UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 2: 1950 up to and including 1959

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LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10828 (BF57C80B)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: OVER DENVER, CO
Description: 3 pilots. Night light going SSE. 2 more going west return going quickly east. All / 3000mph. / r242p158.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2334

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1580”, HatchDesc: “ovr DENVER,CO:3 PILOTS:NLT> SSE:2 MORE> W RETURN>>E:ALL/3000mph:/r242p158”, LatLong: “39.733335 -104.983338”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 104:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 10829 (3EF57648)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: LOCKBOURNE, OH
Description: ANG men and many. Night light maneuvers. Vanishes when planes near. Back 18-23 Jul. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2335

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “10”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “LOCKBOURNE,OH:ANG MEN+MANY:NLT MNVRS:VANISHES WHEN PLANES NEAR:BACK 18-23JLY52”, LatLong: “39.816669 -82.966671”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:00 N 82:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10830 (6B3B57C1)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: LAKE ERIE EAST / SANDUSKY, OH
Description: Private pilot. 55m saucer seen near United Airlines (UAL) airliner. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2336

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “174”, HatchDesc: “LAKE ERIE E/SANDUSKY,OH:PRIVATE PILOT:55m SCR SEEN nr UAL AIRLINER:NFD”, LatLong: “41.466669 -82.533337”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 82:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10831 (A7C8D18F)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: MATANZAS, CUBA
Description: 1 observer. Shadow / ground. Saucer overhead tilted vertical. Going up [to] 400M and turns horizontal.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2337

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MATANZAS,CUBA:1 OBS:SHADOW/GND:SCR OVHD TILTED VERTICAL:↑ 400M+TURNS HORZNTL”, LatLong: “23.038890 -81.583337”, LatLongDMS: “23:02:20 N 81:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CUB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10832 (355F1180)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: YARMOUTH HARBOUR, NS
Description: FBI report. Several silver half and full circles in formations. All vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2338

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “YARMOUTH HARBOUR,NS:FBI RPT:SVRL SLVR HALF+FULL CIRCLES/FORMNs:ALL VANISH”, LatLong: “43.833335 -66.133336”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:00 N 66:08:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10833 (B1140DAA)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: BELAN-SUR-OURCE, FR
Description: Whirlwind. 2 saucers separate. 1 going quickly west. 1 going quickly east. Wind stops oddly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2339

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: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “BELAN-sur-OURCE,FR:WHIRLWIND:2 SCRs SEPARATE:1>>W:1>>E:WIND STOPS ODDLY:NFD”, LatLong: “47.966669 4.661111”, LatLongDMS: “47:58:00 N 04:39:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Côte-d’Or”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10834 (0188CC54)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: BALLIETTSVILLE, PA
Description: 2 women. 2 red glowing-balls follow plane across sky. Plane type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 876)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2340

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “BALLIETTSVILLE,PA:2 WOMEN:2 RED GLOW-BALLS FOLO PLANE ACS SKY:plane type unkn”, LatLong: “40.677780 -75.572226”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:40 N 75:34:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10835 (AC117F64)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 15:10
Location: WHITE PLAINS, NY
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers with bright rims. Soft sounds. Female voices heard!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2341

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “WHITE PLAINS,NY:1 OBS:2 SCRS W/BRITE RIMS:SOFT SOUNDS:FEMALE VOICES HEARD!”, LatLong: “41.050002 -73.766670”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:00 N 73:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 10836 (4D6D09AC)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: TSUIKI AB, JPN
Description: 2 / theodolite. 12 white objects check out weather balloon. Shape unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2342

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TSUIKI AB,JPN:2/THEODOLITE:12 WHT OBJs CHECK OUT WEATHER BALLOON:SHAPE UNK”, LatLong: “33.666668 131.050006”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:00 N 131:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10837 (8C192A51)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / SALEM, OH
Description: Several observer(s). 2 flat glowing-saucers seen 2200-2400 hours. Fly in formation / high altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 874)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2343

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “N/SALEM,OH:SVRL OBS:2 FLAT GLOW-SCRS SEEN 2200-2400 hrs:FLY/FORMn/hi alt”, LatLong: “40.966669 -80.855559”, LatLongDMS: “40:58:00 N 80:51:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 10838 (A9C28325)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: VERONICA, ARG
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). 6 saucers maneuver and circle town. No further details. / r11p312+/ r198p66+/ r136#2p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “VERONICA,ARG:100s/OBS:6 SCRS MNVR+CCL TOWN:NFD:/r11p312+/r198p66+/r136#2p62”, LatLong: “-35.400002 -57.366669”, LatLongDMS: “35:24:00 S 57:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10839 (429E2E7B)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST / RAPID CITY, SD
Description: Airmen / drive-in. Several saucers going quickly south over Air Force Base. Straight and level and same altitude. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 875)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2345

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “980”, HatchDesc: “E/RAPID CITY,SD:AIRMEN/DRIVE-IN:SVRL SCRS >>S OVR AFB:S/L+SAME ALT:sep.obs”, LatLong: “44.083335 -103.033338”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:00 N 103:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10840 (0A514022)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Batesville, MS
Description: State Highway Patrolmen observed two or three round blue flourescent colored objects approximately 100 feet in diamter. The objects were observed for approximately 30 minutes. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1119

Event 10841 (F0157863)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: White Plains, NY
Description: 2 round objects, bluish white with brighter rims, fly in formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1502)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1120

Event 10842 (13943F25)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Amber-colored elliptical-shaped object with a small flame (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1476)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1121

Event 10843 (D0DE32E8)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Rapid City, SD
Description: Military (USAF?) witness(es). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1479)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1122

Event 10844 (CAA6B691)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Tsuiki Air Base, Kyushu, Japan
Description: A formation of twelve circular luminous objects moving in the same direction as balloons just released (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1123

Event 10845 (6130E373)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 3:10 PM
Location: White Plains, New York
Description: Witness: Mrs. Florence Daley. Two round objects, bluish-white with brighter rims, flew in formation, making a sound like bombers, only softer. Note: Later, the witness stated she heard many feminine voices coming from the objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_174

Event 10846 (726B83D7)

Date: 7/17/1952
Time: 11 AM
Location: Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: Witness: Air National Guard employees. One light like a big star was seen for 3 hours, but disappeared when an aircraft approached. Also seen the night of July 20, 22 and 23.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_175

Event 10847 (4837DFC1)

Date: 7/17/1952
Location: Yarmouth Harbour, Nova Scotia
Description: 6:30 p.m. A woman leaving Yarmouth Harbour, Nova Scotia, on the SS Yarmouth watches seven silvery objects in an inverted triangular formation for 2 minutes. They hover momentarily, descend slowly, and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 268–269
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1910

Event 10848 (12DA566E)

Date: 7/17/1952
Alternate date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Lockbourne AFB; Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base; Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: 10:10 p.m. T/Sgt. Thurman C. Mahone and A/3c Gene A. Jennings at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio, see an amber-colored, elliptical-shaped object with a small flame at the rear, periodically increasing in brightness. It moves swiftly, giving off a resonant beating sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 18, 1952: Lockbourne, Ohio”; Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1911

Event 10849 (CD6CFAA4)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At ten minutes after midnight on State Route 33 in St. Paul, Minnesota four two-foot diameter discs flew through a lightning storm at only 200 feet altitude, making sharp turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: June-July 20th, p. 59
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4117

Event 10850 (4863E4CB)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 11:00 a.m. an elliptical object was sighted from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio with a pinpoint of flame at the rear that would occasionally flare. The object had a resonant beat as it moved through the sky at high speed. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1476
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4118

Event 10851 (F40D6054)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At the same time as the Lockbourne AFB sighting, a pilot for United Airlines flying over Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio saw a saucer-shaped object pacing his airliner.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4119

Event 10852 (0FA61BF9)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 2 o’clock in the afternoon two red glowing spheres followed a plane across the sky in Balliettsville, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2360
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4120

Event 10853 (1B5CB8B0)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: At 3:10 p.m. a woman saw two large flying discs over White Plains, New York flying on their edge and making a whirring sound. They were in sight for 5-6 seconds. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1502
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4121

Event 10854 (38CB0B77)

Date: 7/17/1952
Description: In the evening a Master Sergeant near Rapid City, South Dakota saw 12-14 glowing orange objects in the sky. They flew straight and level, and seemed to be going faster than jet aircraft. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1479
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4122

Event 10855 (9406A086)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: FRANCE, Lac Chauvet (Puy-de-Dôme)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Frégnale, an engineer, took a series of four photos of an object of metallic appearance, reflecting the sun’s rays on its edge, of lenticular shape, moving from west to east, around 6:00 pm flying at about 1000m altitude. At the moment of the object’s disappearance, the witness had the impression that it disintegrated. (Henry DURRANT: “Le dossier des OVNI” - Laffont 1973 - p.269-270 and photographic insert) (Science et Avenir n° 307 -1972.) An engineer, André Frégnale, sees a disc-shaped object silently and at a constant speed pass through the sky. He takes four photos of it, then, through binoculars, sees it disappear as if it were vanishing on the spot.
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “Le dossier secret des OVNI”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p. 127, 128
Reference: Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1633

Event 10856 (C208A618)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) George von Tassel receives a telepathic message from the commander of the space fleet, ASHTAR, warning him against nuclear power and the H-bomb. Von Tassel is tasked with delivering the message to President Truman.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: follow-up on August 24, 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1634

Event 10857 (A05C0A74)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: France, Pouilly and Vénarey lès Laumes
Description: (Translated from French) At 6 pm, the inhabitants reported seeing a fuselage without wings or protuberances, emitting at regular intervals a brief and violent flashing and giving rise to a very thick white smoke dissipating quickly. The witnesses describe this fuselage as having an apparent length of 30 m, being in a vertical position and being accompanied by a fairly loud rumble. (1952, July 18 or 19)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE - Jeanine VALLEE: “The Unusual Phenomena of Space”, ed. bound LAFFONT 1978, p. 76
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1635

Event 10858 (D48F2FF7)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Miami (Florida), E. R. Raymer and his daughter observed a silver ball flying very quickly in a direction perpendicular to the wind direction for 10s. (11 h)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1483 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1113

Event 10859 (229DA551)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Denver (Co.), a pilot of American Airlines observed unidentified lights moving quickly back and forth.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1114

Event 10860 (6084575E)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Patrick Air Force Base (Florida), 2 officers, weather personnel, and various other people saw 4 amber-colored lights performing circles around the base’s field.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1115

Event 10861 (39D1D491)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Chauvet Lake (Puy-de-Dôme), observation of André Frégnale. (18 h 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1116

Event 10862 (7922ADA1)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Lockbourne (Ohio) USAF base, Sergeant/T Mahone and A/3c Jennings observe an amber-colored elliptical object with a small flame at the back, believed to be periodically luminescent. The object moves very quickly for 1 minute and 30 seconds, emitting resonant thumping sounds. (21 h 10)
Reference: case Blue Book #1482 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1117

Event 10863 (8C460F3A)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Patrick (Florida), 3 USAF officers and 4 other men observed for 1 hour a series of red-orange lights remaining stationary and maneuvering in various directions. (21 h 45)
Reference: case Blue Book #1485 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1118

Event 10864 (3401F4AD)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A sailor by the name of NewHouse films a squadron of unknown flying objects. Despite the pressures of the CIA (according to Donald Keyhoe), the hypothesis of a hoax is ruled out.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1119

Event 10865 (96BC3E9A)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Many UFOs are seen or detected by radar at the Andrews base.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1120

Event 10866 (B21C7B88)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: SOMETHING TO FLYING SAUCERS, SAYS AF. The Air Force admitted that people actually see something when they report flying saucers and said some of the unexplainable objects traveling at speeds up to 2,000 mph have been tracked by radar. This statement of Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Operation Blue Book, the AF group studying reports of unidentified objects. Ruppelt said jet fighters with the very latest radar have been sent aloft to make contact, but all efforts to catch the objects failed. Of 1,000 investigated reports, Ruppelt said, 38% were meteors or other heavenly bodies, 13% were balloons, 22% birds or aircraft, 2% hoaxes, and 25% were unexplained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_218

Event 10867 (B6E71C69)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: MYSTERY CLOUDS FATE OF DESERT COUPLE. Rains of the past year have wiped out two sets of footprints which were left by a young couple who landed their small plane and walked away never to be seen again. Klaus Martens, 28, a scientist who had worked on phases of the hydrogen bomb project, and Marajune Walker, 23, took off from Pasadena, Calif., and landed a few hours later, on the desert 35 miles southeast of here on June 15, 1951. The plane was found 15 days later in perfect condition with a note left in the cockpit saying they were heading west. Their tracks veered occasionally, but went towards the Black Head mountain range then turned southward toward the Mexican border and disappeared. Officials are puzzled over their disappearance because they certainly weren’t lost! They crossed two highways on the journey before disappearing completely.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_219

Event 10868 (A25C35B0)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Denver, CO
Description: The New York Times. THAT MEANS 150 WERE SAUCERS.. Four flying objects moving at terrific speed over Denver, Colo., were sighted by Captain Paul L. Carpenter of American Airlines and his crew. The objects had a yellow tinge. They were traveling at about 3,000 miles an hour at an altitude of 23,000 to 30,000 feet. An Air Force officer at Dayton, Ohio, assigned to the investigation said he had received about 1,000 reports of flying saucers, and 15% could not be explained.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_220

Event 10869 (132C3319)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Patrick AFB, FL
Description: Four lights near airfield; exceptional 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_103

Event 10870 (9B2817D7)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: HYATTSVILLE, MD
Description: Radio engineer. 6-7 orange disks curve up and away / sequence. / r242p160.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 852)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2346

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: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “HYATTSVILLE,MD:RADIO ENGINEER:6-7 ORG DISKS CURVE UP+AWAY/SEQUENCE:/r242p160”, LatLong: “38.955557 -76.944448”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:20 N 76:56:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10871 (143CBDC0)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: NEAR DENVER, CO
Description: AAL pilot. 4 night lights race past. 25K’ altitude. 180-turns. 3000+MPH! / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2347

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1580”, HatchDesc: “nr DENVER,CO:AAL PILOT:4 NLTS RACE PAST:25K’alt:180-TURNS:3000+MPH!:/r242p35”, LatLong: “39.966669 -105.000005”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 105:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “7500”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 10872 (A1DF84AE)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: TACHIKAWA GOING QUICKLY [TO] OSHIMA, JPN
Description: 2 / C54 plane. Rectangular clearing / clouds. Cloud saucer inside!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2348

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “TACHIKAWA>>OSHIMA,JPN:2/C54 PLANE:RECT. CLEARING/CLOUDS:CLOUD SCR INSIDE!”, LatLong: “35.733335 139.500007”, LatLongDMS: “35:44:00 N 139:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 10873 (A73F76B3)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). Opaque silver bubble flies fast at right angles to wind direction / 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2349

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, 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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:2 OBS:OPAQUE SLVR BUBBLE FLIES FAST at RIGHT ANGLES to WIND DIR/10sec”, LatLong: “25.805557 -80.183337”, LatLongDMS: “25:48:20 N 80:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10874 (06207957)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: WHEELING, WVA
Description: 2 observer(s). “Weird roaring whirling flat object / sky”. Newspapers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2350

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “WHEELING,WVa:2 OBS:“WEIRD ROARING WHIRLING FLAT OBJ/SKY”:NEWSPAPERS”, LatLong: “40.066669 -80.683337”, LatLongDMS: “40:04:00 N 80:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10875 (00B00EB6)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: WEST NEW BRIGHTON AND MANHATTAN, NY
Description: 3+observer(s). 5 large saucers / V formation / red rims. Southwest going quickly northeast. / r136#2p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2351

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “W.NEW BRIGHTON+MANHATTAN,NY:3+OBS:5 LRG SCRS/VFORM/RED RIMS:SW>>NE:/r136#2p64”, LatLong: “40.627780 -74.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:37:40 N 74:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10876 (1D8FC9CD)

Date: 7/18/1952 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: POUILLY AND VENAREY, FR
Description: 30M vertical cloud-cylinder/cigar-shape. Regular brief lights. Thick white smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2352

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “POUILLY+VENAREY,FR:30M VERT CLOUD-CGR:REGULAR BRIEF LITES:THICK WHT SMOKE”, LatLong: “47.538891 5.433334”, LatLongDMS: “47:32:20 N 05:26:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Saône”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 10877 (FE35C0A8)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: LAC CHAUVET, FR
Description: Engineer / (seen thru) binoculars. Saucer going quickly east straight and level. Photographs test genuine see / r48+/ r97#54.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2353

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Lac CHAUVET,FR:ENGINEER/BINOCS:SCR >>E S/L:FOTOS TEST GENUINE see /r48+/r97#54”, LatLong: “45.461113 2.833333”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:40 N 02:50:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10878 (A55F34FA)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: FRONT ROYAL, VA
Description: Whitish globe going quickly southeast. Stops here. Zigzags back going quickly northwest. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 876)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2354

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “173”, HatchDesc: “FRONT ROYAL,VA:WHITISH GLOBE >> SE:STOPS HERE:ZIGZAGS BACK >>NW:XFAST”, LatLong: “38.916669 -78.194448”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 78:11:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10879 (89D21201)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: PLACITAS, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Yellow-orange object extremely fast going east. 90-turn going quickly south. 90 turn going west. 90 turn going quickly south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2355

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1814”, HatchDesc: “PLACITAS,NM:2 OBS:YEL-ORG OBJ XFAST> E:90-TURN>>S:90TURN> W:90TURN>>S+AWAY.”, LatLong: “35.316668 -106.416672”, LatLongDMS: “35:19:00 N 106:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10880 (AD1D9F23)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1458. Several observer(s). 4 night lights circle missile center. 1 going quickly east. Others going south. / r29p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2356

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PATRICK AFB,FL:BBK#1458:SVRL OBS:4 NLTS CCL MISSILE Ctr:1>>E:OTHERS>S:/r29p155”, LatLong: “28.238890 -80.594448”, LatLongDMS: “28:14:20 N 80:35:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 10881 (6FE47F0D)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: A light like a big star that disappeared when an aircraft approached (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1482)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1124

Event 10882 (7E7F904D)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Opaque, silvery bubble fly very fast at a right-angle to the wind (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1483)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1125

Event 10883 (C0B4AA0D)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Patrick AFB, FL
Description: Series of hovering and maneuvering red-orange lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 1485)
Reference: NICAP: 520718
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1126

Event 10884 (6F9C2DB9)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Denver, CO
Description: Carpenter Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1127

Event 10885 (B41EDCED)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Lac Chauvet, France
Description: Fregnale Photos (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1128

Event 10886 (4866DAB2)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 9:10 PM
Location: Lockbourne, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. Mahone, A/3c Jennings. One amber-colored, elliptical-shaped object with a small flame at the rear, periodically increased in brightness. It moved very fast for l 1/2 minutes, giving off a resonant beat sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_176

Event 10887 (27EBC3C8)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 11 AM
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: Witnesses: E. R. Raymer and daughter. One opaque, silvery bubble flew very fast at a right-angle to the wind direction for 10 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_177

Event 10888 (9CF3062F)

Date: 7/18/1952
Time: 9:45 PM
Location: Patrick AFB, Florida
Description: Witnesses: three USAF officers and four enlisted men. Over an hour period, a series of hovering and maneuvering red-orange lights were observed moving in a variety of directions.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_178

Event 10889 (9E140557)

Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: American Airlines; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles; Chicago
Description: Early morning. American Airlines pilot Capt. Paul L. Carpenter, First Officer George Fell, and Flight Engineer Quilici watch several dull-red objects with a “yellowish tinge” speeding around in the air at an altitude of 25,000– 30,000 feet near Denver, Colorado, during a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. A maximum of three objects are seen at one time over a 2-minute period. Carpenter says they seem to be about 100 miles away. The first object is moving south by southeast. One minute after it disappears, two more come into view going westward and another one eastward. “The two traveling westward disappeared about two seconds then reappeared traveling eastward.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1912

Event 10890 (8F07738C)

Date: 7/18/1952
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Description: Capt. Edward Ruppelt tells the press in Dayton, Ohio, that ground radar has tracked UFOs at speeds of 1,500– 2,000 mph, that jet fighters scrambled to intercept them have failed, and that “persons making these reports actually see something in the sky,” but the Air Force does not know what they are.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (“‘Saucer’ Sightings Spur AF’s Drive to End Mystery,” Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald, July 18, 1952, pp. 1, 10; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 66)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1913

Event 10891 (D3D6302D)

Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Lac Chauvet; Puy-de-Dôme; France
Description: 6:10 p.m. André Frégnale is hiking near Lac Chauvet, Puy-de-Dôme, France, when he sees a disc flying west to east in a straight line at constant speed. He immediately takes two photos when the object is at its largest apparent size, then two others when it is moving away to his left. It is in view for 50 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Une soucoupe volante,” Le Méridional, July 25, 1952, pp. 1, 8; Pierre Guérin, “A Scientific Analysis of Four Photographs of a Flying Disk near Lac Chauvet (France),” Journal of Scientific Exploration 8, no. 4 (1994): 447–469; Alain Delmon, “Les Cas Solides: Lac Chauvet, France, 1952,” Les OVNIs: Intelligences non-humaines ou mythe moderne?, December 26, 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1914

Event 10892 (2E2F97FD)

Date: 7/18/1952
Locations: Patrick AFB; Cocoa Beach, Florida
Description: 9:45 p.m. Three Air Force officers and four enlisted men at Patrick AFB, near Cocoa Beach, Florida, see a series of hovering and maneuvering red-orange lights moving in a variety of directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Hovering and Maneuvering Lights”; Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1915

Event 10893 (88D1E434)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 6:00 p.m. in Pouilly, Cote-d’Or department, France six witnesses spotted a 30 meter long vertical cloud-cigar with regularly spaced brief lights. It was emitting a thick white smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques & Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, p. 66
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4157

Event 10894 (DB1385AA)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 2:00 a.m. a procession of bright orange discs in single file veered over Washington, D.C. and disappeared in a regular sequence.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated July 18, 1952, Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4158

Event 10895 (97EC7031)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 11:00 o’clock in the morning in Miami, Florida Mr. E. R. Raymer and his daughter spotted an opaque, silvery bubble for 10 seconds. The object flew very fast perpendicular to the wind direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1483; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4159

Event 10896 (3B8701DA)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 8:50 p.m. a white sphere flew fast toward the southeast, stopped over Front Royal, Virginia and then zigzagged back toward the northwest at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2374
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4160

Event 10897 (A5B8E180)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: Technical Sgt. Mahone and Airman Third Class Jennings saw a UFO at 9:10 p.m. in Lockbourne, Ohio. It was amber colored, circular object, somewhat smaller than the average airplane. It had a small flame coming from the rear of the craft that periodically increased in brightness, and its rim gave off an orange and green glow. It moved very fast for 90 seconds, giving off a resonant beat sound. It appeared several times over a four-hour period.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1482; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4161

Event 10898 (DB8D21CE)

Date: 7/18/1952
Description: At 9:45 p.m. EDT three USAF officers and four enlisted men watched a series of hovering and maneuvering amber to reddish-orange lights for over an hour in the sky over Patrick AFB, Florida. They were observed maneuvering in a variety of directions.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge and Project Blue Book Special Reports 1-12, December 1952, p. 31; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4162

Event 10899 (4958DB81)

Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: UFO’s detected by radar over Washington., D.C.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_120

Attributes: radar

Event 10900 (801B7093)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Washington, D.C.: Long range “overfly” RADAR picked up a formation of seven blips that were 15 miles south and not far from Andrews AFB. Radar operator, Ed Nugent, thought that they were military traffic until two of the targets suddenly accelerated at fantastic speeds and disappeared off the radar scope. These strange UFOs were monitored by Harry Barnes, Senior Controller, and controllers Howard Cocklin and Joe Zacko. Also, Andrews AFB had also been tracking the UFOs as they intruded over the White House which was Washington Air Space restricted air space. The UFOs were traveling at speeds of up to 7000 mph before stopping abruptly and then cruising about in unconventional patterns.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_461
See also: 7/26/1952

Event 10901 (8BA5E345)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: USA, Williston, North Dakota.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:55 a.m. Witness: an experienced civilian pilot. An elliptical object with a fringe of light, descended quickly, made a full circle and another half circle during the 5 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1636

Event 10902 (5482AED7)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: USA, Washington
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:30 PM two radars from the National Washington Airport detected eight UFOs flying at 160-200 km/h, two of which suddenly accelerated. The control tower recorded the same phenomenon on its radar and confirmed it to Mr. Barnes, the main controller. He informed Andrews Air Force Base, since the White House and the Pentagon, located in the District of Columbia where the federal capital of the Union is located, are obviously forbidden to be overflown. Andrews AFB answered affirmatively: its radar had seen the objects. It even specified that the sudden acceleration of one of them had brought its speed to 10,000 km/h. At dawn the operators saw, with the naked eye, a large luminous sphere of bright orange color above them. Mr. Barnes, at the Washington National Airport, observed the objects with a theodolite. Around 12:30 AM on July 20th, he alerted the air defense. Reaction interceptors took off from Newcastle AFB (Delaware) since the tracks of Andrews AFB were temporarily impracticable. When they arrived, around 3 AM, there were no more objects in the sky: they returned to their base. New alert above Washington, new request for interception at Newcastle AFB, new appearance of the objects on the radars, new disappearance of these objects on the screens. Meanwhile, during this crazy night, airline pilots confirmed in their flight reports that they saw lights that they could not identify in the places indicated by the radar operators. Mr. Chambers, a radio engineer, when leaving the Washington NA radio station at 5 AM, saw five huge discs and testified to it. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.105-106-251 and photographic insert) - July 19th and 26th 1952: During a wave of observations, mysterious UFOs were detected in the night of the 19th by several radars and simultaneously observed as an aerial ballet of lights above the capital. They play hide and seek with the fighter planes sent to intercept them. Other observations took place in the following nights, in particular on the 26th. Astronomical objects? Mirages due to temperature inversions in the atmospheric layers? (note from vog: and so the radars would have captured mirages?) (Science and Life, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFOs, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63) …see also:. ((c) 1997 Jeroen Slurf and Jeroen Kümeling.) see also: (1952, July 19th and 20th)
Reference: “Glimpses of Flying Saucers” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 96 to 99
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1637

Event 10903 (1AB94235)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Willinston (North Dakota), an experienced civilian pilot observes an elliptical object with a luminous border descending quickly, making a full turn and then a half turn in 5 minutes. (2 h 55)
Reference: case Blue Book # 1492 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1121

Event 10904 (FAE8A7B1)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 3 black circular objects appear above Oak Ridge, as in 1950. They are chased by F-86 fighters. Origin of the objects unknown. (15 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1122

Event 10905 (981AB25E)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The object of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) photographed on July 19, see file images/1952-07-19_16-30_PuertoMaldonado_Perou.jpe
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1123

Event 10906 (241502C4)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 5 strange lights maneuver above the White House, the city of Washington and its surroundings. They are notably detected by the CAA radar at the airport. This is the beginning of what will be called the Washington carousel. (22 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1124

Event 10907 (3833565F)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 8 unknown objects fly over the White House. (23 h 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1125

Event 10908 (6EC0F560)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Elkins Park (Pennsylvania), the USAF Captain and pilot C. J. Powley and his wife observed 2 lights resembling stars maneuvering, staying stationary and accelerating for 5 to 7 minutes. (23 h 35)
Reference: case Blue Book #1494 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1126

Event 10909 (37D39F93)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Ottawa Journal. DISKS FOLLOW ORDERS. At 2:00 a.m., radio engineer Elmer Chambers looked up at the sky. Here’s what he says he saw: “Six or seven bright orange disks were streaking through the sky, in single file. The saucers sped along for about five seconds and then each, in turn, veered sharply upward and disappeared.” Chambers, 41, is chief engineer at the WRC Radio Station transmitter in the Washington suburbs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_221

Event 10910 (E410B947)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Radar-visuals of UFOs over Capitol; attempted intercepts.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_104

Event 10911 (31BB3D9C)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: HELSINKI, FINL
Description: 2 cops. 50’ saucer north going quickly south. Stops and drops over stadium. Rises and shoots going quickly south / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2357

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HELSINKI,FINL:2 COPS:50’SCR N>>S:STOPS+DROPS OVR STADIUM:RISES+SHOOTS>>S/SEA”, LatLong: “60.216670 24.883335”, LatLongDMS: “60:13:00 N 24:53:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10912 (220EB384)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: ELKINS PARK, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1494. Unidentified. 1 star chases 2nd. Circles. Going quickly southeast toward(s) coast. 2 military observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2358

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “ELKINS PARK,PA:BBK#1494:UID:1 STAR CHASES 2nd:CCLS:>>SE TWRD COAST:2 MIL OBS”, LatLong: “40.083335 -75.133337”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:00 N 75:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 10913 (F4C22BCD)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: CHATHAM, ON
Description: 1 observer. 2 dark silent round objects play over treetops. Circle and maneuver. Away in unison.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 856)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2359

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: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “CHATHAM,ON:1 OBS:2 DRK SLNT RND OBJs PLAY ovr TREETOPS:CCL+MNVR:away in unison”, LatLong: “42.400002 -82.183337”, LatLongDMS: “42:24:00 N 82:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10914 (12175A14)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: NEAR WILLISTON, NDAK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1492. Pilot / US85. Saucer dives. Lights clouds. 360+180 turns. Going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2360

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “572”, HatchDesc: “nr WILLISTON,NDAK:BBK#1492:PILOT/US85:SCR DIVES:LITES CLOUDS:360+180 TURNS:>NE”, LatLong: “48.144447 -103.627783”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:40 N 103:37:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10915 (6700C4A0)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 2 round objects trail smoke going quickly northwest. Instantly turn straight up!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2361

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: “3”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:GOC OBS:2 ROUND OBJs TRAIL SMOKE >>NW:INSTANTLY TURN STRAIGHT UP!”, LatLong: “39.266669 -76.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:00 N 76:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10916 (7DD73C12)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: EAST / RICHLAND, WA
Description: 2 / car. Silver pancake-saucer hovers. Slow tilts / maneuvers. Lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 991)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2362

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “E/RICHLAND,WA:2/CAR:SLVR PANCAKE-SCR HVRS:SLOW TILTS/MNVRS:LOST/DISTANCE:”, LatLong: “46.266669 -119.250006”, LatLongDMS: “46:16:00 N 119:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10917 (D7499BA5)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: LAFAYETTE, IN
Description: Engineer and Air Force jet and many. 320’ cylinder/cigar-shape / 40’ diameter. Fast 90° turn going quickly southwest. ~2200mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2363

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: "LAFAYETTE,IN:ENGINEER+AF JET+MANY:320’CGR/40’diam:FAST 90°TURN >>SW:~2200mph ", LatLong: “40.433335 -86.900004”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:00 N 86:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10918 (B95C421A)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 1 observer and more. 6 luminous saucers in independent. Horizontal and vertical maneuvers. All over sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2364

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:1 OBS+:6 LUM SCRS IN INDEPENDANT:HZNTL+VERTCL MNVRS:ALL OVR SKY.”, LatLong: “41.883335 -87.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:53:00 N 87:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10919 (F6D95104)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: STEWART LAKE, YKN
Description: Waco pilot. 2 metallic disks oscillate/oscillation over lake. Altitude = 900M / Msl. Going quickly north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 857)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2365

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “762”, HatchDesc: “STEWART LAKE,YKN:WACO PILOT:2 MTLC DISKS OSC OVR LAKE:ALT=900M/MSL:>>N:NFD”, LatLong: “60.616670 -128.700006”, LatLongDMS: “60:37:00 N 128:42:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “138”, State/Prov: “YKN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10920 (A9E87962)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: BALD TOP, CA
Description: 2 / beach. 7 round flat objects / sea level. 1 going up [to] and 5 follow / spirals. 1 stays / 20 minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 877)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BALD TOP,CA:2/BEACH:7 RND FLAT OBJS/SEA Lvl:1 ↑+5 FOLO/SPIRALS:1 STAYS/20mins”, LatLong: “35.833335 -121.377784”, LatLongDMS: “35:50:00 N 121:22:40 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10921 (C54107CB)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 1st great DC wave. Fleets / saucers. 1 going [to] 7k MPH. RADAR’s. / r210v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2367

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, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “196”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:1ST GREAT DC WAVE:FLEETS/SCRS:1 >7k MPH:RDRs:/r210v1#2”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 10922 (CEBD60DC)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: RIVER EDGE, NJ
Description: Newsman. Silent orange Japanese lantern going southeast. Absolute(ly) silent. / r28p286+/ APROv1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 853)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2368

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “RIVER EDGE,NJ:NEWSMAN:SLNT ORG.JAPn.LANTERN >SE:ABS SLNT:/r28p286+/APROv1#2”, LatLong: “40.933335 -74.033337”, LatLongDMS: “40:56:00 N 74:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10923 (C60FAEFA)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Savanna River, SC
Description: Hundreds of employees from AEC witnessed UFO cavort (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1129

Event 10924 (4683B6B1)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: unknown location, Unknown
Description: 2 cigar-shaped objects, one hovering the other moving to the E (Battelle Unknown #4) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1130

Event 10925 (BF63FEA7)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Porto Maldo, Peru
Description: Photograph of oval UFO taken by customs official. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1131

Event 10926 (12CCFBB1)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: River Edge, NJ
Description: Associated Press reporter Saul Pett about midnight saw an intensely glowing, nonblinking orange ball of light moving steadily overhead from the northwest to the southeast for 1-2 minutes (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1132

Event 10927 (7D918D5C)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Williston, ND
Description: Elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe, descend fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1492)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1133

Event 10928 (CA2E653A)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Elkins Park, PA
Description: Saw 2 star-like lights maneuver, hover and speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 1494)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1134

Event 10929 (C3300925)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Famous Photo of Objects Over Capitol (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 520719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1135

Event 10930 (6501AAF3)

Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Washington National Airport Air Route Traffic Control radar tracked the UFO to within about 4 miles of the airport (1st event) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520719-20
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1136

Event 10931 (98C6A2CD)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 2:55 AM
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Description: Witness: one experienced civilian pilot. One elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe, travelled down fast, made a 360 degree and then a 180 degree turn in 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_179

Event 10932 (87B09566)

Date: 7/19/1952
Time: 11:35 PM
Location: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot Capt. C.J. Powley and wife. Two star-like lights maneuvered, hovered and sped for 5-7 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_180

Event 10933 (591CAA61)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Description: 2:55 a.m. An experienced civilian pilot watches an elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe over Williston, North Dakota, for 5 minutes. It descends fast and makes a 360° then a 180° turn.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1916

Event 10934 (BB59CDFC)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Lincoln LaPaz tells newspapermen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that UFOs “can reverse directions and cruise back and forth; they travel at high speeds in wide sweeping circles…. They travel at high altitudes and can be followed as long as 3½ minutes.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Luminous Objects Flooding Southwest Skies Not Shooting Stars or Meteorites, Says LaPaz,” July 20, 1952, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1917

Event 10935 (1D7A40EB)

Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Savannah River Atomic Site; Aiken, South Carolina
Description: 10:00 a.m. Engineer John A. Anderson and other technicians at the Savannah River Atomic Site near Aiken, South Carolina, watch a greenish glowing object dart back and forth silently and erratically at high speed above the plant. It is in view for 2 minutes, moving constantly and changing direction at sharp angles. The object disappears over the horizon at “tremendous velocity.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Multiple Witnesses Observe Strange Maneuvering Object”; 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. 51; Nukes 47–48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1918

Event 10936 (796598C0)

Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Agricultural engineer Pedro Bardi’s farm in the Madre de Dios region of Peru; Puerto Maldonado
Description: 4:30 p.m. Agricultural engineer Pedro Bardi and others on a farm in the Madre de Dios region of Peru see a UFO flying at 325 feet shortly after their short-wave radio goes dead. Bardi says it is a bit smaller than a DC-3 and is making a buzzing sound. It shows up 4 minutes later at Puerto Maldonado, 75 miles away, and Customs Administrator Domingo Troncosco photographs it. The photo shows an elongated object trailing smoke, passing over the top of a tree and in front of a cumulus cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curt Collins, “The Case of the Smoking Saucer,” In Honor of Jim Moseley, November 3, 2014; Curt Collins, “Jim Moseley: The Case of the Smoking Saucer,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, August 18, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1919

Event 10937 (154D7476)

Date: 7/19/1952
Locations: Chicago, Illinois; Elgin, Illinois
Description: 10:00 p.m. Six luminous round objects are seen by a Chicago, Illinois, woman moving horizontally and vertically as they cavort around in the sky. The same night, a UFO is seen by three witnesses at the Ground Observer Corps post at the city hall in Elgin, Illinois.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1920

Event 10938 (57398E8E)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Description: 11:35 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Charles John Powley and his wife Janet see two star-like lights maneuver, hover, and speed up for 5–7 minutes over Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Groups of Witnesses See Strange Lights”; Sparks, p. 151; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1921

Event 10939 (D4482E7E)

Date: 7/19/1952
End date: 7/20/1952
Locations: Washington National [now Ronald Reagan National] Airport’s Air Route Traffic Control (ARTC) in D.C.; Andrews AFB [now Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County, Maryland; Andrews AFB; Bolling AFB [now Joint Base Anaconda-Bolling] in Washington, D.C.; New Castle AFB [now New Castle Air National Guard Base] in Delaware; White House and Capitol
Description: 11:40 p.m. Air traffic controller Edward Nugent at Washington National [now Ronald Reagan National] Airport’s Air Route Traffic Control (ARTC) in D.C. picks up a formation of seven objects on his long-range radar. They are southeast of Andrews AFB [now Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County, Maryland, moving along at 100–130 mph. Two of the targets suddenly accelerate and vanish off the scope within seconds. One apparently reaches a speed of 7,000 mph. A second, shorter-range radar in the airport control tower (operated by Howard Cocklin and Joseph Zacko Jr.) and another at Andrews AFB has also tracked the objects. For 6 hours, between 8 and 10 UFOs are tracked on radar. Senior Air Traffic Controller Harry G. Barnes says that “They followed no set course, were not in any formation, and we only seemed to be able to track them for about three miles at a time…. I can safely deduce that they performed gyrations which no known aircraft could perform.” Several Capitol Airlines pilots (one of them Capt. S. C. “Casey” Pierman) see the objects visually as white or orange lights in restricted air space over the White House and Capitol. Ground observers at Andrews (Capt. Harold C. May, Staff/Sgt Charles Davenport) watch red or orange lights. Radar and visual sightings are also taking place at Bolling AFB [now Joint Base Anaconda-Bolling] in Washington, D.C. By 3:00 a.m., the UFOs are all gone, just as two F-94 interceptors arrive belatedly from New Castle AFB [now New Castle Air National Guard Base] in Delaware. The jets depart, and the UFOs return, observed by Capt. Howard Dermott, a Capitol Airlines pilot, and Sgt. Davenport at Andrews. Radar trackings continue, the last at 5:30 a.m. Civilian radio engineer E. W. Chambers sees five huge discs circling in a loose formation; they tilt upward and leave in a steep ascent. Blips appear on radar for at least another day, until the evening of July 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident”; NICAP, “The Washington National Sightings”; NICAP, “Andrews Tower Radar Confirms Washington Target”; “Washington’s Blips: ‘Somethings’ over the Capital Are Traced on Radar,” Life, August 4, 1952, pp. 39–40; Ruppelt, pp. 158–161; 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. 71–72; Clark III 1250–1252; Swords 154–155; Sparks, p. 151; Condon, pp. 153–157, 862–867; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, HarperTorch, 2001, pp. 32– 58; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 139; Shoot 28–34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1922

Event 10940 (E19714CE)

Date: 7/19/1952
Location: Centerville, Virginia
Description: 12:00 midnight. A part-time farmer named Constantine and a hired hand named Davis are curing tobacco when they see two cigar-shaped objects—one hovering, the other moving to the east—for 3–4 minutes near Centerville, Virginia. Both objects are translucent, lit from within, and emit an exhaust from one end. They both ascend until they disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1923

Event 10941 (4E610900)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: A tobacco farmer sighted two cigar-shaped objects on this night in the southern United States (location undisclosed). The sighting occurred around midnight at the beginning of the new da y.One object hovered while the other one moved east and then came back, then both objects ascended vertically until gone from view. Both had some type of exhaust, and were illuminated from the inside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Grudge and Project Blue Book Special Reports 1-12, May 1955
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4191

Event 10942 (8D77CCAD)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: An experienced civilian pilot reported that he observed an unidentified elliptical object with a lighted fringe at 2:55 a.m. while flying over Williston, North Dakota. The object made a fast descent, executed a 360° and then a 180° turn. He had the object in sight for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1492; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4192

Event 10943 (E4A53AA4)

Date: 7/19/1952
Description: At 10:50 p.m. seven round flat objects were seen at sea level from Bald Top, California. One object ascended while five followed it in spirals. One object stayed behind for twenty minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2385
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4193

Event 10944 (CD6CB43B)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Andrews AFB
Description: Classified Spot Intelligence Report (dated 7/23/1952): 3 UFO spotted by 5 base personnel at Andrews AFB at 0030 hours EST. UFOs reddish orange in color, moving erratically at an undetermined altitude. Approach Control picked up another UFO at 0415 EST which was on the radar scope for 30 seconds before fading. Lt. Hyatt, Operations Officer during this period, said that he had been receiving “flying saucer” reports that evening and the objects had been picked up by radar.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_462

Event 10945 (91CFB947)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: USA, Lavalette, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:20 a.m. Witness, chemist professor Dr. A.B. Spooner from Seton Hall University. Two large orange lights with something bright red, flying one behind the other, turning and flying in circles for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1638

Event 10946 (ABB2E7AF)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Pentagon is overflown by similar objects, spotted and recorded on the radar echoes of the Newcastle base. The objects fly at a speed ranging from 160 to 480 km/h, suddenly accelerating to phenomenal speeds. (0 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1127

Event 10947 (5FEC2F2E)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Interceptor jets, dispatched from NewCastle and delayed by a previous UFO investigation in New Jersey, arrive on the scene. The UFOs disappear, then reappear after departing over the White House and the Pentagon. At one point, operators tracking the events from Andrews base see a large, bright orange sphere, hovering stationary above the base. (3:30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1128

Event 10948 (08DC699E)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) End of observations. (5 pm)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1129

Event 10949 (43CA6358)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Lavalette, New Jersey, Dr. A.B. Spooner, professor of chemistry at Seton Hall University, observed two large yellow-orange lights with a kind of dark red trail turning and rotating for 5-6 minutes. (12:20)
Reference: case Blue Book #1504 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1130

Event 10950 (316BBEFD)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Dai-el-Aouagri (Morocco), Mr. Petijean saw a saucer take off; it emitted blue flashes and released a strong smell of burning sulfur.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1131

Event 10951 (C9C59FE0)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Air Force tracks object at 900 mph; 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_105

Event 10952 (B035A25A)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: Army officer sees red cigar-shaped object hover, depart.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_106

Event 10953 (245A8101)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: MADISON, FL
Description: 2 / farm. 2 saucers nearby. 1 advances and retreats. Both brighten and rise going up / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 272)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2369

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “MADISON,FL:2/FARM:2 SCRS NEARBY:1 ADVANCES+RETREATS:BOTH BRIGHTEN+RISE↑/SKY”, LatLong: “30.466668 -83.411115”, LatLongDMS: “30:28:00 N 83:24:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10954 (D73E36EB)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: RADAR’s / Bolling and Andrews AFBs and local (as a local wave) airports/apartments. Jets chase 8+objects. 1 going NNE. / r151.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2370

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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “184”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:RDRs/BOLLING+ANDREWS AFBs+LCL APTs:JETS CHASE 8+OBJs:1>NNE:/r151”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 10955 (A1321637)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: LAVALLETTE, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1504. Unidentified. Chemical Professor. Detailed account. 2 night lights maneuver / 6mn. Going quickly east to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2371

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, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAVALLETTE,NJ:BBK#1504:UID:CHEM PROF:DETAILED ACCT:2 NLTS MNVR/6mn:>>E to SEA”, LatLong: “39.972224 -74.066670”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:20 N 74:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10956 (91EF7317)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: WASHINGTON AIRPORT, VA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew. Night light flashes by before takeoff. RADAR-visual (observation) after.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2372

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON AIRPORT,VA:AL CREW:NLT FLASHES BY BEFORE TAKEOFF:RDR-VIS AFTER”, LatLong: “38.838891 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:20 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 10957 (8D6595D8)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: (NORTHERN), VA
Description: 2 pilots. Round flat ovoid going up / woods. Going quickly southwest extremely fast as airliner signals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 858)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2373

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “(NORTHERN),VA:2 PILOTS:RND FLAT OVOID ↑/WOODS:>>SW XFAST as AIRLINER SIGNALS”, LatLong: “39.000002 -78.000004”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 78:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10958 (CEB8D548)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / LEWISTON, ID
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 4 large silent disks circle over Waha Grade. Rise going quickly south extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 877)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2374

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “SE/LEWISTON,ID:2+2 OBS:4 LRG SLNT DISKS CCL OVER WAHA GRADE:RISE >>S XFAST”, LatLong: “46.350002 -116.916672”, LatLongDMS: “46:21:00 N 116:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10959 (F3719C49)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Pierman/Wheaton Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1138

Event 10960 (67731C42)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Lavalette, NJ
Description: 2 large orange-yellow lights with some dull red color fly in trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 1504)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1139

Event 10961 (A40503A3)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
Description: Air Force radar tracked up to 10 UFOs for 15-20 minutes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1140

Event 10962 (FCCC168B)

Date: 7/20/1952
Location: Herndon, VA
Description: Airlines Flight Visual / Ground Radar Tracks (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1143

Event 10963 (B268C936)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 0030
Location: Dai-el-Aouagri, Morocco
Description: Approximate date. R. Petijean saw a luminous object, 20 m diameter, on the ground. It gave off bluish flashes as it took off, leaving a smell of burning sulphur.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_94

Event 10964 (D18EECEB)

Date: 7/20/1952
Time: 12:20 AM
Location: Lavalette, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Seton Hall Univ. chemistry professor Dr. A.B. Spooner. Two large orange-yellow lights with some dull red coloring flew in trail, turned and circled for 5-6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_181

Event 10965 (A060A8AC)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Dai-el-Aouagri, Morocco Mr. R. Petijean observed a 20-meter wide luminous object on the ground. It gave off bluish flashes as it took off, and left behind the smell of burning sulphur.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4223

Event 10966 (8FD3E637)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: Seton Hall University chemistry professor Dr. A. B. Spooner of Lavalette, New Jersey reported to the Air Force that he sighted two large orange-yellow lights with some dull red coloring in trail at 12:20 a.m. The lights turned and circled for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4224

Event 10967 (183D6509)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 1:05 a.m. at Andrews AFB in Maryland five witnesses visually observed three red-orange objects moving erratically around the sky. During the evening USAF radar operators at the weather tower tracked ten UFOs for 15-20 minutes at Andrews AFB, Maryland. The objects approached the runway, scattered, and then made sharp turns and reversals in direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated September 14, 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4225

Event 10968 (C26872BC)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: At 4:30 a.m. additional unidentified radar targets were picked up and tracked on ARTC radar at National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO cases in 1952: The UFO sightings that shook the government, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4226

Event 10969 (8ACFE3EE)

Date: 7/20/1952
Description: An Army officer saw a red, cigar-shaped object hover for four minutes over Alexandria, Virginia at 9:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files, report dated May 28, 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4227

Event 10970 (4399E544)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: USA, San Marcos AFB, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:40 p.m. Witnesses: one Lieutenant, two Sergeants, three militiamen. A blue circle with a blue tail was observed, first hovering, then accelerating to a speed of 700+ m.p.h. after one minute.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1639

Event 10971 (83A4EEDA)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: USA, Rockville, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 8:10 p.m. Witnesses: one military officer, two militiamen. An object of aluminum appearance, triangular, with a vertical tail, flying first in a straight trajectory, then hovering during the observation of 3 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1640

Event 10972 (75CFEFB1)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Converse (Texas), the wife of USAF Captain J. B. Neal observed for 3-5 seconds an elongated object with a fuselage shape flying horizontally, making a right angle turn and disappearing from sight at a speed greater than 300 mph. (16:30)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1132

Event 10973 (BCF1CBF7)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Weisbaden (West Germany), observations by E. E. Dougher and J. J. Stong. (18 h 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1133

Event 10974 (569AAB29)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in San Marcos (Texas), 1 lieutenant, 2 Staff Sergeants and 3 pilots (airmen) observed a blue circle with a blue trail stationary then accelerating to a speed greater than 700 miles/h after 1 minute. (22 h 40)
Reference: case Blue Book #1516 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1134

Event 10975 (DBCD814B)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at the USAF base in Randolf (Texas)
Reference: case Blue Book #1522 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1135

Event 10976 (5FDBA3AF)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 09:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / READING, KS
Description: 2 / farm. Noise. Metal disk / 3km altitude. Wobbles. 150kph. Rises going quickly north / 1500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 904)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2375

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “331”, HatchDesc: “SW/READING,KS:2/FARM:NOISE:MTL DISK/3km alt:WOBBLES:150kph:RISES >>N/1500kph”, LatLong: “38.488891 -95.972227”, LatLongDMS: “38:29:20 N 95:58:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10977 (2817D528)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE
Description: 4 radarmen. Unidentified blip. 1200mph. Slows. Gone. / Atlanta Journal 24 Jul. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 903)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2376

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “DOBBINS AFB:4 RADARMEN:UID BLIP:1200mph:SLOWS:gone:/Atlanta Jrnl 24Jly52”, LatLong: “33.916668 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 10978 (0EE5C539)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: NEAR NORRISTOWN, PA
Description: 2.5M flat green-metallic going west under private plane / 800kph. 150M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2377

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “nr NORRISTOWN,PA:2.5M FLAT GRN-MTLC >W under pvt plane/800kph:150M alt”, LatLong: “40.116669 -75.333337”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 75:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10979 (0C0AD143)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: POMONA, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observers. Red and silver ovoid makes loops going north. 3km altitude. 300kph. Featureless.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 906)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2378

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: “285”, HatchDesc: “POMONA,CA:GOC OBSs:RED+SLVR OVOID MAKES LOOPS >N:3km alt:300kph:featureless”, LatLong: “34.066668 -117.750006”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 117:45:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10980 (3122256D)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: 2 observer(s). Large cone-shaped object with brilliant orange glow. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC) report to Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2379

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:2 OBS:LRG CONE-SHAPED OBJ W/BRILL.ORG GLOW:/ATIC REPORT TO BBK”, LatLong: “39.300002 -76.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:00 N 76:36:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10981 (BC36A7BF)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: CONVERSE, TX
Description: 1 observer near Randolph Air Force Base. Fuselage shape straight and level. Makes 90-turn / 300mph!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2380

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: “121”, HatchDesc: “CONVERSE,TX:1 OBS nr RANDOLPH AFB:FUSELAGE SHAPE S/L:MAKES 90-TURN/300mph!”, LatLong: “29.516668 -98.283338”, LatLongDMS: “29:31:00 N 98:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 10982 (F96A6A15)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: WIESBADEN, GERMANY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1514. USAF pilot and separate observer(s). 4+night lights / varying trajectories / 10-15 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2381

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “WIESBADEN,GERMANY:BBK#1514:USAF PILOT+SEP.OBS:4+NLTS/VARYING TRAJs/10-15min”, LatLong: “50.083336 8.255556”, LatLongDMS: “50:05:00 N 08:15:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 10983 (8D6D3BD7)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 20:10
Location: TERRE HAUTE, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1533. USAF man. Delta/triangle/box-like craft / 12K’ altitude and 600mph stops dead! Report going [to] Rockville.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2382

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “2”, Elev: “151”, HatchDesc: “TERRE HAUTE,IN:BBK#1533:USAF MAN:DLT/12K’alt+600mph STOPS DEAD!:rept>ROCKVILLE”, LatLong: “39.466669 -87.400004”, LatLongDMS: “39:28:00 N 87:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10984 (433B1C92)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Several military observer(s). Night lights over missile test center again. 700mph. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2383

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “8”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PATRICK AFB,FL:SVRL MIL OBS:NLTS OVR MISSILE TEST CTR AGAIN:700mph:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “28.216668 -80.600004”, LatLongDMS: “28:13:00 N 80:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 10985 (D5B5FC22)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: BELUGA LAKE WITH ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Bogeys / ground and air RADAR’s. F94s get close. Never see…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2384

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “BELUGA LAKE W/ELMENDORF AFB,AK:BOGEYS/GND+AIR RDRS:F94s GET CLOSE:NEVER SEE…”, LatLong: “61.400003 -151.583341”, LatLongDMS: “61:24:00 N 151:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 10986 (A0F7EF85)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SAN MARCOS AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1516. Unidentified. Several observer(s). Horizontal “meteor” rises and descends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2385

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “182”, HatchDesc: “SAN MARCOS AFB,TX:BBK#1516:UID:SVRL OBS:HORIZNTAL “METEOR” RISES+DESCENDS:”, LatLong: “29.666668 -98.133338”, LatLongDMS: “29:40:00 N 98:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 10987 (5BDE4090)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Brilliant orange, cone-shaped object size of four engine aircraft sighted at 15,000 to 20,000 feet then dove to 2000 feet (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1145

Event 10988 (EEF449D9)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Dobbins (Turner AFB), GA
Description: Blip Makes Passes On Wind-Finding Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1146

Event 10989 (C64D8470)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Wiesbaden, West Germany
Description: Separated Witnesses Observe Maneuvering Lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1514)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1147

Event 10990 (8F24F41E)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: San Marcos AFB, TX
Description: A blue circle with a blue trail hover then accelerate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1516)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1148

Event 10991 (3D029CDC)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Randolph AFB, TX
Description: An elongated, fuselage-shaped object fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1522)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1149

Event 10992 (9EE4D172)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Holyoke, MA
Description: Round, yellow, flashing light fly downward (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1524)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1150

Event 10993 (0E7209FF)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Dobbins (Turner AFB), GA
Description: Dobbins AFB, Georgia, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1151

Event 10994 (AC2706A7)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Beluga Lake, AK
Description: Aircraft Has Radar Contact But No Visual (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520721
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1152

Event 10995 (9B4AAEE5)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Weisbaden, West Germany
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot Capt. E.E. Dougher, WAF Lt. J.J. Stong, situated miles apart. Four bright yellowish lights were seen by Dougher to separate, with two climbing and two flying away level in the opposite direction. Stong watched two reddish lights fly in opposite directions. Sightings lasted about 10-15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_182

Event 10996 (08C1C35E)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 10:40 PM
Location: San Marcos AFB, Texas
Description: Witnesses: one Lieutenant, two Staff Sergeants, three airmen. One blue circle with a blue trail was seen to hover and then accelerate to near-sonic speed (700+ m.p.h.) after 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_183

Event 10997 (6A1DF4F1)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Converse, Texas
Description: Witness: wife of USAF Capt. J. B. Neal. One elongated, fuselage-shaped object flew straight and level, made a right-angle turn and went out of sight at more than 300 m.p.h., all in 3-5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_184

Event 10998 (AF5858E0)

Date: 7/21/1952
Time: 8:10 PM
Location: Rockville, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: one military officer, two enlisted men. One aluminum, delta-shaped object with a vertical fin, flew straight and level, and then hovered during a 3 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_185

Event 10999 (7D82F7F8)

Date: 7/21/1952
Locations: Washington National Airport; Andrews AFB, Maryland; Bolling AFB, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Description: 10:00 a.m. Ruppelt first hears about the National Airport sightings in D.C. when he buys a newspaper in the Washington National Airport terminal. He has been to Andrews AFB in Maryland the day before with his boss Col. Donald L. Bower, and no one had said anything. At 1:00 p.m., Maj. Dewey Fournet calls Ruppelt to come to a briefing with Capt. Berkow, a USAF intelligence officer from Bolling AFB in D.C. Ruppelt hears that President Truman is personally interested and wants a full investigation, but Bower orders Ruppelt to return to Wright- Patterson AFB in Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 158–159; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, pp. 46–47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1924

Event 11000 (5080DE8C)

Date: 7/21/1952
Locations: Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia; Washington; Dayton, Ohio
Description: 10:30 a.m. Radar used to measure wind velocity in the upper atmosphere at Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia, detects an unusual object flying at 50,000 feet. Observing the blip are four radar technicians who state that “it could have been an electromagnetic phenomenon but they did not believe it was.” A second blip appears on the radar moving toward the wind-finding weather balloon and passing through it three separate times. USAF officials report “in private conversations” that the object moves at 1,200 mph, slows considerably for 3–5 minutes, then disappears. The Civilian Defense director in Atlanta, George M. “Pup” Phillips, receives a report of the object but has “no details.” Col. Murray C. Woodbury, commander of the 35th Air Division at Dobbins, checks with “defense officials in Washington” before telling the press that

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such reports are sent to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (Project Blue Book) in Dayton, Ohio, for evaluation. Surprisingly, he admits, “We try to intercept such objects and identify them, but so far we have been unsuccessful.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Blip Makes Passes on Wind-Finding Target”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 3; Sparks, p. 152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1925

Event 11001 (C96210CE)

Date: 7/21/1952
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Description: 6:30 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Edward E. Dougher and WAF Lt. Josephine J. Stong, separated by one mile on the ground in Wiesbaden, Germany, see 4 bright yellowish lights. Dougher watches them separate, with two climbing and two flying away level in the opposite direction. His wife Barbara joins him as they fly away. Stong sees two reddish lights fly in opposite directions for 10–15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Separated Witnesses Observe Maneuvering Lights”; Sparks, p. 152; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1926

Event 11002 (73BA15F2)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: At 6:30 p.m. two U.S. Air Force officers, Dougher and Strong, in separate locations at Wiesbaden Air Base in Hesse state, Germany watched two to four long, slender objects for 10-15 minutes. The UFOs were described as bright yellow lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted as official statistics, case 1514; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 271; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4259

Event 11003 (C4D6B0D0)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a UFO was tracked on radar at Dobbins AFB, Georgia at a speed of 1200 miles per hour and at an altitude of 50,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP files, citing newspaper source; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952 (Volume 9), p. 3; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume 1), p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4260

Event 11004 (9AD307C6)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: While flying ten miles northwest of Kermit, Texas a private pilot experienced total radio failure when he encountered a brilliant white light playing in the sky near a bank of high altitude clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 49, citing Jan Aldrich
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4261

Event 11005 (DF3F8B7A)

Date: 7/21/1952
Description: On the second day in a row more than 25 workers at the Northrup Aircraft Factory in Los Angeles, California watched as two flying saucers were sighted hovering and cutting capers over their aircraft plant for more than an hour. This occurred for a total of four evenings in a row, beginning at around 7:00 p.m. The objects were high in the sky and resembled pulsating stars, but they shot away as if controlled.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 Research Notes from Bordentown, New Jersey talk on April 16, 2005, p. 47, citing San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4262

Event 11006 (70F12F69)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: US
Description: The head of Pike’s Peak Broadcasting Company, Joseph Rohrer, insisted he was telling the truth when he said several UFO’s had crashed. In USMC Naval Aviator Donald Keyhoe’s 1953 book, the Air Force discussed threatening Rohrer into silence.
Type: intimidation
Reference: Twitter.com
Reference: Flying Saucers from Outer Space, by Donald E. Keyhoe
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1010

Event 11007 (24A5C7C8)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots from the Carco firm. Eight large round objects, of an aluminum-like appearance, flying first in a straight trajectory, then erratically maneuvering vertically for 25 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1641

Event 11008 (2FAA3970)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Uvalde, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:46 p.m. Witness: Don Epperly, Director of Trans Texas Airlines and meteorologist. A large round object, silver in color, rotating, flew at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for 45 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1642

Event 11009 (F414F153)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, between Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:47 p.m. Witnesses: pilot and radar operator aboard a USAF F-94 jet interceptor. A round, blue light, rotating, passed the F-94.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1643

Event 11010 (9836B403)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: USA, Trenton, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) From 10:50 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. Witnesses: crews of various USAF F-94 jet interceptors from Dover, Delaware base. Thirteen visual observations (and one radar target) of blue-white lights during two hours.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1644

Event 11011 (3762D1E9)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Rockville, Indiana, 1 military officer and 2 other men observe for 3 minutes an object shaped like a delta wing of aluminum with a vertical fin, flying horizontally and then remaining stationary. ((July 22?) 8:10 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1533 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1136

Event 11012 (EFA56B81)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Holyoke (Massachusetts), Mrs. A. Burgess saw a round and yellow pulsating light descend. (after 0 h)
Reference: case Blue Book #1524 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1137

Event 11013 (B7BC70FF)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Uvalde (Texas), Don Epperly, station manager of Trans Texas Airlines and weather observer, observed a large silver round object flying at more than 1000 miles/h for 45 s, while spinning on itself. (14 h 46)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1536 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1138

Event 11014 (D013C4CF)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Los Alamos, New Mexico, control tower operator Don Weins and two Carco pilots observed 8 large round objects seemingly made of aluminum flying horizontally and then moving around very quickly for 25 minutes. (10:50)
Reference: case Blue Book #1538 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1139

Event 11015 (9CCF8E30)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: New York Times. FLYING OBJECTS NEAR WASHINGTON SPOTTED BY PILOTS AND RADAR. Aerial objects over the vicinity of the nation’s Capital were picked up and recorded by radar. No attempts were made by Air Force pilots to intercept the objects. The Air Force said it had received only a preliminary report and therefore did not know why no attempt at interception had been made.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_217

Event 11016 (717D6882)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 02:15
Location: Washington DC and Martinsburg, WV
Description: New York Times. AIR FORCE SAYS SAUCER SIGHTINGS CLIMB. Seven objects between Washington and Martinsburg, WV were reported by Capital Airlines, Flight 807 at 2:15 a.m. Capital Airlines, Flight 610 reported a light following it from Herndon Ga. to within four miles of National Airport. Citizens of Burlington, VT, South Portland, ME, and Staten Island, N.Y. reported flying saucers overhead. The Air Force said it was receiving flying saucer reports this summer at a rate higher than at any time since the initial flood of sightings in 1947, the current average being 100 sightings a month.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_222

Event 11017 (8CB9D221)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: SYDNEY, NSW
Description: Watchman. Orange glowing “lantern” going [to] over railroad/railway tracks / 400mph. Gun shakes. Shocks.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2386

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SYDNEY,NSW:WATCHMAN:ORG.GLO “LANTERN” >OVR RR TRACKS/400mph:GUN SHAKES:SHOCKS”, LatLong: “-33.883335 151.200007”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 S 151:12:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11018 (3A865FC0)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: SSW / LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1538. Air Traffic Controller and more/others. Large very fast objects / sudden turns and reversals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2387

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, 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: “25”, Elev: “2260”, HatchDesc: “SSW/LOS ALAMOS,NM:BBK#1538:ATC++:LRG VFAST OBJS/SUDDEN TURNS+REVERSALS.”, LatLong: “35.800002 -106.350005”, LatLongDMS: “35:48:00 N 106:21:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11019 (E51AE702)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: EAST / GOSHEN, OR
Description: Several observer(s). 1-3 then 8 round bits / fluff maneuver and circle / 1 hr and more. / Register Guard.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 909)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2388

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “E/GOSHEN,OR:SVRL OBS:1-3 then 8 RND BITS/FLUFF MNVR+CCL/1 hr+:/Register Guard”, LatLong: “43.983335 -123.000006”, LatLongDMS: “43:59:00 N 123:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11020 (3CC37950)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: OVER STAFFORD, VA
Description: USAF C54. Shiny ovoid dances. Dead stops and starts. Vertical steps.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2389

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: “3”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “ovr STAFFORD,VA:USAF C54:SHINY OVOID DANCES:DEAD STOPS+STARTS:VERTICAL STEPS”, LatLong: “38.422224 -77.411115”, LatLongDMS: “38:25:20 N 77:24:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11021 (21BE4162)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 14:20
Location: HAZLEHURST, GA
Description: 2+observer(s). 8M pancake saucer circles. Moves side-to-side. Flashes. Large night lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 908)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2390

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “HAZLEHURST,GA:2+OBS:8M PANCAKE SCR CCLS:MOVES SIDE-to-SIDE:FLASHES:LRG NLTS”, LatLong: “31.872224 -82.594448”, LatLongDMS: “31:52:20 N 82:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11022 (404F3234)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 14:50
Location: UVALDE, TX
Description: WxMAN. 15M silver saucer spins. Gyrates rising going quickly southwest. Lost in clouds. / r242p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 909)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2391

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “276”, HatchDesc: “UVALDE,TX:WxMAN:15M SLVR SCR SPINS:GYRATES RISING >>SW:LOST/CLOUDS:/r242p21”, LatLong: “29.200001 -99.783338”, LatLongDMS: “29:12:00 N 99:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11023 (ACFDEC5C)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
Description: Private pilot and wife. Metallic disk hovers / 10 second(s). Shoots away / fast climb.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2392

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEW SMYRNA BEACH,FL:Pvt.PILOT+WIFE:MTLC DISK HVRS/10sec:SHOOTS AWAY/FAST CLIMB”, LatLong: “29.027779 -80.888893”, LatLongDMS: “29:01:40 N 80:53:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11024 (AA0DC05A)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: EAST / WOLLASTON OBSERVER(S), MA
Description: Air Force plane spotter. Silver disk circles and maneuvers. “No plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 911)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2393

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “E/WOLLASTON OBS,MA:AF PLANE SPOTTER:SLVR DISK CCLS+MNVRs:“no plane””, LatLong: “42.255558 -70.972226”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:20 N 70:58:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11025 (C8E8ECAA)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: HUNTSVILLE, AL
Description: 4+observer(s). Dark double-cone disk going east. Sharp climb and turns. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 912)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2394

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: “193”, HatchDesc: “HUNTSVILLE,AL:4+OBS:DRK DBL-CONE DISK >E:SHARP CLIMB+TURNS:ABS SLNT:”, LatLong: “34.733335 -86.566671”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:00 N 86:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11026 (3E37C0B8)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: PENNINGTON, NJ
Description: Several / home. Orange night light 3 lengths ahead / airliner as if towing it!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2395

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “PENNINGTON,NJ:SVRL/HOME:ORG NLT 3 LENGTHS AHEAD/AIRLINER as if towing it!”, LatLong: “40.294446 -74.750004”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:40 N 74:45:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11027 (3024FAD4)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / MONROE, LA
Description: Red blot / light follows small plane through maneuvers. Above and below. Going quickly southwest extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2396

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “N/MONROE,LA:RED BLOT/LITE FOLOS SML PLANE THRU MNVRS:ABOVE+BELOW:>>SW XFAST”, LatLong: “32.966668 -92.116671”, LatLongDMS: “32:58:00 N 92:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11028 (CF50CD75)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: DUNELLEN, NJ
Description: 7 observer(s) at end. 2 orange disks cross sky. 3 minutes each. 1 north going south. Other east going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 915)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2397

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: “6”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “DUNELLEN,NJ:7 OBS at end:2 ORG.DISKS CROSS SKY:3 mins each:1 N>S:OTHER E>W:”, LatLong: “40.588891 -74.472226”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:20 N 74:28:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11029 (03F255B0)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTH / TAMPA, FL
Description: 20 report(s). Saucers and night lights all over/all about MacDill Air Force Base and more. 2x jet-speed. 2 going quickly east. RADAR’s. Military investigation/investigators.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2398

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “S/TAMPA,FL:20 Rpts:SCRS+NLTS ALLO MacDILL AFB+:2x JET-SPEED:2>>E:RDRs:MIL.INV”, LatLong: “27.866668 -82.466671”, LatLongDMS: “27:52:00 N 82:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11030 (037C959C)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SR50 NEAR ORLANDO, FL
Description: Ovoid mass / light east going quickly west fast. Turns vertical. / separate military observer(s) / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2399

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, 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: “33”, HatchDesc: “SR50 nr ORLANDO,FL:OVOID MASS/LITE E>>W FAST:TURNS VERTICAL:/sep.mil.obs/r150”, LatLong: “28.550001 -81.350004”, LatLongDMS: “28:33:00 N 81:21:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11031 (6567748B)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Gene hays. Saucer stops / 1 second(s) overhead. Edges glow. Dark center. Going quickly southeast. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2400

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: “1”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX CITY,IA:GENE HAYS:SCR STOPS/1sec OVHD:EDGES GLOW:DARK CTR:>>SE:SLNT”, LatLong: “42.516669 -96.416671”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:00 N 96:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11032 (A9F2785D)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1588. Several F94 crews. Night lights going quickly south and southeast and southwest. Join and separate to 2300h. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2401

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “190”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “TRENTON,NJ:BBK#1588:SVRL F94 CREWS:NLTS >>S+SE+SW:JOIN+SEPARATE to 2300h:/r185”, LatLong: “40.216669 -74.733337”, LatLongDMS: “40:13:00 N 74:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11033 (5EC614AE)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: PORTALES, NM
Description: Observer(s) / drive-in movie. V-formation / night lights crosses sky. Reverses direction (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2402

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, 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: “1235”, HatchDesc: “PORTALES,NM:OBS/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:V-FORM/NLTS CROSSES SKY:REVERSES DIRECTION (AP)”, LatLong: “34.183335 -103.338894”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 103:20:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11034 (A3F6F298)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: BOSTON TO/FROM PROVINCETOWN, MA
Description: Pilot and RADAR-OP. Blue round object spins past F94. Project Bluebook Case #1556. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2403

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BOSTON><PROVINCETOWN,MA:PILOT+RDR-OP:BLU RND OBJ SPINS PAST F94:BBK#1556:NFD”, LatLong: “42.166669 -70.500003”, LatLongDMS: “42:10:00 N 70:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11035 (19D0ADBD)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: WEST BRIGHTON, NY
Description: Bright yellow object. Red lights / edge. Bobs going up and down [to] and circles. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2404

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “W.BRIGHTON,NY:BRITE YEL OBJ:RED LITES/EDGE:BOBS ↑+↓ AND CIRCLES:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “43.150002 -77.583337”, LatLongDMS: “43:09:00 N 77:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11036 (5286320A)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: BOSTON HARBOR, MA
Description: Logan WxMAN. Dazzling object circles 3x at least. Different color(s). Good data.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 918)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2405

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “BOSTON HARBOR,MA:LOGAN WxMAN:DAZZLING OBJ CCLS 3x at least:DIFF.CLRS:good data”, LatLong: “42.383335 -70.950003”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 70:57:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11037 (9EE1F4D4)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: QUINCY NAS, MASS
Description: 2 silent blue-glowing saucers. Straight and level going quickly northwest. Abruptly vanish or darken 1, 2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2406

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “QUINCY NAS,MASS:2 SILENT BLUE-GLO SCRS:S/L>>NW:ABRUPTLY VANISH OR DARKEN 1,2.”, LatLong: “42.250002 -71.016670”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:00 N 71:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11038 (092D7C9B)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Rockville, IN
Description: An aluminum delta-shaped object with vertical fin (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1533)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1153

Event 11039 (88BEB6C2)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Uvalde, TX
Description: Large, round, silver object fly at 1,000+ mph while gyrating (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 1536)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1154

Event 11040 (66788608)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Maxwell, TX
Description: At 2240 CST one bluish green object was observed at 8,000 feet. The object climbed to 14,000 in arc very rapid. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1155

Event 11041 (79BC97D6)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Saw 8 large, round, bright aluminum objects fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1538, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1156

Event 11042 (1B7E01E4)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Boston (near Braintree between Provincetown and), MA
Description: F-94B Chases Object / With Airborne radar Tracking (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1556) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1157

Event 11043 (E31D56E4)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Brookley AFB (Mobile), AL
Description: Barrel-shaped black object 3.5-4 ft diameter, emitting black smoke trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1159

Event 11044 (698C2221)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Peterson Field (12 miles E of ), CO
Description: ADC Personnel In Cessna See Silver Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1160

Event 11045 (AFCF644E)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: New Smryna (near), FL
Description: Very Large Disc Sighted By Private Pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520722
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1161

Event 11046 (DC135CB0)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Stafford, VA
Description: Bright ovoid object hover then move in stops and starts (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1654)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1162

Event 11047 (91185864)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: After midnight
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: Mrs. A. Burgess. One round, yellow, flashing light went downward. No further information in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_186

Event 11048 (D9CEB189)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots for Carco. Eight large, round, bright aluminum objects flew straight and level, then darted around erratically during 25 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_187

Event 11049 (D0435B73)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 2:46 PM
Location: Uvalde, Texas
Description: Witness: Don Epperly, Trans Texas Airlines station manager and weather observer. One large, round, silver object flew at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for 45 seconds, while gyrating.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_188

Event 11050 (86B3A56C)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:47 PM
Location: between Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor. One round blue light passed F-94, spinning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_189

Event 11051 (3573A35C)

Date: 7/22/1952
Time: 10:50 PM to 12:45 AM, July 23
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Description: Witnesses: crews of several USAF F-94 jet interceptors from Dover AFB, Del. Thirteen visual sightings and one radar tracking of blue-white lights during two hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_190

Event 11052 (DF224D55)

Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Washington
Description: At Wright-Patterson AFB, Ruppelt meets with ATIC electronics specialist Capt. Roy L. James (who harbors a “personal dislike for UFOs”). He tells Ruppelt that weather conditions caused the Washington radar returns.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1927

Event 11053 (9764856F)

Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company; Pueblo, Colorado; Montana; California
Description: Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company President Joseph H. Rohrer gives a lecture (one of a series) on flying saucers at a chamber of commerce meeting in Pueblo, Colorado. He mixes a few genuine cases with some crashed saucer fiction, claiming that 7 discs have been retrieved by the US government, three of them forced down in Montana. One occupant has survived, he says, a little man 3 feet tall who is later kept alive in a secret site in California. Rohrer claims he has been inside a 100-foot-diameter disc in 1942, but he has made up these stories for entertainment purposes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Talk Startles Chamber Membership Meeting,” Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, July 23, 1952, p. 3; Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 111–113; James W. Moseley and Karl T. Pflock, Shockingly Close to the Truth! Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist, Prometheus, 2002, pp. 90–92; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 6, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1928

Event 11054 (CB2B4E6D)

Date: 7/22/1952
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Description: 10:00 p.m. Eubert T. White and his wife see three silvery objects whizzing across the sky above Worcester, Massachusetts, “like planes in attack formation.” One of the objects has a bluish glow in the front and a reddish tint behind it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Objects in Worcester Sky,” Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle, July 23, 1952; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 14; Shoot 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1929

Event 11055 (89395A5B)

Date: 7/22/1952
Locations: Boston, Massachusetts; Braintree
Description: 10:20 p.m. A bluish-green UFO is seen over Boston, Massachusetts, and a few minutes later it is picked up by GCI radar. When Ground Control vectors an F-94 toward the UFO, the pilot sees the UFO near Braintree and locks on to it with his own radar. But the object easily leaves the jet behind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94B Chases Object / With Airborne Radar Tracking”; Keyhoe, FS from OS, p. 67; Sparks, pp. 154–155
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1930

Event 11056 (936D4679)

Date: 7/22/1952
End date: 7/23/1952
Locations: MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida; Tampa
Description: 10:30 p.m. An air traffic control tower operator at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, watches for 30 minutes a red-greenish-blue object to the west-southwest at about 45° elevation with 2 other objects to the north of it, smaller and lower in elevation. He sights another object to the south-southeast about 30° elevation at 11:30 p.m. MacDill radar tracks an object at 12:03 a.m. 37 miles away at 41,200 feet altitude heading almost directly toward the base at 532 mph. It also tracks an object to the south-southeast at an altitude of 41,000 feet (reportedly Navy and CAA radars also track the object). At 12:08 a.m., the pilot and copilot of a B-29 bomber on landing approach are vectored by MacDill tower operator to investigate the UFO. They see a high-speed object at 40,000 feet heading towards MacDill and traveling faster than the B-29. The B-29 fire control radar locks onto the object and prepares to fire just as the UFO changes course and disappears at 4,600 mph. Four airmen at the MacDill radar site see an object as it passes nearly overhead. MacDill radar loses the object at about 12:15 a.m. Civilians in Tampa also see two yellowish-orange discs maneuvering around the air base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 156; Tampa (Fla.) Daily Times, July 23, 1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1931

Event 11057 (C7FD3D25)

Date: 7/22/1952
End date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Dover AFB, Delaware; Trenton, New Jersey
Description: 10:50 p.m. Crews of several USAF F-94 jet interceptors from Dover AFB, Delaware, make 13 visual sightings and one radar tracking of blue-white lights around Trenton, New Jersey, continuing until 12:45 a.m. White, green, and blue lights are seen by ground observers and F-94 pilots moving in arcs and blinking out suddenly. One F-94 crew gets a radar lock-on from 30,000 feet away of an object the size of an F-94. At 9,000 feet distance, the object makes a sharp right turn, suddenly drops in height, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1932

Event 11058 (4692A85A)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at 8:00 p.m. a railroad guard received electric shocks and his gun shook when he had a close encounter with an orange glowing, lantern-shaped UFO over some railroad tracks. The UFO flew away at an estimated 400 mph. Guard receives electrics shocks, gun shakes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James Holledge, Flying Saucers over Australia, p. 32; John Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4286

Event 11059 (12101956)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 10:50 a.m. Mr. D. Weins, the Los Alamos Airport control tower operator at the AEC Los Alamos nuclear research facility in New Mexico, and two others, saw eight round, aluminum-colored objects. They were described as large and very fast moving UFOs. They made several sudden turns and reversals, and were seen for 25 minutes. An unexplained Project Blue Book report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #1538; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 272, case 4; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4287

Event 11060 (ADD313B8)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 2:45 p.m. Mr. Epperly, a weather observer, sighted a 30-foot diameter silver disc-shaped object that flew 100 degrees through the sky over Uvalde, Texas in 48 seconds, between cloud banks. It seemed to climb, and moved at an estimated speed of 1,000 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1536; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 272, case 3; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4288

Event 11061 (A0E14530)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: A triangular-shaped flying object, the size of C-47 transport plane, flew across the sky over Rockville, Indiana. It stopped to hover about half a minute, then resumed its flight, disappearing in the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 272, case 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4289

Event 11062 (7AB0EFA0)

Date: 7/22/1952
Description: At 10:50 p.m. eight lights in a V formation crossed the sky at a drive-in movie theater in Portales, New Mexico and then reversed direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4290

Event 11063 (05826AB3)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: Orfeo Angelucci takes ride in saucer
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_124

Event 11064 (36820AFA)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: In an Air Mail reply from Dr. Einstein to Mr. Louis A. Gardner in LA, he said in regards to UFO’s “Those people have seen something. What they saw I do not know, and I am not curious to know”.
Type: letter
Reference: link
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p128)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_463

Event 11065 (7D6145F5)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:50 p.m. Witnesses: crews of two USAF F-94 interceptors at 35-46,000 feet altitude. Three cylindrical objects in vertical formation, flying at an altitude of 50-80,000 feet. Observation for 20 minutes
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1645

Event 11066 (B9072897)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, South Bend, Indiana.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:35 p.m. Witness: Capt. H. W. Kloth, USAF pilot. Two blue-white objects flying together, then the one at the back turned and disappeared after 9 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1646

Event 11067 (8BA47ABA)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. May 23, 52) Orfeo is invited to enter an unmanned saucer and flies off into the Universe. He returns with a cross-shaped mark on his chest, on the left side, the symbol of the UR-E.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following August 2, 52
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1647

Event 11068 (689FE56C)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Braintree, between Boston and Provincetown (Massachusetts), the pilot and radar operator of an USAF F-94 interceptor jet observe a round light of green/blue color passing them while spinning. The object is also observed from the ground. (July 23?, 22:47)
Reference: case Blue Book #1556 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1140

Event 11069 (35ED91E6)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Trenton (New Jersey), crews of some F-94 interceptor jets from the USAF base in Dover made 13 visual observations and 1 radar detection of pale blue lights for 2 hours. (July 23, 22:50 to 0:45)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1572
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1141

Event 11070 (6EAF7245)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Stafford (Virginia).
Reference: case Blue Book #1654 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1142

Event 11071 (B21EDBE8)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Pottstown, Pennsylvania, crews of two from three F-94 fighters of the USAF observed for 1-4 minutes a large silver object, shaped like an elongated pear with 2 or 3 squares underneath it, flying at a speed of 150-180 knots (170-210 mph), while a smaller object, delta-wing or swept back, flew around it between 1000 and 1500 knots (1150-1700 mph). (8:40)
Reference: Blue Book case 1554, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1143

Event 11072 (617E80E0)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Culver City (California), employees of an airplane factory see an silver elliptical object accompanied by 2 small discs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1144

Event 11073 (34552DD7)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Altoona (Pennsylvania), the two-man crews of 2 F-94 fighters of the USAF observed for 20 minutes at an altitude of 35 to 46000 feet 3 cylindrical objects flying in a vertical stack formation at an altitude of 50 to 80000 feet. (0 h 50)
Reference: case Blue Book #1567 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1145

Event 11074 (ABEC5F38)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At South Bend (Indiana), the USAF Captain and pilot H. W. Kloth observed 2 pale blue luminous objects flying together, then the one in the back changed course after 9 minutes. (23:35)
Reference: case Blue Book #1578 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1146

Event 11075 (375989CD)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: Tujunga, CA
Description: Hollywood-Citizen News. ARE SAUCERS DODGING U.S. AIR ROUTES? A carpenter, Frank Bartko, of 9644 Aperson Ave., Tujunga told police he saw four saucers last night around 7 o’clock. He was standing in front of his house when he looked up and saw aircraft hovering at a high altitude. He watched them disappear in the direction of Lockheed Air Terminal.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_223

Event 11076 (A85DEB83)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Near Boston, MA
Description: Bluish-green object eludes pursuing F-94.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_107

Event 11077 (B26ADDF5)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: WESTFIELD, ME
Description: 3 silver saucers speed going quickly southwest. Other objects reported / previous night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2407

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “WESTFIELD,ME:3 SLVR SCRS SPEED >>SW::other OBJs reported/previous nite.”, LatLong: “46.572224 -67.922225”, LatLongDMS: “46:34:20 N 67:55:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11078 (1708A161)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: Aircraft workers. Silver ovoid launches 2 small scout disks. Rejoin and going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2408

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “CULVER CITY,CA:AIRCRAFT WORKERS:SLVR OVOID LAUNCHES 2 SML SCOUT DISKS:REJOIN+↑”, LatLong: “34.033335 -118.400006”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 118:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11079 (3CDE1431)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: SPRINGFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange glowing ovoid maneuvers / T-formation / 40 minute(s). Twinkles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2409

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:ORG GLOWING OVOID MNVRS/T-FORMATION/40min:TWINKLES”, LatLong: “42.100002 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:00 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11080 (A856F38B)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: USCG / NAHANT, MASS AND MORE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1556. 2 5’ saucers going quickly northwest / 1500’ altitude. Circle Bird Rock. Going quickly southeast again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 907)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2410

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “USCG/NAHANT,MASS+:BBK#1556:2 5’SCRS >>NW/1500’alt:CCL Bird Rock:>>SE again”, LatLong: “42.266669 -71.083337”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:00 N 71:05:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11081 (3C6D2394)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / LEXINGTON PARK, MD
Description: 2 night lights over sea / 10 minute(s). 1 hovers. 1 darts to and fro. / letter to Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2411

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SE/LEXINGTON PARK,MD:2 NLTS OVR SEA/10min:1 HVRS:1 DARTS TO+FRO:/LETTER to BBK”, LatLong: “38.166668 -76.333337”, LatLongDMS: “38:10:00 N 76:20:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11082 (68FF1D9E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: MARSHFIELD, WI
Description: Unidentified observer(s). 90M orange metallic disk with blue-glow. Slants down. Shoots back up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2412

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: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “389”, HatchDesc: “MARSHFIELD,WI:UID OBS:90M ORG MTLC DISK W/BLU-GLOW:SLANTS DOWN:SHOOTS BACK UP”, LatLong: “44.672224 -90.172227”, LatLongDMS: “44:40:20 N 90:10:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11083 (6AE01C44)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: WALTHAM, MASS
Description: Odd orange night light circles town / hours. F94B sees spinning saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2413

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WALTHAM,MASS:ODD ORG NLT CIRCLES TOWN/HOURS::F94B SEES SPINNING SCR”, LatLong: “42.366669 -71.250003”, LatLongDMS: “42:22:00 N 71:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11084 (F52E65E0)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: GORDONSVILLE, VA
Description: Boy / 14. 4 teardrop flames going quickly east. Veer sharply upward. Same repeated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 920)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2414

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “GORDONSVILLE,VA:BOY/14:4 TEARDROP FLAMES >>E:VEER SHARPLY UPWARD:SAME REPEATED”, LatLong: “38.138891 -78.188893”, LatLongDMS: “38:08:20 N 78:11:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11085 (7CE26674)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: NEAR BRAINTREE, MA
Description: 5 in 3 F94s and 5 / ground. RADAR-visual (observation). Blue-glowing object / 25K’ altitude. Going quickly [to] away. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2415

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “nr BRAINTREE,MA:5 in 3 F94s+5/GND:RDR-VIS:BLU-GLO OBJ/25K’alt:>> AWAY:/r242”, LatLong: “42.216669 -71.116670”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:00 N 71:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “7500”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11086 (E659C77E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 04:10
Location: SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 3 large night lights circle / sky. 2 zoom away and return. Hover. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2416

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “36”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “SANTA CRUZ,CA:GOC OBS:3 LRG NLTS CCL/SKY:2 ZOOM AWAY+RETURN:HOVER:NFD”, LatLong: “37.033335 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11087 (1C7FB192)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 07:40
Location: JAMESTOWN, RI
Description: Navy radar. Blip south going quickly [to] 2 / 43K’ altitude. F94s and F86’s chase. Can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2417

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “JAMESTOWN,RI:NAVY RADAR:BLIP S>>2/43K’alt:F94s+F86s CHASE:CANT CATCH:”, LatLong: “41.500002 -71.366670”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 71:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “13100”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11088 (2809779E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: POTTSTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1554 unidentified. 3 F94 crews. 3 silver 80’ cylinders and pears / 2400kph. / LDLN#330.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2418

Attributes: 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, 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: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “POTTSTOWN,PA:BBK#1554 UID:3 F94 CREWS:3 SLVR 80’CYLS+PEARS/2400kph:/LDLN#330”, LatLong: “40.250002 -75.650004”, LatLongDMS: “40:15:00 N 75:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11089 (0C8D955F)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: ABILENE, TX
Description: 2+girl / 6. 15M silver round object stops. Up and down. Going west and lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 921)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2419

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “510”, HatchDesc: “ABILENE,TX:2+GIRL/6:15M SLVR RND OBJ STOPS:UP+DOWN:>W+lost/distance”, LatLong: “32.450002 -99.733338”, LatLongDMS: “32:27:00 N 99:44:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11090 (7BB13331)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: BERKELEY, CA
Description: Silver “blimp” enters cloud. Exits at 90° angle with tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2420

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “BERKELEY,CA:SLVR “BLIMP” ENTERS CLOUD:EXITS AT 90°ANGLE W/TREMENDOUS SPEED”, LatLong: “37.855557 -122.272228”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:20 N 122:16:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11091 (95D04E95)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: LAX AIRPORT/APARTMENT, CA
Description: 3 Air Traffic Controllers / (seen thru) binoculars. 3 disks hover / 5 minute(s). 1 side dark. Flip over and going quickly [to] away. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2421

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “LAX Apt,CA:3 ATCs/BINOCS:3 DISKS HVR/5min:1 SIDE DARK:FLIP OVR+>>away:NO RDR”, LatLong: “33.983335 -118.433339”, LatLongDMS: “33:59:00 N 118:26:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11092 (FE39F10E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: OFF MISAWA AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: Blue-green fireball rushes F94. F94 pursues. Object suddenly dives.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2422

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off MISAWA AFB,JPN:BLUE-GRN FBL RUSHES F94:F94 PURSUES:OBJ SUDDENLY DIVES”, LatLong: “40.750002 141.500007”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 141:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11093 (871DA847)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: HAPEVILLE, GA
Description: Observer(s) / car. White saucer drops. Stops and “bounces” / 1000’ altitude. Goes slowly going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2423

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: “305”, HatchDesc: “HAPEVILLE,GA:OBS/CAR:WHT SCR DROPS:STOPS+“BOUNCES”/1000’alt:GOES SLOWLY >SW”, LatLong: “33.661113 -84.411115”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:40 N 84:24:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11094 (ADF442C9)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: 4 MILES WITH ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: Cop and 2 USAF and civilians. Red night light hangs / sky / 10 minute(s). Then shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2424

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “4mi W/ALEXANDRIA,VA:COP+2 USAF+CIVS:RED NLT HANGS/SKY/10min:THEN SHOOTS >>W.”, LatLong: “38.811113 -77.122226”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:40 N 77:07:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11095 (B5CF4E5A)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: NORFOLK, MASS
Description: 3 prison guards. Silent circular shadow overhead. Leaves / great speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2425

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,MASS:3 PRISON GUARDS:SILENT CIRC.SHADOW OVHD:LEAVES/GREAT SPEED”, LatLong: “42.122224 -71.327781”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:20 N 71:19:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11096 (444E8728)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: SOUTH BEND, IN
Description: USAF Captain Kloth / backyard. 2 night lights going quickly southwest. 1 veers due going west. / r242p21+35.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 416)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2426

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “217”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH BEND,IN:USAF Capt KLOTH/BACKYARD:2 NLTS>>SW:1 VEERS DUE >W:/r242p21+35”, LatLong: “41.700002 -86.250004”, LatLongDMS: “41:42:00 N 86:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11097 (0F1A24B1)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: CRECY-SUR-TILLE, FR
Description: 19M glowing-saucer going down. Slows. Maneuvers / 1100M. Blows white smoke / 4 portholes. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2427

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “CRECY-sur-TILLE,FR:19M GLO-SCR↓:SLOWS:MNVRS/1100M:BLOWS WHT SMOKE/4 PORTS:>>SE”, LatLong: “47.555558 5.133334”, LatLongDMS: “47:33:20 N 05:08:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Côte-d’Or”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11098 (9F1295EB)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Oval Object Zig Zags Over Naval Ship Yard (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1163

Event 11099 (4B2AD594)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Culver City, CA
Description: Two Discs Emerge From Elliptical Object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1164

Event 11100 (5D9EE267)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Saucer Hit By Jet Gunfire, Fragment Recovered? No Evidence. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 0)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1165

Event 11101 (9CAC92E8)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: 9:00 p.m. A red object, size undetermined, was sighted southwest of Alexandria, Virginia. The object hovered for 10 minutes, then disappeared in a westerly direction at a high rate of speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1166

Event 11102 (AFE5886C)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Boston, MA
Description: [Same as or continuation of July 22 sightings near Braintree?] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1167

Event 11103 (B53AF5C8)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Jamestown, RI
Description: USN radar tracked high speed target heading N at 42,000 ft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1168

Event 11104 (CBFBF1B6)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Jamestown, RI
Description: Jets Scrambled Again / High Speed Target At 42,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1169

Event 11105 (08242998)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Misawa AFB (E of ), Japan
Description: USAF pilot flying F-94 jet fighter chased blue-green fireball. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1170

Event 11106 (F649C563)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Pottstown, PA
Description: Silver object, shaped like a long pear with 2-3 squares beneath (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1554)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1171

Event 11107 (E7C36BED)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Altoona, PA
Description: 3 cylindrical objects in a vertical stack formation (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1567)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1172

Event 11108 (E4BF3420)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Trenton, NJ
Description: Crews of several USAF F-94 jet interceptors saw 13 visuals (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1572) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1173

Event 11109 (5C640D12)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Description: “Possible GCI Sighting” of Circular Lights (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1175

Event 11110 (6A5E4829)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Springfield, OH
Description: Bt. 8:05 and 10:15 p.m. two lights, some described them as white globes, were seen high in the sky. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1176

Event 11111 (1C21715F)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: South Bend, IN
Description: USAF pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth saw 2 bright blue-white objects flying together, then the rear one veered off. 9 mins. (Berliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1578)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1177

Event 11112 (9594A0AF)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Nahant, MA
Description: 2:15-218 a.m. A Seaman on watch at Nahant Coast Guard Station observed two (2) bluish lights approximately 5 feet in diameter, appearing as flat, disc-shaped objects having no aerodynamic features (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1178

Event 11113 (2243D756)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Braintree, MA
Description: G,A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1179

Event 11114 (BB355799)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Numerous witnesses observed four (4) objects hovering in the vicinity of the Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio. The objects were round and flourescent white in color. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1180

Event 11115 (F94B6E8E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Lockbourne AFB, OH
Description: Numerous witnesses observed four (4) objects hovering in the vicinity of the Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio. Two F-84 jets were dispatched from Lockbourne AFB, but were unable to identify the objects. Approximately 90 per cent of the personnel at the base observed the objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520723
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1181

Event 11116 (0D06632D)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 8:40 AM
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: the two-man crews of three USAF F-94 jet interceptors. One large silver object, shaped like a long pear with two or three squares beneath it, flew at 150-180 kts. (170-210 m.p.h.), while a smaller object, delta-shaped or swept back, flew around it at 1,000-1,500 kts. (1,150-1,700 m.p.h.). Seen by crews for 1-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_191

Event 11117 (AE918658)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 12:50 PM
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: two-man crews of two USAF F-94 jet interceptors at 35-46,000’ altitude. Three cylindrical objects in a vertical stack formation flew at an altitude of 50-80,000’. Seen for 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_192

Event 11118 (72892573)

Date: 7/23/1952
Time: 11:35 PM
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Description: Witness: USAF pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth. Two bright blue-white objects flew together, then the rear one veered off after about 9 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_193

Event 11119 (BADBD039)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Nahant (Massachusetts)
Description: 2:15 a.m. Seaman Henry J. Arnpriester is on watch at Nahant (Massachusetts) Coast Guard Station [now closed] when he sees two bluish lights approximately 5 feet in diameter. They appear as flat, disc-shaped objects having no aerodynamic features and move without sound or exhaust trail at a speed faster than a four-engine airliner at an altitude of 1,100 to 2,000 feet. When they are approximately 1.5 miles from the point of observation, they execute an extremely sharp turn similar to the path of a ball bouncing off a wall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lt. Col. Robert S. Jones, “Spot Intelligence Report,” July 29, 1952; Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1933

Event 11120 (D7C9086E)

Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Jamestown, Rhode Island; Camp Hero, Montauk Point, New York; Westover AFB, Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description: 7:36 a.m. US Navy radar at Jamestown, Rhode Island, tracks a high-speed target heading north at 42,000 feet. It is confirmed by ADC radar at Camp Hero [now closed] at Montauk Point, New York. F-94s and F-86s are scrambled unsuccessfully from Westover AFB [now Westover Air National Guard Base] in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jets Scrambled / High Speed Object at 45,000ʹ Feet”; Sparks, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1934

Event 11121 (696CE808)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Description: 8:40 a.m. The crews of three USAF F-94 jet interceptors see a large silver object, shaped like a long pear with 2–3 squares beneath it, flying at 170–210 mph over Pottstown, Pennsylvania. A smaller object, delta-shaped or swept-back, flies around it at 1,150-1,720 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book document]; Sparks, p. 157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1935

Event 11122 (26E755D1)

Date: 7/23/1952
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:50 p.m. Crews of two USAF F-94 jet interceptors flying at 35,000–46,000 feet altitude near Altoona, Pennsylvania, see three cylindrical objects in a vertical-stack formation fly at an altitude of 50,000–80,000 feet for 20 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 23, 1952: Altoona, Penna.”; Sparks, p. 157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1936

Event 11123 (11405B5A)

Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Culver City, California; Hawthorne
Description: 7:00–8:00 p.m. Owner Edwin C. Johnston and more than 20 employees of Aircraft Hydroforming at Culver City, California, see a bright silvery elliptical object that moves northwest over the Northrup aircraft plant in nearby Hawthorne, then stops and hovers. Two small discs emerge and circle around the area before rejoining the mother ship. The object then climbs straight up out of sight at tremendous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aircraft Co. Owner Sees ‘Discs’ Four Nights in Row,” Redlands (Calif.) Daily Facts, July 24, 1952, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1937

Event 11124 (573B9AF6)

Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Lockbourne AFB; Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base; Lockbourne, Ohio; Turner AFB; Naval Air Station Albany; Albany, Georgia; Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio; Clinton County Airport; Wilmington, Ohio
Description: 7:15 p.m. Many witnesses at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio, including visiting Capt. Eugene E. McManus from Turner AFB [now Naval Air Station Albany] in Albany, Georgia, observe four round, fluorescent white objects hovering near the base at 75,000 feet. An Air force pilot named Capt. Swartz in Flight Service at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, radios in the report that the objects are balloons. Two F-84 jets are scrambled at 8:15 p.m. and identify them as a balloon cluster. The objects, seen over many other areas of central Ohio (Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt says he was called out to see it over Wright- Patterson), are probably USAF reconnaissance balloons sent up from Clinton County Airport in Wilmington, Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “July 23, 1952, Lockbourne, Ohio, UFO Report”; Clark III 395–398
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1938

Event 11125 (C5DB6DF0)

Date: 7/23/1952
Locations: Glendale-Hyperion Bridge; Glendale, California
Description: Night. Contactee Orfeo Angelucci feels compelled to walk over the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge in Glendale, California. He feels an odd sensation and suddenly sees in front of him a soap-bubble-like object that turns into a metallic craft. He gets aboard and is taken on his first trip into outer space.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Orfeo Angelucci, The Secret of the Saucers, Amherst Press, 1955, pp. 18–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1939

Event 11126 (DEA41380)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At two o’clock in the morning a witness in Springfield, Massachusetts reported a silent orange glowing ovoid object maneuvering in the sky in a T pattern for 40 minutes. At 2:15 a.m. a Ground Observer Corp volunteer in Nahant, Massachusetts named Armpriester sighting two disc-shaped objects that flew to the northwest at 1500 feet altitude, circled Bird Rock, then flew off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1 & 2) Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 9; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1556; NICAP files, citing newspaper clipping dated July 23, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4314

Event 11127 (60E39DD8)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At three o’clock in the morning four fiery teardrop-shaped flames flew rapidly toward the east over Gordonsville, Virginia and then veered sharply upward. They then repeated this staircase maneuver. The sighting lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 2434; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952 (Volume 9), p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4315

Event 11128 (B8A6547F)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 3:50 a.m. an F-94 interceptor obtained a radar lock-on while chasing a blue-green light, which circled Braintree, Massachusetts at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 132; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 97
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4316

Event 11129 (4C5825ED)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 8:20 p.m. local time a blue green ball of light approached an F-94 jet flying over the ocean east of Misawa AFB in Japan. The jet gave pursuit, but the UFO suddently shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 17; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4317

Event 11130 (39026816)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 9:10 p.m. three prison guards in Norfolk, Virginia watched a silent, circular shadow overhead. It shot off at high speed in less than a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4318

Event 11131 (F026BE35)

Date: 7/23/1952
Description: At 9:15 p.m. a group of evening shift aircraft workers in Culver City, California watched a silvery elliptical object flying over their aircraft plant. It emitted two small discs, which later returned to the main object. The sighting lasted several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 156; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 60; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 182
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4319

Event 11132 (47360E03)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: BSRA sends a warning letter to the President, a large swath the US military, US government, representatives, and press concerning the recently announced USAF “Shoot Down” order. Warning found in official FBI UFO files.
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_464

Event 11133 (B5659DDB)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: USA, from Hamilton to Colorado Springs (in flight)
Description: (Translated from French) A B-25 took off from Hamilton base. (…) At 3:40 they were above the Carson Sink region when one of them discovered the presence of three flying objects in front of them, slightly to starboard. (…) A moment later they saw three silver delta wings, very bright and without tails or cockpit. Only a clear band running from one end to the other of each aircraft broke the uniformity of the upper part. A few moments passed, then the three objects turned slightly to the left and passed in front of the B-25 at an extraordinary speed that the witnesses estimated to be three times that of a F-86. The aircraft passed at 400 to 800 meters so that the two colonels could observe them well. (A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 113, 114) Carson Sink, Nevada.: 3:40 p.m. Witnesses: two USAF Lt. Colonels McGinn and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Three silver, delta-shaped objects, each with a ridge along the top, crossed in front of and above the B-25 at high speed, in 3-4 seconds. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) and the same
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Facing the Flying Saucers”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 22 to 24, which still says that silver-painted delta aircraft existed at the time in the USA, while others were painted blue
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1648

Event 11134 (7542CEE9)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenants-Colonels McGinn and Barton aboard a B-25 from Hamilton Base, flying from San Francisco to Colorado Springs over the Sierra Nevada between Sacramento and Reno, heading east at 3300 m towards Carson Sink (Nevada), saw 3 silver delta wings with a bump on top resembling F-86 but at triple their speed (1000 miles/h). There were no reported delta planes in the area. The objects crossed in front and above their aircraft at high speed, in 3 to 4 s. (15 h 40)
Reference: case Blue Book #1584 unsolved
Reference: Ruppelt
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1147

Event 11135 (B483FA7D)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at the USAF Travis Base (California).
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1588 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1148

Event 11136 (589A6173)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: San Francisco, California
Description: DISKS SPIRAL OVER BAY AREA. Mrs. J. Jungkurth of San Francisco sighted a brilliant metallic saucer at approximately 11:30 a.m. The circular-shaped craft alternated in flight between several tight circles and straight level courses. Circles were accomplished several to the second in a tortuous west-to-east level flight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_224

Event 11137 (F7D96EB8)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Sierra Nevada
Description: Two AF colonels in B-25 see three metallic crafts at 1,000 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_108

Event 11138 (EA462EBD)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: DOOR PENINSULA, WI
Description: 3 / SR57. Shiny saucer follows road going northeast / 1k’ altitude. Turns sharply going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2428

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: “200”, HatchDesc: “DOOR PENINSULA,WI:3/SR57:SHINY SCR FOLOS ROAD > NE/1k’alt:TURNS SHARPLY >>W”, LatLong: “44.900002 -87.283337”, LatLongDMS: “44:54:00 N 87:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11139 (761E49A5)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: FLUSHING, NY
Description: Orange glowing object circles / high altitude. 2 jets / same area shortly after.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2429

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “FLUSHING,NY:ORANGE GLOWING OBJ CIRCLES/HI ALT:2 JETS/SAME AREA SHORTLY AFTER”, LatLong: “40.666669 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11140 (A45CBEF3)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: LAKELAND, GA
Description: USAF man. Night light darts and plays / 7 minute(s). 2 more do same. Color(s) = red going [to] blue going [to] white.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2430

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “LAKELAND,GA:USAF MAN:NLT DARTS+PLAYS/7min:2 MORE DO SAME:CLRS=RED>BLU>WHT”, LatLong: “31.038890 -83.077782”, LatLongDMS: “31:02:20 N 83:04:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11141 (DAF76BD2)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: REDLANDS, CA
Description: CD-observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Round amber object going west slow. 2nd object follows. Both zigzag going up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2431

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “402”, HatchDesc: “REDLANDS,CA:CD-OBS/BINOCS:RND AMBER OBJ >W SLOW:2nd OBJ FOLOS:BOTH ZIGZAG ↑+↓”, LatLong: “34.055557 -117.183339”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:20 N 117:11:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11142 (0DA05430)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: NORTHEAST / LAPWAI, ID
Description: 2 / car. Bright silver disk going east toward(s) sun. Spins on edge! Brief glimpse…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2432

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: “290”, HatchDesc: “NE/LAPWAI,ID:2/CAR:BRITE SLVR DISK >E TWRD SUN:SPINS on EDGE!:brief glimpse…”, LatLong: “46.416669 -116.900006”, LatLongDMS: “46:25:00 N 116:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11143 (D685E505)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: TV cameras at DEM.convention. Follow UFO and jet-chase / telephoto lens (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2433

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:TV CAMERAS at DEM.CONVENTION:FOLO UFO+JET-CHASE/TELEFOTO LENS (AP)”, LatLong: “39.966669 -83.016671”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 83:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11144 (D38E359D)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 15:30
Location: SOMERVILLE, MASS
Description: UFO changes silver to/from/between red / even intervals. No aerodynamic features.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2434

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “SOMERVILLE,MASS:UFO CHANGES SLVR<>RED/EVEN INTERVALS:NO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES”, LatLong: “42.388891 -71.100003”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:20 N 71:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11145 (72C6A24D)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: CARSON SINK, NV
Description: 2 USAF Colonels / B52. 3 silver deltoids going [to] over 1000mph. Make turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2435

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1188”, HatchDesc: “CARSON SINK,NV:2 USAF COLONELS/B52:3 SLVR DELTOIDS >OVER 1000mph:MAKE TURNS.”, LatLong: “39.833335 -118.583339”, LatLongDMS: “39:50:00 N 118:35:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11146 (8CB38D37)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: LENNOX, CA
Description: 1 observer. Odd star going / 20 minute(s). Suddenly splits / 5 pieces that zigzag all over/all about.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2436

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “21”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “LENNOX,CA:1 OBS:ODD STAR >/20min:SUDDENLY SPLITS/5 PIECES that ZIGZAG ALLO”, LatLong: “33.938891 -118.350006”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:20 N 118:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11147 (43336356)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: BELLFLOWER AND RESEDA, CA
Description: Bright UFO / red rim splits / 3 pieces. Same / Hawthorne, CA / 25 Jl.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2437

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “BELLFLOWER+RESEDA,CA:BRITE UFO/RED RIM SPLITS/3 PIECES::SAME/HAWTHORNE,CA/25JL”, LatLong: “33.883335 -118.116672”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 118:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 11148 (AC09D40A)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: ARNHEM, NETH
Description: Many observer(s). 4 disks pass. 50 Saturn-sphere follow / V formation. Suddenly quickly going up. / Ivo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2438

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ARNHEM,NETH:MANY OBS:4 DISKS PASS:50 SATURN-SPHERE FOLO/VFORM:SUDDENLY↑↑:/Ivo”, LatLong: “51.983336 5.933334”, LatLongDMS: “51:59:00 N 05:56:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11149 (CA37381B)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: CLOVIS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1151. Unidentified. Military observer(s). 2 ovoids wobble going east. Turn going quickly north at horizon. 400mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2439

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere 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: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “CLOVIS,NM:BBK#1151:UID:MIL OBS:2 OVOIDS WOBBLE > E:TURN>>N AT HORIZON:400mph”, LatLong: “34.400002 -103.200005”, LatLongDMS: “34:24:00 N 103:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11150 (35A193B4)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: WEISER, ID
Description: Airport manager. Bright metallic ovoid. Zigzags going southwest. Visible / 3 minutes. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2440

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “649”, HatchDesc: “WEISER,ID:AIRPORT MGR:BRITE MTLC OVOID:ZIGZAGS >SW:VISIBLE/3mins:VANISHES”, LatLong: “44.205558 -116.961117”, LatLongDMS: “44:12:20 N 116:57:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11151 (56AA6F91)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / TALKEETNA, AK
Description: Ground and air RADAR blip. Jet chases. Can’t catch at 550 knts. No visual.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2441

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “109”, HatchDesc: “SE/TALKEETNA,AK:GND+AIR RDR BLIP:JET CHASES:CANT CATCH @550 knts:NO VISUAL”, LatLong: “62.250003 -150.000007”, LatLongDMS: “62:15:00 N 150:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11152 (9C6719CD)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: OFF KEY WEST, FL
Description: 1 observer. 6 orange fireballs in circular orbit over sea. “No planes”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2442

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “off KEY WEST,FL:1 OBS:6 ORG FBLS in CIRCULAR ORBIT ovr sea:“NO PLANES””, LatLong: “24.500001 -81.733337”, LatLongDMS: “24:30:00 N 81:44:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11153 (334677F6)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, ARK
Description: 2 / car. Six 15cm saucers overhead. 1 passes over hood / car. Emits smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2443

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “427”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTEVILLE,ARK:2/CAR:SIX 15cm SCRS OVHD:1 PASSES OVR HOOD/CAR:EMITS SMOKE”, LatLong: “36.066668 -94.150004”, LatLongDMS: “36:04:00 N 94:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11154 (FCD1E28E)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Carson Sink, NV
Description: B-26 Crew Encounters 3 Triangular UFOs (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1584)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1183

Event 11155 (D0FC7B71)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Clovis (Clovis AFB), NM
Description: 2 oval-shaped objects, reddish-orange neon glow, approx 3-4 mi high and trav E approx speed 400-600 MPH. In formation approx 1-1½ mi apart on level course- no vapor trails, no sound. Duration approx 4 mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1184

Event 11156 (CA8F12D2)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Travis AFB, CA
Description: At 2215 hours PDST, thirteen witnesses of the 1501st Maintenance Squadron observed a round object with a reddish center with a halo around the object. (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1588)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1185

Event 11157 (35F0775C)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Description: (FUFOR Index) F-94 Makes Radar Contact (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1186

Event 11158 (36E8DF3E)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Description: USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped away. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1187

Event 11159 (915D2091)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: night
Location: Vico, Italy
Description: A man who was fishing in the Serchio River saw a disk hovering for 10 min. From it hung a hose that plunged into the water. The object was 20 m in diameter, with five propellers in the rear and a dome with something like blades on top. An orange glow could be seen through slits along the deck. A man wearing a diving helmet looked at the witness through a window, and he received a kind of electric shock as a “green ray” hit him. He looked up with difficulty, in time to see the object fly away toward the east. Six days later a stranger with a foreign accent contacted the witness and intimidated him.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 69,1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_95

Event 11160 (D6641345)

Date: 7/24/1952
Time: 3:40 PM
Location: Carson Sink, Nevada
Description: Witnesses: two USAF Lt. Colonels McGinn and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Three silver, delta-shaped objects, each with a ridge along the top, crossed in front of and above the B-25 at high speed, in 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_194

Event 11161 (9D3C9D2C)

Date: 7/24/1952
Locations: Hamilton AFB; Novato, California; Colorado Springs; Carson Sink, Nevada
Description: 3:40 p.m. Two USAF pilots, Lt. Col. John L. McGinn and Lt. Col. John R. Barton, are flying a B-25 out of Hamilton AFB [now closed] in Novato, California, for Colorado Springs. They are over Carson Sink, Nevada, at 11,000 feet when they see three unknown objects make a left bank and fly to within 400–600 yards of the plane. They are three bright silver, delta-wing craft with no tails and no canopies. The pilots see a clean upper triangular wing with a definite ridge that runs from the nose to the tail. They estimate the speed as at least three times that of any conventional jet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Carson Sink UFO incident”; NICAP, “B-26 Crew Encounters 3 Triangular UFOs”; NICAP, “The Carson Sink Case”; Sparks, p. 157; Ruppelt, pp. 10–12; Michael Hall, “When UFOs Were Serious Business: Then and Today,” IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 5; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1940

Event 11162 (C83DA0F7)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At three o’clock in the afternoon many witnesses and television cameras outside the Democratic Convention in Columbus, Ohio equipped with telephoto lens followed a UFO across the sky being chased by a USAF jet interceptor. The report was carried by the Associated Press wire service.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4344

Event 11163 (B529A5CF)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At Travis AFB, California a bright orange light witnessed by three military men–Mezo, Hanson, and Steen–looked like it was coming in for a landing, but then it stopped and hovered, made a slow turn to the west, and shot off at high speed. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1588; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 273
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4345

Event 11164 (39C45B13)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 3:40 p.m. near Carson Sink, Nevada three silver arrowhead-shaped or triangular UFOs flew in a V formation at an estimated speed 1000 mph, crossing the sky in front of a B-25 USAF bomber. The military witnesses onboard the bomber were named McGinn and Barton, and their sighting was brief, lasting less than 10 seconds. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1584; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 182; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 273
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4346

Event 11165 (A25F753C)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. in Arnheim, The Netherlands four discs passed over the city, followed by 50 Saturn-shaped objects flying in a V formation. They all suddenly shot straight up into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, UFO Reports from the Files of the CIA, p. 26; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4347

Event 11166 (964CF875)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 10:20 p.m. ground based air defense radar picked up a bogey over Alaska southeast of Talkeetna. A fighter jet was vectored into the location and also made radar contact but no visual sighting, and it couldn’t catch up with the UFO moving at 550 knots.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4348

Event 11167 (EAAD12CD)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 11:00 p.m. in Fayetteville, Arkansas two in car watched six 6- inch diameter discs overhead. One passed over the hood of their car, emitting smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4349

Event 11168 (7CF416D1)

Date: 7/24/1952
Description: At 11:30 p.m. orange balls of light were seen flying in circular orbits over the ocean in Key West, Florida.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952 (Volume 9), p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4350

Event 11169 (A0D4C547)

Date: 7/24/1952
Location: Serchio River, Italy
Description: Jul. 24-25, 1952. An Italian named Carlos was fired at by a hovering UFO, which used some sort of green ray near the Serchio River in Italy.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_19

Event 11170 (100994E9)

Date: 7/25/1952 (approximate)
Location: ITALY, Lucca, San Pietro a Vico
Description: (Translated from French) A man fishing in the Serchio River saw a disk hovering in the air for ten minutes. A hose was hanging from the disk and going into the water. A man wearing a diving helmet was looking through a porthole. The witness was paralyzed by a green ray that caused an electric shock. (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 100) Carlo Rossi, a 53-year-old farmer, was fishing on the Serchio at 3 o’clock in the morning. He saw a brilliant light that descended on a part of the river. He approached the place while hiding and saw a black craft two meters in diameter, with a dome on its belly, about three meters high, as big as “a room” emitting a blue light. A hose was coming out of it and hanging in the water. On the lower part there were two large and two small propellers. In the upper turret a kind of porthole came out and the witness thought he saw a man making a gesture with his arm towards him. At the same time a green ray came out from somewhere on the craft, causing a shock throughout his body. When he looked again, the craft had gained altitude and was moving away at a dizzying speed. (July 25

[c0mmando]

(24?), 1952)
Reference: CISU, archive dossier 5202, sources “La Nazione” of 26.9.52, Guieu I, 79, and others
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1649

Event 11171 (8A9F15E7)

Date: 7/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Orders are given to shoot them down if they refuse to land. (Friday 25th July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1149

Event 11172 (AE4AE447)

Date: 7/25/1952
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1664? Observer(s) / 3rd floor / Drano building. 2 silver turtle-shapes soar and going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2444

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,DE:BBK#1664?:OBS/3rd FLOOR/DRANO BLDG:2 SLVR TURTLE-SHAPES SOAR+↑”, LatLong: “39.750002 -75.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 75:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11173 (0A2A1092)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: SERCHIO RIVER, ITL
Description: 25M saucer hovers and drops hose going down / river. Props / top and bottom/underside. Pseudo-human/entity. / FSRv23#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2445

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “SERCHIO Rvr,ITL:25M SCR HVRS+DROPS HOSE↓/RIVER:PROPS/TOP+BTM:PSH:/FSRv23#1”, LatLong: “43.833335 10.516667”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:00 N 10:31:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lucques”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11174 (3E320E76)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 06:20
Location: NORTHWEST / COFFEYVILLE, KS
Description: 1 / car. 4M saucer going SSE slow. Flat bottom/underside and curved top. Stops. Going quickly west extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2446

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “233”, HatchDesc: “NW/COFFEYVILLE,KS:1/CAR:4M SCR >SSE SLO:FLAT BTM+CURVED TOP:STOPS:>>W XFAST”, LatLong: “37.144446 -95.705560”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:40 N 95:42:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11175 (2887D7E6)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEW BERLIN, NY
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Yellow-white cylinder changes position every 5 second(s). Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2447

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: “2”, Elev: “333”, HatchDesc: “NEW BERLIN,NY:GOC:YEL-WHT CYLINDER CHANGES POSITION EVERY 5sec:BALLOON?”, LatLong: “42.683335 -75.350004”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 N 75:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11176 (CBBCF0E4)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: MARION AND NORWALK, OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) report(s). Silver disk going quickly / day. 6 jets can’t catch “weather balloon”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2448

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “291”, HatchDesc: “MARION+NORWALK,OH:GOC Rpts:SLVR DISK >>/DAY:6 JETS CANT CATCH “WEATHR BALLOON””, LatLong: “40.583335 -83.127782”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:00 N 83:07:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11177 (89FF8729)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: WELLFLEET, MA
Description: 3 observer(s). Several silver disks going west inland over firing range. Maneuver / high altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2449

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WELLFLEET,MA:3 OBS:SVRL SLVR DISKS >W INLAND ovr FIRING RANGE:MNVR/HI ALT”, LatLong: “41.927780 -69.983337”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:40 N 69:59:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11178 (F74B8DBE)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: GARDENA AND HAWTHORNE, CA
Description: Several separate observer(s). Saucer hovers and banks. Small objects exit. Away in formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 929)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2450

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: “2”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “GARDENA+HAWTHORNE,CA:SVRL SEP.OBS:SCR HVRS+BANKS:SML OBJs EXIT:AWAY/FORMn”, LatLong: “33.888891 -118.305561”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:20 N 118:18:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11179 (03A55CD8)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: GADSDEN, AL
Description: 2 teens. Large Saturn saucer hovers over steel plant. Then rises going quickly west very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2451

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: “169”, HatchDesc: “GADSDEN,AL:2 TEENS:LRG SATURN SCR HVRS OVR STEEL PLANT:THEN RISES >>W VFAST:”, LatLong: “34.016668 -86.000004”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 86:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11180 (8916C053)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: LAVALLETTE, NJ
Description: 3 observer(s) and many. Long thin cloud going north fast. Turns going south. Exits going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 931)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2452

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAVALLETTE,NJ:3 OBS+MANY:LONG THIN CLOUD > N FAST:TURNS > S:EXITS >>E.”, LatLong: “39.977780 -74.072226”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:40 N 74:04:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11181 (E820E50C)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: PATERSON, NJ
Description: 2 small orange-gold disks hover. Shoot / opposite directions. Rejoin and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2453

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: “21”, HatchDesc: “PATERSON,NJ:2 SML ORG-GOLD DISKS HVR:SHOOT/OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS:REJOIN+away:”, LatLong: “40.900002 -74.183337”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:00 N 74:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11182 (31019648)

Date: 7/25/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: WILKES-BARRE, PA
Description: Large black saucer slowly tilts vertical. 4 large lights / rim. Fades away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2454

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: “2”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “WILKES-BARRE,PA:LRG BLK SCR SLOWLY TILTS VERTICAL:4 LRG LITES/RIM:FADES away”, LatLong: “41.233335 -75.883337”, LatLongDMS: “41:14:00 N 75:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11183 (B8831614)

Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Osceola, WI
Description: Ground Radar and Air Visuals (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 520725
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1188

Event 11184 (14FF0A8E)

Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Manassas, VA
Description: F-94 Checks Out Object Sighted By 647th AC&W (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520725
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1189

Event 11185 (65038D6C)

Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: Afternoon VA employee saw 2 discs reflecting light in a climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1190

Event 11186 (9D4CE502)

Date: 7/25/1952
Alternate date: 4/25/1952
Locations: Serchio river; San Pietro a Vico, Lucca, Italy
Description: 3:00 a.m. Carlo Rossi is on his way to a fishing spot on the Serchio river near San Pietro a Vico, Lucca, Italy. He notices an odd light above the river and finds that it belongs to an enormous disc-shaped object with a transparent dome. It is about 82 feet in diameter and apparently taking up water through a long tube. The object is standing in the river on three legs and has a ladder reaching down next to the tube. Rossi thinks it is hovering by means of propellors. Suddenly a porthole opens, and a human figure looks out and notices him. Rossi begins to leave, but a green ray passes above his head and he feels an electric shock. The object takes off and disappears to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Le Nostre Analisi: Precisazioni sul Caso di S. Pietro e Vico (1952),” Notiziario UFO, no. 67 (July/Sept. 1975): 4–9; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 12, 2006; 1Pinotti 42–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1941

Event 11187 (52371477)

Date: 7/25/1952
Location: Portales, New Mexico
Description: Capt. J. W. Titus of the 140th Wing Medical Group sees two oval-shaped objects flying in formation at 400– 600 mph in Portales, New Mexico. They are silent and leave no vapor trail. At one point, they make an abrupt 80° turn and fly off to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 85–86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1942

Event 11188 (8E2074FD)

Date: 7/25/1952
Description: A man who was fishing in the pre-dawn hours in the Serchio River in the Tuscany region of Italy saw a disc hovering for ten minutes. From it hung a hose that plunged into the water. The object was 20 meters in diameter, with five propellers in the rear and a dome with something like blades on top. An orange glow could be seen through slits along the deck. A man wearing a diving helmet looked at the witness through a window, and he received a kind of electric shock as a “green ray” hit him. He looked up with difficulty, in time to see the object fly away toward the east. Six days later a stranger with a foreign accent contacted the witness and intimidated him.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I, (Periodo 1907-1953), p. 137; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 181 (case 95); Peter Rogerson, A Worldwide Catalog of Type I Reports, p. 244
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4372

Event 11189 (0AB04AB0)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Washington, DC: Long range “overfly” RADAR picks more blips, just one week after the previous invasion of restricted air space over Washington, D.C. Capt. Ruppelt told Maj. Dewey Fournet to get over to the airport in Washington. Fournet was a radar specialist with Project HOLCOMBE and arrived at the airport with Al Chop, AF Press Officer, just in time to see the UFO blips on the radar sets and to hear ground-to-air conversations of the pilots of two F-94s vectored towards the UFOs.
Type: letter
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_465

Event 11190 (7C94C936)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) Two monkeys and two mice are lifted to 60 km in an Aerobee and are recovered.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1650

Event 11191 (F445F0FD)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: USA, Washington, D.C.
Description: (Translated from French) 8 p.m. until midnight. Witnesses: radar operators and several other people, pilots. Several targets on the radar, above Washington, at different speeds. The pilots saw unidentified lights. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) At 10:30 p.m. the two Washington NA radars detect objects again. Mr. Barnes is notified, Andrews AFB is alerted and confirms immediately. At 11:30 p.m. jet interceptors are alerted and at midnight two F-94s arrive above Washington guided by the radars. Then the objects disappear and the planes return. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p.107) also:
Reference: “Glimpses of Flying Saucers” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, page 99
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1651

Event 11192 (CB7AB241)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Kirtland (New Mexico), Airman 1st Class J.M. Donaldson observed 8-10 orange balls in a triangular or V formation flying very quickly for 3-4 seconds. (12:05)
Reference: case Blue Book #1637, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1150

Event 11193 (4BB0D860)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Kansas City (Missouri), Captain of the USAF H. A. Stone and the men from Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport control towers observed for 1 hour a green light with red-orange flashes descending from 40° to 10° elevation. (12:15)
Reference: case Blue Book #1628 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1151

Event 11194 (B2EE32C6)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Williams (California).
Reference: cas Blue Book unexplained missing from official archives
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1152

Event 11195 (4168263E)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In California, a jet is chasing yellow-orange lights confirmed by radar (= previous case?)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1153

Event 11196 (296F8FEA)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Washington Carousel resumes: radar operators at various airports as well as airline pilots report numerous unidentified radar echoes over the Washington area, at different speeds. Pilots spot unidentified lights. (From 8 PM to after midnight)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1154

Event 11197 (A0F2A9F5)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Between 6 and 12 lights appear again, at such a speed that it cannot be airplanes, however fast they may be. (21 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1155

