (E58B4337)

Date: 10/14/1947
Description: (Translated from French) First human supersonic flight: Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager reached 670 mph in his Bell X-1.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_702

Event 6404 (A4453BED)

Date: 10/14/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 11 miles from Cave Creek, near Phoenix (Arizona), the former AAF pilot J. L. Clark, the civilian pilot Anderson and a third man observed for 45 to 60 seconds a kind of winged object of 3 feet seeming dark (black) in front of the clouds and red in front of the blue sky, flying straight at about 380 miles/h and an altitude of about 8000 to 10000 feet, from the northwest to the southeast.
Reference: case Blue Book #95 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_703

Event 6405 (E78A0B68)

Date: 10/14/1947
Description: (Translated from French) 11 anonymous civilians in Dodgeville, Wisconsin observed for 1 hour an object performing circles in the sky counterclockwise.
Reference: case Blue Book #91 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_704

Event 6406 (7755AE32)

Date: 10/14/1947
Location: EDWARDS / MUROC AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Chuck Yeager / USAF. 1st supersonic flight in history!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 429)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1263

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “15”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “702”, HatchDesc: “EDWARDS/MUROC AFB,CA:CHUCK YEAGER/USAF:1ST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT IN HISTORY!”, LatLong: “34.900002 -117.900006”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:00 N 117:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6407 (F785EFCA)

Date: 10/14/1947
Time: 12:00
Location: 11 MI NNE / CAVE CREEK, AZ
Description: 2 pilots and 1. 3’ flying-wing 380mph northwest going quickly southeast / 8-10K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1264

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “11mi NNE/CAVE CREEK,AZ:2 PILOTS+1:3’ FLYING-WING 380mph NW>>SE/8-10K’alt”, LatLong: “33.983335 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “33:59:00 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6408 (15D06C6A)

Date: 10/14/1947
Location: Cave Creek (11 miles NNE of ), AZ
Description: 3-foot “flying wing,” black against the white clouds and red against the blue sky (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 95)
Reference: NICAP: 471014
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_408

Event 6409 (5F5E637A)

Date: 10/14/1947
Time: Noon MDT
Location: 11 mi. NNE of Cave Creek, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: ex-AAF fighter pilot J.L. Clark, civilian pilot Anderson, third man. Watched 45-60 seconds while one 3-foot “flying wing”-shaped object, which looked black against the white clouds and red against the blue sky, flew straight at an estimated 380 m.p.h., at 8-10,000 feet, from NW to SE.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_9

Event 6410 (E24FC573)

Date: 10/14/1947
Locations: USAF headquarters; Petsamo region (Pechengsky District) of Finland; Russia
Description: Bernt Balchen, Norwegian Airline director and former USAF Colonel, gives USAF headquarters information about two radar locations and a rocket firing incident observed in the Petsamo region (Pechengsky District) of Finland, recently ceded to Russia. Gen. Alfred A. Kessler Jr., former US military attaché in Sweden, disputes Therien’s information. He says only two ghost rocket sightings are possibly factual, but there is no evidence to authenticate them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1947 August 1st–December 31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1163

Event 6411 (8DA87863)

Date: 10/14/1947
Locations: Muroc; Edwards AFB, California
Description: Test pilot Chuck Yeager unofficially breaks the sound barrier (670 mph) for the first time in an experimental rocket-powered Bell X-1 at Muroc [now Edwards] AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Chuck Yeager”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1164

Event 6412 (AC40DBCE)

Date: 10/18/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: First Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 207km (Vehicle disintegrated at atmospheric reentry)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_283
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 207km

Event 6413 (5F70F7DB)

Date: 10/20/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 231km (Deviated 181 kilometres from intended flight path)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_284
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 231km

Event 6414 (F5A05840)

Date: 10/20/1947
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Description: Two cigar-shaped craft seen near the base.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_28

Event 6415 (CE2889A0)

Date: 10/20/1947
Time: 13:20
Location: VAN BUREN, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #019. 2 observer(s). 2 shiny fish-cigars going quickly east very fast. / r46p89+newspapers. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 646)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1265

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “VAN BUREN,OH:BBK#019:2 OBS:2 SHINY FISH-CGRS >>E VFAST:/r46p89+newspapers:NFD”, LatLong: “41.138891 -83.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:20 N 83:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6416 (8AA56661)

Date: 10/20/1947
Location: Xenia, OH
Description: Saw a round 1 ft object at 1,500 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 471020
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_409

Event 6417 (03D01D76)

Date: 10/20/1947
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: 2 cigar-shaped objects reflecting brilliant sunlight (McDonald list; FOIA; Mary Castner/CUFOS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 471020
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_410

Event 6418 (D133DB05)

Date: 10/20/1947
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: A farmer named Britton sees two cigar-shaped UFOs traveling a straight course at high speed about one mile in height in trail formation near Dayton, Ohio. They leave a slight vapor trail then disappear suddenly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Farmers Observes Two Cigars”; Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 89; Sparks, p. 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1165

Event 6419 (E7FCDF4A)

Date: 10/21/1947
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: A preliminary EEI document, indicating that the radar detection of UFOs near Fukuoka, Japan, on September 16 has played a role in concerns about disc maneuverability, is circulated to the European Command by Lieut. Col. Malcolm D. Seashore, former acting chief of the Analysis Section at AMC under McCoy. It expresses concern about German/Russian technology and adds disc characteristics of hovering, disappearance, quick grouping, and sudden appearance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Disc’ Information Request to European Command, October 1947”; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 35; Swords 43, 479–484
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1166

Event 6420 (DED1406C)

Date: 10/21/1947
Locations: Jack Northrop Field in Hawthorne, California; Muroc AFB
Description: The jet-propelled Northrop YB-49 makes its first test flight from Jack Northrop Field in Hawthorne, California, reaching Muroc AFB in 32 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-49”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1167

Event 6421 (C136C26C)

Date: 10/23/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 29km (Observation of vehicle was hampered by low cloud cover. Vehicle disintegrated, possibly due to the warhead failure.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_285
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 29km

Event 6422 (2F561376)

Date: 10/25/1947
Location: Hymers, Canada
Description: 50 WITNESSES SEE ONE IN CANADA. More than 50 townspeople saw a strange object swoop into sight from the south, remain stationary for fifteen minutes, then flash back in the direction from which it had come. It was described as a long streak of fire with heat waves emanating from it and something that looked like an electric light waves.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_12

Event 6423 (8CB93887)

Date: 10/28/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 29km (Success)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_286
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 29km

Event 6424 (9EEF10C6)

Date: 10/28/1947
Description: Brig. Gen. George F. Schulgen, Chief of USAF Intelligence Requirements Division, writes a five-page report based on the characteristics listed in the September 23 Twining letter (though in greater detail) and the preliminary EEI of October 21. Titled “Intelligence Requirements on Flying Saucer Type Aircraft: Draft of Collection Memorandum,” it lists things investigators should try to determine about UFO propulsion, control, construction, arrangement, landing gear, and power plant. It considers the objects “to be a manned aircraft, of Russian origin, and based on the perspective thinking and actual accomplishments of the Germans” (page 5, paragraph 4). [However, a fake version of this document has the phrase “it is the considered opinion of some elements that the object may in fact represent an interplanetary craft of some kind…. The presence of an unconventional or unusual type of propulsion system cannot be ruled out and should be considered of great interest.” Other deletions and additions are present in the fake document.]
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George F. Schulgen, “Intelligence Requirements on Flying Saucer Type Aircraft: Draft of Collection Memorandum,” October 30, 1947 [PDF of real memo, pp. 1–6, PDF of fake memo, pp. 7–12]; RosRept, p. 35; Good Above, p. 262; Robert G. Todd, “Fake Air Force Memo Exposed,” The Roswell Files; Robert G. Todd, “Fake Air Force Memo Exposed, Part 2,” The Roswell Files; Robert G. Todd, “Fake Air Force Memo Exposed, Part 3,” The Roswell Files; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 35–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1168

Event 6425 (CC5229EF)

Date: 10/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) President Truman jots down on a calendar-like personal journal various questions he wants to ask the Secretary of State. He particularly wants to know if an action plan is necessary to counter an attack from a satellite. However, at the time, there were no satellites in the sky, neither in the US, nor in Russia or Europe. Sputnik, the first one launched into space, would only be launched 10 years later. (October 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_705

Event 6426 (1AB1261A)

Date: 10/31/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 2km (Started rolling after lift-off and crashed)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_287
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 2km

Event 6427 (ADFB6D01)

Date: 11/1947 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: KARKKILA, FINL
Description: 4 teens. Cylinder/cigar-shape with greenish tail seen / 2 minute(s). No further details. / UFO-Finl / Ilkka Serra.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1266

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KARKKILA,FINL:4 TEENS:CGR W/GREENISH TAIL SEEN/2min:NFD:/UFO-Finl/Ilkka Serra”, LatLong: “60.527781 24.188890”, LatLongDMS: “60:31:40 N 24:11:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6428 (55A798BD)

Date: 11/1947 (approximate)
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR SOSPEL, FR
Description: Yellow saucer going northeast toward(s) Italy. Antenna and 3 black spots / center. 120kph / 800M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1267

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: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr SOSPEL,FR:YLW SCR >NE twrd ITALY:ANTENNA+3 BLK SPOTS/CENTER:120kph/800M alt”, LatLong: “43.866669 7.466667”, LatLongDMS: “43:52:00 N 07:28:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes Maritimes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6429 (35586248)

Date: 11/1947
Time: 20:00
Location: TORONTO, ON
Description: 3 observer(s). Gold cloud rotates. 10-12 gold disks exit! Soon gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1268

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “TORONTO,ON:3 OBS:GOLD CLOUD ROTATES:10-12 GOLD DISKS EXIT!:soon gone:”, LatLong: “43.666669 -79.416670”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:00 N 79:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6430 (484561B8)

Date: 11/1947
Locations: Heiligenbeil, East Prussia; Mamonovo, Russia
Description: Former Messerschmidt test pilot Fritz Wendel tells US Army CIC that the Horten brothers were working on an advanced aircraft in Heiligenbeil, East Prussia [now Mamonovo, Russia] right after the war. The airplane is 33 feet long, shaped like a half-moon, and has no tail. It can fly to 12,000 feet. Wendel’s story is corroborated by a German informant named Prof. George, who describes a later Horten craft as able to fly at 1,200 mph because it is propelled by rockets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 41–42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1169

Event 6431 (80649490)

Date: 11/2/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 260km (Success)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_288
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 260km

Event 6432 (5702F537)

Date: 11/2/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar (2nd that day), 260km (Lost fins after launch)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_289
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 260km

Event 6433 (F888CA59)

Date: 11/2/1947
Location: SEINAJOKI, FINL
Description: 1 observer. Red-yellow ball / light. Row / windows / turn off. Lights dim / houses.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1269

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SEINAJOKI,FINL:1 OBS:RED-YLW BALL/LITE:ROW/WINDOWS/turn off:lites dim/houses”, LatLong: “62.783336 22.855557”, LatLongDMS: “62:47:00 N 22:51:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6434 (DA51B2BF)

Date: 11/2/1947
Location: Houston, TX
Description: An almost round or oval or saucer-shaped object with bright light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_411

Event 6435 (890458FB)

Date: 11/4/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 268km (Success)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_290
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 268km

Event 6436 (D3C7CB11)

Date: 11/5/1947
Location: Persian Gulf
Description: FOUR SEE ONE ABOVE PERSIAN GULF. Richard Carruthers, Jr., aboard the tanker Chipola, saw eight round objects flying in a group, pass within half a mile of the ship, make a climbing turn in echelon formation, and pass out of sight. Four persons saw the light, but opinions varied as to whether they were white or blue.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_13

Event 6437 (C48AB03A)

Date: 11/6/1947
Location: Muroc AFB, California
Description: Chuck Yeager again makes an unofficial airspeed record of 891 mph in a Bell X-1 at Muroc AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Chuck Yeager”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1170

Event 6438 (6ADE4E5E)

Date: 11/10/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 24km (Control failure)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_291
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 24km

Event 6439 (F8DDCCFC)

Date: 11/10/1947
Location: Germany
Description: Lt. Col. Walker sends a memo to his field commands in Germany in response to the September 23 Twining letter. It calls for a discreet canvass into finding German engineers who might know of similar technology.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Walker Memo,” The Roswell Files
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1171

Event 6440 (CCDABD41)

Date: 11/11/1947 (approximate)
Location: 120MI WITH OREGON
Description: Steamship Ticonderoga. Project Bluebook Case #35. 36’ saucers going [to] horizon going [to] horizon / 45 second(s). Low-arc / 800mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1947: 1988 book and recent Supplements. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1270

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “120mi W/OREGON:SS TICONDEROGA:BBK#35:36’SCRS > HRZN>HRZN/45sec:LO-ARC/800mph”, LatLong: “43.000002 -126.500006”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 126:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6441 (F85D1197)

Date: 11/12/1947
Location: Cape Blanco (40 miles from), OR
Description: 2 balls of fire with a fiery trail headed NW at 700-900 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_412

Event 6442 (92D80B00)

Date: 11/12/1947
Location: Cape Blanco, Oregon
Description: Early morning. US Navy Second Officer Williamson on the USS Ticonderoga 40 miles north or south of Cape Blanco, Oregon, sees two fireballs with fiery tails heading northwest at 700–900 mps. Possible meteors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1172

Event 6443 (1046857B)

Date: 11/13/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 270km (Broke up upon re-entry. Landed within 180m of target.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_292
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 270km

Event 6444 (BFEE4154)

Date: 11/13/1947
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Russian V-2 missile test at Kapustin Yar, 270km (Launched 5 hours after previous rocket and landed within 700 m of target)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_293
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket range: 270km

Event 6445 (C76DB9BC)

Date: 11/15/1947
Location: NICARAGUA, Managua
Description: (Translated from French) 47,000 spectators of a baseball match saw two “flying saucers” slowly flying above the stadium, hovering for a moment before suddenly speeding away at a terrifying speed.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 74
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1323

Event 6446 (1C196B85)

Date: 11/15/1947 (approximate)
Time: 11:30
Location: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
Description: 47000 / new stadium. Several silver saucers going down [to] and spin and hover / seconds. Quickly going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1271

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Nicaragua”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “86”, HatchDesc: “MANAGUA,NICARAGUA:47000/NEW STADIUM:SVRL SLVR SCRS ↓+SPIN+HVR/secs:↑↑+AWAY”, LatLong: “12.150001 -86.283337”, LatLongDMS: “12:09:00 N 86:17:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6447 (934D015A)

Date: 11/15/1947
Location: Wichita, KS
Description: Man watched an orange object varied in shape, as it made jerky upward sweeps with 10-15 sec pauses. 3-5 mins. (Berliner) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2224)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_413

Event 6448 (05CB8B68)

Date: 11/15/1947
Location: Wichita, KS
Description: 8:25 p.m. USAF B¬47 crew and passengers saw an elliptical blue-white object with orange or red tail, moving erratically. (BB Status Rpt?) [Same case as above??] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_414

Event 6449 (CCB2E45D)

Date: 11/15/1947
Description: At 11:30 a.m. 47,000 people in a new football stadium in Managua, Nicaragua saw several silver saucers descend, spin and hover for several seconds; then they shot straight up and away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 121
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7682

Event 6450 (5F0E6756)

Date: 11/18/1947
Locations: Boise Idaho; Mitchel Field, New York
Description: Boise Idaho Statesman Aviation Editor David N. Johnson, having heard of the USS Ticonderoga sighting, writes to Gen. George E. Stratemeyer at Mitchel Field, New York, for information and asking eight questions about the Army’s investigation. Stratemeyer passes the query on to Garrett and Taylor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1173

Event 6451 (128557B4)

Date: 11/20/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 26.7km altitude (GE technology proving flight)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_294
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 26.7km

Event 6452 (2BA09133)

Date: 11/20/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:47, a V2 “special” was launched, only reaching 21 km in altitude, poor performance.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1324

Event 6453 (F80A71A1)

Date: 11/24/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) First launch of an Aerobee, it reached 57 km in altitude and stopped after 35 seconds (jerks).
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, p. 286, doc. Van Allen
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1325

Event 6454 (4D73B899)

Date: 11/30/1947
Description: In a Top Secret Document, Dr. Bronk’s scientific team classifies extraterrestrials as EBE’s (Extra Biological Entities).
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_295

Attributes: Majestic

Event 6455 (082DBF6F)

Date: 11/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) According to the MJ documents, the MJ-12 group concluded that, although the beings recovered from the Roswell wreckage had a human appearance, their biological and evolutionary processes differed significantly from those observed or postulated for homo-sapiens. (November 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_706

Event 6456 (67534F6D)

Date: 12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Englishman Hogdson observed luminous points on the dark side of the Moon.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_707

[c0mmando]

Event 6457 (6CA46FC6)

Date: 12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Following Highjump, Operation Windmill begins.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_708

Event 6458 (EB456470)

Date: 12/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Finne Ronne, leader of a private American expedition to Antarctica, is based on Stonington Island. He flies over the southern shores, and is the first to see the mountains on the west side of the Filchner Ice Shelf.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_709

Event 6459 (95246C50)

Date: 12/1947 (approximate)
Time: 00:00
Location: BLIDA AIR FORCE BASE, ALGERIA
Description: Sentry. Red round object rises over town to 70° elevation. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1272

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BLIDA AFB,ALGERIA:SENTRY:RED ROUND OBJ RISES OVR TOWN to 70°ELEVATION:vanishes”, LatLong: “36.433335 2.850000”, LatLongDMS: “36:26:00 N 02:51:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alger”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6460 (282E2E8D)

Date: 12/1947
Location: USAF Aeromedical Laboratory
Description: By now, ATIC has received 156 UFO reports. Aerodynamicists at ATIC and AMC agree that no German design can match UFO performance. The USAF Aeromedical Laboratory says that even if such a craft can be built, the human body cannot withstand the maneuvers, and USAF materials specialists say that no known material can withstand them either, as well as the heat of high speeds. Ruppelt later writes, “Why couldn’t these people, whoever they might be, stand these horrible maneuver forces? Why judge them by earthly standards? I found a memo to this effect was in the old Project Sign files.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1183

Event 6461 (FAC14E59)

Date: 12/8/1947
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 104.6km altitude (Stable flight but less than planned altitude)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_296
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 104.6km

Event 6462 (AA59A98C)

Date: 12/8/1947
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 14:42, V2 #28 was launched, reaching 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_1326

Event 6463 (C1794B20)

Date: 12/8/1947
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: Moving reddish UFO emitted flash of light, shot upwards out of sight. [XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_415

Event 6464 (C97D0E3B)

Date: 12/8/1947
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Description: Pilots observe a reddish light moving at moderate speed over Las Vegas, Nevada. It emits a flash of green light and shoots upwards at a “tremendous speed.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1174

Event 6465 (C350BA38)

Date: 12/11/1947
Description: Garrett and Taylor write a memorandum to the USAF Public Relations Office outlining the proper answers to questions such as Johnson has asked.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1175

Event 6466 (032CB463)

Date: 12/13/1947
Time: ~00:00
Location: OSLO, NORWAY
Description: Luminous objects and ‘falling stars’ subject of USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC) query / Blue Book files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1273

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OSLO,NORWAY:LUM OBJs+‘FALLING STARS’ SUBJECT OF ATIC QUERY/BBK FILES:NFD”, LatLong: “59.916670 10.700001”, LatLongDMS: “59:55:00 N 10:42:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 6467 (4A72EDE2)

Date: 12/14/1947
Location: Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Description: 12:20 a.m. Six staff sergeants at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, watch a domed disc with a glowing green corona surrounding it moving slowly at a slightly tilted angle. It skims the treeline (causing the tops of the trees to wave slightly) and takes off to the northwest. They estimate it is 50–75 feet in diameter and flying at 200 feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947 case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1176

Event 6468 (F786636A)

Date: 12/16/1947
Locations: Berlin; Göttingen, Germany
Description: Army Lt. Col. Harry H. Pretty in Berlin writes a memo to the Deputy Director of Intelligence in Berlin stating that the Horten brothers (Reimer and Walter) have been located in Göttingen, Germany. He says they are eccentric and quarrelsome. Though they were responsible for the Horten Ho 299 (a prototype fighter/bomber flying wing design), his investigation concludes that no saucer design “ever existed nor was projected by any of the German air research institutions.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Col. Harry H. Pretty, “Horten Brothers (Flying Saucers),” December 16, 1947
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1177

Event 6469 (3D2DB349)

Date: 12/16/1947
Description: Army Lt. Col. Harry H. Pretty writes to the Dep. Dir. of Intelligence (Deputy G-2, U.S. Army) in Berlin that Nazi aircraft designers Reimar Horten and Walter Horten were located in Gottingen, Germany, and although they were responsible for the Horten Ho 299 flying wing design, an investigation determined no flying saucer design “ever existed nor was projected by any of the German air research institutions.”

• http://www.project1947.com/fig/horten1.htm

Note: This finding was never delivered to Congress in an open forum in the decades that followed despite it likely being relevant to Congressional inquiries into the origin of UAP after World War II.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_12

Event 6470 (DDAAFFE0)

Date: 12/17/1947
Locations: US; Idaho
Description: US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Carl Spaatz tells the Idaho Statesman he does not rule out the possibility of the flying disks being “foreign experimentation.” He adds that the Air Force is still investigating and he still wants people to report their sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Spaatz Leaves Door open on Chance ‘Flying Discs’ Are of Foreign Origin,” Boise Idaho Statesman, December 17, 1947, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1178

Event 6471 (956C324F)

Date: 12/18/1947
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson
Description: Pentagon Col. James F. Olive Jr. (chief of AFOAI) and Lieut. Col. J. E. Thomas of the Offensive Air section (AFOAI-OA) respond to a request by deputy chief of Air Staff for Research and Development Gen. Curtis LeMay on the status of flying disc analysis. They complete their reanalysis of the earlier documents from the Pentagon and Wright-Patterson, rewrite a new EEI indicating a potentially serious but puzzling phenomenon, and turn this over to Chief of Air Force Intelligence McDonald for his signature.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Analysis of ‘Flying Disc’ Reports,” December 18, 1947; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 36; Swords 43, 485–491
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1179

Event 6472 (7D5B4F13)

Date: 12/19/1947
Description: The Research and Development Board has its first meeting.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1180

Event 6473 (B3BD681B)

Date: 12/20/1947
Location: UTSJOKI, FINLAND
Description: Numerous observer(s). Flying saucer / news report(s). No further details / brief note / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1274

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “UTSJOKI,FINLAND:NMRS OBS:FLYING SCR/NEWS RPTS:NFD/BRIEF NOTE/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “69.833337 27.000001”, LatLongDMS: “69:50:00 N 27:00:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6474 (F0C782DC)

Date: 12/22/1947
Description: The final EEI, called “Analysis of Flying Disc Reports,” is issued by Chief of USAF Intelligence George C. McDonald, who concurs with AMC’s recommendation of September 23 and forwards it to director of USAF Research and Development Gen. Laurence Cardee Craigie for a reply. Gen. Charles Cabell, the new chief of AFOIR, signs off on this.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Analysis of ‘Flying Disc’ Reports,” December 18, 1947; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1181

Event 6475 (26A89251)

Date: 12/23/1947
Location: Muray Hill, NJ
Description: First transistor was successfully demonstrated at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Bell Labs was the research arm of American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T).
Type: scientific advance
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_297

Event 6476 (4C221B85)

Date: 12/26/1947
Locations: Chicago, Illinois; University of Iowa
Description: At the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago, Illinois, University of Iowa astronomer Charles C. Wylie proposes a coast-to-coast sky patrol to report on rockets, meteors, or flying saucers. He says that “mass hysteria” about saucers could have been prevented with a sky patrol in place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sky Patrol Recommended by Scientist,” Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch, December 27, 1947, p. 8; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: Volume 1, 1947, The Author, February 1991, p. 76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1182

Event 6477 (4655B8C1)

Date: 12/30/1947
Description: USAF project “Saucer” started
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_94

Event 6478 (4F8066D5)

Date: 12/30/1947
Location: Washington DC
Description: Project SIGN formed to obtain information about saucer performance characteristics and their purpose on earth (with “2A” Security Classification at Wright-Patterson)
Type: ufological event
Reference: Wikipedia link
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A, B1-G p23)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_298

Event 6479 (565ECF1A)

Date: 12/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) James Forrestal creates by decree an inquiry commission on UFO sightings, the project Sign, charged with collecting the maximum amount of information possible on these devices, their characteristics and motivations. (30 December)
Reference: Vallée 1966
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_710

Event 6480 (A4406487)

Date: 12/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the UKUSA Agreement.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_711

Event 6481 (0062E83A)

Date: 12/30/1947
Description: (Translated from French) Near Oradea (Romania), Andreas Schulhof (Romanian speaking German) saw through the window of the train he was travelling in 6 unusual objects flying in formation. He estimated their speed to be 20000 miles/h.
Reference: Magazine Volk und Kultur 1969
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_712

Event 6482 (434B1B54)

Date: 12/30/1947
Location: Pilot Hill (1 mile W of), CA
Description: High speed low altitude object trailing red, green and other colored flames (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 471230
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_416

Event 6483 (6EBC6933)

Date: 12/30/1947
Location: Sawtooth National Forest, ID
Description: A high speed object trailing green and blue flames (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 471230
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_417

Event 6484 (D671F1DF)

Date: 12/30/1947
Location: Europe
Description: Gen. Laurence C. Craigie, director of USAF R&D and successor to Gen. Curtis LeMay (who has returned to Europe), advises the AMC commanding general that USAF policy is not to ignore UFO reports, but to collect, evaluate, and act on the information. He establishes Project Sign (Project HT-304 under USAF Technical Instruction no. TI-2185) in a memo titled “Flying Discs.” Alfred Loedding, who is convinced that the flying discs are extraterrestrial, may have come up with the “Sign” designation. It carries a 2A restricted classification. (Gen. Laurence C. Craigie, “Flying Discs,” Memorandum to Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, December 30, 1947; Sparks, p. 11; Condon, p. 896; “Report by the Director of Intelligence, USAF, to the Joint Intelligence Committee on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” April 28, 1949, p. 2; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, “Alfred Loedding: New Insight on the Man behind Project Sign,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 24). Craigie, after his retirement from the Air Force in 1955, indicates that he believes UFOs are a waste of time and only approved Project Sign because of internal USAF politics.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1184

---

Year: 1948, 549 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 6485 (0F905C5A)

Date: 1948
Location: Europe
Description: More Ghost Rockets seen in Europe
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_96

Event 6486 (CAD6E0DB)

Date: 1948
Location: Washington DC
Description: Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt stated: “With the Soviets practically eliminated as a UFO source the idea of interplanetary spaceships was becoming more popular.”
Type: ufological event
Reference: Wikipedia link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_299

Event 6487 (0FFFE288)

Date: 1948
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Capt. Virgil Armstrong Postlethwaite Captain of G-2 Air, received a Top Secret incoming TWX from 3rd Army Headquarters, Atlanta, directed to the Commanding General (with a copy sent to G-2), White Sands Proving Grounds. Message: Crash of a 100 ft. diam. saucer, 30 ft. ht.; one portal window blown; 5 Aliens suffocated; each Alien approx. 4 ft. in ht., oversized heads; hull of craft paper-thin but impenetrable by conventional tools. Private property purchased to facilitate movement of recovered disc. (Armstrong’s book confusingly indicated the craft landed inside the secure area of White Sands.)
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (A5, B3-C, RECOVERY)
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_310
See also: 3/25/1948
See also: 2/13/1948

Event 6488 (7216E69F)

Date: 1948
Location: Desert region, US
Description: Military source, Fall 1977: Stringfield heard from other military sources that a metallic disc had crashed in a desert region in 1948 and was retrieved by military units. Craft suffered severe damage.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_970

Event 6489 (29152C64)

Date: 1948
Location: 30 miles inside the Mexican border near Laredo, Texas
Description: Todd Zechel and retired Air Force Colonel, 1977: A disc-shaped UFO 90 feet in diameter crashed in 1948 about 30 miles inside the Mexican border near Laredo, Texas. One dead 4 ft 6 inch alien found with no thumbs. Craft and alien body taken to Air Force base.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_971

Event 6490 (50FE6648)

Date: 1948
Location: Aztec, NM
Description: Professor Robert Carr, 1975-1978: Carr learned through 5 military related witnesses details about 1948 UFO crash and retrieval in Aztec, NM. 12 alien bodies 3-4 feet tall recovered with oversized heads and slanted eyes.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_987

Event 6491 (84201BEE)

Date: 1948
Location: USA, White Sands (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) The launches of V2 rockets were followed by visits from UFOs. I have the recording of the interview with Charles Schwartz, the radar operator at White Sands during one of these UFO appearances. (Has anyone heard this recording???) The object had the shape of a disc, it rose to 1600 km/h at the same time as the V2 which it circled around. It was observed with binoculars, theodolites and radar. It had passed the rocket at some 9000 km/h and had disappeared into space.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse” - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 202
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1379

Event 6492 (ADCD1DAA)

Date: 1948
Location: SPAIN, Gargauta la Olla (Cacérès)
Description: (Translated from French) A creature entered a hut as it approached the fire, in the midst of a storm. The witness escaped, terrified. He saw a ball of fire suspended in the air at a short distance away.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” LAFFONT 1977 - P. 175 and 178
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1381

Event 6493 (CDF23F6E)

Date: 1948
Location: Swastika, Canada
Description: Mr. Galbraith twice saw an object land. The first time, it was a disk-shaped craft with a humanoid figure-the second time, cigar shape with three figures.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_64

Event 6494 (92C05B4B)

Date: 1948
Locations: Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio; Ohio River
Description: David T. Keating, an employee of the USAF Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft group, is flying with the 166th Fighter Squadron of the Ohio National Guard out of Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio. While executing a flip of his P-51 at 18,000 feet, he sees a silvery disc zoom above his plane. He goes in pursuit of it at 325 mph and closes to within 240 feet of it. It seems to be 40 feet in diameter and 6 feet thick, with a vertical stabilizer rudder on the end. He keeps flying after it even when he loses sight of it. “About 10 miles south of the Ohio River,” he claims, “I spotted litter on a hillside and a path that had obviously been ripped up by a crashing plane.” Short on fuel, he returns to Lockbourne. He persuades his major to fly over the crash scene, and they send a truck to retrieve the remains.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Helen Knox, “Ridge Newcomer Tells of Game of Tag with ‘Saucer,’” The Oak Ridger, September 18, 1950; Clark III 325
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1185

Event 6495 (00187DDE)

Date: 1948
Locations: Arizona; Taos, New Mexico
Description: An airman stationed in Arizona is called out with a scientific team to examine a flying saucer that has crashed near Taos, New Mexico. When he arrives, the area is roped off and under military guard. The object is metallic with a flat circular airfoil. The cabin at the top center is too small for a normal-sized human. He is told by workers on the scene that bodies of “little men” have been removed from the craft. They discover that the ship is constructed of interlocking sections pinned together, but they cannot locate a power plant, except possibly some electromagnets below the cabin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: L. J[ames] Lorenzen, “Aimé Michel’s Orthotenic Lines,” APRO Bulletin, July 1958, pp. 6–7; Clark III 325
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1186

Event 6496 (D5560561)

Date: 1948
Locations: New Mexico; Russia; UK
Description: British author and ex-MI5 operative Bernard Newman publishes a novel titled The Flying Saucer, the first book to use that phrase in its title. The story revolves around a group of scientists who create a fake Martian threat in order to bring the world together. Plot elements include a trio of staged saucer crashes (in New Mexico, Russia, and the UK), propaganda, and even an alien autopsy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bernard Newman, The Flying Saucer, Gollancz, 1948; Andrew May, “The Flying Saucer,” Retro-Forteana, June 30, 2013; Kremlin 43–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1187

Event 6497 (24B13825)

Date: 1948?
Locations: Riggs Road; Lateral 1 Road; Yakima, Washington
Description: Sylvia Hall, 11, wakes up at her home on the corner of Riggs Road and Lateral 1 Road south of Yakima, Washington, when her bedroom fills with bluish-white light pouring in through the closed west window. Some 100 feet above the ground is a huge bright cloud. Gliding down from it in groups of four on something like a ramp are tall people with bluish-silvery robes. She watches them for 10 minutes, then she has an overpowering desire to go back to bed. She tells no one about the experience until she is an adult.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Greg Long, “Strangeness at Yakima,” IUR 19, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1994): 16–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1188

Event 6498 (3E0896D9)

Date: 1948
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: A top secret ATIC conclusion that the UFOs were spaceships.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_9

Event 6499 (2F00ECB2)

Date: Late 1940’s
Location: A Patagonian bay, Argentina
Description: Rumors persisted in Argentina post-World War II that German U-boats carrying Nazi war criminals and treasures landed in Patagonia, Argentina’s southern wilderness. A local newspaper later published a photograph, believed to be from the late 1940s, showing what appeared to be a Nazi submarine in a Patagonian bay. Multiple witnesses claimed to have seen the submarine near San Matias Gulf, with one elderly woman recalling spotting the submarine near the war’s end, which later disappeared as an airplane passed overhead. This region, Patagonia, is the closest part of Argentina to Antarctica. (Chapter 8, Ref 326)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_316

Event 6500 (76C57C70)

Date: 1948
Description: An anonymous retired Col. states a UAP crash occurred this year near Laredo, TX. he states when he arrived it was under a canopy and witnesses were sworn to secrecy.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p7

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_13

Event 6501 (02A0360D)

Date: 1948
Description: President Harry S. Truman asks his USAF aide, Col. Robert B. Landry, to give him quarterly updates on UAP research but to do so verbally. No records are kept.

• https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/oral-histories/landryr

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_15

Event 6502 (CA28B9A1)

Date: 1948
Description: A source “VA” speaks of a UAP crash at White Sands Proving Ground this year where he was cleared to see a Top Secret message of a saucer shaped craft with one portal window blown out that caused suffocation of five occupants. The bodies had turned blue and were 4 feet tall with oversized human heads. Private property was allegedly purchased to facilitate transport of the craft covertly to the base.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2005/03/07/part-3-ufo-crashretrievals-status-report-iii-amassing-the-e

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_16

Event 6503 (425B09C7)

Date: 1/1948
Description: Fate Magazine 1948 Volume 1 #1 page 26 reports on the Maury Island incident metallic fragments, described as a “lava oxide metal”
Type: ufological event
Reference: Medium
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_300

Event 6504 (8765434F)

Date: 1/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At Chehalis (Washington), Mrs Bernard Zaikowski saw a man with silver wings buzzing and whistling almost 100 m above her barn.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_713

Event 6505 (37EC5CD6)

Date: 1/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Glendale (Illinois), 12 year old James Trares excitedly shouted to his mother: “There’s a bird outside, like a B-29!.”
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_714

Event 6506 (CC644933)

Date: 1/1948?
Time: 23:00?
Location: YUSTE MONASTERY, SP
Description: Small humanoid (or Grey) has feet like a goat. Observer(s) screams. Small humanoid (or Grey) leaves. Fireball rises!
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1275

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “YUSTE MONASTERY,SP:OID HAS FEET LIKE A GOAT:OBS SCREAMS:OID LEAVES:FBL RISES!”, LatLong: “40.116669 -5.750000”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 05:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CCR”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 6507 (01714B4E)

Date: 1/3/1948
Location: VAASA, FINL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #99 / news. Saucer west going quickly east / 30 second(s). 5 Jan saucer north going quickly south / tens / Jakobstad-Pietersaari.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1276

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VAASA,FINL:BBK#99/NEWS:SCR W>>E/30sec::5JAN SCR N>>S/10s/JAKOBSTAD-PIETERSAARI”, LatLong: “63.094447 21.650001”, LatLongDMS: “63:05:40 N 21:39:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6508 (0F26EB2A)

Date: 1/3/1948
Description: A disc-shaped object shot across the sky from west to east in 30 seconds over the coast of Vaasa, Finland.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files, case 99; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1289; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1948, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_48

Event 6509 (1194D435)

Date: 1/6/1948
Location: CHEHALIS, WA
Description: Bird-man hovers over barn. Retracts wings and shoots going up / USAF report.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOLZER, Hans: THE UFO-NAUTS; Fawcett Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, CT 1976. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1277

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “69”, HatchDesc: “CHEHALIS,WA:BIRD-MAN HVRS OVR BARN:RETRACTS WINGS+SHOOTS↑/USAF Rpt.”, LatLong: “46.661113 -122.961117”, LatLongDMS: “46:39:40 N 122:57:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 6510 (6D19D2F6)

Date: 1/6/1948
Location: Chehalis, Washington
Description: 3:00 p.m. Bernice Zaikowski, 61, of Chehalis, Washington, hears a “sizzling and whizzing” sound and looks up to see a “birdman” hovering 200 feet above her barn. She watches “a man equipped with long silver wings fastened over the shoulders with a strap” ascend rapidly, hover, bank, then fly away. “He flew in an upright position and appeared to be manipulating controls strapped to his chest.” The wings do not flap; instead they retract close to his body during ascent, and are extended to hover or proceed in horizontal flight. Zaikowski says five other adult witnesses and a number of children also see the birdman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Man’ Is Chehalis Report,” Coos Bay (Oreg.) World, January 21, 1948, p. 2; Lyle Zapato, “The Birdmen of Cascadia,” ZPi blog, March 24, 2007; Clark III 270
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1189

Event 6511 (CCDCB108)

Date: 1/6/1948
Description: Mrs Bernice Zaikowski of Chehalis, Washington heard a “sizzling and whizzing” sound at three o’clock in the afternoon, and looked up to see a “birdman” hovering 200 feet above her barn. She watched “a man equipped with long silver wings fastened over the shoulders with a strap” ascend rapidly, hover, bank, then fly away. “He flew in an upright position and appeared to be manipulating controls strapped to his chest.” The wings did not flap, instead they retracted close to his body during ascent, and were extended to hover or proceed in horizontal flight. Mrs Zaikowski said five other adult witnesses and a number of children also saw the birdman.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1948-05, citing The Portland (Oregon) Journal, April 30, 1950; Hans Holzer, The UFOnauts, p. 117; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 206
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_161

Event 6512 (A050ABFE)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Godman Air Base, Kentucky
Description: Capt. Mantell of USAF is killed while pursuing UFO
Type: UFO encounter
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_95

Event 6513 (B7960D71)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Maysville, KN
Description: Maysville, KN: The local Highway Patrol are notified that an UFO has been sighted high up in the sky and they notify Godman AFB of the sighting…At 1:45 pm T. Sgt. Quinton Blackwell visually scanned the skies south of Godman AFB and picked out a dim light in the hazy sky. By the time base commander Col. Guy Hixarrived at 2:20 pm the UFO looked like “an ice cream cone” through binoculars. About 20 minutes later 4 National Guard aircraft flew into the vicinity with Capt. Thomas Mantell in one of the F-51s.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_301

Event 6514 (E74EFA9C)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Maysville, KN
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,sec. k.) Capt. Thomas Mantell, a Nat. Guard pilot, was killed trying to chase an UFO up to 30,000 ft. His last message to the tower was, “it appears to be metallic object…of tremendous size.directly ahead and slightly above…I am trying to close for a better look.” The F-51 exploded in mid-air and disintegrated before it struck the ground. The aircraft’s metal was hit with fragments before it collided with the ground. State Police estimated the saucer to be 250 ft. diam. (On Mantell’s online obituary, Jim Marrs added: A man by the name of Richard T. Miller claims he was in the Scott AFB operations room in Belleville, Illinois during the chase and he states that Capt. Mantell’s last words were, “My God, I see people in this thing!”)
Type: ufological event
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Reference: [Grave][(Capt Thomas Francis Mantell Jr. (1922-1948) - Find a Grave Memorial)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_302

Event 6515 (9F30F18C)

Date: 1/7/1948
Time: afternoon
Location: Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky USA
Description: In a 1996 interview, former Army sergeant Quinton A. Blackwell provided crucial information about the January 7, 1948 Mantell Case at Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Blackwell disclosed that during the UFO pursuit, Captain Thomas F. Mantell uttered the significant statement, “We’re going to need hot guns,” implying the need for armed weaponry. This revelation challenges the official record and raises questions about the incident’s true nature and objectives. Blackwell’s testimony has prompted renewed interest in the case and calls for further disclosure and the declassification of related reports.
Type: ufo pursuit, pilot death
Reference: archive.org - UFO Roundup - Volume 1, Number 2. February 26, 1996
Reference: thinkaboutit.site - UFO Roundup: Volume 1 Number 2: February 26, 1996
Reference: afu.se - Eye Magazine
Reference: afu.se - NJAAP Bulletin
Reference: Sgt. Blackwell’s Jan. 1948 statement
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1086

Event 6516 (EBD2DC48)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: USA, Madisonville (Kentucky) and elsewhere. MANTELL Case
Description: (Translated from French) In the early afternoon hundreds of inhabitants of Madisonville, then thousands of citizens of the same state, saw an immense circular and shining object. The state police alerted Fort Knox, The diameter of the craft was, it was believed, at least 75 meters. (etc… ) (Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO Files” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.37, 38) At 1:15 pm a round object, about 70 m in diameter, is reported above Madisonville heading towards Fort Knox. At 1:45 pm the observer of the Godman air base signals it; the officers observe it from the ground with binoculars and with the naked eye. The commander of the base, Colonel Hix, orders by radio a patrol of three F-51 fighters to take the object in pursuit and observe it. The patrol, commanded by Captain Mantell, who was overflying Fort Knox, then heads towards Godman. At 2:45 pm Mantell reports that the object is above him. He rises to meet it and the speed of the three fighters is about 500 km/h.

Radio message from Mantell: “I’m approaching to better examine it. The craft looks like it’s made of metal and it’s huge”.

At an altitude of 5,000 m the object still rising, the other two fighters lose sight of Mantell due to the clouds and abandon the pursuit to return to the Godman base. At 3:15 pm Mantell reports that he can’t reach the object and that he will abandon the pursuit at 6,000 m if the craft continues to rise, as he does not have an oxygen inhaler. This is his last message. Around 4 pm debris from Mantell’s F-51 was found within a radius of several kilometers, which would prove that the plane disintegrated in mid-flight. Despite the searches made, nothing of the pilot’s body was found. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.89-90) (note from vog: see newspaper article of the following day: the remains of Mantell were indeed found and evacuated from the crash scene by ambulance)

Years later it was known that the secret military Skylook weather balloons were being tested in the area and Arnold would have died from lack of oxygen at an altitude of 20,000 feet. (Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 48)

Here is an excerpt from the article published in the January 8, 1948 edition of the weekly “The Franklin, Kentucky Favorite”. AN AIRPLANE EXPLODES AT MID-ALTITUDE, THE PILOT IS KILLED IN THE CRASH ON JOE PHILLIPS’ FARM. An Army P-51 combat plane exploded at mid-altitude yesterday and crashed on Joe Phillips’ farm in the afternoon around 3:30 pm killing the pilot identified as Thomas F. Mantell (Jr.), 3533 River Park Drive, Louisville. The plane bore (on the tail) No. Ky. NG 869. Mrs. Joe Phillips said she was sitting near the fire when she heard the plane, whose engine apparently had some trouble, flying near the house. Almost immediately there was a great explosion.

Surprised she looked out the window and saw 200 yards from the house, the disintegrated plane fall into a wooded lot. Pieces of the wreckage were found up to a quarter of a mile around the point of impact. Several people in Franklin say they heard the explosion. A trail of steam still floated in the air an hour after the crash. Another eyewitness, Barbara Mayes, a student at the Franklin Grade School said she saw the plane explode while it was still at mid-height. She was waiting for the bus to go home when she heard the explosion. This is the second explosion in a few months. The place of the explosion was only 3 miles away from the one that took the life of Ed Snow and Richard M. Thomason on April 29, 1947. (…)

Mrs. Joe Phillips said she called an ambulance and help. The remains of the dead pilot were removed from the scene by ambulance and taken to the Booker funeral home awaiting official instructions.

Captain Mantell was a veteran of World War II and participated in the June 6, 1944 Normandy landing, he was among others decorated with the Flying Cross. He was demobilized a year ago (in 1946). He leaves a wife and two children.
Reference: Lee Trail and Lou Farish of the UFO Newsclipping Service made this article available to UFO ROUNDUP vol. 3 n° 01 from 04 jan. 1998, ed Joseph Trainor
Reference: …
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1330

Event 6517 (2CB70CE0)

Date: 1/7/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Fatal encounter for Thomas Mantell. (14 h 45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_715

Event 6518 (A7F71982)

Date: 1/7/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At Lockbourne (Columbus), an object round or oval, larger than a C-47, flying horizontally at more than 800 km/h is followed by the control tower for 20 minutes. It is silent, changes color, has a trail 5 times its length, and sometimes flies like an elevator going down to the ground. It is lost from sight on the horizon… (17 h)
Reference: GEPAN, Information Note No. 3, 1981
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_716

Event 6519 (3C99E1CE)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: From the Air Material Command, Wright Field’s Project Saucer/Project Sign Report: An Oklahoma City man reported spotting a saucer “seeming to be the bulk of six B-29’s.” The observer, who holds a private pilot’s license, spotted the objects from the ground. It was perfectly round and flat with no protrusions. He reported the speed of the soundless craft as “probably three times that of a jet.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_31

Event 6520 (00DA0212)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio
Description: From the Air Material Command, Wright Field’s Project Saucer/Project Sign Report: Several observers reported a sky phenomenon described as “round or oval, larger than a C-47, and traveling in level flight faster than 500 mph.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_32

Event 6521 (D08A6A3F)

Date: 1/7/1948
Time: 19:50
Location: WILMINGTON, OH
Description: Several / (seen thru) binoculars and Lockbourne Air Traffic Controllers. Very large saucer going up and down. Shoots going quickly southwest. Possible landing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1278

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,OH:SVRL/BINOCS+LOCKBOURNE ATCs:VLRG SCR ↑+↓:SHOOTS>>SW:POSS.LANDING”, LatLong: “39.444446 -83.833337”, LatLongDMS: “39:26:40 N 83:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6522 (CD82EF7D)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Fort Knox, KY
Description: Mantell Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 480107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_418

Event 6523 (0CAD96D2)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Wilmington, OH
Description: Appearance of a flaming red cone in the skies of Wilmington, Ohio, on January 7, 1948, at between 7:20 and 7:55 P.M. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 480107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_419

Event 6524 (7F8B00E7)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Columbus (Lockbourne AFB), OH
Description: Object Circles Base At High Speed / Touches Down (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_420

Event 6525 (B9136BC4)

Date: 1/7/1948
Locations: Kentucky State Police; Godman Army Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky; Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Madisonville, Kentucky; Lexington; Mannsville, Kentucky
Description: 1:00 p.m. Kentucky State Police telephone Commanding Officer Col. Guy F. Hix’s office at Godman Army Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky, reporting an unidentified object near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Another call to Hix comes from state police at about 1:10 p.m. of an observation by a civilian in Madisonville, Kentucky, through a Finch telescope of a cone-shaped object about 100 feet tall by 43 feet wide, at an altitude of 4 miles and moving at 10 mph. This is apparently General Mills Skyhook balloon Flight B, which passes about 40 miles to the southwest of Madisonville. Other reports come in from Lexington and Mannsville, Kentucky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1190

Event 6526 (B8C412BF)

Date: 1/7/1948
Locations: Irvington; Owensboro, Kentucky; Godman Army Airfield
Description: 1:20–2:10 p.m. Army Flight Service reports to Godman Army Airfield control tower that the object is over Irvington then Owensboro, Kentucky. Godman Tower Operator Tech/Sgt Quinton A. Blackwell, Capt. James F. Duesler Jr., Base Air Inspector Lt. Col. E. Garrison Wood, and other USAF personnel see a round or ice-cream- cone-shaped white or silver object with a revolving red streamer toward the south beginning at 1:50 p.m. Many others see it as well after 2:07 p.m., such as Operations Officer Capt. Cary W. Carter and Col. Guy F. Hix.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1191

Event 6527 (79A0A62C)

Date: 1/7/1948
Locations: Louisville, Kentucky; Godman Army Airfield at Fort Knox; Bowling Green, Kentucky; Franklin, Kentucky; Ohio State University; Camp Ripley near Little Falls, Minnesota
Description: 2:50 p.m. Capt. Thomas F. Mantell Jr., a 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, and three others are flying F-51D fighters to Louisville, Kentucky. After Mantell reports his position to Standiford Field in Louisville, Tech/Sgt. Quinton A. Blackwell at Godman Army Airfield at Fort Knox breaks in over the radio to request Mantell to intercept and identify the object. The object maintains a constant angular position as seen from Godman as it apparently moves away at about 240–300 mph at an altitude of 50,000–60,000 feet during most of Mantell’s pursuit. Flying at 300 mph and gradually climbing to about 22,000–23,000 feet, Mantell gradually overtakes the UFO from below, past Bowling Green, Kentucky, at about 3:10 p.m. In one of his last radio reports, Mantell says the UFO “appears to be a metallic object or possibly reflection of sun from a metallic object, and it is of tremendous size.” At 3:15 p.m., at 22,500 feet with oxygen running low, two other F-51Ds quit the chase. Mantell continues to 25,000, blacks out, and crashes at 3:18 p.m. about 4 miles south-southwest of Franklin, Kentucky. The UFO disappears from view behind a cloud at Godman at 3:50 p.m. The Project Sign staff, still not yet formally organized, are under pressure to come up with some kind of answer, so they quickly float Venus (offhandedly suggested by Ohio State University astronomer J. Allen Hynek) as an explanation. This implausible explanation is not even believed by the Air Force, but it remains unchallenged for several years. In 1952, Ruppelt reopens the case and identifies the object as a secret Skyhook balloon, although he cannot confirm a launch that day. Army veteran Clifford Stone finds later that there had been no Skyhook launches since late December. However, Barry J. Greenwood and Robert Todd tentatively identify the balloon as one launched from Camp Ripley near Little Falls, Minnesota, on January 6.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mantell UFO incident”; NICAP, “The Mantell Case”; Clark III 706–710; Ruppelt, p. 31; Good Above, pp. 262–263; Good Need, pp. 104–105; Sparks, pp. 30– 31; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 37; “The Mantell UFO: A Smoking Gun, Maybe!” Just Cause, no. 39 (March 1994): 9–10; “The Mantell UFO: A Smoking Gun, Maybe! Part Two” Just Cause, no. 40 (June 1994): 8–12; Christopher D. Allan, “The Mantell Case—50 Years Later,” IUR 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 7–9, 31–32; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, pp. 137–138; Kevin D. Randle, “The Mantell Analyses,” A Different Perspective, September 21, 2017; Center for UFO Studies, [clippings and documents on Mantell case]; Swords 51–52; Francis Ridge, The Mantell Incident: An Anatomy of a Re-Investigation, The Author, 2010; Flight Handbook, USAF Series F-51D Aircraft, January 20, 1954
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1192

Event 6528 (AD9F35BB)

Date: 1/7/1948
Locations: Godman Army Airfield; Fort Knox, Kentucky
Description: 4:45–7:06 p.m. USAF 1Lt. Paul I. Orner tracks an unidentified white light with red coloration in a weather theodolite at Godman Army Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky, for more than 2 hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1193

Event 6529 (A70735A9)

Date: 1/7/1948
Locations: Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio; Commercial Point; Lockbourne AFB runway
Description: 7:15 p.m. Air Traffic Controller and pilot Alex A. Boudreaux and VHF Direction-Finding (DF) Operator and amateur astronomer Frank M. Eisele, 103rd AACS Squadron, at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio, spot a bright object to the southwest of the airfield that appears and disappears intermittently. Fighter pilot USAF Capt. Charles E. McGee sees the object on runway 23 landing approach when he is at about 1,800 feet. The light seems to be at about 3,000 feet to the southwest about 4–5 miles away, then later on the ground to the west about 6–7 miles away. USAF VHF DF Operator and pilot Albert R. Pickering, Detachment 733, 103rd AACS Squadron, is awakened by the sudden emergence of a lighted amber- colored round or oval object about the size of a C-47 or larger [60+ feet] dropping out of the overcast bank 10,000 feet overhead. Lockbourne Control Tower at the same time radios a report of the object, which then maneuvers over to Commercial Point about 3–5 miles away to the west-southwest, then makes three full 360° circles over one spot in 30-40 seconds per turn over the runway, at a speed of more than 500 mph, leaving a luminous, amber- colored trail or exhaust about 5 times its length. Then the UFO goes to another location and does more 360° turns. At one point, it disappears into the overcast for one minute, then reappears. Just before departing, it hovers or “appeared to touch down” on the grass extension past the end of the Lockbourne AFB runway for 10 seconds then leaves at 120° (ESE) heading into the overcast. It is also sighted by the pilot of a C-45 at 5,000 feet off the right wing at 7:53 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Circles Base at High Speed / Touches Down”; Sparks, p. 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1194

Event 6530 (07485F70)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Clinton County AFB [now Wilmington Air Park] near Wilmington, Ohio
Description: 7:35 p.m. Base personnel at Clinton County AFB [now Wilmington Air Park] near Wilmington, Ohio, where Skyhooks are launched a couple years later, watch a quickly maneuvering object. It dances up and down and changes from red to green before speeding to the southwest. Sgt. LeRoy Ziegler thinks he can detect a faint exhaust trail. Project Sign calls it Venus, because it disappears about the time Venus does.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Circles Base at High Speed / Touches Down”; NICAP, “Part 2-11: ‘…Was Not the Planet Venus,” June 4, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1195

Event 6531 (3E17579A)

Date: 1/7/1948
Description: A very large saucer-shaped object descended over the Clinton County, Ohio Air Force Base at 7:20 p.m. It was witnessed by several including the control tower staff, who viewed it through binoculars. It came so close to the ground that it may have landed. It then ascended and shot away to the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wilmington (OH) News Journal, January 8, 1948
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_178

Event 6532 (F07E3758)

Date: 1/7/1948
Location: Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky
Description: Captain Thomas F. Mantell, Jr. killed while chasing a “flying disk” over Godman Air Force Base in Kentucky. His F-51 fighter plane’s wreckage was found scattered over a wide area.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_7

Event 6533 (CE0E06DE)

Date: 1/8/1948
Location: Near Godman AFB, KY
Description: AF captain dies chasing UFO; possible a balloon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_29

Event 6534 (6F510886)

Date: 1/9/1948
Time: 19:20
Location: CLINTON, NC
Description: Red and green cone dances in sky. Vibrant bright even behind clouds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1279

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “CLINTON,NC:RED+GRN CONE DANCES IN SKY:VBRITE EVEN BEHIND CLOUDS:NFD”, LatLong: “34.966668 -78.333337”, LatLongDMS: “34:58:00 N 78:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6535 (F0C3124E)

Date: 1/9/1948
Time: 23:50
Location: ACWORTH, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #121. Eastern Airlines DC3. Circular blue-flame passes airliner. Turns going down [to] and winks out.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1280

Attributes: 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “278”, HatchDesc: “ACWORTH,GA:BBK#121:EAL DC3:CIRC.BLU-FLAME PASSES AIRLINER:TURNS ↓ + WINKS OUT”, LatLong: “34.066668 -84.677782”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 84:40:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6536 (DA973AC6)

Date: 1/9/1948
Location: Cartersville (near), GA
Description: A blue circular flame pass the plane, turn, then blink [out?] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480109
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_421

Event 6537 (3F6042F6)

Date: 1/9/1948
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Description: 11:30 p.m. Eastern Airlines pilot Hugh DuBose, flying a DC-3 aircraft at 3,000 feet altitude near Cartersville, Georgia, observes a circular object with a flat top cross his flight path at the same altitude and then turn earthward. The object is light sky-blue in color and is traveling at an estimated speed of 400 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Passes DC-3, Turns”; Sparks, p. 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1196

Event 6538 (090A76BA)

Date: 1/10/1948
Location: Wildwood, NJ
Description: Saw a “saucer” or “queer light” approach from the ocean (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_422

Event 6539 (B3801B44)

Date: 1/11/1948
Time: 13:00?
Location: HARTFORD, CT
Description: USAF transport pilots. Red saucer dives down / 45 degree angle. Blue center. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1281

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “HARTFORD,CT:USAF XPORT PILOTS:RED SCR DIVES DOWN/45dgr ANGLE:BLUE CENTER:VFAST”, LatLong: “41.766669 -72.666670”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:00 N 72:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6540 (86CEED23)

Date: 1/11/1948
Location: Hartford, CT
Description: Transport Crew Sees Diving Disc (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_423

Event 6541 (5D8D38D8)

Date: 1/11/1948
Description: Two U.S. Air Force transport pilots, Helton and Pargoe, flying over Hartford, Connecticut in the afternoon observed a red disc-shaped object that flew at high speed, dove at a 45 degree angle, and had a blue center. The Air Force explained the report as a daytime meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1294; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History, 1948, p. 13; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_248

Event 6542 (37CB00E5)

Date: 1/15/1948
Location: Washington DC
Description: USAF officially a separate service
Type: history
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_303

Event 6543 (B1A2BFA8)

Date: 1/19/1948
Location: HJORRING, DK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #149. ‘Rockets’ in blue-glow soar. 1 stops and ‘explodes’.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1282

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HJORRING,DK:BBK#149:‘ROCKETS’ IN BLUE-GLOW SOAR:1 STOPS+ ‘EXPLODES’”, LatLong: “57.444447 10.000000”, LatLongDMS: “57:26:40 N 10:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6544 (65182AC2)

Date: 1/21/1948
Location: VEJLE, DK
Description: 3 farmhands. Silver object going [to] by / 600’ altitude. Type unknown. / Col. Ewert going [to] Pentagon going [to] Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1283

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VEJLE,DK:3 FARMHANDS:SLVR OBJ >BY/600’alt:TYPE UNK:/Col EWERT>PENTAGON>BBK”, LatLong: “55.700003 9.500000”, LatLongDMS: “55:42:00 N 09:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6545 (B3F0CC9A)

Date: 1/21/1948
Description: Col. Riley F. Ennis, chief of the Army Intelligence Division, in a memo reiterates the Schulgen Draft of Collection Memorandum and stresses the need to investigate Soviet development of a jet-propelled flying wing aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Department of the Army, “Unconventional Aircraft,” Intelligence Collection Memorandum number 7, January 21, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1197

Event 6546 (43701D95)

Date: 1/22/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 159.3km altitude (Payload separation failure)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_305
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 159.3km

Event 6547 (6055A9A0)

Date: 1/22/1948
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
Description: Project “Sign” (popular name “Saucer”) established at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to investigate UFO reports.
Type: project established
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_856

Event 6548 (02259580)

Date: 1/22/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) 13:12 Launch of V2 No. 34 which reached an altitude of 159 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_1331

Event 6549 (17C12E03)

Date: 1/22/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Effective launch of the Sign project. (January 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_717

Event 6550 (4E4A7026)

Date: 1/22/1948
Location: Wright Field
Description: Project Sign officially launches at Wright Field. The primary investigators are Capt. Robert R. Sneider (project chief), Alfred Loedding (T-3 engineer), Lawrence Truettner (T-2 engineer), and Col. Albert Deyarmond (analyst in Intelligence Analysis Division). Also involved are Maj. Raymond Llewellyn (chief of special projects branch), Lt. Howard W. Smith, George W. Towles, and others as assigned. How much interest Col. Howard McCoy takes in the project is unknown. Its task is to collect, collate, evaluate, and distribute information on sightings in the atmosphere “which can be considered of concern to national security.” Ruppelt later says that to be considered an “unknown,” it has to come from a competent observer and contain a reasonable amount of data.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 36–37; Sparks, p. 11; Ruppelt, p. 10; NICAP, “Project Sign Begins, 22 Jan 1948”; Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, “Alfred Loedding: New Insight on the Man behind Project Sign,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1198

Event 6551 (8A655F05)

Date: 1/23/1948
Location: Wright Field
Description: Col. William E. Clingerman, writing for Col. Howard McCoy at Wright Field, asks Lt. Col. George Garrett of Air Force Intelligence for all files on “Swedish incidents” in 1946 and 1947. He receives at least 44 documents, none of which have been released.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 13; Swords 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1199

Event 6552 (369E8EED)

Date: 1/26/1948
Description: Project Sign becomes formally operational as Project HT-304. Lt. Col. James C. Beam becomes its first project director.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1200

Event 6553 (0D4B21FA)

Date: 1/28/1948 (approximate)
Location: ROUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Description: White balls / light and ‘planes dropping parachutes’ cause Air Force query.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1284

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “ROUEN-sur-SEINE,FR:WHT BALLS/LITE+‘PLANES DROPPING PARACHUTES’ CAUSE AF QUERY”, LatLong: “49.400002 1.050000”, LatLongDMS: “49:24:00 N 01:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6554 (052491C4)

Date: 1/31/1948
Description: The Research and Development Board dismisses flying saucers as “a mirage induced by mass self- hypnosis” in stories that appear in newspapers of this day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Discs’ Book Declared Closed,” Pendleton East Oregonian, January 31, 1948; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1948”; Swords 52–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1201

Event 6555 (A69AD619)

Date: 1/31/1948
Description: The Research and Development Board, a key recipient of UAP data at the time (see 23 September 1947) attempts to debunk flying saucers as a “mirage” the result of “mass self-hypnosis.” The RDB statement circulates in newspapers.

• http://www.project1947.com/fig/1948a.htm

Note: The RDB was chaired at the time by Vannevar Bush, who was the former Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, which later became NASA). Bush was mentioned in a Canadian Department of Transport document that stated a USG source told Canadian embassy staff the following: flying saucers exist, the matter is the “most highly classified subject in the USG rating higher even than the H-bomb,” their modus operandi is unknown but a small group is studying them “headed by Doctor Vannevar Bush.” It is reasonable to deduce this group was the RDB or an ad hoc group with some RDB personnel using the RDB as a cover.

• http://luforu.org/smith-department-of-transport-memo/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_14

Event 6556 (54E31059)

Date: 2/1948
Time: 22:00?
Location: BAGNEUX, FR
Description: M. Compard. Large luminous/glowing-orange round object hovers. Going southwest slow. No further details. Balloon trick?
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_1285

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BAGNEUX,FR:M.COMPARD:LRG LUMn-ORG.ROUND OBJ HVRS:>SW SLOW:NFD:balloon trick?”, LatLong: “48.800002 2.300000”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 02:18:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HDS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6557 (48A4CB10)

Date: 2/1948
Locations: Circleville, Ohio; farmer C. Bruce Stevenson’s farm
Description: 2:00 a.m. Glancing out his window while getting a drink of water, farmer C. Bruce Stevenson notices a bight orange-amber glow near his farm buildings a few miles from Circleville, Ohio. He expects to find the buildings on fire, but instead there is a large, domed flying saucer gliding silently over the roof of his pig house about 100 feet away. The UFO, about 60 feet in diameter, maintains a slow speed and low altitude until it disappears from sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Bruce Stevenson Reveals Close-Up View of Saucer,” Circleville (Ohio) Herald, August 2, 1952, pp. 1–2; “Bruce Stevenson Certain Saucer Wasn’t Reflection,” Circleville (Ohio) Herald, August 7, 1952, p. 1; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1948”; Pete Hartinger, “America’s First Classic Close Encounter,” Pickaway Quarterly, Fall 1996, pp. 11–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1202

Event 6558 (3AE05576)

Date: 2/1/1948
Location: USA, Circleville (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) Farmer B. Stevens was up early that winter morning, like every other morning. He first went out to the barn to take a look at the pigs. But on the way he saw something he couldn’t accept. Above the farm buildings was suspended an object of metallic appearance in the shape of a saucer. Very down-to-earth Stevens could immediately judge that the object was real and solid, that it measured 60 feet in diameter and was thick from 10 to 12 feet. The center seemed dome-shaped and a bright orange light was coming out of it. This dome was transparent, because when the saucer inclined slightly, he could make out a silhouette inside. The occupant of the saucer seemed to concentrate his gaze on the farm buildings and Stevens thought that the cause might be the green light that lit up one of his hangars. Soon the light from the dome was fading and Stevens could no longer make out the occupant well. Then the saucer glided upwards and flew away out of sight. (February 1, 1948)
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 100
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1332

Event 6559 (BD495C64)

Date: 2/1/1948
Time: 02:10
Location: NORTHWEST / CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Description: 18M domed saucer hovers 6M / hog barn. Going [to] over shed. / MJ#238+/ r46p144.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1286

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, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “214”, HatchDesc: “NW/CIRCLEVILLE,OH:18M DOMED SCR HVRS 6M/HOG BARN:> OVR SHED:/MJ#238+/r46p144”, LatLong: “39.633335 -82.983337”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:00 N 82:59:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6560 (8981BA41)

Date: 2/1/1948
Location: Circleville, OH
Description: Large 60 ft domed disc, with bright orange-amber glow from within (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_424

Event 6561 (94808578)

Date: 2/1/1948
Description: At shortly after two a.m. in Circleville, Ohio a Mr. Stevenson, a hog farmer, witnessed an 18 meter in diameter domed disc that hovered six meters above his hog barn, then flew over a shed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ed McCann, Circleville Herald, August 3, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_650

Event 6562 (11E448D4)

Date: 2/4/1948
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) The skyrocket did not seem to fit in with the research plan. Designed for both jet and rocket engines. The first skyrocket (the D-558-2 as it is called) made its first flight on February 4th with John Martin as test pilot. (February 4, 1948)
Reference: NASA Website 1997 - “On the Frontier”
Reference: continued 24.5.49
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1333

Event 6563 (F26B8301)

Date: 2/4/1948
Description: Capt. Richard W. Geuss, acting assistant adjutant general, writes a memo on behalf of Lieut. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, to ADC and USAF commanding generals on “Investigation and Reporting of ‘Flying Disc’ Incidents.” It specifies that Air Force commanders are charged with evaluating military UFO incidents, in cooperation with CIC personnel and local FBI offices. Even hoaxes are to be passed on to the FBI.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Capt. Richard W. Geuss, “Investigation and Reporting of ‘Flying Disc’ Incidents,” February 4, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1203

Event 6564 (A63F12B9)

Date: 2/6/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 111km altitude (Successfully maneuvered by ground control for first 40s of flight)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_306
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 111km

Event 6565 (293AF425)

Date: 2/6/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:17 AM, launch of V2 #36 which reached an altitude of 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_1334

Event 6566 (A4578AFB)

Date: 2/12/1948
Location: Plans and Operations
Description: Brig. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, chief of the Air Intelligence Requirements Division, sends a secret memo to Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson. director of Plans and Operations, stating that the Commanding General of AMC feels that the responsibility for collecting information on “flying disks” should be complemented by a requirement that all USAF installations “provide a minimum of one each aircraft, with necessary crews, on a continuous alert basis. These aircraft should be equipped with gun camera, and such armament as deemed advisable, in order to secure photographs necessary to the obtainment of all possible data on any reported and sighted unusual phenomena, of the ‘flying disk’ type, in the atmosphere.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 263
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1204

Event 6567 (BC5BF77C)

Date: 2/13/1948
Location: Aztec, NM
Description: Alternate date for Crash/Recovery at Aztec, N.M. 16 little human-like beings were found dead aboard a crashed saucer in NM.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research, ALIENS
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_304
See also: 3/25,1948

Event 6568 (C78804EE)

Date: 2/13/1948
Location: USA, Aztec N.M.
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. Gee (his real name is GeBauer) claims to have been part of the recovery team of a saucer, when 16 small humanoid bodies were found dead on board. According to Jerome Clark, Gebauer and Silas Newcomb were later arrested and imprisoned for attempting to sell extraterrestrial material, “of immeasurable value”. It is not said when they were released from prison.
Reference: Ufo Winipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1335

Event 6569 (22C8480D)

Date: 2/13/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Aztec Crash (New Mexico). (February 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_718

Event 6570 (77011DB0)

Date: 2/18/1948
Time: 17:00
Location: WEST / STOCKTON, KS
Description: 4’ saucer aims pipe / farmer 6’ away! Wobbles and flames. Going quickly [to] going northwest. / MJ#238+205.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1287

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “605”, HatchDesc: “W/STOCKTON,KS:4’SCR AIMS PIPE/FARMER 6’AWAY!:WOBBLES+FLAMES:>>>NW:/MJ#238+205”, LatLong: “39.461113 -99.500005”, LatLongDMS: “39:27:40 N 99:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6571 (52598B4B)

Date: 2/18/1948
Locations: Nebraska; Norcatur, Kansas; Kansas; Oklahoma; Norton County, Kansas; Furnas County, Nebraska; Stockton, Kansas
Description: 5:00 p.m. A smoke trail begins over Nebraska and runs south. A bolide explodes over Norcatur, Kansas, and the concussion from the blast breaks windows and rocks buildings over a wide area of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. A huge shower of meteoritic stones fall over a large area of Norton County, Kansas, and Furnas County, Nebraska. Two Army B-29 bombers circle the area until nightfall. A farmer near Stockton, Kansas, sees a hovering object that leaves a bare spot in the ground. Kenneth Arnold is persuaded that reports of the Norton County meteorite fall might actually have been UFO-related. Astronomer Lincoln LaPaz directs the recovery of the massive achondritic meteorite in 1948. More than 100 stones are recovered, including one weighing about one ton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Norton County (meteorite)”; “Norton County,” Meteorite Recon, October 8, 2015; Luna Meteorite Hunters, “Norton County, KS Fall 18FEB1948 More Than 60 Years Ago,” February 26, 2009; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1948, The Author, 1988, pp. 15–16; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 37–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1205

Event 6572 (1021B168)

Date: 2/18/1948
Description: At 4:56 p.m. a farmer in Stockton, Kansas saw a 4-foot wide disc that approached to within six feet and appeared to aim some type of tube or pipe at him. The UFO then wobbled and emitted some flames. It shot away flying toward the northwest. At 5:05 p.m. a Mr. Wray took a photograph of an irregular-shaped UFO north of Norton, Kansas.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 91, Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, Coming of the Saucers, p. 179
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_976

Event 6573 (A9D6725A)

Date: 2/20/1948
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: The Emmet Messenger. THEODOLITE MEASURES ONE NEAR BOISE. E.G. Hall of Boise made a theodolite observation of a flying saucer, estimating its size as that of a small plane. Along its back edge was no trail, but there was a fuzziness there. The craft was silent, even when coming closer than 2000 feet to the ground. This is the first known theodolite-measured and gauged reported viewing.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_14

Event 6574 (D345669A)

Date: 2/20/1948
Time: 13:20
Location: BOISE, ID
Description: Group / surveyors. 15’ saucer going [to] below clouds / 3000’. Fuzzy front edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1288

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “825”, HatchDesc: “BOISE,ID:GROUP/SURVEYORS:15’SCR > BELOW CLOUDS/3000’:FUZZY FRONT EDGE”, LatLong: “43.600002 -116.200006”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 116:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “800”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6575 (47EC8415)

Date: 2/20/1948
Location: Palm Beach, Florida
Description: 2:00 a.m. In Palm Beach, Florida, lawyer and writer Charles Francis Coe and his son Alan see a globe of light shooting across the sky to the northeast at terrific speed. Coe calls it a “ray or blob of light” and insists it is not a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery ‘Globe’ Seen by Editor,” Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, February 21, 1948, p. 1; “True Mystic Experiences,” Fate 1, no. 3 (Fall 1948): 105–113; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, p. 139
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1206

Event 6576 (B2CA8B6D)

Date: 2/20/1948
Location: Emmett, Idaho
Description: 1:15 p.m. Six surveyors, including Idaho Power Company surveyor E. G. Hall, see a small flat, heart- shaped UFO flying in the sky at Emmett, Idaho. Through his theodolite it looks fuzzy across its back edge as if “dipped in cream.” He says it was about the size of a Piper Cub airplane and flying point first below the cloud level at between 2,000 and 4,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Emmett (Idaho) Messenger, February 26, 1948; Kenneth Arnold, “Are Space Visitors Here?” Fate 1, no. 2 (Summer 1948): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1207

Event 6577 (75EC85E3)

Date: 2/20/1948
Description: Six surveyors working in Emmett, Idaho saw a small flat, heart-shaped UFO flying in the sky at 1:15 p.m. It was fuzzy across its back edge as if “dipped in cream”, and was flying point first below the cloud level at between 2,000 and 4,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Emmett (ID) Messenger, February 26, 1948; Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, p. 69; UNICAT database, case # 206, citing Kenneth Arnold, Fate Magazine, July 1948, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1020

Event 6578 (E58FC438)

Date: 2/21/1948
Location: West Beach, Florida
Description: ONE SEEN BY PALM BEACH EDITOR. Charles Francis Coe, editor of the Palm Beach Times, saw a ray or blob of lights sweeping in from the southwest over West Palm Beach at 2 PM. It curved over the Atlantic and headed northeast, in a wide arc, as though following the curve of the earth.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_15

Event 6579 (D6DB6B2A)

Date: 2/21/1948 (approximate)
Time: 09:30
Location: OFF SKAGEN, DK
Description: 2 pilots. Missile / 22K’ altitude. Many such southeast going quickly northwest / days. Always at 0930h.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1289

Attributes: 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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off SKAGEN,DK:2 PILOTS:MISSILE/22K’alt::MANY SUCH SE>>NW/DAYS:ALWAYS @0930h”, LatLong: “57.833336 10.561112”, LatLongDMS: “57:50:00 N 10:33:40 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6580 (B7413C79)

Date: 3/1/1948
Location: Coast of, Sweden
Description: A missile-like object flying at 20,000 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_425

Event 6581 (45B5770C)

Date: 3/3/1948
Locations: Pentagon; Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson, USAF Director of Plans and Operations at the Pentagon, rejects a proposal by Col. Howard McCoy and Brig. Gen. Charles P. Cabell for stationing fighter aircraft at all bases on continuous alert for UFOs. It costs too much and proper interceptions are unlikely. He orders all bases to send UFO information to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. S. E. Anderson, “Flying Discs,” March 3, 1948; Good Above, pp. 263–264
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1208

Event 6582 (A8331E27)

Date: 3/5/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of an Aerobee which reached 96 km in altitude. Measurements of intensity and distribution of cosmic rays.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 286, doc. Van Allen
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1336

Event 6583 (A32D230F)

Date: 3/12/1948
Locations: Germany; Russia; Argentina
Description: Maj. Earl S. Browning Jr., in a memo to the European command of the 970th CIC, writes that the Horten brothers have been located and interrogated by US officials. Walter Horten has remained in Germany as an officer in the German Air Force. He thinks that sufficient types of flying wing prototypes existed when the Russians invaded Germany and may have served as models for flying discs. Reimar Horten had emigrated to Argentina when the war ended.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1209

Event 6584 (635B3716)

Date: 3/17/1948
Description: Memo on “Flying Discs” from Maj. Gen. George C. McDonald, director of USAF intelligence, to the AMC commander, considers Col. McCoy’s proposal to maintain fighters on alert for UFOs “unfeasible.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. George C. McDonald, “Flying Discs,” March 17, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1210

Event 6585 (8D30004C)

Date: 3/17/1948
End date: 3/18/1948
Location: Room 3E-869 of the Pentagon
Description: The USAF Scientific Advisory Board meets in Room 3E-869 of the Pentagon, with physicist Theodore von Kármán presiding. Col. McCoy is present and speaks briefly about Project Sign, saying it has over 300 reports, many of them from experienced observers: “I can’t even tell you how much we would give to have one of those crash in an area so that we could recover whatever they are.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Howard McCoy, “Scientific Advisory Board Conference Held 17–18 March 1948, Room 3E-869, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1211

Event 6586 (C8326E0F)

Date: 3/19/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 5.5km altitude (Low altitude flight prevented any data recovery)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_307
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 5.5km

Event 6587 (CC0E179A)

Date: 3/19/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:10, launch of V2 #39 which only reached 5 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_1337

Event 6588 (4052A2B0)

Date: Spring 1948
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Ray Palmer and Flying magazine editor Curtis Fuller publish the first issue of Fate magazine at Clark Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois. It features a first-hand story and a 30-page UFO roundup by Kenneth Arnold, as well as a history of unconventional aircraft by Curtis Fuller. Palmer and Fuller use the shared pseudonym “Robert N. Webster.” The issue sells a healthy 50,000 copies. It is still being published in 2022.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold, “I Did See the Flying Disks!” Fate 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 4–10; Kenneth Arnold, “The Mystery of the Flying Disks,” Fate 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 18–48; Robert N. Webster [Curtis Fuller], “What Were the ‘Doughnuts’?” Fate 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 12–17; Clark III 872
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1214

Event 6589 (145292F2)

Date: Spring 1948
Location: Landing Aids Experiment Station in Arcata, California
Description: Kenneth Arnold visits the Landing Aids Experiment Station in Arcata, California, and interviews Kenneth W. Ehlers, a radar technician (and later physicist) working on airport operational systems, including radar. He has been accumulating information on unidentified radar targets (he calls them “gizmos”) that cannot be seen with the naked eye and sending reports on their flight paths to Navy meteorologist Florence Van Straten and Luis Walter Alvarez, the inventor of Ground Control Approach System radar. In many cases, the target indicates a small solid target flying around 30 mph. The targets always fly in the same path from northwest to southeast, along the coast. Sometimes they come to a complete halt; at other times they split into two objects, merging later. Ehlers notes that the targets have been attributed to insects, but he is skeptical. Later, he suspects they might be plasmas occurring at the inversion layer, but that does not explain their behavior.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wesley Price, “The Sky Is Haunted,” Saturday Evening Post 220, no. 36 (March 6, 1948): 13; Ray Palmer, “New Report on the Flying Saucers,” Fate 4, no. 1 (January 1951): 63–81; “Landing Aids Experiment Station,” Transocean Air Lines; Greg Long, “In Search of Gizmos: A 1947 Radar Case,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 15–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1215

Event 6590 (09D1F5EE)

Date: Spring 1948?
Description: President Truman asks Col. Robert B. Landry, his USAF aide, to provide him with quarterly verbal reports on the state of UFO information and research. He does so to the end of 1952, with possibly 18 briefings in all.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James R. Fuchs, “Oral History Interview with Robert B. Landry,” Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, February 28, 1974
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1216

Event 6591 (2B8DC8BB)

Date: 3/23/1948
Description: RAF pilot John Cunningham reaches an altitude of 59,430 feet in a de Havilland Vampire turbojet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “John Cunningham (RAF officer)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1212

Event 6592 (CB00DA4C)

Date: 3/25/1948
Location: Aztec, NM
Description: Aztec area NM landing and retrieval incident near Hart Canyon. UFO detected by 3 strategically located radars in the southwest, including a powerful experimental radar in the Four Corners region. The Army OSI and the IPU put on Red Alert and the ADC activated the local military units when a UFO crashed in the vicinity of Aztec, NM. When the saucer got into range of a Special High-Powered radar at the Four Corners Range (Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado) it began to flutter and wobble from side-to-side and took a trajectory towards the ground. It seems that the beam from this special radar had an ill-effect on the control system of the saucer. The 100 ft. saucer crash-landed on Mr. H.D.’s (initials) property. H.D. and family were sworn to secrecy. Note: This may have been the White Sands 1948 incident mentioned by Virgil Armstrong.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p27, RECOVERY)
Reference: book link
Reference: book link
Reference: book link
Reference: Robert Spencer Carr
Reference: Robert Spencer Carr
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_308
See also: 2/13/1948

Event 6593 (80BEEDD0)

Date: 3/25/1948
Location: Aztec, NM
Description: IPU Scout Team sights the object 12 miles NE of Aztec NM, radios back to HQ in Camp Hale, which relayed the message to General Marshall. Marshall orders head of IPU to conduct a recovery operation, Marshall contacts Dr. Vannevar Bush (director of the Research and Development Board) who organizes an impromptu scientific team. Team meets at Durango Airfield in Durano CO.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_309

Event 6594 (4E499567)

Date: 3/25/1948
Location: USA, near Aztec, N.M.
Description: (Translated from French) Three flying saucers, approximately 11 m in diameter, fell into the hands of the US Air Force. Inside, the bodies of 34 small men, 0.80 m to 1 m tall, were found. (note from vog: only 34? pff!) (Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 110) The OSI of the Army and the IPU in red alert and all the military mobilized when a UFO crashed near Aztec. The UFO was targeted on radar in four zones (Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado) it began to flutter, to oscillate from side to side and descend towards the ground. The object fell on the property of the H.D. family who had to swear to keep the secret - see also March 22, 1950. The UFO measured 100 feet in diameter.
Reference: Ufo Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1380

Event 6595 (D2B58BAD)

Date: 3/25/1948
Locations: Hart Canyon Road east of Aztec, New Mexico; Wright Field in Ohio; Arizona; Phoenix; North Carolina
Description: 5:00 a.m. According to writer Frank Scully, who hears the tale from a scientist he refers to as “Dr. Gee” and a Texas oilman, a UFO crashes on a rocky plateau off Hart Canyon Road east of Aztec, New Mexico. When Air Force investigators and government scientists arrive on the scene, they crawl through a broken porthole and find the bodies of 16 small humanlike beings (3–3.5 feet tall) dressed in the “style of 1890.” Their skin is charred a chocolate color, apparently as a result of the rush of terrestrial air through the shattered window. After a thorough study, the scientists conclude that the “vehicle probably flew on magnetic lines of force.” Segments of the craft, as well as the bodies, are supposedly transported to Wright Field in Ohio. Dr. Gee, who claims to have been on the scene, said the UFO is likely from Venus, as Martians “would probably be three or four times as large as human beings.” Soon afterward, a crash occurs in Arizona and 16 bodies are taken from the wreckage. A third spaceship goes down near Phoenix with 2 dead occupants. The story turns out to be a hoax dreamed up by two con men named Silas Newton and Leo GeBauer (“Dr. Gee,” although Scully claims this was a composite character incorporating 8 informants, one of whom is said to be geophysicist Carl A. Heiland). The hoax is loosely based on a 1949 science fiction film titled The Flying Saucer. GeBauer and especially Newton are in later years involved in various swindles and fraudulent mining claims. In 1987, William S. Steinman and Wendelle C. Stevens release UFO Crash at Aztec, which draws on speculation, rumor, unnamed informants, and paranoia to defend and embellish the original story. The latest to champion the Aztec crash is a North Carolina man named Scott Ramsey, who with his wife Suzanne has spent thousands of dollars looking for and interviewing witnesses and trying to prove it involves a real UFO crash and coverup in his 2015 book The Aztec UFO Incident. Ramsey thinks the object was tracked on radar by Air Force Station P-8 near El Vado Dam.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax”; Frank Scully, Behind the Flying Saucers, Holt, 1950; J. P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Men,” True, September 1952, pp. 17–19, 102–112; J. P. Cahn, “Flying Saucer Swindlers,” True, August 1956, pp. 36–37, 69–72; William S. Steinman and Wendelle C. Stevens, UFO Crash at Aztec, UFO Photo Archives, 1987; Clark III 1044–1047; William E. Jones and Rebecca D. Minshall, “Aztec, New Mexico—A Crash Story Reexamined,” IUR 16, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1991): 11–15, 23; Good Above, pp. 388–394; Good Need, pp. 117–123; Jerome Clark, review of The Aztec Incident, in Journal of Scientific Exploration 26, no. 3 (2012): 709–716; Scott Ramsey, Suzanne Ramsey, and Frank Thayer, The Aztec UFO Incident, New Page, 2015; Curt Collins, “Flying Saucer Swindlers: Silas Newton and the UFO Crash,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, April 5, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1213

Event 6596 (9500FB60)

Date: 4/1948 (estimated)
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Photographer Nicholas Van Poppen, an aerospace photography expert, tells Dr. George C. Tyler on 11/1949 he flew from Hollywood with Dr. Wang to the Los Alamos complex and boards a bus with blacked-out windows. He sees and photographs a huge disc-shaped object sitting on the ground with military brass, intelligence guards and officers, and scientific personnel all around it, also photographs small bodies.
Type: witness statement
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_311

Event 6597 (87E3B65C)

Date: 4/1948
Locations: US Weather Bureau; Richmond, Virginia
Description: Morning. US Weather Bureau meteorologist Walter A. Minozewski at the Richmond, Virginia, weather station and his staff catch sight of a bright metallic, elliptical disc while they are tracking a small ceiling balloon at 15,000 feet. He checks his observation through a theodolite telescope. The disc flies just below the balloon and remains in sight for 15 seconds, appearing much bigger than the balloon. It has a flat, level bottom and a dome on top. It remains on a westward heading at high speed, then vanishes off into the distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 41; Bloecher, p. I-1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1217

Event 6598 (CFA23897)

Date: 4/1/1948
Time: 09:50
Location: SOUTHEAST LUZON, PI
Description: 3 F47S and more/others. 10M silver saucer maneuvers. 90° turns. Small fin. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). / r2p73+/ r151p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1290

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: “Philippines”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SE LUZON,PI:3 F47S++:10M SLVR SCR MNVRS:90°TURNS:SML FIN:RFI:/r2p73+/r151p6”, LatLong: “12.866667 124.050006”, LatLongDMS: “12:52:00 N 124:03:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LZN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6599 (9A344CB3)

Date: 4/1/1948
Location: Luzon Island, Philippines
Description: Pilot saw a half-moon shaped “flying wing” about 30 ft wide 20 ft long (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_426

Event 6600 (4412E489)

Date: 4/1/1948
Location: Sorsogon City, Luzon, Philippines
Description: 9:55 a.m. USAF 1st Lt. Robert W. Meyers is leading a flight of four P-47s from the 67th Fighter Group about 9 miles southeast of Sorsogon City, Luzon, Philippines. At 1,500 feet, he notices an unusual silvery object about 3 miles to the east. Shaped like a flying wing or half-moon with a “turtle back,” it resembles no military craft in use at the time. The object flies below the squadron at 200 mph and an altitude of about 1,000 feet. Meyers estimates it is about 30 feet wide and 20 feet long. When he attempts to contact the other three P-47s, he realizes his radio is dead. As he makes a 270° left turn to get a closer look, the object makes a 90° left turn and moves away at tremendous speed. It is only visible for about 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “P-47 Flight Encounters Half-Moon Object”; Sparks, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1218

Event 6601 (0A86D325)

Date: 4/1/1948
Description: At 9:55 a.m. a ten meter wide silver half disc maneuvered in the sky over Manila in the Philippines and made a number of ninety-degree turns. Lt. Meyers of the U.S. Air Force was leading a flight of four F-47S Thunderbolt fighters of the 67th Fighter Squadron and was flying south at 1,500 ft altitude when he saw a half-moon shaped “flying wing” or crescent about 30 feet wide and 20 feet long, with a small dorsal fin. It was flying on a northerly heading at about 1,000 feet three miles to his east. It made a 90° left turn and leveled out on a westerly heading accelerating rapidly to vanish in five seconds. There was no trail. Estimated terminal velocity was about 11 miles per second or 39,000 mph. Radio interference was reported at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Bluebook files counted in official statistics; International UFO Reporter, December 1998; Fund for UFO Research
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1778

Event 6602 (6D68364C)

Date: 4/2/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 144km altitude (Three previous launch attempts failed in year prior. Excellent performance)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_312
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 144km

Event 6603 (9F462A28)

Date: 4/2/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V2 #25 at 06:47. It reached 143 km in 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_1338

Event 6604 (7F97F620)

Date: 4/3/1948
Location: ITALY, San Martino in Pensilis - Fara di Cigno
Description: (Translated from French) Giusseppe Langiano and his foreman Giuseppe Bavota observed a saucer of the shape of an open umbrella, without the handle, of a luminous orange color. It was heading west to east in the sky. Suddenly it stopped at about ten meters from the ground. There, stationary, it emitted a beam of white light from its center, which descended to the ground while the witnesses then had the impression of feeling very hot. On the upper part of the saucer there was a rounded protuberance illuminated by a soft and silvery light. After two minutes, a more or less anthropomorphic figure, about one and a half meters tall, descended vertically through the central light beam, until it touched the ground. It wore a suit that seemed metallic, large gloves and boots of the same material. Its head was covered and a kind of visor was outlined in the one-piece helmet with the suit. In this visor there were two circles (glasses?) The witnesses were less than 200 meters away (let’s say that to see the circles in the visor, these witnesses had some good eyes … try it …) and were heading towards the strange machine, but at that moment the being was going up, vertically, through the beam (elevator?) which was getting shorter. Suddenly the object flew away, even faster than it had arrived.
Reference: CISU, archive file 4801 - sources: GDM 3, 23, 13-16; Ufo in Italia I, 94-95 and 102, Ossola III, 321-322, Ufo Info 12, 48, 18 + 13, 53.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1339

Event 6605 (743566EF)

Date: 4/3/1948
Time: 06:40
Location: FARA DI CIGNO, ITALY
Description: Orange domed saucer going east. Stops 12M away. White heat-ray. Small humanoid (or Grey) inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1291

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”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FARA di CIGNO,ITALY:ORG DOMED SCR >E:STOPS 12M away:WHT HEAT-RAY:OID INSIDE”, LatLong: “41.866669 15.000001”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:00 N 15:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CB”, Strangeness: “8”

[c0mmando]

Event 6606 (CA7C50E2)

Date: 4/3/1948
Description: At 6:35 a.m. in San Martino, Lombardy, Italy bus driver Guiseppe Langiano and railway stationmaster Sr. Bavota saw a luminous orange domed disc hovering about 10 meters above the ground at Fara Di Cigno which stopped 12 meters away from them. It was shaped like an inverted bowl, about 10-15 meters in diameter, and surmounted by a transparent looking dome or “upside-down cup.” It was also emitting a very bright beam of white light. A humanoid being floated down to the ground from the object. He wore a stiff, metallic looking one-piece garment with heavy metallic gauntlets. He looked like a “big puppet” about 1.5 meters (5 feet) in height. He had "two round holes in place of eyes.” When Sr. Langiano approached, it re-entered the UFO, which then took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompgni, UFO in Italia, p. 94; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1948-06 (A0145), citing Solas Boncompgni; Verga Maurizio, ITACAT: Italian UFO Catalogue
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1811

Event 6607 (D79E137D)

Date: 4/4/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Alton, Caledonia, Overland, Richmond Heights and Freeport (Illinois), witnesses see a kind of giant bird-man. Among them, Walter Siegmund, retired colonel: "At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but it was a bird and not a glider, or a jet… From the movements of this object and its wingspan, I thought it could only be a bird of gigantic size. (April 4)
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_719

Event 6608 (067DF342)

Date: 4/5/1948
Location: Holloman AFB
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79, p.12,Sec. L.): 3 trained balloon observers from the Geophysics Lab, NJ spot UFO moving quickly undergoing “violent” maneuvers at high speed near Holloman AFB
Type: top secret report
Reference: NICAP — Air Intelligence Report — ONI
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_313

Event 6609 (C421D463)

Date: 4/5/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of the USAF in Holloman (New Mexico), Alsen, Johnson and Chance, observers of laboratory balloon geophysics, observe 2 irregular, round, white or golden objects. One of them makes 3 loops then rises and quickly disappears; the other flies in a rapid arc towards the west during the 30s of the observation. Officers engaged in maintenance tasks such as pilots are surprised to observe a saucer-shaped object performing rapid and dangerous maneuvers above the air base. The witnesses agree on a diameter of 35 feet for this object. (April 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_720

Event 6610 (783EBDBA)

Date: 4/5/1948
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Navy personnel track disc with extreme 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_30

Event 6611 (58C22DD4)

Date: 4/5/1948
Time: ~15:00
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 5 / theodolite. 2 silent 35M saucers / fast TURNs. 1 quickly going up. Going quickly west. / 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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1292

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:5/THEODOLITE:2 SLNT 35M SCRs/FAST TURNs:1 ↑↑:>>W:/IUR v23#4”, LatLong: “32.850002 -106.066672”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 106:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6612 (268BF113)

Date: 4/5/1948
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Team watches 35 meter disc executing a series of violent turns and maneuvers (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 139, NC) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 480405
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_427

Event 6613 (0A0214DF)

Date: 4/5/1948
Time: Afternoon
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Geophysics Lab balloon observers Alsen, Johnson, Chance. Two irregular, round, white or golden objects. One made three loops then rose and disappeared rapidly; the other flew in a fast arc to the west during the 3O^second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_10

Event 6614 (883076D1)

Date: 4/5/1948
Locations: Holloman AFB; Alamogordo, New Mexico; Watson Laboratories; New Mexico; Red Bank, New Jersey; Watson Laboratory complex
Description: Afternoon. At Holloman AFB, near Alamogordo, New Mexico, three highly trained balloon observers (Joseph Olson, Johnson, and Chance) are working on a secret project for the Air Force’s Watson Laboratories. They see two objects. One observer follows one object, and the others follow the second as they diverge. All are certain that the objects aren’t balloons. They are large, whitish, roundish, very high, faster than any aircraft, and perform rapid, erratic motions. One object is lost at a low altitude. The other goes up quickly and seems to just disappear. The observation lasts about 30 seconds. The case is deemed important enough to send Alfred Loedding and one of Clingerman’s assistants, Lt. Col. James C. Beam (the head of Project Sign), to New Mexico to interview Project Mogul scientist James W. Peoples and the other witnesses. Unfortunately, they are gone when Sign arrives. (They are later interviewed at the USAF Watson Laboratory complex in Red Bank, New Jersey.) The witnesses are very sure of themselves and the case is classed as “Unidentified.” While at Holloman, Loedding and Beam talk with Lt. Herbert G. Markley, who has worked with the Watson team. Markley remembers one of them speaking of unusual radar returns from their equipment, but later the Watson personnel say that these were probably just “angels” (spurious echoes due to atmospheric microstructures, insects, equipment malfunction, or other stimuli). Markley does report that UFOs are seen around Holloman often. He himself has seen a disc in late August 1947 and flat, round aeroforms on at least two further occasions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Team Watches 35-Meter Disc”; Ruppelt, p. 71; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 40–41; Sparks, p. 33; Project 1947, “Holloman AFB UFO Sightings”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1219

Event 6615 (B84D62E3)

Date: 4/5/1948
Description: At 2:00 in the afternoon at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico three base personnel reported having witnessed two silent disc-shaped objects, 35 meters in diameter, executing a series of violent turns and maneuvers. The discs made no noise during the 30 seconds they were in view, and were viewed through a theodolite. One of the discs shot up vertically. Project Blue Book listed this as an “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, pp. 52-53; R. B. McLaughlin, True magazine, March 1950, p. 25; Richard Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 79
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1841

Event 6616 (B49D91CE)

Date: 4/6/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At White Sands base, Captain R. B. Mac-Laughlin and technicians from the Navy tracked a V-2 rocket with a theodolite and saw a 30 m diameter disc accompanying the rocket at 1600 km/h and circling it. When it reached an altitude of 50 km, the object disappeared at a speed of 28000 km/h or 9000 km/h. (April 6)
Reference: Keyhoe, 1973
Reference: Pottier 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_721

Event 6617 (BD3E4ABD)

Date: 4/7/1948
Description: Three men in dark drab flight suits were seen flying through the air at 250 feet altitude over Longview, Washington in the middle of the afternoon. They circled the city as fast as a freight train. They had apparatus on their sides that looked like they may have been wearing guns in holsters. They were seen briefly by three witnesses with the last names of Johnson and Pittman.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Longview (WA) News, April 8, 1948; John Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 207; APRO Bulletin, June 1980, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1877

Event 6618 (22206DA6)

Date: 4/8/1948
Location: DELAWARE, OH
Description: 30 meter Oblong silver streak does acrobatics over town. Opalescent.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1293

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: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “268”, HatchDesc: “DELAWARE,OH:30 METER OBLONG SLVR STREAK DOES ACROBATICS OVER TOWN:OPALESCENT”, LatLong: “40.283335 -83.066671”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:00 N 83:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6619 (3111E40E)

Date: 4/8/1948
Location: Ashley, OH
Description: At 1400 to 1430 hours, witnesses at Ashley and Delaware, Ohio, observed a long and narrow cylinder-shaped object moving slowly to the southwest. The object was silver in color and one witness described the object as leaning and then right itself and move along perpendicular. The object was clearly outlined. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480408
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_429

Event 6620 (C6288ACA)

Date: 4/9/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Longview (Washington), two employees of a laundry saw a trio of bird-men describing circles above the city at an altitude of less than 100 m: “When they appeared, I first thought they were seagulls but, as they approached, I could clearly see they were men, not birds. I could very well see they were human (…) They were wearing some kind of dark gray flight suits. I couldn’t make out their arms, but I could see their legs dangling, and they kept moving their heads, as if they were looking for something around them. I can’t say if they had pilot glasses, but it seemed to me they were wearing some kind of helmets. I couldn’t make out their faces,” declares Mrs. Viola Johnson to the journalists.
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_722

Event 6621 (C7D1B64F)

Date: 4/9/1948
Description: (Translated from French) A couple from Caledonia (Illinois) saw a monstrous bird (…) larger than an airplane.
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_723

Event 6622 (95847B1A)

Date: 4/9/1948
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: 2:06 p.m. (MST). (Trakowski GRUDGE rpt) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_430

Event 6623 (F02B0A7D)

Date: 4/9/1948
Location: Montgomery, AL
Description: A silver parachute-shaped 8 ft disc with a 5 ft long cable (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480409
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_431

Event 6624 (14C68C10)

Date: 4/9/1948
Location: Longview, Washington
Description: Viola Johnson of Longview, Washington, and another witness see three “flying men” circling the town. She says they are “dressed in khaki-colored flying suits with helmets over their faces.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 777
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1220

Event 6625 (45BC922F)

Date: 4/10/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Overland (Illinois), 3 inhabitants see a sort of large bird-man. They initially believe it to be an airplane, until it begins to flap its wings. (April 10)
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_724

Event 6626 (38A43F85)

Date: 4/11/1948
Location: Alton, IL
Description: (38.90° N, 90.17° W). Siegmund. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_432

Event 6627 (C7216EAB)

Date: 4/12/1948
Time: 11:00?
Location: ASHLEY, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #112. Several observer(s). Large vertical cylinder/cylindrical object flies against wind. Streamers trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1294

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “301”, HatchDesc: “ASHLEY,OH:BBK#112:SVRL OBS:LRG VERTICAL CYL FLIES AGAINST WIND:STREAMERS TRAIL”, LatLong: “40.411113 -82.955560”, LatLongDMS: “40:24:40 N 82:57:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6628 (1916477D)

Date: 4/13/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of an Aerobee, altitude reached 96 km, measurements of the geomagnetic field.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958 p. 286, doc. Van Allen
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1340

Event 6629 (A510506A)

Date: 4/14/1948
Time: 18:16:59.0
Location: 11.66276 162.23785
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “X-ray” Yield: 37KT
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_5

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.66276 162.23785”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:46 N 162:14:16 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.06”, NukeName: “X-ray”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “37”

Event 6630 (51137E56)

Date: 4/15/1948
Locations: Enewetak Atoll; Marshall Islands
Description: 6:17 a.m. The X-Ray nuclear device is detonated near Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. B-17 pilotless drone aircraft are flown through the cloud, and a drone light tank is used to recover soil samples from the crater. Unfortunately, it becomes bogged and must be towed out 10 days later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Sandstone”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1221

Event 6631 (D3913F4E)

Date: 4/18/1948
Location: ALASKA, Fairbanks
Description: (Translated from French) Incident reporting a flat, round object, oscillating at 1:06 PM and reported by 1st Lt Aytch M. Johnson Jr of the 375th VLR Weather Squadron. The UFO was coming from the northeast flying towards the southwest. Flying at an altitude of 2000 feet, and at a speed of 200 to 300 mph. But at one point the object made a dive covering 500 feet in 2 seconds. Horizontal flight, silent, in a clear sky with unlimited visibility.
Reference: “UFO’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p.103
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1341

Event 6632 (1EC96545)

Date: 4/18/1948
Location: North Atlantic, At Sea
Description: N Atlantic bet. Iceland and Greenland (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_433

Event 6633 (8A4128B8)

Date: 4/18/1948
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Description: A noiseless object with a flat discus shaped object 8 inches in size (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_434

Event 6634 (769AD464)

Date: 4/19/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 56km altitude (Faulty steering led to high roll rate and then flight termination)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_314
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 56km

Event 6635 (7A4A1F69)

Date: 4/19/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V2 #38, at 0:54. It reached 56 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_1342

Event 6636 (173D7354)

Date: 4/19/1948
Location: Greenville AFB, SC
Description: A stationary silvery or white sphere directly overhead. Size estimated at slightly smaller than a 42 ft AT-6 at the indicated altitude. (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480419
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_435

Event 6637 (08CCE9E9)

Date: 4/21/1948
Description: (Translated from French) James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense, assigns primary responsibility for air defense to the USAF. (April 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_725

Event 6638 (88099CCD)

Date: 4/23/1948
Location: GERMANY, north of Munich
Description: (Translated from French) At 10 pm, the captain of an F 80, in flight, saw an object that was moving vertically from the base (American in Germany) at an altitude that could not be specified. The object, which looked like a star, was red. It was heading south, towards Munich. Then suddenly it changed direction and headed first southwest and finally southeast. Its speed must have varied between 300 and 900 km/h (…) The base gave the alarm to the radar station which at first did not see anything on the screens. After a few minutes the radar station announced an object flying at 1350 km/h, at an altitude of 8000 meters in a point located 45 km south of Munich. The captain noted that the object he had spotted was not in this area. After a few minutes the radar station indicated that the object was now at 15000 meters altitude, circling about sixty km south of Munich.
Reference: A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” -De Vecchi 1976, p. 93, 94
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1343

Event 6639 (9CFC2511)

Date: 4/23/1948
Description: (Translated from French) On April 23, 1948, at 10 PM, Captain X saw an object moving in the sky, vertically from the base, at an altitude that could not be determined. The object, which looked like a star, was red in color; it was heading south, towards Munich. Then suddenly, it changed direction and first headed southwest and finally southeast. Its speed must have varied between 300 and 900 km/h (…) Captain X was a very experienced pilot; he was flying an F-80. His testimony was confirmed by another F-80 pilot. The meteorological service declared that it could not have been a weather balloon and that there were no other planes in that area at that time. (April 23, 10 PM)
Reference: Report addressed to the Official American Study Commission by military personnel stationed in Germany
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_726

Event 6640 (FB656931)

Date: 4/23/1948
Description: A preliminary 25-page report, written by Project Sign’s Col. Howard McCoy and Lt. Col. James C. Beam, summarizes UFO reports received through February 1, with attached memos and documents. It is addressed to Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg and Director of Intelligence Charles P. Cabell. The Rhodes photos and 99 other cases are listed. A comment by chemist Irving Langmuir is appended, noting his doubts about the reality of flying discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. Howard M. McCoy, “Project Sign,” April 23, 1948; Swords 54–55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1222

Event 6641 (6D605AB5)

Date: 4/26/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In St. Louis, Dr. Kristine Dolezal sees a “birdman”. (April 26)
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_727

Event 6642 (9ACE5AEE)

Date: 4/26/1948
Description: A flying humanoid was spotted on this morning in St. Louis, Missouri and reported to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper by a Mrs. Dolezal.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 26, 1948; Kansas City Star, April 29, 1948
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2330

Event 6643 (4A3550D0)

Date: 4/27/1948
Description: (Translated from French) A group of instructors from the Mississippi Aeronautical School observe a bird of astonishing size flying at 400 m.
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_728

Event 6644 (C866E080)

Date: 4/27/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Kaplan visited the OSI at the USAF Kirtland Air Force Base and the AEC Sandia Base at Los Alamos, under the orders of Theodore von Karman, Secretary of the AFSAB. According to a secret memo from the USAF, the purpose of these visits was to examine the investigative reports and circumstances surrounding the “unidentified aerial phenomena” observed in the area, and to make recommendations as to the need for scientific investigation of these cases.
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_729

Event 6645 (F82EB689)

Date: 4/27/1948
End date: 4/28/1948
Locations: Kirtland AFB Office of Special Investigations; AEC’s Sandia Base; Los Alamos in New Mexico
Description: Physicist Joseph Kaplan, a member of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board, visits the Kirtland AFB Office of Special Investigations, AEC’s Sandia Base, and Los Alamos in New Mexico, under orders from Theodore Von Kármán, chairman of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board, to review UFO reports and investigations from the area. Kaplan and Lincoln LaPaz meet with security personnel at Los Alamos. Kaplan reports that “these occurrences relate to the National Defense of the United States” and should be investigated scientifically.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1223

Event 6646 (CD1A4396)

Date: 4/28/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Doctors Kaplan and LaPaz meet with various members of the Los Alamos security staff, so that Kaplan can attempt to ascertain the nature of UFO sightings made by members of the AEC project and AEC Security Service inspectors. He appears to be impressed, and indicates he will immediately submit his report to Doctor von Karman. (April 28)
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_730

Event 6647 (6628C8BF)

Date: 4/28/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Astronomers have spotted a celestial body near the Earth with a diameter of 3 km. The Earth and Venus seem to be its directional poles. It appears to be heading towards one or the other according to its whims. Professor Gustav Arhenius from the University of Berkeley (California) will study it again in the early 1970s. It appears that this unknown body behaves capriciously and does not behave like a standardized celestial body. Nobody is able to predict its orbit. This unknown planetary body also has quite a few similarities with Icarus, an asteroid 1 km in diameter that crosses the orbit of the planets without scruples, even though its orbit never intersects. It crosses the path of the Earth every 200 days and constantly changes its trajectory. Despite its very high speed, it is thought to be influenced in its course by the attraction of the planets.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_731

Event 6648 (C4541743)

Date: 4/28/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Soviet Central Asia, paleontologist and science fiction writer Ivan Efremov describes the discovery of an immense cemetery of tens of thousands of dinosaurs whose skulls are pierced with neat holes, which he describes as bullet holes, as in 1939.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_732

Event 6649 (F5EB61A1)

Date: 4/29/1948
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) Test pilot Howard Lilly reached a speed of Mach 0.88 with the Skystreak.
Reference: NASA Website 1997, “On the Frontier”
Reference: see 3.5.48
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1344

Event 6650 (88EE5900)

Date: 4/30/1948
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79, p.12,Sec. M.): Lt. Comdr. Marcus L. Lowe while on a flight observed a yellow or light colored sphere 25 to 40 ft. diam. moving at a speed of approx. 100 mph against wind
Type: top secret report
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_315

Event 6651 (50342684)

Date: 4/30/1948
Location: ANACOSTIA NAS, DC
Description: United States Navy (USN) pilot. 30+‘sphere. 4500’ altitude. Going quickly south / 100mph against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1295

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “ANACOSTIA NAS,DC:USN PILOT:30+'SPHERE:4500’alt:>>S/100mph AGAINST WIND:”, LatLong: “38.900002 -76.950004”, LatLongDMS: “38:54:00 N 76:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6652 (99E312F2)

Date: 4/30/1948
Location: Anacostia NAS, MD
Description: Yellow sphere in opposite course S to N at constant altitude (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480430
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_436

Event 6653 (55C1508E)

Date: 4/30/1948
Time: 18:08:59.0
Location: 11.61569 162.3194
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yoke” Yield: 49KT
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_6

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.61569 162.3194”, LatLongDMS: “11:36:56 N 162:19:10 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.06”, NukeName: “Yoke”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “49”

Event 6654 (AEB9B813)

Date: 4/30/1948
Description: At 10:15 a.m. at the Anacostia Naval Air Station on the Potomac River in Washington, D. C. a yellow sphere was spotted moving from the south to north at a constant altitude, 1000 feet below an aircraft. It flew in the opposite direction of the wind, and crossed over the no-fly zone over the nation’s Capitol.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich Jan, Project 1947 website, citing USAF Office of Defense Intelligence 1948
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2417

Event 6655 (C147D6E3)

Date: 5/1948
Location: -
Description: AF C-47 transport plane buzzed by three 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_31

Event 6656 (62F46E28)

Date: 5/1948
Location: Oxford/Bicester, England
Description: 100’ Oval with Three Bumps Tracked By Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R)
Reference: NICAP: 480500
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_437

Event 6657 (70F97647)

Date: 5/1948
Description: An article on secret Skyhook balloons (without mentioning the project name) by Devon Francis is published in Popular Science.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Devon Francis, “New Balloons Explore Roof of the Airways,” Popular Science, May 1948, pp. 98–104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1224

Event 6658 (5A5F6EE0)

Date: 5/3/1948
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) Test pilot Howard Lilly was killed in an experimental flight with the NACA Skystreak. This aircraft had the same aerodynamic configuration as the XS-1 but apart from the wing and tail, the D-558-1 (official name of the Skystreak) had nothing else in common. The Skystreak took off from the ground with its own General Electric TG-180 turbojet engine. The Douglas Company had built three of these D-558-1s. (1948, 3 May)
Reference: NASA Website, 1997 - On the Frontier
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1345

Event 6659 (B97120AC)

Date: 5/5/1948
Location: TURKEY, Adapazari
Description: (Translated from French) The newspaper “Yeni Sabah” of May 5, 1948 reported that a luminous object exploded in mid-air above Adapazari. Pieces fell into a nearby village, killing a shepherd dog. The recovered parts clearly show that it was a missile. It came from the northwest and was only 200 meters above Adapazari before it fell. Rumor has it that this flying object was from Soviet tests conducted at the Alagoz base near the eastern border of Turkey.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 104
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1346

Event 6660 (75E53A0A)

Date: 5/5/1948
Location: Adapasari, Turkey
Description: [or Adapazari], Turkey (40°45’ N, 30°23’ E). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_438

Event 6661 (D9C59E91)

Date: 5/5/1948
Description: An Efficiency Rating report is written up for Alfred Loedding from Miles E. Goll, which mentions his work as a monitor for Project Sign.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Miles E. Goll, “Efficiency Rating of Mr. Alfred C. Loedding,” May 5, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1225

Event 6662 (C0256E55)

Date: 5/6/1948
Location: Wake Island (near), At Sea
Description: A ball of fire explode like a shell (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_439

Event 6663 (8E1C5440)

Date: 5/7/1948
Time: 02:00
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: Blue Book and FBI document. 50+night lights / sharp turns / 3 hours. East going west. Not meteors / Astronomer.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1296

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:BBK+FBI DOC:50+NLTS/SHARP TURNS/3hrs:E>W:NOT METEORS/Astronomer”, LatLong: “35.150002 -90.050004”, LatLongDMS: “35:09:00 N 90:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6664 (F9C60421)

Date: 5/7/1948
Location: Memphis, TN
Description: (35.14° N, 90.03° W) Bray and Kaiser (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480507
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_440

Event 6665 (1FB69003)

Date: 5/7/1948
Locations: 251 W. Waldorf Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati Observatory, Ohio
Description: Afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce J. Kaiser and their housekeeper Jean Bray, at 251 W. Waldorf Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, see 50–60 unusual objects, apparently moving very high and fast, traveling in straight lines with slight zigzagging. They are shiny like bright aluminum with silvery trails. Lt. Col. James C. Beam of Project Sign goes to investigate. On the way back, he consults with astronomer Paul Herget of the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio, who thinks the objects are meteors and recommends Ohio State University astronomer J. Allen Hynek in Columbus as a project consultant. (Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1948, The Author, 1988, pp. 28–29; Sparks, p. 34; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 41; Swords 55–56) May 12 — European Command HQ sends the director of intelligence at the US Forces in Austria a memo alleging that Walter Horten has admitted he has been in contact with the Russians.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1226

Event 6666 (B6FA5602)

Date: 5/7/1948
Description: At 3:45 p.m. several witnesses including Kaiser and Bray in Memphis, Tennessee saw 50 or more lights make sharp turns in the sky for three hours. They flew from east to west. Not meteors, according to astronomer.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Memphis Commercial Advertiser, May 8, 1948; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1309, citing MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 241, citing FBI
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2612

Event 6667 (7DB644E7)

Date: 5/8/1948
Location: MIDDLEPORT, OH
Description: Several observer(s). Several glowing “clock faces” cross sky / 2 minute(s) intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: KLOIAN, Richard: UFO’s in the New York TIMES, 1947-1987 1994 Document Research Services, Berkeley, CA (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1297

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: “175”, HatchDesc: “MIDDLEPORT,OH:SVRL OBS:SVRL GLOWING “CLOCK FACES” CROSS SKY/2min INTERVALS”, LatLong: “39.000002 -82.050004”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 82:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6668 (74E88A47)

Date: 5/12/1948
Location: NEAR WESTFIELD, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #129. Private pilot. Small “Graf-Zeppelin” zooms away / jet-speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1298

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “nr WESTFIELD,IN:BBK#129:PVT PILOT:SMALL “GRAF-ZEPPELIN” ZOOMS AWAY/JET-SPEED”, LatLong: “40.033335 -86.116671”, LatLongDMS: “40:02:00 N 86:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6669 (57C0CBDA)

Date: 5/12/1948
Description: A private pilot flying over Westfield, Indiana reporting seeing a small “Graf-Zeppelin” that zoomed away at jet speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 129; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2753

Event 6670 (A7BA6174)

Date: 5/13/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 127.3km altitude (Bumper 1 Premature cut-off of WAC 2nd stage)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_316
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 127.3m

Event 6671 (D5CA2402)

Date: 5/13/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch at 06:43 of V2 #B1, Bumper Program, 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_1347

Event 6672 (BFAC2606)

Date: 5/14/1948
Time: 18:04:00.0
Location: 11.5352 162.36063
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Zebra” Yield: 18KT
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_7

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5352 162.36063”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:07 N 162:21:38 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.06”, NukeName: “Zebra”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “18”

Event 6673 (FFF67844)

Date: 5/14/1948
Description: Douglas Aircraft Company creates the RAND Corporation, a global think tank to offer research and analysis to the US military. It is financed by the US government, endowments, corporations, universities, and private individuals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “RAND Corporation”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1227

Event 6674 (27BE206D)

Date: 5/15/1948
Locations: Enewetak Atoll; Marshall Islands; Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: During the Zebra nuclear detonation at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a manned aircraft accidentally flies through the mushroom cloud. Because the pilot and crew “suffered no ill effects,” the Air Force decides that piloted aircraft could collect samples. The Los Alamos, New Mexico, personnel assigned to remove the filters from the B-17 drones have apparently carried out the same procedure on X-Ray and Yoke without problems, but this time three of them suffer radiation burns on their hands serious enough to be hospitalized and need skin grafting. One of the men who carries out the procedure for Yoke is then also found to have burns on his hands and is also hospitalized but is discharged on May 28. Once again, the drone tank gives trouble and bogs in the crater, but the soil samples are retrieved by the backup drone tank. Both tanks are subsequently dumped in the ocean.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Sandstone”; Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 224
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1228

Event 6675 (6A5B4A33)

Date: 5/15/1948
Locations: Edwards AFB; California
Description: A piston-driven YB-35 flying wing bomber makes its first and only flight at Edwards AFB in California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-35”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1229

Event 6676 (5C340484)

Date: 5/17/1948
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 3.5.48) Exactly two weeks after the dislocation of the Skystreak causing the death of Lilly Howard, the test pilot of the Ames Laboratories, Ryland Carter, perished while testing a P-51 H Mustang. These two accidents temporarily put a stop to the race for supersonic speed.
Reference: NASA Website, 1997 - On the Frontier
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1348

Event 6677 (C9089A9A)

Date: 5/17/1948
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: AIRFIELD TECHNICIAN SPOTS ONE. Fred Granger, aircraft communicator stationed at the Seattle-Tacoma Airfield spotted what appeared to be four stars or lights with red and green flashes, approximately 25 degrees above the horizon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_16

Event 6678 (F8FE9884)

Date: 5/17/1948
Locations: Plevna; Miles City, Montana
Description: Day. William A. Bonneville sees a bright white ball, three times as bright as a locomotive headlight, sail over the hills to the northwest between Plevna and Miles City, Montana. It moves south, then west, repeating these maneuvers for 20 minutes until it flies into a dark cloud. It is silent, and a long, bright light shoots out from beneath.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 41–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1230

Event 6679 (750682E9)

Date: 5/25/1948
Location: LUXEMBOURG (Grand Duché), Wasserbillig
Description: (Translated from French) Hans Klotchbach was travelling without a passport on a coal train. At night, just before the Wasserbillig border control station, he fell onto the ballast and injured both of his legs. He fainted, losing blood and unable to walk. He claimed to have regained consciousness inside a flying saucer, in a cabin bathed in an opaline blue light. A voice gave him information in German about upcoming cataclysmic events and added that it was by chance above his unconscious body that the occupants had come to his aid. He fainted again. Four days later he was sitting in the moss of a small wood, 6 km inside Luxembourg, 10 km from the place of his fall: his legs completely healed but his trousers and shoes full of clotted blood.
Reference: continued December 30, 58
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Premières enquêtes sur les Humanoïdes ET” - Laffont 1977 - p. 64
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1349

Event 6680 (2313B3D5)

Date: Late 5/1948
Locations: Oxford/Bicester area in England; RAF Acklington
Description: 11:40 a.m. Sgt. T. G. Jones and three other officers and two crew are aboard a York transport aircraft, accompanied by a formation of six Meteor jets, cruising at 10,000 feet above the Oxford/Bicester area in England, bound for RAF Acklington. Visiting US Maj. Robin Olds is in one of the jets. They encounter a 100-foot oval object with three bumps or protrusions on the bottom, as Jones describes it through binoculars. Ground radar tracks the object, which is stationary and above 25,000 feet. Two jets go up to try to get a better look and get within a few thousand feet. The object departs vertically at a speed of 1,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, UFO Conspiracy, Cassell, 1987, pp. 92–93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1231

Event 6681 (DA97E3D6)

Date: 5/25/1948
Description: Jumping from a coal train at night in post-war Wesserbillig, Luxemborg 45-year-old Mr. Klotzbach suffered severe leg injuries and experienced a lot of bleeding. He fainted, but surprisingly when he woke up he found himself inside a UFO. The UFO occupants spoke to him in German. They shared with him some undisclosed messages, and he next experienced a further loss of time. He awoke again four days later in Luxemborg, legs fully healed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 59; Gordon Creighton, FSR, September-October 1969, p. 20; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0148
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3079

Event 6682 (B66C72F0)

Date: 5/26/1948
Location: VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
Description: CLERGYMAN AND EDITOR BOTH REPORT DAKOTA SIGHTING. Rev. L.S. Eberly and his wife noticed a bright light which turned out to be a spheroid, dark in the center and radiating light rays near the outer rings. It was observed for an hour. On the following morning, a similar object appeared and Rev. Eberly called Robert Downs of the Times-Record who also observed the phenomenon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_17

Event 6683 (E553857B)

Date: 5/27/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 139.7km altitude (Steady flight with low roll rate)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_317
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 139.7

Event 6684 (E553857B)

Date: 5/27/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 139.7km altitude (Steady flight with low roll rate)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_318
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 139.7

Event 6685 (AE145F7B)

Date: 5/27/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch at 7:15 of V2 #35. It reached 140 km altitude and weighed 13624 kg.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1350

Event 6686 (675E8619)

Date: 5/28/1948
Location: USA, Monroe (Michigan)
Description: (Translated from French) At 3:00 PM, a passenger aboard a C-47 transport observed at 8000 feet altitude, three objects in the shape of a disc. He defined them as being “golden silver”. Another passenger confirmed the observation, but only saw two objects. The size of the objects was estimated to be 300 or 400 feet and with a well-defined outline when they emerged from the clouds at 18000 feet. They flew in the opposite direction to that taken by the plane.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 104, 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1351

Event 6687 (2394BFD3)

Date: 5/28/1948
Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Unidentified. USAF C-47 transport buzzed / 3 objects. Type unknown. No further details in available sources.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOFTIN, Robert: IDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS: D. McKay, NY 1968 (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1299

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BERLIN,GERMANY:BBK#UNK:UID:USAF C-47 TRANSPORT BUZZED/3 OBJS:TYPE UNK:NFD.”, LatLong: “52.516669 13.383334”, LatLongDMS: “52:31:00 N 13:23:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRL”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 6688 (71AA08A8)

Date: 5/28/1948
Location: Monroe, MI
Description: 3 objects seen - 300 to 400 feet in size, silvery-gold in color, and traveling at well over 500 MPH (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 480528
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_441

Event 6689 (E7A0788E)

Date: 5/28/1948
Location: Monroe, Michigan
Description: 3:00 p.m. USAF Reserve 1st Lt. Alexander Kokolonis is flying a C-47 at 6,000 feet six miles east of Monroe, Michigan, when he sees out of the navigator’s window three discs 2 miles to the left. He estimates they are 300– 400 feet in diameter, silvery-gold, and traveling well over 500 mph. They are seen for only 10–15 seconds. Shortly afterwards, Kokolonis sees two similar objects and he alerts M/Sgt Ernest Davis Jr., who also sees them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Air Force Transport Buzzed by 3 UFOs”; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1232

Event 6690 (B363D067)

Date: 5/31/1948
Location: WILMINGTON, NC
Description: 1 observer. Project Bluebook Case #129. Cylinder/cigar-shape / terrific speed. Smokes. Veers. Slows. Speeds going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1300

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,NC:1 OBS:BBK#129:CGR/TERRIFIC SPEED:SMOKES:VEERS:SLOWS:SPEEDS >>E”, LatLong: “34.233335 -77.933337”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 77:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6691 (57075610)

Date: 5/31/1948
Location: Wilmington, NC
Description: (34.23° N, 77.94° W). Alspach and Colvin (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_442

Event 6692 (13B31DFB)

Date: 5/31/1948
Locations: Wilmington, North Carolina; Cape Fear River
Description: 1:20 p.m. A cigar-shaped object moves through the sky from the northwest at terrific speed over Wilmington, North Carolina. Mrs. H. D. Alspach, Mrs. Charles Colvin, and Mrs. Isabell Hufham see the object emit smoke. It appears about 3 feet long. It slows down over the Cape Fear River, veers off to the east, and then speeds away at a high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cigar Slows Down Then Speeds Up”; Sparks, p. 34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1233

Event 6693 (7315C574)

Date: 5/31/1948
Description: In 1948 at 1:20 in the afternoon, a cigar-shaped object moved through the sky at terrific speed over Wilmington, North Carolina. Mrs. H. D. Alspach reported that the object emitted smoke, appeared about three feet long, veered, slowed down, and then speed away toward the east at a high altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wilmington, North Carolina Morning Star, June 1, 1948; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3175

Event 6694 (3C42852A)

Date: 6/1948 (approximate)
Location: US
Description: “Cornet” or “Coronet” Magazine article on a saucer landing and retrieval with dead occupants. Issue was near-instantly censored/banned and almost all copies recalled, several copies still in private hands. This would have been the first article revealing the crash retrieval program.
Type: historical event
Reference: Amazon
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_319

Event 6695 (2BB02B27)

Date: 6/1948
Time: 06:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / BERGERAC, FR
Description: 2 / yard. Luminous/glowing disk spins and going up. Stops. Going [to] turns horizontal follows river.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1301

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SE/BERGERAC,FR:2/YARD:LUMN DISK SPINS+↑:STOPS:> TURNS HORIZONTAL folos river”, LatLong: “44.750002 0.583333”, LatLongDMS: “44:45:00 N 00:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Dordogne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6696 (539BB9E0)

Date: 6/5/1948
Locations: Muroc; Edwards AFB; California; Forbes AFB; Topeka, Kansas
Description: A jet-propelled Northrop YB-49 crashes north of Muroc [now Edwards] AFB in California after completing a number of maximum forward center-of-gravity tests, killing its pilot, Maj. Daniel Forbes (for whom Forbes AFB in Topeka, Kansas, is named), copilot Capt. Glen Edwards (for whom Edwards AFB is named), and three other crew members. The aircraft suffers structural failure, with both outer wing sections becoming detached from the center section.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Northrop YB-49”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1236

Event 6697 (DFB754A4)

Date: 6/11/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 62.3km altitude (Blossom 2 — Cut-off at 57.7s; payload separation at 96s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_320
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 62.3

Event 6698 (71D661E6)

Date: 6/11/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch at 03:22 of V2 #37 which reached 63 km altitude. It carried in the frame of “Blossom III N” the rhesus monkey Albert A. malfunction.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952 and Caldin 1960, p. 102
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1352

Event 6699 (1AC7FD18)

Date: 6/15/1948
Location: Miles City, MT
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,Sec.P-2): Mr. Booneville observed a reddish glow with a jet exhaust in the vicinity of Miles City, Montana. Made no sound, traveled at twice the speed of conventional aircraft
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good, p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_321

Event 6700 (35C5198D)

Date: 6/16/1948
Location: USSR, Kasputine Yar (Baskounchak)
Description: (Translated from French) Test pilot Arcad Ivanovitch Apraksine took off in a series aircraft, reached an altitude of 10500 m and found himself above a solid sea of clouds, flying in a southward direction. He had been flying for half an hour when he spotted an unknown flying craft coming across and descending. The object had the shape of a cigar. Light cones or beams were projected backwards. Seeing this craft, Apraksine, who was in radio communication with his base, described what he saw. He was told that the unknown object was being tracked on radar, had been given the order to land and had not responded. Apraksine was given the mission to intercept the craft and order it to land and, if it did not, to open fire. Carrying out these instructions, Apraksine maneuvered for interception and approached to a distance of 10 km from the object. Its light beams then opened up in a fan and engulfed his aircraft, dazzling him. At the same time he realized that all the electrical controls of the aircraft were dead and the engine stopped. Apraksine managed to make a forced landing after a glide. He saw the object shoot up into the sky.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “The Invisible College” - J’ai Lu 1975, pp. 81-83
Reference: Continued on May 6, 1949
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1353

Event 6701 (40CE4547)