Event 11198 (90D8FE72)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base of Andrews (Maryland, Washington, D.C.), continuing the numerous observations and radar detections reported in the Washington, D.C. area throughout the night.
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1661
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1156

Event 11199 (0CF334F4)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Mitchell AFB, NY
Description: The New York Times. MORE FROM THE BALLOONATIC FRINGE. Air Force officers at Mitchell AFB, N.Y., said yesterday that weather balloons released there four times daily might provide the answer to local reports of flying saucers over parts of Long Island. Balloons are sent up at 5 & 11 p.m. and also 5 & 11 a.m. by the weather detachment. Each balloon also carries a small battery-powered light underneath its surface that illuminates the balloon in flight so that it may be tracked from the ground. At about 100 feet off the ground at night the balloon might easily be mistaken for a flying saucer.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_225

Event 11200 (4543F49A)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: California
Description: Jet chase of unidentified light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_109

Event 11201 (5F1D4858)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Naval AS, Key West, FL
Description: Hundreds observe UFO with red light; ship follows it to sea.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_110

Event 11202 (6E9B2F87)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Radar/visuals of dozens of UFOs over the Capitol; F-94s scrambled.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_111

Event 11203 (73A0BCD7)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: DARTMOUTH, NS
Description: Huge dinner-plate circle ballpark / terrific speed. Going quickly west. / APRO B.v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2455

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “DARTMOUTH,NS:HUGE DINNER-PLATE CCL BALLPARK/TERRIFIC SPEED:>>W:/APRO B.v1#2”, LatLong: “44.661113 -63.561114”, LatLongDMS: “44:39:40 N 63:33:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11204 (83C0E6FA)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Airman Donaldson. 8-10 orange balls fly in V-formation. Fast / 4 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2456

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “KIRTLAND AFB,NM:AIRMAN DONALDSON:8-10 ORG BALLS FLY IN V-FORMATION:FAST/4sec”, LatLong: “35.027779 -106.588894”, LatLongDMS: “35:01:40 N 106:35:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11205 (9660C15A)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: Many observer(s). Flashing sphere/orb/globe turns over James River bridge / 30 minute(s). Jets chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2457

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:MANY OBS:FLASHING ORB TURNS OVR JAMES RIVER BRIDGE/30min:JETS CHASE”, LatLong: “36.850002 -76.283337”, LatLongDMS: “36:51:00 N 76:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11206 (37ADFD1F)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 00:20
Location: TRUAX AIR FORCE BASE, WI
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and Air Force men. Green night light flashes red. Descends after 1 hour. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2458

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “TRUAX AFB,WI:ATCs+AF MEN:GRN NLT FLASHES RED:DESCENDS AFTER 1 HOUR:NFD”, LatLong: “43.083335 -89.416671”, LatLongDMS: “43:05:00 N 89:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11207 (8A56AA82)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: POINT ARENA AND WILLIAMS, CA
Description: RADAR blip. F94 in cat and mouse game / blue-white blob. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2459

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “POINT ARENA+WILLIAMS,CA:RDR BLIP:F94 in CAT+MOUSE GAME/BLU-WHT BLOB:>>N”, LatLong: “38.950002 -123.733339”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 123:44:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11208 (86B85AF9)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 09:10
Location: CHIPPEWA TWNSHP, PA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotter. Aluminum disk high / clear sky. No further details / account truncated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2460

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “CHIPPEWA Twnshp,PA:GOC SPOTTER:ALUM.DISK HIGH/CLR SKY:NFD/account truncated”, LatLong: “40.772224 -80.377782”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:20 N 80:22:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11209 (25A32A90)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: KEY WEST, FL
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Red saucer over naval-air station/depot/facility. Destroyers put to sea.(silence.)
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2461

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), 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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “KEY WEST,FL:100s/OBS:RED SCR OVR NAVAL-AIR STn:DESTROYERS PUT TO SEA.(SILENCE)”, LatLong: “24.533335 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “24:32:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11210 (CAD803BF)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Air Traffic Controllers / 2 airports/apartments. Formation / saucers. Very high. Airliners confirm night lights. / The New York Times (NYT) and more / r48p89.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2462

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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:ATCs/2 APTS:FORMn/SCRS:VHIGH:AIRLINERS CONFIRM NLTS:/NYT+/r48p89”, LatLong: “38.866669 -77.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:52:00 N 77:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11211 (9345F16A)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 2nd great saucer flap. Ground-air RADAR and visual (observation). Andrews Air Force Base jets chase. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2463

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “208”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:2ND GREAT SCR FLAP:GND-AIR RDR+VIS:ANDREWS AFB JETS CHASE:/r242”, LatLong: “38.916669 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11212 (62FA06FB)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: 5 observer(s). 5 round flat saucers glow red-orange. Away and back. Small objects orbit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2464

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: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:5 OBS:5 RND FLAT SCRS GLOW RED-ORG:AWAY+BACK:SML OBJS ORBIT”, LatLong: “38.033335 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11213 (89C38371)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Fiery orange saucer cavorts all over/all about. Black stripe. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2465

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “SALT LAKE CITY,UT:NMRS SEP.OBS:FIERY ORG SCR CAVORTS ALLO:BLK STRIPE:>>SW”, LatLong: “40.766669 -111.900005”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 111:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11214 (ECE1FAE2)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: PLAINVIEW, TX
Description: T33 jet / 30K’ altitude. Brilliant distant white object hovers and maneuvers. Turns going north. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2466

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere 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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1028”, HatchDesc: “PLAINVIEW,TX:T33 JET/30K’alt:BRILL.DISTANT WHT OBJ HVRS+MNVRS:TURNS>N:/r98#203”, LatLong: “34.183335 -101.705560”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 101:42:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11215 (F37DED2C)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: 1-foot yellow-orange disk circles over town / 10 minute(s). No further details / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2467

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “313”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:1-FOOT YEL-ORG DISK CIRCLES OVR TOWN/10min:NFD/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “41.250002 -95.950005”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 N 95:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11216 (64F1C451)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: DANIA, FLA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent “flattened football” hovers / 10 minute(s). Going quickly south. Darts straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2468

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “DANIA,FLA:2 OBS:SILENT “FLATTENED FOOTBALL” HVRS/10min: >>S:DARTS STRAIGHT UP”, LatLong: “26.050001 -80.144448”, LatLongDMS: “26:03:00 N 80:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11217 (30521F38)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: OVER FLORENCE, SC
Description: Eastern Airlines flight crew. Steady white night light / 22K’ altitude. Straight and level flight. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2469

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “45”, HatchDesc: “ovr FLORENCE,SC:EAL FLITE CREW:STEADY WHT NLT/22K’alt:S/L FLITE:VERY FAST:”, LatLong: “34.194446 -79.761115”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:40 N 79:45:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6700”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11218 (091B6AAA)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: NORTH / SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post and many. 4 saucers play tag / sky. Silent. No contrails.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2470

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “N/SANTA CRUZ,CA:GOC POST+MANY:4 SCRS PLAY TAG/SKY:SLNT:NO CONTRAILS”, LatLong: “37.116668 -122.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:00 N 122:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11219 (16B389B8)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: TIARET PLATEAU, ALG
Description: 3 “reliable observer(s)”. Shiny cylinder/cigar-shape at 3000 meters. Going quickly northwest going [to] Mostaganem.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2471

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TIARET PLATEAU,ALG:3 “RELIABLE OBS”:SHINY CGR @3000 METERS:>>NW >MOSTAGANEM.”, LatLong: “35.350002 1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “35:21:00 N 01:22:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11220 (BF30BAB7)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: ECKHUHL, ORAN, ALG
Description: 3 women. Luminous/glowing silent flattened ovoid going quickly west fast. Stops and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2472

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ECKHUHL,ORAN,ALG:3 WOMEN:LUMn SLNT FLATTENED OVOID >>W FAST:STOPS+VANISHES”, LatLong: “35.733335 -0.733333”, LatLongDMS: “35:44:00 N 00:44:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11221 (9D8CF3C8)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Blue Book. HIQ. Many blips over WDC. Newmen banished / RADAR room. Many references.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2473

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “ANDREWS AFB,MD:BBK:HIQ:MANY BLIPS OVR WDC:NEWMEN BANISHED/RDR ROOM:many refs”, LatLong: “38.816669 -76.866670”, LatLongDMS: “38:49:00 N 76:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11222 (A27C5884)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Hampton (and between Newport News and Langley AFB), VA
Description: Navy Ground Radar / & Airborne Radars Track UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1191

Event 11223 (368BF877)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Kansas City, MO
Description: Light with red-orange flashes descend in the NW (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1628)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1192

Event 11224 (BEB91BFE)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: 8-10 orange balls in triangular or V-formation flying fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1637, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1193

Event 11225 (0F62D9A4)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Williams, CA
Description: F-94 Intercept With ADC Detection (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1194

Event 11226 (E410EB9A)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Langley AFB, CA
Description: At 1450 hours an unidentified target was observed on a radar scope. The target stopped and hovered for 2 minutes and then resumed its flight at an extremely high speed. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1195

Event 11227 (1DEA986F)

Date: 7/26/1952
End date: 7/27/1952
Location: Washington - Andrews AFB, D.C.
Description: Andrews AFB and Washington National Airport (2nd event) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1661) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520726-27
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1196

Event 11228 (5E8D7507)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Plainview, TX
Description: T-33 Crew Encounters Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1198

Event 11229 (AD16D1FA)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: New York City (Atlantic 200 miles S of), NY
Description: 3 amber edged [?] white flashing objects traveling at Mach 1 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1199

Event 11230 (BC8C6135)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Florence, SC
Description: Eastern Flight 606 Encounters H. S. Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1200

Event 11231 (B215D7B2)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 8 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Event occurred until after midnight. Witnesses: radar operators at several airports, airline pilots. Many unidentified blips tracked by radar all over Washington area, at varying speeds. Pilots spotted unidentified lights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_195

Event 11232 (213F8BD9)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 12:15 AM
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Witnesses: USAF Capt. H. A. Stone, men in control towers at Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport. One greenish light with red-orange flashes was seen for 1 hour as it descended in the northwest from 40 degree elevation to 10 degree elevation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_196

Event 11233 (A0AE2A95)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Andrews AFB, Maryland
Description: This was a continuation of the extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported throughout the Washington, DC. area, all night long.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_197

Event 11234 (25669349)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: 12:05 AM
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witness: Airman lst Class J.M. Donaldson. Eight to ten orange balls in a triangular or V-formation flew very fast for 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_198

Event 11235 (4D498BF9)

Date: 7/26/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Williams, California
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_199

Event 11236 (B5A4A7A8)

Date: 7/26/1952
End date: 7/27/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Washington National Airport; Ronald Reagan National; Andrews AFB in Maryland; New Castle AFB in Delaware; Langley AFB; Newport News, Virginia
Description: 8:15 p.m. Flying saucers return to the nation’s capital, only one week after a massive number of radar- visual UFO sightings above restricted air space in Washington, D.C. At 8:15 p.m., pilot Capt. Berkow and a stewardess of a National Airlines flight near Washington National Airport [now Ronald Reagan National] see several objects resembling the glow of a cigarette high above them. The lights move at around 100 mph. Soon, the airport and Andrews AFB in Maryland are tracking a dozen UFOs throughout much of the sky, all traveling 90– 100 mph. By midnight, two F-94s are scrambled from New Castle AFB in Delaware to intercept them. National Airport staff hustle newspaper reporters away from the air traffic control tower, saying that interceptions are classified (but Project Blue Book chief Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt suspects that the Air Force does not want the press around when they finally get a good look at a saucer). The UFOs are seen on radar for 2 hours, but when the jets approach, the blips disappear. When the pilots return to base, they show up again. Reports are reaching Langley AFB about rotating objects that give off alternating colors over Newport News, Virginia. Another F-94 is scrambled, the pilot gets a radar lock, and the target speeds away. At National Airport, the objects reappear shortly before dawn, and two more F-94s are scrambled. The pilots obtain radar locks; again, the objects speed away. USAF press spokesman Albert M. Chop is in the airport radar tower and notes that everyone there believes the targets are “very probably caused by solid metallic objects.” One F-94 pilot, Lieut. William Patterson, says, “I saw several bright lights. I was at my maximum speed, but even then I had no closing speed.” A USAF air intelligence report later states that the radar crew is emphatic that the returns are solid and not temperature inversions. In 1969, however, Colorado project physicist Gordon David Thayer concludes that the radar events involved temperature inversions. He believes the visual sightings were caused by meteors and scintillating stars. University of Arizona atmospheric physicist James McDonald disagreed, arguing that Thayer’s own data did not support his conclusion. Colorado project psychologist Michael Wertheimer interviews many of the radar operators; nearly all disagree with the inversion explanation and maintain that all experienced radar operators have no trouble identifying such phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Washington National Sightings”; Richard Hall, “The Washington Invasion, July 26/27, 1952”; Clark III 1252–1255; Ruppelt, pp. 163–167; Condon, pp. 157–158, 862– 867; Swords 156–159; Good Above, pp. 270–272; Patrick Gross, “The Washington D.C. UFO Flap of 1952”; Sparks, p. 158; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, HarperTorch, 2001, pp. 68– 76,127–148, 253–260; Shoot 42–47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1943

Event 11237 (D77D14B5)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Williams, California
Description: 5:15 p.m. Air Defense Command radar detects a UFO over Williams, California. An F-94 jet interceptor is scrambled and locks onto the object with its radar. The crew sees a yellow-orange light. As confirmed by ground and airborne radar, the UFO plays tag with the F-94, alternately accelerating away when it gets close, then slowing down until it catches up again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Intercept with ADC Detection”; Sparks, p. 158
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1944

Event 11238 (F7E93D5F)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: Oran, Algeria
Description: 11:00 p.m. Three women in Oran, Algeria, notice a large, orange-red, luminous patch in the sky. It travels from east to west, halts, then vanishes. It is one of many UFOs seen in the province of Oran over several weeks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 120–121
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1945

Event 11239 (0599A603)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At Andrews AFB, Maryland from midnight until dawn, there were more UFO reports that were a continuation of the extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported throughout the Washington, D.C. area from the evening before.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4409

Event 11240 (11F8EED0)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At 12:15 a.m. USAF Capt. H. A. Stone and Air Traffic Controllers in the control towers at Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri saw a green light with red-orange flashes descend in the northwestern sky for 1 hour. It moved from 40 elevation to 10 elevation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4410

Event 11241 (3871C34E)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: At Kirtland AFB, New Mexico at 12:05 a.m. Airman 1st Class J. M. Donaldson observed eight to ten orange balls flying very fast for a 3-4 second duration traveling in a triangular or V formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4411

Event 11242 (218E314D)

Date: 7/26/1952
Description: In Washington, D.C. on this date, from 8:00 p.m. until after midnight, radar operators at several airports tracked many unidentified blips by radar all over the Washington area, at varying speeds. Airline pilots reported spotting unidentified lights during this period as well. Sharp UFO targets on the ARTC radar at National Airport at 9:08 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Visual sightings were reported by civilians four times, near Herndon, Virginia and from Maryland. A National Airlines flight near Andrews AFB saw a UFO “directly over the airliner.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 69; Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO cases in 1952: The UFO Sightings that Shook the Government, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4412

Event 11243 (FB6FC1F9)

Date: 7/26/1952
Location: US
Description: The U.S. Air Force issued a “Shoot 'Em Down” order to pilots encountering UFOs. This was mentioned in an AF press release.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_20

Event 11244 (A4106DED)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: Truman Bethurum visits spaceship and meets crew. Many other visits.
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_123

Event 11245 (778BFC9C)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: USA, Selfridge AFB, Michigan.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:05 a.m. Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crews on the ground. Several round, white objects flying in a straight line, very quickly. There were two at 10:05, one at 10:10, another at 10:15, and one last at 10:20. Each light was observed for about 30 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1652

Event 11246 (DA163E2D)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 2 F-94 fighter jets were sent to meet them from Wilmington (Delaware) but the pilots found nothing and decided to return to their base. (2 h)
Reference: case Blue Book #1664 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1157

Event 11247 (D334E566)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the moment the interceptors return to the base, the UFOs reappear. (2 h 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1158

Event 11248 (324982B9)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A new interception is launched and a pilot, Lieutenant William Patterson, reports approaching a group of giant white-blue lights. As he comes straight towards them, they form a circle around him and, for about 15 seconds, move along with him. Patterson requests permission to fire, but the lights slowly move away. The trace of several of these objects moving quickly appeared on the radars of 3 different installations, including those of the Andrews base. (3:20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1159

Event 11249 (28CBB906)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Manhattan Beach, California, an aeronautical engineer and other people observe a group of unidentified objects changing position in formation.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1160

Event 11250 (D94DB449)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Selfridge (Michigan), ground crews of 3 B-29 bombers observed numerous round, white objects flying horizontally very quickly. 2 at 10:05, 1 at 10:10, 1 at 10:15, 1 at 10:20. Each was observed for about 30 seconds. (10:05-10:20)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1680
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1161

Event 11251 (3E3F0967)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Ann Arbor (Michigan), a biologist is observing a fleet of objects resembling missiles.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1162

Event 11252 (A50CFA5C)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Wichita Falls (Texas), Adrian Ellis and his wife observed for 15 seconds 2 disk-shaped objects seeming to be phosphorescent, flying at an estimated speed of 1000 miles/h. (20:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1684 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1163

Event 11253 (70E58918)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. SPACE TRAVEL ALREADY HERE, SCIENTISTS SAY. Space travel is here, assert Drs. Konrad J.K. Buettner and Heinz Haber, UCLA experts on upper air research. They point out that men in “space suits” and “space craft” already have risen to altitudes where 96% of the earth’s atmosphere lies below them. Furthermore, an unmanned two-stage rocket has climbed to 255 miles where, for all practical purposes, you are in a vacuum. These physicists point out that in these regions only three terrestrial factors make such an environment different from that of interplanetary space: 1. The bulk of the earth which keeps 50% of meteors and cosmic ray particles at a distance. 2. The magnetic field of the earth that deflects certain cosmic ray particles. 3. The heat radiation reflected and emitted by this earth and its atmosphere.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_226

Event 11254 (2E6CD6A4)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: San Pedro, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. NEW MYSTERY IN SOUTHLAND SKY REPORTED. Three San Pedro policemen last night insisted they saw an object glowing with a greenish light which seemingly gave birth to three little saucerettes, all of which vanished in the evening sky, leaving vapor trails behind them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_227

Event 11255 (72964C16)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Vertical cylinder/cigar-shape follows jets / same speed. Ends domed. Flash and vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2474

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,DE:VERTICAL CGR FOLOS JETS/SAME SPEED:ENDS DOMED:FLASH+VANISHES!”, LatLong: “39.766669 -75.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 75:33:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11256 (126ED733)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: SSW / COLUMBUS, OH
Description: 5 USAF / B25. White night light / 2350m altitude. Going up. Splits / 2. Level off. Going west. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2475

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “SSW/COLUMBUS,OH:5 USAF/B25:WHT NLT/2350m alt:↑:SPLITS/2:LEVEL OFF:>W:/r98#203”, LatLong: “39.866669 -83.116671”, LatLongDMS: “39:52:00 N 83:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2350”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11257 (88C594B2)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 01:50
Location: OFF HOLLYWOOD, FL
Description: Separate observers. Huge brilliant orange glowing-ball hovers / 3 minutes. Then going quickly east extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 946)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2476

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: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off HOLLYWOOD,FL:SEP.OBSs:HUGE BRILL.ORG GLO-BALL HVRS/3mins:then >>E XFAST”, LatLong: “26.000001 -80.116670”, LatLongDMS: “26:00:00 N 80:07:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11258 (A6C02072)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 03:00?
Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ
Description: 3 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 70’ disk seen toward(s) Manhattan. Glows. Rim spins. Page 3-12.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2477

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “JERSEY CITY,NJ:3 GOC OBS:70’DISK SEEN TWRD MANHATTAN:GLOWS:RIM SPINS:pg 3-12”, LatLong: “40.733335 -74.016670”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 74:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11259 (8598C162)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: NEAR LINCOLN, CA
Description: Boy / 12 / ranch. 6M x 12M top saucer with square windows. Jet sound. Beams. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 956)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2478

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: “5”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “nr LINCOLN,CA:BOY/12/RANCH:6M x 12M TOP SCR W/SQR WINDOWS:JET SOUND:BEAMS:↑↑”, LatLong: “38.883335 -121.266672”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 121:16:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11260 (6FDF3E71)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:10
Location: SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: 3 airmen / ground. 2+1+1+1 white saucers straight and level. Very fast. 30 second(s) / each passage.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2479

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “SELFRIDGE AFB,MI:3 AIRMEN/GND:2+1+1+1 WHT SCRS S/L:VFAST:30sec/EACH PASSAGE”, LatLong: “42.600002 -82.833337”, LatLongDMS: “42:36:00 N 82:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11261 (CA0E628C)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:40
Location: WEST / ANN ARBOR, MI
Description: Biologist. 15 tuning forks pass / pool-rack formation. Silent. / r64p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2480

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “W/ANN ARBOR,MI:BIOLOGIST:15 TUNING FORKS PASS/POOL-RACK FORMn:SILENT:/r64p61”, LatLong: “42.283335 -83.800004”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 83:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11262 (00388FC9)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: NAPA VALLEY, CA
Description: John Foraythe. Metallic disk going quickly west / 20K’ altitude. Tilts. Lost in haze. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 950)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2481

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: “20”, HatchDesc: “NAPA Vly,CA:John Foraythe:MTLC DISK >>W/20K’alt:TILTS:LOST IN HAZE:NFD”, LatLong: “38.300002 -122.300006”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 122:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6000”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11263 (617FD6F4)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: 2 silvery dots speed going quickly ESE. 1 straight and level trajectory. Other in wide arc. Planes?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2482

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:2 SLVRY DOTS SPEED>>ESE:1 S/L TRAJ:OTHER IN WIDE ARC:PLANES?”, LatLong: “47.600002 -122.316672”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 122:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11264 (4511009A)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: MANHATTAN BEACH, CA
Description: Aviation engineer and 7. 7 silver saucers change formations. Circle. Going quickly NNE. / r136.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2483

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “MANHATTAN BEACH,CA:AVIATION ENG+7:7 SLVR SCRS CHANGE FORMns:CIRCLE:>>NNE:/r136”, LatLong: “33.888891 -118.416672”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:20 N 118:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11265 (8E56B4D3)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: BETHESDA, MD
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Thin disk wobbles across sky / 2500’ altitude. Same / Washington 2100h.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2484

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “92”, HatchDesc: “BETHESDA,MD:2+2 OBS:THIN DISK WOBBLES ACRS SKY/2500’alt:SAME/WASHINGTON 2100h”, LatLong: “38.966669 -77.100004”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:00 N 77:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11266 (8C41B150)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Report going [to] FBI. White night light hangs over Pentagon / 4 hours. Drops. Veers away / civil observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2485

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:RPT>FBI:WHT NLT HANGS OVR PENTAGON/4hrs:DROPS:VEERS AWAY/CIV OBS”, LatLong: “38.933335 -76.983337”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 76:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11267 (1E767A09)

Date: 7/27/1952 (approximate)
Time: 20:00?
Location: LEWISTOWN, PA
Description: Large round object hovers. Shadows move / lit windows. Object going up [to] as observer(s) shines light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 970)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2486

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “LEWISTOWN,PA:LRG RND OBJ HVRS:SHADOWS MOVE/LIT WINDOWS:OBJ↑ as obs shines lite”, LatLong: “40.600002 -77.572226”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 77:34:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11268 (E93C41CB)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WICHITA FALLS, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 phosphorescent saucers at 1000mph / 15 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2487

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “304”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA FALLS,TX:2 OBS:2 PHOSPHORESCENT SCRS AT 1000mph/15sec:NFD”, LatLong: “33.883335 -98.483338”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 98:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11269 (45088E47)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: USAF man and 2. Large round object hovers / capitol BLDH. Wavers. Quickly going up [to] straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 954)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2488

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:USAF MAN+2:LRG RND OBJ HVRS/CAPITOL BLDH:WAVERS:↑↑ STRAIGHT UP”, LatLong: “38.927780 -77.027781”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:40 N 77:01:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11270 (517468CC)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: HINTON, WV
Description: 3+4 observer(s). Extremely bright saucer follows river. Circles railroad/railway depot and shops. Spins. Going [to] down river.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 955)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2489

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “442”, HatchDesc: “HINTON,WV:3+4 OBS:XBRITE SCR FOLOS RIVER:CCLS RR DEPOT+SHOPS:SPINS:>DOWN RVR”, LatLong: “37.672224 -80.888893”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:20 N 80:53:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11271 (544F696A)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: KENNEWICK, WA
Description: 12 disks going quickly southwest / perfect V-formation extremely fast. 3 more play tag 35 minute(s) later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 958)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2490

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: “35”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “KENNEWICK,WA:12 DISKS >>SW/PERFECT VFORMn XFAST:3 MORE PLAY TAG 35min LATER:”, LatLong: “46.200002 -119.150006”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 119:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11272 (CA6F551F)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: SPOKANE, WA
Description: Military and civil / 2 separate drive-inspect. 12 night lights and glowing “clay = pigeons” go overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2491

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SPOKANE,WA:MIL+CIV/2 SEP DRIVE-INs:12 NLTS+GLOWING “CLAY=PIGEONS” GO OVHD”, LatLong: “47.650002 -117.400006”, LatLongDMS: “47:39:00 N 117:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11273 (B5FC11DC)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: RIPLEY, NY
Description: 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and more/others. White-glowing disk / 200mph. 5000’ altitude. Streaks / light over Tarrytown / Ground Observer Corps (GOC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2492

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “229”, HatchDesc: “RIPLEY,NY:2 GOC++:WHT-GLO DISK/200mph:5000’alt::STREAKS/LITE ovr TARRYTOWN/GOC”, LatLong: “42.272224 -79.705559”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:20 N 79:42:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11274 (0C8EA407)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Belleville, IL
Description: Four Large Objects Tracked On Ground Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1201

Event 11275 (33DB39C7)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: James R. Thomas observed one cylindrical object with a domed top and bottom moving northwest to southeast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1202

Event 11276 (F8270A2B)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Wilmington, DE
Description: [Same as July 25 case?] (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1664)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1203

Event 11277 (D00AC0D0)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Columbus (10 miles SSW of), OH
Description: B-25 Crew & Pentagon Brass See Lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1204

Event 11278 (F3CCF583)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Selfridge AFB, MI
Description: Many round white objects fly straight and level, very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1680)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1205

Event 11279 (4D08E30D)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Description: Biologist reported “flotilla” of rocket-like UFOs. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1206

Event 11280 (FF71FF85)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: At 7:30 p.m. Both Air Force personnel and National Airport employees observed a large round object reflecting sunlight as it hovered over the U.S. Capitol Building. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1207

Event 11281 (71ED177B)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Witchita Falls, TX
Description: 2 disc-shaped objects illuminated by a phosphorus light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1684)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1208

Event 11282 (48D89CEB)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Description: Large Object Separates Into 7 Discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520727
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1209

Event 11283 (E01EB8AF)

Date: 7/27/1952
End date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington (The Pentagon), DC
Description: At 2000 hours July 27 and 0200 hours July 28, 1952, Mrs. XXXXXXX observed a white light immediately over the Pentagon, then it made a direct descent toward the Pentagon, stopped and veered off. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520727-28
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1210

Event 11284 (5EE8D9A0)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 10:05 AM
Location: Selfridge AFB, Michigan
Description: Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crewmen on ground. Many round, white objects flew straight and level, very fast. Two at 10:05, one at 10:10, one at 10:15, one at 10:20. Each was seen for about 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_200

Event 11285 (9950A22D)

Date: 7/27/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a phosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_201

Event 11286 (8D922BCF)

Date: 7/27/1952
Locations: Bowling Green State University; 3724 Dexter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Description: 10:40 a.m. Bowling Green State University biologist Charles H. Otis sees a “flotilla” of UFOs “seemingly floating along, making no sound” at 3724 Dexter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He grabs a pair of 5x binoculars and studies them until they disappear. He counts 15 of them in a loose formation, moving slowly. One object leaves the formation and disappears in a burst of speed. The body of each seems to be elongated but split at the rear. A bright glow is visible in the front, and they have a bifurcated tail streaming out horizontally, never changing in length
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1946

Event 11287 (410C14EC)

Date: 7/27/1952
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Description: 6:35 p.m. A group of eight pilots and engineers see a large, silvery object moving rapidly at a high altitude over Manhattan Beach, California. After it makes a turn, the UFO separates into 7 discs that form into groups, circle, and speed out of sight. Former Navy pilot and aircraft engineer J. E. Kempf says the formation looks like a “stack of coins.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large Object Separates into 7 Discs”; Sparks, p. 159; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 13, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1947

Event 11288 (1B714D74)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 12:15 a.m. seven “good, solid targets” appeared on radar at National Airport near Washington, D.C. F-94 interceptors were sent from Deleware, but they made no visual contact as the UFOs were gone by the time they arrived. It was noted that there were only minor temperature inversions at the time, and these were not the likely cause of the radar blips. Five minutes later an F-94 pilot made vsual contact with a round UFO. Both the UFO and the F-94 jet were seen on radar flying at the same speed. But when the jet tried to overtake the UFO it disappeared visually and on radar. “Incredible speed of the object,” said the pilot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO Cases in 1952: The UFO Sightings that Shook the Government, p. 11 cases 6 & 7; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4425

Event 11289 (89C3331D)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: In Nevada at four o’clock in the morning highway worker Truman Bethurum had finished working the night shift and decided to visit a nearby hilltop called Mormon Mesa because he heard it was a good place to look for seashell fossils. After he parked his truck he used a flashlight to hunt for seashells, but he had no luck finding any, and after searching for an hour or so he returned to the truck and napped awhile. A “mumbling around the truck” awakened him. The mumbling came from eight to ten olive-skinned beings speaking an unintelligible language. All were about 4 feet 8 inches to 5 feet tall. They were not dwarfs but fully developed men. The strange men made no effort to disturb him, although Bethurum said he was afraid to attempt a getaway.

He was still in the truck cab when one man spoke to him in a foreign tongue. Bethurum shook his head, indicating he could not understand. Then the small man said: “You name it.” It was perfect English, recalled Bethurum, who answered: “My God, you can speak English, too?” “We have no trouble with any language,” replied the man. Bethurum then climbed out of the truck and stopped, awestruck. He saw a flying saucer parked about 75 yards away from his truck. It looked like burnished stainless steel. Bethurum shook hands with all the “friendly” men and asked if their captain was around. The spokesman for the group volunteered to escort Bethurum to the captain, and led him toward the parked craft. Meanwhile, Bethurum looked around and saw that the short men were “Latin types,” with complexions “something like Italians.” All were neatly dressed in uniforms similar to those “worn by Greyhound bus drivers.” All had coal black hair and dark eyes. Their skin complexion was perfect and had no wrinkles or blemishes. The spokesman for the group took hold of Bethurum’s right elbow. While holding the arm the man seemed to “have me in his power completely. He gave the impression of great strength.” Soon the group arrived at the ship. Bethurum described it as being metallic. He learned that it measured 300 feet in diameter and was “six yards deep in the center.” A three-foot metal rim with beveled edges surrounded the saucer-shaped craft, and the rim was about two feet thick. The ship had no rudder or stacks. They entered the ship through a large door that Bethurum estimated was 4 ½ feet wide and about 10 to 12 feet long. It was located atop the ship close to the metal rim around the edge. Inside he met the woman captain, Aura Rhanes. He described her as having a “slender” Latin-type face. She wore a “radiant red skirt, black velvet short sleeved blouse and a black beret with red trim.” He went into her lounge and they talked. The woman captain said she was from the planet Clarion, which could not be seen from earth.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1952-07, citing Truman Bethurum, Aboard a Flying Saucer; John Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 237
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4426

Event 11290 (AE7268C9)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 10:05 a.m. a procession of white saucer-shaped objects was sighted at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. They flew very fast and made no sound. Each passage of UFOs took 30 seconds. First two objects flew over, then one, then another, and then a last one. A Project Blue Book unidentified case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1680; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4427

Event 11291 (32B26C44)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: A cigar-shaped object split into seven or eight smaller objects over Manhattan Beach, California at 6:25 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 68; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, p. 3-012
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4428

Event 11292 (96F9CFCA)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. a dark disc-shaped object moved slowly toward the northeast with an “oscillating rolling motion” seen from Andrews AFB, Maryland. Clouds at the time were moving toward the southeast, and the UFO entered the base of the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 161; Richard Hall, Radar-Visual UFO Cases in 1952: The UFO Sightings that Shook the Government, p. 11 case 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4429

Event 11293 (D1D458F9)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 8:30 p.m. in Wichita Falls, Texas two people witnessed two phosphorescent disc-shaped objects flying at 1,000 mph. They were seen for 15 seconds. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #1684; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4430

Event 11294 (3EE7F7AF)

Date: 7/27/1952
Description: At 11:30 p.m. at a drive-in movie theater in Spokane, Washington twelve UFOs were seen in the skies for 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4431

Event 11295 (649CD71C)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: USAF on 24 hour alert. Shoot Down order newspaper articles
Type: letter
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_466

Event 11296 (F64C1F58)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Britain
Description: Personal Minute from Prime Minister W.S. Churchill to Secretary of xxxxxxx Air Ministry stating: What does all this stuff about Flying Saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth? Let me have a report at your convenience.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p505, Churchhill)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_467
See also: 8/9/1952

Event 11297 (3B3FB564)

Date: End of 7/1952
Location: Dayton OH
Description: SECRET MEMO to Director, CIA, from H. Marshall Chadwell, Office of Scientific Intelligence stating: ATIC has set up a worldwide reporting network for Flying Saucers and major Air Force bases have been ordered to make INTERCEPTIONS of UFO’s. Battello Memorial Institute is to handle machine indexing of all official reported sightings. From 1947 to date, there have been 1500 official sightings with 250 of them in 1952 alone. Of the 1500, 28% remain UNEXPLAINED. UFO’s are of such importance that the matter should be brought before the National Security Council.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p31,506, war escalation)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_469
See also: 9/19/76
See also: 5/10/80
See also: 5/19/86
See also: 9/4/87

Event 11298 (3C933C2F)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: USA, McGuire AFB, New Jersey.
Description: (Translated from French) 6 a.m. Witness: Ground Control Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in the base control tower. Radar tracked a large cluster of very distinct blips. Visual observation was of oblong objects having neither wings nor tail, which made a very fast turn and at one time were in echelon formation. Entire episode lasted 55 minutes. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner) Jersey City (New Jersey) August C. Roberts along with James Leyden, both members of the Ground Observers Corps, photographed a strange object in the sky. It had the shape of an orange glowing disc which oscillated side to side.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Black-out sur les S.V.” Fleuve Noir 1956, p. 39, 64 and 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1653

Event 11299 (6FCD01B5)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in MacChord (Washington), Sergeant/T Walstead and S/Sergeant Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron; observed a pulsing ball of a dull blue-green, the size of a dime held at arm’s length, flying very quickly and horizontally. (2:15)
Reference: case Blue Book #1708 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1164

Event 11300 (7E22D86E)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the MacGuire (New Jersey) USAF base, the Ground Approach Control operator, Sgt. W. F. Dees, and people from the base control tower detect a large group of very distinct echoes. The visual observation is that of wingless, tail-less elongated objects performing a very fast turn and at one point adopting a echelon formation. The entire episode lasts 55 minutes. (6 h)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 1707
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1165

Event 11301 (3B59B183)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Winston Churchill is concerned about the UFO phenomenon and questions the British Air Minister about it.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1166

Event 11302 (F3C2B8F2)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Heidelberg (West Germany), Sergeant B. C. Grassmoen and WAC Pfc. A. P. Turner observed an object shaped like a saucer, seemingly made of light metal, emitting white flashes of light, flying slowly, making a 90° turn, and quickly ascending after 4 to 5 minutes. (10:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1700 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1167

Event 11303 (240E2B6B)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Wisconsin and Minnesota, the Ground Control Intercept Radar, an USAF pilot and members of the GOC spot various unidentified objects.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1168

Event 11304 (F7F85D94)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Washington Post Article.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1169

Event 11305 (923C79CA)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: US
Description: Los Angeles Times. ROCKETS MAY FIND KEY TO COSMIC RAYS. Rockets fired from balloons to altitudes of 30 miles may blast the wraps from the 30-year-old cosmic ray mystery. Balloon authorities mentioned the fact that these “skyhook” balloons might easily be mistaken for a flying saucer by laymen.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_228

Event 11306 (E2211682)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Montreal
Description: The Montreal Star. FLYING SAUCERS. Editorial: Please don’t quote us, but we marvel at the conceit of some of the these alleged experts who remark that the saucers can’t possibly be vehicles of inter-planetary travel because “the engineering problem is too difficult”. Man is certainly a stuck-up, self-centered creature. Because he can’t figure out inter-planetary travel, nobody else could. Because he could not breath the air, let us say, of Mars, nobody else could. Because he has made a few faltering steps in knowledge, he takes it for granted that no one anywhere in space can possibly be as smart as he.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_229

Event 11307 (CCE51F55)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: SAUCERS REAL OR GOVERNMENT HOAXES, SCIENTISTS SAY. Several scientists, still stumped for an explanation of flying saucers, were convinced Monday that the mysterious objects really exist. “I definitely believe the objects sighted over Washington were not a figment of someone’s imagination,” said R.L. Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer at Ohio State University, said he was convinced these persons saw something, “some type of object or phenomena.” But Hynek said it is “highly improbable” that the saucers come from another planet. One scientist who asked that his name be withheld, speculated that the saucers might be experimental aircraft developed by the U.S. “If this be the case,” he said, “it’s time the government quit playing jokes on the people.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_230

Event 11308 (9319C571)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: dawn
Location: Indianapolis, Ind
Description: St. Louis Post Dispatch. HOOSIERS SEE FLYING SAUCERS STAGE DOGFIGHT. Three flying saucers were reported seen by hundreds of Hoosiers, including police and military personnel, over south central Indiana early today. The objects appeared to have a “dogfight” over Franklin and disappeared as dawn approached. Troopers from three state police posts—Indianapolis, Seymour, and Connersville—kept a running check on the saucers for more than four hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_231

Event 11309 (5BA85058)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: Washington DC
Description: Los Angeles Times. JETS CHASE WASHINGTON SKY OBJECTS. AP – The Air Force said today jet fighter planes had made an effort to intercept unknown objects in the sky over Washington last night after CAA radar specialists had spotted between four and twelve objects on their radarscopes. At 8:30 P.M. the Air Route Traffic Control Center called in jet fighter planes from Newcastle, Del., approximately 90 miles away and guided them to the mystery objects. The pilots reported nothing except an occasional light, once a “steady, white light” which disappeared after about one minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_232

Event 11310 (88B607E3)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: HALLOCK, MN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. GCI RADAR and Air Force pilot and Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotters. Several UFO’s all over Wisconsin and Minn.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2493

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “HALLOCK,MN:BBK#UNK:GCI RDR+AF PILOT+GOC SPOTTERS:SVRL UFOS ALL OVR WISC+MINN”, LatLong: “48.772225 -96.944449”, LatLongDMS: “48:46:20 N 96:56:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11311 (7611BC93)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: FRANKLIN, IN
Description: Cops and military and hundreds. Night lights hover dance and play tag / several counties. / r242p161.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2494

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “FRANKLIN,IN:COPS+MIL+100s:NLTS HVR DANCE+PLAY TAG/SVRL COUNTIES:/r242p161”, LatLong: “39.483335 -86.055560”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:00 N 86:03:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11312 (1357B42F)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: OSCEOLA, WI
Description: Air Defense Command / GCI RADAR’s track objects / 90-900kph. Maneuver and evade jets. Fly going quickly north. / r242+r11.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2495

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “OSCEOLA,WI:ADC/GCI RDRs TRACK OBJS/90-900kph:MNVR+EVADE JETS:FLY>>N:/r242+r11”, LatLong: “45.322224 -92.700004”, LatLongDMS: “45:19:20 N 92:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11313 (068919AC)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 05:50
Location: HELENA, MT
Description: 12 objects / V formation hover over town. Going quickly southwest. No further details [in] type unknown. Blue Book files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2496

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: “1230”, HatchDesc: “HELENA,MT:12 OBJS/VFORM HVR OVR TOWN:>>SW:NFD TYPE UNK:BBK FILES:NFD”, LatLong: “46.600002 -112.050005”, LatLongDMS: “46:36:00 N 112:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11314 (892D1323)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 06:00
Location: MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, NJ
Description: RADAR OP and Air Traffic Controllers. RADAR-visual. Distinct plain ovoids make very fast turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2497

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “McGUIRE AFB,NJ:RDR OP+ATCS:RDR-VISUAL:DISTINCT PLAIN OVOIDS MAKE VFAST TURN”, LatLong: “40.016669 -74.616670”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 74:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11315 (53611840)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: BISMARCK, ND
Description: 2 silver objects speed over town. Blue Book files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2498

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “510”, HatchDesc: “BISMARCK,ND:2 SILVER OBJs SPEED OVER TOWN:BBK FILES:NFD”, LatLong: “46.816669 -100.783338”, LatLongDMS: “46:49:00 N 100:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11316 (4D6B5AEC)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: Marines take 16 mm movies / UFO. Some frames going [to] press. USAF takes rest / 29 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 355)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2499

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:MARINES TAKE 16mm MOVIES/UFO:SOME FRAMES>PRESS:USAF TAKES REST/29JLY”, LatLong: “25.783335 -80.183337”, LatLongDMS: “25:47:00 N 80:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11317 (1DF3CC13)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: DEL PASO HEIGHTS, CA
Description: Blue Book. Star-like night light moves and stops intermittently.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2500

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “DEL PASO HEIGHTS,CA:BBK:STARLIKE NLT MOVES+STOPS INTERMITTENTLY”, LatLong: “38.666669 -121.433339”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 121:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11318 (EE28D1AB)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: EAST / TYRONE, PA
Description: AA flight #519 / 18k’ altitude. Small UFO’s all over/all about thunderhead. Jets chase. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 324)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2501

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “E/TYRONE,PA:AA FLITE#519/18k’alt:SML UFOS ALLO THUNDERHEAD:JETS CHASE:/r98#203”, LatLong: “40.672224 -78.166670”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:20 N 78:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5500”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11319 (D44C08AC)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: HAYWARD AND ALAMEDA, CA
Description: USAF man and 1. 2 dark disks abreast. Going quickly southeast / very high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2502

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “HAYWARD+ALAMEDA,CA:USAF MAN+1:2 DARK DISKS ABREAST:>>SE /VERY HIGH SPEED:”, LatLong: “37.666668 -122.066672”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:00 N 122:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11320 (0AD8A07C)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: GENEVA, NY
Description: Ellipse hovers / high altitude. Jet contrails converge. Ovoid shoots straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2503

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “151”, HatchDesc: “GENEVA,NY:ELLIPSE HVRS/HI ALT:JET CONTRAILS CONVERGE:OVOID SHOOTS STRAIGHT ↑”, LatLong: “42.850002 -76.983337”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 76:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11321 (0742751B)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: PONCA CITY, OK
Description: 3+1 observer(s). Sparkle-globe hovers / refinery. Night lights swoop low and circle school.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2504

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, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “307”, HatchDesc: “PONCA CITY,OK:3+1 OBS:SPARKLE-GLOBE HVRS/REFINERY:NLTS SWOOP LOW+CCL SCHOOL”, LatLong: “36.716668 -97.083338”, LatLongDMS: “36:43:00 N 97:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11322 (5E1F72E8)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CAIRO, IL
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 3 huge “stars” / sky. 2 more join in. All 5 go / irregular motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2505

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “CAIRO,IL:GOC OBS:3 HUGE “STARS”/SKY:2 MORE JOIN IN:ALL 5 GO/IRREGULAR MOTION”, LatLong: “37.016668 -89.166671”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:00 N 89:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11323 (299868CB)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 2 observer(s). 5-6 flat disks turn oval / passing. Flat again. Horizontal going [to] horizon / 60 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 969)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2506

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: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:2 OBS:5-6 FLAT DISKS TURN OVAL/PASSING:FLAT AGAIN:HRXN>HRZN/60secs”, LatLong: “33.166668 -90.016671”, LatLongDMS: “33:10:00 N 90:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11324 (4CEC1979)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: EAST / DAYTON, OH
Description: Electro-magnetic effect (EME)? Lightning outlines 30M disk / sky. Red and green fireballs exit going up. Disk quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 969)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2507

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “E/DAYTON,OH:EME?:LIGHTNING OUTLINES 30M DISK/SKY:RED+GRN FBLS EXIT↑:DISK↑↑”, LatLong: “39.755557 -84.022226”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:20 N 84:01:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11325 (214E530D)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ELKHART, IND
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru) telescope. 5 disks in formation overhead. Shoot apart / all directions (UPI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2508

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “237”, HatchDesc: “ELKHART,IND:AM.ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:5 DISKS/FORMN OVHD:SHOOT APART/ALL DIRs (UPI)”, LatLong: “41.683335 -85.983337”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 85:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11326 (366CF99E)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ST. PAUL, MN
Description: Ground RADAR’s and visual observer(s). Orange-white night lights. T33 jets scramble.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2509

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “234”, HatchDesc: “ST PAUL,MN:GND RDRS+VISUAL OBS:ORG-WHT NLTS:T33 JETS SCRAMBLE:”, LatLong: “44.966669 -93.100004”, LatLongDMS: “44:58:00 N 93:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 11327 (E0637DC7)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: BURLEY, IDAHO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 1 observer. V-formation / UFO’s goes over town. Type unstated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2510

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1269”, HatchDesc: “BURLEY,IDAHO:BBK#UNK:1 OBS:V-FORMATION/UFOS GOES OVR TOWN:TYPE UNSTATED:”, LatLong: “42.533335 -114.627783”, LatLongDMS: “42:32:00 N 114:37:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11328 (D3CE5330)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: LODI, ORAN, ALG
Description: Very large “inverted cone” seen / several seconds. No further details.
Type: sighting

[c0mmando]

Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2511

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LODI,ORAN,ALG:VLARGE “INVERTED CONE” SEEN/SEVERAL SECONDS:NFD”, LatLong: “35.016668 0.016667”, LatLongDMS: “35:01:00 N 00:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11329 (044380E0)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: HEIDELBERG, GERM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1700. Unidentified. Metal saucer beams shafts / light. Stops when plane passes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2512

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “HEIDELBERG,GERM:BBK#1700:UID:MTL SCR BEAMS SHAFTS/LITE:STOPS WHEN PLANE PASSES”, LatLong: “49.400002 8.716667”, LatLongDMS: “49:24:00 N 08:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bade-Wurtemberg”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11330 (0112E629)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:00?
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru) binoculars. Hazy object by moon resolves going [to] disk / sharp edges. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2513

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: “215”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFORD,IL:AM.ASTRON/binocs:HAZY OBJ by MOON RESOLVES >DISK/SHARP EDGES:>>N”, LatLong: “42.283335 -89.083338”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 89:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11331 (96507A32)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Many observer(s). 8-12 night lights / various formations. Darken and lighten / sharp maneuvers. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2514

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:MANY OBS:8-12 NLTS/VAR.FORMns:DARKEN+LIGHTEN/SHARP MNVRS:/r242”, LatLong: “38.916669 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11332 (68CB42E4)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ
Description: 1 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Photograph / orange glowing coin shape north going south over Manhattan? Copies going [to] USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: BENDER, Albert K.: FLYING SAUCERS and the THREE MEN. 1962 & 1968 Paperback Library, NY. Foreward/Gray Barker. 160 pp.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2515

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “JERSEY CITY,NJ:1/GOC:FOTO/ORG.GLO COIN SHAPE N>S OVR MANHATTAN?:copies>USAF”, LatLong: “40.733335 -74.050004”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 74:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11333 (0F32E4BD)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 23:40
Location: BURBANK, CA
Description: Pale blue object circles / 1500’ altitude. Drops. Hovers. 500hz ripple sound heard!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2516

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “237”, HatchDesc: “BURBANK,CA:PALE BLUE OBJ CIRCLES/1500’alt:DROPS:HVRS:500hz RIPPLE SOUND HEARD!”, LatLong: “34.200002 -118.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 118:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11334 (8B699260)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Hallock, MN
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1211

Event 11335 (8CA9514C)

Date: 7/28/1952
End date: 7/29/1952
Location: Port Huron (20 miles W of), MI
Description: Jets vectored to UFO during ECM exercise (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728-29
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1212

Event 11336 (16E972B1)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Heidelberg, West Germany
Description: Saucer-shaped object having appearance of light metal (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1700)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1213

Event 11337 (F419E83D)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: McGuire AFB, NJ
Description: GCA Radar/Visual Of Blip Cluster (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1707)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1214

Event 11338 (97BE8D0F)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: McChord AFB, WA
Description: Dull, glowing, blue green ball, size of a dime at arms’ length (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1708)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1215

Event 11339 (9DA4B190)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: FLYOBRPT. Mr. S. Robert Tralins observed 17 shooting lights moving in varied directions at extremely high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1216

Event 11340 (379AB700)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Central Michigan, MI
Description: Radar visual that raised eyebrows (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1217

Event 11341 (A33C860F)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Central Michigan, MI
Description: UFO by radar, target speed 550 knots (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1218

Event 11342 (75A08099)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 10:20 PM
Location: Heidelberg, West Germany
Description: Witnesses: Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc. A.P. Turner. One saucer-shaped object having an appearance of light metal and giving off shafts of white light, flew slow, made a 90^ turn and climbed away fast after 4-5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_202

Event 11343 (9DA17EC2)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 6 AM
Location: McGuire AFB, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Ground Control Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in the base control tower. Radar tracked a large cluster of very distinct blips. Visual observation was of oblong objects having neither wings nor tail, which made a very fast turn and at one time were in echelon formation. Entire episode lasted 55 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_203

Event 11344 (7BD8A964)

Date: 7/28/1952
Time: 2:15 AM
Location: McChord AFB, Washington
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. Walstead, S/Sgt. Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron. One dull, glowing, blue-green ball,.the size of a dime at arms’ length, flew very fast, straight and level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_204

Event 11345 (171814D3)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Nevada desert
Description: Early morning. While napping between shifts as a heavy-equipment operator in the Nevada desert, Truman Bethurum is awakened by 8 small men who “seem to be of Latin extraction.” They take him to a nearby flying saucer where he meets the captain, a “gorgeous woman, shorter than any of the men, neatly attired, and also having a Latin appearance: coal black hair and olive complexion. She appeared to be about 42 years old,” although Bethurum learns that she is hundreds of years old. Her name is Aura Rhanes. Her ship is called a “scow,” and her crew is from the planet Clarion, a world that is always on the other side of the moon. He later tells this story and his later adventures in his 1954 book Aboard a Flying Saucer, ghostwritten by Mary Kay Tennison.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Truman Bethurum, Aboard a Flying Saucer, DeVorss, 1954; Clark III 192–194
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1948

Event 11346 (A8D2CD12)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: USAF Maj. Gen. John A. Samford secretly orders a deemphasis on or elimination of human anecdotal UFO reports. Instead, they would be “going on instruments,” as worded in his briefing, so that he can close down Blue Book. Technological hurdles and budget limits greatly delay the plan, but Blue Book does transition into a propaganda debunking mission over the next 6 months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 813
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1949

Event 11347 (7FAA31BF)

Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Roger Smith Hotel
Description: Late afternoon. Ruppelt and Maj. Ed Gregory arrive in Washington, D.C., dodging newspaper reporters at the Roger Smith Hotel. Blue Book receives an astonishing total of 50 UFO reports in a single day. UFO inquiries are jamming the Pentagon telephones. Air Force and CIA officials concede that the Soviet Union might take advantage of the confusion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 166–167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1950

Event 11348 (8C03273A)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: According to the United Press, the Air Defense Command has alerted jet interceptor pilots to take off instantly in pursuit of any flying saucers. The International News Service amplifies this by quoting the Air Force that orders have been issued to shoot them down if they refuse to land. The Air Force refuses to confirm this, but USAF Deputy Press Officer Lt. Col. Moncel A. Monts states that “jet pilots are, and have been, under orders to investigate unidentified objects and to shoot them down if they can’t talk them down.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Alerted for ‘Discs’: Sightings over Washington Put Jets at Ready,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 28, 1952, p. 1; “Jets on 24- Hour Alert to Shoot Down ‘Saucers,’” San Francisco Examiner, July 29, 1952, p. 2; Shoot 49–50; David Rudiak, “1952 Flying Saucer ‘Shoot Down’ Stories,” Roswell Proof
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1951

Event 11349 (09F91BFB)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: In charge of jet interceptions over Washington, D.C., during the big UFO flap, USAF Director of Operations Gen. Roger M. Ramey issues an ambiguous public denial that the interceptors have been ordered to shoot down any saucers. However, newspaper articles and other documents say there was such an order.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rudiak, “Background on Gen. Roger M. Ramey,” June 4, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1952

Event 11350 (BC158E60)

Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Kansas City, Missouri; Washington National
Description: President Truman, resting in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Democratic Convention, calls CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith and asks him to investigate the Air Force’s mishandling of the Washington National sightings. Smith later directs, through Deputy Director for Intelligence Loftus E. Becker, that a CIA/OSI group be put together to review the USAF UFO intelligence program at ATIC. Truman’s involvement is meant to be kept Top Secret and is not revealed until 1992.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1953

Event 11351 (3A638582)

Date: 7/28/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Canadian researcher Wilbert B. Smith allegedly shows Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles a metallic piece from a saucer that was shot down near Washington, D.C. It is twice the size of a man’s thumb and has been loaned to him by the Air Force, but he must return it to the CIA (or another secret agency).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rudiak, “Wilbert B. Smith,” Roswell Proof; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 48–49; Good Above, p. 188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1954

Event 11352 (0686EA69)

Date: 7/28/1952
Locations: UK; William Sidney; Lord Cherwell
Description: UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill writes to William Sidney, Secretary of State for Air, and scientific adviser and friend Lord Cherwell, saying, “What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth? Let me have a report at your convenience.” The response, dated August 9, begins: “The various reports about unidentified flying objects, described by the Press as ‘flying saucers,’ were the subject of a full Intelligence study in 1951” [presumably the report by the Flying Saucer Working Party].
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Records Show Winston Churchill’s Interest in UFOs,” The Cosmic Report, December 12, 2020; Good Above, pp. 30, 448–449; UFOFiles2, pp. 43–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1955

Event 11353 (F6964878)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: There are 20 UFO reports recorded for this day in the UFOCAT computer database. Outside of the continental United States there were sightings in Hawaii, Cuba, and Germany. Four occurred at military air bases and two more involved aircraft encounters with UFOs.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4448

Event 11354 (8D52ADFF)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: At 10:15 p.m. a saucer-shaped object, light metallic in color, flew over Heidelberg, Germany. It gave off shafts of white light, flew slowly, made a 90-degree turn, and climbed away fast. It was in sight for 4.5 minutes. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1700; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 24; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4449

Event 11355 (C094F94E)

Date: 7/28/1952
Description: At around 11 p.m. over Washington, D.C. eight to twelve nocturnal lights flew in various formations making sharp maneuvers, darkening and then becoming brighter again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 65; Richard F Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 99
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4450

Event 11356 (A20181FB)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Michigan
Description: USAF pilot pursues UFO over Michigan
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_121

Event 11357 (ABB715DD)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: USAF Gen. Samford holds UFO press conference
Type: historical event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_122

Event 11358 (85022A89)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Britain
Description: SECRET, EYES ONLY MEMO to Deputy Director/Intelligence from Ralph L. Clark, Acting Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence stating: In the past several weeks numerous UFOs have been sighted visually and on RADAR. This office (CIA) has maintained a continuing review of reputed sightings for the past three years and a special group has been formed to review the sightings to date. O/CI and O/SI will participate in this study and prepare a report on UFOs by August 15, 1952.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p505)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_468

Event 11359 (0C18AC57)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: USA, Osceola, Wisconsin.
Description: (Translated from French) 1:30 a.m. Witnesses: ground radar operators, pilot of an F-51 Mustang in flight. Several clusters of about ten small radar targets as well as one large one. The small targets flew from southwest to east at about 60-70 mph, one behind the other. The largest one flew at 700 mph. Total duration: one hour. The pilot confirmed one of the targets by visual observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1654

Event 11360 (E9F1C475)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: USA, Passaic (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) George J. Stock photographed an aircraft, coming from the south and going east, passing vertically over his garden and hovering in one spot for several minutes at a height of about 185 yards. The object was gray in color topped with a dome and came from the south. It was about 12 m in diameter and stabilized for a few moments. Then it oscillated and left, disappearing to the east while accelerating. Total duration of the observation: 1 minute. A government agent from the Office of Scientific Investigation borrowed the negatives and kept them for many months. After a long series of protests, Stock was able to get them back.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V. - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1655

Event 11361 (126A0E64)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Osceola (Wisconsin), ground radar operators detected for 1 hour on radar several groups of small objects (up to 10) and 1 large object. The small ones moved from Southwest to East between 50 and 60 knots (60 to 70 mph), following each other. The large object moved at 600 knots (700 mph). A F-51 Mustang pilot confirmed the detection of one of the objects. (1 h 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1731 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1170

Event 11362 (63DB3A14)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Omega, in the Los Alamos canyon (New Mexico), observation by 5 independent witnesses for 5 minutes of a white rotating object. The object left upon the arrival of planes. (10 h)
Reference: Hynek 1979
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1171

Event 11363 (ECB1A37F)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Langley (Virginia), Captain D. G. Moore of the Air Traffic Control System detected an object flying towards the base at about 2600 mph for 2 minutes at an altitude lower than 5000 feet. (14:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1732? unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1172

Event 11364 (27897736)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Moore and W. Yhope, representatives of the Gilfillan Electronics, spotted a radar target moving for 4 minutes, stopping for 2 minutes, then leaving very quickly. (14 h 50)
Reference: case Blue Book #1732? unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1173

Event 11365 (06A3224E)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Conference of July 29th at the Pentagon, following the numerous observations in the Washington area. From left to right: Roy James, Ramey, Ruppelt, Samford, Bower and Griffing. See file images/1952-07-29.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1174

Event 11366 (2CEA2D5D)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Officers from the FBI report the statements made by representatives of the USAF during a meeting they had with them. The latter explain to the police that, according to their intelligence center at Wright Patterson, observations of flying saucers date back several centuries and their number varies depending on the publicity they receive. The military add that these saucers appear rather in areas of high air traffic. According to them, these are not missiles from other countries, and they do not exclude the possibility that these objects are potential vessels from other planets such as Mars.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1175

Event 11367 (3D01D467)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Miami (Florida), a very fast UFO is filmed. The film is submitted to the USAF, never released.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1176

Event 11368 (643E1A1F)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Merced (California), Herbert Mitchell and an employee observed for 2 minutes a dark object in the shape of a disk, followed by a silver light two lengths behind it, tilt to the side, dive, hesitate and then finally make very rapid circles. (15 h 44 or 16 h 35)
Reference: case Blue Book #1738 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1177

Event 11369 (68E7CA02)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Wichita (Kansas), Douglas and Hess, employees of an USAF store at the Municipal Airport, observe for 5 minutes a flat, white, shiny circular object flying very quickly, then hovering for 10 to 15 seconds above the Cessna Aircraft Co. installations. (0 h 35)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 1739 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1178

Event 11370 (0FE94BC0)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Ennis (Montana), members of the USAF staff are alerted of the arrival of UFOs from Seattle (Washington). They are 5 flat disk-shaped objects. One of them remains stationary for 3 to 4 minutes, while another one circles around it. The observation lasts 30 minutes. (0 h 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1747 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1179

Event 11371 (F4FE8936)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: JET PILOTS ORDERED TO SHOOT DOWN SAUCERS. The Air Force revealed today jet pilots have been placed on 24-hour nationwide alert against flying saucers with orders to shoot them down if they refuse to land. It was learned pilots have gone aloft on several occasions in an effort to shoot the mysterious objects to the ground, but never came close enough to use their guns. The Air Force expressed the belief that the unidentified flying objects are not a threat to the US and stated also that they are not a secret U.S. military development.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_233

Event 11372 (A086C821)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: New York Times. AIR FORCE EXPLAINS 2-HOUR DELAY IN CHASING OBJECTS OVER CAPITAL. The Air Force said tonight that the current series of flying saucer reports had brought no change in its 24-hour-a-day program to challenge unidentified and potentially hostile objects in the skies over the US. The 2-hour delay in sending up jet interceptors after radar watchers reported recent saucer sightings was explained by the Air Force. The report was sent by mistake to a flight center in Middletown, PA, instead of through the Air Force base ar Newcastle, Del.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_234

Event 11373 (65D63E7C)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Tarrytown, Greenburgh, NY
Description: New York Times. OBJECT SEEN OVER TARRYTOWN. Streaks of light, reportedly similar to those spotted over Washington were observed in the sky above the Hudson River. The sightings were reported to the Defense Force Filter Center at White Plains by Post Supervisor Joseph Pulsoni and two ground force observers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_235

Event 11374 (93BEEDFE)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: San Bernadino Sun. ‘SAUCERS’ REPORTED ON CAPITAL RADAR. The Air Force has been investigating reports that several flying saucers have been spotted virtually in its own back yard by radar device. Officials could not immediately agree whether or not this was the first time that radar had picked up such objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_236

Event 11375 (A182ABDB)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Key West, FL
Description: NAVY CHECKS FIERY STREAK. Navy officials said Tuesday, “we’re investigating thoroughly” reports of a fiery object that streaked across the sky at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. The U.S.S. Greenwood, a destroyer escort, was sent to sea, but officers would not elaborate. Hundreds of sailors reported seeing the object Saturday night while watching an outdoor movie. One witness described it as a 40-foot solid white light zooming across the sky from north to south, making no sound. A week ago, a Navy man said four persons reported seeing a fiery ball in the sky over Key West that stopped and started several times before it disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_237

Event 11376 (53D9706B)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: ALL OUT OF STEP, BUT ME, SAYS SHAPLEY. Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, said flying saucers are a lot of complete nonsense and dismissed the more than 1000 reports made in the last five years as traceable to 1. hallucinations, 2. fireballs or meteorites, 3. high-altitude balloons, and 4. high-flying planes. His opponents assigned Dr. Shapley to the balloonatic fringe.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_239

Event 11377 (81344ABC)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: International News Service. FLYING SAUCER TRAP SET BY US. The Air Force today advanced the theory that flying saucers are apparently natural phenomena, but at the same time announced it was establishing a battery of more than 200 cameras to trap the objects on film, according to Darrel Garwood, INS Washington correspondent. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford, Chief of Air Intelligence, headed a big force of top scientific brains to work on the fantastic puzzle. The Air Force is continuing its 24 hour alert for all jet pilots to chase and shoot down any such objects which ignore orders to land.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_240

Event 11378 (78A3E3B3)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Air space violation; metallic object makes 360° turn; evades interceptors.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_112

Event 11379 (B551A306)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Air Force officer sees rapid, elliptical light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_113

Event 11380 (164F960A)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Walker AFB, NM
Description: Weather officer and others see fast UFOs through theodolite.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_114

Event 11381 (DEAA357F)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Michigan
Description: F-94s attempt intercept of fast-moving UFO; radar/visuals.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_115

Event 11382 (57B40F25)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 01:10
Location: BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE AND WDC AND HERNDON, VA
Description: Groups 8-10 blips. Away as USAF planes near. / FSRv3#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2517

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BOLLING AFB+WDC+HERNDON,VA:GRPS 8-10 BLIPS:AWAY AS USAF PLANES NEAR:/FSRv3#3”, LatLong: “38.844446 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:40 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11383 (8B56CE50)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 08:20
Location: WALKER / ROSWELL AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Blue Book. 4 observer(s). Several saucers seen / theodolite. Faster / any plane…
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2518

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: “8”, Duration: “80”, Elev: “1119”, HatchDesc: “WALKER/ROSWELL AFB,NM:BBK:4 OBS:SVRL SCRS SEEN/THEODOLITE:FASTER/ANY PLANE…”, LatLong: “33.316668 -104.566672”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:00 N 104:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11384 (C68EF7F6)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ELKHART, IN
Description: Woman. Flat white dish-disk swirls around over treetops. Turns and quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 986)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2519

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: “237”, HatchDesc: “ELKHART,IN:WOMAN:FLAT WHT DISH-DISK SWIRLS AROUND ovr TREETOPS:TURNS+↑↑ FAST”, LatLong: “41.683335 -85.966671”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 85:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11385 (91D8D254)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: GREGORY, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Circular object circles aluminum plant and stops. Quickly going up. Another quickly going down [to] and does same.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 986)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2520

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “GREGORY,TX:2 OBS:CIRC.OBJ CCLS ALUMINUM PLANT+STOPS:↑↑:ANOTHER ↓↓+DOES SAME”, LatLong: “27.922224 -97.288894”, LatLongDMS: “27:55:20 N 97:17:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11386 (2E77DD53)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: LOS ALAMOS CANYON, NM
Description: 6 separate observer(s). Yellow UFO over base. Jets chase and vice versa. East going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2521

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2410”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS CANYON,NM:6 SEP.OBS:YEL UFO OVR BASE:JETS CHASE+VICE VERSA:E>>W”, LatLong: “35.888891 -106.361116”, LatLongDMS: “35:53:20 N 106:21:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11387 (934B6468)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 11:00
Location: HOPKINTON, MASS
Description: 1 observer. 90’ x10’ “beam of light” seen 30 minute(s). Apparent cylinder/cylindrical object-object. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2522

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “HOPKINTON,MASS:1 OBS:90’x10’ “BEAM OF LITE” SEEN 30min:APPARENT CYL-OBJ:/NEWS”, LatLong: “42.227780 -71.522226”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:40 N 71:31:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11388 (2DB30449)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2 large shiny pie-plate saucers outmaneuvers jets.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 987)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2523

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:SVRL SEP.OBS:2 LRG SHINY PIE-PLATE SCRs OUTMNVR JETS:”, LatLong: “35.883335 -106.311116”, LatLongDMS: “35:53:00 N 106:18:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11389 (9B3D7775)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: LAMORICIERE, ALGERIA
Description: Motorists. Phosphorescent disk seen briefly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2524

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LAMORICIERE,ALGERIA:MOTORISTS:PHOSPHORESCENT DISK SEEN BRIEFLY:NFD”, LatLong: “34.883335 -1.050000”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 N 01:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11390 (188AC557)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: FRENDA, ORAN, ALG
Description: 2 cops. Saucer with luminous/glowing edges and dark center. Seen over town.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2525

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FRENDA,ORAN,ALG:2 COPS:SCR W/LUMn EDGES+DARK CENTER:SEEN OVER TOWN.”, LatLong: “35.083335 1.033333”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 01:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11391 (13D51D56)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:30
Location: 8MI / ENNIS, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1747 / unidentified. 12 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. UFO makes cloud. Saucers exit. Photographs taken.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2526

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1530”, HatchDesc: “8mi/ENNIS,MT:BBK#1747/UID:12 OBS/BINOCS:UFO MAKES CLOUD:SCRS EXIT:FOTOS TAKEN”, LatLong: “45.350002 -111.727783”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:00 N 111:43:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11392 (59901F86)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1739. Unidentified. Airport workers. White saucer hovers over Cessna factory. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2527

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA,KS:BBK#1739:UID:AIRPORT WORKERS:WHT SCR HVRS OVR CESSNA FACTORY:>>SE”, LatLong: “37.700002 -97.350005”, LatLongDMS: “37:42:00 N 97:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11393 (BDE55293)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: PASSAIC, NJ
Description: Great photographs / domed saucer / G. J. stock. Over trees and poles. 2 observer(s). / r192p326.
Type: sighting
Reference: ANDREWS, George C: EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS AMONG US; FATE/Llewellyn Publs, St. Paul, MN 1992 (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2528

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “PASSAIC,NJ:GREAT FOTOS/DOMED SCR/G.J.STOCK:OVR TREES+POLES:2 OBS:/r192p326”, LatLong: “40.872224 -74.127781”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:20 N 74:07:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11394 (50870F8D)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: Ex-USAF man and 1. Flat-bottom/underside disk. Slow then fast wide sweep. Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 991)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2529

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:EX-USAF MAN+1:FLAT-BTM DISK:SLOW then FAST WIDE SWEEP:LOST/CLOUDS”, LatLong: “42.333335 -83.066671”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 83:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11395 (039B977F)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: WILLIAMSBURG, VA
Description: Air Traffic Controller and 2 civilians. Blue object going quickly southeast / 2600mph toward(s) Langley Air Force Base. Below 5K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2530

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “WILLIAMSBURG,VA:ATC+2 CIVs:BLUE OBJ >>SE/2600mph TWRD LANGLEY AFB:BLW 5K’alt:”, LatLong: “37.272224 -76.705559”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:20 N 76:42:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11396 (142C11BD)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: Radio alert / McChord Air Force Base. 50 observer(s). 3 silver saucers sway west going quickly east. 40K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2531

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “GREAT FALLS,MT:RADIO ALERT/McCHORD AFB:50 OBS:3 SLVR SCRS SWAY W>>E:40K’alt”, LatLong: “47.500002 -111.283339”, LatLongDMS: “47:30:00 N 111:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12000”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11397 (6A8E4BDE)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: MERCED, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1738. Unidentified. Mitchell and 1. Saucer tilts dives levels itself and circles. Going quickly NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2532

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “MERCED,CA:BBK#1738:UID:MITCHELL+1:SCR TILTS DIVES LEVELS ITSELF+CIRCLES:>>NNE”, LatLong: “37.266668 -120.466672”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 120:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11398 (8F69AFB1)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: GREEN LANE, PA
Description: 3+observer(s). Dark oval = round saucer. Passes going south under low clouds. Seen / 10 seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 992)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2533

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “GREEN LANE,PA:3+OBS:DRK OVAL=RND SCR:PASSES >S UNDER LOW CLOUDS:seen/10 secs”, LatLong: “40.338891 -75.472226”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:20 N 75:28:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11399 (5D8BEAC2)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Description: Newmen and many. “Saucer” / wild maneuvers all over/all about. Color(s) vary. Huge accelerations.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 997)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2534

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “SALT LAKE CITY,UT:NEWMEN+MANY:“SCR”/WILD MNVRS ALLO:CLRS VARY:HUGE ACCELS”, LatLong: “40.783335 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11400 (3A6346EA)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: MOSTAGANEM, ALG
Description: Numerous observer(s). Saucer seen / seconds. 3 globes hover. Going quickly north as jets near / r230 v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2535

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOSTAGANEM,ALG:NMRS OBS:SCR SEEN/secs::3 GLOBES HVR:>>N as JETS NEAR/r230 v1#2”, LatLong: “35.916668 0.166667”, LatLongDMS: “35:55:00 N 00:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mostaganem”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11401 (7063855A)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: Former pilot and several. Ovoid splits / 2 pieces. 30K’ altitude. Separate paths.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2536

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, 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: “25”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “CULVER CITY,CA:FORMER PILOT+SVRL:OVOID SPLITS/2 PIECES:30K’alt:SEPARATE PATHS”, LatLong: “34.016668 -118.400006”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 118:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11402 (E5AA78E3)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: BISON TO/FROM WAUKOMIS, OK
Description: Saucer blows car off road. Possible abduction try. Going west very fast. / LDLN#101p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2537

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “396”, HatchDesc: “BISON><WAUKOMIS,OK:SCR BLOWS CAR OFF ROAD:POSS.ABD TRY:>W VFAST:/LDLN#101p4.”, LatLong: “36.233335 -97.877782”, LatLongDMS: “36:14:00 N 97:52:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 11403 (3B02444F)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: SAGINAW BAY, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1680. RADAR and 2 F94s RADAR-visual (observation). Night light / 180° going quickly north / 1440mph. Responds / radio.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2538

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SAGINAW BAY,MI:BBK#1680:RDR+2F94s RDR-VIS:NLT/180°>>N/1440mph:RESPONDS/RADIO”, LatLong: “44.000002 -83.500004”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:00 N 83:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11404 (4776BA03)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / ADRIAN, MI
Description: 1 / car. Moon-size disk. Strong glow. Going [to] slow over city. Sharp outlines.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 996)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2539

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “243”, HatchDesc: “SW/ADRIAN,MI:1/CAR:MOONSIZE DISK:STRONG GLOW:> SLOW ovr CITY:SHARP OUTLINES”, LatLong: “41.866669 -84.066671”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:00 N 84:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11405 (B24772DD)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: SOUTHWEST / NIWOT, CO
Description: Woman. Saucer ringed / small lights going quickly west. Large and distant. Much faster / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 997)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2540

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: “1553”, HatchDesc: “SW/NIWOT,CO:WOMAN:SCR RINGED/SML LITES >>W:LRG+DISTANT:MUCH FASTER/PLANE”, LatLong: “40.083335 -105.183338”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:00 N 105:11:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11406 (122FC935)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: AIN TEDELES, ALG
Description: Many observer(s). Classic saucer blows white smoke over town / 1 minute(s). Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2541

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AIN TEDELES,ALG:MANY OBS:CLASSIC SCR BLOWS WHT SMOKE OVR TOWN/1min:>>S:”, LatLong: “36.000002 0.250000”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 00:15:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11407 (8CEE0562)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Description: 2 / roof. Hemisphere going east. Flat / top. Rounded bottom/underside glows. Tilts. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 998)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2542

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: “2”, HatchDesc: “LAGUNA BEACH,CA:2/ROOF:HEMISPHERE > E:FLAT/TOP:ROUNDED BTM GLOWS:TILTS:>>W”, LatLong: “33.550002 -117.794450”, LatLongDMS: “33:33:00 N 117:47:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11408 (4D0C913A)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Osceola, WI
Description: Clusters of Small Targets & One Large Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1731) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1219

Event 11409 (B0EC779E)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: Jets scrambled from Kirtland (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1221

Event 11410 (4BCFB82A)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Langley AFB, VA
Description: 2,600 MPH Target Approaches Base (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1732)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1222

Event 11411 (317E6A7D)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Walker AFB, Roswell, NM
Description: Sighted several high-speed discs through theodolite (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1223

Event 11412 (A27FF6E2)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: White object moving E to W & light-brown egg shaped object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1224

Event 11413 (2C98B035)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Merced, CA
Description: Dark, discus shaped object, trailed by a silvery light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1738)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1225

Event 11414 (AFD35E8B)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: CAA radar in the early morning tracked 8 to 12 UFOs at a time traveling about 100-120 m.p.h. in a 10-mile arc around the Nations Capital. When an Eastern Airlines pilot tried to check on the radar targets at CAA request at 3:00 a.m., he saw nothing. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1226

Event 11415 (90F83913)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Port Huron, MI
Description: 9:40 p.m. CST an Air Force radar station plotted an unidentified target moving at 550 knots. An F-94 in the area was asked to investigate, and its airborne radar locked onto the UFO which appeared as a bright flashing colored light. The object, showing on ground radar along with the F-94, outdistanced the interceptor. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1227

Event 11416 (D8741A4C)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Movies taken of high-speed UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1228

Event 11417 (F90DF466)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Witchita, KS
Description: Bright white circular object with a flat bottom fly very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1739)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1229

Event 11418 (508456B3)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Air Force reserve colonel at Los Alamos saw a strange ellipse shaped light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1230

Event 11419 (2FF3A1D3)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Ennis, MT
Description: Twelve Witnesses Observe Discs / Movies & Stills Taken (BBU 1747) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: 1747)
Reference: NICAP: 520729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1231

Event 11420 (F00D4AB0)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Description: Sidney Eubank went to the Enid police station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disk had buzzed his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush of air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 134 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_96

Event 11421 (7704062B)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 1:30 AM
Location: Osceola, Wisconsin
Description: Witnesses: radar operators on ground, pilot of F-5l Mustang in flight. Several clusters of up to 10 small radar targets and one large target. Small targets moved from southwest to east at 50-60 kts. (60-70 m.p.h.), following each other. The large one moved at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One hour total time. Pilot confirmed one target.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_205

Event 11422 (B0B8A629)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Langley AFB, Virginia
Description: Witness: USAF Capt D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control system. One undescribed object flew at an estimated 2,600 m.p.h., below 5,000’ altitude, toward the air base for about 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_206

Event 11423 (90701423)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 2:50 PM
Location: Langley AFB, Virginia
Description: Witnesses: Mr. Moore, Gilfillan electronics representative W. Yhope. One radar target tracked moving away, stopped for 2 minutes, again moved very, very fast. Four minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_207

Event 11424 (715398F7)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 3:44 or 4:35 PM
Location: Merced, California
Description: Witnesses: Herbert Mitchell and one employee. One dark, discus-shaped object, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped on its side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_208

Event 11425 (944E75FE)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:35 PM
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description: Witnesses: USAF shop employees Douglas and Hess at Municipal Airport. One bright white circular object with a flat bottom flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant, during the 5 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_209

Event 11426 (2404D2ED)

Date: 7/29/1952
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Ennis, Montana
Description: Witnesses: USAF persons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: one hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. Sighting length of 30 minutes not explained further.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_210

Event 11427 (EB58BF9E)

Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Osceola, Wisconsin; St. Paul, Minnesota
Description: 1:30 a.m. An Air Defense Command radar outside of Osceola, Wisconsin, picks up some unidentified targets. Four F-51s from St. Paul, Minnesota, are scrambled, but the targets are moving around so quickly that it is impossible to vector in on a single target. The F-51 pilots see many lights; one pilot at 25,000 feet sees an object blaze across the nose of his airplane. Two other pilots vainly try to climb up to a hovering light that is in the same position as the radar targets. ATIC’s Robert M. Olsson and Wendell Swanson explain the radar incident as a temperature inversion and the visual sighting as a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Clusters of Small Targets and One Large Target”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 80–85; Sparks, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1956

Event 11428 (F9053384)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Early morning. CAA radar tracks 8–12 UFOs at a time traveling 100–120 mph in a 10-mile arc around Washington, D.C. When an Eastern Airlines pilot tries to check on the radar targets at the request of the CAA at 3:00 a.m., he sees nothing. The targets disappear from CAA radar when the airliner approaches then come back in behind him after he passes through the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Debunks ‘Saucers’ As Just ‘Natural Phenomena,’” New York Times, July 30, 1952, pp. 1, 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1957

Event 11429 (2D61EB2C)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: 10:00 a.m. President Truman tells his air force liaison, Robert B. Landry, to find out what is going on with UFOs. Landry calls ATIC and eventually reaches Ruppelt, who tells him that weather may have caused the radar targets, but there is no proof. He later learns that Truman is listening in. There is some evidence that Truman or Landry soon contact the National Security Council directly to find out how to proceed with the UFO problem.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 167; Swords 170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1958

Event 11430 (686A0088)

Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Los Alamos Scientific Labs, New Mexico; Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque
Description: 10:00 a.m. Several employees of Los Alamos Scientific Labs, New Mexico (including Robert B. Leachman, W. Schafer, E. T. Jurney), see a white object moving east to west with a gyrating motion. Two jet interceptors from Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque arrive 5 minutes later. The object disappears but reappears in front of the jets, makes a 360° turn, comes around in back, follows for 2 minutes, then disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jets Scrambled from Kirtland”; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 61–64; Sparks, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1959

Event 11431 (4D18DB82)

Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Walker AFB; Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Four weather observers at Walker AFB [now closed] in Roswell, New Mexico, watch several high-speed discs through a theodolite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 114–115; Sparks, p. 161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1960

Event 11432 (8BAC1855)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: US
Description: An FBI memo from Victor P. Keay on “Flying Saucers” discusses a classified briefing about UFOs by Cmdr. Randall Boyd Jr. of the Air Intelligence Estimates Division to Norman W. Philcox, an FBI liaison to the Air Force. The Air Force has “failed to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion” on UFOs. Reports are being received from all parts of the US and distant parts of the world. Boyd explains that USAF has made no progress in ascertaining the nature of UFOs, but it is filing them into three classifications: reports by civilians on the ground, reports by commercial or military pilots, and reports by pilots that are confirmed by radar or ground observations. He concludes by writing that it is “not entirely impossible that the objects sighted may possibly be ships from another planet such as Mars,” but he adds that “air intelligence is fairly certain that these objects are not ships or missiles from another nation in this world.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 55–56; ClearIntent, pp. 175–177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1961

Event 11433 (E483DAE8)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Ralph L. Clark, acting assistant director of the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence, sends a memo to OSI Deputy Director Robert Amory Jr., indicating that the agency will be looking into UFO matters a bit more thoroughly, even though it has been collecting cases for the past three years (since 1949): “a special study group has been formed to review the subject to date. D/CI [Walter Bedell Smith] will participate in this study with D/SI [H. Marshall Chadwell], and a report should be ready about 15 August.” It alludes to his meeting with CIA rocket consultant Frederick C. Durant and others the previous day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ralph L. Clark, “Recent Sightings of Unexplained Objects,” July 29, 1952, reprinted in “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler”; Good Above, pp. 330, 505
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1962

Event 11434 (35651F27)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Robert L. Farnsworth, president of the American Rocket Society, urges President Truman and defense officials to restrain the US armed forces from shooting at UFOs. He says that hostile action might alienate us from “beings of far superior powers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert L. Farnsworth, [Telegram to President Truman], July 28, 1952; “A Pro-Saucer Voice Heard,” New York Daily News, July 29, 1952, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1963

Event 11435 (18F8EEB3)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: airport in Macdonald, Manitoba
Description: An orange, oblong stationary object is observed at the airport in Macdonald, Manitoba, in the south- southwestern sky for 2 minutes. It seems to change into a group of small round lights. They all disappear together.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich; Project Second Storey
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1964

Event 11436 (E4E3A33D)

Date: 7/29/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
Description: 4:00 p.m. The Air Force holds its largest and longest press conference since the end of World War II. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford, director of USAF intelligence, leads it. He is accompanied by Eighth Air Force Maj. Gen. Roger M. Ramey, director of operations and commander of the Eighth Air Force; USAF Col. Donald L. Bower, Technical Analysis Division, Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio; Project Blue Book head Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt; USAF Capt. Roy L. James, ATIC radar specialist; and Burgoyne L. Griffing, electronics branch, ATIC. Samford says that the Air Force has been monitoring US air space since 1947. Approximately 20% of UFO reports come from “credible observers of relatively incredible things,” which keeps the Air Force concerned. He explains that the Washington, D.C., sightings earlier in July were caused by “weather phenomena” that caused radar beams to bend and pick up objects on the ground. James offers more technical explanations about temperature inversions that cause radar echoes. Pro-UFO Maj. Dewey J. Fournet Jr., USAF public relations officer Al Chop, and Navy radar specialist Lieut. John Holcomb are conspicuous by their absence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “General Samford’s Press Conference,” July 29, 1952; Ruppelt, pp. 168– 169; “General Samford’s UFO Press Conference, Pentagon, July 29, 1952,” knightskross YouTube channel, August 3, 2010; “The Air Force Makes a Pass at the Saucer Stories,” Life 33, no. 6 (August 11, 1952): 35; Swords 159–163; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 60–63; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, HarperTorch, 2001, pp. 77–126; Shoot 53–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1965

Event 11437 (5F0332BC)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 9:15 p.m. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Robert G. LeCompte sees a flight of at least 10 luminous objects pass over Albuquerque, New Mexico. At first they appear overhead in no pattern, heading north, then shift to a V formation. They then shift into two rows.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “AF Reserve Colonel Observes Rapid Ellipse”; Sparks, p. 163; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 13, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1966

Event 11438 (D43BE87B)

Date: 7/29/1952
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Description: 9:35 p.m. Marine Pfc Ralph C. Mayher, using 16 mm film exposed at 24 frames per second, obtains footage of a high-speed UFO over Miami Beach, Florida. Retaining a few frames for personal study, Mayher submits the main portion of the film to the Air Force for analysis. The film is never returned, and no analysis report is ever released. Enlargements of a few frames show a fiery looking, roughly circular object, symmetrical, with two small peaks or projection on opposite sides of the disc. The CIA examines the film in 1957 and returns it with no comment or analysis. The Mayher case features prominently in the subsequent lawsuit by Ground Saucer Watch against the CIA and is important because it is a confirmed case of direct interaction of the CIA with a witness, clearly indicating that there was CIA interest in the subject.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Ralph Mayer / Miami Film”; Ralph Mayer, “I Proved Flying Saucers Are Real,” Pic, June 1954; Good Above, pp. 355–356
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1967

Event 11439 (B1D0AB18)

Date: 7/29/1952
Alternate date: 7/28/1952
Locations: Port Huron, Michigan; 29 miles west of Port Huron
Description: 9:40 p.m. An Aircraft and Warning Station in Port Huron, Michigan, tracks an unidentified return on radar for 20 minutes. GCI asks Capt. Edward J. Slowinski flying an F-94B on a practice run to investigate. The pilot sees a bright, flashing, colored light in the location of the blip 29 miles west of Port Huron and follows it for 20 minutes. Slowinski is unable to close on the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Key Radar Case (CCL #17)”; Sparks, p. 160; 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. 72–73; Center for UFO Studies, [documents and case files]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1968

Event 11440 (C03808F8)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: There are 39 unexplained UFO reports recorded in the UFOCAT database for this day. Most are lacking any detail and so fall into the category of “insufficient information.” All but five come from the United States.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4471

Event 11441 (8AABEC7D)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 1:30 a.m. radar operators on the ground in Osceola, Wisconsin witnessed several clusters of up to 10 small radar targets and one large target. The small targets moved from southwest to east at 50-60 knots (60-70 mph), following each other. The large object moved at 600 knots (700 mph). One hour total time. The pilot of a F-51 Mustang in flight confirmed a visual sighting of one of the targets.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Condon Committee investigation files; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4472

Event 11442 (2D7D0BFE)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Sidney Eubank went to the Enid, Oklahoma police station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disc had buzzed his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush of air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP investigation files, reported dated July 30, 1952; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 134; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4473

Event 11443 (29320F84)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 12:30 p.m. USAF personnel near Ennis, Montana were alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Washington and headed toward their position. Twelve of them saw two to five flat disc-shaped objects fly over. One hovered for 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. The sighting lasted 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1747; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4474

Event 11444 (8EF142C5)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: Langley AFB, Virginia. At 2:30 p.m. USAF Captain D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control, sighted a UFO coming toward the air base that flew at an estimated speed of 2,600 mph below an altitude of 5,000 feet. It was in sight for two minutes. Twenty minutes later Captain Moore and electronics technician W. Y. Hope tracked a UFO on radar moving away. The object stopped for two minutes, then moved away again very, very fast. Total duration four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol; p. 275; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4475

Event 11445 (26FF8A7E)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: At 3:44 Herbert Mitchell and his employee in Merced, California sighted a dark, discus-shaped object, trailed two lengths behind by a silvery light. It tipped on its side, dove, hesitated, and then circled very fast. They watched it for two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1738; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4476

Event 11446 (094A0B5A)

Date: 7/29/1952
Description: In Wichita, Kansas at 12:35 p.m. USAF shop employees Douglas and Hess saw a bright white circular craft with a flat bottom at the Municipal Airport. The object flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant. Their sighting lasted five minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1739; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4477

Event 11447 (BD8C22E5)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: FRANCE, Le Tholonet (near Aix-en-Provence)
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight, Mrs. Lilette Tramier witnessed a strange event: “I was in bed,” she explained, "when suddenly through the crack of the window of my room, I saw a luminous object slowly pass in the sky. I quickly got up and then saw a brightly glowing cylinder, like a long neon bulb. It was moving in a straight line, horizontally, about 30° above the horizon. This silent craft, of extraordinary sharpness, produced neither a trail nor a halo. Its length was approximately five times the apparent diameter of the moon. Coming from the East, it moved away to disappear towards the South-West. The night was clear, without clouds…and I was not dreaming.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Omnium Littéraire 1972 p.64-65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1656

Event 11448 (BE7F6A76)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: USA, San Antonio, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 10 a.m. Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. A round, white object, flew slowly and departed at high speed after 20-30 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1657

Event 11449 (EEF346DE)

Date: 7/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), E. E. Nye and another person observed for 20 to 30 minutes a round, white object flying slowly and then departing very quickly. (10 h)
Reference: case Blue Book #1758 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1180

Event 11450 (CB0ADCE6)

Date: 7/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Albuquerque (New Mexico), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF George Funk observed an orange light remaining stationary for 10 minutes. (23 h 02)
Reference: case Blue Book #1755 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1181

Event 11451 (99786D8D)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Description: AUSSIUE PILOT SEES FLYING SAUCER IN TECHNICOLOR HUES. Capt. J. Murray, Constellation pilot, today reported sighting a strange, bright green object flashing horizontally, east to west across the night sky south of Darwin. Saying it changed in color to red and then to gold as it disappeared, he added: “The object I saw Saturday was not a shooting star or comet because of its horizontal flight, brilliance, and color.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_238

Event 11452 (A8E864DF)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Enid, OK
Description: SAUCER BUZZES KANSAN. Sid Eubanks, a photographic supply salesman, told police he was almost swept off the highway last night by a low flying saucer which swooped low at terrific speed. Eubanks said the mystery object, appearing as a “yellow-green, then yellow-brown streak about 400 feet long, completely reversed its direction over US highway 81 and disappeared into the west”. He said the tremendous pressure nearly threw his car off the road.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_241

Event 11453 (09F34BE6)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. Asked for his candid opinion on whether or not flying saucers are real, Albert Einstein wrote Rev. Louis A. Gardner of Los Angeles: “Those people have seen something. What it is I do not know and I am not curious to know.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_242

Event 11454 (ED75D308)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: San Bernadine Sun. AIR FORCE EXPERTS SAY FLYING ‘WHATZITS’ APPEAR TO BE MERE LAYERS OF COLD AIR. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford said that the objects being caught on radar screens for as long as five hours yesterday appeared to be layers of cold air. He discounted any theory that the Washington area is being menaced by unknown aerial vehicles from abroad or from other worlds. Tuesday was the third time in 10 days that radar had picked up “whatzits” flying through pre-dawn black skies. CAA radar operators said as many as 12 objects were picked up at one time Tuesday. (Saucer partisans said Gen. Samford apparently doesn’t know hot air from cold air. The story was supported by a three column picture of the general hamming it up for the photographers. -FS)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_243

Event 11455 (DD5D397B)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Nacogdoches, Texas
Description: TEXAS GAL TELLS ONE. Mrs. Lem Arnold, 1125 Hackberry St., Nachodoches, Texas, witnessed a flying saucer Tuesday night and described it in detail. “It looked to be the shape and size of a dinner plate and was traveling south at a terrific speed. The center of it seemed to blink continuously,” she said. Mrs. Arnold was in bed when she first saw the flying object and believes she watched it for perhaps a minute before it sped out of sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_245

Event 11456 (F5D1B59E)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Chicago Daily News. EXPERTS DOUBT RADAR IS FOOLED. The flying saucer saga is ablaze again. The spark that set it off is radar. Even the skeptics are taking another look. They had been able to scoff at the aberrations of the human eye, but the uncanny see-all and tell-all eye of radar is less easily fooled. Chicago experts who know radar best say it will only bounce off solid objects. Washington wasn’t recording clouds, or solidified air, in the opinion of Dr. Robert Tobey, Armour Research Foundation. Dr. Harvey Ross, microwave researcher at Motorola, supported this statement: “The speed and maneuverability of the blips cannot be accounted for by slow-moving clouds or other atmospheric conditions.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_246

Event 11457 (3174EDEC)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 03:40
Location: NORTH / JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: Eastern Airlines crew. Extremely bright night light still / 3 minute(s). Shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2543

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “N/JACKSONVILLE,FL:EAL CREW:EXTREMELY BRITE NLT STILL/3min:SHOOTS >>W”, LatLong: “30.583335 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “30:35:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11458 (9E628FC0)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~08:00
Location: ALGIERS, ALG
Description: Shiny black disk shoots up from horizon. Sudden turn to one side. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2544

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALGIERS,ALG:SHINY BLK DISK SHOOTS UP FROM HORIZON:SUDDEN TURN TO ONE SIDE:NFD”, LatLong: “36.833335 2.933333”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 02:56:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alger”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11459 (B15B0E9C)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ORLANDO, FL
Description: 2 reports. Metal ovoid / gentle turns. 1115hrs. Bright white saucer straight and level north going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2545

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “135”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “ORLANDO,FL:2 Repts:MTL OVOID/GENTLE TURNS::1115hrs:BRITE WHT SCR S/L N>>S”, LatLong: “28.533335 -81.366671”, LatLongDMS: “28:32:00 N 81:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11460 (93C1CCDB)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
Description: Railroad/railway crew. 2-10 silver pinheads hover / E. sky. Shoot away 1-by-1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2546

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “380”, HatchDesc: “COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA:RR CREW:2-10 SLVR PINHEADS HVR/E.SKY:SHOOT AWAY 1-by-1”, LatLong: “41.266669 -95.833338”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 95:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11461 (BDCB3A19)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1758. Saucer / 5K’ altitude rises to 10K’ when C97 passes. Back down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2547

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:BBK#1758:SCR/5K’alt RISES TO 10K’ WHEN C97 PASSES:BACK DOWN.”, LatLong: “29.433335 -98.483338”, LatLongDMS: “29:26:00 N 98:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11462 (F0E21991)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 13:10
Location: ALEXANDRIA, IN
Description: 4 observer(s). 6 aluminum saucers streak across strange cloud and merge. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2548

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “264”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,IN:4 OBS:6 ALUM.SCRS STREAK ACRS STRANGE CLOUD+MERGE:ABS SLNT”, LatLong: “40.261113 -85.677782”, LatLongDMS: “40:15:40 N 85:40:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11463 (818CA581)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~14:00
Location: LIBERTY LAKE, WA
Description: UFO hovers / 30K’ altitude / 60 minute(s). Going up / plane passes. Going down [to] after. Infra-red photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2549

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “625”, HatchDesc: “LIBERTY LAKE,WA:UFO HVRS/30K’alt/60min:↑/PLANE PASSES:↓AFTER:INFRA-RED FOTOS”, LatLong: “47.650002 -117.133339”, LatLongDMS: “47:39:00 N 117:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10000”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11464 (DD1A8CD2)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: DULUTH, MN
Description: 2 observer(s). Thick band / vapor beams going down [to] into cloud. Horizontal band shoots to side!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2550

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “DULUTH,MN:2 OBS:THICK BAND/VAPOR BEAMS ↓ INTO CLOUD:HZNTL BAND SHOOTS TO SIDE!”, LatLong: “46.783336 -92.100004”, LatLongDMS: “46:47:00 N 92:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11465 (3F668BCC)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: SUAMICO, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 bowler-hat saucers all over/all about. Tease Air Force jet and B25. Going quickly west extremely fast. / APRO v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2551

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “181”, HatchDesc: “SUAMICO,WI:2 OBS:2 BOWLER-HAT SCRS ALLO:TEASE AF JET+B25:>>W XFAST:/APRO v1#2”, LatLong: “44.633335 -88.038893”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:00 N 88:02:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11466 (1CCB7D92)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2nd moon northwest going quickly southeast below real moon. White with blue edge. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: BENDER, Albert K.: FLYING SAUCERS and the THREE MEN. 1962 & 1968 Paperback Library, NY. Foreward/Gray Barker. 160 pp.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2552

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:SVRL.SEP.OBS:2nd MOON NW>>SE BELOW REAL MOON:WHT w/BLU EDGE:/news”, LatLong: “38.016668 -84.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:01:00 N 84:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11467 (31D878A2)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Airman. White saucer makes 180-turn over base. Stops. Climbs O / O / sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2553

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:AIRMAN:WHT SCR MAKES 180-TURN OVR BASE:STOPS:CLIMBS O/O/SIGHT”, LatLong: “32.833335 -106.066672”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 106:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11468 (FCC5C8F4)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: ANDUJAR, SPAIN
Description: Many locals. Silent ‘flying dessert dish’. Leaves (something behind) green trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2554

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: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ANDUJAR,SPAIN:MANY LOCALS:SLNT ‘FLYING DESSERT DISH’:LVS GREEN TRAIL.”, LatLong: “38.033335 -4.050000”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 04:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JAE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11469 (72D221F3)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: YORK, PA
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). 3M disk / white light going north and going south and going north and south… Oval / moving circular when still.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2555

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “YORK,PA:NMRS.SEP.OBS:3M DISK/WHT LITE >N+>S+>N+S…:OVAL/MOVING CIRC when STILL”, LatLong: “39.933335 -76.722226”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 76:43:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11470 (A1D076D7)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: RADAR-visual (observation). Night lights. T33 chases to Macon. Gets buzzed. 1 changes colors. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2556

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTA,GA:RDR-VIS:NLTS:T33 CHASES TO MACON:GETS BUZZED:1 CHANGES COLORS:/r43”, LatLong: “33.733335 -84.400004”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:00 N 84:24:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11471 (140B2A28)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: TLELAT-ED-DOUAIR, ORAN, ALG
Description: 3 cops and Cadi. Strange luminous/glowing flying object. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2557

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TLELAT-ed-DOUAIR,ORAN,ALG:3 COPS+CADI:STRANGE LUMn FLYING OBJ:NFD”, LatLong: “35.983335 2.916667”, LatLongDMS: “35:59:00 N 02:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11472 (6C896D46)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL
Description: Air Traffic Controllers. Revolving sphere changes color(s). Slight swaying. Seen 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2558

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: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “52”, HatchDesc: “MAXWELL AFB,AL:ATCS:REVOLVING SPHERE CHANGES CLRS:SLIGHT SWAYING:SEEN 30min”, LatLong: “32.400002 -86.333337”, LatLongDMS: “32:24:00 N 86:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11473 (51491299)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1232

Event 11474 (548E0CA4)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Stationary orange light. No further details in files (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1755, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1233

Event 11475 (671CD2CA)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Keesler AFB, MS
Description: PPI Scope Of CPS-5 Tracks Slow Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1234

Event 11476 (74136D3F)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Round, white object fly slow then speed away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1758)
Reference: NICAP: 520730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1235

Event 11477 (28F72FE7)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1236

Event 11478 (0DC76FCA)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 11:02 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witness: USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationary for 10 minutes. No further details in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_211

Event 11479 (C45DB581)

Date: 7/30/1952
Time: 10 AM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then sped away after 20-30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_212

Event 11480 (5403FA1D)

Date: 7/30/1952
Locations: RAF Oldenburg, Germany; RAF Faßberg
Description: Flight Sgt. Roland Hughes of No. 20 Squadron RAF is on a training flight in a de Havilland Vampire FB-9 jet fighter and returning to base at RAF Oldenburg, Germany, when he sees a “gleaming silver, metallic disc” drop down from above and fly alongside his aircraft for several seconds before speeding off. The object is about 100 feet long. Its surface is shiny “like tinfoil,” highly reflective, and “without a single crease or crinkle in it.” On August 5, Hughes is ordered to fly to RAF Faßberg for further questioning. He arrives and finds a number of officers, including his commander and the UK Minister of Supply, Duncan Sandys (Winston Churchill‘s son-in- law), who asks Hughes how many beers he had before his saucer sighting. The Air Commanding Officer then reveals that the object had also been tracked on radar going faster than any known aircraft. This convinces Sandys that the case is a serious one, a view that he communicates to Lord Cherwell, the government’s chief scientific adviser, in a letter, saying there is “ample evidence of some unfamiliar and unexplained phenomenon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 44–46; “The UFO Sighting That Convinced a Government Minister,” The Telegraph, May 27, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1969

Event 11481 (9180BE7E)

Date: 7/30/1952
Description: Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg tells the press that, although he does not believe there are flying saucers, he dislikes the “mass hysteria” about them. He says the Air Force has had experts investigating them since the end of World War II and never found anything substantial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Double Vision,’ Vandenberg,” Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press-Democrat, July 31, 1952, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1970

Event 11482 (C5337CE1)

Date: 7/30/1952
Location: Alexandria, Indiana
Description: 1:10 p.m. Willie Vaught of Alexandria, Indiana, sees a strange looking cloud and calls her two teenage daughters (Laura and Patsy) and Laura Oliver to see it. While looking at it, they see six flat, aluminum-like objects streak across the cloud, merge, and disappear within a minute.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Alexandria Family Reports Seeing ‘Flying Saucers,’” Alexandria (Ind.) Times-Tribune, July 31, 1952, p. 1; Herbert S. Taylor, “Mystery Clouds and the UFO Connection,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1971

Event 11483 (EDEE6162)

Date: 7/30/1952
Description: At ten o’clock in the morning a white round object was seen flying slowly over San Antonio, Texas. After 20-30 minutes it sped away. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1758; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: July 21st-July 31st, p. 64; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4502

Event 11484 (2D3A5B14)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: SWITZERLAND, Bernina Massif
Description: (Translated from French) Giampiero Monguzzi, an Italian engineer, went on a mountain hike with his wife. Suddenly, at around 9:30, they saw a large circular object resting on the glacier. The craft had a metallic appearance and a long vertical antenna emerged from its dome (note from vog: very convenient for space flights, the longer the better! But on the other hand: I saw this photo pass by, exactly the same, as having been taken on the moon by one of our real astronauts). A pilot in an astronaut suit emerged from it and was holding an object resembling a flashlight. Several photographs were taken of the craft and its occupant…
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, De Vecchi, 1978, pp. 168-162
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1662

Event 11485 (78D1534E)

Date: 7/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) M. H. Siret, night watchman in Puylaurens (Aude) reports his observations of several suspicious objects. (Thursday, July 31st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1182

Event 11486 (877923D5)

Date: 7/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Tinda (3 km from Ferryville, not far from Bizerte, Tunisia), René Clavière observed a kind of rocket with portholes which remained motionless for about 30 s at an altitude of 5000 m. The object suddenly departed leaving a trail. (at 8 pm)
Reference: Mesnard, Case n° 12, Catalogue of Unpublished Observations (2nd part), LDLN 291-292, p. 17
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1183

Event 11487 (FE0A16C8)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: St. Petersburg, FL and Albuquerque, NM
Description: San Benadino Sun. RESTAURATEUR WELCOMES SAUCERIAN PATRONS. An enterprising St. Petersburg Fla. restaurant proprietor, stirred by reports of saucers in the south Florida skies, painted this sign on the roof of his establishment - “COFFEEE FREE – WELCOME SAUCERS!” Meanwhile the latest flying saucer report came from Albuquerque, NM where Doyle Kline, a newspaperman said he saw 10 flying saucers “going like a bat out of hell” Tuesday night. He said they “made a believer” out of him. The Air Force asked him for a report.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_244

Event 11488 (C5172679)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Description: PHOTOGRAPH OF WASHINGTON AIR INVASION. A flying saucer described as looking like “a flying smoke ring” is shown with landscape beneath in today’s Middletown Journal. The photograph was taken by a farmer near Kutztown, Pennsylvania. No identification or data concerning the picture is given.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_250

Event 11489 (E0FE4436)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: San Bernardino Sun. DON’T DESTROY SAUCERS, THEY ARE FROM SPACE. The Air Force received a wire Wednesday from Cincinnati, Ohio, urging reconsideration of the order to shoot down flying saucers. The sender, whose name was withheld, said that advanced aerodynamics indicated the saucers were probably intercelestial in origin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: [Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5](https:

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Source: Scully, ID: Scully_251

Event 11490 (27C1AC8F)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Racine (Wis.) Journal Times. HARDER TO BRUSH OFF ‘FLYING SAUCERS’ AS SILLY. NEA - For the first time, numerous and simultaneous sightings have been confirmed by official radar observers. This happened twice under almost identical circumstances on two successive Saturday nights. This new chapter in the weird flying saucer story was written in the skies over Washington for six hours before dawn Sunday, July 20, and again one week later. Airlines Pilot S.C. Pierman saw six objects at the same time the C.A.A. radar did.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_254

Event 11491 (CC75FCB1)

Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: MCWATTERS, QBC
Description: Several separate observer(s). 8 saucers cross sky. Jet follows. Shaped like show-shoes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2559

Attributes: 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: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “McWATTERS,QBC:SVRL SEP.OBS:8 SCRS CROSS SKY:JET FOLOS:SHAPED LIKE SHOW-SHOES”, LatLong: “48.350002 -78.916670”, LatLongDMS: “48:21:00 N 78:55:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11492 (EB1A0788)

Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: SIG, ALGERIA
Description: Couple. Silent cylinder/cigar-shape. Very fast. Altitude = 1KM. No exhaust. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2560

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIG,ALGERIA:COUPLE:SILENT CGR:VERY FAST:ALT=1KM:NO EXHAUST:NFD”, LatLong: “35.527779 -0.194444”, LatLongDMS: “35:31:40 N 00:11:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11493 (738CAD67)

Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 15:10
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: 2 lens-shapes drift into view. 1 reverses course. 1 goes straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2561

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:2 LENS-SHAPES DRIFT INTO VIEW:1 REVERSES COURSE:1 GOES STRAIGHT ↑”, LatLong: “39.966669 -83.033337”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 83:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11494 (C7946370)

Date: 7/31/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: SEWART AIR FORCE BASE, TN
Description: Waf A3 / C. Dishpan saucer drops from 600M altitude. Sudden turn back up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 999)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2562

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “SEWART AFB,TN:WAF A3/C:DISHPAN SCR DROPS fm 600M alt:SUDDEN TURN BACK UP+away”, LatLong: “36.011113 -86.522226”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:40 N 86:31:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11495 (94BFA3CE)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Yokota AFB (15 miles E of), Japan
Description: Pilot saw object at 7,000 ft off their left (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1237

Event 11496 (06B56F63)

Date: 7/31/1952
Location: Yaak (near), MT
Description: This entry has the incorrect date. Go the the entry for Sept 1, 1952 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1239

Event 11497 (5E3A74A9)

Date: 7/31/1952
Description: Brig. Gen. Alfred R. Maxwell of the Research and Development Board prepares a memorandum that generally supports the official position that UFO reports contain no information of value, he writes: “The Air Force has made very little progress in learning what the phenomena or objects are.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, Crash at Corona, Marlowe, 1994, pp. 30–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1972

Event 11498 (9F5A8777)

Date: 8/1952
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
Description: Study of UFO maneuvers initiated, to determine whether objects displayed intelligent control.
Type: study initiated
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, page 250-251
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_872

Event 11499 (8EF308A0)

Date: 8/1952
Location: USA, Bakersville (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Cecil Michael claimed to have experienced various events in August 1952. On two occasions he observed a strange saucer so close that he could make out the figures of its two occupants. The craft had a raised central cabin with tall, narrow windows apparently made of glass.
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 80
Reference: Continued October 1952, USA Bakersville
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1674

Event 11500 (791A300B)

Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: YUNGAY, PERU
Description: Orange disk displays yellow tail. No further details. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2563

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: “Peru”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2714”, HatchDesc: “YUNGAY,PERU:ORANGE DISK DISPLAYS YELLOW TAIL:NFD:/NEWS”, LatLong: “-9.150000 -77.733337”, LatLongDMS: “09:09:00 S 77:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LMA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11501 (96DDA752)

Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: JAEN, PERU
Description: Several include/including submersible/USO-prefect. Glowing saucer crosses sky. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2564

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

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “861”, HatchDesc: “JAEN,PERU:SVRL incl SUB-PREFECT:GLOWING SCR CROSSES SKY:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “-5.711111 -78.816670”, LatLongDMS: “05:42:40 S 78:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PIU”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11502 (4A173473)

Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: AYACUCHO, PERU
Description: Several prison guards. 2 saucers hover over prison / 3 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2565

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: “Peru”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2805”, HatchDesc: “AYACUCHO,PERU:SVRL PRISON GUARDS:2 SCRS HVR OVER PRISON/3min:NFD”, LatLong: “-13.150001 -74.222226”, LatLongDMS: “13:09:00 S 74:13:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AYC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11503 (0B06333C)

Date: 8/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: BENTON CREEK, TX
Description: 1 observer. 20cm saucer over windmill. Glows. Hovers. Zigzags going [to] porch. Going up / very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2566

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “480”, HatchDesc: “BENTON CREEK,TX:1 OBS:20cm SCR OVR WINDMILL:GLOWS:HVRS:ZIGZAGS>PORCH:↑/VFAST”, LatLong: “29.866668 -99.316671”, LatLongDMS: “29:52:00 N 99:19:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11504 (5D232910)

Date: 8/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: STA.CATALINA ISLAND, CA
Description: Group scouts. Metal saucer with windows. Halo / dark all over/all about! / APRO Apr’79.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 413)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2567

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “Sta.CATALINA ISL,CA:GRP SCOUTS:MTL SCR W/WINDOWS:HALO/DARK ALLO!:/APRO Apr’79”, LatLong: “33.433335 -118.500006”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:00 N 118:30:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11505 (0EBE5296)

Date: 8/1952
Time: ~15:30
Location: WASHINGTON CO, AR
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer moves in and out / clouds. Poor photographs taken. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2568

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: “3”, Elev: “400”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON co,AR:2 OBS:SCR MOVES IN+OUT/CLOUDS:POOR FOTOS TAKEN:NFD”, LatLong: “36.000002 -94.500005”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 94:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11506 (A3FE0B31)

Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: GAS CITY, IN
Description: 2 / yard. Metallic disk hovers. 2nd joins. Light tilting / 10 minute(s). Going quickly [to] opposite directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2569

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: “259”, HatchDesc: “GAS CITY,IN:2/YARD:MTLC DISK HVRS:2ND JOINS:LITE TILTING/10min:>> OPP.DIRs”, LatLong: “40.488891 -85.605560”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:20 N 85:36:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “36”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11507 (22406412)

Date: 8/1952 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: CHATILLON, FR
Description: Crash / woods. Silence! Voices. Saucer traces / ground. Nothing seen. / r30p60.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2570

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), CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHATILLON,FR:CRASH/WOODS:SILENCE!:VOICES:SCR TRACES/GND:nothing seen:/r30p60”, LatLong: “46.466669 3.133333”, LatLongDMS: “46:28:00 N 03:08:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Allier”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11508 (A2C0CD87)

Date: 8/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: AYTONA, LERIDA, SP
Description: Flash / lightning? 1.5M glowing saucer rises / ground in seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2571

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: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AYTONA,LERIDA,SP:FLASH/LIGHTNING?:1.5M GLOWING SCR RISES/GROUND IN SECONDS.”, LatLong: “41.533335 0.466667”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 N 00:28:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11509 (829D95DA)

Date: 8/1952
Location: Washington County (Skylight Mtn.), AR
Description: Inverted tin colored saucers (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1238

Event 11510 (894E395D)

Date: 8/1952
Location: Falls Church, VA
Description: Rotating light UFO seen by ground observers, including police. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520800
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1240

Event 11511 (166EC72F)

Date: 8/1952
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Hollywood producer Clarence Greene and a friend see a “sphere of light” in the sky over Los Angeles, California. Visible for 5 minutes, the object alternately hovers and turns before speeding off over the horizon. The next morning, Greene tells his business partner Russell Rouse about the sighting. As he reflects on the experience, he grows ever more irritated by the stigma attached to UFO sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1973

Event 11512 (61F64E29)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA Memo from acting Chief of Weapons and Equipment Division: “It is strongly urged, however, that no indication of CIA interest or concern reach the press or public.”
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_470

Event 11513 (8A6B68B2)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Washington, DC
Description: In a document declassifed on 2/20/2000, Edward Tauss, acting chief of OSI’s Weapons and Equipment Division, reported for the group that most UFO sightings could be easily explained. Nevertheless, he recommended that the Agency continue monitoring the problem, in coordination with ATIC. He also urged that CIA conceal its interest from the media and the public, “in view of their probable alarmist tendencies” to accept such interest as confirming the existence of UFOs. Tauss used the phrase “interplanetary aspects and alien origin”. On 5/29/2023, ex-CIA (GS-15, 30 years) Officer John Ramirez mentioned that Ed Tauss was in charge of the CIA’s UFO disinformation program, which started in 1952.
Type: declassified document
Reference: CIA Reading Room
Reference: Interview between John Ramirez and Holly Wood
Reference: NRO Historian Gerald K. Haines - “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90”
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_930

Event 11514 (DB0CC481)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: USA in flight, Wright Patterson
Description: (Translated from French) Above the Wright Patterson base, two “Sabres” were returning from patrol when the observers of an interception station had just picked up the echo of a craft moving at high speed, quite high, vertically above the airfield. The two pilots, Commander James Smith and Lieutenant D. Hemer, were given the order to try to intercept this craft. It was a round and shiny object. After quickly consulting each other, they split up, making numerous changes of direction while continuing to gain altitude: “We deliberately maneuvered in circles,” they explained later, “to make sure it was not a reflection of light. At first, the object seemed red and white to us, then only white”. Despite their maneuvers, the object did not change its appearance. Undeniably, it was a solid body. The two pilots armed their machine guns, released the safety catch. The sights lit up. But the craft seemed to pay no attention to their approach. It is true that, according to the spot that appeared on the on-board radars, it was flying at least 4,000 meters above the planes. However, the “Sabres” which had reached 12,000 meters, began to level off. Making a sharp turn to take a film, Smith lost altitude and could not aim his camera. Climbing back to 12,000 meters, he was luckier this time and managed to take several meters of film before the “Sabre” made another dive. A few seconds later, the craft suddenly accelerated and disappeared. (Charles GARREAU: “The Pilots Testify: UFOs are Among Us” - Historia n° 421 Dec. 1981 p. 100-101, case taken from (Donald E. KEYHOE: “The Flying Saucer File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p. 92 etc…) but also: The Associated Press revealed a new and undeniable appearance: Commander James Smith and Lieutenant D. Hemer had really tried to intercept a saucer above the airfield. (Charles GARREAU: “Alert in the Sky: The Abduction File” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.28) [IN REALITY: a 6-meter balloon photographed at 9000 m distance, gives exactly the same image as that of the UFO reproduced by the film.] (August 1st, 1952)
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Facing the Flying Saucers”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p.217
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1663

Event 11515 (F7DCCB97)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Lancaster, California, sheriff officers and other people, including one named Mallette, observed two bright red lights hovering and maneuvering for 5 minutes. (1:14)
Reference: case Blue Book #1771 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1185

Event 11516 (F95CC609)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Bellefontaine (Ohio).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1186

Event 11517 (86033C4F)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Yaak (Montana), an ADC radar detects an unidentified object, visually observed as a dark cigar.
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1187

Event 11518 (F7DBE4CF)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A bright white disc is observed at low altitude in Sharonville (Ohio). Others report an oval object.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1188

Event 11519 (B8301D9E)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque (New Mexico), Scripps-Howard, Staff Writer, observed UFOs changing position in formation.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1189

Event 11520 (EE67EFFA)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Los Angeles Herald Express. FIERY OBJECT SEEN IN SKY. Several persons reported seeing a round luminous object streaking eastward at a terrific rate of speed. All agreed that the objects resembled pictures they had seen of comets, but without tails. They said it was brilliant white and green colored.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_247

Event 11521 (F2197A91)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: New York Times. FLYING SAUCER QUERIES HAMPER AIR FORCE WORK. An Air Force spokesman said today that the queries on the flying saucers had affected their regular work. So far this year they have received 432 written reports on sightings. They said one man works full time on the queries and has had to turn over many of the questions to the Directorate of Military Intelligence for reply. That office has turned to the Air Technical Center at Dayton, Ohio, for help.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_248

Event 11522 (F8EBABE4)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: San Bernadino Sun. TRICKY RADAR HABITS PROVE SAUCER “BLIPS” CAN BE ALMOST ANYTHING. Air Force experts said today it was nothing to be excited about that radar has picked up the so-called flying saucers. They said it was nothing unusual for radar, “a tricky gadget”, to pick up rain squalls, birds, water spouts, and even surf spray.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_249

Event 11523 (90E2E522)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Salem, MA
Description: The Richfield Reporter. WHOOPS! THERE GOES THE 5:15 TO THE MOON! The Washington News thus headlined the photograph of four saucers caught in a “V” formation by Coast Guard photographer Shell R. Alpert at Salem, Mass., on July 16 and not released by the Pentagon until August 1. See Coast Guard Gets Photo of 4 'Flying Saucers' - Newspapers.com™.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_252

Event 11524 (EFE985BA)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: US
Description: New York Herald-Tribune. SHALLOW PUN OF DEEP THINKER. Sidelight appearing in Hy Gardner’s “Early Bird Coast to Coast” column. Deep-Thinker Dept: Wonder if those flying saucers are Taft and Kefauver buttons?
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_253

Event 11525 (E733E3E1)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: US
Description: L.A. Ledger. NOSTRADAMUS GETS IN ACT. Dick Williams, amusement editor, reported that Carey Wilson, a Nostradamus authority, believes the seer was prophesying the coming of the flying saucers in his 1672 folio edition. “Heavenly objects almost without number,” he wrote, “will become known to the human race. This amazing revelation will neither make anyone rich nor do anyone harm.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_255

Event 11526 (D71F0FE9)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Salem, MA
Description: L.A. Mirror. ‘SHUTTERBUG’ GRABS PHOTO OF SAUCERS. Under the AP dateline from Washington the Coast Guard released a photo taken at 9:35 a.m. on July 16, by Shell R. Alpert, 21, an station photographer attached to the Coast Guard at Salem, Mass. The photo shows clearly four round objects. Each saucer appears to have two identical shafts of light extending across its center and protruding at the forward and rear ends.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_256

Event 11527 (C62972B0)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Pasadena, California
Description: SNIPERS TAKE AFTER FLYING SAUCERS. Flying saucers are bad enough, but combine them with a phantom sniper’s bullet, and you’ve got something. Jordan M. Reifel and his wife were entertaining neighbors last night in their backyard when suddenly they heard what sounded like “a .22 caliber rifle shot and the whine of a bullet”. A few minutes later, the worried Reifels said, everybody in the patio observed a formation of white things zooming overhead in the sky. All of this would have been discounted by Pasadena police, but there were several other reports which mentioned saucers and sniper bullets as well.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_258

Event 11528 (53B58CBF)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Radar/visuals at Air Defense Command radar station.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_116

Event 11529 (D3E8F124)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Bellefontaine, OH
Description: Radar/visuals; two F-86s scrambled; one maneuvered; movie film.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_117

Event 11530 (D658CABA)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 01:10
Location: LANCASTER, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1771. 2 cops and more/others. 2 brilliant red night lights. 1 to/from/between / pendulum. 1 going quickly southeast. / The New York Times (NYT) 3 August.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2572

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “718”, HatchDesc: “LANCASTER,CA:BBK#1771:2 COPS++:2 BRILL.RED NLTS:1 <>/PENDULUM:1 >>SE:/NYT 3AUG”, LatLong: “34.700002 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “34:42:00 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11531 (EBA751B0)

Date: 8/1/1952 (approximate)
Time: 03:30
Location: TLEMCEN AND OUED TARIA, ORAN, ALG
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape / 600M altitude going quickly north very fast. Saucer / abrupt turns / 0400hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2573

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “TLEMCEN+OUED TARIA,ORAN,ALG:CGR/600M alt>>N VFAST::SCR/ABRUPT TURNS/0400hrs”, LatLong: “34.866668 -1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 N 01:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11532 (9CB42C4B)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: SOUTH / YAAK, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2023. 2+observer(s). RADAR-visual (observation). Blip and night light maneuvers all over/all about. 1800kph. = cylinder/cigar-shape / r138#10p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2574

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “905”, HatchDesc: “S/YAAK,MT:BBK#2023:2+OBS:RDR-VIS:BLIP+NLT MNVRs ALLO:1800kph:=CGR/r138#10p3”, LatLong: “48.250002 -115.738894”, LatLongDMS: “48:15:00 N 115:44:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11533 (5710197D)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: ~06:00
Location: NORTHWEST / BELVIDERE, IL
Description: 3 / US20. Flattened silver sphere hovers. Accelerates going quickly north. No contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2575

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: “237”, HatchDesc: “NW/BELVIDERE,IL:3/US20:FLATTENED SLVR SPHERE HVRS:ACCELERATES >>N:NO CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “42.283335 -88.850004”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 88:51:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11534 (CCAA0835)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: CARLSBAD, NM
Description: 4M tall balloon going south. Maneuvers! Going quickly [to] going SSW faster / any jet. Huge acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2576

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: “2”, Elev: “946”, HatchDesc: “CARLSBAD,NM:4M tall BALLOON >S:MNVRS!:>>>SSW faster/any jet:HUGE ACCELERATION”, LatLong: “32.422224 -104.227783”, LatLongDMS: “32:25:20 N 104:13:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11535 (D0D6C47B)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:00?
Location: AFTON, NY
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Hundreds / objects near sun and all over/all about. Scattered objects / 2 hours. / r136#10p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2577

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “440”, HatchDesc: “AFTON,NY:100s/OBS:100s/OBJs NEAR SUN+ALLO:SCATTERED OBJs/2hrs:/r136#10p3”, LatLong: “42.227780 -75.527781”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:40 N 75:31:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11536 (96AAAD6E)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:20?
Location: OTEGO, NY
Description: Crowd awaits wave / Ping-pong balls. Only 6 seen / 60 minute(s). / r136#10p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2578

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “405”, HatchDesc: “OTEGO,NY:CROWD AWAITS WAVE/PING-PONG BALLS:ONLY 6 SEEN/60min:/r136#10p5”, LatLong: “42.405558 -75.155559”, LatLongDMS: “42:24:20 N 75:09:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11537 (3036609E)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: BELLEFONTAINE, OH
Description: 2 F86’s chase silver disk going quickly southwest / 525MPH. Films taken. / r48p93+/ r97#54.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2579

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “23”, Elev: “381”, HatchDesc: “BELLEFONTAINE,OH:2 F86s CHASE SLVR DISK>>SW/525MPH:FILMS TAKEN:/r48p93+/r97#54”, LatLong: “40.361113 -83.761115”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:40 N 83:45:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11538 (A1EAEA37)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 14:10
Location: SIDNEY, NY
Description: 300+observer(s). Mass / objects southwest going quickly northeast. Specks and bubbles / all directions. Pingpong balls.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2580

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “313”, HatchDesc: “SIDNEY,NY:300+OBS:MASS/OBJs SW>>NE:SPECKS+BUBBLES/ALL DIRs:PINGPONG BALLS”, LatLong: “42.316669 -75.394448”, LatLongDMS: “42:19:00 N 75:23:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11539 (741F96F1)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: OFF HOPE RANCH, CA
Description: White oval cloud with 2 cones / top hovers. Slow roll. Going quickly west against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2581

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off HOPE RANCH,CA:WHT OVAL CLOUD W/2 CONES/TOP HVRS:SLOW ROLL:>>W against wind”, LatLong: “34.366668 -119.772228”, LatLongDMS: “34:22:00 N 119:46:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11540 (E4F9367A)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 4 observer(s). Large silent ovoid east going quickly west. Stops overhead. Pulses and squirms. Shoots going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2582

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: “205”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:4 OBS:LRG SLNT OVOID E>>W:STOPS OVHD:PULSES+SQUIRMS:SHOOTS >>W”, LatLong: “39.127780 -84.522226”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:40 N 84:31:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11541 (07AAD343)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1755. Newsman. 10 saucers change / V formation going north / 2 neat rows. / MJ#232.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2583

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1486”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:BBK#1755:NEWSMAN:10 SCRS CHANGE/VFORM >N/2 NEAT ROWS:/MJ#232”, LatLong: “35.116668 -106.666672”, LatLongDMS: “35:07:00 N 106:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11542 (3A260C6C)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Troy (near), OH
Description: Gun Camera R/V Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1241

Event 11543 (057524A9)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Sharonville, OH
Description: Brilliant white disc observed at low altitude. Others reported oval object. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1242

Event 11544 (76446F80)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: At 9:50 p.m. a Scripps-Howard reporter saw a cluster of glowing white objects overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1243

Event 11545 (40EB8E33)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Lancaster, CA
Description: 2 brilliant red lights hovering and maneuvering (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1771)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1244

Event 11546 (9422B3C5)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Dayton (WPAFB), OH
Description: Gun-camera photos Smith/Hemer Case (M) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1245

Event 11547 (62B91ECE)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Bellefontaine, OH
Description: AF F-86’s Smith/Hemer Case (M) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1246

Event 11548 (8F3198E6)

Date: 8/1/1952
Location: Vincennes, IN
Description: Three men witness maneuvering disc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520801
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1247

Event 11549 (AB3EB73F)

Date: 8/1/1952
Time: 1:14 AM
Location: Lancaster, California
Description: Witnesses: sheriff’s deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_213

Event 11550 (59E3A569)

Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Campbell Hill at Bellefontaine, Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton
Description: 10:51 a.m. An Air Defense Command radar site on Campbell Hill at Bellefontaine, Ohio, tracks a target 20 miles NNW of Wright-Patterson AFB, traveling 500 mph against the wind. It vectors two F-86s piloted by Maj. James B. Smith and Lt. Donald J. Hemmer. They make visual contact but climb to 48,000 feet twice without reaching it. Smith gets a weak return on his radar gun sight and shoots a gun camera film of a white or silvery sphere estimated at 60,000 feet. They break off the intercept at 11:13 a.m. about 100 miles west-southwest of Dayton. The film reportedly shows a UFO in the upper right of the frames with noticeable motion to the lower left. Although Blue Book Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt’s assistants Lt. Anderson G. Flues and Lt. Robert Olsson initially declare the case an “unknown,” Ruppelt changes that evaluation a few weeks later after ATIC Technical Analysis Division Chief Col. Donald L. Bower transfers out, explaining it as two separate but coincidental IFOs—a weather balloon and a jet. Ruppelt goes to great lengths to debunk the case in his ADC briefings to the Robertson Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Gun Camera R/V Case”; Condon, pp. 161–163; Clark III 392–395; Hynek UFO Report, p. 21; Sparks, p. 165; Patrick Gross, “The Bellefontaine, Ohio, Radar/Visual/Photographic Case, 1952”; Shoot 71–73; Center for UFO Studies, [Blue Book documents and files]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1974

Event 11551 (E6C71207)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: Edward Tauss, acting chief of the Weapons and Equipment Division of the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence, writes a letter to OSI Deputy Assistant Director Ralph L. Clark, saying that less than 100 credible reports remain unexplainable. “interplanetary aspects and alien origin not being thoroughly excluded from consideration.” He recommends the CIA continue to cooperate with ATIC, but “no indication of CIA interest or concern reach the press or public.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1975

Event 11552 (0B321177)

Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Washington National Airport
Description: 8:30–9:00 p.m. We, the People, a 30-minute TV news show produced by Life magazine, devotes its airtime to the recent UFO sightings over Washington, D.C. WNBW-TV, which originates the program, rents a DC-3 airliner, fills it with 20 newsmen, and has the plane circle over Washington, just in case the saucers return. On the ground in the radar room of Washington National Airport there are more newsmen and TV cameras. The show features editors and journalists Frank Blair, David Brinkley, Clay Blair, and various UFO witnesses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curt Collins, “UFOs on TV: The 1952 Washington, DC Saucer Flap,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, July 5, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1976

Event 11553 (683B7C3F)

Date: 8/1/1952
Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico; University of New Mexico
Description: 9:50 p.m. Scripps-Howard reporter Howard Doyle Kline sees a cluster of glowing white objects overhead in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The objects shift around into various patterns, including a perfect V at one point. Their shifts in position are incredibly swift and fantastically violent, he says. “They made” a flying saucer believer out of me.” He reports the incident to Lincoln LaPaz, University of New Mexico meteoriticist, and Col. William A. Matheny, commander of the 34th Air Defense Division. The report, which is one probably used in Maj. Dewey Fournet’s Motion Study, is missing from the Project Blue Book files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: New York World-Telegram, August 2, 1952; UFOEv, pp. 69–70; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, p. 95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1977

Event 11554 (09B95358)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: At 1:14 a.m. two brilliant red lights hovered together and maneuvered for five minutes over Lancaster, California. Witnesses included sheriff deputies. One light swung in a pendulum motion, the other shot off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #1771
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4558

Event 11555 (7A4EBC83)

Date: 8/1/1952
Description: At ten o’clock in the morning in Afton, New York UFOs first appeared near the position of the Sun and then dispersed across the sky. Scattered disc-shaped objects were seen in the skies for the next two hours. At 10:10 a.m. a large group of UFOs described as looking like “70 white ping pong balls” passed across the sky in Sidney, New York flying from the southwest to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Tiffany Thayer, Doubt, 1953, p. 206; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 17; and UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4559

Event 11556 (C2A0762B)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. July 23, 1952) After a new UFO sighting, Angelucci Orfeo meets his space brother in the flesh for the first time. He is tall, well built and wearing a seamless tunic. Orfeo calls him ‘Neptun’. The conversation warns the earthlings
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued in October 1952
Reference: etc…
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1664

Event 11557 (F333636D)

Date: Early 8/1952 (approximate)
Location: NORWAY, Spitzberg
Description: (Translated from French) An article published on June 28, 1952, in the “Saarbrücker Zeitung” announced in the sky of Sptizberg, a large metal disc. According to it, six Norwegian jet pilots were flying over the Hinlopen Strait when their radios were jammed by strange parasites. While the formation was describing a loop and looking for the cause of the phenomenon, its leader, Captain Olaf Larsen, had seen, lying in the snow, a huge disc made of a blue-colored metal. Accompanied by a rocket specialist, a certain Norsel, several officers put on skis: the disc was empty of occupants. It measured 38 meters in diameter (etc … with Russian inscriptions, always according to the Saarbrucker Zeiting) IN REALITY: big journalistic hoax. (Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.49, 50) A flying saucer was discovered in the inhospitable snow and ice of northeastern Spitzberg, (…) The object looked like a silver disc made of an unknown metal, with jet engines spinning the disc around a small dome of transparent plastic material. In this dome there were several instruments. There was also enough space to accommodate atomic bombs or others. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - p. 150-151; he cites Controversial Phenomena, vol.1, n ° 2, March-April 1964, pp 13, 14 and thus locates the case in 1963).