Date: 6/16/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Highly decorated Soviet Air Force pilot Arkadii Ivanovich Apraksin conducts a test flight with a new Soviet jet aircraft. During the test he encounters a flying cucumber-shaped object crossing his course. Conical lights radiate from the object, which appears to be descending. As Apraksin reports his observation to his base at Kapustin Yar he is told that the object has been picked up on radar. Apraksin is ordered to approach the UFO and force it to land, even if it means opening fire if it refuses. As he approaches to a distance of 10 km beams of light are emitted from the UFO, reach his aircraft, and blind him. All technical systems and the engine fail, but as he sees the UFO disappear behind the clouds he manages to guide the aircraft to a safe landing. Apraksin is interrogated several times and the aircraft is examined by experts from Moscow. (June 16)
Reference: Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, page 224
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_733

Event 6702 (C8EDF8BC)

Date: 6/16/1948 (approximate)
Location: LAKE BASKUNCHAK, RS
Description: Pilot Apraksin chases banana. Hit / cones / light. Crash lands. / r23.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1302

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “Lk.BASKUNCHAK,RS:PILOT APRAKSIN CHASES BANANA:HIT/CONES/LITE:CRASH LANDS:/r23”, LatLong: “48.333336 46.666669”, LatLongDMS: “48:20:00 N 46:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AST”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 6703 (FF79E6C6)

Date: 6/16/1948
Location: Kapustin Yar site, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
Description: Soviet test pilot Arkady Ivanovich Apraksin is flying at an altitude of 6.5 miles above a solid layer of clouds south of the Kapustin Yar site, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. He sees an unconventional aircraft in the shape of a cucumber with cones of light radiating from it descending across his path. The base tells him it has tracked the object on radar and given it instructions to land, but it does not respond. Apraksin is ordered to intercept it and open fire if it refuses to land. When he closes to within 6 miles, the light beams open up like a fan and shine into his aircraft, blinding him. The plane’s electrical systems malfunction. He glides the plane to a safe landing after the UFO disappears. Apraksin is interrogated heavily.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 221; Joe Brill, “UFO’s behind the Iron Curtain,” Skylook, no. 87, February 1975, pp. 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1237

Event 6704 (0929825B)

Date: 6/16/1948
Description: A banana or cucumber-shaped object with beams of light was tracked on radar when it descended across the course of Russian test pilot Aprasksin flying over the Kapustin Yar test flight facility in Astrakhan, Soviet Union. The experimental aircraft he was flying experienced a total electrical failure when it was hit by a cone of light, with the engine and controls failing. Although temporarily blinded, he was able to glide the plane to a landing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Felix Zigel, unpublished manuscript, p. 124; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project, p. 004; Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3510

Event 6705 (591ED556)

Date: 6/18/1948
Location: USSR
Description: The National Security Council issues Directive 10/2, calling for covert action against the USSR, and granting the authority to carry out covert operations against “hostile foreign states or groups” that could, if needed, be denied by the US government. To this end, the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC) is created inside the new CIA. Frank Wisner, the head of the OPC, answers not to the CIA director, but to the secretaries of defense, state, and the NSC, and the OPC’s actions are a secret even from the head of the CIA. Most CIA stations have two station chiefs, one working for the OSO, and one working for the OPC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Note on U.S. Covert Actions,” from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XII, Western Europe, Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1238

Event 6706 (268FF329)

Date: 6/19/1948
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: A silver cigarette-like object appeared above the Soviet Kapustin Yar secret atomic/missile test site. Several military planes were sent to intercept the object. One of them likened the “flying cigarette” to a rocket, but the UFO managed to emit a bright beam that blinded the pilot. It is said that both the plane and the UFO crashed and the wreckages were taken to the underground hangars before they could attract attention.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_322

Event 6707 (B419A9AE)

Date: 6/20/1948
Location: Belleville, IL
Description: Scott AFB (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_446

Event 6708 (EE5B257F)

Date: Summer 1948
Time: 22:00
Location: Newton, Connecticut
Description: BILLY ROSE REPORTS ONE FROM BROADWAY. Billy Rose, newspaper columnist, visiting playwright Paul Osbourne in Newton, Connecticut, with Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan and Mr. and Mrs. John Hersey, noticed three searchlights poking into the air around 10:00 p.m. A few minutes later three objects appeared, about 200 ft. in diameter and flying at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. The mysterious craft gave off a ghostly glow, dull bluish-white.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_19

Event 6709 (80CA2E54)

Date: Summer 1948
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: Multiple radar tracking of target; extreme speed, etc.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_32

Event 6710 (EC6B0155)

Date: Summer 1948
Location: Erie, PA
Description: Engineer saw elliptical UFO which flew horizontally, then ascended rapidly. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_443

Event 6711 (47213479)

Date: Summer 1948
Location: Easton, PA
Description: Physicist watched 3 luminescent greenish discs cross sky. [UFOE,VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_444

Event 6712 (18C7E657)

Date: Summer 1948
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, CAN
Description: UFO tracked on radar at 9,000 m.p.h. [UFOE,VIII] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 48Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_445

Event 6713 (AE4731F2)

Date: Summer 1948
Locations: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador; Lake Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania
Description: USAF Maj. Edwin A. Jerome reports that a high-speed radar target appears during an inspection visit at Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. It is calculated at going 9,000 mph at an altitude of 60,000 feet. The commanders assume that the US equipment is faulty, but the Canadians have tracked the same target. The following day, an object hovers over the base at 45,000 feet and moving only 10 mph. (NICAP, “Edwin Jerome Radar Case”; UFOEv, pp. 83–84; Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 151–152; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, pp. 51–52; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 264) Summer [possibly 1958] — Early afternoon. Aircraft instrumentation engineer Victor G. Didelot watches an elliptical UFO moving rapidly west to east roughly parallel to the shoreline of Lake Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania. It suddenly and silently ascends vertically at three times its horizontal speed and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 55–56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1234

Event 6714 (5CA3913C)

Date: Summer 1948
Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
Description: Physicist Carl A. Mitchell sees three luminescent greenish discs, one second apart, passing across the sky above Easton, Pennsylvania, from north to south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1235

Event 6715 (1B73B8EF)

Date: 6/26/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V2 #40, it reached 96 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_1354

Event 6716 (BEE508C3)

Date: 6/29/1948
Time: 23:00
Location: UNIONTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #164. Several observer(s). 3 silent luminous saucers southwest going quickly northeast / sequence. 1K’ altitude. / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1303

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “UNIONTOWN,PA:BBK#164:SVRL OBS:3 SLNT LUM.SCRS SW>>NE/SEQUENCE:1K’alt:/MJ#242”, LatLong: “39.900002 -79.716670”, LatLongDMS: “39:54:00 N 79:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6717 (36F60D9D)

Date: 6/29/1948
Location: W. Uniontown, PA
Description: An oval luminous object “rolling” vertically on its edge (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_447

Event 6718 (C82A15CA)

Date: 6/29/1948
Locations: Norway; Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: ATIC’s chief of operations, C. A. Griffith, writes to a military representative in Norway to send all UFO reports to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1948, The Author, 1988, pp. 32–33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1239

Event 6719 (F4FCD184)

Date: 6/30/1948
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: (35.98* N, 83.92° W) Whitehouse (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_448

Event 6720 (B9C54106)

Date: 6/30/1948
Location: Hecla, SD
Description: Pfutzenreuter. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_449

Event 6721 (26D399B8)

Date: 6/30/1948
Location: Hecla, South Dakota
Description: A couple are driving near Hecla, South Dakota, when they see an unusual star. They stop the car and get out, but it is not moving. They drive on and stop again. A few pieces break off the original star and arrange themselves in a triangle formation. They all now look like polished aluminum; they rise to a great height and vanish.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 45–46; Sparks, p. 35; Swords 57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1240

Event 6722 (FF2D2798)

Date: 7/1948
Location: PASCO, WA
Description: Near nuclear facility. Private pilot. Black saucer dives. Climbs away fast. / MJ#205 p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1304

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “PASCO,WA:nr NUCL FCLTY:PVT PILOT:BLK SCR DIVES:CLIMBS AWAY FAST:/MJ#205 p12”, LatLong: “46.227780 -119.100006”, LatLongDMS: “46:13:40 N 119:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6723 (2B9AB1F5)

Date: 7/1948?
Location: SWASTIKA, ONT
Description: Saucer lands. Entity takes vegetation samples. Force field pushes observer(s) to ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1305

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, 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: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “SWASTIKA,ONT:SCR LANDS:ENTITY TAKES VEG SAMPLES:FORCE FIELD PUSHES OBS TO GND”, LatLong: “48.122225 -80.088893”, LatLongDMS: “48:07:20 N 80:05:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 6724 (4E725954)

Date: 7/1948
Location: Pasco, WA
Description: Pilot reports domed disc near AEC area (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, Code: M, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 480700
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_450

Event 6725 (6E6952F3)

Date: 7/1948
Time: Shortly after sunset
Location: vicinity of Marion, Virginia
Description: Or August, 1948. Witness: Max Abbott, flying a Bellanca Cruisair four-passenger private airplane. A single bright white light accelerated and turned up a valley.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_13

Event 6726 (CDFB0871)

Date: 7/1948
Location: Pasco, Washington
Description: 1:00 p.m. Former Air Force pilot Don Newman and three friends watch a disc-shaped, domed UFO, about 100 feet in diameter, maneuvering over Pasco, Washington. “The exterior finish appears to be spun or burnished aluminum.” The object slows, then accelerates rapidly, dives, and climbs over the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 38; NICAP, “Summary of letter from Witness to Major Keyhoe, dated March 10, 1958”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1241

Event 6727 (9EB6DD6B)

Date: 7/1948
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Description: Captain C. S. Chiles and Co-Captain John B. Whitted reported that a cigar-shaped UFO almost collided with their Eastern Airlines DC-3, rocking their plane over Montgomery, Alabama.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_8

Event 6728 (794BC9E9)

Date: 7/1/1948
Location: Ellsworth Air Force Base
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79, p.12,Sec. N.): Maj. Hammer, Rapid City Air Base, reported seeing 12 discs over the base. These disks were oval-shaped and about 100 ft. diam., speed in excess of 500 mph. Made 30 and 40 degree climbing turn, accelerating very rapidly out of sight
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_323

Event 6729 (A883FEF8)

Date: 7/1/1948
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #152. 20’ saucer / 7’ dome seen. No further details. See reference drawing / Loren Gross.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1306

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:BBK#152:20’SCR/7’DOME SEEN:NFD:see ref.drawing/LOREN GROSS”, LatLong: “39.766669 -86.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 86:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6730 (E8219059)

Date: 7/1/1948
Location: Rapid City AFB [now Ellsworth AFB], South Dakota
Description: A Maj. Hammer is flying above Rapid City AFB [now Ellsworth AFB], South Dakota, when he sees 21 brilliant, yellow-white, oval-shaped objects. They are about 100 feet in diameter and flying in a tight diamond formation. They make a high-speed dive, level, make a perfect turn in formation, angle upwards at 30°–40°, and accelerate out of sight. He estimates their cruising speed at 500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 57–58; Sparks, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1242

Event 6731 (FC02C8AA)

Date: 7/2/1948
Location: Canada, Val D’Or (Abitiba)
Description: (Translated from French) At around two o’clock in the morning, hundreds of Valdoriens witnessed the passage of several flying saucers. These, of a purple-red color, moved in a fantastic ballet above the city of Val d’Or.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “All about Flying Saucers” ed.; Leméac, Ottawa, 1972, p.151
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1355

Event 6732 (89F3729E)

Date: 7/4/1948
Location: LONGMONT, CO
Description: Revolving silver saucer soars upward / terrific speed. No further details. / r78p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1307

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1506”, HatchDesc: “LONGMONT,CO:REVOLVING SLVR SCR SOARS UPWARD/TERRIFIC SPEED:NFD:/r78p155”, LatLong: “40.166669 -105.100005”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:00 N 105:06:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6733 (6DB447A8)

Date: 7/4/1948
Location: Dravesburg, PA
Description: Jannicky. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_451

Event 6734 (B453CA6F)

Date: 7/4/1948
Location: Nr. Longmont, CO
Description: Revolving silver circular object soared upward at ''terrific speed." [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_452

Event 6735 (EB44DB26)

Date: 7/4/1948
Locations: Johnson Park; Camden, New Jersey; Cooper Free Public Library
Description: Day. Edward E. Thompson watches a brilliant spherical UFO for five minutes while sitting in Johnson Park in Camden, New Jersey, across from the Cooper Free Public Library.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 1, no. 4 (Winter 1949): 93–94
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1243

Event 6736 (9EE5FE2E)

Date: 7/7/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of a body in Mexico south of Laredo (Texas). (July 7th)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_734

Event 6737 (A3D4B79A)

Date: 7/7/1948
Locations: 30 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas; San Antonio, Texas
Description: A silver, disc-shaped object allegedly crashes some 30 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas. US servicemen are reportedly dispatched from a nearby military base to cordon off the UFO crash site until a special US retrieval team arrives to examine the wreckage and carry it away to a military base in San Antonio, Texas. Supposedly the badly burned body of a nonhuman entity is recovered from the crash site. Ufologist Leonard Stringfield hears rumors of the crash in 1977, but few further details emerge. Early in 1978, Stringfield describes the humanoid found at the crash site as “about 4 feet, 6 inches tall, completely hairless, with hands that had no thumbs.” That description seems to fit the body shown in two photographs that are mailed to Willard F. McIntyre in December 1978. The body depicted in the photos sent to McIntyre has come to be known as the “Tomato Man” due to its large, roundish head. Many UFO researchers, including Ron Schaffner and Kevin Randle, believe the body is that of a human pilot who is badly disfigured by intense heat following a plane crash. They argue that one of the photos shows a pair of eyeglasses, such as a human pilot would wear, near the body.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: William S. Steinman and Wendelle C. Stevens, UFO Crash at Aztec, UFO Photo Archives, 1986, pp. 402–422; Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes, Avon, 1995, p. 188; Good Above, pp. 397–398; “Laredo 1948,” Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, March 8, 2009; Noe Torres and Ruben Uriarte, The Other Roswell: UFO Crash on the Texas– Mexico Border, Roswell Books, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1244

Event 6738 (6AF1DD16)

Date: 7/8/1948
Location: McKeesport, PA
Description: Veway and Geltz. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_453

Event 6739 (DE5290B9)

Date: 7/9/1948
Location: Fielding Lake, WA
Description: Caramia. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_454

Event 6740 (655F4255)

Date: 7/9/1948
Location: Unknown City, AK
Description: Two Air Force officers reported approximately 20 discs or spheres milling around in formation and making a jet-like sound. (Fund Report * C-7; 2 pp.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_455

Event 6741 (5FBEF3C4)

Date: 7/9/1948
Location: Osborn, OH
Description: Luminous yellowish-white object traveling E to W (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_456

Event 6742 (A01D079A)

Date: 7/9/1948
Locations: Fielding Lake, Alaska; West-Northwest; East-Southeast
Description: Caramia and Carpenter, two officers of the USAF 72nd Reconnaissance Group, are fishing at Fielding Lake, Alaska, when they hear a loud roar and notice about 20 gray discs or spheres moving at 500 mph in loose formation from west-northwest to east-southeast at about 5,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Barry Greenwood, “The Estimate of the Situation: Well, Not Exactly!” UFO Historical Revue, no. 16 (July 2015): 5–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1245

Event 6743 (69ECC8E3)

Date: 7/9/1948
Location: Osborn, Ohio
Description: 9:47 p.m. While on the ground in Osborn, Ohio, the USAF Project Sign officer who had flown to investigate the Hecla case, sees a self-luminous, yellow-white object flying at 500–600 mph. It seems to pulse its lights at 3- second intervals as it moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 58; Sparks, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1246

Event 6744 (78869F87)

Date: 7/10/1948
Location: STA.MARIA AIRPORT/APARTMENT, AZORES
Description: Numerous observer(s). White cylinder/cylindrical object maneuvers / 12km altitude / 45 minute(s). All clocks stop!
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES, Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN 2-250-00464-1 (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1308

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “Sta.MARIA Apt.,AZORES:NMRS OBS:WHT CYL MNVRS/12km alt/45min:ALL CLOCKS STOP!”, LatLong: “37.083335 -25.116668”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 25:07:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Azores”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6745 (27C8C3B1)

Date: 7/11/1948
Description: Burlington, Vermont – A fresh wave of UFO reports started Sunday, July 11, 1948 when Robert H. Streeten of West Bolton, Vermont notified authorities that he had sighted a “flying saucer” at 4:40 p.m. Three hours later Mrs. Ralph Holmes, wife of a University of Vermont physics professor, said she observed a fiery object whizzing through the sky. Miss Alice Giroux, a University of Vermont coed, and Miss Irene Audette of Hartford, Connecticut, a visiting skier, both reported seeing a flying saucer. One Vermonter, Dr. C. H. Vaughn of Burlington, said he saw a bluish-white flying saucer land in Massachusetts between Concord and Lexington. He was driving his car when he saw the object. Altogether, 20 people reported sighting flying saucers–round ones, square ones, and a few with handsome flue tails–in Chittenden and Franklin Counties.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, July 14, 1948.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3990

Event 6746 (E1C25300)

Date: 7/14/1948
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: Day. Charles W. Shangle Jr. watches two groups of about 16 UFOs maneuvering at 300–600 mph over Boise, Idaho. Two of the objects exhibit a “falling leaf” motion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “True Mystic Experiences,” Fate 2, no. 1 (May 1949): 75–79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1247

Event 6747 (9DB9D40B)

Date: 7/15/1948?
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR ALAJARVI, FINL
Description: Army Major and 1. Large silent glowing metallic cylinder/cigar-shape west going quickly east. No wings etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1309

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr ALAJARVI,FINL:ARMY MAJOR+1:LRG SLNT GLOWING MTLC CGR W>>E:NO WINGS etc”, LatLong: “63.000003 23.833334”, LatLongDMS: “63:00:00 N 23:50:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6748 (BF0A652E)

Date: 7/15/1948
Description: An Army Major and a second witness reported seeing a large, silent, glowing metallic cigar-shaped object that flew from west to east over Alajarvi, Finland. The craft had no wings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1322, citing Awareness, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4065

Event 6749 (AD6DF743)

Date: 7/17/1948
Location: Kirtland Air Force Base
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79, p.12,Sec. O): Kirtland AFB reported 7 UFOs flying a “J” formation in the vicinity of San Acacia, N.M., at altitude of 20,000 ft. Formation varied from “J” to “L” to “O” after passing zenith. Est. speed 1500 mph
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_324

Event 6750 (2277D3D5)

Date: 7/17/1948
Time: 16:50
Location: SOUTH / SAN ACACIA DAM, NM
Description: 2 / USAF. Several round objects going quickly north / 20K’ altitude. Shift position. 1500MPH.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1310

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1420”, HatchDesc: “S/SAN ACACIA DAM,NM:2/USAF:SVRL RND OBJS >>N/20K’alt:SHIFT POSITION:1500MPH”, LatLong: “34.200002 -106.916672”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 106:55:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6751 (0978DD70)

Date: 7/17/1948
Location: San Acacia Dam, NM
Description: Group of 7 aluminum circular possibly spherical objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 480717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_457

Event 6752 (A86200A6)

Date: 7/17/1948
Locations: Kirtland AFB; San Acacia Diversion Dam, New Mexico
Description: 4:50 p.m. Two Kirtland AFB sergeants on a fishing trip with their families five miles south of San Acacia Diversion Dam, New Mexico, see a group of 7 aluminum-like, spherical objects approach from the south at 20,000 feet pass overhead at 1,500 mph. They first appear like snub-nosed jet fighters of an unknown type, shifting from V -ormation to L-formation to circular formation to no regular formation. A regular pulsating flashing light appears in the group at 30° from zenith to the north, and at this oblique angle the objects do not appear circular. There is no noise or trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Military Families Report Seven Objects”; Swords 58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1248

Event 6753 (0BC09787)

Date: 7/17/1948
Description: At 4:50 p.m. two Kirtland Air Force Base Sergeants on a fishing trip with their families to San Acacia Dam, New Mexico saw a group of seven aluminum circular, possibly spherical, objects approach from the south at 20,000 feet and pass overhead at 1,500 mph. They shifted from a V formation to an L formation, and then to a circular formation and finally to no regular formation, at which point a regular pulsating flashing light appeared amidst the group at 30° from zenith to the north. At this oblique angle the objects no longer appeared circular. They made no noise nor did they leave a trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 146; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 90; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4116

Event 6754 (67CE637C)

Date: 7/20/1948
Location: Netherlands
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,Sec.Q): A.D. Otter and his daughter Arnham, in the Netherlands, sight UFO similar to the UFO sighted on July 25, 1948, by two Eastern Airlines pilots
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_325
See also: 7/25/1948

Event 6755 (8E8D9CB6)

Date: 7/20/1948
Location: NETHERLANDS, The Hague, Arnhem
Description: (Translated from French) A two-storied spacecraft, moving at a higher speed, had been seen on July 20, 1948 (…) Witnesses had reported it at a very high altitude moving at a fantastic speed. (Donald KEYHOE: “Les soucoupes volantes existent” - ed. Corrêa, Paris, 1951, p. 97) An object was observed four times, when it intermittently emerged from the clouds around 1:30 PM. It was built like a V2 from the Second World War, without wings or fins, but its appearance did not resemble that of a rocket. One of the witnesses said he was able to see two floors on the object.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1356

Event 6756 (E66FEB68)

Date: 7/20/1948
Time: 13:30
Location: ARNHEM, NETH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #168. 2 observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape west 2 rows / windows. Seen 4 times. Very fast. / r120p476.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1311

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ARNHEM,NETH:BBK#168:2 OBS:CGR W 2 ROWS/WINDOWS:SEEN 4 TIMES:VFAST:/r120p476”, LatLong: “52.000002 5.916667”, LatLongDMS: “52:00:00 N 05:55:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6757 (D547E000)

Date: 7/20/1948
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Description: Two Eastern Airlines pilots reported having seen a huge flying craft similar to a V2 pass their aircraft in flight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_458

Event 6758 (7F1D8402)

Date: 7/20/1948
Locations: The Netherlands; The Hague; Arnhem
Description: The Netherlands government reports that a wingless, cigar-shaped object with two decks of windows is seen flying rapidly on four separate occasions by two Dutch citizens over The Hague (and/or Arnhem).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “High V-2-Like Craft Observed”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1948, The Author, 1988, p. 86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1249

Event 6759 (26890A3D)

Date: 7/20/1948
Description: A cigar-shaped object with two rows of windows was seen four times in Arnhem, Holland around 1:30 in the afternoon. It moved through the sky very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, July 1948; Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist! p. 249
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4221

Event 6760 (6355A7DE)

Date: 7/21/1948
Location: Van Nuys, CA
Description: (34.18° N, 118.45° W). (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_459

Event 6761 (80DC7FE4)

Date: 7/21/1948
Description: The USAF Research and Development division sends a formal letter to the RAND Corporation authorizing them to select scientists to evaluate the possibility that the flying discs might be human-built spaceships. RAND’s reply is not known.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1250

Event 6762 (848334DD)

Date: 7/23/1948
Location: USA, Atlanta-Boston
Description: (Translated from French) The DC 3 was at 2:45, 32 kilometers west of Montgomery, when a projectile-shaped aircraft came roaring along the air route. … “It suddenly changed course and passed about two hundred meters to our right. I then saw that it had no wings.” The mysterious aircraft flew past where Whitted was, allowing him to examine it in detail. ) – The object was about thirty meters long, cigar-shaped and had no wings, he said. It was about twice the diameter of a B 29, without protrusions. According to Chiles, the cabin looked like an ordinary cockpit, except that it was lit by a light of supernatural brightness. Whitted and he agreed that the brightness was comparable to that of a magnesium flash. They did not see any occupants, which is not surprising at that speed. – An intense dark blue glow emanated from the side of the craft, Chiles said. (…) It ran the length of the fuselage, like a fluorescent blue lamp. The exhaust was an orange-red flame, lighter at the outer edges. The two pilots said that the flame extended between ten and fifteen meters to the rear. As it passed, Chiles observed a kind of beak similar to a radar antenna. (…) So the spacecraft was not a stray rocket. But it could be a new kind of aircraft, somewhat revolutionary, made in the greatest secrecy. (Donald KEYHOE: “Les soucoupes volantes existent” - ed. Corrêa, Paris, 1951, pp. 91 to 95, and same author: “Le dossier des Soucoupes Volantes” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.39) Chiles and Whitted on their DC.3 saw a lit bolide emerge at 03:40. Chiles had only time to move away and the UFO passed along the plane at less than 200m. It was cigar-shaped, 30 m long, the cabin was lit like by a magnesium flash. An intense dark blue light emanated from its side. The exhaust was an orange-red flame extending over about fifteen meters. The UFO had also maneuvered to avoid collision. The pilots saw it rear up, spew out an awful jet of flames and climb at a terrifying speed. Duration of the observation: 10 seconds. It had no wings or other protrusions but had two rows of rectangular windows lit up (Jacques POTTIER: “Les Soucoupes Volantes” - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 25) An airplane was shaken by the wake caused by the passage of a UFO (July 23, 1948)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - p. 210
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1357

Event 6763 (5A3290BA)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Description: Eastern Airlines pilots Chiles and Whitted see UFO
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_97

Event 6764 (8C44B19C)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Description: Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter: At roughly 2:45 AM on July 24, 1948, two commercial pilots, Clarence S. Chiles and John B. Whitted, claimed to have observed a “glowing object” pass by their plane before it appeared to pull up into a cloud and travel out of sight. The object closed on their DC-3 in a matter of seconds, and both men later said they saw the object fly past the right side of their plane at high speed before it pulled “up with a tremendous burst of flame out of its rear and zoomed up into the clouds.” They observed the object for a total of ten to fifteen seconds. Chiles and Whitted stated that the object “looked like a wingless aircraft…it seemed to have two rows of windows through which glowed a very bright light, as brilliant as a magnesium flare.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_326

Event 6765 (28E2B473)

Date: 7/24/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Chiles and Whitted. (July 24, 2:45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_735

Event 6766 (A2BC1AEF)

Date: 7/24/1948
Time: 01:40
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #165. 1 military observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape with jet / rear. Weird glowing. North going quickly south / 700mph. / MJ#243.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1312

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “ROBINS AFB,GA:BBK#165:1 MIL OBS:CGR W/JET/REAR:WEIRD GLO:N>>S/700mph:/MJ#243”, LatLong: “32.633335 -83.616671”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 83:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6767 (4EF32DD3)

Date: 7/24/1948
Time: 02:20
Location: BLACKSTONE, VA
Description: Pilot. Glowing cylindrical object leaves (something behind) trail. Terrific speed going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: EMENEGGER, Robert: UFO’S PAST PRESENT & FUTURE; Ballentine Books 1974. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1313

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “BLACKSTONE,VA:PILOT:GLOWING CYLINDRICAL OBJ LVS TRAIL:TERRIFIC SPEED >>SW”, LatLong: “37.077780 -78.000004”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:40 N 78:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6768 (D489984E)

Date: 7/24/1948
Time: 03:40
Location: SOUTHWEST / MONTGOMERY, AL
Description: Chiles and Whitted. Jet-cylinder/cigar-shape. Rows / windows. Close and silent. Going quickly southwest. / r29p40.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1314

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “SW/MONTGOMERY,AL:CHILES+WHITTED:JET-CGR:ROWS/WINDOWS:CLOSE+SLNT:>>SW:/r29p40”, LatLong: “32.100002 -86.583337”, LatLongDMS: “32:06:00 N 86:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6769 (6450958A)

Date: 7/24/1948
Time: 20:00
Location: RAYNE, LA
Description: Teacher and 1. Wingless box with windows goes east going west. / letter to Bluebook.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1315

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “RAYNE,LA:TEACHER+1:WINGLESS BOX W/WINDOWS GOES E>W:/LETTER to BLUEBOOK”, LatLong: “30.233335 -92.316671”, LatLongDMS: “30:14:00 N 92:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6770 (AC4253F0)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: btn Blackstone, Va and Greensboro, N.C., Various
Description: Aircraft observed what they thought was an unusual meteor traveling in a southerly direction (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 480724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_460

Event 6771 (364269B2)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: Altoona, PA
Description: Griebel. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_461

Event 6772 (D999257E)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: Robbins AFB, GA
Description: Massey, a member of civilian alert, observed a squash-shaped object with flaming exhaust (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 480724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_462

Event 6773 (CCEEEDB1)

Date: 7/24/1948
Location: Montgomery (near), AL
Description: Chiles/Whitted Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_463

Event 6774 (A19014E6)

Date: 7/24/1948
Locations: Robins AFB; Houston County, Georgia
Description: 1:45 a.m. A bright object is seen at Robins AFB in Houston County, Georgia, by ground maintenance crewman Walter Massey, who sees a “stream of fire” in the north. As it moves overhead, it seems more cylindrical. It moves off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 24, 1948, 0250E, Warner Robins AFB, Georgia”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1251

Event 6775 (70A3446B)

Date: 7/24/1948
Locations: Montgomery, Alabama; Columbus, Ohio
Description: 2:45 a.m. Capt. Clarence S. Chiles and copilot John B. Whitted are flying an Eastern Airlines DC-3 at 5,000 feet, 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama, when they see an object about 100 feet long moving rapidly toward them on their right. Torpedo-shaped and wingless, the object has flames jetting 50 feet from its rear. There are two rows of square windows through which a bright light is glowing. They only see it for 5–10 seconds. It is half a mile away and moving at about 700 mph. After it passes the plane it swoops into a cloud bank at 6,000 feet. One passenger, Clarence L. McKelvie of Columbus, Ohio, also sees it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter”; NICAP, “Chiles-Whitted Case”; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952, pp. 90–91; 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. 42–43; Clark III 234–236; UFOEv, p. 48; Sparks, p. 36; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 46–47; Swords 58–60; Good Above, pp. 264, 479; Joel Carpenter, “Watershed: The Chiles-Whitted ‘Rocketship’ Sighting,” 2002; Martin Shough, “Analysis of the Chiles-Whitted Sightings, July 24, 1948,” February 2011; Kevin D. Randle, “Chiles/Whitted and Skepticism,” A Different Perspective, January 21, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1252

Event 6776 (3F02C036)

Date: 7/24/1948
Description: At 2:45 a.m. the captain and co-pilot of an Eastern Airlines DC-3, Chiles and Whitted, while flying over Montgomery, Alabama reported seeing a torpedo-shaped UFO with two rows of lighted windows and a red exhaust. It buzzed them head on, veered to the right, and then shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers -Serious Business, p. 90; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 44; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. and Harold Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4341

Event 6777 (B4652449)

Date: 7/25/1948
Location: US
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,sec.Q): Two Eastern Airlines pilots reported seeing an object like a huge V-2 Rocket pass their jet. Sighted 4 times through scattered clouds and unlimited visibility, travelling at high speed and high altitude. Description: Appeared wingless, had two decks, and made a sound similar to that of a V-2.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_327
See also: 7/20/1948
See also: 8/3/1948
See also: 1/31/1950

Event 6778 (7EA7F2D1)

Date: 7/25/1948
Location: Yakima, WA
Description: At 2:00 P.M. and at 4:20 P.M., a silvery moon-sized flying blob was seen by hundreds of witnesses over the city of Yakima. Hundreds of calls flooded into the CAA office concernig the flying object. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 480725
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_464

Event 6779 (226A810C)

Date: 7/25/1948
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Chief of Air Force Intelligence Gen. Charles Cabell phones McCoy’s office at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. Sign is ordered to get into the field immediately and investigate the Chiles-Whitted case. By that afternoon, Loedding, Deyarmond, and Llewellyn (now apparently director of Project Sign) are flown by Capt. Clarence Groseclose to Atlanta, Georgia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 13; Swords 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1253

Event 6780 (68A720A6)

Date: 7/26/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 86.9km altitude (Turbine overspeed led to premature propellant cut-off at 61s. 2rpm roll began at 70s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_328
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 86.9

Event 6781 (BD5C8B99)

Date: 7/26/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of an Aerobee. It reaches 112 km and takes photos of the surface of the earth and cloud formations.
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, p. 286, doc. Van Allen
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1358

Event 6782 (BE7F515E)

Date: 7/26/1948
Time: 21:00
Location: CHAMBLEE AND AUGUSTA, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #165. 6 observer(s). Football glows bobs weaves and maneuvers going quickly south. 5K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1316

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “CHAMBLEE+AUGUSTA,GA:BBK#165:6 OBS:FOOTBALL GLOWS BOBS WEAVES+MNVRS >>S:5K’alt”, LatLong: “33.894446 -84.300004”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:40 N 84:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6783 (88C33E5C)

Date: 7/26/1948
Location: Chamblee, GA
Description: Green light with a silver tail about the size of a football (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_465

Event 6784 (2F618B03)

Date: 7/26/1948
Location: Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Loedding, Deyarmond, and Llewellyn interview Chiles and Whitted in the Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. They are impressed with their account. Mulling the case through September, Project Sign is disturbed even more than the Mantell incident, according to Ruppelt. Capt. Sneider considers the shape aerodynamically feasible; consultant J. Allen Hynek says it might be a fireball but considers that “far-fetched.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1254

[c0mmando]

Event 6785 (526B0F28)

Date: 7/26/1948
Description: Aeronautical engineer Molt Taylor speculates to the Associated Press that “If we can build such craft, what is to prevent others from doing so, assuming that a similar order of intelligence exists on other planets? You and I may see the day when we will be united with Russia defending this planet against attack from space.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “It May Be Men from Mars, Expert Says of ‘Saucers,’” San Francisco Examiner, July 28, 1948, p. 32; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1948, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, p. 65
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1255

Event 6786 (0FE01EC9)

Date: 7/26/1948
Description: Six people in Chamblee, Georgia briefly saw a luminous football-shaped UFO that glowed, bobbed, weaved, and maneuvered over the town at 9:30 p.m. It flew off rapidly toward the south at an estimated 5,000 feet altitude. The Air Force explanation was that they saw a meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #00165; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1948, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4406

Event 6787 (1172E19F)

Date: 7/27/1948
Time: 21:15
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Description: TWELVE REPORT ONE IN ALABAMA AT 900 MPH. At 9:15 p.m. at least twelve persons saw a oval ball of fire, followed by about 400 feet of bluish-white flame. It seemed to be about half as big as the moon and some observers saw it as a cigar-shaped object with a red flame flaring into white at the tail. A Brookley Air Force base pilot estimated its speed as between 800 and 900 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_18

Event 6788 (912D358C)

Date: 7/27/1948
Time: 08:40
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Scientist / university of NM. Flat metallic disk motionless in sky. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1317

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQQ,NM:SCIENTIST/Univ.of NM:FLAT MTLC DISK MOTIONLESS IN SKY:NFD”, LatLong: “35.066668 -106.666672”, LatLongDMS: “35:04:00 N 106:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6789 (2663A903)

Date: 7/27/1948
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 3: 08:33-08:45 - Flat, round obj reflecting light, stationary at times (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_466

Event 6790 (425A3F9F)

Date: 7/27/1948
Description: Air Intelligence Memorandum on “Pattern of Flying Saucers” requires that a study be made by the Air Intelligence Division to examine the pattern of tactics of reported UFOs and develop conclusions as to their probability. This leads to the EEI “Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States” (100-203-79) of December 10. The JIC report gives the incorrect date as August 6.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. Brooke E. Allen, “Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.,” October 11, 1948; “Report by the Director of Intelligence, USAF, to the Joint Intelligence Committee on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” April 28, 1949, p. 2; Jan L. Aldrich, “New Top Secret Document Revealed,” Project 1947
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1256

Event 6791 (C9DB191D)

Date: 7/27/1948
Description: At 8:35 a.m. a University of New Mexico scientist in Albuquerque, New Mexico saw a flat metallic disc-shaped object that hung motionless in the sky for ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4423

Event 6792 (74DB57FA)

Date: 7/29/1948
Location: USA, Indianapolis (Indiana)
Description: (Translated from French) 9:55 a.m. Witnesses: James Toney and Robert Huggins, both employees of a cleaning firm. An aluminum object, more or less in the shape of an airplane propeller with 10 to 12 small protuberances on each side. Estimated size: 6-8’ long, 1.5-2’ wide. The object glided over the road at a few hundred feet in altitude and apparently descended into a wooded area in front of their vehicle. Duration of observation: a few seconds. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). Two employees of a cleaning company were crossing a bridge at 9:55 a.m. when they saw an object crossing the road gliding at a hundred meters in front of them. It was bright and made of metal, was about 2 to 2.5 meters long and 50 cm wide (in the shape of an oblique “Z”). It was flying horizontally at an altitude of 10 m and made a wide turn to the left. It was only seen for a few seconds and apparently landed in a wooded area, but no trace was found. (July 29, 1948)
Reference: Brad STEIGER: “Ovni, le projet Blue Book” - trad. Belfond 1979, p. 108
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1359

Event 6793 (D6446EED)

Date: 7/29/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Indianapolis (Indiana), James Toney and Robert Huggins, two employees of a coating cleaning company, observe an object shining like aluminum, whose shape resembles that of an airplane engine, with 10 to 12 small bumps emerging from each pale. The object is estimated to be 6 to 8 feet long and 1.5 to 2 feet wide. The object slides along the road for a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and then apparently descends into a wooded area. The observation lasts a few seconds. (July 29, 9am)
Reference: case Blue Book #185 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_736

Event 6794 (8E710C59)

Date: 7/29/1948
Time: 09:50
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Blue Book. 2 observer(s). 8’ metal propeller shape going [to] 30’ altitude into woods. Dwg / r48p40.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1318

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:BBK:2 OBS:8’MTL PROPELLER SHAPE>30’alt INTO WOODS:dwg/r48p40”, LatLong: “39.766669 -86.133337”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 86:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6795 (6A968226)

Date: 7/29/1948
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: Shiny propeller-shaped aluminum object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 185)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_467

Event 6796 (3C853B1E)

Date: 7/29/1948
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: An object swept over a road at 10 m altitude.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_65

Event 6797 (C2AAA4E5)

Date: 7/29/1948
Time: 9:55 AM
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: James Toney, Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaning firm. One shiny aluminum object, shaped something like an airplane’s propeller, with 10-12 small cups protruding from either blade. Estimated size 6-8’ long, 1.5-2’ wide. The object glided across the road a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and apparently went down in a wooded area. Sighting lasted a few seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_11

Event 6798 (37714514)

Date: 7/29/1948
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: 9:18 a.m. James Toney and Robert Huggins, both employees of an Indianapolis, Indiana, rug cleaning firm, are in a truck headed west when they see a shiny, propeller-shaped, aluminum object with 10–12 small cups protruding from either blade. It is 6–8 feet long and flying silently above the trees at 30 feet altitude some 300 feet away heading south. It approaches to about 100 feet at its closest. The object glides across the road at 25–30 mph in a slight descent then makes a 20° bank to the east and goes down in a wooded area. Toney and Huggins stop the truck and get out to look, but the object has disappeared behind trees. A later search finds no traces.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Close Encounter with ‘Propeller-Shaped’ Object”; Sparks, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1257

Event 6799 (E5747422)

Date: 7/29/1948
Description: James Toney and Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaning firm in Indianapolis, Indiana saw a shiny aluminum object, shaped something like an airplane’s propeller, with 10-12 small cups protruding from either blade, at 9:38 a.m. Its estimated size was 6-8 feet long and 1.5-2 feet wide. The object glided across the road a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and apparently came down in a wooded area. The sighting lasted a few seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 185; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4470

Event 6800 (268C7270)

Date: 7/31/1948
Location: USA, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:25 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he is an electrician. Object shaped like a cymbal or like a dome disc about 20’ wide and 6-8’ thick. Without any shine. Flew in a straight line from horizon to horizon in 10 seconds, blinking in the sun as if it was rotating. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). At 08:25 this electrician was standing at the bathroom window facing west when he saw a lenticular object. He ran to the kitchen to show it to his wife. The object flew in a level and straight line from west to east. Duration of the observation: 10 seconds.
Reference: Brad STEIGER: “Ovni, the Project Blue Book” - trad. Belfond 1979, p. 114
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1360

Event 6801 (F1072C4C)

Date: 7/31/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At Indianapolis (Indiana), Vernon Swigert, an electrician, and a female witness observe an object resembling a cymbal or a curved disc. About 20 feet in diameter and 6 to 8 feet thick, it is white but does not shine. It flies in a straight and horizontal line from one horizon to the other in about 10 seconds, glinting in the sun as if it were spinning. (July 31, 8:25 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #190 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_737

Event 6802 (01011C1D)

Date: 7/31/1948
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Unidentified. 1+2 separate observer(s). 30’ saucer with transparent center. Slow and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1319

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:BBK#UNK:UID:1+2 SEP.OBS:30’ SCR W/TRANSPARENT CENTER:SLOW+SLNT:”, LatLong: “40.000002 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6803 (8FC9DF2F)

Date: 7/31/1948
Time: 08:30
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: 2 / home. 20’ domed cymbal-saucer. Going quickly east to horizon / 10 second(s). Shimmers. / r185p1.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1320

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:2/HOME:20’DOMED CYMBAL-SCR:>>E to HRZN/10sec:SHIMMERS:/r185p1”, LatLong: “39.750002 -86.133337”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 86:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6804 (B7146793)

Date: 7/31/1948
Location: Indianapolis (central), IN
Description: Cymbal shaped or domed disc object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 190)
Reference: NICAP: 480731
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_468

Event 6805 (46FA1FB6)

Date: 7/31/1948
Location: Marion, VA
Description: Light Spotted By Pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 191)
Reference: NICAP: 480731
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_469

Event 6806 (32D5F1D0)

Date: 7/31/1948
Time: 8:25 AM
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he was an electrician. Object was shaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20’ across and 6-8’ thick, and was white without any shine. It flew straight and level from horizon to horizon in about 10 seconds, shimmering in the sun as if spinning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_12

Event 6807 (21EC76DF)

Date: 7/31/1948
Location: south-central Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: 8:25 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigert of south-central Indianapolis, Indiana, see a cymbal-shaped or domed- disc object to the west of their home. It is about 20 feet across, 6–8 feet thick, white without any shine but shadowing on upper right. It flies straight and level from horizon to horizon, west to east heading 90°. They estimate its altitude as 2,000 feet covering a distance of 5 miles in 10 seconds. It shimmers in the sun as if spinning, is silent, and has no trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cymbal-Shaped Object Observed by Couple”; Sparks, p. 37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1258

Event 6808 (25FD6A63)

Date: 7/31/1948
Description: In Indianapolis, Indiana at 8:25 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigert sighted a UFO shaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20 feet in diameter and 6-8 feet thick. It was white without any shine. It flew straight and level from horizon to horizon in about 10 seconds, shimmering in the sun as if spinning.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 24; UNICAT, case # 632, citing Project Blue Book Special Report # 14, p. 84; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4518

Event 6809 (0285C28B)

Date: 7/31/1948
Description: On that evening a 30-foot in diameter disc-shaped object with a transparent center flew slowly and silently over Columbus, Ohio. There were separate, independent witnesses, including one named Geshorn.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 98
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4519

Event 6810 (22797C5D)

Date: 8/1948
Description: (Translated from French) (or July) To Marion (Virginia), shortly after sunrise, Max Abbott, piloting a 4-passenger private Bellanca Cruisair plane, observed a white light accelerate and dive into a valley.
Reference: case Blue Book #191 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_738

Event 6811 (CD249043)

Date: 8/1948
Description: (Translated from French) 4 officers witnessed the crash of an object and the recovery of corpses in an area of Mexico, 60 km (38 miles) south of Laredo (Texas). The information comes from one named Todd Zechel, who relayed it to an NBC-affiliated station in Chicago. The story appeared in the Midnight Globe, a scandal sheet of dubious credibility, under the byline of one Steve Tom. It is based on a rumor circulated in the 1960s by someone working for either the Army Security Agency or the NSA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_739

Event 6812 (D2CE6892)

Date: 8/1948
Description: (Translated from French) The first generation of experts from the Sign project submit a top secret report to the highest level of authority, estimating the situation and concluding that UFOs are interplanetary vehicles, noting in passing that the Kenneth Arnold incident was not the first. When Hoyt Vandenberg receives this report, he orders it to be destroyed.
Reference: Ruppelt
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_740

Event 6813 (301BBED9)

Date: 8/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Hynek joins the 2nd generation of experts of the Sign project at the request of the USAF.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_741

Event 6814 (9260AE5F)

Date: 8/1948
Description: (Translated from French) A DC-3 disappears above the “Bermuda Triangle” with 32 passengers on board. It would have made a navigation error.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_742

Event 6815 (29CF27FA)

Date: 8/1948
Location: HONG KONG TO/FROM SAIGON
Description: All / airliner. Huge metallic cylinder/cigar-shape going south. 90° turn into clouds. / r2p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1321

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “HONG KONG><SAIGON:ALL/AIRLINER:HUGE MTLC CGR >S:90°TURN into CLOUDS:/r2p75”, LatLong: “16.000001 112.000005”, LatLongDMS: “16:00:00 N 112:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6816 (DCEBCD41)

Date: 8/1948 (approximate)
Time: 06:00
Location: SR22 AT SR59, IL
Description: 2 truckers. 12M ovoid lands. 1M windows. Glow and sparkle. Going southeast going [to] Chicago.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1322

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “SR22 @ SR59,IL:2 TRUCKERS:12M OVOID LANDS:1M WINDOWS:GLOW+SPARKLE:>SE>CHICAGO”, LatLong: “42.200002 -88.150004”, LatLongDMS: “42:12:00 N 88:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6817 (7314973D)

Date: 8/1948 (approximate)
Time: 18:30
Location: MARTIGUES, FR
Description: Numerous observer(s). Luminous cylinder/cigar-shape. Lights flash / sides. Stops. Going quickly southeast fast. / police inv.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Personal investigation by Dominique Weinstein. Filed here as Martigues48.txt
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1323

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MARTIGUES,FR:NMRS OBS:LUMn.CGR:LITES FLASH/SIDES:STOPS:>>SE FAST:/police inv.”, LatLong: “43.400002 5.050000”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 05:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6818 (6B419CAC)

Date: 8/1/1948 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, LUZON, PHL
Description: Wingless cylinder/cigar-shape with row of lights. Wave all over/all about southeast Asia to Saigon.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1324

Attributes: 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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Philippines”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “CLARK AFB,LUZON,PHL:WINGLESS CGR w/ROW of LITES::WAVE ALLO SE ASIA to SAIGON”, LatLong: “15.033334 120.127784”, LatLongDMS: “15:02:00 N 120:07:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LZN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6819 (724BA045)

Date: 8/1/1948
Description: On this morning everyone on a Air France airliner flying over the South China Sea from Hong Kong to Saigon, Vietnam saw a huge metallic cigar-shaped object flying south, and then make a 90-degree turn into the clouds. Later that day at Clark Field in the Philippines American military observers also sighted a wingless cigar-shaped object with a row of lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 54; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers are Real, p. 72
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4555

Event 6820 (7F9E2131)

Date: 8/2/1948
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: (39.98° N, 82.99° W). Saunders (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_470

Event 6821 (9F7EC2C9)

Date: 8/3/1948
Location: Moscow
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,Sec.R): UFO sighted over Moscow that is similar to the UFO sighted on July 25, 1948, by two Eastern Airlines pilots.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_329
See also: 7/25/1948

Event 6822 (98A49CFB)

Date: 8/3/1948
Time: ~08:00
Location: 25KM NORTHWEST / MOSCOW, RS
Description: 2 observer(s). Long silent metal cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly northeast. No wings. Very high and very fast. / Blue Book file.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1325

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “25km NW/MOSCOW,RS:2 OBS:LONG SILENT MTL CYL>>NE:NO WINGS:VHIGH+VFAST:/BBK FILE”, LatLong: “55.916669 37.416668”, LatLongDMS: “55:55:00 N 37:25:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6823 (42C99969)

Date: 8/3/1948
Location: Moscow, USSR
Description: (55°45’ N, 37°42’ E). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_471

Event 6824 (6AEA787A)

Date: 8/3/1948
Description: At 8 a.m. a long metallic cylinder with no wings flew at a very high altitude and was seen in the skies 25 kilometers northwest of Moscow in Russia. It moved silently and very fast towards the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, August 1948; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1338, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1948, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4622

Event 6825 (5EFD348E)

Date: 8/4/1948
Location: North Powder, OR
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_472

Event 6826 (982A6601)

Date: 8/5/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 165.7km altitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_330
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 165.7km

Event 6827 (3CD3459B)

Date: 8/5/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 05:07, launch of V2 #43 which reached 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_1361

Event 6828 (AB14E6B0)

Date: 8/5/1948
Description: This date given by Edward Ruppelt for the lost “Estimate of the Situation,” in which Project Sign concludes that UFOs are interplanetary, is probably too early. See September 30.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1259

Event 6829 (AA9E5678)

Date: 8/11/1948
Location: USA, Hamel (Minnesota)
Description: (Translated from French) At noon, two children aged ten and eight were playing in the garden of the farm where they lived. They then drew their attention to the sky, where they noticed a dark gray object descending. Each child questioned separately described the object as being in the shape of two plates stuck together. It landed making a resonant metal sound. But soon the object emitted a hiss, rose 20 feet, hovered, maneuvered above the trees and telephone lines, before flying away for good. (…) In the files of the US Air Force this file bears the number 198 and is considered “not credible”. (August 11, 1948)
Reference: “Ufo’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 110
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1362

Event 6830 (B117A94C)

Date: 8/11/1948
Time: 12:00
Location: HAMEL, MN
Description: 2 boys. 2’ saucer lands. Going up [to] and maneuvers. Going quickly northwest. Dent / dirt. FBI soil test nil. / MJ#244.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1326

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “272”, HatchDesc: “HAMEL,MN:2 BOYS:2’SCR LANDS:↑+MNVRS:>>NW:DENT/DIRT:FBI SOIL TEST NIL:/MJ#244”, LatLong: “45.038891 -93.527782”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:20 N 93:31:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6831 (8B3156DB)

Date: 8/11/1948
Location: Hamel, MN
Description: A round, dull gray or silver object 2 ft diameter (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_473

Event 6832 (10264240)

Date: 8/11/1948
Time: 1200
Location: Hamel, Minnesota
Description: Two boys were playing outside when a round dull gray object 70 cm in diameter, 30 cm thick, landed near them like a balloon with a metallic noise. It spun, went up, hovered, maneuvered to avoid Phone lines and trees, and flew away to the northeast. An FBI man from St. Paul found an area 70 cm in diameter where the ground showed signs of extreme pressure.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_66

Event 6833 (1B4307FF)

Date: 8/11/1948
Description: Two boys were playing outside at noon in Hamel, Minnesota when a dull gray, round object 70 cm in diameter landed near them with a metallic noise. It spun, went up, hovered, maneuvered to avoid telephone lines and trees, and flew away to the northeast. An FBI man from St. Paul found an area 70 cm in diameter where the ground showed signs of extreme pressure.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 192; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 90
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4856

Event 6834 (937F623F)

Date: 8/15/1948 (approximate)
Location: MUHLVIERTEL, AUSTRIA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Several “saucers” going quickly south extremely fast. Turn back going quickly north. / J. Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1327

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: “Austria”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MUHLVIERTEL,AUSTRIA:NMRS OBS:SVRL “SCRS” >>S XFAST:TURN BACK >>N:/J.Aldrich”, LatLong: “48.500002 14.166667”, LatLongDMS: “48:30:00 N 14:10:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Upper Austria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6835 (FD3DBCCF)

Date: 8/15/1948
Time: 13:00
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: W. Andrus and many. 4 silver saucers east going quickly west. Flip in sequence. 3 reappear. / MJ#197.
Type: sighting
Reference: STORY, Ronald (ed.) : ENCYLOPEDIA of UFO’S: Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1980 (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1328

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “325”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:W.ANDRUS+MANY:4 SLVR SCRS E>>W:FLIP in SEQUENCE:3 REAPPEAR:/MJ#197”, LatLong: “33.466668 -112.050005”, LatLongDMS: “33:28:00 N 112:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6836 (193EA1DC)

Date: 8/15/1948
Location: downtown Phoenix, Arizona
Description: Morning. Future ufologist Walter H. Andrus Jr., his wife Genevieve, and son Donald see four UFOs flying in formation east to west over downtown, Phoenix, Arizona. They simply vanish in sequence, then the first three reappear one at a time in the northwest where they pass out of sight to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, pp. 17–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1260

Event 6837 (6C60D4C3)

Date: 8/15/1948
Description: In the early afternoon many people in Phoenix, Arizona witnessed four silver disc-shaped objects that flew fast from east to west, then flipped in sequence. Three of the objects were seen again later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 208, citing MUFON; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1341, citing Ronald D. Story, Encyclopedia of UFOs, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5028

Event 6838 (03A89EC3)

Date: 8/19/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 13.4km altitude (Bumper 2 First stage failed due to propellant flow interruption)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_332
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 13.4km

Event 6839 (0FCE24FB)

Date: 8/19/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 07:45, launch of V2 No. B2 as part of the BUMPER Program, it reached 13 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_1363

Event 6840 (67645FEA)

Date: 8/21/1948
Locations: Katrineholm, Sweden; Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia; Estonian islands, possibly Dagö or Osel
Description: A possible Russian rocket trail is seen over Katrineholm, Sweden, that remains visible for three hours “resembling a brilliant star surrounded by streamers of fire like the tentacles of an octopus.” However, there is no known record of a launch on this date of a V-2 or R-1 missile from the Russian base at Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It may be the same object viewed by Swedish Armed Forces Supreme Commander Helge Jung of an “aerial explosion considered to be some form of guided missile originating from Estonian islands, possibly Dagö or Osel.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Sky Octopus’ Seen above Swedish Town,” Richmond (Ind.) Palladium-Item, August 23, 1948, p. 2; “Sky Octopus over Sweden,” Fate 2, no. 1 (May 1949): 35; Jan Aldrich, “Investigating the Ghost Rockets,” IUR 23, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1261

Event 6841 (85E3E022)

Date: 8/29/1948
Time: 05:00
Location: MAPLEWOOD, OH
Description: Large silvery sphere rises / woods. Hovers / farm. Silvery crud drops.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1329

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “MAPLEWOOD,OH:LARGE SILVERY SPHERE RISES/WOODS:HOVERS/FARM:SILVERY CRUD DROPS”, LatLong: “40.377780 -84.027782”, LatLongDMS: “40:22:40 N 84:01:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6842 (DB8CBF16)

Date: 8/29/1948
Time: 05:30
Location: INDIAN LAKE, OH
Description: 1 observer. Large silver sphere/orb/globe rises / woods. Flies across farm. Vanishes / midair!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1330

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “304”, HatchDesc: “INDIAN LAKE,OH:1 OBS:LRG SLVR ORB RISES/WOODS:FLIES ACRS FARM:VANISHES/MIDAIR!”, LatLong: “40.466669 -83.866671”, LatLongDMS: “40:28:00 N 83:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 6843 (EB6B78AB)

Date: 8/29/1948
Location: Maplewood, OH
Description: Farmer Niswenger saw a large silvery sphere rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm, dropping a silvery substance that disintegrated before touching the ground. (Vallée Magonia 67; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480829
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_474

Event 6844 (8308F3DF)

Date: 8/29/1948
Time: 0503
Location: Maplewood, Ohio
Description: A farmer observed a silvery sphere of large dimension rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm, dropping a silvery substance that disintegrated before touching the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_67

Event 6845 (F4CE9CB3)

Date: 8/29/1948
Description: At 5:03 a.m. a farmer in Maplewood, Ohio observed a silvery sphere of large dimension rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm. It dropped a silvery substance that disintegrated before touching the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #169; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 193
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5454

Event 6846 (818E5C45)

Date: 8/31/1948
Description: At 12:20 a.m. a large unknown object was sighted flying at 50,000 feet altitude over Mint Canyon, California. It trailed a column of flames. It was also reportedly seen at Muroc Field, now Edwards AFB.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1344, citing Charles Berlitz and William Moore, The Roswell Incident, p. 139
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5515

Event 6847 (B3D25A33)

Date: 9/1948
Location: US
Description: Top Secret “Estimate of the Situation”, concluding UFOs were interplanetary, sent from ATIC to Air Force Chief of Staff, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. (Report was kicked back for additional proof; later declassified and burned).
Type: top secret report
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, pg. 62-63, 67
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_857

Event 6848 (31C6B2EC)

Date: 9/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the group Majestic 12?
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_743

Event 6849 (97D925E1)

Date: 9/1948
Description: About this time Capt. Robert R. Sneider becomes a co-chief of Project Sign with Lt. Howard W. Smith.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, pp. 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1262

Event 6850 (93F5449B)

Date: 9/1/1948
Description: The CIA Office of Policy Coordination is formally established with the responsibility to engage in “propaganda, economic warfare, preventive direct action, including sabotage, antisabotage, demolition and evacuation procedures; subversion against hostile states, including assistance to underground resistance groups, guerrillas and refugee liberation groups, and support of indigenous anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Office of Policy Coordination”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1263

Event 6851 (74C96A70)

Date: 9/2/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 150.6km altitude (Vehicle broke up at 370s at 84 km altitude.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_333
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 150.6km

Event 6852 (1D2D2FEB)

Date: 9/2/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 18:00 launch of V2 No. 33 which will reach 151 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_1364

Event 6853 (DFD6950C)

Date: 9/11/1948
Time: 23:30
Location: TWIN PEAKS, SF, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Yellow-glow teardrop going quickly west / 800 MPH against wind. Lost / fog.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1331

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “276”, HatchDesc: “TWIN PEAKS,SF,CA:2 OBS:YLW-GLOW TEARDROP >>W/800 MPH AGAINST WIND:LOST/FOG”, LatLong: “37.750002 -122.444450”, LatLongDMS: “37:45:00 N 122:26:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6854 (F11A2C77)

Date: 9/11/1948
Description: At 3:20 p.m. a U.S. Air Force pilot and copilot flying a C-45 transport ten miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania saw a round white object moving at high speed on a SW heading.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5849

Event 6855 (09957601)

Date: 9/12/1948
Location: Midway
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,Sec.P-1) Pilot and Co-pilot of a Pan Am aircraft en route from Midway to Honolulu, saw a blue-white light approaching, changing to twin reddish glows upon withdrawal. Est. speed: 1000 knots
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_331

Event 6856 (63867EF6)

Date: 9/12/1948
Location: Pittsburgh (8-12 miles SE of), PA
Description: Round white object moving at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_475

Event 6857 (A6C707FB)

Date: 9/13/1948
Time: 19:00
Location: ORISTANO, SARDINIA
Description: Seminarian. Saucer tilts. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / transparent dome. Going quickly northeast toward(s) Madau.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Maurizio VERGA: ITACAT Catalog online: http://www.ufo.it/english/main.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1332

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ORISTANO,SARDINIA:SEMINARIAN:SCR TILTS:2 OIDS/XPRNT DOME:>>NE twrd MADAU”, LatLong: “39.900002 8.600000”, LatLongDMS: “39:54:00 N 08:36:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6858 (04648CF1)

Date: 9/13/1948
Description: At seven o’clock in the evening a seminarian in Oristano, Sardegna, Italy watched as a domed disc-shaped object tilted in the air, so that two humanoid beings were visible inside its transparent dome. The object flew off to the east toward Madau.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1346, citing a website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5906

Event 6859 (587065B4)

Date: 9/15/1948
Location: Muroc [now Edwards] AFB, California
Description: USAF Maj. Dick Johnson reaches an official airspeed record of 671 mph (slightly more than Yeager’s first record) in a North American F-86A-3 Sabre at Muroc [now Edwards] AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “North American F-86 Sabre”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1264

Event 6860 (59ACBE02)

Date: 9/16/1948
Locations: Grassy Mountain; Malheur County; Oregon
Description: Before dawn. Fred Scott, 63, is walking around Grassy Mountain, Malheur County, Oregon, when he looks up and sees two “flying persons” to the south. They are 150–250 feet up, one following the other at a distance of 8–10 feet. Their wings are narrow and rounded at the tip and do not flap. Their legs are unusually short. They remain visible while Scott walks for at least another mile.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1940–1949, p. 43; Clark III 270
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1265

Event 6861 (0CB0FC11)

Date: 9/18/1948
Location: Shreveport, LA
Description: Bright white aluminum half-spherical object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_476

Event 6862 (2A32B905)

Date: 9/22/1948
Location: Albany (near Turner AFB), GA
Description: Co-Pilot in C-47 Sees Wingless Metallic Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 480922
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_477

Event 6863 (0711392C)

Date: 9/23/1948
Location: USA, San Pablo, California
Description: (Translated from French) 12 o’clock, noon. Witnesses: Sylvester Bentham, retired Colonel Horace Eakins. Two objects: one is a brown or gray rectangle with vertical lines, the other a translucent “amoeba” with a dark center. The arms of the amoeba are undulating. Both objects travel very quickly.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1365

Event 6864 (008A33ED)

Date: 9/23/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In San Pablo (California), Sylvester Bentham and former US Army Colonel Horace Eakins observe 2 objects. One is a grayish rectangle with vertical lines, the other is a translucent amoeba with a black dot near the center. The arms of the amoeba are undulating. The 2 objects are moving very quickly. (September 23, 12 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 208 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_744

Event 6865 (7B370DC4)

Date: 9/23/1948
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: IDAHO REPORTS ONE HIDING BETWEEN CLOUDS. Mr. and Mrs A.F. Kaus, of Carolina Beach, NC saw a huge ball of intense white light while traveling from Mountain Home to Boise, Idaho. The object was between two layers of clouds at approximately 2,000 ft. It flared twice, held steady for a few seconds, then disappeared. The light was round in shape with jagged edges.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_20

Event 6866 (2448460E)

Date: 9/23/1948
Time: 09:40
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Group / airport see tilted silver disk. Size = dime / 15M away. / Jerry Clark.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1333

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:Grp/AIRPORT SEE TILTED SLVR DISK:SIZE=DIME/15M away:/Jerry Clark”, LatLong: “35.883335 -106.288894”, LatLongDMS: “35:53:00 N 106:17:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6867 (CDAD42DB)

Date: 9/23/1948
Time: 12:00
Location: SAN PABLO, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #176. 2 observer(s). Grey rectangle and translucent amoeba / waving arms. Fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1334

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SAN PABLO,CA:BBK#176:2 OBS:GRY RECTANGLE+TRANSLUCENT AMOEBA/WAVING ARMS:FAST”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.366673”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:22:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6868 (8085347C)

Date: 9/23/1948
Location: San Pablo, CA
Description: Fast-flying irregularly shaped translucent white “amoeba” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 208)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_478

Event 6869 (7C730C66)

Date: 9/23/1948
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Sun-reflecting glint in the sky from a flat circular metallic object (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, Code: M, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 480923
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_479

Event 6870 (49B9D2AB)

Date: 9/23/1948
Time: 12 noon
Location: San Pablo, California
Description: Witnesses: Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Two objects: one, a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; the other a translucent “amoeba” with a dark spot near the center. The arms of the “amoeba” undulated. Both objects travelled very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_14

Event 6871 (2F07A1F0)

Date: 9/23/1948
Location: Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Description: 9:40 a.m. At Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, a group of people are waiting for an airplane at the landing strip when one of them notices something glint in the sun. It is a flat, circular object, high in the northern sky. The appearance and relative size is the same as a dime held edgewise and slightly tipped, about 50 feet away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flat Dime On-Edge Observed by Lab Personnel”; Sparks, p. 38
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1266

Event 6872 (D943733A)

Date: 9/23/1948
Description: At 9:40 a.m. a group at the Los Alamos, New Mexico airport saw a tilted, silver disc-shaped UFO with the apparent diameter of a dime at arm’s length. Its estimated distance was 15 miles.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1347, citing Jerome Clark
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6243

Event 6873 (0D61DDEE)

Date: 9/23/1948
Description: San Pablo, California. At twelve noon Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Colonel Horace Eakins observed two daylight UFOs: one a buff or gray rectangle with vertical lines, the other a translucent “amoeba” with a dark spot near the center. The arms of the “amoeba” undulated. Both objects traveled very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 90
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6244

Event 6874 (49FEF676)

Date: 9/26/1948
Location: Port Hope, Ontario
Description: 2:00 p.m. P. L. Lewis sees a white object moving rapidly across the sky at Port Hope, Ontario, then disappear when it is nearly overhead. Other white objects follow at about 50 mph in a northeasterly direction, accompanied by strands of spider web. Lewis speculates that the objects are balls of spiders’ threads, held together by thistledown.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: P. R. Bishop, “Cobwebs or Flying Saucers?” Weather 4 (1949): 121–122; Philip J. Imbrogno, Files from the Edge: A Paranormal Investigator’s Explorations into High Strangeness, Llewellyn, 2010, p. 54
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1267

Event 6875 (11A21DB5)

Date: 9/28/1948
Location: San Simeon, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_480

Event 6876 (C1E0BE5F)

Date: 9/30/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 150.3km altitude (Bumper 3 WAC stage failed)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_334
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 150.3km

Event 6877 (805A0BDB)

Date: 9/30/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Bumper Program: Launch of V2 #B3, it reaches 149 km, radio cut-off (emergency).
Reference: GESAG, Launches, Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1952
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1366

Event 6878 (720BF3C0)

Date: 9/30/1948?
Locations: New Mexico; Fargo, North Dakota
Description: Project Sign officer Capt. Robert R. Sneider has decided that the time has come to climax Project Sign’s task and write the required “Estimate of the Situation.” Every intelligence operation’s task is ultimately to present such a best-guess summary, strongly backed with as much fact as possible. Using the Chiles-Whitted case as the core and collecting around it many cases from the summer of 1947 to September 1948, Sneider composes the document. The most recent case known to have been listed in the document is the September 23 Los Alamos National Laboratory sighting in New Mexico. Two prominent USAF intelligence officers (Ruppelt and Dewey J. Fournet Jr.) see the document in 1952. “It was a rather thick document with a black cover and it was printed on legal-sized paper. Stamped across the front were the words TOP SECRET.” Ruppelt says the Estimate concludes that the best evidence indicated an extraterrestrial origin for UFOs. Sneider is probably the primary author. Deyarmond, Loedding, and Truettner almost certainly are part of the writing. Llewellyn certainly looks in. All these people, as well as higher-ups in Clingerman’s and McCoy’s offices, must approve it, at least in some sense. And an Estimate of UFOs as extraterrestrial is no small thing to assent to. The Estimate is probably addressed to Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, but it really is meant for Director of Intelligence Gen. Charles Cabell. It is probably sent near the end of September, just before the George Gorman “UFO dogfight” in Fargo, North Dakota, on October 1. It probably lands in Garrett’s Collections office and is hand-carried to Cabell. Cabell may or may not be shocked. With a pro-ETH Wright-Patterson intelligence group on one side, an anti-ETH Pentagon Intelligence Requirements Office on the other, and open-minded collections officers and the powerful Research and Development chief (Gen. Donald L. Putt) in between, Cabell doesn’t want to decide this on his own. He hands the Estimate further upstairs to Vandenberg himself, who rejects it and bats it back to Cabell with a strong sense of disapproval. Ruppelt adds that some months later the Estimate is completely declassified and “all but a few copies” are destroyed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 45; Clark III 436–437; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 48–51; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 13–14; Michael D. Swords, “The Lost Words of Edward Ruppelt,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 14–15; Swords 62
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1268

Event 6879 (89BBF775)

Date: 10/1948
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) October 1948 to 1951. Many green fireballs silently flew over the Southwest and in particular the nuclear installations of New Mexico. They could be as big as the moon, had horizontal trajectories and sometimes exploded emitting intense flashes. A certainly natural but still unexplained origin.
Reference: Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60 to 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1368

Event 6880 (10F36AB9)

Date: 10/1948 (approximate)
Time: 09:40
Location: QINDAO, SHANDONG, CH
Description: Fall / 48. Moon-size saucer glows. Spins. Vertical exit. / r208p36.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1335

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: “China”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “QINDAO,SHANDONG,CH:FALL/48:MOON-SIZE SCR GLOWS:SPINS:VERTICAL EXIT:/r208p36”, LatLong: “36.083335 120.166672”, LatLongDMS: “36:05:00 N 120:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Shandong”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6881 (EE8352F7)

Date: 10/1948
Time: 16:30
Location: BENTON, WI
Description: Farmer. Classic silver saucer hovers / 300M altitude? 30M diameter? Shoots away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1336

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: “284”, HatchDesc: “BENTON,WI:FARMER:CLASSIC SLVR SCR HVRS/300M alt?:30M diam?:SHOOTS AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “42.572224 -90.383338”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:20 N 90:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6882 (455E3F9E)

Date: 10/1948
Description: Vannevar Bush resigns as chairman of the Research and Development Board, passing the job on to Karl Taylor Compton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1269

Event 6883 (564E0B80)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Description: Lt. G. Gorman air duels with UFO for 25 minutes
Type: UFO sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_98

Event 6884 (A1E59844)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: North Dakota
Description: Top Secret Report (100–203–79,p.12,Sec.S) 2nd Lt. George F. Gorman (North Dakota Air Nat. Guard), sighted a UFO 3000 ft. below him while he was flying his F-51 at 4500 ft. The pilot pursued the UFO which took evasive tactics. The UFO out-turned, out-speeded and out-climbed the F-51 in every attempt at intercept. The pilot lost contact with the UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p481, B1-F p234, B1-G p28)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_335

Event 6885 (588E9FB9)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: USA, Fargo (North Dakota)
Description: (Translated from French) A real aerial duel between a UFO and Lieutenant Pilot George F. Gorman, of the North Dakota Air National Guard. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.91) "(…) Suddenly Gorman noticed a strange phenomenon. Instead of discerning the silhouette of an airplane around the eclipse light, he saw none. (…) The pilot, at that moment, distinctly saw the thing. It was a white disc about 20 cm in diameter. (…) When Gorman approached with his F-51, this 20 cm light suddenly stopped flashing and jumped to his left. It was absolutely round, white and without material consistency. There was nothing, no shape, no machine in the center of the glow: a disc of pure light, without apparent emission source. "(Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - p. 50) The authorities concluded that Gorman had chased a weather balloon and that in the second part of the incident he was chasing a mirage of the planet Jupiter, caused by a temperature inversion. Apparently Jupiter descended below the horizon when Gorman saw the light rise and disappear.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London, 1989, p. 49
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1367

Event 6886 (1291C8C5)

Date: 10/1/1948
Description: (Translated from French) In Fargo (North Dakota), Lieutenant George F. Gorman of the Air National Guard engages in a battle with a small glowing globe aboard his F-51: Perfectly round in shape, it measured about twenty cm in diameter; it was very white and its edges were slightly darker. The object passes over him at an estimated speed of 400 km/h, and Gorman observes a blinking of the object. When he engages in a pursuit of the object, the blinking disappears , but the light escapes him: When I got very close, it suddenly turned left (…). I was diving on it at full speed without being able to catch up with it. It gained altitude again and turned left again as suddenly as the first time. After 20 minutes of fruitless aerial ballet for the pilot, the object turns towards the northeast and disappears. It showed great ease in getting away as well as signs of aggression. The lieutenant survives this engagement, followed by other planes in flight and by his fighter pilot colleagues on the Fargo base. (October 1st, 9 PM)
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_745

Event 6887 (C0D6BCCD)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: Fargo, ND
Description: F-51 pilot engages in a “dogfight” with small, flat circular 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_33

Event 6888 (4880DAB1)

Date: 10/1/1948
Time: 05:40
Location: ASCENSION PR, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #174. 1 observer. Silent cone going quickly [to] 300mph over woods. Wide-end first. / p104.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1337

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ASCENSION pr,LA:BBK#174:1 OBS:SLNT CONE>>300mph OVR WOODS:WIDE-END FIRST:/p104”, LatLong: “30.216668 -90.900004”, LatLongDMS: “30:13:00 N 90:54:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6889 (D6A9A8AA)

Date: 10/1/1948
Time: 20:30
Location: FARGO, ND
Description: USAF F51 / long complex dogfight / saucer. Separate ground and air observer(s). / MJ#246+/ r242p34.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “28”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “FARGO,ND:USAF F51/LONG COMPLEX DOGFIGHT/SCR:SEP.GND+AIR OBS:/MJ#246+/r242p34”, LatLong: “46.866669 -96.800005”, LatLongDMS: “46:52:00 N 96:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6890 (0041471A)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: Fargo, ND
Description: Small 6-8-inch round white ball of light with a flat, no-depth disc-like appearance Gorman “Dogfight” (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481001
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_481

Event 6891 (5763B92C)

Date: 10/1/1948
Description: The first Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication (JANAP) 146, based on Bernard Baruch Jr.’s CIRES system, is issued. It consists of instructions for military and civilian personnel on how to report sightings of enemy aircraft, missiles, submarines, and surface vessels. This version does not include UFOs. It is tabled shortly afterward by Maj. Gen. Cabell.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Antonio F. Rullán, “Blue Book UFO Reports at Sea by Ships: Analysis of the Blue Book Ship Database,” December 10, 2002, pp. 8–9; Swords 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1270

Event 6892 (8C7732D7)

Date: 10/1/1948
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Description: 8:30 p.m. 2d Lieut. George F. Gorman of the North Dakota National Guard, flying an F-51 near Fargo, North Dakota, spots an object traveling east to west. He describes it as a light 6–8 inches in diameter displaying incredible movements. He repeatedly gives chase beginning at 9:07 p.m., but each time is outmaneuvered by the light, which moves up to 600 mph. On his first pass he gets as close as 500 feet from the light at about 5,000 feet altitude. Gorman climbs to 14,000 feet but stalled out, unable to intercept the light, which is at about 16,000 feet. The light makes evasive and aggressive maneuvers, such as seeming to try to ram the F-51. When it drops to 11,000 feet, Gorman attempts to dive at it, but the light pulls up, rises vertically, and disappears at high speed. The light is also seen by airport control tower operators Lloyd D. Jensen and Manuel E. Johnson, as well as others on the ground and pilot Arthur E. Cannon flying a Piper Cub at 1,600 feet. Jensen watches the dogfight through 6x30 binoculars, the UFO appearing perfectly round with sharp edges and no fuzzy outline. Project Sign personnel arrive within hours and interview the witnesses. Eventually they conclude the object was a balloon, with evasive maneuvers the product of Gorman’s imagination, since ground observers do not see anything comparable. Some ufologists, among them Aimé Michel and James E. McDonald, have rejected the balloon explanation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Gorman dogfight”; NICAP, “Gorman (Fargo) Case”; Ruppelt, pp. 41–43; Sparks, p. 39; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 138; Clark III 536–537
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1271

Event 6893 (DA450AB9)

Date: 10/1/1948
Description: At 9:00 p.m. an aerial encounter occurred on this day over Fargo, North Dakota between an F-51 fighter plane and a somewhat flattened white circular unidentified object, blinking on and off. The UFO made a head-on approach toward the F-51, then veered off, next made a 180 degree turn, then out climbed the performance aircraft, rising straight up until out of sight. Its close turns were tighter than could be made by the fighter plane. The encounter lasted 27 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, True Magazine, May 1954; Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 59; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 33; UNICAT, case # 532
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6459

Event 6894 (1AFF1C25)

Date: 10/7/1948
Locations: Garrett; Cabell; Gorman
Description: A document from Project Sign to Garrett and Cabell is an upbeat Sneider report on the initial investigation of the Gorman dogfight, making the object sound extremely unusual and intelligent in behavior. This is almost like a supplement to the Estimate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1272

Event 6895 (9D07824B)

Date: 10/7/1948
Description: A set of letters, composed not by Sneider but actually by Samuel Z. Hunnicutt, a member of T-2 and the Sign team, and approved by MCI heavyweights McCoy, Clingerman, and Leland Money, goes out to the CIA, US Army Intelligence, and the Office of Naval Intelligence. The query: What domestic technological developments do you know of that might explain UFOs and help us differentiate them from inimical (Soviet) foreign developments?
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1273

Event 6896 (3AE3FCE7)

Date: 10/9/1948
Location: Osage, Wyoming
Description: WYOMING SEES ONE DIVIDE IN TWO. Larry Griffin and Homer Grey of Osage, saw a huge shining object, luminous and shaped like a disk. It remained in view for two seconds, then divided into two parts and disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_21

Event 6897 (7162AF1D)

Date: 10/11/1948
Location: Munich, West Germany
Description: Neubiberg AFB (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_482

Event 6898 (53EEC148)

Date: 10/12/1948
Alternate date: 10/22/1948
Location: United States
Description: Project Sign’s Col. William R. Clingerman writes a letter to USAF Chiefs of Staff requesting a study of UFOs by the RAND Corporation, similar to the one made by USAF R&D in July, especially the possibility that “some of the unidentified aerial objects that have been reported both in the United States and in foreign lands may have been experimental spaceships. it is believed more likely that they represent the effort of a foreign nation, rather than a product from beyond the Earth.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. W. R. Clingerman, “Request for Study by Rand Project,” October 12(?), 1948; Swords 58, 492–493
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1274

Event 6899 (D1D5C5F8)

Date: 10/13/1948
Location: USA, South Bend (Indiana)
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:45 two employees standing in front of the window of an office at the Studebaker Corporation observed a silver, flat disk flying silently in the sky at an altitude of 1500 feet. The UFO seemed to them a bit smaller than a DC-3, but it was traveling three times faster. The sun was reflecting off of it and giving it a kind of blinking brightness, as bright as that which can be reflected by a chrome surface. It was coming from the northwest and flying towards the southeast. There were no wings, engines, or other visible propulsion devices on the object. The two employees held positions of trust in the company and had an excellent reputation.
Reference: “UFO’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 112
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1369

Event 6900 (77C2BCFD)

Date: 10/13/1948
Location: South Bend, IN
Description: (41.68° N, 86.26° W). Brooke and Thompson (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_483

Event 6901 (52154B4F)

Date: 10/14/1948
Location: Between Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Ind, various
Description: Air Force pilot, major, saw a UFO flying in an oscillatory path, up and down motions. Intelligence report missing. (Fund Report * C-13; 2 pp.) (Project GRUDGE Report Case No. 181) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_484

Event 6902 (C581501E)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: Japan
Description: An F-61 “Black Widow” fighter tracked UFO on radar and tried to intercept it 6 times without success. It would speed up from 200 mph to 1200 mph, leaving the interceptor behind. Description: shaped like a rifle bullet and apparently 20 to 30 feet long
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (B1-F p235)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_336

Event 6903 (E5A10306)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: JAPAN, in flight near Kyushu
Description: (Translated from French) Fusuoka, Japan. 11:05 p.m. Witnesses: pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill aboard a P-61 “Black Widow”. Up to six objects detected on radar, but with the naked eye: only one was observed. Dark or black object in the shape of a dirigible with a flat bottom and cut tail. The pilot attempted to approach the objects seen on the screen, the only one he could see departed at great speed.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1370

Event 6904 (F23BBDED)

Date: 10/15/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Near Fusuoka, Kyushu (Japan), pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 “Black Widow” night fighter observe up to 6 objects on their radar and one visually. It is a dark object in the shape of a dirigible, with a flat base and truncated tail. The object seen visually dives quickly. (October 15, 11:05 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #218 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_746

Event 6905 (FB938FE7)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: Cache, Japan
Description: Radar/visual, F-61 aircraft encounters multiple UFO’s
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_34

Event 6906 (71735C97)

Date: 10/15/1948 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: LE HAVRE, FR
Description: M. Loisin and 2 / car. Classic domed saucer hovers. Away slowly then very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1339

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Le HAVRE,FR:M.LOISIN+2/CAR:CLASSIC DOMED SCR HVRS:AWAY SLOWLY THEN VFAST:”, LatLong: “49.516669 0.116667”, LatLongDMS: “49:31:00 N 00:07:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6907 (02834001)

Date: 10/15/1948
Time: 23:00
Location: NORTHWEST / FUKUOKA, JP
Description: F61 chases bullet-object. 180-turns. Going up and down. Cat and mouse. 6 RADAR’s to 1200mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 135)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1340

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NW/FUKUOKA,JP:F61 CHASES BULLET-OBJ:180-TURNS:↑+↓:CAT+MOUSE:6 RDRs TO 1200mph”, LatLong: “34.333335 129.666673”, LatLongDMS: “34:20:00 N 129:40:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6908 (EB59C486)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: Japan, A,V 6 interceptions of objects tracked on airborne radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 218)
Reference: NICAP: 481015
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_485

Event 6909 (27C4E5EC)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: 50 miles E of Virginia coast, At Sea
Description: Bright nearly moon-shaped object with distinct bright center (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_486

Event 6910 (974A27F0)

Date: 10/15/1948
Time: 11:05 PM
Location: Fusuoka, Japan
Description: Witnesses: pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 “Black Widow” night fighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only one seen visually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with a flat bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separately Pilot attempted to close on visual object, but it dove away fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_15

Event 6911 (647C2079)

Date: 10/15/1948
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: 11:05 p.m. On night patrol, 1st Lt. Oliver “Bud” Hemphill Jr. of the 68th Fighter Squadron is flying a Northrup F-61 Black Widow some 50 miles northwest of Fukuoka, Japan, when the crew picks up an object on radar going 200 mph. As he closes to intercept, the object speeds up to 1,200 mph then slows down again. The plane tries closing in six times, but each time the object speeds away. On one pass the crew sees the object’s silhouette, which looks like a “rifle bullet” 20–30 feet long. The object “seems cognizant of the whereabouts of the F-61 at all times.” Radar operator Barton Halter thinks it is a “new type of aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-61 ‘Black Widow’ Radar Case”; 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. 69–70; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 134–137; Sparks, p. 40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1275

Event 6912 (AB111F8F)

Date: Late 1948
Locations: Dugway Proving Ground, Utah; Alamogordo–White Sands Guided Missile Range, New Mexico; an area in Nevada between Fallon and Eureka; Tonopah–Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range; Pamlico Sound area off the coast of North Carolina
Description: The search for a suitable US location for nuclear testing, codenamed “Project Nutmeg,” commences under the direction of expert meteorologist and Navy Captain Howard B. Hutchinson. The government is looking for a place where nuclear tests would have little impact on the American people or the American economy. Five primary sites are considered: Dugway Proving Ground, Utah; Alamogordo–White Sands Guided Missile Range, New Mexico; an area in Nevada between Fallon and Eureka; the Tonopah–Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range (the site finally chosen in 1950, now part of Nellis Air Force Base); and the Pamlico Sound area off the coast of North Carolina.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Project Nutmeg: The Birth of the Nevada Test Site,” National Nuclear Security Administration, June 2004; Philip Howard, “Project Nutmeg,” Village Craftsmen, April 21, 2012; Diane Tennant, “How Outer Banks Almost Became a Nuclear Test Site,” Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, January 27, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1278

Event 6913 (2EE8F5CD)

Date: 10/15/1948
Description: At 11:05 p.m. U.S. Air Force pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill in a propeller driven P-61 “Black Widow” night fighter tracked up to six objects on radar over Fusuoka, Japan. The six bogeys were seen on the radar by Hemphill, and his radar picked up the targets five miles ahead of the plane. Only one of the bogeys was seen visually. It was a dull or dark object, shaped like a bullet or dirigible with a flat bottom and with a heel-shaped clipped tail end. Pilot Halter attempted to close on the visual object, but it dove below the F-61, then reappeared, and finally took off with a burst of speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 218; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 135; UNICAT, case # 273; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6843

Event 6914 (D94C8616)

Date: 10/16/1948
Location: Sterling, UT
Description: A flattened football or lozenge shaped black object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_487

Event 6915 (89C56B9A)

Date: 10/17/1948
Location: Crescent City, CA
Description: Blimplike object much too fast and maneuverable for a blimp (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_488

Event 6916 (EA241D1A)

Date: 10/18/1948
Location: Pacific Heights, Oahu, HI
Description: Bright Silver Object Cruises Across Sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481018
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_394

Event 6917 (1550C03B)

Date: 10/18/1948
Location: Pacific Heights, Oahu, HI
Description: Round or elliptical bright silver object 10-15 ft in size (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_489

Event 6918 (E6409C00)

Date: 10/20/1948
Locations: Arlington Hall; Washington, D.C.
Description: The US Air Force Security Service is activated at Arlington Hall in Washington, D.C., with the mission of cryptology and communications security.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Air Force Security Service”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1276

Event 6919 (07CE8256)

Date: 10/24/1948
Location: Junction City (10 miles SW of), KS
Description: Huber. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_490

Event 6920 (86E9A395)

Date: 10/24/1948
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: Peterson. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_491

Event 6921 (34912A16)

Date: 10/24/1948
Location: Moorhead (4 miles SE of), MN
Description: Brilliant golden-white round object suddenly appear (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_492

Event 6922 (A9EB740E)

Date: 10/24/1948
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were driving northwest on Highway 52 towards Moorhead, Minnesota (46.88° N, 96.78° W) when they saw a brilliant golden-white round object suddenly appear as if a light had been switched on. It was about three miles away to the northeast at 1,000 feet altitude in a gradual climb traveling at an estimated 600-1,000 mph and heading west towards Moorhead. It made no sound, and was about half the size of a full moon in angular size. When they reached the northern outskirts of Moorhead the object suddenly made a right turn and one second later disappeared by suddenly switching off. The Air Force said they had seen a meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 192; Fund for UFO Research index of cases
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7067

Event 6923 (F3996097)

Date: 10/28/1948
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEUBIBERG AB, GERM
Description: USAF observer(s). Saucer seen / 30 minutes. Away extremely fast. Military report CC going [to] CIA. / r132#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: PROJECT 1947: www.project1947.com/fig/usaf14.htm Special page, June,2000
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1341

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “NEUBIBERG AB,GERM:USAF OBS:SCR SEEN/30mins:AWAY XFAST:MIL RPT CC>CIA:/r132#2”, LatLong: “48.116669 11.583334”, LatLongDMS: “48:07:00 N 11:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6924 (F367B8A7)

Date: 10/29/1948
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Slow moving unidentified targets were tracked at low altitude (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481029
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_493

Event 6925 (F217CFE0)

Date: 10/29/1948
Location: Neubiberg Air Base [now closed] near Munich, Germany
Description: Five US Air Force pilots observe a silvery object over Neubiberg Air Base [now closed] near Munich, Germany. The object disappears at a terrific speed after having remained over the air base more than 30 minutes. A similar object is seen days before by another group of American pilots.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich, “Early Top Secret UFO Document Discovered,” 2000
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1277

Event 6926 (56AA9AC1)

Date: 10/30/1948
Location: Gray’s Harbor, WA
Description: Kunsman. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) ADC Directs F-82 to 10-20 EggShaped Objects (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481030
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_494

Event 6927 (334EC930)

Date: 10/31/1948
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: (53.33° N, 60.41° W). (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481031
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_495

Event 6928 (B6C64A8E)

Date: 10/31/1948
Location: Unknown Location, Azores
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_496

Event 6929 (56B47A79)

Date: 11/1948
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Green fireballs prominent in New Mexico
Type: anomalous phenomenon
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_99

Event 6930 (583DB18B)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 4.8km altitude (Bumper 4 Explosion in tail of V-2)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_337
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 4.8km

Event 6931 (871FBA2C)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Bumper program, launch of V2 No. B4 which exploded at 5 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_1371

Event 6932 (BF38DFDE)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: Army radar tracking of high speed object
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_35

Event 6933 (46F22EE0)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: GOOSE BAY, NFL
Description: Military RADAR’s track blip / 9000mph. Type unknown. Also 29+31 October. / r28p323-326.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1342

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “GOOSE BAY,NFL:MIL RDRS TRACK BLIP/9000mph:TYPE UNK::also 29+31OCT:/r28p323-326”, LatLong: “53.333336 -60.416670”, LatLongDMS: “53:20:00 N 60:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 6934 (7DDDA225)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: (53.33° N, 60.41° W). (Ruppelt manuscript) G 600 MPH Track (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_497

Event 6935 (DA406AE0)

Date: 11/1/1948
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: Radar operator M/Sgt Francis H. Mills at Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador, tracks an object too large for a bird, too small for a plane, flying at 60 mph. Not confirmed visually.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “600 MPH Track at Goose Bay”; NICAP, “October 29, October 30, and November 1, 1948, Incident Nos. 188, 195, and 196: Goose Bay, Labrador,” June 28, 2009; Sparks, p. 42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1279

Event 6936 (5635A491)

Date: 11/1/1948
Description: A UFO was tracked by U.S. Army radar at Goose Bay Base, Labrador, Canada on this day. It was moving at a high rate of speed, in excess of 600 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 33; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, p. 83
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7364

Event 6937 (DF68B923)

Date: 11/3/1948
End date: 11/4/1948
Location: Vaughn, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 6; app 22;00 - white round obj larger than basketball (McDonald list, FUFOR index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481103-04
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_498

Event 6938 (A50685B5)

Date: 11/3/1948
Location: US
Description: Against most predictions, Harry S. Truman wins the US presidential election against Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, like everyone else, expects to have a new boss in January. His relationship with Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington has deteriorated, and he has not obtained a budget consensus from the Joint Chiefs. His mental health, physical condition, and authority are deteriorating. He is convinced that “foreign-looking men” are following him and that Symington is spying on him. Secret Service Chief Urbanus E. Baughman begins to think Forrestal is suffering from a “total psychotic breakdown.”
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1280

Event 6939 (11E1CD24)

Date: 11/3/1948
Location: Wright Field, Ohio
Description: Gen. Charles Cabell writes a firm letter to Wright Field in Ohio, asking Project Sign for another Estimate. It is possibly composed by Maj. Aaron “Jere” Boggs or Col. Edward H. Porter at the USAF Defensive Air Branch. While admitting that the objects seem real, it also cautions that they are not identified. (Read: You may not identify them as extraterrestrial craft.)
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. C. P. Cabell, “Flying Object Incidents in the United States,” November 3, 1948; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 50– 51, 62; Swords 62, 64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1281

Event 6940 (A8EC3BD5)

Date: 11/4/1948
Location: SOUTH KOREA
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:43 above the Army Observation Post #1, at 37°57’N, 125°31’E, flying from east to west at an altitude of 5000 feet. The same object was observed at Observation Post #2 37°51’ N, 125°17’E as well as the two following. The object circled above Post #2 before veering north. It resembled a twin-engine bomber, and it is assumed to be Soviet.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 114
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1372

Event 6941 (66E19D86)

Date: 11/4/1948
Locations: USAF Europe; Sweden; Armament Intelligence Branch
Description: A USAF Europe document transmits some information on the Swedish ghost rockets. “They have been reported by so many sources and from such a variety of places that we are convinced that they cannot be disregarded and must be explained on some basis which is perhaps slightly beyond the scope of our present intelligence thinking.” One of the objects was observed crashing into a lake by Swedish Gen. Helge Jung and his party. A salvage operation was unsuccessful. USAF officers visit Swedish Air Intelligence officials who have reached the conclusion that “these phenomena are obviously the result of a high technical skill which cannot be credited to any presently known culture on earth.” The document is distributed to the CIA (which in response to a FOIA request claims no record), Armament Intelligence Branch, and AMC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “USAFE 14, TT 1524, Top Secret,” November 4, 1948; Jan Aldrich, “Early Top Secret UFO Document Discovered,” 2000; Swords 62–63; Good Need, p. 115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1282

Event 6942 (0705BC4B)

Date: 11/6/1948
Location: Japan
Description: Radar tracking of UFO’s in “dogfight”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_36

Event 6943 (C01E6811)

Date: 11/6/1948
Location: Wakkanai, Japan
Description: (45°26’ N, 141°43’ E). (McDonald list) Target Circles Radar Site (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_499

Event 6944 (03EAAC70)

Date: 11/6/1948
Location: Wakkanai, Japan
Description: Two UFOs, maneuvering like planes in a dogfight, are tracked on USAF radar over Wakkanai, Japan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Target Circles Radar Site”; Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 34; Sparks, p. 42
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1283

Event 6945 (CADEACF9)

Date: 11/8/1948
Locations: Pentagon; Chiles-Whitted
Description: A letter is sent with Col. McCoy’s signature to Gen. Cabell. Written by Sign operative Albert Deyarmond, it is overtly submissive but covertly rebellious. It contains several comments agreeing with Cabell that the UFO phenomenon is not identifiable and that no concrete physical proof exists to identify it. At the same time it drops all sorts of hints, doubtless the same arguments used in the original Estimate, that the objects really are extra- terrestrial whether the Pentagon thinks so or not: It mentions the ETH; it mentions plotting waves against planetary approaches and finding a correlation; it mentions the books of Charles Fort as indicating that this has been going on for at least a century; it mentions that odd shapes (like the Chiles-Whitted case) can fly but require more advanced power plants than we have.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. H. M. McCoy, “Flying Object Incidents in the United States,” November 8, 1948; Michael D. Swords, “The McCoy Letter,” IUR 22, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 12–17, 27; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 51, 63–64; Swords 62, 65, 494– 496
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1284

Event 6946 (30CD5661)

Date: 11/10/1948
Location: SWEDEN, Ervalla
Description: (Translated from French) A farmer returning home late at night was flown over by a UFO of conical shape, emitting white light. During the flight, the witness’s hair and fur stood on end. Back at home, everyone noticed that his complexion had suddenly become very tanned.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 353
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1373

Event 6947 (AD122B3D)

Date: 11/10/1948
Time: 22:20
Location: ERVALLA, SWEDEN
Description: Farmer caught / 40M cone of light. Gets UV burns. No object seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ERVALLA,SWEDEN:FARMER CAUGHT/40M CONE OF LITE:GETS UV BURNS:no obj seen”, LatLong: “59.366669 15.250001”, LatLongDMS: “59:22:00 N 15:15:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 6948 (146973B2)

Date: 11/12/1948
Location: Clark AFB, Manila, Philippines
Description: Very large 300 ft long 140 ft wingspan snow-white aircraft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_500

Event 6949 (E2DF3590)

Date: 11/12/1948
Locations: National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio; Pentagon; MIT
Description: Project Sign personnel travel to the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., to attempt to convince Cabell and Vandenberg on the ETH. It includes Sneider, and perhaps Deyarmond, Loedding, Truettner, and McCoy. On the Pentagon side, Boggs and Cabell are there and perhaps Vandenberg, and they are having none of the ETH. Back at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, Deyarmond and Truettner begin writing a sanitized Project Sign report. More scientific oversight is requested for Sign personnel. The Scientific Advisory Board and George Valley of MIT are to be made aware of all cases. So too are Boggs’s office, ONI, and maybe even the NBS. Hynek is to be formally commissioned for an assessment, as well as Irving Langmuir and Project Rand.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. H. M. McCoy, “Transmittal of Project ‘SIGN’ Incident Summaries,” November 12, 1948; Swords 65; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 51–52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1285

Event 6950 (FA78D6D3)

Date: 11/15/1948 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTH / NEVADA, MO
Description: 1 / farm. Whirr! Large disk hovers. 2 small objects drop / disk and going quickly southwest. Disk going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 295)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1344

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: “272”, HatchDesc: “S/NEVADA,MO:1/FARM:WHIRR!:LRG DISK HVRS:2 SML OBJS DROP/DISK+>>SW:DISK >NE”, LatLong: “37.750002 -94.355560”, LatLongDMS: “37:45:00 N 94:21:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6951 (DF29F2D0)

Date: Mid 11/1948
Location: Nevada, Missouri
Description: Late afternoon. Clifford DeWitt Fife hears a whirring in the air near Nevada, Missouri. He looks up and sees a hovering, disc-like object. Two bright objects drop down out of the disc about 200–300 feet, then speed off to the southwest. The large object moves off to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nevada (Mo.) Daily Mail, November 30, 1948; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1286

Event 6952 (DD24C290)

Date: 11/15/1948
Description: South of Nevada, Missouri a witness first heard a whirring sound at 4 p.m., then saw a large disc-shaped object hovering. Two small objects dropped from the disc and flew away to the southwest. The disc then flew off toward the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1358, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1948, p. 95
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7683

Event 6953 (E1BE6EF9)

Date: 11/17/1948
Location: Peace River, Alberta, CAN
Description: Bright orange flaming egg-shaped object flying (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_501

Event 6954 (B97E58A5)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 145.3km altitude (First Hermes B ‘Organ’ test of ramjet diffuser in place of payload section. Nominal performance.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_338
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 145.3km

Event 6955 (F35FB254)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: Andrews AFB
Description: Report from Project SIGN, incident ?207 in Blue Book files: at approx. 2200 hours, Lt. Henry G. Combs (AFRes) spotted an oval shaped UFO while flying in a T-6 plane. The UFO accelerated rapidly from 80mph to 500 or 600 mph. It remained under observation for some 10 minutes. The UFO displayed “evasive controlled tactics and an ability to perform tight circles, quick variation of air speed, vertical ascents and evasive movements.”
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research (B1-G p28, B1-F p236)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_339

Event 6956 (01CCF755)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 15:35, Launch of V2 #44, it rose to 145 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_1374

Event 6957 (27AD4BC7)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: Near Andrews AFB, MD
Description: Dogfight with AF pilot, 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_37

Event 6958 (11C0120E)

Date: 11/18/1948
Time: 21:50
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #207. Unidentified. Saucer and AT6 jet / 10 minute(s) dogfight! Extremely fast exit going quickly east. / MJ#247.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1345

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “ANDREWS AFB,MD:BBK#207:UID:SCR+AT6 JET/10min DOGFIGHT!:XFAST EXIT >>E:/MJ#247”, LatLong: “38.800002 -76.866670”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:00 N 76:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRL”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 6959 (728AC8E7)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: Camp Springs, MD
Description: The Lt. Combs / T-6 Encounter (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_502

Event 6960 (3DEAFE6B)

Date: 11/18/1948
Location: Andrews AFB, Maryland
Description: 10:00 p.m. USAF Reserve pilot Lt. Henry G. Combs is flying a T-6 Texas combat trainer when he sees an object flying west to east over Andrews AFB, Maryland. It has one continuously glowing white light. He makes a pass to check on it, but it takes evasive action and he duels with it for 10 minutes. The object performs very tight curves and quick accelerations to 600 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Lt. Combs / T-6 Encounter”; Sparks, p. 42; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 236–237
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1287

[c0mmando]

Event 6961 (4BB284DF)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Description: Wire Report from Germany to Project SIGN: Capt. (blank) is an experienced pilot and completely reliable. While flying an F-80 over a US Air Base in the Fursten-Feldbruck area of Germany, he had radar and visual contact with a circling red-lighted UFO at 2200 hours at 27,000 ft. Ground radar determined that it was going 900 mph and climbed quickly to 50,000 ft. in a matter of minutes and disappeared
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research (B1-F p237)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_341

Event 6962 (1AF2F3D8)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Fursten-Felbruck AFB, Ger.
Description: Radar/visual, attempted intercept; evasive action
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_38

Event 6963 (0D1639D3)

Date: 11/23/1948
Time: 22:00
Location: FURSTEN-FELDBRUCK, GERM
Description: USAF F80. RADAR-visual (observation). 1500kph. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / r242p123+/ LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1346

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “18”, HatchDesc: “FURSTEN-FELDBRUCK,GERM:USAF F80:RDR-VIS:1500kph:↑↑ XFAST:/r242p123+/LDLN#330”, LatLong: “48.183336 11.266667”, LatLongDMS: “48:11:00 N 11:16:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6964 (0B5D2106)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Vaughn, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 7; app 22;00 - Colonel Hayes obs ball of light, descending vertically, which burst 100-200 feet from the ground (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_503

Event 6965 (CF7100CA)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Munich, West Germany
Description: Furstenfeldbruck AFB reddish star-like object G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 481123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_504

Event 6966 (6057C91B)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Vaughan, New Mexico
Description: 10:00 p.m. US Army Col. William P. Hayes sees a bright white, round light “larger than a basketball” descend slowly as he is driving 10 miles east of Vaughan, New Mexico. It explodes without a sound some 400– 500 feet above the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Another Object in Vertical Descent Explodes near Colonel”; Sparks, p. 43; Clark III 539
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1288

Event 6967 (88F9B33D)

Date: 11/23/1948
Location: Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Bavaria, Germany
Description: 10:20 p.m. The first [although see October 15] documented radar-visual UFO case takes place at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Bavaria, Germany. A UFO is seen circling at 27,000 feet. An F-80 pilot sent to intercept it describes it as bright red. It climbs abruptly to 50,000 feet at 900 mph. A second F-80 pilot verifies the report.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Grnd Visual / Grnd Radar Track Object at 27,000ʹ”; Ruppelt, p. 46; Sparks, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1289

Event 6968 (EF12AE7F)

Date: 11/23/1948
Description: An aerial encounter with a red UFO involving radar and visual confirmation occurred over Germany on this night at 10:20 p.m. Two U.S. Air Force Captains flying in a F-80 fighter, and a 1st Lt. from the 23rd Fighter Squadron on the ground at Furstenfeldbruck AFB saw the reddish star-like object to the east moving south over Munich at 200-500 mph, turning slightly southwest and then southeast. Captain Slater in the F-80 called the Racecard DF Radar Station which tracked the unidentified target at 27,000 feet and 30 miles to the south of Munich, climbing to 40,000 feet at 40 miles south of Munich, then circling around in a high speed ascent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers Are Real, p. 162; Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 68; Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 237; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7833

Event 6969 (52EC31A3)

Date: 11/24/1948
Description: Writer Sidney Shalett has asked for USAF cooperation in writing an article on UFOs for the Saturday Evening Post. In a “Memorandum for the Record,” the USAF Directorate of Intelligence indicates that “publicity of this nature is undesirable but, if such articles are written, they will be less harmful to the national interest if a degree of guidance in their preparation is exercised.” Signed November 24 by Cabell, Director of Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Maj. Gen. Charles P. Cabell], “Memorandum for Record,” November 24, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1290

Event 6970 (BA6B227F)

Date: 11/26/1948
Location: Washington and Oregon, various
Description: Young. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_505

Event 6971 (A7E0B127)

Date: 11/30/1948
Description: Maj. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, in an Air Staff Summary Sheet, admits that he has tried to dissuade the press from publishing articles like Shalett’s. Cabell has asked Secretary Forrestal for permission to feed Shalett some statistics, but the memo is apparently never sent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. C. P. Cabell, “Publicity on Flying Saucer Incidents,” Air Staff Summary Sheet, November 30, 1948; “Memorandum for Mr. Forrestal” [unsent]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1291

Event 6972 (9FF6EB15)

Date: 11/30/1948
Locations: AMC Dayton; Mitchel AFB [now closed]; Long Island, New York
Description: Letter from Howard McCoy at AMC Dayton to Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Mitchel AFB [now closed], Long Island, New York. “It is requested that all reports of unusual sightings by radar stations of your command be made directly to this Headquarters by the most expeditious means.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “1948 UFO Chronology”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1292

Event 6973 (5DA740C8)

Date: 11/30/1948
Locations: Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB; National Archives
Description: An interim report by Project Sign, one that apparently takes seriously the possibility that UFOs represent interplanetary probes, is accidentally destroyed. USAF Intelligence later requests a replacement copy from TID at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. A recent FOIA to the National Archives answers that such a document would be in Project Blue Book files, but it is not.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1293

Event 6974 (F601C173)

Date: 12/1948
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Project SIGN evolves into Project GRUDGE and is conducted under the code name BLUE BOOK. The liaison between Project GRUDGE and MJ-12 is the Air Force officer in head of BLUE BOOK. (Capt. Ruppelt?)
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_342
See also: 3/1952

Event 6975 (C12B6A9E)

Date: 12/1948
Location: USSR, Moscow
Description: (Translated from French) Oblong metallic objects, shaped like fish, were seen reflecting the sunlight.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Countries” - trans. Laffont 1976 - p. 274
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1377

Event 6976 (924C3919)

Date: 12/1948
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) The NACA had hoped to receive one of the two X-4 aircraft that Northrop was building this month (as part of the transonic research). But in December 1948 only one was complete and still at the factory, where it made its initial flight. The X-4 program experienced delays and design problems: in six months it only made three flights and according to the pilots, this aircraft was far inferior to the Skystreak with which Howard Lilly had lost his life.
Reference: NASA website 1977 “On the Frontier”.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1382

Event 6977 (3FFE290F)

Date: 12/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Above Moscow (Russia), a number of long, fish-shaped objects are observed, reflecting the sunlight.
Reference: Vallée, Anatomy of Phenomenon, page 54
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_747

Event 6978 (4BC36660)

Date: 12/1948
Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Description: Pilots and ground observer(s). Long fish-shaped objects seen. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1347

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "MOSCOW,RUSS:PILOTS+GND.OBS:LONG FISH-SHAPED OBJs SEEN:NFD ", LatLong: “55.783336 37.600002”, LatLongDMS: “55:47:00 N 37:36:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6979 (048E8F50)

Date: 12/1948
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Dec. 5 - 8,11,13,14,20 & 28, 1948; Los Alamos, NM. OSI, pilots, Los Alamos (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 481200
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_506

Event 6980 (FD70A240)

Date: 12/1948
Location: USSR
Description: A first-strike war plan (Sizzle) is developed to use 133 nuclear aerial bombs against 70 cities of the USSR.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Nuclear ‘Pincher’: The START II Treaty, the American ‘Escalation of Superiority’ Strategy, and Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces,” from Sovetskaya Rossiya, April 8, 1995
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1294

Event 6981 (561963B6)

Date: 12/3/1948
Location: USA, Fairfield, Suisan AFB, California.
Description: (Translated from French) In the night of December 3, 1948 (8:15 p.m.), while the airfield was swept by winds stronger than usual. In the gusts, they reached 110 km/h. A strange luminous ball was suddenly seen at an altitude of about three hundred meters. As the base personnel watched it in amazement, the mysterious light suddenly rose almost vertically. It reached an altitude of seven thousand meters in an incredibly short time and then disappeared. (Donald KEYHOE: “Flying Saucers Exist” - ed. Corrêa, Paris, 1951, p. 107) 8:15 p.m. Witness: a USAF Sgt., operator at the control tower; A round and white light flies for 25 seconds at varying speeds, jerky movement to end with erratic ascent.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1375

Event 6982 (77399066)

Date: 12/3/1948
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Fairfield-Suisan (California), a USAF sergeant and a control tower operator observed a white circular light flying for 25 seconds at varying speeds, hopping, and disappearing in an erratic ascent. (December 3, 8:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #257 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_748

Event 6983 (D0E03CC4)

Date: 12/3/1948
Time: 20:20
Location: TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Air Traffic Controller. Fireball climbs toward(s) plane. Erratic motion. Still rising at 30K Ft.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1348

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “TRAVIS AFB,CA:ATC:FBL CLIMBS TWRD PLANE:ERRATIC MOTION:STILL RISING @ 30K FT”, LatLong: “38.233335 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6984 (3B6FE1C4)

Date: 12/3/1948
Location: Fairfield-Suisan AFB, CA
Description: Round, white light fly with varying speed, bouncing motion (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 257)
Reference: NICAP: 481203
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_507

Event 6985 (B3EEA937)

Date: 12/3/1948
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: (39.75° N, 84.18° W). Hoffman (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_508

Event 6986 (C2E1528A)

Date: 12/3/1948
Time: 8:15 PM
Location: Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California
Description: Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white light flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion, and finally a rapid erratic climb.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_16

Event 6987 (7865A95A)

Date: 12/3/1948
Locations: Fairfield-Suisun AFB; Fairfield, California; Travis AFB
Description: 8:15 p.m. Sgt. Bruce Earlin McFarland, control tower operator at Fairfield-Suisun AFB [now Travis AFB] at Fairfield, California, watches for 25 seconds a round, white light fly with variable speed (200–400 mph) and a bouncing motion, finally disappearing after a rapid, erratic climb to 20,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Dec. 3, 1948, UFO Report”; Sparks, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1295

Event 6988 (6944145C)

Date: 12/5/1948
Description: (Translated from French) A bright green light appears near a C-47 Dakota of the USAF and another airliner, above New Mexico. The crew of the C-47 see the light beam directed towards them. They agree with the captain of the airliner to report the sighting to the Air Force base at Kirtland. This is the second time they have observed a mysterious green glow on this flight. (9:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_749

Event 6989 (CB25C29D)

Date: 12/5/1948
Description: (Translated from French) A Pioneer Airlines DC-3 Dakota transmitted by radio to Kirtland a similar report. The green light headed straight for the plane, forcing the pilot to avoid it with a maneuver. When the plane landed in Albuquerque, the crew was questioned by USAF intelligence agents. (21 h 35)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_750

Event 6990 (23E080FA)

Date: 12/5/1948
Description: (Translated from French) The investigation will show that 5 green fireballs were observed that day.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_751

Event 6991 (F3237C9B)

Date: 12/5/1948
Location: Near Albuquerque, NM
Description: C-47 pilot sees huge green fireball appear to maneuver
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_39

Event 6992 (3ECC79A3)

Date: 12/5/1948 (approximate)
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: FBI report. Green fireballs or saucers seen 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 20+28 DEC’48.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1349

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “96”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:FBI Rpt:GRN FBLS or SCRS seen 5,6,7,8,11,13,14,20+28 DEC’48”, LatLong: “35.877779 -106.294450”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:40 N 106:17:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 6993 (2213B6F6)

Date: 12/5/1948
Time: 21:30
Location: LAS VEGAS, NM
Description: Air Force C47+airliner crew. Flash. Huge orange fireball / collision course. Dives.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1350

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1960”, HatchDesc: “LAS VEGAS,NM:AF C47+AIRLINER CREW:FLASH:HUGE ORG FBL/COLLISION COURSE:DIVES”, LatLong: “35.600002 -105.216672”, LatLongDMS: “35:36:00 N 105:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 6994 (CE65AD1D)

Date: 12/5/1948
Location: Las Vegas (W of), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 8; AF C-47 Pilot Observes UFO Similar To Green Flare (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481205
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_509

Event 6995 (E55911DA)

Date: 12/5/1948
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 9; Commercial Pilot Reports Green Flare (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481205
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_510

Event 6996 (8F2B971A)

Date: 12/5/1948
Locations: Denver; Phoenix; Las Vegas, New Mexico; Sandia Peak; Albuquerque; Pioneer Airlines Flight 63
Description: 9:05 p.m. Pilot Capt. William R. Goade is flying a USAF C-47 from Denver to Phoenix. Just west of Las Vegas, New Mexico, he and his copilot Maj. Roger Carter spot a bright green flash. Some 22 minutes later, an identical flash rises from the east slope of Sandia Peak and follows a parabolic curve as the C-47 passes 20 miles northeast of Albuquerque. Capt. Ernest Van Lloyd and the crew of Pioneer Airlines Flight 63 also see the second object, described as first orange, then green.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 8: AF C-47 Pilot Observes UFO Similar to Green Flare”; Clark III 539; Sparks, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1296

Event 6997 (212749FB)

Date: 12/5/1948
Description: Flying east of Las Vegas, New Mexico a C-47 pilot and two others saw a huge luminous green fireball at 9:27 p.m., which appeared to maneuver. The same night 12 green fireballs seen traveling rapidly north to south by security guards at military installations from 1930 to 2330 hours, including guards at Sandia Base, New Mexico where atomic bombs were being assembled.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 73; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 398; (2) Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 48; Bruce Maccabee, UFO-FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government’s Cover-Up, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8193

Event 6998 (C36FC41E)

Date: 12/6/1948
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 10; AESS Observed Green Flare Directly Over Sandia Base (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_511

Event 6999 (A1512EA4)

Date: 12/6/1948
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Description: Lt. Col. Doyle Rees, commander of the Seventeenth District AFOSI at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, orders an investigation into the previous night’s green fireball.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 539
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1297

Event 7000 (A170AF84)

Date: 12/6/1948
Location: USAF Scientific Advisory Board
Description: Project Sign is ordered to send copies of all its future cases and analyses to Maj. Boggs of the Office of Defensive Air, the ONI, and the USAF Scientific Advisory Board.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 65
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1298

Event 7001 (353A6C34)

Date: 12/6/1948
Locations: Sandia Base; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 10:55 p.m. Atomic Energy Security Service Officer Joseph Toulouse sees a greenish flare one-third the apparent size of the moon at Sandia Base outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is visible for 3 seconds before it arcs downward and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 10: AESS Observed Green Flare Directly over Sandia Base”; Clark III 539; Sparks, p. 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1299

Event 7002 (C3D84655)

Date: 12/8/1948
Time: 18:30
Location: ESE / LAS VEGAS, NM
Description: 2 OSI agents / T7 plane. Very big green fireball northeast going quickly southwest straight and level. Then going down. Project Bluebook Case #223.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1948: 2 books: 1988 & 2000 Supplement. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1351

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1630”, HatchDesc: “ESE/LAS VEGAS,NM:2 OSI AGENTS/T7 PLANE:VBIG GRN FBL NE>>SW S/L:THEN ↓:BBK#223”, LatLong: “35.516668 -104.850005”, LatLongDMS: “35:31:00 N 104:51:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 7003 (5FF1A904)

Date: 12/8/1948
Location: Las Vegas (20 miles E of), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 11; Agents In T-7 Observe Intense Green Fireball At 13,000’ (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481208
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_512

Event 7004 (8639D319)

Date: 12/8/1948
Location: Chanute AFB, IL
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_513

Event 7005 (B7B16FF3)

Date: 12/8/1948
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Two AFOSI officers, Capts. Melvin E. Neef and John J. Stahl Jr., interview every agency that might know something about green-flare operations but come up short. That evening, they are flying a T-7 out of Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 5,000 feet when they see a brilliant green light, larger and more brilliant than a meteor or flare, traveling a flat trajectory 2,000 feet above them. They see it for 2 seconds before it burns out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 11: Agents in T-7 Observe Intense Green Fireball at 13,000ʹ”; Clark III 539; Sparks, p. 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1300

Event 7006 (8C65F746)

Date: 12/9/1948
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 108.4km altitude (Vane failure at 22s caused erratic flight)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_340
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 108.4km

Event 7007 (30818366)

Date: 12/9/1948
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:08 AM, launch of V2 #42 which reached 108 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_1376

Event 7008 (E5CACA5D)

Date: 12/9/1948
Location: Pittsburgh (near), PA
Description: USAF officers saw round object tothe N on converging course (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_514

Event 7009 (2C03423C)

Date: 12/9/1948
Location: University of New Mexico
Description: Capt. Neef informs Lincoln LaPaz, director of meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, about the green fireball sightings. He says they do not sound like any meteors he is familiar with.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 539
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1301

Event 7010 (A73E725E)

Date: 12/10/1948
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Top Secret Air Intelligence Report 100–203–79 issued
Type: top secret report
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_343
See also: 1/7/1948
See also: 11/1/1948

Event 7011 (66DAB13E)

Date: 12/10/1948
Location: U.S.
Description: The revised Project Sign report is issued, Air Intelligence Report Number 100-203-79, “Analysis of Fly- ing Object Incidents in the U.S.” (AIR 203) [Some copies are confusingly dated April 28, 1949.] This is the cul- mination of Sign’s work since early August, augmented by ONI collaboration over the past two months. UFOs are not extraterrestrial (the idea is hardly noticed). UFOs are probably real, but if so, there is a small chance that they are Soviet and therefore dangerous. All in all, the word “Soviet” dominates the commentary.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Directorate of Intelligence, Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.: Summary and Conclusions, Air Intelligence Report 100-203-79, December 10, 1948; copy, dated April 28, 1949; Bruce Maccabee, “Hiding the Hardware,” IUR 16, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1991): 7–8; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 52; Swords 65–66; Good Above, pp. 265, 480–481
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1302

Event 7012 (B392B2F0)

Date: 12/12/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Lincoln LaPaz. (12 December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_752

Event 7013 (1D10787B)

Date: 12/12/1948
Location: Near Los Alamos, NM
Description: Silent green fireball seen by Dr. La Paz; not meteor
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_40

Event 7014 (3602E020)

Date: 12/12/1948
Time: 21:00
Location: BERNAL, NM
Description: L. LaPaz and 2 / car. Green fireball east going west / 2.2sec straight and level. Then going down. “No meteor”. / r120p266.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1352

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1540”, HatchDesc: “BERNAL,NM:L.LAPAZ+2/CAR:GRN FBL E>W /2.2sec S/L:then ↓:“NO METEOR”:/r120p266”, LatLong: “35.394446 -105.316672”, LatLongDMS: “35:23:40 N 105:19:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7015 (790193EE)

Date: 12/12/1948
Location: Starvation Peak (near Bernal), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 13; LaPaz, Captain, CAP Intel Officer Observed Green Fireball (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481212
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_515

Event 7016 (B1623C0C)

Date: 12/12/1948
Locations: Bernal, New Mexico; Los Alamos National Laboratory
Description: 9:02 p.m. Lincoln LaPaz and two USAF officers (Sandia Base Intelligence Officer Lt. Allan B. Clark and Sandia’s AF-Civil Air Patrol Liaison Officer Maj. Charles L. Phillips) see a green fireball near Bernal, New Mexico. He calculates that it is flying directly over Los Alamos National Laboratory, and it maintains its horizontal flight at the low altitude (for a meteor) of 8–10 miles. LaPaz arranges with the Atomic Energy Security Service to set up a patrol with Speed Graphic cameras to try to photograph the fireballs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 13: LaPaz, Captain, CAP Intel Officer Observed Green Fireball”; Clark III 539–540; Good Above, p. 266; Joel Carpenter, “Green Fireball Chronology,” October 6, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1303

Event 7017 (19F914EF)

Date: 12/12/1948
Description: A silent green fireball flew over Bernal, New Mexico toward the west for 2.2 seconds at a low altitude, then ascended. It was seen by Dr. La Paz, a meteor expert who later prepared a report on these anomalous green fireballs. He concluded that what he saw was not a meteor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, December 1948; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a cover-up 1941-1973, p. 398
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8351

Event 7018 (66DC1579)

Date: 12/13/1948
Description: Project Sign files are sent to the Navy by Col. William R. Clingerman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Project ‘SIGN’ Files Sent Directly to the Navy,” December 13, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1304

Event 7019 (24469EC2)

Date: 12/13/1948
Description: Aeronautical engineer James E. Lipp writes an 8-page memo to Brig. Gen. Donald Putt on “Special Design and Performance Characteristics That Are Believed to Distinguish Spaceships.” Rejecting out of hand any links between UFO sightings and space travelers, it later appears as an appendix in the Project Grudge report.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James E. Lipp, “Special Design and Performance Characteristics That Are Believed to Distinguish Spaceships,” December 13, 1948
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1305

Event 7020 (3385913C)

Date: 12/16/1948
Description: (Translated from French) The project Sign is renamed project Grudge, officially only on February 11, 1949. (December 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_753

Event 7021 (B5C9D077)

Date: 12/16/1948
Description: Astronomer J. Allen Hynek is officially tasked by Project Sign with studying UFO cases for astronomical explanations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (AMC contract W33-038-1118).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1306

Event 7022 (62E27308)

Date: 12/16/1948
Description: Brig. Gen. Donald Putt, Director of USAF Research and Development, orders that the code word Sign be changed to Grudge (since the Air Force bears a grudge against UFO reports, according to Ruppelt), effective in February. Morale plummets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report by the Director of Intelligence, USAF, to the Joint Intelligence Committee on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” April 28, 1949; Sparks, p. 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1307

Event 7023 (DAE6D03C)

Date: 12/17/1948
Location: North Ambridge, PA
Description: Formation of 8 white luminescent rotating spherical objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_516

Event 7024 (3A38EE50)

Date: 12/20/1948
Location: Los Alamos (W of), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 14; AESS OP Sighted Green Fireball With Triangulation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481220
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_517

Event 7025 (A32402A6)

Date: 12/20/1948
Description: Sneider sends his summary of the Chiles-Whitted case, Air Intelligence Report number 102-122-79, to Cabell. It is later called “The Ghost of the Estimate” by some researchers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Capt. Robert R. Sneider, [untitled memorandum], December 20, 1948; Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1308

Event 7026 (F74CB75D)

Date: 12/20/1948
Locations: Lt. Col. Doyle Rees; Los Alamos
Description: In a confidential memo to Lt. Col. Doyle Rees, LaPaz argues that the green fireball he saw on December 12 was no meteor he has ever studied. He writes that the object moved far too slowly to have been a meteor and left no “trail of sparks or dust cloud” as would be typical of meteors flying at low altitudes. Other anomalous characteristics were the intense lime-green color, low altitude of only 8–10 miles yet exhibiting no sound, flat rather than arced trajectory, and turning on and off like a light switch. The interest in green fireballs inspires the creation of an informal group, the Los Alamos Astrophysical Association, whose members, all scientists and engineers with security clearances, are permitted to examine some classified Project Sign reports. This is essentially the beginning of Project Twinkle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 540; World History Project, “Project Twinkle Established to Monitor Green Fireball Sightings”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1309

Event 7027 (5C3D60FB)

Date: 12/20/1948
Locations: west of Los Alamos, New Mexico; Los Alamos
Description: 8:54 p.m. Shortly after they have packed up their Speed Graphic cameras provided by LaPaz to try to photograph the green fireballs, personnel (William D. Wilson, Buford G. Truett, Clifford E. Strang, and George S. Skipper) at an Atomic Energy Security Service post west of Los Alamos, New Mexico, spot a blue-white fireball moving in a nearly flat trajectory. Two objects separate from the main body and trail behind it. Thanks to an independent observation at another site, LaPaz is able to triangulate its flight path as 7–8 miles, west to east toward Los Alamos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 14: AESS OP Sighted Green Fireball with Triangulation”; Sparks, p. 46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1310

Event 7028 (C0F842EC)

Date: 12/27/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Commercial flight of a DC-3 from San Juan (Puerto Rico) to Miami (Florida), piloted by Captain Robert Lindquist with 36 people on board, “vanishes” in view of Miami. We are approaching the runway at only 50 miles south, the pilot tells the control tower. We can see the lights of Miami now. Everything is okay. Awaiting landing instructions. The DC-3 disappears from the radar screen a few seconds later. The point where the plane would have crashed is above the Florida Keys, where clear waters of only 20 feet deep would have left the DC-3 visible. An official investigation is conducted to understand how the experienced pilot can disappear on a clear and calm night. Search teams inspect the site where the plane is supposed to have crashed, but no trace of the aircraft is found in the twenty-foot deep water. (December 27)
Reference: The DC-3 Hangar
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_754

Event 7029 (6D2098B7)

Date: 12/27/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Building of the secret underground facilities of Los Alamos.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_755

Event 7030 (CA083D26)

Date: 12/27/1948
Description: (Translated from French) Election of Harry Truman to the Presidency of the United States.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_756

Event 7031 (EA742127)

Date: 12/28/1948
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 15: 04:31 - white obj disappeared w/greenish flash (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 481228
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_518

Event 7032 (2928A0D7)

Date: 12/29/1948
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Already in a report published on November 11, 1945, General H.H. Arnold, Supreme Commander of the American Aviation, envisaged the launch of a space exploration program. (…) On December 29, 1948, Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal officially revealed that a program of artificial satellites was under study in each of the three arms and that the Commission of Special Long-Range Engines was going to take charge of these files to develop a common program.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Pocket, 1967, p. 147
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1378

Event 7033 (34435E17)

Date: 12/29/1948
Location: New Mexico
Description: The Fourth Army sums up the UFO situation in the southwest in a statement. In December 5–28, there were 23 reports of “flares or moving lights.” All but two are in New Mexico and are an intense white or greenish- white light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 540
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1311

Event 7034 (C815246C)

Date: 12/30/1948
Location: Unknown Location, Sweden
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_519

---

Year: 1949, 653 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 7035 (627A80D1)

Date: 1949
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: United States Air Force’s Strategic Air Command had F-86 Sabres in service from 1949 through 1950. The F-86 was the primary U.S. air combat fighter during the Korean War, with significant numbers of the first three production models seeing combat.
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_344

Event 7036 (3ECB517E)

Date: 1949
Location: Bishop, CA
Description: Claude E. Steene Sr., Fullerton CA: While practicing in Bishop CA in 1949, was called on by a member of a special military unit to examine a living being reportedly taken from a crashed saucer. Kept alive in a controlled environment, appeared reptilian.
Type: ufological event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_346

Event 7037 (5B05C20E)

Date: 1949
End date: 1990
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet Union tests 969 nuclear devices — the more nuclear testing than any nation in the planet. 214 nuclear devices were tested in the open atmosphere between 1949–1962.
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_347

Event 7038 (6697B08E)

Date: 1949
Location: Siberia
Description: Soviet “Tomsk-7” atomic weapons project plant opens (Uranium enrichment, component manufacturing)
Type: atomic plant
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_348

Event 7039 (CF4324EE)

Date: 1949
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) Soviet rockets had moved slowly, since their first vertical launch engine dated back only to 1949 with an altitude of 110 km.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12, 13
Reference: see 1957, August
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1383

Event 7040 (94370D5F)

Date: 1949
Location: USA, Albuquerque (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) In 1949, a new type of UFO descended at night near the Albuquerque airport, in New Mexico. It was about 200 meters away when, all of a sudden, it fell to around 50 meters and exploded, spreading a rain of red dust. At the time, people feared it might be a toxic gas, but no harmful effects were observed. The incident repeated itself three times at the same hour, in the same place. There was no doubt that the red-emitting UFO’s were very precisely controlled. The case was recorded in the “Grudge” study group report. Without any comment.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE - 1973 - Trans. “Les Etrangers de l’Espace” Ed. France-Empire coll. Press Pocket 1975 - p. 211-212
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1431

Event 7041 (2BE89A22)

Date: 1949
Location: USA (Alaska)
Description: (Translated from French) Mikel Conrad shot a 300-meter film of the maneuvers, landing, and takeoff of 8 flying saucers, 70 km north of Juneau (Alaska), in 1949. The American government confiscated this film, examined it, and studied it in detail before returning it to him a year later.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “The S.V. come from another World” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Omnium Littéraire 1972 Reissue - p. 256
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1432

Event 7042 (EF2235FB)

Date: 1949
Location: At sea, Strait of Hormuz
Description: (Translated from French) Excerpts from an article in the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, by Commander J.R. Bodler (USNR): My ship had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz, bound for India. The night was clear and beautiful. The second mate called me to the bridge, saying he had seen something I should see. About four points (45°) on the starboard bow, toward the coast of Iran, there was a band of light that seemed to pulsate. Its aspect suggested an aurora borealis, but much lower, below the horizon in fact. Binocular examination showed that the lighted area was distinctly below the horizon, in the water, and was approaching the ship. As the phenomenon drew near, it became apparent that the pulsations seemed to emanate from the middle of the band and ripple out to the ends. At a distance of about one mile from the ship, the phenomenon appeared vaguely circular in shape, with a diameter of 300 to 450 meters. The pulsations were clearly caused by a rotary motion of the whole about a rather ill-defined center, with light rays like searchlight beams, radiating from the center and revolving (in a counterclockwise direction) like the spokes of a giant wheel. For several minutes the ship occupied the approximate center of the phenomenon. Slightly curved bands of light swept rapidly across the starboard bow to the stern and across the port bow. The brightness made the superstructure very visible. The luminous bands seemed to pass over a given point about every half second. As can be imagined, the effect was strange and extremely impressive; the ship seemed to occupy the center of a huge fireworks sun, with its “phosphorescent rays” revolving rapidly around the vessel as hub. The “hub” of the phenomenon gradually drew nearer the port side and passed astern, becoming more and more distant on the port quarter. While still in view several miles astern, and appearing at that time as a pulsating band of light, a repetition of the manifestation occurred on the port bow.
Reference: Yvan T. SANDERSON: “The Invisibles Under the Seas” Albin Michel 1979 - pp. 119-120
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1433

Event 7043 (076DCF8A)

Date: 1949
Description: (Translated from French) Secretary of Defense Forrestal is forced to resign after it is discovered that forces are preparing for war in Korea.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_757

Event 7044 (E3F6D4C1)

Date: 1949
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of construction of installations at Groom Lake on a zone of Nevada belonging to the AEC.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_758

Event 7045 (A4AA1A1D)

Date: 1949?
Locations: Mather AFB; Sacramento, California; Sacramento Mather Airport
Description: Evening. USAF Brig. Gen. William M. Garland is stationed at Mather AFB [now Sacramento Mather Airport] in Sacramento, California. He and a few other people, including some command pilots, are sitting in their yard when they see a “bright, silvery, round object” going too fast for an airplane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan L. Aldrich, “Brigadier General William Madison Garland, USAF”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1312

Event 7046 (69BD2A44)

Date: 1949
Location: Fort Hood, Texas
Description: 1:00 a.m. A group of soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, are tasked with standing guard over a plateau in a remote, fenced-off part of the base. After a few weeks, they see bright lights in the sky. They approach the plateau and descend slowly and silently. Suddenly, part of the plateau opens up and they can see light coming from inside. The lights descend into the opening, which closes over them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Timmermania: A Step Too Far into the Timmerman Files?” IUR 27, no. 4 (Winter 2002–2003): 9; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1313

Event 7047 (20204327)

Date: 1949
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Day. A student pilot is flying a two-seat Taylorcraft over Los Angeles, California. Just as he turns to a westerly flight heading, he sees an object speeding across the sky from north to south. Suddenly it stops abruptly, and the pilot heads toward the object climbing to within a few hundred feet. An intense flash of white comes from its tail and in less than a minute it is completely out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Recently Reported,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 10 (October 1981): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1314

Event 7048 (F76A48A2)

Date: 1949
Location: US
Description: A once-classified U.S. Air Force intelligence assessment from 1949 stated that, by the end of WWII, German aircraft designers were working on tailless aircraft projects that could potentially be mistaken for “flying saucers” or disc-like objects. (Chapter 7, Ref 287)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_279

Event 7049 (6E3A6F1A)

Date: 1949
Description: Scientist Albert Collins claims he worked on electromagnetic propulsion at Cal-Berkeley and analyzed samples that were taken away by the Army. The metal was thin, light and could not be dented or cut; it could fold and return to shape.