In the Stuttgarter Tageblatt there is a report dated September 4, 1955 with a statement from Colonel Gernod Darnbyl who allegedly said: The fall of this disc in Spitzberg is a very important event (Frank EDWARDS: “UFOs a Serious Business” - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 75 to 80) In “Le Monde” of August 9, 1952, there is a AFP dispatch of Friday 8, at 12:03 dated Bonn, according to which a saucer (etc …) The information comes from an article in the German periodical “Der Flieger”. “Le Monde” specifies that it does not have the means to verify the assertions of the author: Dr. Beck, unknown to the “Wer ist Wer” - the German “Who’s Who”. As for “Der Flieger” it is a small magazine devoted to aeronautical questions. (1952, (beginning of August?))
Reference: Michel MONNERIE: “The Shipwreck of the Extraterrestrials” ed. Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes, Paris, 1979, p. 140, which considers this kind of press cut as a hoax to feed the myth
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1723

Event 11558 (7FAA0135)

Date: 8/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Lake Charles (Louisiana), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF W. A. Theil and another man observed a red ball with a blue flame tail flying horizontally for 3 to 4 seconds. (August 2, 3 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1783 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1190

Event 11559 (0922BA1B)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Muscoy, CA and south San Bernardino, CA
Description: San Bernadino Sun. FLYING SAUCERS SEEN IN CITY AREA. At least three people reported seeing round or silvery objects in the sky over Muscoy and the South part of San Bernardino. One report said a large silver object swooped down on him and several other witnesses, then shot upward, hovering over them for several seconds before disappearing.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_257

Event 11560 (686AF692)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Palmdale, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. FLYING DISKS AGAIN IN LOS ANGELES AREA. Two flying saucers flew over Southern California yesterday and reports from witnesses flooded various media with accounts. The Lancaster Sheriff’s substation said it received six calls describing the objects which hovered at about 1,000 ft. In Palmdale, C.A.A. operations specialists, Don Benson and Ray Hollings, observed two saucers for about 30 minutes and reported them to George AFB but no jet interceptors were sent aloft. Another report came from Jack Roff, game warden, who spotted similar objects over Lake Hughes. And in Burbank, a silver, oblong object was observed just meandering over the city at about 8:30 a.m. by Mrs. Dick Turpin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_259

Event 11561 (5228F05F)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: US
Description: San Bernadino Sun. TOM SWIFT MAY BE MAKING SAUCERS IN BID. Hal Boyle, in his Notebook column relieves the flying saucer tension with a bit of levity. The question he asks of the Air Force seems to cover a lot of ground: “With all the men in the sky in the last world war, no flying saucers were reported before 1947. Were optical illusions and weather changes invented in 1947?”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_260

Event 11562 (34E83E18)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Indio, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. SAUCERS WAVE BOMBER ADIEU. Two flying saucers were observed by a woman supervisor at the Indio Ground Observation Post, Col. O.S. Dresher reported yesterday. He released a copy of a report made by Mrs. Pauline Watts, who made the same report to the USAF. She said she saw the saucers at 2:40 p.m. on July 14, near two B-36 bombers. “These two round disks were stationary in the sky, very metallic and shiny, much brighter than any plane I have seen. They looked to be about one-third the size of the bombers if seen at the same height. Finally they took off in a straight up direction as one bomber approached closer towards them and in seconds they were gone.” See Woman Sights Two Objects Over Indio - Newspapers.com™.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_263

Event 11563 (0E758DB9)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Ground and air observer(s). Metal disk zigzag over labs. Jets can’t see. 360° turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2584

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:GND+AIR OBS:MTL DISK ZIGZAG OVR LABS:JETS CANT SEE:360°TURNS”, LatLong: “35.872224 -106.311116”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:20 N 106:18:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11564 (0B3A2896)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: 2 USAF men. Red ball with blue flame flew straight and level for 4 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2585

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CHARLES,LA:2 USAF MEN:RED BALL W/BLUE FLAME FLEW S/L FOR 4 SEC:NFD”, LatLong: “30.216668 -93.233338”, LatLongDMS: “30:13:00 N 93:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11565 (106CFF08)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: CEDAR FLAT, OR
Description: White glowing-sphere splits. Half away. Half makes 46 circles / area / 2700kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2586

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “171”, HatchDesc: “CEDAR FLAT,OR:WHT GLO-SPHERE SPLITS:HALF away:HALF MAKES 46 CCLS/AREA/2700kph”, LatLong: “44.055558 -122.838895”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:20 N 122:50:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11566 (D0C4AE8A)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 8 silver UFO’s in orderly change in formations. 3 F86’s chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2587

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), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr HAMILTON AFB,CA:8 SLVR UFOS in ORDERLY CHANGE/FORMATIONS:3 F86s CHASE:”, LatLong: “38.072224 -122.538895”, LatLongDMS: “38:04:20 N 122:32:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11567 (FC5F055A)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: MOULAY BOUSELHAM, MOROCCO
Description: “5 trustworthy men”. Luminous saucer southeast going northwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2588

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

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOULAY BOUSELHAM,MOROCCO:“5 TRUSTWORTHY MEN”:LUMn. SCR SE>NW:NFD”, LatLong: “34.883335 -6.300000”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 N 06:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11568 (9512BA70)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: ADA, OK
Description: Entire town. 1 then 10 saucers. 1 tilts. UFO’s / 3 saturdays in a row. / r136#4p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2589

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “ADA,OK:ENTIRE TOWN:1 then 10 SCRS:1 TILTS:UFOS/3 SATURDAYS in a row:/r136#4p19”, LatLong: “34.772224 -96.677782”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:20 N 96:40:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11569 (4133DDC2)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Lake Charles, LA
Description: Red ball with blue flame tail fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1783)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1248

Event 11570 (5D71E3F8)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Lubbock, TX
Description: Five civilian men observed a metallic looking spherical shaped object hanging in the air. The only apparent movement was a quivering motion. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520802
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1249

Event 11571 (13AFB733)

Date: 8/2/1952
Location: Houlton, ME
Description: Saw 21 objects traveling 200-600 mp (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1250

Event 11572 (FBC12EEB)

Date: 8/2/1952
Time: 3 AM
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Description: Witnesses: USAF lst Lt. W.A. Theil, one enlisted man. One red ball with a blue flame tail flew straight and level for 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_214

Event 11573 (71C12034)

Date: 8/2/1952
Locations: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Prescott, Arizona; Winslow, Arizona
Description: 3:00 a.m. USAF 1st Lt. W. A. Theil and enlisted man Edwards see a red ball with a trail of blue flame fly straight and level over Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Sparks, p. 165) August 2 [or July 30] — George Hunt Williamson and his wife Betty are visited in Prescott, Arizona, by two other metaphysics enthusiasts, Alfred C. Bailey and his wife Betty of Winslow, Arizona. This evening, in the course of an automatic-writing experiment using a sort of Ouija board, they receive a message from an extraterrestrial in a spacecraft. In the days and weeks that follow, “Nah-9 of Solar X Group” and many other planetary and star people communicate with them. The space people call earth “Saras.” Nah-9 says that the good men of Saras must unite with good space people to avert a calamity. More Ouija sessions take place through August 17. A message comes through that they will be contacted via radio with an International Morse Code message on August 22. Bailey approaches a coworker on the Santa Fe Railroad, a ham radio operator named Lyman Streeter, and asks for his help in picking up the space signals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1283; George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 21–22; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 178–181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1978

Event 11574 (9E478FF4)

Date: 8/2/1952
Description: At 3:00 a.m. on this morning USAF First Lt. W.A. Theil and an enlisted man named Edwards watched a red ball with a blue flaming tail fly straight and level for 3-4 seconds over Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1783; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4589

Event 11575 (DD129FB4)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: USA, Hamilton AFB (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Two silver discs were spinning above the base, one behind the other. They were joined by 6 other discs. All together they took the formation of a diamond before disappearing. (Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels) At 4:45 PM two huge silver discs, evolving at different altitudes, had appeared coming from the east. From the ground, pilots of jet aircraft observed the phenomenon. Suddenly they saw the upper disc dive and level off with the other. Then the two saucers began to spin above the airfield, behaving like fighter planes in aerial combat. The first to spot them was Lieutenant Swimley, who looked through binoculars but noticed no details. Meanwhile the radar of a ground interception station had spotted blips on its screen. As the pilots hastened to their F-86s, six other discs joined the first two. United in formation, the machines had set a course to the west and when the F-86s began to gain altitude, they had already disappeared. (August 3, 1952)
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The Flying Saucer File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.111, 112
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1665

Event 11576 (56BEE516)

Date: 8/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Hamilton (California), ground pilots, radar, and air traffic controllers spot 2 silver discs behaving as if in a dogfight. (August 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1191

Event 11577 (BDC76B2F)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Pasadena, CA
Description: Pasadena Sun. AIR FORCE SARGE BEGS TO DIFFER. Dan Lundberg on KTTV interviewed interviewed a 21-year-old ex-Air Force sergeant who shot a picture of a flying saucer a year ago, which was just recently released. He was, too. He’s an old hand at balloons and says that regardless what his superior say this was not a balloon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_261

Event 11578 (7AF021A7)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Pasadena, California
Description: San Bernadino Sun. BALLOON TURNS OUT TO BE SAUCER. AP - T.L. Fox, a Carlsbad contractor, saw an object gliding from the north at about 6:30 in the morning. He thought it was a balloon and started for his car to go after it. Before he could get to the car the thing had grown to many times its size and had leveling off. It then maneuvered and shot toward Carlsbad Airport “with a burst of speed which has never been equalled by any jet I know of and no plane with wings attached could have made that sharp a turn”.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_262

Event 11579 (4F7A22E5)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Near Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: Radar/visuals of two huge discs; F-86s scrambled; zoom 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_118

Event 11580 (8519E90D)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Large flares. 1350h. Chico, CA. Saucer beams white light. Jets scramble.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2590

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “SACRAMENTO,CA:GOC:LRG FLARES::1350h:CHICO,CA:SCR BEAMS WHT LITE:JETS SCRAMBLE”, LatLong: “38.566669 -121.500006”, LatLongDMS: “38:34:00 N 121:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11581 (EF1147FE)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: SPARKS, NV
Description: 3 observer(s). 3 30cm saucers / delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation. Flip in place. Entire formation vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2591

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1344”, HatchDesc: “SPARKS,NV:3 OBS:3 30cm SCRS/DLT-FORMATION:FLIP IN PLACE:ENTIRE FORMn VANISHES”, LatLong: “39.533335 -119.750006”, LatLongDMS: “39:32:00 N 119:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11582 (4F6F3863)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: USS SOUTH LUISA, PUNA ISLAND, ECUADOR
Description: Observer(s) = Holmes. 3 50’ metal saucers 1 dives. All depart.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2592

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Ecuador”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS S.LUISA,PUNA ISLAND,ECUADOR:OBS=HOLMES:3 50’ MTL SCRS 1 DIVES:ALL DEPART”, LatLong: “-2.833333 -80.083337”, LatLongDMS: “02:50:00 S 80:05:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GYS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11583 (6ECA874C)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Blue Book. Many / (seen thru) binoculars and RADAR. 2+6 silver saucers circle. Going quickly west. Jets chase. / MJ#232.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2593

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “10”, Duration: “75”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON AFB,CA:BBK:MANY/BINOCS+RDR:2+6 SLVR SCRS CCL:>>W:JETS CHASE:/MJ#232”, LatLong: “38.050002 -122.550006”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 N 122:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11584 (DD8B236F)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: FORT BRAGG, CA
Description: Observers estimate 4-foot UFO at 5500’ altitude. Flat-shape. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2594

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “FORT BRAGG,CA:OBSERVERS ESTIMATE 4-FOOT UFO at 5500’alt:FLAT-SHAPE:NFD”, LatLong: “39.444446 -123.800006”, LatLongDMS: “39:26:40 N 123:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11585 (470ACF2A)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM
Description: 3 green-white night lights / complex change of formation over airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2595

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “1293”, HatchDesc: “TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES,NM:3 GRN-WHT NLTS/CMPLX CHANGE OF FORMATION ovr AIRPORT”, LatLong: “33.133335 -107.244450”, LatLongDMS: “33:08:00 N 107:14:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11586 (CB4B2EAD)

Date: 8/3/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: L’ARBRET, PDC, FR
Description: N25. 2 cops. Fireball goes going [to] Arras. Stops over railroad/railway station. Then straight/strait(s) quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2596

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “l’ARBRET,PDC,FR:N25:2 COPS:FBL GOES >ARRAS:STOPS OVR RR STATION:THEN STRT ↑↑”, LatLong: “50.211114 2.555556”, LatLongDMS: “50:12:40 N 02:33:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11587 (63018CEF)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Description: 3 light green cylindrical objects hovering at 45° elevation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520803
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1251

Event 11588 (FB8532A6)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: August 3, 1952; Hamilton AFB, California, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520803
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1252

Event 11589 (E84E0815)

Date: 8/3/1952
Locations: Santa Luisa; Rio Guayas; Isla Puná; Ecuador
Description: 3:00 p.m. An Air Force master sergeant on the ship Santa Luisa observes three round, flat, metallic objects hovering at 30,000–40,000 feet some 10 miles away from his position at the mouth of the Rio Guayas near Isla Puná, Ecuador. After 5 seconds, one object dives to the west then turns back northwest. They all disappear after another 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Project 1947, [case documents]; Project 1947, “UFO Reports, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1979

Event 11590 (CB997E61)

Date: 8/3/1952
Locations: Hamilton AFB; Novato, California
Description: 4:15 p.m. Two huge silvery discs are observed visually and tracked on radar for 1 hour and 15 minutes over Hamilton AFB [now closed] near Novato, California. The ground observers are pilots Capt. Leslie R. Hadley, Capt. Wayne T. Perske, and 2d Lt. Duane A. Swimley. They dive at each other and maneuver as if in a dogfight. After F-86s are dispatched to intercept, 6 more objects appear, take up a diamond formation, and accelerate out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Eight Huge Objects Observed by 8 Witnesses and Radar”; Sparks, p. 165; Project 1947, “Hamilton Air Force Base, Hamilton, California, August 3, 1952”; Project 1947, [Blue Book documents and files]; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 14, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1980

Event 11591 (96A6E50D)

Date: 8/3/1952
Location: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Description: 10:20 p.m. Civilian engineer Paul L. Anderson sees 3 light-green cylindrical objects at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. They are hovering at 45° elevation in an inverted-V formation, switching to echelon when one object moves with a rolling motion along its long axis. It disappears by rapidly rising vertically. The observation lasts 9 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Cylindrical Objects Observed by Engineers”; Sparks, p. 165; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 14, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1981

Event 11592 (262040C6)

Date: 8/3/1952
Description: At 3:13 p.m. eight military witnesses and radar confirmed the presence of two silver colored discs in the sky over Hamilton AFB in Marin County, California. The discs appeared to be dogfighting. They were joined by six other discs and formed a diamond formation. They sped away as USAF F-86 fighter jets were scrambled. The sighting lasted 75 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 120; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 35; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 183; Dolan Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a cover-up 1941-1973, p. 403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4623

Event 11593 (C378A279)

Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Phoenix (Arizona), 3rd Class A. of the USAF W. F. Vain observed a yellow ball elongate and contract into a flat shape, fly horizontally for 5 minutes. (2:20)
Reference: case Blue Book #1812 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1192

Event 11594 (9D474403)

Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Mount Vernon, New York, a woman and two children observed for two hours an object shaped like a buoy or donut emitting black smoke from its top and making an arc of 15’ in 1.5 minutes. (11:37)
Reference: case Blue Book #1813 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1193

Event 11595 (8FD2A5C7)

Date: 8/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) M. H. Siret shares his observations of several suspicious objects again.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1194

Event 11596 (5F1D56E9)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: University of Maryland
Description: PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR POOH-POOHS THE FLYING SAUCERS. The flying saucers “just ain’t there” said Dr. Jessie Sprowls, abnormal professor of abnormal psychology at the University of Maryland. Apologizing for his emphasis-aimed lapse in grammar, the professor attributed the nationwide deluge of reports on strange objects in the upper atmosphere to “primarily to hallucinations.” In stating: “The American people are victims of mob psychology and not one in a thousand is capanle of independent thought”, Dr. Sprowls slavishly repeats the official Pentagonian party line.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_264

Event 11597 (EC057753)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Huntington Park, CA
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. L.A. SAUCERS CAVORT IN SKY. Grant C. Hinton of Huntington Park told deputies at the Sheriff’s station that he and his family and neighbors saw two distinct objects in the sky Saturday. He said the disks seemed to change color, and remained on the horizon for 15 minutes. Merl Clausen of Downey reported he saw an “arrow-like object” remain stationary over his home for half an hour and then head due east.\nA student from the University of Southern California reported from Burbank that he had seen two flying saucers over Universal Studios in North Hollywood. He said they were large and blue colored, with lights that blinked off and on.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_265

Event 11598 (326911A3)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: New Orleans, LA
Description: EGG-SHAPED DISC OVER NEW ORLEANS. A preacher’s son, along with the administrative assistant of an evangelist, reported seeing an egg-shaped flying saucer streak across the New Orleans sky about 7:30 pm Monday. In a telephone report the two young men described the object as a white light which materialized and then vanished as it hurtled in a southeasterly direction, all in the space of about 40 seconds. At first they thought it was a falling star but they added, “it couldn’t have been because it followed a horizontal line of flight.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_266

Event 11599 (5A3DF025)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Ent AFB, CO, Japan and Korea
Description: Racine Journal. SAUCERS OBSERVING ‘POLICE ACTION’. Imaginary or real, those flying saucers have popped up in Korea and in Japan, and are keeping pilots of the Air Defense Command in constant alert across the US. Headquarters of the ADC at Ent AFB, Colo., said “there has been a flurry of reports on saucers for the past two weeks, keeping their pilots busy.” In Korea, Commanders of the Far East Naval forces and the 5th Air Force disclosed that a Canadian destroyer recently recorded two such objects on its radar. A Navy report said officers and men aboard the Crusader saw the saucer on the night of July 10. Radar placed the objects two miles high and seven miles away. A report issued a day or two later dismissed the radar find as the planet Jupiter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_267

Event 11600 (8BC22218)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Pasadena, Huntington Park, Universal City, North Hollywood, and Santa Ana, CA
Description: Los Angeles Times. THEY ASKED FOR THEM! Reports continued to roll into Air Force filter-centers at Pasadena and Santa Ana yesterday. Descriptions of the objects sighted were varying but the Air Force announced it will continue to study them. Two sky watchers at Laguna Beach reported seeing an airborne object moving past their post at about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, but the Air Force stamped it as secret until yesterday. The disk-shaped thing sparked brilliantly in the southwest sky, reversed its direction of travel and then disappeared, according to the sky watcher. Other reports came in from Pasadena, Huntington Park, Universal City, North Hollywood and Los Angeles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_268

Event 11601 (C4D8DD6F)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan and Taiwan
Description: The Times-Picaqune. JAPAN, FORMOSA REPORT SAUCERS. The newspaper Yomiuri said Monday it had received more than 150 letters from persons reporting they saw flying saucers over Japan on Friday night. Japanese astronomers, however, unanimously agreed the objects were meteors. In Taipeh, Formosa, newspapers quoted a Chinese man and wife as saying they saw two shiny circular objects Saturday morning streak eastward across the city at 10-minute intervals. The couple described them as going faster than a jet but slower than a meteor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_269

Event 11602 (BAE1ED87)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: Los Angeles Examiner. AIR FORCE DENIES SAUCERS OURS. Major General Roger H. Ramey said today that saucers could not be Soviet built because the Russians have no ability to produce an object that uses such a tremendous source of power that it can’t be traced by radar. He further stated that the saucers definitely were not our own, the Air Force experts have dismissed 80 percent of the 1,500 saucer reports as “natural and considers the interplanetary origin explanation for the saucers as only a possibility.” See Top US Air Force General Doubts Flying Saucers Exist - Newspapers.com™.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_271

Event 11603 (79CCB660)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: Orange-yellow saucer hovers. Going quickly [to] 700mph. Luke Air Force Base / 0400h. Very fast silent green trail going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2597

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, 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: “150”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:ORG-YEL SCR HVRS:>>700mph::LUKE AFB/0400h:VFAST SILENT GRN TRAIL ↑”, LatLong: “33.416668 -112.050005”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 112:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11604 (0CAB699F)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 03:20
Location: VENICE, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Very large bright round object in from sea? Hovers. Flashes and going quickly east inland.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2598

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: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “VENICE,CA:2 OBS:VLRG BRITE RND OBJ in from sea?:HVRS:FLASHES+>>E INLAND”, LatLong: “33.988891 -118.461117”, LatLongDMS: “33:59:20 N 118:27:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “500”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11605 (CB3376CD)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 2M glossy saucer 60cm thick. Going quickly [to] over US Army depot / 2500’ altitude. / Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2599

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTA,GA:2M GLOSSY SCR 60cm THICK:>> OVR US ARMY DEPOT/2500’alt:/BBK RPT”, LatLong: “33.733335 -84.383337”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:00 N 84:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11606 (955C754A)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 11:40
Location: MT. VERNON, NY
Description: 1+2 kids. Flying torus emits black smoke. 15 degree arc / 90s. Seen / 2 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2600

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “Mt VERNON,NY:1+2 KIDS:FLYING TORUS EMITS BLACK SMOKE:15dgr ARC/90s:SEEN/2hrs”, LatLong: “40.911113 -73.838892”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:40 N 73:50:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11607 (8511A57B)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: FARALLON ISLANDS, CA
Description: Military Lt. Definite physical silver saucers. 3 jets scout / find nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2601

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), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “FARALLON ISLs,CA:MIL Lt.:DEFINITE PHYSICAL SLVR SCRS:3 JETS SCOUT/find nothing”, LatLong: “37.733335 -123.033339”, LatLongDMS: “37:44:00 N 123:02:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11608 (20C29FF1)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 13:20
Location: SONOMA, CA AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Several Ground Observer Corps (GOC) posts. Round disk zigzags all over/all about 2 counties. Maneuvers. 2 going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2602

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “184”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “SONOMA,CA++:SVL GOC POSTS:RND DISK ZIGZAGS ALLO 2 COUNTIES:MNVRS:2 >>W”, LatLong: “38.300002 -122.483339”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 122:29:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11609 (E5111516)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: SOUTH LINCOLN, NE
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 30M silver-white objects hover. 1 going quickly west. Other hovers / minutes then going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2603

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: “4”, Elev: “345”, HatchDesc: “S.LINCOLN,NE:2 OBS:2 30M SLVR-WHT OBJS HVR:1 >>W:OTHER HVRS/mins then >>E.”, LatLong: “40.766669 -96.666671”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 96:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3200”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11610 (22051F26)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTHEAST / FREEPORT, ME
Description: 2 observer(s). Half-moon-size disk / light. Abrupt accelerations. Changes color(s). Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2604

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “NE/FREEPORT,ME:2 OBS:HALF-MOONSIZE DISK/LITE:ABRUPT ACCELS:CHANGES CLRS:>>SW”, LatLong: “43.866669 -70.094448”, LatLongDMS: “43:52:00 N 70:05:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11611 (12A59CFB)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: Yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed to plate shape (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1812)
Reference: NICAP: 520804
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1253

Event 11612 (E391773D)

Date: 8/4/1952
Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Description: Object, shaped like a lifesaver or donut emitting black smoke from its top (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1813)
Reference: NICAP: 520804
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1254

Event 11613 (8CE029C2)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 2:20 AM
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: Witness: USAF A/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed to plate shape, flew straight and level for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_215

Event 11614 (002BB806)

Date: 8/4/1952
Time: 11:37 AM
Location: Mt. Vernon, New York
Description: Witnesses: one woman, two children. One object, shaped like a lifesaver or donut, emitted black smoke from its top and made a 15’ arc in 1.5 minutes. Observed for 2 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_216

Event 11615 (1B22E36E)

Date: 8/4/1952
Description: At 2:20 a.m. in Phoenix, Arizona USAF Airman W. F. Vain sighted a yellow ball of light that lengthened and narrowed to the shape of a plate, then flew straight and level for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1812; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4642

Event 11616 (5EA15EE8)

Date: 8/4/1952
Description: A woman with two children in Mount Vernon, New York reported that they observed a white donut-shaped object for two hours, beginning at 11:37 a.m. It emitted black smoke from its top and made a 15-degree arc in the sky in 1.5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1813; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 276
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4643

Event 11617 (81217344)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: JAPAN, Haneda, Tokyo
Description: (Translated from French) 1:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF F-94 jet interceptor pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst Lt. A.M. Jones, and Haneda control tower operators. Airborne radar tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control tower operators watched 50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 kts. (380 m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and performed a variety of maneuvers. Aug. 6, 1952; This is a continuation of the Haneda AFB sightings. (project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). Two American security personnel were walking on the Haneda airport runway at night when they suddenly noticed an extraordinarily bright light above Tokyo Bay. Seeing that it was moving, they ran to the tower to observe it through binoculars, after alerting two other colleagues. A radiance seemed to emanate from a round, dark shape. The UFO slowly approached the airfield, hovering above it. Under the dark shape, the witnesses saw a second, dimmer light. The object headed east and disappeared, only to reappear a few seconds later, disappear again, and reappear a third time. The radar observers had it on their screens and followed it for another 5 minutes. Shortly after midnight, an F-94 fighter took off from Johnson base, the pilot’s mission being to approach the object as closely as possible.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: “Ovni, nous ne sommes pas seuls” - Presses de la Cité 1979, p. 80, 81
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1666

Event 11618 (65171B1C)

Date: 8/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Haneda, near Tokyo (Japan), the USAF F-94 radar, piloted by 1st Lieutenants W. R. Holder and A. M. Jones, detected an object for 90 seconds. The operators of the Haneda control tower observed a dark shape with a light flying up to 330 knots (380 miles/h), remaining stationary, making curves and various maneuvers. (23:30)
Reference: Blue Book case 1827, unexplained
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1195

Event 11619 (4B75A602)

Date: 8/5/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Baltimore (Md), an experienced amateur astronomer observes 2 disks seeming made of copper.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1196

Event 11620 (500AFF6D)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Description: SAUCER PEEKS AT LACKLAND AFB. Seven NCO’s from the 3731st and 3732nd Basic Military Training Squadrons, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, sighted an object they all believed to be a flying saucer and reported the sighting to S. Sgt. Jerrold E. Baker. A/2C Peter D’Angelo, first noticed the silver, saucer-shaped object high in the sky and called its attention to other NCOs present. Descriptions from all those who witnessing the phenomenon confirmed “it was something I never saw before.” Subsequently, phone calls were made to the weather bureau at Kelly and Randolph AFB and neither had released any balloons previous to the sighting. This was the only object all agreed it could possibly have been before the calls were made.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_270

Event 11621 (B246F870)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Radar/visual; hovers over base, extreme speed; divides into three units.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_119

Event 11622 (DA52F690)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: 1 observer. UFO changes / all color(s). Maneuvers going up [to] going down [to] and all directions. Extreme speeds. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2605

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “GREAT FALLS,MT:1 OBS:UFO CHANGES/ALL CLRS:MNVRS↑↓+ALL DIRs:XTREME SPEEDS:>>N”, LatLong: “47.483336 -111.300005”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:00 N 111:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11623 (7267638C)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: ~04:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / CLEARWATER, FL
Description: Trucker. Blazing 15M saucer stops overhead. Shoots up. Flat / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2606

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SE/CLEARWATER,FL:TRUCKER:BLAZING 15M SCR STOPS OVHD:SHOOTS UP:FLAT/BOTTOM”, LatLong: “27.933335 -82.783337”, LatLongDMS: “27:56:00 N 82:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11624 (FB189B4B)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 05:10
Location: NORTH / LIMA, PERU
Description: DC3 pilot. 3 60’ metallic ovoids / V formation. Going quickly SSE / 1500kph. Separate observers. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2607

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Peru”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “N/LIMA,PERU:DC3 PILOT:3 60’MTLC OVOIDS/VFORM:>>SSE/1500kph:SEP.OBSs:/r98#203”, LatLong: “-11.638889 -77.211115”, LatLongDMS: “11:38:20 S 77:12:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LMA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11625 (27668470)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: CUYAMACA MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: Observer(s) / El Cajon. Black disk hovers. Shoots going quickly southwest toward(s) La Cresta. Trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2608

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: “1900”, HatchDesc: “CUYAMACA Mtns,CA:OBS/EL CAJON:BLK DISK HVRS:SHOOTS >>SW twrd La CRESTA:TRAIL”, LatLong: “32.944446 -116.605561”, LatLongDMS: “32:56:40 N 116:36:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11626 (D41ACB5E)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: HAY LAKES, ALTA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent silver ovoid with tail hovers and maneuvers. Very fast. / Department / Defence report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2609

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “760”, HatchDesc: “HAY LAKES,ALTA:2 OBS:SLNT SLVR OVOID W/TAIL HVRS+MNVRs:VFAST:/Dept/Defence Rpt”, LatLong: “53.200003 -113.050005”, LatLongDMS: “53:12:00 N 113:03:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Alta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11627 (5A9E442F)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Amateur astronomer and RADAR. 2+2 domed saucers after lunar eclipse. / r242p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 424)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2610

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:AM.ASTRONOMER+RDR:2+2 DOMED SCRs after LUNAR ECLIPSE:/r242p14”, LatLong: “39.300002 -76.583337”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:00 N 76:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11628 (0671D418)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: VALLEY VIEW, TX
Description: 3 fishing / lake. Wingless going / arc. Speeds greatly going quickly west. “No plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2611

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “217”, HatchDesc: “VALLEY VIEW,TX:3 FISHING/LAKE:WINGLESS >/arc:SPEEDS GREATLY >>W:“NO PLANE””, LatLong: “33.488890 -97.166671”, LatLongDMS: “33:29:20 N 97:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11629 (D8136E55)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 3rd DC wave? Very stormy night. Saucers and blips all over/all about. / r136 #4p23.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2612

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:3rd DC WAVE?:VERY STORMY NITE:SCRS+BLIPS ALLO:/r136 #4p23”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11630 (D13A3E5C)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: HANEDA AIR FORCE BASE, JP
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1827. 2+2 Air Traffic Controllers. RADAR-visual (observation). Saucer maneuvers. F94 chases. / r185+/ r136#10p42.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2613

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “48”, HatchDesc: “HANEDA AFB,JP:BBK#1827:2+2 ATCS:RDR-VIS:SCR MNVRs:F94 CHASES:/r185+/r136#10p42”, LatLong: “35.544446 139.861118”, LatLongDMS: “35:32:40 N 139:51:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11631 (6AB3E92A)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Experienced amateur astronomer observed two copper-like discs. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1255

Event 11632 (4952BEEB)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Huacho (between Lima and), Peru
Description: 3 saucer-shaped objects in a V-formation maneuver (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1256

Event 11633 (5106BB6C)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: F-94 Pilots Tracked Object For 90-Seconds (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1827)
Reference: NICAP: 520805
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1257

Event 11634 (0BA2C008)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 knots (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1827)
Reference: NICAP: 520805
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1258

Event 11635 (B2D00CBF)

Date: 8/5/1952
End date: 8/6/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Up to 10 Targets On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520805-06
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1259

Event 11636 (629E5ADA)

Date: 8/5/1952
Time: 11:30 PM
Location: Haneda AFB, Japan
Description: Witnesses: USAF F-94 jet interceptor pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst Lt. A.M. Jones, and Haneda control tower operators. Airborne radar tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control tower operators watched 50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 kts. (380 m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and performed a variety of maneuvers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_217

Event 11637 (8D90DC30)

Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Westover AFB; Westover Reserve Air Base; Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description: 12:25 a.m. A trio of brilliant white dots of indefinite shape, at an altitude of an estimated 5,000 feet, passes over Westover AFB [now Westover Reserve Air Base] in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The second object is half the size of the first, and the third is half the size of the second one. The first one resembles an automobile headlight. The appearance of other two is not given. The three are in a triangular formation. No jet activity is recorded over the airbase at the time and witnesses say the objects are moving “faster than jets.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1982

Event 11638 (A3A8D6A5)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Day. During a daylight observation of Venus, astronomer James C. Bartlett Jr. watches two discs fly overhead in a southerly direction at Baltimore, Maryland. They move away to the east, then two more objects with dome-like protrusions in the center fly past.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Two Huge UFOs Sighted by Baltimore Astronomer,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1958): 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1983

Event 11639 (3A5F3E63)

Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Manassas, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Mount Vernon, Virginia; Andrews AFB; Bolling AFB; New Castle AFB, Delaware
Description: 9:46–12:00 midnight. A visual sighting is made at 9:46 p.m. by an observer on the ground at Manassas, Virginia, who spots a brilliant oval flying south. About 10:50 p.m., Andrews AFB in Maryland picks up two unidentified blips moving slowly and steadily away from Washington, D.C., on a course toward Mount Vernon, Virginia. Minutes later the fluorescent screens at Andrews show two more UFOs to the east of the field moving for a short distance, stopping, and then moving again. The speed of the targets is a slow 60 mph. The height of the targets is unknown. Planes from both Andrews AFB and Bolling AFB are sent up to investigate but rainy weather forces them to turn back after they reach 15,000 feet altitude. Around 12:00 midnight yet another target appears on radar, and jets from New Castle AFB in Delaware are scrambled. The jets see no UFOs when they arrived over Washington; however, a spokesman for Andrews radar tells the press that “no radar sightings were made while the planes were overhead.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flock of ‘Saucer’ Objects Again Puzzles Wash. DC,” Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta, August 6, 1952, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1984

Event 11640 (93EDDD72)

Date: 8/5/1952
Location: Camden, New Jersey
Description: 10:45 p.m. Eight residents of Camden, New Jersey, report a bright, round, orange object hovering or moving slowly in the western sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “8 City Residents Report ‘Saucers’ on Nocturnal Sweep through Sky,” Camden (N.J.) Courier-Post, August 6, 1952, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1985

Event 11641 (C1CBB5AC)

Date: 8/5/1952
Locations: Haneda AFB; Tokyo International Airport; Tokyo Bay; Johnson Air Base; Iruma Air Base; Saitama Prefecture
Description: 11:45 p.m. A complex radar-visual sighting takes place at Haneda AFB [later Tokyo International Airport], Japan. Control tower operators watch a disc as it passes over Tokyo Bay at about 1,500 feet. It is a dark round shape surrounded by a bright light with a curved outer edge and smaller lights around it. While being tracked on radar, a scramble alert is issued at 11:55 p.m., and an F-94 Starfire jet from nearby Johnson Air Base [now Iruma Air Base] in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, goes after the object. The interceptor, piloted by 1Lt. Wesley R. Holder and Radar Observer 1Lt. Aaron M. Jones Jr., chases the object, which speeds away while being tracked by onboard radar. During the next 30 minutes, the UFO disappears and reappears throughout the sky, vanishes when the jet closes in, performs intricate maneuvers, and at one point splits into three radar targets. The jet searches over Tokyo Bay until 12:33 a.m. when it is recalled.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Pilots Tracked Object for 90 Seconds”; Ruppelt, pp. 187–189; Condon, pp. 123–126; Sparks, p. 166; Martin L. Shough, “Radar and the UFO,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 217–219; Patrick Gross, “The Haneda AFB Case, Japan, August 5, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1986

Event 11642 (5DB2C5AD)

Date: 8/5/1952
Description: Another famous case, a radar-visual confirmation, occurred in Japan on this day. A UFO hovered over the Haneda U.S. Air Force base near Tokyo and had several ground military witnesses in addition to radar tracking. It looked like a dark shape with a light, and it flew at 330 knots, then hovered, then performed a variety of maneuvers. It was tracked by airborne radar for 90 seconds.The UFO moved off at extreme speed, and then divided into three parts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, case # 1827; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, pp. 21, 84; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 95; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 160; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucer

[c0mmando]

s, p. 54; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4671

Event 11643 (E7B59CDE)

Date: 8/5/1952
Description: At 5:10 a.m. an airline pilot named Quinn, flying a DC-3 for PAGA Airlines between Lima and Hueca, Peru, took a photograph of three saucer-shaped objects flying in V formation which maneuvered around his plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 24; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4672

Event 11644 (5C625A65)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: BELGIUM, Stembert (Liège)
Description: (Translated from French) The inhabitants saw, around 12:45, clouds emerge, an object of a dazzling green. The bolide rose towards the sky leaving behind a golden trail.
Reference: list by Daniel BUKENS, Remicourt, Belgium.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1667

Event 11645 (DFD02E7D)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tokyo (Japan), following the observations of Haneda.
Reference: case Blue Book #1841 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1197

Event 11646 (B5C979BE)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Belleville (Michigan).
Reference: case Blue Book #1843 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1198

Event 11647 (3817FBDC)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Port Austin (Michigan).
Reference: case Blue Book #1845 unexplained, not in official record
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1199

Event 11648 (3DB4B997)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Kerkrade (Holland), a Marine design engineer sees 2 discoid objects with superstructures.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1200

Event 11649 (C241B67A)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: US
Description: ‘SPACE-SAUCER’ WOULD HAVE LONG FLIGHT. Frank Carey, an AP Science reporter, in a syndicated column says that roundtrip travel to the earth from Mars and Venus would involve nearly three years for the Martians, just over two years for the Venusians. Carey backs up this statement with computations dealing with spaceships which travel at a snail-like 25,000 mph. However, Carey does concede that Saucerians must have licked the interplanetary fuel consumption problem if they can afford to do all the nocturnal cruising around the Earth that has been credited to them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_272

Event 11650 (3C56F6DC)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Norton Air Base
Description: San Bernardino Sun. AIR FORCE STILL LOOKING FOR LOST PIECE OF THAT CAPTURED SAUCER. Next spotters of strange aerial craft will be asked to fill out an Air Force form which will eventually be processed by the 27th Air Division intelligence officer at Norton Air Base. The Air Force, however, refused to comment on what they will do with the forms. The form has 25 questions concerning a description of the object, its surroundings and the time it was spotted. There is one loaded question, “Did you get any fragments?”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_273

Event 11651 (57B5D29C)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Springer, NM
Description: Albuquerque Journal. SPRINGER EDITOR NOW A BELIEVER IN SAUCERS. Springer newspaperman Ed Guthman and his wife spotted a flying saucer while driving to Los Vegas NM. He got such a good look at it that he’s converted from a skeptic to a believer in the things. Guthman said it looked like it was about a mile away and if it was, it had to be around 100 feet in diameter. Just ahead of a seeming vane there was a dark spot in the body which could have been an observation port.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_274

Event 11652 (FB0A8A25)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Fort Bragg, Hamilton Field
Description: FORT BRAGG BRIEFS HAMILTON FIELD ON LANDED SAUCER. First Lt. William Clopton of the Air Force reported that in the summer of 1950 an article from a Fort Bragg newspaper was posted on the Hamilton Field bulletin board, revealing that the minister of a church had been permitted by Air Force Intelligence to view a saucer, that had crashed with two small men on it, both dead. They were described as fair, with blue eyes, beardless with beautiful undecayed teeth and wore skin-tight blue uniforms made of heavy metallic thread with a broad waste belt. Their provisions consisted of very heavy water, large wafers which when analyzed contained vitamins and minerals similar to ours. Half of the pilots viewed this report scepticism, the other half believed it might possibly have occurred. (rg - Is this MO41?)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_275

Event 11653 (5F7AB738)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Gainesville, Texas
Description: EVEN MAYORS CAN SEE 'EM. A former Grainesville mayor who is a member of the Board of Education has joined the ranks of the “I-saw-a-flying-saucer-society.” H.A. Latham accompanied by his brother and son spotted the thing in the sky Tuesday night while fishing in a lake about 10 miles south of here. “I’d been skeptical up to then of all these flying saucers,” the former mayor said, “all three of us saw the same object at the same time.” He described the object as cylindrical in shape, moving in an arc, first slowly and then rapidly to the west. Latham said he was sure it was not an airplane nor a shooting star or a reflection.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_276

Event 11654 (EE59D933)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Hollywood, California
Description: RANCH MARKET OFFERS NEW COME-ON. Patrons of Hollywood’s famous Ranch Market were surprised today with a new attraction. A silvery object that looked like a B-29 without wings hovered over the Vine Street store. The bluish-gray cigar-shaped object, sporting four triangular-shaped appendages on one side, played hide and seek among the Hollywood clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_277

Event 11655 (93BD94DA)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Hollywood, California
Description: L.A. TIMES HUSH-HUSHES CALIFORNIA SIGHTING. Jean Logan and her daughter, watching a Navy Blimp fly over their home, noticed a glittering something in the sky a long way up. It was bright red and as it turned and caught the sun, it changed to silver and then back to red. They called the police who gave them a Sycamore number in Pasadena. This number said many calls had come in, and that no weather balloon or any other kind known were in the neighborhood except the Navy Blimp and they were considering it a flying saucer. The L.A. Times insisted the next day it was something the Air Force was experimenting with.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_278

Event 11656 (A20A710B)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: LUMBERTON, NC
Description: Blue Book. Saucer hits chimney and lands. 70cm small humanoid (or Grey) exits. Footprints. / r180p08.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 427)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2614

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “LUMBERTON,NC:BBK:SCR HITS CHIMNEY+LANDS:70cm OID EXITS:FOOTPRINTS:/r180p08.”, LatLong: “34.616668 -79.000004”, LatLongDMS: “34:37:00 N 79:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 11657 (D7B1DA1F)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 04:40
Location: DELFT, NETH
Description: Radioman / roof photographs fast silver saucer. Big surge / wattmeter. / J. Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2615

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DELFT,NETH:RADIOMAN/ROOF FOTOS FAST SLVR SCR:BIG SURGE/WATTMETER:/J.Aldrich”, LatLong: “52.016669 4.333334”, LatLongDMS: “52:01:00 N 04:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11658 (3A49C0B5)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: SHENANDOAH, IA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver disk spins and descends. Lands south / golf course. Not found.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2616

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “296”, HatchDesc: “SHENANDOAH,IA:2 OBS:SLVR DISK SPINS+DESCENDS:LANDS S/GOLF COURSE:not found”, LatLong: “40.766669 -95.377782”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 95:22:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11659 (6F0004F2)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: OVER ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Vip? 2 large saucers. #1 going straight and level. #2 orbits #1. More sightings / night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2617

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “32”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “ovr ANDREWS AFB,MD:VIP?:2 LRG SCRS:#1> S/L:#2 ORBITS #1::MORE SIGHTINGS/NITE”, LatLong: “38.800002 -76.883337”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:00 N 76:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11660 (4D07E51D)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: HENDERSON, NV
Description: 5 observer(s). 5 dark objects hover below clouds. Scatter going quickly southeast as jets near. Return.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2618

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “575”, HatchDesc: “HENDERSON,NV:5 OBS:5 DRK OBJS HVR BLW CLOUDS:SCATTER >>SE as JETS NEAR:RETURN”, LatLong: “36.038891 -114.983339”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:20 N 114:59:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11661 (1FD57B77)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: BELFAST, ME
Description: Observer(s) / hill. 2 flying flapjacks going quickly west / series. 1/2 mile apart. Faster / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2619

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: “31”, HatchDesc: “BELFAST,ME:OBS/HILL:2 FLYING FLAPJACKS >>W/SERIES:1/2 MILE APART:FASTER/PLANE”, LatLong: “44.427780 -69.005559”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:40 N 69:00:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11662 (5C8280D1)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
Description: Several Targets Over Andrews AFB (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520806
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1260

Event 11663 (1EFEE00D)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Continuation of Haneda AFB sightings. (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1841)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1261

Event 11664 (53A534CF)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Belleville, MI
Description: Military witness(es) (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1843)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1262

Event 11665 (10F4B08D)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: Port Austin, MI
Description: FPS-3 Radar Tracks Objects At 1200 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 1845)
Reference: NICAP: 520806
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1263

Event 11666 (3284C201)

Date: 8/6/1952
End date: 8/7/1952
Location: Port Lyautey, Fr. Morocco
Description: Brilliant white disc-shaped luminous object with red blinking light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1264

Event 11667 (9493A096)

Date: 8/6/1952
End date: 8/7/1952
Location: Kerkrade, Holland
Description: Marine engineer designer saw two disc-shaped objects with superstructures. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1265

Event 11668 (7D7134C4)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: This is a continuation of the Haneda AFB sightings.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_218

Event 11669 (8EA67172)

Date: 8/6/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Port Austin, Michigan
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_219

Event 11670 (BDA3E472)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: Hynek sends Project Blue Book a report on his interviews with 45 astronomers about their opinions on UFOs at a June meeting of the American Astronomical Society and finds that five (11%) have seen a UFO, seven are indifferent to the subject, more express at least some interest, and a few are very interested but wary of publicity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, “Special Report on Conferences with Astronomers on Unidentified Aerial Objects,” August 6, 1952; “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 2,” CUFON; “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 3,” CUFON; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, pp. 83–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1987

Event 11671 (F93380A7)

Date: 8/6/1952
Location: West Lumberton, North Carolina
Description: 9:00 p.m. James J. Allen sees a UFO 6 feet high, 8 feet long, and lighted inside strike the chimney of his home in West Lumberton, North Carolina. It crashes into his backyard. When he approaches it, the lights go off and he sees a man about 30 inches tall standing next to it. He asks if he is hurt, then the figure reenters the vehicle and it zooms away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “West Lumberton Event Added to Growing ‘Saucer’ Reports,” Lumberton (N.C.) Robesonian, August 7, 1952, pp. 1, 4; Clark III 326; Curt Collins, “James J. Allen’s Alien Encounter Embarrassment: Aug. 6, 1952,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 19. 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1988

Event 11672 (12F765EA)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: At 8:30 a.m. a dark circular object hovered for thirty minutes over the U.S. Haneda Air Force Base near Tokyo, Japan. It was tracked on radar as its blip hovered, then shot away at 300 knots, and in the process divided into three evenly spaced radar targets.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1827
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4716

Event 11673 (256AF1B2)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: A U.S. Air Force radar installation in Port Austin, Michigan picked up several large flying objects that flew at speeds in excess of 1200 knots. The UFOs were in vicinity of Gore Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1845; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4717

Event 11674 (2AB0FC12)

Date: 8/6/1952
Description: At around 9 p.m. an orange colored flying sphere struck the chimney of a house in West Lumberton, North Carolina, breaking it, and fell into the back yard. The object was eight feet long and stood six feet high. A little man only 30 inches tall was standing beside it. When the witness, Mr. J. Allen, asked him if he was hurt, he and the craft vanished with a loud noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumberton (NC) Robesonian, August 7, 1952; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0196, citing Lumberton Robesonian
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4718

Event 11675 (D108AE5B)

Date: 8/7/1952
Location: NETHERLANDS, Kerkrade
Description: (Translated from French) Very early in the morning a witness saw two discs with flat domes, maneuvering and making zigzags in the sky, identical and simultaneous movements for both discs.
Reference: Marcel J. Lefèvre - 1968 - Brussels
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1668

Event 11676 (1AC30AE2)

Date: 8/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Wave of Disks Interfering with Andrew-Field Radars (Washington, D.C.).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1201

Event 11677 (77A62F8B)

Date: 8/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), Miss Susan Pfuhl observed four bright white discs for 70 minutes. One made a 180° turn, another moved horizontally, a third changed direction, and the fourth made circles. (9:08)
Reference: case Blue Book #1855 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1202

Event 11678 (A1120F5F)

Date: 8/7/1952
Location: US
Description: San Bernardino Sun-Telegram. BUCK ROGER’S 25TH CENTURY OUTDATED. The Sun-Telegram runs a daily comic strip called Twin Earths. It deals with a planet equal in size and composition to Earth and equal distance away from the sun. It revolves in the Earth’s orbit, but on the other side of the sun, this never visible until someone perfects a space ship capable of flying around the sun. Authors Oskar Lebeck and A. McWilliams keep up with the times by having flying disks the main method of transportation on the other earth, outdating Buck Rogers’ rocketships.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_279

Event 11679 (8A784E8B)

Date: 8/7/1952 (approximate)
Location: HAIFA, ISRAEL
Description: 12M ovoid 15K’ over Mt. Carmel. Broad rapidly revolving belt / middle.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2620

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: “Israel”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAIFA,ISRAEL:12M OVOID 15K’ OVR Mt.CARMEL:BROAD RAPIDLY REVOLVING BELT/MIDDLE”, LatLong: “32.816668 34.983335”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 34:59:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HAI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11680 (D239B337)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: KERKRADE, NETHL
Description: Engineer. Domed saucer plays all over sky. 2nd saucer hovers. / r242p122.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2621

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: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KERKRADE,NETHL:ENGINEER:DOMED SCR PLAYS ALL OVR SKY:2nd SCR HVRS:/r242p122”, LatLong: “50.866669 6.066667”, LatLongDMS: “50:52:00 N 06:04:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11681 (B9658EE6)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: AOULEF OASIS, ALGERIA
Description: Lt. grey ovoid east going quickly west into mist over airstrip. / r136#4p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2622

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: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AOULEF OASIS,ALGERIA::Lt GRY OVOID E>>W INTO MIST ovr AIRSTRIP:/r136#4p30”, LatLong: “26.966668 1.077778”, LatLongDMS: “26:58:00 N 01:04:40 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11682 (5D1F1946)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 09:10
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 3 observer(s). 4 45cm saucers from north and west make U-turns and 90-turns. Rendezvous?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 430)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2623

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:3 OBS:4 45cm SCRS FROM N+W MAKE U-TURNS+90-TURNS:RENDEZVOUS?”, LatLong: “29.433335 -98.516671”, LatLongDMS: “29:26:00 N 98:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11683 (ECC59E23)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: SILVERTON, OR
Description: 4 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Flat bottom/underside turtle saucers going east slow. Darts toward(s) jet and circles it and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2624

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “SILVERTON,OR:4/GOC:FLAT BTM TURTLE SCRS >E SLOW:DARTS TWRD JET+CCLS IT+away”, LatLong: “45.005558 -122.783339”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:20 N 122:47:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11684 (AE60FAB5)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / HEALDSBURG, CA
Description: 2 / car. 2 silver ovoids flip like coins. Maneuver and climb. Going quickly west. Bursts / speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2625

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “SE/HEALDSBURG,CA:2/CAR:2 SLVR OVOIDS FLIP LIKE COINS:MNVR+CLIMB:>>W:BURSTS/SPD”, LatLong: “38.516669 -122.783339”, LatLongDMS: “38:31:00 N 122:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11685 (2061BE23)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: TV Tech. Black saucer hovers over fountain and vine St. Crowd gathers. Saucer quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2626

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:TV TECH:BLK SCR HVRS ovr FOUNTAIN+VINE St.:CROWD GATHERS:SCR ↑↑”, LatLong: “34.094446 -118.327783”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:40 N 118:19:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11686 (C4C05BA2)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: WNW / SIDI SLIMANE, MAROC
Description: White saucer circles 2 / United States Navy (USN) plane going west. 4000mph. Quickly going up [to] steep. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2627

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WNW/SIDI SLIMANE,MAROC:WHT SCR CCLs 2/USN PLANE >W:4000mph:↑↑ STEEP:/r98#203”, LatLong: “34.283335 -5.583334”, LatLongDMS: “34:17:00 N 05:35:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11687 (35B6EB93)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / LONGVIEW, TX
Description: Observer(s) / car. 2 disk-saucers hover still. Trees block view. Gone after!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2628

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: “111”, HatchDesc: “SE/LONGVIEW,TX:OBS/CAR:2 DISK-SCRS HVR STILL:TREES BLOCK VIEW:GONE AFTER!”, LatLong: “32.472224 -94.716671”, LatLongDMS: “32:28:20 N 94:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11688 (048B72CA)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: KEY WEST, FL
Description: 2+several observer(s). Saucer going south / 600kph. Luminous red. Size / washtub / closest approach.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2629

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: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “KEY WEST,FL:2+SVRL OBS:SCR >S/600kph:LUMn.RED:SIZE/WASHTUB/CLOSEST APPROACH”, LatLong: “24.516668 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “24:31:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11689 (FB06C17E)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: AMSTERDAM, NY
Description: 2+1 observer(s). White-glowing ovoid vanishes and reappears / large circular trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2630

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “AMSTERDAM,NY:2+1 OBS:WHT-GLO OVOID VANISHES+REAPPEARS/LRG CIRC.TRAJECTORY”, LatLong: “42.938891 -74.188892”, LatLongDMS: “42:56:20 N 74:11:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11690 (95FB7742)

Date: 8/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: 4 glowing white discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1855)
Reference: NICAP: 520807
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1266

Event 11691 (B12E2402)

Date: 8/7/1952
Time: 9:08 AM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witness: Mrs. Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180 degree turn, one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circled during the 70 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_220

Event 11692 (A8B8C871)

Date: 8/7/1952
Location: Kerkrade, Netherlands
Description: 12:02 a.m. At Kerkrade, Netherlands, marine engineer Will Jansen watches a domed object swoop down to a low altitude, hover, zigzag, then speed away. He sees a similar object hovering further away. It finally tilts up vertically and shoots out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1989

Event 11693 (944A69D8)

Date: 8/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: 9:08 a.m. Mrs. Susan Pzuhl (or Pfuhl) observes over San Antonio, Texas, four round UFOs that give off a color similar to white-hot metal. The objects appear to be approximately 18 inches in diameter and are observed one at a time at intervals of approximately 20 minutes. With the exception of one object that moves slowly, the speed must have been 3 times as fast as a propeller-driven aircraft. No sound can be heard. Their maneuvers consist of radical directional change by the first object, straight and level flight by the second object, a slight directional change by the third object, and a large circular maneuver by the fourth object. An aircraft passes under the fourth object with no apparent reaction by the plane or the object. It vanishes suddenly like an extinguished light. Duration is 70 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Four 18ʺ UFOs Observed”; Sparks, p. 166
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1990

Event 11694 (E839F9D4)

Date: 8/7/1952
Locations: Silverton, Oregon; Portland
Description: 3:00 p.m. Two Ground Observer Corps skywatchers in Silverton, Oregon, Ida Pfeifer and Dorothy Sthamann, see an aluminum-colored object 3 miles away that appears at first triangular, then more saucer shaped. Army and air observers in Portland confirm that jet interceptors are at that moment in pursuit of the object. Replacement skywatchers Sadie Barkhurst and Mrs. Olaf Teglund also see the object at 5:00 p.m. All agree that the UFO is headed east at a moderate speed, but darts “fiercely” toward the interceptor when it approaches.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer at Silverton,” Salem (Oreg.) Capital Journal, August 9, 1952, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1991

Event 11695 (5D954634)

Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Youngstown, New York
Description: ONE GOES OVER THE FALLS – WAY OVER. AP – An unidentified object was seen last night racing through the sky near the mouth of the Niagara River and then hovering for some time over the Holland Canal which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The object was described as being a brilliant mass of colored lights flashing on and off in various combinations.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_280

Event 11696 (1844CC63)

Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Tidings. RATIONAL BEINGS COULD EXIST ON OTHER PLANETS, SAYS THEOLOGIAN. Very Rev. Francis J. Connell, Dean of Sacred Theology at Catholic University wrote: “Neither revelation, the common teaching of the Fathers, tradition, nor the solumn pronouncements of the Popes rule out the possibility of life, perhaps similar to ours on another planet.” He added that if they possessed the immortality once enjoyed by Adam and Eve “it would be foolish for our superjet or rocket pilots to attempt to shoot them. They would be unkillable.” Also see The Tidings: 118 years old, and counting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_281

Event 11697 (2D0F468F)

Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 08:50
Location: WEST / OROVILLE, WA
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver white saucer crosses moon slowly. Flash. Going quickly [to] WNW instantly.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2631

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: “300”, HatchDesc: “W/OROVILLE,WA:4 OBS:SLVR WHT SCR CROSSES MOON SLOWLY:FLASH:>>WNW instantly”, LatLong: “48.933336 -119.583339”, LatLongDMS: “48:56:00 N 119:35:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11698 (95F0C54E)

Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WY
Description: 2 / ground. Intense fireball going west. Stops over theater. No light reflected / ground. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2632

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1850”, HatchDesc: “WARREN AFB,WY:2/GND:INTENSE FBL >W:STOPS OVR THEATER:no light refl/gnd:>>E”, LatLong: “41.166669 -104.900005”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 104:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11699 (4EB4B987)

Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: WAUCHULA, FL
Description: 2 / truck. Saucer nears. Flat bottom/underside glows and spins. Metallic dome / top still. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2633

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “WAUCHULA,FL:2/TRUCK:SCR NEARS:FLAT BTM GLOWS+SPINS:MTLC DOME/TOP STILL:↑↑”, LatLong: “27.544446 -81.811115”, LatLongDMS: “27:32:40 N 81:48:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “120”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11700 (0FC3A7DC)

Date: 8/8/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: WHITE SANDS, NM
Description: 2 guards. “Batlike” saucer seen / (seen thru) binoculars. 2.5mi away. 1 mile altitude. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2634

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “WHITE SANDS,NM:2 GUARDS:“BATLIKE” SCR SEEN/BINOCS:2.5mi AWAY:1mi alt:GLOWS”, LatLong: “32.466668 -106.483338”, LatLongDMS: “32:28:00 N 106:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11701 (FF892EB2)

Date: 8/8/1952
Location: Warren AFB, WY
Description: Object immediately stop without appearing to decelerate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1267

Event 11702 (0075C17E)

Date: 8/8/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio; Washington National Airport
Description: A special CIA/Office of Scientific Intelligence team consisting of Philip Grandin Strong, Ransom L. Eng, and Frederick C. Durant visits Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio for a comprehensive briefing about UFOs from Blue Book staff. This classified visit is in response to secret orders from President Truman to the CIA to investigate the Air Force’s mishandling of UFOs during the Washington National Airport cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 397; Swords 172–173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1992

Event 11703 (CBE870CD)

Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Britain
Description: Reply from Air Ministry, Whitehall, S.W. to W.S. Churchill stating: All UFO sightings are either astronomical phenomena, mistaken sightings of balloons, birds, etc., optical illusions or hoaxes. The Americans have reached a similar conclusion.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p449)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_471
See also: 7/28/1952

Event 11704 (0E82A789)

Date: 8/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Lake Charles (Louisiana), USAF 3rd Class A. J. P. Raley observed an object shaped like a disk flying very quickly and remaining stationary for 2 seconds. (August 9, 10:50)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1870
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1203

Event 11705 (6A718826)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: YOUNGSTOWN, NY
Description: Niagara airport. Many military and civil. RADAR? Glowing UFO over Welland Canal.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2635

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “YOUNGSTOWN,NY:NIAGARA AIRPORT:MANY MIL+CIV:RDR?:GLOWING UFO OVR WELLAND CANAL”, LatLong: “43.244447 -79.050004”, LatLongDMS: “43:14:40 N 79:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11706 (4ECDCBDB)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:20
Location: TOKYO, JP
Description: U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilot. Orange night light spirals going down / 1500’. Hovers / 3 minute(s). Winks out. Jet can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2636

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO,JP:USMC PILOT:ORG NLT SPIRALS↓/1500’:HVRS/3min:WINKS OUT:JET CANT CATCH”, LatLong: “35.683335 139.750007”, LatLongDMS: “35:41:00 N 139:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11707 (23EC00A8)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: CHENNAULT AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1870. 30cm disk zips over base going south. Stops / 2 seconds. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2637

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “CHENNAULT AFB,LA:BBK#1870:30cm DISK ZIPS OVR BASE > S:STOPS/2 secs:>>W”, LatLong: “30.200001 -93.150004”, LatLongDMS: “30:12:00 N 93:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11708 (50823361)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 3+separate observer(s). Large grey saucer hovers / 6 minute(s). Going quickly north. 10 extremely fast objects / 2130hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2638

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:3+SEP.OBS:LRG GRY SCR HVRS/6min:>>N::10 XFAST OBJS/2130hrs”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.616672”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11709 (C5AF93B8)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: ODESSA, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Disk / light spins against dark clouds. Sparks and flame down / center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2639

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: “30”, Elev: “916”, HatchDesc: “ODESSA,TX:2 OBS:DISK/LIGHT SPINS AGAINST DRK CLOUDS:SPARKS+FLAME DOWN/CENTER”, LatLong: “31.861113 -102.372227”, LatLongDMS: “31:51:40 N 102:22:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11710 (8177421C)

Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Pohang (K-3 area E of), Korea
Description: Fireball with stream of flame pass an aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520809
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1268

Event 11711 (77E8A716)

Date: 8/9/1952
Location: Lake Charles AFB, LA
Description: Disc-shaped object fly S at 5,000 ft at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1870)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1270

Event 11712 (C8C4F407)

Date: 8/9/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Description: Witness: USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One disc-shaped object flew very fast and then hovered for 2 seconds during a 5-6 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_221

Event 11713 (C9C98F15)

Date: 8/9/1952
Locations: Lake Charles Air Force Station; Lake Charles, Louisiana
Description: 1:45 a.m. A/3C Joseph F. Raley is walking to work at Lake Charles Air Force Station [now closed] in Lake Charles, Louisiana, when he observes a disc-like object from a distance away of 3,000–5,000 feet. The object is at an estimated altitude of 5,000 feet. It moves several hundred mph faster than any known jet aircraft. No sound is heard. The object is first seen moving north to south until it crosses the air station, where it stops and hovers for approximately 2 seconds, then takes off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Faster-Than-Jet Disc Stops, Hovers Two Seconds, Accelerates”; Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1993

Event 11714 (B3E806D5)

Date: 8/9/1952
Description: At 10:50 a.m. a military witness named Raley at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana saw a disc-shaped object that flew very fast for five minutes, and hovered for two seconds. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1870; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4787

Event 11715 (CCBB672D)

Date: 8/9/1952
Description: At 8:57 p.m. local time a U.S. Marine Corps ground control radar in Grid Area K-3, Pohang, Korea made contact with a moving ball of fire with a stream of flame travelling at a high rate of speed: 1500 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4788

Event 11716 (41AB1318)

Date: 8/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Presqu’isle (Maine). (August 10)
Reference: Robertson, LB
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1204

Event 11717 (C6455305)

Date: 8/10/1952
Location: Manhattan, NY
Description: The New York Times. FLYING SAUCERS EXPECTED AS METEOR DISPLAY BEGINGS TONIGHT. Robert B. Coles of Hayden Planetarium predicted here that flying saucers would be reported in great numbers this week if the weather was good. They will just be reports, Mr. Coles hastened to add and will be based on sightings of the annual celestial display of Perseid meteors which begins tonight. The meteors will be visible in the night skies until the next Wednesday night as a fiery shower of radiant particles which seem to originate in the constellation Perseus. They will reach their peak between midnight Tuesday and dawn Wednesday. Mr. Coles suggested no explanation for saucer sightings occuring the other 11 months of the year.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_282

Event 11718 (1618258F)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 02:10
Location: KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MS
Description: 2 grey saucers veer and soar over countryside / seconds. Impressive turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2640

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “KEESLER AFB,MS:2 GREY SCRS VEER+SOAR OVR COUNTRYSIDE/seconds:IMPRESSIVE TURNS”, LatLong: “30.405557 -88.927782”, LatLongDMS: “30:24:20 N 88:55:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11719 (B195DD86)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: SAN CARLOS, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 1949-model aluminum disk going [to] high and fast. Casts shadow. Planes chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2641

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: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “SAN CARLOS,CA:GOC OBS:1949-MODEL ALUM.DISK > HI+FAST:CASTS SHADOW:PLANES CHASE”, LatLong: “37.500002 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11720 (FBA342B4)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, MD
Description: Newsman and 1. 3 huge white perfect disks going quickly southwest. 20x jet speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2642

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: “30”, HatchDesc: “CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE,MD:NEWSMAN+1:3 HUGE WHT PERFECT DISKS >>SW:20x JET SPEED”, LatLong: “39.000002 -76.394448”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 76:23:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11721 (7B90079F)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 17:20
Location: ROCKFORD, IL
Description: Pilot / ground and 16. Series 54+white metallic domes going east. Jets chase. Can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2643

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFORD,IL:PILOT/GND+16:SERIES 54+WHT MTLC DOMES >E:JETS CHASE:cant catch”, LatLong: “42.277780 -89.088893”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:40 N 89:05:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11722 (747613AE)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR CROSSVILLE, TN
Description: Mit student and 1. Saucer hovers / high altitude. Impossible accelerations. Absolute(ly) silent. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2644

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “570”, HatchDesc: “nr CROSSVILLE,TN:MIT STUDENT+1:SCR HVRS/hi alt:IMPOSSIBLE ACCELS:ABS SLNT:>>E”, LatLong: “35.916668 -85.011115”, LatLongDMS: “35:55:00 N 85:00:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11723 (1D88412F)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: CUENCA, SPAIN
Description: Classic saucer at high speed leaves 2 luminous trails in sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2645

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CUENCA,SPAIN:CLASSIC SCR AT HI SPEED LEAVES 2 LUMINOUS TRAILS IN SKY.”, LatLong: “40.083335 -2.116667”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:00 N 02:07:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cuenca”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11724 (675E152F)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: NORTHWEST / WACO, TX
Description: 4 / SR6. Big orange light follows road. Stops over oil tanks. Quickly going up / hit by beacon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2646

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “NW/WACO,TX:4/SR6:BIG ORG LITE FOLOS ROAD:STOPS OVR OIL TANKS:↑↑/hit by beacon”, LatLong: “31.583335 -97.200005”, LatLongDMS: “31:35:00 N 97:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “180”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11725 (A4071A20)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SR134 NEAR HAMPTON, VA
Description: Air Force Captain and 1. 2+4+1 UFO’s / 180m altitude. 600kph. B26 finds nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2647

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “SR134 nr HAMPTON,VA:AF Capt+1:2+4+1 UFOS/180m alt:600kph:B26 FINDS NOTHING”, LatLong: “37.083335 -76.400004”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 76:24:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “180”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11726 (58891CF4)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: MIDLAND, GA
Description: 2 / car. 2 top-hat saucers glow bright. Float / low altitude and follow road. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2648

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “MIDLAND,GA:2/CAR:2 TOP-HAT SCRS GLOW BRITE:FLOAT/lo alt+FOLLOW ROAD:NFD/news”, LatLong: “32.572224 -84.827782”, LatLongDMS: “32:34:20 N 84:49:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11727 (73D78EFA)

Date: 8/10/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: 5MI NORTH / FT DIX, NJ
Description: 2 Army / car. Eerie yellow-orange baseball going south toward(s) base. Rises and descends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2649

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “40”, HatchDesc: “5mi N/Ft DIX,NJ:2 ARMY/CAR:EERIE YEL-ORG BASEBALL >S twrd BASE:RISES+DESCENDS”, LatLong: “40.077780 -74.633337”, LatLongDMS: “40:04:40 N 74:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11728 (F5F64EFE)

Date: 8/10/1952
Location: In airspace over, Japan
Description: Object moving down from 8,000 to 1,500 ft then hovering and vanishing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1271

Event 11729 (5C9C0BCA)

Date: 8/10/1952
Locations: 1231 Widergren Drive, Rockford, Illinois; Rockford airport; O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 5:38 p.m. Roy E. Munson is resting in his hammock at 1231 Widergren Drive, Rockford, Illinois, when he sees a disc-shaped object moving west to east and streaking across the sky in 6 seconds. Within minutes, another appears on the same flight path. Some family members and neighbors join him to watch the objects, which keep appearing for the next 90 minutes by which time a total of 54 have gone by. Munson alerts the CAA operator at the Rockford airport, who calls O’Hare Airport in Chicago, which sends two USAF jet interceptors to the area. They appear just as the last of the discs, which seem surrounded by a haze, disappears. Of the 54 objects, 36 appear larger that the others and move faster. Fifty follow the straight west-to-east path out of sight. Three deviate from the path to the north, and one deviates to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Rockford, Illinois, Monday, August 11, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1994

Event 11730 (36B89C71)

Date: 8/11/1952
Location: California
Description: Also Aug. 12, 1952. Los Angeles Herald Express. FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY ‘SOLVED’ BY CALIFORNIA ENGINEERS. In a two-day front-page spread, bylined by Lyle Abbot, rocket engineers Roland Gillespie and Winthrop K. Coxe explained flying saucers as the result of an electromagnetic vortex in the air.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_283

Event 11731 (939ADF42)

Date: 8/11/1952
Time: ~19:30
Location: WEST / GLENRIO, NM
Description: 2 / bus. 2 perfect round white disks hover. Reposition and maneuver and spiral. Going up / clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2650

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1180”, HatchDesc: “W/GLENRIO,NM:2/BUS:2 PERFECT RND WHT DISKS HVR:REPOSITION+MNVR+SPIRAL:↑/CLOUDS”, LatLong: “35.166668 -103.083338”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:00 N 103:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11732 (FCA064D1)

Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: TEMPELHOF, BERLIN
Description: Several observer(s) to 2315. Spinning saucer going quickly east. 3 glowing cloud-saucers etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 435)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2651

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “115”, HatchDesc: “TEMPELHOF,BERLIN:SVRL OBS to 2315:SPINNING SCR>>E:3 GLOWING CLOUD-SCRS etc”, LatLong: “52.466669 13.383334”, LatLongDMS: “52:28:00 N 13:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11733 (BEA00709)

Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: FORT WORTH, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Circle / white light. 2 night lights wobble inside. Silent. Pass going west / 30 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2652

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “FORT WORTH,TX:2 OBS:CIRCLE/WHT LITE:2 NLTS WOBBLE INSIDE:SILENT:PASS>W/30sec”, LatLong: “32.716668 -97.300005”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 97:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11734 (CAD63E65)

Date: 8/11/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: LANSDALE, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). Misty ovoid = disk / tilts. 2X moon-size. Maneuvers. Very fast. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2653

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “LANSDALE,PA:3 OBS:MISTY OVOID=DISK/tilts:2X MOONSIZE:MNVRS:VFAST:>>S”, LatLong: “40.250002 -75.283337”, LatLongDMS: “40:15:00 N 75:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11735 (4AC6DDCC)

Date: 8/11/1952
Location: Hampton, VA
Description: Series of 7 yellowish-orange low-flying objects climb away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1272

Event 11736 (19B7AF49)

Date: 8/11/1952
Location: Rockford, IL
Description: Fifty - four “flying saucers” were sighted streaking over Rockford Sunday evening by at least 14 persons (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 520811
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1273

Event 11737 (0F3B2FFC)

Date: 8/11/1952
Description: A CIA memo refers to a meeting of the newly created study group on UFOs attended by eight operatives.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Minutes of Branch Chief’s Meeting of 11 August 1952”; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1995

Event 11738 (E93E6EE9)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: West Texas
Description: San Antonio Express. FLYING TURTLE AND WOMAN GO THRU RED LIGHTS. Everybody thinks turtles don’t fly – so what was the thing Mrs. Flora Rogers saw paddlying through the air over her West Texas ranch? “It was shaped like a turtle,” she said. But Mrs. Rogers figured the object was really some sort of radar machine taking pictures of the land beneath. The turtle emitted a blue flame, made no sound, lacked windows and doors, and flew about 20 feet high across the road in front of her. The turtle didn’t frighten her until it zoomed straight up and disappeared in seconds. “I was so scared,” she said, “that I had to lift my feet into the car. I drove the 18 miles to the Sheriff’s office and didn’t stop for a light or anything.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_285

Event 11739 (4BBED6F9)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Description: I WISH I WERE IN DIXIE. Civil Aeronautics officials in Raleigh, North Carolina, reported that orange-red objects have been sighted streaking across the skies for the past two nights. Included among the list of those who fancy illusions was a professor at North Carolina State College (requested his name be withheld) claiming to see seven or eight objects traveling at a high altitude and a tremendous speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_286

Event 11740 (E639B09C)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: WETUMKA, OK
Description: Assistant distr.Atty. Square object flies over home at tremendous speed. / (up.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2654

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “212”, HatchDesc: “WETUMKA,OK:Asst DISTR.ATTY:SQUARE OBJ FLIES OVR HOME AT TREMENDOUS SPEED:/(UP)”, LatLong: “35.238891 -96.238893”, LatLongDMS: “35:14:20 N 96:14:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11741 (5E91657A)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: LA MACHINE, FR
Description: 10 workmen. White disk west going quickly east extremely fast. 3 spheres going quickly east / Blagnac / 14 August.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2655

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “La MACHINE,FR:10 WORKMEN:WHT DISK W>>E XFAST::3 SPHERES >>E/BLAGNAC/14AUG”, LatLong: “46.900002 3.466667”, LatLongDMS: “46:54:00 N 03:28:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nièvre”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11742 (0AD5A3CB)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 00:40
Location: NEAR CAPE MAY, NJ
Description: F94 / 20K’ altitude chases night light. Night light passes jet / return trip. / r98#203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2656

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr CAPE MAY,NJ:F94/20K’alt CHASES NLT:NLT PASSES JET/RETURN TRIP:/r98#203”, LatLong: “38.950002 -75.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 75:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11743 (311E7B9D)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 08:00
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). 15M domed disk spins like a top. Away and back. Turns and going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2657

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:2 OBS:15M DOMED DISK SPINS LIKE A TOP:AWAY+BACK:TURNS+>>NW:”, LatLong: “25.811112 -80.194448”, LatLongDMS: “25:48:40 N 80:11:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11744 (B9049445)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: TOULOUSE, FR
Description: 12+observer(s). White disk stops over town. 2 more join. Going quickly [to] away fast together.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2658

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “TOULOUSE,FR:12+OBS:WHT DISK STOPS OVR TOWN:2 MORE JOIN:>> AWAY FAST TOGETHER”, LatLong: “43.600002 1.433333”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 01:26:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11745 (91101931)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: WEST / BIG SPRING, TX
Description: Silent 5M saucer with oars / 20’ altitude. Olive drab. Passes T6 pilot. / r8+/ r70.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein) BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB (partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2659

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), 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: “741”, HatchDesc: “W/BIG SPRING,TX:SLNT 5M SCR W/OARS/20’alt:OLIVE DRAB:PASSES T6 PILOT:/r8+/r70”, LatLong: “32.238890 -101.477783”, LatLongDMS: “32:14:20 N 101:28:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11746 (AF1CF8E4)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: CENTERVILLE, NC
Description: Numerous observer(s). Brilliant disk / light maneuvers all over/all about / 45 minutes. Extremely fast. No reflected on ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2660

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “113”, HatchDesc: “CENTERVILLE,NC:NMRS OBS:BRILL.DISK/LITE MNVRS ALLO/45mins:XFAST:no refl on gnd”, LatLong: “36.188891 -78.105559”, LatLongDMS: “36:11:20 N 78:06:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11747 (BFD84473)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: SOUTH / BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: 100+/ drive-in. 2 silent UFO’s seen as delta/triangle/box-like crafts blimps saucers etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2661

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, 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: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “S/BAKERSFIELD,CA:100+/DRIVE-IN:2 SILENT UFOS SEEN AS DLTS BLIMPS SCRS etc”, LatLong: “35.366668 -119.033339”, LatLongDMS: “35:22:00 N 119:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11748 (49603907)

Date: 8/12/1952
Time: 22:50
Location: WEST / RED BLUFF, TX
Description: Several metallic pie-pans pass 2 / plane. Climb going south. Glowing-exhaust. / r136#4p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein) BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB (partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2662

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “875”, HatchDesc: “W/RED BLUFF,TX:SVRL MTLC PIE-PANS PASS 2/PLANE:CLIMB >S:GLO-EXHAUST:/r136#4p37”, LatLong: “31.750002 -104.166672”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 104:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11749 (B555D124)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Cape May (near), NJ
Description: Stationary glowing object lose brightness and diminish in size (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1274

Event 11750 (9F1319F5)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Big Spring, TX
Description: Light flying at 500 mph and 15,000 ft pass his aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1275

Event 11751 (9D343656)

Date: 8/12/1952
Location: Wink (70 miles W of), TX
Description: Several pie-pan-shaped aluminum colored objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1276

Event 11752 (D18A30CE)

Date: 8/12/1952
Locations: Dover AFB in Delaware; Delaware Bay; Cape May, New Jersey
Description: 1:43 a.m. An Air Force F-94B jet fighter from Dover AFB in Delaware is flying at 20,000 feet when both the pilot and his radar crewman sight a glowing object 45° to their left and at a lower altitude, with the waters of the Delaware Bay as a dark backdrop. Curious, the jet pilot adjusts his course and heads directly at the object, which is stationary. In an apparent reaction, the object loses some of its brilliance and diminishes in size, apparently moving away. The pilot determines that the object had halted above Cape May, New Jersey, where it again hovers. Without success, the pilot tries to raise the local CCI station on the radio on F channel to request a radar scan of the Cape May area. Low on fuel, the pilot cannot pursue the UFO any further, so he breaks off the chase and heads for home. The UFO follows the jet, increasing in apparent size as it draws near and overtakes it. Eventually, the UFO loses interest and flies away to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1996

Event 11753 (F9D805C4)

Date: 8/12/1952
Description: In Toulouse, Haute-Garonne department, France more than a dozen witnesses saw a white disc-shaped object that stopped over the city in the middle of the afternoon. It was joined by two more similar looking objects, and then all three flew away fast together.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4933

Event 11754 (FD2956BE)

Date: 8/12/1952
Description: At 9:48 p.m. two military witnesses sighted two disc-shaped UFOs while in flight over Wink, Texas. The objects were described as aluminum colored, and shaped like pie-pans. They rose rapidly from a lower altitude and passed the plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 183; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4934

Event 11755 (303C66D6)

Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, an USAF officer observed bright objects in formation.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1205

Event 11756 (BE526915)

Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Dallas (Texas), a line pilot captain is pursuing a light performing maneuvers.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1206

Event 11757 (382EF783)

Date: 8/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tokyo, Japan, Major D. McGough, a USAF pilot and marine, observed an orange light flying in an orbit to the left at 8000 feet and at a speed of 230 miles/h. The object descended into a spiral until 1500 feet, stayed stationary for 2 to 3 minutes, and then moved away. An attempt to intercept it failed. (9:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1889 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1207

Event 11758 (95B981BD)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Pleasant Ridge, Ohio
Description: The Cincinnati Reporter. MRS. ALLENDORE SEES IT THROUGH. Mrs. Lee Allendorf of 6229 Montgomery Rd., Pleasant Ridge, Ohio, rebuffed by metropolitan dailies, reported to The Reporter that she and her family were awakened last Thursday, August 7, 1952, at dawn by a steady, rumbling, whirring noise. They glanced out their second-story window to see a large metal object, oval in shape, and looking “like the lower half of a dirigible hovering 80-90 feet over the Monte Vista Theatre.” The noise from the craft was penetrating and “seemed to shake the whole house,” she said. The three viewers resented the fact that the daily papers had treated their report in a light vein and hoped something might be done in the way of a thorough investigation. All were agreed they saw something which did not come under the conventional rocket or aircraft classification. When last seen, the saucer was headed in the direction of Norwood. The Reporter gave the story a full front-page streamer headline.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_287

Event 11759 (9CA25F45)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 05:50
Location: SUFFOLK, VA
Description: Civilian. 3 orange saucers / V-formation going quickly northwest very fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2663

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: “15”, HatchDesc: “SUFFOLK,VA:CIVILIAN:3 ORANGE SCRS/V-FORMATION >>NW VERY FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “36.727780 -76.583337”, LatLongDMS: “36:43:40 N 76:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11760 (6863E998)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: FOURCHAMBAULT AND GIVRY, FR
Description: 12 separate observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Huge domed saucer circles / 15 mn. Going quickly northeast. / r3p149.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES, Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN 2-250-00464-1 (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2664

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: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “FOURCHAMBAULT+GIVRY,FR:12 SEP.OBS/BINOCS:HUGE DOMED SCR CCLS/15mn:>>NE:/r3p149”, LatLong: “47.033336 3.083333”, LatLongDMS: “47:02:00 N 03:05:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nièvre”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11761 (DB77E0B4)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: NORTH / LUDINGTON, MI
Description: 3 / beach. Roar and hiss. Metallic disks straight going down. Stop / 12 minutes. Straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2665

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “N/LUDINGTON,MI:3/BEACH:ROAR+HISS:MTLC DISKS STRAIGHT ↓:STOP/12mins:STRAIGHT ↑”, LatLong: “43.983335 -86.483337”, LatLongDMS: “43:59:00 N 86:29:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11762 (543FE6CF)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: 2 civil. Odd blips / 20 minute(s). 960kph. Abrupt turns. Ovoid. / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2666

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MacDILL AFB,FL:2 CIV:ODD BLIPS/20min:960kph:ABRUPT TURNS:OVOID:/r242p35”, LatLong: “27.850001 -82.466671”, LatLongDMS: “27:51:00 N 82:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11763 (66B38512)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: MALDONADO, URUGUAY
Description: 4 observer(s). Soup-bowl saucer hovers / 1 minute(s). Going quickly south very fast rising to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2667

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: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “MALDONADO,URUGUAY:4 OBS:SOUP-BOWL SCR HVRS/1min:>>S VFAST RISING to clouds”, LatLong: “-34.900002 -54.950003”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:00 S 54:57:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11764 (8592EA11)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 68 unidentified RADAR-blips / 3.5 hours / 10 mile(s) area and airline(s)/airliner pilots visual. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 440)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2668

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “210”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:68 UID RDR-BLIPS/3.5 HOURS/10mi AREA+AL PILOTS VISUAL:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “38.850002 -77.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 77:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11765 (C4B8C250)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 23:00?
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Blue Book. Airline(s)/airliner pilot chases night light / 900M. Turns and dives away. Back 21 August. / r136#4p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2669

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “139”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:BBK:AL PILOT CHASES NLT/900M:TURNS+DIVES away:BACK 21AUG:/r136#4p39”, LatLong: “32.783335 -96.783338”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 96:47:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11766 (E36BBADF)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Orange light fly a left orbit at 8,000 ft and 230 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1889)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1277

Event 11767 (2F833A8D)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: Jacoby/McNaulty (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1278

Event 11768 (787C7165)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Stanley Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1279

Event 11769 (3862B16B)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Multiple Targets C (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1280

Event 11770 (66885BEF)

Date: 8/13/1952
Time: 9:45 PM
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Witness: USAF Marine Corps pilot Maj. D. McGough. One orange light flew a left orbit at 8,000’ and 230 m.p.h., spiralled down to no more than 1,500’, remained stationary for 2-3 minutes and went out. An attempted interception was unsuccessful.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_222

Event 11771 (41582FE5)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: Around 7:00 p.m. Two civilians in the Tampa, Florida, area watch three UFOs. One object changes its course abruptly to the west, moving in excess of 600 mph. The same object hovers for about 5 minutes then moves at an excessive rate back to the east and resumes its course to the north and disappears. The two other objects do not alter course but disappear to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1997

Event 11772 (C9F1B2F7)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Dallas Love Field, Texas
Description: Night. Pioneer Airlines pilot Capt. Max M. Jacoby sees a mystery light while on a routine test flight out of Dallas Love Field, Texas. He tries to intercept it, but the light evades him and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1998

Event 11773 (78DBDD21)

Date: 8/13/1952
Locations: Oakland, California; Hamilton AFB; Novato; Hamilton AFB Airdrome
Description: 9:10 p.m. A witness in Oakland, California, calls Hamilton AFB [now closed] in Novato to notify them he is watching “two balls of fire” making a 10-mile circle and leaving in the direction of Hamilton. When the report is made to Capt. Kenneth Broden, Hamilton AFB Airdrome Officer, he orders an F-94 jet scrambled to search the bay between Oakland and the air base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_1999

Event 11774 (E41F2B71)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: 9:45 p.m. In Tokyo, Japan, US Marine Corps pilot Maj. James D. McGough sees an orange light fly a left orbit at 8,000 feet and 230 mph, then spiral down to no more than 1,500 feet, remain stationary for 2–3 minutes, and go out. An attempted interception is unsuccessful.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Orange Light Maneuvers Then Stops in Mid- Air”; Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2000

Event 11775 (4B9489F7)

Date: 8/13/1952
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 11:10 p.m. USAF Reserve Capt. Stanley W. Thompson sees a formation of lighted objects flying rapidly over Tucson, Arizona.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2001

Event 11776 (514D8A95)

Date: 8/13/1952
Description: While flying over Tokyo, Japan at 9:45 p.m. USAF Marine Corps pilot Major D. McGough sighted an orange light that flew a left orbit at 8,000’ and 230 mph. It then spiraled down to no more than 1,500 feet altitude, remained stationary for 2-3 minutes more, and went out. An attempted interception was unsuccessful.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4961

Event 11777 (CC83D5F9)

Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 16 bodies are recovered following a crash in Ely (Nevada).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1208

Event 11778 (50858F28)

Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Poggibonsi (Italy), on a clear moonless night, with many stars visible, Messrs. Assem and the Italian cavalry colonel Bartolini spend the evening with many friends in a villa with 2 terraces: one facing west, on which the dinner takes place, and the other overlooking, east side, a small valley. Arriving on this 2nd terrace, Assem and Bartolini suddenly see 2 luminous objects of green color, coming from the direction of Florence (from the North). The 2 objects, separated from each other by a distance always strictly constant, identical in all points (lenticular central part of 20 to 25 m in diameter, carrying 2 upper and lower domes, all slightly blurred), approach quickly and pass in front of the terrace at about 250 m from them, at about 130 m above the bottom of the valley, about 20 m higher than the witnesses, who then hear a noise comparable to that when tearing a silk fabric, or produced by a shell passing over their heads. The 2 objects then turn east, stop for a brief moment, describe a loop by returning towards the north to pass again very close to the villa, and finally move away in their initial direction from the south, towards Siena. (23 h)
Reference: M. Assem < Mesnard, Case No. 12, Catalogue of Unpublished Observations (2nd part), LDLN 291-292, p. 17
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1209

Event 11779 (2DF4A307)

Date: 8/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Butcher Tom Brooke, his wife and his 11-year-old son leave one of their friends whose house is near a bar, 60 km from Miami (Florida). They get in their car and drive away. (11:40 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1210

Event 11780 (C3FE68E8)

Date: 8/14/1952
Location: US
Description: FLYING SAUCERS AN OLD STORY. Hal Boyle, substituting for Bob Considine, devoted a column to Charles Fort and his impressive roundup of saucer sightings dating back 100 years ago, before the age of airplanes or Skyhook balloons. “Were observers subject then, as now to the same hallucinations?” asks Byle. (Odds were laid that Considine will not invite Boyle back as his guest columnist near year.)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_284

Event 11781 (1E56CF4E)

Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: CHIEF AIRLINE PILOT BOXES MENZEL’S PSYCHOSIS. Capt. Max M. Jacoby, who has been flying for 16 years, disclosed Thursday that he chased a big, orange light, apparently not of earthly origin, Wednesday night in a transport plane. The light was of the type generally put in the flying saucer category, but Jacoby declined to call it more than a “light” for fear he would be ridiculed or laughed at. He never did catch the light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_288

Event 11782 (A44AFF7B)

Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Lake Michigan
Description: The Racine (Wisconsin) Journal-Times. CHIEF MERCHANT OFFICER GIVES MENZEL THE BRUSH-OFF. Two bright lights sighted in the overcast above Lake Michigan last Sunday night have been officially reported to U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Chicago, it was learned today. The fireballs first sighted by Edward Langenfeld Jr. on his father’s farm were called to the attention of the family and friends. All watched the lights for 30 minutes, one above the other. One would disappear for minutes and reappear, then the other would repeat the process. This alternating began at 9 p.m. and continued until 11:30 p.m. C.W.O. John Needham, from Racine Coast Guard station, investigated and said he was satisfied it was not due to weather phenomenon or a mirage. He said the information in his official report was restricted.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_289

Event 11783 (68AF6493)

Date: 8/14/1952
Location: University of Southern California
Description: The Journal of Philosophy. PHILOSOPHER SUGGESTS BRAINS BETTER ELSEWHERE. B.A.G. Fuller of the University of Southern California read a paper on Flying Saucers, advancing the premise that man’s belief that he was the center of the universe may be a mistaken idea and “that elsewhere intelligent life may have occurred equal in some respects and in some, perhaps all, superior to his particular brand.” The philosopher cited Jones, Wells, Hoyle, Scully, Haldane, Heard, Von Fritsch, and Plato to support his brief.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_290

Event 11784 (0BEAD126)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: KEY BISCAYNE, FL
Description: Separate observer(s). 2nd moon 60° / E. horizon. Ring / orange lights / center. Tilts and wobbles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2670

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: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “KEY BISCAYNE,FL:SEP.OBS:2nd MOON 60°/E.HRZN:RING/ORG LITES/CTR:TILTS+WOBBLES”, LatLong: “25.694446 -80.133337”, LatLongDMS: “25:41:40 N 80:08:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11785 (AE71B3D5)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: 7 military. Large saucer. Many fast-smooth maneuvers. Same back / 1110hrs / 2 separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2671

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “194”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “KELLY AFB,TX:7 MIL:LRG SCR:MANY FAST-SMOOTH MNVRS::SAME BACK/1110hrs/2 SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “29.350001 -98.583338”, LatLongDMS: “29:21:00 N 98:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11786 (65AD7AC1)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: ~08:00
Location: EAST / BUNKER HILL, KOREA
Description: All / US patrol. Thin saucer east / moon hovers / minutes. Sharp maneuvers and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2672

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “E/BUNKER HILL,KOREA:ALL/US PATROL:THIN SCR E/MOON HVRS/mins:SHARP MNVRs+gone”, LatLong: “37.966668 126.833339”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 126:50:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “—”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11787 (331C9EA4)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 08:20
Location: LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: 2 80M round objects drift / halo / dark smoke near airport. Quickly going up / sequence extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2673

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “665”, HatchDesc: “LAS VEGAS,NV:2 80M RND OBJS DRIFT/HALO/DRK SMOKE nr AIRPORT:↑↑/SEQUENCE XFAST”, LatLong: “36.077779 -115.150005”, LatLongDMS: “36:04:40 N 115:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11788 (F2FCFA95)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: NEAR ROCKHAMPTON, AUST
Description: Test Pilot. Large circular / light. Small night lights exit and circle. / r114p175.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2674

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr ROCKHAMPTON,AUST:TEST PILOT:LRG CIRC/LITE:SML NLTS EXIT+CIRCLE:/r114p175”, LatLong: “-23.416668 150.500007”, LatLongDMS: “23:25:00 S 150:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11789 (3DE0FDB1)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: CEDAR SPRS, CA
Description: 3 bright ovoids maneuver all over/all about flight / 10 planes. 1 / instant 180° turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2675

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1024”, HatchDesc: “CEDAR Sprs,CA:3 BRITE OVOIDS MNVR ALLO FLIGHT/10 PLANES:1/INSTANT 180° TURN”, LatLong: “34.283335 -117.333339”, LatLongDMS: “34:17:00 N 117:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11790 (8B44C360)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: SKIKDA = PHILLIPPEVILLE, ALG
Description: Many at docks see huge red saucer go north going west. Green trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2676

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SKIKDA=PHILLIPPEVILLE,ALG:MANY AT DOCKS SEE HUGE RED SCR GO N>W:GREEN TRAIL”, LatLong: “36.966668 6.850000”, LatLongDMS: “36:58:00 N 06:51:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CNN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11791 (5691D21C)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CELENDIN, PERU
Description: Engineer. 2 saucers converge / opposite directions over irrigation project. Going northeast slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2677

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2987”, HatchDesc: “CELENDIN,PERU:ENGINEER:2 SCRS CONVERGE/Opp.Dirs ovr IRRIGATION PRJCT:>NE slow”, LatLong: “-6.872223 -78.150004”, LatLongDMS: “06:52:20 S 78:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11792 (F2522B3B)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: NEAR CONSTANTINE, ALGERIA
Description: 2 observer(s). Luminous/glowing saucer west going quickly east toward Guelma. No balloon. / r48p110.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2678

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr CONSTANTINE,ALGERIA:2 OBS:LUMn SCR W>>E TOWARD GUELMA:NO BALLOON:/r48p110”, LatLong: “36.466668 6.650000”, LatLongDMS: “36:28:00 N 06:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Constantine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11793 (248EC09B)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: NEAR WAHOO, NE
Description: 9 observer(s). 8M saucer to and fro over road. Glow on and off. Away / hit by spotlight / field.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2679

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “373”, HatchDesc: “nr WAHOO,NE:9 OBS:8M SCR TO+FRO OVR ROAD:GLOW ON+OFF:AWAY/hit by spotlite/fld”, LatLong: “41.200002 -96.633338”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:00 N 96:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11794 (F11D12E1)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: Several observer(s). Yellow ball / light maneuvers all over Mathieson Chemical Plant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2680

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CHARLES,LA:SVRL OBS:YEL.BALL/LITE MNVRS ALL OVR MATHIESON CHEM.PLANT”, LatLong: “30.200001 -93.233338”, LatLongDMS: “30:12:00 N 93:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11795 (A6D28D67)

Date: 8/14/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: GREAT BEND, PA
Description: Dazzling gold blob hangs / sky briefly. Then descends. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2681

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “GREAT BEND,PA:DAZZLING GOLD BLOB HANGS/SKY BRIEFLY:THEN DESCENDS:NFD”, LatLong: “41.972224 -75.744448”, LatLongDMS: “41:58:20 N 75:44:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11796 (6A423B5A)

Date: 8/14/1952
Location: Australia
Description: Australian Minister for Air William McMahon states facetiously in Parliament that flying saucer reports are “probably based on flights of imagination,” but indicates he will “cause a thorough investigation to be made.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 376
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2002

Event 11797 (41CAB836)

Date: 8/14/1952
Description: The CIA’s special UFO study group meets for the first time and is given a summary (probably written by A. Ray Gordon, project officer of the CIA’s Physics and Electronics Branch) of UFO history, an analysis of Project Blue Book, and a discussion of explained sightings and theories about unexplained sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying Saucers,” August 14, 1952; Good Above, pp. 331–333
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2003

Event 11798 (3B9C7D44)

Date: 8/14/1952
Locations: Phillippeville [modern Skikda], Algeria; Constantine, Algeria
Description: 7:20 p.m. People on the docks of Phillippeville [modern Skikda], Algeria, see an enormous red disc leaving behind a greenish trail. At 9:15 p.m., two people in Constantine, Algeria, watch a luminous object flying at high speed. It emits a bright light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2004

Event 11799 (6D769F00)

Date: 8/14/1952
Locations: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Mathieson chemical plant
Description: 10:30 p.m. A yellow ball of light undulates up and down and from side to side over the Mathieson chemical plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It is also seen to shoot ahead abruptly and come to a halt in the same manner. Witnesses estimate that the ball passes over at 5,000 feet, growing fainter and fainter as it moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2005

Event 11800 (2764E43F)

Date: 8/14/1952
Description: At around noon, inflight over Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia an RAAF Vampire fighter pilot encountered a large circular light, from which 6-10 small lights emerged and surrounded the larger object. The sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 50; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 175; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5000

Event 11801 (68D9C115)

Date: 8/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The highway police discover an abandoned car, 18 km from the bar. It is the Brooke’s car, with its headlights still on, one door left open, and Mrs Brooke’s handbag on the seat with a nice sum of money inside. The police follow the tracks that lead to a meadow bordering the road. The Brookes seemed to have advanced about ten steps, then vanished as their tracks abruptly stopped, without returning. The case is closed and the Brookes will never be found. 11 km away, Mabel Twinn, a restaurant waitress, disappeared the same night

[c0mmando]

in the same way. Those 4 people were never seen again. (August 15th, 7:14am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1211

Event 11802 (BA8FF44B)

Date: 8/15/1952?
Location: COARI, AMAZONAS, BRZ
Description: Bright long mass hovers over town. Minutes later same 300mi away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2682

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “COARI,AMAZONAS,BRZ:BRITE LONG MASS HVRS OVR TOWN:MINUTES LATER SAME 300mi AWAY”, LatLong: “-4.111111 -63.138892”, LatLongDMS: “04:06:40 S 63:08:20 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Amazonas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11803 (8644EEB7)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 04:20
Location: DAVIS, CA
Description: Blue Book. 2+Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 1+8+1 multicolor orbs and F94 jet by. Jet sees nothing!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2683

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “DAVIS,CA:BBK:2+GOC OBS:1+8+1 MULTICOLOR ORBS+F94 JET BY:JET SEES NOTHING!”, LatLong: “38.544446 -121.738895”, LatLongDMS: “38:32:40 N 121:44:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 11804 (C8ACCA2A)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 05:00
Location: NAPA, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) = Diane Robinson. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape / 10K’ altitude and “tremendous speed” going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2684

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “NAPA,CA:GOC OBS=DIANE ROBINSON:SLVR CGR/10K’alt+“TREMENDOUS SPEED” >>SW:”, LatLong: “38.300002 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11805 (EBBE76FD)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: NASHVILLE, TN
Description: Several observer(s). Round flat silver object crosses sky 4x. Plane speed but silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2685

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: “133”, HatchDesc: “NASHVILLE,TN:SVRL OBS:RND FLAT SLVR OBJ CROSSES SKY 4x:PLANE SPEED but SLNT:”, LatLong: “36.166668 -86.800004”, LatLongDMS: “36:10:00 N 86:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11806 (2E7A4A25)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: ONTARIO, CA
Description: Bright ovoid leads B36. Darts in and out / clouds. Tilts showing pointed top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2686

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “357”, HatchDesc: “ONTARIO,CA:BRITE OVOID LEADS B36:DARTS IN+OUT/CLOUDS:TILTS SHOWING POINTED TOP”, LatLong: “34.050002 -117.650006”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 117:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11807 (D57AEF8E)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTHEAST / MATTOON, IL
Description: Thin silent disk going down [to] between cars. Sparks / rim. Going quickly [to] over railroad/railway tracks / 1500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2687

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: “220”, HatchDesc: “NE/MATTOON,IL:THIN SLNT DISK ↓ BTWN CARS:SPARKS/RIM:>> OVR RR TRACKS/1500kph”, LatLong: “39.533335 -88.333338”, LatLongDMS: “39:32:00 N 88:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11808 (2A51B25A)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:00?
Location: CARSON CITY, NV
Description: Several observer(s). Cream-colored box drops over airliner. Paces just above. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2688

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1420”, HatchDesc: “CARSON CITY,NV:SVRL OBS:CREAM-CLRD BOX DROPS OVR AIRLINER:PACES JUST ABOVE:>>W”, LatLong: “39.150002 -119.766672”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 119:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11809 (B58F18E3)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). Double pie pan saucer going quickly south / Eastern sky. No further details / Palm Beach Post.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2689

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: “6”, HatchDesc: “W.PALM BEACH,FL:2 OBS:DBL PIE PAN SCR >>S/EASTERN SKY:NFD/Palm Beach Post”, LatLong: “26.700001 -80.066670”, LatLongDMS: “26:42:00 N 80:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11810 (DD569F4F)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: DIAMOND LAKE, MI
Description: 20+observer(s). Saucer with odd flat spots / 240m altitude. 1100kph. 300m away. DWG.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2690

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “303”, HatchDesc: “DIAMOND LAKE,MI:20+obs:SCR W/ODD FLAT SPOTS/240m alt:1100kph:300m away:DWG”, LatLong: “43.716669 -85.177782”, LatLongDMS: “43:43:00 N 85:10:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “240”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11811 (0F1EB7C1)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: NORTH / URBANA, IL
Description: Air Force Lt. Col. and 4 / drive-in movie. Round object rises. 90-turn going quickly north. Silent. Bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2691

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, 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: “218”, HatchDesc: “N/URBANA,IL:AF Lt.COL+4/DRIVE-IN MOVIE:ROUND OBJ RISES:90-TURN>>N:SILENT:BRITE”, LatLong: “40.138891 -88.205560”, LatLongDMS: “40:08:20 N 88:12:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11812 (F772E843)

Date: 8/15/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / PITTSFIELD, IL
Description: Dull-red 6M ovoid going south. Stops / 150M altitude. Violet glowing. Vibrates and going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2692

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: “230”, HatchDesc: “SE/PITTSFIELD,IL:DULL-RED 6M OVOID > S:STOPS/150M alt:VIOLET GLO:VIBRATES+>>E”, LatLong: “39.400002 -90.750004”, LatLongDMS: “39:24:00 N 90:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11813 (3EACCF52)

Date: Mid 8/1952
Locations: Starke County; Tippecanoe River; Monterey, Indiana
Description: 10:30 p.m. John D. Moorman, deputy sheriff of Starke County, is fishing in a boat with Surphin Casper on the Tippecanoe River about 3 miles northwest of Monterey, Indiana. Moorman looks up and sees 7–8 objects hovering. They watch for a few seconds until the objects move away to the west. About half of them return east momentarily, and all of them disappear by blinking out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2006

Event 11814 (80304A10)

Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Davis, California; Napa, California
Description: 4:20 a.m. Ground Observer Corps observers in Davis, California, see a rainbow-colored, round object hovering in the air. Soon they notice eight more objects of a strange appearance. At 5:30 a.m., two more UFOs are seen, one moving west while the other moves east. The Air Force scrambles a F-94 jet interceptor to search the area at altitudes of 10,000–20,000 feet. The military claims the pilot can see nothing unusual, although the GOC spotters say that the UFOs and the jet are both visible in the sky at the same time and possibly at the same altitude. At 5:00 a.m., in Napa, California, GOC post observer Diane Robinson sights a “cigar-shaped silver thing” traveling at tremendous speed at 10,000 feet toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2007

Event 11815 (9FF36AD9)

Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Los Alamos; Oak Ridge
Description: CIA operative Frederick C. Durant [and/or Ransom L. En] writes a top-secret draft memo for DCI Walter Bedell Smith on the OSI teams visit to Wright-Patterson AFB and a summary of its findings. It offers an analytical description of UFOs going back to the 1946 Scandinavian ghost rockets. It rules out the possibility of Russian secret weapons and mentions the sightings at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge at a time when the “background radiation count had risen inexplicably. Here we run out of even ‘blue yonder’ explanations that might be tenable, and, we still are left with numbers of incredible reports from credible observers.” Yet “even though we might admit that intelligent life may exist elsewhere and that space travel is possible, there is no shred of evidence to support this theory at present.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying Saucers,” August 15, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 397; Swords 172–173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2008

Event 11816 (1D89755A)

Date: 8/15/1952
Locations: Rockhampton, Queensland; East Coast
Description: RAAF Flight Lt. William H. Scott, chief test pilot of the Government Aircraft Factories, is flying a de Havilland Vampire jet between 35,000 and 36,000 feet near Rockhampton, Queensland. Looking east toward the coast, he sees a large, circular light at a lower elevation. It is the color of an ordinary incandescent light bulb. After about 60 seconds, 6–10 smaller lights break off from the main light, surrounding it for 2 minutes before disappearing. After another 2 minutes, the big light also disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 376
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2009

Event 11817 (65DE60C9)

Date: Late Summer 1952
Locations: Defense Supply Center near Columbus, Ohio; hill country near Columbus; Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton
Description: As a Signal Corps employee working the night shift, Vivian Walton handles decoded teletype messages inside a high-security building at the Defense Supply Center near Columbus, Ohio. She walks into the photo lab, where colleague Joe Sheehy is developing photos, one of which he says is a UFO that had landed in the “hill country” somewhere near Columbus. He says the object is 30 feet in diameter and unoccupied, with minimal damage. A few days later, an alert is sounded, allegedly because of danger of attack by UFOs. Walton claims the downed UFO has gone through the depot on the way to Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James W. Moseley, “The Wright Field Story, or Who’s Lying?” Nexus 3, no. 1 (September 1954): 11–15; James W. Moseley, The Wright Field Story, Saucerian, 1971; Jerome Clark, “A Catalog of Early Crash Claims,” IUR 18, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1993): 18; Irena Scott and William E. Jones, “Crash Claims,” IUR 18, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1993): 21; Good Need, p. 159; Clark III 329
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2032

Event 11818 (34F14A25)

Date: 8/16/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA analysis report of a Vienna news article of a UFO report from the Belgian Congo: Commander Pierre of Elisabethville Airfield was sent out to intercept two Flying Saucers. They had a diam. of 12 to 15 meters with a stationary central hub with visible portholes and an extremely fast rotating outer disk that glowed as if on fire. Color similar to aluminum. They emitted a loud whistling sound which could be heard over his own engines. He estimated their speed at over 1500 kilometers/hour.
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p512)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_472

Event 11819 (DB0AFAE6)

Date: 8/16/1952
Time: 00:00
Location: CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: 8 military observer(s). 4 blue-glowing saucer-cigars fly flat-side forward. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2693

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “228”, HatchDesc: “CHANUTE AFB,IL:8 MIL OBS:4 BLU-GLO SCR-CGRS FLY FLAT-SIDE FORWARD:ABS SILENT”, LatLong: “40.283335 -88.144449”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:00 N 88:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11820 (AB4B37BE)

Date: 8/16/1952
Time: 09:20
Location: FOND DU LAC, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 silver-grey saucers going quickly north / high and fast. Enter cloud. Return going quickly south!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2694

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “FOND DU LAC,WI:2 OBS:2 SLVR-GRY SCRS >> N/HI+FAST:ENTER CLOUD:RETURN >>S!”, LatLong: “43.772224 -88.444449”, LatLongDMS: “43:46:20 N 88:26:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11821 (15F69CD6)

Date: 8/16/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Brilliant saucer flies behind hill. 5000’ altitude. Tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2695

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: “Colombia”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2619”, HatchDesc: “BOGOTA,COLOMBIA:100s/OBS:BRILL.SCR FLIES BEHIND HILL:5000’alt:TREMENDOUS SPEED”, LatLong: “4.616667 -74.083337”, LatLongDMS: “04:37:00 N 74:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Bogota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11822 (630FB0CA)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: WESTPORT, CT
Description: Pilot / ground. Hiss! Long massive silver ovoid over trees. Dark / bottom/underside. 300kph?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2696

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WESTPORT,CT:PILOT/GND:HISS!:LONG MASSIVE SLVR OVOID OVR TREES:DRK/BTM:300kph?”, LatLong: “41.138891 -73.361115”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:20 N 73:21:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11823 (2C690B6A)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 12:50
Location: (NORTHERN), AL
Description: USAF T6G pilot. Intense-bright white round object hovers. Vanishes suddenly.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2697

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “(northern),AL:USAF T6G PILOT:INTENSE-BRITE WHT RND OBJ HVRS:vanishes suddenly:”, LatLong: “34.827779 -87.194449”, LatLongDMS: “34:49:40 N 87:11:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11824 (B2AD4015)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: LOS ALTOS, CA
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 saucers / dogfight. Intense light / 1 side only. 1 going quickly southwest. 2nd follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2698

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: “50”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALTOS,CA:5 OBS:2 SCRS/DOGFIGHT:INTENSE LITE/1 SIDE ONLY:1 >>SW:2nd FOLOS”, LatLong: “37.383335 -122.111117”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 122:06:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11825 (FBB74684)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: NEAR MORAN, TX
Description: Captain Perry / USAF T6D. 15M ovoid / 500mph climbs 600M / min. / r136#4p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Richard (via Dom. Weinstein) BLUEBOOK Reports taken from 16mm Microfilm at Maxwell AFB (partial)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2699

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “400”, HatchDesc: “nr MORAN,TX:Capt PERRY/USAF T6D:15M OVOID/500mph CLIMBS 600M/min:/r136#4p47”, LatLong: “32.583335 -99.216671”, LatLongDMS: “32:35:00 N 99:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11826 (3564FB86)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: WELCH, WV
Description: 2 women / porch. Silent silver disk whirls past radio tower. Clear skies. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2700

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: “450”, HatchDesc: “WELCH,WV:2 WOMEN/PORCH:SLNT SLVR DISK WHIRLS PAST RADIO TOWER:clear skies:NFD”, LatLong: “37.433335 -81.583337”, LatLongDMS: “37:26:00 N 81:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “40”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11827 (C18440E3)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: DUNCANVILLE, TX
Description: Night light maneuvers all over. RADAR-confirm. 300mph. Several sudden turns. Unidentified / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2701

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “258”, HatchDesc: “DUNCANVILLE,TX:NLT MNVRS ALL OVR:RDR-CONFIRM:300mph:SVRL SUDDEN TURNS:UID/BBK”, LatLong: “32.650002 -96.905560”, LatLongDMS: “32:39:00 N 96:54:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11828 (B0061736)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTH / PONTIJOU, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent orange ball hovers / N824. Going quickly south and stops. Zigzags. Stops again. Going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2702

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: “9”, HatchDesc: “N/PONTIJOU,FR:2 OBS:SLNT ORG.BALL HVRS/N824:>>S+STOPS:ZIGZAGS:STOPS AGAIN:>SW”, LatLong: “47.750002 1.322222”, LatLongDMS: “47:45:00 N 01:19:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loir-et-Cher”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11829 (C617E241)

Date: 8/17/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SAN PABLO BAY EAST / SAN RAFAEL, CA
Description: 50’ cylinder/cylindrical object / 7000’ altitude going quickly south / jet speed. Intense blue light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2703

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: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAN PABLO BAY E/SAN RAFAEL,CA:50’CYL./7000’alt >>S/JET SPEED:INTENSE BLU LITE”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.483339”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:29:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11830 (6DC26BAD)

Date: 8/17/1952
Location: Athens, GA
Description: An intensely bright bright white round object hovering (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1281

Event 11831 (D9AB708B)

Date: 8/17/1952
Location: Abilene, TX
Description: Oblong polished metal object climbing at 500 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1282

Event 11832 (F8E0B7F7)

Date: 8/17/1952
Description: At 9:30 p.m. on a road north of Pontijou, France two witnesses saw an orange ball of light hovering over highway N824. It made no sound. It flew off in a southerly direction, stopped, zigzagged, stoped again, then flew away toward the southwest. The duration of the sighting was nine minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 155
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5108

Event 11833 (87DE639D)

Date: 8/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fairfield, California, 3 police officers observed for 30 minutes an object shaped like a diamond changing color and direction. (August 18, 12:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1920 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1212

Event 11834 (583816A4)

Date: 8/18/1952
Location: US
Description: Hollywood Citizen-News. CMDR LOTT RAPS AF AND FBI. One minute after he retired to inactive duty last midnight Navy Commander Dave Lott, former deputy commanding officer of the Armed Forces Radio Services, sent telegrams listing his complaints against the service to government big wheels and released a statement to the press. “The Air Force’s handling of the flying saucer investigation,” Lott said, “was one of the most inept, disgraceful, and downright ludicrous displays of inefficiency ever displayed in a governmental operation.” He flagged a “gag rule” which he said prohibits members of the services from engaging in political discussions or criticizing the Armed Forces.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_293

Event 11835 (F5E93D37)

Date: 8/18/1952
Location: DUBLIN, OH AND SPRINGFIELD AND LEBANON
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotters all see red-white round UFO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2704

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “DUBLIN,OH+SPRINGFIELD+LEBANON:GOC SPOTTERS ALL SEE RED-WHT ROUND UFO:”, LatLong: “40.094446 -83.122226”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:40 N 83:07:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11836 (F6803264)

Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: FAIRFIELD, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and 3 cops. Slow object changes color(s) and directions / 30 minute(s). Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2705

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFIELD,CA:GOC+3 COPS:SLO OBJ CHANGES CLRS+DIRECTIONS/30min:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “38.233335 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11837 (F03CEE99)

Date: 8/18/1952
Time: ~05:00
Location: MESA, AZ
Description: Blurry disk / light hovers over trees. 120 cm / diameter. Suddenly gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2706

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: “1”, Elev: “376”, HatchDesc: “MESA,AZ:BLURRY DISK/LITE HVRS OVR TREES:120 cm/diam:SUDDENLY GONE:”, LatLong: “33.416668 -111.833339”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 111:50:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11838 (2141D3D8)

Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: NOROTON, CT
Description: 2 plane spotters. Orange 9M ovoid / 600M altitude. Vertical then horizontal trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2707

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NOROTON,CT:2 PLANE SPOTTERS:ORG 9M OVOID/600M alt:VERTICAL then HRZNTL TRAJ.”, LatLong: “41.066669 -73.422226”, LatLongDMS: “41:04:00 N 73:25:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11839 (C98EA323)

Date: 8/18/1952
Location: Duncanville, TX
Description: Lights Tracked By Ground Radar (R/V) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520818
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1283

Event 11840 (46CCF024)

Date: 8/18/1952
Location: Fairfield, CA
Description: Object change color from red green-orange-blue (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1920)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1284

Event 11841 (C88402E3)

Date: 8/18/1952
Location: West Palm Beach (near), FL
Description: August 18, 1852; near West Palm Beach, FL. “Desvergers Case”, “Scoutmaster Case”. (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520818
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1285

Event 11842 (239724EA)

Date: 8/18/1952
Time: 12:50 AM
Location: Fairfield, California
Description: Witnesses: three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_223

Event 11843 (C8875529)

Date: 8/18/1952
Description: Three policemen in Fairfield, California sighted a UFO at 12:50 a.m. The object changed color and intensity like a diamond, and flew in different directions during the 30-minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book reports counted in official statistics, case # 1920; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 42; Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 278; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5119

Event 11844 (9D530A05)

Date: 8/19/1952
Description: J. D. Desvergers (scoutmaster) has contact with saucer. Is burned.
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_125

Attributes: injury

Event 11845 (5BA8AECB)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: USA, West Palm Beach (Florida)
Description: (Translated from French) Some, with reason, took Desverger’s story seriously. The scout leader’s arm was indeed very red, his hat burned, and when the sheriff arrived at the clearing where the incident had taken place, he noticed that the ground bore traces of fire over a small area. Nevertheless, Devergers refused to reveal anything more to the journalists, offering to grant the exclusive of his adventure to a magazine. From then on, some people, myself first, began to ask questions. (…). It should be noted that three months later the scout leader’s story was published in the “American Weekly Magazine” (Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.102, 103 and 108) IN REALITY: if one reads all the pages that KEYHOE devotes to this case, it is a terrible hoax. In the evening of the 19th, on a field near West Palm Beach, three scouts were on a night outing with their leader Sonny Desverger, aged 30. As they entered the palm forest, Sonny Desverger saw six lights in the sky, like the windows of an airplane flying at night. These lights plunged into the woods. Sonny thought it was a plane in distress. He and the three scouts immediately set out to search. After covering 400 m Bobby Ruffin, one of the young scouts, saw the lights again: they seemed motionless at the top of the trees. Sonny lit his lantern and, armed with a machete, he cleared a path through the bushes.