Collins claims in 1949, Rand Corporation and the CIA solicited assistance on sample analysis from a Vatican representative; he claims he saw project names Archangel, Blue Book, Black Book, White Book and Yellow Book, adding that he heard LANL was analyzing green fireballs (this last claim has been confirmed as Project Twinkle).

He claims he heard rumors of autopsies of “midget people” at Los Alamos, experiments at Holloman AFB and Kirtland AFB, metal-like wood tested in Berkley he was not involved with, and flying disc landings on military bases in California and New Mexico. Collins also states a friend told him Archangel determined UAP occupants were extraterrestrial, biological, gas-breathing intelligent animals with larger craniums than humans. He claims this friend told him the occupants had cells similar to plants that were responsive to sunlight and were able to make right or wrong judgements like humans.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2004/05/16/part-8-ufo-crashretrievals-the-inner

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_17

Event 7050 (D112E17F)

Date: Early 1949
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: USAF General Orders the AF to stop investigating saucers and Project GRUDGE is ordered to close at the end of 1949.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Leon Davidson
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_345

Event 7051 (E8055825)

Date: 1/1949
Location: USA, Gardnerville (Nevada)
Description: (Translated from French) On a cold January morning in 1949, a strange phenomenon was observed on the farm of the Lampe couple. It had snowed heavily during the night and in the morning, looking out the window, Mrs. Lampe saw in the snow a patch of light gray color, no bigger than two hands held together. It had an irregular shape. It “rested” on a small rounded pile of snow, about three wheels from the house and right in front of the window. Suddenly this patch changed into a disk of bright white light with a diameter of three feet (90 cm). This lasted about two full minutes. Then suddenly the light contracted into an orange bar 10 to 12 cm wide which flew quickly towards the window where the witness was looking and then, apparently, exploded against the stone foundation of the porch as several sparkling red and blue sparks rose up to 70 cm above the door frame. When day broke, the couple looked for evidence, but no mark or trace to explain the phenomenon was found.
Reference: THE CASE FOR THE UFO by Morris K. Jessup, Citadel Press, New York, N.Y., 1955, page 168
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1384

Event 7052 (E35388AE)

Date: 1/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In New Mexico, proliferation of phenomena of flying fireball at very high speed. Another phenomenon featuring groups of small lights in “V” formations and changing color, is also observed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_759

Event 7053 (99977E55)

Date: 1/1949
Time: 23:00?
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: Huge white ball / light circles airport tower. Both Air Traffic Controllers flee in panic!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1353

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:HUGE WHT BALL/LITE CIRCLES AIRPORT TWR:BOTH ATCs FLEE IN PANIC!”, LatLong: “39.116669 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7054 (E3B158AA)

Date: 1/1949
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Description: Project Sign personnel begin to be reassigned. Loedding disappears from project records. Deyarmond’s attention goes elsewhere. Truettner makes one last serious attempt at interviewing about nuclear propulsion (at Oak Ridge, Tennessee) and is given a negative opinion on UFOs by Col. Ralph L. Wassell. He, too, disappears from the project. The civilian members are relieved of their duties and reassigned to other intelligence tasks within T-2. For Loedding in particular, his role and prestige are never the same. After a few further years of intelligence work, both he and Truettner leave AMC. For the higher military ranks (Llewelyn and Sneider), all we know is that they are soon no longer involved, perhaps not even assigned to the same base. Even Clingerman and McCoy become less involved, perhaps because they have also heard that their tenures will soon be up and they will be sent to school and then transferred. The only persons left active on the project are two of the lower ranks: Lieut. Howard W. Smith and civilian George W. Towles. Their job is reduced basically to collection and filing. In this condition, or worse, the Air Force commitment to a UFO investigation project will remain until the summer of 1951.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation,” JUFOS 7 (2000): 52–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1315

Event 7055 (D756160D)

Date: 1/1949
Location: Beatty, Nevada
Description: Early morning. Sarah Elizabeth Lampe watches an odd, disc-like electrical discharge, about 3 feet in diameter, that persists for “fully two minutes” during the Big Snow, 8 miles from Beatty, Nevada.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “True Mystic Experiences,” Fate 4, no. 2 (March 1951): 84–89
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1316

Event 7056 (1D874125)

Date: 1/1/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Jackson (Mississippi), Mr. and Mrs. T. Rush, while landing in a Stinson, observed 200 m ahead of them a short-winged cigar or a wingless aircraft of 20 x 3 m, with a tapered back. The object quickly disappeared at an estimated speed of 900 km/h. (January 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_760

Event 7057 (2DF08633)

Date: 1/1/1949
Time: 17:00
Location: JACKSON, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #233. 2 pilots / private plane. Near crash / 20m cylinder/cigar-shape. Going quickly southwest / 500mph. / r242p044.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1354

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “JACKSON,MS:BBK#233:2 PILOTS/PVT PLANE:nr CRASH/20m CGR:>>SW/500mph:/r242p044”, LatLong: “32.300002 -90.183338”, LatLongDMS: “32:18:00 N 90:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7058 (DB358EFF)

Date: 1/1/1949
Location: Jackson, MS
Description: Cigar-shaped object cross the sky in front of his plane (Project 1947; McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_520

Event 7059 (4D477765)

Date: 1/1/1949
Description: The CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence is established. Willard Machle becomes assistant director for scientific intelligence. Problems almost immediately involve recruitment and filling positions with competent professionals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Rear Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter, “Scientific Intelligence,” January 4, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1317

Event 7060 (2231B96A)

Date: 1/1/1949
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Description: 5:00 p.m. Pilot Thomas A. Rush and his wife are in a private plane flying east of Jackson, Mississippi. They see a cigar-shaped object, 60 feet long and 10 feet wide, cross their path at an altitude of 1,500–1,600 feet. It is only about 500 feet distant. The speed is approximately 200 mph, and it accelerates to 400–500 mph. The object makes a 50° turn and is visible for 10–12 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cigar-Shaped Object Encountered by Bush Pilot”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 1–2; Sparks, p. 46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1318

Event 7061 (5DAE43DF)

Date: 1/4/1949
Location: USA, Hickham Field, Hawaii.
Description: (Translated from French) 2 p.m. Witness: USAF Capt. Paul Storey, pilot, on the ground. An object, flat, elliptical, white with the upper part matte, flew in circles oscillating from left to right before departing at high speed.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1385

Event 7062 (F0332719)

Date: 1/4/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Hickam Field (Hawaii), USAF pilot captain Paul Storey observed from the ground a white, elliptical but flattened object with a matte circular top, oscillating from right to left, and leaving at high speed. (January 4th, 2 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #275 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_761

Event 7063 (57A3C377)

Date: 1/4/1949
Time: 14:00
Location: HICKAM FIELD, HI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #275. 1 observer. Silent saucer circles field. Blinks 1 / second(s). Going quickly NNE climbing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1355

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HICKAM FIELD,HI:BBK#275:1 OBS:SLNT SCR CCLS FIELD:BLINKS 1/sec:>>NNE CLIMBING”, LatLong: “21.333334 -157.900008”, LatLongDMS: “21:20:00 N 157:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7064 (D983ABEB)

Date: 1/4/1949
Location: Hickam Field, HI
Description: A flat white, elliptical object, with a matte top (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 275)
Reference: NICAP: 490104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_521

Event 7065 (78941C5F)

Date: 1/4/1949
Time: 2 PM
Location: Hickam Field, Hawaii
Description: Witness: USAF pilot Capt. Paul Stoney, on ground. one flat white, elliptical object with a matte top circled while oscillating to the right and left, and then sped away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_17

Event 7066 (13F14C1D)

Date: 1/4/1949
Locations: Hickam Field; Honolulu, Hawaii; Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
Description: 2:00 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Paul R. Stoney, on the ground at Hickam Field [now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam] near Honolulu, Hawaii, sees a flat, white, elliptical object about the size of a T-6 aircraft, circle at about 3,000 feet while oscillating to the right and left. It is apparently several miles off the base and slowly circling. It is bright white on the underside and darker on top and possesses no other structures. It proceeds for 15 minutes to make “rhythmical undulation” maneuvers in a cyclical manner. The “object seemed to maneuver under control at all times completing 360° turns and 90° turns.” The object then “departed climbing (into the northeast) at accelerated speed out of sight.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Circles, Maneuvers, Climbs into the NE”; Sparks, p. 47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1319

Event 7067 (DD3015B8)

Date: 1/4/1949
Description: At 2:07 p.m. in Hickham Field, Honolulu, Hawaii Captain Paul Storey sighted a large, round, flat disc-shaped object that “blinked” and flew silently with a type of whitish reflection. The top of the craft looked dark. It flew at 3,000 feet altitude and circled the airfield, blinking once per second, finally flying away climbing into the northeast sky. The sighting is listed by the Air Force as an “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 275; Michael David Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_81

Event 7068 (EF35E632)

Date: 1/5/1949
Location: Sea of Japan, Japan
Description: Unknown Object On Radar in Far East (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 490105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_522

Event 7069 (3B2BF7B3)

Date: 1/5/1949
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio
Description: The USAF Technical Information Division at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio, transmits Project Sign’s list of UFO incidents to the Air Weather Service for analysis and recommendations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1320

Event 7070 (0C39FA92)

Date: 1/6/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Rocket shaped UFO sighted near Los Alamos, NM
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_349
See also: 1/31/1949
See also: 7/25/1948

Event 7071 (52692158)

Date: 1/6/1949
Time: 17:30
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #242. Military guard. White 2’ diamond / 1500’ altitude. Crosses sky very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1356

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1495”, HatchDesc: “KIRTLAND AFB,NM:BBK#242:MIL GUARD:WHT 2’ DIAMOND/1500’alt:CROSSES SKY VFAST:”, LatLong: “35.033335 -106.616672”, LatLongDMS: “35:02:00 N 106:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7072 (BE689ED2)

Date: 1/6/1949
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 16: 17:50 - bright white diamond shaped obj faster than jet disappeared (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_523

Event 7073 (EDCE8513)

Date: 1/6/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 17: 03:10 - brilliant green obj at high speed disappeared behind mountainous horizon - Mexico (35.89° N, 106.31° W). (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_524

Event 7074 (7A64F84E)

Date: 1/6/1949
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 5:30 p.m. PFC Everitt sees a bright-white, diamond-shaped light in horizontal flight from southeast to northwest above the Ordnance section at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is about 1,500–2,000 feet altitude and flying faster than a jet. Possible meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Diamond-Shaped Light”; Sparks, p. 47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1321

Event 7075 (CFB48E38)

Date: 1/7/1949
Description: The Research and Development Board writes a memo to USAF Intelligence on the green fireballs. It is signed by David Z. Beckley, chief of the R&DB Technical Intelligence Branch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1322

Event 7076 (20D6BD5A)

Date: 1/10/1949
Locations: Tennessee; Oak Ridge National Laboratories; Russia
Description: FBI special agent Charlton C. McSwain sends a memo to J. Edgar Hoover enumerating the views of an AMC resident engineer (identified only as “Mr. E”) with the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft project at Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Tennessee that the flying discs are human-made nuclear missiles originating in Russia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 6–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1323

Event 7077 (3DE143A2)

Date: 1/11/1949
Description: Angered over his opposition to defense economization policies and meeting secretly with Thomas Dewey’s Republicans, Truman tells Forrestal that Louis A. Johnson will soon replace him as Secretary of Defense.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1324

Event 7078 (5D027EBC)

Date: 1/13/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33 (1st Hermes II test)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_350
Rocket type: V-2

Event 7079 (EFCE06A0)

Date: 1/13/1949
Location: NM
Description: CONFIDENTIAL 4th Army MESSAGE: Col. Eustis L. Poland stated: “Unconventional Aircraft” have been sighted (see Report, Control No. A-1917). Possible Radiological warfare tests are being made over sensitive Bases in NM area. A foreign power may be making “sensing shots” with some super-stratosphere devise designed to be self-disintegrating.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p482)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_351

Event 7080 (510AC293)

Date: 1/13/1949
Location: Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas
Description: Col. Eustis L. Poland of US Army Intelligence (G-2) sends a memo on behalf of the Commander of Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, to the Director of Army Intelligence concerning the green fireballs. It recommends a scientific study because “these incidents are of such great importance, especially as they are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive installations.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. Eustis L. Poland, “Unconventional Aircraft,” January 13, 1949; Good Above, pp. 265, 482
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1325

Event 7081 (FDF75FF9)

Date: 1/23/1949
Location: Tillamook (4 miles S of), OR
Description: Shiny, silvery, round stationary object about 10-15 ft size (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_525

Event 7082 (ED367611)

Date: 1/24/1949
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR BERMUDA
Description: B29 rescue team. 1 mile / red glowing sea! Clouds lit. White beams going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1357

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr BERMUDA:B29 RESCUE TEAM:1 MILE/RED GLOWING SEA!:CLOUDS LIT:WHT BEAMS↑:”, LatLong: “32.333335 -65.000003”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 65:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bermuda”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7083 (C741B997)

Date: 1/24/1949
Location: Bermuda (About 250 miles SW of), At Sea
Description: Pilots saw a red glow on the ocean 1 mile in size emitting beams of light. (Project 1947) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490124
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_526

Event 7084 (29A923D2)

Date: 1/24/1949
Locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; North Pole
Description: An FBI memo from D. M. Ladd to Hoover documents speculation on a Soviet nuclear-powered disc by USAF Col. Clyde D. Gasser of the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Gasser reports rumors coming from Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio that nuclear-powered disc-shaped planes might be making incursions into US airspace and returning to the USSR over the North Pole.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: D. M. Ladd, “Flying Discs,” January 24, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1326

Event 7085 (9938F078)

Date: 1/25/1949
Description: (Translated from French) A report from the Sign project indicates that only 20% of the 210 cases recorded are explainable. (January 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_762

Event 7086 (4D0425D1)

Date: 1/27/1949
Location: USA, Cortez-Bradenton, Florida.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:20 p.m. Witnesses: Capt. Sames, an active military member of the USAF at Eglin AFB, and Mrs. Sames. They observed for 25 minutes an object shaped like a cigar, as long as two Pullman cars, with seven square windows illuminated and emitting sparks. The object first descended, then rose in jumps at an estimated speed of 400 m.p.h.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1386

Event 7087 (333D4432)

Date: 1/27/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Cortez-Bradenton (Florida), Captain Sames, in charge of the Air Apparatus Branch at the Eglin USAF base, and Mrs. Sames, observed for 25 minutes an object shaped like a cigar, of a length comparable to two Pullman cars, with 7 small square light openings emitting sparks, all descending and rising like bounces, at an estimated speed of 400 miles/h. (January 27, 10:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #284 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_763

Event 7088 (E3FEDCFA)

Date: 1/27/1949
Time: 22:20
Location: NEAR CORTEZ, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #252. Cucumber with row square windows. Spurts sparks / 250ms intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1358

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr CORTEZ,FL:BBK#252:CUCUMBER W/ROW SQR WINDOWS:SPURTS SPARKS/250ms INTERVALS”, LatLong: “27.466668 -82.683337”, LatLongDMS: “27:28:00 N 82:41:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7089 (9EA8DCD8)

Date: 1/27/1949
Location: Cortez-Bradenton, FL
Description: A cigar shaped object as long as 2 pullman cars with 7 lighted square windows and throwing sparks (Berliner; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 284)
Reference: NICAP: 490127
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_527

Event 7090 (206EA0F3)

Date: 1/27/1949
Time: 10:20 PM
Location: Cortez-Bradenton, Florida
Description: Witnesses: Capt. Sames, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch, Eglin AFB, and Mrs. Sames. They watched for 25 minutes while a cigar-shaped object as long as two Pullman cars and having seven lighted square windows and throwing sparks, descended and then climbed with a bouncing motion at an estimated 400 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_18

Event 7091 (1FADAE16)

Date: 1/27/1949
Locations: Eglin AFB near Valparaiso, Florida; Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Florida
Description: 10:20–11:20 p.m. Capt. Eckerman Sannes, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch at Eglin AFB near Valparaiso, Florida, and his wife are driving slowly on Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Florida, when they observe a “cucumber-shaped” object. The object, seen through binoculars, seems as long as two Pullman cars, with 7 lighted, square windows. It is throwing sparks and approximately 8–10 miles away. In the first sighting at 10:20 p.m., the object approaches from the south going north, moving from an altitude of 8,000 feet in a gradual descent until lost behind trees. In the second sighting at 11:20 p.m., the object is seen in the north, heading south and making a gradual turn to the west. It descends then climbs with a bouncing motion (up 4,000 feet, down 2,000 feet) at about 400–500 mph, resulting in an overall climb and loss to view at an altitude of around 40,000 feet. The bouncing appears to start after the final 270° course change to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Sightings of Object with Lighted Windows”; Sparks, p. 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1327

Event 7092 (666C600B)

Date: 1/28/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 59.9km attitude (Defective performance)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_352
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 59.9km

Event 7093 (B7C20749)

Date: 1/28/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:20 Launch of V2 #45, it rises to 59 km. Weight 13,340 kg. Radio stop.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Emergency
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1387

Event 7094 (B2A7158B)

Date: 1/30/1949
Description: (Translated from French) More than a hundred observations of an unknown aerial object are made by witnesses in the cities of El Paso, Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Socorro and Roswell, as well as by personnel attached to the research facilities of the AEC, and the White Sands weapons testing base. Everything seems to indicate an accident or a landing. (January 30, 10:45 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_764

Event 7095 (C53B3026)

Date: 1/30/1949
Location: Near Kirtland AFB, NM
Description: Green fireball; hundreds of witnesses
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_41

Event 7096 (4A678C27)

Date: 1/30/1949
Location: El Paso (Near Amarillo and Lamesa), TX
Description: AFOSI Case 18; 20: 17:54 - green ball shaped obj broke into pieces (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490130
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_528

Event 7097 (3ECB0121)

Date: 1/30/1949
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 19: 200 observers. W-E, 2000’, horizontal flight, blue green, moving slowly, disappeared in shower of lighted fragments (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490130
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_529

Event 7098 (E43870D7)

Date: 1/30/1949
Location: southwest of Roswell, New Mexico
Description: 5:54 p.m. Hundreds of people see a green meteor come out of the northwest and vanish southwest of Roswell, New Mexico. It is completely silent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 18: Green Fireball Event Witnessed in New Mexico”; Commanding Officer, Kirtland AFB, “Nr. OSI-1-90,” January 31, 1949; Clark III 540; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 15–16; Sparks, p. 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1328

Event 7099 (ADCCD58D)

Date: 1/31/1949
Location: NM
Description: Confidential Army Staff Message: Approx. 30 people sighted UFO’s on Jan. 30, 1949. Estimate at least 100 total sightings. Sightings reported from El Paso, Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Roswell, Socorro, and other locations. All sightings appear to be of the same object viewed from different angles. Will attempt to locate the impact point, if any. (Possible search teams in UFOs.)
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p53, CRASH)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_353

Event 7100 (C2F488DE)

Date: 1/31/1949
Location: NM
Description: MEMO, Director of FBI: Flying Saucers have been discussed by the OSI, FBI and the Fourth Army and is “considered TOP SECRET by Intelligence Officers of both the Army and the Air Forces.” It was thought that the first UFOs over Sweden were of Russian origin. Memo also makes reference to the Eastern Airlines sighting of July 25, 1948. Also, on 10 different days, between 12/05/1948 and 01/06/1949, sightings of UFOs were concentrated over the A.E.C. plant at Los Alamos, N.M. (Circulation of this Memo to: El Paso, Little Rock, Dallas, Oklahoma City)
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p483, B1-G p30)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_354
See also: 7/25/1948
See also: 7/1947
See also: 8/4/1950

Event 7101 (75BA2C5A)

Date: 1/31/1949
Description: (Translated from French) According to the MJ documents, establishment of a plan (MJ-1949-04P/78) proposed to disclose to the public the truth about UFOs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_765

Event 7102 (4BDBEAC2)

Date: 1/31/1949
Description: (Translated from French) An FBI agent stationed in San Antonio reports in a memo that he has been informed by the 4th Army’s G-2 division that the case of unidentified aerial objects, or unidentified aerial phenomena, also known as flying saucers, flying discs and fireballs, is considered very secret (top secret) by US Army and USAF officers. The FBI memo states that an average speed of 43000 km/h was observed for such objects during recent observations, and they were flying at an altitude between 9600 and 10600 km. The objects are described as ending their flight with a sudden vertical descent towards Los Alamos.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_766

Event 7103 (0E26D413)

Date: 1/31/1949
Locations: Kirtland AFB in New Mexico; Amarillo; Lamesa, Texas
Description: Kirtland AFB in New Mexico notifies the Pentagon that it will launch an immediate investigation of the green fireballs, noting that “local commanders [are] perturbed by implications of phenomena.” LaPaz speaks to dozens of witnesses of the January 30 fireball and manages a rough triangulation of the fireball’s 143-mile path from Amarillo to Lamesa, Texas. He estimates its speed at 25,000–50,000 mph, with a beginning altitude of 60,000 feet and a final altitude around 40,000 feet. LaPaz accompanies search teams to bring back any fragments. They end up in the area of Lamesa but give up after a few days of fruitless search. He later tells AFOSI agent Paul Ryan that the fireballs are artificial, perhaps radio-controlled missiles directed by enemy agents in the Southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Commanding Officer, Kirtland AFB, “Nr. OSI-1-90,” January 31, 1949; Clark III 540
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1329

Event 7104 (D6037CEF)

Date: 1/31/1949
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: The FBI field office in San Antonio, Texas, issues a memo on UFOs, “Protection of Vital Installations.” It is sent to Hoover, G-2, ONI, OSI, and mentions a meeting among these groups on UFOs, “considered top secret by intelligence officers of both the army and the air forces.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: SAC, San Antonio, “Protection of Vital Installations, Bureau File #65-58300,” January 31, 1949; ClearIntent, p. 149; Good Above, pp. 267, 483
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1330

Event 7105 (F8822AD8)

Date: 2/1949
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Part of the Final Report of Project SIGN, written by Prof. George Valley, of MIT stating: “If there is an extraterrestrial civilization which can make objects as are reported, then it is most probable that its development is far in advance of ours. Such a civilization might observe that on earth we now have atomic bombs and are fast developing rockets. In view of the past history of mankind, they would be alarmed. We should, therefore, expect at this time above all to behold such visitations.”
Type: final report
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_355

Event 7106 (0C5A2C8D)

Date: 2/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The journalist Sidney Shallet is contacted by the people of the Grudge project to discredit the UFO phenomenon.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_767

Event 7107 (F8231529)

Date: 2/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Los Alamos (New Mexico), during a conference of scientists, it was concluded that the phenomenon of green fireballs is a natural phenomenon, of an unknown nature.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_768

Event 7108 (E0D50DA2)

Date: 2/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Near Valparaiso, Chile, a couple and their two daughters are awoken by an intense light shining through the shutters. They see an octahedron of 5 or 6 m in diameter hovering in the air and then landing on the beach on three legs. The object has the shape of a dome with some sort of bright blue portholes. A beam of light comes out of it and three beings descend. They are tall, wearing suits, and each bury 10 tubes 25 cm long and 10 cm in diameter before returning to their craft. All this will last 4 h 38. A watch will stop, and the skin will flake off for 3 days. (4 h)
Reference: Doc. LDLN, R. Otahi, 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_769

Event 7109 (C84C262F)

Date: 2/1949
Time: 22:30
Location: GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: Many observer(s). White sphere/orb/globe 1K’ over runway. Jet scrambles and collides. Going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 191)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1359

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “GRIFFISS AFB,NY:MANY OBS:WHT ORB 1K’OVR RUNWAY:JET SCRAMBLES+COLLIDES:↑ + away”, LatLong: “43.266669 -75.366670”, LatLongDMS: “43:16:00 N 75:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

[c0mmando]

Event 7110 (48A7E39D)

Date: 2/1949
Time: 1630
Location: Pucusana, Peru
Description: C. A. V. an oil company employee, 30, was driving to Lima when he saw a shiny disk at ground level. He walked toward it for 10 min. Three figures came out as he was 20 m away. They looked like mummies, had joined legs and one large foot. They “slid” along the ground. They were covered with a strange “towely” skin, asked the witness where they were, had a lengthy discussion with him, and took him for a trip in their craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. III 122 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_68

Event 7111 (6E2C613F)

Date: 2/1949
Location: New York
Description: Chemist H. Marshall Chadwell, from the New York office of the Atomic Energy Commission, is appointed assistant director of scientific intelligence at the CIA.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1331

Event 7112 (CC48D5B1)

Date: 2/1949
Alternate date: 3/1949
Locations: Standard Oil of New Jersey; Pan-American Highway; Lima, Peru
Description: 4:30 p.m. A representative of the International Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey, is driving noth along the Pan-American Highway about 6 miles south of Lima, Peru, when he sees a metallic disc hovering low above the desert on his right. He walks over to it, and three mummy-like creatures about 5 feet tall emerge. They speak to him in both English and Spanish, explaining to him that they come from another star system, are concerned about our use of atomic energy, use solar power, no longer have sex, and reproduce by subdividing. They invite him inside the disc, which from the inside has transparent walls. He sees no instruments, only a padded ledge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 122–148
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1346

Event 7113 (3DE709E8)

Date: 2/1/1949
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Tucson Daily Citizen. B-29 FAILS TO CATCH FLYING SAUCER OVER TUCSON. Cannonballing through the sky some 30,000 feet above the earth, a fiery object shot westward so fast it was impossible to gain any clear impression of its shape or size. It hovered over the city for a few moments and then shot off again with tremendous velocity. First Lt. Roy L. Jones gave chase in a B-29, but soon left behind as the craft sped toward California. Dr. Edwin F. Carpenter, head of the University of Arizona’s department of astronomy, said he was certain the object was not a meteor or other natural phenomenon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_22

Event 7114 (FEFAE01E)

Date: 2/1/1949
Location: Wright-Patterson
Description: Col. Hanna (?), assistant chief of the Power Plant Laboratory (at Wright-Patterson?) and project engineer for Project Sign, meets with other Project Sign personnel and concludes that nuclear-powered UFOs are improbable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project Status Report on Project Sign, February 4, 1949; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1333

Event 7115 (F76DCF98)

Date: Early 2/1949
Locations: Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Writer Sidney Shalett is given a guided tour of AMC at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, a glimpse of low-interest UFO cases, and a few conservative opinions by Air Force personnel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 73
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1332

Event 7116 (21F16B2A)

Date: 2/4/1949
Description: CONFIDENTIAL Army Staff MESSAGE dated Jan. 31, 1949 read by OSI: “all out investigation of possible crashed saucer, OK’d.”
Type: confidential message
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p53, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_356

Event 7117 (5E13B70F)

Date: 2/8/1949
Locations: UCLA; University of New Mexico in Albuquerque; Sandia Base
Description: UCLA geophysicist Joseph Kaplan meets with LaPaz at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He finds LaPaz’s understanding of the green fireball reports unsettling. He discusses the matter with Capt. Melvin Neef and Maj. William Godsoe (Fourth Army Intelligence liaison officer at Sandia Base). He promises to alert Scientific Advisory Board chairman Von Kármán and urge an investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 540
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1334

Event 7118 (86D0BBDC)

Date: 2/10/1949
Location: Dayton (North of), OH
Description: Meteor or UFO Observed By Air Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 490210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_530

Event 7119 (FE111204)

Date: 2/11/1949
Location: Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH
Description: USAF Project “GRUDGE” started
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_100

Event 7120 (8B6E9EA0)

Date: 2/11/1949
Location: US
Description: Project name changed to “Grudge.” Because of internal disagreement about the significance of UFOs, reports were then “evaluated on the premise that UFOs couldn’t exist.”
Type: project name change
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, pg. 85-88
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_858

Event 7121 (EE76111C)

Date: 2/11/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The project Sign is transformed into the project Grudge. (February 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_770

Event 7122 (5375F7C6)

Date: 2/11/1949
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Kaplan meets in Washington, D.C., with Von Kármán, who is impressed enough to write Gen. Charles P. Cabell that the green fireballs look like a serious issue that needs to be addressed, perhaps by LaPaz.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 79, 497
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1335

Event 7123 (D5EE0B9E)

Date: 2/11/1949
Locations: Ohio State University; USAF Intelligence Directorate; Cambridge Labs
Description: Project Sign releases a final sanitized report, “Unidentified Aerial Objects: Project ‘Sign,’” Technical Report F-TR-2274-1A, authored by Lawrence Truettner and Albert B. Deyarmond and approved by Col. Clingerman (chief of USAF Technical Intelligence Division) and Col. Howard McCoy (chief of the Intelligence Department). 72 pages are visible in the NICAP copy and 1,537 pages (some illegible) are available on the Blue Book microfilm. Its conclusions are based on 273 reports (243 US and 30 foreign) and it summarizes the characteristics of four types of UFOs: flying discs, cigar-shaped objects, spherical objects, and balls of light. It acknowledges the possibility that “these aerial objects are visitors from another planet” and refers to commentary in Appendix D by James Lipp of the RAND project. “No definite and conclusive evidence is yet available that would prove or disprove the existence of these unidentified objects as real aircraft of unknown and unconventional configuration. It is unlikely that positive proof of their existence will be obtained without examination of the remains of crashed objects. Evaluation of reports of unidentified objects is a necessary activity of military intelligence agencies. Such sightings are inevitable, and under wartime conditions rapid and convincing solutions of such occurrences are necessary to maintain morale of military and civilian personnel. In this respect, it is considered that the establishment of procedures and training of personnel is in itself worth the effort expended on this project.” Truettner and Deyarmond, in a between-the-lines rebuke of Cabell’s order not to consider the ETH, recommend that if enough cases are examined and proven to have no security risks, then the project should be terminated. The report is distributed to AMC, USAF Intelligence Directorate, ONR, Cambridge Labs, Air Weather Services, Hynek at Ohio State University, the RAND Project, and the USAF Scientific Advisory Board.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: L. H. Truettner and A. B. Deyarmond, Unidentified Aerial Objects: Project “Sign,” Air Materiel Command Technical Report no. F-TR-2274-IA, February 1949; Sparks, p. 12; Swords 72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1336

Event 7124 (914F6A62)

Date: 2/12/1949
Description: Project Sign officially becomes Project Grudge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1337

Event 7125 (B5E75E1B)

Date: 2/12/1949
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Description: Another realistic Spanish-language radio version of The War of the Worlds is broadcast in Quito, Ecuador, causing panic, a riot, and a major fire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Gosling, Waging the War of the Worlds, McFarland, 2009, pp. 102– 113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1338

Event 7126 (F4914F1E)

Date: 2/14/1949
Time: 18:40
Location: EAST / GANADO, AZ
Description: US191. Project Bluebook Case #262. Salsbury and 1 / car. Green-white fireball hovers. Arcs downward going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1360

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1946”, HatchDesc: “E/GANADO,AZ:US191:BBK#262:SALSBURY+1/CAR:GRN-WHT FBL HVRS:ARCs DOWNWARD >W”, LatLong: “35.711113 -109.511116”, LatLongDMS: “35:42:40 N 109:30:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7127 (12430BAF)

Date: 2/14/1949
Location: Canado, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 22: 18:40 - brilliant white, slightly green stationary obj fell to the west (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_531

Event 7128 (D3558F68)

Date: 2/14/1949
Description: At 18:40 p.m. two people driving near East Ganado Mission, Arizona saw a greenish white fireball hover, then arc downward toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. Volume 2: 1949, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_912

Event 7129 (BEE6921B)

Date: 2/15/1949
Description: (Translated from French) General Charles P. Cabell, head of the US Air Force’s intelligence services (USAF), signs a memorandum distributed to various agencies specializing in national defense information (FBI, CIA, etc.) as well as all major US Air Force services and units worldwide. This memo outlines the USAF’s needs for information on UFO sightings. (February 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_771

Event 7130 (86BCEB76)

Date: 2/15/1949
Description: Maj. Gen. Cabell sets out a revised list of Air Intelligence reporting requirements for “unconventional aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Gen. C. P. Cabell, “Unconventional Aircraft,” Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum no. 5, February 15, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1339

Event 7131 (8A85609D)

Date: 2/16/1949
Description: (Translated from French) A secret conference is held at Los Alamos to discuss the UFO phenomenon, particularly the green fireballs that have been widely reported in the area. Among the scientists and military personnel present are Edward Teller and Lincoln La Paz, whose expert opinion is requested during the conference. (February 16, 1 PM)
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_772

Event 7132 (87155BA0)

Date: 2/16/1949
Location: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico
Description: A Conference on Aerial Phenomena is held at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico with military representatives Lincoln LaPaz, Norris E. Bradbury, Marshall Holloway, Frederick Reines, and Edward Teller in attendance. Representatives from Project Grudge are noticeably absent. LaPaz tells the attendees that while most meteors are blue-green, the green fireballs are described as pale green or yellow-green. Normal meteors rarely move in long, horizontal paths with nearly constant velocities. He says there are 10 incidents that strongly fit the pattern and 20 others that might. The scientists agree to set up a series of instrument stations to photograph and analyze the fireballs. Teller thinks the fireballs might be electrical-optical phenomena. Navy Commander Richard S. Mandelkorn, who is in attendance, writes in his report that “there is cause for concern of the continued occurrences of unexplainable phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Cmdr. Richard S. Mandelkorn, Report of a Trip to Los Alamos, New Mexico, 16 February 1949, February 18, 1949; Lt. Col. Doyle Rees, [Minutes of February 16 Conference on Aerial Phenomena, Los Alamos], March 29, 1949; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 23–53; Swords 79–80; Good Above, pp. 265–266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1340

Event 7133 (F7EFDC30)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 100.6km attitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_357
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 100.6km

Event 7134 (8D911AEA)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:00 AM launch of V-2 #48 which reached 127 km. It weighed 13235 kg.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1388

Event 7135 (DDA73039)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: USA, near Albuquerque
Description: (Translated from French) Approximately 100 (one hundred) witnesses observed a round object, moving in an elliptical shape of a bright white, observed for about 6 minutes. Its angular size was comparable to that of the moon. It moved from east to west, then disappeared.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1389

Event 7136 (30CB06F9)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: FRANCE, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) Alain Bérard saw a large object on the ground, shining with an intensity similar to the light of a green flash. He saw 3 people with short and thick legs and without a head. Frightened, he shot at them three times. The craft took off vertically.
Reference: list by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt (Belg)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1391

Event 7137 (B7EAE766)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: Grants, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 23: 10:00 - oval orange luminous object moving south in vertical climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_532

Event 7138 (9B7A51B0)

Date: 2/17/1949
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 24; time unknown - Vertical Climb, Then Leveled Off (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_533

Event 7139 (CE20DE5A)

Date: 2/17/1949
Time: night
Location: France, exact location unknown
Description: Alain Berard saw a large, bright object land near his farm with a green lightning flash. It became dark. As he approached the craft, the witness saw three figures with stocky short legs, apparently without heads. Frightened, he fired at them three times. A moment later the object took off vertically.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Oltre il Cielo, Vol. I (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_69

Event 7140 (9927E26A)

Date: 2/17/1949
Locations: University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sandia Base, New Mexico
Description: 5:57 p.m. University of New Mexico Professor of Civil Engineering Marvin May sees a brilliant white object in the west at 6° elevation for less than 6 minutes in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The object is first round then shifts to an ellipse as it approaches, then it appears to be elongated like a bent pipe with corners, one full moon in length. It makes a slight climbing turn to the north, shifts to peach color as it makes a rapid sharp turning climb to the south, disappearing in cloudless sky by diminishing in size and brightness. At the same time, 100 guards at Sandia Base, New Mexico, including the officer of the guard, see a yellow-orange cigar-shaped object for seven minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AFOSI Case 24: Vertical Climb, Then Leveled Off”; Sparks, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1341

Event 7141 (77973387)

Date: 2/17/1949
Description: Alain Berard saw a large, bright object land near his farm in France with a flash of green lightning. It then became dark. As he approached the craft, the witness saw three figures with stocky short legs, apparently without heads. Frightened, he fired a gun at them three times. A moment later the object took off vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 193, citing Oltre il Cielo, Volume I
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_957

Event 7142 (1D586814)

Date: 2/18/1949
Description: (Translated from French) A memo from the AFOIA written by Major Boggs confirms the report from the Sign project of January 25. (February 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_773

Event 7143 (175F878D)

Date: 2/18/1949
Location: Los Alamos
Description: Cabell writes Von Kármán and says he has a transcript of the Los Alamos meeting and that Hynek is studying the green fireballs topic. He adds: “It seems unlikely that domestic incidents can be attributed to the activity of a foreign power or a science unknown to our specialists.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1342

Event 7144 (C939BFF0)

Date: 2/18/1949
Locations: Continental Air Command; McCoy
Description: A Fourth Air Force letter quotes Project Sign’s requirements for radar reporting, as stated by the Continental Air Command (NORAD’s predecessor) on February 4. The USAF Air Defense Command is subordinate to ConAC at this time. The requirements admit that a “large number of targets appearing on radar screens remain unidentified.” It refers to McCoy’s November 30, 1948, letter on Sign’s preference for radar tracks of aerial objects that show extremely fast or slow speeds, vertical or near vertical ascent or descent, extraordinary maneuverability, and extreme altitudes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 810
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1343

Event 7145 (1503E979)

Date: 2/22/1949
Location: Boca Chica Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla
Description: RADAR PICKS UP SAUCER ABOVE KEY WEST. Two glowing objects were seen above the Naval Air Station, flying at great height. One plane was sent up to investigate, but was hopelessly outdistanced. Radarmen tracked the objects as they hovered for a moment above Key West. After a few seconds, the objects accelerated at high speed and streaked off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_23

Event 7146 (D99D39E0)

Date: 2/23/1949 (approximate)
Location: CHILEAN ARTURO PRAT ANTARCTIC STATION/DEPOT/FACILITY
Description: Photographs. 3 saucers maneuver. / r134#1p26 / Diego Zuniga.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1361

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Chilean Arturo PRAT ANTARCTIC STn:FOTOS:3 SCRS MNVR:/r134#1p26 /Diego Zuniga”, LatLong: “-62.483336 -59.650003”, LatLongDMS: “62:29:00 S 59:39:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7147 (220144D5)

Date: 2/23/1949
Location: Sanberg Pass, CA
Description: “Sausage” Circles T-11 At High Speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490223
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_534

Event 7148 (319364C4)

Date: 2/23/1949
Location: Kirtland AFB’s Office of Special Investigations
Description: McCoy sends Capt. Roger Groseclose and Lt. Howard Smith to Kirtland AFB’s Office of Special Investigations to discuss the green fireballs with LaPaz and Neef and to mollify them for not showing up at the February 16 conference.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 541
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1344

Event 7149 (7C104D74)

Date: 2/24/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 129km attitude (Successful flight. Separation of stages at 32.2 km)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_358
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 129km

Event 7150 (AD047D3E)

Date: 2/24/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) The Americans created the “WAC Corporal”, “Aerobee”, and “Viking”: they attached a WAC to a V-2 and this two-stage assembly broke the height record with 400 kilometers of altitude.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1390

Event 7151 (0B966CDE)

Date: 2/24/1949
Locations: Neef; Agent Jack Boling
Description: Groseclose and Smith have an unpleasant exchange with Neef, LaPaz, Agent Jack Boling, and Army Maj. Godsoe, who says it’s not worth AFOSI’s time to conduct investigations for AMC. The AMC officers retort that the fireballs are not an Army concern. Groseclose and Smith say they are concerned with all anomalous aerial phenomena. Disgusted, Godsoe leaves the room. Groseclose and Smith then turn on LaPaz, criticizing him for only sending AMC raw data and not finished analyses. LaPaz says he is on leave as a volunteer and must go back to the University of New Mexico, unless he sees a contract. However, AMC agrees to set up a network of observation posts with cameras, transits, and trained personnel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 11, 14–15; Clark III 541
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1345

Event 7152 (1B48EF66)

Date: 2/25/1949
Time: 03:00
Location: LITTLE ROCK, AR
Description: 50’ glowing-saucer. Silent. Fast stops and maneuvers. Going up [to] thousands’ / second(s). Beam going down / ground. / MJ#250.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1362

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “LITTLE ROCK,AR:50’GLO-SCR:SLNT:FAST STOPS+MNVRS:↑1000s’/SEC:BEAM↓/GND:/MJ#250”, LatLong: “34.733335 -92.283338”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:00 N 92:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7153 (014AF0A9)

Date: 2/27/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 25; 19:05 - Green-white fireball in horizaontal flight low in the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_535

Event 7154 (ADB85FD0)

Date: 2/28/1949
Time: 20:30
Location: SANDBURG PASS, CA
Description: Large jet-blimp glows. Going south. Circles USAF T11 / 40 second(s) / 10K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1363

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1070”, HatchDesc: “SANDBURG PASS,CA:LRG JET-BLIMP GLOWS:>S:CCLS USAF T11/40sec/10K’alt:”, LatLong: “34.733335 -118.850006”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:00 N 118:51:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7155 (FF803032)

Date: 2/29/1949
Time: 06:11
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: ILLINOIS SEES ONE DISINTEGRATE. Ben Cole, Jr. of Northbrook, Illinois saw a flaming object hurtle out of the east at 6:11 a.m. and disintegrate in a fiery shower south of Chicago. At the same time, 40 miles away, Ed Maher of Chicago, saw a rocket half a block long speeding from east east to south. The front was shaped like a rocket, the tail seemed to fall to pieces as it dived into a large cloud. The craft made no noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_24

Event 7156 (C4AFBAC4)

Date: 3/1949
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: An analysis of the Maury Island incident metal fragments appears in the BSRA’s “Round Robin” publication
Type: publication
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_359

Event 7157 (57215126)

Date: 3/1949 (approximate)
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: City park. Beam zaps man’s arm. Arm goes limp. No source seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1364

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:CITY PARK:BEAM ZAPS MAN’S ARM:ARM GOES LIMP:no source seen”, LatLong: “37.783335 -122.466673”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:00 N 122:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7158 (1264F328)

Date: 3/1949
Time: 10:00?
Location: NORTH / NEWMAN, NM
Description: 2 soldiers. Large domed saucer stops over US54 / 15 minute(s). Going east then 90° turn quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Mark Cashman email: Website: http://www.temporaldoorway.com
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1365

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1220”, HatchDesc: “N/NEWMAN,NM:2 GIs:LRG DOMED SCR STOPS OVR US54/15min:>E then 90° TURN ↑↑”, LatLong: “32.016668 -106.322227”, LatLongDMS: “32:01:00 N 106:19:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7159 (4C4FF7BA)

Date: 3/1949
Locations: Strategic Air Command; USSR
Description: Strategic Air Command head Gen. Curtis LeMay delivers the first SAC Emergency War Plan, which calls for dropping 133 atomic bombs on 70 cities in the USSR within 30 days. LeMay predicts that World War III will last no longer than 30 days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Curtis LeMay”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1347

Event 7160 (660BB84E)

Date: 3/2/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 26; 00:10 - AESS Inspector Reports High Speed Light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490302
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_536

Event 7161 (8C10C65B)

Date: 3/2/1949
Description: Sidney Shalett provides the USAF Directorate of Intelligence a draft of his upcoming article for review. The Air Force is not pleased, objecting to Shalett stating an “official” USAF position, his claim that the Air Force is his sole source of information (although it is), a quote by Irving Langmuir criticizing Project Sign, and any inference that the Air Force and Navy are not cooperating.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 73
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1348

Event 7162 (453EB069)

Date: 3/3/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 27; 01:59 - bright green obj went straight down and disappeared (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_537

Event 7163 (B7AC8C25)

Date: 3/6/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: Blue-white object about 2 ft x 1 ft in size (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490306
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_538

Event 7164 (068FEF31)

Date: 3/6/1949
End date: 3/7/1949
Location: Killeen Base [now West Fort Hood], Texas
Description: 8:30 p.m. Army Pvts. Martin Fensterman and Frank Luisi, on security patrol near Killeen Base [now West Fort Hood], Texas, a nuclear weapons storage site, see a flash of pale blue light in the sky to the northeast. At 8:55 p.m., a quarter mile away, Pvt. Harold Moore sees a white light with an orange trail flash across the western horizon. At 9:00 p.m., from inside the base boundary, Sgt. Hubert Vickery and Pfc. John Ransom notice a pale blue-white light streaking across the western sky low over the horizon. Between 1:15 and 2:00 a.m., four more security patrols report burst of lights like a flash bulb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: SAC, San Antonio, “Protection of Vital Installations, Bureau File 65-58300,” March 22, 1949; Clark III 541–542; Sparks, pp. 50–51; “Fort Hood Sightings, 1949,” Texas UFO Museum and Research Library, February 5, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1349

Event 7165 (F9FAFE37)

Date: 3/7/1949
Location: USA, White Sands:
Description: (Translated from French) Static testing with Viking 1. (1949, from March 7th to April 25th))
Reference: Ley 1958, 274
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1392

Event 7166 (7E8D78C8)

Date: 3/7/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 32-34; PFC. Max Eugene Manlove, 1st Provost Squadron, Camp Hood, Texas, observed a teardrop-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_539

Event 7167 (7586740C)

Date: 3/8/1949
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Blue Book. Guard stations 103+106. Silent green-white object going southeast / cloud-altitude. / r133#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:BBK:GUARD STNs 103+106:SLNT GRN-WHT OBJ >SE/CLOUD-alt:/r133#3”, LatLong: “35.872224 -106.300005”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:20 N 106:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7168 (9754BE09)

Date: 3/8/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 36; 18:36 - bright white w/greenish tint went out or disappeared behind cloud (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_540

Event 7169 (C4A08F40)

Date: 3/8/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 37; 18:35 - white aluminum colored elliptical obj disappeared behind trees (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_541

Event 7170 (052703E4)

Date: 3/8/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: One white and one yellowish-red light in level flight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_542

Event 7171 (F56FA4FD)

Date: 3/8/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Texas
Description: 1:03 a.m. Two infantrymen half a mile apart at Killeen Base, Texas, see apparently separate streaking bright lights (one white, the other yellowish red). The latter one covers 60° of sky, appearing and disappearing at about the same angle above the horizon. Cpl. Luke Sims is able to run 10 paces to a field telephone before it vanishes. All observers insist these are not meteors and are more like flares.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Killeen Base, Camp Hood, Texas, OSI Case 39”; SAC, San Antonio, “Protection of Vital Installations, Bureau File 65-58300,” March 22, 1949; Clark III 542; Sparks, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1350

Event 7172 (ED12D29D)

Date: 3/8/1949
Description: A silent greenish-white object was sighted in the sky near the Los Alamos Atomic Energy research facility in New Mexico. It flew toward the southeast at the altitude of the cloud layer, and was seen by guards Patterson and Lang from two guard stations: 103 and 106.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs a History - 1949 (volume 1), p. 57; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, March 1949 report
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1374

Event 7173 (A7371C16)

Date: 3/13/1949
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 40; 21:55 - Bluish-greenish white obj 1/2 diameter of full moon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490313
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_543

Event 7174 (429E1A7E)

Date: 3/13/1949
Location: Sandia Base, New Mexico
Description: 9:53 p.m. Two MPs guarding the Technical Area at Sandia Base, New Mexico, see a silent, spherical object, bluish- or greenish-white, with a flaming blue tail twice as long as the body, which is apparently half the size of the full moon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “March 13, 1949, Sandia Base, NM, OSI Case 40”; Sparks, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1351

Event 7175 (B18E05A1)

Date: 3/15/1949
Description: A memo on UFOs to Willard Machle by a Dr. Stone from the CIA Office of Scientific Investigation dismisses the idea of UFOs as foreign aircraft and suggests they are misidentifications of other phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1352

Event 7176 (2076837C)

Date: 3/17/1949
Location: USA, Camp Hood, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:52 p.m. Witnesses: guards of the 2nd Armored Division. While waiting for a firing, they observed for an hour the passage of eight large objects, green, red and white, resembling shells, flying generally on a horizontal trajectory.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1393

Event 7177 (64CDCB13)

Date: 3/17/1949
Location: MEXICO
Description: (Translated from French) Mexico experienced a strange incident. “Aviation from Beyond Space” by Alberto Perego and other works extensively relate this extraordinary event. So, on this March 17, a few hours from Aztec, a mysterious disc of about thirty meters in diameter landed close to secret bases. Alerted immediately, the authorities surrounded the area with secret service agents and called in aeronautical experts. As one can imagine, there was great confusion and anxiety and men examined the outside of the craft for several days. (…) Time passed, bringing with it the certainty that “no one could come out alive” from this craft. So technicians tried to open the hermetically sealed cockpit. Their fear, as soon as they entered the strange vehicle, turned to terror. Sixteen men, of human appearance, lay there, on the ground, dead. One of the witnesses reported "that they all looked like “twins”, with fine features and very beautiful faces. They wore a blue uniform of the type of our naval officers and could measure between 1 m 30 and 1 m 40. They had obviously died in the landing. It was with difficulty that the parts of the craft, embedded one in the other, could finally be dismantled and the first analyses revealed that this mysterious disc had been designed in a very light alloy, the composition of which could not be established. The bodies of the mysterious pilots were then taken to the Aeronautical Hospital and subjected to an autopsy. After which, the doctors stated that they were “in all respects like us”.
Reference: S.DELLO STROLOGO: “What Governments Hide from You About Flying Saucers” - De Vecchi 1975- p. 125-126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1394

Event 7178 (096CCBB2)

Date: 3/17/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of Killeen, Camp Hood (Texas), guards of the 2nd Army Division waiting for the start of a “flare firing” observed for an hour 8 large luminous objects of green, red and white color flying mostly in a straight line. (March 17-18, 7:52 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book # 319 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_774

Event 7179 (4348E773)

Date: 3/17/1949
Time: 19:50
Location: FORT HOOD, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #319. Fireballs etc. mimic actual flare tests one hour later? / r185p2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1367

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “FORT HOOD,TX:BBK#319:FBLS etc MIMIC ACTUAL FLARE TESTS 1hr LATER?/r185p2”, LatLong: “31.183335 -97.766671”, LatLongDMS: “31:11:00 N 97:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 7180 (04E8A181)

Date: 3/17/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: 7 separate sightings by trained artillery observers (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 319)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_544

Event 7181 (02FCA20D)

Date: 3/17/1949
Time: 7:52 PM
Location: Camp Hood, Texas
Description: Witnesses: guards of the 2nd Armored Division. While awaiting the start of a flare firing, they watched, for an hour, while eight large, green, red and white flare-like objects flew in generally straight lines.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_19

Event 7182 (A4DFDA88)

Date: 3/17/1949
Locations: Killeen Base, Texas; Camp Hood
Description: Seven sightings of large, green, red, and white flares take place at Killeen Base, Texas, including the previously skeptical Capt. Horace McCulloch, assistant G-2 of the Second Armored Division at Camp Hood, who is driving between Camp Hood and Killeen Base to prepare a test firing of some flares to prove that recent sightings are not anomalous. McCulloch puts the entire base on alert.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 542; Sparks, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1353

Event 7183 (0AA69B3C)

Date: 3/18/1949
Location: Fort Chimo, Quebec, CAN
Description: Red light like an aircraft light traveling W to E at high altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_545

Event 7184 (CB2EDD74)

Date: 3/21/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 133.5km attitude (Blossom 3 — Parachute not ejected)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_360
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 133.5km

Event 7185 (409FFA09)

Date: 3/21/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 23:43, Launch of V2 #41, Altitude 129 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1395

Event 7186 (3C7B1F12)

Date: 3/21/1949
Location: USA Stuttgart (Arkansas)
Description: (Translated from French) That night, two American aviators, Jack Adams and his co-pilot G.W.Anderson declared to have seen a flying saucer: "It was during the first part of our flight to Shreveport, (Louisiana), explained Anderson. “Jack was at the controls. We were heading west, and we were about 25 km north of Stuttgart (Arkansas). The visibility and the ceiling were unlimited, we were flying at about 600 meters. Suddenly, Jack saw, on our left, a flashing light, of a bluish color, and of an extraordinary intensity. It was about 300 meters above us and 800 meters away. It shone at the top of an object of almost spherical shape. The object was buzzing at a great speed, 800 to 900 km/h approximately. It was moving towards the north, in front and above us. The craft remained well visible for thirty seconds, and we were able to consider it attentively. It had no navigation lights, but we distinctly saw other lights, which seemed to come from eight or ten windows or portholes lit in the lower part of the aircraft.” "The lights were of a fluorescent kind, soft, flaky, and did not resemble anything we had ever seen… The “object” was circular. It approached and disappeared exactly like another plane. (…) “The object was about the size of a DC 3. It had no exhaust pipe, and caused no smoke trail. In our opinion, it was an aircraft, but not a jet.” [note from vog: I did not find mention of this observation in American authors …]
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 - p.29-30
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1396

Event 7187 (38F046F7)

Date: 3/22/1949
Locations: SAC San Antonio, Texas; ATIC’s office
Description: SAC San Antonio, Texas, sends a memo to FBI headquarters regarding the January 31 communication on Protection of Vital Installations, emphasizing that USAF and the Army consider the matter “secret.” Fourth Army Intelligence is now calling UFOs “unconventional aircraft” and ATIC’s office is now Project Grudge. It also discusses green fireball cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: SAC, San Antonio, “Protection of Vital Installations, Bureau File 65-58300,” March 22, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1354

Event 7188 (F53E9D66)

Date: 3/25/1949
Description: (Translated from French) A memorandum from the FBI indicates that according to a confidential and reliable source, flying saucers are rockets built by men, and that during the last 4 years, the USSR was conducting experiments to develop an unknown type of flying saucer. (March 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_775

Event 7189 (109C8D3F)

Date: 3/25/1949
Location: Bend, Oregon
Description: COMBAT PILOT COMPARES SIZE TO WASHTUBS. Residents of Bend saw two flying saucers reflecting the rays of the sun as they dipped through the clouds. Traffic was blocked by observers. World War II flyer, Vernon Leverett, estimated their height as over 10,000 feet and their size about that of a large washtub.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_25

Event 7190 (FB210268)

Date: 3/25/1949
Description: J. Edgar Hoover sends a memo to a large number of FBI offices indicating that “flying discs are believed to be man-made missiles rather than natural phenomenon,” probably made in Russia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Edgar Hoover, “Flying Discs,” March 25, 1949; ClearIntent, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1355

Event 7191 (54279B17)

Date: 3/27/1949
Location: Tucumcari, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 42; 18:00-18:05 - amber colored, long and narrow obj faded out in distance (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_546

Event 7192 (8AB7887C)

Date: 3/27/1949
Location: Montoya, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 43; 18:00 - a contrail-like yellow-amber-orange object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_547

Event 7193 (FFD886B9)

Date: 3/27/1949
Location: Tucumcari, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 44; 10:15 - bright orange, long and narrow obj faded in distance (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_548

Event 7194 (E166EC8A)

Date: 3/27/1949
Location: Tucumcari, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 45; 18:00 - orange obj about the size of C-47 at 10,000 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_549

Event 7195 (E8E64557)

Date: 3/28/1949
Location: Pentagon
Description: James Forrestal leaves office in a formal ceremony. He rides back to the Pentagon with his opponent Stuart Symington, who talks to him about something troubling. Forrestal appears traumatized. Forrestal sits in his office, dazed and incoherent, repeating, “You are a loyal fellow.”
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1356

Event 7196 (CE914081)

Date: 3/29/1949
Location: Shemya AFB - Aleutian Islands, AK
Description: Bombers see a dull-yellowish light flying at 2,400 ft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_550

Event 7197 (75395CC4)

Date: 3/31/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood (east of), TX
Description: A reddish white ball of fire pass horizontally over the base airstrip (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_551

Event 7198 (A0F57394)

Date: 3/31/1949
Locations: Hobe Beach, Florida; Bethesda, Maryland
Description: Forrestal is flown to Hobe Beach, Florida, to stay with his friend Under Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett, where his wife is vacationing. He meets with psychiatrist William C. Menninger (who diagnoses “severe depression” of the type “seen in operational fatigue during the war”) and psychologist Capt. George N. Raines from the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Maryland. Forrestal has several hysterical episodes when they are there, ranting about Communists following him, and perhaps one suicide attempt.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1357

Event 7199 (7D5F5C76)

Date: 3/31/1949
Description: CIA’s H. L. Bowers writes a memo to Dr. Machle, “Notes and Comments on Unidentified Aerial Objects-- Project Sign,” stating that Deyarmond thinks UFOs will turn out to be another “sea serpent.” Nonetheless, they must be investigated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Document released to Brad Sparks but not in subsequent CIA FOIA releases; Good Above, p. 330
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1358

Event 7200 (09E146AA)

Date: 3/31/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Texas
Description: 11:50 p.m. Lieut. Frederick Davis, on patrol east of Killeen Base, Texas, sees a reddish-white ball of fire passing horizontally above the base airstrip. After 10–15 seconds it disappears without descending. He notes interference on the telephone line when he calls the report in.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Field Telephone Affected by BOL”; Clark III 542; Sparks, p. 53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1359

Event 7201 (607FBCF6)

Date: 4/1949
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico
Description: 2 UFO’s tracked by theodolite at White Sands, New Mexico.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_102

Event 7202 (6269AA14)

Date: 4/1949
Location: PEROU (USA) coast.
Description: (Translated from French) Three Aerobee launches, all three from SS Norton Sound.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, 286
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1399

Event 7203 (082E3725)

Date: 4/2/1949
Locations: National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland; White House
Description: Menninger and Raines fly Forrestal to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he can be treated quietly. On the drive to the hospital from the airport, Forrestal attempts to jump out of the car but is restrained. Forrestal declares he does not expect to leave the hospital alive. He is admitted under the care of Raines, who diagnoses him with involutional melancholia and places him in a VIP suite on the 16th floor. Forrestal’s personal diaries are removed from his old office and taken to the White House, where they remain for a year.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1360

Event 7204 (73E599E1)

Date: 4/3/1949
Location: USA, Dillon, Montana.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:55 a.m. Witnesses: entrepreneur Gosta Miller and three other people. An object shaped like a saucer, flat bottom, dull, top shiny aluminum color, 20 feet in diameter, 4 to 5 feet thick. Six cycles of movements, all at very high speed: descent, swaying, flight, swaying, rotation, swaying.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1397

Event 7205 (FF621E93)

Date: 4/3/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Dillon, Montana, the owner of a construction company Gosta Miller and three other people observe an object resembling two plates stuck together. The lower part is dull, and the upper part seems to be of a shiny aluminum. Its diameter is 20 feet, and its thickness is 4 to 5 feet. It swings or rotates in 6 cycles, down, swing, fly, swing again, all very quickly. (April 3, 11:55)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_776

Event 7206 (7945615C)