- If I’m not back in ten minutes, call the sheriff, he said to his scouts. After a while, the latter, not seeing him return, rushed to the sheriff’s house. Absent from his home, he was contacted by radio and arrived 30 minutes later at the place where Sonny Desverger had left his small group. While the scouts explained what had happened, Sonny appeared at the top of an embankment. Pale, trembling, he kept stammering: - I’m coming, here I am. He no longer had a lantern but had kept his machete. His left arm was bloody with the trace of a deep burn. His cape - or his jacket - was pierced in three places. His hair was disheveled and russet. When he was somewhat recovered from his emotions, when he was bandaged, he could tell his adventure:

"(…) I soon stopped, feeling a strange impression. It seemed to me that I was not alone. Nothing apparently confirmed this strange sensation. Suddenly the air became suffocatingly hot around me. I looked up, the stars were no longer visible. I lit my lantern and pointed it upwards. About a meter above my head I discovered a dirty gray metallic surface. I could have touched it with my machete at arm’s length… and I was afraid. I clearly remember thinking: get out of here! I moved cautiously and arrived under the edge of the thing. It was a disc about ten meters in diameter with a kind of hemisphere at its upper axis silhouetting against the sky. There was no light. The machine tilted gently. Its upper surface was better visible. I was about to flee but did not dare to make sudden movements. Suddenly, in the hemispherical dome, an opening was revealed. And Sonny Desverger saw… a living creature. A strange creature no doubt. Frightening? Threatening? He obstinately refused to specify this to the journalists who interviewed him on this point. (…) . (Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - p. 115 to 118) CONFIRMATION OF THE HOAX:
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt: “Facing the Flying Saucers”, ed. France-Empire 1958, p. 218 to 230
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1669

Event 11846 (7D3FEFED)

Date: 8/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Red Bluff (California), Albert Lathrop, of the Ground Observer Corps, saw 2 objects, resembling flattened rifle bullets, flying horizontally very quickly for 25 s. (14 h 38)
Reference: case Blue Book #1928 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1213

Event 11847 (BBA2A132)

Date: 8/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Palm Beach (Florida), observation of D. S. “Sonny” Desvergers. (21 h)
Reference: case Blue Book classified as hoax
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1214

Event 11848 (40FA8D3B)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: VISALIA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Strange disk-like object hovers and flits about Eastern Hills / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2708

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “99”, HatchDesc: “VISALIA,CA:2 OBS:STRANGE DISK-LIKE OBJ HOVERS+FLITS ABOUT EASTERN HILLS/NEWS”, LatLong: “36.327780 -119.288895”, LatLongDMS: “36:19:40 N 119:17:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11849 (3DB3BE36)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 00:50
Location: LOS GATOS, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 20+silent dim-white saucers pass overhead. 4K’ altitude / 300mph. Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2709

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: “1”, Elev: “119”, HatchDesc: “LOS GATOS,CA:GOC OBS:20+SILENT DIM-WHT SCRS PASS OVHD:4K’alt/300mph:DIR.UNK”, LatLong: “37.216668 -121.950006”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:00 N 121:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11850 (25D2588F)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: COLTON, CA
Description: White saucer going quickly south. Dives under formation / USAF bombers 2X! Jerky motion. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2710

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “COLTON,CA:WHT SCR >>S:DIVES UNDER FORMn/USAF BOMBERS 2X!:JERKY MOTION:sep.obs”, LatLong: “34.072224 -117.311117”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:20 N 117:18:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11851 (97742AA3)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Storey and 2 / Hensley NAS. 2 night lights hover / 5 minute(s). 1 drops and rises. Both going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2711

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:STOREY+2/HENSLEY NAS:2 NLTS HVR/5min:1 DROPS+RISES:BOTH >>NW”, LatLong: “32.783335 -96.816671”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 96:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11852 (9C132CFA)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: NORTHWEST / SAN GORGONIO MOUNTAIN, CA
Description: Ground and air RADAR-visual (observation). Jets chase. Very fast saucer going quickly east. Rises going up / space!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2712

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3000”, HatchDesc: “NW/SAN GORGONIO Mtn,CA:GND+AIR RDR-VIS:JETS CHASE:VFAST SCR >>E:RISES ↑/SPACE!”, LatLong: “34.166668 -116.833339”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 116:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11853 (42F05442)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: Scoutmaster aims flashlight at saucer. Zapped and burnt. / APRO Vol.1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2713

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “W.PALM BEACH,FL:SCOUTMASTER AIMS FLASHLITE AT SCR:ZAPPED+BURNT:/APRO Vol.1#2”, LatLong: “26.733335 -80.066670”, LatLongDMS: “26:44:00 N 80:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 11854 (D3B69EA2)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Boron, CA
Description: GOC Observer saw 2 objects, shaped like fat bullets (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1928)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1286

Event 11855 (52B418E2)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: USAF pilot saw tailess object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 1928)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1287

Event 11856 (5A0BF6F4)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: evening
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: Ronny Desvergers saw a large, round, dark object above him in a clearing. It had a turret on top. Red balls of light were emitted by the object and burned him. He also observed a “hideous” creature aboard the craft. Grass roots were scorched at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ruppelt 222; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_97

Event 11857 (0D3CFEFB)

Date: 8/19/1952
Time: 2:38 PM
Location: Red Bluff, California
Description: Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_224

Event 11858 (E76544D7)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Los Angeles
Description: The CIA/OSI study group prepares an internal 6-page document of its findings. It has made a study of the Soviet press that shows “not one report or comment” about UFOs, which indicates official censorship. It perceives a danger that the Russians might try to infiltrate civilian UFO groups (such as Civilian Saucer Investigation of Los Angeles) or add UFO disinformation during a nuclear attack: “We give Russia the capability of delivering an air attack against us, yet at any given moment now, there may be a dozen official unidentified sightings plus many unofficial.” It briefs CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith on August 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Flying Saucers,” August 19, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 1013; Swords 174
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2010

Event 11859 (1882BD9E)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Red Bluff, California
Description: 2:38 p.m. Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop sees two objects shaped like fat bullets flying straight, level, and fast over Red Bluff, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2011

Event 11860 (C11EEED9)

Date: 8/19/1952
Locations: Boron Air Force Station; Boron, California
Description: 8:00 p.m. An oval disc is seen above Boron Air Force Station [now closed] in Boron, California. Two jet fighters are guided into the area by Capt. Ralph J. Borgerson at the base, but the object speeds away to the east as they close in.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 49; Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2012

Event 11861 (1B76C8A9)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: Everglades south of West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: About 10:00 p.m. Scoutmaster D[unham] S[anborn] “Sonny” DesVergers is driving with three scouts on the edge of the Everglades south of West Palm Beach, Florida, when he sees a light in a wild palmetto grove. The boys do not see it, so he drives on. Another boy admits he has seen a light in that direction too, so DesVergers returns to the spot and goes into the grove, telling the boys to stay in the car unless he is delayed. Soon all three boys see red lights flashing in the grove. This alarms them, and they go to a nearby house for help. They return to see DesVergers staggering out of the grove, incoherently saying he has been zapped into semiconsciousness by some kind of red flare coming from a hatch in a red ball of light (and burns his cap as well). An area of flattened and burned grass is found after the event. DesVergers has a reputation as a prankster and hopes to monetize his story somehow, but the scouts do corroborate his story and there are physical traces. Grass samples from the site sent to the Air Force show root damage extending 4 inches or more into the soil, suggesting overheating, possibly by microwave radiation. Karl Pflock thinks it is a hoax, but Jerry Clark isn’t 100% sure.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Florida Scoutmaster Case”; “Attack by Flying Saucer Described by Scoutmaster,” Miami (Fla.) Daily News, August 24, 1952, pp. 1A, 4A; “‘Line Forms at Left’ for That Saucer Yarn,” Miami (Fla.) Daily News, August 25, 1952, p. 1A; “Boy Scout Wants New Saucer Hunt,” Miami (Fla.) Daily News, August 26, 1952, p. 2A; “‘Saucer’ Witnesses Talking,” Miami (Fla.) Daily News, August 27, 1952, pp. 1A, 8A; Clark III 496–498; Ruppelt, p. 176; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 August, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 115–119; Story, pp. 128–131; Jenny Randles, UFO Reality, p. 143; Karl T. Pflock, “The Best Hoax in UFO History?” 1997; “The Scoutmaster’s Tale,” Saturday Night Uforia, March 27, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2013

Event 11862 (5BE7DFF4)

Date: 8/19/1952
Description: At 2:38 p.m. in Red Bluff, California Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop sighted two objects shaped like fat bullets that flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5153

Event 11863 (1D5C01BC)

Date: 8/19/1952
Description: On this evening Ronny Desvergers saw a large, round, dark object above him in a clearing in West Palm Beach, Florida. It had a turret on top. Red balls of light were emitted by the object and burned him. He also observed a “hideous” short creature aboard the craft. The roots of grass growing at the site were scorched.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5154

Event 11864 (006DB532)

Date: 8/19/1952
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Description: A Scoutmaster named J. D. “Sonny” Desvergers reported his encounter with a hovering UFO, which shot a “Ball of Fire” at him, burning his arms, face, and head and rendering him unconscious. Charred roots indicated possible electric induction.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_23

Event 11865 (A3DD17BE)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: Memorandom for Director CIA: the DCI, after a briefing by OSI on the subject of UFOs, directed the preparation of an NSCID for submission to the Council stating the need for investigation and directing agencies concerned to cooperate in such investigations. It was decided that Dr. Whitman, chairman of P&DB, would investigate undertaking R&D studies through Air Force agencies. Signed: H. Marshall Chadwell. (See continuation of this briefing.)
Type: memorandom
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_473
See also: 11/25/1952

Event 11866 (F4C1D149)

Date: 8/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the Congaree (S. C.) USAF base, an ADC radar detects an unidentified object moving at 4000 miles/h.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1215

Event 11867 (246816C1)

Date: 8/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Neffesville (Pennsylvania), Bill Ford and two other people observed for a few minutes an object flying at an altitude of 500 feet during. (3:10)
Reference: case Blue Book #1938 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1216

Event 11868 (1798B443)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: US
Description: The New York Times. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLANET VENUS EXPLANATION? The Air Force announced details of the conversation between Captain Thomas Mantell and the control tower which took place on January 7, 1948. At about 2:45 p.m., Mantell reported sighting an unidentified object “directly ahead and above me and moving half my speed. It appears metallic and of tremendous size.” A few moments later, Mantell reported the object was moving about the same speed–(360 mph) and “it was bright and climbing away from me.” Captain Mantell then said he was going up to 20,000 feet, and if he failed to catch it, he would abandon the chase. That was his last message. No identification of the object has been announced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_291

Event 11869 (A607EE5B)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: East Germany, Soviet Union
Description: The Oregonian. SAUCER SCARE HITS RUSSIANS. The Russians, too, according to reliable information here, are becoming concerned about flying saucers. A German scientist’s daughter, who lived in the Russian zone and was conscripted for work in a Moscow laboratory, escaped to the western zone recently. This girl, 24, told the high commissioners of officials that the Russians had come to the conclusion that flying saucers are not figments of imagination but something real. In the beginning, she said, the Russians dismissed the heavenly objects as propaganda released by the Western world as a scare in the hope of convincing timid persons of the great scientific might of the West. This did not bother them. They thought the entire program laughable. According to the scientist’s daughter, the Russians do not believe the mysterious objects are space ships from another planet.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_292

Event 11870 (242649B5)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Congeree AFB, SC
Description: Air Defense Command radar tracks UFO at 4,000 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_120

Event 11871 (861ED640)

Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 07:00?
Location: CONGAREE AIR FORCE BASE, SC
Description: RADAR blip speeds to 4000mph. Trace = 60 mile(s) southeast / Air Force Base = Lake Clarendon.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2714

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “CONGAREE AFB,SC:RDR BLIP SPEEDS TO 4000mph:TRACE=60mi SE/AFB=LAKE CLARENDON”, LatLong: “33.905557 -80.866671”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:20 N 80:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11872 (E4B03587)

Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Big silent saucer rotates / low altitude / 5 minute(s). Sways to and fro. Shoots up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2715

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: “6”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:BIG SILENT SCR ROTATES/lo alt/5min:SWAYS TO+FRO:SHOOTS UP+AWAY”, LatLong: “29.466668 -98.516671”, LatLongDMS: “29:28:00 N 98:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11873 (0091B85E)

Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: JONES BEACH, LI, NY
Description: 2+USAF. 5 white ovoids in a row southwest going quickly northeast. Very fast. Wavering path.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2716

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “JONES BEACH,LI,NY:2+USAF:5 WHT OVOIDS IN A ROW SW>>NE:VERY FAST:WAVERING PATH”, LatLong: “40.600002 -73.516670”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 73:31:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11874 (63C5DD8C)

Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SONOMA, CA
Description: 2 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC). 2+1+1+1 silver saucers / 4K’ going quickly northwest. Each circles before it enters cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2717

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: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “SONOMA,CA:2/GOC:2+1+1+1 SLVR SCRS/4K’ >>NW:EACH CIRCLES BEFORE IT ENTERS CLOUD”, LatLong: “38.283335 -122.450006”, LatLongDMS: “38:17:00 N 122:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11875 (BF1DC2A1)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Neffesville, PA
Description: Undescribed object flying at 500 ft altitude (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: 1938)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1288

Event 11876 (E8D06ACA)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Congaree AFB, SC
Description: ADC Tracks Object At 4,000 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520820
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1289

Event 11877 (A9108F9B)

Date: 8/20/1952
Location: Dayton (WPAFB), OH
Description: August 20, 1952; WPAFB, Ohio, gun-camera photos (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1290

Event 11878 (E2629308)

Date: 8/20/1952
Time: 3:10 AM
Location: Neffesville, Pennsylvania
Description: Witnesses: Bill Ford and two others. An undescribed object flew at 500’ altitude for several minutes. No further data in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_225

Event 11879 (95017760)

Date: 8/20/1952
Description: The CIA/OSI UFO study group briefs CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith, who then orders the preparation of a National Security Council Intelligence Directive for submission to the NSC stating the need for a UFO investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Unidentified Flying Objects,” December 2, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2014

Event 11880 (5C8B7A13)

Date: 8/20/1952
Locations: Congaree AFB [now McEntire Joint National Guard Base]; Columbia, South Carolina
Description: Air Defense Command radar at Congaree AFB [now McEntire Joint National Guard Base], southeast of Columbia, South Carolina, tracks a target traveling more than 4,000 mph some 60 miles from the base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “ADC Tracks Object at 4,000 MPH”; UFOEv, p. 78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2015

Event 11881 (66974AA3)

Date: 8/20/1952
Description: At 3:10 a.m. Bill Ford and two others in Neffsville, Pennsylvania watched an unidentified object fly through the sky at 500 feet altitude for several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 1938; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5166

Event 11882 (D0AD9622)

Date: 8/20/1952
Description: Air Defense Command radar tracked a UFO 60 miles from the Congaree Air Force Base, South Carolina at speeds of 4,000 mph at around 10:00 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 132; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 96
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5167

Event 11883 (EBB5F566)

Date: 8/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Dallas, Texas, Jack Rossen, a former artillery observer, observed 3 blue-white lights remain stationary and then descend. 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended even lower. (August 21, 11:54 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #1944 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1217

Event 11884 (BD03F8E0)

Date: 8/21/1952
Location: Rattlesnake Canyon, CA
Description: San Bernardino Sun. ‘FLYING DISKS’ INVADE MINING FIELD IN DESERT. “Flying Disks” is the name of the placer claim staked out by J.S. Burbridge at the head of Rattlesnake Canyon in the Morongo Mining District. Burbridge, who lives at 1124 W. Third St., had his claim recorded Wednesday.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Frank Scully Papers, American Heritage Center, Box 3 FF5
Source: Scully, ID: Scully_294

Event 11885 (80F5DE4A)

Date: 8/21/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST / WILLMAR, MN
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 1M disks / light circle mud lake. Away and back. Circle some more…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2718

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “407”, HatchDesc: “NE/WILLMAR,MN:2 OBS:2 1M DISKS/LITE CCL MUD LAKE:AWAY+BACK:CCL SOME MORE…”, LatLong: “45.333335 -94.950005”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 94:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11886 (55FBD001)

Date: 8/21/1952
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: 3 blue-white lights hover then descend (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1944)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1291

Event 11887 (CAF4B58C)

Date: 8/21/1952
Time: 11:54 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: Witness: Jack Rossen, ex-artillery observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then descended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_226

Event 11888 (4AD1BE56)

Date: 8/21/1952
Locations: Elgin, Illinois; Chicago Filter Center; O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 10:10 p.m. Ground Observer Corps Supervisor D. C. Scott spots a yellowish-white light flying in the sky at 2,000 feet northeast of Elgin, Illinois. Several times it rises to 5,000 feet in three minutes, hovers, then descends again. Scott alerts Capt. Everett A. Turner at the Chicago Filter Center, who tells him to call again when the light settles down. After one hour and 23 minutes the light begins to hover, Scott calls Turner again, and Turner has at least one F-86 Sabre jet scrambled from O’Hare Airport in Chicago. The pilot makes four passes between 10,000 and 2,000 feet. On the fourth pass, it heads directly toward the light, which blinks out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Jets Pursue Mystery Light,” Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, August 23, 1952, p. 1; UFOEv, p. 66; Shoot 102–103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2016

Event 11889 (E4C212C5)

Date: 8/21/1952
Description: Dallas, Texas. Jack Rossen, an ex-artillery observer, saw three blue-white lights hover and then descend at 11:54 p.m. Ninety seconds later one of the lights descended further.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5206

Event 11890 (F8582242)

Date: 8/22/1952
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 78km (Army training test. Thrust decreased after 53s. Tail separation at 217s.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_474
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 78km

Event 11891 (D61EB501)

Date: 8/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Elgin (Illinois), USAF jets, guided by the GOC, pursue a pulsating yellow light. (August 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1218

Event 11892 (9EFA35D1)

Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Elgin, IL
Description: AF jets pursuing yellow light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_121

Event 11893 (E0B20AED)

Date: 8/22/1952
Location: PUERTO REAL, SPAIN
Description: Several observer(s). 2 saucers going quickly [to] head-on collision. Both make 90° turn / last second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2719

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PUERTO REAL,SPAIN:SVRL OBS:2 SCRS>>HEAD-ON COLLISn:BOTH MAKE 90°TURN/LAST SEC”, LatLong: “36.533335 -6.177778”, LatLongDMS: “36:32:00 N 06:10:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11894 (57268582)

Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 04:20
Location: PACIFIC 153° 45W-23° 18N
Description: 2 military observer(s). Unidentified green fireball parallels C54 transport / 10 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 462)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2720

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 153°45W-23°18N:2 MIL OBS:UID GRN FBL PARALLELS C54 TRANSPORT/10sec”, LatLong: “23.300001 -153.750007”, LatLongDMS: “23:18:00 N 153:45:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11895 (E98E36AB)

Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY
Description: 2 saucers hover / low altitude. Tip on edge and speed away in series. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2721

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: “226”, HatchDesc: “CLIFTON SPRINGS,NY:2 SCRS HVR/LO alt:TIP ON EDGE+SPEED AWAY in series:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “42.961113 -77.138893”, LatLongDMS: “42:57:40 N 77:08:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11896 (0351A84D)

Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: SOUTH / RUMFORD, ME
Description: 3.5M silver ovoid buzzes. Hovers near junkyard / 3 hours! Buzz heard widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2722

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “S/RUMFORD,ME:3.5M SLVR OVOID BUZZES:HVRS nr JUNKYARD/3 HRS!:BUZZ HEARD WIDELY”, LatLong: “44.533335 -70.550003”, LatLongDMS: “44:32:00 N 70:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11897 (44B1C0D6)

Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: CLAY BANKS, WI
Description: 2 / farm. Silent silver parachute-saucer going [to] east-northeast straight and level. Large coin / arms length.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2723

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: “177”, HatchDesc: “CLAY BANKS,WI:2/FARM:SLNT SLVR PARACHUTE-SCR >ENE S/L:LRG COIN/ARMS LENGTH”, LatLong: “44.755558 -87.327782”, LatLongDMS: “44:45:20 N 87:19:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11898 (EACEE169)

Date: 8/22/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: COOLVILLE, OH
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Half-moon hovers still / 5 minutes. Shoots up with orange contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2724

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: “213”, HatchDesc: “COOLVILLE,OH:2+2 OBS:HALF-MOON HVRS STILL/5 mins:SHOOTS UP W/ORG.CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “39.222224 -81.800004”, LatLongDMS: “39:13:20 N 81:48:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11899 (9862E5F3)

Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Ontario, CA
Description: Two Teardrop-Shaped Objects Cross Flight Path (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520822
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1292

Event 11900 (52209899)

Date: 8/22/1952
Location: Elgin, IL
Description: USAF jets, guided by Ground Observer Corps, chased a pulsating yellowish light. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1293

Event 11901 (DBCB1154)

Date: 8/22/1952
Description: George G. Carey, CIA assistant director for operations, writes a memo to Chadwell on “USSR and Satellite Mentions of Flying Saucers” that reviews mentions of UFOs in the Soviet press during the past two years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “USSR and Satellite Mentions of Flying Saucers,” August 22, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO- Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2017

Event 11902 (4F009EB0)

Date: 8/22/1952
Description: A. Ray Gordon, project officer of the CIA’s Physics and Electronics Branch, provides a briefing document explaining the “Air Force Stand on ‘Flying Saucers’” to CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith, who then briefs President Truman on the CIA UFO study group’s reports at his regular Friday intelligence briefing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Air Force Stand on ‘Flying Saucers’,” August 22, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 1013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2018

Event 11903 (BDF497A2)

Date: 8/22/1952
End date: 8/23/1952
Locations: Winslow, Arizona; Prescott
Description: Evening. Lyman Streeter sees unusual lights near Winslow, Arizona, and hears strange signals on his ham radio. Not long afterward, Lyman, his wife, and Alfred C. Bailey hear a mysterious code coming through the air itself. Eventually, at 2:00 a.m., a Morse Code-like message comes through the radio from Regga of Mars and Zo and Nah-9 from Neptune. Zo refers to Affa from Uranus, who thinks earth is too evil. He also warns them that the evil Orion Solar System is coming to earth in a “square star body.” Williamson arrives from Prescott on August 23.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22; Clark III 1283–1284
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2019

Event 11904 (F97A23EF)

Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: CIA analysis report of an Athens news article of an UFO landing in Communist Berlin, Germany: Former Mayor of Gleimershausen, Oscar Linke and his 11 year old daughter, Gabriella, spotted a landed Flying Saucer near the town of Hasselbach. The huge “frying pan” was approx. 13 to 15 meters in diameter and had two rows of holes on its periphery, about 30 centimeters in circumference. The space between the two rows was about 0.45 meters. On top was a black conical object about 3 meters high. Two men dressed in shiny metallic clothing were standing outside the craft. Upon hearing my daughters voice the two men retreated into the UFO which then began to rotate. As the UFO began to spin the conical tower slid down into the UFO and the UFO began to rise and rotate like a top. It seemed to be supported by the conical tower that was now underneath it. (More details were included in report, see 02/23/1955, See also the movie “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”)
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p513)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_475
See also: 2/23/1955

Event 11905 (15BC65E9)

Date: 8/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Akron (Ohio), 2nd Lieutenant of the USAF H. K. Funseth, ground observer, and 2 men of the Marine observed a pulsating amber light flying horizontally for 7 minutes. (August 23, 4:10)
Reference: case Blue Book # 1956 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1219

Event 11906 (CDFE8250)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: SINUIJU, NORTH KOREA
Description: 7’ cylinder/cigar-shape buzzes B29 / weather reconnaissance. Glows red-orange. 300mph going southeast?
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2725

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, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SINUIJU,N.KOREA:7’ CGR BUZZES B29/WEATHER RECON:GLOWS RED-ORANGE:300mph >SE?”, LatLong: “40.050002 124.500006”, LatLongDMS: “40:03:00 N 124:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11907 (F2DB7060)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 04:10
Location: US224 NEAR ATWATER, OH
Description: 1 Air Force and 2 Navy / car. Night light = “strangest navigation light I ever saw”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 463)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2726

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “347”, HatchDesc: “US224 nr ATWATER,OH:1 AF+2 NAVY/CAR:NLT=“STRANGEST NAVIGN.LITE I EVER SAW””, LatLong: “41.022224 -81.161115”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:20 N 81:09:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11908 (3301BA54)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 14:00?
Location: GALLATIN, MO
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Classic saucer going quickly northwest / 90 second(s). Bobs and floats. Absolute(ly) silent. Photograph in source.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2727

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “284”, HatchDesc: “GALLATIN,MO:2+1 OBS:CLASSIC SCR >>NW/90sec:BOBS+FLOATS:ABS.SLNT:FOTO in SOURCE”, LatLong: “39.916669 -93.966671”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:00 N 93:58:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11909 (41014B51)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: MIDDLETOWN, PA
Description: Curious spinning object flies in a circle. No further details. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 464)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2728

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: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “MIDDLETOWN,PA:CURIOUS SPINNING OBJ FLIES IN A CIRCLE:NFD:balloon?”, LatLong: “40.200002 -76.733337”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 N 76:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 11910 (1A43209B)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 4 / car. 3 fiery orange fireballs going north. Each makes sharp 90° turn going west / sequence.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2729

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1105”, HatchDesc: “AMARILLO,TX:4/CAR:3 FIERY ORG FBLS > N:EACH MAKES SHARP 90° TURN >W/SEQUENCE”, LatLong: “35.233335 -101.833338”, LatLongDMS: “35:14:00 N 101:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11911 (F640B189)

Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Sinuiju, North Korea
Description: Orange-red cigar-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1294

Event 11912 (3FEF05EB)

Date: 8/23/1952
Location: Akron, OH
Description: Pulsing amber light fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1956)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1295

Event 11913 (2ABF717E)

Date: 8/23/1952
Time: 4:10 AM
Location: Akron, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: USAF 2nd Lt. H.K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men. One pulsing amber light was seen to fly straight and level for 7 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_227

Event 11914 (28FF78C4)

Date: 8/23/1952
Location: July 29, 1952
Description: Telenews Productions re-releases its 1950 UFO documentary short, The Flying Saucer Mystery, edited and expanded to 12½ minutes with new material. It features footage from the July 29, 1952, press conference given by Air Force Maj. Gen. John A. Samford, the UFO photo taken by Shell Alpert, a photo taken by August C. Roberts, German UFO occupant witnesses Oskar and Gabriele Linke, Frank Scully, and U.S. Army Engineers physicist Noel W. Scott.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Flying Saucer Mystery (Full) (1952),” TheUFOVideoChannel YouTube channel, September 1, 2010; Internet Movie Database, “The Flying Saucer Mystery”; Curt Collins, “The Flying Saucer Mystery and the 1952 UFO Flap,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 9, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2020

Event 11915 (A5EB7245)

Date: 8/23/1952
Description: At 4:10 a.m. USAF Lt. H. K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men watched an unidentified pulsing amber light fly straight and level for seven minutes outside of Akron on US Highway 224 in Atwater, Ohio. The object was pulsating in intensity from very intense to normal. They reported observing a light only, and could not discern what the object looked like. It was described as amber-orange, round, the size of a car headlamp on dim, and traveling at a speed of 200 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 63; UNICAT, case # 740
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5246

Event 11916 (27CD110D)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Mexico, Hermanas, Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:15 a.m. Witness: pilot of a F-84G jet fighter, Col. G.W. Johnson. Two silver balls 6 feet in diameter flying side by side, one quickly turning grey, the other turning grey more slowly. On a turn one of the balls became an elongated grey object. Observation lasted 10 minutes. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). Col. Carl Sanderson said "I was piloting a F-84 flying at an altitude of 10,700 meters. At 10:15 a.m. I saw two silver, round objects flying side by side above Hermanas (N.M.). One of the saucers turned right in front of my plane. Then the two craft disappeared, then reappeared above El Paso (Texas). One made a vertical climb of 600 to 1000 meters, the other passed in front of me to join the first. A few minutes later, the two machines had disappeared. (Donald E. KEYHOE: “The Flying Saucer File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.112) 1953 (note of vog: year error?) 24 August; 10:15 a.m. Col. Carl Sanderson aboard a F-84 at 10,700 m, saw 2 UFO’s circular in silver color. One of the objects made a turn in front of his plane. After an ascent of 600 to 1000 m they moved away. (1952, 24 August)
Reference: Inforespace n° 8 p. 3 - 1973 - SOBEPS
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1670

Event 11917 (A1B90DBB)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: USA, Levelland, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. An object, like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow, then blue, with a tail of flames, flew for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. An identical phenomenon was observed an hour later. (1952, 24 August)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1671

Event 11918 (0DD55F1A)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Hermanas, New Mexico, Colonel G. W. Johnson, pilot of the Georgia Air National Guard F-85G (F-84?) fighter jet, observed two 6-foot silver balls side by side. One quickly turned gray, the other slowly. One took a long, gray shape when turning. One rose vertically from 2000 to 3000 feet. The observation lasted 10 minutes. (10:15)
Reference: case Blue Book #1961 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1220

Event 11919 (F87F472C)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Tucson (Arizona), George White and his wife see a large round light, suggesting a vague metallic surface, flying slowly, then quickly seeming to dance and glide for 1 minute. (17 h 40)
Reference: case Blue Book #1964 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1221

Event 11920 (16089BDA)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Cleveland (Texas), Elmer Sharp and his wife observe an object with a spinning top shape changing color, from red to blue, with a flaming tail, staying stationary for 20 minutes, whistling, then leaving. (21 h 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1969 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1222

Event 11921 (DD631E57)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The object from 1 hour ago or a similar one reappears. (22:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1969 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1223

Event 11922 (F8384109)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Hermanas, NM/El Paso, TX
Description: F-84 pilot sees two disc-shaped objects in both regions
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_122

Event 11923 (2563977F)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: NORTHWEST / TITUSVILLE, PA
Description: News editor. Night lights maneuver. Car and driver pulled and shaken. Gravity?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2730

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “370”, HatchDesc: “NW/TITUSVILLE,PA:NEWS EDITOR:NLTS MNVR:CAR+DRIVER PULLED+SHAKEN:GRAVITY?”, LatLong: “41.716669 -79.766670”, LatLongDMS: “41:43:00 N 79:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11924 (20F92AD7)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 10:20
Location: SOUTH / HERMANAS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1961. Air Force F84 / 35K’. 2 6’ silver saucers. Turn away. Back / 7mn. / r242+159.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2731

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1365”, HatchDesc: “S/HERMANAS,NM:BBK#1961:AF F84/35K’:2 6’SLVR SCRS:TURN AWAY:BACK/7mn:/r242+159”, LatLong: “31.850002 -107.966672”, LatLongDMS: “31:51:00 N 107:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11925 (D9C87B6F)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: STONINGTON, CT
Description: ANG Lt. Col. 2 round objects going quickly east / 1400kph? 4500M altitude estimated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2732

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “STONINGTON,CT:ANG Lt.COL:2 RND OBJs >>E/1400kph?:4500M alt estm:”, LatLong: “41.333335 -71.905559”, LatLongDMS: “41:20:00 N 71:54:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11926 (3C2FA7E0)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 150’ washtub saucers going [to] all directions 1800mph. 1 going quickly southeast… 2nd follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2733

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:2 OBS:2 150’WASHTUB SCRS > ALL DIRS 1800mph:1>>SE…2nd FOLOS”, LatLong: “37.766668 -122.450006”, LatLongDMS: “37:46:00 N 122:27:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11927 (F7A63537)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 17:40
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Strange sphere/orb/globe with low halo like inverted acorn. Dances-wavers-flies going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 464)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2734

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:STRANGE ORB W/LOW HALO LIKE INVERTED ACORN:DANCES-WAVERS-FLIES>>W.”, LatLong: “32.233335 -110.900005”, LatLongDMS: “32:14:00 N 110:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11928 (1817888C)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: SOUTH / GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR
Description: Braniff#603 pilots. Red disk stops. Shoots away. / J. Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2735

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Ecuador”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR:BRANIFF#603 PILOTS:RED DISK STOPS:SHOOTS AWAY:/J.ALDRICH”, LatLong: “-2.400000 -79.883337”, LatLongDMS: “02:24:00 S 79:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GYQ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11929 (5E64261C)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: NEWPORT, RI
Description: Many calls going [to] police. 2 small orange disks maneuver back and forth. Also silver objects.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2736

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT,RI:MANY CALLS>POLICE:2 SML ORG.DISKS MNVR BACK+FORTH:+SLVR OBJS”, LatLong: “41.488891 -71.311115”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:20 N 71:18:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11930 (D35C4DE0)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Glowing sphere/orb/globe seen / (seen thru) binoculars / 5 minute(s). 2200h. Atlanta, GA. Very similar seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 465)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2737

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “90”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “ROBINS AFB,GA:GLOWING ORB SEEN/BINOCS/5min::2200h:ATLANTA,GA:VERY SIMILAR SEEN”, LatLong: “32.616668 -83.616671”, LatLongDMS: “32:37:00 N 83:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11931 (DCA670C3)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: LEVELLAND, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Top-saucer west fiery tail. Hovers / 20 minute(s). Whistles. Back / 2230hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2738

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1071”, HatchDesc: “LEVELLAND,TX:2 OBS:TOP-SCR W FIERY TAIL:HVRS/20min:WHISTLES:BACK/2230hrs”, LatLong: “33.600002 -102.366672”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:00 N 102:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11932 (B426A187)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Night light examines base / all angles / 45 minute(s). Stops here and there.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 465)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2739

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “51”, HatchDesc: “BARKSDALE AFB,LA:3 SEP.OBS:NLT EXAMINES BASE/ALL ANGLES/45min:STOPS HERE+THERE”, LatLong: “32.500002 -93.666671”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:00 N 93:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11933 (3CC77DE2)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 22:00?
Location: EAST / KADOKA, SD
Description: 2+/ car. Saucer hovers 3M / field. Very large window. Away fast when hit / spotlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2740

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “E/KADOKA,SD:2+/CAR:SCR HVRS 3M/FLD:VLRG WINDOW:AWAY FAST WHEN HIT/SPOTLITE”, LatLong: “43.833335 -101.400005”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:00 N 101:24:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11934 (277861E2)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Hermanas, NM
Description: Two 6 ft silver balls in abreast formation (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 1961, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520824
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1296

Event 11935 (76FD12ED)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: A large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1964)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1297

Event 11936 (B13A9C8A)

Date: 8/24/1952
Location: Leveland, TX
Description: Object shaped like a spinning top, changing color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1969)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1298

Event 11937 (FBB54C56)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 0600
Location: Frontenac, Kansas
Description: A man driving through a wood encountred a strange object and stopped to observe it. It looked like two turtle shells glued together, about 25 m long, with a humanoid creature in what appeared to be a control cabin in front. Windows lighted by an intense blue light and a throbbing sound were also reported. The object was oscillating and suddenly flew straight up with a strong humming noise. The middle section supported what looked like propellers. The object hovered 3 m above ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_98

Event 11938 (9D98DE4A)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Hermanas, Mexico
Description: Witness: Georgia Air National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson. Two 6’ silver balls in abreast formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_228

Event 11939 (93C31331)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 5:40 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_229

Event 11940 (75E4990D)

Date: 8/24/1952
Time: 9:30 PM, 10:30 PM
Location: Levelland, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_230

Event 11941 (C3398A7A)

Date: 8/24/1952
Locations: Hermanas, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas
Description: 10:15 a.m. USAF Col. Gerald W. Johnson is flying an F-84G when he sees two silver balls in the vicinity of Hermanas (a ghost town), New Mexico. They seem to be 6 feet in diameter and 2 miles away. One seems to change into a long, gray object as it is turning to the right. After 3 minutes they disappear, then reappear 7 minutes later, by which time the F-84 is over El Paso, Texas. One after the other, the objects climb straight up 2,000–3,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-84 Encounters Two Silver Balls”; Sparks, p. 168; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 14, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2021

Event 11942 (44C69AF0)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Williamson, Streeter, and Bailey receive coded radio messages indicating the saucer intelligences intend to land, inviting them to help.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954 Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2022

Event 11943 (28D3ADE6)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: A man driving through some woods at 6:00 a.m. in Frontenac, Kansas encountered a strange object and stopped to watch it. It looked like two turtle shells glued together and was about 25 meters long. There appeared to be a humanoid being in something like a control cabin in front. Windows on the object were lit by an intense blue light and a throbbing sound was also reported. The object was oscillating and suddenly flew straight up with a strong humming noise. The middle section supported what looked like propellers. The object hovered three meters above the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 199-200
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5284

Event 11944 (AE32270D)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m. Georgia Air National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson. Two six-foot silver spheres in abreast formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5285

Event 11945 (7823043A)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5286

Event 11946 (9C455F05)

Date: 8/24/1952
Description: Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5287

Event 11947 (3DAFCE6C)

Date: 8/25/1952
Location: USA, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Description: (Translated from French) 5:35 a.m. Witness: William Squyres, a musician from a radio station, was on his way to work when he saw an object hovering 3 m above the field alongside the road. He stopped and got out of the car, but his artificial leg prevented him from getting closer than 100 m to the object. It was not completely still, it was swaying slightly. He then heard a low humming sound and the object began a vertical ascent with a sound similar to that of a large flock of quail taking off at the same time. The object shot up until it was out of sight. It was lenticular, 21 m long, 3.50 m wide and 8 m high, with a dull, smooth aluminum color. There was a single window at the front from which a blue light of different shades shone, and he saw the head and shoulders of a man, sitting still, looking forward. In the middle part there were also several windows, with a bluish light, and the witness saw movements that he could not interpret as either human or mechanical, although they were not regular. At the back and underneath there were no openings. Along the entire outer edge there was a series of 15 to 30 cm diameter propellers mounted on a support, so that they rotated on a horizontal plane along the edge of the object, at high speed. (Brad STEIGER: “UFO, the Blue Book Project” - Belfond 1979, p. 115, 116) (J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, p. 195 to 197 - the location and measurements between parentheses come from this author) On the morning of August 27, Squires was driving in Pittsburgh when he saw something circling above an open field. He approached to get a better look: three meters from the ground was a machine composed of two huge discs placed one above the other, between which was a kind of cabin with three or four curved portholes. A bluish light seemed to come from inside. Squires later specified that the diameter of these discs was around 23 meters. Out of his car, the musician cautiously approached the curious machine. When he got as close as possible, he vaguely distinguished movement in the cabin. It seemed, he said, to be a human form (On this last testimony, however, he expressed some reserve) At the same time he heard a curious and rhythmic sound. Before he could get any closer, the mysterious machine took off vertically and quickly disappeared into the sky.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The Flying Saucer File” - Hachette 1952, p.104,105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1672

Event 11948 (3989B22C)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pittsburg, Kansas, radio station musician William Squyres sees a non-shiny aluminum object, resembling two buckets stuck face to face, estimated to be 75 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 15 feet thick. Through an opening in the front, a blue light shines; the head and shoulders of a man are visible. The middle part has many openings through which he perceives regular movement. A series of small thrusters are arranged side by side along the outer edge of the object, spinning very quickly. The object is stationary about 10 feet from the ground, 100 yards from the road, with a slightly jerky movement. Then the object moves vertically with the sound of a large flock of quails taking off at the same time. The vegetation seems to have been disturbed under the object. (5:35)
Reference: case Blue Book #1972 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1224

Event 11949 (53EDB039)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Delaware (Ohio).
Reference: case Blue Book #1975 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1225

Event 11950 (DC2E0F7F)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Holloman (New Mexico), civilian supervisor Fred Lee and foreman L. A. Aquilar saw a silver round object flying South, then turning and flying North, making a 360° turn and departing vertically after 3 to 5 minutes. (15 h 40)
Reference: case Blue Book #1979 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1226

Event 11951 (929BC579)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The captain Enrique Maia, on a B-707, in flight to Louanda, the crew and passengers, closely observe 2 UFO’s in the shape of cigars.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1227

Event 11952 (9EFE6BB8)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR PITTSBURG, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1972. 75’ saucer / 10’ altitude. Figure / window. Small propellers. / r70p316 / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2741

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “nr PITTSBURG,KS:BBK#1972:75’SCR/10’alt:FIG/WINDOW:sml propellers:/r70p316/r185”, LatLong: “37.400002 -94.716671”, LatLongDMS: “37:24:00 N 94:43:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 11953 (3FEECA71)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: POTTSVILLE, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed yellow saucer hovers. High-pitched humming. Going southeast slow. Puffs smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2742

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “POTTSVILLE,PA:2 OBS:DOMED YLW SCR HVRS:HI-PITCHED HUM:>SE SLOW:PUFFS SMOKE”, LatLong: “40.683335 -76.200004”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 76:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11954 (40E9D14F)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 15:40
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver saucer going south. Going north. Makes 360 turn. Leaves

[c0mmando]

vertically.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2743

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:2 OBS:SLVR SCR > S:> N:MAKES 360 TURN:LEAVES VERTICALLY”, LatLong: “32.833335 -106.100005”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 106:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11955 (FF7E677D)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: EAST / GLENDALE, CA
Description: Huge gold ball. Altitude = 30 km. Seen / 8 min going northwest going northeast over Tujunga.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2744

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “15”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “E/GLENDALE,CA:HUGE GOLD BALL:ALT=30 km:SEEN/8 min GOING NW>NE OVER TUJUNGA”, LatLong: “34.150002 -118.216672”, LatLongDMS: “34:09:00 N 118:13:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11956 (246B5094)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: BLOOMINGTON AND MORE/OTHERS, CA
Description: 20+observer(s). Huge domed disk / low altitude. Long thin object hovers then going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2745

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “332”, HatchDesc: “BLOOMINGTON++,CA:20+OBS:HUGE DOMED DISK/LOW ALT:LONG THIN OBJ HVRS then >>E”, LatLong: “34.072224 -117.394450”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:20 N 117:23:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11957 (5E94AF04)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / MAXATAWNY, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). 25’ saucer near ground / 5 minute(s). Portholes. Vague figure moves inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 468)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2746

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “146”, HatchDesc: “N/MAXATAWNY,PA:3 OBS:25’SCR nr GND/5min:PORTHOLES:vague figure moves inside.”, LatLong: “40.566669 -75.694448”, LatLongDMS: “40:34:00 N 75:41:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 11958 (CD698F65)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: COLEMAN, TX
Description: 4 observer(s). 3 very large turtle-saucers hover / 5 minutes. Rock and tilt. Glow / bottom/underside. 1 going east. 1 going west. 1 going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2747

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “519”, HatchDesc: “COLEMAN,TX:4 OBS:3 VLRG TURTLE-SCRS HVR/5mins:ROCK+TILT:GLOW/BTM:1>E:1>W:1>S”, LatLong: “31.827779 -99.427783”, LatLongDMS: “31:49:40 N 99:25:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2500”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11959 (7E99D50E)

Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Frontenac-Pittsburg, KS
Description: 70-75 ft inverted platter-shaped dull aluminum color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1972)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1299

Event 11960 (62336212)

Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Delaware, OH
Description: (NARA; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1915)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1300

Event 11961 (7BF63A4B)

Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Round silver object fly S, turn and fly N (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1979, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1301

Event 11962 (5519994F)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 5:35 AM
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Description: Witness: radio station musician William Squyres. One dull aluminum object, shaped like two meat platters, face to face, estimated at 75’ long, 45’ wide, and 15’ thick. Through a window in the front section shone a blue light; the head and shoulders of a man could be seen. The mid section had numerous windows through which could be seen some kind of regular movement. A series of small propellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of the object, revolving at high speed. The object was hovering about 10’ above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion. It then ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail starting to fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_231

Event 11963 (FA2CDD15)

Date: 8/25/1952
Time: 3:40 PM
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar. One round silver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turn and flew away vertically after 3-5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_232

Event 11964 (57E06CCA)

Date: 8/25/1952
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: 3:40 p.m. At Holloman AFB, New Mexico, plant supervisor Fred Lee and foreman Lawrence A. Aguilar watch a round silver object for 5 minutes. It flies south, turns and flies north, makes a 360° turn, then flies away vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Silver Sphere Maneuvers over Base”; Sparks, p. 168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2023

Event 11965 (DD0C0547)

Date: 8/25/1952
Locations: Frontenac, Kansas; Pittsburg; US Highway 160
Description: 5:50 a.m. William Squyres, a radio station musician at KOAM [now KKOW-AM] is driving from his home northeast of Frontenac, Kansas, to the station at Pittsburg. He is in his 1952 Jeep station wagon on a rough gravel road about a quarter of a mile from US Highway 160 when he sees a large, disc-shaped object hovering 10 feet in the air on the right side of the road 750 feet away. The UFO looks like two bowls placed together end to end, 75 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 15 feet high in the midsection. Through a window he can see the head and shoulders of a motionless human figure. Along its outer edge are a series of propellers 6–8 inches in diameter, spaced closely together and mounted on a bracket so they revolve “in a horizontal plane” along the edge of the object. He stops and gets out to watch it. As he is walking toward the object, it rises into the air and flies away at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 200–203; Patrick Gross, “Project Blue Book Unexplained Cases”; Sparks, p. 168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2024

Event 11966 (2FE6DBE6)

Date: 8/25/1952
Locations: Uranus; Mars
Description: 9:25 p.m. Affa of Uranus contacts the Baileys, the Streeters, and the Williamsons (as well as two students named Ronald Tucker and Betty Bowen) by radio, using 405 or 450 kilocycles. Zo and Um of Neptune, Regga of Mars, and other aliens continue sending messages by both radio and telepathy. Streeter sees a dark spot in the sky that he claims is Affa. Williamson sees a blue light that he thinks is Zo. Everyone signs an affidavit that the events have truly taken place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (August 2006): 22, 24; Clark III 1284
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2025

Event 11967 (ECF7121C)

Date: Late 8/1952
Locations: Palomar Gardens Café; California
Description: Albert and Betty Bailey go to the Palomar Gardens Café in California to visit George Adamski and tell him about their contacts and their friendship with George Hunt Williamson.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2031

Event 11968 (0A6F4B39)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: At Holloman AFB, New Mexico around 3:40 p.m., civilian supervisor Fred Lee and foreman L.A. Aquilar saw a round silver object fly south, turn and fly north, then make a 360-degree turn and shoot up vertically after 3-5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns, UNICAT, case # 741
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5311

Event 11969 (B7D29EA9)

Date: 8/25/1952
Description: In Pittsburg, Kansas at 5:35 a.m. radio station musician William Squyres saw a dull aluminum object, shaped like two meat platters, face to face. The object was hovering about 10 feet above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion. He estimated its size at 75-feet long, 45-feet wide, and 15-feet thick. The head and shoulders of a man could be seen through a window in the front section, through which a blue light shone. The midsection had numerous windows through which could be seen some type of regular movement. A series of small propellers were arranged along the outer edge of the object spaced close together, revolving at high speed. It ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail starting to fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 24; The Hynek UFO Report, p. 200; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 292
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5312

Event 11970 (199072A7)

Date: 8/26/1952
Location: USA, Lathrop Wells, Nevada.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:10 a.m. Witness: Capt. D.A. Woods. A large, very bright round object, with a V-shaped tail and a black cone in the center; flew very quickly, glided, made an abrupt right-angle turn, rose gently and then suddenly accelerated.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1673

Event 11971 (921DCF67)

Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Lathrop Wells (Nevada), USAF Captain D. A. Woods observed a large, bright, round object with a V-shaped “contrail” with a dark cone in the center flying very quickly, making an instantaneous 90° turn, followed by a gentle ascent and finally a sudden acceleration. (12:10)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #1986
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1228

Event 11972 (D55FE1E1)

Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Biloxi (Mississippi).
Reference: case Blue Book #1987 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1229

Event 11973 (09D1F7C2)

Date: 8/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Mexico (Mexico).
Reference: case Blue Book #1994 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1230

Event 11974 (F7C8563E)

Date: 8/26/1952
Location: WATKINS GLEN, NY
Description: 3 observer(s). Flying saucer dives into Seneca Lake. 10’ splash. / r106p250.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2748

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “307”, HatchDesc: “WATKINS GLEN,NY:3 OBS:FLYING SCR DIVES INTO SENECA LAKE:10’SPLASH:/r106p250”, LatLong: “42.388891 -76.866670”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:20 N 76:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11975 (53EFB5EF)

Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: LATHROP WELLS, NV
Description: Air Force Captain. Large vibrant bright saucer. Cone / center. Hovers. 90-turn and sudden acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2749

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “951”, HatchDesc: “LATHROP WELLS,NV:AF Capt:LRG VBRITE SCR:CONE/CENTER:HVRS:90-TURN+SUDDEN ACCEL”, LatLong: “36.650002 -116.383339”, LatLongDMS: “36:39:00 N 116:23:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11976 (639F43DB)

Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 01:20
Location: ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: 3 USAF. Silent very fast sphere/orb/globe. Zigzags south going quickly north. Rises. Blinks / 2 second(s) intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2750

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “ELLINGTON AFB,TX:3 USAF:SILENT VFAST ORB:ZIGZAGS S>>N:RISES:BLINKS/2sec INTVLS”, LatLong: “29.650001 -95.233338”, LatLongDMS: “29:39:00 N 95:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11977 (696DAAA7)

Date: 8/26/1952
Location: Lathrop Wells, NV
Description: V-shaped contrail, a dark cone in the center (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1986)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1302

Event 11978 (355823ED)

Date: 8/26/1952
Location: Biloxi, MS
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1987)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1303

Event 11979 (480C61B3)

Date: 8/26/1952
End date: 8/30/1952
Location: Veracruz, Mexico
Description: Object traveling in straight line out to sea with buzzing noise (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 1994)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1304

Event 11980 (6297E7E3)

Date: 8/26/1952
Time: 12:10 AM
Location: Lathrop Wells, Nevada
Description: Witness: USAF Capt. D.A. Woods. One large, round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail having a dark cone in the center, flew very fast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn, followed by a gentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_233

Event 11981 (5F159E75)

Date: 8/26/1952
Description: At 12:10 a.m. USAF Captain D.A. Woods sighted a large, round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail in Lathrop Wells, Nevada. It had a dark cone in the center. The object flew very fast, stopped and hovered, made an instantaneous 90-degree turn, and began a gentle climb followed by a final sudden acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1986; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 280
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5355

Event 11982 (F2A3E2B8)

Date: 8/26/1952
Description: At Watkins Glen, New York a “flying saucer” dove into a lake, splashing water eight to ten feet high.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 226, citing Buffalo Evening News, August 26, 1952
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5356

Event 11983 (24F74A4A)

Date: 8/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At MacDonald Airport (Manitoba), 2 meteorological officers see a disc-shaped object with shadows on it as if its surface was irregular. The object makes 2 rotations around the field. When pointed by the rotating beam, the object glows like shiny aluminum. It then goes towards the Northeast and is out of sight in 1 s. No sound was heard. (4:45 (CST))
Reference: Good 1987
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1231

Event 11984 (B16D90A7)

Date: 8/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Mexico (Mexico).
Reference: case Blue Book #1994 (part 1) unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1232

Event 11985 (5FB221BF)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: LUMBERTON, NC
Description: 5 separate observer(s). 30’ saucer 30’ away! Sparks and spins / rising. Ground depressed. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2751

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “LUMBERTON,NC:5 SEP.OBS:30’SCR 30’AWAY!:SPARKS+SPINS/RISING:GND DEPRESSED:/news”, LatLong: “34.616668 -79.016670”, LatLongDMS: “34:37:00 N 79:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 11986 (DDEE7700)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 02:20
Location: VERACRUZ, VER, MEXICO
Description: Neon blue-green saucer northeast going quickly southwest / 8 second(s). Sphere/orb/globe over Madero, Mexico oilfields.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2752

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “VERACRUZ,VER,MEX:NEON BLU-GRN SCR NE>>SW/8sec::ORB ovr MADERO,MEX OILFIELDS”, LatLong: “19.183334 -96.166671”, LatLongDMS: “19:11:00 N 96:10:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11987 (84299D36)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: MACDONALD, MB
Description: 2 WX men / airport/apartment. Disk subtends 3°. 2 turns below clouds. Going quickly northeast. / r24v4#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2753

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “253”, HatchDesc: “MACDONALD,MB:2 WX MEN/APT:DISK SUBTENDS 3°:2 TURNS BLW CLOUDS:>>NE:/r24v4#10”, LatLong: “50.066669 -98.450005”, LatLongDMS: “50:04:00 N 98:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MTB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11988 (B7F73506)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: PORT ARTHUR, TX
Description: 15 observer(s). 3+3+3 white auto-tires going west / 3 formations slow into cloud. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2754

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PORT ARTHUR,TX:15 OBS:3+3+3 WHT AUTO-TIRES >W/3 FORMNs SLOW into cloud:NFD”, LatLong: “29.883335 -93.933338”, LatLongDMS: “29:53:00 N 93:56:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11989 (F06E3851)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 12:40
Location: MT. SUCCESS, NH
Description: 4 Ob. Round flat object with hump over scene / recent forest fire. Maneuvers. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2755

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1086”, HatchDesc: “Mt.SUCCESS,NH:4 OB:RND FLAT OBJ W/HUMP ovr SCENE/RECENT FOREST FIRE:MNVRS:>>W”, LatLong: “44.472224 -71.050003”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:20 N 71:03:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11990 (661FF1C4)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: Flickering blue light circles city / tremendous speed. Spirals going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2756

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), 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: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,AL:FLICKERING BLUE LITE CIRCLES CITY/TREMENDOUS SPEED:SPIRALS ↑”, LatLong: “33.516668 -86.800004”, LatLongDMS: “33:31:00 N 86:48:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 11991 (B82F37EE)

Date: 8/27/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: 2 Brill-blue blobs. Tucson, AZ civilians see also. Very fast maneuvers. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2757

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, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “824”, HatchDesc: “DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:2 BRILL-BLU BLOBS:TUCSON,AZ CIVS SEE ALSO:VFAST MNVRS:>>E”, LatLong: “32.150002 -110.883339”, LatLongDMS: “32:09:00 N 110:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 11992 (B60164B7)

Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Pittsburg, KS
Description: Object reported hovering over open field; bluish lights seen through ports; swift ascent when observed (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: T, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 520827
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1305

Event 11993 (A9AC1BC9)

Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Lamberton, North Carolina
Description: A saucer-shaped craft, 3 by 2 m, landed on the witness’s property after hitting a chimney. A little man, about 70 cm tall, emerged and was asked whether he was hurt, but he did not answer. The craft took off with a whistling sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 268 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_99

Event 11994 (FF5AB32E)

Date: 8/27/1952
Location: Macdonald Airport in Manitoba
Description: 4:45 a.m. Two meteorological officers at Macdonald Airport in Manitoba see a disc-shaped object with shadows on it. It makes two turns around the airfield. When the rotating airport beacon light strikes it, the object glints like shiny aluminum, speeds away to the northeast, and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 184–185
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2026

Event 11995 (165263BB)

Date: 8/27/1952
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Lumberton, North Carolina a 30-foot wide saucer-shaped craft landed after hitting a chimney. A little man about 70 cm tall (2.3 feet) emerged. The witness asked if he was hurt but he did not answer. He re-entered the craft and it took off with a whistling sound. At 5 o’clock in the morning a disc circled in the sky over MacDonald, Manitoba. It was gone in one second after the airport tower beacon hit it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 268; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 99; NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1969, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5388

Event 11996 (56CFA09E)

Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Chickasaw (Alabama) and Brookley, the USAF control tower operators, an AFOSI officer, and other people see 6 objects, ranging from a flaming red to a diamond-like sparkling appearance, hovering, erratically flying up and down for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (9:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2006 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1233

Event 11997 (71F7F280)

Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Above Le Roy (New York), a disc performs vertical loops around a passenger plane.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1234

Event 11998 (98E2C515)

Date: 8/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Atlanta (Ga), the police are observing an unidentified object performing maneuvers.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1235

Event 11999 (933B8319)

Date: 8/28/1952
Location: LE ROY, NY
Description: Several / ground. Saucer / tight vertical circles around airliner. No further details. / r78p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2758

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “265”, HatchDesc: “LE ROY,NY:SVRL/GROUND:SCR/TIGHT VERTICAL CIRCLES AROUND AIRLINER:NFD:/r78p165”, LatLong: “42.977780 -77.983337”, LatLongDMS: “42:58:40 N 77:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12000 (1A47F69D)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 00:10
Location: WELLINGTON, OH
Description: Several separate observer(s) call papers. 10m saucer up close. Landing traces? News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 473)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2759

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “WELLINGTON,OH:SVRL SEP.OBS CALL PAPERS:10m SCR UP CLOSE:LANDING TRACES?:NEWS”, LatLong: “41.166669 -82.216671”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 82:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12001 (D27B0AEF)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: SOUTH / WINDSOR, ONT
Description: 10M domed saucer / field. Object sparks and glows and quickly going up [to] fast. Separate observer(s). / APRO v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2760

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “S/WINDSOR,ONT:10M DOMED SCR/FLD:OBJ SPARKS+GLOWS+↑↑ FAST:SEP.OBS:/APRO v1#2”, LatLong: “42.283335 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “42:17:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 12002 (97B95268)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: Guard. Night light stops overhead / seconds. Out like a light. Back next night.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 474)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2761

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “51”, HatchDesc: “BARKSDALE AFB,LA:GUARD:NLT STOPS OVHD/secs:OUT LIKE A LITE:BACK NEXT NITE”, LatLong: “32.516668 -93.666671”, LatLongDMS: “32:31:00 N 93:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12003 (65E9FEE7)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 03:00?
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 2+4 cops. Saucer(?) goes up and down. Changes color(s) red-white-blue. Flips twice.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 474)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2762

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTA,GA:2+4 COPS:SCR(?) GOES UP+DOWN:CHANGES CLRS RED-WHT-BLU:FLIPS TWICE”, LatLong: “33.733335 -84.416671”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:00 N 84:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12004 (2F104119)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: KENNEWICK, WA
Description: 2 boys. Large silver saucer / treetops. Railing girds rim. Man / rim! Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2763

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “KENNEWICK,WA:2 BOYS:LRG SLVR SCR/TREETOPS:RAILING GIRDS RIM:MAN/RIM!:>SE”, LatLong: “46.211113 -119.155561”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:40 N 119:09:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12005 (D6CB042E)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: BEAUMONT, TX
Description: 5 observer(s). 3 saucers hover over oil refinery. Air Force jets pursue. Saucers disperse.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2764

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BEAUMONT,TX:5 OBS:3 SCRS HVR ovr OIL REFINERY:AF JETS PURSUE:SCRS DISPERSE”, LatLong: “30.066668 -94.083338”, LatLongDMS: “30:04:00 N 94:05:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12006 (5816F5FF)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: DENHAM, BUCKS, ENG
Description: Large cylinder/cigar-shape offloads smaller saucers going in all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2765

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “DENHAM,BUCKs,ENG:LRG CGR OFFLOADS SMALLER SCRS GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS”, LatLong: “51.566669 -0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:00 N 00:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12007 (3D5F2973)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: ~17:00
Location: NORTHWEST / VENTURA, CA
Description: 3 / ground and pilot / air. Large silver sphere jumps up and down over oilfield.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2766

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “45”, HatchDesc: “NW/VENTURA,CA:3/GND+PILOT/AIR:LRG SLVR SPHERE JUMPS UP+DOWN ovr OILFIELD”, LatLong: “34.300002 -119.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:18:00 N 119:18:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12008 (0E7255CB)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: VENTURA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 1M multi-colored object in from sea. Flashes and circle / treetops. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2767

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “VENTURA,CA:2 OBS:1M MULTI-CLRD OBJ IN FROM SEA:FLASHES+CCL/TREETOPS:>>SE”, LatLong: “34.283335 -119.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:17:00 N 119:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12009 (F8DD820F)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: BROOKLEY AIR FORCE BASE / MOBILE, AL
Description: Several military and civil observer(s). Odd night lights flicker red blue and green. No explanation.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2768

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “75”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “BROOKLEY AFB/MOBILE,AL:SVRL MIL+CIV OBS:ODD NLTS FLICKER RED BLU+GRN:NO EXPLAN”, LatLong: “30.633335 -88.083338”, LatLongDMS: “30:38:00 N 88:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12010 (E81A7074)

Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL
Description: Multiple red stationary and maneuvering objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2006) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520828
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1306

Event 12011 (B691CA34)

Date: 8/28/1952
Location: LeRoy, NY
Description: Disc circled airliner verttically. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1308

Event 12012 (78E63475)

Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: Police watched maneuvering UFO. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1309

Event 12013 (F7892DEB)

Date: 8/28/1952
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama
Description: Witnesses: USAF control tower operators, officer from USAF Office of Special Investigations, and others. Six objects, varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance, hovered, flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and l5minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_234

Event 12014 (3C614027)

Date: 8/28/1952
Location: Le Roy, New York
Description: A family on the ground in Le Roy, New York, sees a disc making tight vertical circles around an airliner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2027

Event 12015 (8F044500)

Date: 8/28/1952
Locations: Chickasaw, Alabama; Brookley AFB [now Mobile Downtown Airport] in Mobile, Alabama
Description: 9:30 p.m. Three civilians in Chickasaw, Alabama, report to Brookley AFB [now Mobile Downtown Airport] in Mobile, Alabama, their observation of multiple red stationary and maneuvering objects to the south, and another one moving from south to west, all in the direction of Brookley. AFOSI agent Charles A. Robinson arrives in Chickasaw at 9:50 p.m. to investigate and sees the same four objects to the south and southwest at an estimated 8–12 miles distance. One fiery red object is stationary for 15 minutes then drifts 15°–20° to the right after which it is stationary again. Radar operator A/2C Irl A. Whitaker visually spots a red-green object over Chickasaw to the north. USAF duty officer Capt. William A. Edwards and control tower operators see one object to the southwest to the right and lower than the moon, and another object to the west at 10°–20° elevation. The latter is confirmed by radar as a stationary target at four miles range and 4,000 feet altitude. Robinson and others see one object explode, and another does a figure 8 maneuver. There are 4–6 objects larger than a star or planet varying from fiery red, red-blue, red-green, and sparkling diamond appearance. A civilian Air Force employee sees a flat oval shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “GCA Paints Stationary Target”; Sparks, p. 169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2028

Event 12016 (87DE0D2E)

Date: 8/28/1952
Description: At 9:30 p.m. USAF control tower operators at Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama, an officer from the USAF Office of Special Investigations, and others watched six UFOs hover and fly erratically for 75 minutes. They varied in color and intensity from fiery red to sparkling diamond white in appearance. They flew erratically up and down, and were tracked on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2006; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 442
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5407

Event 12017 (622BB90B)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) West of Thule (Greenland, 77° North, 75° 15’ West), 2 pilots of the U.S. Navy flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane observe for 2-3 minutes 3 white disk or sphere shaped objects remaining stationary, then flying very quickly in a triangular formation. (10:50)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1236

Event 12018 (4A01CD95)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Colorado Springs, Colorado, pilot C. A. Magruder observed 3 objects, 50 feet in diameter, 10 feet high, appearing to be made of aluminum with a red-yellow exhaust, flying straight for 4-5 seconds at an estimated speed of 1500 mph. (8:35 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2013 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1237

Event 12019 (7A6D45E2)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Villacoublay (France), an unidentified blue light was observed by the military personnel of the weather station with a theodolite. It moved jerkily in the sky. At one point it appeared as a white luminous bar with black edges.
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1238

Event 12020 (6C40FFB7)

Date: 8/29/1952
Location: BERNALILLO TO/FROM LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: (Up). 3 / plane. Air Force vectors jets chase / 7 metal UFO’s. Denial.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2769

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1885”, HatchDesc: “BERNALILLO><LOS ALAMOS,NM:(UP):3/PLANE:AF VECTORS JETS CHASE/7 MTL UFOS:DENIAL”, LatLong: “35.550002 -106.350005”, LatLongDMS: “35:33:00 N 106:21:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12021 (4D724016)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: WEST / THULE, GREENLAND
Description: 2 Navy pilots / PY4-2. 3 saucers / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. Hover and away fast. / r185+172.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2770

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “W/THULE,GREENLAND:2 NAVY PILOTS/PY4-2:3 SCRS/DLT FORMn:HVR+AWAY FAST:/r185+172”, LatLong: “76.416670 -75.000004”, LatLongDMS: “76:25:00 N 75:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “THU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12022 (06B9C44E)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer hovers / 3 second(s). Going quickly east toward(s) Chenault Air Force Base. Small red light follows…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 478)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2771

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CHARLES,LA:2 OBS:SCR HVRS/3sec:>>E TWRD CHENAULT AFB:SML RED LITE FOLOS…”, LatLong: “30.216668 -93.200004”, LatLongDMS: “30:13:00 N 93:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12023 (8FDB0204)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: PALM BEACH, FL
Description: 3+tots. Coin saucer lands / woods. Portholes or lights / edge. / r136#10p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2772

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “PALM BEACH,FL:3+TOTS:COIN SCR LANDS/WOODS:PORTS or LITES/EDGE:/r136#10p155”, LatLong: “26.705557 -80.038893”, LatLongDMS: “26:42:20 N 80:02:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12024 (228AEEE3)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: MOSS BLUFF, LA
Description: Silent ovoid descends. Strong white light going down. Seems to land in woods.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 479)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2773

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “MOSS BLUFF,LA:SILENT OVOID DESCENDS:STRONG WHT LITE ↓:SEEMS TO LAND in WOODS”, LatLong: “30.300001 -93.188893”, LatLongDMS: “30:18:00 N 93:11:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12025 (D3E7271B)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: ~20:30
Location: VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, FR
Description: 7+observer(s) with theodolite. Luminous/glowing bar going northwest in jumps. Quickly going up. / r242p122.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2774

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY,FR:7+OBS W/THEODOLITE:LUMn BAR >NW in JUMPS:↑↑:/r242p122”, LatLong: “48.750002 2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “48:45:00 N 02:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PAR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12026 (E9416207)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: COLORADO SPRS, CO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2013. Pilot Magruder. 3 silent 50’ metal saucers / 1500mph. Exit going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 480)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2775

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1802”, HatchDesc: “COLORADO SPRs,CO:BBK#2013:PILOT MAGRUDER:3 SILENT 50’MTL SCRS/1500mph:EXIT ↑”, LatLong: “38.833335 -104.816672”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 104:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12027 (69D59BF6)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: ELIZABETH, NJ
Description: Medical Dr. and wife. Cloud is glowing-saucer over oil refinery. 5 small objects orbit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2776

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “ELIZABETH,NJ:Med.Dr+WIFE:CLOUD is GLOW-SCR ovr OIL REFINERY:5 SML OBJs ORBIT”, LatLong: “40.683335 -74.200004”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 74:12:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12028 (0B56817F)

Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Villacoublay, France
Description: Unidentified bright blue light observed through theodolite; once appeared as luminous white bar edged with black. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1310

Event 12029 (423D8AC6)

Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Description: 3 objects 50 ft in diameter, 10 ft high, aluminum (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2013)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1311

Event 12030 (6D708554)

Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Thule (West of), Greenland
Description: Three Objects Shake Up Air Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520829
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1312

Event 12031 (94A69A4B)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 8:35 PM
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Witness: pilot C.A. Magruder. Three objects, 50’ in diameter, 10’ high, aluminum with red-yellow exhaust, flew in trail at estimated 1,500 m.p.h. for 4-5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_235

Event 12032 (2C909741)

Date: 8/29/1952
Time: 10:50 AM
Location: west of Thule, Greenland (77’ N, 75’ 15’ W)
Description: Witnesses: two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane. Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_236

Event 12033 (757D5EA5)

Date: 8/29/1952
Locations: Thule Air Base; Qaanaaq, Greenland
Description: 10:50 a.m. Pilot LtJG William A. O’Flaherty and navigator LtJG R. S. Moore are flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane west of Thule Air Base, near Qaanaaq, Greenland. They are following an 85-foot-diameter Skyhook balloon launched from an icebreaker, US Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind, when, upon release of the parachute instrument package from the balloon, they see 3 white discs or globes, about ½ to almost the full apparent size of the balloon, in triangle formation clustered to the right of the Skyhook instrument package at 74,000 feet for some 2–3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Objects Shake Up Air Crew”; Sparks, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2029

Event 12034 (E0BD6AF3)

Date: 8/29/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: 8:35 p.m. Civil Air Patrol pilot Carlton A. Magruder sees three aluminum-colored objects with a red-yellow exhaust over Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet high, flying in line at about 1,500 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Pilot Reports Three Objects 50ʹ in Diameter”; Sparks, p. 169; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, August, The Author, 1986, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2030

Event 12035 (F6F1BF2E)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: Two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane witnessed three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovering west of Thule, Greenland (77.00º N, 75.25º W) at 10:50 a.m. They flew very fast in a triangular formation, and were in sight for 2-3 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer from Outer Space, p. 255; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 743; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 281
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5455

Event 12036 (05D7155F)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. at least seven observers with a theodolite sighted a luminous bar in the sky over the city of Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. The object flew to the northwest in jumps, and then shot up vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, p. 179-180; UNICAT, case # 200; GEPA Phenomenes Spatiaux, March 1968
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5456

Event 12037 (53C23ACB)

Date: 8/29/1952
Description: At 8:35 p.m. pilot C. A. Magruder, flying near Colorado Springs, Colorado saw three aluminum colored objects with yellowish-red exhaust, 50-feet in diameter and 10’ high. They flew in a trail formation at estimated 1,500 m.p.h. for 4-5 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2013; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Kevin D. Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol, p. 281
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5457

Event 12038 (90AA03BB)

Date: 8/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Mexico City, Mexico. (August 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #1994 (part 2) unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1239

Event 12039 (DABA74D0)

Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 07:30
Location: SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: F. Hehr. Several rectangular objects in holes / overcast sky. Maneuvers and formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2777

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: “6”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SANTA MONICA,CA:F.HEHR:SVRL RECTANGLR OBJS in HOLES/OVERCAST SKY:MNVRS+FORMns”, LatLong: “34.033335 -118.466672”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 118:28:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12040 (8A53DAB3)

Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: EAST / KEARNEY, NE
Description: 2 / rural road. 8M silver disk hovers / Platte River. Vanishes. Seen closely.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2778

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “650”, HatchDesc: “E/KEARNEY,NE:2/RURAL ROAD:8M SLVR DISK HVRS/PLATTE Rvr:VANISHES:seen closely”, LatLong: “40.700002 -99.000005”, LatLongDMS: “40:42:00 N 99:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12041 (795D80CC)

Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: DAMARISCOTTA LK, ME
Description: Doctor. Large frying pan going northeast. Handle rotates. Silent. Large and sharp.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2779

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: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “DAMARISCOTTA Lk,ME:DOCTOR:LRG FRYING PAN >NE:HANDLE ROTATES:SLNT:LRG+SHARP”, LatLong: “44.133335 -69.500003”, LatLongDMS: “44:08:00 N 69:30:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12042 (600BEBA0)

Date: 8/30/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: TAMPICO, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Description: Many observer(s). 7M saucer hovers / 5 minute(s). Then shoots going quickly north / amazing speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 480)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2780

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “TAMPICO,VERACRUZ,MEX:MANY OBS:7M SCR HVRS/5min:THEN SHOOTS >>N/AMAZING SPEED”, LatLong: “22.216668 -97.883338”, LatLongDMS: “22:13:00 N 97:53:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12043 (0E248F9E)

Date: 8/30/1952
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Description: Horizontal bar-shaped objects appearing and disappearing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1313

Event 12044 (67FCF032)

Date: 8/31/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: CLINTON, NJ
Description: 2+3 kids. Silver sphere hovers. Shoots up / impossible speed as plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2781

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: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “59”, HatchDesc: “CLINTON,NJ:2+3 KIDS:SLVR SPHERE HVRS:SHOOTS UP/IMPOSS.SPEED as plane nears”, LatLong: “40.650002 -74.911115”, LatLongDMS: “40:39:00 N 74:54:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12045 (8D53BE50)

Date: 8/31/1952
Location: Pennsylvania, exact location unknown
Description: Herbert Long saw an object land 15 m away from the road. He made a drawing of it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 257 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_100

Event 12046 (818A7CC3)

Date: 9/1952
Location: FRANCE, Saint Samson (Morbihan)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9pm, farmer Le Maziff stepped out of his house. He then saw a diffuse halo, in which was inscribed a shape resembling a dirigible balloon. This thing was around 30 metres long and 12 metres high. It landed in a meadow, a few hundred metres away from the farm. In this pasture there were cows. Le Maziff called his brother, his wife, and his farmhand. A slope and trees hid the craft from them, but there was a light that illuminated all the meadows. Strongly impressed, the witnesses did not dare to approach it and did not realise how it flew away. The next day, the farmer noticed that one of his cows had become like mad: he had to have it slaughtered.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Face aux extra-terrestres” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 72
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1687

Event 12047 (EEDEBD00)

Date: 9/1952
Location: IRAN, various locations
Description: (Translated from French) There were 13 reports of UFO sightings, 11 of which were at the border with the Soviet Union. The other two were from Kazerun and Seravan (at the border with Baluchistan). The luminous objects were mostly round and flew at very high speed, the observations lasting only a few seconds at most. In three reports a deafening noise was associated with the observation of the object.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 203
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1688

Event 12048 (EE8C620E)

Date: 9/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: F-86 Shooting Incident / 700 MPH Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 5209XX
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1315

Event 12049 (73AE30A4)

Date: 9/1952
Location: Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 10:00 a.m. A radar scope near Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico, picks up an unknown target approaching at 700 mph then slows down to 100 mph northeast of the airfield. Two F-86 Sabre jets are scrambled but at first cannot locate the target. The second pilot suddenly spots what seems to be a balloon but as he gets closer it looks more like a “doughnut without a hole.” He gets as close as 1,500 feet before the object accelerates. When it is again at a range of 3,000 feet, the pilot begins firing at the object, but it pulls up in a climb and disappears in seconds. Capt. Ruppelt is given this report by an intelligence officer (probably Lt. Glen Parrish) at the base, who is about to forward the incident report to ATIC but the commanding officer (Brig. Gen. William A. Matheny) orders it destroyed. Parrish shows the last copy of the report to Ruppelt during a visit to Kirtland.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 1–5; NICAP, “F-86 Shooting Incident / 700 MPH Target”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2033

Event 12050 (D2AFD4B8)

Date: 9/1952
Description: UFO witness turned researcher Kenneth Arnold releases The Coming of the Saucers, coauthored by his friend and publisher, Raymond A. Palmer. As publicity, the story “Flying Saucer-y” is prepared by King Features Syndicate and carried in many newspapers as a full-page story.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer, The Coming of the Saucers, Palmer, 1952; Curt Collins, “Kenneth Arnold’s 1952 UFO Book Promotion,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, September 28, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2034

Event 12051 (AF01D4E2)

Date: 9/1952
Location: Los Angeles
Description: Civilian Saucer Investigation in Los Angeles publishes the first of only four issues of its CSI Quarterly Bulletin. The final issue appears in early 1954.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CSI Quarterly, no. 1 (Fall 1952)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2035

Event 12052 (91009EE1)

Date: 9/1952
Description: John P. Cahn publishes an exposé of Frank Scully’s Behind the Flying Saucers in True magazine. Scully’s sources are an oil prospector named Silas M. Newton and a mysterious “Dr. Gee,” later identified as Leo GeBauer, a con man with a long arrest record. The tale is a ploy to gain the attention of potential investors in a bogus oil detection scheme allegedly linked to alien technology. Jerome Clark writes that Scully was himself a victim, not a perpetrator.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Men,” True, September 1952, pp. 17–19, 102–112; Clark III 1044–1045
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2036

Event 12053 (AEDE209B)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Atlanta (Georgia), Miss William Davis and 9 other people observed a light, similar to the Big Dipper, moving up and down for a long time. (21 h 43)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1240

Event 12054 (D0A4F6C2)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Marietta (Georgia), someone observed through binoculars two large objects resembling tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flying side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
Reference: case Blue Book unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1241

Event 12055 (A4C3F9C9)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A certain Bowman (former artillery officer) and 24 other people saw an object red, white, blue and green spinning and sending sparks for 15 minutes.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1242

Event 12056 (2F25862D)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Marietta (Georgia), a B-25 x-AAF bomber observed 2 large white disk-shaped objects with a green vaporous trail flying in formation, merging, then flying away very quickly. (22 h 50)
Reference: case Blue Book #2022 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1243

Event 12057 (7811ADC7)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Yaak, Montana, two USAF members visually observed two small lights of various colors become dark silhouettes at sunrise and fly erratically. Also tracked on radar by three men using the AN/FPS-3 radar set. (4:45)
Reference: case Blue Book #2023 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1244

Event 12058 (9BC24847)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 13:50
Location: SE.MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 2 observer(s). 6M white wingless disk going southeast / 1500M altitude over clouds. 600kph. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2782

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: “85”, HatchDesc: “SE.MEMPHIS,TN:2 OBS:6M WHT WINGLESS DISK >SE/1500M alt ovr clouds:600kph:NFD”, LatLong: “35.100002 -89.983338”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:00 N 89:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12059 (BE5F7B56)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: WOODLYN, PA
Description: Separate observer(s). 7-8 observer(s). Bright ‘saucer’ exits cloud. Circles jet going southwest several-X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2783

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WOODLYN,PA:SEP.OBS:7-8 OBS:BRITE ‘SCR’ EXITS CLOUD:CCLS JET >SW SVRL-X:”, LatLong: “39.877780 -75.344448”, LatLongDMS: “39:52:40 N 75:20:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12060 (1A46CB91)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: MARIETTA, GA
Description: Several separate observer(s) to 2250h. Saucers and night lights spew sparks. Merge maneuver and hover. Wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2784

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “344”, HatchDesc: “MARIETTA,GA:SVRL SEP.OBS to 2250h:SCRS+NLTS SPEW SPARKS:MERGE MNVR+HVR:WAVE”, LatLong: “33.950002 -84.561115”, LatLongDMS: “33:57:00 N 84:33:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12061 (9D0E3875)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: Light, similar to the evening star, move up and down (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1316

Event 12062 (5DE1949F)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, GA
Description: Red, white, and blue-green object which spun and shot off sparks (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2022)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1317

Event 12063 (0822BDEC)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, GA
Description: 2 large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1318

Event 12064 (CE40105E)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Radar/Visual At Air Force Radar Site (BBU 2023) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2023)
Reference: NICAP: 520901
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1319

Event 12065 (9F3CB9B1)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:50 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witness: ex-AAF B-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_237

Event 12066 (1BF7A042)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witness: one unidentified person using binoculars. Two large objects shaped like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_238

Event 12067 (A0718C89)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 9:43 PM
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. William Davis and nine other persons. One light, similar to the evening star, moved up and down for a long period of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_239

Event 12068 (5FA0AF27)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: Mr. Bowman (ex-artillery officer) and 24 others. A red, white, and blue-green object which spun and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_240

Event 12069 (A6D560A5)

Date: 9/1/1952
Time: 4:45 AM
Location: Yaak, Montana
Description: Witnesses: Visual sighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lights became black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically. One hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_241

Event 12070 (8E1A22BB)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Yaak Air Force Station in Montana
Description: 8:23 p.m. Air Defense Command radar at Yaak Air Force Station in Montana picks up UFOs exhibiting changes of direction as many as five times a minute. Some course changes are 90° and speeds are measured at 1,400–1,600 mph. Six blips at one time appear on the FPS-3 radar scopes and the strange targets come within 10 miles of the GCI site. So close is the indicated range the radar personnel leave their windowless operations room to check the sky. Six objects can be seen an estimated 10 miles away. When first spotted, the UFOs are in an in- trail formation, and shortly thereafter that changes to an in-line abreast grouping. Finally, the UFOs switch to a vertical stack. S/Sgt. William Kelly remembers tracking the UFOs on the radar executing vertical climbs that exceed the limit of the site’s height-finding equipment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar/Visual at Air Force Radar Site”; Sparks, p. 170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2037

Event 12071 (E93CDB5C)

Date: 9/1/1952
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Description: 10:30 p.m. An ex-artillery officer named Bowman and 24 others at Marietta, Georgia, see a red, white, and blue-green object that spins and shoots off sparks. An unidentified witness using binoculars sees two large objects shaped like spinning tops with red, blue, and green colors, flying side by side and leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes. At 10:50 p.m., a former Army Air Force B-25 gunner sees two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails fly in trail formation, merge, and fly away quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs in Trail Formation”; Sparks, p. 170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2038

Event 12072 (1586174C)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At a U.S. Air Force radar site in Yaak, Montana at 4:45 a.m. two Air Force enlisted men sighted lights in the sky at the same time radar tracked two blips on an AN/FPS-3 radar set monitored by three radar operators. The two small, multi-colored lights became black silhouettes at dawn and flew around erratically for an hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5549

Event 12073 (E3E4428B)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At 9:43 p.m. in Atlanta, Georgia Mrs. William Davis and nine other witnesses saw a light, similar to the evening star, move up and down for a long period of time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5550

Event 12074 (94EA7503)

Date: 9/1/1952
Description: At 10:30 p.m. in nearby Marietta, Georgia an unidentified witness using binoculars viewed two large objects shaped like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors. They flew side-by-side leaving a trail of sparks for 30 minutes. At the same time Mr. Bowman, an ex-artillery officer, and 24 others saw a red, white, and bluish-green object spinning and throwing off sparks for 15 minutes. Twenty minutes later an ex-AAF B-25 gunner saw two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flying in trail formation. They merged together and flew away very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5551

Event 12075 (8FB7F09E)

Date: 9/2/1952
Location: FRANCE, Crecey sur Tille (Côte d’Or)
Description: (Translated from French) Observation for 3 minutes by Désiré Bedele: a luminous halo with a border resembling smoke, in the center of the halo an object in the shape of a cigar in a horizontal position is drawn, the whole descends obliquely in the direction of the witness. The object wobbles in place, its movement slows down considerably and the witness distinguishes a rotation movement, the wobbling increases and from time to time the craft occupies a position of 40° relative to the horizontal. The rotation and the wobbling seem synchronized. (…) It disappears leaving a luminous trail of triangular shape, which the clouds quickly blur. The diameter of the disc corresponded to three times the length of an airplane flying at 2000 meters.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Face aux extra-terrestres” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 257, 258
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1675

Event 12076 (0FE685AD)

Date: 9/2/1952
Location: USA, Chicago, Illinois.
Description: (Translated from French) 3 a.m. Witness: ground radar observer Turason at Midway Airport. 40 targets flying in various directions at a speed of 175 m.p.h. Two of these targets seemed to accompany a DC-6 airliner. Total duration of observation: 8 hours.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1676

Event 12077 (B3C2C18E)

Date: 9/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago (Illinois), the Turason radar detector (controlled ground approach) of Midway Airport detects, for 8 hours, 40 targets flying in various directions, up to 175 mph, of which 2 seem to be flying in formation with a DC-6. (September 2, 3:00)
Reference: case Blue Book #2025 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1245

Event 12078 (FFA3FCBF)

Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 03:00
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 2 airport/apartment RADAR’s. 40 blips going [to] all directions. Jets fly through blips. No visual at all.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 503)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2785

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “224”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:2 APT RDRS:40 BLIPS>ALL DIRs:JETS fly THRU BLIPS:NO VISUAL at all”, LatLong: “41.883335 -87.750004”, LatLongDMS: “41:53:00 N 87:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12079 (A6B24797)

Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 16:10
Location: NNW / RAPID CITY, SD
Description: B36 flight engineers 10 mile(s) / east. Metal disk hovers and wobbles under high clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2786

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “975”, HatchDesc: “NNW/RAPID CITY,SD:B36 FLT ENGs 10mi/E:MTL DISK HVRs+WOBBLES UNDER HIGH CLOUDS:”, LatLong: “44.166669 -103.255560”, LatLongDMS: “44:10:00 N 103:15:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3500”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12080 (CC9E5677)

Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 7 large saucers / changing formations / direction. All vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 507)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2787

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “824”, HatchDesc: “DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB,AZ:2 OBS:7 LRG SCRS/CHANGING FORMATIONS/DIRECTION:ALL VANISH”, LatLong: “32.150002 -110.866672”, LatLongDMS: “32:09:00 N 110:52:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12081 (800FCC51)

Date: 9/2/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Several reports / papers. Brill night lights going up [to] going down [to] etc. Change color(s). Fast all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 508)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2788

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “LOS ANGELES,CA:SVRL REPTS/PAPERS:BRILL NLTS ↑↓ etc:CHANGE CLRS:FAST ALL DIRs.”, LatLong: “34.066668 -118.233339”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 118:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12082 (69ABA9E3)

Date: 9/2/1952
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) GCI Has Radar Targets At Two Sites (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520902
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1320

Event 12083 (CA161D66)

Date: 9/2/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Midway Airport 40 targets flying in miscellaneous directions (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2025)
Reference: NICAP: 520902
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1321

Event 12084 (8089E102)

Date: 9/2/1952
Time: 3 AM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Witness: radar tracker Turason (ground controlled approach) at Midway Airport. 40 targets flew in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 m.p.h. Two seemed to fly in formation with DC-6 airliner. Total of 8 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_242

Event 12085 (6F074BAC)

Date: 9/2/1952
Locations: Midway Airport in Chicago; Elkhorn, Wisconsin; O’Hare Airport in Chicago
Description: 12:01 a.m. CAA radar controllers Robert L. Terneuzen (GCA), Ralph L. Frick, Dale E. Warner, Warren J. Weber, and Radar Maintenance Technician Gordon R. Copeland track as many as 30 targets simultaneously at Midway Airport in Chicago, flying in various directions with an average speed of 175 mph at about 2,000 feet. The 755th Aircraft Control and Weapons radar station in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, claims that the Midway Airport Tower supervisor has called them at 2:50 a.m., saying there are 40 targets plotted by airport radar flying from 3,000 to 6,000 feet at a speed of 120–150 mph. The targets are the size of blips from light planes or larger (the best target quality is in the 6–10-mile range) and move in no particular pattern—sometimes erratically and sometimes in straight lines up to 15 miles long. In at least one instance, the targets fly in formation with an aircraft. At 5:14 a.m., the Air Defense Command is alerted and authorizes the scramble of two jets from the 4706th Interceptor Wing at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. At 5:55 a.m., a pair of F-86 Sabre jets piloted by Capt. William W. Maitland and Lt. Beverly L. Dunhill, lift off and are vectored right through the targets as shown on radar, making passes at 800 and at 4,000 feet without making contact. The F-86s are evidently without airborne radar because they only mention visual descriptions. Maitland and Dunhill later tell the media: “We didn’t hit anything. We didn’t see anything. We went through the target showing on the scope and there was nothing there, not even a cloud.” The jets break off their aerial search at 6:19 a.m. and return to base. By 7:00 a.m. all of the mysterious targets disappear off the scopes toward the south. The Midway radar crews are convinced the targets are returns from tangible bodies, but CAA chief Bob Zeigler overrules them and blames “peculiar atmospheric conditions.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sabre Jets Fly through ‘Object,’” Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, September 3, 1952, p. 1; NICAP, “40 Targets at Midway Airport”; Sparks, p. 171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2039

Event 12086 (43DC797F)

Date: 9/2/1952
Description: At three o’clock in the morning Mr. Turason, a radar operator working for ground control at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois picked up 40 targets flying in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 mph. Two of the blips seemed to fly in formation with a DC-6 airliner. The radar sightings lasted a total of eight hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 2025; UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 3; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5562

Event 12087 (3C465345)

Date: 9/2/1952
Description: At 5:50 p.m. two military observers at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona saw seven large saucer-shaped objects, identical in appearance, in changing formations. When they changed direction for the last time all of them vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. September-October 1952, p. 7; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 183; UNICAT, case 744
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5563

Event 12088 (5164FE25)

Date: 9/3/1952
Location: CHAVES, PORTUGAL
Description: Cops and many. Several classic saucers. 1 hovers over Tamegafor River.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2789

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHAVES,PORTUGAL:COPS+MANY:SVRL CLASSIC SCRS:1 HVRS OVR TAMEGAFOR RIVER”, LatLong: “41.733335 -7.450000”, LatLongDMS: “41:44:00 N 07:27:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TOM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12089 (0AF4181E)

Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 09:00
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Flight instrument and 1. Dark ovoid / 2 separate loops over town. Finally going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2790

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:FLITE INSTR+1:DARK OVOID/2 SEP.LOOPS OVR TOWN:FINALLY >>W”, LatLong: “32.250002 -110.933339”, LatLongDMS: “32:15:00 N 110:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12090 (F621B603)

Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: NORTH / ATLANTA, GA
Description: Military pilot-Air Traffic Controller. 2 discs / light move slowly and change color(s). / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2791

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere 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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “N/ATLANTA,GA:MIL PILOT-ATC:2 DISCS/LITE MOVE SLOWLY+CHANGE CLRS:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “33.783335 -84.400004”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 84:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12091 (AD17AC5B)

Date: 9/3/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN
Description: 4 seminary professors. Luminous disc east going quickly west. No meteor / CIA.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2792

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PALMA de MALLORCA,SPAIN:4 SEMINARY PROFESSORS:LUM.DISC E>>W: NO METEOR/CIA”, LatLong: “39.600002 2.650000”, LatLongDMS: “39:36:00 N 02:39:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12092 (DA56AEE0)

Date: 9/3/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Shiny, dark ellipse make three broad, curving sweeps (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1322

Event 12093 (A573C79D)

Date: 9/3/1952
Time: 99 AM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: civilian pilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three broad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_243

Event 12094 (0946F0BF)

Date: 9/3/1952
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 9:00 a.m. Instructor pilot Donald L. McCraven and N. D. Thomas observe a dark elliptical object reflecting sunlight 6 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The object makes three well-coordinated turns with no perceptible sound. It moves at tremendous speed during a slight climb and is observed for approximately 90 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Dark Ellipse Makes Three Coordinated Turns”; Sparks, p. 172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2040

Event 12095 (8E7BDE89)

Date: 9/3/1952
Description: 12:30 p.m. Truman meets in the Cabinet Room with Gen. William M. Garland, Col. John Gordon Fowler, and three other USAF officers; Lawrence J. Henderson Jr. and Walter W. Niles from the RAND Corporation; and Robert B. Landry and four others from the National Security Resources Board. The topic is the Washington UFO incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Stalter, “The Real Majestic 12: Harry Truman’s 1952 DC UFO Meeting,” The UFO Partisan, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2041

Event 12096 (2B897092)

Date: 9/3/1952
Description: At 9:00 a.m. a flight instructor and one other witness witnessed a dark ovoid object that made two separate loops over Tucson, Arizona. It finally flew off quickly to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5585

Event 12097 (A53243DD)

Date: 9/4/1952
Location: DANVILLE, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post Ph-04 / black. “Silent fighter-sized silver saucer faster / jet”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2793

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “DANVILLE,CA:GOC POST PH-04/BLACK:“SILENT FIGHTER-SIZED SLVR SCR FASTER/JET””, LatLong: “37.833335 -122.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 N 122:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12098 (FEDA0A82)

Date: 9/4/1952
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: Blue Book. Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) = Carlson. Black line tilts. = shimmering silver disk.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2794

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: “6”, HatchDesc: “SACRAMENTO,CA:BBK:GOC OBS=CARLSON:BLACK LINE TILTS:=SHIMMERING SLVR DISK”, LatLong: “38.583335 -121.483339”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 121:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12099 (0A33E912)

Date: 9/4/1952
Time: ~09:00
Location: LUDINGTON, MI
Description: 2 / truck. Silver disk rotates going west. Antenna going / side. Halo turns outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2795

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: “2”, Elev: “178”, HatchDesc: “LUDINGTON,MI:2/TRUCK:SLVR DISK ROTATES >W:ANTENNA >/SIDE:HALO TURNS OUTSIDE”, LatLong: “43.955558 -86.450004”, LatLongDMS: “43:57:20 N 86:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “160”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12100 (E5852311)

Date: 9/4/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
Description: Several observer(s). White saucer spins slowly over city. Away / terrific speed. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2796

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: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PUSAN,S.KOREA:SVRL OBS:WHT SCR SPINS SLOWLY OVR CITY:AWAY/TERRIFIC SPEED:NFD”, LatLong: “35.105557 129.033339”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:20 N 129:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12101 (FFF33038)

Date: 9/4/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: CAMP DEL MARCH, CA
Description: 6 / U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). Large bright-colored ovoid hovers. Then going quickly north. Observer(s) named / source.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2797

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “CAMP del MAR,CA:6/USMC:LRG BRITE-CLRD OVOID HVRS:THEN >>N:obs named/source”, LatLong: “33.222224 -117.400006”, LatLongDMS: “33:13:20 N 117:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12102 (5D5B390D)

Date: 9/4/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: CRESCENT SPRS, KY
Description: 1+3 observer(s). White disk tilts and maneuvers. Blinks orange and white. Blue night lights going quickly [to] away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2798

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “CRESCENT Sprs,KY:1+3 OBS:WHT DISK TILTS+MNVRs:BLINKS ORG+WHT:BLU NLTS >>away”, LatLong: “39.050002 -84.583337”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:00 N 84:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12103 (49B0A4B2)

Date: 9/5/1952
Location: SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES
Description: Crowds see “white plate-weird smoke trails-flying saucer…”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2799

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

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES:CROWDS SEE “WHT PLATE-WEIRD SMOKE TRAILS-FLYING SCR…””, LatLong: “1.333333 103.866672”, LatLongDMS: “01:20:00 N 103:52:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “XXX”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12104 (470EBA01)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: PORT ARTHUR, TX
Description: Several / refinery. 3 round aluminum disks going east. 1 darts up. Rest follow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2800

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: “3”, HatchDesc: “PORT ARTHUR,TX:SVRL/REFINERY:3 RND ALUM.DISKS >E:1 DARTS UP:REST FOLLOW:”, LatLong: “29.883335 -93.916671”, LatLongDMS: “29:53:00 N 93:55:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12105 (EA7DDF29)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 11:20
Location: CONCORDIA, KS
Description: 2 / ground. Round silver object going quickly southeast near bombers. 2nd does same. 3rd circles bombers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2801

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “453”, HatchDesc: “CONCORDIA,KS:2/GND:RND SLVR OBJ >>SE nr BOMBERS:2nd DOES SAME:3rd CCLs BOMBERS”, LatLong: “39.583335 -97.661116”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:00 N 97:39:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12106 (F5B3A018)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: NORTH / WALSENBURG, CO
Description: 2 / US85. Large disk. Rings / lights blink. 2nd dark disk hovers / distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2802

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: “1800”, HatchDesc: “N/WALSENBURG,CO:2/US85:LRG DISK:RINGS/LITES BLINK:2nd DRK DISK HVRS/DISTANCE”, LatLong: “37.788891 -104.805561”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:20 N 104:48:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12107 (C04C9C81)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 16:20
Location: EAST / QUINCY, IL
Description: WX man and more/others / airport/apartment. Shiny silver saucer bobs up and down / 10 minutes. Going [to] against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2803

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “234”, HatchDesc: “E/QUINCY,IL:WX MAN++/Apt:SHINY SLVR SCR BOBS UP+DOWN/10mns:> AGAINST WIND:”, LatLong: “39.444446 -91.194449”, LatLongDMS: “39:26:40 N 91:11:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12108 (7DF6AC97)

Date: 9/5/1952 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Description: 12+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Domed saucer hovers and rocks over airport. Shoots straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2804

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “ANCHORAGE,AK:12+OBS/BINOCS:DOMED SCR HVRS+ROCKS ovr AIRPORT:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP”, LatLong: “61.216670 -149.866674”, LatLongDMS: “61:13:00 N 149:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12109 (368932AD)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: Flood / calls. Meteor shoots by. 2nd object darts and turns and maneuvers / 30 minutes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2805

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1580”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:FLOOD/CALLS:METEOR SHOOTS BY:2nd OBJ DARTS+TURNS+MNVRS/30mns!:”, LatLong: “39.744446 -105.972227”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:40 N 105:58:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12110 (0A3B80A7)

Date: 9/5/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: SPRINGHILL, NS
Description: Several observer(s). 2 12M cigars circle area / 15 minute(s) / airplane speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2806

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “121”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGHILL,NS:SVRL OBS:2 12M CGRS CCL AREA/15min/AIRPLANE SPEED:”, LatLong: “45.666669 -64.066670”, LatLongDMS: “45:40:00 N 64:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12111 (89045B95)

Date: 9/5/1952
Description: Two 12 meter long cigar-shaped objects circled the area of Springhill, Nova Scotia for 12 minutes at aircraft speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Ledger, Maritime UFO Files, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5648

Event 12112 (B4270276)

Date: 9/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Lake Charles (Louisiana), Sergeant/T J. E. Wilson and 2 other enlisted men observed a light resembling a bright star moving in the sky for 2 hours. (1 h 30)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case n° 2045
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1246

Event 12113 (7F9DE934)

Date: 9/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, former Congress member Isabella King and Bill McClain observed an orange, teardrop-shaped object spinning on its vertical axis for 1.5 minutes, quickly descending, stopping, and then spinning back up its original path. (16 h 55)
Reference: case Blue Book #2048, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1247

Event 12114 (3579301D)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: WEST / LANTANA, FL
Description: 2 / truck. 2 white fireballs maneuver and play all over/all about road / all directions. Going quickly [to] trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2807

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: "W/LANTANA

[c0mmando]

,FL:2/TRUCK:2 WHT FBLS MNVR+PLAY ALLO ROAD/ALL DIRs:>> TREES:", LatLong: “26.588890 -80.111115”, LatLongDMS: “26:35:20 N 80:06:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12115 (E5233DD6)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: YORK BEACH, ME
Description: 10M cake-tin saucer going [to] in / sea. Rounded top glows. Stops / shore. Follows truck.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2808

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “YORK BEACH,ME:10M CAKE-TIN SCR >IN/SEA:RNDed TOP GLOWS:STOPS/SHORE:FOLOS TRUCK”, LatLong: “43.172224 -70.611114”, LatLongDMS: “43:10:20 N 70:36:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12116 (2F28CA2A)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 08:50
Location: HELSINKI, FINL
Description: Teacher and class. 2 silver saucers / 30 second(s). East going quickly west. ‘Donuts without holes’ / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2809

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HELSINKI,FINL:TEACHER+CLASS:2 SLVR SCRS/30sec:E>>W:‘DONUTS WITHOUT HOLES’/NEWS”, LatLong: “60.233336 24.883335”, LatLongDMS: “60:14:00 N 24:53:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12117 (83C6BACC)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: ~10:00
Location: DURBAN, RSA
Description: Blue Book. 2 weathermen / theodolite. 5 white saucers / series. 7000’ altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK; Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2810

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “DURBAN,RSA:BBK:2 WEATHERMEN/THEODOLITE:5 WHT SCRS/SERIES:7000’alt:NFD”, LatLong: “-29.766668 30.966668”, LatLongDMS: “29:46:00 S 30:58:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DRB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12118 (56CDEAD4)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 10:10
Location: ENFIELD, CT
Description: 15 observer(s). Noise. Metal object zigzags going down. Bang. Shoots going up / 90-angle / extreme speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2811

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “ENFIELD,CT:15 OBS:NOISE:MTL OBJ ZIGZAGS↓:BANG:SHOOTS ↑/90-ANGLE/EXTREME SPEED.”, LatLong: “41.983335 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “41:59:00 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12119 (FFDDEEAC)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 13:00
Location: PAYETTE, ID
Description: 2 / farm. 5’ slate-grey ovoid / 100’ altitude. Going down [to] near power lines. Going quickly northwest as observer(s) near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2812

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “PAYETTE,ID:2/FARM:5’SLATE-GRY OVOID/100’alt:↓ nr PWR LINES:>>NW as obs near”, LatLong: “44.083335 -116.916672”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:00 N 116:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12120 (C76FC321)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: SAN ANSELMO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Plane passes. Silver ovoid hovers. Going NNW slow. Shoots going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2813

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANSELMO,CA:2 OBS:PLANE PASSES:SLVR OVOID HVRS:>NNW SLOW:SHOOTS >>N:”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.566673”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12121 (D93BFEFF)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 16:50
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2048. 2 observer(s). Teardrop object spins over aircraft plant. Going down [to] going up. Examines observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 513)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2814

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, 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: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:BBK#2048:2 OBS:TEARDROP OBJ SPINS OVR AIRCRAFT PLANT:↓↑:EXAMINES OBS”, LatLong: “32.200002 -110.916672”, LatLongDMS: “32:12:00 N 110:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12122 (D04F7837)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Solid flickering glowing “basketball” southwest going quickly northeast. Jerky motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 513)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2815

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1486”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:2 OBS:SOLID FLICKERING GLOWING “BASKETBALL” SW>>NE:JERKY MOTION”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.600005”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12123 (EF283B8B)

Date: 9/6/1952
Location: Lake Charles AFB, LA
Description: Bright star-like light move about the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2045)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1323

Event 12124 (74480009)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: l:30 AM
Location: Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men. One bright star-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_244

Event 12125 (2116F4B2)

Date: 9/6/1952
Time: 4:55 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain. One orange teardrop-shaped object whirled on its vertical axis, descended very fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards, while whirling in the opposite direction. 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_245

Event 12126 (9CA5B492)

Date: 9/6/1952
Locations: Osborn Prison Farm; Somers, Connecticut
Description: 10:10 a.m. Walter Borys and George McCracken, two guards at the Osborn Prison Farm [now Osborn Correctional Institute] in Somers, Connecticut, are with 13 inmates in the yard when they hear an odd motor noise and see a silvery object in the northern sky. It appears to be descending in a zigzag motion but stops and shoots upward at a right angle at terrific speed after releasing a puff of smoke. Other witnesses in the area think it is a jet aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hartford (Conn.) Courant, September 7, 1952, p. 1; Audrey H. Hennis, “The ‘Flying Saucer’ Was from a Jet After-Burner,” Hartford (Conn.) Courant, September 19, 1952, p. 18; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 11–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2042

Event 12127 (855B5F7F)

Date: 9/6/1952
Description: Sergeant J. E. Wilson and two enlisted men at the Lake Charles AFB in Louisiana sighted a bright star-like light moving about the sky at 1:30 a.m. The light stayed visible for two hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #2045; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5675

Event 12128 (A589C667)

Date: 9/6/1952
Description: At 10:10 a.m. fourteen people in Enfield, Connecticut watched a metallic flying object zigzag downward in a descent. They heard a “bang,” and the UFO then shot upwards at a high speed, executing a 90-degree angle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5676

Event 12129 (7E99F47B)

Date: 9/6/1952
Description: In Tucson, Arizona at 4:55 p.m. ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain witnessed an orange teardrop-shaped object whirl on its vertical axis, descend very fast, stop, re-trace its path upwards, and then whirl in the opposite direction. Their sighting lasted 1.5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5677

Event 12130 (C354272D)

Date: 9/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), chemist J. W. Gibson and other people observe an object or an orange light (the color of 2000° F) exploding. The observation lasts according to the observers from 3 to 20 s. (September 7, 10:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2049 and n°2052 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1248

Event 12131 (542FFBC9)

Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: CORRY, PA
Description: Several / ground. Round disk paces 3 planes going west. Repositions front and back / planes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2816

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “435”, HatchDesc: “CORRY,PA:SVRL/GND:RND DISK PACES 3 PLANES >W:REPOSITIONS FRONT+BACK/PLANES”, LatLong: “41.922224 -79.638893”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:20 N 79:38:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12132 (CC8FA795)

Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: JENNINGSVILLE, PA
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver ball hovers / 2 hours / high clear sky. Then straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2817

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “JENNINGSVILLE,PA:4 OBS:SLVR BALL HVRS/2 hrs/HIGH CLEAR SKY:then straight up.”, LatLong: “41.583335 -76.144448”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 76:08:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12133 (F203FF0B)

Date: 9/7/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: Orange teardrop-shaped object whirl on its vertical axis, (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2048)
Reference: NICAP: 520907
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1324

Event 12134 (CDD60A89)

Date: 9/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Orange object or light (color temperature 2,000° F.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2049)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1325

Event 12135 (ADCDE50A)

Date: 9/7/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2052)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1326

Event 12136 (50DCC339)

Date: 9/7/1952
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (the color of 2,000’ F.) exploded into view. Seen for from 3-20 seconds by various observers.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_246

Event 12137 (7826A7AF)

Date: 9/7/1952
Description: In San Antonio, Texas at 10:30 p.m. Chemist J. W. Gibson and others watched an orange object or light (the color of iron heated to 2,000º F) explode into view. It was seen for 3-20 seconds by various observers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #2049; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5707

Event 12138 (4BE1DA8D)

Date: 9/8/1952
Time: 07:40
Location: SE.MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 1 observer. 1M? white disk-ovoid going quickly west. Pole through center with colored lights / ends.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2818

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: “90”, HatchDesc: “SE.MEMPHIS,TN:1 OBS:1M? WHT DISK-OVOID >>W:POLE THRU CTR W/CLRD LITES/ENDS:”, LatLong: “35.088891 -89.938893”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:20 N 89:56:20 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12139 (35AA755E)

Date: 9/8/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: SHAMOKIN, PA
Description: 1 observer. Cylinder/cigar-shape / sky. Orange-glow / base. 9 separate. Same observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape makes U-turn going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 520)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2819

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: “219”, HatchDesc: “SHAMOKIN,PA:1 OBS:CGR/SKY:ORG-GLOW/BASE::9SEP:SAME OBS:CGR MAKES U-TURN >E”, LatLong: “40.783335 -76.561115”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 76:33:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12140 (845E2506)

Date: 9/8/1952
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Description: Wilbert B. Smith and Department of Transport associates launch a large weather balloon with a magnesium flare over Ottawa, Ontario, but it does not inspire any UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1078; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 17–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2043

Event 12141 (9BF99B01)

Date: 9/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Rabat (French Morocco), E. J. Colisimo, a civilian illustrator for the USAF Intelligence, observed for 5 seconds a disc with lights on its circumference flying as fast as a T-33 training fighter, following a slightly curved trajectory. (9 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2062 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1249

Event 12142 (9CDBF3BA)

Date: 9/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Portland (Oregon), 2 oval objects were observed with an aerial projector.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1250

Event 12143 (D42A66E0)

Date: 9/9/1952
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Blue Book. 2 saucers hover / regular searchlight beam. 1 wobbles. No further details. / r78p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2820

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:BBK:2 SCRS HVR/REGULAR SEARCHLITE BEAM:1 WOBBLES:NFD:/r78p165”, LatLong: “45.533336 -122.716673”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:00 N 122:43:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12144 (0D34158C)

Date: 9/9/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR RABAT, MAROC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2062. 6 silent saucers in formation going northwest turn going quickly southwest. Twice T33-speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 523)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2821

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr RABAT,MAROC:BBK#2062:6 SLNT SCRS/FORMATION > NW TURN >>SW:TWICE T33-SPEED”, LatLong: “33.983335 -6.866667”, LatLongDMS: “33:59:00 N 06:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12145 (22846A51)

Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Two oval objects observed in searchlight beam. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1327

Event 12146 (12F3B5C9)

Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Rabat, Fr. Morocco
Description: Disc with lights along part of its circumference (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2062)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1328

Event 12147 (AC59ED74)

Date: 9/9/1952
Time: 9 PM
Location: Rabat, French Morocco
Description: Witness: E.J. colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One disc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_247

Event 12148 (966242B0)

Date: 9/9/1952
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Description: 9:00 p.m. US Air Force civilian illustrator E. J. Colisimo sees a disc with lights along part of its circumference over Rabat, Morocco. It is flying twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer in a slightly curved path.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Twice As Fast As T-33”; Sparks, p. 172
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2044

Event 12149 (00802D0E)

Date: 9/9/1952
Description: In Rabat, Morocco at 9:00 p.m. Mr. E. J. Colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence, sighted a disc with lights along part of its circumference. It flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for five seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5784

Event 12150 (4C087D11)

Date: 9/10/1952
Time: 14:30
Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD
Description: Silent shiny saucer goes back and forth over airfield / 3 minute(s). Rises and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2822

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “ANDREWS AFB,MD:SILENT SHINY SCR GOES BACK+FORTH OVR AIRFIELD/3min:RISES+GONE”, LatLong: “38.800002 -76.900004”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:00 N 76:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12151 (D246456D)

Date: 9/10/1952
Description: Battelle issues its fifth status report on Project Stork to ATIC. It says that 800 copies of its revised report questionnaire have been sent to the Air Force, many of which were passed on to military witnesses as a trial test. The group has now examined UFO reports from 1947–1949 and 1951. It decided to discontinue the news clipping service.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 3,” CUFON
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2045

Event 12152 (E261FD86)

Date: 9/10/1952
Locations: Andrews AFB; Prince George’s County, Maryland
Description: 2:30 p.m. The wife of a civilian employee at Andrews AFB [now Joint Base Andrews] in Prince George’s County, Maryland, sees a shiny, metallic, elliptical, silent object moving back and forth near the base. It is visible for 2–3 minutes. (Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, p. 25) September 11 [or 7 or 17] — CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence Director H. Marshall Chadwell writes a memorandum to Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith that sets out two national security implications of UFOs for the government of the United States: the potential for psychological panic by citizens, and demonstrating the nation’s vulnerability by air. It recommends that “A national policy should be established as to what should be told the public regarding the phenomena, in order to minimize risk of panic.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Flying Saucers,” September 11, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 175–181, 503–507; Good Above, p. 224
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2046

Event 12153 (DA6053EF)

Date: 9/11/1952
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: Abe Friedman sees “small salami” / (seen thru) binoculars zipping by. Explanation = cloud.(AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 526)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2823

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:ABE FRIEDMAN SEES “SMALL SALAMI”/BINOCS ZIPPING BY:EXPLAN=CLOUD.(AP)”, LatLong: “25.777779 -80.194448”, LatLongDMS: “25:46:40 N 80:11:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12154 (90BA528C)

Date: 9/11/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: DENNIS CHURCH, OH
Description: 1 / observer(s). Silent 15M saucer hovers near oil rig / 30 minutes. Roars on exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2824

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “350”, HatchDesc: “DENNIS CHURCH,OH:1/OBS:SLNT 15M SCR HVRS nr OIL RIG/30mins:ROARS on exit”, LatLong: “40.277780 -82.244448”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:40 N 82:14:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12155 (8FF083C3)

Date: 9/11/1952
Description: Williamson, Streeter, and Bailey receive a radio message saying, “I hope we might have a landing soon,” and later, “We must make landing contact soon… If you believe us, you will act accordingly.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2047

Event 12156 (F560CDFE)

Date: 9/11/1952
Description: A UFO was seen over Belem, Brazil near the mouth of the Amazon River on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael D. Hill, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers - 1952, p. 193
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5851

Event 12157 (8853D48B)

Date: 9/11/1952
Description: A group of young people in Flatwoods, West Virginia saw a bright red “meteor” land on top of a hill at around 7:15 p.m. A fluctuating orange-red light was seen on the hill, so they went up to the site to investigate. They were accompanied by beautician Kathleen Hill and her two sons and another youth, Gene Lemon. When the seven witnesses got close to the hilltop, they observed a globe as large as a house, making a throbbing or hissing sound. A huge black figure with glowing orange eyes blocked their path. The figure was about 12 feet high (4 meters), and it had a reddish pear-shaped head or helmet, with two luminous eyes from which beams of bluish light emerged; it also had a dark metallic green body that “floated” toward the witnesses, who fled in terror. The “entity” glided toward them, then toward a luminous, 20-foot wide pear-shaped about 50 feet away, which was pulsating between bright orange and dull red. There was also a mist in the area which had a choking, metallic smell. Gene Lemon fainted, so some of the others had to drag him away with them, while the others ran. Lemon vomited all night long. Reporters who went to the site later that evening saw no object, but could still smell the lingering odor. Next day, a 15-foot circle of flattened grass, some “skid marks”, and a strip of browned vegetation were found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, September 14, 1952; O Cruzeiro, November 13, 1954; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 116; Ivan T. Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors, p. 50; Charles Bowen, The Humanoids, p. 52; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 101; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1952-16 (A0200), citing Gray Barker & Ivan T Sanderson; Michael D. Hill, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers - 1952, pp. 192-3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5852

Event 12158 (6A0EB3E5)

Date: 9/11/1952
Description: That same evening in Allen, Maryland at 9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, viewed a white light with red trim through binoculars. It had streamers of light coming off it as it flew toward northeast for 35 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book case files, case # 2077; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5853

Event 12159 (7A486F65)

Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Sutton, West Virgina
Description: Space “monster” appears from saucer near Sutton, West VA
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_126

Event 12160 (0321DC42)

Date: 9/12/1952
Location: USA, Flatwoods (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) The children, including Eddie and Fred, sons of Mrs. Kathleen May, claim to have seen a monster emerge from a vibrating red ball. An expedition is organized, led by Gene Lenon, a 17-year-old young man, who volunteered as a policeman, to which Mrs. May joined, armed with a powerful flashlight. They enter the forest and there they see a creature 4 m tall, whose humanoid body is covered with a green rubber suit that reflects the light, and wearing a helmet. The face is red with two huge orange-green eyes. It emits a stench. It moves but without moving its feet and seems to slide on the ground. General panic, including the dog who takes off first. (Jacques BERGIER: “Les E.T. dans l’Histoire” - J’AI LU - 1970 - p. 162, 163) (Brad STEIGER: “Ovni, le Projet Blue Book” - trad. Belfond 1979, p. 84, 85)…measured 2.70 m. Its face was injected with blood, its green body emitted flashes of light and exhaled an abominable smell that made those who saw it at close range vomit. It terrorized the region. It disappeared without a trace, but was seen in South America six years later.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Les Humanoïdes…” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p. 17
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1677

Event 12161 (030E8A14)

Date: 9/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Allen (Maryland), David Kolb from the GOC and his companion, saw a white light with a border and red streamers flying towards the Northeast for 35 minutes. (21:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2077 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1251

Event 12162 (564DCF41)

Date: 9/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Sutton (West Virginia), Kathleen May, her 5 children and Gene Lemon, National Guard soldier, meet the “monster” of Flatwoods.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1252

Event 12163 (7F7BA98E)

Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: FLATWOODS, WV
Description: Several observer(s). Fireballs. Glowing robot with antennas. Controversy-must see reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: TEETS, Bob: WEST VIRGINIA UFO’s; Headline Books, PO Box 52, Terra Alta, WV 1995 213pp. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2825

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “FLATWOODS,WV:SVRL OBS:FBLS:GLOWING ROBOT W/ANTENNAS:controversy-must see ref.”, LatLong: “38.722224 -80.650004”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:20 N 80:39:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 12164 (5FCEC665)

Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: HOKENDAUQUA, PA
Description: 4 observer(s). White round disk with tail circles houses. Fades! Observers adamant.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2826

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “HOKENDAUQUA,PA:4 OBS:WHT RND DISK W/TAIL CCLS HOUSES:fades!:OBSs adamant”, LatLong: “40.661113 -75.488892”, LatLongDMS: “40:39:40 N 75:29:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12165 (F412ED87)

Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Allen, MD
Description: A white light with red trim and streamers fly NE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2077)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1329

Event 12166 (95F91DDF)

Date: 9/12/1952
Time: sunset
Location: Flatwoods, West Virginia
Description: A group of young people saw a “meteor” land on top of a hill and went to the site with Kathleen Hill and three men. They observed a globe as large as a house making a throbbing or hissing sound and a huge figure with glowing orange eyes nearby. About 4 m tall, the figure had a red face and “floated” toward the witnesses, who fled in terror. A lingering smell and skid marks were found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 52 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_101

Event 12167 (345F5A54)

Date: 9/12/1952
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Allen, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars. One white light with a red trim and streamers flew northeast for 35 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_248

Event 12168 (8B56BECD)

Date: 9/12/1952
Location: Bladensburg, Ohio
Description: 1:30 a.m. Two oil well drillers, William Darling and Donald Davis, see a lighted object with windows on one side circling 150 feet above the ground silently for nearly 30 minutes at Bladensburg, Ohio. Suddenly it makes a noise like steam blowing and shoots out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from the Readers,” Fate 6, no. 2 (February 1953): 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2048

Event 12169 (DCF2E1EA)

Date: 9/12/1952
Locations: Flatwoods, West Virginia; G. Bailey Fisher farm; West Virginia National Guardsman Eugene Lemon; Braxton Democrat; Max Lockard; Baltimore, Catonsville, Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland, and Garrett County, Maryland; Preston County, Morgantown, Fairmont, Wheeling, Charleston, Parkersburg, Nitro, Ward, and Chelyan, West Virginia; Selma, Columbus, Zanesville, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Bluefield, West Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Roanoke and Pulaski, Virginia; Arcadia, Tennessee; North Carolina; Tyndall AFB in Panama City, Florida; Gulf of Mexico
Description: Around 7:15 p.m., in Flatwoods, West Virginia, two brothers, Edward and Fred May, and their friend Tommy Hyer (ages 13, 12, and 10 respectively) witness a bright object cross the sky, coming to rest on land belonging to local farmer G. Bailey Fisher. The boys go to the home of the May brothers’ mother, Kathleen May, where they tell the story of having seen a UFO crash land. From there, Mrs. May, accompanied by the three boys, local children Neil Nunley, 14, and Ronnie Shaver, 10, and West Virginia National Guardsman Eugene Lemon, 17, walk to the Fisher farm. At the top of a hill, they reportedly see a large pulsating “ball of fire” about 50 feet to their right. They also detect a pungent mist that makes their eyes and noses burn. Lemon then notices two small lights over to the left of the object, underneath a nearby oak tree and directs his flashlight towards them, revealing a creature, which May reports as bounding towards them. Other sources describe it as emitting a shrill hissing noise before gliding towards them, changing direction and then heading off towards the red light. The group flees in panic. Sheriff Robert L. Carr and his deputy Burnell J. Long search the area separately, but find no trace of the encounter other than the smell. Early the next morning, A. Lee Stewart, co-owner of the Braxton Democrat, visits the site of the encounter for a second time and discovers two elongated tracks in the mud, as well as traces of a thick black liquid. It is later revealed that the tracks are likely those of a 1942 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by local Max Lockard, who had gone to the site to look for the creature some hours prior to Stewert’s discovery. Ivan T. Sanderson interviews the witnesses several days later and concludes that a flight of “intelligently controlled objects flew over West Virginia.” The Air Force concludes that people have seen a meteor and that the monster was only the glowing eyes of a barn owl. Joe Nickell also concludes in 2000 that the bright light in the sky reported by the witnesses on September 12 was most likely a meteor, that the pulsating red light is likely an aircraft navigation/hazard beacon, and that the creature described by witnesses closely resembles a barn owl. Nickell claims that the experience was distorted by the heightened state of anxiety felt by the witnesses after having observed the original meteor. However, Frank C. Feschino has done extensive research to support his hypothesis that the Flatwoods incident was only one small part of a major UFO display involving multiple objects (many of them reported as “meteors” or “balls of fire” or “flaming planes”) passing in westerly and other directions across the eastern and southern United States between 6:50 and 7:25 p.m. The trajectory of one of these objects (moving first northwest then northeast then south) alone takes it over Baltimore, Catonsville, Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland, and Garrett County, Maryland; Preston County, Morgantown, Fairmont, Wheeling, Charleston, Parkersburg, Nitro, Ward, and Chelyan, West Virginia; Selma, Columbus, Zanesville, St. Clairsville, Ohio; it is last seen moving south around Bluefield, West Virginia. Another object is seen over Washington, D.C., heading due west towards West Virginia, apparently landing in Flatwoods. A third object travels southwest over Roanoke and Pulaski, Virginia, possibly landing near Arcadia, Tennessee. Feschino thinks that these three objects had been damaged by fire directed at them by Air Force interceptors. Five other objects are observed in North Carolina in that time period, and these Feschino suspects may have been attempting to look for and assist the damaged objects. He also speculates that the disappearance of an F-94 jet fighter out of Tyndall AFB in Panama City, Florida, piloted by 2Lt John A. Jones and radar operator 2Lt John S. DelCurto, might have involved a tragic UFO interception that began three hours earlier; the last known contact with the fighter is at 5:43 p.m. over the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles northwest of Tampa, the accident takes place under unusual circumstances, and the wreckage has never been found. Feschino thinks that a UFO damaged in dogfights with many interceptors over the Gulf might have triggered the second battle over the Atlantic seaboard around 7:00 p.m. Then a second wave of multiple objects is observed 8:00–8:10 p.m. in the Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and West Virginia region that, according to Feschino, involves a search for a second downed UFO. Although Feschino jumps to many conclusions and his documentation for specific incidents and conditions is somewhat confusing, he may well have grasped more truth than the meteor-and-owl explanation of the skeptics.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Flatwoods Monster”; Gray Barker, “The Monster and the Saucer,” Fate 6, no. 1 (January 1953): 12–17; Gray Barker, They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, University Books, 1956, pp. 11–35; Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 116–120; Clark III 494–495; Ivan T. Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors, Cowles, 1967, pp. 39–51; Northern Ontario UFO Research and Study, “The Braxton Democrat”; Shoot 112–313, 320–327; Joe Nickell, “The Flatwoods UFO Monster,” Skeptical Inquirer 24, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2000): 15–19; Michael D. Swords, “Peeking at Ivan’s SITU Files: The Flatwoods Monster,” The Big Study, April 11, 2011; Frank C. Feschino, The Braxton County Monster: The Cover-Up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed, Quarrier Press, 2004
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2049

Event 12170 (FE0FDF4A)

Date: 9/12/1952
Description: A group of young people in Flatwoods, West Virginia saw a “meteor” land on top of a hill and went to the site. They were accompanied by Kathleen Hill and three men. They observed a globe as large as a house making a throbbing or hissing sound. A huge black figure with glowing orange eyes blocked the path. About 12 feet high (4 meters), the figure had a reddish face and “floated” toward the witnesses, who fled in terror. A lingering smell and skid marks were found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, The Humanoids, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5899

Event 12171 (F7D98B5C)

Date: 9/12/1952
Description: That same evening in Allen, Maryland at 9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, viewed a white light with red trim through binoculars. It had streamers of light coming off it as it flew toward northeast for 35 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5900

Event 12172 (85BDD9C7)

Date: 9/13/1952
Location: USA, Frametown (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Georges Snitowski noticed a creature 3.50m tall with shining eyes, which seemed to be floating. This creature inspected their vehicle.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 93
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1678

Event 12173 (06332375)

Date: 9/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Allentown, Pennsylvania, W.A. Hobler, a private pilot flying a Beech Bonanza, observed for 2 seconds an object shaped like a large rugby ball, emitting a red-orange glow, descending and then rising directly in front of the witness aircraft. (7:40 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2085 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1253

Event 12174 (2A622C82)

Date: 9/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the operation Mainbrace. The Danish destroyer Willemoes, participating in the maneuvers, is located North of Bornholm Island. During the night, Lieutenant Commander Schmidt Jensen and some other crew members see an unidentified object, triangular in shape, moving at high speed towards the Southeast. The object emits a bluish glow. Commander Jensen estimates the speed at 900 miles/h.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1254

Event 12175 (35BDD3C8)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: HARDY, KY
Description: 3 / (seen thru) binoculars. Round silver saucer with black band flipflops. Hovers then shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2827

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: “3”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “HARDY,KY:3/BINOCS:RND SLVR SCR W/BLK BAND FLIPFLOPS:HVRS then SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “37.622224 -82.244448”, LatLongDMS: “37:37:20 N 82:14:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12176 (96E03A43)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: FT WORTH, TX
Description: White cylinder/cigar-shape-shape just east / moons image / 18 minute(s). Shoots away / terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2828

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: “18”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “Ft WORTH,TX:WHT CGR-SHAPE JUST E/MOONs IMAGE/18min:SHOOTS AWAY/TERRIFIC SPEED”, LatLong: “32.716668 -97.333338”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 97:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12177 (E305DD21)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: ALLENTOWN, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2085. 1 observer. Saucer dives going [to] private plane. 65° climb and away. / LDLN#331.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2829

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: “107”, HatchDesc: “ALLENTOWN,PA:BBK#2085:1 OBS:SCR DIVES>PRIVATE PLANE:65° CLIMB+AWAY:/LDLN#331”, LatLong: “40.600002 -75.466670”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 75:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12178 (D97CE9A4)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: ~20:00
Location: RUIDOSO, NM
Description: 30 observer(s). Moon-size orange-ball hangs / 30 minute(s). Rises until star-like and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 528)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2830

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “31”, Elev: “2048”, HatchDesc: “RUIDOSO,NM:30 OBS:MOONSIZE ORG-BALL HANGS/30min:RISES UNTIL STARLIKE+GONE”, LatLong: “33.366668 -105.683338”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 105:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12179 (11AD0E86)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: NORTH / BORNHOLM ISLAND, DK
Description: Danish destroyer crew. 3 blue objects / triangle / 900M altitude going quickly north or going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2831

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/BORNHOLM Isl,DK:DAN.DESTROYER CREW:3 BLU OBJs/TRIANGLE/900M alt >>N or >>SE:”, LatLong: “55.316669 15.000001”, LatLongDMS: “55:19:00 N 15:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12180 (F9488DD2)

Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Allentown, PA
Description: A white light with red trim and streamers fly NE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2085)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1330

Event 12181 (BDF57FAA)

Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Frametown, West Virginia
Description: Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowski and their little girl suddenly found their car stalled, and an unpleasant smell (ether mixed with sulphurous smoke) filled the air. Mr. Snitowski thought a chemical plant might be burning in the area and walked toward a strong light visible in the woods, in spite of the nauseous smell. Coming near it, he felt pricklings throughout his body, had to stop, lost his balance several times as he returned to the carwhere he found his wife terrified, pointing to a giant creature (3 m tall), human-shaped, 10 m away. They locked the car as “it” inspected the vehicle, glided away and went into the woods. Soon afterward, the sphere of light was observed to rise gradually, to swing like a pendulum, and to leave a luminous trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Paul Lieb (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_102

Event 12182 (5696ADA4)

Date: 9/13/1952
Time: 7:40 PM
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying a Beech Bonanza. One object, shaped like a fat football, flaming orange-red color, descended and then pulled up in front of the witness’ airplane. Seen for 2 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_249

Event 12183 (F2CA1000)

Date: 9/13/1952
Description: At around 8:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowski and their little girl suddenly found their car stalled in Frametown, West Virginia. An unpleasant odor filled the air, similar to the smell of ether mixed with sulphur. Mr. Snitowski thought a chemical plant might be burning in the area and walked towards a strong light visible in the woods, in spite of the noxious smell. Coming near it, he felt a prickling sensation throughout his body, had to stop, and then lost his balance several times as he returned to the car where he found his wife terrified, pointing at a giant creature.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 200; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case # 1; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1952-17, citing Paul Lieb, Jacques Vallee & Mark Hall; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, September 1972, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5907

Event 12184 (6421D72C)

Date: 9/13/1952
Description: On that same night in Allentown, Pennsylvania at 7:40 p.m., private pilot W.A. Hobler was flying his Beech Bonanza airplane when he sighted a flying object shaped like a fat football, fiery orange-red in color, descend and then pull up in front of his airplane. This encounter was very brief, and lasted only two 2 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2085; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5908

Event 12185 (84A1905E)

Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Sutton, West Virginia
Description: Mrs. Kathleen May, a National Guardsman, and 5 other boys were investigating a landed globe-like UFO object on a hillside. All of the witnesses were repelled from the hilltop by a noxious sickening odor of the landed object. They all suffered choking spasms and vomiting because of their incident.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_24

Event 12186 (0EA5CE92)

Date: 9/13/1952
Location: Frametown, West Virginia
Description: Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowsky and their baby were gassed and felt an electric-like shock after their car stopped near a soft, violent hue-colored landed UFO. This happened on the same night of the Sutton incident, at a spot not far from the same location.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_25

Event 12187 (7F018AF3)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: North Atlantic
Description: Iceland, North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland. Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise. Among the sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 mph; three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 mph
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_476

Event 12188 (C3A2EDCE)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: NORTH ATLANTIC, between Ireland and Iceland
Description: (Translated from French) Witnesses: military personnel of various nationalities aboard ships during NATO’s “Mainbrace” operation. Among the observations: a blue-green triangle flying at 1,500 mph; three objects in triangular formation emitting a white light at 1,500 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_1679

Event 12189 (5F306B58)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: USA, White Lake, South Dakota.
Description: (Translated from French) 7 p.m. Witness: Ground Observer L.W. Barnes, with binoculars. An object red in color, cigar-shaped, with three protuberances at the rear, flying first towards the west, then towards the south, and then vanished. 30-40 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1680

Event 12190 (9193194F)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At White Lake (South Dakota), L. W. Barnes, a member of the GOC, observed through binoculars for 30 to 40 minutes a red cigar-shaped object, with 3 smoke clouds behind it, flying towards the West, then South, and departing. (7 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2089 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1255

Event 12191 (A6BDCC4F)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Santa Barbara, California, Tarbutton, pilot of the SAF C-54 transport plane, observed a white-bluish light moving horizontally for 30 seconds before moving upwards. (20:40)
Reference: case Blue Book #2086 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1256

Event 12192 (8843B29F)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the North Atlantic, between Ireland and Greenland, members of military personnel from various countries aboard ships of the NATO Operation Mainbrace exercise see a blue-green triangle flying at 1500 mph; 3 objects in triangular formation emitting a blinding white light at 1500 mph…
Reference: event to be compared to Blue Book case #2087 unexplained but curiously dated September 14
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1257

Event 12193 (F789C18F)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of the USAF of Olmstead (Pennsylvania), the pilot of the N67977 aircraft of the Flying Tiger Airlines observes a blue light flying very quickly in a collision trajectory.
Reference: case Blue Book # 2093 unexplained, the associated descriptive map indicates completely different information
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1258

Event 12194 (355A3543)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in El Paso (Texas).
Reference: case Blue Book #2092 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1259

Event 12195 (53D7D178)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: OLMSTEAD AIR FORCE BASE, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2093. 2 civil observer(s). Humming. Blue-glowing ovoid buzzes airliner. Continues.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2832

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “652”, HatchDesc: “OLMSTEAD AFB,PA:BBK#2093:2 CIV OBS:HUM:BLU-GLO OVOID BUZZES AIRLINER:CONTINUES”, LatLong: “40.183335 -76.750004”, LatLongDMS: “40:11:00 N 76:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12196 (4FDA22D7)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 04:30
Location: BELLE GLADE, FL
Description: Humming. 14M saucer / lights / rim. Going down / 12M altitude. Scares cows. Away and back. / r242p146.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2833

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BELLE GLADE,FL:HUM:14M SCR/LITES/RIM:↓/12M alt:SCARES COWS:AWAY+BACK:/r242p146”, LatLong: “26.683335 -80.666671”, LatLongDMS: “26:41:00 N 80:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12197 (108A55FD)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: FAIRFAX, VA
Description: Teacher. White ball / light with plasma. Dances about as if alive / 4 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 529)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2834

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “136”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFAX,VA:TEACHER:WHT BALL/LITE W/PLASMA:DANCES ABOUT AS IF ALIVE/4min”, LatLong: “38.833335 -77.316670”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 77:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12198 (9A8C0BAD)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: WHITE LAKE, SDAK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2089. Unidentified. Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Cigar going quickly west. 3 puffs / smoke to the rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2835

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: “506”, HatchDesc: “WHITE LAKE,SDAK:BBK#2089:UID:GOC OBS:CIGAR>>W:3 PUFFS/SMOKE TO THE REAR”, LatLong: “43.661113 -98.700005”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:40 N 98:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12199 (255CD58F)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 20:40
Location: SANTA BARBARA, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2086. C54 pilot. Blue-white night light south and L / 30 second(s). Then shoots going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2836

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SANTA BARBARA,CA:BBK#2086:C54 PILOT:BLU-WHT NLT S+L/30sec:THEN SHOOTS ↑ FAST”, LatLong: “34.433335 -119.700006”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:00 N 119:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12200 (464A3C6A)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: CHARLESTON, WVA
Description: “White saucer lands. 2 men exit and climb tree! Several observer(s)” / local papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 533)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2837

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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “182”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON,WVA:“WHT SCR LANDS:2 MEN EXIT+CLIMB TREE!:SVRL OBS”/LOCAL PAPERS”, LatLong: “38.333335 -81.583337”, LatLongDMS: “38:20:00 N 81:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 12201 (481AF751)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: BILOXI, MS
Description: Drive-in movie. Glowing disk widens to a circle. More objects nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 530)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2838

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: “6”, Duration: “110”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BILOXI,MS:DRIVE-IN MOVIE:GLOWING DISK WIDENS TO A CIRCLE:MORE OBJS NEARBY”, LatLong: “30.400001 -88.866671”, LatLongDMS: “30:24:00 N 88:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12202 (12E6A655)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: Engineer and 3. 7 groups / 15 night lights east going quickly west. West going quickly east etc. Arc cluster and Y-formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2839

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “110”, Elev: “1108”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:ENGINEER+3:7 GROUPS/15 NLTS E>>W:W>>E etc:ARC CLUSTER+Y-FORMATIONS”, LatLong: “31.750002 -106.500005”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 106:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12203 (492F8B8D)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Description: Blue white light travel straight and level, then fly up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2086)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1331

Event 12204 (5FCA0D41)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Operation Mainbrace, At Sea
Description: North Sea area/military exercise Ruppelt’s version (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2087, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 520914
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1332

Event 12205 (576E42DC)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: White Lake, SD
Description: Red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2089)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1333

Event 12206 (95300364)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: El Paso, TX
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2092)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1334

Event 12207 (1CF83EB6)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Olmsted AFB, PA
Description: Blue light fly very fast on a collision course with airliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2093)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1335

Event 12208 (71EF8C41)

Date: 9/14/1952
End date: 9/15/1952
Location: Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico
Description: 6 groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1336

Event 12209 (8EB9AE6A)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 8:40 PM
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Description: Witness: USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_250

Event 12210 (132A0904)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland
Description: Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise. Among the sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 m.p.h; three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 m.p.h.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_251

Event 12211 (6142A466)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 7 PM
Location: White Lake, South Dakota
Description: Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer L.W. Barnes, using binoculars. One red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it, flew west, then south, and then was gone. Seen 30-40 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_252

Event 12212 (98848DC8)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: 11:30 PM
Location: Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico
Description: Event occurred to 1:20 AM, Sept. 15. Witnesses: consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three others. Six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, which flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y’s, very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_253

Event 12213 (E0EA89CA)

Date: 9/14/1952
Time: Time not known
Location: Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines airplane N67977. One blue light flew very fast on a collision course with the airliner. Note: the summary card attached to the file showed completely different information.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_254

Event 12214 (ACAB4477)

Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: Everglades Experiment Station; Belle Glade, Florida; Everglades Research and Education Center
Description: 4:30 a.m. Fred J. Brown is preparing to milk the cows at the Everglades Experiment Station [now the Everglades Research and Education Center] in Belle Glade, Florida, when he spots a circular object about 35 feet in diameter hovering about 100 feet above the ground. It has a row of red and amber lights spaced around the outside rim and the underside. As it descends to about 40 feet, the 13 cows bolt as the object disappears to the west. As Brown is rounding up the cows, the object appears again, moving from south to north at a speed of 30 mph, making a high-voltage buzzing noise, and emitting an odor “like acid or ammonia” that makes Brown’s eyes smart. The cows stampede once again. The object’s glow illuminates the ground as it passes, and it gains altitude and disappears again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Cattle Stampeded Twice by Mysterious ‘Object,’” Palm Beach (Fla.) Times, September 16, 1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2050

Event 12215 (94A720BB)

Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: North Sea; Great Britain; France; Canada; Denmark; Norway; Portugal; Netherlands; Belgium
Description: Exercise Mainbrace begins in the North Sea. It is the first large-scale naval exercise undertaken by NATO and jointly commanded by Admiral Lynde D. McCormick and Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. It involves the US Navy and the navies of Great Britain, France, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands, and Belgium. Its objective is to convince Denmark and Norway that they can be defended against an attack from the USSR, and involves 80,000 men, 200 ships, and 1,000 aircraft. The operation lasts through September 25.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Exercise Mainbrace”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2051

Event 12216 (9060AE87)

Date: 9/14/1952
Locations: Bornholm island, Denmark; Baltic Sea
Description: 10:13 p.m. The Danish destroyer Willemoes, during the Exercise Mainbrace maneuvers, is north of Bornholm island, Denmark, in the Baltic Sea. Lt.Cmdr. G. Schmidt-Jensen and several members of the crew see an unidentified object, triangular in shape, that moves at high speed toward the southeast. It emits a greenish glow and jets three rays of fire from its rear. Jensen estimates the speed at 930 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Operation Mainbrace Sightings”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, p. 28; Marler 128– 129, 265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2052

Event 12217 (1141AEC7)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: An animal reaction case occurred on a farm in Belle Glade, Florida just before dawn at 4:30 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, December 1967, p. 24; NICAP case files; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: August, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5941

Event 12218 (60C9017B)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico between 11:30 p.m. and 1:20 a.m. the next day R. J. Portis, a consulting engineer, and three others sighted six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs. The UFOs flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y’s, and moved very fast through the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5942

Event 12219 (8A77B98D)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland. Military witnesses from several countries aboard ships participating in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise had several UFO sightings. Among the sightings: a blue-green triangle was observed flying at 1,500 mph while another three objects in a triangular formation gave off a white light exhaust while moving at 1,500 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5943

Event 12220 (F0429A79)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: While flying over Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania the pilot of a Flying Tiger Airlines transport plane, # N67977, saw a blue light that flew at his plane very fast on a collision course. Note: the summary card attached to the file showed completely different information.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2093; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 18; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5944

Event 12221 (66C31729)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: White Lake, South Dakota. At 7:00 p.m. L.W. Barnes, a Ground Observer Corps observer using binoculars spotted a red, cigar-shaped object. It left three puffs behind it, flew to the west, then to the south, and then was gone. It was viewed for 30-40 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #2089; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5945

Event 12222 (DB659C90)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: Santa Barbara, California. At 8:40 p.m. Mr. Tarbutton, a USAF C-54 transport pilot, sighted a blue-white light that traveled straight and level, then went up. It was seen for 30 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5946

Event 12223 (0E7A95EB)

Date: 9/14/1952
Description: Several people in Charleston, West Virginia saw a luminous white disc-shaped object land at around 9:00 p.m. Two men wearing bright suits emerged from the craft and reportedly climbed a nearby tree.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5947

Event 12224 (711F2F49)

Date: 9/14/1952
Location: Belle Glade, Florida
Description: Employee Gloyd Brown of the Everglades Experiment Station noticed his eyes and nostrils began to smart and burn after a circling UFO passed several times over the station. It smelled like an acid, with an ammonia-like odor. The cows were badly frightened by the incident, and there was a 33% reduction in milk production on the following morning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_26

Event 12225 (AB8265B8)

Date: 9/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Ciudad Jaurez (Mexico), consulting engineer R. J. Portis and 3 other colleagues observed 6 groups of 12 to 15 luminous spheres or discs, flying very quickly in variable formations, from an arc to an inverted “Y”. (11:30 PM to 1:20 AM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case = previous case?
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1260

Event 12226 (2CD88991)

Date: 9/15/1952
Location: NEAR NORTH BAY, ON
Description: Pilot. 30’ bronze sphere/orb/globe below airliner / 25 minute(s). Follows highway. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2840

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “nr NORTH BAY,ON:PILOT:30’BRONZE ORB BELOW AIRLINER/25min:FOLOS HWY:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “46.200002 -79.450004”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 79:27:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-999”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12227 (01F28D33)

Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 14:10
Location: NORTHWEST / TOPEKA, KS
Description: 4 observer(s). 6 metal objects hover / northwest sky / 20 minute(s). Then going quickly east. / Blue Book files. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 593)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2841

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “295”, HatchDesc: “NW/TOPEKA,KS:4 OBS:6 MTL OBJs HVR/NW SKY/20min:then >>E:/BBK FILES:NFD”, LatLong: “39.083335 -95.616671”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:00 N 95:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12228 (BAFC27D1)

Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: TEXARKANA, TX
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 2 silver disks going north 200’ apart. 5K’ altitude. Silent. No flame.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2842

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: “3”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “TEXARKANA,TX:2+2 OBS:2 SLVR DISKS >N 200’apart:5K’alt:SLNT:NO FLAME:”, LatLong: “33.433335 -94.050004”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:00 N 94:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12229 (B3676194)

Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: THIES, SENEGAL
Description: Astronomer. Silent red “star” maneuvers all over/all about / sky. Going east. Stops. Going north. Away going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2843

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “THIES,SENEGAL:ASTRONOMER:SLNT RED “STAR” MNVRS ALLO/SKY:> E:STOPS:> N:AWAY >W:”, LatLong: “14.800001 -16.933334”, LatLongDMS: “14:48:00 N 16:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNG”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12230 (57C8F503)

Date: 9/15/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTH / DOUGLASS, KS
Description: 11m domed ovoid paces 2 military / car / low altitude. Flames and going quickly [to] away. / APRO v1#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2844

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “365”, HatchDesc: “S/DOUGLASS,KS:11m DOMED OVOID PACES 2 MIL/CAR/lo alt:FLAMES+>>away:/APRO v1#3”, LatLong: “37.438891 -97.011116”, LatLongDMS: “37:26:20 N 97:00:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12231 (8664666E)

Date: 9/16/1952
Location: USA, Portland, Maine.
Description: (Translated from French) 6:22 p.m. Witness: crew of a U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, radar-optical observation. A group of five lights was observed, while a small blip appeared on the radar screen. Duration: 20 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1681

Event 12232 (E86C12BD)

Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Portland (Maine), the U.S. Navy crew of the P2V Neptune patrol plane observed a group of 5 lights for 20 minutes, and at the same time their weak echo on the radar. (18 h 22)
Reference: case Blue Book #2099 unsolved, it is not excluded that they were USAF KC-97 planes involved in a refueling operation
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1261

Event 12233 (1DE61FB3)

Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Warner Robbins (Georgia), 3 officers of the USAF and 2 civilians observed for 15 minutes two white lights flying side by side at an estimated speed of 100 miles/h. (19:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2100 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1262

Event 12234 (39958C5A)

Date: 9/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Belle Glade (Florida), a circular object with light streaks underneath it flew at low altitude. The cattle panicked.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1263

Event 12235 (1FD89A37)

Date: 9/16/1952
Location: CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: Air Traffic Controllers. Blue blob reappears several times / 45 minute(s). Weather = cloudy and dark.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 535)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2845

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “228”, HatchDesc: “CHANUTE AFB,IL:ATCs:BLUE BLOB REAPPEARS SVRL TIMES/45min:WEATHER=CLOUDY+DARK:”, LatLong: “40.294446 -88.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:40 N 88:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12236 (FC852195)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: PORTLAND, ME
Description: Navy PV2 chases cylinder/cigar-shape and saucer going quickly southwest. RADAR shows linear blip. Away / 300mph. / r1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2846

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,ME:NAVY PV2 CHASES CGR+SCR >>SW:RDR SHOWS LINEAR BLIP:AWAY/300mph:/r1”, LatLong: “43.666669 -70.266670”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:00 N 70:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12237 (AE5F46FE)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2100. 2 glowing-night lights going west. Small blue flames / bottom. Turn going quickly SSW. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2847

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “15”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “ROBINS AFB,GA:BBK#2100:2 GLOW-NLTS > W:SML BLU FLAMES/BOTTOM:TURN >>SSW:/r43”, LatLong: “32.616668 -83.583337”, LatLongDMS: “32:37:00 N 83:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12238 (FA2E6E23)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK
Description: 1 military and 2 civil. Saucer glows. Dims. Shifts back and forth / 30 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 535)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2848

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “60”, Elev: “394”, HatchDesc: “TINKER AFB,OK:1 MIL+2 CIV:SCR GLOWS:DIMS:SHIFTS BACK+FORTH/30min:NFD”, LatLong: “35.416668 -97.366671”, LatLongDMS: “35:25:00 N 97:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12239 (B88220FC)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: NEW BERN, NC
Description: 2 / farm duck down. Loud invisible buzzing object going [to] WSW just overhead!!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2849

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NEW BERN,NC:2/FARM DUCK DOWN:LOUD INVISIBLE BUZZING OBJ >WSW JUST OVHD!!”, LatLong: “35.116668 -77.044448”, LatLongDMS: “35:07:00 N 77:02:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12240 (C0A20197)

Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Portland, ME
Description: RV: Navy Patrol Plane Crew / Five UFOs Picked Up On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2099)
Reference: NICAP: 520916
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1337

Event 12241 (F6C29AEE)

Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Belle Glade, FL
Description: Circular object with row of lights on underside passed low overhead; cattle bolted. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1338

Event 12242 (9CA94C90)

Date: 9/16/1952
Location: Warner Robins AFB, GA
Description: White lights fly abreast at 100 mph (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2100)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1339

Event 12243 (086A1626)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 6:22 PM
Location: Portland, Maine
Description: Witnesses: crew of U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, visually and via radar. A group of five lights was seen at the same time a long, thin blip was being tracked on radar. Note: consideration was given to this being USAF KC-97 airplanes involved in a refueling operation. The sighting involved 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_255

Event 12244 (05FA18E1)

Date: 9/16/1952
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: three USAF officers, two civilians. Two white lights flew abreast, at 100 m.p.h., for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_256

Event 12245 (F89CF6F3)

Date: 9/16/1952
Description: The crew of a U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, Boak, Prentis and Hara, flying near Portland, Maine at 6:22 p.m. sighted a dark elongated cigar and a group of five unidentified lights and picked up a long thin blip on radar. Investigators considered whether the crew had sighted a USAF KC-97 aircraft involved in a refueling operation, but decided that this was unlikely. The sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2099; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 146; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Cominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 19; UNICAT, case # 746
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6004

Event 12246 (407DA169)

Date: 9/16/1952
Description: At 7:30 p.m. three Air Force officers and two civilians at Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia observed two unidentified white lights flying abreast, at a speed of 100 mph, for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6005

Event 12247 (AFA19A58)

Date: 9/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, Ted Hollingsworth and his companion observe for 2 minutes 2 groups of 3 large, flat, and shiny objects flying in tight formation: the first group slowly, the second faster. (September 17, 11:40 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2105 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1264

Event 12248 (52C2D3B0)

Date: 9/17/1952
Location: MORRIS, PA
Description: News. Red fireball hovers over town / 20 minute(s). Shoots going quickly west trailing tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2850

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “317”, HatchDesc: “MORRIS,PA:NEWS:RED FBL HVRS OVR TOWN/20min:SHOOTS >>W TRAILING TAIL”, LatLong: “41.594446 -77.294448”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:40 N 77:17:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12249 (3030B56D)

Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 04:40
Location: KILLEEN, TX
Description: Army base guard. 10’ saucer going southwest and going quickly northeast overhead / 300m altitude. 2 red flames / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2851

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “KILLEEN,TX:ARMY BASE GUARD:10’SCR > SW+>>NE OVHD/300m alt:2 RED FLAMES/REAR”, LatLong: “31.122224 -97.727782”, LatLongDMS: “31:07:20 N 97:43:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12250 (EECCAEEC)

Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 11:40
Location: NORTH / TUCSON, AZ
Description: 3+3 saucers in formation. Fade away! Seen longer by observer(s) with Polaroid glasses…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2852

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “728”, HatchDesc: “N/TUCSON,AZ:3+3 SCRS/FORMn:FADE AWAY!:SEEN LONGER by OBS W/POLAROID GLASSES…”, LatLong: “32.333335 -110.916672”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 110:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12251 (D3400CFD)

Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: 3 observer(s) and more. Silent aluminum soup-bowl. Sudden acceleration going quickly south toward(s) naval base.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2853

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: “12”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:3 OBS+:SLNT ALUM.SOUP-BOWL:SUDDEN ACCEL >>S twrd naval base”, LatLong: “39.916669 -75.161115”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:00 N 75:09:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12252 (4FB9322A)

Date: 9/17/1952
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 2 groups of 3 large, flat, shiny objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2105)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1340

Event 12253 (1C02A5BE)

Date: 9/17/1952
Time: 11:40 AM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hollingsworth. Two groups of three large, flat, shiny objects flew in tight formations: the first group slow, the second faster. Seen for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_257

Event 12254 (510B6365)

Date: 9/17/1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hollingsworth of Tucson, Arizona sighted two groups of three large, flat, shiny objects at 11:40 a.m. north of the city. The daylight objects flew in tight formations: the first group slowly, the second group faster. The sighting lasted for 2 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2105; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 36; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6038

Event 12255 (1837C326)

Date: 9/18/1952
Time: 14:00
Location: KIRKENES, NORWAY
Description: 3 woodsmen. 18M saucer / 500’ altitude. Hovers a while. Going quickly northwest / high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: The UFO REPORT 1992; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1993 (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2854

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KIRKENES,NORWAY:3 WOODSMEN:18M SCR/500’alt:HVRS A WHILE:>>NW/HIGH SPEED”, LatLong: “69.711114 30.000001”, LatLongDMS: “69:42:40 N 30:00:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12256 (7123715A)

Date: 9/18/1952
Time: 22:40
Location: TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Description: 2+2+4 observer(s). Glowing disk / 30K’. Dives down then rises until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 538)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2855

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

Extra Data: Country: “Libya”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TRIPOLI,LIBYA:2+2+4 OBS:GLOWING DISK/30K’:DIVES DOWN THEN RISES UNTIL GONE:”, LatLong: “32.783335 13.200001”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 13:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12257 (59259EDA)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: White Sands Pad 33, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
Description: V-2 missile test at White Sands Pad 33, 27km (Army training test. Tail explosion at 27s terminating thrust.)
Type: rocket launch
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_477
Rocket type: V-2
Rocket altitude: 27km

Event 12258 (2C899B9C)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Topcliffe (Yorkshire)
Description: (Translated from French) Officers and men of the RAF Topcliffe base observed a UFO following a Meteor jet. The observation was reported to the Air Force Headquarters by the Coastal Command. (Henry DURRANT: “The Black Book of UFOs” - Laffont 1970 - pp. 108-109) (A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 399).
Reference: BUFORA, Internet 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1682

Event 12259 (0237EAC3)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: France, near Beine (Yonne)
Description: (Translated from French) M. R. Sommer, pilot and aircraft constructor, wrote to us: "I was driving back in my car, the night was dark, no moon, no stars. After leaving the village of Beine and having driven for about 5 minutes, our surprise was great when we noticed an unknown, shining object had appeared in the sky to the left of the road. The object had the shape of an olive and the color of gold. Its major axis was vertical. The spectacle was magical. The appearance lasted about five minutes. The minor axis of the object was slightly smaller than the apparent diameter of the moon. A few moments later I visited the neighboring villages, I examined the churches fearing that this appearance might come from illuminations or reflections, etc… But everywhere it was absolute calm and no remarkable lights were to be seen, the road was deserted.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE - Jeanine VALLEE: “Unusual Phenomena in Space”, hardcover LAFFONT 1978, p. 161
Reference: extract from Astronomy, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of France
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1683

Event 12260 (B46DA2BA)

Date: 9/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the North Sea during the Mainbrace operation, 3 photographs were taken from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt of a spherical UFO flying behind the NATO fleet…
Reference: case Blue Book #2087 unexplained?
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1265

Event 12261 (6642AB06)

Date: 9/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) As part of the NATO maneuvers, 2 officers and 3 men from the RAF observed a UFO above the Dishforth airbase. Lieutenant John W. Kilburn’s report states: As we watched the disc continue its course, we saw it slow down for a few seconds, then begin to descend. As it started to lose altitude, it began to flutter like a leaf, or, if you will, like a pendulum. The “Meteor” (a RAF jet fighter which the 5 men were following as it landed) banked to circle the field before landing. The object began to follow it, but after a few seconds stopped. It seemed to remain suspended in the sky, spinning like a top. Suddenly it accelerated and shot off at lightning speed to the West, where it disappeared…
Reference: Bourret 1976, interview with Aimé Michel
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1266

Event 12262 (817554E4)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Topcliffe Airfield, UK
Description: Air space violations, spherical UFO; jet scrambled; visuals; non-US military
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_123

Event 12263 (8DCAC93D)

Date: 9/19/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: Longitude & latitude coords. approximate. 3 photos / saucer from carrier Roosevelt / Mainbrace. / r242p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2856

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ENGLISH CHANNEL:LL APRX:3 PHOTOS/SCR fm CARRIER ROOSEVELT/MAINBRACE:/r242p162”, LatLong: “50.250002 -1.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:15:00 N 01:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12264 (F6431064)

Date: 9/19/1952
Time: 10:50
Location: TOPCLIFFE, NORTH YORKS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2087. Saucer follows meteor jet. Incredible acceleration. / r70p3+r242+r120.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2857

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “TOPCLIFFE,N.YORKs:BBK#2087:SCR FOLOS METEOR JET:INCRED.ACCEL:/r70p3+r242+r120”, LatLong: “54.172225 -1.383333”, LatLongDMS: “54:10:20 N 01:23:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4500”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12265 (3E32BAFE)

Date: 9/19/1952
Time: ~21:00
Location: BEINE WITH CHABLIS, FR
Description: Pilot / engineer. Gold-glow olive-shape over roadside.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2858

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BEINE W/CHABLIS,FR:PILOT/ENGINEER:GOLD-GLOW OLIVE-SHAPE ovr ROADSIDE.”, LatLong: “47.822225 3.722222”, LatLongDMS: “47:49:20 N 03:43:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YNN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12266 (12EF4C8C)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Operation Mainbrace, At Sea
Description: September 19, 1952; Operation Mainbrace color photos (Denmark & Norway) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 520919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1341

Event 12267 (0DB2E252)

Date: 9/19/1952
Location: Yorkshire (Topcliffe RAF Station), UK
Description: Swaying Silver Object Follows Jet (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1343

Event 12268 (F5CB30C9)

Date: 9/19/1952
Locations: RAF Topcliffe; North Yorkshire, England; Dishforth; Buckingham Palace
Description: 10:53 a.m. During Exercise Mainbrace maneuvers, a silvery, spherical UFO appears near RAF Topcliffe in North Yorkshire, England, following an RAF Meteor jet (possibly piloted by Flight Lt. John W. Kilburn and Flight Lt. Marian Cybulski) about to land. It has been following about 5 miles behind the jet at15,000 feet, swinging like a “falling sycamore leaf” and descending. As the jet turns toward Dishforth, the object follows but begins rotating on its axis then suddenly accelerates and disappears. Several ground crew members of RAF 269 Squadron (Master Signaller Albert Thomson, Sgt. Flight Engineer Thomas Deweys, Flight Lt. R. Paris, and Leading Aircraftman George Grime) and civilians also see it. Prince Philip suggests to RAF Air Marshal Peter Horsley, who is serving as equerry to the duke, that he investigate credible reports of UFOs, especially those by fighter pilots who have seen them. He arranges for RAF Fighter Command to send copies of any reports for examination at Buckingham Palace and begins an informal study that lasts until 1955.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Swaying Silver Object Follows Jet”; Richard Hall, “Operation Mainbrace Sightings”; Good Above, pp. 31–32, 450; Nick Redfern, “UFOs and NATO: The Mainbrace Affair,” Mysterious Universe, April 22, 2014; David Clarke, “The Prince and the Saucers,” Fortean Times 406 (June 2021): 18–19; Sparks, p. 173; Ruppelt, pp. 195–196; UFOFiles2, p. 47
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2053

Event 12269 (82BEABAA)

Date: 9/19/1952
Description: Five men in a RAF Meteor aircraft, including John W. Kilburn, were flying at 5,000 feet altitude over Dishforth, North York, England when they sighted a UFO at 1,000 feet above their plane at 10:53 a.m. They described it as round and silvery, and it changed shape to something more elliptical. It was solid looking, and it swung like a pendulum as it lost altitude. Ten British officers had just deplaned from Operation Mainbrace at Dishforth Aerodrome when they spotted the same UFO. It appeared as a white, round, glimmering circular object, followed by the RAF Meteor jet aircraft two miles back. The UFO lost altitude, and then fluttered like a leaf in a pendulum-like motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, p. 136; UNICAT, case # 413; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 24; Michael David Hall, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers - 1952, p. 194
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6079

Event 12270 (00A44F14)

Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Yorkshire, England
Description: Air Ministry, London: A number of airmen and officers of the R.A.F., Topcliffe, observed an UFO. As it descended it was swinging in a pendular motion like a falling leaf. Pendulous motion ceased and object began rotary motion about its own axis. Suddenly accelerated at an incredible speed. (9/19/1952, cont’d) It was not identifiable with any known aircraft and acceleration was in excess of that of a shooting star! Craft was silver in color and circular. (Operation Mainbrace)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p31,450, B1-G p43)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_478
See also: 9/20/1952

Event 12271 (F3A0D8DC)

Date: 9/20/1952
Location: Between England and Scandinavia
Description: An UFO similar to the Topcliffe one (see 9/19/1952) is sighted over a U.S. Carrier ship out with the fleet between England and Scandinavia. An American photographer doing a story of the fleet exercise took pictures of the UFO which was ascertained not to have been a balloon. The Navy never released the photos of the UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_479
See also: 9/19/1952

Event 12272 (F48BD5C6)

Date: 9/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Topcliffe (Yorkshire, England), a silver disc follows a Meteor jet, descending with a pendulum motion (September 20)
Reference: See “Operation Mainbrace” chronology, Section XII.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1267

Event 12273 (4E4FAA1D)

Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Silver, spherical UFO appears during NATIO exercises. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_124

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Date: 9/20/1952 (approximate)
Location: TIT MELLIL, MAROC
Description: Pilot. Ovoid with green halo going [to] under airliner. Rises and speeds away going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2859

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

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TIT MELLIL,MAROC:PILOT:OVOID W/GRN HALO >UNDER AIRLINER:RISES+SPEEDS AWAY >>W”, LatLong: “33.550002 -7.483334”, LatLongDMS: “33:33:00 N 07:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CSB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12275 (17D27FFD)

Date: 9/20/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: KARUP AIRPORT, DK
Description: 3 Air Force officers. Shiny metallic disk going quickly east / 5 second(s) to clouds. / r242p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2860

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "KARUP AIRPORT,DK:3 AF OFFICERS:SHINY MTLC DISK >>E/5sec to CLOUDS:/r242p162 ", LatLong: “56.300003 9.150000”, LatLongDMS: “56:18:00 N 09:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12276 (6002C190)

Date: 9/20/1952?
Locations: Woodnesborough, Kent, England; English Channel; France; Eastern Europe
Description: Sometime during Exercise Mainbrace, at the underground RAF Ash, near Woodnesborough, Kent, England, Senior Aircraftman William Maguire tracks on radar a huge UFO high above the English Channel for 18 minutes. Eventually it splits into three and speeds away, one object to the north, another toward France, and the third toward Eastern Europe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 152; Nick Redfern, “UFOs, NATO, and Military Encounters,” Interesting and Curiosities, October 28, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2054

Event 12277 (89222929)

Date: 9/20/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Naval personnel on the US aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the North Sea observe a silvery sphere moving across the sky behind the fleet. Photographer Wallace Litwin takes three color photos that are developed and examined by naval intelligence officers. Ruppelt says they “turned out to be excellent … judging by the size of the object in each successive photo, one could see that it was moving rapidly.” No balloon has been launched.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Photographed during Operation Mainbrace”; Ruppelt, pp. 195–196; UFOEv, p. 162; “In the News 1952,” Saturday Night Uforia, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2055

Event 12278 (6E266A25)

Date: 9/20/1952
Locations: Air Base Karup; Jutland, Denmark
Description: 7:30 p.m. At Air Base Karup in Jutland, Denmark, three Danish Air Force officers see a shiny, metallic UFO pass overhead and disappear in clouds to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about FS, 133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2056

Event 12279 (3F5A871B)

Date: 9/20/1952
Description: Between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., a silver spherical UFO appeared over the North Sea end of the English Channel during the NATO naval exercise Operation Mainbrace and was seen by several aboard several different warshaps. It was photographed by Wallace Litwin aboard the U.S.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 256; UNICAT, case # 584; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6118

Event 12280 (C0545151)

Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Six RAF jets on maneuvers over the North Sea saw a “sphere” heading towards them, coming from the direction of the English fleet. It was tracked on radar then disappeared and reappeared behind them. One Meteor pilot attempted an intercept but was completely outrun by the UFO. Capt. Ruppelt was later told by RAF Intelligence that the incidents of the past three days caused the RAF to officially recognize the UFO situation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_480
See also: 7/1952
See also: 6/24/1953

Event 12281 (6D8AB78E)

Date: 9/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) During the Mainbrace operation, 6 fighters gave chase to a spherical and shining UFO.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1268

Event 12282 (3E60C178)

Date: 9/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Morocco, UFOs appear above Tangier, Marrakech and Casablanca. West of Nefik, a flying disc at high speed changes shape to that of an ellipse and suddenly stops while explosion noises are heard. Then it resumes its journey at the same speed, in the same direction, and as bright as before.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1269

Event 12283 (FB5B0B3B)

Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Silver, spherical UFO tracked by RAF jets; intercept fails. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_125

Event 12284 (13F37748)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: ~01:00
Location: CENTREVILLE, VA
Description: Bad smell. 4+2 observer(s). 6 colored night lights bounce about / sky. Hover and rise.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2861

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), ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “CENTREVILLE,VA:BAD SMELL:4+2 OBS:6 CLRD NLTS BOUNCE ABOUT/SKY:HOVER+RISE”, LatLong: “38.838891 -77.427781”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:20 N 77:25:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12285 (F4CE6AC4)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: FAIRFAX, VA
Description: 4 blazing discs over police station/depot/facility after dispatching UFO reports! (ins.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2862

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “136”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFAX,VA:4 BLAZING DISCS ovr POLICE STN AFTER DISPATCHING UFO REPORTS!(INS)”, LatLong: “38.833335 -77.305559”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 77:18:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12286 (84B2E3B7)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: CASABLANCA, MOR
Description: 5000 / boxing match and pilot. Bright blue-green cylinder/cigar-shape going. Flood / report(s). / r48p140.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2863

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CASABLANCA,MOR:5000/BOXING MATCH+PILOT:BRITE BLU-GRN CGR>:FLOOD/Rpts:/r48p140”, LatLong: “33.600002 -7.616667”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:00 N 07:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12287 (8DD8838D)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Description: Vibrant bright cylinder/cigar-shape / long trail. Slow and silent. Also night light maneuvers 11 Nov. '52.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2864

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “AIX-en-PROVENCE,FR:VBRITE CGR/LONG TRAIL:SLOW+SILENT::+NLT MNVRS 11NOV52”, LatLong: “43.533335 5.450000”, LatLongDMS: “43:32:00 N 05:27:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12288 (58B5E852)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 19:30?
Location: MARSEILLE, FR
Description: ‘Blue-neon tube’ northeast going quickly southwest. Gradual downward slant. Band on edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2865

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "MARSEILLE,FR:‘BLUE-NEON TUBE’ NE>>SW:GRADUAL DOWNWARD SLANT:BAND ON EDGE ", LatLong: “43.316669 5.383334”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 05:23:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12289 (01E73F0A)

Date: 9/21/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: MARGATE, KENT
Description: Fisherman. 4 bright ‘dinner-plates’ go east going quickly west in a row. Military investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2866

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARGATE,KENT:FISHERMAN:4 BRITE ‘DINNER-PLATES’ GO E>>W IN A ROW:MIL INVESTGN”, LatLong: “51.350002 1.283333”, LatLongDMS: “51:21:00 N 01:17:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12290 (E9B5F323)

Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea (Operation Mainbrace), At Sea
Description: Six RAF Jets Approached By Shiny Sphere (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520921
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1344

Event 12291 (61E23C68)

Date: 9/21/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: Six RAF Meteor jets flying above the North Sea observe a shiny sphere approaching from the direction of the Mainbrace fleet. It eludes their pursuit and disappears. As they are returning, it reappears following one of the jets, but when he turns to chase it, it speeds away. Ruppelt says the Mainbrace sightings forced the RAF to “officially recognize the UFO.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Six RAF Jets Approached by Shiny Sphere”; Ruppelt, p. 196; Sparks, p. 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2057

Event 12292 (9263DC8C)

Date: 9/21/1952
Description: A silver spherical UFO was tracked by RAF jets over the North Sea during the NATO Operation Mainbrace. An attempted intercept by three jets and a total of six air crew members failed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 258; Richard Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973, p. 403
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6176

Event 12293 (45BDF4AE)

Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Canada, Drum
Description: (Translated from French) The most troubling case was the incident at the Drum military camp during the night. For thirty minutes, the officer on duty and a small number of soldiers observed an object of round shape, red-orange, moving above the camp. At least three times they heard a noise that they later compared to the buzzing of a generator or a disc rotating. During this half hour, the mysterious machine flew, making tight turns, accelerating, rising, descending. It mainly flew at a fairly low altitude, as the buzzing was perceptible on the ground.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.135
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1684

Event 12294 (1E2B556D)

Date: 9/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fairfax County (Virginia), police observe 3 to 4 UFOs maneuvering erratically. (September 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1270

Event 12295 (7404A091)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 08:30
Location: NORTH / TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Description: 2 / England. Fiery football-size object out over sea going quickly northwest. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2867

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Libya”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/TRIPOLI,LIBYA:2/ENGLAND:FIERY FOOTBALL-SIZE OBJ OUT OVR SEA >>NW:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “33.000002 13.183334”, LatLongDMS: “33:00:00 N 13:11:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12296 (EC56FEC4)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / MOBRIDGE, SD
Description: 8 / railroad/railway roundhouse. Large shiny saucer hovers high / 8 minutes. Going quickly southeast faster / jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2868

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: “8”, Elev: “525”, HatchDesc: “SE/MOBRIDGE,SD:8/RR ROUNDHOUSE:LRG SHINY SCR HVRS HI/8mns:>>SE FASTER/JET:”, LatLong: “45.516669 -100.416671”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 100:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2400”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12297 (3B5ECF98)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: YAAK, MT
Description: Rumor / radar-men. UFO lands. Breaks trees. Hops about and flies when military nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2869

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “905”, HatchDesc: “YAAK,MT:RUMOR/RADAR-MEN:UFO LANDS:BREAKS TREES:HOPS ABOUT+FLIES WHEN MIL NEARS”, LatLong: “48.816669 -115.750006”, LatLongDMS: “48:49:00 N 115:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12298 (3D18150B)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR WHITSETT, NC
Description: College Dean and 1. Silver disk hovers / high altitude. Going quickly north as plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2870

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: “210”, HatchDesc: “nr WHITSETT,NC:COLLEGE DEAN+1:SLVR DISK HVRS/HI ALT:>>N AS PLANE NEARS”, LatLong: “36.055557 -79.600004”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:20 N 79:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12299 (C72DE281)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: ~23:00
Location: BAYONNE, FR
Description: All / factory night-shift. UFO / dead-leaf maneuvers etc. / 20 minute(s). / r48p140.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2871

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: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “BAYONNE,FR:ALL/FACTORY NITE-SHIFT:UFO/DEAD-LEAF MNVRS etc./20min:/r48p140”, LatLong: “43.483335 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PYA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12300 (D309613C)

Date: 9/22/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: CAMP DRUM, NY
Description: Several observer(s). 20’ saucer hovers and circles / 30 minute(s). Dynamo whine and sparks. / r136#5p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2872

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “211”, HatchDesc: “CAMP DRUM,NY:SVRL OBS:20’SCR HVRs+CCLs/30min:DYNAMO WHINE+SPARKS:/r136#5p54”, LatLong: “44.050002 -75.722226”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 75:43:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12301 (D85417D6)

Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Fairfax County, VA
Description: Police observed 3-4 UFOs maneuvering erratically. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1345

Event 12302 (F438AEF2)

Date: 9/22/1952
Locations: Camp Drum; Watertown, New York; Fort Drum
Description: Night. A UFO hovers over the Army’s Camp Drum [now Fort Drum] near Watertown, New York, for 30 minutes. Eight soldiers say the object is 200 feet across, trailing red-orange sparks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious, Gyratuing Object Looks Down on Camp Drum,” Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, September 27, 1952, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2058

Event 12303 (D9118D42)

Date: 9/22/1952
Location: Centerville, Virginia
Description: Mrs. E. L. Hazelwood reported that she watched several brightly illuminated UFOs and became ill for several days because of the odor given off by the strange objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_27

Event 12304 (407EDEE4)

Date: 9/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Gander Lake in Newfoundland (Canada), the USAF Pepperell base operations officer and 7 other campers observed a bright white light reflecting on the lake, flying horizontally for 10 minutes at about 100 miles/h. (September 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #2119 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1271

Event 12305 (7DF1E385)

Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: EAST / BOISE, ID
Description: Ground and air observer(s). Night lights hover. Move side-to-side up and down. Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2873

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “820”, HatchDesc: “E/BOISE,ID:GND+AIR OBS:NLTS HOVER:MOVE SIDE-TO-SIDE UP+DOWN:BBK REPORT”, LatLong: “43.600002 -116.133339”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 116:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12306 (733CD4DC)

Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 02:40
Location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 10-15 orange glowing saucers / V-formation. Return at 0407hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 545)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2874

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “127”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT BEACH,CA:GOC OBS:10-15 ORANGE GLOWING SCRS/V-FORM:RETURN AT 0407hrs”, LatLong: “33.616668 -117.900006”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 117:54:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12307 (F47D4F60)

Date: 9/23/1952
Time: 23:10
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: 1 civil and 2 military guards. 12 yellow-why night lights circle in sky. / Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2875

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “10”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “ROBINS AFB,GA:1 CIV+2 MIL GUARDS:12 YEL-WHY NLTS CIRCLE IN SKY:/BBK REPORT”, LatLong: “32.600002 -83.583337”, LatLongDMS: “32:36:00 N 83:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12308 (FC126A70)

Date: Fall 1952
Location: NY to Puerto Rico, In Airspace
Description: Three Pan American Airways pilots watched UFO hover, speed away. [UFOE, V]. Zammett/Harris/Hutchins (AL) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1314

Event 12309 (B3D90BB6)

Date: 9/23/1952
Location: Gander Lake, CAN
Description: Bright white light, which reflected on the lake (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2119)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1346

Event 12310 (F55B5E28)

Date: 9/23/1952
Time: No time shown
Location: Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada
Description: Witnesses: Pepperell AFB operations officer and seven other campers. One bright white light, which reflected on the lake, flew straight and level at 100 m.p.h. for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_258

Event 12311 (4D70CAD4)

Date: Fall 1952
Locations: Lost River Sinks; Howe, Idaho
Description: Evening. Paul Solem has his first contact with a flying saucer around the Lost River Sinks a few miles from his ranch in Howe, Idaho. After watching a metallic object land, Solem sees a man with long blond hair and dressed in a white uniform standing next to it. He tells Solem to call him “Paul 2.” He says he is from Venus and tells Solem to work with Indians in North America in preparing for a postapocalyptic social order. This will be the first of many contacts for Solem. Over the next 17 years he wanders through the western states, speaking with Indians and contactees, gathers a small group of followers, and generally avoids the limelight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1094
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2068

Event 12312 (5F1C4977)

Date: 9/23/1952
Description: Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada. No time given. Pepperell AFB operations officer and seven other campers witnessed a bright white light, which reflected on the lake. It flew straight and level at 100 mph for ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6246

Event 12313 (F921C147)

Date: 9/24/1952
Location: USA, Charleston, West Virginia.
Description: (Translated from French) 3:30 p.m. Witnesses: the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber. A mass of metallic or luminous fragments, up to 3 feet in length, passed the B-29 in a rush for 15 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1685

Event 12314 (CB0EBC6E)

Date: 9/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) During the Mainbrace operation, an UFO was seen at sea and pursued by a Meteor fighter from the RAF based at Topcliffe continental base.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1272

Event 12315 (E8154D0F)

Date: 9/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Charleston, West Virginia, the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber observed numerous luminous metallic particles or flashes, some up to 3 inches in diameter, following the aircraft for 15 minutes. (3:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2124 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1273

Event 12316 (E379A086)

Date: 9/24/1952
Location: North Sea
Description: RAF pilot sees close to silver, spherical, rotating UFO. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_126

Event 12317 (131B1C20)

Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 17:30
Location: AURORA, CO
Description: Air Force Sgt. 5 saucers circle about near Stapleton airport. Higher / passing C47.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 546)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2876

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1657”, HatchDesc: “AURORA,CO:AF Sgt:5 SCRS CIRCLE ABOUT nr STAPLETON AIRPORT:HIGHER/PASSING C47”, LatLong: “39.733335 -104.833338”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 104:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12318 (63A3396E)

Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 19:50
Location: GUANTANAMO, CUBA
Description: 3 / Navy plane chases orange night light with green tail. “Terrific rate / ascent”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 552)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2877

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “GUANTANAMO,CUBA:3/NAVY PLANE CHASES ORG NLT W/GRN TAIL:“TERRIFIC RATE/ASCENT””, LatLong: “19.900001 -75.200004”, LatLongDMS: “19:54:00 N 75:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CUB”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12319 (2645C10C)

Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Description: Saucer going south down Broadway / 150M altitude! 2nd follows / 90m. Pointed and rounded.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2878

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: “7”, HatchDesc: “W.PALM BEACH,FL:SCR >S DOWN BROADWAY/150M alt!:2nd FOLOS/90m:POINTED+ROUNDED”, LatLong: “26.777779 -80.055559”, LatLongDMS: “26:46:40 N 80:03:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12320 (96726EBF)

Date: 9/24/1952
Location: Charleston, WV
Description: Bright metallic particles or flashes, up to 3 ft in length (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2124)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1347

Event 12321 (99B5E15A)

Date: 9/24/1952
Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Description: TBM-18 chased an orange light with greenish tail (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1348

Event 12322 (4219997B)

Date: 9/24/1952
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF B-29 bomber. A lot of bright, metallic particles or flashes, up to 3’ in length, streamed past the B-29 for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_259

Event 12323 (6097B7B9)

Date: 9/24/1952
Description: CIA Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence H. Marshall Chadwell writes a 4-page memo to CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith, summarizing his earlier memo and stating that since 1947 unexplained sightings were running at 20% and in 1952 they rose to 28%. “I consider this problem to be of such importance that it should be brought to the attention of the National Security Council in order that a community-wide coordinated effort toward its solution may be initiated.” His CIA scientific consultants (Julius Stratton, and perhaps Lloyd Berkner and Howard P. Robertson) think the answer will be found “on the margins of just beyond the frontiers of our present knowledge in the fields of atmospheric, ionospheric, and extraterrestrial phenomena, with the added possibility that the present dispersal of nuclear waste products might also be a factor.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Flying Saucers,” September 24, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Good Above, pp. 328–329, 506–507
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2059

Event 12324 (15AC2F31)

Date: 9/24/1952
Description: The crew of a USAF B-29 bomber, flying near Charleston, West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. reported seeing a lot of bright, metallic particles or flashes, up to three feet in length, stream past their aircraft for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2124; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6277

Event 12325 (21D72DF4)

Date: 9/25/1952 (approximate)
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR JOLIET, IL
Description: 2 / car. 20M silver half-dome hovers. Near instant moves. Sharp edges and lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2879

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: “30”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “nr JOLIET,IL:2/CAR:20M SLVR HALF-DOME HVRS:NR INSTANT MOVES:SHARP EDGES+LITES”, LatLong: “41.500002 -88.100004”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 88:06:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12326 (BDEE2B7B)

Date: 9/25/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: 2 boys. Round array / lights rotates over phone building. Winks out. Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2880

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: “1110”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:2 BOYS:RND ARRAY/LITES ROTATES OVR PHONE BLDG:WINKS OUT:AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “31.755557 -106.483338”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:20 N 106:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12327 (CCCDA352)

Date: 9/25/1952 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: MOUNTAINS EAST / SAIGON
Description: 12 Fr. officers. Silent domed saucer hovers and wobbles and maneuvers going up and down. Shoots going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2881

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

Extra Data: Country: “Vietnam”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “Mtns E/SAIGON:12 FR.OFFICERS:SLNT DOMED SCR HVRS+WOBBLES+MNVRS ↑+↓:SHOOTS >>S”, LatLong: “10.833334 107.166672”, LatLongDMS: “10:50:00 N 107:10:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SGN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12328 (36A7FDF2)

Date: Late 9/1952
Location: Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado
Description: Ruppelt visits the headquarters of the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado to brief Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw and his staff on the past few months of UFO activity at a lunch at the officer’s club. One of the attendees is Maj. Vernon L. Sadowski, the ADC Intelligence liaison to Blue Book, who says that “no one can understand why Intelligence is so hesitant to accept the fact that something we just don’t know about is flying around in our skies, unless you are trying to cover up something big.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 194–197
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2060

Event 12329 (A554FEB3)

Date: 9/25/1952
Description: Several witnesses watched a 20 foot diameter disc hover over Camp Drum near Watertown, New York at 6:00 p.m. It circled the base making a sound like a “dynamo.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6309

Event 12330 (AD615AEB)

Date: 9/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Atlantic (41’ North - 35’ West, 400 miles North-Northwest of the Azores Islands), the pilot, co-pilot, engineer and commander of a USAF C-124 transport aircraft observe two distinct green lights on the right and slightly above the C-124, which at one point seem to rotate around it. The lights take turns in the direction of the movements during the observation which lasts more than 1 hour. (September 26, 11:16 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2126 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1274

Event 12331 (F7574728)

Date: 9/26/1952
Location: Azores
Description: U.S. Air Force personnel report strange green lights approaching.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_127

Event 12332 (D94FE4D3)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: RICHMOND AND UMGABABA, SOUTH AFR
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Metal saucer passes over. 1 observer sees it go going quickly south to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2882

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND+UMGABABA,S.AFR:2+1 OBS:MTL SCR PASSES OVR:1 OBS SEES IT GO >>S TO SEA”, LatLong: “-29.866668 30.283335”, LatLongDMS: “29:52:00 S 30:17:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KwaZulu-Natal”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12333 (A5F2A0DF)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: DENMARK, WI
Description: 2 silver disks / high altitude. Going southwest slow. Jump / lower altitude. Light plane by. / r136#11.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2883

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: “268”, HatchDesc: “DENMARK,WI:2 SLVR DISKS/HI ALT:>SW SLOW:JUMP/LOWER alt:lite plane by:/r136#11”, LatLong: “44.350002 -87.816671”, LatLongDMS: “44:21:00 N 87:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12334 (4523A5B5)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: STURGEON BAY, WI
Description: Teacher and several. 2 large metal saucers going quickly southwest slowly. Vanish in place!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2884

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “221”, HatchDesc: “STURGEON BAY,WI:TEACHER+SVRL:2 LRG MTL SCRS >>SW SLOWLY:VANISH IN PLACE!”, LatLong: “44.833335 -87.383338”, LatLongDMS: “44:50:00 N 87:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12335 (8A612151)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 15:00
Location: ABRAMS, WI
Description: Several observer(s). Silent swirling GLU-green round-object going quickly north / 600m altitude. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2885

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “204”, HatchDesc: “ABRAMS,WI:SVRL OBS:SILENT SWIRLING GLU-GRN ROUND-OBJ >>N/600m alt:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “44.777780 -88.061115”, LatLongDMS: “44:46:40 N 88:03:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12336 (E5704D40)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 23:20
Location: 400MI NORTHWEST / AZORES
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2126. Unidentified. C124 crew paced / 2 green night lights. No ship / plane. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2886

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “400mi NW/AZORES:BBK#2126:UID:C124 CREW PACED/2 GRN NLTS:NO SHIP/PLANE:/r185”, LatLong: “41.000002 -35.000002”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:00 N 35:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Azores”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12337 (9B80399F)

Date: 9/26/1952
Location: Azores Islands (400 miles NNW of), At Sea
Description: Air Crews Observe Green Lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2126)
Reference: NICAP: 520926
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1349

Event 12338 (0EE33003)

Date: 9/26/1952
Time: 11:16 PM
Location: 400 miles NNW of Azores Islands
Description: Witnesses: pilot, copilot, engineer and aircraft commander of USAF C-124 transport plane. Two distinct green lights were seen to the right and slightly above the C-124, and at one time seemed to turn toward it. The lights alternated leading each other during more than 1 hour of observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_260

Event 12339 (077D37C3)

Date: 9/26/1952
Description: Syndicated aviation columnist Robert S. Allen writes in his column that the “Air Force has a breathtaking report” ready on UFOs. The study expresses the belief that some reports are genuine and originate from “sources outside of this planet.” The supposed document also says that some sightings involve secret US military devices. The study is allegedly based on more than 1,800 sightings in the past 5 years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert S. Allen, “Report on Flying Saucers,” Los Angeles Mirror News, September 26, 1952, p. 43; Michael Hall, “Was There a Second Estimate of the Situation?” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2061

Event 12340 (7DD1C87F)

Date: 9/26/1952
Locations: Azores Islands; 400 miles north-northwest of the Azores Islands
Description: 11:16 p.m. The pilot and crew of a USAF C-124 see two distinct green lights to the right and slightly above the plane, about 400 miles north-northwest of the Azores Islands. At one point, they appear to turn toward the plane. They remain visible until the plane sights the islands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Air Crews Observe Green Lights”; Sparks, p. 174
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2062

Event 12341 (E327AA95)

Date: 9/26/1952
Description: In the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles NNW of the Azores Islands. 11:16 p.m. The pilot, copilot, engineer and aircraft commander of an USAF C-124 transport plane reported observing two distinct green lights to the right and slightly above the C-124 at 11:16 p.m. At one point the lights seemed to turn toward their aircraft. The lights alternated leading each other during the aerial encounter, which went on for more than one hour of observation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #8, report dated December 31, 1952; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 748
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6342

Event 12342 (F3367C59)

Date: 9/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Inyokern (California), two couples using a 5x telescope observed a large, round object, sweeping through the spectrum of colors every 2 seconds, and flying horizontally for 15 minutes. (September 27th, 10 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2128 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1275

Event 12343 (17C97891)

Date: 9/27/1952
Location: HEMPSTEAD, TX
Description: 2 T33 jets. Silver-white saucer / 600+mph. Tilts to show disk-shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2887

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “HEMPSTEAD,TX:2 T33 JETS:SLVR-WHT SCR/600+mph:TILTS TO SHOW DISK-SHAPE”, LatLong: “30.100001 -96.077782”, LatLongDMS: “30:06:00 N 96:04:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12344 (FB55600F)

Date: 9/27/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: INYOKERN, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2128. Unidentified. Several / telescope. Large saucer changes color(s). Level then going down / fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 555)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2888

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “742”, HatchDesc: “INYOKERN,CA:BBK#2128:UID:SVRL/TELESCOPE:LRG SCR CHANGES CLRS:LEVEL THEN ↓/FAST”, LatLong: “35.644446 -117.811117”, LatLongDMS: “35:38:40 N 117:48:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12345 (6950130F)

Date: 9/27/1952
Location: Hempstead, TX
Description: White-silver circular flat disc flying erratically at 600-700 mph (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1350

Event 12346 (9EFEF276)

Date: 9/27/1952
Location: Inyokern, CA
Description: 2 couples using a 5x telescope saw a large, round object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2128)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1351

Event 12347 (8100DC63)

Date: 9/27/1952
Time: 10 PM
Location: Inyokern, California
Description: Witnesses: two couples, using a 5x telescope. One large, round object, which went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly straight and level for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_261

Event 12348 (80E651F9)

Date: 9/27/1952
End date: 9/28/1952
Locations: West Germany; Denmark; southern Sweden; Hamburg; Kiel, Germany
Description: Throughout West Germany, Denmark, and southern Sweden, there are widespread UFO reports. A luminous object with a comet-like tail is seen moving irregularly near Hamburg and Kiel, Germany. Once, three satellite objects are reported moving around a larger object. A cigar-shaped UFO moving silently eastward is also seen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 163
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2063

Event 12349 (F639368B)

Date: 9/27/1952
Description: Inyo, Kern County, California. Two couples, looking through a 5x telescope at 10 p.m., observed a large, round object, which went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds. It flew straight and level for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6372

Event 12350 (F8BE4625)

Date: 9/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Northern Germany make many observations. Reports describe saucers, spheres, and cigar-shaped objects. (September 28)
Reference: Vallée, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, page 62
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1276

Event 12351 (EA865683)

Date: 9/28/1952
Location: Tsushima Island, Japan
Description: (35°11’ N, 136°45’ E). (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1352

Event 12352 (5C5004E8)

Date: 9/28/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Object Similar to Aircraft Tracked on GCA Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 520928
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1353

Event 12353 (AD34511B)

Date: 9/28/1952
Location: Arizona desert
Description: 2:00 p.m. Williamson, Streeter, and Bailey attempt to meet the saucer intelligences for a landing somewhere in the Arizona desert, but apparently get lost. They return to Streeter’s home, where the radio sends sinister-sounding messages about the radio being dangerous, a man coming, and Streeter having a deep secret (perhaps that Streeter has attempted psychic contact once before in 1950).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson and Alfred C. Bailey, The Saucers Speak! New Age, 1954; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2064

Event 12354 (01CD0B9F)

Date: 9/28/1952
Locations: Tsushima Island, Japan; Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport]; Tsutsusaki Lighthouse
Description: 8:35 p.m.–10:09 p.m. USAF radar operator A/3c Carlton L. Hall, stationed on the southwest coast of Tsushima Island, Japan, notices unusual targets on six separate occasions, each time for a duration of 2–4 sweeps. On two separate outbound tracks from Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport], a series of targets appear directly behind aircraft when entering an azimuth of 50°–70° from nearby Tsutsusaki Lighthouse. The objects appear as normal aircraft but are rounder in shape, trailing about 2–3 miles to the rear of the aircraft. A/2c Warren D. Grovenstein also observes four of these anomalies with Hall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book report]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2065

Event 12355 (D7CFD76A)

Date: 9/29/1952
Location: DENMARK
Description: (Translated from French) A large cigar-shaped craft was observed above Denmark. Below it flew several discs spinning on themselves at an extreme speed. From several points of the territory the presence of the mother spaceship and several discs in the sky was reported.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO Files” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.144
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1686

Event 12356 (C113CF32)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Aurora (Colorado) B. R. Hughes, Sergeant/T. of the USAF, observed 5 or 6 circular objects, intensely white but not dazzling, flying in a line formation for 5 to 6 minutes. (15:15)
Reference: case Blue Book unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1277

Event 12357 (C7585472)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Rochester (England), people saw 2 flat objects remain stationary for 3 minutes, then quickly leave. They reported their testimony to the Rochester police station. (15 h 55)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2136 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1278

Event 12358 (2AAAF199)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Southern Pines (North Carolina), C.H. Stevens, 1st Lieutenant of the U.S. Army Reserve and two other people observe a green ellipse with a long trail orbiting for 15 minutes. (8:15 PM)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case no. 2140
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1279

Event 12359 (D21A5BC1)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 04:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 1 observer. Blue-glowing ovoid. Rolls. Passes behind invisible curtain til gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2889

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:1 OBS:BLU-GLO OVOID:ROLLS:PASSES BHND INVISIBLE CURTAIN TIL GONE”, LatLong: “39.116669 -84.533337”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 84:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 12360 (70F1F3EB)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: ROCHESTER, KENT
Description: 2 13cm plates hang over city. Zoom away shortly. No planes in area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 557)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2890

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ROCHESTER,KENT:2 13cm PLATES HANG OVR CITY:ZOOM AWAY SHORTLY:NO PLANES IN AREA”, LatLong: “51.433336 0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “51:26:00 N 00:30:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12361 (A8D7AF5F)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 17:30
Location: 2KM SOUTH / MAINZ, GERMANY
Description: French Captain. Glowing ovoid with dark patch / side. Low humming. Going quickly [to] overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 557)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2891

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “2km S/MAINZ,GERMANY:FRENCH Capt:GLOWING OVOID W/DARK PATCH/SIDE:LOW HUM:>>OVHD”, LatLong: “49.966669 8.266667”, LatLongDMS: “49:58:00 N 08:16:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12362 (7F79989C)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: HEARNE, TX
Description: 6 calls to military. Orange-yellow saucer / no wings. Terrific speed going quickly north and going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 557)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2892

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “87”, HatchDesc: “HEARNE,TX:6 CALLS to MILITARY:ORG-YEL SCR/NO WINGS:TERRIFIC SPEED >> N + >>SW”, LatLong: “30.877779 -96.594449”, LatLongDMS: “30:52:40 N 96:35:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12363 (4587C828)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 18:00?
Location: ALL / DENMARK, DK
Description: Many separate observer(s). Large cylinder/cigar-shape and several saucers rotate below. Going quickly east. / r48p141.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2893

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “ALL/DENMARK,DK:MANY SEP.OBS:LRG CGR+SVRL SCRS ROTATE BELOW:>>E:/r48p141”, LatLong: “56.250003 9.750000”, LatLongDMS: “56:15:00 N 09:45:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12364 (8CB341D0)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTHERN PINES, NC
Description: 3 observer(s). Green ellipse with long tail orbits / 15 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2894

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “SOUTHERN PINES,NC:3 OBS:GREEN ELLIPSE W/LONG TAIL ORBITS/15min:NFD”, LatLong: “35.172224 -79.394448”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:20 N 79:23:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12365 (C4043296)

Date: 9/29/1952
Location: Rochester, England, UK
Description: 2 flat objects hovering then speeding away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2136)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1354

Event 12366 (B3F80879)

Date: 9/29/1952
Location: Aurora, CO
Description: 5-6 circular objects, bright white but not shiny (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1355

Event 12367 (BD3BA8F3)

Date: 9/29/1952
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Description: Green ellipse. with a long tail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2140)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1358

Event 12368 (C944ADFB)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 3:55 PM
Location: Rochester, England
Description: Witnesses unknown, but report came via the Rochester Police Dept. Two flat objects hovered for 3 minutes, and then sped away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_262

Event 12369 (C31D5927)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 8:15 PM
Location: Southern Pines, North Carolina
Description: Witnesses: U.S. Army Res. lst Lt. C.H. Stevens and two others. One green ellipse with a long tail orbited for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_263

Event 12370 (9F91E697)

Date: 9/29/1952
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Description: Witness: USAF T/Sgt. B.R. Hughes. Five or six circular objects, bright white but not shiny, circled in trail formation for 5-6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_264

Event 12371 (5B10EAC5)

Date: 9/29/1952
Location: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Description: 6:30 p.m. Capt. Dursemaine, commanding officer of the Gendarmerie Maritime en Allemagne, watches a luminous, egg-shaped object with a black spot in its center flying at an altitude of 3.7 miles above his home 1.2 miles south of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It emits a low-pitched hum and white exhaust.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2066

Event 12372 (07C86477)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: On this day a cigar-shaped mothership and accompaning disc-shaped UFOs were seen together over Denmark.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1987, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6412

Event 12373 (E014A057)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: Rochester, England. At 3:55 p.m. GMT the Rochester Police Department received a report that two flat unidentified objects had hovered over the city for three minutes, and then sped away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2136; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6413

Event 12374 (D48B4707)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: In Aurora, Colorado at 3:15 p.m. USAF Sgt. B. R. Hughes witnessed five or six circular objects, bright white but not shiny. They circled in trail formation for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6414

Event 12375 (31F779A9)

Date: 9/29/1952
Description: At 8:15 p.m. U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant C. H. Stevens and two others in Southern Pines, North Carolina observed a green ellipse with a long tail orbiting in the sky for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2140; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6415

Event 12376 (1BDDC30F)

Date: 9/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Denver (“California”, per Blue Book).
Reference: case Blue Book #2138 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1280

Event 12377 (52DD5A1C)

Date: 9/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the base of the USAF Edwards (California), an aviation photographer and other people observe 2 discs alternating between stationary flight and erratic movement.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1281

Event 12378 (21FE8E7D)

Date: 9/30/1952
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: Two discs hover and darting, multiple 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_128

Event 12379 (792157B8)

Date: 9/30/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 3 photographs and more. 2 saucers circle B29. Hover dart and maneuver. Out and back. / r242p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 205)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2895

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “702”, HatchDesc: “EDWARDS AFB,CA:3 PHOTOGS+:2 SCRS CIRCLE B29:HVR DART+MNVR:OUT+BACK:/r242p57”, LatLong: “34.900002 -117.866672”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:00 N 117:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12380 (263CC61B)

Date: 9/30/1952
Location: Denver, CO
Description: [Same as Sept. 29 Aurora case?] (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2138)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1356

Event 12381 (15E09A7D)

Date: 9/30/1952
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: Aviation photographer, others, observed two discs alternately hovering and darting around. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1357

Event 12382 (C1E03429)

Date: 9/30/1952
Locations: Edwards AFB; Rogers Dry Lake; Southern California
Description: 10:30 a.m. A North American Aviation Company film crew, headed by Dick Beemer, is at Edwards AFB in southern California to film some tests. They are at Rogers Dry Lake when a B-29 passes overhead. Cameraman Carlos Garcia sees an unusual object moving near the plane. A second object appears. Soon the whole crew is looking up. Beemer says the objects are silent, leave no vapor trail, take turns maneuvering around each other, and look like “flattened spheres.” They have a color motion picture camera with them, but the UFOs are too near the sun.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 57–58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2067

Event 12383 (CBFF5430)

Date: 10/1952
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. August 2, 1952) Angelucci meets “Neptune” by chance, at a bus stop, dressed like anyone else on Earth. This is proof that extraterrestrials can live incognito among us.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Continued: end of summer 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1700

Event 12384 (4F6DF555)

Date: 10/1952
Location: USA, Bakersville (California)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: August 1952, Bakersville) Two individuals appeared in the backyard of Cecil Michael’s garage. Cecil recognized the two occupants of the saucer from the month of August. They were dressed in a costume from another age: a monk’s hood covered their head, a Roman tunic covered their body down to their knees, and in addition to the sandals they had on their feet, a kind of calf bandage was wrapped around their legs, revealing the skin with each turn! These apparitions or visions lasted until January 1, 1953. Cecil was the only one to see these entities, but one day his dog barked furiously at them as if he perceived their presence in some way. When a customer arrived, the two figures gradually faded until they disappeared completely. Cecil claimed to have received an implant in his skull. At the time this notion was totally unknown. Yet Cecil said he was forced to follow these two tormentors who made him get into their saucer and took him to visit the Planet of Hell! During this journey (in spirit, said Cecil) which lasted 4 days in dream time for four hours of real time, something extraordinary happened. Every time the garage phone rang, Cecil was brought back, then taken away again when the problem was solved! On the planet of Hell he saw small dark-skinned humanoids obeying the orders of a normal-sized human being, who threw corpses into a gigantic sea of fire. (…) Cecil was ordered to publish the account of his experiences, which he did in 1955, while continuing to run his garage. (1952, October to 1953, January 1)
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, the unmasked invaders”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 81, 82
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1701

Event 12385 (FC48DF14)

Date: 10/1952
Location: HORTEN-OSLOFJORD, NORWAY
Description: UFO overflies naval base. Jets chase. Terrific speed…
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2896

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, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HORTEN-OSLOFJORD,NORWAY:UFO OVERFLIES NAVAL BASE:JETS CHASE:TERRIFIC SPEED…”, LatLong: “59.433336 10.450000”, LatLongDMS: “59:26:00 N 10:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12386 (83E1BA73)

Date: 10/1952
Description: The first number of Albert K. Bender’s Space Review is published.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Space Review 1, no. 1 (October 1952); Clark III 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2069

Event 12387 (546E89CE)

Date: 10/1952
Locations: Salem; Corvallis, Oregon
Description: Opal Church is driving with her nephew in a car between Salem and Corvallis, Oregon, when they see an 8- foot, heavily built figure walking with “fluid movements” along the road. It is wearing an Arab-style headdress and a uniform, with gloves and boots, of fine metallic mesh. A ribbed belt surrounds the waist. Its face is pale and the huge round eyes, nearly 3 inches in diameter, glow. Inside them are reticulations “resembling the filament in old electric light bulbs.” Church turns around immediately, but the figure is gone, even though the terrain is flat.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1952–1953, p. 28; Clark III 267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2070

Event 12388 (9F15AF29)

Date: 10/1952
Description: Andrija Puharich, a medical doctor interested in parapsychology, discovers that a person’s ESP abilities are enhanced when they are placed inside a Faraday cage. His experimental subject is none other than gifted psychic Eileen J. Garrett, whom he has tasked with clairvoyantly perceiving cosmic ray bursts of sufficient magnitude to trigger a signal in a detector.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days, Part 2,” IUR 32, no. 2 (December 2008): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2071

Event 12389 (11275119)

Date: 10/1952
Location: Paris, France
Description: Stanley Glickman, an American artist living in Paris, France, joins a group of fellow Americans at a café, one of whom is CIA mind-control and poison specialist Sidney Gottlieb. A heated political debate ensues, and when Glickman decides to leave, he is offered a drink to soothe ill feelings. Gottlieb surreptitiously slips LSD into Glickman’s drink and it derails his life. Glickman suffers a complete mental breakdown from which he never recovers. In 1977, he learns about Gottlieb and CIA’s LSD experiments on unwitting involuntary subjects from the Kennedy congressional hearings. Glickman sues in 1981, but the trial is delayed 17 years on technical grounds, by which time Glickman has died in 1992. His sister, Gloria Kronisch, pursues the case in the US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, as his executrix in 1998, but it is thrown out on July 9 because the statute of limitations has passed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. P. Albarelli Jr., A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Cold War Experiments, Trine Day, 2009; Kronisch v. United States, US Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit, July 9, 1998
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2072

Event 12390 (3ED2E568)

Date: 10/1952
Locations: Plainsboro, New Jersey; New York
Description: Evening. Aeronautical engineer and former Project Sign liaison Alfred Loedding and his wife Marion see an odd object while driving near Plainsboro, New Jersey. At first, they think it is an aircraft crashing, but the object levels off and flashes away at high speed, emitting a bluish-green light. He estimates it is 100 feet in diameter and 500–600 feet high, and it gives off a “weird light like looking at a firefly” while changing shape. Loedding says Rep. L. Gary Clemente (D-N.Y.) is also a witness.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Design Practical, WADC Aid Says; U.S. Interested,” Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald, August 9, 1957, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2073

Event 12391 (D4BEFA3E)

Date: 10/1952
Description: Author Whitley Streiber states he lived in San Antonio, TX at this time and remembers being tested while he was having “encounters” as a child. Streiber suggests he may have been tested at Randolph Air Force Base or Lackland Air Force Base. He states he remembers being “trapped in a box” called a Skinner box and given a “forced learning experience” that led him to be put into Brooke General Hospital for six weeks.

• https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/110197/wrc15848_transcript.pdf?sequence=3&
• https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/unidentified-scholarly-subject/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_36

Event 12392 (FE0A5660)

Date: 10/1/1952
Location: USA, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:40 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McLean and one other witness. An object of a milky white color, in the shape of a powder puff, hovered for 5-10 minutes before quickly flying away on an arcing trajectory. At the end of the 22 minute observation, a loud bang was heard.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1689

Event 12393 (CB063278)

Date: 10/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Shaw (South Carolina), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF T. J. Pointek is piloting a RF-80 reconnaissance jet when he sees a bright white light. For 23 minutes he attempts to intercept it as it flies horizontally, then vertically and hovers, then ends with a sharp turn. (18 h 57)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1282

Event 12394 (D9CAE81D)

Date: 10/1/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Pascagoula (Mississippi), C. C. McLean, his companion, and another person observed a round, milky white, powdery cloud-shaped object hovering for 5 to 10 minutes, then flying away very quickly in an arcing trajectory. A very loud noise was heard at the beginning of the observation, which lasted 22 minutes. (7:40 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2143 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1283

Event 12395 (D1FEAB56)

Date: 10/1/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2142. Unidentified. RF80 pilot / 22K’ altitude. Luminous white dot paces. Sudden turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2897

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere 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: “6”, Duration: “23”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “SHAW AFB,SC:BBK#2142:UID:RF80 PILOT/22K’alt:LUM.WHT DOT PACES:SUDDEN TURNS”, LatLong: “33.972224 -80.483337”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:20 N 80:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12396 (B31B34B2)

Date: 10/1/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: PASCAGOULA, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2143. Unidentified. 4 civil. Sphere/orb/globe very large or very close / 7 minute(s). Blast / exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2898

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “PASCAGOULA,MS:BBK#2143:UID:4 CIV:ORB VLARGE OR VCLOSE/7min:BLAST/EXIT”, LatLong: “30.366668 -88.533338”, LatLongDMS: “30:22:00 N 88:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12397 (F3647DCA)

Date: 10/1/1952
Location: Shaw AFB, SC
Description: Bright white light fly straight, then vertical (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2142)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1359

Event 12398 (9CEBAA7A)

Date: 10/1/1952
Location: Pascagoula, MS
Description: Heard a loud blast and saw a round, milky-white object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2143)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1360

Event 12399 (49C9319D)

Date: 10/1/1952
Time: 6:57 PM
Location: Shaw AFB, South Carolina
Description: Witness: USAF lst Lt. T.J. Pointek, pilot of RF-8O reconnaissance jet. One bright white light flew straight, then vertical, then hovered, and then made an abrupt turn during a 23 minute attempted intercept.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_265

Event 12400 (C00E08CB)

Date: 10/1/1952
Time: 7:40 PM
Location: Pascagoula, Mississippi
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McLean and one other person. One round, milky-white object, shaped like a powder puff, hovered for 5-10 minutes then flew away very fast in an arc. A loud blast was heard at the start of the 22 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_266

Event 12401 (CE873FFA)

Date: 10/2/1952
Location: Langley, VA
Description: SECRET MEMO to Director CIA from H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence: ATIC is the only group devoting appreciable effort to the study of UFOs. Flying Saucers pose two elements of danger to the United States. The first involves mass psychological considerations and the second concerns vulnerability of the U.S. to air attack. Recommend that the DCI discuss this subject with the Psychological Strategy Board.
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p509)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_481
See also: 11/25/1952

Event 12402 (7A9F183F)

Date: 10/2/1952
Description: (Translated from French) On Sunshine Road, Melbourne (Australia), 2 teenagers out for a nighttime stroll heard a whistling sound and saw a red and blue UFO flying at low altitude and rushing towards them. They ran to hide. (October 2)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1284

Event 12403 (001F0655)

Date: 10/2/1952?
Locations: river Lågen; Gudbrandsdalslågen; Norway
Description: Shortly before 7:00 a.m. One Thursday this month, Johannes Nordlien is waiting for coworkers when he hears a howling sound. A white, saucer-shaped object, 13 feet in diameter, comes in from the west at high speed and passes him only 325 feet away. It falls with a violent splash into the river Lågen [Gudbrandsdalslågen?] in Norway. When his colleagues show up, the water is still roiling.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ole Jonny Brænne, “Observations of Unidentified Submarine Objects in Norway,” IUR 20, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1995): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2074

Event 12404 (52813D34)

Date: 10/2/1952
Description: CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence Director H. Marshall Chadwell writes a memorandum to Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith recommending he advise the National Security Council that more research is needed on UFOs to investigate their national security threat.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Flying Saucers,” October 2, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Good Above, pp. 509–510
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2075

Event 12405 (5949B025)

Date: 10/3/1952
Time: 01:30
Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, AFR
Description: 3 observer(s). Green night light stops. Zigzags. Crazy turns. Changes color(s)…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 561)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2899

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST,AFR:3 OBS:GRN NLT STOPS:ZIGZAGS:CRAZY TURNS:CHANGES CLRS…”, LatLong: “5.350000 -4.016667”, LatLongDMS: “05:21:00 N 04:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IVC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12406 (159AC035)

Date: 10/3/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: COCOA, FL
Description: Hundreds / calls. White ovoid hovers to 0020hrs. Near Cape Canaveral. Back 06 Oct(up.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 561)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2900

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “140”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “COCOA,FL:100s/CALLS:WHT OVOID HVRS to 0020hrs:nr CAPE CANAVERAL:BACK 06OCT(UP)”, LatLong: “28.383335 -80.744448”, LatLongDMS: “28:23:00 N 80:44:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12407 (A5D27281)

Date: 10/3/1952
Location: -20.0000 115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Hurricane” Yield: 25KT
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_1747

Extra Data: LatLong: “-20.0000 115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “20:00:00 S 115:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Hurricane”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “25”

Event 12408 (145AA2B8)

Date: 10/3/1952
Description: At 1:30 a.m. a UFO zigzagged over Abidjan, Ivory Coast. That evening, at Cocoa Beach, Florida a white ovoid object hovered near Cape Canaveral for two and a half hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6518

Event 12409 (F9CEE905)

Date: 10/5/1952
Time: 17:10
Location: ATLANTIC 5430W-4952N
Description: Steamship Caronia. Ret Navy Lt. commercial aircraft. Brilliant saucer like welding torch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 562)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2901

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 5430W-4952N:SS CARONIA:Ret NAVY Lt Comm:BRILL.SCR LIKE WELDING TORCH”, LatLong: “42.316669 -55.116669”, LatLongDMS: “42:19:00 N 55:07:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12410 (43DFFC4E)

Date: 10/6/1952
Location: FRANCE, Draguignan (Var)
Description: (Translated from French) “This evening, we crossed in full flight a mysterious object that was moving at a lightning speed above our aircraft.” Testimony of the aviators François Cavasse (32 years old) and Michel Clément (31 years old) who provide the regular service London-Orly-Nice: “At 7:28 pm, we were flying over Draguignan and the Var department, when my co-pilot Clément drew my attention to the evolution of a strange-shaped luminous object. We immediately compared its shape to that of an elongated egg. The trajectory of the object was absolutely straight and horizontal. Its speed, lightning, was regular. The “egg” was entirely lit, but with a white light, not blinding, reminiscent of that produced by neon. Thus, we were able to follow its course for 30 seconds without leaving it out of sight.” The craft left in its wake a trail representing twenty to twenty-five times its length. The smoke released, white slightly bluish, had the appearance of dots. We estimated the lightning speed of the craft to be two or three times that of a jet engine running at full power. (…) The flying egg was traveling at 2 to 3,000 km/h. It seemed much bigger to us than a normal transport plane. [note from vog: even more detailed account and other testimonies in “Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes”, Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, pages 169 to 175]
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 86-87
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1690

Event 12411 (5817BE14)

Date: 10/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Above Draguignan (France), sighting by F. Cavasse and M. Clément. (October 6)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1285

Event 12412 (3D69379C)

Date: 10/6/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: SIDI FERRUCH, ALGERIA
Description: Many observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape-shape “in orange flames” / western coastline.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2902

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SIDI FERRUCH,ALGERIA:MANY OBS:CGR-SHAPE “IN ORANGE FLAMES”/WESTERN COASTLINE”, LatLong: “35.600002 -1.000000”, LatLongDMS: “35:36:00 N 01:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12413 (616A9F1A)

Date: 10/6/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: MONTPELLIER, FR
Description: Weatherman. Disk east going quickly. Small night light follows. Leaves (something behind) trail. Seen widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2903

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MONTPELLIER,FR:WEATHERMAN:DISK E>>:SML NLT FOLOS:LVS TRAIL:seen widely”, LatLong: “43.600002 3.866667”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 03:52:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hérault”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12414 (CC439F21)

Date: 10/6/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: DRAGUIGNAN, FR
Description: Air France DC4+others. Luminous/glowing white ovoid SL flight east going west. / LDLN#255+r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2904

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “DRAGUIGNAN,FR:AIR FRANCE DC4+OTHERS:LUMn WHT OVOID SL FLITE E>W:/LDLN#255+r150”, LatLong: “43.538891 6.466667”, LatLongDMS: “43:32:20 N 06:28:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12415 (DEBD6A4D)

Date: 10/6/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: CHENNAULT AIR FORCE BASE, LA
Description: 3 airmen. White night light north going south. Makes 4 90-turns and various maneuvers / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 562)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2905

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “CHENNAULT AFB,LA:3 AIRMEN:WHT NLT N>S:MAKES 4 90-TURNS + VARIOUS MNVRS/5min”, LatLong: “30.200001 -93.166671”, LatLongDMS: “30:12:00 N 93:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12416 (C8C02A7E)

Date: 10/6/1952
Description: A cigar-shaped object was seen in Oran, Algeria at 6:30 p.m. At 7:28 p.m. two witnesses onboard an Air France DC-4 flying over Draguignan, Var, France sighted a white luminous object that looked like an elongated egg with a bluish-white tail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, October 1987, p. 18; (2) Aime Michel, The World of Flying Saucers, p. 145; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6594

Event 12417 (668FB6E2)

Date: 10/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Alamogordo, New Mexico, Bagnell, a lieutenant in the USAF, observed a pale blue oval, its longest axis vertical, flying horizontally for 4-5 seconds, covering an arc of 30 seconds during this time. (20:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2150 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1286

Event 12418 (E9D7534F)

Date: 10/7/1952
Description: (Translated from French) see October 17th.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1287

Event 12419 (D9A6A49E)

Date: 10/7/1952
Time: ~14:00
Location: BALLARAT, VCT, AUS
Description: 28 slow-going silver-white saucers dive at car. Turn up and vanish. P308.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2906

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BALLARAT,VCT,AUS:28 SLO-GOING SLVR-WHT SCRS DIVE AT CAR:TURN UP+VANISH:p308”, LatLong: “-37.566668 143.600007”, LatLongDMS: “37:34:00 S 143:36:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12420 (BDC7EDD2)

Date: 10/7/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM
Description: 2 military Air Traffic Controllers. Unidentified night light in landing pattern. No planes / balloons up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 563)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2907

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ANDERSON AFB,GUAM:2 MIL ATCs:UID NLT in LANDING PATTERN:NO PLANES/BALLOONS UP”, LatLong: “14.416667 144.750007”, LatLongDMS: “14:25:00 N 144:45:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12421 (24DA5296)

Date: 10/7/1952
Time: ~20:30
Location: SOUTH / ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 2 military / drive-in. Bright vertical ovoid to NNE. Turns on side and dims.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 563)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2908

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1355”, HatchDesc: “S/ALAMOGORDO,NM:2 MIL/DRIVE-IN:BRITE VERTICAL OVOID TO NNE:TURNS ON SIDE+DIMS”, LatLong: “32.816668 -105.966672”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 105:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12422 (97B98311)

Date: 10/7/1952
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: Pale blue oval, with its long axis vertical, fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2150, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1361

Event 12423 (0AF14296)

Date: 10/7/1952
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Alamagordo, New Mexico
Description: Witness: USAF Lt. Bagnell. One pale blue oval, with its long axis vertical, flew straight and level for 4-5 seconds, covering 30 in that time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_267

Event 12424 (8CB294DC)

Date: 10/8/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: GUIMILIAU, FR
Description: 3+several. Thin silver saucer hovers and wobbles 500M overhead. Whistles and shoots quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2909

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: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GUIMILIAU,FR:3+SVRL:THIN SLVR SCR HVRS+WOBBLES 500M OVHD:WHISTLES+SHOOTS ↑↑”, LatLong: “48.483336 -4.000000”, LatLongDMS: “48:29:00 N 04:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12425 (1E54467A)

Date: 10/8/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: KEFLAVIK AIRPORT/APARTMENT, ICEL
Description: 4 USAF officers. Saucer going quickly northeast and SSW. Shoots going up / 1 second(s). Silent. No contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2910

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Greenland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “KEFLAVIK Apt,ICEL:4 USAF OFFICERS:SCR>>NE+SSW:SHOOTS ↑/1sec:SLNT:NO CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “64.000003 -22.550001”, LatLongDMS: “64:00:00 N 22:33:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KEF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12426 (4F9661F2)

Date: 10/8/1952
Description: A thin, silver disc-shaped craft hovered and wobbled 500 meters over the heads of three witnesses in Guimiliau, Finistere department, France on this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. It made a whistling sound as it shot away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6637

Event 12427 (DEB020AE)

Date: 10/9/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: 2 USAF men. Silver UFO hovers / 40K’ altitude / one hour. 2nd zooms upward.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2911

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “BROOKS AFB,TX:2 USAF MEN:SLVR UFO HVRS/40K’alt/1hr:2nd ZOOMS UPWARD:”, LatLong: “29.350001 -98.433338”, LatLongDMS: “29:21:00 N 98:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12428 (98E57D31)

Date: 10/9/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / HARMONY, IL
Description: 2 / US20. Bright dish-saucer zigzags. Vanishes and reappears. Hovers / low level.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2912

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “SE/HARMONY,IL:2/US20:BRITE DISH-SCR ZIGZAGS:VANISHES+REAPPEARS:HVRS/LO LEVEL”, LatLong: “42.133335 -88.500004”, LatLongDMS: “42:08:00 N 88:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12429 (BCE62109)

Date: 10/9/1952
End date: 10/11/1952
Locations: Optical Society of America; Boston, Massachusetts
Description: At the Optical Society of America meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, J. Allen Hynek presents a paper on “Unusual Aerial Phenomena,” in which he expresses skepticism for most reports, except for nocturnal lights that do “not appear to be readily explainable on an astronomical basis, or by mirages, balloons, or by conventional aircraft.” Astronomer Donald Menzel presents a dismissive paper on radar angels and mirages, while Urner Liddel presents “Phantasmagoria or Unusual Observations in the Atmosphere,” dismissing UFO reports as mass hysteria, fear psychosis, and sensation-seeking.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. A. Hynek, “Unusual Aerial Phenomena,” Journal of the Optical Society of America 43 (1953): 311–314; Urner Liddel, “Phantasmagoria or Unusual Observations in the Atmosphere,” Journal of the Optical Society of America 43 (1953): 314–317
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2076

Event 12430 (AFD80992)

Date: 10/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Otis (Massachusetts), a USAF sergeant and two other enlisted men saw a bright white light blinking for 20 minutes, making a pendulum motion, then suddenly taking off into the air. (October 10, 6:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2155 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1288

Event 12431 (50181FD9)

Date: 10/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Albert Chop, a member of the Blue Book project, wrote to the Air Force Chief of Staff, with a copy to the FBI, that nearly 20% of UFO sightings cannot be associated with familiar things. These conclusions are in agreement with those of the Sign project.
Reference: MUFON UJ 123
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1289

Event 12432 (A18DF978)

Date: 10/10/1952
Location: COPENHAGEN, DK
Description: Air Force officers. 1 saucer seen. Huge wave / cigars and saucers / Germany and Norway and Sweden.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2913

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “COPENHAGEN,DK:AF OFFICERS:1 SCR SEEN:HUGE WAVE/CGRS+SCRS/GERMANY+NORWAY+SWEDEN”, LatLong: “55.716669 12.450001”, LatLongDMS: “55:43:00 N 12:27:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12433 (B26ECF6D)

Date: 10/10/1952
Location: MANSTON, DORSET, ENG
Description: USAF wire. 2 10cm disks / unknown altitude. Silent. Northwest going quickly southeast. 1 rolls and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 568)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2914

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “MANSTON,DORSET,ENG:USAF WIRE:2 10cm DISKS/UNK.ALT:SLNT:NW>>SE:1 ROLLS+VANISHES”, LatLong: “50.938891 -2.266667”, LatLongDMS: “50:56:20 N 02:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 12434 (432516FE)

Date: 10/10/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: SIDI-BEL-ABBES, ALG
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape flies right over sully weather station. No further details. / r49p105?
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2915

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIDI-bel-ABBES,ALG:CGR FLIES RIGHT OVER SULLY WEATHER STATION:NFD:/r49p105?”, LatLong: “35.250002 -0.716667”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 00:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Constantine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12435 (9038ED47)

Date: 10/10/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: OTIS AIR FORCE BASE, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2155. Blinking white night light shoots going up. Stops. Swings / 20 minute(s). Continues going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 568)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2916

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “21”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “OTIS AFB,MASS:BBK#2155:BLINKING WHT NLT SHOOTS ↑:STOPS:SWINGS/20min:CONTINUES↑”, LatLong: “41.683335 -70.583337”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 70:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12436 (200A4CE0)

Date: 10/10/1952
Location: Otis AFB, MA
Description: Blinking white light move like a pendulum then shoot straight up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2155)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1362

Event 12437 (57868E3E)

Date: 10/10/1952
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Otis AFB, Massachusetts
Description: Witnesses: USAF S/Sgt., two other enlisted men. One blinking white light moved like a pendulum for 20 minutes, and then shot straight up.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_268

Event 12438 (5C545DBF)

Date: 10/10/1952
Locations: Florida; Pittsburg, Kansas
Description: Battelle issues its sixth status report on Project Stork. UFO reports through 1951 have been coded and put on IBM punch cards. About 60% of the reports have been evaluated. The panel has looked at two films and soil and vegetation samples from cases in Florida and Pittsburg, Kansas. The witness questionnaire is further refined and will become the basis for Project Blue Book’s form.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 3,” CUFON; “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 4,” CUFON
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2077

Event 12439 (FE8DA131)

Date: 10/10/1952
Description: At 6:30 p.m. three enlisted men at Otis AFB, Massachusetts watched a blinking white light swing in the sky like a pendulum for 20 minutes. It then shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2155; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6698

Event 12440 (67F82DD4)

Date: 10/11/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Newport News (Virginia), an observer of the GOC sees an object shaped like a disk with a dome. (October 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1290

Event 12441 (4DE

[c0mmando]

Date: 10/11/1952
Location: NEWPORT NEWS, VA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Domed saucer hovers / 20 mn. Tilts and going quickly [to] away as jets near. / r78p166.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2917

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT NEWS,VA:GOC OBS:DOMED SCR HVRS/20mn:TILTS+>>AWAY AS JETS NEAR:/r78p166”, LatLong: “36.983335 -76.416670”, LatLongDMS: “36:59:00 N 76:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12442 (EA050AB2)

Date: 10/11/1952
Location: Newport News, VA
Description: Ground Observer Corps spotter saw disc-shaped UFO with “dome”. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1363

Event 12443 (F3E095B8)

Date: 10/11/1952
Locations: Newport News, Virginia; Langley Air Force Base
Description: A Ground Observer Corps spotter sees a disc hovering in one spot for 20 minutes over Newport News, Virginia. When two interceptors arrive from Langley Air Force Base, the object tilts up, accelerates, and shoots away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 150
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2078

Event 12444 (86A2F33E)

Date: 10/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Palo Alto (California), observation of a V-shaped formation of 6 apparent discs. (October 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1291

Event 12445 (3BF06DA3)

Date: 10/12/1952
Location: OFF HUNGNAM, NORTH KOREA
Description: Marine pilot. 20cm orange fireball buzzes interceptor. Shoots going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 569)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2918

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off HUNGNAM,N.KOREA:MARINE PILOT:20cm ORG FBL BUZZES INTERCEPTOR:SHOOTS>>N”, LatLong: “39.666669 127.766673”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 127:46:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12446 (BDCD1D94)

Date: 10/12/1952
Time: 01:00
Location: PALO ALTO, CA
Description: Aero worker. 6 glowing-disks / V-formation. North going quickly south / 8 second(s). Separate saucer west going quickly east. / r242p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 570)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2919

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: “7”, HatchDesc: “PALO ALTO,CA:AERO WORKER:6 GLO-DISKS/V-FORMn:N>>S/8sec::SEP.SCR W>>E:/r242p45.”, LatLong: “37.455557 -122.144450”, LatLongDMS: “37:27:20 N 122:08:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12447 (9CD48072)

Date: 10/12/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: MT. AIRY, NC
Description: Football coach and team. White object descends and hovers / 15 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 570)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2920

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “336”, HatchDesc: “Mt AIRY,NC:FOOTBALL COACH+TEAM:WHT OBJ DESCENDS+HVRS/15min:NFD”, LatLong: “36.483335 -80.600004”, LatLongDMS: “36:29:00 N 80:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12448 (F998AF5C)

Date: 10/12/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: SUNSHINE ROAD, AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 observer(s) hide. Swish sound. Red and blue saucer flies over / low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 191)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2921

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SUNSHINE ROAD,AUSTRL:2 OBS HIDE:SWISH SOUND:RED+BLU SCR FLIES OVR/LO ALT:”, LatLong: “-37.766668 144.916674”, LatLongDMS: “37:46:00 S 144:55:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12449 (09523E3D)

Date: 10/12/1952
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Description: V-formation of six apparent discs. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1364

Event 12450 (802623CF)

Date: 10/12/1952
Locations: New Zealand; Auckland
Description: Harold H. Fulton founds Civilian Saucer Investigation (New Zealand) in Auckland. It begins publishing a quarterly newsletter, Flying Saucers, in May 1953, which continues until September 1959 with a name change in 1958 to Space Probe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Flying Saucers 1, no. 1 (May 1953); Space Probe, Christmas 1958
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2079

Event 12451 (4C961803)

Date: 10/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Oshima (Japan), an Air Force pilot and an engineer see a round object in a cloud formation. The object takes an elliptical shape, and disappears in a few seconds at high speed. (October 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1292

Event 12452 (24CFB01A)

Date: 10/13/1952
Location: Oshima, Japan
Description: Air Force pilot and engineer see UFO in clouds 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_129

Event 12453 (029F37AC)

Date: 10/13/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: NORTH / OSHIMA, JPN
Description: C54 pilot and engineer. Saucer / clouds. Hovers 7 minute(s). Away in seconds. / r78p166.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2922

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “N/OSHIMA,JPN:C54 PILOT+ENGINEER:SCR/CLOUDS:HVRS 7min:AWAY IN SECONDS:/r78p166”, LatLong: “34.783335 139.583340”, LatLongDMS: “34:47:00 N 139:35:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12454 (08A7D18D)

Date: 10/13/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: SUNNYBROOK, MD
Description: Boy calls cops. Cops call USAF. 3 orange UFO’s hover. Seen to move.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 570)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2923

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “171”, HatchDesc: “SUNNYBROOK,MD:BOY CALLS COPS:COPS CALL USAF:3 ORG UFOS HOVER:SEEN TO MOVE”, LatLong: “39.505557 -76.572226”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:20 N 76:34:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12455 (12D0449B)

Date: 10/13/1952
Location: Oshima, Japan
Description: Air Force pilot and engineer saw round object in cloud formation; object became elliptical in appearance, sped away disappearing in seconds. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1365

Event 12456 (F9C7170B)

Date: 10/13/1952
Location: United States
Description: James Q. Reber, assistant director of CIA intelligence coordination, writes a memo to the CIA deputy director of intelligence, arguing that fundamental research into the question of positive identification is the responsibility of the Defense Department and that while investigating Soviet knowledge of UFO phenomena is a “primary concern” for the CIA, it “is far too early in view of the present state of our knowledge regarding Flying Saucers for psychological warfare planners to start planning how the United States might use U.S. Flying Saucers against the enemy.” Reber goes on to recommend that when “intelligence has submitted the National Estimate on Flying Saucers there will be the time and basis for a public policy to reduce or restrain mass hysteria.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James Q. Reber, “Flying Saucers,” October 13, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2080

Event 12457 (83AA12B0)

Date: 10/13/1952
Location: Oshima, Japan
Description: 7:08 p.m. USAF pilot Maj. William D. Leet and his engineer, flying a C-54 troop carrier, watch an elliptical UFO hovering in clouds near Oshima, Japan. It speeds away after 7 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2081

Event 12458 (4EDF802E)

Date: 10/14/1952
Location: ITALY, Signa
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Mariska Ferruzzi Piantanida was at the edge of a wood when she saw, in the clearing, a silver globe motionless, at 40 meters altitude and 30 meters away. “It looked like a lamp post placed at the tops of the trees”. After five minutes, the phenomenon began to move slowly, on a semi-circular trajectory. Excited, the witness shouted: “A flying saucer!” gesturing and making signs. The object then came towards her. It had a disc-shaped phosphorescent green color and left a black smoke tail. At the closest she saw that it was a flattened globe, thinner towards the bottom, cut like the neck of a bottle and widening in the shape of a nacelle. The object then rose slowly, then quickly disappeared from view. The entire observation lasted from 7 to 8 minutes.
Reference: CISU, file 5203, UFO in Italia I, 153-156
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1691

Event 12459 (30AA933A)

Date: 10/14/1952
Location: France, Lens and Oléron
Description: (Translated from French) 1400 people residing in Lens and Oléron reported another machine taking the shape of a cigar followed by a whole convoy of discs. According to the testimonies of Oléron, hundreds of filaments, resembling fibers, detached from a disc while it was performing a series of zigzags. It was claimed to have been taken as in a spider web. [note from vog: at this date and in these places I have not found anything like this in the work of French authors and researchers…, however, see October 17th…]
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.145
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1692

Event 12460 (8AF11DB4)

Date: 10/14/1952
Time: 13:00?
Location: LAC FRONTIERE, QBC
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 flat saucers spin. High and fast reflect sunlight like mirror.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2924

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “376”, HatchDesc: “LAC FRONTIERE,QBC:2 OBS:2 FLAT SCRS SPIN:HIGH+FAST REFLECT SUNLITE LIKE MIRROR”, LatLong: “46.733336 -70.050003”, LatLongDMS: “46:44:00 N 70:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12461 (0975F082)

Date: 10/14/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: SIGNA, ITALY
Description: Woman near woods. Silver disk hovers / 40M altitude 30M away. Green glow. Maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2925

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “SIGNA,ITALY:WOMAN nr WOODS:SLVR DISK HVRS/40M alt 30M away:GRN GLOW:MNVRS:”, LatLong: “43.783335 11.083334”, LatLongDMS: “43:47:00 N 11:05:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Firenze”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12462 (80D14C07)

Date: 10/14/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: OVER ZUNI, NM
Description: USAF Col. Cox / B25. Large blimp glows and makes impossible going up [to] going down [to] to/from/between motions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 572)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2926

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, 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: “1915”, HatchDesc: “ovr ZUNI,NM:USAF Col COX/B25:LRG BLIMP GLOWS+MAKES IMPOSSIBLE ↑↓<> MOTIONS”, LatLong: “35.072224 -108.850005”, LatLongDMS: “35:04:20 N 108:51:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12463 (73547602)

Date: 10/14/1952
Description: OSI Deputy Assistant Director Ralph L. Clark writes a memorandum for the record suggesting a meeting on October 20 or 21 to work out a research and intelligence program on UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ralph J. Clark, “Flying Saucers Problem,” October 14, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2082

Event 12464 (49CC3A4C)

Date: 10/15/1952
Location: FRANCE, near Nîmes-Courbessac
Description: (Translated from French) Felix Fize and his companions saw from the construction site where they were working, around 7 pm coming from the southwest a kind of whitish cloud that was advancing quickly. When it presented itself in profile coming to their height they saw that in reality it was a metallic cylinder of a silver yellow, with a rounded nose. It measured about 30 m long by 6 m in diameter and was flying at an altitude between 600 and 800 m. The back of this cylinder disappeared into a kind of cloudy haze. The craft passed over the construction site, being almost vertical and heading towards the northeast. On the cylinder three huge portholes or windows brightly lit from an interior source very white and inside 5 or 6 living beings (they were moving) visible up to the waist. Kaki clothing, thick glasses and helmet. Very low noise, like a rustling.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: "Black-out sur les S.V. - Fleuve Noir 1956 - p. 240, 241
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1693

Event 12465 (B40BC82D)

Date: 10/15/1952
Location: Ashiya, Japan
Description: As Many As Five Targets Observed (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521015
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1366

Event 12466 (711C772F)

Date: 10/15/1952
Time: 1910
Location: Le Vigan, France
Description: Approximate date. Figures with helmets and masks were seen through lighted windows inside a bright yellow, cigar-shaped object on the ground. Length 30 m, diameter 6 m. Forward section was rounded, and a sort of fog was noted at both ends of object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy; Anatomy 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_103

Event 12467 (D6E91236)

Date: 10/15/1952
Description: At 7:10 p.m. beings with helmets and masks were seen through lighted windows in a craft on the ground at the Le Vigan Airport, Gard, France. The cigar-shaped object was 30 meters long, 6 meters in diameter, and had a rounded forward section. A fog was noted at both ends of the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 62 & 141; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 103
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6846

Event 12468 (5B4148C6)

Date: 10/16/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: EAST FRONT, KOREA
Description: 6 / USAF T6. Silent perfectly circular 25’ metallic saucer going [to] east-northeast. 800mph. No TRAILs.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2927

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E.FRONT,KOREA:6/USAF T6:SLNT PERFECTLY CIRC. 25’MTLC SCR >ENE:800mph:NO TRAILs”, LatLong: “38.500002 128.333339”, LatLongDMS: “38:30:00 N 128:20:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “E”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12469 (5E8B95B3)

Date: 10/16/1952
Location: Guatemala
Description: George Hunt Williamson is in a state of panic from the messages he and the Baileys have received from space people. He writes an associate doing missionary work in Guatemala that disaster will strike the earth before December 1. He says radio contacts have stopped and that he has been told there will be a direct contact with a spaceman: “Professor George Adamski is in on this too.” The Baileys have already met with Adamski (in August) and now the messages are urging another meeting with him.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Y. N. ibn Aharon [Yonah Fortner], “Diagnosis: A Case of Chronic Fright,” Saucer News 4, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1957): 3–6; Clark III 1284
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2083

Event 12470 (0FED7E07)

Date: 10/17/1952
Location: FRANCE: Oloron (Basses Pyrénées).
Description: (Translated from French) Yves PRIGENT, general supervisor of the town’s college, along with his wife, his three children and a professor, observed a column of luminous cloud at night. (Henry DURRANT "Le livre noir des S.V. - Laffont 1970 p.29, cites Aimé Michel in "Lueurs sur les S.V.) “The object was whitish, with perfectly clear outlines. White smoke was coming out of the top. The strange cylinder was preceded by about thirty balls without clearly defined outlines, resembling smoke flakes… The objects traveled in groups of two, following a broken trajectory, marked by a rapid and short zigzag. It happened that two objects moved away: a whitish trail then connected them, like an electric arc” (Michel BOUGARD: “La chronique des OVNI” - Delarge 1977, p.83) There was also the emission of “angel hair” (Henry DURRANT: “Le dossier des OVNI.” - Laffont 1973 - p.149) Many witnesses saw a strange inclined cigar passing through the blue sky, accompanied by a plume and dozens of luminous balls surrounded by a ring that advanced in a zigzag. An abundant trail fell to the ground, in the form of filaments that disintegrated in a few hours. Were these Virgin’s threads spider secretions? Something else?
Reference: very detailed in: “Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes”, Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, pages 176 to 180
Reference: Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unexplained Cases, p. 60 to 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1694

Event 12471 (9E77AF91)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées Atlantiques / Pays Basque), Mr. Prigent and his family observe flying objects in the shape of cigars and luminous balls. “Virgin’s threads” are found on the ground, disintegrating in a few hours. The observation is confirmed by the radars of the nearby Mont-de-Marsan station. (0 h 50)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1293

Event 12472 (96290119)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Taos, New Mexico, 4 officers of the USAF observed a round, bright blue light moving on a North-Northeast axis at an elevation of 45° for 2 to 3 seconds before burning out. (21 h 15)
Reference: case Blue Book #2171, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1294

Event 12473 (8C96FF97)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Killeen (Texas), Ministers Greenwalt and Kluck see 10 lights, or a rectangle of lights, moving more or less horizontally for 5 s. (22 h 15)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2172 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1295

Event 12474 (55ED2E17)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Tierra Amarilla (New Mexico), a military observer saw a white pot-like object moving at an estimated speed of 3000 miles/h, covering an arc of 20 s. (23 h)
Reference: case Blue Book #2173 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1296

Event 12475 (0637E81D)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: 2 MILES EAST / ELKO, NV
Description: US40. USAF Major and 4. Glowing disk bounces like kite / 5 minute(s). Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 575)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2928

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: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1545”, HatchDesc: “2mi E/ELKO,NV:US40:USAF MAJOR+4:GLOWING DISK BOUNCES LIKE KITE/5min:>>SW”, LatLong: “40.833335 -115.727783”, LatLongDMS: “40:50:00 N 115:43:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12476 (1D0FEBC4)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 12:50
Location: OLORON, FR
Description: 45° cylinder/cylindrical object and 30 saucers going west. Radar affected. Angel hair falls. Flashes. / r48p153.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2929

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “OLORON,FR:45°CYL+30 SCRS >W:RADAR AFFECTED:ANGEL HAIR FALLS:FLASHES:/r48p153”, LatLong: “43.188891 -0.611111”, LatLongDMS: “43:11:20 N 00:36:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PYA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12477 (F5849FDA)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: KILLEEN, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2172. Unidentified. 2 observer(s). 10 blobs / light / square formation. North going quickly south / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2930

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “KILLEEN,TX:BBK#2172:UID:2 OBS:10 BLOBS/LITE/SQUARE FORMATION:N>>S/seconds”, LatLong: “31.111113 -97.727782”, LatLongDMS: “31:06:40 N 97:43:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 12478 (88A9D038)

Date: 10/17/1952
Location: Taos, NM
Description: Round bright blue light move from N to NE at an elevation of 45° (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2171, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1367

Event 12479 (87856946)

Date: 10/17/1952
Location: Killeen, TX
Description: Rectangle of 10 lights, move more or less straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2172)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1368

Event 12480 (45975EB4)

Date: 10/17/1952
Location: Tierra Amarilla AFS, NM
Description: Whites streamer move at an estimated 3,000 mph in an arc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2173, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1369

Event 12481 (047AA443)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 9:15 PM
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: Four USAF officers One round, bright blue light moved from north to northeast at an elevation of 45 degree for 2-3 seconds and then burned out.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_269

Event 12482 (B31C1E5F)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 10:15 PM
Location: Killeen, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Ministers Greenwalt and Kluck. Ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, moved more or less straight and level for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_270

Event 12483 (D0C264CD)

Date: 10/17/1952
Time: 11 PM
Location: Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Description: Witness: one military person (no detail). One white streamer moved at an estimated 3,000 m.p.h. in an arc for 20 seconds. No further details in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_271

Event 12484 (CF90B725)

Date: 10/17/1952
Location: Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Description: Early afternoon. Residents of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, see a large cigar-shaped structure in the blue sky, inclined at a 45° angle. The witnesses include the family of Yves Prigent, general superintendent of the local high school. A plume of white smoke is escaping from its upper end. At some distance in front of the cylinder, about 30 round, puffy objects with a central red spot are following the same trajectory. The smaller objects move in pairs following a broken, zig-zag path. They leave an abundant trail of a white substance (angel’s hair) behind them, which slowly falls to the ground as it disperses. For several hours, clumps of it hang on the trees, on the telephone wires, and on the roofs of houses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Les Soucoupes Volantes vues à Oloron le 17 Octobre,” France-Dimanche, October 26, 1952, in The Spectrum of UFO Research, CUFOS, 1988, p. 114; Jimmy Guieu, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Hutchinson, 1956, pp. 87–92; Jacques Vallee and Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Regnery, 1966, pp. 120–121; Clark III 123; Patrick Gross, “Documents: Found in the Attic”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 73–74; Lotharson, “Unidentified Flying Spiders in Southern France?” Shards of Magonia, March 12, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2084

Event 12485 (CE0C1BC3)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: At 12:50 a.m. in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Alpes-Maritimes, France a whitish cylinder-shaped UFO hovered at a 45 degree angle in the sky with 30 other UFOs in front of it. Through binoculars the small objects were made out to be red spheres with a yellow ring around them. Angel hair filament material fell to the ground. The fibers resembled wool or nylon strands, except when balled together became gelatinous, and sublimed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, p. 153; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 100; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 62; Roberto Pinotti, FSR, May-June1970, p. 7; UNICAT, case 641
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6908

Event 12486 (E5B799A8)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: At 9:15 p.m. in Taos, New Mexico four USAF officers observed a round, bright blue light moved from north to northeast at an elevation of 45 degrees for 2-3 seconds and then burnt out.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6909

Event 12487 (4F56BCA2)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: In Killeen, Texas two ministers, Reverends Greenwalt and Kluck, sighted ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, moving more or less straight and level through the sky for 5 seconds at 10:15 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6910

Event 12488 (2494C112)

Date: 10/17/1952
Description: At 11:00 p.m. in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico a military witness sighted what looked like a white streamer move in an arc through the sky at an estimated 3,000 mph. The sighting lasted for 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6911

Event 12489 (738ADF6F)

Date: 10/18/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: COONALPYN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Flying cigar seen here and Adelaide. Shoots going up / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2931

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “COONALPYN,S.AUSTRL:FLYING CIGAR SEEN HERE+ADELAIDE:SHOOTS↑/INCREDIBLE SPEED”, LatLong: “-35.683335 139.916673”, LatLongDMS: “35:41:00 S 139:55:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12490 (BBEB5BDB)

Date: 10/18/1952
Time: ~22:00
Location: PORT PIRIE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape seen here also. Southeast going quickly northwest. Iridescent. Size = Boeing 707.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2932

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PORT PIRIE,S.AUSTR:CGR SEEN HERE ALSO:SE>>NW:IRIDESCENT:SIZE=BOEING 707:”, LatLong: “-33.166668 138.000007”, LatLongDMS: “33:10:00 S 138:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12491 (CFB4EE52)

Date: 10/18/1952
Locations: Adelaide Advrtiser; Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Description: 9:44 p.m. Journalist Keith Hooper is returning home from an assignment for the Adelaide Advrtiser when he sees a greenish-white, cigar-shaped object about the size of a Boeing 707 some 10 miles away over the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, moving southeast to northwest. The object makes a sharp, right-angle turn upward, recedes, then vanishes at tremendous speed. The duration is 5–7 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Hooper, “My Flying Saucer,” Sydney (N.S.W.) Morning Herald, March 13, 1965, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2085

Event 12492 (3C99846F)

Date: 10/19/1952
Location: IN FLIGHT, 500 miles south of Hawaii.
Description: (Translated from French) 6:58 p.m. Witnesses: crew of a USAF C-50 transport. A round, yellow light, with a glowing red edge, estimated to be 100 feet in diameter, flew at approximately 350-450 m.p.h. for 20 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1695

Event 12493 (63B3460A)

Date: 10/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Pacific (12-17’ North/155-35’ West, 500 miles south of Hawaii), the crew of a USAF C-50 transport aircraft observed a round yellow light, with a pulsating red border, estimated to be 100 m in diameter, flying for 20 s between 300 and 400 knots (350-450 mph). (18 h 58)
Reference: case Blue Book #2175 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1297

Event 12494 (B34947F7)

Date: 10/19/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), Woolsey, a former USAF aircrew member, sees 3 circular objects seemingly made of aluminum, one of which is olive-drab on the side, flying in a rough V formation. One object slowly turns, another stops, during the 3-4 minutes of observation. (13:30)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2177, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1298

Event 12495 (C44B20D3)

Date: 10/19/1952
Location: WEST KOREA
Description: Cartwheel UFO’s throw sparks and circle UN troops / front lines again.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2933

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W.KOREA:CARTWHEEL UFOS THROW SPARKS+CIRCLE UN TROOPS/FRONT LINES AGAIN:”, LatLong: “38.050002 126.450006”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 N 126:27:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12496 (985C5D5F)

Date: 10/19/1952
Time: 07:50
Location: PACIFIC 148° 05W-25° 45N
Description: 2 / USAF R5D plane. Circular object / 12K’ altitude. Pink lights wink. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2934

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 148°05W-25°45N:2/USAF R5D PLANE:CIRC.OBJ/12K’alt:PINK LITES WINK:/r185”, LatLong: “25.750001 -148.083340”, LatLongDMS: “25:45:00 N 148:05:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12497 (4F193263)

Date: 10/19/1952
Time: 13:30
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2177. Unidentified. 3 silver saucers V formation going quickly south. Silent. 1 tumbles. 1 shrinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2935

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:BBK#2177:UID:3 SLVR SCRS.VFORM >>S:SILENT:1 TUMBLES:1 SHRINKS”, LatLong: “29.433335 -98.500005”, LatLongDMS: “29:26:00 N 98:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12498 (D6DFE5FB)

Date: 10/19/1952
Time: 19:00
Location: PACIFIC 155° 35W-12° 17N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2175. 2 / USAF C50. 100’ yellow saucer going quickly southwest / 9200’ altitude. 350knts.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2936

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 155°35W-12°17N:BBK#2175:2/USAF C50:100’YLW SCR >>SW/9200’alt:350knts”, LatLong: “12.283334 -155.583341”, LatLongDMS: “12:17:00 N 155:35:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HWI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12499 (4D1204D5)

Date: 10/19/1952
Location: Hawaii (500 miles S of), At Sea
Description: Transport Crew Encounters 100’ Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2175)
Reference: NICAP: 521019
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1370

Event 12500 (A567CEFE)

Date: 10/19/1952
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: 3 circular aluminum objects, one olive-drab colored on the side (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2177)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1371

Event 12501 (982C4484)

Date: 10/19/1952
Location: Momence, IL
Description: CAP Pilot Sees Silver Ball At 1000’ (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521019
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1372

Event 12502 (532A9FFA)

Date: 10/19/1952
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witness: one ex-USAF aircrewman Woolsey. Three circular aluminum objects, one of which was olive-drab colored on the side, flew in a rough V-formation. One object flipped slowly, another object stopped, during the 3-4 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_272

Event 12503 (ECC35399)

Date: 10/19/1952
Time: 6:58 PM
Location: 500 miles south of Hawaii
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF C-50 transport plane. One round yellow light, with a red glowing edge, estimated at 100’ in diameter, flew at 300-400 kts. (350-450 m.p.h.) for 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_273

Event 12504 (D648C6BF)

Date: 10/19/1952
Description: San Antonio, Texas. At 1:30 p.m. ex-USAF aircrewman Woolsey saw three circular aluminum objects, one of which was olive drab colored on the side. They flew in a rough V-formation. One object flipped slowly and another object stopped during the 3-4 minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2177; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 77; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6963

Event 12505 (1FFC82AF)

Date: 10/19/1952
Description: The crew of an USAF C-50 transport plane, flying 500 miles to the south of Hawaii at 6:58 p.m., sighted a round yellow light with a red glowing edge. The object was estimated to be 100 feet in diameter and it flew at 300-400 knots (350-450 mph). They watched it for 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2175; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 19; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 77; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6964

Event 12506 (1A52FCAB)

Date: 10/20/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: KOREA / WESTERN FRONT
Description: US troops. Weird 50cm disks spin and throw sparks. Maneuver / 15’ circles.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2937

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KOREA/WESTERN FRONT:US TROOPS:WIERD 50cm DISKS SPIN+THROW SPARKS:MNVR/15’CCLs”, LatLong: “37.916668 126.583339”, LatLongDMS: “37:55:00 N 126:35:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SKR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12507 (4F4BDC2D)

Date: 10/21/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Knoxville (Tennessee), people at the airport weather station observe 6 white lights flying without formation for 1 to 2 minutes, and making a slight dive towards a weather balloon. (October 21)
Reference: case Blue Book #2179 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1299

Event 12508 (ECE22206)

Date: 10/21/1952
Location: KNOXVILLE, TN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2179. Unidentified. / theodolite. 6 white round objects dive at weather balloon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 578)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2938

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “267”, HatchDesc: “KNOXVILLE,TN:BBK#2179:UID:/THEODOLITE:6 WHT ROUND OBJs DIVE at WEATHER BALLOON”, LatLong: “35.950002 -83.916671”, LatLongDMS: “35:57:00 N 83:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12509 (3EFB5DFD)

Date: 10/21/1952
Location: Nr. Gloucestershire, England
Description: RAF Meteor VII Encounters Object Tracked by Ground Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521021
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1373

Event 12510 (F7A23237)

Date: 10/21/1952
Location: Knoxville, TN
Description: 6 white lights fly in a loose formation, make a shallow dive (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2179)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1374

Event 12511 (AA82DBC2)

Date: 10/21/1952
Time: No time given
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Description: Witnesses: persons at airport weather station. Six white lights flew in a loose formation for 1-2 minutes, and made a shallow dive at a weather balloon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_274

Event 12512 (22F8F668)

Date: 10/21/1952
Locations: RAF Little Rissington, Gloucester, England; RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
Description: Afternoon. Flight Lt. Michael Swiney and a student pilot, Royal Navy Lt. David Crofts, are flying a Meteor T.7 trainer out of RAF Little Rissington, Gloucester, England, for a high-altitude navigation exercise at 35,000 feet. Not long after breaking out of a cloud during a climb at 13,000–14,000 feet, they see three circular, white objects in front of them. As the aircraft get closer and turns to avoid them, the objects become visible as discs. They disappear quickly when the pilot looks away briefly. Two Meteor F.8 fighters are scrambled from RAF Tangmere [now closed] in West Sussex to chase three unknown radar targets moving at 3,000 mph but fail to intercept them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Little Rissington UFO incident”; David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows, Piatkus, 2002, pp. 98–102; UFOFiles2, pp. 47–49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2086

Event 12513 (09835F63)

Date: 10/21/1952
Description: Persons at the Knoxville, Tennessee airport weather station saw six white lights flying in a loose formation for one to two minutes. The unknown lights made a shallow dive at a weather balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7006

Event 12514 (52837640)

Date: 10/22/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: LAURINBURG AIR FORCE BASE, NC
Description: 1+2 observer(s). Dull tone. Huge saucer / 150’ altitude overhead. Red and green lights / edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 579)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2939

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “LAURINBURG AFB,NC:1+2 OBS:DULL TONE:HUGE SCR/150’alt OVHD:RED+GRN LITES/EDGE”, LatLong: “34.772224 -79.461115”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:20 N 79:27:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12515 (B0327B8F)

Date: 10/23/1952
Location: 35 MI SOUTHEAST / SEAL I., NS
Description: Fiery object bobs / sea. Skips about. Crackles as waves crash over.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 581)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2940

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “35mi SE/SEAL I.,NS:FIERY OBJ BOBS/SEA:SKIPS ABOUT:CRACKLES AS WAVES CRASH OVR”, LatLong: “43.166669 -65.666670”, LatLongDMS: “43:10:00 N 65:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12516 (A45B9A71)

Date: 10/23/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: LA TOUR-DE-PEILZ, SWITZ
Description: 3 observer(s). 20M black falling leaf disk clear against Mt. Cubly.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: La Tour-de-Peilz, SWZ. Gazette de Lausanne: 28 OCT 1952 Bruno Mancusi, Switzerland.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2941

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: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “La TOUR-de-PEILZ,SWITZ:3 OBS:20M BLK FALLING LEAF DISK CLEAR AGNST Mt.CUBLY”, LatLong: “46.450002 6.850000”, LatLongDMS: “46:27:00 N 06:51:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaud”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12517 (AD9BA1B2)

Date: 10/23/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: 10 MI WITH TOLEDO, OH
Description: 3 / car. 5 night lights hover / V formation. 5 photographs taken. Then fly going quickly south. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 581)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2942

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “3”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “10mi W/TOLEDO,OH:3/CAR:5 NLTS HVR/VFORM:5 FOTOS TAKEN:then FLY >>S:NFD”, LatLong: “41.666669 -83.716671”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 83:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12518 (DCFBA6E1)

Date: 10/23/1952
Location: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico
Description: Ruppelt holds a briefing on UFOs at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico. Afterward Assistant Director for Scientific Personnel William H. Crew arranges a special meeting for Ruppelt and Col. Bower with seven people from the laboratory. Several of them have evidence that there is a possible correlation between sightings of UFOs and unusual radiation detection.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, [Message referring to a December 1 telephone call], December 2, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2087

Event 12519 (35C3CD9D)

Date: 10/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Lieutenants Rau and Marcinko of the USAF, piloting a Beech T-ll training aircraft, observe an object shaped like a plate, with a bright front and blurry back, flying with its concave surface forward for 5 seconds. (October 24, 8:26 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2184 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1300

Event 12520 (BFB51236)

Date: 10/24/1952
Location: Elberton, AL
Description: Object, shaped like a plate, with a brilliant front and vague trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2184)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1375

Event 12521 (4086F024)

Date: 10/24/1952
Time: 8:26 PM
Location: Elberton, Alabama
Description: Witnesses: USAF Lt. Rau, Capt. Marcinko, flying a Beech T-ll trainer. One object, shaped like a plate, with a brilliant front and vague trail, flew with its concave surface forward for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_275

Event 12522 (50030177)

Date: 10/24/1952
Description: President Truman signs National Security Council Directive 6, a 7-page document that eliminates the Armed Forces Security Agency formed in 1949 to unite all military signal intelligence operations and creates the National Security Agency. Since the memo is a classified document, the existence of the NSA is not known to the public. Due to its ultra-secrecy the US intelligence community refers to the NSA as “No Such Agency." The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. NSA inherits Project Shamrock from the AFSA. It also inherits collection of UFO data, at least by 1958, but probably in 1953.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 189; Thomas L. Burns, The Origins of the National Security Agency, 1940–1952, National Security Agency, 1990, pp. 97–99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2088

Event 12523 (2123154F)

Date: 10/24/1952
Description: At 8:26 p.m. flying over Elberton, Alabama at 5,000 feet in a Beech T-11 trainer, USAF Lt. Rau and Capt. Marcinko sighted a deep orange, plate-shaped flying object with a brilliant front and vague trail. It flew with its concave surface forward and was in sight for five seconds. It moved much faster than F-80, and showed constant acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: September-October, p. 82; UNICAT, case # 750
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7068

Event 12524 (373C55B6)

Date: 10/25/1952
Time: 10:30
Location: RENO, NV
Description: Civil and 2 / stead Air Force Base. Orange objects / 10k’ altitude. West going quickly east. 4 minute(s) later 1 object going quickly west leaves (something behind) contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 582)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2943

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1538”, HatchDesc: “RENO,NV:CIV+2/STEAD AFB:ORG OBJS/10k’alt:W>>E:4min LATER 1 OBJ>>W LVS CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “39.666669 -119.877783”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 119:52:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12525 (ED63C7FF)

Date: Late 10/1952
Locations: Elugelab Atoll; Marshall Islands
Description: Night. Radioman Tom Kramer is serving aboard the USS Curtiss, the AEC flagship for Ivy Mike, the first detonation of a hydrogen bomb at Elugelab Atoll in the Marshall Islands. After an onboard movie, Kramer and other crewmen see a round, silent, bright white light that is motionless at first, then starts zigzagging for less than 10 seconds and takes off at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 100–101
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2089

Event 12526 (3BFEA012)

Date: Late 10/1952
Location: Eniwetak Atoll
Description: 3:45 a.m. Seaman Abelardo Marquez, posted on the USS Fletcher near Eniwetak Atoll for the upcoming Ivy Mike thermonuclear test, is going on duty to the bridge when he notices that the ship is uncharacteristically moving at full speed. Other crew members tell him it is because of a round white light that has been moving above the ship. Marquez sees it descending, then it stops and hovers about 40°–45° above the horizon and perhaps one-half mile from the ship. Capt. Grover L. Rawlings is talking with other officers on the bridge, saying they do not know what the light is, and that is not tracked on radar. After about 4–5 minutes, the light takes off straight up at the same speed it had descended.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 101–105
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2090

Event 12527 (D8B60E72)

Date: 10/26/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: AKUREYRI, ICELAND
Description: Numerous observer(s). 4 spheres going quickly north over N. coast. Fast and silent. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 582)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2944

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Greenland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “AKUREYRI,ICELAND:NMRS OBS:4 SPHERES >>N OVER N.COAST:FAST+SLNT:NFD”, LatLong: “65.666670 -18.100001”, LatLongDMS: “65:40:00 N 18:06:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AKU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12528 (9CF1F77D)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Air Intelligence Memo: “Some military officials are seriously considering the possibility of (UFOs being) interplanetary ships.”
Type: secret memo
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_482

Event 12529 (19559B1E)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: FRANCE, Marseille-Marignane
Description: (Translated from French) Customs employee Gachignard reported seeing a shining object gliding between two hangars and coming to a stop a few hundred meters away from where he was. The aircraft was pointed at both ends and was about 4.50m long and 1m thick in the middle, with about half a dozen small square windows from which a soft yellow light radiated. Gachinard ran to get a closer look. When he got to about 50m away, it suddenly emitted a shower of sparks, rose into the air, and then shot forward at such a low altitude that it almost hit the fence surrounding the airport. The incident occurred around 2:30am. (Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse” trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 97,98). It was 2:03 when a small light appeared on the left, flying over the runway, not very bright but clearly visible. Its speed was that of a jet landing. (…) It stopped right at ground level without slowing down, 100m to its right. The witness headed towards the craft (which was his job) and in 30 seconds was about 50m away. He then became scared, stopped, and took out his gun. At that moment, the object emitted a hissing sound and instantly shot off at a lightning speed without any air displacement. It was a dark grey object, 5m long and 1m thick, pointed at both ends and tapered. Four square windows, 20cm on each side, emitted an unstable, pulsating light, first blue, then vaguely green.
Reference: see also: “Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes”, Aimé Michel, éd. Maison MAME, 1954, pages 181 to 190
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, le premier rapport complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 61, 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1696

Event 12530 (095D4F0F)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: FRANCE, Gaillac (Tarn)
Description: (Translated from French) Ten days later (after the Oloron case) at 4 pm, a similar squadron slowly passed over Gaillac before disappearing with a dizzying ascent speed. But here the saucers seemed to turn and a bluish glow ran along their edges, while all the other aspects agreed with those observed in Oloron, including the fall of glass wool (Jean PLANTIER: “The Propulsion of Flying Saucers by Direct Action on the Atom” ed. MAME 1955, p.114) At 4:00 pm, Mrs. Dore, residing on the Toulouse road, was intrigued to hear her chickens cackle in a strange way. Instinctively she looked up thinking that a buzzard or other bird of prey was flying over her farm and had triggered panic terror in the yard. Unusual objects were moving in the sky. Her son and wife and her father-in-law Mr. Corbières had come as well as neighbors. The sparkling objects in the sun came from the southeast, slowly spinning on themselves, grouped two by two. The witnesses first saw four of them. Flying low they swayed slowly and were animated by a rotational movement. Then a dozen other similar devices joined the first ones. In the middle of these last objects was a kind of long flying, whitish cylinder, which emitted a plume of white smoke. From the whole squadron - and especially from the plume of smoke - pieces of a strange material resembling glass wool detached themselves. But on contact with the fingers - because several people touched this material - this cotton disintegrated, became gelatinous and completely disappeared. Ten minutes later this strange formation flew over Gaillac before moving away towards the Lot and Garonne. (…) some of these filaments had caught on the telegraph wires or the branches of trees. The atmosphere of ideal purity facilitated observation. The slightest details could be seen. The objects, of perfectly circular shape, had a bulging part in the center, like the hat of a boater.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 p. 148-149
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1697

Event 12531 (91B85D33)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Gaillac (France), hundreds of people observed 16 objects in formation, red globes with white Saturn rings and discs, surrounding a cylinder. It fell of angel/virgin hair which quickly sublimated.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1301

Event 12532 (57354E5E)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A memorandum from the FBI reports differences of opinion on the UFO phenomenon: despite the negative opinion of the USAF intelligence services, military personnel are firmly convinced of the extraterrestrial nature of the observed devices.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1302

Event 12533 (EE82EE1C)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 02:00
Location: MARIGNANE AIRPORT/APARTMENT, FR
Description: Saucer lands / tarmac. Windows / side. Instant stop! Going quickly northwest. / r136#11p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2945

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARIGNANE Apt,FR:SCR LANDS/TARMAC:WINDOWS/SIDE:INSTANT STOP!:>>NW:/r136#11p64”, LatLong: “43.433335 5.216667”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 05:13:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12534 (403FA481)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 02:50
Location: MORNINGTON, NZ
Description: Airman / ground. Cymbal-saucer going north in from sea? Ringing metallic sound. 500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2946

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “MORNINGTON,NZ:AIRMAN/GND:CYMBAL-SCR >N in from sea?:RINGING MTLC SOUND:500kph”, LatLong: “-45.883336 170.466675”, LatLongDMS: “45:53:00 S 170:28:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1800”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12535 (D37CEEBA)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 07:50
Location: LIGNAN-DE-BAZAS, GIRONDE, FR
Description: 2 glowing balls hover / 10 minute(s). Seem to burst. / r30p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2947

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “LIGNAN-de-BAZAS,GIRONDE,FR:2 GLOWING BALLS HOVER/10min:SEEM TO BURST:/r30p62”, LatLong: “44.422224 -0.283333”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:20 N 00:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12536 (BDE8AF5B)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: ~15:00
Location: FORBACH, MOSELLE, FR
Description: White trails / sky. 40 small gray balls exit and fly going north / Saar, Germany.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2948

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “FORBACH,MOSELLE,FR:WHT TRAILS/SKY:40 SML GRAY BALLS EXIT+FLY >N/SAAR,GERMANY”, LatLong: “49.150002 6.900000”, LatLongDMS: “49:09:00 N 06:54:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12537 (E71DBA36)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: GAILLAC, FR
Description: 4+12 saucers / pairs. Large cylinder/cylindrical object / midst drops angel hair. All going quickly northwest. / r2p87.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2949

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “GAILLAC,FR:4+12 SCRS/PAIRS:LRG CYL/MIDST DROPS ANGEL HAIR:ALL>>NW:/r2p87”, LatLong: “43.900002 1.900000”, LatLongDMS: “43:54:00 N 01:54:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tarn”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12538 (E23DEF14)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 17:30
Location: BRIVES-CHARENSAC, FR
Description: 5 weathermen. Silver saucer going quickly southeast. Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 30 second(s). / LDLN#131+/ r2p87.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2950

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: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BRIVES-CHARENSAC,FR:5 WEATHERMEN:SLVR SCR >>SE:CGR HVRS/30sec:/LDLN#131+/r2p87”, LatLong: “45.044447 3.933334”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:40 N 03:56:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Loire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12539 (A8546FF0)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: EYRANS, FR
Description: Large round white object east going west. End pointed. Throws sparks. Angel hair. / r30p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2951

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “EYRANS,FR:LRG ROUND WHT OBJ E>W:END POINTED:THROWS SPARKS:ANGEL HAIR:/r30p63”, LatLong: “45.183335 -0.633333”, LatLongDMS: “45:11:00 N 00:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12540 (C146D47A)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 23:30
Location: MARSEILLE, BDR, FR
Description: Luminous ovoid flies east going quickly west. Observer(s) = Mme Saux. / J. Guieu. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2952

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARSEILLE,BDR,FR:LUM.OVOID FLIES E>>W:OBS=Mme SAUX:/J.GUIEU:NFD”, LatLong: “43.316669 5.366667”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 05:22:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12541 (1F830738)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: Gaillac, France
Description: Hundreds of citizens saw 16 UFOs in formation surrounding a cigar-shaped object. “Angel’s hair” fell. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1376

Event 12542 (0A865F7C)

Date: 10/27/1952
Time: 0203
Location: Marignane Airport, France
Description: Customs officer Gabriel Gachignard observed a cigar-shaped object land briefly on the airfield 100 m away, producing a dull sound. The object was dark with four lighted windows. It took off with a “swish” and a shower of sparks when the witness ran toward it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Challenge 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_104

Event 12543 (CA683A70)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Description: 2:03 a.m. Customs officer Gabriel Gachignard observes a cigar-shaped object land briefly on a runway of the airport at Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, 100 meters away, producing a dull sound. The object is dark with four lighted windows. It takes off with a “swish” and a shower of sparks when he runs toward it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 243–244; Jimmy Guieu, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Hutchinson, 1956, p. 53; Michel, The Truth about FS, pp. 152–156; Jacques Vallee and Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Regnery, 1966, pp. 6–11; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 82–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2091

Event 12544 (CEFDF776)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: An FBI memorandum to Alan H. Belmont from Victor P. Keay reports that “Air Intelligence still feels that the so-called flying saucers are either optical illusions or atmospheric phenomena. He pointed out, however, that some Military officials are seriously considering the possibility of interplanetary ships.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: V. P. Keay, “Flying Saucers,” October 27, 1952
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2092

Event 12545 (E2C85FEE)

Date: 10/27/1952
Location: Gaillac, Tarn, France
Description: 4:00 p.m. Residents of Gaillac, Tarn, France, see a formation of 16 disc-shaped UFOs ranged in twos. An elongated cylinder is in the center of the objects, all of which are discharging angel’s hair like glass wool.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about FS, p. 148; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 84–85; Lotharson, “Unidentified Flying Spiders in Southern France?” Shards of Magonia, March 12, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2093

Event 12546 (B759B45D)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: Five military witnesses at Woomera Open Air Theatre saw a cigar-shaped object fly on a straight, horizontal course at 8:00 p.m. in Woomera, South Australia. It flew from right to left, had to porthols and interior lighting, and was faster than a jet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Debbie Payne, Australasian Ufologist, October 2004, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7178

Event 12547 (AAD3FB6C)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: Several sighting reports came from France on this day. The earliest was at 2:03 a.m. at Marignane Airport, where customs official Gabriel Gachignard saw a 15-foot long football or cigar-shaped object, throbbing with soft changing tints. It had a metallic grillwork and four rectangular windows, 8 to 12 inches wide. It made a dull sound when it touched the ground, and a soft swishing sound on its quick departure when the witness ran towards it. The acceleration was instantaneous, and the UFO was gone from view in three seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, pp. 159-160; Jacques & Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, p. 6; UNICAT, case # 410
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7179

Event 12548 (801C795E)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: Two glowing balls hovered over Lignan-de-Bazas, France for ten minutes at 7:45 a.m., then seemed to burst.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7180

Event 12549 (30E9FB19)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: At three o’clock in the afternoon white trails appeared in the sky over Forbach, France and some 40 small gray spheres exited and flew to the north toward Saar, Germany.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7181

Event 12550 (F141C37E)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: At five o’clock a white cylinder surrounded by eight pairs of Saturn-like red balls were seen at 300 to 400 meters altitude over the town of Gaillac, France. Angel hair filaments fell on the roofs of houses in the area. Thirty minutes later a UFO was seen hovering over Brives-Charensac, France.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth About Flying Saucers, pp. 155 & 159; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 62; John Magor, Canadian UFO Report, Spring 1974; UNICAT case #642
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7182

Event 12551 (87F56252)

Date: 10/27/1952
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a large round white object flew from east to west over Eyrans, France. It had a pointed end and threw off sparks. Angel hair residue also fell to gound here as well.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7183

Event 12552 (ACFB7F95)

Date: 10/28/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEMOURS, S&M, FR
Description: Engineer. Saucer going quickly [to] WNW toward(s) Fontanbleu. / L’astronomie.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2953

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEMOURS,S&M,FR:ENGINEER:SCR >>WNW TWRD FONTANBLEU:/L’ASTRONOMIE”, LatLong: “48.266669 2.683333”, LatLongDMS: “48:16:00 N 02:41:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12553 (C2262B82)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: FRANCE, Toulouse region
Description: (Translated from French) Two gendarmes on patrol were left stunned when they saw sixteen unknown type craft hovering above their heads. Their amazement was complete when a rain of “steel wool” came out of them and disintegrated on the telephone wires and trees.
Reference: Moustique n° 1505, 28.11.1954, p. 15 - article by Bart Brem
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1698

Event 12554 (F9F8D835)

Date: 10/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Erding Air Depot (West Germany), Sgts. Anderson and A2C Max Handy of the USAF observed the silhouette of a round object against a cloud, flying horizontally and smoothly at about 400 mph for 20 seconds. (7:50)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case #2196
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1303

Event 12555 (8017E66D)

Date: 10/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Richmond (Virginia), a pilot of Venezuelan airlines sees a bright object pass him.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1304

Event 12556 (58D411E1)

Date: 10/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A Hempstead, L. I. (New York), 2 pilots of F-94 see an object maneuvering at high speed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1305

Event 12557 (6E1FF54B)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: Hempstead, NY
Description: UFO seen by pilots of two F-94s; extreme acceleration.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_130

Event 12558 (84E29C28)

Date: 10/29/1952
Time: 02:10
Location: HEMPSTEAD AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: Large white-glow outmaneuvers F94s / 8 minute(s). Type unknown. Going up [to] very fast. / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2954

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “HEMPSTEAD AFB,NY:LRG WHT-GLOW OUTMNVRS F94s/8min:TYPE UNK:↑ VFAST:/r242p35”, LatLong: “40.705557 -73.616670”, LatLongDMS: “40:42:20 N 73:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12559 (18F1A5B7)

Date: 10/29/1952
Time: 07:50
Location: ERDING AIR DEPOT, GERM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2196. Unidentified. 3 USAF. Saucer tumbles end-over-end going quickly east / 700’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 610)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2955

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ERDING AIR DEPOT,GERM:BBK#2196:UID:3 USAF:SCR TUMBLES END-OVR-END>>E/700’alt”, LatLong: “48.316669 11.900001”, LatLongDMS: “48:19:00 N 11:54:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12560 (C4371F70)

Date: 10/29/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: US281 17 MI / JACKSBORO, TX
Description: 12m metal saucer / 600m altitude / 800mph. 1 second(s) orange flashes. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 587)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2956

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: “355”, HatchDesc: “US281 17mi/JACKSBORO,TX:12m MTL SCR/600m alt/800mph:1sec ORG FLASHES:SILENT”, LatLong: “33.400002 -98.516671”, LatLongDMS: “33:24:00 N 98:31:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12561 (026FCD33)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: Erding Air Depot, West Germany
Description: Round object, silhouetted against a cloud (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2196)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1377

Event 12562 (7B2744F8)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: Hempstead, Long Island, NY
Description: Two F-94’s Encounter Controlled Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521029
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1378

Event 12563 (000D4BBE)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: Richmond (near), VA
Description: Oct 29, 1952; near Richmond, Virginia, Rivas Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1379

Event 12564 (FD127A77)

Date: 10/29/1952
Time: 7:50 AM
Location: Erding Air Depot, West Germany
Description: Witnesses: USAF S/Sgt. Anderson, A/2c Max Handy. One round object, silhouetted against a cloud, flew straight and level and smooth at 400 m.p.h. for 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_276

Event 12565 (12AC7123)

Date: 10/29/1952
Location: HempSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
Description: 5:10 a.m. Two USAF F-94 crews see a white luminous object maneuvering at high speed for 20 minutes above Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Lt. William F. Hamilton and Lt. Norman W. Booth write: “Based on my experience in fighter tactics, it is my opinion that the object was controlled by something having visual contact with us. The power and acceleration were beyond the capability of any known aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two F- 94’s Encounter Controlled Object”; Sparks, p. 177
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2094

Event 12566 (D3D0007B)

Date: 10/29/1952
Description: At two a.m. a white luminous object was seen by the pilots of two F-94s over Hempstead, England. It maneuvered at high speed, exhibiting extreme acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7264

Event 12567 (B3AADB07)

Date: 10/29/1952
Description: At 7:50 a.m. at Erding Air Depot in West Germany U.S. Air Force S/Sgt. Anderson and A/2c Max Handy sighted a round flying object silhouetted against a cloud. It flew straight, level and smooth at an estimated speed of 400 mph for 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2196; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 10; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7265

Event 12568 (46287E81)

Date: 10/31/1952
Location: USA, Fayetteville, Georgia.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:40 p.m. Witness: Lt. James Allen. An orange object resembling a tire, 80 feet long and 20 feet high, flew at the top of the trees, flew over Allen’s car, whose radio stopped, then rose at a 45° angle at a dizzying speed, at the end of the observation which lasted one minute.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1699

Event 12569 (491300DC)

Date: 10/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Explosion of the first American H-bomb at Bikini.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1306

Event 12570 (7A0D3DD6)

Date: 10/31/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Fayetteville, Georgia, USAF Lieutenant James Allen observed an orange object shaped like a “blimp”, 80 feet long and 20 feet high, flying at the height of the treetops, passing over Allen’s car (his radio stopped at that moment), then making an incredible 45° ascent at the end of the 1 minute observation. (7:40 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2200 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1307

Event 12571 (919B55FB)

Date: 10/31/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: FAYETTEVILLE, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2200. Unidentified. Lt. Col. / car. “Blimp”. Radio goes silent. Hovers. Going up [to]? going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 191)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2957

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “286”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTEVILLE,GA:BBK#2200:UID:Lt COL/CAR:“BLIMP”:RADIO GOES SLNT:HOVRS:↑?>>E”, LatLong: “33.450002 -84.455560”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 N 84:27:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12572 (4AACA23E)

Date: 10/31/1952
Location: Fayetteville, GA
Description: Orange blimp-shaped object, 80 ft long 20 ft wide (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: 2200) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 521031
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1380

Event 12573 (C1B3FA0D)

Date: 10/31/1952
Time: 7:40 PM
Location: Fayetteville, Georgia
Description: Witness: USAF Lt. James Allen. One orange, blimp-shaped object, 80’ long and 20’ high, flew at treetop level, crossed over Allen’s car (at which time his radio stopped playing), then climbed out at 45’ and tremendous speed at the end of a 1 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_277

Event 12574 (A4EAE46E)

Date: 10/31/1952
Time: 19:14:59.4
Location: 11.2372 162.1964
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mike” Yield: 10400KT
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_32

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.2372 162.1964”, LatLongDMS: “11:14:14 N 162:11:47 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.01”, NukeName: “Mike”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “10400”

Event 12575 (32C986C4)

Date: 10/31/1952
Description: At 7:40 p.m. in Fayetteville, Georgia on highway 85 USAF Lt. James Allen watched an 80 foot long orange, blimp-shaped object. It flew at treetop level and crossed over Allen’s car. As Lt. Allen’s car passed underneath it his radio went completely dead. The UFO hovered for 20 seconds, then climbed up at a 45 degree angle and climbed out of sight at a tremendous speed in 30-40 seconds. The sighting lasted one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2200; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 191; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 1; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; UNICAT, case # 290
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7327

Event 12576 (666B49C4)

Date: 11/1952
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
Description: Panel of four scientists convened at ATIC to make preliminary review of accumulated reports. Recommended convening panel of top scientists.
Type: scientific panel
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, page 250-251
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_873

Event 12577 (027EE581)

Date: 11/1952
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) In November 1952, around the same time as Adamski, a certain George Williamson had an encounter with a Venusian, if we are to believe his book published in 1957. In fact, he dialogued with the entity through the medium John McCoy! Williamson formed a small group of alleged contactees, among which was a “Mr. R” who received messages from extraterrestrial entities by radio. Other members of the team obtained communications from the same sources through automatic writing, using a Ouija board and other modes of reception by telepathy! Here too we are moving away considerably from the materiality of these extraterrestrial beings of the first hour… previously (November 1952)
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1707

Event 12578 (635579C1)

Date: 11/1952
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) John McCoy, medium of George Williamson, (…) was able to communicate himself with entities both extraterrestrial and from higher spheres (including archangels!) Some of these correspondents had the following names: Hilarion, Sanat Kumaru, Koot Hoomi (of whom occultist Helène Blavatsky said was one of her spiritual guides) etc…
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 79
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1708

Event 12579 (934164F3)

Date: 11/1952
Location: BRAZIL, Angatuba
Description: (Translated from French) Writer Dino Kraspedon declared that he saw five UFOs on the mountains and then entered a ground machine and contacted the visitors. The device was a bell-shaped 90 m wide. One of the occupants, a man over 1.8 m tall, told him that they lived on Io and Ganymede where there were not only large races, medium-sized races like on Earth, small races, but also races with white, red, and black pigmentation, just like on Earth. No confirmation is known of Kraspedon’s story.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued April 53
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 109
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1712

Event 12580 (3AB6414F)

Date: 11/1952
Location: IRELAND, near Dublin
Description: (Translated from French) A small flying saucer of barely 25 cm in diameter landed and a child was burned.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 336
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1713

Event 12581 (8AC7437F)

Date: 11/1952
Location: KANKAKEE, IL
Description: Saucer passes over town. Angel hair falls / ground afterward. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: DAVID, Jay (ed.): FLYING SAUCERS HAVE ARRIVED: HB World Publ. NY 1970. (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2958

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), TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “192”, HatchDesc: “KANKAKEE,IL:SCR PASSES OVR TOWN:ANGEL HAIR FALLS/GROUND AFTERWARD:NFD”, LatLong: “41.116669 -87.866671”, LatLongDMS: “41:07:00 N 87:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12582 (63F794AA)

Date: 11/1952
Location: NEAR DUBLIN, IRE
Description: Child burned when strange 25cm disk lands. No further details in available sources.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2959

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, 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, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “nr DUBLIN,IRE:CHILD BURNED WHEN STRANGE 25cm DISK LANDS:NFD.”, LatLong: “53.366669 -6.333334”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:00 N 06:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12583 (B8350BAA)

Date: 11/1952
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Description: A child was burned when a strange disk, 25 cm in diameter, landed near Dublin.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_105

Event 12584 (0F5CE1D6)

Date: 11/1952
Locations: Angatuba, São Paulo, Brazil; São Paulo
Description: Aladino Félix and a friend are climbing a hill near Angatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. When they get to the top, Félix claims they see numerous UFOs flying around. Félix comes back another day by himself; eventually a saucer lands and he is invited inside to meet its crew and examine the technology. Several months later, he is visited at his home in São Paulo by the saucer captain, who claims to come from one or two of the satellites of Jupiter. Félix, under the pseudonym of Dino Kraspedon, writes about his various conversations with the spaceman in Meu Contato com os discos voadores in 1957. He writes other mystical and religious tracts under the names Dunatos Menorá and Sábado Dinotos. In 1967–1968, Félix is operating a right-wing terrorism group that sets off bombs, steals arms and explosives, and robs a bank. He serves three years in prison.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 661–662; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 164–165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2095

Event 12585 (E330CD62)

Date: 11/1/1952
Locations: Elugelab; Marshall Islands; Nagasaki
Description: Nuclear test Ivy Mike is the first successful full-scale test of a multi-megaton thermonuclear weapon (“hydrogen bomb”) using the Teller-Ulam design the size of an airplane hangar. Unlike later thermonuclear weapons, Mike uses deuterium as its fusion fuel, maintained as a liquid by an expensive and cumbersome cryogenic system. It is detonated on Elugelab in the Marshall Islands yielding 10.4 megatons, almost 500 times the yield of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. The fireball is 3 miles wide and completely destroys the atoll. USAF Capt. Jimmy Priestly Robinson of the 561st Fighter-Day Squadron, is lost near the end of his mission to successfully pilot his F-84G through the mushroom cloud’s stem to collect radiochemical air samples. After re- emerging from the cloud, both he and his wingman, pilot Captain Bob Hagan, encounter difficulties picking up navigational beacons due to “electromagnetic after effects” of the detonation. By the time they are successful in finding the signal four hours later, they are dangerously low on fuel, and before reaching the runway, both have depleted their reserves. While Hagan is able to glide to the runway and achieve a hard landing, Robinson is too far out to follow the same path and therefore attempts to land on water. Neither his plane nor his body has ever been found; his family only learned the truth in 2008 after repeated FOIA requests.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Ivy Mike”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2096

Event 12586 (ED14850E)

Date: 11/2/1952
Time: 20:00
Location: WOODBOURNE, NZ
Description: Separate observer(s). Small round object stops and maneuvers. Shoots up. (RNZAF base near.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2960

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “WOODBOURNE,NZ:SEP.OBS:SML RND.OBJ STOPS+MNVRS:SHOOTS UP:(RNZAF BASE NEAR)”, LatLong: “-41.500002 173.833342”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 S 173:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12587 (94952FF9)

Date: 11/2/1952
Time: 21:40
Location: SOUTHWEST / BLENHEIM, NZ
Description: 3 / car. Orange disk / horizon. Slow. Changes color(s) / 3 minutes. Vanishes and reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2961

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SW/BLENHEIM,NZ:3/CAR:ORG DISK/HRZN:SLOW:CHANGES CLRS/3mns:VANISHES+REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “-41.566669 173.900008”, LatLongDMS: “41:34:00 S 173:54:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12588 (CCC644B4)

Date: 11/3/1952
Location: ENGLAND, in flight, Kent
Description: (Translated from French) Two RAF officers, Lieutenants Johnson and Smythe, were flying above Kent at 7000m altitude when, to their right at about ten kilometres away, an object flying at great speed appeared. “It was like a giant tennis ball, emitting a blinding light.” At the moment their plane crossed the dazzling bolide, their engine began to splutter and their compass went wild. A radar station of the 256th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of South East London had picked up the echo of the mysterious object. (1952, 3rd November)
Reference: Charles GARREAU: “Alert in the Sky: The Abduction Files” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, pp. 37, 38
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1702

Event 12589 (441CA4D1)

Date: 11/3/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Laredo (Texas), two operators of the control tower, including one Lemaster, saw for 3 to 4 seconds a long and elliptical light of a grayish white flying very quickly, stopping, then increasing its speed. (November 3, 6:29 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book # 2202 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1308

Event 12590 (19CD7A15)

Date: 11/3/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: LAREDO AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2202. 2 Air Traffic Controllers. Glowing ovoid going northeast. Stops near airstrip. Away going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 610)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2962

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “LAREDO AFB,TX:BBK#2202:2 ATCs:GLOWING OVOID > NE:STOPS nr AIRSTRIP:AWAY >>SE”, LatLong: “27.500001 -99.483338”, LatLongDMS: “27:30:00 N 99:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12591 (4BB04635)

Date: 11/3/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: ROCKVILLE, SI, NZ
Description: Saucer going west inland from golden bay. Red glow / rim. Lost / hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2963

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “ROCKVILLE,SI,NZ:SCR >W INLAND from GOLDEN BAY:RED GLOW/RIM:lost/hills”, LatLong: “-40.733335 172.633342”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 S 172:38:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12592 (F6498E64)

Date: 11/3/1952
Time: 23:50
Location: TAHUNANAI, NZ
Description: 1 observer. Dull red ovoid hovers offshore. 1 / 4 moon-size. Going east and west. Going east to hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2964

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TAHUNANAI,NZ:1 OBS:DULL RED OVOID HVRS OFFSHORE:1/4 MOONSIZE:> E+W:>E to HILLS”, LatLong: “-41.283335 173.250008”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 S 173:15:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12593 (55937D5D)

Date: 11/3/1952
Location: Laredo AFB, TX
Description: A long, elliptical, white-grey light fly very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2202)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1382

Event 12594 (2009EDFB)

Date: 11/3/1952
Time: 66:29 PM
Location: Laredo AFB, Texas
Description: Witnesses: two control tower operators, including Lemaster. One long, elliptical, white-grey light flew very fast, paused, and then increased speed during a 3-4 second observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_278

Event 12595 (BB0FF84D)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland
Description: NSA is established
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_483

Event 12596 (7031BD65)

Date: 11/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Election of Eisenhower to the presidency of the United States. Nixon is Vice President.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1309

Event 12597 (19B15988)

Date: 11/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Vineland (New Jersey), Ms. Sprague, a housewife, saw for 30 s two groups of 2 to 3 light discs spinning, flying towards the Southeast. (17 h 40)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2206 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1310

Event 12598 (C1ED6F8F)

Date: 11/4/1952 (approximate)
Location: WITWATERSRAND, RSA
Description: Several observer(s). Huge cigars hover / high altitude. Shoot away when jets chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2965

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WITWATERSRAND,RSA:SVRL OBS:HUGE CGRS HVR/HI ALT:SHOOT AWAY WHEN JETS CHASE”, LatLong: “-26.200001 28.033335”, LatLongDMS: “26:12:00 S 28:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12599 (4D170ED9)

Date: 11/4/1952
Time: 06:00
Location: LAVAL, FR
Description: 3 / clinic. Brilliant cylinder/cigar-shape changes color and shape / saucer to/from cylinder/cigar-shape. Simply melts away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2966

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LAVAL,FR:3/CLINIC:BRILL.CGR CHANGES CLR+SHAPE/SCR><CGR:simply melts away”, LatLong: “48.116669 -0.666667”, LatLongDMS: “48:07:00 N 00:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MYN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12600 (15BAD567)

Date: 11/4/1952
Time: 17:40
Location: VINELAND, NJ
Description: 1 observer. 2 groups / 2-3 spinning disks going quickly southeast / 30 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2967

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: “32”, HatchDesc: “VINELAND,NJ:1 OBS:2 GROUPS/2-3 SPINNING DISKS >>SE/30sec:NFD”, LatLong: “39.488891 -75.027781”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:20 N 75:01:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12601 (EC57E10B)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: Columbia (Congaree AFB), SC
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1383

Event 12602 (3942B02D)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: West Hokkaido, Japan
Description: (FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1384

Event 12603 (AABED87A)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: Caribou, ME
Description: T-6 Crew Observes Unidentified White Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1385

Event 12604 (B68025CA)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: Vineland, NJ
Description: 2 groups of 2-3 whirling discs of light fly toward the the SE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2206)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1386

Event 12605 (0CC13432)

Date: 11/4/1952
Time: 5:40 PM
Location: Vineland, New Jersey
Description: Witness: housewife Mrs. Sprague. Two groups of 2-3 whirling discs of light flew toward the southeast over a period of 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_279

Event 12606 (A1C659B4)

Date: 11/4/1952
Locations: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee; Wright Air Development Center
Description: Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt and Lt. Robert M. Olsson visit Col. John R. Hood Jr., AMC chief of the Nuclear Powered Aircraft Branch of Wright Air Development Center. Hood had contacted ATIC in December 1950 in regard to certain sightings of UFOs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, in which he and a naval officer attempted to obtain correlation between sightings and peaks in radiation backgrounds. Now there are indications that there may be some correlation present between unknown radar pickups and rises in radiation, and he suggests that ATIC begin an instrumented radiation program.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Visit to WADC,” November 4, 1952; Patrick W. Hayes, “[Unconventional Aircraft,](http://www.nicap.org/ma

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dar/radiation/501221OakRidge%5Fdocs.pdf)” Spot Intelligence Report, Dec. 1950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2097

Event 12607 (2ECADA5B)

Date: 11/4/1952
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland
Description: The National Security Agency is established in Fort Meade, Maryland, in a memo by Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett, making the new agency responsible for all communications intelligence. The existence of the NSA is not known to the public at this time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National Security Agency”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2098

Event 12608 (7FDBA347)

Date: 11/4/1952
End date: 11/6/1952
Location: Palomar Gardens Café
Description: The Baileys and Williamsons come up together for a visit to the Palomar Gardens Café. Adamski tells them he has been making special trips into the desert in hopes of meeting a saucer. Soon Adamski begins channeling space messages in the presence of the Williamsons and the Baileys. At one of these sessions, a space being declares that a face-to-face meeting will take place soon. Williamson and Bailey ask Adamski to call them before he attempts his next contact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 23; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, p. 357
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2099

Event 12609 (51BEED79)

Date: 11/4/1952
Description: At six o’clock in the morning, over a hospital in Laval, Mayenne department, France a brilliant cigar-shaped UFO changed color and then change shape into a disc-shaped object, then back into a cigar shape, and then faded away. The sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Luminieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7456

Event 12610 (3FE6A46A)

Date: 11/5/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: NELSON, NZ
Description: Wide-rim saucer / flat bottom/underside hovers / island offshore. Reappears / northeast shore.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2968

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NELSON,NZ:WIDE-RIM SCR/FLAT BTM HVRS/ISLAND OFFSHORE:REAPPEARS/NE SHORE”, LatLong: “-41.250002 173.300008”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 S 173:18:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12611 (CFB26AED)

Date: 11/5/1952
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2100

Event 12612 (F641F1BF)

Date: 11/6/1952
Time: 09:50
Location: AGDE, HERAULT, FR
Description: 2 pilots / car. Bright silver football. 1500mph. Steep bank. Going quickly south and rises.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2969

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AGDE,HERAULT,FR:2 PILOTS/CAR:BRITE SLVR FOOTBALL:1500mph:STEEP BANK:>>S+RISES”, LatLong: “43.316669 3.500000”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 03:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hérault”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12613 (AFE4750D)

Date: 11/8/1952
Location: FORCALQUIER, FRANCE
Description: Silver cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 10 minute(s). Slowly going quickly east. Near observatory. / Jimmy Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2970

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “11”, HatchDesc: “FORCALQUIER,FRANCE:SLVR CGR HVRS/10min:SLOWLY >>E:nr OBSERVATORY:/JIMMY GUIEU”, LatLong: “43.933335 5.750000”, LatLongDMS: “43:56:00 N 05:45:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12614 (8C0216BD)

Date: 11/8/1952
Location: EL VADO, NM
Description: Strong RADAR blip. Bigger / B29. Comes and goes / 600-1400mph. Several frequencies used.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2971

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “2087”, HatchDesc: “EL VADO,NM:STRONG RDR BLIP:BIGGER/B29:COMES+GOES/600-1400mph:SVRL FREQs USED”, LatLong: “36.583335 -106.727783”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:00 N 106:43:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12615 (D42E5B63)

Date: 11/8/1952
Time: 04:30
Location: SOUTH / ASTARA, AZERBAIJAN
Description: Luminous saucer at Soviet border / 30 minute(s). Soviets turn on searchlights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 614)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2972

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

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “S/ASTARA,AZERBAIJAN:LUMn.SCR at SOV.BORDER/30min:SOVIETS TURN ON SEARCHLITES”, LatLong: “38.550002 48.766669”, LatLongDMS: “38:33:00 N 48:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AZB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12616 (39071023)

Date: 11/8/1952
Time: 08:00?
Location: 2 MILES NORTH / BRINSON, GA
Description: Farmer. “Lampshade” saucer over woods. Odd noise. Rises and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 614)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2973

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “2mi N/BRINSON,GA:FARMER:“LAMPSHADE” SCR OVR WOODS:ODD NOISE:RISES+GONE”, LatLong: “31.005557 -84.738893”, LatLongDMS: “31:00:20 N 84:44:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12617 (438D73DA)

Date: 11/8/1952
Time: 17:00
Location: 5MI EAST / AUBURN, GA
Description: 2 Air Force COLs / (seen thru) binoculars and 2 doctors. Very large saucer. Strong white beams. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 614)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2974

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “5mi E/AUBURN,GA:2 AF COLs/BINOCS+2 MDS:VLARGE SCR:STRONG WHT BEAMS:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “34.011113 -83.733337”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:40 N 83:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12618 (5E284E07)

Date: 11/8/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: ROUFFIGNAC GROTTO, FR
Description: Red sphere going [to] WSW. Rises and drops vertically several times. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2975

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROUFFIGNAC GROTTO,FR:RED SPHERE >WSW:RISES+DROPS VERTICALLY SVRL TIMES:/news”, LatLong: “45.016669 0.983333”, LatLongDMS: “45:01:00 N 00:59:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Dordogne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12619 (7D0BAC46)

Date: 11/8/1952
Location: Tierra Amarilla AFS, NM
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) FPS-3 Tracks Maneuvering Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 521108
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1387

Event 12620 (7DB53E90)

Date: 11/10/1952
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Battelle’s Project Stork notes in its seventh status report that current UFO reports “are now in more detail and often consist of sightings of one object by more than one individual.” 500 copies of a final version of the sighting questionnaire were delivered to ATIC at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. It expects to have all UFO reports dated before June 15, 1952, processed and evaluated by December 10, ready for IBM analysis later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 929; “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 4,” CUFON
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2101

Event 12621 (F618BC58)

Date: 11/12/1952
Location: USA, Opheim, Montana.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:20 a.m. USAF 779th AC&W Radar Station; An unexplained target was tracked for 1 hour and 28 minutes at an altitude of 158,000 feet (30 miles) and at a speed of 240 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_1703

Event 12622 (066658B7)

Date: 11/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Los Alamos (New Mexico), a security inspector sees 4 red-white-green lights flying slowly over a restricted area for 15 minutes. (November 12, 10:23 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book n° 2219 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1311

Event 12623 (AFC5AB37)

Date: 11/12/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: KARUP AIRPORT, JUTLAND, DK
Description: Military observer(s). UFO like aircraft but impossibly fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2976

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KARUP AIRPORT,JUTLAND,DK:MIL.OBS:UFO LIKE AIRCRAFT BUT IMPOSSIBLY FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “56.300003 9.166667”, LatLongDMS: “56:18:00 N 09:10:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12624 (44DF7701)

Date: 11/12/1952
Time: 22:20
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2219. Unidentified. 4 objects going quickly north / restricted airspace. Blink and glow. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2977

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:BBK#2219:UID:4 OBJS >>N/RESTRICTED AIRSPACE:BLINK+GLOW:NO RDR”, LatLong: “35.866668 -106.294450”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:00 N 106:17:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12625 (3235A146)

Date: 11/12/1952
Time: 22:30
Location: BETHESDA, MD
Description: Several observer(s). UFO constantly changes shapes. Vanishes and reappears. Smoke.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 620)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2978

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “92”, HatchDesc: “BETHESDA,MD:SVRL OBS:UFO CONSTANTLY CHANGES SHAPES:VANISHES+REAPPEARS:SMOKE”, LatLong: “38.966669 -77.116670”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:00 N 77:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12626 (5EA28303)

Date: 11/12/1952
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Description: 4 red-white-green lights fly slowly over prohibited area (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2219, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1388

Event 12627 (E51FC012)

Date: 11/12/1952
Time: 10:23 PM
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Description: Witness: security inspector. Four red-white-green lights flew slowly over a prohibited area for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_280

Event 12628 (555C065E)

Date: 11/13/1952
Location: USA, Glasgow, Montana.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:43 a.m. Witness: U.S. meteorologist, Earl Oksendahl. Five oval objects, with lights around the perimeter, flew in a V formation for about 20 seconds. Each object seemed to change position, vertically, during ascents and descents, as if to maintain the formation. It came from the northwest, made a 90° turn above the witness, and left towards the southwest.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1704

Event 12629 (5B31F319)

Date: 11/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Opheim, Montana, the USAF 779th AC&W station’s FPS/3 (PPI) radar detected unexplainable echoes for 1 hour and 28 minutes at an altitude of 158,000 feet (30 miles) and a speed of 240 miles/hour. (2:20)
Reference: case Blue Book #2220 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1312

Event 12630 (685FA056)

Date: 11/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Glasgow (Montana), Earl Oksendahl, an observer from the US Weather Bureau, saw 5 oval-shaped objects with lights around them, flying in a V formation for 20 seconds. Each object seemed to change its vertical position by going up or down as if to maintain the formation. The formation came from the Northwest, made a 90° turn and flew away to the Southwest. (2 h 43)
Reference: unexplained Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1313

Event 12631 (C5CD236E)

Date: 11/13/1952 (approximate)
Location: NEAR SIBI, PAKISTAN
Description: Tribesmen. Saucers / 2 nights running. Dazzling beams light 40 mile(s) area!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 631)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2979

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pakistan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “196”, HatchDesc: “nr SIBI,PAKISTAN:TRIBESMEN:SCRS/2 NITES RUNNING:DAZZLING BEAMS LITE 40mi AREA!”, LatLong: “29.550001 67.550003”, LatLongDMS: “29:33:00 N 67:33:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SIB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12632 (E4877B0A)

Date: 11/13/1952
Time: ~02:20
Location: OPHEIM, MT
Description: Military RADAR. Blip / 250mph. Incredible 150K’ altitude / 70 minute(s). See Glasgow, Mt. CE2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 622)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2980

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “88”, Elev: “995”, HatchDesc: “OPHEIM,MT:MIL RDR:BLIP/250mph:INCREDIBLE 150K’alt/70min:see Glasgow,MT CE2”, LatLong: “48.855558 -106.405561”, LatLongDMS: “48:51:20 N 106:24:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “32767”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12633 (65F33915)

Date: 11/13/1952
Time: 02:40
Location: GLASGOW AIR FORCE BASE, MT
Description: Weatherman / scope. 5 40’ saucers / V formation. Silent. 2K-3K’ altitude. 90° turn going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 622)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2981

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “637”, HatchDesc: “GLASGOW AFB,MT:WEATHERMAN/SCOPE:5 40’SCRS/VFORM:SLNT:2K-3K’alt:90°TURN >>SW”, LatLong: “47.466669 -106.566672”, LatLongDMS: “47:28:00 N 106:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “800”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12634 (8C0D364C)

Date: 11/13/1952
Location: Opheim, MT
Description: Tracked an unidentified target on FPS-3 radar at 158,000 ft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2220)
Reference: NICAP: 521113
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1389

Event 12635 (C42EC042)

Date: 11/13/1952
Location: Glasgow, MT
Description: 5 oval- shaped objects with lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2220)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1390

Event 12636 (2FE18353)

Date: 11/13/1952
Time: 2:20 AM
Location: Opheim, Montana
Description: Witness: radar tracking by USAF 779th AC&W station. An unexplained track was followed for 1 hour, 28 minutes, at 158,000’ altitude (30 miles) and a speed of 240 m.p.h. Radar was FPS/3 (PPI).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_281

Event 12637 (542CBCC6)

Date: 11/13/1952
Time: 2:43 AM
Location: Glasgow, Montana
Description: Witness: U.S. Weather Bureau observer Earl Oksendahl. Five oval-shaped objects, with lights all around them, flew in a V-formation for about 20 seconds. Each object seemed to be changing position vertically by climbing or diving as if to hold formation. Formation came from the northwest, made a 90 degree overhead, and flew away to the southwest.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_282

Event 12638 (EF273EB0)

Date: 11/13/1952
Description: At both Opheim Army Base and Glasgow AFB in Montana in 1952, an unidentified flying object was picked up on radar between 2:20 and 2:43 a.m. There was visual confirmation of the UFO by military personnel near Opheim. According to Earl Oksendahl, a qualified and reliable weather bureau witness, at 2.43 a.m. five glowing objects in formation made a 90 degree turn overhead, and then flew to the southwest. The two outside objects seemed to bank. They were oval shaped, 30-50 feet in diameter, had no trail, no exhausts, and made no noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 2220; UNICAT, case # 752; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 22; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7624

Event 12639 (C6A0177F)

Date: 11/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Wichita (Kansas), Majors R.L. Wallander, Captain Belleman, and A/3rd Class Phipps of the USAF observed for 3 to 5 minutes an orange object (a blue band?) changing shape, and performing jerky ascents with pauses of 10 to 15 seconds. (November 15, 7:02)
Reference: case Blue Book #2224 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1314

Event 12640 (15A1940B)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: 2 observer(s). 3’ saucer changes shape 1500’ over airport/apartment runway. Goes going quickly north rising.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 621)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2982

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA,KS:2 OBS:3’SCR CHANGES SHAPE 1500’ ovr APT RUNWAY:GOES>>N RISING”, LatLong: “37.666668 -97.316671”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:00 N 97:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12641 (1210E9B6)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 13:10
Location: NEAR PYONGYANG?, NORTH KOREA
Description: CT7943. Silent 10’ silver sphere/orb/globe going north. Orbits T6 3x. Quickly going up [to] fast. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2983

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr PYONGYANG?,N.KOREA:CT7943:SLNT 10’SLVR ORB >N:ORBITS T6 3x:↑↑ FAST:NO RDR”, LatLong: “39.050002 125.800006”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:00 N 125:48:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12642 (161FB4DC)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 18:50
Location: NORTH / FREDERICA, DE
Description: 3 observer(s). Ring / colored lights rotates clockwise / 400’ altitude. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 623)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2984

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, 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: “5”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “N/FREDERICA,DE:3 OBS:RING/COLORED LITES ROTATES CW/400’alt:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “39.066669 -75.466670”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 N 75:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “120”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12643 (E1E2D98B)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: ARGENTIA NAS, NFLD
Description: Several observer(s). Blinking object drops / ground. Planes see night light. Fireball maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 623)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2985

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “ARGENTIA NAS,NFLD:SVRL OBS:BLINKING OBJ DROPS/GND:PLANES SEE NLT:FBL MNVRS:”, LatLong: “47.277780 -53.833336”, LatLongDMS: “47:16:40 N 53:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12644 (F62B0019)

Date: 11/15/1952
Location: Pyongyang (near), North Korea
Description: Sphere Circles Below T-6 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521115
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1391

Event 12645 (4ABF32A5)

Date: 11/15/1952
Location: Wichita, TX
Description: B-47 crew and passengers saw an elliptical blue-white object with orange or red tail, moving erratically (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1392

Event 12646 (9AE26F40)

Date: 11/15/1952
Location: Wichita, KS
Description: Elliptical blue-white object with orange or red tail (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 2224)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1393

Event 12647 (E341A2BE)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 7:02 AM
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description: Witnesses: USAF Maj. R.L. Wallander, Capt. Belleman, A/3c Phipps. One orange object (a blue streak?) varied in shape, as it made jerky upward sweeps with 10-15 second pauses during a 3-5 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_283

Event 12648 (87A026FF)

Date: 11/15/1952
Time: 23:30:00.0
Location: 11.5622 162.3525
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “King” Yield: 500KT
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_33

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5622 162.3525”, LatLongDMS: “11:33:44 N 162:21:09 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.45”, NukeName: “King”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “500”

Event 12649 (88704178)

Date: 11/15/1952
Description: during the Korean War, two Americans flying in a T-6 aircraft over Pyongyang Sector CT 7943 at 1:07 p.m. local time saw a 10 foot diameter silver sphere below their plane. It flew north for 5 miles, then made a 180 degree turn to the south and climbed in altitude. When the plane banked toward the UFO, it banked into a left-hand orbit around the aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices during the Korean War, p. 57; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 19; UNICAT, case # 753). Also in 1952, a elliptical blue-white light was spotted from an Air Force B-47 bomber over Wichita, Kansas at 20:25 p.m. It had an orange or red tail, and moved erratically. The case is listed as a Project Blue Book “unknown.” At 6:45 p.m. a ring of colored lights, rotating counter-clockwise, was sighted at 400’ altitude north of Frederica, Delaware. (Sources: Project Blue Book, case 2224; Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1952: November-December, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7684

Event 12650 (BF923BE6)

Date: 11/16/1952
Location: ITALY, Castel-Franco (Emilia)
Description: (Translated from French) On that day, a police report was filed by one Nello Ferrari, 41 years old, who was working in a field near his farm in Castel-Franco (Emilia). Suddenly, a reddish glow spread around him. Looking up, he saw a craft made up of two overlapping discs, about twenty meters in diameter, from which a motor noise was coming. The saucer was hovering only about ten meters above the peasant. At that moment, he heard words spoken in an incomprehensible language (like: Verren… iirg… unch) by three “men” dressed in rubber clothing and whose faces were protected by a transparent material globe. After that, Nello Ferrari said, the upper disc of the craft folded onto the lower disc and the craft rose into the sky at a dizzying speed. “I’m still terrified by the sight!” he told the police of Castel-Franco to whom he recounted his adventure.
Reference: Il Giornale dell’Emilia 18.11.52 - CISU file n° 5204
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1705

Event 12651 (1A18F641)

Date: 11/16/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Landrum (South Carolina), hundreds of people see a large disc, also observed by an air traffic controller with binoculars. (November 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1315

Event 12652 (76303DC9)

Date: 11/16/1952
Time: 04:30
Location: NEAR LANDRUM, SC
Description: Hundreds and Air Traffic Controller. 5 huge saucers. Going west. Good 8mm telephoto movies. Wave. / r11p196.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2986

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “311”, HatchDesc: “nr LANDRUM,SC:100s+ATC:5 HUGE SCRs:>W:GOOD 8mm TELEPHOTO MOVIES:WAVE:/r11p196”, LatLong: “35.177779 -82.188893”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:40 N 82:11:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12653 (27BBE69E)

Date: 11/16/1952
Time: 09:30
Location: CASTELFRANCO EMILIA, ITL
Description: Farmer. Plate-saucer hovers. 5M cylinder/cylindrical object turns / bottom. Pseudo-human/entity inside!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2987

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CASTELFRANCO EMILIA,ITL:FARMER:PLATE-SCR HVRS:5M CYL TURNS/BOTTOM:PSH INSIDE!”, LatLong: “44.616669 11.050001”, LatLongDMS: “44:37:00 N 11:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MO”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12654 (800BCA58)

Date: 11/16/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: WEST / NICHOLS, SC
Description: 20 calls to police. Silver saucer whirls and rises at angle. 2X house size!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2988

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “W/NICHOLS,SC:20 CALLS TO POLICE:SLVR SCR WHIRLS+RISES AT ANGLE:2X HOUSE SIZE!”, LatLong: “34.233335 -79.200004”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 79:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12655 (BEE07E01)

Date: 11/16/1952
Time: 17:10
Location: WEST / FLORENCE, SC
Description: Many calls to news and CAA. CAA observer(s) also. Large silver saucer tilts upward.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2989

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “W/FLORENCE,SC:MANY CALLS TO NEWS+CAA:CAA OBS ALSO:LRG SLVR SCR TILTS UPWARD”, LatLong: “34.216668 -79.883337”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 N 79:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12656 (335DD79F)

Date: 11/16/1952
Time: 18:40
Location: IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Description: 2 / Navy lookout tower. 5cm yellow sphere/orb/globe hovers / 3 minute(s). Zooms going quickly west to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2990

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, 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: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “IMPERIAL BEACH,CA:2/NAVY LOOKOUT TOWER:5cm YEL.ORB HVRS/3min:ZOOMS >>W TO SEA.”, LatLong: “32.583335 -117.100006”, LatLongDMS: “32:35:00 N 117:06:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12657 (1E9CBFCE)

Date: 11/16/1952
Location: Landrum (near), SC
Description: Hundreds of people saw a huge disc, watched through binoculars by air-traffic controller. (UFOE) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1394

Event 12658 (F44476C6)

Date: 11/16/1952
Locations: Florence Airport, South Carolina; Landrum, South Carolina
Description: Around 5:00 p.m. An air traffic controller at Florence Airport, South Carolina, watches a huge, gleaming disc through binoculars and sees it tilt up sharply before climbing out of sight. About 6 minutes later, people see a group of round, glowing objects north of Landrum, South Carolina. David S. Bunch takes 40 minutes of film with an 8mm camera and telephoto lens before the UFOs disappear to the west. Keyhoe reviews the film along with some Air Force officers. It shows five glowing, oval-shaped objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 4–5; UFOEv, p. 89; Sparks, p. 180
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2102

Event 12659 (139C8302)

Date: 11/16/1952
Description: A 41-year-old farmer named N. Ferrari in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy saw a 20 meter wide plate-shaped disc hovering at 9:30 a.m. It had a five meter long cylinder rotating on the top and bottom of the object and made a sound like an electric motor. The plates separated and three human-appearing occupants were visible inside. They wore rubber suits with masks. They spoke something like “Verren…firg…unch”, and then the craft went straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Solas Boncompagni, UFO in Italia, Volume I, (Periodo 1907-1953), p. 157; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0205, citing S. Boncompagni
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7713

Event 12660 (8C91DF26)

Date: 11/17/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: MCANDREW AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: UFO spirals upward / dizzy speed. Sharp turns. Changes colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2991

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “McANDREW AFB,NFLD:UFO SPIRALS UPWARD/DIZZY SPEED:SHARP TURNS:CHANGES COLORS”, LatLong: “47.266669 -53.850003”, LatLongDMS: “47:16:00 N 53:51:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12661 (74B7B4B3)

Date: 11/18/1952
Location: Washington DC
Description: MAJESTIC “Preliminary Briefing” document to President (elect) Eisenhower from Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (MJ-1)
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_484

Attributes: Majestic

Event 12662 (3F4C12ED)

Date: 11/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Briefing of President Eisenhower on extraterrestrial presence and MJ-12.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1316

Event 12663 (6FF0777F)

Date: 11/18/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Italy, farmer Nello Ferrari of Castelfranco is suddenly bathed in red light. Looking up, he sees at 9m from the ground a large disc (20m) of a color between copper and gold, whose underside is equipped with a rotating cylinder — which makes noises similar to those of an electric motor. The UFO is topped with a turret from which 3 beings observe him frankly. They look perfectly human. The cylinder retracts and the craft quickly takes off vertically.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1317

Event 12664 (94D22EE0)

Date: 11/18/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: HAWERA, NZ
Description: 4 bright circular objects going [to] WSW / series. 3rd object larger. Wide arc and return going [to] steamship.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2992

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “HAWERA,NZ:4 BRITE CIRC.OBJS > WSW/SERIES:3rd OBJ LARGER:WIDE ARC+RETURN >SS”, LatLong: “-39.594446 174.283342”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:40 S 174:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12665 (337E29E4)

Date: 11/18/1952
Location: Castelfranco, Italy
Description: Nello Ferrari, 41, a farmer, found himself flooded with a reddish light and saw a large plate 10 m above him, between gold and copper in color. At the center of the bottom surface, 20 m in diameter, was a cylinder of 5 m diameter made of rapidly rotating parts, producing a noise similar to that of an electric motor. On the upper surface was a turret inside which three occupants were visible, looking directly at the witness. They looked perfectly human, wore rubber coveralls and transparent face masks. They spoke a few words, which were not understood; a loud metallic noise was heard; and the top part of the object lowered itself toward the lower plate. The sound gained intensity, and the craft flew vertically at very high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 102 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_106

Event 12666 (123683C2)

Date: 11/18/1952
Locations: Washington D.C.; US
Description: Date of the fake four-page “Briefing Document: Operation Majestic 12. Prepared for President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower: Eyes Only.” It states that UFOs are the product of an extraterrestrial civilization, that several had crashed and came into the possession of the US government, and that the US had custody of an alien for some time before it died. It says that Truman established the MJ-12 group in 1947. Called Majestic-12, the group supposedly consists of CIA Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Vannevar Bush, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (replaced by Gen. Walter Bedell Smith in 1950), Gen. Nathan Twining, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Detlev Bronk, Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, Sidney Souers, Gordon Gray, Donald Menzel, Gen. Robert Miller Montague, and Lloyd Berkner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Briefing Document: Operation Majestic-12, Prepared for President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower (Eyes Only),” November 18, 1952; Stanton T. Friedman, “MJ 12: The Evidence So Far,” IUR 12, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1987): 13–17; Joe Nickell and John R. Fischer, “The Crashed-Saucer Forgeries,” IUR 15, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1990): 4–20; Good Above, pp. 257–260, 544–550
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2103

Event 12667 (7CB68717)

Date: 11/18/1952
Description: President-Elect Eisenhower receives a 43-minute national security briefing on matters that are still classified. Gen. Nathan Twining, Gen. Omar Bradley, Adm. William Fechteler, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr., and Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett are present.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stanton T. Friedman, “MJ 12: The Evidence So Far,” IUR 12, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1987): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2104

Event 12668 (7FFC131A)

Date: 11/18/1952
Description: George Adamski telephones George Hunt Williamson and tells him that the space people have informed him a physical encounter will take place on November 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1284; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 23; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, p. 358
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2105

Event 12669 (40865014)

Date: 11/18/1952
Description: Nello Ferrari, 41, a farmer from Castelfranco, Italy found himself flooded with a reddish light on this morning when a large plate-shaped object flew ten meters above him. The 20-meter diameter disc was golden to copper in color. At the center of the bottom surface was a cylindrical section, about five meters wide, made up of a rapidly rotating part that produced a noise similar to an electric motor. On the upper surface was a transparent turret inside which three occupants were visible. The beings looked directly at him. They looked to be normal humans in appearance, and wore rubber coveralls and transparent facemasks. They spoke a few words, which were not understood. A loud metallic noise was heard; and the top part of the object lowered itself toward the lower plate. The sound gained intensity, and the craft flew up vertically at very high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Il Tempo, July 12, 1963; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 201
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7725

Event 12670 (5F33050E)

Date: 11/19/1952
Time: 08:00?
Location: GUANARITO, VNZ
Description: Entire town. Mysterious craft / high-speed. 2 smaller objects join in.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2993

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “GUANARITO,VNZ:ENTIRE TOWN:MYSTERIOUS CRAFT/HI-SPEED:2 SMALLER OBJS JOIN IN”, LatLong: “8.700000 -69.200003”, LatLongDMS: “08:42:00 N 69:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12671 (A462A755)

Date: 11/19/1952
Location: Salton Sea, California
Description: Pilot J. Slade Nash reaches 698.5 mph in a North American F-86D Sabre over the Salton Sea, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bryan R. Swopes, “19 November 1952,” This Day in Aviation, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2106

Event 12672 (CA971DF2)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: CA
Description: George Adamski contacts man from Venus.
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_127

Event 12673 (9DD85597)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: USA, Desert Center (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning (note of vog: not really, see already 1946) of the Adamski case, which, in the early afternoon, would have made contact with an inhabitant of Venus. (cfr all ufological and other authors as well as (Desmond Leslie and Georges Adamski: “The S. V. have landed” - J’ai Lu/Pygmalion 1971) With his group Adamski is 16 km inside the desert. They see a cigar-shaped spacecraft. Mrs. Bailey wanted to film. Shortly after, interceptor fighters pursue the saucer. Adamski moves away from the group, goes into a canyon and there he makes his meeting with the Venusian. From this contact Dr. Williamson will have the evidence: he will see the footprints in the sand.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued on December 13
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1706

Event 12674 (94708068)

Date: 11/20/1952
Description: (Translated from French) George Adamski meets his first Venusian in the Mojave Desert in California. (November 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1318

Event 12675 (A56E22B4)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: LA FORCE, FR
Description: Luminous red disk quickly going down. White night light / concentric circles / 10 minute(s). Going west / River Valley.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2994

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “La FORCE,FR:LUMn.RED DISK ↓↓:WHT NLT/CONCENTRIC CIRCLES/10min:>W/RIVER VALLEY”, LatLong: “44.866669 1.383333”, LatLongDMS: “44:52:00 N 01:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Dordogne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12676 (5BADFB7D)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: MT. BLANCA, CO
Description: Rancher. Domed saucer going [to] over San Luis valley to mountain peak. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2995

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: “4372”, HatchDesc: “Mt BLANCA,CO:RANCHER:DOMED SCR > OVR SAN LUIS VALLEY TO Mtn PEAK:SILENT”, LatLong: “37.577780 -105.483338”, LatLongDMS: “37:34:40 N 105:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12677 (60F17412)

Date: 11/20/1952
Time: 19:10
Location: 10 MI EAST / SALTON SEA, CA
Description: USAF B50. Night light hovers and changes color(s). Type unknown. Going southwest. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2996

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “-50”, HatchDesc: “10mi E/SALTON SEA,CA:USAF B50:NLT HVRS+CHANGES CLRS:TYPE UNK:>SW:/r150”, LatLong: “33.322224 -115.633339”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:20 N 115:38:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 12678 (2FDECC79)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: Salton Sea, CA
Description: B-50 Pilot Spots Object Changing Colors (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521120
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1395

Event 12679 (0D6E47D8)

Date: 11/20/1952
Locations: Palomar Gardens Café; Blythe, California; Desert Center, California; Desert Center Rice Road 117; Coxcomb Mountain
Description: Morning. George Adamski and two associates, Lucy McGinnis and Alice Wells, drive out from the Palomar Gardens Café. They meet the Williamsons and the Baileys at Blythe, California, at 8:00 a.m., and they drive to Desert Center, California, taking Desert Center Rice Road 117 toward Coxcomb Mountain.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1284; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, p. 358
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2107

Event 12680 (A6424E19)

Date: 11/20/1952
Locations: Parker, Arizona; foot of Coxcomb Mountain
Description: 1:00 p.m. Adamski’s group picnics along the roadside. At 1:30 p.m., they see a cigar-shaped UFO that appears shortly after a US Air Force B-29 passes overhead going in the direction of Parker, Arizona. Adamski asks Lucy McGinnis, accompanied by Alfred Bailey, to drive him a bit more than half a mile away to a flatter area near the foot of Coxcomb Mountain where he can set up his telescope. The cigar-shaped UFO is allegedly following them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 54–56, 358–359
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2108

Event 12681 (BC965EE6)

Date: 11/20/1952
Locations: Adamski; McGinnis and Bailey; Kodak Brownie
Description: 1:57 p.m. Adamski stays behind to set up his equipment as McGinnis and Bailey return to the rest of the group. At 2:04 p.m., another UFO, this time a “Scout ship,” appears near Adamski, who takes seven photos through his telescope. The cigar-shaped UFO is still visible through binoculars. At 2:12 pm., Adamski takes three more photos of the Scout ship with a Kodak Brownie before it disappears behind a hill. Air Force jets circle the area at least twice.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 359–360
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2109

Event 12682 (EE37C7B9)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: Desert Center, California
Description: 2:15 p.m. As he is packing up his telescope, Adamski sees a man waving to him from about a quarter- mile away. He walks over to him and meets an entity named Orthon as his 6 companions watch from a distance. Five-and-a-half feet tall, Orthon [could Adamski have thought of this name from Kodak Ortho film?] is a beautiful being with long blond hair and an extremely high forehead. Through gestures, sign language, a few words, and telepathy, Adamski learns that he is from Venus and the Venusians are visiting earth out of concern for nuclear weapons. The conversation lasts about 45 minutes. Orthon declines to be photographed but asks Adamski to borrow one of his unexposed photos. After Orthon leaves in his Scout ship around 3:04 p.m., Adamski finds tracks in the desert floor. His companions rejoin him at the site. Around 3:45 p.m., Williamson takes casts with plaster of paris, which he just happens to carry with him in case he runs into a stray bone. Each track contains within it a distinct set of symbols. After several hours of assessing the situation and waiting for the plaster to dry, the group returns to Desert Center, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Desmond Leslie and George Adamski, Flying Saucers Have Landed, British Book Centre, 1953, pp. 185–215; Adamski Foundation, “The Landing”; James W. Moseley, “Special Adamski Exposé Issue,” Saucer News, no. 27 (October 1957); Curt Collins, “Saucer News Presents: The George Adamski Exposé,” In Honor of James Moseley, May 30, 2014; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 41–89, 360–362; Clark III 39–40, 1284; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (August 2006): 23; Michael D. Swords, “Adamski in the Desert,” IUR 31, no. 3 (October 2007): 22; Rene Erik Olsen, [George Adamski photo analysis], Adamski Foundation; Marc Hallet, A Critical Appraisal of George Adamski: The Man Who Spoke to the Space Brothers, The Author, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2110

Event 12683 (B91719AA)

Date: 11/20/1952
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: 9:00 p.m. The Williamsons and the Baileys, with Adamski’s permission, drive to Phoenix, Arizona, and tell the story of their contact to reporters at the Phoenix Gazette.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 363
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2111

Event 12684 (88ED1D7A)

Date: 11/21/1952
Location: LITTLEHAMPTON MARGATE CHICHESTER AND IPSWITCH, ENG
Description: Wave / fireballs and tadpole and beetle shapes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2997

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “LITTLEHAMPTON MARGATE CHICHESTER+IPSWITCH,ENG:WAVE/FBLS+TADPOLE+BEETLE SHAPES”, LatLong: “50.833336 -0.533333”, LatLongDMS: “50:50:00 N 00:32:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12685 (95CC8A2E)

Date: 11/21/1952
Time: 18:20
Location: SAVANNAH R. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC), GA
Description: 2 observer(s). Red fireball passes over H-bomb plant. Seen 30s. Going quickly SSE.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2998

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNAH R. AEC,GA:2 OBS:RED FBL PASSES OVR H-BOMB PLANT:SEEN 30s:>>SSE”, LatLong: “33.266668 -81.866671”, LatLongDMS: “33:16:00 N 81:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12686 (5480A9B9)

Date: 11/21/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: FT BENNING, GA
Description: Blue white UFO zigzags. Vanishes and reappears further on. Going quickly SSE. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_2999

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “94”, HatchDesc: “Ft BENNING,GA:BLU WHT UFO ZIGZAGS:VANISHES+REAPPEARS FURTHER ON:>>SSE:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “32.333335 -84.933337”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 84:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12687 (EF43D722)

Date: 11/21/1952
Location: Carribean Sea, At Sea
Description: Bright Red Object Paces Aircraft (Photo ?) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521121
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1396

Event 12688 (4E3172DE)

Date: 11/21/1952
Location: Belle-Ile, France
Description: At a place alled “La Butte” a luminous sphere, which seemed to spin, its color changing from orange to white, was seen at low altitude. It oscillated left and right, then took off toward the southwest, according to the witness, Mr. Gauci.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Challenge 56 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_107

Event 12689 (32B88340)

Date: 11/21/1952
End date: 11/23/1952
Description: An Air Force review panel meets at ATIC for three days and recommends that a “higher court” be formed to review UFOs. It schedules this tentatively for late December or early January.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 200–201
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2112

Event 12690 (9E97B263)

Date: 11/21/1952
Description: Shortly after 9:00 p.m. a UFO flew in a zigzag pattern over Fort Benning, Georgia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, November 1952 report
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7764

Event 12691 (C26B5F20)

Date: 11/21/1952
Description: At a place called “La Butte” on Belle-Ile, France a luminous sphere was seen at a low altitude. It seemed to be spinning and its color changed from orange to white. It oscillated to the left and right, then took off toward the southwest, according to Mr. Gauci the witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 201-202
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7765

Event 12692 (EE8F34BA)

Date: 11/22/1952
Location: OUBANGUI-CHARI, Bocaranga region
Description: (Translated from French) Father Carlos Maria, merchant Lasimone, and 6 other witnesses first saw a large disc briefly. The vehicle’s engine stalled. A little further away, they saw 4 discs or halos of light arranged in a square. One suddenly lit up with a red light and approached. There it stopped for a few seconds before returning to its original point. The things were still there when, 20 minutes later, the travelers resumed their journey.
Reference: Inforespace No. 7, p.2 - SOBEPS 1973, extracted from the book “Lueurs sur les Soucoupes volantes” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 136 to 145
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1710

Event 12693 (CD6AD2F9)

Date: 11/22/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Bocaranga, the discs observed by Father Carlos Maria dance a ballet of short circular movements, lighting up like suns at each start, illumination that totally disappears when stopped. (November 22)
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1319

Event 12694 (DCFBCA29)

Date: 11/22/1952
Time: 07:00
Location: NORTHWEST / ST. AUBIN AND CHOLET, FR
Description: Bright colored cylinder/cigar-shape going down. Climbs again going quickly [to] east-northeast. / LDLN#131+/ r30p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3000

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “NW/St.AUBIN+CHOLET,FR:BRITE CLRD CGR ↓:CLIMBS AGAIN >>ENE:/LDLN#131+/r30p64”, LatLong: “46.933336 -0.688889”, LatLongDMS: “46:56:00 N 00:41:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Deux-Sèvres”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12695 (67DB70E9)

Date: 11/22/1952
Time: 08:40
Location: ORLEANS, FR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly northeast. Makes 2 stops. Shoots away going quickly south. / Nouvelle Republiq.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3001

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ORLEANS,FR:2 SEP.OBS:CGR >>NE:MAKES 2 STOPS:SHOOTS AWAY >>S:/Nouvelle Republiq”, LatLong: “47.916669 1.933333”, LatLongDMS: “47:55:00 N 01:56:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12696 (386013B4)

Date: 11/22/1952
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTH / FLORIDA KEYS
Description: 2 / SS. Warren. Large orange-glowing hemisphere seen clearly. Portholes. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3002

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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/FLORIDA KEYS:2/SS.WARREN:LRG ORG-GLO HEMISPHERE SEEN CLEARLY:PORTS:ABS SLNT”, LatLong: “24.000001 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “24:00:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “FLR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12697 (B7BA3DE7)

Date: 11/22/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: BOCARANGA, C.AFR.REP
Description: Priest and 7. 4 red saucers going NNW. Circle jeep and going quickly SSE. / r136#6p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3003

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Congo states”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “BOCARANGA,C.AFR.REP:PRIEST+7:4 RED SCRS > NNW:CIRCLE JEEP+>>SSE:/r136#6p45”, LatLong: “6.966667 15.633334”, LatLongDMS: “06:58:00 N 15:38:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12698 (BD0CE352)

Date: 11/22/1952
Location: Bocaranga, Ubangi-Shari [now Central African Republic]
Description: 10:00 p.m. Fr. Carlos Maria, a Capuchin missionary, and five others are driving along the road to Bocaranga, Ubangi-Shari [now Central African Republic] when they notice a large disc speeding overhead. Later, they see four others, motionless. They watch the UFOs for 20 minutes, changing shape and color.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about FS; Jimmy Guieu [pseudonym of Henri René Guieu], Les soucoupes volantes viennent d’un autre monde, Fleuve Noir, 1954; ClearIntent, pp. 128–129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2113

Event 12699 (8B0E923A)

Date: 11/22/1952
Description: A cigar-shaped object flew rapidly to the northeast over Orleans, Loiret department, France at 8:40 a.m. It made two stops, then shot away to the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7792

Event 12700 (93DAEA17)

Date: 11/23/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Morbihan), on the road to Locmaria, at the place called “La Butte”, Mr. Gauci sees a luminous ball with a diameter 10 times greater than that of the full Moon. It sometimes seems to flatten, losing its orange tint to become whitish. It descends slightly, stops, returns to the right and rises to its starting point. It does this maneuver 4 or 5 times then disappears towards the southwest. (November 23)
Reference: Vallée 1966
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1320

Event 12701 (1A26575A)

Date: 11/23/1952
Time: ~18:00
Location: BELLE ILE, FR
Description: Luminous ball spins and wobbles. Changes color(s). Going quickly southwest to sea. / r251p30+/ r8#107.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3004

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “BELLE ILE,FR:LUM BALL SPINS+WOBBLES:CHANGES CLRS:>>SW to SEA:/r251p30+/r8#107”, LatLong: “47.333336 -3.166667”, LatLongDMS: “47:20:00 N 03:10:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Morbihan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12702 (61954F7C)

Date: 11/23/1952
Time: 21:30
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: Observer(s) offshore. Meteor flares going [to] inland. Circles city and flares again. Fast climb.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 215)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3005

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:OBS OFFSHORE:METEOR FLARES >INLAND:CCLs CITY+FLARES AGAIN:FAST CLIMB”, LatLong: “25.772223 -80.172226”, LatLongDMS: “25:46:20 N 80:10:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12703 (13A683AD)

Date: 11/24/1952 (approximate)
Location: FRANCE, Belle-Ile en Mer
Description: (Translated from French) November 24, 1952. At Belle Ile-en-Mer, Friday evening, Mr. Pascal Gauci, a traveling salesman, driving on the road to Locmaria was surprised, upon arriving at the place called “La Butte”, to see on his left a luminous ball whose diameter seemed to him to be 3 or 4 times that of the moon. This ball was motionless in the sky. After a few seconds it moved slowly to the left, maintaining the same altitude. At times this ball flattened itself as if it were pivoting on its transverse axis, losing at that moment its orange tint to take on a white tint. Then it descended slightly, stopped before returning to its right and rising back to its starting point. It thus made three or four of these maneuvers before disappearing in the southwest direction. (“La nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest”) (Jean François BOEDEC: “Les OVNI en Bretagne, Anatomie d’un Phénomène” ed. Fernand Lanore, Paris 1978, p. 30) At the place called “La Butte” the witness Pascal Gauci observed a luminous ball which seemed to turn on itself at low altitude. Its color changed from orange to white. Oscillations. Diameter: from 10 to 12 times that of the moon. (November 24 (22 or 21?) 1952)
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, le premier rapport complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 64 which dates from November 21 or 20
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1709

Event 12704 (16BEB2D8)

Date: 11/24/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Annandle (Virginia), L. L’ Brettner observed for 1 hour a round and pulsating object flying very quickly, making right angle turns and reversing its course. (November 24, 6:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2246 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1321

Event 12705 (743A780A)

Date: 11/24/1952
Time: 02:30
Location: QUIMPERLE AND ANCENIS AND VITRE, FR
Description: Huge brilliant saucer-sphere seen widely. Changes colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3006

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “50”, HatchDesc: “QUIMPERLE+ANCENIS+VITRE,FR:HUGE BRILL.SCR-SPHERE SEEN WIDELY:CHANGES COLORS”, LatLong: “47.866669 -3.550000”, LatLongDMS: “47:52:00 N 03:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12706 (F6A6A5F0)

Date: 11/24/1952
Time: 15:50
Location: EAST GLENDALE, CA
Description: 4 observer(s). 4 grey orbs going quickly northwest. Faint glow. Silent. Turn going quickly northwest / burst of speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 641)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3007

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “E.GLENDALE,CA:4 OBS:4 GRY ORBS >>NW:FAINT GLOW:SILENT:TURN >>NW/BURST OF SPEED”, LatLong: “34.133335 -118.216672”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 118:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12707 (FC2DA9CF)

Date: 11/24/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: ANNANDALE, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2246. Unidentified. Brettner and 1. Baseball size sphere/orb/globe / 1000mph. 90+180-turns!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 642)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3008

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “ANNANDALE,VA:BBK#2246:UID:BRETTNER+1:BASEBALL SIZE ORB/1000mph:90+180-TURNS!”, LatLong: “38.833335 -77.200004”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 77:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12708 (7A23188C)

Date: 11/24/1952
Location: Annandale, VA
Description: Round, glowing object fly very fast, make right angle turns (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2246)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1397

Event 12709 (3AA90C92)

Date: 11/24/1952
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Annandale, Virginia
Description: Witness: L.L’ Brettner. One round, glowing object flew very fast, made right angle turns and reversed course during a 1 hour sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_284

Event 12710 (BE725100)

Date: 11/24/1952
Location: Pentagon
Description: Andrija Puharich, invited by an Army colonel friend who is chief of the Research Section of the Office of the Chief of Psychological Warfare, delivers a lecture on ESP to high-ranking Pentagon officers in the Army’s Psychological Warfare Research Section and the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations. Col. Howard McCoy is probably present.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nick Redfern, The Pyramids and the Pentagon, New Page, 2012; Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days, Part 2,” IUR 32, no. 2 (December 2008): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2114

Event 12711 (C8400D69)

Date: 11/24/1952
Locations: Phoenix Gazette; Palomar Gardens
Description: The first printed account of the encounter with Orthon appears in the Phoenix Gazette. The newspaper publishes one of Adamski’s photos as well as a photo of the Williamsons and the Baileys. Adamski becomes instantly famous, and Williamson moves to Palomar Gardens for several days. When he tells Adamski he is planning to write a book about his channelings and contacts, Adamski warns him not to mention the contacts have been largely psychic. Adamski discourages him and they have a falling out. Alfred C. Bailey later says he has seen neither spaceship nor spaceman and doubts that anyone else has either.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 45–52, 99, 358–363; “Palomar Mountain, 1940–1960: From Obscurity to World Fame,” The Adamski Case, September 22, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2115

Event 12712 (57D51B81)

Date: 11/24/1952
Description: Annandale, Virginia. 6:30 p.m. Witness L. L. Brettner reported seeing a round, glowing object that flew very fast, made right angle turns, and reversed course during a 1 hour sighting. There was also a second witness but the information about his or her sighting is missing from the file.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7866

Event 12713 (F6C8CC44)

Date: 11/25/1952
Location: Langley, VA
Description: (cont’d briefing from 8/20/1952): Memorandum for Director CIA: Another meeting by A-2 and ATIC personnel was held on this date. UFOs must have immediate attention. UFOs have been sighted at great altitudes and at high speeds in the vicinity of major U.S. defense installations and can NOT be attributed to natural phenomena or KNOWN types of aerial vehicles. OSI is proceeding to establish an immediate PRIORITY research and development on UFOs under the aegis of CANIS. Signed: H. Marshall Chadwell.
Type: memorandum
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_485
See also: 8/10/1952
See also: 10/2/1952
See also: 11/25/1952

Event 12714 (EDA82A2B)

Date: 11/25/1952
Location: Panama Canal Zone
Description: Air Defense Command radar tracks two UFOs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_131

Event 12715 (F6C025F1)

Date: 11/25/1952
Time: 18:10
Location: PANAMA CZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #101. 2 separate observer(s). Fireballs and RADAR blips 5 / hours. 4 planes scramble. / r37p168.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3009

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Panama”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “31”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PANAMA CZ:BBK#101:2 SEP.OBS:FBLS+RDR BLIPS 5/HRS:4 PLANES SCRAMBLE:/r37p168”, LatLong: “9.150000 -79.805559”, LatLongDMS: “09:09:00 N 79:48:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12716 (F9903424)

Date: 11/25/1952
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR WHITE SANDS, NM
Description: Night lights. UFO makes 90-turn over highway. Shoots going up. 2 rows / portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3010

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “nr WHITE SANDS,NM:NLTS:UFO MAKES 90-TURN ovr HWY:SHOOTS ↑:2 ROWS/PORTHOLES”, LatLong: “32.683335 -106.283338”, LatLongDMS: “32:41:00 N 106:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12717 (CBA4763B)

Date: 11/25/1952
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1398

Event 12718 (409F51D3)

Date: 11/25/1952
Location: Panama Canal, Panama
Description: Two Objects Tracked By A/A Gun Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521125
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1399

Event 12719 (F9420584)

Date: 11/25/1952
Locations: Tremonton; Presque Isle and Limestone AFB [now Loring International Airport], Maine; Florida
Description: ATIC Col. Donald L. Bower and Maj. Dewey Fournet brief CIA consultants Frederick C. Durant and Edward Tauss on Blue Book’s top three cases: the Tremonton UFO film of July 2; a dubious sighting of an object seen at Presque Isle and Limestone AFB [now Loring International Airport], Maine, on the night of October 10– 11 (which Hynek has already explained as a theodolite miscalibration causing Jupiter and its 4 prominent moons to be visible); and the problematic Florida scoutmaster case of August 19. USAF wants the CIA to think these are good cases until they unravel at the proposed Robertson Panel meeting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO- Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2116

Event 12720 (02E9A5F6)

Date: 11/25/1952
End date: 11/26/1952
Location: Panama Canal Zone
Description: Two UFOs are tracked by defense radar in the Panama Canal Zone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Objects Tracked by A/A Gun Radar”; Condon, pp. 168–170
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2117

Event 12721 (4F183385)

Date: 11/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) (Beginning on the 25th) In the Panama Canal zone, 2 UFOs are detected by a defense radar.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1322

Event 12722 (75123F72)

Date: 11/26/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The Phoenix Gazette headlines: Passenger of a saucer claims atomic explosions are the reason for his visits.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1323

Event 12723 (187504B5)

Date: 11/26/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador
Description: F-94 chases disc-shaped 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_132

Event 12724 (0F280336)

Date: 11/26/1952
Time: 18:30
Location: GOOSE BAY, NFLD
Description: 2 / F94+RADAR. Silent night light / 1500-12K’ altitude. To 425kts. Follows and eludes jets.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3011

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOOSE BAY,NFLD:2/F94+RDR:SLNT NLT/1500-12K’alt:to 425kts:FOLOS+ELUDES JETS”, LatLong: “53.300003 -60.416670”, LatLongDMS: “53:18:00 N 60:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “500”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12725 (24B48336)

Date: 11/26/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: F-94 chased maneuverable disc that changed color from white to red (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1400

Event 12726 (749D2465)

Date: 11/26/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: 5:56 p.m. An F-94B from the USAF 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador, for 15 minutes chases a maneuverable object that changes color from white to red, heading south or southwest. The fighter gets a brief radar lock-on.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, November– December, The Author, 1986, p. 44; Sparks, p. 181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2118

Event 12727 (B474396A)

Date: 11/27/1952
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Auckland
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO was seen above Nedin, a suburb of Auckland, by Mr. J.P. Burke, an 8-year pilot aviator. Mr. Burke states that he was awoken by a metallic noise, quite similar to that of a jet engine. Immediately going to his window, he saw at about 1,800 meters altitude an object resembling a giant cymbal, about the size of a Dakota and surrounded by a gray-blue light. Mr. Burke estimates that the speed of this UFO was between 400 and 450 km/h.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 174
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1711

Event 12728 (A1BD7592)

Date: 11/27/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the pilot and crew chief of a USAF B-26 bomber observed for 20 minutes a series of black smoke explosions (4-3-3-4-3), similar to an anti-aircraft fire. (November 27, 0:10 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2249 unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1324

Event 12729 (08A55216)

Date: 11/27/1952
Location: NEDIN, AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: Jet-like roar. Huge cymbal-saucer surrounded green-glowing goes overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3012

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEDIN,AUCKLAND,NZ:JET-LIKE ROAR:HUGE CYMBAL-SCR SURROUNDED GRN-GLO GOES OVHD.”, LatLong: “-36.900002 174.716675”, LatLongDMS: “36:54:00 S 174:43:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12730 (1622C21F)

Date: 11/27/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: MONT-DE-MARSAN, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Luminous/glowing disk splits / 2. Reunites. Away fast. / LDLN#131.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3013

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “MONT-de-MARSAN,FR:SVRL OBS:LUMn DISK SPLITS/2:REUNITES:AWAY FAST:/LDLN#131”, LatLong: “43.900002 -0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “43:54:00 N 00:30:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12731 (699F37E1)

Date: 11/27/1952
Location: Albuquerque, NV
Description: Series of 20 ft black smoke bursts similar to antiaircraft fire (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2249)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1401

Event 12732 (42D067D2)

Date: 11/27/1952
Time: 12:10 PM
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: pilot and crew chief of UAAF B-26 bomber. A series of black smoke bursts (4-3-3-4-3), similar to antiaircraft fire, was seen over a 20 minute period.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_285

Event 12733 (B9368DB0)

Date: 11/27/1952
Description: In Albuquerque, New Mexico at 12:10 p.m. a pilot and a crew chief of a U.S. Air Force B-26 bomber reported seeing a series of black smoke bursts (4-3-3-4-3), similar to antiaircraft fire, which was seen over a 20 minute period.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2249; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7952

Event 12734 (D6F836D7)

Date: 11/28/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: WEST / BLUESKY, ALTA
Description: 3 / car. “Boot-shape” UFO = mass / curves. Small disks hang / arms. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 646)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3014

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “640”, HatchDesc: “W/BLUESKY,ALTA:3/CAR:“BOOT-SHAPE” UFO=MASS/CURVES:SML DISKS HANG/ARMS:VFAST”, LatLong: “56.072225 -118.288895”, LatLongDMS: “56:04:20 N 118:17:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12735 (FC97BC28)

Date: 11/28/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: Film crew. Saucer filmed overhead. USAF silences observer(s) / ‘national security’.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 817)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3015

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “CULVER CITY,CA:FILM CREW:SCR FILMED OVHD:USAF SILENCES OBS/‘NATIONAL SECURITY’”, LatLong: “34.033335 -118.383339”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 118:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12736 (F5206EA9)

Date: 11/28/1952
Time: 19:40
Location: DELTA, UT
Description: 2 / USAF T33. Odd meteor going straight and level. Then zigzags / 20 minute(s). 50K’ altitude. “No star”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3016

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “4612”, HatchDesc: “DELTA,UT:2/USAF T33:ODD METEOR > S/L:THEN ZIGZAGS/20min:50K’alt:“NO STAR””, LatLong: “39.350002 -112.577783”, LatLongDMS: “39:21:00 N 112:34:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12737 (E29E31D0)

Date: 11/28/1952
Description: At 4:00 p.m. a motion picture film crew filmed a disc-shaped object at MGM Studio L2 in Culver City, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1968, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7979

Event 12738 (A678E871)

Date: 11/28/1952
Description: At 7:40 p.m. an odd fireball moved too slowly to be a meteor, then zigzagged for 20 minutes. It’s estimated altitude was 50,000 feet; “not a star” according to the witness, who was flying over Delta, Utah in a U.S. Air Force T-33 trainer.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7980

Event 12739 (AE88A73F)

Date: 11/30/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Washington, D.C., operators at Washington National Airport detect radar echoes similar to those of July 26th. (November 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2253 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1325

Event 12740 (7CDB0316)

Date: 11/30/1952
Time: 06:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2253. Unidentified HIQ RADAR traces. Nothing seen in perfect weather…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 646)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3017

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:BBK#2253:UID HIQ RDR TRACES:NOTHING SEEN in PERFECT WEATHER…”, LatLong: “38.933335 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12741 (4FFBB8E8)

Date: 11/30/1952
Time: 10:00
Location: NEAR MODENA, ITL
Description: Saucer going down. Opens like clamshell. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) / spacesuits exit. ‘Unintelligible’.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3018

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr MODENA,ITL:SCR ↓:OPENS like CLAMSHELL:3 OIDS/SSUITS EXIT:‘UNINTELLIGIBLE’”, LatLong: “44.633335 10.900001”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:00 N 10:54:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MO”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 12742 (0877AC0D)

Date: 11/30/1952
Location: Washington National Airport, D.C.
Description: Radar trackings similar to those of July 26, 1952 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: 2253)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1402

Event 12743 (4C6FAD8D)

Date: 11/30/1952
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Witnesses: radar operators at Washington National Airport. Radar trackings similar to those of July 26, 1952.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_286

Event 12744 (B6E81A85)

Date: 11/30/1952
Locations: Washington National Airport; Washington, D.C.; Andrews AFB
Description: 12:30 a.m. Numerous slow-moving 90–100 mph radar targets appear on the MEW VG-2 radar at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. Suggestive of anomalous propagation, but they are unlike the July 1952 cases since there is no visual confirmation, no other radars confirming, and no fighters scrambled. A pilot at 6,000 feet sees nothing. CAA Senior Airways Specialist Austin M. Stapf claims the same thing was observed at same time on November 29, and that the Andrews AFB watch supervisor could not visually confirm targets over Andrews displayed on the ARTCC radar scope.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2119

Event 12745 (D43BF0D1)

Date: 11/30/1952
Description: Air Traffic Control operators at Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia had radar trackings similar to those of July 26, 1952.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2253; Project Blue Book Report #9, report dated January 31, 1953; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book UFO Unknowns; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 46
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8064

Event 12746 (9D5E5375)

Date: 12/1952
Description: Maj. Dewey Fournet completes a study of UFOs to assess whether their motions are random or ordered. He concludes that their reported movements show that UFOs are under intelligent control.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 189–190; Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 8–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2120

Event 12747 (2C8B471F)

Date: End of 1952
Location: SOUTH AFRICA
Description: (Translated from French) Towards the end of 1952, the Sunday Times of Cape Town, South Africa reported that a “rocket” had been seen above Table Bay. It was said to have gone straight up and then come down again, but it is not known whether it had come out of the water or had dived in. A police launch patrolled the area as it was thought that it might be a distress rocket, but there was no boat in the vicinity. (1952, end of the year)
Reference: Yvan T.SANDERSON: “The Invisibles Under the Seas” Albin Michel 1979 p. 51
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1720

Event 12748 (C33F5975)

Date: 12/2/1952
Location: Langley, VA
Description: Statement by H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence, CIA: “The reports of (UFO) incidents convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention.”
Type: statement
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_486
See also: 10/2/1952
See also: 11/25/1952

Event 12749 (E3E18F48)

Date: 12/2/1952
Locations: MIT Lincoln Laboratory; MIT Center for International Studies
Description: CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence Director H. Marshall Chadwell writes another secret memo to Director Walter Bedell Smith on UFOs: “At this time, the reports of incidents convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention. The details of some of these incidents have been discussed by AD/SI with DDCI. Sightings of unexplained objects at great altitudes and traveling at high speeds in the vicinity of major U.S. defense installations are of such nature that they are not attributable to natural phenomena or known types of aerial vehicles.” Physicist Julius Adams Stratton and economist Max Millikan tell Chadwell that scientists at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory would like to be a part of any scientific study of the UFO phenomenon, perhaps through Millikan’s MIT Center for International Studies. Stratton indicates that Lab Director Albert G. Hill should organize the study. Attached is a draft of an intelligence directive by Chadwell on behalf of Smith to the National Security Council recommending that the CIA “formulate and carry out a program of intelligence and research activities required to solve the problem of instant positive identification of unidentified flying objects.” But Smith refuses to approve or sign the directive because he is briefing the president directly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. Marshall Chadwell, “Unidentified Flying Objects,” December 2, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 175; Clark III 1013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2121

Event 12750 (D5D498F9)

Date: 12/2/1952
Description: CIA OSI Chief Philip Grandin Strong meets with MIT Provost Julius A. Stratton and professor Max Millikan to discuss UAP sightings and a means of studying them through Project Lincoln. Lincoln was an already established air defense project at MIT for the USAF, specifically analyzing photographic reconnaissance and surveillance.

The December 1952 memo suggests Lincoln had an interest in flying saucer cases beginning in mid-1952, and CIA OSI sought “full backing” of the DCI for MIT to formally study UAP. Unfortunately, no further Lincoln UAP documentation exists, and Lincoln summary reports do not mention UAP despite Stratton’s interest. USAF Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt later writes that Project Lincoln’s Beacon Hill Group recommended he set up “sound detection apparatus” in areas of UAP activity, suggesting the MIT scientists were doing actual UAP work under contract.

• https://www.governmentattic.org/12docs/USAF-BeaconHillReport_1952.pdf
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000015345.pdf

Note: Project Lincoln may just be one example how the CIA/USAF/AEC “exported” UAP study to universities and private nonprofits (like Battelle, mentioned in the 9 January 1953 entry). Such analysis that may have been done at MIT is not mentioned in any updates to Congress or the American people, and Stratton’s interest contradicts the findings of the Robertson Panel, Blue Book, and Condon Committee that UAPs do not warrant further study.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_37

Event 12751 (DC3465D4)

Date: 12/3/1952
Time: 22:10
Location: BORDEAUX, FR
Description: Long brilliant cylinder/cigar-shape moves slow. Suddenly speeds away. Leaves (something behind) blue trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3019

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)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BORDEAUX,FR:LONG BRILLIANT CGR MOVES SLOW:SUDDENLY SPEEDS AWAY:LVS BLUE TRAIL”, LatLong: “44.833335 -0.600000”, LatLongDMS: “44:50:00 N 00:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12752 (72FF2730)

Date: 12/3/1952
Locations: MIT Lincoln Lab; Princeton; Cal Tech; MIT Center for International Studies
Description: In another “Flying Saucer” memo, Chadwell admits the Air Force would be suspicious of any MIT Lincoln Lab involvement, and that Princeton or Cal Tech would do, and that “it will be necessary to secure the full backing of the DCI in order that a scientific review of the problem may be laid on.” However, he recommends that this “External Research Project Concerned with Unidentified Flying Objects” be administered by Max Millikan at the MIT Center for International Studies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: P. G. Strong, “Flying Saucers,” December 3, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 185–186
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2122

Event 12753 (FE589232)

Date: 12/3/1952
Description: In 1952 at 10:10 p.m. in the city of Bordeaux, France a long, bright cigar-shaped UFO moved slowly in the sky, then suddenly shot away, leaving a blue trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8155

Event 12754 (DB7ECFAF)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: USA, Laredo (Texas) in flight
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, the pilot of the F 51, who will be called Earl Fogle since the secret services forbid citing the real names of military witnesses, was 20 km from his base (Laredo) when an object of blue color almost collided with the fighter plane. The unknown device rushed at full speed towards the F 51, whose position lights were however well lit. At the last second it avoided the plane and passed along it at an astounding speed. Fogle saw the object literally buck like a bouncing ball, then come back towards him as if it was preparing to make a second passage as dangerous as the previous one. Fogle quickly turned off the position lights and started to dive. His adversary followed him in a dive until 600 m. Then it took altitude again, described a wide turn towards the base of Laredo, and changing direction again, turned at a very tight angle while rising into the night at an unimaginable speed.
Reference: A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 180, 181
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1714

Event 12755 (16F3951D)

Date: 12/4/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At Laredo (Texas), the pilot of an USAF F-51 takes on a shiny white object making tight turns and passing in front of the fighter. (December 4)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1326

Event 12756 (D9BB28CC)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: Laredo, TX
Description: F-51 near collision with lighted UFO; extreme speeds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_133

Event 12757 (305E0568)

Date: 12/4/1952
Time: 11:30
Location: FT. CARSON, CO
Description: 2 observer(s). 25’ saucer all over airstrip / 7K’ altitude. Flips over. Instant 90-turns!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 654)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3020

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1779”, HatchDesc: “Ft.CARSON,CO:2 OBS:25’SCR ALL OVR AIRSTRIP/7K’alt:FLIPS OVR:INSTANT 90-TURNS!”, LatLong: “38.750002 -104.833338”, LatLongDMS: “38:45:00 N 104:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12758 (A3992FFF)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: MONTREAL, QB
Description: Numerous observer(s). 4-5 ringed saucers / tight turns. Extreme accelerations. Seen 6 minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 221)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3021

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: “10”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “52”, HatchDesc: “MONTREAL,QB:NMRS.OBS:4-5 RINGED SCRS/TIGHT TURNS:EXTREME ACCELs:seen 6 mins”, LatLong: “45.483336 -73.566670”, LatLongDMS: “45:29:00 N 73:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12759 (65670EE4)

Date: 12/4/1952
Time: 16:30
Location: ANSEREMME, BELGIUM
Description: 5 observer(s). Orange sphere/orb/globe over plane. Metallic when stopped. Glows / shooting up going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 653)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3022

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ANSEREMME,BELG:5 OBS:ORG ORB OVR PLANE:MTLC WHEN STOPPED:GLOWS/SHOOTING UP↑”, LatLong: “50.216669 4.911111”, LatLongDMS: “50:13:00 N 04:54:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12760 (03322F14)

Date: 12/4/1952
Time: 20:50
Location: LAREDO AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Night light circles town. Buzzes T28. Head-on passes. 90° turns. Going up. / r242+r172.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3023

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, **RDR:

[c0mmando]

** Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “LAREDO AFB,TX:NLT CCLS TOWN:BUZZES T28:HEAD-ON PASSES:90°TURNS:↑:/r242+r172”, LatLong: “27.516668 -99.466671”, LatLongDMS: “27:31:00 N 99:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12761 (81A9C663)

Date: 12/4/1952
Time: 23:00
Location: GARE REYNAL / TOULOUSE, FR
Description: Luminous disk east going quickly west fast with bright white and red flashes. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3024

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Gare REYNAL/TOULOUSE,FR:LUMn.DISK E>>W FAST with BRIGHT WHT+RED FLASHES:NFD”, LatLong: “43.616669 1.416667”, LatLongDMS: “43:37:00 N 01:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12762 (C7383D85)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Description: (McDonald) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1403

Event 12763 (B1B2E1EE)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: Congaree AFB, SC
Description: Object Tracked By AN/MPS-5 At 6,000 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1404

Event 12764 (D2CBF2CC)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: Laredo (8 miles SW of), TX
Description: Blue white object almost crashes into fighter (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1405

Event 12765 (E2BD86A6)

Date: 12/4/1952
Description: The CIA Intelligence Advisory Committee recommends that “the Director of Central Intelligence will ‘enlist the services of selected scientists to review and appraise the available evidence in the light of pertinent scientific theories.’” The meeting, chaired by Chadwell, is attended by Robert Amory Jr., Gen. John Samford, Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Gen. John M. Willems, William Park Armstrong, Walter F. Colby, Col. Edward R. Porter, and Col. Jere Boggs. This is to be done “immediately” through a National Security Council Intelligence Directive and is essentially the go-ahead for what will be the Robertson Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert Amory Jr., “Intelligence Advisory Committee: Minutes of Meeting Held in Director’s Conference Room, Administration Building, Central Intelligence Agency, on 4 December 1952,” December 4, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 184, 186–187; Hynek UFO Report, p. 20; Clark III 1013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2123

Event 12766 (E483F31C)

Date: 12/4/1952
Locations: Laredo AFB; Laredo International Airport; Texas
Description: 8:46 p.m. USAF pilot Lt. Robert O. Arnold, 3640th Pilot Training Wing, Laredo AFB [now Laredo International Airport], Texas, is flying a T-28 trainer at 6,000 feet when he sees a bright bluish-white glowing object below him at about 1,500–2,000 feet and rapidly climbing to his level. It shows no navigation lights. He tightens his left turn to keep the object in view, but it suddenly climbs to 9,000 feet in several seconds and drops down to his altitude again, then stops and hovers. Arnold pursues but after 2 seconds the object suddenly heads towards him on a collision course at high speed at 8:53 p.m., wavering slightly at about 300 feet. He sees the object as a blurred reddish-bluish haze smaller than his T-28. It rapidly ascends to 15,000 feet then circles left as if positioning for another pass. In fear Arnold turns off his running lights, spirals down to 1,500 feet while keeping the object in sight as it continues to head towards him in a dive, then pulls up and climbs out of sight. A lighted weather balloon is launched at 8:53 p.m. from Laredo AFB but it is not observed near any aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Laredo / ‘Earl Fogle’ Case”; Sparks, p. 182
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2124

Event 12767 (663FCF7A)

Date: 12/4/1952
Description: At 8:48 p.m. an F-51 pilot, Lt. Robert O. Arnold, flying out of the Laredo, Texas Air Force Base chased a glowing bluish-white object that made extremely tight turns. He had a near collision with the lighted object when it made a head-on pass at his plane. The UFO flew at extreme speeds, and there was a possible crash and subsequent retrieval of the UFO. The incident lasted seven minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 42; UNICAT database, case 754; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 53; Richard Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 404; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8172

Event 12768 (2A3162CF)

Date: 12/4/1952
Location: Laredo AFB, Texas
Description: A Lt. in the Air Force reported a near collision with his F-51 and a strange flying blue-lighted UFO. The pilot turned off his plane lights in order to avoid further pursuit by the UFO, and, frightened, he made a hasty landing.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_29

Event 12769 (D3449E7D)

Date: 12/5/1952
Location: Lackland AFB, TX
Description: Pilot saw blue light maneuver in a counterclockwise orbit (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1406

Event 12770 (C11A823A)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: USA, Gulf of Mexico, Florida
Description: (Translated from French) A B-29 bomber was returning to its base after a night exercise and was flying over Florida at about 5000 m altitude. On board were Captain John Harter and Lieutenant Sid Coleman. At 5:25, Sid Coleman sat in front of the radar. Suddenly two spots appeared on the screen. They seemed to be moving at an incredible speed of 8700 km/h. Then a third point joined them. At this moment Captain John Harter exclaimed: “I see four craft!” Immediately he radioed: “Unknown objects at 3 o’clock right.” The men of the B-29 rushed to the portholes and saw objects rushing towards them at more than 8000 km/h. Then they disappeared. A few moments later they reappeared and the game started again. This lasted several minutes. The aircraft appeared and disappeared in turn to the great astonishment of the crew. Finally they rushed towards a huge cigar that seemed to hover in the sky and wait for them. They rushed into it and the immense object disappeared in turn. (Jean PRACHAN: “The Bermuda Triangle Secret Base of UFOs” - Belfond 1978 - p. 113-114) also see:
Reference: “Glimpses of Flying Saucers” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 114 to 118
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1715

Event 12771 (90858569)

Date: 12/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the Gulf of Mexico, a B-29 bomber, after a night flight exercise in Florida, is heading to its base in Texas. The plane is 160 km from the coast of Louisiana, 160 km from Galveston, and at an altitude of 5400 m. The moonlight is intense. (5:24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1327

Event 12772 (78A0622D)

Date: 12/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The first of the 3 “unknowns” appears on the B-29’s radar, heading straight for the bomber. These 3 UFOs pass close by without damage and the crew estimates their speed at 8440 km/h. A few moments later, 4 new UFOs appear following the same trajectory, and this time the crew sees them. (5:25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1328

Event 12773 (50D6DCE6)

Date: 12/6/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Two more UFOs rush towards the B-29 at the same speed and pass it. Then 5 UFOs appear on the radar; they are behind the bomber and follow a trajectory perpendicular to its own. They suddenly make a hook, head towards the B-29, and slow down for 10 seconds before turning. Then a huge spot appears on the radar screen. The smaller UFOs, without slowing down their speed, leave the screen at a speed calculated at 14500 km/h. All 3 of the B-29’s radar devices were working perfectly and all showed the same thing. (5:31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1329

Event 12774 (F5AF981A)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: Near Galveston, TX
Description: B-29 near collision with UFO; converges with “mother ship”.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_134

Event 12775 (1FFC4B79)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ AND OTHER TOWNS
Description: Whistling blue-green disk sails over. / Jimmy Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 659)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3025

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ+OTHER TOWNS:WHISTLING BLUE-GREEN DISK SAILS OVER:/JIMMY GUIEU”, LatLong: “-36.883335 174.700008”, LatLongDMS: “36:53:00 S 174:42:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12776 (42D52A3C)

Date: 12/6/1952
Time: 05:30
Location: GMX SOUTH / COAST, LA
Description: B29 crew. 20 fireballs going quickly east. RADAR-visual (observation). 5240mph. Saucers join cylinder/cigar-shape. / r242+/ MJ#236.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3026

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GMX S/coast,LA:B29 CREW:20 FBLS>>E:RDR-VIS:5240mph:SCRS JOIN CGR:/r242+/MJ#236”, LatLong: “28.333335 -92.000004”, LatLongDMS: “28:20:00 N 92:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12777 (1C4CE82A)

Date: 12/6/1952
Time: ~19:00
Location: PLIMMERTON, NI, NZ
Description: Glowing green luminous ball has band / bright spots. Hissing sound. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 659)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3027

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PLIMMERTON,NI,NZ:GLOWING GRN LUM.BALL HAS BAND/BRITE SPOTS:HISSING SOUND:>>S”, LatLong: “-41.066669 174.866675”, LatLongDMS: “41:04:00 S 174:52:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12778 (9EDF9CF9)

Date: 12/6/1952
Time: 20:00?
Location: KYEBURN, SI, NZ AND CHRISTCHURCH INVERCARGILL AND WAIPAHI
Description: Local wave / UFO reports. No further details in available sources.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3028

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “KYEBURN,SI,NZ+CHRISTCHURCH INVERCARGILL+WAIPAHI:LOCAL WAVE/UFO REPTs:NFD.”, LatLong: “-45.150002 170.411119”, LatLongDMS: “45:09:00 S 170:24:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12779 (B6C2DD87)

Date: 12/6/1952
Time: 21:50
Location: PALMERSTON, SI, NZ
Description: Green ovoid going quickly southeast. Low hissing sound. Blue object joins in. Both going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 659)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3029

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PALMERSTON,SI,NZ:GREEN OVOID>>SE:LOW HISSING SOUND:BLUE OBJ JOINS IN:BOTH>>SW”, LatLong: “-45.472224 170.700008”, LatLongDMS: “45:28:20 S 170:42:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12780 (A4B53985)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: Angoon, AK
Description: 2 shiny spheres connected by a solid rod heading S (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1407

Event 12781 (01653976)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: Gulf of Mexico (89 miles S of Louisiana), At Sea
Description: Tracked on radar 4 high speed targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1408

Event 12782 (65CE6BDF)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: Gulf of Mexico (89 miles S of Louisiana), At Sea
Description: More than six separate unknowns, seen on the B-29 radarscopes (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1409

Event 12783 (ED9E1950)

Date: 12/6/1952
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Description: Air Force bomber tracked “mother ship,” smaller high-speed objects, on radar
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_2

Event 12784 (53F2D3CD)

Date: 12/6/1952
Locations: Gulf of Mexico; Louisiana
Description: 5:24 a.m. The 3-man crew of a USAF B-29 (1st Lt. Norman Karas and 1st Lt. William W. Naumann) over the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of Louisiana track five unidentified blips on the bomber’s radar. They maneuver around the plane at a speed of 5,240 mph. The crew sees some flashes of light, but the targets are 20 miles or more away. The five UFOs merge with a huge blip that accelerates and vanishes at a speed of 9,000 mph. Additional crewmen involved are 1st Lt. William W. Naumann, Jr., Staff Sgt B. R. Purcell, Staff Sgt. William J. De Rause, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Eckert, and Staff Sgt. Harry D. Shogren.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-29 Encounters High Speed Objects over Gulf”; Keyhoe, FS from OS, pp. 161–166; Sparks, p. 183; Condon, pp. 148–150; Patrick Gross, “B- 29 Radar and Visual Multiple Witnesses Observations, Dec. 6, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2125

Event 12785 (20B03ECC)

Date: 12/6/1952
Description: At 5:25 a.m. five blue objects buzzed a B-29 flying at 5000 mph off the Louisiana coast, then merged with a huge object that was a half-inch blip on radar screen. The huge object shot away at 9,000 mph. The entire incident lasted ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James McDonald, UNICAT database case # 672, citing Radar Meteorological Proceedings, November 1970, p. 17; Aime Michel, The Truth about Flying Saucers, p. 95; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 70; Gordon D. Thayer, in Edward U. Condon (ed.), Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 148; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 161
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8229

Event 12786 (92024F43)

Date: 12/7/1952
Time: 12:00?
Location: KARACHI, PAK
Description: Multiple Ob. 4 translucent white disks trail smoke. Sudden vertical exit!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3030

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: “Pakistan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KARACHI,PAK:MULT.OB:4 XLUCENT WHT DISKS TRAIL SMOKE:SUDDEN VERTICAL EXIT!”, LatLong: “24.900001 67.066670”, LatLongDMS: “24:54:00 N 67:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12787 (001BEB7F)

Date: 12/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Ladd (Alaska), pilot and 1st Lieutenant D. Dickman and radar operator and 1st Lieutenant T. Davies observed for 10 minutes from their USAF F-94 interceptor (serial number 49-2522) a white and oval light, which became red at higher altitude, flew horizontally for 2 minutes, then ascended at a phenomenal speed with an erratic trajectory. (8:16 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2267 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1330

Event 12788 (6AC46E3E)

Date: 12/8/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Chicago (Illinois), an aircraft is accompanied by a row of unidentified lights.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1331

Event 12789 (7AC8D1BF)

Date: 12/8/1952
Location: CHICAGO AND NAPERVILLE, IL
Description: Row night lights. Plane chases. Easily seen. Not on 2 RADAR’s. / r242p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 660)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3031

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO+NAPERVILLE,IL:ROW NLTS:PLANE CHASES:EASILY SEEN:NOT ON 2 RDRS:/r242p35”, LatLong: “41.866669 -87.666671”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:00 N 87:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12790 (4FBAEC64)

Date: 12/8/1952
Time: 20:20
Location: LADD AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2266. Ground RADAR and F94. Unidentified. White ovoid / 10 minute(s). Maneuvers. Going up [to] extremely fast. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 660)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3032

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “LADD AFB,AK:BBK#2266:GND RDR+F94:UID:WHT OVOID/10min:MNVRS:↑ XFAST:/r185”, LatLong: “64.750003 -147.500007”, LatLongDMS: “64:45:00 N 147:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12791 (232543F9)

Date: 12/8/1952
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: Thorpe/Plowe (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1410

Event 12792 (CE05E35A)

Date: 12/8/1952
Location: Ladd AFB, AK
Description: White, oval light which changed to red at higher altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2266)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1411

Event 12793 (13BC6A8C)

Date: 12/8/1952
Time: 8:16 PM
Location: Ladd AFB, Alaska
Description: Witnesses: pilot lst Lt. D. Dickman and radar operator lst Lt. T. Davies in USAF F-94 jet interceptor (s/n 49-2522). One white, oval light which changed to red at higher altitude, flew straight and level for 2 minutes, then climbed at phenomenal speed on an erratic flight path. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_287

Event 12794 (3F201494)

Date: 12/9/1952
Description: (Translated from French) From their USAF T-33 training jet, Captain Bridges and 1st Lieutenant Johneon observe for 10 minutes 4 bright lights in diamond formation flying at 400 mph. They are passed by the T-33 at 450 mph. (December 9, 5:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2266, unexplained
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1332

Event 12795 (C5BE7F96)

Date: 12/9/1952
Time: 17:50
Location: SOUTH / MADISON, WI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2267. Unidentified. 2 / T33. 4 night lights / diamond-formation. Very fast. No RADAR. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 661)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3033

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “S/MADISON,WI:BBK#2267:UID:2/T33:4 NLTS/DIAMOND-FORMn:VFAST:NO RDR:/r185”, LatLong: “43.000002 -89.400004”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 89:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12796 (52CBE87F)

Date: 12/9/1952
Location: Madison, WI
Description: 4 bright lights, in diamond formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2267)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1412

Event 12797 (44F9A3C7)

Date: 12/9/1952
Time: 5:45 PM
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Description: Witnesses: Capt. Bridges and lst Lt. Johneon in USAF T-33 jet trainer. Four bright lights, in diamond formation, flew at 400 m.p.h. and were passed by the T-33 at 450 m.p.h. during the 10 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_288

Event 12798 (0663126A)

Date: 12/9/1952
Description: Col. Donald L. Bower forbids Ruppelt from visiting the CIA to give its Office of Scientific Intelligence certain UFO cases in preparation for the Robertson Panel in January. CIA consultant Frederick C. Durant learns about this the same day in a phone call to Ruppelt.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Unidentified Flying Objects,” December 9, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO-Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 47; Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2126

Event 12799 (4914AC59)

Date: 12/9/1952
Description: USAF Col. Donald L. Bower forbids Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt from visiting CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence to share information on compelling UAP data. CIA held the “Robertson Panel” the next month without these key cases.