Date: 4/3/1949
Time: 11:50
Location: DILLON, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #304. 4 observer(s). Classic 20’ metal saucer. Rocks 6x. Going [to] over airport. Shoots going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1368

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1553”, HatchDesc: “DILLON,MT:BBK#304:4 OBS:CLASSIC 20’MTL SCR:ROCKS 6x:> ovr AIRPORT:SHOOTS >>E”, LatLong: “45.216669 -112.638894”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:00 N 112:38:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7207 (805AC795)

Date: 4/3/1949
Location: Dillon (1 mile SE of), MT
Description: Object like 2 inverted plates-matte blue-grey non-reflected bottom (Berliner; cf. FOIA; Jan Aldrich) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490403
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_552

Event 7208 (56EF902A)

Date: 4/3/1949
Time: 11:55 AM
Location: Dillon, Montana
Description: Witnesses: construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamed persons. One object shaped like two plates attached face-to-face; matte bottom, bright aluminum top; 20’ diameter, 4-5’ thickness. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended, rocked, flew, rocked; all this was very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_20

Event 7209 (16586673)

Date: 4/3/1949
Location: Russia
Description: Broadcaster Walter Winchell announces on his radio program that the “flying saucers, never explained by anyone in authority are now definitely known to have been guided missiles shot all the way from Russia.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Anatomy of a Hoax, Part Two,” Saturday Night Uforia
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1361

Event 7210 (658C6431)

Date: 4/3/1949
Description: In Dillon, Montana construction company owner Gosta Miller and three others watched an unidentified flying object shaped like two plates attached face-to-face at 11:55 a.m. The object had a matte bottom and a bright aluminum top. The dimensions of the object were estimated to be 20-feet in diameter by 4-5 feet thick. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended, rocked, flew, and rocked. All of these maneuvers happened very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. Volume 2: 1949, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1812

Event 7211 (06310585)

Date: 4/4/1949
Location: USA, Merced (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Leaving his home at 10:00 PM, the witness heard a considerable noise of clicking. Towards the east, at 40° above the horizon, he distinguished after 10 seconds an object, a solid mass, curved, rounded, of the size of 4 to 5 feet in diameter, at a height of less than 1000 feet. Its color was dull, slightly colored by the lights of the ground that were reflected in it. The object moved slowly towards the west or the northwest. The visual observation lasted about 35 seconds. The object made a kind of turn of 90°, the clicking noise was constant, even during this turn. On the part of the modified trajectory (towards the south) the noise became duller. When the sound was no longer perceptible, the witness no longer saw the object. There were fluctuations in this sound, resembling that of an incorrectly adjusted household mixer-beater.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1398

Event 7212 (F41FBCB7)

Date: 4/4/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the OTAN.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_777

Event 7213 (3A2BCF1B)

Date: 4/4/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Merced, California, former USAF Major and pilot William Parrott observes a generally circular object with a rounded base and dull color. The object emits a clicking sound until they fly over it. Parrot’s dog reacts. (10:20 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_778

Event 7214 (BED357EE)

Date: 4/4/1949
Time: 22:20
Location: CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: USAF man. Saucer with clicking sound going west. Arcs going southwest. USAF and FBI investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1369

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “CASTLE AFB,CA:USAF MAN:SCR W/CLICKING SOUND > W:ARCS >SW:USAF+FBI INVESTIGATn”, LatLong: “37.416668 -120.533339”, LatLongDMS: “37:25:00 N 120:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7215 (DBE02A45)

Date: 4/4/1949
Location: Merced, CA
Description: Witness and dog heard an intense clicking sound coming from the sky and saw a dark object (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490404
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_553

Event 7216 (9DE2F515)

Date: 4/4/1949
Time: 10:20 PM
Location: Merced, California
Description: Witness: William Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott’s dog reacted. 35 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_21

Event 7217 (5AB2FEE2)

Date: 4/4/1949
Description: William Parrott, former Air Force pilot and Major, sighted a round object with a curved bottom and dull coloring at 10:20 p.m. in Merced, California. The object gave off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott’s dog reacted by barking and running around while the UFO was in sight, about 35 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1829

Event 7218 (C29C5CAF)

Date: 4/5/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 47; 22:00 - green w/red afterglow obj of tremendous speed disappeared (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_554

Event 7219 (B1283BEE)

Date: 4/5/1949
Locations: Los Alamos, New Mexico; Fejarito Mountain
Description: 10:00 p.m. A huge green fireball with a red afterglow is seen streaking approximately 300 feet above the southern slope of Fejarito Mountain, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. It disappears behind the mountain. Another fireball is seen at 11:00 p.m., and the next two nights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “1949 UFO Chronology”; Sparks, p. 54
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1362

Event 7220 (A3B647DA)

Date: 4/6/1949
Location: Near White Sands, NM
Description: Several apparent sightings
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_42

Event 7221 (9B1D500C)

Date: 4/6/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 48; 12:05 - btwn light and dark green object traveling very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_555

Event 7222 (148AA3DF)

Date: 4/6/1949
End date: 4/7/1949
Location: Memphis, TN
Description: 6-9 climbing, diving, whirling yellow or silvery oval objects which avoided 3-4 airplanes (FOIA) 2-4 hrs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490406-07
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_558

Event 7223 (F1780EBA)

Date: 4/7/1949
Time: 04:30
Location: DES MOINES, IA
Description: Huge vertical metallic column with colored plasma-glow lights. “Dreadful…”.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1370

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “DES MOINES,IA:HUGE VERTICAL MTLC COLUMN W/CLRD PLASMA-GLOW LITES:“dreadful…””, LatLong: “41.583335 -93.600004”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 93:36:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7224 (93A0EBDF)

Date: 4/7/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 49; 01:35 - green obj sighted about 200 yds from top of hill moved slowly (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_556

Event 7225 (C92C5BAE)

Date: 4/7/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 50; 01:00 - green obj going S to N moving slowly (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_557

Event 7226 (1F58899C)

Date: 4/7/1949
Location: March AFB, Riverside, CA
Description: Four Dome-Shaped Objects Separate From Tank-Shape (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490407
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_559

Event 7227 (C70EE5FD)

Date: 4/8/1949
Description: In response to Winchell’s claim, the Air Force admits it is impossible to “deny categorically” that the flying saucers originate in Russia. A spokesman says that some unknown incidents are placed in a classified category, denied to everyone except authorized military personnel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Isn’t Committing Self on Flying Disks,” Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, April 8, 1949, p. 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1363

Event 7228 (166B7011)

Date: 4/9/1949
Location: National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
Description: Forrestal has been treated for one week at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland,with narcosis through sodium amytal. For the next 30 days, he undergoes a regimen of insulin sub-shock combined with psycho-therapeutic interviews. Raines says the treatment occasionally throws Forrestal into a confused state with a great deal of agitation and confusion.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1364

Event 7229 (82F5DE2B)

Date: 4/9/1949
Description: At 4:30 p.m. an orange colored UFO was seen over some telephone lines by J. Bova at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The object suddenly moved from right to left, then moved again passing behind the telephone pole. It then returned to its original position, finally engaging in some erratic movements and ascending into a cloud. It changed color as it did so, from orange to white.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI Los Angeles case files, citing letter from J. Bova in 1952; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 155
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1917

Event 7230 (EC07AF2D)

Date: 4/11/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 87.2km attitude (Degraded performance from 43s)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_361
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 87.2km

Event 7231 (5216F36F)

Date: 4/11/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V-2 No. 50 at 15:05, altitude 85 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1400

Event 7232 (07882471)

Date: 4/11/1949
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds
Description: WHITE SANDS SEES ONE WHILE CHECKING WEATHER BALLOON. Scientists, reported by Commander Robert B. McLaughlin, USN, were tracking a balloon 57 miles northwest of the grounds, A strange object crossed above the balloon and was tracked with a theodolite. It was saucer-shaped, 105 feet in diameter and flying 50 miles above the earth at around 5 miles per second. Suddenly, it swerved, shooting upward at an angle of five degrees, climbing an additional 25 miles in almost 10 seconds. No exhaust trail, no lights, no sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_27

Event 7233 (9454288A)

Date: 4/11/1949
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Project Saucer/Project Sign: PROSPECTOR SPOTS FIVE IN OREGON. Fred M. Johnson, Portland prospector, told authorities he noticed a strange reflection in the sky and saw five or six discs about 30 ft. in diameter. He watched them through a telescope for about 30 seconds as they banked in the sun. He described them as being round with tails making no noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_28

Event 7234 (C6921D22)

Date: 4/12/1949
Time: 20:50
Location: EAU CLAIRE, WI
Description: Numerous observer(s). 2+2 red orbs going northeast slowly near moon during eclipse.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1371

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: "EAU CLAIRE,WI:NMRS OBS:2+2 RED ORBS >NE SLOWLY nr MOON during eclipse: ", LatLong: “44.811113 -91.500004”, LatLongDMS: “44:48:40 N 91:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7235 (DA16B83F)

Date: 4/12/1949
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 51; 19:30 - white round obj 1/8 size of moon just extinguished (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490412
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_560

Event 7236 (EE8B4592)

Date: 4/12/1949
Location: El Paso, TX
Description: AFOSI Case 52; Witness reported grayish object rose straight up leaving smoke trail, 15 minutes duration (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_561

Event 7237 (6409EB43)

Date: 4/14/1949
Location: Branch County, Mich
Description: MICHIGAN SEES ORANGE-COLORED SAUCER. Clifford Cline, farmer in Branch County reported seeing a disk-shaped object with an orange center and a lighter outer edge.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_26

Event 7238 (08B4501C)

Date: 4/14/1949
Locations: Kelly AFB; Kelly Field Annex; San Antonio, Texas; Killeen Base, Texas
Description: Col. Reid Lumsden, commander of the AFOSI district office at Kelly AFB [now Kelly Field Annex] in San Antonio, Texas, hands the Army reports of flares at Killeen Base to Col. William Carpenter, deputy director of special investigations at the Pentagon. Carpenter promises to investigate. (Clark III 542) April 16 and 18 — Mysterious flares are again observed at Killeen Base, Texas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10; Clark III 542
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1365

Event 7239 (A766C70A)

Date: 4/15/1949
Location: USA, El Paso (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4:30 PM a witness observed for 15 minutes a small grayish disc followed by a thin trail of the same color, quickly rising in the sky from 30° above the horizon. The observation ended when the object was no longer visible.
Reference: declassified FBI doc.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1401

Event 7240 (E33244ED)

Date: 4/15/1949
Time: 13:30
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #294. 2 frosty-color objects zip over B25 at Peterson Airfield.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1372

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1802”, HatchDesc: “COLORADO SPRINGS,CO:BBK#294:2 FROSTY-CLR OBJS ZIP OVR B25 at PETERSON AIRFIELD”, LatLong: “38.816669 -104.816672”, LatLongDMS: “38:49:00 N 104:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7241 (8EC7E0E0)

Date: 4/15/1949
Time: 22:00
Location: PESSAC, FR
Description: Girl / 18. Silent ovoid crosses sky. No further details. Same again decades later here.
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_1373

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: “PESSAC,FR:GIRL/18:SLNT OVOID CROSSES SKY:NFD:same again decades later here”, LatLong: “44.816669 -0.650000”, LatLongDMS: “44:49:00 N 00:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7242 (9B383C2C)

Date: 4/18/1949
Locations: Arlington Hall, Washington, D.C.; Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
Description: The US Air Force Security Service moves its headquarters from Arlington Hall in Washington, D.C., to Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1366

Event 7243 (75891D99)

Date: 4/19/1949
Locations: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; USAF headquarters
Description: AFOSI at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, sends to USAF headquarters a list of all green fireball reports it has investigated (39 in all) from December 5 to April 12. The common characteristics of most of the incidents are: “a. Green color, sometimes described as greenish-white, bright green, yellow-green, or blue green. b. Horizontal path, sometimes with minor variations. c. Speed less than that of a meteor, but more than any known type of aircraft. d. No sound associated with observation. e. No persistent trail or dust cloud. f. Period of visibility from one to five seconds.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Scientific Advisory Board to the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, Conference,” November 3, 1949; Clark III 541; Swords 133–135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1367

Event 7244 (9E66FA8B)

Date: 4/20/1949
Location: Ludington, MI
Description: Fast-moving “comet with a tail” cross the sky disappearing over lake Michigan (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_562

Event 7245 (F2DD07E6)

Date: 4/21/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 49.9km attitude (Premature V-2 cut-off; WAC stage failed to fire)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_362
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 49.9km

Event 7246 (EEAE4F4A)

Date: 4/21/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of V-2 #b6. Bumper Program. Altitude 150 km. Poor performance.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1402

Event 7247 (168AC9B3)

Date: 4/22/1949
Location: Cliff, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 54; 09:05 - round, flat thin disc-shaped aluminum obj disappeared behind mtns (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490422
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_563

Event 7248 (C7D9DD3C)

Date: 4/22/1949
Location: Cliff, New Mexico
Description: 9:05 a.m. A round, flat, thin, metallic disc is seen traveling west to east, dropping slowly, over Cliff, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1368

Event 7249 (051CCA88)

Date: 4/24/1949
Location: Arrey, NM
Description: Arrey, NM: Aerologist Charles B. Moore, Jr., while tracking a weather balloon for General Mills Co. with a theodolite, suddenly noticed a UFO rapidly crossing the sky. He and 4 other technicians turned the 25 power theodolite to track the UFO. It was a featureless ellipse, its length about 2–1/2 times its width. After about 60 seconds the object disappeared in a sharp climb. Based on measurements with the mountain range behind it, it was calculated to be going between 18,000 mph and 25,000 mph (in the atmosphere!).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_363

Event 7250 (DEBE995E)

Date: 4/24/1949
Location: USA, Arrey (White Sands), New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) DD - Time: 10:30; number of observers: 5; duration: 1 minute. Charles Moore Jr.- Mc Laughlin, instead of Moore?- is cited by: A. RIBERA: “These mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 106, 107) an aerological survey specialist was leading a team of four recruits from the Navy. They had set up the recording instruments that preluded the launch of a Skyhook balloon. (…) there was a theodolite consisting of a 25x magnification telescope mounted to provide elevation and azimuth readings. At 10:30 the group released a 350 gram weather balloon for observation of wind speed and direction at high altitude. Moore followed this balloon with the theodolite for several minutes, after which he handed the instrument to a sailor. Shortly afterwards, he noticed that the sailor had pointed the instrument in another direction. Letting out a choice of naval curses Moore was about to snatch the instrument from the sailor when the latter said: “But I’m keeping it in there.” Moore looked and saw in the theodolite’s field of view an elliptical whitish object. It was moving east at a speed of 5° of azimuthal displacement per second. It seemed to be two and a half times longer than wide. It was easily visible to the naked eye, and all the members of the group observed it. (…) (J. Allen HYNEK: “UFOs, myth or reality” - trad. Belfond 1974 - p. 85-86 and 274) (Desmond Leslie and Georges Adamski: “The S. V. have landed” J’ai Lu, 1971, p. 46,47 says: "a group of five technicians led by J. Gordon Vaeth, aeronautical engineer of the Naval Research Bureau) 10:30 a.m. Witnesses: the General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and others from the balloon launch team. An ellipsoid white, whose length is twice the width
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1403

Event 7251 (19CE9D30)

Date: 4/24/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Arrey, New Mexico, General Mills, meteorologist and balloon expert Charles Moore, and other Navy personnel of a balloon launch team observe a round, elliptical white object, about 2.5 times longer than wide. (April 24, 10:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #358, unexplained
Reference: Hynek 1974
Reference: DD-10
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_779

Event 7252 (532BB1C1)

Date: 4/24/1949
Location: Near White Sands, NM
Description: Metallic, elliptic object, extreme speed, tracked, etc.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_43

Event 7253 (EE86D51B)

Date: 4/24/1949
Time: 10:20
Location: ARREY, NM
Description: Scientists / theodolite and separate observer(s). Saucers / 30k kph. 1 paces balloon going east. / MJ#252+/ r29p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1374

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1273”, HatchDesc: “ARREY,NM:SCIs/THEODLT+SEP.OBS:SCRS/30k kph:1 PACES BALLOON >E:/MJ#252+/r29p70”, LatLong: “32.877779 -107.322227”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:40 N 107:19:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7254 (0E9045A7)

Date: 4/24/1949
Time: 13:20
Location: EL CAJON, CA
Description: Air Force pilot and many. 4 10M silver disks going south / box formation. Bank and maneuver. XX accelerations.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1375

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: “15”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “EL CAJON,CA:AF PILOT+MANY:4 10M SLVR DISKS >S/BOX FORMn:BANK+MNVR:XX ACCELs”, LatLong: “32.811113 -116.961117”, LatLongDMS: “32:48:40 N 116:57:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7255 (FDC4C276)

Date: 4/24/1949
Location: Arrey (3 miles N of), NM
Description: AFOSI Case 55; 10:33 - white-yellow ellipsoid obj disappeared at tremendous rate of speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 358, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490424
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_564

Event 7256 (73E86282)

Date: 4/24/1949
Time: l0:30 AM
Location: Arrey, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and others on a balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid, about 2.5 times as long as wide.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_22

Event 7257 (DCB0D85A)

Date: 4/24/1949
Location: Arrey, New Mexico
Description: 10:30 a.m. General Mills meteorologist Charles B. Moore and four Navy Skyhook balloon launch crewmen (Navy Chief Fire Controlman William Akers, Davidson, Fitzsimmons, Moorman) see a white, round object, shadowed yellowish on one side, cross the sky from the south to the east, three miles north of Arrey, New Mexico. Joseph Gordon Vaeth is present as the Navy representative in charge of ground handling. Moore tracks it for 60 seconds on a theodolite. The distance is unknown, but assuming the object is 57 miles away, it would have a velocity of 18,000 mph, a width of 40 feet, and a length of 100 feet; but this is speculative.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “White Sands Incident / C. B. Moore Case”; R. B. McLaughlin, [Letter to J. A. VanAllen], May 12, 1949; J. Gordon Vaeth, 200 Miles Up: The Conquest of the Upper Air, Ronald Press, 1951; 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. 63–64; ClearIntent, pp. 114–115; UFOEv, pp. 2–3; Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 72–73; Sparks, pp. 56–57; Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 8–9; Kevin D. Randle, “Charles Moore, New Mexico UFOs, and the Air Force,” IUR 20, no. 5 (Winter 1995): 3–4; Michael D. Swords, “1952: Ruppelt’s Big Year,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 10; Michael D. Swords, “Balloons, Missiles, and UFOs,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004):16–17; Swords 84–85; Clark III 541
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1369

Event 7258 (9DEB1616)

Date: 4/24/1949
Description: A high speed, maneuvering object was tracked with a theodolite by five government contractors from General Mills as it sped through the sky. They were at a missile range near Arrey, New Mexico at 10:20 a.m. It looked like a featureless, whitish featureless ellipse, and its length was 2.5 times its width. After 60 seconds it disappeared in a sharp vertical climb.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 238
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2271

Event 7259 (1EBA8B2F)

Date: 4/25/1949
Time: 06:30
Location: SPRINGER LAKE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Many silver orbs going [to] overhead very fast. Seen / one hour and more. / r209#21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1376

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “1808”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGER LAKE,NM:2 OBS:MANY SLVR ORBS > OVHD VFAST:SEEN/1hr+:/r209#21”, LatLong: “36.394446 -104.627783”, LatLongDMS: “36:23:40 N 104:37:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7260 (AC3B78DA)

Date: 4/25/1949
Location: Springer Lake, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 56; 00:50 - silvery spherical objects over a lake at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490425
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_565

Event 7261 (C0E69C1B)

Date: 4/25/1949
Locations: Springer Lake; Springer, New Mexico
Description: 6:30 a.m. A man named Abreu and a friend are fishing at Springer Lake, northwest of Springer, New Mexico, when they hear a high-pitched whistle and see a number of silvery-white balls passing overhead quickly. They reappear repeatedly over the next hour.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Various Formations Observed”; Clark III 541; Sparks, p. 57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1370

Event 7262 (A2BAEEA1)

Date: 4/25/1949
Locations: AFOSI headquarters; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Lt. Col. Doyle Rees wires AFOSI headquarters to ask if he can send two of his men to AMC to find out if Project Grudge plans to do anything about the green fireballs. Before Rees has a response, Joseph Kaplan arrives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, having been directed there by AF Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Charles Cabell and Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Theodore Von Kármán, who wants Kaplan to set up a field investigation. They emphasize that Grudge is not to be informed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 542; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1371

Event 7263 (D65F21FE)

Date: 4/26/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Shallet publishes his first article. (April 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_780

Event 7264 (0535B3F3)

Date: 4/26/1949
Time: 00:20
Location: AMBRIDGE, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #272. Railroad/railway men. 40 saucers / 3 V-forms east going quickly west. 1 cuts out and scouts foundry.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1377

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “AMBRIDGE,PA:BBK#272:RR MEN:40 SCRS/3 V-FORMS E>>W:1 CUTS OUT+SCOUTS FOUNDRY”, LatLong: “40.588891 -80.227782”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:20 N 80:13:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7265 (29557873)

Date: 4/27/1949
Description: USAF press release admits that saucers may exist
Type: historical event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_101

Event 7266 (8C5C9E9C)

Date: 4/27/1949
Location: US
Description: Project Saucer report released: About 30% of the sightings investigated to date were said to be explained as conventional objects. An equal number, the report said, probably would be explainable after further probing.
Type: report released
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_859

Event 7267 (1A04854B)

Date: 4/27/1949
Location: USAF M-26-49 statement:
Description: (Translated from French) The possible existence of some kind of strange extraterrestrial animals was also vaguely considered, since several of these objects described behave more like animals than anything else. But there are few reliable reports on extraterrestrial animals. Space navigation, outside the solar system is a near certainty… [note from vog: I can’t resist adding A. Ribera’s personal follow-up in “These Mysterious UFOs”: What is absolutely certain, in any case, is the existence of certain “terrestrial animals”… many of which belong to the personnel of ATIC where they hide under the appearances of dignified technicians.]
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.95-96, 99
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1404

Event 7268 (FBF93AC7)

Date: 4/27/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The Grudge project communicates its first M-26-49 US-AF summary report on a preliminary study related to UFOs to the Intelligence hierarchy of the USAF. The report considers the existence of strange extraterrestrial animals instead of superior entities (!). (April 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_781

[c0mmando]

Event 7269 (C1E8E118)

Date: 4/27/1949
Time: 21:20
Location: FT HOOD, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #315. Many report(s) since February. Saucers. Cigars. Small night lights pass through trees etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1378

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “170”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “Ft HOOD,TX:BBK#315:MANY RPTs SINCE FEB:SCRS:CGRS:SML NLTS PASS THRU TREES etc”, LatLong: “31.166668 -97.750005”, LatLongDMS: “31:10:00 N 97:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7270 (FE639C2A)

Date: 4/27/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood (SE of), TX
Description: Blinking violet object passing through branches of a tree (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490427
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_566

Event 7271 (6158D651)

Date: 4/27/1949
Locations: Sandia Base, New Mexico; Los Alamos, Sandia, and White Sands; Killeen Base in Texas; New Mexico School of Mines
Description: Rees, Kaplan, and LaPaz brief Armed Forces Special Weapons Project personnel at Sandia Base, New Mexico. LaPaz outlines plans for a network of visual, photographic, spectrographic, and radar observations covering Los Alamos, Sandia, and White Sands. Scientist William D. Crozier of the New Mexico School of Mines offers to handle air sampling. Rees urges that the Killeen Base in Texas be included. Kaplan, who says the project is “of extreme importance” because “these occurrences relate to the National Defense of the United States,” recommends LaPaz to handle the project.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Col. Doyle Rees, “Unknown (Aerial Phenomena),” May 12, 1949; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1949 January–June, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 60–62; Clark III 542
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1372

Event 7272 (4685B2D8)

Date: 4/27/1949
Description: USAF Directorate of Intelligence briefs the USAF Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations on UFOs. “Investigations continue in an effort to find definite explanations for the many unidentified aerial objects which have been reported during the past two years.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unidentified Aerial Objects,” Air Brief, Special Study Part Two, April 27, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1373

Event 7273 (2337BAA7)

Date: 4/27/1949
Location: Pentagon Office of Public Information
Description: A 22-page memorandum for the press (629-49) on “Project Saucer” is released by the Pentagon Office of Public Information, scheduled deliberately to coincide with part one of Shalett’s article in the Saturday Evening Post. The writer is unknown, but it is more pro-ETH than the current Project Grudge mentality, listing several solid and dramatic cases. It concludes: “The ‘saucers’ are not a joke. Neither are they a cause for alarm to the population.” The discrepancy between Shalett’s mostly dismissive tone and the positivity of the Project Saucer statement causes Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe to wonder if there is a major disagreement about UFOs within the Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: National Military Establishment, Office of Public Information, “Project ‘Saucer,’” April 27, 1949; Swords 74–75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1374

Event 7274 (4C0CE51D)

Date: 4/27/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Texas
Description: 9:20 p.m. Two Army patrolmen southeast of Killeen Base, Texas, see a blinking violet light no more than 1.5 inches in diameter and only 10–12 feet from them, 6–7 feet above the ground. During the 60-second observation, the light passes through the branches of a tree. At 9:25 p.m., 2 miles away, four Army soldiers see a 4-inch light with a 2–4-inch metallic cone attached to the back. It silently approaches them in a level flight at 60–70 mph. It disappears to the southwest at a distance of 150 feet. At about 9:37 p.m., a 2-inch-wide white light appears 100 feet away to the northwest, flying in a zig-zag fashion in a level path 6 feet above the ground. It vanishes abruptly. A third light shows up at 9:39 p.m. in the west-southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Close Encounters with Drones/Probes at Weapons Storage Site”; Sparks, pp. 57–58; Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10; Clark III 542
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1375

Event 7275 (A042C73D)

Date: 4/28/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, Howard Hann, Hubert, and Tex Keahey observed an object shaped like a sausage for 40 minutes. It spun and flew quickly. (April 28, 5:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #361 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_782

Event 7276 (F7304E67)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Gary, Indiana
Description: INDIANA SEES ONE DEFY PERSPECTIVE LAW. Leon Faber of Sandwich, Ill., sighted a bright shining object moving east while he was flying up at an elevation of 6,000 feet over the Gary-Michigan City area. It seemed to be about 10,000 feet away and about the size of a basketball. It suddenly disappeared without getting any smaller.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_33

Event 7277 (ED461800)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: HOMER, MICH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #313. 2 men / factory. 6 silver disks in wide circle going west / 65kph. 150m altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1379

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “303”, HatchDesc: “HOMER,MICH:BBK#313:2 MEN/FACTORY:6 SLVR DISKS in WIDE CIRCLE >W/65kph:150m alt”, LatLong: “42.144446 -84.811115”, LatLongDMS: “42:08:40 N 84:48:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7278 (7B9FFA1B)

Date: 4/28/1949
Time: 17:50
Location: CATALINA MOUNTAINS, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #332. 700’ metal cylinder/cigar-shape / 5mi altitude. 500mph estimated. Rolls and soars. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1380

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “960”, HatchDesc: “CATALINA MTNs,AZ:BBK#332:700’MTL CGR/5mi ALT:500mph estm:ROLLS+SOARS:>>SW”, LatLong: “32.416668 -110.666672”, LatLongDMS: “32:25:00 N 110:40:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8000”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7279 (3B97C801)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Homer, MI
Description: Pursued 6 flying discs 10 inches diameter by car (FOIA) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490428
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_567

Event 7280 (A802A2BF)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: AFOSI Case 57; app 17:45 - a very large bright, sausage-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 361, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490428
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_568

Event 7281 (8E944DBF)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood (SE of), TX
Description: A variety of strange lights, mostly slow-moving changing color from white to red to green (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_569

Event 7282 (5B8A2F86)

Date: 4/28/1949
Time: 5:45 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Howard Hann, Mr. Hubert, Tex Keahey. One bright, sausage-shaped object was observed for 40 minutes while it rolled and flew fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_23

Event 7283 (A007846D)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Joint Intelligence Committee
Description: USAF Director of Intelligence Charles Cabell sends a report on “Unidentified Aerial Objects” to the Joint Intelligence Committee. It summarizes the history of Project Sign up to its redesignation as Grudge and adds an appendix on “Unidentified Aerial Objects: Fact and Discussion,” which is basically a short version of the sanitized February 11 Sign report, with some green fireball information added. It recommends sending reports of unidentified “light phenomena” to the scientific community and reports of “atomic powered craft of unusual design” to the AEC. It concludes that “There are numerous reports from reliable and competent observers for which a conclusive explanation has not been made” and that some “involve configurations and described performance which might conceivably represent an advanced aerodynamical development. A few unexplained incidents surpass these limits of credulity. It is unlikely that a foreign power would expose a superior aerial weapon by a prolonged ineffectual penetration of the United States.” This essentially resurrects the ETH as a possibility, without clearly stating it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report by the Director of Intelligence, USAF, to the Joint Intelligence Committee on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” April 28, 1949; Jan Aldrich, “Top-Secret 1949 Document,” IUR 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 3–6, 31; Swords 76–77
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1376

Event 7284 (B0A961A3)

Date: 4/28/1949
Description: Some printed copies of Air Intelligence Report 100-203-79, “Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States,” bear this date, although it was originally released December 10, 1948.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Directorate of Intelligence, Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.: Summary and Conclusions, Air Intelligence Report 100-203-79, December 10, 1948; copy, dated April 28, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1377

Event 7285 (2F3186B6)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico
Description: Kaplan, LaPaz, Rees, and Neef meet with security officers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to discuss green fireball observations at that facility.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1949 January–June, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2000, pp. 62–63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1378

Event 7286 (45A3F1FE)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana
Description: 8:00 a.m. Businessman and private pilot Leon A. Faber is flying at 3,000 feet near the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, when he sees a metallic disc moving east about 10,000 feet away. He is chatting with some ham radio operators on the ground during the 5 minutes the object is in sight before it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flying Saucer Observed from Aircraft”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1379

Event 7287 (EC421315)

Date: 4/28/1949
Locations: Tucson, Arizona; Catalina Mountains
Description: 5:45 p.m. Howard Hann [Hamm?], a Mr. Hubert [Huber?], and Tex Keahey see a very large, bright, sausage- shaped object travel from northeast to southwest over the rim of the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, over a period of 12 minutes. The object is shiny metallic and reflects the sun, apparently revolving as it moves like the “slow roll of an airplane.” There is no noise, nor is there exhaust or a vapor trail. There are no wings or engines or “protuberances of any sort.” It appears to be traveling at 300–600 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cigar-Shaped Object Observed in Daylight”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1380

Event 7288 (244AE965)

Date: 4/28/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Texas
Description: 8:30 p.m. Several security patrols at Killeen Base, Texas, report nine separate sightings of lights southeast of the base. Most change color from white to red to green. On one occasion, four lights appear together; on another, 8–10 show up in each other’s company. No debris or evidence of flares are found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10; Clark III 543; Sparks, p. 58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1381

Event 7289 (4E17F452)

Date: 4/28/1949
Description: Six silver discs flew in a wide circle over Homer, Michigan toward the west at 40 mph and at an estimated 500 feet altitude. At 5:45 p.m. a 700 foot long metallic cigar-shaped object flew over Tucson, Arizona at an estimated altitude of five miles. It rolled and soared off toward the southwest at an estimated speed of 500 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, April 1949, case 361; Larry Hatch, U computer database, cases # 1392 & 1393
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2388

Event 7290 (3564C8E4)

Date: 4/29/1949
Description: The April 30 issue of the Saturday Evening Post with part one of Sidney Shalett’s “What You Can Believe about Flying Saucers” hits the newsstands. The USAF Public Relations Office has cooperated fully with Shalett, who sets out a fairly even-handed introduction to the phenomenon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sidney Shalett, “What You Can Believe about Flying Saucers, Part One,” Saturday Evening Post, April 30, 1949, pp. 20–21, 136–139; Swords 73
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1382

Event 7291 (D8E2E64F)

Date: 4/30/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Hynek, a scientific advisor tasked with providing an astronomical interpretation of each case, makes a report. He will later admit to having pushed too hard to find a natural explanation. (April 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_783

Event 7292 (1ED85B74)

Date: 4/30/1949
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 58; 22:15 - Blue-green round obj abt 10th size of moon just went out (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_570

Event 7293 (E14C8F6E)

Date: 4/30/1949
Description: Hynek turns in his astronomical analysis of Sign’s 237 cases. His contract with Sign is over.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 199–200; Hynek UFO Report, p. 17; O’Connell 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1383

Event 7294 (EC57EA65)

Date: 5/1949
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds
Description: COMMANDER CONFIRMS SIGHTING. Commander Robert B. McLaughlin, USN, in a further report said that an object, white in color, proceeding slowly westward was sighted. It picked up speed, passed overhead and disappeared over the Organ Mountains. When first sighted, the object had been going at about one mile per second at a height of 25 miles, but when it accelerated it did so at a rate far beyond the capabilities of any present-day rocket. Passing within 5 degrees of the sun, it remained visible, showing no discernible method of propulsion.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_35

Event 7295 (84DCF938)

Date: 5/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Saw 13 saucer shaped objects in a perfect straight line formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 490500
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_571

Event 7296 (C91AF19D)

Date: Early 5/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The 1st report of the Grudge project is released. (Early May)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_784

Event 7297 (A4DFF4A5)

Date: 5/2/1949
Time: 10:20
Location: NORTH / ELKO, NV
Description: 3 10M metallic disks going southwest / 400kph. 4200 M altitude. Silent. Veer going south / precise tilt.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1381

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: “1550”, HatchDesc: “N/ELKO,NV:3 10M MTLC DISKS >SW/400kph:4200 M alt:SLNT:VEER > S/precise tilt”, LatLong: “40.905558 -115.755561”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:20 N 115:45:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7298 (F8F15B72)

Date: 5/2/1949
Location: Elko, NV
Description: 3 flying discs 30 ft diameter at 14,000 ft make a left turn and depart ahead of a United airliner taking off from Elko airport. (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490502
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_572

Event 7299 (ECA45954)

Date: 5/2/1949
Description: At 10:20 a.m. north of Elko, Nevada three metallic discs with an estimated diameter of 10 meters flew over the desert to the southwest at 400 kph and an altitude of 4200 meters. They were silent, and all three veered to the south with the same precise tilt.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1394; citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949 (Volume 3), p. 64
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2452

Event 7300 (7000F0C0)

Date: 5/3/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of a Viking 1. Altitude 80 km. Premature stop due to leak in turbine. Engine stopped after 54 seconds.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, 274? AND M.W. Rosen, N.Y. 1955
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1405

Event 7301 (1C5812D9)

Date: 5/3/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of an American Viking probe rocket. (May 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_785

Event 7302 (FDE1455A)

Date: 5/3/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 59; 21:43 - bright white obj went very fast (up to 1,000 mph) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_573

Event 7303 (B6609C7C)

Date: 5/3/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 60; 21:26;21:43;22:05 - Large white size like airplane landing lights obj (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_574

Event 7304 (1ED7BD74)

Date: 5/3/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 61; 21:26-white baseball diamond lights; 21:40 - slightly larger than firebox lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_575

Event 7305 (BAAB42FC)

Date: 5/3/1949
Location: Sidney, OH
Description: Bright shiny disc high overhead wavering, climbing and descending slightly on a straight path. (FOIA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490503
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_576

Event 7306 (864CE5F4)

Date: 5/4/1949
Location: Maplewood (4.5 Miles W of), OH
Description: Bright silver flat circular object to the SE traveling NE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_577

Event 7307 (459BE22F)

Date: 5/4/1949
Locations: Killeen Base; Camp Hood, Texas
Description: The US Fourth Army creates an operational plan for a green fireball observation and tracking network at Killeen Base in Camp Hood, Texas. Although it lacks cameras, it has four six-man observation posts equipped with instruments to obtain directional bearings. One of the posts serves as the plotting center to coordinate and triangulate UFO sightings. Each day, a roving patrol gets new orders.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10–12; Clark III 543; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, pp. 43–44).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1384

Event 7308 (3436A4C2)

Date: 5/5/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 8.85km attitude (Second Hermes II ‘Organ’ test of ramjet diffuser in place of payload section)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_364
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 8.85km

Event 7309 (4D94A26B)

Date: 5/5/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch at 8:15 of V-2 #46, only 8 km altitude, poor performance.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1406

Event 7310 (960F785E)

Date: 5/5/1949
Location: USA, Fort Bliss (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) 11:40 a.m. Witnesses: Army officers: Maj. Day, Maj. Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn. Two white, oblong discs, flying at a speed of approximately 200-250 m.p.h., made a slight circular motion during the 30-50 seconds of observation. (1949, 5 May)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1407

Event 7311 (58E0EE4B)

Date: 5/5/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Fort Bliss (Texas), Major Day, Major Olhausen, and Captain Vaughn of the US Army observed 2 white oblong discs, flying at an estimated speed between 200 and 250 miles/h. It made a slight turn during the 30 to 50 seconds of observation. (May 5, 11:40)
Reference: case Blue Book #376 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_786

Event 7312 (3E7AB4E9)

Date: 5/5/1949
Time: 11:40
Location: FT BLISS, TX
Description: 3 military observer(s). White saucers / 250mph. Project Bluebook Case #311-military observer(s). 100’ saucer-cigars / 48 Apr. '49.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1382

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, 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, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1160”, HatchDesc: “Ft BLISS,TX:3 MIL OBS:WHT SCRS/250mph::BBK#311-MIL OBS:100’SCR-CGRS/48APR49”, LatLong: “31.833335 -106.300005”, LatLongDMS: “31:50:00 N 106:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7313 (B0E597DA)

Date: 5/5/1949
Location: Fort Bliss, TX
Description: 2 oblong white discs, flying at about 200-250 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 376)
Reference: NICAP: 490505
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_578

Event 7314 (4D7F1D0F)

Date: 5/5/1949
Time: 11:40 AM
Location: Ft. Bliss, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Army officers Maj. Day, Maj. Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn. Two oblong white discs, flying at an estimated 200-250 m.p.h., made a shallow turn during the 30-50 second observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_24

Event 7315 (B04E1CE5)

Date: 5/5/1949
Locations: San Antonio; Camp Hood, Killeen, Texas
Description: 10:00 a.m. The Fourth US Army has approached AFOSI in San Antonio to offer assistance in investigating green fireballs and the Killeen lights. They arrange a meeting with AFOSI, ONI, CIC, the FBI, and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Camp Hood, Killeen, Texas, the first of several weekly meetings. Army and Navy officials agree that the fireballs remain unexplained. AFSWP personnel believe they are natural phenomena; AFOSI and FBI give no opinion. The Fourth Army urges AFOSI to create an observation system, even though it had just secretly created one of its own on May 4.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 10–11; Clark III 543
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1385

Event 7316 (83BC37AE)

Date: 5/5/1949
Locations: Fort Bliss, Texas; Waco no. 4 firing range
Description: 11:40 a.m. Army officers Maj. Charles D. May Jr., Maj. James N. Olhausen, and Capt. Molloy C. Vaughn on the Waco no. 4 firing range at Fort Bliss, Texas, watch for 30–50 seconds two oblong white discs pass through a field of fire. They are flying at about 200–250 mph at an altitude of 1,000 feet. The objects make a shallow turn.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “May 5, 1949, 1140 MST, Fort Bliss, Texas”; Sparks, p. 59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1386

Event 7317 (AB8ABC78)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: USSR, Moscow (in flight)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: June 16, 1948) Apraksine was on a test flight at maximum altitude. (…). Suddenly, he saw an “incomprehensible” aircraft, lower than him, which began to descend even lower. Apraksine maneuvered towards the flying cigar. The two aircrafts were going very fast on a collision trajectory. At a distance of 10 km, a cone of light beams was once again directed at Apraksine. He was blinded. All the electrical controls of the plane were destroyed. The Plexiglas windshield was damaged. The cabin pressurization was lost and, although wearing a special suit and a waterproof helmet, Apraksine was in great difficulty. He nevertheless managed to land on the right bank of the Volga, 40 km north of Saratov and lost consciousness. (…) in January 1950 he appeared before a medical committee and was definitively retired.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “The Invisible College” J’ai Lu 1975, pp. 83 to 85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1408

Event 7318 (1103E997)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: USA, Livermoore, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 9:35 a.m. Witness: C. G. Green. Two objects resembling discs, luminous, turning around each other while blinking. One shot up to the sky emitting a grey trail, and the other one joined it afterwards. Duration: 5 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1409

Event 7319 (CBC53C88)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Livermore, California, C. G. Green observed two bright, disk-shaped objects spinning around each other, and changing direction. Then one of them rose with a gray trail and joined the other. The observation lasted 5 minutes. (9:35)
Reference: case Blue Book #379, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_787

Event 7320 (C7679DD2)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The highly decorated Soviet Air Force pilot Arkadii Ivanovich Apraksin conducted a test flight over Kapustin Yar and encountered an object at an altitude of 15000 m similar to the one from 1948. The object again sent its light rays towards the plane, still at 10 km distance, and Apraksin managed to land his aircraft without systems or engine. He woke up in the Saratov hospital and left a detailed account of his encounter. 2 and a half months later he was put in charge of a special medical commission in Moscow which sent him to a psycho-neurological institute where he was given electroshock treatment and psychotherapy. Afterwards he was declared unfit for any service.
Reference: Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, page 225
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_788

Event 7321 (406BAE0F)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: SARATOV, RUSSIA
Description: Test Pilot Apraksin. Cylinder/cigar-shape zaps plane. Partly melted. / F. Zigel and more / r27p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 221)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1383

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SARATOV,RUS:TEST PILOT APRAKSIN:CGR ZAPS PLANE:PARTLY MELTED:/F.Zigel+/r27p4”, LatLong: “51.500002 45.500002”, LatLongDMS: “51:30:00 N 45:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VOL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7322 (98C827CA)

Date: 5/6/1949
Time: 09:40
Location: LIVERMORE, CA
Description: 1 observer. 2 shiny saucers circle each other and bank. 1 shoots up and rejoins going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1384

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “LIVERMORE,CA:1 OBS:2 SHINY SCRS CIRCLE EACH OTHER+BANK:1 SHOOTS UP+REJOINS↓”, LatLong: “37.700002 -121.783339”, LatLongDMS: “37:42:00 N 121:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7323 (C8A554E8)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: Sidney, OH
Description: Object with no trail or sound-too bright to see the shape (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_579

Event 7324 (815B4666)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: Livermore, CA
Description: 2 shiny, disc-like objects rotate around each other (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 379)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_580

Event 7325 (CE43384A)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: AFOSI Case 62; 21:40 - 21:30 - Army artillery observers est 2 days earlier, tracks its first object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP: 490506
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_581

Event 7326 (9975FB1C)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 63; 01:05 - round green obj 1/8 sz of moon disappeared W of Jamez mtns (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_582

Event 7327 (D83C9251)

Date: 5/6/1949
Time: 9:35 AM
Location: Livermore, California
Description: Witness: C. G. Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other and banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined the other. The sighting lasted 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_25

Event 7328 (D90409A7)

Date: 5/6/1949
Locations: Kapustin Yar site, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia; Volga River; Saratov
Description: Soviet test pilot Arkady Ivanovich Apraksin takes a new airplane for a flight at the Kapustin Yar site, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. At its maximum ceiling of 9.3 miles, he encounters a cucumber-shaped object, similar to the one he encountered on June 16, 1948, that directs cones of light at his aircraft from a distance of 6–7 miles. The lights cause his communications equipment to fail and damage part of his plexiglass cockpit canopy that results in a loss of air pressure. He manages to land on the banks of the Volga River 30 miles from Saratov. He wakes up in a hospital in Saratov. He again undergoes intense interrogation, psychotherapy, and medical procedures.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 221–223; Joe Brill, “UFO’s behind the Iron Curtain,” Skylook, no. 87, February 1975, p. 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1387

Event 7329 (C09F217D)

Date: 5/6/1949
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Col. Lumsden of the San Antonio, Texas, AFOSI office informs headquarters that the “matter has reached a fairly serious stage and some positive action is necessary.” He does not send this message to Project Grudge. Headquarters responds quickly and orders him to investigate all sightings but reminds him to inform AMC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 11; Clark III 543
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1388

Event 7330 (3DC7F383)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: Part two of Shalett’s article on UFOs appears in the May 7 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, which takes a more skeptical tone than the first part, with the Gorman case receiving a particularly harsh thrashing. However, he treats Chiles-Whitted favorably and ends with some hints on how to make good observations. Within a few days, the frequency of UFO reports hits an all-time high. USAF issues another long press release completely debunking UFOs, but it has no effect.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sidney Shalett, “What You Can Believe about Flying Saucers, Part Two,” Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1949, pp. 36, 184–186; Swords 74; Ruppelt, p. 63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1389

Event 7331 (ED5A84C9)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: On this day, a decorated Soviet test pilot named Apraksin was flying over the Volga River in Russia, 40 kilometers north of the city of Saratov, when his aircraft’s electrical system was knocked out of operation by a cone of light from a cucumber-shaped UFO after he attempted to approach it. He was blinded by the light, but managed to land the crippled aircraft despite his incapacitation in an abrupt emergency landing. He then lost consciousness and was confined to hospital to recuperate.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Felix Zigel, unpublished manuscript, pp. 124-126; Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 138, citing Felix Zigel; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 4; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2574

Event 7332 (73E081A0)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: At 8:30 a.m. EDT witnesses Stump, Herman and Quinn in Sidney, Ohio saw a bright object about half a mile to the west moving south at high speed. It left no trail and made no sound. One of the witnesses said it was too bright to tell what shape it had, but the others said it had a flat, circular shape. It was in sight for two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Jan Aldrich, Project 1947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2575

Event 7333 (2B105108)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: At 9:35 a.m. a witness named C. G. Green reported to the U.S. Air Force that two shiny disc-shaped objects circled each other and banked over a field in Livermore, California. One of the objects shot straight up with a gray trail. The sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 379; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1397; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2576

Event 7334 (61AE5914)

Date: 5/6/1949
Description: At Killeen Base, Camp Hood, Texas a UFO observation network set up two days earlier, employing Army artillery observers, tracked their first object. They sighted and triangulated on a brilliant light 4000 yards in the distance. It moved very slowly, dropping from an altitude of 1200 feet to 440 feet. It was the apparent size of a half dollar at arm’s length. Its color was pinkish to green, and was in sight for 50 minutes. The main witness was Lt. Mardell E. Ward.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, FOIA, hood490506
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2577

Event 7335 (736B1403)

Date: 5/7/1949
Location: Oakland, California
Description: CALIFORNIA SEES THEM AS ‘SQUARES’. Benjamin F. Smith of Oakland saw two rows of square objects flying in the regular airliner levels traveling from north to south, moving soundlessly at tremendous speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_34

Event 7336 (AEE5207F)

Date: 5/7/1949
Time: 19:40
Location: FT HOOD, TX
Description: 100+military observer(s). 15’ diamond. UFO’s all over restricted areas / months.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1385

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “85”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “Ft HOOD,TX:100+MIL OBS:15’ DIAMOND:UFOS ALL OVR RESTRICTED AREAS/MONTHS”, LatLong: “31.200001 -97.766671”, LatLongDMS: “31:12:00 N 97:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7337 (C78A6B18)

Date: 5/7/1949
Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Sun glinting off a flat reddish-brown object “somewhat triangular” shaped (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_583

Event 7338 (DF929C63)

Date: 5/7/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: AFOSI Case 64; 20:25-21:05 - brilliant white diamond-shaped obj at triangulated location (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_584

Event 7339 (5212F526)

Date: 5/7/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: AFOSI Case 65; 19:40 - reddish greenish white diamond shaped obj dimmed and went out (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_585

Event 7340 (08EAC669)

Date: 5/8/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: AFOSI Case 66; 20:08-20:17 - brilliant white diamond-shaped object caused severe radio interference (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_586

Event 7341 (BF639113)

Date: 5/8/1949
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: AFOSI Case 67; 09:30-11:00 - white metallic circular obj from motionless to faster than jet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_587

Event 7342 (B44BD0DB)

Date: 5/9/1949
Location: USA, Tucson, Arizona
Description: (Translated from French) Witness: M/Sgt. Troy Putnam. Two round, flat objects, silver in appearance, estimated to be 25 feet in diameter, flying at 750-1,000 m.p.h. in regular jumps.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1410

Event 7343 (ABE799AE)

Date: 5/9/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant-Chief Troy Putnam observed 2 round, flat, metallic-looking objects, approximately 25 feet in diameter, flying between 750 and 1000 miles/h in a stable turning position. (May 9, 2:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #384 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_789

Event 7344 (C771A099)

Date: 5/9/1949
Time: 14:30
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Sgt. Putnam. 2 flat 25’ silver saucers. 750+mph in smooth steady banked trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1386

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:Sgt PUTNAM:2 FLAT 25’SLVR SCRS:750+mph in SMOOTH STEADY BANKED TRAJ”, LatLong: “32.200002 -110.933339”, LatLongDMS: “32:12:00 N 110:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7345 (467D33C4)

Date: 5/9/1949
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: AFOSI Case 68; app 14:30 - silvery, round and flat obj at 750-1000 mph faded from view (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 384, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_588

Event 7346 (37887B09)

Date: 5/9/1949
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witness: M/Sgt. Troy Putnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25’ in diameter, flew 750-1,000 m.p.h. in a banked but steady manner.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_26

Event 7347 (A5D81E9F)

Date: 5/9/1949
Description: An article in Time magazine reports on the Air Force press release, remarking that “Spinners of yarns about flying saucers, including a score or so of Air Force pilots, stuck stoutly to their stories.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Things That Go Whiz,” Time, May 9, 1949; “Anatomy of a Hoax, Part Six,” Saturday Night Uforia
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1390

Event 7348 (586EEA8D)

Date: 5/9/1949
Description: Editor Ken Purdy asks Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe to investigate the flying saucer mystery for True magazine, warning him to watch out for “fake tips” from the Pentagon. Keyhoe is initially skeptical, but after talking to his old friends Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney and Adm. Calvin M. Bolster, his opinion changes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, Gold Medal, 1950, pp. 18–22, 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1391

Event 7349 (7859079D)

Date: 5/9/1949
Location: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
Description: Naval Unit Commander Robert B. McLaughlin, with several other officers, witnesses a white object overhead during the launch of a WAC Corporal B rocket at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. It disappears “in a blinding burst of speed to the west.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: R. B. McLaughlin, [Letter to J. A. VanAllen], May 12, 1949; Sparks, p. 61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1392

Event 7350 (CC024396)

Date: 5/9/1949
Description: Sgt. Putnam sighted two flat 25-foot diameter silver discs in the sky over Tucson, Arizona at 2:30 p.m. They flew at a speed in excess of 750 mph in a smooth and steady banked trajectory. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 384
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2673

Event 7351 (FD8B6413)

Date: 5/11/1949
Location: New York City
Description: Israel admitted to the UN
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_365

Event 7352 (CC22787B)

Date: 5/11/1949
Description: At 10:30 a.m. four gray discs flew over Houston, Alaska heading north. According to witness George Mertz, they had thicker tops, and flew with a “decided list to the port side” at a speed in excess of 1000 mph. Their diameter was estimated to be from 80-100 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, letter from witness in 1952 to the Civilian Saucer Intelligence office, Los Angeles
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2733

Event 7353 (7574416C)

Date: 5/12/1949
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Donald H. Menzel sighting (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_589

Event 7354 (0D52E54B)

Date: 5/12/1949
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 69; 21:15-21:30 - white w/greenish twinge 1/4 diameter of full moon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_590

Event 7355 (78D97A4B)

Date: 5/12/1949
Description: Commander McLaughlin writes to his friend, atmospheric physicist James Van Allen, describing the Moore theodolite case and his own sighting a few days earlier. He thinks they must involve technology because they have been seen accelerating and maneuvering.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: R. B. McLaughlin, [Letter to J. A. VanAllen], May 12, 1949
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1393

Event 7356 (C3FD9458)

Date: 5/12/1949
Locations: Holloman AFB; Highway 70; Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: 9:30 p.m. Astronomer Donald H. Menzel leaves Holloman AFB on Highway 70 for Alamogordo, New Mexico. Shortly after noticing the star Antares, he sees another fuzzy object in the sky nearer to the horizon. A second object appears three degrees to the south. Determining that the objects are not Castor and Pollux or reflections, Menzel watches them another 4 minutes. Both objects vanish abruptly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald H. Menzel, Flying Saucers, Harvard University, 1953, pp. 3–4, 99–100; Sparks, p. 62; J. Allen Hynek, “Vignettes of UFO History: Dr. Menzel Reports a UFO!” IUR 7, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1982): 11; Clark III 741–742
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1394

Event 7357 (0298F023)

Date: 5/13/1949
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Newspaper coverage of BSRA’s “second memorandum of importance” on flying discs.
Type: publication
Reference: Newspapers.com
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_366

Event 7358 (94461304)

Date: 5/13/1949
Time: 11:10
Location: WEST / BOISE, ID
Description: Air Force man / US20. 1+5 silver disks / V formation spiral going down. Then shoot up and going quickly southwest. 700kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 385)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1387

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “840”, HatchDesc: “W/BOISE,ID:AF MAN/US20:1+5 SLVR DISKS/Vfrmn SPIRAL ↓:THEN SHOOT UP+>>SW:700kph”, LatLong: “43.633335 -116.433339”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:00 N 116:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7359 (3D489055)

Date: 5/13/1949
Description: In 1949 on this day at 11:05 a.m. a U.S. Air Force Airman Smith, driving along Highway 20 west of Boise, Idaho spotted first one disc, then five more silver discs flying in a V formation. The objects spiralled down, then shot out and away to the southwest at an estimated 700 kilometers per hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. Volume 2: 1949, p. 85
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2789

Event 7360 (69AEB88F)

Date: 5/14/1949
Time: 00:00
Location: STEPHENVILLE, NFLD
Description: “USAF photographs UFO’s here”. Type unknown. No further details. / Walter Winchell.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1388

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “STEPHENVILLE,NFLD:“USAF FOTOS UFOS HERE”:type unk:NFD:/Walter Winchell”, LatLong: “48.550002 -58.566669”, LatLongDMS: “48:33:00 N 58:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7361 (90A8954D)

Date: 5/16/1949
Location: Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
Description: Object was described as black, round and flat in shape, similar to a washtub. It maintained the same altitude, fluttering as it disappeared behind an obstacle. Ground/visual from a military source. 8-10 seconds (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490516
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_591

Event 7362 (D918C29E)

Date: 5/16/1949
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: AFOSI Case 70; app 17:00 - black round solid flat obj at 800-1000 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_592

Event 7363 (7FB15CD9)

Date: 5/18/1949
Location: Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
Description: Reply letter concerning BSRA’s “second memorandum of importance”, concerning a solution to the flying saucer mystery, from Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson AFB Col. Clingerman, Chief Analysis Division, Intelligence Department. Memorandum was forwarded to analysts for review and study. Found in the private BSRA archives now at the AFU in Sweden.
Type: memorandum
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_367

Event 7364 (9F7C7FF5)

Date: 5/18/1949
Time: 15:00?
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: 18, 19+23 May. 20’ saucer going quickly north each date. 20 May. USAF Lt. Col. 5 saucers!
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1389

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), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “23”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:18,19+23 MAY:20’ SCR >>N EACH DATE::20MAY:USAF Lt COL:5 SCRS!”, LatLong: “29.933335 -90.083338”, LatLongDMS: “29:56:00 N 90:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7365 (C285F828)

Date: 5/18/1949
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: George N. Raines leaves Washington, D.C., for four days to attend a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. He says Forrestal seems “somewhat better,” having regained 12 pounds.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1395

Event 7366 (CB749487)

Date: 5/18/1949
Locations: Newfoundland; Stephenville
Description: Walter Winchell, in his “On Broadway” syndicated column, writes: “The N.Y. World-Telegram on Saturday [May 14] confirmed this reporter’s exclusive report of several weeks before—which newspapermen have denied—about the Flying Saucers . . . Said the front-page piece in the W-T: ‘Air Force people are convinced the flying disc is real. The clincher came when the air force got a picture recently of three discs flying formation over Stephenville, Newfoundland. [The July 10, 1947, hole-in-the-cloud case?] They outdistanced our fastest ships. Some air force men believe the discs are a new type flying machine utilizing gyroscopic principles’ . . . At the time we added that the reality of the flying discs or saucers could not be denied truthfully.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Anatomy of a Hoax, Part Two,” Saturday Night Uforia
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1396

Event 7367 (ABABA177)

Date: 5/19/1949
Location: Fort Bliss, TX
Description: Numerous military witnesses observed a round silver thin object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 490519
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_593

Event 7368 (FC0E50EB)

Date: 5/19/1949
Location: Wright-Patterson Air Material Intelligence
Description: Wright-Patterson Air Material Intelligence Commander Col. Howard McCoy forwards a copy of the Project Sign final report to the Research and Development Board, along with some appendices that later find their way into the Project Grudge final report.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1397

Event 7369 (4E6DE00D)

Date: 5/19/1949
Locations: Killeen Base, Texas; Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: The Fourth Army’s observation system near Killeen Base, Texas (without cameras, but with four 6-man observation posts equipped with instruments), is revealed to the intelligence community at one of its weekly meetings. Two trucks serve as a roving Artillery Patrol observation post linked to the Killeen plotting center by radio. AFOSI Lt. Col. Doyle Rees has meanwhile set up a 24-hour visual observation post in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is equipped with a wide-angle-lens camera fitted with a spectrographic grating.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 12; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, pp. 43–44; Clark III 543
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1398

Event 7370 (7E84BDF3)

Date: 5/19/1949
Description: A 20-foot diameter disc flew over New Orleans, Louisiana going north at 4:15 p.m., again on this date.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce S. Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2970

Event 7371 (2E88765D)

Date: 5/20/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At the Lowell Observatory (Massachusetts), Professor Hall observed with binoculars and a theodolite a bright disk of metallic appearance, with a diameter of 10 to 20 m, moving slowly. (May 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_790

Event 7372 (EF839F2D)

Date: 5/21/1949
Location: USA, BAF Moses Lake, Hanford (Washington)
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, an F-82 fighter took off on a mission to intercept a flying saucer in the no-fly zone above the Hanford atomic center, hovering at 5000 or 6000 m. This silver disc-shaped object was visually spotted on the ground and on the radar screens at the station. As soon as the plane took off, the object sped south at a speed higher than that of a jet aircraft. (May 21, 1949)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, p. 140, 141
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1411

Event 7373 (027B47E0)

Date: 5/21/1949
Time: 13:30
Location: EAST / HANFORD, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #331. RADAR and telescopes. Disk 18K’ over E. grounds. Going quickly southeast. F82 too late.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1390

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “E/HANFORD,WA:BBK#331:RDR+TSCOPES:DISK 18K’ OVR E.GROUNDS:>>SE:F82 TOO LATE”, LatLong: “46.583336 -119.316672”, LatLongDMS: “46:35:00 N 119:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5486”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7374 (547293CF)

Date: 5/21/1949
Location: Hanford AEC plant, WA
Description: Silvery disc-shaped object hovering over Hanford - F-82/RV Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 490521
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_594

Event 7375 (FD1902A9)

Date: 5/21/1949
Locations: Moses Lake AFB; Grant County International Airport; Washington State; Hanford Atomic Works
Description: 1:30 p.m. An F-82 is dispatched from Moses Lake AFB [now Grant County International Airport] in Washington State to intercept a UFO that is hovering in restricted air space over the Hanford Atomic Works at an altitude of 17,000–20,000 feet. The silvery disc is seen from the ground at Hanford and on radar. Before the F-82 can take off, the disc speeds away faster than a jet fighter. It disappears from ground radar and the F-82 cannot locate it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Hanford AEC Plant / F-82/RV Case”; Sparks, p. 63; Hynek UFO Report, p. 141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1399

Event 7376 (7D054A11)

Date: 5/21/1949
Description: On this afternoon a silvery disc was spotted hovering over the Hanford Atomic Energy Commission radar station outside of Moses Lake, Washington by a US Air Force F-82 pilot flying over the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3013

Event 7377 (E684054D)

Date: 5/22/1949
Location: Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland
Description: Secretary Forrestal (MJ-3) found dead after falling 16 floors from an insane asylum window, supposedly shouting, “we’re being invaded!” before he fell to his death. Some suspect he was murdered to silence him.
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_368

Event 7378 (ABC5571A)

Date: 5/22/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Secretary Forrestal officially commits suicide in a fit of madness. According to MJ documents, he then leaves his place vacant in the MJ-12 group. (May 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_791

Event 7379 (E0CD9F76)

Date: 5/22/1949
Location: Hanford Nuc. Fac., WA
Description: Radar/visual, F-82 scrambled; evasive action
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_44

Event 7380 (EDBF6D08)

Date: 5/22/1949
Location: National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
Description: 1:45 a.m. At the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Forrestal is awake and refuses a sedative. Five minutes later, the Navy corpsman guarding him finds the room empty. Forrestal’s body is found on a third-floor roof below the 16th-floor kitchen, No suicide note is found other than part of a translation of Sophocles’s tragedy Ajax that he is copying.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “James Forrestal”; J. C. Hawkins, Betrayal at Bethesda: The Intertwined Fates of James Forrestal, Joseph McCarthy, and John F. Kennedy, The Author, 2017; David Martin, The Assassination of James Forrestal, McCabe, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1400

Event 7381 (4B49FB70)

Date: 5/24/1949
Location: USA, Muroc
Description: (Translated from French) (cfr 4.2.48) NACA received a second example of the Skyrocket, which made its test flight on May 24, piloted by Bob Campine. NACA did not look favorably upon the Skyrocket, partly due to the rocket engine, it did not exactly fit transonic research. Walt Williams recalled: it had to take off before the temperature reached 80° F. Then it had to struggle to reach an altitude of 24,000 feet, having used almost the entire tank in the climb, then it had to try to reach Mach 0.9. This never lasted more than half an hour in total.
Reference: NASA website 1997, “On the Frontier”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1412

Event 7382 (AF77A063)

Date: 5/24/1949
Location: USA, Roque River (Oregon) (No. 1119.00)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 5 pm several witnesses saw with the naked eye, at the edge of a river 4 km from its mouth, an object that reflected the sun. Looking through binoculars, the witness no longer saw this reflection (did the binoculars have filters?). It appeared to be made of metal and was distinct enough to see that its hull was dirty. The front was smooth and the back was wrinkled and rough, with a kind of piece on top. It moved away in a level flight at increasing speed, reaching that of a jet plane before disappearing. No means of propulsion were visible. Duration of observation was 2 and a half to 3 minutes. [note de vog: see previous article, test flight…]
Reference: Brad STEIGER: “Ovni, le projet Blue Book” - trad. Belfond 1979, p. 113, 114
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1413

Event 7383 (FF9E6BBD)

Date: 5/24/1949
Time: 17:00
Location: NORTHEAST / GOLD BEACH, OR
Description: 5 scientists fishing. 35’ metal saucer / jet speed. Fin / rear. Going quickly SSE. / r133#1p76.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1391