• https://sohp.us/Sign-Historical-Group-Workshop-Proceedings.pdf (p47)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_38

Event 12800 (C6725D77)

Date: 12/10/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Near Hanford (Washington), a round white object with “windows” is observed and detected on radar. (10 December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1333

Event 12801 (040421B7)

Date: 12/10/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: ODESSA AND HANFORD, WA
Description: F94S and ground and air RADAR’s. Large white object. Pink portholes. Fast 180° turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3034

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “471”, HatchDesc: “ODESSA+HANFORD,WA:F94S+GND+AIR RDRs:LRG WHT OBJ:PINK PORTHs:FAST 180°TURNS”, LatLong: “47.322224 -118.694450”, LatLongDMS: “47:19:20 N 118:41:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12802 (AD714D4B)

Date: 12/10/1952
Location: Pope AFB, SC
Description: (McDonald list) Four Radars Paint Bright Circular Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1413

Event 12803 (AD44DEAF)

Date: 12/10/1952
Location: Hungnam, Korea
Description: USN pilot flying aircraft in near-collision with orange fireball (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1414

Event 12804 (EEEEEF7B)

Date: 12/10/1952
Location: Odessa, WA
Description: F-94 R/V With Round Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1415

Event 12805 (ED33EDA6)

Date: 12/10/1952
Location: Hanford AEC Plant, WA
Description: Object appeared large, round and white with reddish light (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 521210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1416

Event 12806 (AC55536A)

Date: 12/10/1952
Location: Hanford AEC Plant, WA
Description: Near Hanford Plant, Washington, DC, (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 521210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1417

Event 12807 (8470556F)

Date: 12/10/1952
Locations: Cal Tech; MIT’s Lincoln Labs
Description: H. Marshall Chadwell writes to Walter Bedell Smith that OSI has been working with mathematician Howard P. Robertson of Cal Tech to establish a panel of scientists (including astronomer Thornton Leigh Page) and engineers to review the status of UFOs in January. Somewhere along the line, MIT’s Lincoln Labs and CIS have been eliminated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Thornton Page, [Letter], December 12, 1952; CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO- Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; Swords 187–188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2127

Event 12808 (6CB5C1C6)

Date: 12/10/1952
Locations: Moses Lake AFB; Grant County International Airport; Hanford nuclear plant; Richland, Washington
Description: 7:15 p.m. The pilot and radar observer of an F-94 patrolling from Moses Lake AFB [now the Grant County International Airport] spots a light over the Hanford nuclear plant near Richland, Washington, while flying at 26,000 feet. They contact the ground control station, which reports that they know of no planes in the area and that their ground radar shows nothing. They close in on the object, which is large, white, and round and features a dim reddish light coming from two windows. They lose visual contact then get a lock-on from their ARC-33 airborne radar. As they attempt to close in, the object reverses direction and dives away. They attempt several more times to approach the light and have to alter course to avoid a collision that seems imminent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 R/V with Round Object”; Ruppelt, pp. 61–62; Sparks, p. 185; 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. 66; Center for UFO Studies, [case file]; Patrick Gross, “Radar Visual Aircraft UFO Encounter near Hanford Nuclear Plant, December 10, 1952”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2128

Event 12809 (C7EEAA16)

Date: 12/10/1952
Description: On this day in 1952 the Civilian Aeronautics Administration issued its report explaining the radar blips recorded over Washington, D.C. in July and August as temperature inversions. Ironically, on that same day unidentified bogeys appeared on radar screens over at least three US air bases. At 9:20 a.m. a UFO appeared on the radarscope at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. It stayed in position eight miles south of the base for eight hours. At Ladd AFB near Fairbanks, Alaska Project Blue Book explained a brief sighting by two airmen as a meteor. But at 7:15 p.m. an F-94 fighter jet with a two-man crew flying near Odessa, Washington had a UFO encounter that was not so easily explained. They sighted a large round, white UFO and obtained a radar lock on the target. The UFO reversed direction almost instantly, did a chandelle in front of the jet, rushed head-on toward them, then stopped, and pulled up. Even though they were flying at 600 mph they were unable to close with the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Doubt Magazine, 1953, p. 206; Project Blue Book case files; UNICAT case 687, citing James E. McDonald, Proceedings of the 1968 U.S. Congressional House Armed Services Committee, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8292

Event 12810 (BCC4AE8C)

Date: 12/12/1952
Location: BELGIUM, Blankenberge
Description: (Translated from French) (GESAG, GS 1273) On Friday, December 12th at around 4:20 PM, Mr. Undorf, the director of the Casino, observed from the Charlier slope a luminous disc with an apparent diameter of 10 to 15 cm that was rising vertically. The disc emitted a luminous ray of about ten meters behind it. When it had reached a certain altitude, it suddenly continued (without turning) its trajectory horizontally towards Zeebruges. A man from Ghent, who was in Trooz Avenue in Blankenberge at the same time, also observed this phenomenon.
Reference: Brugsche Courant, 17.12.1952, archive search by Jim Gérard on 7.12.1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1716

Event 12811 (44C1F05A)

Date: 12/12/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In the premises of the ATIC, the latter, the CIA and the BMI meet to discuss the UFO problem. Representatives of the BMI strongly recommend that a scientific panel not be set up until the results of their study of the sighting reports collected by the ATIC are available. (December 12)
Reference: Pentacle Memo
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1334

Event 12812 (A8924BCC)

Date: 12/12/1952
Time: 00:30
Location: MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, NJ
Description: Several / ground. Orange-red ball maneuvers over airfield. Silent. 700mph. Veers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 664)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3035

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “MCGUIRE AFB,NJ:SVRL/GND:ORG-RED BALL MNVRS OVR AIRFIELD:SILENT:700mph:VEERS”, LatLong: “40.000002 -74.616670”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 74:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12813 (366D2129)

Date: 12/12/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: SSE / SPRECKELS, CA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Round light going south. Stops over Mt. Toro. Away / Army plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3036

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “1085”, HatchDesc: “SSE/SPRECKELS,CA:NMRS OBS:RND LITE >S:STOPS OVR Mt.TORO:AWAY/ARMY PLANE NEARS”, LatLong: “36.527780 -121.611117”, LatLongDMS: “36:31:40 N 121:36:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12814 (52BE72DF)

Date: 12/12/1952
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Columbus, Ohio; Battelle Memorial Institute
Description: The CIA, having learned that ATIC is withholding significant case reports for the upcoming Robertson Panel, sends a three-man team to Wright-Patterson AFB in order to obtain relevant documents. The team includes Robertson himself, CIA Assistant Director H. Marshall Chadwell, and CIA rocket consultant Frederick C. Durant, a personal friend of Ruppelt who urges him to comply. At ATIC they meet with personnel from Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, which has been studying the UFO data in great secrecy. Battelle requests the CIA to postpone the panel until March so they can finish the study. Robertson agrees to postpone the panel, but is later overruled by CIA Director Gen. Walter Bedell Smith.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFON, “The CUFON 1952 CIA UFO- Related Document Sampler, Part 1 of 2 Parts,” May 17, 1996; NICAP, “The 1952 Sighting Wave”; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 47; Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2129

Event 12815 (A09F339A)

Date: 12/13/1952
Location: USA, California, Desert Center
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: November 20) The Venusian is back, in a saucer “Scout-Schiff”. Through the open window, a hand is making signs. The photographic event, upon development, will show strange hieroglyphs, which suggest that it is the writing of Atlantis
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1717

Event 12816 (B6ED4636)

Date: 12/13/1952
Description: (Translated from French) George Adamski meets his Venusian again at Palomar Gardens (USA). The latter takes him for a ride behind the Moon. (December 13, 9:10 AM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1335

Event 12817 (263D1D2B)

Date: 12/13/1952
Location: Palomar Gardens Café in California
Description: Morning. George Adamski’s scout ship makes a second appearance, this time at the Palomar Gardens Café in California, ostensibly so that Orthon can return the photo he borrowed. The film holder is pushed out of a porthole to the ground. One of the three Venusian photos taken by Adamski, though credited to Jerrold E. Baker, is taken secretly the day before by Adamski, probably of a model. Bill Moore claims in 1985 that the photos resemble the prototype space vehicle described in Mason Rose’s A Simplified Explanation of the Application of the Biefeld-Brown Effect to the Solution of the Problems of Space Navigation, published in February 1952
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 40; Desmond Leslie and George Adamski, Flying Saucers Have Landed, British Book Centre, 1953, pp. 217– 221; Paul E. Potter, “The Flying Saucer”; “Some New Facts about Flying Saucers Have Landed,” Nexus 2, no. 1 (January 1955): 13–17; James W. Moseley, “Special Adamski Exposé Issue,” Saucer News, no. 27 (October 1957); Curt Collins, “Saucer News Presents: The George Adamski Exposé,” In Honor of James Moseley, May 30, 2014; George M. Eberhart, “Postcards with a UFO Theme,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 21; Rene Erik Olsen, “The 13th December 1952 Photos of George Adamski Analysis,” April 23, 2019; Rene Erik Olsen, [George Adamski photo analysis], Adamski Foundation; Marc Hallet, A Critical Appraisal of George Adamski: The Man Who Spoke to the Space Brothers, The Author, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2130

Event 12818 (9292D23C)

Date: 12/14/1952
Time: 03:50
Location: TSUTSU, TSUSHIMA, JAPAN
Description: RADAR-visible. Several observer(s). Saucer beams light going down [to] to sea surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 666)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3037

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “TSUTSU,TSUSHIMA,JAPAN:RDR-VISL:SVRL OBS:SCR BEAMS LITE ↓ TO SEA SURFACE”, LatLong: “34.133335 129.166673”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 129:10:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12819 (90684350)

Date: 12/14/1952
Time: 11:50
Location: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Description: Aero engineer and 2 / airport. Fireball over whirlwind / trash! Terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 666)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3038

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “181”, HatchDesc: “CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA:AERO ENG+2/AIRPORT:FBL OVR WHIRLWIND/TRASH!:TERRIFIC SPEED”, LatLong: “38.033335 -78.466670”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 78:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12820 (5A973F11)

Date: 12/14/1952
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Description: Light orange elliptical shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1418

Event 12821 (388D9140)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: USA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Viking IX, altitude 217 km.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: "Ley 1958, photo
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1718

Event 12822 (BD56CC10)

Date: 12/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Goose Bay (Labrador), a reddish object is observed and detected on radar. It turns white when maneuvering. (December 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1336

Event 12823 (2191B5DD)

Date: 12/15/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A press release from President Truman declared: “These unexplained phenomena are neither a secret weapon, nor a rocket, nor a new type of experimental aircraft.”
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1337

Event 12824 (7E7C03E8)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador
Description: Ground crews track UFOs near 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_135

Event 12825 (389945C8)

Date: 12/15/1952
Time: 19:20
Location: GOOSE BAY, NFLD
Description: F94+T33 pilots and RADAR. Brilliant red night light maneuvers. / r28p324+r242+/ r172p149.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3039

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOOSE BAY,NFLD:F94+T33 PILOTS+RDR:BRILL.RED NLT MNVRS:/r28p324+r242+/r172p149”, LatLong: “53.366669 -60.383336”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:00 N 60:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12826 (D200A7EA)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: F-94 pilot chased disc - changed from bright red to white, A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 4, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521215
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1419

Event 12827 (AFC0100B)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: Honshu, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) Large Blip on AN/TPS Radar At 1320 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521215
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1420

Event 12828 (8099488B)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: Greensboro, NC
Description: Bright circular or spherical silvery object, losing and gaining altitude (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1421

Event 12829 (6189DF2E)

Date: 12/15/1952
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador
Description: 7:15 p.m. Two Air Force pilots get a momentary lock on a strange object above Goose Bay, Labrador. A T-33 and an F-94B (piloted by Capt. E. T. Johnson and Radar Observer Lt. H. S. Norris) see a bright red and white light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Momentary Lock On”; Condon, pp. 126–127; Sparks, p. 186
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2131

Event 12830 (22B550D9)

Date: 12/16/1952
Time: 03:30
Location: OFF NAPIER, NZ
Description: 6 moon-size glowing-blimps over Hawkes Bay. Slow / single file. Going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3040

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)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off NAPIER,NZ:6 MOONSIZE GLO-BLIMPS ovr HAWKES BAY:SLOW/SINGLE FILE:>NE”, LatLong: “-39.500002 176.983342”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:00 S 176:59:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12831 (116EB20F)

Date: 12/16/1952
Time: 05:50
Location: LADD AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: 3 military observer(s). HIQ. Night light hovers. Rushes toward(s) base and stops. Blinks out. Reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3041

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “LADD AFB,AK:3 MIL OBS:HIQ:NLT HVRS:RUSHES TWRD BASE+STOPS:BLINKS OUT:REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “64.844448 -147.666674”, LatLongDMS: “64:50:40 N 147:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12832 (AEA4E7FC)

Date: 12/16/1952
Time: 22:00
Location: GISBORNE, NI, NZ
Description: Fast luminous blue object / erratic maneuvers going quickly east. Angel hair falls / r180p09.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3042

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GISBORNE,NI,NZ:FAST LUMN.BLUE OBJ/ERRATIC MNVRS>>E:ANGEL HAIR FALLS/r180p09.”, LatLong: “-38.650002 178.033342”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 S 178:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12833 (B8BD654E)

Date: 12/16/1952
Location: Presque Isle
Description: Chadwell tells CIA Acting Deputy Director for Intelligence Robert Amory Jr. that he is unimpressed with the three Blue Book cases, especially since Presque Isle was identified as the planet Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2132

Event 12834 (04563D0C)

Date: 12/16/1952
Description: In Gisborne, New Zealand at ten o’clock in the evening some “angel hair” residue fell from a fast moving, luminous blue object that made erratic maneuvers in the sky and flew off quickly towards the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 68
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8438

Event 12835 (FE10EAA8)

Date: 12/17/1952
Time: 15:20
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: 6 scientists and techs. 2 saucers maneuver over coast and city. Slow to very high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3043

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, 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: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “SAN DIEGO,CA:6 SCIENTISTS+TECHS:2 SCRS MNVR OVR COAST+CITY:SLOW TO VHIGH SPEED”, LatLong: “32.700002 -117.133339”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 117:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12836 (17872837)

Date: 12/17/1952
Location: San Diego, CA
Description: Two or more objects described as cigar or disc shaped that emanated bright light in smooth flight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1422

Event 12837 (BE409CEA)

Date: 12/17/1952
Description: At 4:15 p.m. six people sighted two discs maneuvering over the coast and the city of San Diego, California. The objects moved at slow to very high speeds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8457

Event 12838 (21716BBC)

Date: 12/18/1952
Location: Itazuke AFB, Japan
Description: Five Plots on AN/MPS-5 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521218
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1423

Event 12839 (5F6999BD)

Date: 12/18/1952
Location: Oakridge, TN
Description: Oak ridge, TN, RV (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1424

Event 12840 (AAEA37D5)

Date: 12/19/1952
Time: 06:50
Location: ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM
Description: 2 / B17+ground observer(s). Mystery cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly [to] between clouds. Vapor trail. / MJ#236.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 669)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3044

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), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ANDERSON AFB,GUAM:2/B17+GND OBS:MYSTERY CYL.>>BTWN CLOUDS:VAPOR TRAIL:/MJ#236”, LatLong: “14.450001 144.766674”, LatLongDMS: “14:27:00 N 144:46:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12841 (81B7E351)

Date: 12/19/1952
Location: Anderson AFB, Guam
Description: B-17 Crew Encounters Cylinder Reported By Ground Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521219
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1425

Event 12842 (86A7A1FD)

Date: 12/20/1952
Time: 16:00
Location: OFF CANNES, FR
Description: Large bright silver saucer hovers. Glides over US Navy ship. Hovers. Returns. Going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 669)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3045

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “off CANNES,FR:LRG BRITE SLVR SCR HVRS:GLIDS OVR US NAVY SHIP:HVRS:RETURNS:↑”, LatLong: “43.450002 7.050000”, LatLongDMS: “43:27:00 N 07:03:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes Maritimes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12843 (752E1B18)

Date: 12/21/1952
Time: 21:20
Location: SOCKBURN, NZ
Description: Several separate observer(s). Yellow manta saucer going quickly south. Stops overhead. Circles and maneuvers. Quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3046

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “SOCKBURN,NZ:SVRL SEP.OBS:YLW MANTA SCR >>S:STOPS OVHD:CCLS+MNVRS:↑↑ FAST”, LatLong: “-43.516669 172.550008”, LatLongDMS: “43:31:00 S 172:33:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12844 (65FB902B)

Date: Winter 1952
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Blips Cause Scramble of F-94s (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 52WINT
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1438

Event 12845 (98461CA2)

Date: 12/21/1952
Location: Winslow, Arizona
Description: Lyman Streeter and five other witnesses observe a large, cigar-shaped object over Winslow, Arizona.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Strange Days,” IUR 30, no. 4 (Aug. 2006): 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2133

Event 12846 (EC75B1F3)

Date: 12/21/1952
Locations: Fort Victoria; Masvingo; Zimbabwe; Mvuma
Description: Evening. J. E. Hawkey, civil commissioner of Fort Victoria [now Masvingo], Zimbabwe, is driving near Mvuma when he sees a bright red light crossing the road about 30 feet in the air, then hovering. Suddenly it shoots straight up and disappears. After a short while it descends some distance away and travels straight down the road. Hawkey follows it at about 80 mph, after which it speeds up and disappears at three or more times the speed. He has the object in sight for about 20 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Southern Rhodesia Newsletter; Jan Aldrich
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2134

Event 12847 (0CA91578)

Date: 12/22/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: BANNING, CA
Description: Aero-technician. Mushroom-saucer quickly going up / sharp angles. / FBI memo. / r136#6p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3047

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “BANNING,CA:AERO-TECHNICIAN:MUSHROOM-SCR ↑↑/SHARP ANGLES:/FBI memo:/r136#6p71”, LatLong: “33.927779 -116.877783”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:40 N 116:52:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12848 (D6046764)

Date: 12/22/1952
Location: Moses Lake (Larson AFB), WA
Description: Hat-shaped glowing object rising vertically in odd spurts right and left (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1426

Event 12849 (0D37C81F)

Date: 12/22/1952
Description: Ruppelt finds out that the CIA Robertson Panel is back on again after being postponed on December 12. Apparently under pressure from the Air Force, which is setting a trap to embarrass the CIA with sensational IFO cases dressed up as “best” unknown UFO cases, CIA Director Gen. Walter Bedell Smith reverses the decision to postpone the panel meeting till March 1953 or later. Smith orders the Robertson Panel to be carried out immediately. A rush-to-judgment panel will have no time to reflect on the USAF trickery involved in the IFOs-as- UFOs deception and will just react in dismissive skepticism that there is no scientific evidence for UFO reality, and hence no reason for the CIA to intrude into USAF jurisdiction over air intelligence matters such as unidentified aerial threats (UFOs). Ruppelt calls ADC to say that he will not be able to conduct the ADC UFO briefing tour as previously scheduled due to the CIA meeting now tentatively set in early January 1953 (he confirms the call by teletype December 23).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 48; Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2135

Event 12850 (981E487D)

Date: 12/22/1952
Locations: Larson AFB; Grant County International Airport; Moses Lake, Washington
Description: 7:30 p.m. An instrument technician driving toward Larson AFB [now Grant County International Airport] near Moses Lake, Washington, stops his car to watch a hat-shaped glowing object rising vertically in odd spurts right and left, then level off at high speed. The object glows white with a red side when it is rotated. Halfway through a roll the light disappears, then it holds stationary in the sky with jumpy movements. Duration is about 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Hat-Shaped Object Observed by Technician”; Sparks, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2136

Event 12851 (A5B7F94C)

Date: 12/24/1952
Location: ISRAEL, Haifa
Description: (Translated from French) A saucer was observed flying above Mount Carmel. Those who saw it said that they were two objects in the shape of an ellipse. The mysterious objects were seen by students and their teachers in Acco. The young people chased the saucers, on foot, for two minutes. A colonel said that the objects were flying in close formation, one behind the other and then one next to the other. (…) It was on the front page of the Maariv newspaper on December 25, 1952. There will be no more UFOs over Israel until 1978.
Reference: “The Return of the Angels” - UFOs in Israel, Past and Present - Barry Chamish
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1719

Event 12852 (8C78A03F)

Date: 12/24/1952
Time: 06:20
Location: CAMP CARSON, CO
Description: Silver saucer “changes shape”. Hovers / airfield / 3 minute(s). Silent. Zooms away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 672)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3048

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1778”, HatchDesc: “CAMP CARSON,CO:SLVR SCR “CHANGES SHAPE”:HVRS/AIRFIELD/3min:SILENT:ZOOMS AWAY”, LatLong: “38.750002 -104.816672”, LatLongDMS: “38:45:00 N 104:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12853 (FC5D0035)

Date: 12/24/1952
Location: Camp Carson, CO
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1427

Event 12854 (55762292)

Date: 12/24/1952
Location: Dallas (near), TX
Description: Intelligent Behavior / Object Tracked by Two Radars (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 521224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1428

Event 12855 (8D07539E)

Date: 12/25/1952 (approximate)
Time: 23:20
Location: NORTHEAST / PAARL, RSA
Description: Pseudo-human/entity asks / water. Observer(s) shown saucer. Small humanoid (or Grey) injured. Detailed conversation (any communication between us and them). / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v24#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3049

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “NE/PAARL,RSA:PSH ASKS/WATER:OBS SHOWN SCR:OID INJURED:DETAILED CVS:/FSR v24#2”, LatLong: “-33.716668 19.183334”, LatLongDMS: “33:43:00 S 19:11:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 12856 (04928959)

Date: 12/27/1952
Location: REGINA, SSK
Description: Air Traffic Controller and weatherman. Moon-size saucer. Red and green lights flash top and bottom. / r136#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3050

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: “10”, Elev: “571”, HatchDesc: “REGINA,SSK:ATC+WEATHERMAN:MOONSIZE SCR:RED+GRN LITES FLASH top+bottom:/r136#6”, LatLong: “50.433336 -104.650005”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:00 N 104:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12857 (FC231AF1)

Date: 12/27/1952
Location: Borger, TX
Description: Pilot Reports* Object Seen Six Minutes Later From Ground (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 521227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1429

Event 12858 (644F6470)

Date: 12/28/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Marysville (California). (December 28)
Reference: case Blue Book #2302 unexplained, missing from official records
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1338

Event 12859 (DB48AFC6)

Date: 12/28/1952
Time: 18:00
Location: BEVERLY, MASS
Description: 4 observer(s) and more. Odd semi-circular cloud maneuvers and veers about. Rises and gone. (Ins.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3051

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BEVERLY,MASS:4 OBS+:ODD SEMI-CIRCULAR CLOUD MNVRS+VEERS ABOUT:RISES+GONE:(INS)”, LatLong: “42.566669 -70.900003”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:00 N 70:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12860 (E2BA2845)

Date: 12/28/1952
Time: 23:10
Location: NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Pilot. Elongated cigar east going west. Size / medium Air Force bomber. No further details. Blue Book / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3052

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “nr ALBUQQ,NM:PILOT:ELONGATED CIGAR E>W:SIZE/MEDIUM AF BOMBER:NFD: BBK/NICAP”, LatLong: “35.100002 -106.616672”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:00 N 106:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12861 (20D6A02E)

Date: 12/28/1952
Location: Marysville, CA
Description: Civilian witness(es). (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2302)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1430

Event 12862 (3548C873)

Date: 12/28/1952
Time: Time unknown
Location: Marysville, California
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_289

Event 12863 (B964BF12)

Date: 12/28/1952
Description: A semi-circular cloud maneuvered and veered about in the sky over Beverly, Massachusetts at 6:00 p.m. It then rose vertically and was gone from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: November-December, p. 73
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8627

Event 12864 (5C773C07)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) In Northern Japan, a colonel and other USAF pilots detect a rotating object on radar. (December 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1339

Event 12865 (6446102E)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) The US authorities enact a law, JANAP 146, including the directive AFR 200-2.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1340

Event 12866 (D4708F7E)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) On the coast of Korea, an American aviator makes a short reconnaissance with other aircraft. He takes his jet into a cloud and no one ever sees the pilot again, considered an ace of war.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1341

Event 12867 (ABBB9BE3)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the IFSB.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1342

Event 12868 (30EC5742)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) 2 bodies are recovered in Spitzbergen (Norway) following a crash.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1343

Event 12869 (970FB8C8)

Date: 12/29/1952
Description: (Translated from French) A B-29 Superfortress flying north of Hokkaido (Japan) is being tracked as usual by the radars that have taken it in charge. Suddenly, these tracking stations detect an unknown aircraft entering the radar field. Its echo is getting closer to the Superfortress, then seems to merge with it. At the same time, the pilots send out a distress call, then silence. Despite the searches carried out to find the wreckage of the two aircrafts probably collided, not a trace is found.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1344

Event 12870 (0C1BAE35)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Japan
Description: U.S. Air Force personnel; ground and airborne radar/visuals of 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_136

Event 12871 (B4E53643)

Date: 12/29/1952
Time: 19:30
Location: CHITOSE AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: F84+B26+Air Traffic Controllers and RADAR’s. Bright saucers and night lights flee jet. Turn going quickly west and away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3053

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “CHITOSE AFB,JPN:F84+B26+ATCs+RDRs:BRITE SCRS+NLTS FLEE JET:TURN >>W+AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “42.883335 141.566673”, LatLongDMS: “42:53:00 N 141:34:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12872 (4F5638C7)

Date: 12/29/1952
Time: 21:10
Location: EAST-NORTHEAST / TUCUMCARI, NM
Description: 2 / B26. Vibrant bright white night light lights clouds. 3X size / C54. Rises 7K’ / 5 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 675)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3054

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, 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: “10”, Elev: “1240”, HatchDesc: “ENE/TUCUMCARI,NM:2/B26:VBRITE WHT NLT LITES CLOUDS:3X SIZE/C54:RISES 7K’/5sec”, LatLong: “35.333335 -103.500005”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 N 103:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12873 (1FE1697C)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Chitose AFB, Japan
Description: Object emitting 3 beams of light and tracked on airborne radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 521229
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1431

Event 12874 (5A09B979)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Amarillo (About 35 miles W of), TX
Description: Extremely large and intense bright round bluish-white light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1433

Event 12875 (D38C49C4)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Chitose AFB, Misawa, Japan
Description: USAF crews of B-26 (Ashley and Wood) and F-84G (Col. Donald J.M. Blakeslee) saw object emitting 3 beams of light and tracked on airborne radar. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521229
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1434

Event 12876 (D42BF493)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Chitose AFB, Japan
Description: Object emitting 3 beams of light and tracked on airborne radar (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521229
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1435

Event 12877 (F4EE4A60)

Date: 12/29/1952
Location: Misawa, northern Honshu, Japan
Description: 7:48 p.m. Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee, 27th Fighter Escort Wing, while flying near Misawa, northern Honshu, Japan, in an F-84G at 27,000 feet in altitude, observes an object like a rotating cluster of lights colored white, green, and red. Blakeslee climbs to 35,000 feet, at which point he is level with the unknown object. He attempts a pursuit, but the UFO disappears in 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Col. Blakeslee / F-84 Incident”; Sparks, p. 187; Swords 212–213
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2137

Event 12878 (ECCF1F60)

Date: 12/29/1952
Locations: Perrin AFB [now North Texas Regional Airport] near Denison, Texas; Vega, Texas; Tucumcari, New Mexico
Description: 9:05 p.m. Capt. William T. Bowley and Capt. Herbert T. Lange, both of Perrin AFB [now North Texas Regional Airport] near Denison, Texas, are piloting a B-26 on a training flight headed west at 6,000 feet altitude and 300 mph when they see a large, intense, bluish-white light near Vega, Texas. It is about 350 feet long at their 11 o’clock position, paralleling their course at the same altitude and closing slightly. After 5 minutes, the object suddenly climbs vertically 7,000 feet in 5 seconds (about 2,000 mph) to disappear in thin clouds at 13,000 feet and causing the clouds to glow as if lit by a searchlight. Bowley radios the CAA controller in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Shortly after, the object reappears under the clouds and the CAA controller is told to look for it but he can’t see it (possibly because he is told to look in the wring direction). After 2 minutes, it climbs to the west and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Closing on B-36 Suddenly Climbs”; Sparks, p. 187
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2138

Event 12879 (325DB9B1)

Date: 12/30/1952 (approximate)
Location: LA ROCHELLE, FR
Description: 29-31 December. UFO darts from cloud. Rises. Shoots going east and back. Exits going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 675)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3055

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “La ROCHELLE,FR:29-31Dec:UFO DARTS FROM CLOUD:RISES:SHOOTS> E+BACK:EXITS>>NE”, LatLong: “46.150002 -1.133333”, LatLongDMS: “46:09:00 N 01:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12880 (2111E432)

Date: 12/30/1952
Time: 12:00
Location: TERRIGAL, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Description: Brilliant night light / 2000’ altitude. Going north slowly. Turns going quickly east and away very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 677)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3056

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TERRIGAL,NSW,AUSTRL:BRILL.NLT/2000’alt:> N SLOWLY:TURNS >>E +AWAY VFAST”, LatLong: “-33.450002 151.450007”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 S 151:27:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12881 (22263AB5)

Date: 12/30/1952
Location: Terrigal, New South Wales, AU
Description: Extremely brilliant carbon-arc bright object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1436

Event 12882 (4D388D56)

Date: 12/31/1952
Time: 04:50
Location: RAMEY AIR FORCE BASE, PR
Description: 2 / RB36. Red-orange fireball seen / 5 minute(s). Passes plane and climbs O / O / south. / MJ#236.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1952 (12 booklets) Self published. (Index 678)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3057

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “5”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “RAMEY AFB,PR:2/RB36:RED-ORG FBL SEEN/5min:PASSES PLANE+CLIMBS O/O/S:/MJ#236”, LatLong: “18.466668 -67.133337”, LatLongDMS: “18:28:00 N 67:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puerto Rico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12883 (044ED00B)

Date: 12/31/1952
Location: Ramey AFB (NE of), Puerto Rico
Description: Red-Orange Ball Passes RB-36 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 521231
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1437

Event 12884 (7D614F12)

Date: 12/31/1952
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report #8, classified “confidential.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 131–154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2139

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Year: 1953, 1119 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 12885 (017FCF2A)

Date: 1953
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Director of Project Blue Book, Capt. Ruppelt stated: “Two RAF Intelligence Officers who were in the US on a classified mission brought six single-spaced typed pages of questions they and their friends wanted answered regarding UFOs.”
Type: classified mission
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_487
See also: 9/21/1952

Event 12886 (A682C026)

Date: 1953?
Locations: Arizona; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Pilot (name withheld) stated, “a saucer crashed in a desert area”. He was sure that it was just inside the Arizona border. He also saw the bodies first-hand at Wright-Patterson AFB. The crates arrived at night by DC-7. Description of bodies: approx. 4 ft. high. Resting un-shrouded on a special blanket on dry ice. Heads were hairless, narrow, disproportionately large for their bodies. Skin had brown tint. Open eyes, small mouth, indistinct nose, hands and feet. Wore tight fitting, dark colored suites. One Alien appeared to be female. One Alien had been alive at the crash site but attempts to save its’ life with oxygen failed.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (B3-B Case A-1 p2,3, RECOVERY, BODIES)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_488

Event 12887 (BA00A2BE)

Date: 1953
Description: Project xxxxxx (name censured) established by President Eisenhower and renamed Project AQUARIUS (1960, 1968)
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research (AQUARIUS, B1-A)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_490

Attributes: Majestic

Event 12888 (6C54BDEC)

Date: 1953
Location: Ft. Monmouth, NJ
Description: Radar specialist at Ft. Monmouth, NJ: Shown film of crashed 30 ft diameter disc in desert. Saw 10-15 personnel examining it. Film also showed interior panels and 3 dead alien bodies about 4 feet tall on tables inside a tent.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_974

Event 12889 (4365C7E4)

Date: 1953
Location: Kingman, AZ
Description: Fritz Werner: Helped investigate crashed oval UFO near Kingman, AZ. Saw 4-foot dead alien in silver metallic suit in tent near craft. Taken to Air Force base and sworn to secrecy.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_975

Event 12890 (EA76B542)

Date: 1953
Locations: AF proving grounds in New Mexico; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Air Force general’s aide, 1963: In 1953 a flying saucer crashed near Air Force proving grounds in New Mexico. Occupants were dead. Later shown 3 saucers and 4 three-foot aliens from crash at Wright-Patterson AFB.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_978

Event 12891 (5F8C6A27)

Date: 1953
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Security guard at Wright-Patterson AFB, 1966: Told man that in 1953 he witnessed retrieval of crashed disc and crates with dead alien bodies at the base. Aliens 4-5 feet tall.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_979

Event 12892 (E48287D8)

Date: 1953
Location: near Dutton, Montana
Description: Cecil Tenney, 1978: In 1953 saw cigar-shaped UFO in distress near Dutton, Montana. At Great Falls AFB saw military men unloading body bags which he believed contained dead aliens from UFO crash.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_980

Event 12893 (56171340)

Date: 1953
Location: USA, New Mexico
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1921) One day Villa suddenly felt an impulse and felt compelled to go to the beach. There he met a man 2.10m tall. This stranger knew his name and all the things about Villa’s life. The stranger’s name was Riese and he came from another planet. They went to a place where there was a saucer on the water. He got on board and saw many other people. These people were extraterrestrials and had a base on the Moon as well as another on the moon of Mars, Phobos.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued on June 16th 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1724

Event 12894 (F3FCBE43)

Date: 1953
Location: FRANCE, Feignies (Nord
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11 o’clock, Mrs. S. went to the grocer’s, by a small sunken path. Suddenly she observed 6 to 8 orange balloons, but not luminous, which followed the path, progressing by leaps, without touching the ground. They passed very close to the witness who even thought of bringing one back for her children, but a feeling of mistrust prevented her. The night before, around 9:30 pm, she had observed a strange moon, bigger than normal, of a brilliant white and without the characteristic shadows of our satellite.
Reference: L. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, le premier rapport complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 64, 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1777

Event 12895 (A133EE27)

Date: 1953
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) In 1953, a squadron of AD-35s was performing combat maneuvers when a large rocket came towards them. After a rapid deceleration, bringing it to the speed of the planes, it stabilized at about 300 m from them. The squadron commander gave orders over the radio for the planes to get to the same altitude. Instantly, the UFO tilted in such a way that its back pointed outside the attack axes of the planes. An enormous flame shot out. The craft immediately took on a considerable speed. Without this tilting movement, the powerful jet would undoubtedly have killed some, if not all of the pilots.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE - 1973 - Trans. “Les Etrangers de L’Espace” Ed. France-Empire coll. Press Pocket 1975 p. 61
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1778

Event 12896 (F9CF552B)

Date: 1953
Location: GRANDE BRETAGNE, Coltishall, Norfolk
Description: (Translated from French) In 1953 I was based at R.A.F. Coltishall, in Norfolk, as a Meteor night fighter jet pilot. During one of our routine night flights, one of our crews, Captain F/OJ. Allison, and radar operator F/OI. Heavers, reported the observation of a cigar-shaped UFO, with an inner green light, visible through windows. Upon entering the flight room, they were both very excited after the landing. They claimed that the object must have been extraterrestrial due to its speed and unusual shape. The next day we learned that another night fighter jet crew from the 85th Squadron, flying near their base at R.A.F. Maidstone, in Kent (over 100 miles from Coltishall) had reported an identical incident, occurring just three minutes after that of our crew. Three minutes to cover a distance of 100 miles, that means the UFO was travelling at around 2000 m.p.h., a speed far beyond the capability of an English aircraft at that time. (…)
Reference: Gordon W. Cammell, R.N.Z.A.F./R.A.F., Retired, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1779

Event 12897 (45B94DC0)

Date: 1953 (approximate)
Location: ENGLAND, Ashford, Kent
Description: (Translated from French) Two men in a truck, travelling from Peterborough to Ashford, stopped around 2:30am to take a rest. They had passed Ashford by about six miles. They parked the truck under the trees and lit a cigarette. The next thing was strange. Suddenly, B.T. saw the driver lying on the ground in front of the passenger seat, looking out the window. B.T. then opened the window on his side and saw at the level of the trees, a round, black, solid object. There was a blackout and the next thing B.T. remembers is the driver shaking him saying it was 5:40. These two men also reported a two day period of missing time during their military service at an RAF base near Ashford in 1948. (Inaccurate date, between 1953 and 1955)
Reference: BUFORA, “Late Sightings” Internet 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1780

Event 12898 (575F6269)

Date: 1953
Location: USA (unspecified location)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1939, USA, unspecified location) According to the story, it was a Venusian who solicited her in 1953, introducing herself with the surprising name of Diane. But even more astonishingly, this pagan and Venusian virgin did not appear in the entrance of a flying saucer, but in a church! And that, in front of 26 witnesses, it is said! [followed by 1957, USA, Fontana] (1953,)
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, the unmasked invaders”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 78
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1781

Event 12899 (CB1C9DB1)

Date: 1953
Location: Location: Confidential, unknown
Description: A3-D’s Approach Rocket-Shaped UFO (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1439

Event 12900 (AF1C42A2)

Date: 1953
Location: Salisbury Plain, UK
Description: Daytime. This incident, witnessed by none other than George Townsend Withers (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1440

Event 12901 (5EC29A1D)

Date: 1953
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Summer of 1953; Yaak, Montana, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1441

Event 12902 (9E2B90A2)

Date: 1953
Location: Anaco, Venezuela
Description: Avensa Airlines pilot reported round gray object paced plane. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1442

Event 12903 (81208A90)

Date: 1953
Location: Muskogee, OK
Description: The “flying cup” photo. Blue Book listed as hoax, which it probably was. (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 530000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1443

Event 12904 (A2224D04)

Date: 1953
Location: Carrier-based
Description: During off-shore combat maneuvers, a squadron of carrier-based Navy AD-3 attack planes is approached by a rocket-shaped UFO that swoops down on the flight from above. The object levels off about 1,000 feet overhead, slows, and paces the aircraft. When the Squadron Commander leads his flight in pursuit of the UFO, it turns sharply so that its tail is pointed away and shoots upward out of sight in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 266–267).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2140

Event 12905 (A147B39A)

Date: 1953
Location: Hong Kong harbor, China
Description: Midday. A member of the crew of a Shell tanker in Hong Kong harbor, China, watches, along with many others on shore and aboard the ship, a silver-white disc hovering at 6,000–7,000 feet. Within a second or so, it moves a full 45° arc to an area where there are some white clouds at about 5,000 fee. It shines through the cloud cover like the moon through a mist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, “A Daylight Disc in Hong Kong Harbor,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2141

Event 12906 (7EB8F206)

Date: 1953
Location: North Texas
Description: Evening. An Air Force pilot and a student are flying an F-84 Thunderjet on the home leg of a training flight over North Texas when the student notes an out-of-place light. At first the pilot thinks it’s Venus, but they realize it is moving. The student steers the plane toward the light, but it zooms past them at high speed. The pilot takes the stick and turns the aircraft to follow it. The light, which now looks like a metallic domed disc with windows, passes them again. The pilot accelerates to more than 500 mph and pursues it; the disc roars past them again. The chase goes on for 10–15 minutes until a final pass when the object shines a bright light into the cockpit. The pilot takes an evasive measure and flies back to base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFOS case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2142

Event 12907 (468AC571)

Date: 1953
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Description: Fred P. Stone founds the Australian Flying Saucer Club in Adelaide, South Australia. It later becomes the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society and publishes the Australian Saucer Record from 1955 to 1963. From 1962 to 1971, it publishes Panorama.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Australian Saucer Record 1, no. 2 (2nd Quarter, 1955); Panorama 1, no. 1 (1962)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2143

Event 12908 (D9D8FD01)

Date: 1953
Description: RAF Communications Instructor Fred Threlfall claims a “dematerialization” experiment was successful with an “ashtray.” Threlfall claims he saw the experiment at an airstation in Toronto, Canada.

• https://youtu.be/e0D4bK6qyQs

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_39

Event 12909 (2A0B6963)

Date: 1953
Description: An anonymous former Warrant Officer in the Army claims he saw crates at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in 1953 with recovered bodies of small humanoids, recovered from Arizona in the desert, and states he happened to be at the “right place at the right time when the crates arrived at night by DC-7.”

He states he saw the humanoids lying on a fabric to prevent freeze burn from dry ice underneath, with heads disproportionately larger than their bodies, with brown skin, no hair, and wearing tight fitting dark suits; one humanoid appeared to be female. He states he heard that the UAP was picked up by special tracking equipment on Mt. Palomar, CA before the crash.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p15

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_40

Event 12910 (E283A4F6)

Date: 1953
Description: An anonymous radar technician at Fort Monmouth, NJ in 1953, “Mr. T,” states he was summoned to see a special film at the base theater; with no briefing, he was shown a film of a desert scene with a silver disc object embedded in the sand with a dome at the top, and the bottom was a hatch or a door; in the next scene the source claims he saw 10-15 military personnel in fatigues with no ID patches standing around the craft.

The next scene showed the interior of the craft, a panel with levers all colored in muted pastel and white; the next scene showed two dead bodies on tables inside a tent, small with large heads that looked “mongoloid” with small noses, mouths and shut eyes, each wore a tight suit pastel in color; when the film ended there was no credit and the officer in charge instructed the viewers to “think about the movie” and “don’t relate its contents to anyone.”

Two weeks later Mr. T was approached by an intelligence officer on the base and told to “forget the movie you saw, it was a hoax.” Mr. T states the film was shot by an inexperienced camera man with poor coloring and texture. A friend of the man who was also a radar specialist told him years later that he too saw the same film under similar conditions.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p10

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_41

Event 12911 (30EEAD97)

Date: 1953
Description: A source “H.J.” says he was in the Army at Fort Polk, LA in 1953 when they saw an egg shaped UAP crash land into soft sandy soil. A special detachment and ambulance were detached.

The object had no windows or lights and had a fin at its equator that was rotating, medics carried a body away that was making strange noises; the occupants walked as if they had no knees and were 3 1/2-4 feet tall, large heads covered by a helmet and a metallic green uniform. He heard the survivors were sent to a hospital and all died, and he heard their cadavers were sent to a medical center near Washington, DC. H.J. says he was told not to discuss the incident and after he talked to Leonard Stringfield, his phone was disconnected.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2005/02/07/final-part-3-ufo-crashretrievals-status-report-v-is-the-cover-up-lid-lifting/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_42

Event 12912 (4BF7D7C3)

Date: Early 1953
Description: (Translated from French) A group of USAF intelligence officers linked to the UFO project prepare to release their most astounding cases, as well as photos of unexplained UFOs. No final conclusion is expected, although the data released strongly points to an interplanetary answer. At the last moment, fears of high-ranking officers abort the project. (Early 1953)
Reference: Keyhoe, Someone’s Watching Over Us, The True Report on Flying Saucers, 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1357

Event 12913 (4E2CB3A6)

Date: Early 1953
Description: (Translated from French) Albert Bender, editor of a UFO journal called Space Review, publishes a statement where he claims to have come across information that could solve the UFO mystery but cannot publish it because he was ordered not to. He ends his statement with an extreme cautionary recommendation to other UFO enthusiasts, and stops his publications.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1358

Event 12914 (5F57AD9B)

Date: 1/1953?
Time: 21:00
Location: MANCHESTER, ENG
Description: Astronomer / (seen thru) telescope. Bright red night light hovers / 20 minute(s). Zips off west going quickly northwest / 20 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3058

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “MANCHESTER,ENG:ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:BRITE RED NLT HVRS/20min:ZIPS OFF W>>NW/20sec”, LatLong: “53.483336 -2.250000”, LatLongDMS: “53:29:00 N 02:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12915 (A23A6A9B)

Date: 1/1953
Locations: US embassy in Moscow; west façade of the central building
Description: Beams of microwaves, varying between 2.5 and 4 gigahertz, from Soviet sources aimed at the US embassy in Moscow are first detected, increasing in intensity by 1975. Detected by routine background radiation testing, the beams come from a source in a Soviet apartment building about 325 feet west of the embassy, affecting the west façade of the central building, with highest intensities between the third and eighth floors. The microwave transmissions are only five microwatts per square centimeter, well below the power level of microwave ovens and well below what would be needed to heat anything. Shielding is put in place by 1964, but the discovery is kept secret.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Moscow Signal”; J. Mark Elwood, “Microwaves in the Cold War: The Moscow Embassy Study and Its Interpretation,” Environmental Health 11 (2012)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2144

Event 12916 (D4094A10)

Date: 1/1953
Location: Pentagon, Washington DC
Description: A Secret Report by a Scientists’ Panel at the Pentagon, which urged (1) that the AF quadruple its UFO investigation project, and (2) that they give the American people all UFO information, including the AF conclusions. This in 1960 has yet to be done!!
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_31

Event 12917 (DA75BD43)

Date: 1/1/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Craig (Montana), Warner Anderson and 2 women observed for 10 seconds a silver saucer-shaped object with a reddish base, flying over a river and then quickly rising while remaining in a horizontal position. (January 1st, 8:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2315 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1345

Event 12918 (AEE9117A)

Date: 1/1/1953
Time: 03:20
Location: OLD TOWN, ME
Description: Blue Book. Small ringed sphere/orb/globe going quickly NNE. Zigzags and changes color(s). Spins / both directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3059

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “OLD TOWN,ME:BBK:SMALL RINGED ORB>>NNE:ZIGZAGS+CHANGES CLRS:SPINS/BOTH DIRs”, LatLong: “44.933335 -68.644448”, LatLongDMS: “44:56:00 N 68:38:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12919 (3D2DC0A6)

Date: 1/1/1953
Time: ~10:00
Location: NORTH / PASADENA, CA
Description: 1 / parade. Metallic ovoid between mountain peaks. Hovers and rises then shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 401)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3060

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “N/PASADENA,CA:1/PARADE:MTLC OVOID BTWN MTN PEAKS:HVRS+RISES then SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “34.233335 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12920 (4CE9F8A7)

Date: 1/1/1953
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTHWEST / CRAIG, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2315. Anderson. Saucer / lit windows. Seen / 10 second(s) 15M over river. 3600mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3061

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1060”, HatchDesc: “NW/CRAIG,MT:BBK#2315:ANDERSON:SCR/LIT WINDOWS:SEEN/10sec 15M ovr RIVER:3600mph”, LatLong: “47.183336 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “47:11:00 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12921 (C7924196)

Date: 1/1/1953
Time: 21:00
Location: CALGARY, ALTA
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright object hovers / 10 minute(s) / northwest horizon. Away / fantastic acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3062

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1088”, HatchDesc: “CALGARY,ALTA:2 OBS:BRITE OBJ HVRS/10min/NW HRZN:AWAY/FANTASTIC ACCELERATION”, LatLong: “51.033336 -114.083339”, LatLongDMS: “51:02:00 N 114:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12922 (4F78EFAC)

Date: 1/1/1953
Location: Mobile, AL
Description: Bluish-white object 1-2 ft size with a short exhaust trail in rapid level flight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1444

Event 12923 (A273C6CC)

Date: 1/1/1953
Location: Craig, MT
Description: Silver, saucer-shaped object with a red glowing bottom (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2315)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1445

Event 12924 (3866E5FE)

Date: 1/1/1953
Time: 8:45 PM
Location: Craig, Montana
Description: Witnesses: Warner Anderson and two women. A silver, saucer-shaped object with a red glowing bottom, flew low over a river and then climbed fast in a horizontal attitude. Ten second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_290

Event 12925 (4208A301)

Date: 1/1/1953
Locations: Hwy 91 between Craig and Wolf Creek, Montana; Missouri River
Description: 8:45 p.m. While driving on Hwy 91 between Craig and Wolf Creek, Montana, Warner E. Anderson, manager of a photo shop with wartime air spotter experience; Mrs. Greta C. Wills, manager of women’s apparel store; and teenager Marlene Wills see a saucer-shaped object above horizon about 5 miles away to the southwest. The object is an estimated 25–40 feet long and 6–8 or 18–25 feet thick and looks like two soup bowls joined at the rims. It has a red glowing bottom and portholes. The object dives low over the Missouri River to within 150–300 feet away then climbs fast horizontally at an estimated 3,600 mph to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The 1953 UFO Chronology”; Sparks, p. 188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2145

Event 12926 (CB0FC3A0)

Date: 1/1/1953
Description: At 9:45 p.m. in Lewis and Clark County, northwest of Craig, Montana a disc with illuminated windows was seen over the Missouri River for ten seconds. It was estimated to be about 10 meters in length and flew at 3,600 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes later a bright object hovered in the sky over the northwest horizon of Calgary, Alberta for ten minutes. It too shot away at a high speed with fantastic acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953 (volume 1), p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2

Event 12927 (010DBD4C)

Date: 1/2/1953
Description: Near Adelaide, South Australia a ghastly looking creature over six-feet tall, with a long scaly body, hissed at residents of Berri from the top of a tree. It leapt to the ground and ran off when someone fetched a gun.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_24

Event 12928 (7883AA25)

Date: 1/2/1953
Description: Two UFO photographs were taken on this day, one in Bulawayo, Rhodesia and a second in North Bankstown, Australia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS, letter; Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_25

Event 12929 (DB1331C3)

Date: 1/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the 4602nd AISS. (3 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1346

Event 12930 (1BBE854F)

Date: 1/3/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: SANTANA DOS MONTES, BRZ
Description: 4M saucer. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) scoop dirt / road going [to] 13cm cylinder/cylindrical object. Observer(s) frozen. Saucer quic

[c0mmando]

kly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3063

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “885”, HatchDesc: “SANTANA dos MONTES,BRZ:4M SCR:3 OIDS SCOOP DIRT/ROAD>13cm CYL:OBS FROZEN:SCR↑↑”, LatLong: “-20.783334 -43.683335”, LatLongDMS: “20:47:00 S 43:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12931 (59F5BF0B)

Date: 1/3/1953
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: The 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS) is created at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Air Defense Command Regulation AFR 24-4. One of its missions is to collect physical UFO evidence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brian Skow and Terry Endres, “The 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron and UFOs,” IUR 20, no. 5 (Winter 1995): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2146

Event 12932 (61231302)

Date: 1/3/1953
Description: At one o’clock in the afternoon a metallic dome shaped UFO maneuvered five feet above a hayfield in Santana dos Montes, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Two 5.1 foot tall men jumped out. They had a shining ball on each of their square-toed shoes. There was a third occupant visible in the hatchway of the craft. One of the men had a cylinder that it pushed into ground, and withdrew. They then got back into the craft and it flew away. The witness, Sr. M. Ramos Bessa, had a severe headache after his close encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 143
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_49

Event 12933 (6DF7398B)

Date: 1/4/1953
Time: 16:10
Location: HAIFA, ISRAEL
Description: 4+several. Very fast cylinder/cigar-shape exits cloud. Low altitude. Mt. Carmel. 2 saucers seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3064

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

Extra Data: Country: “Israel”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HAIFA,ISRAEL:4+SVRL:VFAST CGR EXITS CLOUD:LO ALT::Mt CARMEL:2 SCRS SEEN”, LatLong: “32.816668 35.000002”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 35:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HFA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12934 (12A7243C)

Date: 1/4/1953
Time: 18:50
Location: 4 MILES NORTH / EAU GALLIE, FL
Description: 2 observer(s). Flying wing / 800kph. < 150m altitude. NNW going quickly SSW. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3065

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “4mi N/EAU GALLIE,FL:2 OBS:FLYING WING/800kph:<150m alt:NNW>>SSW:SILENT:”, LatLong: “28.127779 -80.633337”, LatLongDMS: “28:07:40 N 80:38:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12935 (0C10922D)

Date: 1/6/1953
Time: 01:10
Location: LOVE FIELD AND DALLAS, TX
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and many. Delta/triangle/box-like craft going quickly south. Very fast. Many maneuvers. Rises going [to] 80K’. / r137#4p2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3066

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “LOVE FIELD+DALLAS,TX:ATCS+MANY:DLT >>S:VFAST:MANY MNVRS:RISES>80K’:/r137#4p2”, LatLong: “32.877779 -96.850005”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:40 N 96:51:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 12936 (9E4BDAF8)

Date: 1/6/1953
Time: 19:00
Location: NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND
Description: Large bright circular object fades to red glow and disappears. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3067

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NEW ZEALAND:LRG BRITE CIRC.OBJ FADES TO RED GLOW+DISAPPEARS:NFD”, LatLong: “-39.500002 176.916675”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:00 S 176:55:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12937 (0BEBA3B7)

Date: 1/6/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: NGUNGURU AND MORE/OTHERS, NZ
Description: Saucer seen widely. Going quickly east rising. Flash. U-turn going quickly west inland. / r136#4p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 404)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3068

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NGUNGURU++,NZ:SCR SEEN WIDELY:>> E RISING:FLASH:U-TURN >>W inland:/r136#4p4”, LatLong: “-35.716668 174.311119”, LatLongDMS: “35:43:00 S 174:18:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12938 (08C32679)

Date: 1/6/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: Luminous/glowing cylinder/cigar-shape and more / or sphere seen widely going quickly southeast. Fast. 10 seconds and gone. / r137#4p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3069

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:LUMn CGR +/or SPHERE SEEN WIDELY >>SE:FAST:10 secs+gone:/r137#4p4”, LatLong: “-36.866668 174.733342”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 S 174:44:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12939 (D8337ED5)

Date: 1/6/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: TE KUITI, NI, NZ
Description: Airborne observer(s). Brill orange fireball with reddish tail. Goes steadily east going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3070

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TE KUITI,NI,NZ:AIRBORN OBS:BRILL ORANGE FBL W/REDDISH TAIL:GOES STEADILY E>>W”, LatLong: “-38.327780 175.105564”, LatLongDMS: “38:19:40 S 175:06:20 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 12940 (1B2471F4)

Date: 1/6/1953
Location: Dallas (near), TX
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1446

Event 12941 (9103C28F)

Date: 1/6/1953
Location: Duncanville, TX
Description: Strange lighted object seen by CAA tower operator and others. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1447

Event 12942 (41A54314)

Date: 1/6/1953
Locations: Duncanville, Texas; Meacham Field; Fort Worth Meacham International Airport; Oklahoma City; Paris, Texas; Dallas area
Description: 1:05 a.m. The 147th AC&W Squadron at Duncanville, Texas, is notified by the CAA at Meacham Field [now Fort Worth Meacham International Airport] about a UFO northeast of Dallas. Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City reports a radar target 20 miles southwest of Paris, Texas. An arrowhead-shaped UFO with green and white lights is seen by some witnesses in the Dallas area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Arrow-Shaped Object Tracked at 600 Knots”; “‘Flying Arrowhead’ Seen over Dallas: ‘Not a Star or Plane,’” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 6, 1953, p. 1; Sparks, p. 188
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2147

Event 12943 (47EE99F3)

Date: 1/8/1953
Location: USA, Larson AFB, Washington.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:15 a.m. Witnesses from the 82nd Interceptor Battalion, including their leader, all on the ground. A green circular object flew towards the SW for 15 minutes with vertical and horizontal oscillating movements, under the clouds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1725

Event 12944 (4EB6EBD8)

Date: 1/8/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At the Larson (Washington) USAF base, men of the 82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, including the squadron leader, observed from the ground a green, disk or round-shaped object flying in a south-west direction for 15 minutes, with vertical and lateral wave-like movements, behind the clouds. (January 8, 7:15)
Reference: case Blue Book #2323 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1347

Event 12945 (19D17E76)

Date: 1/8/1953
Time: 07:20
Location: LARSON AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2323. 60+observer(s). RADAR-visual (observation). Silent saucer going quickly southwest / 948 MPH. Air Force jets can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3071

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “325”, HatchDesc: “LARSON AFB,WA:BBK#2323:60+OBS:RDR-VIS:SLNT SCR>>SW/948 MPH:AF JETS CANT CATCH”, LatLong: “47.166669 -119.305561”, LatLongDMS: “47:10:00 N 119:18:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12946 (726ECF0B)

Date: 1/8/1953
Time: 22:20
Location: MOSGIEL, SI, NZ
Description: Triangle-glow with small white night light. Vanishes. Reappears with going up [to] going down [to] motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3072

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “MOSGIEL,SI,NZ:TRIANGLE-GLOW W/SML WHT NLT:VANISHES:REAPPEARS W/↑↓ MOTION”, LatLong: “-45.872224 170.338897”, LatLongDMS: “45:52:20 S 170:20:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12947 (E7EB7958)

Date: 1/8/1953
Location: Moses Lake (Larson AFB), WA
Description: Green disc shaped or round object fly SW (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2323)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1448

Event 12948 (3AD00A60)

Date: 1/8/1953
Time: 7:15 AM
Location: Larson AFB, Washington
Description: Witnesses: men from the 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, including the squadron commander; all were on the ground. One green, disc-shaped or round object flew southwest for 15 minutes, with a vertically bobbing motion and sideways movements, below clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_291

Event 12949 (965D9ADB)

Date: 1/8/1953
Locations: Larson AFB [now Grant County International Airport], Moses Lake, Washington; Ephrata, Washington
Description: 7:15–7:30 a.m. USAF ADC 82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron personnel at Larson AFB [now Grant County International Airport], Moses Lake, Washington, all on the ground, see a green, disc-shaped object about the size of large weather balloon flying to the southwest. It has a vertical bobbing motion and makes sideways movements at about 8,000 feet below scattered clouds. It moves away against the wind until it disappears in the distance. The object is also observed by base personnel at Ephrata, Washington. An F-94 is scrambled at 7:43 a.m. and searches for 30 minutes, but the UFO is gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The 1953 UFO Chronology”; Sparks, p. 188; 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. 50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2148

Event 12950 (7C04AB0C)

Date: 1/8/1953
Location: Mosgiel, New Zealand
Description: 10:20 p.m. A triangular object with a brilliant reddish glow is seen for 10 minutes at Mosgiel, New Zealand. It fades, then reappears with a rising and falling motion, accompanied by a small white light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The New Zealand Sightings,” Flying Saucer News, no. 1 (Spring 1953): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2149

Event 12951 (D3C47360)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: USA, Santa Ana (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Early in the evening of the 9th, a B-29 bomber piloted by Captain George Madden was flying over California. His co-pilot, Lieutenant Frank Briggs, occupied the right seat. The night was clear and the two men could see Santa Ana some 4900 meters below them. The sky was empty of any other aircraft. Captain Madden was checking his onboard instruments when a sudden light caught Briggs’ attention. Coming from the right, at a phenomenal speed, a V-shaped formation was rushing towards the bomber. The lieutenant shouted to warn his commander, who immediately veered left. For a fraction of a second, the strange objects abruptly braked, then abandoning their triangle formation, resumed their vertical ascent and disappeared. The apparition had lasted a total of five seconds.
Reference: Donald E. KEYHOE: “The UFO File” - ed. Hachette 1952, p.15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1726

Event 12952 (8E1425A7)

Date: 1/9/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Drafting of the “Pentacle memo”. (January 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1348

Event 12953 (D384414F)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Japan
Description: F-94 attempted interception of UFO tracked on radar.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_137

Event 12954 (E08EA756)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Santa Ana, TX
Description: B-29 pilots see rapid, unidentified lights in formation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_138

Event 12955 (A8581282)

Date: 1/9/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: OVER SANTA ANA, CA
Description: B29 pilots. V formation / blue night lights near B29. Bank and climb away. / r242p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3073

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “ovr SANTA ANA,CA:B29 PILOTS:VFORM/BLU NLTS NEAR B29:BANK+CLIMB AWAY:/r242p21”, LatLong: “33.750002 -117.850006”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 117:51:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12956 (5527DD68)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Misawa AFB, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) F-94 Radar/Visual of Rotating UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530109
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1449

Event 12957 (055A992D)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Unknown Location in Japan, Japan
Description: Japan, A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1450

Event 12958 (9B0DB527)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Description: B-29 Bomber Crew Watch V-Formation (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530109
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1451

Event 12959 (128C9F3A)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Washington
Description: Howard C. Cross, a senior staff member at Battelle, writes a letter to Col. Miles E. Goll of ATIC, arguing that “agreement between Project Stork [Battelle’s study] and ATIC should be reached as to what can and what cannot be discussed at the meeting in Washington on January 14–16.” He suggests a “controlled experiment” be undertaken by USAF to obtain physical data. This would consist of “observation posts with complete visual skywatch, with radar and photographic coverage, plus all other instruments necessary or helpful in obtaining positive and reliable data on everything in the air over the area.” The suggestion is that “Many different types of aerial activity should be secretly and purposefully scheduled within the area,” meaning that the Air Force would release balloons to generate spurious UFO phenomena. The memo is a desperate effort to buy time for Battelle to finish its statistical analysis. Jacques Vallée speculates that this letter by Cross (to whom Vallée assigns the pseudonym “Pentacle”) could have led to the military setting up artificial UFO waves and simulated cases in selected areas; however, this is clearly not the case, as Jennie Zeidman and Mark Rodeghier elaborately demonstrate in IUR.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. C. Cross letter to Miles E. Goll, January 9, 1952; NICAP, “The ‘Pentacle Memorandum,’ Including Text of Correspondence with Dr. Jacques Vallee,” August 17, 1993; Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 191; The Hynek UFO Report, p. 21; Jacobs, The UFO Controversy, Signet ed., 1976, p. 79; Jacques Vallée, Forbidden Science, North Atlantic, 1992, p. 428; Clark III 1214–1215; Thomas Tulien, ed., Proceedings of the Sign Historical Group UFO History Workshop, Sign Historical Group, November 2001, p. 48; Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 7–12, 23; Jennie Zeidman and Mark Rodeghier, “The Pentacle Letter and the Battelle UFO Project,” IUR 18, no. 3 (May/June 1993): 4–12, 19–21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2150

Event 12960 (591A16A2)

Date: 1/9/1953
Description: The CIA/OSI attempts to get Walter Bedell Smith’s approval for “two series” of scientific panels in January and February, which would buy some time, but the suggestion is rejected.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2151

Event 12961 (51356407)

Date: 1/9/1953
Locations: Kerrville, Texas; North
Description: Radio station KVET in Kerrville, Texas, blames a 75-second interruption in its operation on a red-orange oval object seen by four junior high school students over the city at the same time. Ivan Young, 13, and Edgar Rasmussen, 14, see the object fly in from the west, circle, and disappear to the north. They see two fins on its end shooting out red and green flames. It is making a buzzing noise. KVET engineer Britt Lamb says the radio interference is the weirdest he has ever seen—heavy static “with a roar that traveled up and down the scale.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fiery Object Jams Radio at Kerrville,” Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram, January 10, 1953, p. 2; Schopick, pp. 78–79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2152

Event 12962 (B7AEB80D)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Misawa Air Base, Honshu, Japan
Description: 6:50 p.m. An F-94 makes radar contact with a UFO at a range of about 13.5 miles over Misawa Air Base, Honshu, Japan. The radar locks on at 15,000 feet and contact is broken at a range of 600 feet. The radar observer reports unusual interference on the set throughout the mission, but the set appears to be operative both before and after. The radar contact lasts approximately 2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Radar/Visual of Rotating UFO”; Sparks, p. 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2153

Event 12963 (CF57CBE2)

Date: 1/9/1953
Location: Santa Ana, California
Description: 7:27 p.m. B-29 copilot 1st Lt. Charles C. Loveless sees a V-formation of bluish-white lights approaching his aircraft over Santa Ana, California. Pilot 1st Lt. Lowell D. Brandt turns to avoid them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-29 Bomber Crew Watch V-Formation”; UFOEv, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2154

Event 12964 (8641BAA6)

Date: 1/9/1953
Description: A contractor to the USAF Air Technical Intelligence Center, Battelle Memorial Institute’s Dr. Howard C. Cross proposes that the ongoing Project Stork assist the Air Force to reassure the public that “everything is well under control” with respect to the UFO “problem.”

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• https://www.cufon.org/cufon/stork1-7.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_43

Event 12965 (687CD8BA)

Date: 1/10/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Sonoma, California, retired Colonel Robert McNab and Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security Agency observed a flat object, like a pinhead, make a 360° turn in 9 seconds, make sharp 90° turns to the right and left, stop, accelerate, and finally fly vertically out of sight after 60 to 75 seconds. (January 10, 3:45 or 4:00 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2326 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1349

Event 12966 (E7CF15E8)

Date: 1/10/1953
Description: (Translated from French) A memorandum from the British Air Ministry orders RAF personnel to ensure that UFO sighting data is not disclosed to the public.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1350

Event 12967 (85F6B2B1)

Date: 1/10/1953
Time: 15:50
Location: NORTHWEST / SONOMA, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2326. 2 HIQ observer(s). Object / 90+180° turns and stops. Quickly going up. Going quickly northwest. / MJ#237+/ r171#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3074

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “14”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “NW/SONOMA,CA:BBK#2326:2 HIQ OBS:OBJ/90+180°TURNS+STOPS:↑↑:>>NW:/MJ#237+/r171#5”, LatLong: “38.372224 -122.538895”, LatLongDMS: “38:22:20 N 122:32:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12968 (72472F9F)

Date: 1/10/1953
Location: Sonoma, CA
Description: Flat Object At 2,400 MPR (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 2326)
Reference: NICAP: 530110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1452

Event 12969 (3A1B674F)

Date: 1/10/1953
Time: 3:45 PM or 4 PM
Location: Sonoma, California
Description: Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made three 360 degree right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90 degree turns to the right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_292

Event 12970 (CC90C2AD)

Date: 1/10/1953
Location: 8 miles west of Sonoma, California
Description: 4:45 p.m. Retired Air Force Col. Robert McNab and a Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security Agency see a flat object to the northwest of their location 8 miles west of Sonoma, California. It is traveling about 2,400 mph and makes three 360° right turns in 2–3 seconds each in about 1/8 the radius required for jets (about 1/4 mile) and two abrupt 90° turns to the right and left, each turn 5 seconds apart. It almost stops, accelerates to its original high speed, almost stops again, speeds up again, and finally flies out of sight vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flat Object at 2,400 MPH”; Sparks, p. 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2155

Event 12971 (1A1380D5)

Date: 1/10/1953
Description: At 3:45 p.m. northwest of Sonoma, California two military witnesses with high credibility and training, named McNab and Hunter, saw a UFO make 90-degree and 180-degree turns and full stops, rise vertically, then shoot off toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 115; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2326; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 38; MUFON UFO Journal, issue 237
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_237

Event 12972 (5C641B8E)

Date: 1/11/1953
Time: ~18:00
Location: KERRVILLE, TX
Description: 4 teens. Huge red-orange glowing-ovoid. Buzzes. Circles town. Odd TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: MANEY, Charles & HALL, Richard: The CHALLENGE OF UFO’S; NICAP, Washington, DC. 1961 (Index 190)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3075

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “494”, HatchDesc: “KERRVILLE,TX:4 TEENS:HUGE RED-ORG GLOW-OVOID:BUZZES:CCLs TOWN:ODD TV RFI:/r171”, LatLong: “30.050001 -99.150005”, LatLongDMS: “30:03:00 N 99:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 12973 (7DF3965C)

Date: 1/11/1953
Description: A huge reddish-orange glowing ovoid object buzzed and then circled the town of Kerrville, Texas at around 6 p.m. causing odd TV and radio interference.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Maney, Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 190; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 2947
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_249

Event 12974 (6FF6EBA3)

Date: 1/12/1953
Location: US
Description: The Air Force (reportedly with the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency) convened a panel of top scientists to weigh the accumulated evidence. [“Robertson Panel” - headed by Howard P. Robertson] The panel was to decide whether the evidence indicated UFOs were interplanetary, whether it was all explainable, or whether the project should continue and seek better data. (p. 275). A study of UFO maneuvers concluding the objects were interplanetary was presented to the panel by Maj. Dewey Fournet.
Type: scientific panel
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, page 285
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_874

Event 12975 (A6A9CCF8)

Date: 1/12/1953
Location: Santana dos Montes, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: 1:00 p.m. Maurício Ramos is driving on grassy terrain near Santana dos Montes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, when he sees a luminous, metallic disc smaller than a Volkswagen hovering 6 feet from the ground. He approaches to within 6 feet of it, and a door opens. Two entitles shorter than 5 feet tall, wearing lead-colored clothing with shiny balls fitted to the shoes, jump out. Ramos thinks they invite him aboard, but he does not answer because he is getting an increasingly severe headache as he watches. When the headache goes away, the disc and creatures have disappeared.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Pesquisas sobre Tripulantes de DV,” Boletim SBEDV, no. 55/59 (1967): 1– 2, 8–9; Brazil 25–26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2156

Event 12976 (C1068F29)

Date: 1/12/1953
Description: In Santana dos Montes, Minas Gerais, Brazil Sr. M. Ramos Bessa had a close encounter with a small domed disc-shaped UFO that landed in a field at 1:00 p.m. Two humanoids wearing “brilliant lead” colored suits w shining ball on each of their square-toed shoes. Soil sample.Physiological effect: severe headache.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, case # 265
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_274

Event 12977 (27AAF507)

Date: 1/13/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR WINSLOW, AZ
Description: 3 / ranch. Round vibrant bright object maneuvers all over/all about to study B36? Away and back several X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3076

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “nr WINSLOW,AZ:3/RANCH:RND VBRITE OBJ MNVRS ALLO TO STUDY B36?:AWAY+BACK SVRL X”, LatLong: “35.016668 -110.700005”, LatLongDMS: “35:01:00 N 110:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12978 (0F8240CE)

Date: 1/14/1953
Time: 23:30
Location: DUNEDIN, NZ
Description: Baker. Blue object with red rim going quickly southwest / 800kph. Straight and level then shoots up. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 421)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3077

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DUNEDIN,NZ:BAKER:BLU OBJ W/RED RIM >>SW/800kph:S/L then SHOOTS UP:NFD”, LatLong: “-45.000002 170.833341”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:00 S 170:50:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12979 (F9328A0F)

Date: 1/14/1953
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Montana; Utah
Description: 9:30 a.m. The opening meeting of the Robertson Panel convenes in the OSI conference room at CIA Building “M” in Washington, D.C. Present are scientists Howard P. Robertson, Samuel A. Goudsmit, Luis Walter Alvarez, and Thornton Leigh Page. CIA members Philip Grandin Strong, Lt. Col. Frederick C. E. Oder, David B. Stevenson, and Frederick C. Durant are also present. All are skeptical, if not openly hostile to UFO reports. Page later says that “H. P. Robertson told us in the first private (no outsiders) session that our job was to reduce public concern and show that UFO reports could be explained by conventional reasoning.” The panel first reviews the CIA OSI study from August, the ATIC November 21 meeting, the December 4 IAC decision, the visit to ATIC by Chadwell and Robertson, and CIA concern over potential national security dangers. They watch the Montana and Utah films. Lt. Robert S. Neasham and Harry Woo of the Navy Photo Interpretation Laboratory report on their analyses of both films, which conclude that the objects are unidentified. Ruppelt speaks for 40 minutes on the Blue Book method of UFO investigation. It is possibly here that he first suggests using 4602nd AISS field units to conduct Blue Book field investigations. The meeting adjourns at 5:15 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14–18, 1953,” memorandum for Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, February 16, 1953; Clark III 1014–1015; Michael D. Swords, “Dr. Robertson Requests the Honor of Your Attendance,” IUR 20, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1995): 16–20; Good Above, pp. 335–339; Swords 188–192
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2157

Event 12980 (08E7488A)

Date: 1/15/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: BULAWAYO, RHOD
Description: Moon-size silver object crosses sky. 2 Prof. photographs show curvy lines.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3078

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BULAWAYO,RHOD:MOONSIZE SLVR OBJ CROSSES SKY:2 PROF.FOTOS SHOW CURVY LINES”, LatLong: “-20.216668 28.733335”, LatLongDMS: “20:13:00 S 28:44:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ZIM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12981 (3EFC4ED8)

Date: 1/15/1953
Description: The second day of the Robertson Panel. Ruppelt completes his presentation, then Hynek discusses Battelle’s Project Stork. The CIA shows a film of seagulls in flight. Lt. Col. Oder gives a 40-minute presentation on Project Twinkle. In the afternoon, Gen. William M. Garland states his desire to increase the use of thoroughly briefed USAF intelligence officers to investigate UFO reports, declassify as many reports as possible, and enlarge Blue Book. Other USAF representatives discuss the difficulties of setting up instrument watches to monitor sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14–18, 1953,” memorandum for Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, February 16, 1953; O’Connell 87–89; Clark III 1015; Michael D. Swords, “Dr. Robertson Requests the Honor of Your Attendance,” IUR 20, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1995): 16–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2158

Event 12982 (D8186B61)

Date: 1/16/1953
Time: 06:30
Location: HONOLULU, HI
Description: 1 military observer(s). Very fast saucer / 3 minute(s). Silent. No contrail. (Possibly 14 July’53.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3079

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HONOLULU,HI:1 MIL OBS:VFAST SCR/3min:SILENT:NO CONTRAIL:(possibly 14July’53)”, LatLong: “21.311112 -157.850008”, LatLongDMS: “21:18:40 N 157:51:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12983 (15B57619)

Date: 1/16/1953
Description: The third day of the Robertson Panel. Hynek speaks again, followed by Maj. Dewey Fournet, who talks about his motion studies of UFOs that indicate controlled flight. Physicist Lloyd Berkner joins the panel in the afternoon. In the afternoon, panel members talk about conclusions they have reached, and Robertson agrees to draft a report for review (although it has already been written by Durant prior to the meetings, which Fournet has suspected).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14–18, 1953,” memorandum for Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, February 16, 1953; O’Connell 87–89; Clark III 1015; Michael D. Swords, “Dr. Robertson Requests the Honor of Your Attendance,” IUR 20, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1995): 16–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2159

Event 12984 (704D6460)

Date: 1/17/1953
Location: US
Description: The conclusions of the scientific Robertson Panel were not made public at the time. Since then, two conflicting versions have been released:

Conclusions Reported by Ruppelt, 1956: The panel recommended that the UFO project be expanded, the investigative force quadrupled in size and staffed by trained scientists; that tracking instruments be established all over the country, and that the public be told “every detail of every phase” of the investigation. The scientists believed this program would “dispel any of the mystery” created by military security procedures, and also keep the investigation on a scientific basis. The recommendations were not adopted.

Summary Released by Air Force, 1958: The panel concluded that UFOs constituted no “direct physical threat to national security,” there was no evidence of “foreign artifacts capable of hostile acts,” and no “need for the revision of current scientific concepts.” The panel recommended “immediate steps to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired.” The panel suggested “an integrated program designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of inimical forces behind the phenomena.”

Exactly what transpired at the conclusion of this meeting is not clear, though it is strongly suggested that the whole story has not been told. If the decision of the panel had been clearly negative, as the 1958 summary implies, there would have been no reason to be so secretive about it. On the contrary, there would have been every reason to make an immediate public announcement.

What is known about the affair is the public manifestation of the UFO project following the meeting. After a period of apparent serious interest in gathering better data (which supports Ruppelt’s version of the panel conclusions), the Air Force began debunking UFOs. Since then the Air Force does not admit to having the slightest shred of evidence that anything at all out of the ordinary is taking place.
Type: scientific panel conclusions
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, page 293-298
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_875

Event 12985 (16AA6AAC)

Date: 1/17/1953
Location: GUATEMALA, near Guatemala City
Description: (Translated from French) 3:55 p.m. Witness: J.J. Sackett. An object of golden-green color, shaped like a Goodyear balloon, twice as long as wide, flew horizontally at 400 m.p.h., stopped, then rose vertically making a new stop. Observed for 22 seconds.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1727

Event 12986 (E09FE51B)

Date: 1/17/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Near Guatemala City (Guatemala) geologist and salesman J. J. Sackett observed for 22 seconds a bright green/gold object in the shape of a “Goodyear blimp” twice as long as it was high, flying horizontally at 400 miles/h, stopping, then flying away with a stop. (January 17, 3:55 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book # 2337 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1352

Event 12987 (B5D45E42)

Date: 1/17/1953
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / VOLCAN FUEGO, GUAT
Description: Huge gold ovoid / 6500’ altitude. Going northwest / 400mph. 90° up! Continues.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3080

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Guatemala”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “SE/VOLCAN FUEGO,GUAT:HUGE GOLD OVOID/6500’alt:>NW/400mph:90°UP!:CONTINUES”, LatLong: “14.416667 -90.833338”, LatLongDMS: “14:25:00 N 90:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12988 (0D0DCDE3)

Date: 1/17/1953
Location: Guatemala City (near), Guatemala
Description: Brilliant green-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2337)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1453

Event 12989 (5440F613)

Date: 1/17/1953
Time: 3:55 PM
Location: near Guatemala City, Guatemala
Description: Witness: geologist/salesman J.J. Sackett. One brilliant green-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp with its length twice its height, flew 400 m.p.h. straight and level, stopped, then went straight up with one stop. Sighting lasted 22 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_293

Event 12990 (1DA24950)

Date: 1/17/1953
Locations: Montana; Utah
Description: The final day of the Robertson Panel. The panel reviews Robertson’s draft report (Berkner has already seen it) and puts it into final form. (By 11:00 a.m., both CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith and Gen. John A. Samford have seen and approved the draft.) The scientists agree that since most sightings can be explained, the rest can be accounted for with further investigation, which is a “great waste of effort.” They reject Fournet’s UFO reports as “raw” and “unevaluated.” The Montana film is said to depict aircraft. They reject the Navy analysis of the Utah film, calling the objects “high reflectivity of seagulls in bright sunlight.” Because the “mass receipt of low-grade reports [tends] to overload channels of communication with material quite irrelevant to hostile objects that might some day appear” (a phony issue invented by Thornton Page), the Air Force should embark on a debunking campaign that would “result in reduction of public interest in flying saucers” with the help of scientific pronouncements (suggested by Hynek) and media, including Walt Disney Inc. animated cartoons. Blue Book should be expanded to 18 staff members (it has 5) so that it can educate and debunk effectively, but this never happens. Civilian UFO groups such as CSI and APRO should be watched “because of their potentially great influence on mass thinking if widespread sightings should occur. The apparent irresponsibility and the possible use of such groups for subversive purposes should be kept in mind.” The panel and report are kept classified until a brief summary is declassified in 1958, and the CIA’s involvement is kept secret until 1966.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14–18, 1953,” memorandum for Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, February 16, 1953; Clark III 1014–1016 ; Michael D. Swords, “Dr. Robertson Requests the Honor of Your Attendance,” IUR 20, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1995): 16–20; Swords 192–200
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2160

Event 12991 (2B495CC0)

Date: 1/17/1953
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Description: 3:55 p.m. Geologist/salesman John Townsend Sackett is riding in a bus with about a dozen passengers near Guatemala City, Guatemala, when he observes a brilliant greenish-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp. It is later described as being about twice the size of a DC-3. The object is traveling at about 400 mph straight and level in a northwesterly direction at about 6,500 feet. It almost stops in mid-flight then rises vertically about 1,500 feet, hovers for about 2 seconds, then immediately resumes flight at a new altitude. The object is lost to view because of intervening terrain.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Blimp-Like Object Sighted by Geologist”; Sparks, p. 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2161

Event 12992 (25B5BE54)

Date: 1/18/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Meetings of the Commission Robertson. (13-18 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1351

Event 12993 (E0563E53)

Date: 1/18/1953
Locations: Ohio State University; Building 263 at Wright-Patterson
Description: Upon Hynek’s return to Ohio State University from the Robertson Panel, he and his new research assistant Jennie Zeidman come up with the name “Project Henry” to describe his consultancy with the Air Force. It is based on the Flit bug-spray advertisement that has a woman saying, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!” About once a week, a courier from Battelle arrives at Hynek’s office with a manila envelope stuffed with teletype UFO reports for him to examine. Hynek travels to the Blue Book facility in Building 263 at Wright-Patterson about 2–3 times a month, with Zeidman sometimes accompanying him,
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 7–12, 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2162

Event 12994 (36288CE8)

Date: 1/18/1953
Description: The CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence convenes a series of meetings on UAP, known as the “Robertson Panel.” The CIA concludes that all national security agencies should strip UAP of “special status” in reporting channels and suggest the public is told there is no legitimate evidence of their existence.

A signatory of the report, Thornton L. Page admitted on 3 October 1992 that the Chairman told members ahead of the meetings to debunk all reports presented to them and “reduce” public concern.

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030026-1.pdf (p30-31)
• https://www.cufon.org/cufon/tp_corres.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_44

Event 12995 (D2054D62)

Date: 1/19/1953
Time: 18:00
Location: PREMONT, TX
Description: Minister. Saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape / 600’ altitude. Drifts / several minutes. Going quickly southwest / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3081

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “83”, HatchDesc: “PREMONT,TX:MINISTER:SCR-CGR/600’alt:DRIFTS/SVRL MINUTES:>>SW/INCREDIBLE SPEED:”, LatLong: “27.361112 -98.122227”, LatLongDMS: “27:21:40 N 98:07:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12996 (8C45827B)

Date: 1/20/1953
End date: 1/20/1961
Description: President Eisenhower in office
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_491

Event 12997 (4CACCAA7)

Date: 1/20/1953
Location: BASTIA, CORSICA, FR
Description: Luminous cylinder/cigar-shape leaves ‘flaky trail’. 3rd sighting recently. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3082

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BASTIA,CORSICA,FR:LUM.CGR LEAVES ‘FLAKY TRAIL’:3rd sighting recently:NFD”, LatLong: “42.716669 9.450000”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 N 09:27:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HCR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 12998 (B4540C92)

Date: 1/20/1953
Time: 03:30
Location: GORE, NZ
Description: Baker. Luminous object going quickly ESE. Sudden sharp turn going quickly north over town. “No meteor”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3083

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GORE,NZ:BAKER:LUMn.OBJ >> ESE:SUDDEN SHARP TURN >>N OVR TOWN:“no meteor””, LatLong: “-46.100002 168.966675”, LatLongDMS: “46:06:00 S 168:58:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 12999 (9D7DA9D9)

Date: 1/20/1953
Time: 10:00?
Location: TROWBRIDGE, WILTS
Description: Postman / thick fog. Brilliant saucer overhead. Rays light entire neighborhood.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3084

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “54”, HatchDesc: “TROWBRIDGE,WILTS:POSTMAN/THICK FOG:BRILL.SCR OVHD:RAYS LITE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHd”, LatLong: “51.316669 -2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “51:19:00 N 02:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13000 (7A78E5F1)

Date: 1/20/1953
Description: Robertson writes a letter to Chadwell, saying “perhaps that’ll take care of the Forteans for a while” and mentions an upcoming meeting with the “NSA group” on February 5.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2163

Event 13001 (E6F4F8D8)

Date: 1/20/1953
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as president.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2164

Event 13002 (44ABD431)

Date: 1/22/1953
Location: Harmon AFB, Newfoundland
Description: An unidentified flying object described as red, white and blue and oval-shaped, was observed visually from the weather station, control tower, base operations office, and a nearby AC&W site (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1454

Event 13003 (58BDE751)

Date: 1/22/1953
Location: Patrick AFB, FL
Description: At 2400 Z four airmen at Patrick AFB, Florida, visually observed for three minutes a fiery red-orange ball traveling soundlessly from north to south at high speed. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1455

Event 13004 (3D5B13F9)

Date: 1/23/1953
Location: Bergstrom AFB, TX
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Unidentified Return For 19 Minutes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1456

Event 13005 (0EAA0093)

Date: 1/24/1953
Time: 06:50
Location: SUWON, KOREA
Description: Airman / 5 second(s). 2 36cm saucers far to east / K14 airbase. Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3085

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

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SUWON,KOREA:AIRMAN/5sec:2 36cm SCRS FAR TO EAST/K14 AIRBASE:LOST IN CLOUDS:”, LatLong: “37.283335 126.916673”, LatLongDMS: “37:17:00 N 126:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13006 (8033E6DC)

Date: 1/24/1953
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Ruppelt travels to Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to brief the 4602nd AISS on how they might help Blue Book investigate UFOs. He also puts in for a transfer to Air Defense Command here.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2165

Event 13007 (3C129CFA)

Date: 1/24/1953
Description: At 1550 hrs. in Suwon, Korea two 0.36 meter diameter discs were spotted by an airman in the sky to the east of the airfield. They were lost from view in the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p. 65
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_474

Event 13008 (B9C3C62B)

Date: 1/25/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: MT. BALDY, CA
Description: Observer(s) / ski-lift. Silver ovoid hovers then wobbles. Going [to] desert. Air Force jet searches.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3086

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: “3060”, HatchDesc: “Mt.BALDY,CA:OBS/SKI-LIFT:SLVR OVOID HVRS then WOBBLES:> DESERT:AF jet searches”, LatLong: “34.288891 -117.633339”, LatLongDMS: “34:17:20 N 117:38:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13009 (102BBEBA)

Date: 1/25/1953
Time: 20:00?
Location: GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Description: Many observer(s). White disk frisks all over/all about sky / several min. Zigzags over road.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3087

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “GRAND RAPIDS,MI:MANY OBS:WHT DISK FRISKS ALLO SKY/SVRL min:ZIGZAGS OVR ROAD”, LatLong: “42.933335 -85.683337”, LatLongDMS: “42:56:00 N 85:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13010 (1E2B98A6)

Date: 1/25/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: PINEWOOD, SC
Description: 10 observer(s). White object hovers 250’ over woods. Shape unknown. Sways and going up [to] going down [to] motion. / 7 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3088

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “PINEWOOD,SC:10 OBS:WHT OBJ HVRS 250’ ovr WOODS:SHAPE UNK:SWAYS+↑↓ MOTION:/7min”, LatLong: “33.738890 -80.461115”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:20 N 80:27:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13011 (4FFB8EEF)

Date: 1/26/1953
Description: The ROBERTSON PANEL convenes, headed by Prof. H.P. Robertson. He was chosen because of being renowned as a nuclear physicist. Some of the persons involved with this panel were Capt. Ruppelt, Dr. Allen Hynek, Prof. S. GOUDSMIT, L. ALVAREZ, Sam Goudsmit, Prof. Luis Alvarez, Dr. Lloyd Berkner and Prof. Thornton Page.
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_492

Event 13012 (869EFCE7)

Date: 1/26/1953
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Dept. of Defense, Washington, D.C. states in a letter to the Henry Holt & Co. that Maj. Donald Keyhoes’ book on “flying saucers” is accurate and that if the reported controlled maneuvers of the saucers are accurate then the saucers may be from another planet. Signed, Albert M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk.
Type: letter
Reference: Pea Research (A10, “Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p542)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_493
See also: 9/15/1950

Event 13013 (7744C1AD)

Date: 1/26/1953
Time: 18:20
Location: SAMPSON AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: 60x4m luminous/glowing cylinder/cigar-shape east going west / slight climb. High-frequency humming. Hazy ends. 2500M altitude?
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3089

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “SAMPSON AFB,NY:60x4m LUMn CGR E>W/SLIGHT CLIMB:HI-Frq HUM:HAZY ENDS:2500M alt?”, LatLong: “42.750002 -76.866670”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:00 N 76:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2500”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13014 (E3EE4CB9)

Date: 1/26/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: WEST / CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, NM
Description: Pilot and ground RADAR. White 1" disk going north slowly. Lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3090

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “W/CONTINENTAL DIVIDE,NM:PILOT+GND RDR:WHT 1” DISK >N SLOWLY:LOST/DISTANCE", LatLong: “35.422224 -108.416672”, LatLongDMS: “35:25:20 N 108:25:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13015 (4B4E847B)

Date: 1/26/1953
Location: Continental Divide, NM
Description: At 2115 MST Air Force personnel stationed at an AC&W station in this area observed an aerial phenomenon simultaneously by electronic and visual means. To the naked eye the object appeared as a very bright reddish-white object estimated to be 10 miles west of the radar site (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 530126
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1457

Event 13016 (504C5763)

Date: 1/26/1953
Location: Sampson AFB, NY
Description: At 2320 Z an airman at Sampson AFB, New York, visually observed one large luminous rectangular shaped unidentified flying object. In one minute the object traveled through an arc of 70 or 80 degrees, while emitting a humming sound. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530126
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1458

Event 13017 (F42B2E1D)

Date: 1/26/1953
Location: Henry Holt & Co.
Description: Air Force Press Officer Albert M. Chop writes a letter to Keyhoe’s publisher Henry Holt & Co., declaring that all the sighting reports he is using for his upcoming Flying Saucers from Outer Space were cleared and made available to him from Air Technical Intelligence records.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Albert E. Chop, Letter to Henry Holt & Company, January 26, 1953; Good Above, p. 542
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2166

Event 13018 (23ED0115)

Date: 1/26/1953
Description: At 6:20 p.m. an airman witnessed a 60 meter long luminous cigar-shaped or rectangular object with hazy ends, that flew from east to west over Sampson Air Force Base in Ontario County, New York while climbing slightly. It made a high frequency humming sound. It flew at an estimated 2500m altitude. In one minute the object traveled through an arc of 70 or 80 degrees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 2958, citing Jan Aldrich, Project 1947: A Preliminary Report on the 1947 UFO Sighting Wave, p. 5; Project Blue Book Report #10, report dated February 27, 1953; NARA-PBB85-816
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_513

Event 13019 (062926A5)

Date: 1/26/1953
Description: At 9:15 p.m. MST Air Force personnel stationed at the 769th AC&W station in Continental Divide, New Mexico observed an aerial phenomenon simultaneously by electronic and visual means. To the naked eye the object appeared as a very bright reddish-white object estimated to be 10 miles west of the radar site. The object passed behind a hill and then reappeared, apparently heading in a northerly direction at a slow speed. The airman making this visual observation reported it to personnel manning the radar equipment. They stated that they had an unidentified blip on the radar scope, appearing west of the station approximately 9 miles away. The scope showed the object to be on a 270 azimuth at an altitude of 10,000-15,000 feet moving away from the site at 12-15 mph. It was eventually lost on radar at the 18 mile range. The object was under visual and radar observation intermittently for 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #10, report dated February 27, 1953; Gordon D. Thayer, in Edward U. Condon (ed.), Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 192; UNICAT, case # 653; (NARA-PBB85-814)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_514

Event 13020 (3CED8864)

Date: 1/27/1953
Time: 10:00
Location: MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 2 Sergeants include/including Koonce. Big silent silver saucer hovers and wobbles. Terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3091

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “467”, HatchDesc: “MARCH AFB,CA:2 Sgts INCL KOONCE:BIG SILNT SLVR SCR HVRS+WOBBLES:TERRIFIC SPEED”, LatLong: “33.916668 -117.266672”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 117:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13021 (1DFB651B)

Date: 1/27/1953
Time: 10:40
Location: OVER HANFORD, CA
Description: T33 pilot. Brilliant silver pie-plate. Then 4 more come and go. 1 stays / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3092

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “ovr HANFORD,CA:T33 PILOT:BRILL.SLVR PIE-PLATE:THEN 4 MORE COME+GO:1 STAYS/5min”, LatLong: “36.327780 -119.644450”, LatLongDMS: “36:19:40 N 119:38:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13022 (67FF051F)

Date: 1/27/1953
Time: 13:40
Location: LIVERMORE, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and air civil observer(s). Bright-metal saucers over new Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) nuclear facility. / r28p326.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3093

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “88”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “LIVERMORE,CA:GOC+AIR CIV OBS:BRITE-MTL SCRs ovr NEW AEC NUCL FACILITY:/r28p326”, LatLong: “37.683335 -121.766672”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 121:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13023 (9E21CD58)

Date: 1/27/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST / DAVENPORT, IA
Description: 2 cops. Silent 300’ sphere/orb/globe moves going quickly west. Terrific speed. Stops and bobs about.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3094

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “228”, HatchDesc: “W/DAVENPORT,IA:2 COPS:SILENT 300’ ORB MOVES>>W:TERRIFIC SPEED:STOPS+BOBS ABOUT”, LatLong: “41.522224 -90.666671”, LatLongDMS: “41:31:20 N 90:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13024 (AA2A3A98)

Date: 1/27/1953
Location: Mather AFB, CA
Description: Crew Of T-29 Encounters Several Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530127
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1459

Event 13025 (81126279)

Date: 1/27/1953
Location: Livermore (near), CA
Description: Bean (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1460

Event 13026 (58AAB2F8)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: USA, Pt. Mugu, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 1 p.m. Witness: the owner of Love Diving Co, R.W. Love, occupied in searching for lost radio-controlled drones, saw a flat, white disc, 18 to 20 feet in size, flying above him for 6 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1728

Event 13027 (445EC568)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: USA, Corona, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five green spheres 25 feet in diameter flying in a V formation, then taking a single-file formation and at that moment the rear part of the objects became red. Observation lasted 12 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1729

Event 13028 (4F04991B)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: USA, Moody, Dawson and Robin Bases
Description: (Translated from French) A F-86 pilot was performing a “round-Robin” flight at 9:35 PM. At an altitude of 1800 m he saw a bright light to his left and began to climb to get closer. In two or three seconds the light changed from white to red, then back to white and suddenly transformed into a perfect triangle. This triangle split into two triangles placed one above the other, then the phenomenon disappeared. Ground radar had followed the chase. (Inforespace No. 8, p. 2 - 1973 - SOBEPS) It was around 9:35 PM and the pilot thought it was a star or another aircraft. Having climbed to 3300 meters he noticed that the spot was lower than him. At that moment the strange phenomenon changed to orange before becoming bright white again, the color changes lasting a total of fifteen minutes. After that, the object changed shape; from cylindrical it became triangular before splitting into two triangles that overlapped. Finally, the whole thing suddenly disappeared, as if someone had blown out the candle.
Reference: Moustique No. 1507 of 12.12.54, p. 17, article by Bert Brem
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1730

Event 13029 (348B0F34)

Date: 1/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Point Mugu (Mugu?), California, R. W. Love, owner of the Love Diving Co., tasked with recovering radio-controlled drones, observed for 6 minutes a flat white disc flying horizontally above him. (13 h)
Reference: case Blue Book #2361 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1353

Event 13030 (2B3134AE)

Date: 1/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Corona (California), Sergeant/T. George Beyer of the USAF observed for 12 minutes 5 green spheres of 25 feet flying in a “V” formation, then passing into a single file formation and becoming red. (18 h 05)
Reference: case Blue Book #2364 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1354

Event 13031 (84057D1E)

Date: 1/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Albany (Georgia), the maintenance staff of the radar detected a stationary target for 20 minutes. At the same time, a visual observation was made which was explained.
Reference: case Blue Book #2365 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1355

Event 13032 (317260C7)

Date: 1/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Starting of the supposed project Aquarius.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1356

Event 13033 (194EA2CC)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Moody AFB, GA
Description: Radar/visual; F-86 pilot sees light change color/shape and divide.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_139

Event 13034 (E7CAC936)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 13:00
Location: OFF POINT MUGU NAS, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1261. 3 / ship. 50cm saucer near remote-control drone tests. Fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3095

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off POINT MUGU NAS,CA:BBK#1261:3/SHIP:50cm SCR nr REMOTE-CTRL DRONE TESTS:FAST”, LatLong: “34.066668 -119.100006”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 119:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13035 (FF87D67F)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 14:20
Location: MALIBU, CA
Description: 3 / test-plane. 4 huge metal saucers. Going [to] 1000mph. Each the size of a B36 bomber.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3096

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “MALIBU,CA:3/TEST-PLANE:4 HUGE MTL SCRS:>1000mph:EACH THE SIZE of a B36 BOMBER”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.616672”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13036 (5D9D0BDD)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 18:10
Location: MARCH AIR FORCE BASE TO/FROM REDONDO BEACH, CA
Description: USAF Sgt. 5 silent orbs change V formation going [to] row-formation and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3097

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “MARCH AFB><REDONDO BEACH,CA:USAF SGT:5 SLNT ORBS CHANGE VFORM>ROW-FORMn+BACK”, LatLong: “33.900002 -117.766672”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 N 117:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13037 (DDA5DB9B)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 18:10
Location: 5MI SOUTHWEST / CORONA, CA
Description: Air Force Sgt. 5 silent orbs in formation. 150mph / 2K’ altitude. Southeast going quickly northwest / 12 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3098

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: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “5mi SW/CORONA,CA:AF Sgt:5 SILENT ORBS/FORMATION:150mph/2K’alt:SE>>NW/12min”, LatLong: “33.916668 -117.483339”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 117:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13038 (75F3F2D8)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 19:50
Location: FRANKFURT, GERM
Description: 2 / Air Force jet and 1. Night light / violent maneuvers. Hovers. More maneuvers. Going quickly [to] fantastic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3099

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “FRANKFURT,GERM:2/AF JET+1:NLT/VIOLENT MNVRS:HVRS:MORE MNVRS:>>FANTASTIC SPEED”, LatLong: “50.100002 8.700000”, LatLongDMS: “50:06:00 N 08:42:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13039 (A0A0329E)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 21:00
Location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Description: Air Traffic Controller RADAR and more. Jet chases fiery saucer going quickly northwest up coast. Too fast. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3100

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT BEACH,CA:ATC RDR+:JET CHASES FIERY SCR >>NW UP COAST:TOO FAST:/r242”, LatLong: “33.633335 -117.883339”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:00 N 117:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13040 (59DC26DA)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: NEAR ALBANY, GA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2365. Saucer avoids F86. Air Traffic Controller RADAR confirm. Splits / 3? / r242+/ r43p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3101

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “nr ALBANY,GA:BBK#2365:SCR AVOIDS F86:ATC RDR CONFIRM:SPLITS/3?:/r242+/r43p20”, LatLong: “31.600002 -84.166671”, LatLongDMS: “31:36:00 N 84:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13041 (B8926EE8)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Dobbins (Turner AFB), GA
Description: Radar tracked 3 moving targets and a stationary target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2365)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1461

Event 13042 (A1019BDE)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Point Mugu, CA
Description: 18-20-inch white, flat disc with fuzzy or shimmering edges (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2361)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1462

Event 13043 (D8822731)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: El Toro Marine Base, CA
Description: Marine Fighter Asked To Check On Amber Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1463

Event 13044 (93A00E5D)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Corona, CA
Description: Five 25 ft green spheres fly in V-formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 2364)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1464

Event 13045 (3BAF5297)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: St. Georges, DE
Description: Rose-orange 7-inch [?] shiny disc-shaped object with a “white tail” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1465

Event 13046 (8B3BF643)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Description: C-47 Encounters Light Making Volent Maneuvers (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1466

Event 13047 (0C219B4E)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Description: C-47 Encounters Maneuvering Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1467

Event 13048 (404E63BC)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 1 PM
Location: Pt. Mugu, California
Description: Witness: R.W. Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio-controlled drones. An 18-20’ white, flat disc flew straight and level, overhead, for 6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_294

Event 13049 (32C2CA27)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: 6:05 PM
Location: Corona, California
Description: Witness: USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25’ green spheres flew in V-formation, then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_295

Event 13050 (42E167F6)

Date: 1/28/1953
Time: No time given
Location: Albany, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: radar maintenance personnel. Radar tracked one stationary target for 20 minutes. A visual sighting about the same time was explained. No further information in the files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_296

Event 13051 (1BCDD5A3)

Date: 1/28/1953
Locations: Naval Air Station Point Mugu; Naval Base Ventura County; Oxnard, California
Description: 1:06 p.m. R. W. Love and a Mr. Ferrenti, while engaged in retrieving radio-controlled drones on a boat 1,100 yards offshore and south of Naval Air Station Point Mugu [now Naval Base Ventura County] near Oxnard, California, see a white, flat disc with fuzzy or shimmering edges rapidly approach from the northwest flying straight and level, overtake a jet aircraft, pass overhead, and disappear in the haze to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flat Disc Observed Overtaking Jet”; Sparks, p. 190
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2167

Event 13052 (CFF663EF)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Malibu, California
Description: 2:20 p.m. Northrop Aircraft test pilot Rex Hardy Jr. is flying over Malibu, California, when he and two other crew members see a formation of four UFOs the size of a B-36. They are circular in shape, aluminum- colored, and flying at 1,200 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2168

Event 13053 (5E16AF28)

Date: 1/28/1953
Location: Mitchel AFB [now closed] near Uniondale, New York
Description: A Maj. Geyer at Mitchel AFB [now closed] near Uniondale, New York, investigates reports of a UFO seen by both civilian and military witnesses. The UFO is an oval object glowing with different colors and having a tail or projection. He quickly concludes that it is a meteor and submits a report to Blue Book. However, one of the witnesses, author Marie Armstrong Essipoff (Ben Hecht’s first wife), later writes to Keyhoe saying that she had told Geyer that the object wobbled and it had a turret on top. She draws a picture and Geyer says it looks like one of their flight simulators. But it’s “still a meteor,” he says.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 199–200
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2169

Event 13054 (94946ACF)

Date: 1/28/1953
Locations: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro [now closed], California; Newport Beach; Long Beach
Description: 9:00 p.m. The control tower at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro [now closed], California, spots a large, luminous, red object and asks Maj. Harvey N. Patton to give chase. He pursues it from Newport Beach to Long Beach and has it in sight for 3–4 minutes but is unable to gain on it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Marine Fighter Asked to Check on Amber Object”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2170

Event 13055 (83F32014)

Date: 1/28/1953
Locations: Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia; Turner AFB [now Naval Air Station Albany] in Albany, Georgia; Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia
Description: 9:40 p.m. Maj. Hal W. Lamb, USAF senior pilot at Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia, apparently sees the setting planet Venus (although this is disputed) changing color and shape while flying a T-33 (or an F-86). It is also seen by Turner AFB [now Naval Air Station Albany] tower operators in Albany [not Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta], Georgia (with time errors of about 10 minutes). About the same time, two GCA radar maintenance men at Turner AFB radar track three moving targets and a stationary target. At 10:10 p.m., the GCA reports two stationary targets at 17 and 27 miles, both 300° azimuth. No visual confirmation, though binoculars are used.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Several Radar Contacts”; Sparks, p. 191; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, January– March, The Author, 1988, p. 66; Marler 129–130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2171

Event 13056 (B34113D1)

Date: 1/28/1953
Description: On this evening in 1953, at 6:10 p.m., 5 silent orbs flew over Corona, California in a V Formation. Flying at an estimated 2,000 feet altitude, they changed into a row formation, then back again into a V formation. Speed was estimated at 150 mph. They flew from the southeast to the northwest. Later that same evening, over the Naval Air Station at Point Mugu on the California coast, US Marine Corps jet fighters pursued a red disc-shaped UFO. The UFO out accelerated the jets and moved away at high speed. Project Blue Book listed this later case as an official “unknown”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1953, p. 067; Project Blue Book files, case #2361
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_550

Event 13057 (9C62E98E)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: USA, Conway (South Carolina)
Description: (Translated from French) It was past one o’clock in the morning. An ex-intelligence officer of the USAF, Lloyd C. Booth, was returning to his parents’ farm. He was approaching the house when he heard strange noises: the pigs penned up in their enclosure behind the barn were grunting and the horses were rearing in the stable. He told the authorities that after searching he discovered a disk hovering at low altitude above a clump of trees nearby. It was light gray in color and was radiating a luminescence as if it were lit from within. It had the shape of a half egg. Booth headed towards the object and fired several shots from his .22 long rifle. He could hear the sound of the impacts before the object disappeared from his sight. Following this incident, numerous cows and other livestock died inexplicably.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 p. 104
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1731

Event 13058 (68DD2BB6)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Conway, SC
Description: AF intelligence officer sees gray disc; fires shots
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_140

Event 13059 (96397862)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Presque Isle, ME
Description: F-94, two other fighter aircraft, see dark gray, oval 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_141

Event 13060 (C3FB4D8B)

Date: 1/29/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: MILLINOCKET AND PRESQUE ILE, ME
Description: Several jets. Plain dark grey saucer. RADAR invisible! / r172p219.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3102

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “109”, HatchDesc: “MILLINOCKET+PRESQUE ILE,ME:SVRL JETS:PLAIN DRK GRY SCR:RDR INVSBL!:/r172p219”, LatLong: “45.655558 -68.711114”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:20 N 68:42:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13061 (5D1908C4)

Date: 1/29/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: US31 NEAR FALKVILLE, AL
Description: 1 observer. Saucer / 4000’ altitude. 350mph. Tilted / 1 side. 90-turn straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3103

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: “5”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “US31 nr FALKVILLE,AL:1 OBS:SCR/4000’alt:350mph:TILTED/1 SIDE:90-TURN STRAIGHT↑”, LatLong: “34.366668 -86.900004”, LatLongDMS: “34:22:00 N 86:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13062 (3F6DC33B)

Date: 1/29/1953
Time: 23:20
Location: CONWAY, SC
Description: 7M ovoid over trees. Portholes. Hums. Observer(s) shoots. Object going quickly. / APROv1#5+/ r137#1p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 426)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3104

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “CONWAY,SC:7M OVOID OVR TREES:PORTS:HUMS:OBS SHOOTS:OBJ >>:/APROv1#5+/r137#1p26”, LatLong: “33.833335 -79.050004”, LatLongDMS: “33:50:00 N 79:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13063 (9747E57B)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Mailbu Beach, CA
Description: Four B-36-Sized Discs Observed By 3-Man Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530129
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1468

Event 13064 (2E98BD2A)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Presque Isle AFB, ME
Description: Radar tracking (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530129
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1469

Event 13065 (DABF067E)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Conway, SC
Description: Fowl and mules vocalize as disc passes overhead (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, Code: aM, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530129
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1470

Event 13066 (153FE883)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Conway, South Carolina
Description: Hearing a commotion in his barn, a farmer observed an object about 7 m long and 4 m wide at treetop level. It was light gray in color and lit up inside. It resembled a half egg. The witness fired his gun at the object. Numerous livestock died “mysteriously” in the area after the sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_108

Event 13067 (785439CC)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Washington
Description: Ruppelt still thinks that the Robertson Panel has accepted Garland’s recommendation to expand Blue Book (it hasn’t) and that its education and debunking recommendation means that UFO information should be released to the public (it didn’t). Fournet, Chop, and Col. Teabert (Kenneth E. Thiebaud?) of AFOIN-2 think the same. In Washington, Ruppelt hears that the press has heard rumors about the Utah film, and he decides to release it, focusing on the seagull explanation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: The Hynek UFO Report, p. 236
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2172

Event 13068 (1B7C5160)

Date: 1/29/1953
Locations: Utah; Montana
Description: A briefing of the Office of Naval Estimates Board by the CIA on UFOs includes the showing of the Utah and Montana films.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frederick C. Durant, “Briefing of ONE Board on Unidentified Flying Objects,” January 30, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2173

Event 13069 (FDD399C1)

Date: 1/29/1953
Locations: Houlton; Chatham, Maine
Description: 9:55 a.m. A small gray oval-shaped object is seen between Houlton and Chatham, Maine, by 2nd Lt. Fred T. Goetting Jr., pilot of an F-94B. Goetting points out the object to his radar observer, Lt. Howard C. Kelley. The object appears to be 10° above the F-94B, which is at 23,000 feet. Goetting attempts to intercept the object at a speed of 0.8 Mach. This chase continues for 8 minutes without the F-94 gaining, and the chase is broken off because of low fuel. The object is seen by at least two fighter aircraft from other squadrons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Gray Oval Sighted by 3 Fighter Aircraft”; Sparks, p. 191
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2174

Event 13070 (81FF81F8)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: just north of Conway, South Carolina
Description: 11:30 p.m. A farmer named Lloyd C. Booth just north of Conway, South Carolina, hears a commotion of animals, grabs his .22 revolver, and sees an oblong-shaped, lighted object 10 feet above the trees moving slowly or hovering, with a low humming sound. He shoots at the object twice. The first bullet bounces off with a metallic sound; at the second shot the object tilts slightly and ascends at a 65° angle to the west at 600–700 mph and disappears. One of his cows had died the previous evening.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Man Fires 0.22 at Hovering Object”; Sparks, p. 191; “Conway S.C. Man Shoots Saucer,” APRO Bulletin 1, no. 5 (March 15, 1953): 1, 4–5; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 64–66
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2175

Event 13071 (930A22E6)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Malibu Beach, California
Description: 2:20 p.m. Northrup test pilot Rex Hardy Jr., test pilot Chester Mathews, and Northrup photographer Jim Wilkinson see four metallic, disc-shaped object the size of a B-36 flying in squadron formation over Malibu Beach, California. They estimate their height as 20,000 feet and speed as 1,200 mph. They watch for about 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Four B-36-Sized Discs Observed by 3-Man Crew”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2176

Event 13072 (73814E46)

Date: 1/29/1953
Description: Hearing a commotion in his barn, a farmer in Conway, South Carolina observed an object about seven meters long and four meters wide at treetop level. It was light gray in color and lit up inside. It resembled an egg sliced in half lengthwise. The witness fired his gun at the object. Numerous livestock died “mysteriously” in the area after the sighting. At 2:00 p.m. four huge metallic discs, each the size of a B-36 bomber, flew over Malibu Beach, California at a speed in excess of 1,000 mph. At five minutes before midnight an F-94 jet interceptor and two other fighter aircraft reported seeing a dark gray, oval-shaped UFO flying over Presque Isle, Maine.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 202; Fate Magazine, June 1953, p. 12, citing Los Angeles Examiner; Project Blue Book files; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 219
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_572

Event 13073 (534D526E)

Date: 1/29/1953
Location: Conway, South Carolina
Description: Merchant Lloyd C. Booth near Conway, South Carolina reported that he shot at a flying egg-shaped UFO that hovered over his farm for 45 minutes. The bullet bounced back with a metallic thud and the next morning, 20 of his livestock were found dead on his farm from “unknown causes.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_30

Event 13074 (EC5E1D34)

Date: 1/30/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: US80 EAST / YUMA, AZ
Description: Research chemist and 2. Night light spins over mechanic at plane. Quickly going up. / r198p152.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3105

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “US80 E/YUMA,AZ:RESEARCH CHEMIST+2:NLT SPINS ovr MECHANIC AT PLANE:↑↑:/r198p152”, LatLong: “32.666668 -114.483339”, LatLongDMS: “32:40:00 N 114:29:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13075 (E50FDD18)

Date: 1/30/1953
Description: Research chemist Wells Alan Webb and two other witnesses were traveling on Highway 80 seven miles east of Yuma, Arizona when a nocturnal light appeared and spun in the sky over a mechanic in a plane; the UFO then accelerated up into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Maney & Richard Hall, The Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 152; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 51; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_597

Event 13076 (97FFA924)

Date: 1/31/1953
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report #9.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1– 12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 155–174
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2177

Event 13077 (C0E991F0)

Date: 2/1953
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Two strange men from another planet hired in San Francisco - mysterious, then disappear.
Type: anomalous event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_128

Event 13078 (2AAEDBC5)

Date: 2/1953
Location: FRANCE, Biache St Vaast-Fresne les Montauban
Description: (Translated from French) At around 6:40 PM, Mmes d’Arras, Reignier and Mlle Tellier were walking back from the station on D 43. A pale blue light, surrounded by small candle flames, then an ovoid object emitting pale blue flashes, at the speed of a cyclist, approached the electric wires in a horizontal trajectory, while yellow-clear sparkles zigzagged constantly up to 2m from the witnesses and stuck to the electric wires afterwards. A loud buzzing sound was audible.
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni: le premier rapport complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1734

Event 13079 (C465AF63)

Date: 2/1953
Time: 18:40
Location: NNW / BIACHE-ST.-VAAST, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer / blue flashes. Wires smell burnt. Going quickly west. / r30p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3106

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NNW/BIACHE-St-VAAST,FR:3 OBS:SCR/BLUE FLASHES:WIRES SMELL BURNT:>>W:/r30p65”, LatLong: “50.316669 2.955556”, LatLongDMS: “50:19:00 N 02:57:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13080 (2B4DBE75)

Date: 2/1953
Location: Finland AFS, MN
Description: 6:29 a.m. (CST). (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1471

Event 13081 (76A0D5A6)

Date: 2/1953
Description: Albert K. Bender appoints Gray Barker as IFSB’s chief investigator.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “IFSB Forms Dept. of Investigation,” Space Review 2, no. 2 (April 1953): 1; Clark III 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2178

Event 13082 (61189B4C)

Date: 2/1/1953
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: T-33 pilot reports 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_142

Event 13083 (BE0A9375)

Date: 2/1/1953
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: Sighting of a UFO by a T-33 pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530201
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1472

Event 13084 (CFB7472F)

Date: 2/1/1953
Locations: Terre Haute, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri
Description: 9:30 p.m. A T-33 flying 10 miles west of Terre Haute, Indiana, sights a close group of moving lights changing color from red to blue, to green to yellow. The pilot estimates their altitude to range between 15,000 feet to 30,000 feet flying in a manner similar to conventional aircraft. Searchlights from the St. Louis, Missouri, area seem to be following the unidentified lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “T-33 Pilot Observes Unidentified Lights”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2179

Event 13085 (CF527275)

Date: 2/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Keflavik (Iceland), radar operators detect 4 unidentified targets for 24 minutes. (February 3, 5:25 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2384 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1359

Event 13086 (1E17B28D)

Date: 2/3/1953
Time: 10:20
Location: DIETRICH, ID
Description: 4 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Silent silver saucer zigzags to avoid military jets. Going quickly west / very high altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3107

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1259”, HatchDesc: “DIETRICH,ID:4 GOC OBS:SLNT SLVR SCR ZIGZAGS TO AVOID MIL JETS:>>W/VHI ALTITUDE”, LatLong: “42.911113 -114.266672”, LatLongDMS: “42:54:40 N 114:16:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13087 (52363A89)

Date: 2/3/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: OVER WASHINGTON, NC
Description: 2 U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F6Fs and ground RADAR. White cylinder/cigar-shape rises 3km / seconds. Then drops and going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprin

[c0mmando]

ted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3108

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ovr WASHINGTON,NC:2 USMC F6Fs+GND RDR:WHT CGR RISES 3km/SECONDS:then DROPS+>>E”, LatLong: “35.533335 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “35:32:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13088 (15F9421B)

Date: 2/3/1953
Location: Keflavik Airport, Iceland
Description: Radar operators tracked 4 unidentified targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2384)
Reference: NICAP: 530203
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1473

Event 13089 (76877BF7)

Date: 2/3/1953
Time: 5:25 PM
Location: Keflavik, Iceland
Description: Witnesses: radar operators. Four unidentified targets were tracked for 24 minutes. No further data.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_297

Event 13090 (A17C0B4C)

Date: 2/3/1953
Locations: Prescott, Arizona; Brookside Boulevard
Description: 8:00 p.m. George Hunt Williamson and his wife Betty Jane watch two UFOs near the ground from their home on Brookside Boulevard in Prescott, Arizona. Another UFO passes over the house at 10:00 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 363–364
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2180

Event 13091 (47957F67)

Date: 2/3/1953
Description: At 3:15 p.m. a silver disc-shaped object silently zig-zagged to evade US military jets over Dietrich, Idaho. It then shot off toward the west at a very high altitude. Project Blue Book lists the explanation for the encounter as due to a weather balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, February 1953, case 9; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: January-February, p. 74
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_674

Event 13092 (41C589E2)

Date: 2/4/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Yuma (Arizona), U.S. Weather Bureau observer Stanley Brown spotted with a theodolite a white oblong object flying upwards, hovering, and being joined by a second similar object. Twice, the second one flew away and rejoined the first. After 5 minutes, the two objects were lost from sight behind the clouds. (February 4, 1:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2388 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1360

Event 13093 (D7DA72D4)

Date: 2/4/1953
Time: 13:50
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: 1 / theodolite. 2 dull white round objects curve up and going west against wind. / MJ#238.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3109

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: "YUMA,AZ:1/THEODOLITE:2 DULL WHT RND OBJs CURVE UP+ >W AGAINST WIND:/MJ#238 ", LatLong: “32.700002 -114.600005”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 114:36:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13094 (03B55E74)

Date: 2/4/1953
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: White, oblong object with a solid dull pure white color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 2388)
Reference: NICAP: 530204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1474

Event 13095 (C5D5C84B)

Date: 2/4/1953
Time: 1:50 PM
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Description: Witness: U.S. Weather Bureau observer Stanley Brown, using a theodolite. One white, oblong object was tracked flying straight up, leveling off and being joined by a second, similar, object. The second twice flew away and returned to the first. After 5 minutes, both were lost to sight behind clouds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_298

Event 13096 (F66D6FFA)

Date: 2/4/1953
Locations: US Weather Bureau; Yuma, Arizona
Description: 1:50 p.m. US Weather Bureau observer Stanley H. Brown in Yuma, Arizona, tracks with a theodolite a white, oblong object. It is surrounded by a thin white mist and flies straight up and levels off. After 20 seconds, the object is joined by a second one that flies away twice and returns. Both are lost to sight behind clouds to the south-southwest. The sighting lasts 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Theodolite Tracking of Two Elliptical Objects”; Sparks, p. 191; 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. 62–63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2181

Event 13097 (2D6238F3)

Date: 2/4/1953
Description: At 1:50 p.m. U.S. Weather Bureau observer Stanley H. Brown in Yuma, Arizona, using a theodolite, sighted a dull white, oblong object that was tracked flying straight up vertically, then leveling off and being joined by a second, similar looking object. The second UFO twice flew away and returned to the first. The two dull white objects maneuvered errratically, then in unison against the wind, one degree apart. A thin mist was seen around the edges of the objects.After five minutes both objects were lost to sight behind some clouds. A Project Blue Book unknown.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2388; UNICAT case # 795, citing Dr. James E. McDonald; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 40; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 240; Project Blue Book Report #10, February 27, 1953; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_686

Event 13098 (2B6AC90C)

Date: 2/6/1953
Location: Rosalia, WA
Description: B-36 pilot sees unknown object circling and flashing lights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_143

Event 13099 (C3DCAAAC)

Date: 2/6/1953
Time: 01:10
Location: OVER ROSALIA, WA
Description: USAF B36 crew. White night light circles going quickly southeast / 7000’ altitude. 200kts. Short flashes.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3110

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “680”, HatchDesc: “ovr ROSALIA,WA:USAF B36 CREW:WHT NLT CIRCLES>>SE/7000’alt:200kts:SHORT FLASHES”, LatLong: “47.238891 -117.366672”, LatLongDMS: “47:14:20 N 117:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2100”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13100 (B8FDF90F)

Date: 2/6/1953
Time: 12:00
Location: TRUK ISLAND, PACIFIC
Description: Army weatherman. Bullet shaped object sails overhead. No wings / tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3111

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “TRUK Isl,PACIFIC:ARMY WEATHERMAN:BULLET SHAPED OBJ SAILS OVHD:NO WINGS/TAIL”, LatLong: “7.416667 151.750007”, LatLongDMS: “07:25:00 N 151:45:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13101 (951ADF3C)

Date: 2/6/1953
Location: Rosalia, WA
Description: B-36 Encounters Light At 7,000’ (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1475

Event 13102 (66486966)

Date: 2/6/1953
Location: Truk Atoll, At Sea
Description: Bullet-Shaped Object At 500’ (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1476

Event 13103 (B4645C9C)

Date: 2/6/1953
Locations: Rosalia, Washington; Geiger Field [now Spokane International Airport]
Description: 1:34 a.m. A B-36 aircraft piloted by Maj. Leo J. Moffatt is over Rosalia, Washington, when he sees one round white omnidirectional light at an altitude of approximately 7,000 feet on a southeast course, circling and rising as it proceeds. It is visually observed for a period of 3–5 minutes. The B-36 makes a 180° descending turn toward the light, which is estimated to be moving at a speed of 170–230 mph. Blue Book explains it as a weather balloon launched from Geiger Field [now Spokane International Airport].
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “B-36 Encounters Light at 7,000ʹ”; Sparks, p. 192; 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. 67–68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2182

Event 13104 (8386CAA8)

Date: 2/6/1953
Description: At 1:13 a.m. PST a B-36 was flying in the vicinity of Rosalia, Washington inbound to Spokane AFB when a round white omni-directional light was sighted. The light was at an altitude of approximately 7,000 feet on a southeasterly course, and began circling the B-36 and rising above it as the aircraft approached it. The light was visually observed for a period of three to five minutes. The B-36 made a 180 degree turn toward the light which was estimated to be moving at a speed of 150 to 200 knots.The report contains a very accurate sighting description, showing that the object circled as the B-36 approached it, and the light commenced flashing at short intervals.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p 133; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 240; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_718

Event 13105 (C15DA3C8)

Date: 2/7/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The English cargo ship Ranee discovers a motorboat drifting between the Nicobar and Andaman Islands: the Holchu. The crew has disappeared. The boat is in excellent condition. It is abundantly supplied with food, water and fuel. A meal has even been prepared in the kitchen and is ready to be served. The radio works. No signs of struggle or disorder are found. (February 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1361

Event 13106 (7700044B)

Date: 2/7/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In the Malacca Strait, the motorboat Holchu is found completely empty, drifting and in perfect condition.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1362

Event 13107 (E683DB5E)

Date: 2/7/1953
Location: Korea
Description: Radar-visual; F-94 pilot sees bright object change speeds, pull 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_144

Event 13108 (74282DE1)

Date: 2/7/1953
Location: unknown location, Okinawa
Description: Bright orange object change color to red and green at intervals (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530207
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1477

Event 13109 (BA0247E8)

Date: 2/7/1953
Location: Korea (near), Korea
Description: Korean area, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1479

Event 13110 (019EE406)

Date: 2/7/1953
Location: Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
Description: 9:22 p.m. A USAF F-94 crew and other witnesses near Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, see a bright orange object change color to red and green at intervals and disappear behind a cloud. It is also tracked by ground radar.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94 Crew in Air and Ground Radar Tracking”; Condon, p. 122; Sparks, p. 192
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2183

Event 13111 (751F2C0D)

Date: 2/7/1953
Description: An orange light was seen in the sky over Korea and an F-94 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept it. The F-94 pilot saw the bright object change speeds and altitude, then pull away from him. The UFO’s presence was confirmed on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 405; Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p. 60; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 257; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 133; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_732

Event 13112 (9E7714B0)

Date: 2/8/1953
Location: Barter Island, AK
Description: Object With Falling Leaf Motions Over Airfield (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530208
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1478

Event 13113 (8B932149)

Date: 2/9/1953
Time: 10:30
Location: HAMPTONVILLE, NC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilot chases rocket-like object / 3+min. No further details. / r78p167.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3112

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “313”, HatchDesc: “HAMPTONVILLE,NC:BBK#UNK:USMC PILOT CHASES ROCKET-LIKE OBJ/3+min:NFD:/r78p167”, LatLong: “36.111113 -80.761115”, LatLongDMS: “36:06:40 N 80:45:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13114 (D26F46D4)

Date: 2/9/1953
Location: Washington, NC
Description: F9F Chases Silver Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530209
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1480

Event 13115 (52049CED)

Date: 2/9/1953
Location: Virginia, NC
Description: Border. Marine Corps pilot chased rocket-like object. [UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1481

Event 13116 (C01EAF82)

Date: 2/9/1953
Locations: Utah; Pentagon
Description: Al Chop has written a press release on the Utah film with the approval of Capt. Harry B. Smith of AFOIN. They decide to also release the USAF (possible aircraft) and Navy (self-luminous or light sources) analyses, otherwise the press might suspect a cover-up. The release would state that, although no positive identification has been made, further analysis will result in an identification. Gen. Garland approves the release, which then goes on to the Pentagon, which “screamed ‘No!’” Ruppelt is ordered into silence. Chop says the CIA “killed the whole program. We’ve been ordered to work up a national debunking campaign, planting articles in magazines and arranging broadcasts to make UFO reports seem like poppycock.” Ruppelt tells Keyhoe that Blue Book must even discredit USAF pilots who report UFOs. “It’s a raw deal, but we can’t buck the CIA.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 228; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 70–71; The Hynek UFO Report, pp. 236–237
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2184

Event 13117 (913AC6C4)

Date: 2/9/1953
Locations: Los Angeles, California; USSR
Description: CIA agent Hayden Channing writes a memo to the Domestic Contact Division describing a recent [late January?] public meeting of the Civilian Saucer Investigation group in Los Angeles, California. North American Aviation project engineer Walther A. Riedel is a member of the organization, and he describes the analyses of the UFO reports it receives. Only about 25 sightings are unidentified, and these they forward to Project Blue Book. Channing writes: “Apparently, an eye and interest are also directed to the USSR for reactions to sightings as reported in the PRAVDA.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hayden Channing, “California Committee for Saucer Investigation,” February 9, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2185

Event 13118 (10E24BD4)

Date: 2/9/1953
Description: A U.S.Marine Corps pilot chased a rocket-like object for over three minutes over Cherry Point, North Carolina at 10:30 a.m. The luminous object with a red glow climbed rapidly. It had no wings or tail section.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files, February 1953; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #2981
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_768

Event 13119 (93356073)

Date: 2/9/1953
Description: USAF Public Information Officer Albert M. Chop claims the CIA “killed” a press release written up on a UAP filmed on Utah.

“We’ve been ordered [by the CIA] to work up a national debunking campaign, planting articles in magazines and arranging broadcasts to make UFO reports seem like poppycock,” Chop added. Capt.
Edward J. Ruppelt allegedly said “it’s a raw deal, but we can’t buck the CIA.”

• https://archive.org/details/reportonunidenti00rupp/page/228/mode/2up
• https://archive.org/details/aliensfromspacer00keyh/page/70/mode/2up
• https://archive.org/details/hynekuforeport00alle/page/236/mode/2up

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_45

Event 13120 (DCE21910)

Date: 2/9/1953
Description: CIA agent Hayden Channing admits to monitoring a public meeting of U.S. civilians discussing UAP in Los Angeles, CA.

• http://www.project1947.com/shg/csi/csicia.html

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_46

Event 13121 (7A123104)

Date: 2/10/1953
Time: 00:30
Location: XC5555 NORTHEAST / CHO-DO ISLAND, NORTH KOREA
Description: Meteor stops and maneuvers. Turns red. Going quickly southwest. Others see saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3113

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “XC5555 NE/CHO-DO Isl,N.KOREA:METEOR STOPS+MNVRS:TURNS RED:>>SW:OTHERS SEE SCR”, LatLong: “38.533335 124.833339”, LatLongDMS: “38:32:00 N 124:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13122 (F3090CE1)

Date: 2/10/1953
Time: 06:00
Location: RICHMOND, VA
Description: 2 20’ saucers and probes seen / 4 separate posts / military depot / 2 days. Total checkout.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3114

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “10”, Duration: “220”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,VA:2 20’SCRS+PROBES SEEN/4 SEP.POSTS/MIL.DEPOT/2 days:TOTAL CHECKOUT”, LatLong: “37.566668 -77.483337”, LatLongDMS: “37:34:00 N 77:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13123 (A237684B)

Date: 2/10/1953
Location: Misawa AFB, Japan
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530210
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1482

Event 13124 (6D22FA77)

Date: 2/11/1953
Location: Northern Africa
Description: C-119 paced by unknown 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_145

Event 13125 (97772EC6)

Date: 2/11/1953
Location: TRIPOLI TO/FROM TUNIS
Description: USAF C119 crew. Buzzed / disk. Falls back and follows / long time. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3115

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Iceland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “TRIPOLI><TUNIS:USAF C119 CREW:BUZZED/DISK:FALLS BACK+FOLOS/LONG TIME:/r242”, LatLong: “34.916668 11.666667”, LatLongDMS: “34:55:00 N 11:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AIR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13126 (BEE917BD)

Date: 2/11/1953
Time: 22:00
Location: EDENTON, NC
Description: 2 U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F9s chase disk going quickly north and going quickly south. RADAR’s. Cockpit lit. Odd effects.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3116

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “EDENTON,NC:2 USMC F9s CHASE DISK >> N+>>S:RDRs:COCKPIT LIT:ODD EFFECTS:”, LatLong: “36.044446 -76.611115”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:40 N 76:36:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13127 (498023F0)

Date: 2/11/1953
Location: Bet. Tunis, Tunisia, and Tripoli, Libya
Description: UFO Paces C-119 Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530211
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1483

Event 13128 (B03B3A58)

Date: 2/11/1953
Alternate date: 2/19/1953
Locations: Naval Auxiliary Air Station [now Northeastern Regional Airport] in Edenton, North Carolina; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia
Description: 10:00 p.m. At the Naval Auxiliary Air Station [now Northeastern Regional Airport] in Edenton, North Carolina, Marine 1st Lt. Edward Balocco is on intercept stand-by duty when the alert whistle goes off. Minutes later he is in his F9F Panther jet heading north to Virginia Beach, Virginia, while being vectored to an unknown target by the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina. By the time he gets close to the target, it has disappeared from radar at Norfolk, Virginia. After searching the area for 15 minutes, he heads back for fuel. Flying south at 20,000 feet, he notices a light below him on the port side on or near the ocean. After turning his navigation lights back on, he notices that the light has risen to his altitude and is only 2,000 feet away. Closing in on it, he sees it is a disc with blinking red lights. At 350 feet away, his cockpit is bathed in blue-white light and everything seems motionless and silent. He looks at his gloved hand and he can see the bones in his hand like an X-ray. Suddenly there is a flash, and the UFO breaks away as sound and motion return. Balocco tries to pursue it again unsuccessfully. Captain Thomas Riggs, whose F9F Panther has also been scrambled, reports the UFO is moving south along the North Carolina coast. He is debriefed and told not to mention the incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Cherry Point, N.C.,” APRO Bulletin 1, no. 5 (March 15, 1953): 9–10; Good Need, pp. 183–184; Shoot 60–61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2186

Event 13129 (64BF4632)

Date: 2/11/1953
Description: A U.S. Air Force C-119 was paced by an unknown object while flying over North Africa. A disc-shaped object passed the transport plane while flying between Tunis, Tunisia and Tripoli, Libya at 9:45 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, p. 240; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 133; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 405
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_818

Event 13130 (D4C4E8A7)

Date: 2/12/1953
Location: Vichy, MO
Description: Object On Apparent Collision Course With C-47 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530212
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1484

Event 13131 (E3AD6D09)

Date: 2/13/1953
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Description: Radar-visual by B-36; several UFOs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_146

Event 13132 (68A082EC)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: 02:40
Location: CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: RADAR-visual (observation) / B36 bomber crew. 3 night lights in formation. Rolls and maneuvers. No further details. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3117

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “191”, HatchDesc: “CARSWELL AFB,TX:RDR-VIS/B36 BOMBER CREW:3 NLTS/FORMn:ROLLS+MNVRS:NFD:/r242”, LatLong: “32.733335 -97.316671”, LatLongDMS: “32:44:00 N 97:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13133 (0BC2DF4F)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: 03:30
Location: WEST / EMERYVILLE, CA
Description: Many separate observer(s). White fireball going quickly west over GG-bridge. Jumps about. “Blinky”.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3118

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “W/EMERYVILLE,CA:MANY SEP.OBS:WHT FBL >>W OVR GG-BRIDGE:JUMPS ABOUT:“BLINKY””, LatLong: “37.833335 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13134 (6CFE48F5)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: ~14:00
Location: INVERNESS, SCOTLAND
Description: Saucer = cigar-shape when it tilts. Darts all over/all about very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3119

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: “3”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “INVERNESS,SCOTLAND:SCR=CIGAR-SHAPE WHEN IT TILTS:DARTS ALLO VFAST”, LatLong: “57.466669 -4.233334”, LatLongDMS: “57:28:00 N 04:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13135 (8CD94030)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: 17:50
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: Toll collector and many. “Blinky” back. Various maneuvers. Throb sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3120

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “24”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:TOLL COLLECTOR+MANY:“BLINKY” BACK:VARIOUS MNVRS:THROB SOUND”, LatLong: “37.833335 -122.477784”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 N 122:28:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13136 (61BB62A8)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: 18:20
Location: MYRTLE BEACH, SC
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver-grey ovoid with lights swoops down. Levels off going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3121

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “MYRTLE BEACH,SC:4 OBS:SLVR-GRY OVOID W/LITES SWOOPS DN:LEVELS OFF >>SW”, LatLong: “33.688890 -78.888893”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:20 N 78:53:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13137 (A7F1A8E5)

Date: 2/13/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR VICHY, MO
Description: Flight crew. 30cm white night light buzzes and paces C47. Makes 90-turn upward and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3122

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “350”, HatchDesc: “nr VICHY,MO:FLITE CREW:30cm WHT NLT BUZZES+PACES C47:MAKES 90-TURN UPWARD+GONE”, LatLong: “38.111113 -91.761115”, LatLongDMS: “38:06:40 N 91:45:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13138 (C74AB0BB)

Date: 2/13/1953
Location: Ft. Worth (Carswell AFB), TX
Description: 3 bright lights of equal intensity in stacked vertical echelon formation (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1485

Event 13139 (FA8F901B)

Date: 2/13/1953
Description: A UFO that first appeared saucer-shaped, but revealed itself to be cigar-shaped when it tilted, darted all over the sky over Inverness, Scotland at 2:00 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: January-February, p. 84
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_892

Event 13140 (D86027C6)

Date: 2/14/1953
Time: 22:00?
Location: LORIS, SC
Description: 25M ovoid / 21m altitude over barnyard. 3 beams down. Pig found dead. Noisy. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 435)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3123

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “LORIS,SC:25M OVOID/21m ALT ovr BARNYARD:3 BEAMS DOWN:PIG FOUND DEAD:NOISY:>W”, LatLong: “34.055557 -78.888893”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:20 N 78:53:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “21”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13141 (DA0ABAD9)

Date: Mid 2/1953
Locations: Eielson AFB near Moose Creek, Alaska; Chicago, Illinois; Illinois; Roswell
Description: Weapons engineer Chester W. Lytle Sr., deputy director of operations for SAC’s Eighth Air Force Headquarters, is visiting Eielson AFB near Moose Creek, Alaska, with Gen. William H. Blanchard when he finds out his wife is about to give birth in Chicago, Illinois. Blanchard offers to personally fly him in a bomber to an air force base in Illinois so he can get home quickly. During the long flight, their conversation turns to UFOs. Blanchard unexpectedly mentions the 1947 Roswell incident and that a crashed alien spacecraft had indeed been recovered. He tells Lytle that four dead humanoid beings had been aboard.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 478–481
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2187

Event 13142 (032E1EE0)

Date: 2/16/1953
Location: Anchorage, AK
Description: Reddish UFO paces USAF transport plane.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_147

Event 13143 (5A76C318)

Date: 2/16/1953
Time: 23:50
Location: TURNAGAIN ARM, AK
Description: 5 observer(s) and jet chase. Red 90cm night light going northeast. Hovers. Going up [to] and going quickly west. No RADAR. / r242p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3124

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), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TURNAGAIN ARM,AK:5 OBS+JET CHASE:RED 90cm NLT > NE:HVRs:↑+>>W:NO RDR:/r242p11”, LatLong: “60.988892 -149.794452”, LatLongDMS: “60:59:20 N 149:47:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13144 (63F46AB7)

Date: 2/16/1953
Location: Ramer, AL
Description: Hawk and Stern. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1486

Event 13145 (3734E3C2)

Date: 2/16/1953
Location: Willow, AK
Description: C-47 Chases Maneuvering Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530216
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1487

Event 13146 (4C95EA5F)

Date: 2/16/1953
Description: A big reddish flying object passed a USAF C-47 transport plane flying over Anchorage, Alaska at 11:50 p.m. and was witnessed by the pilot and co-pilot. It then hovered for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 405
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_940

Event 13147 (66A8B1D8)

Date: 2/17/1953
Location: USA, Port Austin. Michigan.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:04 p.m. Witnesses: 2 officers and three airmen from the USAF AC&W.; Visual and radar observation. The object seen with the naked eye appears to be brighter than a star and changes colors. It is seen flying slowly for 5 minutes until 10:09 p.m. The radar received an unidentified echo at 10:08 p.m. from an object moving in the same direction and at the same speed for 17 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1732

Event 13148 (F4EACB63)

Date: 2/17/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Port Austin (Michigan), 2 officers and 3 airmen from the USAF AC&W squadron observe an object larger and brighter than a star. Furthermore, it changes color. It moves slowly for 5 minutes until 10:09 PM. The radar picks up a target at 10:08 PM. The object moves in the same direction as them for 17 minutes, at a similar speed. (February 17, 10:04 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2419 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1363

Event 13149 (E352CF60)

Date: 2/17/1953
Time: 22:00
Location: PORT AUSTIN, MICH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2419. Unidentified. CE2+. Ground-RADAR observer(s). 1 UFO / 17 min. Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3125

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “17”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “PORT AUSTIN,MICH:BBK#2419:UID:CE2+:GND-RDR OBS:1 UFO/17 MIN:type unk:NFD”, LatLong: “44.033335 -82.988893”, LatLongDMS: “44:02:00 N 82:59:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13150 (6E24B640)

Date: 2/17/1953
Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Description: Nocturnal light with rapid vertical takeoff (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1488

Event 13151 (D2C380A5)

Date: 2/17/1953
Location: Port Austin, MI
Description: Object larger and brighter than a star change color (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2419)
Reference: NICAP: 530217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1489

Event 13152 (D949270C)

Date: 2/17/1953
Time: 10:04 PM
Location: Port Austin. Michigan
Description: Witnesses: two officers and three airmen of USAF AC&W squadron, visually and by radar. Visual object appeared to larger and brighter than a star and changed color; it was seen to move slowly for 5 minutes until 10:09 PM Radar picked up a target at 10:08 PM moving in a similar direction for 17 minutes, at similar speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_299

Event 13153 (EAA74DE9)

Date: 2/17/1953
Description: At 10:04 p.m. five airmen of the US Air Force 754 AC&W Squad in Port Austin, Michigan picked up a clear and steady radar return at a distance of 9 miles. The slow moving light changed color from red to pink to pale white to white and then back to red. An explanation of the sighting was changed to “Venus” in the Air Force files in 1963.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2419; Project Blue Book Report #10, report dated February 27, 1953; UNICAT, case # 760; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_958

Event 13154 (47D596CE)

Date: 2/18/1953
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: December 13, 52 Desert Center) Driven by an inner impulse, Adamski went to Los Angeles and was approached by two extraterrestrials who live incognito among us. On the outskirts of the city, the saucer with the Venusian was waiting for him. Adamski got on board and was taken aboard the “mothership”, he had a vision of the universe and a master answered his questions. (February 18, 1953)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued on April 21, 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1733

Event 13155 (EBB71AE8)

Date: 2/19/1953
Description: Marine 1st Lt. Edward Balocco is scrambled in an F9F Panther from Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton, NC to intercept an unknown target. A disc with blinking red lights approaches him and gets within 350 feet, bathing his cockpit in blue-white light. He can see the bones in his hand like an X-ray where he experiences no sound, and in a flash, the disc leaves the area. Balocco and Capt. Thomas Riggs are debriefed and told not to mention the incident to anyone.