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “NE/GOLD BEACH,OR:5 SCIs FISHING:35’MTL SCR/JET SPEED:FIN/REAR:>>SSE:/r133#1p76”, LatLong: “42.450002 -124.383339”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 124:23:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7384 (C0872DE9)

Date: 5/24/1949
Location: Bend, OR
Description: Rogue River Incident (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490524
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_595

Event 7385 (F089E415)

Date: 5/24/1949
Location: Gold Beach, OR
Description: Hamburger-shaped metallic disc about 25-35 ft to 100 ft wide (1-1/2 miles E of Rogue River ) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490524
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_596

Event 7386 (C7440161)

Date: 5/24/1949
Locations: NACA Ames Research Lab; Rogue River, Oregon; Elephant Rock
Description: 5:00 p.m. Five witnesses (NACA Ames Research Lab employees Don Heaphy, Gilbert Rivera and his wife, Mrs. Roy L. McBeth, and Mrs. William McBeth) on a fishing boat on the Rogue River, Oregon, near Elephant Rock, see a round, silvery object the size of a transport aircraft. It comes from the east, then turns southwest and leaves no exhaust trail. The disc appears flattened and has a wrinkled surface with a vertical stabilizer fin. The time of observation is less than 3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Rogue River Incident”; Sparks, p. 64; Swords 83–84; Bruce Maccabee, “An Assessment of the UFO Sighting at Rogue River, Oregon (May 24, 1949),” December 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1401

Event 7387 (1778C9C8)

Date: 5/24/1949
Description: A metallic disc with a tail fin was viewed through binoculars as it moved on a horizontal flight course in Rogue River, Oregon at 5:00 p.m. It gradually increased its speed until it reached that of a jet aircraft. No propulsion method was apparent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue files counted in official statistics, May 1949
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3059

Event 7388 (FF0521A0)

Date: 5/25/1949
Time: 12:00?
Location: LOUDON, TN
Description: 5 locals. Flat metallic object makes “flapping noise”. No further details. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1392

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “LOUDON,TN:5 LOCALS:FLAT METALLIC OBJ MAKES “FLAPPING NOISE”:NFD:type unk”, LatLong: “35.733335 -84.333337”, LatLongDMS: “35:44:00 N 84:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7389 (BF8C997F)

Date: 5/25/1949
Description: A flat, metallic object flew ove a farm in Loudon, Tennessee on this day, making a “flapping noise.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Larry Fawcett, UFO Coverup, p. 172
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3080

Event 7390 (D0B76B38)

Date: 5/27/1949
Location: USA, flying over Oregon
Description: (Translated from French) South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m. Joseph Shell, from Red Bluff, California. From 5 to 8 oval-shaped objects, twice as long as wide and 1/5th for the thickness. Flying in single file, leaving an interval of 3 to 4 times their length, except for the second and third which were closer to each other.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1414

Event 7391 (712B8A99)

Date: 5/27/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Southern Oregon, Joseph Shell, a North American Aviation SNJ trainer, is on a convoy from Red Bluff (California) to Burns (Oregon). He observes between 5 and 8 oval objects, twice as long as wide, and half as thick. They fly in single file, with an interval of 3 to 4 times their length, except for the 2nd and 3rd which are closer. (May 27, 2:25 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #404 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_792

Event 7392 (E3DF5876)

Date: 5/27/1949
Time: 14:30
Location: HART MOUNTAIN, OR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #392. 1 / private plane. 7 20’ ovoids / row. 200mph. 3k’ altitude. Turn going north. / MJ#253.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1393

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “2318”, HatchDesc: “HART MTn,OR:BBK#392:1/Pvt PLANE:7 20’OVOIDS/ROW:200mph:3k’alt:TURN>N:/MJ#253”, LatLong: “42.400002 -119.783339”, LatLongDMS: “42:24:00 N 119:47:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7393 (E8805F8D)

Date: 5/27/1949
Location: Hart Mtn (near), OR
Description: Pilot Encounters 5-8 Egg-Shaped Metallic Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 404)
Reference: NICAP: 490527
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_597

Event 7394 (9B2A1BAA)

Date: 5/27/1949
Time: 2:25 PM
Location: South-central Oregon
Description: Witness: Joseph Shell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects, twice as long as wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trail formation, with an interval equal to 3-4 times their length, except that the second and third were closer together.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_27

Event 7395 (1F69C1A0)

Date: 5/27/1949
Locations: Red Bluff, California; Burns, Oregon; Hart Mountain, Oregon
Description: 2:25 p.m. Pilot and businessman Joseph Shell, ferrying an SNJ trainer for North American Aviation from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon, sees 5–8 oval objects, twice as long as wide and one-fifth as thick, around Hart Mountain, Oregon. They fly in trail formation, with an interval equal to 3–4 times their length, except that the second and third are closer together.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Pilot Encounters 5–8 Egg-Shaped Metallic Objects”; Sparks, p. 65
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1402

Event 7396 (9DB1A3BB)

Date: 5/27/1949
Description: Joseph Shell, flying over Hart Mountain, Oregon at 2:25 p.m., witnessed 5-8 metallic, oval-shaped objects flying in single file. They were each 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, and followed the contour of the terrain. Their estimated speed was 230 mph, and they were observed to change course. This case is listed as a Project Blue Book “unknown” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 404; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11; UNICAT database, case 625, citing Loren E. Gross; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949, p. 78; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 179; APRO Bulletin, April 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3112

Event 7397 (592DA882)

Date: 5/29/1949
Time: 02:00
Location: ELKO, NV
Description: Man / railroad/railway yard. 5 amber window-like night lights / V formation going west / 600+kph. Attached?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 389)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1394

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1540”, HatchDesc: “ELKO,NV:MAN/RR YARD:5 AMBER WINDOW-LIKE NLTS/Vform >W/600+kph:attached?”, LatLong: “40.816669 -115.750006”, LatLongDMS: “40:49:00 N 115:45:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7398 (7C36F96E)

Date: 5/31/1949
Location: Misawa AFB, Honshu, Japan
Description: F-80 Pilot Sees Circular Object At High Speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490531
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_598

Event 7399 (37D38CD2)

Date: 5/31/1949
Description: The Air Force Office of Special Investigations sends Project Grudge a copy of Rees’s report on Kaplan’s visit on April 28, the trip that USAF Intelligence had arranged to explore the possibility of a clandestine investigation separate from Grudge. Thus AMC learns of the conspiracy to keep it in the dark, but Rees fails to mention the involvement of USAF Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1403

Event 7400 (84A7C519)

Date: 5/31/1949
Description: The Navy review board, convened by Adm. Morton D. Willcutts, completes hearings on James Forrestal’s death. The cause of death is remarkably inconclusive, and the investigation leaves many questions unanswered.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1404

Event 7401 (B7E31803)

Date: 6/1949
Location: Union City, Michigan
Description: KLINE CATCHES A LITTLE ONE. Clifford M. Kline, Union City, was just leaving his barn on a clear evening at 7:40 when approximately 200 feet away, and nearly 6 feet off the ground, an oval object about 5ft by 4ft sped from northeast to southwest in a perfectly straight line with no noise and disappeared behind a fence row of shrubbery nearly a quarter of a mile away. The object was reddish-brown and fringed with white. Kline’s observation was similar to a procession of hat-crown-shaped objects observed soaring over Skening, Sweden, May 1818, which were described as brown and caused the sun to turn brick-red.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_36

Event 7402 (97D6DE8C)

Date: 6/1949
Location: Oak Ridge Nuc. Fac., TN
Description: Air space violation
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_45

Event 7403 (808D6D2A)

Date: 6/1949 (approximate)
Location: KLAMATH FALLS, OR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #497. CAA technician. 6 silent metal plates pass overhead in a row.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1395

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1323”, HatchDesc: “KLAMATH FALLS,OR:BBK#497:CAA TECHn:6 SILENT MTL PLATES PASS OVHD IN A ROW”, LatLong: “42.216669 -121.766672”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:00 N 121:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7404 (4E9EDE3B)

Date: 6/1/1949
Location: Stewart Field, Newburgh, NY
Description: Yellow oblong soundless object appear and disappear every few mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_599

Event 7405 (826A1A69)

Date: 6/2/1949
Time: ~12:00
Location: GLENDALE, CA
Description: 2 women. Silvery disk going quickly northwest into little Tujunga Canyon. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1396

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: “15”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “GLENDALE,CA:2 WOMEN:SILVERY DISK >>NW INTO LITTLE TUJUNGA CANYON:VFAST”, LatLong: “34.150002 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:09:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7406 (8770BBC9)

Date: 6/2/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 71; 00:40 - green ball of light with no sound (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_600

Event 7407 (D29662E3)

Date: 6/2/1949
Description: A silver disc-shaped object flew toward the northwest into Little Tujunga Canyon near Glendale, California at around noon. It traveled very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #1409, citing Ann Druffel
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3220

Event 7408 (D9608056)

Date: 6/5/1949
Location: KEY WEST, FL TO GA
Description: Huge silent fireball zigzags 800mi going quickly northeast across sky / 10 minute(s). / MJ#254.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1397

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “KEY WEST,FL to GA:HUGE SLNT FBL ZIGZAGS 800mi >>NE ACROSS SKY/10min:/MJ#254”, LatLong: “24.550001 -81.750004”, LatLongDMS: “24:33:00 N 81:45:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7409 (E57CAB18)

Date: 6/5/1949
Description: On this night in 1949 a huge fireball zigzagged 800 miles toward the northeast from the southern tip of Florida to Georgia. There were several reports along the west coast of Florida as it flew across the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1410.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3290

Event 7410 (28DF609E)

Date: 6/6/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: 9:05-9:08 p.m. Williams, Jones and others in UFO observation and triangulation network tracked a hovering orange object about 30-70 ft in diameter, 2 mils angular size, 1 mile above ground, 3 miles S of the observation post, 4-1/2 miles S of the Plotting Center, which suddenly started moving in level flight then exploded in a shower of particles. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_601

Event 7411 (ACD044B4)

Date: 6/6/1949
Locations: Killeen Base, Fort Hood, Texas; 3 miles south of one observation post
Description: 9:05 p.m. Two observation posts at Killeen Base, Fort Hood, Texas, spot a hovering orange light. Lts. Virgil Williams and Marvin L. Jones are at one site and Lts. Bernard G. Raferty and Alfred H. Jones are at the other. When they triangulate its location, they find it is 3 miles south of one observation post and 4.5 miles south of the plotting center, hovering 5,280 feet in the air. It is 30–70 feet in diameter. Suddenly it starts moving in level flight, then bursts into small particles. The duration is less than 3 minutes. This observation involves the first real- time triangulation of a UFO sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 12; Clark III 543; Sparks, p. 66; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1407

Event 7412 (268090D3)

Date: 6/10/1949
Location: White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: White Sands, NM: Scientists tracking a test missile at 2k ft/second suddenly picked up two small circular UFOs that paced the missile. One of the UFO’s passed thru the missiles exhaust and rejoined the other UFO, and together they quickly accelerated upwards leaving the missile behind. Cmdr. McLaughlin received reports from 5 observation posts: ALL had witnessed the performance of the 2 circular UFOs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (B1-F p238)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_369

Event 7413 (11C12B25)

Date: 6/10/1949
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Two round white UFOs maneuver around a missile
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_46

Event 7414 (2E8CBD31)

Date: 6/10/1949
Time: 15:40
Location: WHITE SANDS, NM
Description: HIQ United States Navy (USN) crew and more/others. 2 white saucers pace V2 rocket. 1 passes through exhaust.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1398

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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “WHITE SANDS,NM:HIQ USN CREW++:2 WHT SCRS PACE V2 ROCKET:1 PASSES THRU EXHAUST”, LatLong: “33.000002 -106.500005”, LatLongDMS: “33:00:00 N 106:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7415 (51F22F19)

Date: 6/10/1949
Location: Boston (20 miles SW of), MA
Description: T-6 Chases / Loses 100’ Tubular UFO (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490610
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_602

Event 7416 (BD964B9F)

Date: 6/10/1949
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Two round white UFOs maneuvered around a missile in flight. (Confirmed by Capt. R. B. McLaughlin, USN) [II] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_603

Event 7417 (0819C3A1)

Date: 6/10/1949
Description: A team of Navy engineers and technicians under the command of Robert B. McLaughlin watched two white discs pace a V-2 rocket during its test launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. One of the discs passed through the rocket’s exhaust and then shot straight up. The event was witnessed by at least five U.S. Navy rocket scientists and engineers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 112; Donald E. Keyhoe, True Magazine, March 1950, p. 25; Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 238
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3405

Event 7418 (951EBDF3)

Date: 6/11/1949
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR LIMA, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #381. Metal ovoid going down [to] highway. Makes square turn. Flippers / underside. 1 observer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1399

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “nr LIMA,OH:BBK#381:MTL OVOID ↓HWY:MAKES SQR TURN:FLIPPERS/UNDERSIDE:1 OBS”, LatLong: “40.733335 -84.100004”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 84:06:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7419 (E79D88B5)

Date: 6/11/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 72; 20:57 - obj green then red at end of flight - about the size of a star (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_604

Event 7420 (F47F7F03)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 133.5km attitude (Blossom 4 — Nominal performance.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_370
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 133.5km

Event 7421 (5A2005EF)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 15:35, launch of V2 No. 47, weighing 13,667 kg, reaching a height of 133 km (GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959) Monkey “Albert” killed in the crash on the ground. (Nieuwenhuis H. 1988, 17) The monkey, Albert II, reached an altitude of 134 km in the V2, but the return parachute did not function.
Reference: Inforespace No. 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1415

Event 7422 (08796B22)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: McLaughlin crew sights UFO pacing Navy missile (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 490614
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_605

Event 7423 (604B6EE5)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Two UFOs Pace V-2 Rocket (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 490614
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_606

Event 7424 (289E3A70)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: Killeen Base, Camp Hood, TX
Description: Hovering orange object about 30-70 ft in diameter (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_607

Event 7425 (1349E348)

Date: 6/14/1949
Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Description: 3:35 p.m. A crew of Navy engineers under Capt. Robert Bright McLaughlin is testing an Air Force V-2 rocket at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. When the V-2 attains a speed of 2,000 feet per second in its upward flight, it is joined by two smaller circular objects that pace it, one on each side. One then passes through the rocket’s exhaust, joins the other, and together accelerate upwards leaving the V-2 behind. Five other missile observation crews also see the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two UFOs Pace V-2 Rocket”; Robert McLaughlin, “How Scientists Tracked a Flying Saucer,” True, March 1950, pp. 25–27, 96–99; Sparks, p. 66; Swords 92–93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1408

Event 7426 (92577019)

Date: 6/17/1949
Location: Battle Creek Michigan
Description: MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHS TRIANGLES. Lloyd Sanders, Rt 1, Took a photo of a strange triangular object which was going at a tremendous rate of speed and glowed like the sun. There was a high-pitched, whining sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_37

Event 7427 (084E9B43)

Date: 6/18/1949
Location: Kent, England
Description: ENGLANG SEES THEM AS ‘BLOBS’. Two farmers reported they saw tailess blobs of light spinning across the heavens.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_38

Event 7428 (73587D43)

Date: 6/18/1949
Location: GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, AL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #397. Saucers going down [to] and going up [to] big dark cloud over base. 1 dives at observer(s) / car.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1400

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “71”, HatchDesc: “GUNTER AFB,AL:BBK#397:SCRS ↓+↑ BIG DARK CLOUD OVR BASE:1 DIVES AT OBS/CAR:”, LatLong: “32.388890 -86.216671”, LatLongDMS: “32:23:20 N 86:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7429 (62E45089)

Date: 6/20/1949
Location: GLENDALE, CA
Description: 18 observer(s). Semi-transparent object hovers flips and disappears. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1401

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “GLENDALE,CA:18 OBS:SEMI-TRANSPARENT OBJ HVRS FLIPS+DISAPPEARS:NFD”, LatLong: “34.133335 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7430 (5FA3D027)

Date: 6/20/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 73; 20:10 - round, green obj turned red before vanishing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_608

Event 7431 (170A0BFD)

Date: 6/20/1949
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 74; 20:10 - blue-green obj directly overhead vanished (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_609

Event 7432 (1C484FAF)

Date: Summer 1949
Description: USAF Project “Twinkle” started
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_103

Event 7433 (BC016809)

Date: Summer 1949
Locations: Corona, New Mexico; Roswell Army Air Field
Description: The gouge is said to be still visible in the debris field near Corona, New Mexico. Mack Brazel, having found various scraps and bits for the past two years, mentions to someone in a bar in Corona that he has some material. The next day, a Capt. Armstrong and three others from Roswell Army Air Field supposedly confiscate the pieces.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1405

Event 7434 (B0D8D749)

Date: Summer 1949
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Description: 4:00 p.m. The French Navy patrol boat La Rusé (formerly the USS PC-472) encounters a cigar-shaped bluish object about one mile away off Casablanca, Morocco. The crew watches it for 1 minute until it shoots toward the horizon and out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p, 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1406

Event 7435 (9252AE05)

Date: 6/22/1949
Time: 19:00
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #380. Teacher and scientist/science and 1. 2 delta/triangle/box-like crafts and 1 saucer seen / 15 minute(s). Slow and metallic. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1402

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “OAK RIDGE,TN:BBK#380:TEACHER+SCI.+1:2 DLTS+1 SCR SEEN/15min:SLOW+MTLC:>>NW”, LatLong: “36.033335 -84.266671”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 N 84:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7436 (4AB05FBC)

Date: 6/22/1949
Locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; center of Oak Ridge
Description: Three women (one a schoolteacher, another a biologist working at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and a third who is the wife of a member of the Security Division, AEC, Oak Ridge) observe an odd trio of “flying saucers” for about 15 minutes: “It was described as consisting of two identical rectangular-shaped objects which appeared to be coordinated in movement and which moved in wave-like motion. The third object was circular in shape and appeared to be in level flight between and above the two rectangular objects. The rectangular objects appeared to be bright metal on top but dark underneath, while the color of the circular object was the same as that of frosted glass. The ‘flying saucer,’ when last sighted, was in level flight and was flying in a northwesterly direction. The weather was clear with high cumulus clouds. The ‘flying saucer’ flew at speed of from 10 to 15 mph over an area just about the center of Oak Ridge.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949, January–June, The Author, 1988, pp. 83–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1409

Event 7437 (387E6B3A)

Date: 6/22/1949
Description: In Oak Ridge, Tennessee on this evening in 1949, a teacher, a scientist, and one other watched two delta-shaped UFOs and a disc fly over the US government nuclear research facility around 7 p.m… The objects appeared to be metallic, and flew slowly toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1415
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3597

Event 7438 (18DAE271)

Date: 6/24/1949
Location: Mesa, AZ
Description: Five objects observed by two witnesses. One object moved vertical. Described as steel gray and at least one was a disc with two flanges (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490624
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_610

Event 7439 (24AECDDC)

Date: 6/27/1949
Location: ITALY, Albera Ligure
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8:15 pm a veterinarian and his friend, Ercole Cerutti, were near the Borbera stream when they noticed the presence of a flying object ten meters above the ground. The lower part of the thing was rust-colored, while the upper “glass” part was divided into four panels. The craft was quite small, about two meters in diameter. When the object was directly above them, they could see that the base was completely round, crossed by four reinforcing bars two in each direction, at the back, the two bars ended in a kind of exhaust pipes directed downwards from which a thick orange gas came out, especially when the craft gained altitude. The trail of this gas measured 40 meters long and only formed 4 or 5 meters behind the craft. There was only a very light buzzing, the object then passed over the trees at 40 or 50 meters altitude, and continuing on its trajectory, disappeared from their view behind a hill.
Reference: CISU, archive file 49001 - source: 1985 letter from the witness, addressed to CISU, following an article published in the newspaper “La Stampa”.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1416

Event 7440 (63ED2CF3)

Date: 6/27/1949
Time: 20:20
Location: ALBERA LIGURE, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Brassy disk with glassy top / 10M altitude. Blows gas. Going [to] over hill.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Maurizio VERGA: ITACAT Catalog online: http://www.ufo.it/english/main.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1403

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), ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALBERA LIGURE,ITL:2 OBS:BRASSY DISK W/GLASSY TOP/10M alt:BLOWS GAS:>OVR HILL”, LatLong: “44.700002 9.066667”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:00 N 09:04:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alessandria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7441 (DA097D4D)

Date: 6/27/1949
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 76; 01:38 - round obj slightly more orange than star went behind building (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_611

Event 7442 (F9079D2A)

Date: 6/27/1949
Description: A brass domed-disc with a transparent clear dome was seen at only 10 meters altitude in Albera Ligure, Italy at 8:20 p.m. It emitted a gaseous cloud of vapor, then flew away over a hill.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1416
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3691

Event 7443 (C7C589BD)

Date: 6/29/1949
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Naval rocket expert observed a silvery disc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_612

Event 7444 (4F2C2618)

Date: 6/29/1949
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: 6:30 p.m. A former US Air Force tech sergeant observes three separate flights of three V-shaped or triangular objects from his front porch in Baltimore, Maryland. The objects veer sharply into a cloud at 2,500 feet altitude and then fly around it repeatedly. They have the ability to reverse their course 180° instantaneously. Through binoculars, they look like black, open boomerangs. More objects join them until there are 15–20, and he watches them for two hours. The formation moves from southeast to northeast and disappears. Fifteen other witness also see the display.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marler 126–128
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1410

Event 7445 (3C459EBB)

Date: 7/1949
Time: 12:00
Location: ALEXANDRIA, KY
Description: Retired teacher. 5 classic metallic saucers going south / file. Last 2 turn sharply going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 415)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1404

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: “251”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,KY:Ret.TEACHER:5 CLASSIC MTLC SCRS >S/FILE:LAST 2 TURN SHARPLY >>E”, LatLong: “38.950002 -84.388893”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 84:23:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7446 (369355C7)

Date: 7/3/1949
Location: Longview, WA
Description: Navy commander, others, see disc pass above air show
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_47

Event 7447 (EFE81B9B)

Date: 7/3/1949
Time: 10:40
Location: LONGVIEW, WA
Description: 150 aero-types and pilots. Series / 3 saucers over air-show! / MJ#255+/ r46p86.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1405

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “LONGVIEW,WA:150 AERO-TYPES+PILOTS:SERIES/3 SCRS ovr AIR-SHOW!:/MJ#255+/r46p86”, LatLong: “46.150002 -122.933339”, LatLongDMS: “46:09:00 N 122:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7448 (A30D52BF)

Date: 7/3/1949 (approximate)
Time: 14:00
Location: LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, CO
Description: 1+1 observer(s). 6 classic saucers going quickly east to horizon / 1 hr. 6th zigzags / 90° turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: PERSONAL INTERVIEW or Experience. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1406

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1651”, HatchDesc: "LOWRY AFB,CO:1+1 OBS:6 CLASSIC SCRS >>E TO HRZN/1 hr:6th ZIGZAGS/90°TURNS ", LatLong: “39.716669 -104.950005”, LatLongDMS: “39:43:00 N 104:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7449 (5D9ADDE4)

Date: 7/3/1949
Location: Longview, WA
Description: Metallic Discus Object Observed By 150-200 Observers (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490703
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_613

Event 7450 (8341095B)

Date: 7/3/1949
Location: Longview, Washington
Description: 10:40 a.m. Aeronautical engineer Molt Taylor, airport manager at Longview, Washington, is preparing for an air show when someone points out an object in the sky to the northwest. He announces it over the PA system to the crowd of 150–200 observers, including pilots, who watch a metallic disc cross to the southeast with a falling-leaf motion. Estimated altitude is 30,000 feet at 300 mph, with the approximate size of 100 feet. A second object is seen at 10:49 a.m. for 2 minutes. A third sighting takes place at 11:25 a.m. An object approaches from the west at about the same altitude, oscillating at 48 per minute, and disappears into the sun.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Metallic Discus Object Observed by 150–200 Observers”; Sparks, p. 67; Swords 82–83; 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. 48–49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1411

Event 7451 (6B3D3A47)

Date: 7/3/1949
Description: A blue-green fireball was sighted at dawn north of Vaughn, Montana. It lit up the sky from horizon to horizon. At 10:40 a.m. 200 spectators watched three identical disc-shaped objects fly over an air show being held in Longview, Washington. Another disc-shaped flying object was sighted in Astoria, Oregon at 1:00 p.m. At 3:00 p.m. in Sterling State Park on the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan, Mr. D. Swarz was watching 2 AT6 airplanes when his attention was drawn to a metallic disc high above moving rapidly in opposite direction. The object went south over the western end of Lake Erie and was gone in 11 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI-Los Angeles letters from witnesses; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 86; newspaper clipping datelined Astoria, OR July 5, 1949.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3799

Event 7452 (548FDEAA)

Date: 7/7/1949
Time: 10:10
Location: ASTORIA, OR
Description: Blue Book. “Venus” crosses sky 3X / 8.5 minutes. Saucer seen / 6th. Sketch / r133#4p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 206)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1407

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “ASTORIA,OR:BBK:“VENUS” CROSSES SKY 3X/8.5 MINs:SCR SEEN/6th:sketch/r133#4p10.”, LatLong: “46.183336 -123.816673”, LatLongDMS: “46:11:00 N 123:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7453 (00977B05)

Date: 7/8/1949
Time: 07:00
Location: SHOSHONE LAKE, WY
Description: 2 fishing. 8 metal saucers 300m over boat / lake. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 205)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1408

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: “2375”, HatchDesc: “SHOSHONE LAKE,WY:2 FISHING:8 MTL SCRS 300m OVR BOAT/LAKE:ABS SILENT”, LatLong: “44.383335 -110.683339”, LatLongDMS: “44:23:00 N 110:41:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7454 (FBF1B669)

Date: 7/8/1949
Description: Eight metallic discs flew 300 meters over a boat in a lake at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming at seven o’clock in the morning. They were completely silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, July 1949 summary
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3924

Event 7455 (A924EA3B)

Date: 7/9/1949
Location: Alexandria, Virgina
Description: VIRGINIA SEES SAUCER DOING THE REFLECTING. C.S. Dupree saw a light reflected on the sidewalk, and on looking up saw a fast-moving, saucer-shaped object. It was not bright, but easily visible. Other sightings in the same vicinity were reported.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_39

Event 7456 (1ACA9AB0)

Date: 7/9/1949
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Scores / observer(s). Silver disks cross sky going northeast. 9 dull night lights seen / 10 th.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 234)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1409

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:SCORES/OBS:SLVR DISKS CROSS SKY >NE::9 DULL NLTS SEEN/10th”, LatLong: “39.950002 -75.166670”, LatLongDMS: “39:57:00 N 75:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7457 (8770D4A1)

Date: 7/10/1949
Location: Tacony, Pennsylvania
Description: NINE WHIZ OVER PENNSYLVANIA. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Wunsch of Tacony, Pennsylvania, and Mr. and Mrs. Barry McGuigan of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, saw nine strange disks with a dull illumination visible beneath the evening’s cloud cover. They moved faster than an airliner but were clearly visible.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_40

Event 7458 (70F0EB05)

Date: 7/10/1949
Location: TACONY, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). 9 discs cross sky going quickly northeast / 1 minute(s) intervals. Fly under cloud layers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1410

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: “10”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “TACONY,PA:2 OBS:9 DISCS CROSS SKY >>NE/1min INTERVALS:FLY UNDER CLOUD LAYERS”, LatLong: “40.033335 -75.044448”, LatLongDMS: “40:02:00 N 75:02:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7459 (72ECA7F3)

Date: 7/13/1949
Time: 14:30
Location: 10 MI NORTH / PULLMAN, WA
Description: 4 observer(s) / railroad/railway tracks. 3 silver 10’ saucers. 1 cuts going east. 2 going southeast then going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 209)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1411

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “10mi N/PULLMAN,WA:4 OBS/RR TRACKS:3 SLVR 10’ SCRS:1 CUTS > E:2 > SE THEN >NE”, LatLong: “46.866669 -117.188894”, LatLongDMS: “46:52:00 N 117:11:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7460 (0D43DE95)

Date: 7/13/1949
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Kaplan responds to a July 1 letter from Gen. Charles P. Cabell inquiring about his April visit to Los Alamos, New Mexico. He explains that he has deliberately waited two months to report because he wanted to have a cooling off period from the deep impression the New Mexico witnesses had on him. Moreover, he wants to see if the green fireballs are still reported (they are) before he recommends a full-scale instrumented program. He says that Norris Bradbury, the Los Alamos lab director, has urged that a classified scientific conference be held to discuss the phenomena. Kaplan suspects that the fireballs are an auroral phenomenon, but concedes that their horizontal motion and southern appearance are “difficult to explain.” He recommends a photographic and spectrographic patrol that would stay on to look out for the fireballs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1412

Event 7461 (1D4BF6BC)

Date: 7/17/1949
Time: ~00:20
Location: BROWNWOOD, TX
Description: 30cm fireball 10M over house. Sparks when touches tree. Going south. Rumble and flash.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1412

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “423”, HatchDesc: “BROWNWOOD,TX:30cm FBL 10M OVR HOUSE:SPARKS WHEN TOUCHES TREE:>S:RUMBLE+FLASH”, LatLong: “31.722224 -98.983338”, LatLongDMS: “31:43:20 N 98:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7462 (8A38486C)

Date: 7/18/1949
Location: GALVESTON, TX
Description: Night light going west over town. Type unknown. Stops and continues / fantastic speed/velocity. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1413

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “GALVESTON,TX:NLT >W OVR TOWN:TYPE UNK:STOPS+CONTINUES/FANTASTIC SPD:NFD”, LatLong: “29.316668 -94.794449”, LatLongDMS: “29:19:00 N 94:47:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7463 (3C8E899B)

Date: 7/18/1949
Time: 09:00?
Location: TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 4 military observer(s). Project Bluebook Case #404. 2 white round objects hurl going east. O / O / south in 5 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1414

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “TRAVIS AFB,CA:4 MIL OBS:BBK#404:2 WHT ROUND OBJs HURL >E:O/O/S in 5 SECONDS”, LatLong: “38.250002 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “38:15:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

[c0mmando]

Event 7464 (B17F93CE)

Date: 7/18/1949
Description: An unidentified nocturnal light flew over the city of Galveston, Texas this night. It stopped, and then shot continued on at a fantastic speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1426
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4156

Event 7465 (C93314A2)

Date: 7/21/1949
Location: Mount Pleasant, UT
Description: Two Silver Objects On Headon Course (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_614

Event 7466 (C46F708A)

Date: 7/23/1949
Time: 11:40
Location: NORTH / DELPHI, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #408. 2 fishing / quarry and 1. 12m metal objects circle and play / 450m altitude. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1415

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “206”, HatchDesc: “N/DELPHI,IN:BBK#408:2 FISHING/QUARRY+1:12m MTL OBJS CCL+PLAY/450m alt:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “40.616669 -86.677782”, LatLongDMS: “40:37:00 N 86:40:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7467 (F59F7C47)

Date: 7/23/1949
Location: Delphi (north of), IN
Description: 2 observers fishing saw some 12-meter objects circle and play in the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_615

Event 7468 (A6CB2040)

Date: 7/23/1949
Description: At 11:40 a.m. two people fishing in a flooded quarry north of Delphi, Indiana saw two 40-foot long metallic UFOs circle and maneuver at 1500 feet altitude for three hours. There was also a third witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, July 1949; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 1428; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949 (Volume 2), p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4313

Event 7469 (77A78235)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: USA, Atlanta
Description: (Translated from French) (U.P.) Airline pilots report seeing a huge craft emitting a twelve-meter-long stream of flames from the rear. The craft seemed to be illuminated by an incandescent trail running along its center. It was moving at a speed between 800 and 100 km/h.
Reference: F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, Del Duca, Paris “Les Editions Mondiales” 1951, p. 174, citing the “Los Angeles Times” of July 25, title “An Aerial Monster Without Wings and Incandescent”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1417

Event 7470 (57F93D9B)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: USA, Mountain Home, Idaho.
Description: (Translated from French) Noon. Witness: Henry Clark, flight director, aboard his Piper Clipper. Seven triangular objects, with a wingspan of 35-55 feet, length 20-30 feet, thickness 2-5’; of a light color except for the dark circle of 12 feet at the back of each object. They flew in a tight formation of two, two and one, and made a perfect turn without inclining. During the 10 minute observation, they oscillated less and less. Clark’s plane had difficulties during the observation and upon landing it was found that all the electrical fuses had blown.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1418

Event 7471 (E946D2B1)

Date: 7/24/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Mountain Home (Idaho), Henry Clark, an air service manager, flies in a Piper Clipper. He observes 7 objects in the shape of delta wings, from 35 to 55 feet in wingspan, 20 to 30 feet long, 2 to 5 feet thick. They are light colored except for a dark circle of 12 feet in diameter at the back of each. They fly in a tight formation 2 in front 1 behind, and make a perfect turn, but without inclining. During the 10 minutes of observation, they display gentle decreasing oscillations. Clark’s engine coughs during the observation, and upon landing it is found that all its spark plugs have been consumed. (July 24, 12 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #483 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_793

Event 7472 (74087E72)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: Montgomery, AL
Description: Los Angeles Herald Express. HUGE MYSTERY PLANE OVER U.S. Two Eastern Airline pilots, Capt. Cas Childs and Co-pilot J.B. Whitted, said they met a wingless two-deck plane early today southwest of Montgomery, Alabama. They said the strange ship with a blue glow underneath the fuselage and shooting red flames passed the EAL ship at 5,000 feet and headed towards New Orleans.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_41

Event 7473 (798E33F4)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: Boise, Idaho
Description: V-SHAPED OBJECTS OVER IDAHO. A Boise aviator saw seven V-shaped objects flying within 1,500 or 2,000 feet of his plane. The objects, estimated to be about the size of fighter planes, flew at a tremendous rate of speed in a tight, but unfamiliar formation. They were in the shape of a ‘V’ with a solid, circular body under the nose of the ‘V’. There was no evidence of any means of propulsion. They were observed for about two minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_42

Event 7474 (A72BF1F8)

Date: 7/24/1949
Time: 12:00
Location: MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
Description: Pilot. 7 dark delta/triangle/box-like crafts / V formation. 800kph. 2500M altitude. Engine electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#183.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1416

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “958”, HatchDesc: “MOUNTAIN HOME,ID:PILOT:7 DARK DLTS/VFORM:800kph:2500M alt:ENGINE EME:/MJ#183”, LatLong: “43.133335 -115.683339”, LatLongDMS: “43:08:00 N 115:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2500”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7475 (F4525077)

Date: 7/24/1949
Time: 20:30
Location: FORT WORTH, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #411. Air Force Captain and Major. 7 dull night lights / V formation north going quickly south. Possible delta/triangle/box-like craft structure?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1417

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “FORT WORTH,TX:BBK#411:AF CAPT+MAJOR:7 DULL NLTS/VFORM N>>S:POSS.DLT STRUCTURE?”, LatLong: “32.716668 -97.316671”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 97:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7476 (E3D9D8E8)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: Mountain Home, ID
Description: Piper Clipper Encounters Seven Delta-Shaped Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 483)
Reference: NICAP: 490724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_616

Event 7477 (48E4ED83)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: Socorro (near), NM
Description: Green fireball sighting-left possible copper particles (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_617

Event 7478 (0AC34ED3)

Date: 7/24/1949
Time: 12 noon
Location: Mountain Home, Idaho
Description: Witness: Henry Clark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper Clipper. Seven delta-shaped objects, 35-55’ in span, 20-30’ long, 2-5’ thick; light colored except for a 12’ diameter dark circle at the rear of each. They flew in a tight formation of twos with one behind, and made a perfect, but unbanked, turn. During the 10 minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smooth oscillations. Clark’s engine ran rough during the sighting, and upon landing was found to have all its spark plugs burned out.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_28

Event 7479 (4DB9C900)

Date: 7/24/1949
Locations: Mountain Home, Idaho; 10 miles northwest of Mountain Home, Idaho
Description: 12:03 p.m. Henry Clark, manager of a flying service, is flying a Piper PA-16 Clipper at 19,000 feet 10 miles northwest of Mountain Home, Idaho, when he sees a tight formation of 7 delta-shaped objects, 35–55 feet in diameter near his plane. They make a perfect and unbanked right turn 1,500 feet ahead of his plane, then they turn right again, passing the aircraft at about 450–500 mph. Clark’s engine runs rough during the sighting, which lasts 10 minutes. After he lands, he finds all his spark plugs burned out. When Blue Book investigates the case, they confiscate the spark plugs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Piper Clipper Encounters Seven Delta-Shaped Objects”; Sparks, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1413

Event 7480 (701EBDD8)

Date: 7/24/1949
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Description: 8:30 p.m. An Air Force major and captain watch seven bluish-white lights pass over Fort Worth, Texas, in a V formation, moving rapidly from south to north. The distance between the lights does not vary during the 4–5 seconds they are visible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949 July–December, The Author, 1988, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1414

Event 7481 (785CF14A)

Date: 7/24/1949
Locations: Socorro, New Mexico; School of Mines campus at Socorro
Description: A green fireball is seen falling close to Socorro, New Mexico. The next day, scientist William D. Crozier collects dust samples from the School of Mines campus at Socorro. The samples contain copper particles of unusually large size.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 543–544; Sparks, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1415

Event 7482 (34CBB1EB)

Date: 7/24/1949
Description: A pilot flying a twin engine plane over Mountain Home, Idaho at 12:03 p.m. encountered seven dark delta-wing objects flying in a V formation at a speed of 600 mph and an altitude of 8500 feet. They executed a sharp turn without banking. His plane experienced engine difficulty with one engine.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 143; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 49; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 179; newspaper clipping dated July 25, 1949
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4342

Event 7483 (F2BD25E0)

Date: 7/25/1949 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: ELSMERE, DE
Description: Boy and mom. Large CLSC metallic saucer / treetops / power station/depot/facility 300M away. Suddenly gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 415)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1418

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: “5”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “ELSMERE,DE:BOY+MOM:LRG CLSC MTLC SCR/TREETOPS/PWR STN 300M away:suddenly gone”, LatLong: “39.738891 -75.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:20 N 75:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7484 (6794285E)

Date: 7/26/1949
Location: Mitchell, Nebraska
Description: THEY FLY UPSIDE DOWN IN NEBRASKA. Dr. H.G. Lauback saw a saucer flying on a southwesterly course at 3:10 p.m., resembling an upside-down saucer whirling as it moved through the sky, occasionally tipping sideways at an altitude of between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. It was estimated to be about 25 feet in diameter and traveled about 25 ground miles in three minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_43

Event 7485 (3A5A163E)

Date: 7/26/1949
Location: MITCHELL, NEBR
Description: Doctor. 7M saucer whirls across sky. 6K’ altitude. Passes through clouds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1419

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1244”, HatchDesc: “MITCHELL,NEBR:DOCTOR:7M SCR WHIRLS ACRS SKY:6K’alt:PASSES THRU CLOUDS:NFD”, LatLong: “41.938891 -103.805561”, LatLongDMS: “41:56:20 N 103:48:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1800”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7486 (17386CB0)

Date: 7/26/1949
Location: REDMOND, OR
Description: “Flat aluminum sheet” soars overhead / tremendous speed. Flashes in the sun.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1420

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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: “913”, HatchDesc: “REDMOND,OR:“FLAT ALUM.SHEET” SOARS OVHD/TREMENDOUS SPEED:FLASHES IN THE SUN”, LatLong: “44.283335 -121.183339”, LatLongDMS: “44:17:00 N 121:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 7487 (25E94FEB)

Date: 7/26/1949
Location: 6MI NORTH / BELLINGHAM, WA
Description: Motorist. Red-orange ovoid silent and stationary. Sharp outlines. Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1421

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “6mi N/BELLINGHAM,WA:MOTORIST:RED-ORG OVOID SILENT+STATIONRY:SHARP OUTLINES:BBK”, LatLong: “48.833336 -122.488895”, LatLongDMS: “48:50:00 N 122:29:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7488 (9563CB8C)

Date: 7/26/1949
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #413. Man / ground. 8 disks 1000’ over B29. Outpace bomber / same direction.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1422

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:BBK#413:MAN/GND:8 DISKS 1000’ OVR B29:OUTPACE BOMBER/SAME DIRECTION”, LatLong: “47.683336 -117.416672”, LatLongDMS: “47:41:00 N 117:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7489 (850D2B46)

Date: 7/26/1949
Description: At 10:30 a.m. in Redmond, Oregon a disc-shaped object described as looking like a “flat aluminum sheet” soared overhead at tremendous speed. It flashed brightly as it reflected the sunlight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Newspaper clipping, July 27, 1949; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949 (Volume 2), p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4407

Event 7490 (1FB846D6)

Date: 7/26/1949
Description: At 3:10 p.m. a doctor named Laubach sighted a seven meter diameter disc in Mitchell, Nebraska that whirled across the sky at 6,000 feet altitude, passing through some clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated July 27, 1949; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949 (Volume 2), p. 13; Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 143
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4408

Event 7491 (040975E4)

Date: 7/27/1949
Description: A cropduster in Puyallup, Washington named Sagmiller saw a disc pass overhead at 9:40 a.m. It reflected the sunlight brilliantly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 28, 1949
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4424

Event 7492 (0E5A457D)

Date: 7/28/1949
Location: PUYALLUP VALLEY, WA
Description: Crop duster. Saucer passes overhead. Brilliantly reflects sunlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1423

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: “15”, HatchDesc: “PUYALLUP VALLEY,WA:CROP DUSTER:SCR PASSES OVHD:BRILLIANTLY REFLECTS SUNLITE:”, LatLong: “47.200002 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “47:12:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7493 (80EC66D1)

Date: 7/30/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Mount Hood (Oregon), Captain Thrush of the Northwest Airlines, 2 operators from the Portland control tower, and a flight instructor observe an object with 1 white light and 2 red lights performing maneuvers and remaining stationary. (July 30, 9 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #496 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_794

Event 7494 (B24245C5)

Date: 7/30/1949
Time: 21:50
Location: TROUTDALE, OR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #416. Airliner and Portland Air Traffic Controller and cops and more/others. Night lights / 7000’ altitude over high tension power lines lines.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1424

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “TROUTDALE,OR:BBK#416:AIRLINER+PORTLAND ATC+COPS++:NLTS/7000’alt OVR HIV LINES”, LatLong: “45.588891 -122.400006”, LatLongDMS: “45:35:20 N 122:24:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 7495 (31962AB3)

Date: 7/30/1949
Time: 22:40
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: Flat saucer / bright center. Halo / edges. Burien, WA similar object hours before.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1425

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:FLAT SCR/BRITE CENTER:HALO/EDGES::BURIEN,WA SIMILAR OBJ HRS BEFORE”, LatLong: “47.600002 -122.300006”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 122:18:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7496 (7F26E50D)

Date: 7/30/1949
Location: Mount Hood, OR
Description: Object with 1 white light and 2 red lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 496)
Reference: NICAP: 490730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_618

Event 7497 (BFB04210)

Date: 7/30/1949
Time: 9 PM
Location: Mt. Hood, Oregon
Description: Witnesses: Northwest Airlines Capt. Thrush, two Portland control tower operators, and one flying instructor. One object with one white light and two red lights, maneuvered and hovered.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_29

Event 7498 (E0187208)

Date: 8/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Officers Harbaugh and Kosirowski are examining a device found in Glen Burnie. See photo at images/images/1949_GlenBurnie.jpg.
Reference: UFX
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_795

Event 7499 (2DFC12F2)

Date: 8/1949
Locations: Moon; Mars
Description: George Adamski publishes Pioneers of Space, detailing his out-of-body visits to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. In private correspondence he later explains “how one may venture from one place to another, while his physical is in one place and he is in another. That is the way I have written this book. I actually have gone to the places I speak of.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Adamski [ghost-written by Lucy McGinnis], Pioneers of Space, Leonard-Freefield, 1949; “Palomar Mountain, 1940–1960: From Obscurity to World Fame,” The Adamski Case, September 22, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1416

Event 7500 (57390669)

Date: 8/1949
Location: Alaska
Description: Actor, producer, and director Mikel Conrad, in promoting his soon-to-be-released film The Flying Saucer, claims that the movie contains actual footage of a spaceship recovered in Alaska by government agents. He produces a bogus FBI agent to “confirm” the story. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations interviews Conrad, who admits to perpetrating a publicity hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, “A Catalog of Early Crash Claims,” IUR 18, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1993): 16; Internet Movie Database, “The Flying Saucer”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1417

Event 7501 (B3C2252B)

Date: 8/1/1949
Location: TAMPICO, MEXICO
Description: Torpedo object zips over countryside. “Like 4 / July sparkler”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1426

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “TAMPICO,MEXICO:TORPEDO OBJ ZIPS OVR COUNTRYSIDE:“LIKE 4/JULY SPARKLER””, LatLong: “22.216668 -97.900005”, LatLongDMS: “22:13:00 N 97:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 7502 (1450DC33)

Date: 8/1/1949
Description: In Tampico, Mexico in the State of Veracruz a torpedo-shaped UFO zipped over the countryside. It was described as looking like a “4th of July sparkler.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. Volume 2: 1949, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4556

Event 7503 (63A3868F)

Date: 8/3/1949
Time: 17:20
Location: WEST LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Silver 7M saucer 600M over intersection. Jerks. Flips. Smokes. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 418)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1427

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “W.Los ANGELES,CA:SLVR 7M SCR 600M ovr INTERSECTION:JERKS:FLIPS:SMOKES:>>N”, LatLong: “34.038891 -118.255561”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:20 N 118:15:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7504 (85FEB614)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Las Cruses, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 85; 20:00 - round bluish green obj disappeared behind building (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_620

Event 7505 (69243E28)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Las Cruses, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 86; 20:00 - reddish blue/green round obj app 6" in diameter disappeared (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_621

Event 7506 (B564069F)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 87; 20:00 - round, bright white w/slight reddish cast 1/2 size of moon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_622

Event 7507 (BBF6A45B)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 88; 20:00-20:05 - white obj large as auto at arm’s length disappeared (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_623

Event 7508 (4291071D)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 89; 20:15 - round, whitish yellow w/red tail obj twice as fast as falling star (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_624

Event 7509 (1D6F6AD1)

Date: 8/6/1949
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: AFOSI Case 90; 20:30 - round, white/bluish obj similar to falling star went out (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC, LC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_625

Event 7510 (D69AE668)

Date: 8/8/1949
Time: 13:00
Location: MEDFORD, OR
Description: 3 / USAF. 5 luminous 35’ saucers / V formation going ESE / 10K’ altitude. 150mph. Glow. Plane chases.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1428

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “MEDFORD,OR:3/USAF:5 LUM 35’ SCRS/VFORM >ESE/10K’alt:150mph:GLOW:PLANE CHASES”, LatLong: “42.316669 -122.866673”, LatLongDMS: “42:19:00 N 122:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7511 (447C3D1F)

Date: 8/8/1949
Location: Medford, OR
Description: Objects, varying from 1 to 7, traveling slow to very fast. Air Force Conclusion: Balls of thistle (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490808
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_626

Event 7512 (6F663F34)

Date: 8/8/1949
Locations: Medford Municipal Airport; Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport; Oregon
Description: 11:30 p.m. Six airmen and tower operators at Medford Municipal Airport [now the Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport] in Oregon see 1–7 shiny objects traveling at variable speeds at an estimated altitude of 30,000 feet. They fly in formation for a while, then break off and return to formation again. Control tower operators using binoculars seem to distinguish wings on the objects. They remain visible until around 12:30 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Winged Objects Cavort over Airport”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1418

Event 7513 (9FA8CB73)

Date: 8/8/1949
Description: On this afternoon five luminous disc-shaped objects flew in V-formation over Medford, Oregon and were sighted by three witnesses in flight aboard a military aircraft. The discs were estimated to be 35 feet in diameter, and were flying to the east-southeast at 10,000 feet altitude at a speed of 150 mph. The pilot attempted to chase them, but they outflew his airplane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 179; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. Volume 2: 1949, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4769

Event 7514 (991C4A7C)

Date: 8/10/1949
Description: USAF’s AMC issues a final 600-page report, “Unidentified Flying Objects—Project Grudge,” Technical Report 102-AC-49/15-100, or “The Grudge Report,” authored by Lt. Howard W. Smith and George W. Towles. Hynek’s April analysis is included as an appendix. Based on 237 cases, Hynek finds that 32% can be explained astronomically. Others say 12% are balloons, 33% are other misidentifications, hoaxes, or insufficient information. That leaves 23% (55) classed as unknowns. Despite this, witnesses are mostly deluded, hysterical, lying, or crazy, and “further study along present lines would only confirm the findings presented herein.” The report concludes there is little evidence to prove UFOs are real and do not represent a security threat. It recommends that press releases be created to “aid in dispelling public apprehension.” On the other hand, it suggests that military and government agencies interested in “psychological warfare” be informed of the findings. Appendix D is written by USAF Scientific Advisory Board member George E. Valley, who writes that extraterrestrial civilizations “might observe that on Earth we now have atomic bombs and are fast developing rockets. In view of the past history of mankind, they should be alarmed. We should, therefore, expect at this time above all to behold such visitations.” Project Grudge enters a period of dormancy until July 1950. The report is classified Secret until August 1, 1952.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Howard W. Smith and George W. Towles, “Unidentified Flying Objects—Project Grudge,” Air Materiel Command Technical Report 102-AC-49/15-100; Hynek UFO Report, p. 18; Sparks, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1419

Event 7515 (55CB902C)

Date: 8/10/1949
Description: The National Military Establishment is renamed the Department of Defense to unify the Army, Navy, and Air Force under the Secretary of Defense. It establishes the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Department of Defense”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1420

Event 7516 (9065E400)

Date: 8/12/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb. (August 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_796

Event 7517 (3CF67E26)

Date: 8/15/1949
Location: Deer Lodge, Montana
Description: MONTANA NOTES THEIR SILENCE. Edgar Thompson saw a bright silver disk-shaped object heading towards Butte at a terrific speed. It traveled noiselessly in a straight line.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_44

Event 7518 (B6735295)

Date: 8/15/1949 (approximate)
Time: 11:00
Location: NEAR CIRCLEVILLE, UT
Description: 5 / farm. Odd whine. 3 25M saucers going north / V formation. 15M altitude. Tilt and veer going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1429

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: “1”, Elev: “1848”, HatchDesc: “nr CIRCLEVILLE,UT:5/FARM:ODD WHINE:3 25M SCRS > N/VForm:15M alt:TILT+VEER >NW”, LatLong: “38.172224 -112.022228”, LatLongDMS: “38:10:20 N 112:01:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7519 (7792A92D)

Date: 8/16/1949
Location: Wola Drzewiecka, Poland
Description: A young girl in Wola Drzewiecka, Poland, sees a dark green object nearby like two bowls put together and about 5 feet in diameter. She walks right up to it and touches its metallic surface with her index finger, getting a mild electric vibration and making her fingertip turn red. The object begins rotating, then rises up and disappears to the south at an altitude of 50 feet. In the distance she sees another object that she says remained in the same spot for several days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1422

Event 7520 (C9D8F4D5)

Date: 8/17/1949
Location: New Mexico
Description: Lincoln LaPaz submits the fifth of a series of reports on “anomalous luminous phenomena.” He notes that “Many of the green fireballs now appearing descend in nearly vertical paths, whereas, in earlier months almost all of the green fireballs observed moved almost horizontally. There appears to be a concentration of New Mexico incidents near weekends, especially on Sunday and near the hour of 8:00.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1949 July–December, The Author, 1988, pp. 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1421

Event 7521 (E29C58BA)

Date: 8/17/1949
Description: An alleged CIA OSI information report on the analysis of UAP states a special studies project within the DOD known as Unidentified Lenticular Aerodyne Technology Transfer (ULATT) Exploitation Program houses six undisclosed projects. It states a power plant was recovered from a crashed UAP in New Mexico and a meeting was held on 14 July 1949 at Blair House where President Harry S. Truman proposed that the “know how” of ULATT be shared with Canada and the UK. The document also alleges that Hannes Alfven, who would win the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), was consulted during his early MHD work because it was suggested the ULATT technology used magnetic field lines for travel.

• https://majesticdocuments.com/pdf/cia_oscurapeak.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_18

Event 7522 (9A600174)

Date: 8/17/1949
Description: Great Falls AFB to AMC at Wright Patterson AFB writes on 17 August 1949 that an informant, prone to exaggeration but trustworthy, sees 7 flying discs and two crashed discs. AFB agents dragged the lake and didn’t find anything.

• https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/02/a-crashed-ufo-in-a-montana-lake/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160415135901/https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/02/a-crashed-ufo-in-a-montana-lake/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_19

Event 7523 (833E6C91)

Date: 8/18/1949
Location: Socorro, New Mexico
Description: LaPaz and USAF scientists meet with William D. Crozier to find out about his July 25 dust collection in Socorro, New Mexico. Crozier says he thinks the copper particles may have come from a campus building, although samples from the open country contain the same particles. LaPaz notes that copper is extremely rare in meteorites, although it might explain the yellow-green color of the fireballs. He suggests that further air and ground samples be taken in areas where the fireballs are seen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 543–544
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1423

Event 7524 (1BCB066A)

Date: 8/19/1949
Description: Fitzgerald and Gamey see little men in desert.
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_104

Event 7525 (1F027F22)

Date: 8/19/1949
Location: USA, California - Death Valley
Description: (Translated from French) Two gold prospectors were witnesses to the crash landing of a flying object in the shape of a disk. Two small men emerged from it and the gold prospectors gave chase. They lost the small men in the sand dunes and when they returned to what they estimated to be the landing site, the craft had gone.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of the Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 174
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1420

Event 7526 (DD25A8EC)

Date: 8/19/1949
Description: (Translated from French) In Death Valley (California), Mace Garney and Buck Fitzgerald, 2 prospectors, see an object crash in the desert. It has the shape of a disc and measures 7 m (24 feet) in diameter. (August 19)
Reference: Local Bakersfield Journal, August 20, p. 13
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_797

Event 7527 (0BE039ED)

Date: 8/19/1949 (approximate)
Location: DEATH VALLEY, CA
Description: 8M saucer going down. Prospectors chase 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / dunes. All vanish. / r6p23.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1430

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “-50”, HatchDesc: “DEATH VLY,CA:8M SCR ↓:PROSPECTORS CHASE 2 OIDS/DUNES:ALL VANISH:/r6p23”, LatLong: “36.500002 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “36:30:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 7528 (7DA0507C)

Date: 8/19/1949
Time: 20:00
Location: NORWOOD, OH
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Searchlight hits round object / 4 miles altitude. Glows. Same to 10 Mar. '50.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1431

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,OH:100s/OBS:SEARCHLITE HITS RND OBJ/4mi ALT:GLOWS:same to 10MAR50”, LatLong: “39.166669 -84.466671”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 84:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 7529 (12404D2A)

Date: 8/19/1949
Location: Norwood, OH
Description: UFO in searchlight (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 490819
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_627

Event 7530 (EF3A44F1)

Date: 8/19/1949
Location: Death Valley, California
Description: Two prospectors are said to have observed a disk-shaped object land. Two dwarfs emerged but were lost in the sand dunes when pursued. The object disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_70

Event 7531 (E7287441)

Date: 8/19/1949
Location: Death Valley, California
Description: Two prospectors, Buck Fitzgerald and Mase Garney, report that a flying saucer crashed near them in Death Valley, California. Two little men jump out and start running. The prospectors chase them over a sand dune, but lose them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Little Men’ in Flying Disc,” San Francisco Examiner, August 20, 1949, p. 2; Clark III 269; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 22, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1424

Event 7532 (BB7AC81F)

Date: 8/19/1949
Locations: Norwood, Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati Post; Cincinnati Enquirer
Description: 8:15–11:00 p.m. Rev. Gregory Miller, pastor of the St. Peter and Paul Church in Norwood, Ohio, has purchased from Army surplus an 8-million-candlepower searchlight for his church carnival. Sgt. Donald R. Berger of ROTC of the University of Cincinnati is to operate it. During the festivities, Berger’s sweeping searchlight suddenly flashes across a stationary circular object in the sky. Miller and others join in and observe. When Berger moves the searchlight away, the disc continues to glow. Hundreds of calls are received by Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer offices regarding fireballs and comet-like objects all across the Cincinnati area this first night. The searchlight picks up the same or similar objects on nine further occasions, the last being on March 10, 1950.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More Proof That ‘Saucers’ Exist,” CRIFO Orbit 1, no. 5 (August 6, 1954): 1–2; NICAP, “The Ohio Searchlight Incident”; Patrick Gross, “The Norwood Searchlight Incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1425

Event 7533 (F458D965)

Date: 8/19/1949
Description: Two prospectors in Death Valley, California allegedly observed a disc-shaped object land. Two dwarfs emerged but were lost in the sand dunes when pursued. The object disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 116; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 193
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5152

Event 7534 (6C384BD8)

Date: 8/20/1949
Location: USA, Las Cruces (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) On the evening of August 20th, 1949, at 10:45 PM, Professor Tombaugh was in front of his house in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with his wife and her mother. Looking up at the sky, he suddenly saw near the zenith, six or eight rectangles shining with a greenish light, flying quickly towards a point on the horizon between 25 and 30 degrees southeast. They moved with a rapid and uniform motion and seemed to be windows of some unlit craft carried in a luminous vague silhouette against the black of the firmament. In any case, these rectangles were certainly flat objects, because as they moved away they gradually contracted in the direction of flight, as if the three witnesses had seen them increasingly in profile. The whole of the six or eight rectangles, which followed each other two by two, formed in the sky a perfectly rigid design of an area of about one degree, which corresponds to twice the width of the full moon. (…) (There are slight differences between the two accounts: first in the magazine “Life” and then in Menzel): in the first Tombaugh frankly speaks of a cigar with two rows of windows, while in the second, the cigar has faded into a vague silhouette. In the first account the observation lasts about twenty seconds, it is much shorter in the second. (August 20th, 1949)
Reference: “Glimpses of Flying Saucers” Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, pp. 69 and 70, dated August 20th
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1419

Event 7535 (1AA20F9A)

Date: 8/20/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The Tale of Garney and Fitzgerlad about the incident from the day before is published in a Bakersfield newspaper.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_798

Event 7536 (13EBF872)

Date: 8/20/1949
Description: (Translated from French) At Las Cruces, the famous astronomer Clyde Tombaugh (working at the rocket test range of White Sands 65 km away) his wife and his mother-in-law observed 6 to 8 (1 only?) rectangular flying objects in an ellipsoidal formation. The UFOs were yellow-green in color and moved from northwest to southeast. In 1957, he declared about this experience, “I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was truly petrified with surprise.”
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_799

Event 7537 (A61755C4)

Date: 8/20/1949
Time: 22:50
Location: LAS CRUCES, NM
Description: Astronomer Tombaugh. Row / square windows going southeast as if attached. / FSRv15#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1432

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1191”, HatchDesc: “LAS CRUCES,NM:ASTRONOMER TOMBAUGH:ROW/SQR WINDOWS >SE as if ATTACHED:/FSRv15#3”, LatLong: “32.311113 -106.783338”, LatLongDMS: “32:18:40 N 106:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7538 (EDA63F59)

Date: 8/20/1949
Location: Las Cruses, NM
Description: A rigid formation of faint bluish-green rectangles (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_628

Event 7539 (6B8CFB17)

Date: 8/20/1949
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Description: 10:45 p.m. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, his wife, and mother-in-law see a formation of rectangular bluish- green lights at Las Cruces, New Mexico, for about 3 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Tombaugh Observes UFO Formation”; H. B. Darrach Jr. and Robert Ginna, “Have We Visitors from Space?” Life, April 7, 1952, p. 89; “Dr. Clyde Tombaugh Provides Details on His Own Famous Sighting,” CSI News Letter, no. 10 (December 15, 1957): 27; UFOEv, p. 53; Sparks, p. 70; 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. 59–60; Clark III 1129–1130; Swords 81–82
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1426

Event 7540 (E40422A5)

Date: 8/20/1949
Description: At 10:15 p.m. in Las Cruces, New Mexico Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, reported sighting six to eight green, rectangular UFOs flying in a symmetrical formation. He had a second sighting 30 minutes later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 130, citing letter from Tombaugh dated August 7, 1957; UNICAT, case # 530, citing Dr. James E. McDonald
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5164

Event 7541 (252C3421)

Date: 8/22/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Seymour L. Hess, a meteorologist from the University of Florida, observed through a telescope under the clouds a disk of metallic appearance. He estimated its size to be 1.5 m in diameter and its altitude to be 2500 m, going against the wind. (August 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_800

Event 7542 (15CDC3C2)

Date: 8/22/1949 (approximate)
Location: TIGVARIAK ISLAND, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #428. Geodetic scientist/science. Whine. 6 saucers / circular form. 7th weaves. Northeast going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1433

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TIGVARIAK ISL,AK:BBK#428:GEODETIC SCI:WHINE:6 SCRS/CIRC.FORM:7th WEAVES:NE>>SW”, LatLong: “70.222226 -147.216674”, LatLongDMS: “70:13:20 N 147:13:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7543 (E10DD7B8)

Date: 8/22/1949
Description: In Alaska, a scientist on Tigvariak Island sighted six disc-shaped object flying in a circular formation, making a whining sound. A seventh disc then was seen weaving through the sky. They went from the northeast to the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5215

Event 7544 (A12565E0)

Date: 8/29/1949
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: First Soviet atomic bomb test RDS-1 “First Lightning” at Semipalatinsk in Semipalatinsk Test Site, NE Kazakhstan (Joe 1)
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_371
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 22

Event 7545 (FCB1508E)

Date: 8/29/1949
Location: SEMIPALATINSK, KAZAK
Description: 1st Soviet atom bomb test detected by USA seismographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1434

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SEMIPALATINSK,KAZAK:1st SOVIET ATOM BOMB TEST DETECTED by USA SEISMOGRAPHS”, LatLong: “50.433336 80.266670”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:00 N 80:16:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SMP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7546 (30E08974)

Date: 8/29/1949
Time: 07:00:00.0
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “joe1” Yield: 22KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1032

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “joe1”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “22”

Event 7547 (227AA2E8)

Date: 8/29/1949
Locations: Kazakhstan; Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: 7:00 a.m. The Soviet Union secretly conducts its first successful nuclear weapon test (First Lightning) at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. The design is very similar to the first US “Fat Man” plutonium bomb. The project is led by physicist Igor Kurchatov.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “RDS-1”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1427

Event 7548 (19888935)

Date: 8/30/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Clyde Tombaugh observed with the naked eye an object flying in the shape of a cigar radiating a green-blue light, and with “portholes” lit by a greenish light: During the thousands of hours I spent observing the sky, the famous astronomer commented, I have never seen anything so strange. (August 30)
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_801

Event 7549 (5F9722B5)

Date: 8/30/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Roy L. Dimmick, head of sales for the Los Angeles company Apache Powder, claimed to have discussed with a Mexican and an Ecuadorian who had seen a saucer crash near the city of Mexico. The story is told by Frank Scully (who was not shy to repeat the strangest rumors circulating at his time without verifying them). (Before 1950)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_802

Event 7550 (0146AD39)

Date: 8/31/1949 (approximate)
Location: USA, Muroc Air Base
Description: (Translated from French) A giant in the sky, emitting a flame, more than a kilometer long, passed at 15,000 meters above the Muroc Air Base. The control towers of the airfield and the air traffic control officers at the Lockheed, Palmdale and Long Beach bases received this amazing information from a private pilot and his two passengers. The pilot is Bob Hanley, a calm and trustworthy man. He saw the object at 12:15 above Mint Canyon. (1949, August 31 (?))
Reference: F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, ed. Del Duca, Paris “Les éditions Mondiales” 1951, p. 175 he cites the “Los Angeles Daily News” of 31.8.1949, title “A strange aerial monster emitted a trail of fire more than a kilometer long.”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1421

Event 7551 (CA50ACFA)

Date: 9/1949
Location: “Key atomic base”, NM?
Description: Approx. date. Radar of five objects at tremendous speed and altitude
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_48

Event 7552 (CB92FC7E)

Date: 9/1949
Time: 22:00?
Location: 15 MI NORTH / SUSDAL, RUSSIA
Description: Numerous observer(s). “Headlight” maneuvers over town. Came near / ground once. Spins.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1435

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “15mi N/SUSDAL,RUSS:NMRS OBS:“HEADLITE” MNVRS OVR TOWN:CAME NEAR/GND ONCE:SPINS”, LatLong: “56.433336 40.483335”, LatLongDMS: “56:26:00 N 40:29:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VLA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7553 (6CA447B6)

Date: 9/1949
Alternate date: 10/1949
Location: Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
Description: A Swiss Air Force officer sees a silvery disc 20 feet in diameter with jagged edges above Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland. He observes it flying at about 700 mph for 12 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, [Payerne case file]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1433

Event 7554 (D0E36D5E)

Date: 9/1/1949
Location: USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: Col. John W. Schweizer of AFOIN writes to the director of USAF Intelligence: “reports that fall in the ‘fireball’ category will no longer be included in HQ Air Materiel Command and Directorate of Intelligence, HQ USAF, investigative activity on unidentified aerial incidents.” AMC hands green fireball reports over to the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts. AFOIN rejects an Army request for further facilities to study the green fireballs from field locations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 543
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1428

Event 7555 (6085BB0C)

Date: 9/3/1949
Location: Eielson Air Force Base, AL
Description: USAF WB-29 lands at Eielson Air Force Base AL with filter paper samples indicating a Soviet nuclear weapons test
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_372

Event 7556 (7CD50030)

Date: 9/5/1949
Time: 12:10
Location: NEAR LEBEC, CA
Description: 2 pilots. 35’ ovoid rises / foothills / terrific rate. Going quickly south to Los Angeles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1436

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1100”, HatchDesc: “nr LEBEC,CA:2 PILOTS:35’OVOID RISES/FOOTHILLS/TERRIFIC RATE:>>S to LOS ANGELES”, LatLong: “34.838891 -118.861117”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:20 N 118:51:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7557 (7317ACDF)

Date: 9/5/1949
Location: Reno (east of), NV
Description: Perfectly round, silver object with curved sides coming to a smooth round edge, about the size of a P-38 wingspan (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 490905
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_629

Event 7558 (D10D58EB)

Date: 9/5/1949
Location: Lebec, CA
Description: 2 USAF pilots flying military aircraft saw an oval object climb at tremendous speed to the S. (Project 1947) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490905
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_630

Event 7559 (8EC08AF9)

Date: 9/6/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Viking II. Stopped at 51 km altitude, escape in the turbine.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, M.W. ROSEN, N.Y. 1955
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1422

Event 7560 (2F551345)

Date: 9/6/1949
Time: 10:10
Location: NEAR PAYERNE, SWZ
Description: Military flight instruction. Metallic saucer going southeast. 2km altitude / 1200+Kph. / r93 #2.
Type: sighting
Reference: ZINSTAG, Lou & ALLEMANN, Dr. T; UFO-SICHTUNGEN uber der SCHWEIZ; UFO-Verlag, Basel/Zurich 1958 (via Bruno Mancusi) (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1437

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: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr PAYERNE,SWZ:MIL.FLITE INSTRUCTR:MTLC SCR >SE:2km ALT/1200+KPH:/r93 #2.”, LatLong: “46.833336 6.933334”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 06:56:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaud”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7561 (4A5D9352)

Date: 9/6/1949
Description: At 10:12 a.m. a military flight instructor flying over Payerne, Switzerland watched a metallic disc-shaped object at 2 km altitude fly to the southeast at a speed in excess of 1200 km/h.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5673

Event 7562 (47E6DBF9)

Date: 9/8/1949
Location: RADKERSBURG, AUSTRIA
Description: Police report 2 ‘flying saucers’ near Yugoslav border here.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1438

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RADKERSBURG,AUSTRIA:POLICE REPORT 2 ‘FLYING SCRS’ nr YUGOSLAV BORDER HERE”, LatLong: “46.705558 15.983334”, LatLongDMS: “46:42:20 N 15:59:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7563 (5AAF39FC)

Date: 9/8/1949
Time: 12:00
Location: CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, PHIL
Description: 3 planes. Object climbs 800mph going [to] 15K’ altitude going north. Contrail doesn’t disperse.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1439

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Philippines”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CLARK AFB,PHIL:3 PLANES:OBJ CLIMBS 800mph>15K’alt >N:CONTRAIL DOESN’T DISPERSE”, LatLong: “15.050001 120.133339”, LatLongDMS: “15:03:00 N 120:08:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LZN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7564 (E4161752)

Date: 9/9/1949
Location: Washington DC
Description: DCI Admiral Hillenkoetter hands Truman a carefully worded report of “an abnormal radio-active contamination” indicating “An atomic explosion on the continent of Asia.”
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_373

Event 7565 (6C0CD680)

Date: 9/9/1949
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: High-Speed Egg-Shaped Object Goes Into Clouds (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 490909
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_631

Event 7566 (B1C08893)

Date: 9/11/1949
Time: 22:00?
Location: MADEIRA, OH
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Searchlight finds sphere/orb/globe / 17K’ altitude. Rises to avoid beam?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1440

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, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “MADEIRA,OH:1000s/OBS:SEARCHLITE FINDS ORB/17K’alt:RISES TO AVOID BEAM?”, LatLong: “39.188891 -84.355560”, LatLongDMS: “39:11:20 N 84:21:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5200”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7567 (AFFE8C8D)

Date: 9/14/1949
Time: 21:30
Location: LUBBOCK, TX
Description: Several observer(s). Many small round silver objects going south in several groups / 3-50. Not birds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1951 (2 booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1441

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: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “959”, HatchDesc: “LUBBOCK,TX:SVRL OBS:MANY SML ROUND SLVR OBJS >S IN SVRL GROUPS/3-50:NOT BIRDS”, LatLong: “33.600002 -101.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:00 N 101:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7568 (8408168E)

Date: 9/14/1949
Locations: Massachusetts; New Mexico; Texas; Boston
Description: The Geophysical Sciences Branch of the Air Force Research and Development orders the new AMC commander Lt. Gen. Benjamin Chidlaw to have the Cambridge Research Laboratory in Massachusetts evaluate the New Mexico and Texas green fireball cases and consider the creation of an instrumented network. AMC is directed to send representatives from Boston to a meeting in New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Col. John McK. Tucker, “Light Phenomena,” September 14, 1949; Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 16; Clark III 544
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1429

Event 7569 (BB375C52)

Date: 9/14/1949
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Description: 9:30–10:00 p.m. Two residents of Lubbock, Texas, see 9 clusters of objects “similar to ducks flying in formation,” bright silver and roughly round in shape. There are as many as 50 objects in all the formations except one. They seem to be traveling at 5,000 feet altitude, going north to south. Each light is visible for about 10 seconds, but it takes 30 minutes for all the objects to pass overhead. One witness is convinced the objects are ducks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 692–693
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1430

Event 7570 (D5DFC4DC)

Date: 9/14/1949
Description: Over a 30-minute period starting at 9:30 p.m. several small round silver objects, that were not birds, flew over Lubbock, Texas in groups of 3 to 50.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1454; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5939

Event 7571 (9A88CC03)

Date: 9/16/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 4.2km attitude (Blossom 5 — payload. Explosions led to early termination)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_374
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 4.2km

Event 7572 (D74CF14A)

Date: 9/16/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 16:19, launch of V2 No. 32. Operation Blossom. Altitude 5 km. Explosion (GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959) Monkey “Albert III” killed in the explosion.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Nieuwenhuis h. 1988, 17
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1423

Event 7573 (5297D377)

Date: 9/18/1949
Time: 19:00
Location: MILFORD, OH
Description: Many observer(s). Sgt. Berger catches white sphere/orb/globe / searchlight / one hour. Never moves.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1442

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “MILFORD,OH:MANY OBS:Sgt BERGER CATCHES WHT ORB/SEARCHLITE/1hr:NEVER MOVES”, LatLong: “39.177780 -84.288893”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:40 N 84:17:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7574 (6F347501)

Date: 9/20/1949
Time: 09:10
Location: NORTHEAST / ROME, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Lt. Col. Silver cylinder/cylindrical object spouts orange-white exhaust. Also separate pilot / 1000hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1443

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “NE/ROME,NY:BBK#UNK:Lt COL:SLVR CYL SPOUTS ORG-WHT EXHAUST:+SEP PILOT/1000hrs”, LatLong: “43.233335 -75.416670”, LatLongDMS: “43:14:00 N 75:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7575 (C9DCEAA3)

Date: 9/20/1949
Description: A silvery cylindrical object with an orange-white exhaust was seen by a U.S. Air Force C-54 pilot flying northeast of Rome, New York at 9:06 a.m. It was seen again by another pilot at 10:00 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1989, p. 13; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6116

Event 7576 (209DBB09)

Date: 9/21/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Test of Soviet missile R2. (September 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_803

Event 7577 (06C0DB8C)

Date: 9/23/1949
Location: Washington DC
Description: Truman made headlines with an announcement that the Soviet Union had tested a nuclear device several weeks earlier
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_375

Event 7578 (DC728AA1)

Date: 9/23/1949
Description: (Translated from French) President Truman announces that the Soviet Union has detonated an atomic bomb. (September 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_804

Event 7579 (FB396C8E)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: Key Atomic Base, NM
Description: Five Objects Cross Radarscope At Key Atomic Base (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 49Fall
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_619

Event 7580 (CEDD8D2E)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Description: Don Bushnell, plant superintendent with Southwestern Porcelain Steel Corp., saw an object fall in front of his car as his radio was blocked. He applied the brakes; object vanished.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: KeyhoeS (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_71

Event 7581 (6A6C2113)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: A radar-tracking UFO case takes place at a key atomic base (probably Los Alamos, New Mexico). The base radar scope covers 200 miles of sky up to 100,000 feet. A legitimate radar contact tracks five apparently metallic objects at a great height moving south and crossing the radar scope in less than 4 minutes (an average of about 4,500 mph).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. B. Darrach Jr. and Robert Ginna, “Have We Visitors from Space?” Life, April 7, 1952, p. 89
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1434

Event 7582 (AFB410A5)

Date: Fall 1949
Location: New Mexico
Description: Night. Donald Bushwell and his wife are traveling along a straight highway in New Mexico. Suddenly a disc about 50–60 feet across comes straight down the road toward them about 4 feet off the ground. It raises up a little before reaching the car and passes overhead. As it does so, his radio turns to static.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune, December 10, 1957; Schopick, p. 77
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1435

Event 7583 (78ABA37B)

Date: 9/25/1949
Location: USA, in flight, Virginia
Description: (Translated from French) In the afternoon, at 2:45 PM, this pilot was flying from Clark Field to Parkersburg in a Luscombe 84, at 160 km/h and 3450 feet above sea level, in the west of Virginia when he suddenly noticed a bright yellow shape coming straight towards him. The object was coming towards him at such a speed, added to the speed of his own plane, that it made him jump when it passed him in the space of two seconds. But it was flying roughly 100 feet below, 50 feet to the right. Thanks to the dark green of the forest that was passing beneath the plane, he was able to clearly distinguish the intruder: it was a bright canary yellow, 15 to 18 inches long, diameter around 4 inches at its widest part. It looked like a missile, but in fact had the same shape and proportions as the fuselage of a Lockheed X 90 of the Air Force. No wings, but vertical and horizontal ailerons at 1/3 of its rear. No visible means of propulsion, no engines, combustion trail, smoke, steam, exhaust gas. The front of the missile was very pointed, with a needle-shaped nose. This needle was about 6 inches long and resembled a lead pencil. The other end of the object was as pointed as the tail of a jet plane. The missile was heading west at 240°. It seemed to be coming to the end of its course when it passed the plane, as its speed seemed to be slightly decreasing.
Reference: doc. FBI - Bruce Maccabee, translated by Jean Sider
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1424

Event 7584 (172A6591)

Date: 9/25/1949
Time: 14:50
Location: OVER LUBECK, WV
Description: Pilot. Bright-yellow 50cm fuselage going [to] 100’ under plane. Fins. / MJ#124.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 941)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1444

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “ovr LUBECK,WV:PILOT:BRITE-YEL 50cm FUSELAGE > 100’UNDER PLANE:FINS:/MJ#124”, LatLong: “39.233335 -81.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:00 N 81:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7585 (650FC65C)

Date: 9/25/1949
Description: A yellow, rocket-shaped object flew within 100 feet under an airplane that was flying four miles southwest of Parkersburg, West Virginia at 2:45 p.m. The rocket had what looked to be fins.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce S. Maccabee, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6308

Event 7586 (0A5DE230)

Date: 9/26/1949
Location: WINCHENDON, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #513. Many observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape puffs smoke. Northwest going quickly southeast slowly. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1445

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “WINCHENDON,MASS:BBK#513:MANY OBS:CGR PUFFS SMOKE:NW>>SE SLOWLY:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “42.688891 -72.044448”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:20 N 72:02:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7587 (DC996913)

Date: 9/26/1949
Time: 18:40
Location: SOUTHEAST / LEXINGTON, NE
Description: 5 / farm. 3 4M ovoids going northeast. Turn up. 2 leave trail / sparks. See drawings.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1446

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “736”, HatchDesc: “SE/LEXINGTON,NE:5/FARM:3 4M OVOIDS >NE:TURN UP:2 LV TRAIL/SPARKS:see dwgs”, LatLong: “40.716669 -99.683338”, LatLongDMS: “40:43:00 N 99:41:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7588 (4E98DA28)

Date: 9/26/1949
Locations: Lexington, Nebraska; 5 miles southeast of Lexington, Nebraska
Description: 6:30 p.m. Lester Wolfe and five others 5 miles southeast of Lexington, Nebraska, are threshing wheat when they see three objects coming from the general direction of the sun (southwest). As the objects move, they give off a dazzling brilliance. They maintain a level flight with two of the objects changing positions as they fly. The power of the illumination remains constant throughout the incident (no pulses or flashes). Once the objects reach a direction northwest of the observers, they make a smooth 90° turn straight upwards and climb rapidly out of sight. Dean Wolfe is a recent graduate of a two-year course in aeronautical design and thinks the objects look like domed discs when viewed face forward, but are more like stubby, wingless, tailless fuselages when seen from the side. About 5 miles away, Don, Minnie, Elmer and Irene Ballheim see two fast-moving objects flying in the distance at level flight before abruptly turning straight up and flying upward. This group of people does not know their distant neighbors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “90-Degree Turn Straight Up”; Swords 83–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1431

Event 7589 (68F6A238)

Date: 9/26/1949
Description: Over the town of Winchendon, Massachusetts a cigar-shaped UFO emitted a cloud of smoke. It flew from the northwest to the southeast slowly, and then disappeared. The sighting lasted 15 minutes and the report was made by two men named Peckham and Clements.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, September 1949; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949, Volume 2, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6340

Event 7590 (599A1EA3)

Date: 9/26/1949
Description: Southeast of Lexington, Nebraska three ovoid objects, about four meters in size, flew toward the northeast at 6:40 p.m. Two of the objects left trails of sparks. There were five witnesses, and the report was made by someone named Wolfe.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, September 1949; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949, Volume 4, p. 38
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6341

Event 7591 (FE40D3A4)

Date: 9/27/1949
Location: Sandia Base, New Mexico
Description: 1:30 and 3:00 a.m. At least five observers at Sandia Base, New Mexico, see fireballs of various colors traveling either in an arc or in tangent to the Earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Francis Ridge, “The Nuclear Connection Project: The New Mexico Sightings,” September 3, 2005; Sparks, p. 71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1432

Event 7592 (8DAE6134)

Date: 9/29/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 150.8km attitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_376
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 150.8km

Event 7593 (F9A2461A)

Date: 9/29/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:58 AM, Launch of V2 #49, Altitude 151 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1425

Event 7594 (9659744F)

Date: 9/29/1949
Description: (Translated from French) 1st test of the French ground-air missile SE 4100. (September 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_805

Event 7595 (D406E5D8)

Date: 9/29/1949
Location: HUMBOLDT, NEBR
Description: Project Bluebook Case #475. Observer(s) = Nemechek. Ovoid made of luminous/glowing translucent rings going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1447

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “302”, HatchDesc: “HUMBOLDT,NEBR:BBK#475:OBS=NEMECHEK:OVOID MADE of LUMn XLUCENT RINGS >>S”, LatLong: “40.166669 -95.944449”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:00 N 95:56:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7596 (50F1E44B)

Date: 9/29/1949
Description: An ovoid object composed of luminous, translucent rings flew quickly to the south over Humboldt, Nebraska.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6411

Event 7597 (EAE96382)

Date: 10/1949
Time: 13:00?
Location: OFF PALM ISL., AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 fishing. Plain shiny 100’ metallic cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 80’ altitude. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1448

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off PALM Isl.,AUSTRL:2 FISHING:PLAIN SHINY 100’MTLC CGR HVRS/80’alt:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “-18.633334 146.666674”, LatLongDMS: “18:38:00 S 146:40:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “80”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7598 (795C9FBB)

Date: 10/1/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Mao founds the People’s Republic of China. (1st October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_806

Event 7599 (64D8F4AD)

Date: 10/1/1949
Location: Jackson, MS
Description: Rush Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_632

[c0mmando]

Event 7600 (5C19DFCD)

Date: 10/2/1949
Location: HOLLAND, MICH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #473. Vibrant bright saucer going west into cloud. Then exits / same point going quickly east!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 248)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1449

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “203”, HatchDesc: “HOLLAND,MICH:BBK#473:VBRITE SCR > W INTO CLOUD:then EXITS/SAME POINT >>E!”, LatLong: “42.794446 -86.111115”, LatLongDMS: “42:47:40 N 86:06:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7601 (ED4EC185)

Date: 10/2/1949
Time: 21:30
Location: NEW YORK, NY
Description: Scientist/science writer / (seen thru) telescope for eclipse. Dark ovoid crosses moon. / r133#2p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 442)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1450

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “NEW YORK,NY:Sci.WRITER/TSCOPE for ECLIPSE:DRK OVOID CROSSES MOON:/r133#2p49”, LatLong: “40.716669 -74.005559”, LatLongDMS: “40:43:00 N 74:00:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7602 (E34B44C9)

Date: 10/2/1949
Description: On this day in Holland, Michigan a very bright disc flew into a cloud heading west, then exited the cloud from the same point and flew off rapidly to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 473
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6481

Event 7603 (C7F01CB6)

Date: 10/6/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33 (2nd Hermes II test)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_377
Rocket type: V-2

Event 7604 (34C7F87F)

Date: 10/7/1949
Description: (Translated from French) Founding of the GDR. (7 October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_807

Event 7605 (D40FA755)

Date: 10/10/1949
Location: Sandia Base, New Mexico
Description: 1:07 a.m. A bluish-green fireball is seen moving to the northeast at 45° above the horizon at Sandia Base, New Mexico. Duration is from 4 to 15 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Francis Ridge, “The Nuclear Connection Project: The New Mexico Sightings,” September 3, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1436

Event 7606 (3C918462)

Date: 10/11/1949
Description: The Navy releases only a brief summary of its findings in the death of James Forrestal. The complete transcript is not released until 2004.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ayn Rand Institute Watch, “The Willcutts Report on the Death of James Forrestal”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1437

Event 7607 (40467C04)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: Hollywood, CA
Description: Frank Scully’s Variety article “One Flying Saucer Lands In New Mexico”
Type: publication
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_378

Event 7608 (FC41CBF7)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) (Note from vog: in my opinion, all this can only be the biggest hoax ever put together by Scully himself and others, including the famous Doctor G. alias GeBauer) October 12, 1949: Variety (New York) Title “A Flying Saucer Lands in New Mexico” - A two-column article by Frank Scully, announcing the landing of a flying saucer and giving all the details according to the accounts of scientists who had examined the craft. “It was 100 feet in diameter and 72 inches high”. Scully adds that “sixteen men” with charred skin were found inside the cabin and that the craft was made of “two metals still unknown on this earth”.
Reference: F. Scully: “The Mystery of Flying Saucers”, ed. Del Duca, Paris “Les éditions Mondiales” 1951, p. 176 which thus cites itself!
Reference: The magazine “Variety” of November 23, 1949, publishes other details due to Scully’s pen
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1426

Event 7609 (FAEA4FC5)

Date: 10/12/1949
Time: 11:20
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Blue Book. 3 military. Silver sphere/orb/globe / 35’ altitude. Fantastic speed. Silent. Going quickly northeast going [to] Alamogordo.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1451

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:BBK:3 MIL:SLVR ORB/35’alt:FANT.SPEED:SILENT:>>NE>ALAMOGORDO”, LatLong: “32.866668 -106.083338”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:00 N 106:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7610 (085EA520)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
Description: Four Airman View Metallic Craft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 491012
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_633

Event 7611 (4F3B6D1F)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: Holloman AFB, CA
Description: H. S. Object Observed By Flight Engineer & Mechanics (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BB)
Reference: NICAP: 491012
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_634

Event 7612 (BB4F3A8A)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: southwestern desert
Description: Columnist Frank Scully writes an article in Variety alleging that the US government has retrieved crashed spaceships in the southwestern desert.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Scully, “Scully’s Scrapbook,” Variety, October 12, 1949; Clark III 595, 1044
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1438

Event 7613 (12518B83)

Date: 10/12/1949
Location: New Mexico
Description: “Captured Saucers” first reported in New Mexico.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_10

Event 7614 (77BFE1BF)

Date: 10/14/1949
Description: (Translated from French) A meeting is held to discuss the sightings of green fireballs. Representatives from G-2 section of the 4th Army (possibly including some members of the IPU), the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, FBI, AEC, the Geophysical Research Division of the AMC, and the AFOSI are present, a memo of which states: A logical explanation has not been issued concerning the origin of the green fireballs. It was generally concluded, however, that the phenomena existed and should be scientifically studied until these cases are satisfactorily explained. Especially since the continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations is a cause for concern… (October 14)
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_808

Event 7615 (58BE6992)

Date: 10/14/1949
Time: 13:20
Location: MT. PALOMAR, CA
Description: Astronomers and more. 18 night lights / V formation. Geiger-center chart-recorder offscale.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1452

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), RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1871”, HatchDesc: “Mt PALOMAR,CA:ASTRONOMERS+:18 NLTS/VFORM:GEIGER-CTR CHART-RECORDER OFFSCALE”, LatLong: “33.366668 -116.850006”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 116:51:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7616 (11270C79)

Date: 10/14/1949
Location: Mt. Palomar Observatory, CA
Description: Perfect “V of V’s” formation of about 16-18 silver [round?] objects (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 491014
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_635

Event 7617 (1CB44F66)

Date: 10/14/1949
Locations: Los Alamos, New Mexico; Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: At another conference in Los Alamos, New Mexico, attended by 16 representatives of AFOSI, AMC (Joseph Kaplan and Maj. Frederic C. E. Oder), Fourth Army, the FBI, AFSWP, and Los Alamos scientists (Edward Teller, George Gamow, and Stanislaw Ulam), the green fireballs are identified as probably atmospheric in origin, but more observational data is needed. LaPaz and Neef speak at length. Oder’s Cambridge Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts, is selected for a field project, under LaPaz’s supervision.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 16; Clark III 544; Swords 81; Good Above, pp. 266–267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1439

Event 7618 (1FAB3C11)

Date: 10/14/1949
Locations: San Diego County, California; Point Loma, California; Palomar Gardens Café
Description: 1:15 p.m. Harley C. Marshall, manager of public relations at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, is driving away from the observatory when he sees a perfect “V of V’s” formation of about 16–18 silver objects without tails or wings overhead traveling at high speed to the northwest and emitting a sound like jets. He stops and watches them disappear behind the cloud cover. Returning to the observatory, he phones electrician Benjamin B. Traxler, who at 1:20 p.m. sees one dark UFO traveling to the southwest. Marshall checks the Navy Electronics Laboratory Geiger counter on site and sees that the needle has jumped off the scale for several seconds. For the next 10 days, another 21 incidents of off-scale cosmic-ray detector incidents occur at scattered times, fitting a periodic 1.5-hour time schedule, a phenomenon not seen before or after, and unexplainable by equipment failure or radio interference from aircraft. Two representatives of the Office of Naval Research and two from the Naval Electronics Laboratory in Point Loma, California (Joseph P. Maxfield and G. L. Bloom), visit the observatory to investigate the readings, but not before they stop in at Alice Wells’s Palomar Gardens Café on the way in. After George Adamski claims he has seen increased UFO activity in the area (including a sighting about the same time as another observation by Traxler on October 21), they ask him if he would send them any photos he might take with one of his telescopes. He gives them a copy of a telescopic photo he took in February 1949 with his 15-inch reflector. The Naval Electronics Lab later attributes the photo to “electric discharge which frequently occurs in cameras during film pulling in dry or cold climates.” Several Navy aircraft of differing prop and jet types are flown near the observatory using radio, altimeter, and radars on October 21 and November 2 in an unsuccessful effort to trigger the Geiger counter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Geiger Counters Detect UFO Presence”; Clark III 38, 949–950; Sparks, pp. 74–75; Swords 86–87; Maurice Weekley and George Adamski, “Flying Saucers As Astronomers See Them,” Fate 3, no. 6 (September 1950): 56–59; Colin Bennett, Looking for Orthon, Paraview, 2001, pp. 29–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1440

Event 7619 (3AE5FEC5)

Date: 10/17/1949
Time: 07:20
Location: MT. PALOMAR, CA
Description: Small black dot zips along below 7K’ altitude clouds. Geiger center offscale!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1453

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1871”, HatchDesc: “Mt PALOMAR,CA:SML BLK DOT ZIPS ALONG BELOW 7K’alt CLOUDS:GEIGER CTR OFFSCALE!”, LatLong: “33.350002 -116.850006”, LatLongDMS: “33:21:00 N 116:51:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7620 (C330DA29)

Date: 10/17/1949
Location: Mt. Palomar Observatory and Palomar Gardens, CA
Description: Observatory Asst. Superintendent-Electrical B. B. Traxler saw a small black object without apparent projections moving at high speed (Sparks) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_636

Event 7621 (DFAD0B9B)

Date: 10/21/1949 (approximate)
Time: 14:30
Location: MT. PALOMAR, CA
Description: Banana-object nearby. No Geiger radiation/radioactivity recorded this time. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1454

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1871”, HatchDesc: “Mt PALOMAR,CA:BANANA-OBJ NEARBY:NO GEIGER RDA RECORDED THIS TIME:NFD”, LatLong: “33.366668 -116.833339”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 116:50:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7622 (BE922665)

Date: 10/21/1949
Location: Mt. Palomar Observatory, CA
Description: Elongated slightly curved or banana shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_637

Event 7623 (93159AA4)

Date: 10/23/1949
Time: 21:20
Location: NORWOOD, OH
Description: Many and press. Saucer with searchlight. Delta/triangle/box-like crafts exit. Objects back 24 October and 20 December and 11 Jan. '50.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1455

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “96”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,OH:MANY+PRESS:SCR W/SEARCHLITE:DLTS EXIT:OBJS BACK 24OCT+20DEC+11JAN50”, LatLong: “39.150002 -84.466671”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 84:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 7624 (D62EB202)

Date: 10/23/1949
Location: St. Peter and Paul Church in Norwood, Ohio
Description: 7:15–10:45 p.m. Rev. Gregory Miller has set up his searchlight once again at St. Peter and Paul Church in Norwood, Ohio. Sgt. Berger turns on the light and picks up a large object in the beam. At about 10:00 p.m., the searchlight picks up two distinct groups of five triangular objects that seem to emerge from the main disc. They descend on the beam then turn out of it. The same performance is repeated 30 minutes later. About 50 persons, including newspaper reporters observe the objects. Miller takes several photographs and asks Sgt. Leo Davidson of the Norwood police department to film the display. He uses three rolls, 25 feet each, and a Hugo-Meyer F-19- 3" camera with telephoto lens. Davidson also takes 10 still photographs of the large disc-shaped object that flies in and out of the searchlight beam, using a Speed-Graphic camera with a 14-inch Wallensach telephoto lens. Two of these are exceptional shots, showing both the parent object and the smaller group. These two pictures are last seen by Time-Life correspondent Harry Mayo, who has prepared a feature story for Time, which was to include them. But Mayo’s story and Miller’s photos were not used in Time or Life and, in spite of requests by Miller, these two photos are never returned.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harry Mayo, “What Glows on Here? Norwood Muses,” Cincinnati Post, April 6, 1950, p. 1; “More Proof That ‘Saucers’ Exist,” CRIFO Orbit 1, no. 5 (August 6, 1954): 1–2; NICAP, “The Ohio Searchlight Incident”; Patrick Gross, “The Norwood Searchlight Incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1441

Event 7625 (1CC1804A)

Date: 10/23/1949
Description: In Norwood, Hamilton County, Ohio outside of Cincinnati a black-and-white motion picture film was made showing a large disc-shaped craft hovering in a searchlight beam; it emitted five triangular or delta-shaped objects. The entire event began at 7:15 p.m., lasted over 210 minutes, and was witnessed by more than 50 people.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, p. 72; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 88
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7033

Event 7626 (34A967FE)

Date: 10/24/1949
Location: FT WILLIAM AND HYMERS, ONT
Description: Huge streak / fire. Does neat loop and vanishes / newspapers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1456

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “Ft WILLIAM+HYMERS,ONT:HUGE STREAK/FIRE:DOES NEAT LOOP AND VANISHES/NEWSPAPERS”, LatLong: “48.400002 -89.233338”, LatLongDMS: “48:24:00 N 89:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 7627 (7D0BCC63)

Date: 10/28/1949 (approximate)
Time: 06:30
Location: MONTECAROTTO, IT
Description: Several separate observer(s). 8M cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly NNE 200M overhead. Oak branches thrash. / r39p31.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1457

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MONTECAROTTO,IT:SVRL SEP.OBS:8M CGR>>NNE 200M OVHD:OAK BRANCHES THRASH:/r39p31”, LatLong: “43.527780 13.066667”, LatLongDMS: “43:31:40 N 13:04:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ancona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7628 (CB774326)

Date: 10/28/1949
Description: At six o’clock in the morning several independent observers in Montecarotto, Italy watched an eight meter long cigar-shaped object as it flew 100 meters overhead towards the north-northeast. Tree branches thrashed about as it passed by.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I (Periodo 1907-1953), p. 103
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7214

Event 7629 (AEEF938B)

Date: 10/30/1949
Location: Novato (10 miles N of), CA
Description: Observed a white round solid disc-shaped object that was approximately 50 feet in diameter. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 491030
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_638

Event 7630 (514EECFF)

Date: 11/1949
Description: Photographer Nicholas Van Poppen, an aerospace photography expert, tells Dr. George C. Tyler on 11/1949 he flew from Hollywood with Dr. Wang to the Los Alamos complex and sees and makes detailed photographs of a large disc-like object.
Type: witness statement
Reference: book “The UFO Crash at Aztec” by Steinman and Stevens
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_379
See also: 3/25/1948
See also: 4/1948

Event 7631 (C164747F)

Date: 11/1949
Location: BELGIUM, Brussels
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7:30 PM, Mr. Toussaint observed 6 red objects, rolling along the southern horizon at a speed of approximately 200km/h - elevation 40° on the horizon.
Reference: list by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt, Belgium.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1428

Event 7632 (464A4A81)

Date: 11/3/1949
Location: Baja (near), CA
Description: Donnelly Case, (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_639

Event 7633 (25C7C4AA)

Date: 11/3/1949
Locations: Pentagon; Los Alamos
Description: Joseph Kaplan brings the green fireball plan to the USAF Scientific Advisory Board at the Pentagon. By this time, he is convinced the fireballs are a rare type of meteor. But others are puzzled by the brightness, trajectories, and soundlessness, Kaplan says, “This high selectivity of direction seems to indicate that some group was trying to pinpoint Los Alamos with a new sort of weapon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 544
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1442

Event 7634 (2192E226)

Date: 11/3/1949
Description: Karl Taylor Compton resigns as chairman of the Research and Development Board around the same time that Lawrence R. Hafstad succeeds Lloyd Berkner as executive secretary.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Research and Development Board: Unanswered Questions,” IUR 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1443

Event 7635 (4758ACFA)

Date: 11/3/1949
Location: Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
Description: 11:00 a.m. USAF Capt. William H. Donnelly is driving south about 2 miles north of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, with a friend when he sees four objects to the east at a high altitude. All are oval and a metallic white color. They are constantly changing formation, moving up and down, back and forth. The objects continue to fly south rapidly and move in a horizontal line and disappear from sight in 20–40 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1444

Event 7636 (722AA289)

Date: 11/3/1949
Description: U.S. Air Force Captain W. Donnelly sighted a flight of four disc-shaped object north of Rosarita Beach, Baja California, Mexico. The objects had a cavorting flight formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Sullivan, CSI/LA investigation files, letter dated April 6, 1952; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7422

Event 7637 (6D334684)

Date: 11/7/1949
Location: Osborne, Kansas
Description: KANSAS OBSERVES THEIR ‘FLIP’. Delmar Remick and Erwin Legg of Osborne, saw a flying saucer in the air, a mile up and moving northwest, rapidly takin six or seven seconds to get out of sight. It moved with a little flip every half second.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_45

Event 7638 (1CBB3DA9)

Date: 11/11/1949
Location: Straights of Hormuz
Description: USN commander, others, see “light wheel” in water.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_49

Event 7639 (98948C34)

Date: 11/11/1949
Locations: Strait of Hormuz; Persian Gulf; Gulf of Oman
Description: 6:30 p.m. USNR Commander J. R. Bodler is in charge of a merchant vessel (possibly the USS Hemminger) in the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. He observes a huge, pulsating submarine light wheel, some 1,000–1,500 feet in diameter, one mile from his ship. It is revolving around an ill-defined center with streaks of light like searchlight beams moving counterclockwise “like the spokes of a gigantic wheel.” He thinks it is caused by natural phosphorescence, stimulated by some marine life.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. R. Bodler, “An Unexplained Phenomenon of the Sea,” US Naval Institute Proceedings 72 (January 1952): 66–67; Carl Feindt, waterufo.net
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1445

Event 7640 (075543D5)

Date: 11/14/1949
Location: GULF OF OMAN
Description: 1200’ circle / light nears ship. Spokes / light turn. 3 smaller ones after.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: UFO’s OVER THE AMERICAS; Signet Books, NY 1968. 243p. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1458

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GULF of OMAN:1200’ CCL/LITE NEARS SHIP:SPOKES/LITE TURN:3 SMALLER ONES AFTER”, LatLong: “25.000001 57.500003”, LatLongDMS: “25:00:00 N 57:30:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GOM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 7641 (B2F5D312)

Date: 11/16/1949
Time: 09:30
Location: OXFORD, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #510. Several farmers and more. Silent upright cylinder/cigar-shape makes 2 90-turns. 2’ diameter. 40mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1459

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “127”, HatchDesc: “OXFORD,MS:BBK#510:SVRL FARMERS+:SLNT UPRIGHT CGR MAKES 2 90-TURNS:2’diam:40mph”, LatLong: “34.366668 -89.500004”, LatLongDMS: “34:22:00 N 89:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7642 (DE959BB8)

Date: 11/16/1949
Time: 19:50
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Kids and Scientist. 2 blue-green night lights stationary. Then curve going north. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1460

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:KIDS+SCIENTIST:2 BLU-GRN NLTS STATIONARY:THEN CURVE>N:SILENT”, LatLong: “35.877779 -106.305561”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:40 N 106:18:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 7643 (364FB846)

Date: 11/18/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 123.9km attitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_381
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 123.9km

Event 7644 (C4274587)

Date: 11/18/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) V2 Launch #56 at 09:03, altitude 124 km. (November 18, 1949)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1427

Event 7645 (85A058CB)

Date: 11/18/1949
Time: 09:30
Location: SOUTH / RACELAND, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 4 observer(s). Shiny fuselage-cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly southwest. Makes 2 90-turns. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1461

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “S/RACELAND,LA:BBK#UNK:4 OBS:SHINY FUSELAGE-CGR >>SW:MAKES 2 90-TURNS:SILENT”, LatLong: “29.727779 -90.600004”, LatLongDMS: “29:43:40 N 90:36:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7646 (55490D4C)

Date: 11/18/1949
Time: 10:00
Location: BILOXI, MS
Description: Blue Book. 3 observer(s). Silent 200’ white cylinder/cigar-shape / 3000’ altitude. 50mph by hospital. Straight and level flight.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1462

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “BILOXI,MS:BBK:3 OBS:SLNT 200’WHT CGR/3000’alt:50mph BY HOSPITAL:S/L FLIGHT”, LatLong: “30.400001 -88.916671”, LatLongDMS: “30:24:00 N 88:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7647 (B74B06BE)

Date: 11/21/1949
Location: AKITA, HONSHU, JP
Description: Project Bluebook Case #501. F80 pilot. 60x20’ rectangle. 500mph. 30K’ altitude. No explanation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1463

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AKITA,HONSHU,JP:BBK#501:F80 PILOT:60x20’ RECTANGLE:500mph:30K’alt:NO EXPLAN.”, LatLong: “39.733335 140.133340”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 140:08:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7648 (B04C3FF1)

Date: 11/21/1949
Location: Akita, Honshu, Japan
Description: Rectangular object flying at 500 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_640

Event 7649 (71B80281)

Date: 11/21/1949
Description: An F-80 fighter pilot flying over Akita, Japan saw a rectangular-shaped UFO flying at 500 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, November 1949 report
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7762

Event 7650 (A677888E)

Date: 11/23/1949
Location: Hollywood, CA
Description: Frank Scully Variety article “Flying Saucers Dismantled, Secrets May Be Lost”
Type: publication
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_380

Event 7651 (93DC5226)

Date: 11/25/1949
Location: INEZ, TX
Description: Several observer(s). Cloud-saucer radiates heat and causes steam. Going quickly south. Seen / Edna, TX also.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1464

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “INEZ,TX:SVRL OBS:CLOUD-SCR RADIATES HEAT+CAUSES STEAM:>>S:SEEN/EDNA,TX also”, LatLong: “28.905557 -96.788894”, LatLongDMS: “28:54:20 N 96:47:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7652 (8AFD6885)

Date: 11/25/1949
Location: Mt. Palomar, CA
Description: Flying discs first observed near the observatory at Mt. Palomar. A recording geiger counter was so activated at the times of these sightings, that it went completely off scale (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 491125
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_641

Event 7653 (76C97D64)

Date: 11/25/1949
Description: In 1949 a cloud cigar-shaped object was sighted by three witnesses driving between Edna and Inez, Texas at 2:30 p.m. It flew off rapidly to the south toward Edna.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kenneth Arnold & Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, p. 145
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7899

Event 7654 (6767640F)

Date: 11/27/1949
Location: Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 5:49 p.m. Civil Aeronautics Administration Chief Controller W. W. Jones watches a blue-white fireball moving 5°–7° per second over Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Francis Ridge, “The Nuclear Connection Project: The New Mexico Sightings,” September 3, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1446

Event 7655 (6355A297)

Date: 11/27/1949
Locations: Kirtland AFB; McIntosh, New Mexico; Albuquerque
Description: 6:00 p.m. Kirtland AFB Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles E. Lancaster Jr. is driving near McIntosh, New Mexico, when he sees a green fireball descend near Albuquerque.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 77
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1447

Event 7656 (16B24909)

Date: 12/1949
Location: WA
Description: Donald Keyhoe publishes “The Flying Saucers are Real” in True Magazine
Type: publication
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_390

Event 7657 (5B9B5308)

Date: 12/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The popular magazine True publishes a series of articles in favor of the extraterrestrial explanation of UFO observations: according to well-informed sources, the UFOs that appeared some time ago in Scandinavia were interplanetary vehicles driven by men belonging to a different and more advanced civilization than ours.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_809

Event 7658 (2EA1286A)

Date: 12/1949
Description: Capt. Bernard Baruch Jr. suggests to Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg that UFOs be added to JANAP 146 as required reporting subjects and that civilian pilots report UFO sightings according to military chains of command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1448

Event 7659 (D1A96833)

Date: 12/1949
Location: New Jersey
Description: Air Force Jets fired on UFO over New Jersey.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_11

Event 7660 (566E82F0)

Date: 12/2/1949
End date: 12/3/1949
Locations: Hanford Site plutonium production facility; eastern Washington
Description: The US government releases radioactive fission products at the Hanford Site plutonium production facility in eastern Washington in an operation called Green Run. The radioisotopes are supposed to be detected by US Air Force reconnaissance. Sources cite 5,500–12,000 curies of iodine-131 are released and an even greater amount of xenon-133. The radiation is distributed over 500,000 acres encompassing three small towns and causes the cessation of intentional radioactive releases at Hanford until 1962, when more experiments commence. There are some indications that many other tests are conducted in the 1940s prior to Green Run, although this is a particularly large test. Evidence suggests that filters to remove the iodine are disabled during the test.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Green Run”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1449

Event 7661 (4AE029D4)

Date: 12/4/1949
Time: 17:00
Location: VOLTA REDONDA, BRZ
Description: 15M saucer going down. 2 pseudo-human/entity invite observer(s) / their planet. Returned 14 Apr. '50!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1465

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “231”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “VOLTA REDONDA,BRZ:15M SCR ↓:2 PSH INVITE OBS/THEIR PLANET:RETURNED 14APR50!”, LatLong: “-22.533334 -44.116669”, LatLongDMS: “22:32:00 S 44:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 7662 (ADBBF190)

Date: 12/4/1949
Location: Hammond (bet Covington and), LA
Description: C-47 Crew Encounters 600 MPH+ Silver Sphere (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 491204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_642

Event 7663 (7F81F446)

Date: 12/4/1949
Location: Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description: 5:00 p.m. Mario Restier is returning home from his father’s place in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he notices a disc land about 32–50 feet from the road. He hears a voice telling him not to be afraid and asking if he wants to know what it’s all about. Two beings about 5 feet 5 inches emerge from the UFO wearing togas and helmets. Restier asks them if they believe in God, and they answer, “God is one.” Encouraged, he enters the craft where he is offered a trip, put in a tub filled with liquid, and taken on a trip to a city on another world. He is shown a screen that depicts human nature, ambitions, and violence. After about 6 hours, he is returned to the spot where he was abducted. Returning to his father’s house, he finds it is April 14, 1950, and has lost nearly four months of earth time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brazil 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1450

Event 7664 (64033C5C)

Date: 12/4/1949
Description: A 23-year-old man named Restier was driving home from Barra Mansa to Volta Redonda, Brazil at around 5:00 a.m. when he saw a 15-meter diameter disc land near the highway. Two beings came out, who looked human and were 1.65 meters tall but acted robotic in many ways. He claimed he went with them on an otherworld journey, during which he was put into a tub of liquid for the duration. After what seemed like three days he was returned, but the elapsed time had actually been four months (the return date was April 14th, 1950).
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0155, citing Walter Buhler, SBEDV Bulletin, April 1968, p. 15; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8171

Event 7665 (94C300AC)

Date: 12/8/1949
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: Nominal V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, Reaches 130.3km attitude
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_382
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 130.3km

Event 7666 (CF6B4FE4)

Date: 12/8/1949
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) At 00:15, launch of V2 No. 31, altitude 127 km (GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, General Electric 09/1959 and Nieuwenhuis H. 1988, 17) “Albert IV” the monkey is the last to be launched by a V2. The parachute does not work. (December 8, 1949)
Reference: Inforespace No. 49, 1980, p. 14, 15 which dates this to December 12
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1429

Event 7667 (3E2C3BA4)

Date: 12/13/1949
Time: 20:10
Location: ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: OSI agent. Object / 15km altitude. Stops / 5 minute(s). Changes color(s). Shoots flames. Going quickly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1466

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1351”, HatchDesc: “ALAMOGORDO,NM:OSI AGENT:OBJ/15km alt:STOPS/5min:CHANGES CLRS:SHOOTS FLAMES:>>”, LatLong: “32.850002 -105.966672”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 105:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15000”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7668 (54B98F03)

Date: 12/13/1949
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Unknown Aerial Phenomenon Sighted (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 491213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_643

Event 7669 (DD8A24CF)

Date: 12/17/1949 (approximate)
Location: PUGET SOUND, WA
Description: 2 / Seattle to/from/between Victoria ferry. Night light zigzags going northwest. No plane. Spirals going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1467

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PUGET SOUND,WA:2/SEATTLE<>VICTORIA FERRY:NLT ZIGZAGS>NW:NO PLANE:SPIRALS ↑”, LatLong: “48.000002 -122.666673”, LatLongDMS: “48:00:00 N 122:40:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 7670 (DBB935F7)

Date: 12/17/1949
Description: On this evening in 1949 two witnesses aboard a ferry in Puget Sound bound for Victoria, British Columbia from Seattle, Washington saw a nocturnal light zigzagging in the sky toward the northwest. It spiralled up into the night sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1949 (volume 2), p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8456

Event 7671 (2DC3488C)

Date: 12/20/1949
Description: Following consideration by the Defense Department’s Research and Development Board, Joseph Kaplan’s green fireball project is approved by AMC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. B. G. Holzman, “Light Phenomena,” December 20, 1949; Brad Sparks and Jerome Clark, “The Southwestern Lights, Part Three,” IUR 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1985): 16; Clark III 544
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1451

Event 7672 (6B9D6898)

Date: 12/24/1949
Time: 18:00?
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Blue Book. F51 chases / classic domed saucer. F81 crash lands. Saucer departs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1468

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “ANDREWS AFB,MD:BBK:F51 CHASES/CLASSIC DOMED SCR:F81 CRASH LANDS:SCR DEPARTS”, LatLong: “38.816669 -76.883337”, LatLongDMS: “38:49:00 N 76:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7673 (FE9169EB)

Date: 12/24/1949
Description: The January 1950 issue of True magazine is published, with Donald Keyhoe’s article, “The Flying Saucers Are Real.” Keyhoe argues that the Air Force knows UFOs are real, alien, and covering up information from the public in order to avoid panic: “For the past 175 years, the planet Earth has been under systematic close- range examination by living, intelligent observers from another planet.” The Air Force finds itself buried in letters, telegrams, and phone calls demanding information about flying saucers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, “The Flying Saucers Are Real,” True, January 1950, pp. 11–13, 83–87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1452

Event 7674 (3A052B41)

Date: 12/25/1949
Location: ISRAEL, Tel-Aviv
Description: (Translated from French) Uri Geller, then aged 3, saw a large, shining, saucer-shaped object in the sky above him. He also saw, in the garden, a very large radiant figure with no discernible face, only a radiant form. This is the beginning of Uri Geller’s story with all that surrounds the character. (1949, 25 December)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1430

Event 7675 (25726E88)

Date: 12/27/1949
Description: USAF Project “Saucer” closed
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_105

Event 7676 (2AAA4F05)

Date: 12/27/1949
Location: US
Description: Project Grudge report released: Explained away all reports to date as delusions, hysteria, hoaxes and crackpot reports. Announcement that project had disbanded.
Type: report released
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_860

Event 7677 (D3B162A7)

Date: 12/27/1949
Description: (Translated from French) The annual 629-49 US-AF report of the Grudge project based on the Hynek’s report of April 30th states: Flying saucers do not exist, summarizing the technical report that closes the Grudge project (102-AC-49/15-100 UFO\PG Grudge Report): - of 237 cases, there are still 23% of observations that we cannot explain, but to which we must nevertheless find an explanation because we do not believe in flying saucers. And the report concludes with the need to reduce the study. (December 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_810

Event 7678 (27BD769A)

Date: 12/27/1949
Description: USAF announces that Project Grudge is terminated. Its files are put into storage. The Grudge report is released again, reiterating that UFOs are the “result of (1) misinterpretations of various conventional objects; (2) a mild form of mass hysteria; or (3) hoaxes.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 932–933
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1453

Event 7679 (1D9D278A)

Date: 12/28/1949
Location: Richmond, VA
Description: Richmond VA area: Radio play about a crashed saucer with 12 dead midget crewmen
Type: radio show
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_383

Event 7680 (529E7B64)

Date: 12/28/1949
Time: 13:20
Location: LANGLEY FIELD, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #520. Military observer(s). White curvy cone. 20’ high. Tip slowly oscillates.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1469

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “78”, HatchDesc: “LANGLEY FIELD,VA:BBK#520:MIL OBS:WHT CURVY CONE:20’HI:TIP SLOWLY OSCILLATES”, LatLong: “37.083335 -76.350004”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 76:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7681 (F6E7BF42)

Date: 12/28/1949
Time: 16:30
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Description: Huge silver saucer dives / sky. Very high and large. Private pilots can’t catch up.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1470

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTEVILLE,NC:HUGE SLVR SCR DIVES/SKY:VERY HI+LARGE:PVT PILOTS CANT CATCH UP”, LatLong: “35.050002 -78.866670”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 78:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7682 (3A5F46A4)

Date: 12/28/1949
Time: 17:00
Location: GREENWOOD, SC
Description: Several observer(s). “Fluor-light tube” hovers / 30 minute(s). Changes shape. Terrific speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1471

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “203”, HatchDesc: “GREENWOOD,SC:SVRL OBS:“FLUOR-LITE TUBE” HVRS/30min:CHANGES SHAPE:TERRIFIC SPD”, LatLong: “34.194446 -82.161115”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:40 N 82:09:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 7683 (D57C310E)

Date: 12/28/1949
Time: 17:00
Location: NEWBERRY, SC
Description: 10+observer(s). Slender shiny cylinder/cigar-shape. Slow level flight. Veers off and gently rises.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’S a HISTORY 1949: 3 books: 1988 & 2000 2001 Supplements. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1472

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “153”, HatchDesc: “NEWBERRY,SC:10+OBS:SLENDER SHINY CGR:SLOW LEVEL FLITE:VEERS OFF+GENTLY RISES:”, LatLong: “34.272224 -81.616671”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:20 N 81:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 7684 (F2F8981F)

Date: 12/29/1949
Location: Greenwood (Bet Hamlet and), NC
Description: Blimp-shaped object outdistance the [4?] planes at high speed. (Project 1947; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 491229
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_644

Event 7685 (151C92F6)

Date: 12/30/1949
Location: US
Description: Major Jeremiah Boggs, Air Force Intelligence, said that some pilots had fired at UFOs to bring them down for closer examination.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_12

Event 7686 (E19D3A3C)

Date: 12/31/1949
Description: Newspaper articles on a crash saucer “almost 3 years ago”, research program, exotic metals defying analysis, small occupants, very high technology, acclimation program references. There are 2 years, 5 months, 23 days between 7/8/1947 and 12/31/1949.
Type: newspaper articles
Reference: link
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_384

Event 7687 (48B2A22E)

Date: 12/31/1949
Time: 22:00?
Location: 15 NM NORTH / DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: Silver saucer hovers / 15 minute(s). Going quickly northeast / 500mph when 3 B29s near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1950 (4+books) 1989+2000 Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_1473

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “850”, HatchDesc: “15nm N/DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:SLVR SCR HVRS/15min:>>NE/500mph WHEN 3 B29s NEAR”, LatLong: “32.416668 -110.883339”, LatLongDMS: “32:25:00 N 110:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

[c0mmando]

---

Year Histogram

• 0, 1
• 34, 2
• 61, 1
• 66, 1
• 70, 3
• 80, 3
• 98, 1
• 180, 1
• 187, 1
• 189, 1
• 193, 1
• 195, 1
• 200, 1
• 235, 3
• 240, 1
• 251, 3
• 260, 1
• 300, 1
• 314, 2
• 317, 1
• 334, 1
• 350, 1
• 351, 1
• 393, 1
• 394, 1
• 396, 1
• 436, 1
• 438, 1
• 457, 1
• 460, 1
• 497, 1
• 500, 1
• 507, 1
• 540, 2
• 549, 1
• 575, 1
• 577, 1
• 584, 1
• 585, 2
• 587, 1
• 596, 1
• 597, 1
• 637, 1
• 640, 1
• 642, 1
• 655, 1
• 661, 2
• 664, 2
• 666, 1
• 670, 1
• 675, 1
• 679, 1
• 680, 1
• 682, 3
• 684, 1
• 692, 2
• 698, 1
• 729, 1
• 741, 1
• 746, 1
• 749, 1
• 760, 2
• 773, 1
• 776, 3
• 789, 1
• 793, 2
• 796, 1
• 800, 1
• 807, 1
• 810, 1
• 811, 1
• 812, 1
• 813, 1
• 814, 4
• 815, 1
• 817, 1
• 827, 2
• 840, 3
• 842, 1
• 848, 1
• 877, 1
• 879, 2
• 880, 1
• 881, 1
• 900, 1
• 905, 2
• 919, 3
• 922, 1
• 927, 4
• 934, 1
• 940, 2
• 944, 1
• 950, 2
• 966, 1
• 967, 1
• 970, 1
• 979, 1
• 989, 6
• 998, 1
• 999, 1
• 1001, 1
• 1010, 1
• 1015, 3
• 1023, 1
• 1027, 1
• 1034, 3
• 1036, 1
• 1045, 1
• 1050, 1
• 1054, 2
• 1059, 1
• 1067, 2
• 1071, 1
• 1085, 1
• 1092, 1
• 1096, 2
• 1098, 2
• 1100, 2
• 1104, 2
• 1110, 1
• 1113, 1
• 1123, 1
• 1125, 1
• 1130, 2
• 1133, 2
• 1138, 1
• 1142, 1
• 1155, 1
• 1160, 1
• 1161, 1
• 1167, 1
• 1169, 1
• 1170, 2
• 1171, 1
• 1178, 1
• 1180, 4
• 1182, 1
• 1185, 1
• 1186, 2
• 1189, 1
• 1193, 1
• 1200, 3
• 1211, 1
• 1212, 1
• 1218, 2
• 1222, 1
• 1224, 2
• 1232, 2
• 1235, 4
• 1237, 1
• 1239, 2
• 1252, 1
• 1253, 1
• 1254, 4
• 1258, 1
• 1260, 1
• 1265, 1
• 1269, 3
• 1270, 1
• 1271, 3
• 1273, 1
• 1277, 2
• 1284, 1
• 1290, 2
• 1294, 1
• 1295, 1
• 1296, 1
• 1299, 1
• 1300, 2
• 1320, 1
• 1322, 3
• 1347, 1
• 1349, 2
• 1352, 1
• 1355, 2
• 1360, 1
• 1361, 4
• 1368, 1
• 1382, 1
• 1384, 1
• 1385, 1
• 1387, 2
• 1388, 3
• 1389, 2
• 1390, 2
• 1394, 4
• 1395, 2
• 1400, 1
• 1408, 1
• 1415, 2
• 1420, 2
• 1422, 1
• 1425, 1
• 1428, 4
• 1430, 1
• 1433, 2
• 1444, 1
• 1449, 1
• 1453, 1
• 1456, 1
• 1458, 5
• 1461, 7
• 1463, 1
• 1465, 1
• 1468, 4
• 1477, 1
• 1478, 1
• 1479, 1
• 1482, 1
• 1487, 1
• 1491, 4
• 1492, 3
• 1493, 2
• 1494, 1
• 1498, 1
• 1499, 1
• 1501, 1
• 1504, 1
• 1509, 2
• 1513, 1
• 1517, 3
• 1518, 1
• 1520, 3
• 1521, 1
• 1523, 3
• 1526, 1
• 1528, 5
• 1529, 1
• 1533, 1
• 1535, 1
• 1536, 1
• 1537, 2
• 1538, 1
• 1543, 1
• 1544, 2
• 1546, 1
• 1547, 5
• 1548, 2
• 1550, 2
• 1551, 5
• 1552, 1
• 1553, 2
• 1554, 5
• 1555, 1
• 1557, 3
• 1561, 5
• 1563, 2
• 1564, 3
• 1566, 5
• 1567, 2
• 1568, 2
• 1569, 3
• 1571, 4
• 1572, 4
• 1574, 1
• 1575, 3
• 1576, 1
• 1577, 2
• 1578, 2
• 1579, 1
• 1580, 3
• 1586, 3
• 1587, 1
• 1589, 1
• 1590, 1
• 1591, 1
• 1592, 1
• 1593, 1
• 1595, 1
• 1600, 1
• 1603, 1
• 1606, 5
• 1608, 6
• 1609, 1
• 1612, 1
• 1613, 1
• 1614, 3
• 1619, 3
• 1620, 4
• 1621, 8
• 1624, 1
• 1626, 1
• 1628, 1
• 1629, 1
• 1634, 1
• 1635, 1
• 1636, 1
• 1637, 1
• 1638, 3
• 1639, 4
• 1640, 1
• 1641, 4
• 1642, 1
• 1644, 3
• 1645, 2
• 1646, 5
• 1648, 1
• 1650, 2
• 1651, 1
• 1652, 1
• 1655, 1
• 1656, 1
• 1659, 1
• 1660, 13
• 1661, 9
• 1662, 2
• 1663, 7
• 1665, 4
• 1666, 2
• 1667, 3
• 1670, 1
• 1671, 1
• 1672, 6
• 1674, 1
• 1676, 3
• 1677, 3
• 1678, 2
• 1680, 2
• 1684, 1
• 1685, 1
• 1686, 5
• 1687, 1
• 1688, 2
• 1689, 1
• 1692, 3
• 1693, 3
• 1694, 2
• 1696, 2
• 1697, 2
• 1699, 2
• 1700, 4
• 1701, 1
• 1702, 2
• 1704, 1
• 1707, 4
• 1709, 4
• 1710, 2
• 1712, 1
• 1716, 4
• 1717, 2
• 1718, 1
• 1719, 2
• 1720, 1
• 1721, 1
• 1722, 1
• 1726, 4
• 1728, 1
• 1729, 2
• 1730, 1
• 1731, 3
• 1733, 1
• 1735, 1
• 1736, 1
• 1737, 8
• 1739, 1
• 1740, 3
• 1741, 4
• 1742, 2
• 1743, 6
• 1744, 4
• 1745, 3
• 1748, 1
• 1749, 4
• 1752, 9
• 1753, 3
• 1754, 1
• 1755, 2
• 1756, 3
• 1757, 2
• 1758, 3
• 1759, 6
• 1761, 4
• 1762, 7
• 1763, 1
• 1764, 3
• 1765, 1
• 1766, 1
• 1767, 5
• 1768, 4
• 1769, 3
• 1772, 1
• 1775, 1
• 1777, 5
• 1778, 1
• 1779, 1
• 1780, 4
• 1781, 1
• 1782, 11
• 1783, 5
• 1784, 21
• 1785, 8
• 1786, 2
• 1787, 1
• 1788, 2
• 1789, 2
• 1790, 3
• 1791, 2
• 1792, 1
• 1793, 6
• 1794, 4
• 1795, 3
• 1796, 3
• 1797, 2
• 1798, 5
• 1799, 5
• 1800, 3
• 1801, 2
• 1802, 5
• 1803, 6
• 1804, 4
• 1805, 1
• 1806, 5
• 1807, 4
• 1808, 8
• 1809, 5
• 1810, 3
• 1811, 3
• 1812, 7
• 1813, 4
• 1814, 3
• 1815, 1
• 1816, 3
• 1817, 2
• 1818, 2
• 1819, 9
• 1820, 11
• 1821, 3
• 1822, 4
• 1823, 3
• 1824, 3
• 1825, 4
• 1826, 4
• 1827, 2
• 1828, 4
• 1829, 2
• 1830, 2
• 1831, 1
• 1832, 6
• 1833, 7
• 1834, 3
• 1835, 6
• 1836, 9
• 1837, 11
• 1838, 11
• 1839, 3
• 1840, 2
• 1841, 1
• 1842, 6
• 1843, 7
• 1844, 4
• 1845, 15
• 1846, 8
• 1847, 9
• 1848, 9
• 1849, 10
• 1850, 14
• 1851, 2
• 1852, 6
• 1853, 2
• 1854, 2
• 1855, 8
• 1857, 1
• 1858, 3
• 1859, 4
• 1860, 17
• 1861, 4
• 1862, 4
• 1863, 6
• 1864, 4
• 1865, 8
• 1866, 4
• 1867, 4
• 1868, 14
• 1869, 11
• 1870, 18
• 1871, 11
• 1872, 10
• 1873, 12
• 1874, 10
• 1875, 6
• 1876, 6
• 1877, 16
• 1878, 11
• 1879, 13
• 1880, 40
• 1881, 13
• 1882, 12
• 1883, 21
• 1884, 10
• 1885, 19
• 1886, 12
• 1887, 10
• 1888, 7
• 1889, 8
• 1890, 5
• 1891, 8
• 1892, 12
• 1893, 7
• 1894, 9
• 1895, 10
• 1896, 83
• 1897, 412
• 1898, 19
• 1899, 16
• 1900, 13
• 1901, 14
• 1902, 14
• 1903, 14
• 1904, 19
• 1905, 24
• 1906, 19
• 1907, 18
• 1908, 58
• 1909, 204
• 1910, 56
• 1911, 8
• 1912, 25
• 1913, 73
• 1914, 59
• 1915, 34
• 1916, 49
• 1917, 53
• 1918, 16
• 1919, 24
• 1920, 30
• 1921, 14
• 1922, 18
• 1923, 16
• 1924, 18
• 1925, 13
• 1926, 30
• 1927, 35
• 1928, 23
• 1929, 21
• 1930, 28
• 1931, 40
• 1932, 36
• 1933, 59
• 1934, 49
• 1935, 41
• 1936, 34
• 1937, 44
• 1938, 53
• 1939, 41
• 1940, 43
• 1941, 54
• 1942, 149
• 1943, 125
• 1944, 264
• 1945, 288
• 1946, 412
• 1947, 1658
• 1948, 549
• 1949, 653