• http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/APRO%20Bulletin/APRO%20Bulletin%20-%201953%2003%2015%20-%20Vol%201%20No%205.pdf
• https://archive.org/details/needtoknow00good/page/182/mode/2up

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_47

Event 13156 (990097D6)

Date: 2/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Pittsburg-Stockton (California), the pilots of a USAF B-25 observed a bright yellow light for 8 minutes.
Reference: case Blue Book #2426 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1364

Event 13157 (647049E4)

Date: 2/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Still in Pittsburg-Stockton (California), after their first observation, the same pilots saw a bright light flying with a collision trajectory, weaken and then rise very quickly. (22:30)
Reference: same case Blue Book #2426 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1365

Event 13158 (C9D8EDEB)

Date: 2/20/1953
Time: 22:30
Location: STOCKTON, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2426. Air Force B25 pilots. 2 separate night lights / collision course. Away fast. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3126

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “STOCKTON,CA:BBK#2426:AF B25 PILOTS:2 SEP.NLTS/COLLISION COURSE:AWAY FAST:/r150”, LatLong: “37.950002 -121.283339”, LatLongDMS: “37:57:00 N 121:17:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13159 (CFCDE449)

Date: 2/20/1953
Location: Pittsburg-Stockton, CA
Description: Bright yellow light seen for 8 mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2426)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1490

Event 13160 (84CC4205)

Date: 2/20/1953
Time: #1 time unknown; #2, 10:30 PM
Location: Pittsburg-Stockton, California
Description: Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_300

Event 13161 (FC761FB0)

Date: 2/21/1953
Location: MALANG, JAVA, INDONESIA
Description: (Up) many observer(s). Metal saucer seen 2X high and low. Rises very fast and going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3127

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: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MALANG,JAVA,INDONESIA:(UP) MANY OBS:MTL SCR SEEN 2X HI+LOW:RISES VFAST+>>N”, LatLong: “-7.983334 112.616672”, LatLongDMS: “07:59:00 S 112:37:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JVA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13162 (6CEE7B34)

Date: 2/21/1953
Description: In Malang, Indonesia on the island of Java a metallic disc-shaped object was seen twice, at high and low altitudes. It rose up very fast, and shot off quickly to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: January-February, p. 92
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1031

Event 13163 (EF0B1A46)

Date: 2/22/1953
Time: 12:00
Location: ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 rotating saucers meet. Go. Return / different direction. Zip going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3128

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “ADELAIDE,S.AUSTR:2 OBS:2 ROTATING SCRS MEET:GO:RETURN/DIFF.DIRECTION:ZIP ↑”, LatLong: “-34.916668 138.600007”, LatLongDMS: “34:55:00 S 138:36:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13164 (28CAC274)

Date: 2/22/1953
Time: 15:30
Location: ERIE, PA
Description: HIQ Ground Observer Corps (GOC) spotter. 150’ glowing-saucer 1.25mi out over Lake Erie going quickly west. Bright and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE; Henry Holt, NY 1953 HC. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3129

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “ERIE,PA:HIQ GOC SPOTTER:150’ GLOW-SCR 1.25mi OUT OVR Lk ERIE >>W:BRITE+SILENT”, LatLong: “42.033335 -80.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:02:00 N 80:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13165 (32743783)

Date: 2/22/1953
Location: Erie, PA
Description: 150’ Silvery Disc Reported By Former Navy Gunner (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530222
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1491

Event 13166 (AE170399)

Date: 2/23/1953
Location: CORONTALO, CELEBES, INDONESIA
Description: Strange ovoid radiates gray-green light. Very fast north going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3130

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CORONTALO,CELEBES,INDONESIA:STRANGE OVOID RADIATES GRAY-GRN LITE:VFAST N>>S”, LatLong: “0.583333 123.033339”, LatLongDMS: “00:35:00 N 123:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CLB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13167 (D2D86CCF)

Date: 2/23/1953
Time: 20:50
Location: SADO ISLAND, JPN
Description: 6 / lighthouse. Flat ellipse. Red center and blue glow. Vanishes. Reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 440)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3131

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SADO ISLAND,JPN:6/LIGHTHOUSE:FLAT ELLIPSE:RED CTR+BLU GLOW:VANISHES:REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “38.000002 138.416673”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 138:25:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13168 (E527615E)

Date: 2/23/1953
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Project Stork’s William T. Reid writes to Miles E. Goll at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, saying that UFO reports have been processed through October 15, 1952, and evaluations completed for reports through July 31, 1952.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seven Status Reports for Project Stork, Part 4 of 4 Parts,” CUFON
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2188

Event 13169 (03F719AE)

Date: 2/24/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Sherman (Texas), Adjutant Alden and his companion saw for 3 to 7 seconds 2 round objects of a bright red color, with a large halo, flying in small circles, then ascending and disappearing into the sky. (February 24, 7:43 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2441 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1366

Event 13170 (1BCF7817)

Date: 2/24/1953
Location: Sherman, TX
Description: 2 bright red, round objects with big halos fly in small circles (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2441)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1492

Event 13171 (0D778C73)

Date: 2/24/1953
Time: 7:43 PM
Location: Sherman, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Warrant Officer and Mrs. Alden. Two bright red, round objects with big halos flew in small circles, climbed and faded during a 3-7 second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_301

Event 13172 (0C29C2B8)

Date: 2/24/1953
Description: On this evening Warrant Officer and Mrs. Alden saw two bright red, round objects with big halos fly in small circles over Sherman, Texas at 7:43 p.m. The UFO climbed and then faded out over a 3-7 second interval.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1075

Event 13173 (650583A9)

Date: 2/25/1953
Location: SERIA, BRUNEI, BORNEO
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Bright night light-saucer rotates / 30K’ altitude / 40 minute(s). Big oil field.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3132

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “SERIA,BRUNEI,BORNEO:100s/OBS:BRITE NLT-SCR ROTATES/30K’alt/40min:big oil field”, LatLong: “4.633334 114.366672”, LatLongDMS: “04:38:00 N 114:22:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13174 (C2973A30)

Date: 2/25/1953
Location: Charleston, WV
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) FPS-3 Sights Unusual Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530225
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1493

Event 13175 (4F3734C3)

Date: 2/25/1953
Location: Pentagon
Description: Pentagon press officer Albert M. Chop writes to Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe and verifies that the files on 41 cases investigated by the Air Force for his upcoming book Flying Saucers from Outer Space were indeed cleared for release by ATIC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Albert M. Chop, Letter to Donald E. Keyhoe, February 25, 1953; NICAP, “The Chop Clearance List”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2189

Event 13176 (769F523C)

Date: 2/25/1953
Locations: Ottawa, Ontario; Dominion Observatory
Description: Project Second Storey meets for the last known time, chaired by astrophysicist Peter M. Millman of the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa, Ontario, and consisting of military and intelligence officers, as well as Wilbert Smith. It concludes that, because details of most sightings cannot be adequately confirmed, UFO reports do not lend themselves to a “scientific method of investigation.” It determines that UFOs do not require a Canadian armed forces investigation, but reports should still be sent to the Directorate of Scientific Intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Wilbert B. Smith,” Northern Ontario UFO Research and Study; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, p. 229; Good Above, p. 182; Story, p. 276
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2190

Event 13177 (15F7AE85)

Date: Late 2/1953
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: ADC commander Benjamin Chidlaw at Ent AFB [now US Olympic Training Center] near Colorado Springs, Colorado, tells future UFO researcher Robert C. Gardner that he has “stacks of reports about flying saucers. We take them seriously when you consider we have lost many men and planes trying to intercept them.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, 3-0 Blue, p. 91; Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 137–138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2191

Event 13178 (1514BA02)

Date: 2/25/1953
Description: A bright disc was sighted hovering in the night sky in the Sultanate of Brunei, northern Borneo. It remained for 40 minutes and was seen rotating at 30,000 feet altitude over a big oil field.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 63 for February 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1096

Event 13179 (DA0DC881)

Date: 2/26/1953
Time: 11:40
Location: SHREVEPORT, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2543. 1 observer. 5 saucers / 10K’ altitude. 3 vanish and 2 remain / 90-turns going up [to] going down [to] etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3133

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “SHREVEPORT,LA:BBK#2543:1 OBS:5 SCRS/10K’alt:3 VANISH+2 REMAIN/90-TURNS ↑↓ etc”, LatLong: “32.511113 -93.750004”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:40 N 93:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13180 (7AC75436)

Date: 2/26/1953 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 2 scientists. Orange-yellow disk going east. Colored spots / rim. Shoots up extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3134

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), COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1320”, HatchDesc: “nr ALAMOGORDO,NM:2 SCIENTISTS:ORG-YLW DISK >E:CLRD SPOTS/RIM:SHOOTS UP XFAST”, LatLong: “32.833335 -106.000005”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 106:00:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13181 (C7C5C870)

Date: 2/26/1953
Location: Thule Air Base, Greenland
Description: Prominent Blip on GCA PPI While Tracking C-124 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530226
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1494

Event 13182 (21A730FA)

Date: 2/27/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Shreveport (Louisiana), an USAF enlistee and private pilot observed 5 yellow discs performing circular maneuvers, pulsating. 3 of them vanished into the sky, and the other 2 flew erratically. The observation lasted 4 minutes. (February 27th, 11:58 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2543 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1367

Event 13183 (F3EE70A7)

Date: 2/27/1953
Time: 00:40
Location: BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Night light circles moons image / wavering trajectory. 2nd night light follows. Silent. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3135

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “BROOKS AFB,TX:NLT CIRCLES MOONS IMAGE/WAVERING TRAJ:2nd NLT FOLOS:SILENT:>>S”, LatLong: “29.350001 -98.450005”, LatLongDMS: “29:21:00 N 98:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13184 (4A9258B1)

Date: 2/27/1953
Location: Great Falls AFB, MT
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1495

Event 13185 (D287FB6F)

Date: 2/27/1953
Location: Shreveport, LA
Description: 5 yellow discs make circular turns, flutter (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2543)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1496

Event 13186 (B3EF192F)

Date: 2/27/1953
Time: 11:58 AM
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Description: Witness: USAF airman/private pilot. Five yellow discs made circular turns, fluttered, three of them vanished, the other two flew erratic square turns for a total of 4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_302

Event 13187 (55E11124)

Date: 2/27/1953
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report #10, classified “secret.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 175–198
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2192

Event 13188 (8704C8BF)

Date: 2/27/1953
Description: At 11:58 a.m. in Shreveport, Louisiana a USAF airman and private pilot spotted five yellow discs making circular turns and fluttering in the daytime sky. Three of the discs vanished while the other two flew objects flew erratic square turns for a total of four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1149

Event 13189 (644B9EED)

Date: 2/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Beirut, Mr. Daurces, an engineer, observes a real parade of unidentified objects above the city. By making small movements with the binoculars he has equipped himself with, he obtains discontinuous lines that lead him to deduce that the light is emitted at a frequency of 100 to 150 periods/s. (February 28)
Reference: VSD 2007 H
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1368

Event 13190 (8DD12898)

Date: 2/28/1953
Time: 18:40
Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
Description: Aero engineer and many. 10 silent saucers and night lights parade going quickly west. / r70p3-12.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3136

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, 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: “Lebanon”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “BEIRUT,LEBANON:AERO ENG+MANY:10 SLNT SCRS+NLTS PARADE>>W:/r70p3-12”, LatLong: “33.866668 35.516668”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:00 N 35:31:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beirut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13191 (5AFA2015)

Date: 2/28/1953
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description: Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt transfers out of Blue Book for a seven-month assignment in Denver, Colorado. He is replaced by Lt. Robert M. Olsson, who has one staff member.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 228
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2193

Event 13192 (5CE3AD5F)

Date: 2/28/1953
Description: Philippe Daurces and four other witnesses in Beirut, Lebanon sighted a procession of 12 disc-shaped objects with distinct contours at 6:30 p.m. Each craft had a bluish leading edge and left a trail of smoke. They flew across the sky one after the other, crossing the sky on parallel courses within a few minutes. When viewed through binoculars, each had a crimson red light. They flew at a constant speed, and it took them three minutes to fly from zenith to the horizon. They made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, The Truth about Flying Saucers, p. 129; UNICAT database, case 412, citing Aime Michel; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 183; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, case 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1173

Event 13193 (176343E9)

Date: 3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The UFO observed on March 3. See photo at images/1953-03-03.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1369

Event 13194 (6A59ED11)

Date: 3/1953
Time: 10:20
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: F94 pilot and ground and air RADAR’s. Cigars going west. Vanish but still on RADAR. / r37p151.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 524)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3137

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:F94 PILOT+GND+AIR RDRs:CGRS >W:VANISH but still on RDR:/r37p151”, LatLong: “42.350002 -83.050004”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 83:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13195 (937C603E)

Date: 3/1953
Locations: Selfridge AFB; Mount Clemens, Michigan; Detroit
Description: 10:00 a.m. Pilot Howard C. Strand is flying a routine patrol mission in a F-94B out of Selfridge AFB [now Selfridge Air National Guard Base] near Mount Clemens, Michigan, when he is asked to check out a radar target over downtown Detroit. He and his radar operator see tiny specks that seem to be a ragged formation of aircraft. As he approaches, he cannot see any wings or tails. Ground radar has the UFOs as “good, strong targets.” Strand looks at his instruments briefly and when he looks up the objects are gone, though ground radar tracks them another 4 minutes. Gordon Thayer calls it an inferior mirage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1953 March–July, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2002, pp. 24–26; Condon, pp. 151–153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2194

Event 13196 (98FDD67E)

Date: 3/1953
Location: Harvard University
Description: Harvard University astronomer Donald H. Menzel publishes Flying Saucers, in which he explains all UFO sightings as known phenomena such as mirages and temperature inversions. It is the first book-length argument against UFOs, one of the few published by an academic institution, and the first UFO book by a scientist. ATIC personnel are displeased that Menzel has used a few classified reports supplied to him for an examination of patterns, which he has never produced. However, he has an imaginative vision of what Venus looks like, with “warm seas” in which life teems.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald H. Menzel, Flying Saucers, Harvard University, 1953; Getty Images, “Dr. Donald H. Menzel, Harvard Professor and Native Denverite, Refers to His Book,” March 13, 1953; Clark III 742
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2195

Event 13197 (BA8D68E7)

Date: 3/1953
Description: Gen. John A. Samford is interviewed in See magazine and provides straightforward, factual answers about Project Blue Book, UFOs, and the inadequacy of Menzel’s theories. He claims the view of the Air Force is that “many credible people have seen incredible things.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 210–211
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2196

Event 13198 (2151FBF8)

Date: 3/1/1953
Description: A case of spontaneous human combustion occurred on this day on Highway 291 in Greenville, South Carolina to a victim named Wood.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 450; Fate magazine, July 1953, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1197

Event 13199 (F2C1185E)

Date: 3/3/1953
Time: 13:30
Location: NEAR QUARTZITE, AZ
Description: 30’ / 16 mm USAF film. 100M saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape and long contrail. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v24#2+r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: RUPPELT, Edward J.: The REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; Doubleday, NY 1956 HC.243pp. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3138

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “267”, HatchDesc: “nr QUARTZITE,AZ:30’/16mm USAF FILM:100M SCR-CGR+LONG CONTRAIL:/FSR v24#2+r150”, LatLong: “33.666668 -114.216672”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:00 N 114:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13200 (5C83B994)

Date: 3/3/1953
Location: Luke AFB (130 miles W of), AZ
Description: Three F-84 Pilots Encounter Manta-Ray, Gun Camera Shots (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1497

Event 13201 (4EC0F779)

Date: 3/3/1953
Location: Glendale, AZ
Description: March 3, 1953; Luke AFB, Glendale, AR. Contrail (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 530303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1498

Event 13202 (191ECCB6)

Date: 3/3/1953
Locations: Luke AFB near Glendale, Arizona; Blythe, California; Colorado River north of Parker Dam on the Arizona border
Description: 1:25 p.m. USAF Capt. Roderick D. Thompson, 3600th Fighter Training Group out of Luke AFB near Glendale, Arizona, is an instructor pilot flying an F-84 at 25,000 feet over Blythe, California. He spots am object 300–500 feet wide leaving a contrail crossing his path from left to right at about 35,000–45,000 feet at about 400 mph. It is visible only by condensation vapor emitted from its manta-ray shaped flat surface. Student pilots flying two F-84s, Lt. Jack E. Brasher and Lt. Thomas W. Hale, also see the object but do not follow in pursuit. When Thompson turns to pursue it, the object makes a slight dipping turn to the northwest and begins climbing at about 20°. It appears to be very thin and immediately begins to form a heavy condensation trail behind it for roughly 1,000 feet and splits in two. Thompson reaches 30,000 feet and closes to within roughly 5–10 miles to a point over the Colorado River north of Parker Dam on the Arizona border. He takes 151 frames of gun camera film of object with a 16 mm N-9 camera, apparently at 16 fps 1/40 second exposure setting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three F-94 Pilots Encounter Manta-Ray, Gun Camera Shots”; Sparks, p. 194; Swords 213–214
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2197

Event 13203 (1E626BAC)

Date: 3/3/1953
Description: A USAF F-84 fighter jet flying out of Luke AFB near Quartzite, Arizona filmed 30 feet of 16mm gun camera film that showed a cigar or fuselage-shaped object with a long contrail in a clear sky. The length of the object was estimated to be 100 meters, and the duration of the sighting was seven minutes. Project Blue Book lists the explanation as aircraft, but UFO investigators Richard Hall and Jacques Vallee didn’t agree with the interpretation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #11, May 1953; Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 229; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1269

Event 13204 (429286F8)

Date: 3/5/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Death of Stalin, succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. (March 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1370

Event 13205 (AB46D6C2)

Date: 3/5/1953
Time: 11:00?
Location: YUMA, AZ
Description: 20 military and civil. 12 disks race over Air Force RADAR-gunnery meet. Stop / high altitude. Vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3139

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “YUMA,AZ:20 MIL+CIV:12 DISKS RACE ovr AF RDR-GUNNERY MEET:STOP/HI ALT:VANISH”, LatLong: “32.655557 -114.605561”, LatLongDMS: “32:39:20 N 114:36:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13206 (14B65A10)

Date: 3/5/1953
Time: 15:50
Location: SAVANNAH R.H-BOMB PLANT, SC
Description: 2 separate RADAR-visual (observation) jet scrambles / 2 hours! ANG 5 F1s and RF80. Saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3140

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “127”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNAH R.H-BOMB PLANT,SC:2 SEP RDR-VIS JET SCRAMBLES/2hrs!:ANG 5F1s+RF80:SCR”, LatLong: “33.316668 -81.733337”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:00 N 81:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13207 (7CF85F70)

Date: 3/5/1953
Location: Congaree AFB, SC
Description: At 3:45 p.m. (EST), the assistant director of security at the Savannah River Project, Mr. J. Howard Jones, observed a silver crescent-shaped object at a very high altitude over the project. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530305
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1499

Event 13208 (1CABD1B4)

Date: 3/5/1953
Location: Shaw AFB, SC
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1500

Event 13209 (5E1E1949)

Date: 3/5/1953
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Brig. Gen. Woodbury M. Burgess, commander at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sends a memo to Air Defense Command and the director of intelligence at Ent suggesting that field teams of 4602nd personnel interview UFO witnesses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maj. Robert C. Brown, “Utilisation of 4602nd AISS Personnel in Project Blue Book Field Investigations,” March 5, 1953; Kevin D. Randle, “UFO Coverup: The Early Days,” A Different Perspective, June 20, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2198

Event 13210 (CAE40664)

Date: 3/5/1953
Description: Two separate UFO radar-visual events occurred at two locations, in northeast Georgia and across the river in South Carolina. An object maneuvered in the sky at 5:07 p.m., then circled Congareee AFB in Sumter County, South Carolina, flying into a prohibited area. An earlier radar-visual sighting of a disc-shaped object was made at the Savannah River (Nuclear) Project. at 3:45 p.m. The sighting lasted for two hours and seven minutes, and RF-80 fighter jets and Air National Guard F-51’s were scrambled to intercept. The U.S. Air Force attempted to explain the sightings as a weather balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book Report #11, report dated May 31, 1953; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1309

Event 13211 (4D9B07A7)

Date: 3/6/1953
Time: 03:50
Location: TYRREHENIAN SEA 12.24E-39.34N
Description: Israeli steamship Meir Dizengoff. Small metal saucer going quickly ESE / very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3141

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TYRREHENIAN SEA 12.24E-39.34N:ISRAELI SS MEIR DIZENGOFF:SML MTL SCR>>ESE/VFAST”, LatLong: “39.566669 12.400001”, LatLongDMS: “39:34:00 N 12:24:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TYR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13212 (BCBA92EF)

Date: 3/7/1953
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: Air Force officers at a gunnery meet observed about 12 disc-shaped objects that dove down and hovered over the base during the meet. [AP story, Mar. 9th; UFOE, III] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1501

Event 13213 (D3DF0B56)

Date: 3/8/1953
Time: 10:00
Location: SSW / ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUS
Description: 2 observer(s). White sphere/orb/globe / 5000kph. Stops. Orbs exit. 2nd appears. 1 going north and 1 going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3142

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SSW/ADELAIDE,S.AUS:2 OBS:WHT ORB/5000kph:STOPS:ORBS EXIT:2nd APPEARS:1>N+1>S”, LatLong: “-35.083335 138.583340”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 S 138:35:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13214 (40605BCC)

Date: 3/8/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: ASHIYA AIR FORCE BASE, JP
Description: Numerous military observer(s) and RADAR. Night lights over runway. Fast ascent. Boat and plane search.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3143

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “ASHIYA AFB,JP:NMRS MIL OBS+RDR:NLTS ovr RUNWAY:FAST ASCENT:BOAT+PLANE SEARCH”, LatLong: “33.883335 130.666673”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 130:40:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13215 (B4E8B255)

Date: 3/8/1953
Location: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Description: Journalist Peter H. Wyden’s interview with Ruppelt appears in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ruppelt tells him that Project Blue Book “has no evidence of any of these objects being anything other than misinterpretation of known objects…. We can’t say positively because our data isn’t good enough. But we’re not worried.” The lengthy article provides a good overview of Blue Book’s investigations and staff of seven, including Ruppelt’s assistants Lt. Anderson G. Flues and Max Futch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter Wyden, “They’re Still Chasing Flying Saucers,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 8, 1953, p. 1G
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2199

Event 13216 (58096F6C)

Date: 3/8/1953
Location: Kents Hill School, Maine
Description: 9:02 p.m. Physics teacher Leigh Van Etten, two other teachers, and 10 students at Kents Hill School, Maine, watch a big red ball of fire moving west-northwest for 12 minutes before it disappears beyond the horizon. He estimates it is about 40–60 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2200

Event 13217 (6D23913A)

Date: 3/9/1953
Location: Kyushu (Ashiya AFB), Japan
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1502

Event 13218 (BC57FB1A)

Date: 3/10/1953
Time: 01:30
Location: BRISBANE, QLD, AUST
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape-UFO has fluorescent lights inside. Passes silently. P296.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 296)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3144

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRISBANE,QLD,AUST:CGR-UFO HAS FLUORESCENT LITES INSIDE:PASSES SILENTLY:p296”, LatLong: “-27.500001 153.150007”, LatLongDMS: “27:30:00 S 153:09:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13219 (5034AF7B)

Date: 3/10/1953
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHWEST / HACKETTSTOWN, NJ
Description: Orange object to and fro over Kittinney Mountains / 7 hours! White streak joins.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3145

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “164”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “NW/HACKETTSTOWN,NJ:ORG OBJ TO+FRO OVR KITTINNEY MTNS/7hrs!:WHT STREAK JOINS”, LatLong: “40.883335 -74.866670”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:00 N 74:52:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13220 (01B0FB64)

Date: 3/10/1953
End date: 3/11/1953
Location: Hackettstown, NJ
Description: Large light, blinking at 10-15 times per minute (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2490)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1503

Event 13221 (467B99FF)

Date: 3/11/1953
Location: USA, Yuma (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) Various shooting exercises were taking place on the Yuma base field. A group of about twenty officers were participating. Suddenly, to the east of the field, twelve extremely bright objects emerged at low altitude at a fantastic speed. Before the controller had recovered from his surprise, the objects were flying over the base at several thousand kilometers per hour, describing a large circle and passing again over the field at reduced speed. Then they accelerated lightning fast and disappeared while gaining altitude. They were discs of metallic appearance, moving without noise and without leaving any trails. (…) [note from vog: probably again reliable first-hand information, communicated only to a Frenchman?] (1953, 11 March)
Reference: Charles GARREAU: “Alert in the Sky: The Abduction File” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.31
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1735

Event 13222 (74C36915)

Date: 3/11/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Hackettstown (New Jersey), Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of an aeronautical engineer from Pan Am, sees a large light flickering between 10 and 15 times per minute, moving up and down along a mountain range. (March 11, 4am)
Reference: case Blue Book #2490 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1371

Event 13223 (A8D66A1B)

Date: 3/11/1953
Time: 4 AM
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Mrs. Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of a Pan Am flight engineer. A large light, blinking at 10-15 times per minute, moved up and down along a mountain range.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_303

Event 13224 (7EBFE34C)

Date: 3/12/1953
Time: 12:50
Location: CHATHAM, NB
Description: Military observer(s). Brilliant silver disk going / 500kts straight and level. Sudden steep silent climb going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3146

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “CHATHAM,NB:MIL.OBS:BRILL.SLVR DISK >/500kts S/L:SUDDEN STEEP SLNT CLIMB >>W”, LatLong: “47.033336 -65.433336”, LatLongDMS: “47:02:00 N 65:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Brunswick”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13225 (5CEA103D)

Date: 3/12/1953
Location: RCAF Station Chatham, New Brunswick, CAN
Description: Steep Climb Observed By Ground and Airborne Witnesses (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530312
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1504

Event 13226 (5E727084)

Date: 3/14/1953
Location: JAPAN, north of Hiroshima
Description: (Translated from French) 11:45 p.m. Witnesses: radar and visual observation by 101 members of the crew of a P2V-5 patrol plane. A group of 5 to 10 colored lights, gathered in the sky over a distance of 90 to 100 feet, flew slowly to the left of the plane. The group was also targeted on radar for 5 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1736

Event 13227 (8DE5FC48)

Date: 3/14/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In the Sea of Japan north of Hiroshima (37° 25’ North, 132° 25’ East), the 10 crew members of a U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane observe for 5 minutes groups of 5 to 10 colored lights, between 90 and 100 in total, slowly moving to the left of the aircraft. They are also detected by the onboard radar. (March 14, 11:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2496 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1372

Event 13228 (6872F7C0)

Date: 3/14/1953
Location: NEAR SKILAK LAKE, AK
Description: 4+observer(s). Huge saucer over Kenai Mountains. Going up and down [to] several times. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3147

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “nr SKILAK LAKE,AK:4+OBS:HUGE SCR OVR KENAI MTNs:↑+↓ SVRL TIMES:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “60.583336 -150.000007”, LatLongDMS: “60:35:00 N 150:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13229 (FF671DD0)

Date: 3/14/1953
Time: 23:50
Location: SEA / JAPAN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2496. RADAR’s and 10 / P2V-7. 90-100 small colored balls / various formations. / r185p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 511)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3148

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SEA/JAPAN:BBK#2496:RDRs+10/P2V-7:90-100 SML CLRD BALLS/VARIOUS FORMNs:/r185p20”, LatLong: “37.416668 132.583340”, LatLongDMS: “37:25:00 N 132:35:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SJP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13230 (6F82EB27)

Date: 3/14/1953
Location: N of Hiroshima (Sea of Japan), Japan
Description: 5-10 colored lights, totalling 90-100, slowly move aft, R/V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2496)
Reference: NICAP: 530314
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1505

Event 13231 (3A954990)

Date: 3/14/1953
Location: N of Hiroshima (Sea of Japan), Japan
Description: Sea of Japan Radar Case (BBU 2496) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2496)
Reference: NICAP: 530314
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1506

Event 13232 (55E1D5D6)

Date: 3/14/1953
Time: 11:45 PM
Location: north of Hiroshima, Japan
Description: Witnesses: radar and visual observation by 10 crew members of U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane. Groups of 5-10 colored lights, totalling 90-100, slowly moved aft off the left side of the airplane, as detected visually and by airborne radar for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_304

Event 13233 (70C789ED)

Date: 3/14/1953
Location: Sea of Japan northwest of Nishinoshima, Japan
Description: 11:43 p.m. Lt. Robert J. Wooten is flying a Navy P2V-5 antisubmarine plane over the Sea of Japan northwest of Nishinoshima, Japan, when he encounters an “electrifying display” of groups of 5–10 colored lights, totaling 90–100, slowly moving to the left side of the aircraft at a range of 3–7 miles and maintaining an extremely precise formation. Some of the objects are also tracked on radar. A 1955 RAND report falsely attributes this to an armada of 100 MiG-15 fighter aircraft (actually only 11) that menaced four US Navy Panther jets from the carrier USS Oriskany, but this earlier incident took place on November 18, 1952, resulting in damage to one of the MiGs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Groups of Lights / IFF Signals”; Clark III 53–59; Sparks, p. 195; Swords 214
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2201

Event 13234 (0B36CD5A)

Date: 3/14/1953
Description: At 11:43 p.m. in the Sea of Japan near Hiroshima, Japan a dozen crewmembers flying in a U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol witnessed several groups of 5-10 lights flying slowly on the left side of the aircraft. A Project Blue Book unknown.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2496; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20; J. Allen Hynek case files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1475

Event 13235 (D2C38DDE)

Date: 3/14/1953
Description: A huge saucer-shaped object was witnessed by at least four observers at Skilak Lake, Anchorage, Alaska over the Kenai Mountains. It bobbed up and down several times for 55 minutes, and then vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1476

Event 13236 (CEDB89FB)

Date: 3/15/1953
Description: (Translated from French) First launch of the R-5 rocket of Korolev. (March 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1373

Event 13237 (7D27C25F)

Date: 3/15/1953
Time: 21:50
Location: GREENVILLE, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2692. Several Air Force men / ground. Rear-drop shape going [to] into wind. / r185p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3149

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “GREENVILLE,MS:BBK#2692:SVRL AF MEN/GND:REAR-DROP SHAPE > INTO WIND:/r185p21”, LatLong: “33.411113 -91.061115”, LatLongDMS: “33:24:40 N 91:03:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13238 (C7DABE5E)

Date: 3/15/1953
Description: The International Flying Saucer Bureau declares today World Contact Day and calls upon the UFO occupants to make a public appearance on earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Albert K. Bender, FS and the Three Men, Saucerian, 1962
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2202

Event 13239 (07372FB0)

Date: 3/17/1953
Time: 13:20:00.3
Location: 37.0478 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Annie” Yield: 16KT
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_34

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0478 -116.0211”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:52 N 116:01:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Annie”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “16”

Event 13240 (DD94C3D1)

Date: 3/17/1953
Description: An FBI agent and two AFOSI officers interview George Adamski and ask him to draft a statement saying that neither the FBI nor Air Force has approved material used in his speeches.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, March–July, The Author, 1989, pp. 4–5; Clark III 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2203

Event 13241 (0F7D8BA1)

Date: 3/18/1953
Locations: Ohio; Northern University
Description: Ohio Northern University’s Project A reports that UFOs are usually disc-shaped, silent, and fast-moving. “Our major conclusion to date is that no one explanation fits all sightings, and about 20% of all the sightings definitely fit the category of unnatural phenomena.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, March–July, The Author, 1989, pp. 15, 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2204

Event 13242 (67C3FF7B)

Date: 3/19/1953
Location: Glendale, CA
Description: Jack Clerk (Jack Charles Pryal Clerk, 1919–1996, US Marine Corps Reserves), an Electrical Engineer attached to Army Ordinance as a consultant, was giving public presentations at the Glendale CA Lions Club area about three Crash Retrievals (“grounded saucers”) that occurred in the southwest. His talks were “cleared by Security”, and it says parts of his talk had to be “dummied up” at the request of the government.
Type: public presentation
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_494

Event 13243 (0451B2EC)

Date: 3/19/1953
Location: New Haven, CT
Description: A small round object – flaming like red-hot iron – plunged from the sky (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 530319
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1507

Event 13244 (BD9D23A6)

Date: 3/19/1953
Description: In 1953 US Army spotter planes saw a round white UFO flying 25 miles northeast of Panmunjon, Korea. It was described as 10 feet in diameter, and moving with a vibrating motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1562

Event 13245 (17BCF00F)

Date: Spring 1953
Location: SWITZERLAND
Description: (Translated from French) The machine tool factory Oerlikon, Buhrle and Co. gave birth to a DCA rocket with an nitric acid propellant. It has a length of 5 meters, a takeoff weight of 250 kg and a combustion end speed of 750 meters/second. The Oerlikon rocket takes off from a mobile launch chassis, it is guided by a director beam and can fight airplanes at altitudes of up to 20 kilometers. The tests carried out in the spring of 1953 would have gone satisfactorily. (1953, Spring)
Reference: “The Rockets, Vehicles of the Future” -Hans K. Kaiser, Amiot-Dumont 1954, p. 123, 124
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1738

Event 13246 (38441F93)

Date: Spring 1953
Description: (Translated from French) UFOs above Moscow (Russia) drop angel hair. (Spring)
Reference: Clypeus, December 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1378

Event 13247 (BD0B5DEC)

Date: 3/20/1953
Time: 20:00
Location: OLD BALDY AND PORK CHOP HILL, KOREA
Description: W. Morgan / USAF. CE2+RADAR’s both locations. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: ADVANCED AERIAL DEVICES REPORTED during the KOREAN WAR; 1990 LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3150

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OLD BALDY+PORK CHOP HILL,KOREA:W.MORGAN/USAF:CE2+RDRs BOTH LOCS:NFD”, LatLong: “38.283335 127.116673”, LatLongDMS: “38:17:00 N 127:07:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DMZ”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13248 (FD541B68)

Date: 3/20/1953
Location: Pork Chop Hill, Korea
Description: AP radio news service summary of April 5, 1953, indicates that luminous objects traveling at supersonic speeds have been observed and tracked on radar within the past few days in Pork Chop and Old Baldy Hills area, Western Korean Front (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530320
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1508

Event 13249 (819DA592)

Date: Spring 1953
Locations: RAF Boscombe Down [now MoD Boscombe Down] in Wiltshire, England; Salisbury Plain
Description: After 12:00 noon. RAF Flight Lt. Cyril George Townsend-Withers is asked to test some new ECM radar equipment using an experimental English Electric Canberra aircraft. The jet has been stripped of all removable parts to make it as light as possible. With this modification, he is able to leave RAF Boscombe Down [now MoD Boscombe Down] in Wiltshire, England, and soar to 55,000 feet, then a record for the aircraft. Cruising over Salisbury Plain, Townsend-Withers picks up a blip on his screen. It shows an object traveling 5 miles behind him and maintaining a steady course. His immediate reaction is to curse the “anomalous propagation” effects that they have gone to so much trouble to avoid. However, he soon becomes aware that this was an image of something flying right behind them. The science officer goes up to the turret to take a look and sees, glinting in the sun or pouring out a fantastic amount of its own light, a round shape trailing in their wake. Townsend-Withers calls his pilot on the microphone and tells him that he can see an unknown and suggests trying to outpace it. They reach 260 mph but the thing cannot be shaken off, so the pilot executes a sweeping radius turn. As the Canberra comes around from its turn, the object comes into view dead ahead. For half a minute they are on a collision course, swiftly trying to calculate what to do next. The object is round like a thin disc, but with two small tailfins at the rear. It seems to be metallic and enormous, and it is simply sitting there waiting for them to fly right into it. Suddenly, it flips vertically into the air and climbs upwards at an astonishing rate. Leaving no vapor trail, wake, or detectable sound, the object vanishes within just a couple of seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Canberra Crew Encounters UFO / Radar/Visual”; Jenny Randles, “Collision Course,” IUR 27, no. 4 (Winter 2002–2003): 16–18; Jenny Randles, “Scramble, UFO! Part Three, The Team,” Fortean Times 388 (January 2020): 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2208

Event 13250 (6783FF1D)

Date: 3/21/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Elmira (New York), a GOC observation post spotted 6 discs flying in a group quickly and at high altitude for a few seconds. (March 21, 3:05 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2511 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1374

Event 13251 (E67B0F11)

Date: 3/21/1953
Time: 15:10
Location: ELMIRA, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2511. Unidentified. 4 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 6 saucers directly overhead. Seen / (seen thru) binoculars. High and fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3151

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: “266”, HatchDesc: “ELMIRA,NY:BBK#2511:UID:4 GOC OBS:6 SCRS DIRECTLY OVHD:SEEN/BINOCS:HIGH+FAST”, LatLong: “42.083335 -76.833337”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:00 N 76:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13252 (FB4701F8)

Date: 3/21/1953
Location: Elmira, NY
Description: 6 discs in a group fly high and fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2511)
Reference: NICAP: 530321
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1509

Event 13253 (8C11F473)

Date: 3/21/1953
Location: Prescott, AZ
Description: Beers Case (P) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1510

Event 13254 (246FBC0C)

Date: 3/21/1953
Time: 3:05 PM
Location: Elmira, New York
Description: Witness: Ground Observer Corps observation post. Six discs in a group flew high and fast for a few seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_305

Event 13255 (4DC46D1E)

Date: 3/21/1953
Description: Six disc-shaped objects flew directly over the city of Elmira, New York at 3:05 p.m. They flew high and fast, and were viewed through binoculars.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 2511; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 18; Project Blue Book Report #11, May 31, 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1594

Event 13256 (56AA52AF)

Date: 3/22/1953
Time: 02:00
Location: TUJUNGA CANYON, CA
Description: 2 women abduction / cabin. 1st / many for both. / r41p525.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3152

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “TUJUNGA CANYON,CA:2 WOMEN ABD/CABIN:1st/many for both:/r41p525”, LatLong: “34.316668 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:19:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 13257 (2CD32106)

Date: 3/22/1953
Time: 05:20
Location: AUBAGNE, FR
Description: Ex-pilot. Dull 40cm object races overhead. Gyrates but 'deliberately steered.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3153

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AUBAGNE,FR:EX-PILOT:DULL 40cm OBJ RACES OVHD:GYRATES BUT 'DELIBERATELY STEERED”, LatLong: “43.316669 5.566667”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 05:34:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13258 (0684E40D)

Date: 3

[c0mmando]

/22/1953
Time: 22:20
Location: ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Several observer(s). 4 night lights play in stars. 1 pink fireball goes going up / high-speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3154

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “ELLINGTON AFB,TX:SVRL OBS:4 NLTS PLAY IN STARS:1 PINK FBL GOES ↑/HI-SPEED”, LatLong: “29.666668 -95.233338”, LatLongDMS: “29:40:00 N 95:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13259 (F0020FB9)

Date: 3/22/1953
Location: Tujunga Canyon north of Burbank, California
Description: 2:00 a.m. Sara Shaw and Jan Whitley, who share an isolated one-bedroom cabin in the forest around Tujunga Canyon north of Burbank, California, wake up when an odd light shines through the window. An eerie silence falls over the cabin and neighboring forest. They get out of bed but feel paralyzed. Then suddenly and inexplicably, it is 4:20 a.m. Shaw, who was originally kneeling on the bed, is now sitting on it with her feet on the floor. The two women flee the cabin. As they run, they pass an apparition or “vaporous something” with the “head and shoulders of a long-haired” person. When they return to the cabin two days later, they feel a sense of dread. Shaw can remember nothing more and the two women move apart. In 1975 Shaw watches a UFO documentary that evokes some memories, and she contacts ufologist Ann Druffel. During three hypnotic regression sessions—December 5, 1975; February 26, 1976; and October 22, 1978—Shaw recalls her abduction by black-garbed aliens. She undergoes a physical examination and the aliens show her a cure for cancer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ann Druffel and D. Scott Rogo, The Tujunga Canyon Contacts, Prentice-Hall, 1980, updated in New American Library, 1989
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2205

Event 13260 (61F62F7D)

Date: 3/22/1953
Description: At two o’clock in the morning in an isolated cabin in Tujunga Canyon, California two young women in their early twenties, Shaw and Whitley, remembered seeing an oscillating light followed by a period of about two hours of missing time. Under hypnosis an abduction scenario was recalled. Seven or eight beings, all dressed in black tight-fitting one-piece suits, entered the cabin through closed windows (that is, they somehow passed through the glass panes in the windows). They had oval-shaped, hairless faces. Six of the beings were about five feet tall. Two of the beings were of average height but thin, estimated at 5 feet 7 inches tall. They all had slender builds, narrow shoulders, and long arms. The abductees were paralyzed, taken aboard a domed disc, and given physical exams. The UFOnauts communicated with each other using an unintelligible language, but they used telepathy with the abductees, and allegedly left them with some information about future events.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ann Druffel, MUFON UFO Journal, February 1976, p. 8; Ann Druffel & Scott Rogo, The Tujunga Canyon Contacts, p. 15; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions, The Measure of a Mystery, case 193a
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1613

Event 13261 (8D678605)

Date: 3/23/1953
Time: 01:30
Location: CASPER, WYO
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange night light all over Natrona Co Airport “like a hunting dog”. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3155

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1567”, HatchDesc: “CASPER,WYO:2 OBS:ORG NLT ALL OVR NATRONA co AIRPORT “LIKE A HUNTING DOG”:>>E”, LatLong: “42.866669 -106.316672”, LatLongDMS: “42:52:00 N 106:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13262 (B216B413)

Date: 3/23/1953
Time: 13:10
Location: HENDERSON, NV
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 disks maneuver / high altitude. 1 shoots straight up. Other to side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3156

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “573”, HatchDesc: “HENDERSON,NV:2/BINOCS:2 DISKS MNVR/hi alt:1 SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP:OTHER TO SIDE.”, LatLong: “36.033335 -114.983339”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 N 114:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13263 (31CB18C3)

Date: 3/23/1953
Location: Pasadena, TX
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Object On Radar 25 Seconds (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530323
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1512

Event 13264 (AC7AEAA2)

Date: 3/23/1953
Description: Gen. Burgess’s 4602nd AISS plan is approved. It is seen as aiding ATIC and giving AISS personnel valuable experience in field interrogations and cooperating with other agencies
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kevin D. Randle, The Government UFO Files, Visible Ink, 2014, p. 249
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2206

Event 13265 (878C2581)

Date: 3/24/1953
Time: 13:10:00.0
Location: 37.0956 -116.1028
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Nancy” Yield: 24KT
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_35

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0956 -116.1028”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:44 N 116:06:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Nancy”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “24”

Event 13266 (D53AA526)

Date: 3/24/1953
Locations: Nevada Test Site Area 4; Papoose Lake, Nevada
Description: The Upshot-Knothole Nancy nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Area 4 sends radioactive fallout on livestock across the region, including those grazing at Papoose Lake, Nevada. Sixteen horses and numerous cows belonging to local farmers, the Stewart brothers, die from acute radiation poisoning. The Army compensates them for the horses, but claim the cows died from Vitamin A deficiency.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Upshot–Knothole”; Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2207

Event 13267 (99B1F83A)

Date: 3/25/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), the USAF captain and D. E. Cox and his companion observed for 1.5 hours several lights, some moving in a straight line, others performing 360° turns. (March 25, 3:05 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2521 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1375

Event 13268 (FEEED8EE)

Date: 3/25/1953
Time: 15:10
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2521. Military observer(s). 3+night lights curve north going quickly south. Fast and silent. Also civil observer(s) / 2315hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3157

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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: “90”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:BBK#2521:MIL OBS:3+ NLTS CURVE N>>S:FAST+SLNT:+CIV OBS/2315hrs”, LatLong: “29.416668 -98.466671”, LatLongDMS: “29:25:00 N 98:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13269 (47AB6694)

Date: 3/25/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: NOUASSEUR AB, FR MOROCCO
Description: Blue Book Case #. Military ground and air and RADAR. Night light circles base. Lands. Disappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3158

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, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “NOUASSEUR AB,FR MOROCCO:BBK#:MIL GND+AIR+RDR:NLT CIRCLES BASE:LANDS:DISAPPEARS”, LatLong: “33.366668 -7.583334”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 07:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CSB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13270 (DB254F47)

Date: 3/25/1953
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: Several lights, some moving straight, others making 360° turns (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2521)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1513

Event 13271 (74929A14)

Date: 3/25/1953
Location: Rabat (Nouasseur AFB), Fr. Morocco
Description: Light above at 7,000 to 8,000 ft maneuvering in spiral pattern over airfield (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530325
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1514

Event 13272 (1FC51B77)

Date: 3/25/1953
Time: 3:05 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: USAF Capt. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Several lights, some of which moved straight, others which made 360 degree turns for 1.5 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_306

Event 13273 (265D2AFC)

Date: 3/27/1953
Location: USA, Mt. Taylor, New Mexico.
Description: (Translated from French) 7:25 p.m. Witness: the pilot of a F-86 jet fighter flying at 700 m.p.h… An orange glowing circle flew at 900 m.p.h., and executed three large circles. The pilot chased the object for 4 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1737

Event 13274 (D0B32A87)

Date: 3/27/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Mont Taylor (New Mexico), the pilot of an USAF F-86 fighter jet flying at 600 knots (700 mph) observed an orange luminous circle flying at 800 knots (900 mph) and performing 3 rapid rolls. The pilot chased the object for 4 minutes. (March 27, 7:25 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2524 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1376

Event 13275 (97A3F439)

Date: 3/27/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: MT. TAYLOR, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2524. Unidentified. 2 military-pilots. Can’t catch orange ball / too fast. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3159

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “3445”, HatchDesc: “Mt.TAYLOR,NM:BBK#2524:UID:2 MIL-PILOTS:CANT CATCH ORANGE BALL/TOO FAST:/r185”, LatLong: “35.250002 -107.600005”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 107:36:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13276 (17B22B82)

Date: 3/27/1953
Location: Mount Taylor, NM
Description: 900 MPH Target Pursued By F-86 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2524, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 530327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1515

Event 13277 (56D27A46)

Date: 3/27/1953
Time: 7:25 PM
Location: Mt. Taylor, New Mexico
Description: Witness: pilot of USAF F-86 jet fighter at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One bright orange circle flew at 800 kts. (900 m.p.h.), and executed three fast rolls. Pilot chased object for 4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_307

Event 13278 (49ECC2E2)

Date: 3/27/1953
Description: A bright orange circular UFO was chased by a USAF F-86 fighter jet over Mount Taylor, New Mexico at 7:25 p.m. The case is listed as an Air Force Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Bluebook files counted in official statistics, case 2524; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1691

Event 13279 (6FA158CB)

Date: 3/29/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Spooner (Wisconsin), L. C. Gillette, observed for 50 minutes a circular object seeming to be made of aluminum flying quickly at high altitude, and reversing its course twice. Gillette reported the observation of a similar object in 1938. (March 29, 3:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2526 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1377

Event 13280 (E53FE47F)

Date: 3/29/1953
Time: 15:50
Location: 6.5MI EAST / SPOONER, WI
Description: 4 antenna installers. Metal saucer very fast north going quickly south. Reverses direction.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3160

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “6.5mi E/SPOONER,WI:4 ANTENNA INSTALLERS:MTL SCR VFAST N>>S:REVERSES DIRECTION”, LatLong: “45.833336 -91.783338”, LatLongDMS: “45:50:00 N 91:47:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13281 (46A8127D)

Date: 3/29/1953
Location: Spooner, WI
Description: Aluminum, circular object fly high and fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2526)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1516

Event 13282 (32178DE6)

Date: 3/29/1953
Time: 3:45 PM
Location: Spooner, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: L.C. Gillette. One aluminum, circular object flew high and fast, twice reversing its course. Note: Mr. Gillette saw a similar object in 1938. Fifteen second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_308

Event 13283 (D072E3EE)

Date: 3/30/1953
Time: 22:50
Location: NEAR DUPUYER, MT
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). White body drops straight going down. Stops / midair. Moves left and right.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3161

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1275”, HatchDesc: “nr DUPUYER,MT:GOC OBS:WHT BODY DROPS STRAIGHT↓:STOPS/MIDAIR:MOVES LEFT+RIGHT”, LatLong: “48.166669 -112.500005”, LatLongDMS: “48:10:00 N 112:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13284 (708AAA00)

Date: 3/31/1953
Time: 19:50
Location: NEAR NIIGATA, JAPAN
Description: USAF F94. White disk beams red and blue beams. Maneuvers all over northeast Honshu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3162

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “nr NIIGATA,JAPAN:USAF F94:WHT DISK BEAMS RED+BLU BEAMS:MNVRS ALL OVR NE HONSHU”, LatLong: “37.783335 139.066673”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:00 N 139:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13285 (79DC1EC7)

Date: 3/31/1953
Location: Honshu, Japan
Description: F-84 Encounters Object With “Legs” (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530331
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1517

Event 13286 (8DCA5414)

Date: 3/31/1953
Location: Williams AFB, AZ
Description: Silver Disc Encountered By Test Pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530331
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1518

Event 13287 (25AD1027)

Date: 3/31/1953
Time: 13:00:00.0
Location: 37.0828 -116.0239
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ruth” Yield: .2KT
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_36

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0828 -116.0239”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:58 N 116:01:26 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Ruth”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.2”

Event 13288 (0F3553D3)

Date: 3/31/1953
Description: At 7:50 p.m. a USAF F-94 pilot reported sighting a white disc-shaped UFO emitting red and blue beams of light. It maneuvered all about the sky over the northeast corner of Honshu Island, Japan.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History - 1953: March-July, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1758

Event 13289 (99DC2FDF)

Date: 4/1953
Location: BRAZIL, Angatuba
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. November 52) One Sunday morning, Dino Kraspedon’s doorbell rang. It was an extraterrestrial! He was about 1m 80 tall. He spoke Greek and Latin, but spoke Portuguese very well and English a bit less well: he had an accent. He said he came from Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter. From 1953 to 1959, Kraspedon claimed to have regular conversations with this entity, sometimes even in public places, in the street, etc… .
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1739

Event 13290 (0541A55A)

Date: 4/1953 (approximate)
Time: 12:20
Location: SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGL
Description: Test bomber crew / 60K’ altitude. RADAR blip. Thin silver ovoid near.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3163

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SALISBURY PLAIN,ENGL:TEST BOMBER CREW/60K’alt:RDR BLIP:THIN SLVR OVOID NEAR”, LatLong: “51.250002 -1.833333”, LatLongDMS: “51:15:00 N 01:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13291 (0A1F86DD)

Date: 4/1953 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: CAIRO, GA
Description: Boys. Silver grey domed saucer going west slow and silent. Portholes. / letter to I. Sanderson.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3164

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: “79”, HatchDesc: “CAIRO,GA:BOYS:SLVR GRY DOMED SCR >W SLO+SLNT:PORTHOLES:/letter to I.Sanderson”, LatLong: “30.877779 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “30:52:40 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13292 (ABA37F1A)

Date: 4/1953
Location: NEAR TINIAN ISLAND, MARIANAS, PACIFIC
Description: Several UFO’s seen / United States Navy (USN) report. 1 rammed drops to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3178

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “231”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr TINIAN ISL,MARIANAS,PACIFIC:SVRL UFOS SEEN/USN REPORT:1 RAMMED DROPS TO SEA”, LatLong: “14.500001 146.000007”, LatLongDMS: “14:30:00 N 146:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TIN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13293 (DA9C8287)

Date: 4/1953
Location: Laredo, TX
Description: Wilford Case (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1519

Event 13294 (D5DCDA78)

Date: 4/1953
Location: Canada
Description: Wilbert B. Smith is drafting a report on Project Magnet for the Canadian Department of Transport. He writes Keyhoe that their conclusion will probably be that UFOs are alien vehicles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1078
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2209

Event 13295 (06067D17)

Date: 4/1953
End date: 6/1953
Locations: St. Louis, Missouri; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: The US Army Chemical Corps’ Dew II project involves the secret release of fluorescent particles (zinc cadmium sulfide) and plant spores (Lycopodium) from an aircraft over St. Louis, Missouri. (Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a previous target.) It only targets black ghetto sections of St. Louis and arranges for local police surveillance “to minimize the possibility of loss of equipment.” The Army reports “much less curiosity and interference” than Minneapolis. Dew II is described in a 1953 Army report that remains classified at the time of a 1997 report by the US National Research Council concerning the zinc cadmium sulfide dispersion program.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard A. Cole, Clouds of Secrecy: The Army’s Germ Warfare Tests over Populated Areas, Rowman & Littlefield, 1988, pp. 63–65
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2210

Event 13296 (10ACB686)

Date: 4/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Allen Dulles renames the operation Artichoke to M-K-Ultra. (April 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1379

Event 13297 (0A74B510)

Date: 4/6/1953
Time: 15:29:38.4
Location: 37.0847 -116.0180
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dixie” Yield: 11KT
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_37

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0847 -116.0180”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:05 N 116:01:05 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-1.83”, NukeName: “Dixie”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11”

Event 13298 (0CC010A2)

Date: 4/7/1953
Time: 14:00?
Location: PALEMBANG, SUMATRA, INSPECT
Description: 3+1 observer(s). Ovoid larger / moon going northwest / 5 minutes straight and level. Absolute(ly) silent. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 529)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3165

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “PALEMBANG,SUMATRA,INS:3+1 OBS:OVOID LARGER/MOON >NW/5mins S/L:ABS SLNT:GLOWS”, LatLong: “-2.916667 104.750005”, LatLongDMS: “02:55:00 S 104:45:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SMT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13299 (128D5830)

Date: 4/8/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Fukuoka (Japan), 1st Lieutenant D. J. Pichon, pilot of an F-94B jet interceptor of the USAF, observed a bright blue light descending, accelerating, flying parallel to the F-94, increasing its speed and blinking before disappearing after 45s. (April 8, 7:55 PM)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case n° 2535
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1380

Event 13300 (C2DBF155)

Date: 4/8/1953
Time: 19:50
Location: FUKUOKA, JAPAN
Description: F94B pilot. Bright blue night light drops and paces plane. Speeds away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3166

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “FUKUOKA,JAPAN:F94B PILOT:BRITE BLU NLT DROPS+PACES PLANE:SPEEDS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “33.583335 130.366673”, LatLongDMS: “33:35:00 N 130:22:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13301 (C027C5B2)

Date: 4/8/1953
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: F-94 Encounters Maneuvering Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2535)
Reference: NICAP: 530408
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1520

Event 13302 (14503B00)

Date: 4/8/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador (between Sondrestrom AFB, Greenland and), CAN
Description: MATS Crew Sees Light In Descending Turn (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530408
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1521

Event 13303 (12AA679F)

Date: 4/8/1953
Time: 7:55 PM
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Description: Witness: lst Lt. D.J. Pichon, pilot of USAF F-94B jet interceptor. One bright blue light descended, accelerated, flew parallel to the F-94, increased its speed and blinked out after 45 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_309

Event 13304 (E383BF35)

Date: 4/8/1953
Description: At 7:55 p.m. Lt. D. J. Pichon, pilot of a USAF F-94B jet interceptor, watched a bright blue light descend, accelerate, and then fly parallel to his F-94 over Fukuoka, Japan. The object increased its speed and blinked out after 45 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1897

Event 13305 (630515D2)

Date: 4/11/1953
Time: 12:44:59.8
Location: 37.0989 -116.0925
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ray” Yield: .2KT
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_38

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0989 -116.0925”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:56 N 116:05:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.03”, NukeName: “Ray”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.2”

Event 13306 (5226F9E6)

Date: 4/12/1953
Time: 15:10
Location: SWEETWATER, NV
Description: C47 crew. 10 grey-metal saucers / changing formations. Wide turn. / MJ#240.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 352)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3167

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: “3”, Elev: “2084”, HatchDesc: “SWEETWATER,NV:C47 CREW:10 GRY-MTL SCRS/CHANGING FORMATIONS:WIDE TURN:/MJ#240”, LatLong: “38.516669 -119.211117”, LatLongDMS: “38:31:00 N 119:12:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13307 (5065242E)

Date: 4/12/1953
Time: 22:00
Location: WEST / CONISTON, ON
Description: 6 miners. Glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / nickel-copper smelter. Shrinks and changes color.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3168

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “W/CONISTON,ON:6 MINERS:GLOW-CGR HVRS/NICKEL-COPPER SMELTER:SHRINKS+CHANGES CLR”, LatLong: “46.533336 -81.016671”, LatLongDMS: “46:32:00 N 81:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13308 (1AB63F2B)

Date: 4/12/1953
Location: Sweetwater, NV
Description: Ten Round Flat Objects Changing Formation (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530412
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1522

Event 13309 (3302CC0B)

Date: 4/12/1953
Location: Torbay Airport, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: GCA Radar Tracks Unidentified Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530412
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1523

Event 13310 (78F629A5)

Date: 4/12/1953
Locations: Sweetwater, Nevada; Stead AFB [now Reno Stead Airport]
Description: 4:10 p.m. Ten round, flat, metallic objects changing formation are observed traveling at a high rate of speed at an estimated altitude of 7,500 feet over Sweetwater, Nevada. No trail, sound, or exhaust are noted. The objects pass under the right nacelle of the observers’ C-47 aircraft, which is en route to Stead AFB [now Reno Stead Airport]. The copilot takes control of the aircraft and turns to the right in a tight 300° turn for a better view. The objects are then picked up unassisted by two more members of the crew. The objects are seen in a right turn of a greater radius than that of the C-47 and at a lower altitude. They are observed for approximately 120° of their turn and disappear on a heading of 300°. Observers are unable to estimate the speed of the objects because of the distance and the large turn radius.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Ten Round Flat Objects Changing Formation”; Sparks, p. 197
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2211

Event 13311 (D95E5ED6)

Date: 4/12/1953
Description: At 10:31 local time an unidentified target appeared on the radar scope at Torbat Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. It was on a magnetic course of approximately 270 degrees. One of the radar operators looked outside and saw what he thought was a B-29 aircraft, but when the object disappeared, he returned to the radar set and observed the object make a 180 degree turn 8 miles west of the airport. If fade from the radar scope 30 miles away in a northeast direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: www.nicap.org/waves/1953fullrep.htm citing Dan Wilson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1964

Event 13312 (88D83653)

Date: 4/12/1953
Description: At 3:10 p.m., while flying over Sweetwater, Nevada in a USAF C-47 transport 80 miles southwest of Reno, USAF Major Padelford, Lt. White and Lt. Cripe, the pilot, co-pilot, and navigator, sighted 9-10 flat, darkish metallic discs flying against the terrain. They were flying enroute from Long Beach to Stead AFB, NV at an altitude of 10,500 feet. They described the discs as having fuzzy edges, as they flashed beneath their aircraft descending. The co-pilot took control of the C-47, and turned to the right in a tight 300 degree turn for a better view of the objects. The objects were then picked up unassisted by two more members of the crew. The objects were observed in a right turn of greater radius than that of the C-47, and at a lower altitude. The object were observed for approximately 120 degrees of their turn, and disappeared on a heading of 300 degrees. The observers were unable to estimate the speed of the objects because of the distance and the objects’’ large radius of turn.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 32; UNICAT, case # 762; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, April 1988, p. 19; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 183; Project Blue Book files; James McDonald files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1965

Event 13313 (B7482000)

Date: 4/12/1953
Description: At 10:00 p.m. miners in Coniston, Ontario, Canada watched as a glowing cigar-shaped object hovered over their smelter in a light wind. Over the next several minutes in began to shrink and it changed color. The duration of the sighting was 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1966

Event 13314 (5D178B0B)

Date: 4/13/1953
Locations: Soviet bloc; US prisoners of war in Korea
Description: The MKUltra project is launched on the order of CIA Director Allen Dulles and under the direction of Sidney Gottlieb. Its aim is to develop mind-controlling drugs for use against the Soviet bloc, largely in response to alleged Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean use of mind-control techniques on US prisoners of war in Korea. The project attempts to produce a perfect truth drug for use in interrogating suspected Soviet spies, and generally to explore any other possibilities of mind control. Another MKUltra effort, Subproject 54, is the Navy’s top secret “Perfect Concussion” program, which uses subaural frequency blasts to erase memory. However, the program is never carried out. Because most MKUltra records are deliberately destroyed in 1973 by order of then–CIA director Richard Helms, it is difficult, if not impossible, for investigators to gain a complete understanding of the more than 150 individually funded research subprojects sponsored by MKUltra and related CIA programs. A cache of some 20,000 documents survive Helms’s purge, as they are incorrectly stored in a financial-records building and discovered following a FOIA request in 1977. These documents are fully investigated during the Senate Hearings of 1977.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project MKUltnra”; US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Project MKUltra, the CIA’s Program of Research in Behavioral Modification, 95th Congress, 1st Session, August 3, 1977; John D. Marks, The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate”: The CIA and Mind Control, Times Books, 1978; Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Simon & Schuster, 2004; “Project MK-Ultra: The CIA’s Experiments with Mind Control,” ZazenLife.com, December 2011; Stephen Kinzer, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, Henry Holt, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2212

Event 13315 (C27B5043)

Date: 4/14/1953
Locations: Sea of Japan; Vladivostok, Russia
Description: 9:23–11:50 p.m. A Navy P2V Neptune spy plane on an electronic intelligence (ELINT/ferret) mission over the Sea of Japan (about 200 miles southeast of Vladivostok, Russia) is paced and attacked by 10 agile and highly maneuverable UFOs. The encounter takes place with only 400 feet of distance between the aircraft and the sea. The objects make more than “70 aggressive non-firing passes” in “high-speed runs,” many just a few hundred feet directly underneath the Navy aircraft for just over an hour. The UFOs transmit Morse Code light signals (the letter “D”), an unprecedented occurrence in UFO history. The objects are tracked on radar and by the Navy’s ELINT systems (which pick up and analyze radar beams emitted from the objects) for almost two and a half hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Lights Flashing Morse Code Letter ‘D’”; Sparks, p. 198; Clark III 53–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2213

Event 13316 (9873EF3F)

Date: 4/15/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant/S V. A. Locey observed for approximately 3 minutes and 30 seconds 3 orange lights. (April 15, 5:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2542 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1381

Event 13317 (7683BA3B)

Date: 4/15/1953
Time: 17:50
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 4 unidentified night lights make extreme turns / meteor speed. Photographs no good. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 234)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3169

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “10”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:2 OBS:4 UID NLTS MAKE EXTREME TURNS/METEOR SPEED:FOTOS NO GOOD:>>NW”, LatLong: “32.250002 -110.900005”, LatLongDMS: “32:15:00 N 110:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13318 (02F41BE9)

Date: 4/15/1953
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 3 orange lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2542)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1525

Event 13319 (00D42DC9)

Date: 4/15/1953
Location: East Prairie, MO
Description: Several persons observed UFOs. Objects were circular, about 230’ feet in diameter, and silver in color. Speed estimated at 400-600 mph. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530415
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1526

Event 13320 (9E4A97F4)

Date: 4/15/1953
Time: 5:45 PM
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Witness: S/Sgt. V.A. Locey. Three orange lights were seen for: 3 minutes, 30 seconds, and a few seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_310

Event 13321 (14BE1FD6)

Date: 4/16/1953
Time: 15:10
Location: EAST PRAIRIE, MO
Description: 4+3 metal saucers near follow B36. Tight formations. 600mph and more/others. Flash signals!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3170

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “EAST PRAIRIE,MO:4+3 MTL SCRS nr FOLO B36:TIGHT FORMns:600mph++:FLASH SIGNALS!”, LatLong: “36.777780 -89.383338”, LatLongDMS: “36:46:40 N 89:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13322 (A5BDFD63)

Date: 4/16/1953
Time: 15:30
Location: OVER CHATHAM, NB
Description: 2 pilots. 8M metallic disk head on toward(s) DC4. Going [to] underneath / 300 kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3171

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “ovr CHATHAM,NB:2 PILOTS:8M MTLC DISK HEAD ON TWRD DC4:> UNDERNEATH/300 kph”, LatLong: “47.066669 -65.450003”, LatLongDMS: “47:04:00 N 65:27:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Brunswick”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13323 (935381DD)

Date: 4/16/1953
Location: Chatham, New Brunswick
Description: 3:45 p.m. The crew of a commercial Maritime Central airliner flying at 9,000 feet above Chatham, New Brunswick, watches a metallic disc approach their plane and pass underneath.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 64–67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2214

Event 13324 (A1D88023)

Date: 4/16/1953
Description: The crew of a Maritime Central DC-4 flying near Chatham Royal Canadian AFB, New Brunswick sights an eight meter in diameter metallic disc at 3:34 p.m. that is heading toward their aircraft. The UFO passed underneath at 300 knots, just under the nose of the aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Ledger, Maritime UFO Files, p. 37; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2049

Event 13325 (DB7211A6)

Date: 4/18/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Crash in Southwest Arizona. (April 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1382

Event 13326 (7B7F846A)

Date: 4/18/1953
Time: 11:20
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) and more/others. Huge cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly northwest. Flashes over town. / big newspaper article.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3172

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,DE:GOC OBS++:HUGE CGR >>NW:FLASHES OVR TOWN:/BIG NEWSPAPER ARTICLE”, LatLong: “39.766669 -75.566670”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 75:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13327 (18E4986E)

Date: 4/18/1953
Time: 12:35:00.0
Location: 37.1383 -116.1178
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Badger” Yield: 23KT
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_39

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1383 -116.1178”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:18 N 116:07:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Badger”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “23”

Event 13328 (77E4775B)

Date: 4/18/1953
Description: A huge cigar-shaped UFO flew over Wilmington, Delaware at 11:15 a.m. and was sighted by a Ground Observer Corps observer. It was flashing as it passed over the city, heading northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wilmington News, July 9, 1954; Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 186
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2110

Event 13329 (0ECE520E)

Date: 4/19/1953
Time: 13:00
Location: NORTHEAST / PANMUNJON, KOREA
Description: 2M and white rounded delta/triangle/box-like craft. 70mph going quickly SSW / 30M altitude. / r116p60+/ r137#5p32.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3173

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NE/PANMUNJON,KOREA:2M+WHT ROUNDED DLT:70mph >>SSW/30M alt:/r116p60+/r137#5p32”, LatLong: “38.333335 127.000006”, LatLongDMS: “38:20:00 N 127:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13330 (EC9C1D3B)

Date: 4/19/1953
Location: Calumet, MI
Description: 7:19 PM (CST): Lake Superior area (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530419
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1527

Event 13331 (C1C42903)

Date: 4/19/1953
Location: Pork Chop Hill
Description: 1:00 p.m. Four US Army reconnaissance observers (including pilot Lt. Julius T. Morgan, Lt. James O. Rymus, and Lt. Jack E. Myers) in two aircraft see a white, rounded, delta-shaped object 5–7 feet in diameter flying at 60–80 mph with a “vibrating” motion over Communist territory in Korea. An official G-2 Intelligence Report says the object is in the Old Baldy (Hill 266) and Pork Chop Hill areas. Radar supposedly tracks them also moving faster than sound (>767 mph).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [news clippings]; Sparks, p. 199; Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2215

Event 13332 (2FC81C80)

Date: 4/19/1953
Description: A white, rounded delta-shaped UFO, seven feet in estimated diameter, flew 100 feet above the ground at 60-80 mph in a vibrating motion over enemy territory northeast of Pammunjon, Korea at 1:00 p.m. It was witnessed by three U.S. soldiers named Morgan, Rymus, and Myers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2133

Event 13333 (0B3F120E)

Date: 4/20/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKS
Description: 3 teens. Large classic domed saucer / distance. Glows when in motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3174

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “96”, HatchDesc: “SHEFFIELD,S.YORKS:3 TEENS:LRG CLASSIC DOMED SCR/DISTANGE:GLOWS WHEN IN MOTION”, LatLong: “53.366669 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13334 (B73A7BBB)

Date: 4/20/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: BROOKLYN, NY
Description: Engineer. Night light going down. = glowing saucer. Makes sharp turn going quickly southwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3175

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “BROOKLYN,NY:ENGINEER:NLT ↓:=GLOWING SCR:MAKES SHARP TURN>>SW:NFD”, LatLong: “40.650002 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “40:39:00 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13335 (E82FCAAE)

Date: 4/21/1953
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: February 18, 53) Adamski returns to Los Angeles and meets the extraterrestrials in the hotel lobby. He is taken to a larger vessel with which he makes the journey to the mothership of the “Saturn” type. There is a large laboratory. Then a master comes to explain things to him.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following September 1, 53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1740

Event 13336 (B2B20BC1)

Date: 4/23/1953
Time: 12:50
Location: ADDISON, NY
Description: Forest ranger. Lens-saucer passes going quickly west. Black line sticks way going down. Lights ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3176

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “ADDISON,NY:FOREST RANGER:LENS-SCR PASSES>>W:BLACK LINE STICKS WAY↓:LITES GND”, LatLong: “42.105558 -77.233337”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:20 N 77:14:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13337 (94608481)

Date: 4/23/1953
Time: 15:00
Location: IBERVILLE, QBC
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant carsize disk stops and spins over river. Retreats extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 533)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3177

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “IBERVILLE,QBC:2 OBS:BRILL.CARSIZE DISK STOPS+SPINS OVR RIVER:RETREATS XFAST”, LatLong: “45.300002 -73.250003”, LatLongDMS: “45:18:00 N 73:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13338 (9E044451)

Date: 4/23/1953
Description: Gen. Charles P. Cabell becomes deputy director of the CIA.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2216

Event 13339 (EE8BCA3A)

Date: 4/23/1953
Locations: Iberville [now Saint-Jean-de-Richelieu], Quebec; Richelieu River
Description: 3:00 p.m. Two witnesses in Iberville [now Saint-Jean-de-Richelieu], Quebec, see a disc the size of a car approach their house while they are eating dinner. It stops 250 feet above the Richelieu River a bit more than a half-mile away. The man runs outside for a better look and sees that it as a dome and is spinning as it hovers. After 15 seconds it flies to the southwest and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 65, 68–69, 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2217

Event 13340 (56028E5E)

Date: 4/25/1953
Time: 12:29:59.8
Location: 37.0531 -116.1028
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Simon” Yield: 43KT
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_40

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0531 -116.1028”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:11 N 116:06:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Simon”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “43”

Event 13341 (DF851E96)

Date: 4/28/1953 (approximate)
Time: 10:30
Location: LAREDO, TX
Description: T33 pilot. Brown cylinder/cigar-shape / 60K’ altitude. 90-turn. Constant contrail. Going quickly northwest / 1200mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3179

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “LAREDO,TX:T33 PILOT:BROWN CGR/60K’alt:90-TURN:CONSTANT CONTRAIL:>>NW/1200mph”, LatLong: “27.505557 -99.505560”, LatLongDMS: “27:30:20 N 99:30:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “18000”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13342 (C92332BA)

Date: 4/28/1953
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a brown, cigar-shaped UFO flew near the Laredo Air Force Base in Texas at an estimated altitude of 60,000 feet, moving at an estimated speed of 1200 miles per hour. It was sighted by a pilot in a T-33 military aircraft. At 8:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time a USAF T-6 pilot flying over Fontana, California spotted two amber colored, circular UFOs that were joined by two more such objects, which then flew away in formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21; NICAP reprint of Project Gurdge and Blue Book Special Reports 1-12, May 1953, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2389

Event 13343 (1F5D0E3A)

Date: 4/29/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Promulgation of the AFR 200-5. (April 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1383

Event 13344 (B21534C6)

Date: 4/29/1953
Time: 17:00
Location: PACIFIC 166° 05W-28° A4N
Description: United States Navy (USN) Brewster. 30’ metal saucer / 90° turns toward(s) ship. Fast. Arcs going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3180

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 166°05W-28°A4N:USN BREWSTER:30’MTL SCR/90°TURNS TWRD SHIP:FAST:ARCS>E”, LatLong: “28.233335 -166.083341”, LatLongDMS: “28:14:00 N 166:05:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13345 (80FAB214)

Date: 5/1953
Location: FRANCE, Cagnes sur Mer
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. P. Cavallo, a projectionist, was returning from work around 0:30am along the deserted Avenue Ziem, lined with hedges and bushes on either side. He took the opportunity to collect snails that were out in the night dew. He was suddenly surprised by the appearance in the sky of a bright orange cigar-shaped object, with blue sparkles inside, flying at low altitude from south to north in a time span of between 20 and 30 seconds, leaving behind an orange tail of sparks. All this in complete silence. Stunned, the witness stayed in place for about forty seconds. It was then that he felt a presence to his right and, turning his head, he saw a face that seemed human, although very strange. Its expression was like a “beatific smile”. It had a pale complexion, a bald head, and blue eyes. He could not make out the body hidden in the bushes. With his bicycle in hand, the witness stared at it for a few seconds, wondering who it was - “maybe a madman?” - and what attitude to take. However, fear quickly overcame Mr. Cavallo, who, without further ado, jumped on his bicycle and sped down the descent of Avenue Ziem. (1953 (or 1954) May,)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 645, 646
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1747

Event 13346 (8B7B9D1C)

Date: 5/1953
Location: Washington National Airport
Description: A flawed CAA report states the July 1952 Washington National Airport radar returns were weather targets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Civil Aviation Authority, A Preliminary Study of Unidentified Targets Observed on Air Traffic Control, Technical Development Report 180, May 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2218

Event 13347 (0BB4C12B)

Date: 5/1953
Description: CIA Assistant Director H. Marshall Chadwell transfers chief responsibility for keeping abreast of UFOs to OSI’s Physics and Electronic Division. Todos M. Odarenko, chief of the division, does not want to take on the problem, saying it requires too much analytic and clerical time. Given the Robertson Panel findings, he proposes to call the project “inactive” and devote only one part-time analyst and a file clerk to maintain a reference file of activities of USAF and other agencies on UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gerald K. Haines, “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90,” Studies in Intelligence, 1997, p. 72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2219

Event 13348 (ABEDC2AA)

Date: 5/1953
Description: The Air Force publishes, under the signatures of Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Air Adjutant General Col. Kenneth E. Thiebaud, Air Force Manual 200-3, titled Handbook for Air Intelligence Officers. It is classified Restricted. Intended as a general guide for air intelligence officers conducting any type of investigation, the 6-page manual’s only illustration is of an Air Force plane accompanied by three flying saucers; the caption is “The Air Technical Intelligence center is responsible for the prevention of technological surprises.” It is discovered by Keyhoe in 1961 because someone forgot to reclassify the manual as Confidential in November 1953 when the Restricted classification is retired.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Department of the Air Force, Handbook for Air Intelligence Officers, Air Force Manual 200-3, May 1953, chapter 9, pp. 9-1–9-6; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2220

Event 13349 (4F247B9A)

Date: 5/1/1953
Location: CANADA, Goose AFB, Labrador
Description: (Translated from French) 11:35 p.m. Witnesses: the pilot and radar operator of an F-94 jet interceptor as well as the operator at the control tower. A white light evaded interception for 30 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1741

Event 13350 (2F057347)

Date: 5/1/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Goose (Labrador), the pilots and radar operator of an F-94 USAF jet interceptor spot a white light, as well as a controller from the control tower. They pursue it for 30 minutes, but the object escapes their interception attempt. Near Brady (Montana), C. M. Tenney, who was returning from Great Falls and heading towards Conrad, saw an oval object following his car while balls of fire fell on the road. A little later that same day, a colonel called him to ask him to go to the Malmstrom Air Base the next day at 10am. Upon his arrival, he was escorted to a windowless building surrounded by a metal fence. He was asked to tell his story and sign a deposition. As he signed, he saw two men carrying laundry bags that would have contained the bodies of two humanoids. (May 1st, 11:35 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2555 unsolved
Reference: National Tattler of January 5, 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1384

Event 13351 (69DBB189)

Date: 5/1/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of a Fouga from the Pau base (France) gave up pursuing a disc-shaped craft due to an unbearable heat felt in the aircraft.
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Black-out on Flying Saucers
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1385

Event 13352 (B68CA174)

Date: 5/1/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Taking advantage of the wave of UFO sightings in England and more generally in Europe, the BBC re-edits the CBS and Orson Welles experience of 1938.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1386

Event 13353 (E7AF4C4A)

Date: 5/1/1953
Time: 23:40
Location: GOOSE AIR FORCE BASE, NFL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2555. Tower and air visual (observation). White night light orbits F94 / 6000knts. No RADAR. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3181

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOOSE AFB,NFL:BBK#2555:TOWER+AIR VIS:WHT NLT ORBITS F94/6000knts:NO RDR:/r185”, LatLong: “53.250003 -60.383336”, LatLongDMS: “53:15:00 N 60:23:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13354 (EF9EA933)

Date: 5/1/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Unidentified Evades Interception By F-94 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2555)
Reference: NICAP: 530501
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1528

Event 13355 (B10A52E3)

Date: 5/1/1953
Time: 11:35 PM
Location: Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor, and control tower operator. One white light evaded interception attempt by F-94 during 30 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_311

Event 13356 (0CE3A869)

Date: 5/1/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: 11:35 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. R. L. Emberry and radar operator 1Lt J. R. Morin are flying an F-94 interceptor at 24,000 feet about 10 miles south of Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. Both men and a control tower operator see a white light with a visible afterburner at 10,000 feet. The F-94 pursues it, both climbing to 40,000 feet, but the object climbs out of sight after 30 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Unidentified Evades Interception by F- 94”; Sparks, p. 199; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2221

Event 13357 (68620DF1)

Date: 5/2/1953
Locations: Calcutta-Dum Dum [now Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport], India; Jagalgori
Description: BOAC Flight 783, a de Havilland Comet 1, crashes in a severe thundersquall six minutes after taking off from Calcutta-Dum Dum [now Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport], India, killing all 43 on board. Witnesses observe the wingless Comet on fire plunging into the village of Jagalgori. A British aviation investigator, J. H. Lett, announces that the plane “collided with a fairly heavy body” and UFO rumors persist for about a year. However, leading investigators suspect structural failure.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “de Havilland Comet”; Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p, 141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2222

Event 13358 (E56B5E63)

Date: 5/4/1953
Time: 01:50
Location: HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: 1 observer. Flying football going quickly south. Low altitude and high speed. Tinny sound. 3 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3182

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HARMON AFB,NFLD:1 OBS:FLYING FOOTBALL >>S:LO ALT+HI SPEED:TINNY SOUND:3sec”, LatLong: “48.550002 -58.550003”, LatLongDMS: “48:33:00 N 58:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13359 (59264060)

Date: 5/4/1953
Location: Antung, Manchuria, China
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1524

Event 13360 (2552CC61)

Date: 5/4/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Football-shaped light metal colored object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1529

Event 13361 (FF81443A)

Date: 5/4/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: 1:50 a.m. A witness sees a football-shaped, metallic object caught in the glare of a rotating beacon near Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. It is traveling south at high speed and a low altitude, and disappears into low-hanging stratus clouds. She hears a sound “like tins striking together.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 199; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2223

Event 13362 (08F35FA5)

Date: 5/4/1953
Description: On this afternoon at 1:50 p.m. a military witness at Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, Canada watched a flying football fly by at low altitude and high speed, heading south. It made a tinny sound. The sighting had a 3 second duration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2501

Event 13363 (1874090D)

Date: 5/5/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Yuma (Arizona), chemist W. A. Webb observed an oblong white object in the sky. After 5 minutes, it moved, became circular and smaller. Webb then put on his Polaroid glasses and saw 3 concentric black rings around the object. He noticed no particular effect without the glasses, nor during the first phase of the observation. (May 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1387

Event 13364 (4A9CB3C6)

Date: 5/5/1953
Time: 09:50
Location: EAST / YUMA, AZ
Description: US80. Chemist sees silver saucer. Concentric rings visible / polarized glasses.
Type: sighting
Reference: FULLER, John G: ALIENS IN THE SKIES; Putnam’s Sons and Berkley Books, NY 1969. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3183

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “E/YUMA,AZ:US80:CHEMIST SEES SLVR SCR:CONCENTRIC RINGS VISIBLE/POLARZD GLASSES”, LatLong: “32.666668 -114.583339”, LatLongDMS: “32:40:00 N 114:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13365 (100E20F3)

Date: 5/5/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Light above at 7,000 to 8,000 ft maneuvering in spiral pattern over airfield (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1530

Event 13366 (53B7A084)

Date: 5/5/1953
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: Scientist observed silvery disc; concentric rings visible through Polaroid glasses. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1531

Event 13367 (583808D7)

Date: 5/5/1953
Locations: Spain Flying Field; Yuma AFB [now Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]; Yuma, Arizona
Description: 9:45 a.m. Chemist Wells Alan Webb is standing in a field near the Vacuum Cooling Company plant, not far from Spain Flying Field and about a mile north of Yuma AFB [now Marine Corps Air Station Yuma] near Yuma, Arizona, when he sees a fuzzy-white oblong object at an angle of 45° in the north. He observes it both with the naked eye and with Polaroid glasses with a greenish tint that he uses for cloud observations. It is about one-half the diameter of the full moon. After 5 minutes, the object moves to a position 30° eastward and suddenly becomes circular in appearance, becoming gradually smaller. Three concentric dark rings appear around the object, the largest about six times its diameter when viewed with Polaroid glasses. Webb thinks that the rings are the result of the rotation of polarized light scattered from the atmosphere (Faraday effect).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Polaroid Glasses Expose Concentric Circles around Disc”; Wells Alan Webb, Mars, the New Frontier: Lowell’s Hypothesis, Fearon, 1956, pp, 126–127; UFOEv, p. 51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2224

Event 13368 (91CA8B91)

Date: 5/5/1953
Description: One mile north of the Yuma, Arizona USAF fighter base, Wells A. Webb noticed a strange object in the clear blue sky at 9:45 a.m. The UFO initially seemed to be a cloud, but it made a sharp 90 degree turn, and he then saw the cloud resolve into a silver disc-shaped object. Through polaroid glasses Mr. Webb could see dark concentric rings around the craft, possibly due to a force field around the disc. With the glasses off the rings disappeared. He continued to watch for 15 minutes while the UFO receded into the distance. No sound was reported.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 52; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 52; John Fuller, Aliens in the Skies, p. 134; UNICAT, case #363, citing Bruce Maccabee paper, 1984
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2535

Event 13369 (983725BF)

Date: 5/7/1953
Time: 08:50
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 1 observer. House-sized saucer with lights / edge. 300mph overhead. Absolute(ly) silent. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3184

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: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:1 OBS:HOUSE-SIZED SCR W/LITES/EDGE:300mph OVHD:ABS SILENT:>>NE”, LatLong: “29.400001 -98.516671”, LatLongDMS: “29:24:00 N 98:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13370 (F878A062)

Date: 5/7/1953
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: Air Force officers at a gunnery meet observed about 12 disc-shaped objects that dove down and hovered over the base during the meet. [AP story, Mar. 9th; UFOE, III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1532

Event 13371 (C1F3BC7D)

Date: 5/8/1953
Time: 15:29:55.4
Location: 36.5000 -115.9289
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Encore” Yield: 27KT
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_41

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.5000 -115.9289”, LatLongDMS: “36:30:00 N 115:55:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.74”, NukeName: “Encore”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “27”

Event 13372 (A884200F)

Date: 5/10/1953
Time: 18:10
Location: SOUTH / MACKAY, QLD, AUSTR
Description: 3 / DC3+Air Traffic Controller / ground. White dome circles DC3. 200-700mph. / r74+/ r137b2p56.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3185

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “S/MACKAY,QLD,AUSTR:3/DC3+ATC/GND:WHT DOME CCLs DC3:200-700mph:/r74+/r137b2p56”, LatLong: “-21.400001 149.116674”, LatLongDMS: “21:24:00 S 149:07:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13373 (48C4FA43)

Date: 5/10/1953
Locations: Mackay, Queensland; Australia National Airways DC-3
Description: 6:08 p.m. Capt. B. L. Jones is flying an Australian National Airways DC-3 just south of Mackay, Queensland. He radios the local control tower that a “strange object like a lighted glass dome” is maneuvering around his plane. He and his copilot watch the object for about 5 minutes during which time it climbs and dives at a speed of 200–700 mph. Finally, it crosses the path of the aircraft and disappears swiftly to the west. A Mr. W. Overell, the officer in charge at Mackay tower, sees the light climbing from about 4,000–5,000 feet in the west at great speed, although the radar shows no other aircraft in the vicinity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 52; Swords 377–378
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2225

Event 13374 (4B29CE98)

Date: 5/10/1953
Locations: Woronora Dam, New South Wales; Wollongong; Mascot
Description: 11:00 p.m. Capt. Bob Jackson is piloting an Australian National Airways DC-3 near Woronora Dam, New South Wales, when he sees an object with an orange-colored light at the tail flash past toward the east near Wollongong. The radar tower at Mascot shows no traffic in the area. About 2 minutes later, the object reappears, makes a complete circle around the airliner, and speeds away toward the coast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 378
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2226

Event 13375 (4B856822)

Date: 5/10/1953
Description: A white dome shaped UFO circled a DC-3 flying south of MacKay, Queensland, Australia at 6:10 p.m. at speeds between 200 and 700 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2712

Event 13376 (93546EBD)

Date: 5/11/1953
Description: A declassified MKUltra document indicates hypnosis is a major focus. Experimental goals include: the creation of “hypnotically induced anxieties,” “hypnotically increasing ability to learn and recall complex written matter,” studying hypnosis and polygraph examinations, “hypnotically increasing ability to observe and recall complex arrangements of physical objects,” and studying "relationship of personality to susceptibility to hypnosis.” Experiments are conducted with drug-induced hypnosis and with anterograde and retrograde amnesia while under the influence of such drugs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project MKUltra”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2227

Event 13377 (92643C41)

Date: 5/12/1953
Location: Pacific Northwest, OR
Description: Ground & Airborne Contacts / No Visuals (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530512
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1533

Event 13378 (FDAA5D82)

Date: 5/12/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: 3:20 a.m. USAF F-94 pilot Lt. D. C. Rogers and radar operator Lt. J. A. Lane track a radar target about 39 miles northwest of Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. Rogers attempts to intercept but cannot make visual contact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 199; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2228

Event 13379 (5ADDB9A6)

Date: 5/16/1953
Location: BELGIUM, Bouffioulx (Hainaut)
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:15 PM many people (note from vog: this seems inaccurate, there was only one witness, the photographer in question) from the region of Bouffioulx saw a classic flying saucer pass in the sky: flat, circular, luminous. At one moment it stopped abruptly by tilting. For a few moments it stayed like this, offering the witnesses its beautiful bright round face: almost unique in the whole history of saucers, a detonation accompanied its maneuver, followed by a kind of prolonged vibration similar to that of a sheet of metal that is shaken. (…) (“Lueurs sur les Soucoupes Volantes”, Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME, 1954, p. 202) Hermann Chermanne, photographer (of the newspaper “Le Peuple”), took two striking shots of a strange phenomenon. Reproduced by the Belgian daily “Le Peuple” of May 28, 1953.

That evening around 8:15 PM, Hermann Chermanne was joining his home when he suddenly had his attention drawn by an unusual noise that strangely resembled the prolonged vibrations of a sheet of metal. Raising his eyes he saw a long white trail that was left behind by a mysterious object flying at great speed and heading towards the working-class city of the Blanche Borne district. Our reporter had time to trigger his camera once before the object, which had stopped in the sky, turned to then present, it seems, a resplendent sphere surrounded by a whitish halo and satellites that seemed to go in all directions. This phenomenon lasted about ten seconds, then the disc got back in the field before completely disappearing. In the sky the long white trail disintegrated under the effect of the wind. In the region of Bouffioulx and even beyond, many were those who perceived, at the precise moment of the appearance of the phenomenon, a deep and violent explosion. (Henry DURRANT: “Le dossier des OVNI” - Laffont 1973 p. 149- 175-176) Hermann Chermanne was photographing a picturesque site near Bouffioulx 7 km southeast of Charleroi in Belgium, when an astonishing roar “like the sound of a sheet of metal being shaken” made him turn. He then saw in the sky a “shining object, surrounded by a whitish halo, from which white particles were falling”. (Yves NAUD: “Les E.T. et les OVNI dans l’histoire” Famot 1977, volume 4, p. 199) Around 5:30 PM he stopped to rest. As he prepared to photograph a flock of sheep… Etc… [IN REALITY: this photo would be a hoax cfr “Science Interdite - journal 1957-1969” Jacques Vallée, O.P. Editions 1997, p. 121]
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: «Le dossier secret des OVNI», ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p.190, 191
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1742

Event 13380 (B6538DFD)

Date: 5/16/1953
Time: 17:30
Location: BOUFFIOULX, BELGIUM
Description: Saucer stops. Big blast. Angel hair falls and evaporates. Saucer flies. / MJ#241.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3186

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BOUFFIOULX,BELG:SCR STOPS:BIG BLAST:ANGEL HAIR FALLS+EVAPs:SCR FLIES:/MJ#241”, LatLong: “50.366669 4.533334”, LatLongDMS: “50:22:00 N 04:32:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13381 (C6377826)

Date: 5/16/1953
Location: Bouffioulx, Belgium
Description: 8:15 p.m. Photographer Herman Charmanne is near Bouffioulx, Belgium, when he hears a strange metallic vibration. Looking up, he sees a long white trail in the wake of an object that shoots off at a great speed. The object, a luminous sphere, stops and hovers, allowing him to take two photos that depict a fried-egg-looking shape with a long tail. Recent analyses indicate that the photos are likely the result of a chemical reaction during the developing process, perhaps a flammable fluid deliberately poured on the image carrier that is then ignited.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Wim van Utrecht, Belgium in UFO Photographs, Volume 1 (1950–1988), FOTOCAT Report no. 7, 2017, pp. 12–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2229

Event 13382 (8F31BC38)

Date: 5/16/1953
Description: In Bouffioulx, Hainaut, Belgium at 5:30 p.m. a disc-shaped UFO and occupant were seen briefly by a single witness named Chermanne before disintegrating, leaving behind a black smoke. Two photographs were taken of the disc enveloped in some form of “radiation.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: March-July, p. 57; J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register, Volume 6 (1975), p. 39; Jacques Bonabot, Catalog of Belgian Cases, case 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2884

Event 13383 (68DFE9E5)

Date: 5/18/1953
Time: 08:30
Location: ROCKHAMPTON, QLD, AUS
Description: Pilot and weatherman / ground. Crescent-UFO / theodolite. Glitters. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3187

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ROCKHAMPTON,QLD,AUS:PILOT+WEATHERMAN/GND:CRESCENT-UFO/THEODOLITE:GLITTERS:>S”, LatLong: “-23.433334 150.483341”, LatLongDMS: “23:26:00 S 150:29:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13384 (8A3F4681)

Date: 5/18/1953
Time: 19:00
Location: ABADAN, IRAN
Description: Very fast vibrant bright “half moon” seen here and all over oil producing regions.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3188

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

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “ABADAN,IRAN:VFAST VBRITE “HALF MOON” SEEN HERE+ALL OVR OIL PRODUCING REGIONS.”, LatLong: “30.266668 48.583336”, LatLongDMS: “30:16:00 N 48:35:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ABD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13385 (5EC8B227)

Date: 5/18/1953
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Description: Witness: C.S. Chapman, 15. One white, fuzzy, flashing light hovered and darted around for 4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_484

Event 13386 (E2942D79)

Date: 5/18/1953
Locations: Abadan, Iran; Khuzestan Province
Description: 6:55 p.m. A bright, luminous object is seen over Abadan, Iran. It travels very fast and is visible for 20 minutes. It is also seen over oil fields in Khuzestan Province.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 129–130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2230

Event 13387 (0FE90359)

Date: 5/19/1953
Time: 12:04:59.5
Location: 37.0403 -116.0253
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Harry” Yield: 32KT
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_42

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0403 -116.0253”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:25 N 116:01:31 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Harry”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “32”

Event 13388 (2F7DE58A)

Date: 5/20/1953
Location: Kingman, AZ
Description: Dr. Ed Doll orders Fritz Werner to report for special duty the next day. (Indian Springs AFB.)
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_495
See also: 5/21/1953

Event 13389 (B8FE739D)

Date: 5/20/1953
Location: USA, Brush Creek (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Two miners, John Q. Black and John Van Allen reported that an object with a tripod landing gear had landed on a sand strip around 6:30 PM. A dwarf with wide shoulders filled a shiny bucket with water, carried it into the craft and, seeming to notice Black, jumped into the craft which took off emitting a whistle. A second being was inside the craft, who took the bucket that was handed to him.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 100, 101
Reference: Continued on June 20, 1953
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1743

Event 13390 (B4A8A085)

Date: 5/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Fritz Wermer, working in Nevada as part of a team of scientists whose mission is to scientifically estimate the damage caused by a strictly confidential nuclear test, is called by the physicist leading the research group and is given the order to board a special flight to Phoenix. From there, he is taken into the desert on a large bus whose windows have been made opaque, along with 15 other passengers. All are given the order to keep silent during the journey. (May 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1388

Event 13391 (48984EE5)

Date: 5/20/1953
Time: 18:30
Location: BRUSH CREEK, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 7’ saucer going down / sandbar. Small humanoid (or Grey) passes pails / water inside. / r113p170.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3189

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1079”, HatchDesc: “BRUSH CREEK,CA:2 OBS:7’SCR ↓/SANDBAR:OID PASSES PAILS/WATER INSIDE:/r113p170”, LatLong: “39.683335 -121.338895”, LatLongDMS: “39:41:00 N 121:20:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13392 (7777EF2A)

Date: 5/20/1953
Time: 1830
Location: Brush Creek, California
Description: Two miners, John Q. Black, 48, and John Van Allen, reported that an object, silvery, 2.5 m in diameter, 2 m thick, with a tripod landing gear, landed on a sand bar 50 m away from them. An occupant described as a broadshouldered dwarf wearing clothing that covered the head and the trunk was also seen. His arms and legs were covered with tweedlike cloth fastened at the wrists and ankle. He filled a shiny pail with water and handed it to someone inside the craft. He then appeared to notice Black and jumped into the craft, which made a hissing sound and departed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 53 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_109

Event 13393 (6B276C08)

Date: 5/20/1953
Locations: Jordan and Marble Creeks in Plumas National Forest, northern California; Brush Creek area
Description: At the junction of Jordan and Marble Creeks in Plumas National Forest, northern California, titanium prospector John Q. Black sees a silvery object, 8 feet in diameter, land on a nearby sand bar. On June 20 the saucer returns, along with a barrel-chested “midget pilot” wearing a “forest-green outfit” and a “peak-billed cap with a cord” around it. The UFO is about 40 feet away, resting on a rock, and has tripod-like landing gear. The pilot fills a rubber-like pail with creek water and goes back inside the craft (which has one small window) after hearing Black step on a stick. The craft takes off at a 45° angle with a hissing sound. Black had seen the same object on March 20, for a total of seven times. Black is alone for each sighting, so his partner John Van Allen cannot corroborate the story. The UFO’s expected return on July 20 does not occur, perhaps because scores of sightseers descend on the Brush Creek area (snack bars are set up so that no one goes hungry during the vigil).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wallace Kunkel, “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There,” Fate 7, no. 5 (May 1954): 48–52; Clark III 269; Patrick Gross, URECAT, December 15, 2006; Curt Collins, “Flying Saucer Ambush: Brush Creek, CA, 1953,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, November 17, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2231

Event 13394 (9BA903A4)

Date: 5/20/1953
Description: Two miners in Brush Creek, California, John Q. Black, age 48, and John Van Allen, reported that they saw a silvery object land on a sand bar 50 m away from them. It was 2.5 meters in diameter with tripod landing gear. An occupant described as a broad-shouldered dwarf, wearing clothing that covered the head and body was also seen. His arms and legs were covered with tweed-like cloth fastened at the wrists and ankle. The UFO occupant filled a shiny pail with water and handed it to someone inside the craft. He then appeared to notice Mr. Black and jumped into the craft, which made a hissing sound when it departed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 202
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3003

Event 13395 (D6D6A42C)

Date: 5/20/1953
Description: An anonymous Air Force official claims a UAP crash occurred near Garrison, UT on the Desert Research Experimental Station (DRES). The source claims the craft was buried.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2005/11/10/part-1-an-alleged-1953-ufo-crash-and-burial-near-garrison-utah/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_35

Event 13396 (12610FA4)

Date: 5/21/1953
Location: Kingman, AZ
Description: Fritz Werner (pseudonym), engineer at Wright-Patterson AFB, assisted in the investigation of a crashed UFO. It was constructed of an unfamiliar metal, similar to aluminum [magnesium?]. It had impacted 20 inches into the sand without any signs of structural damage. It was oval and 30 ft. in diam. An opened hatchway was 3 1/2 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide. Inside the craft were 2 swivel seats, oval cabin and lots of instrumentation and displays. A tent pitched nearby contained the corpse of the pilot. It was approx. 4 ft. tall and had a brown complexion, two eyes, a small round mouth, two nostrils [no nose?], and two ears. It wore a silvery metallic-like suite and a skull cap of the same material.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_496
See also: 5/20/1953

Event 13397 (CD287D5C)

Date: 5/21/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The group arrives and is escorted to a canyon near Kingman (Arizona), where huge spotlights illuminate a large disc embedded in the sand. The vessel, about 9 m in diameter, appears to be made of aluminum and forms an acute angle with the ground. Following the impact, the object sank 50 cm into the ground. It is guarded by military patrols. Werner is tasked with calculating the impact speed of the object. Inside there are 2 swivel chairs in an ovoid cabin equipped with many instruments. A tent is set up nearby to shelter the remains of the sole occupant. Once his report is submitted, he is taken back in the bus with blackened windows, awaiting departure for Nevada. Just before getting on the bus, he manages to take a quick look inside a tent. That’s when he sees a being measuring 1.20 m, whose skin has a brownish appearance, wearing a silver suit and a cap. Signing a declaration keeping him in secrecy, Werner does not believe for a single moment that it is a top-secret American fighter jet - as the army claims. He contacts Ray Fowler in the hope of clarifying this mysterious event. Unfortunately, he proves unable to help him. However, he will publish the declaration under Werner’s seal in Official UFO Magazine, in April 1976. It will be 4 years later that another ufologist, named Leonard Stringfield, will be able to collect the testimony of a 2nd witness who seems to confirm in all points Werner’s version. The witness, a former pilot of the National Guard, explains to StringField who was, in the 1950s, stationed at the Wright-Patterson air base in Dayton (Ohio). It turns out that between 1948 and 1969, this base was jointly the headquarters of a UFO research project set up by the US government, as well as that of the FTD. The FTD was tasked with training specialists in the study of enemy technology that fell into the hands of the Americans. Generally, these were Soviet MIG fighters that had crashed on American soil and were likely to provide information on enemy capabilities. But nothing says that this technology did not come from more exotic sources. According to the pilot, it was during the year 1953 that boxes containing debris recovered from the Arizona desert arrived at the Wright-Patterson base. Inside were the bodies of 3 strange beings — measuring about 1.20 m tall, with incredibly large heads and skin like parchment. They had been packed in dry ice containers to preserve their tissues. Many other boxes followed, containing various pieces of wreckage. The pilot unfortunately did not have the opportunity to examine their contents, but he nevertheless remembered that some debris bore symbols similar to Sanskrit. (May 21st, evening)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1389

Event 13398 (728C64CB)

Date: 5/21/1953
Location: Kingman, AZ
Description: Possible UFO crash/retrieval.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_148

Event 13399 (6330DC86)

Date: 5/21/1953
Location: NORTH / PRESCOTT, AZ
Description: Pilot and 3. 2+6 saucers cavort / 3km altitude. Faster / any jet. / 137#2p61+r78p168.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3190

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1630”, HatchDesc: “N/PRESCOTT,AZ:PILOT+3:2+6 SCRS CAVORT/3km alt:FASTER/ANY JET:/137#2p61+r78p168”, LatLong: “34.566668 -112.466672”, LatLongDMS: “34:34:00 N 112:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13400 (F696BFDD)

Date: 5/21/1953
Time: 16:30
Location: NEAR KINGMAN, AZ
Description: Eng. / blacked-out bus. 30’ saucer and 4’ dead small humanoid (or Grey) / tent. / R. Fowler / r249p131.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3191

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “nr KINGMAN,AZ:ENG./BLACKED-OUT BUS:30’SCR+4’DEAD OID/TENT:/R.FOWLER/r249p131”, LatLong: “35.183335 -114.050005”, LatLongDMS: “35:11:00 N 114:03:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 13401 (70BE0D67)

Date: 5/21/1953
Location: Prescott, AZ
Description: A veteran private pilot watched as eight disc-like objects “swooped around in formation, peeled off, and shot directly up and down in a manner that could not be duplicated by a plane.” The objects maneuvered overhead for about an hour. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1534

Event 13402 (45CFF1E9)

Date: 5/21/1953
Location: Prescott, Arizona
Description: 10:00 a.m. Eight disc-like objects are observed maneuvering in the sky for an hour or so above Prescott, Arizona, by sportsmen’s club president Bill Beers, post office employee Ray Temple, and O. Ed Olson. Two of the discs are stationary, while the other six discs participate in maneuvers similar to a dogfight. The six swoop around in formation, peel off, and shoot directly up and down in a maneuver that cannot be duplicated by a plane. When they move, they vary from very slow to speeds faster than a jet plane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Prescott (Ariz.) Evening Courier, May 22, 1953; Nukes 87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2232

Event 13403 (D9FD535B)

Date: 5/21/1953
Locations: Kingman, Arizona; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Description: Date of alleged UFO crash and retrieval near Kingman, Arizona. “Fritz Werner” [pseudonym of Arthur G. Stansel Jr.] claims to have worked on the retrieval. An informant in 1977 tells Leonard Stringield that he had seen three alien bodies in a crate at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio after a UFO crash in Arizona.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, “Retrievals of the Third Kind: Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 25, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1979): 6–7; Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 171–185; Clark III 335–338; Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes, Avon, 1995, pp. 57–68; Good Above, pp. 398–400
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2233

Event 13404 (F1D4FA67)

Date: 5/21/1953
Description: According to a letter by Fritz A. Werner to J. Allen Hynek dated May 15, 1973, 16 AEC engineers were taken by the U.S. Air Force on this day into the desert outside Kingman, Arizona aboard a bus with its windows blackened out to view a crashed disc. The object was oval shaped, 30 feet in diameter, and with a surface that looked like a highly polished brushed metal. In a nearby tent was a dead body, 4 feet tall. The body was clothed in a silvery metallic suit with a skull cap. The dead pilots body had brown skin, with the other unusual feature being a small mouth.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Center for UFO Studies files; Raymond E. Fowler, Official UFO, April 24, 1976; Richard H. Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, May 1978, p. 10; Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 209
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3015

Event 13405 (2D094303)

Date: 5/21/1953
Description: USAF project engineer on contract with the AEC for Operation Upshot-Knothole “Fritz Werner” (pseudonym) states he was placed on special assignment to investigate a crashed UAP near Kingman, AZ on 21 May 1953, in a signed affidavit. Werner states the object was constructed of an unfamiliar metal similar to aluminum, was oval, and had an entrance; inside, he was told there were swivel steps, a cabin, instruments and displays. Werner states it had one occupant, now dead, dark brown complexion, 4 feet tall, wearing a silvery metallic suit and a skull cap with no face covering or helmet.

Werner states his job was to determine from the angle of the impact how fast the vehicle was going at the time of impact; he states the vehicle had no landing gear but also had no dents or even scratches; afterwards he was told by a USAF Col. To write his report in longhand, not to type or reproduce it, and not to reveal what he saw; Werner states he was given a telephone number to call when the report was complete and it was handed off to an airman. Werner’s diary reviewed by Ray Fowler corroborated this showing he wrote he went on “special assignment” that day and “got picked up at Indian Springs AFB…for a job I can’t write or talk about.”

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p14

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_48

Event 13406 (1436024D)

Date: 5/22/1953
Location: USA, Tujunga (Los Angeles)
Description: (Translated from French) Sara Shaw and Jan Whitley were living in an isolated cabin. They were sleeping when a blue beam woke them up at 2:20 AM. At the same time, an eerie silence descended. Jan got out of bed intending to get dressed to go outside and see what was happening, but she felt paralyzed, unable to think and having difficulty breathing. Sara shouted: “Jan, why are you standing there without moving?” But she saw that she herself had one foot on the ground and was sitting, while her last memory was that she had stayed in bed. She looked at the clock and couldn’t believe her eyes: 4:20 AM! She too had difficulty breathing. She panicked and thought there was a problem with the butane. They both ran to the kitchen, but everything was in order. They went outside. No suspicious smell, but Jan could make out a whitish, vaporous figure with long, flowing hair. This didn’t even intrigue her and she went back inside to take care of the dogs and cats. Years later, under hypnosis Sara had memories of being abducted on board a UFO and of a medical visit. Jan, on the other hand, got no such results under hypnosis.
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquête sur les enlèvements E.T.” - Plon 1995, p. 248, 249
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1744

Event 13407 (755764DD)

Date: 5/22/1953
Location: AMERICUS, GA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Silver saucer chased / newspaper editor and photograph. Lost over Cordele.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 266)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3192

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “128”, HatchDesc: “AMERICUS,GA:100s/OBS:SLVR SCR CHASED/NEWSPAPER EDITOR+PHOTOG:LOST ovr CORDELE”, LatLong: “32.072224 -84.233337”, LatLongDMS: “32:04:20 N 84:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13408 (26BA7F6F)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: USA, Burban (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Orféo Angelucci, in a car, around midnight, was at the level of Forest Lawn Drive when he noticed a red light on the hood of the car. He stopped on the side of the road and saw a red disc in the sky. At that moment, two green lights left the disc and placed themselves 5 meters away from him. The red object moved away and remained visible from a great distance. It was then that Orféo heard a voice, which first advised him to stay calm and that no harm would come to him. It also declared that it was necessary to gradually prepare the inhabitants of the Earth for the visit of inhabitants of other worlds. It said in particular that “daily the Earth is observed by a great number of flying saucers, from a few decimeters to several hundreds of meters (…) and that there are innumerable worlds which all possess a different degree of evolution which already visit the Earth.” Orféo claimed that the voice spoke to him for 3/4 of an hour before the green lights returned to the red disc. (May 23, 1953)
Reference: Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th Type” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 98, 99
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1745

Event 13409 (3FC19C2A)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town
Description: (Translated from French) The South African Air Force Command announced that on May 23, 1953, radar operators detected an unknown craft that made six passes over Cape Town at a speed clearly exceeding 2000 km/h. On each pass, the craft remained in the radar range for 16 seconds, at a distance ranging from 11000 to 15000 meters and at an altitude from 1600 meters to 5000 meters.
Reference: “Lights on Flying Saucers” - Aimé Michel, ed. Maison MAME 1954, pages 145, 146
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1746

Event 13410 (8F4D19D2)

Date: 5/23/1953
Time: 00:00
Location: CAPE AREA, SOUTH AFRICA
Description: Air Force Radars. Object passes Cape 6X / 1250 and more/others mph. 5km altitude. / r137#2p67.
Type: sig

[c0mmando]

hting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3193

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “CAPE AREA,S.AFRICA:AF RADARS:OBJ PASSES CAPE 6X/1250++mph:5km alt:/r137#2p67”, LatLong: “-34.000002 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 S 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13411 (A326A0CB)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: SURREY HILLS.MELBOURNE, VCT
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape darts into cloud and jumps back out. Very high.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3194

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “SURREY HILLS.MELBOURNE,VCT:CGR DARTS INTO CLOUD+JUMPS BACK OUT:VERY HIGH”, LatLong: “-37.750002 145.033340”, LatLongDMS: “37:45:00 S 145:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13412 (17A97D70)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: Cape, S. Africa
Description: Cape, So. Africa, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1511

Event 13413 (43428FCF)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: Capetown, Union of South Africa, Africa
Description: South African headquarters announced in November that on May 23, radar had tracked an unidentified object near the Cape at over 1000 mph. [Prescott Evening Courier, May 22; UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530523
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1535

Event 13414 (7B05F011)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: Lackland AFB, TX
Description: AN/FPS-3 Tracks Five Or More Targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530523
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1536

Event 13415 (7A83F7C5)

Date: 5/23/1953
Location: Cape Province, South Africa
Description: Radar tracks a target over Cape Province, South Africa, that makes six passes at more than 1,250 mph at 5,000–15,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about FS, p. 123; 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. 70–71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2234

Event 13416 (0BE62CA4)

Date: 5/23/1953
Description: A cigar-shaped object darted into a high altitude cloud over Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at noon on this day. It then flew back out again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 91; APRO Bulletin, November 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3043

Event 13417 (1B15D020)

Date: 5/25/1953
Time: 15:30:00.3
Location: 36.7931 -115.9147
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Grable” Yield: 15KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_43

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.7931 -115.9147”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:35 N 115:54:53 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.16”, NukeName: “Grable”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “15”

Event 13418 (FD410ADE)

Date: 5/26/1953
Time: 05:10
Location: CALVINIA, RSA
Description: Green luminous object / clouds. 3 light-beams. Seems / follow observer(s) car. Air Force RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3195

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “50”, HatchDesc: “CALVINIA,RSA:GRN LUM OBJ /CLOUDS:3 LITE-BEAMS:SEEMS/FOLLOW OBS CAR:AF RDR”, LatLong: “-31.483335 19.750001”, LatLongDMS: “31:29:00 S 19:45:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13419 (99C1FBB1)

Date: 5/26/1953
Location: Brandvlei in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description: 5:10 a.m. D. Beyers, driving 80 miles south of Brandvlei in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, sees a bright yellowish-green light in the clouds, then emerges. The light has the appearance of “burning hydrogen” and emits three streaks that maintain a fixed position with regard to the main light. He watches it for 50 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2235

Event 13420 (0521F2AC)

Date: 5/27/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio (Texas), numerous unidentified civilians, including one Jacobson, observe for about 15 minutes 9 distinct lights moving sinuously. (May 27th, 8:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2577 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1390

Event 13421 (D1832825)

Date: 5/27/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2577. 2+observer(s). 9 silent night lights going quickly north / 3 minute(s) intervals. 1 reverses course.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3196

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:BBK#2577:2+OBS:9 SLNT NLTS >>N/3min INTERVLS:1 REVERSES COURSE”, LatLong: “29.433335 -98.466671”, LatLongDMS: “29:26:00 N 98:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13422 (BB96EB17)

Date: 5/27/1953
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: 9 separate meandering lights sighted by many (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2577)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1537

Event 13423 (615B1D1F)

Date: 5/27/1953
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Witnesses: many unidentified civilians, including Jacobson. Nine separate meandering lights were seen during 15 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_312

Event 13424 (2C605F6E)

Date: 5/30/1953
Location: PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ
Description: Small bright-blue UFO / irregular motion. Angel hair falls. / r137.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3197

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PALMERSTON NORTH,NZ:SML BRITE-BLU UFO/IRREGULAR MOTION:ANGEL HAIR FALLS:/r137”, LatLong: “-40.333335 175.583342”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 S 175:35:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13425 (2CCA80C2)

Date: 5/30/1953
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
Description: After a small, bright-blue object with a strange irregular motion passes overhead at Palmerston North, New Zealand, numerous filaments of a “substance resembling spider webs, white in color and ashy in texture” float to earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Palmerston North, New Zealand,” APRO Bulletin 2, no. 2 (September 15, 1953): 8; Clark III 124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2236

Event 13426 (0BCA40C2)

Date: 5/30/1953
Description: On this day a small bright blue UFO made irregular motions in the sky over Palmerston North, New Zealand. “Angel hair” fell to the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 49
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3163

Event 13427 (9D82190C)

Date: 5/31/1953
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report #11.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 199–214
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2237

Event 13428 (3ECB94E7)

Date: 6/1953
Location: OTIS AIR FORCE BASE, MA
Description: UFO / RADAR. Jet chases and malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 2 jump. Plane and 1 vanish / no trace. ?? / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: UFO HISTORICAL REVUE (UHR Qtrly) Barry Greenwood. Issue #8 Febr, 2001. POB 176, STONEHAM,MA 02180
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3198

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “OTIS AFB,MA:UFO/RDR:JET CHASES+EMEs:2 JUMP:PLANE+1 VANISH/NO TRACE:??/MJ#242”, LatLong: “41.666669 -70.583337”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 70:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 13429 (161DBDAE)

Date: 6/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: KANSAS CITY, MO
Description: Metal UFO rises / horizon to 3500’ overhead. Size = 3X airliner. Hovers 5 min.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3199

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “224”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,MO:MTL UFO RISES/HRZN TO 3500’ OVHD:SIZE=3X AIRLINER:HVRS 5 MIN”, LatLong: “39.066669 -94.566671”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 N 94:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13430 (52D54BA6)

Date: 6/1953
Time: ~14:00
Location: EAST BURKLINGTON, ONT
Description: Teens and more/others. Dull silver ovoid hovers / trees. Curves up going west over school.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3200

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “E.BURKLINGTON,ONT:TEENS++:DULL SLVR OVOID HVRS/TREES:CURVES UP >W ovr SCHOOL”, LatLong: “43.333335 -79.783337”, LatLongDMS: “43:20:00 N 79:47:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13431 (01CA5950)

Date: 6/1953
Location: Otis AFB, NJ
Description: F-94C Disappears During UFO Intercept Mission (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530600
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1538

Event 13432 (B53A6B71)

Date: 6/1953
Locations: Otis AFB; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Base Rifle Range; Norton AFB; San Bernardino International Airport, California
Description: Night. An F-94C Starfire with classified electronic gear takes off from Otis AFB [now Otis Air National Guard Base] in western Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Piloted by Capt. Suggs and radar operator Lt. Robert Markhoff, the jet takes off in a westerly direction. Shortly after attaining 1,500 feet over the Base Rifle Range, the engine quits functioning and the electrical system fails. The jet’s nose drops and Suggs signals Barkhoff to bail out. Suggs bails out and he and his parachute wind up in a homeowner’s backyard. The jet should have crashed nearby, but neither Markhoff or the airplane can be located, despite months of searching. Although this account comes from M/Sgt Clarence O. Dargie, and investigator Raymond Fowler obtains the accident report from Norton AFB [now San Bernardino International Airport], California, there appears to be no open record of this incident. The F-94C models, especially at first, have fire-control problems and electrical short circuiting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Raymond Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, Prentice-Hall, 1974, pp. 287–291; Good Need, pp. 189–191; Bob Pratt, “Conversations with Major Donald Keyhoe,” Mutual UFO Network; Barry Greenwood, “Questions on a 1953 Cape Cod Mystery,” UFO Historical Revue, no. 8 (February 2001): 1–3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2240

Event 13433 (BA63157A)

Date: 6/1953
Description: Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson abolishes the Research and Development Board for the politically motivated reason that suspected communist sympathizer Robert Oppenheimer is a sitting member.
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_2241

Event 13434 (920B01A5)

Date: 6/1953
Location: Wisconsin
Description: Lt. Robert M. Olsson and J. Allen Hynek visit Coral Lorenzen in Wisconsin and try to convince her that it is in the national interest for her to reduce excitement about UFOs by publishing cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 197; Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp. 82–83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2242

Event 13435 (25452FFC)

Date: 6/1953
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Max B. Miller publishes the first issue of Saucers, a digest-sized quarterly of Flying Saucers International in Los Angeles, California. It continues until the Fall 1959 issue.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Saucers 1, no. 1 (1953); Clark III 1033
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2243

Event 13436 (BA0BFDA0)

Date: 6/2/1953
Time: 22:20
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Military and civil and 3 airbases. Night lights circle and maneuver all over sky / 2 hours and more.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3201

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:MIL+CIV+3 AIRBASES:NLTS CRCL+MNVR ALL OVR SKY/2hrs+:”, LatLong: “29.416668 -98.500005”, LatLongDMS: “29:25:00 N 98:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13437 (7D1998C6)

Date: 6/3/1953
Time: 18:30
Location: NAPIER, NZ
Description: Group / boy scouts. Glowing object / 7000’ altitude. Going quickly north. Chair shaped! / r137#2p81.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3202

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NZ:Grp/BOY SCOUTS:GLOWING OBJ/7000’alt:>>N:CHAIR SHAPED!:/r137#2p81”, LatLong: “-39.500002 176.900008”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:00 S 176:54:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13438 (5DE8746E)

Date: 6/4/1953
Time: 11:14:56.7
Location: 37.0875 -116.0183
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Climax” Yield: 61KT
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_44

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0875 -116.0183”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:15 N 116:01:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.41”, NukeName: “Climax”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “61”

Event 13439 (0F1C0CDE)

Date: 6/9/1953
Time: 23:10
Location: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, MI
Description: Air Force-ROTC. Slow silent meteor levels off and flies going quickly north. / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3203

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “WAYNE State University,MI:AF-ROTC:SLOW SLNT METEOR LVLS OFF+FLIES>>N:/MJ#242”, LatLong: “42.333335 -83.050004”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 83:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13440 (DD5B1A0C)

Date: 6/9/1953
Description: Sidney Gottlieb approves Project MKUltra’s “Subproject 8” on LSD. Experiments include administering LSD to mental patients, prisoners, drug addicts, and prostitutes—“people who could not fight back,” as one agency officer puts it.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2244

Event 13441 (485C54D5)

Date: 6/10/1953 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: LIDO KEY, FL
Description: 2 / beach. Cylinder/cigar-shape follows several B36s / succession. Row / windows / side. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3204

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “LIDO KEY,FL:2/BEACH:CGR FOLOS SVRL B36s/succession:ROW/WINDOWS/SIDE:>>N”, LatLong: “27.316668 -82.583337”, LatLongDMS: “27:19:00 N 82:35:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13442 (2789B970)

Date: 6/10/1953
End date: 6/11/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Radar tracks 25 separate unidentified objects near base (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530610-11
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1541

Event 13443 (E2249F28)

Date: 6/15/1953
Time: 20:50
Location: PITTSFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). 60’ cylinder/cigar-shape / 15mph / low altitude near reservoir. Silent. No wings / portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3205

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “312”, HatchDesc: “PITTSFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:60’CGR/15mph/LO alt nr RESERVOIR:SILENT:NO WINGS/PORTS”, LatLong: “42.450002 -73.244448”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 73:14:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13444 (2775E1FB)

Date: 6/16/1953
Time: 19:50
Location: KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Several / tower. Hazy ovoid = 23cm / arms length. Vanishes in place. / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3206

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “KELLY AFB,TX:SVRL/TOWER:HAZY OVOID=23cm/ARMS LENGTH:VANISHES IN PLACE:/MJ#242”, LatLong: “29.333335 -98.583338”, LatLongDMS: “29:20:00 N 98:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13445 (338C787D)

Date: 6/16/1953
Location: San Antonio, TX
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1542

Event 13446 (D61382D3)

Date: 6/17/1953
Locations: Galveston, Texas; Gulf of Mexico
Description: 7:30 a.m. Several witnesses in Galveston, Texas, see a large, cigar-shaped object silently flying in from the Gulf of Mexico. One estimates it to be about 300 feet long and no greater than 150 feet in the air. The object makes a cloud and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Mystery Clouds and the UFO Connection,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2245

Event 13447 (65F8AA9A)

Date: 6/18/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Houston (Texas), a human figure with wings identical to those of a bat dressed in tight black and surrounded by a strange halo frightened 3 people, including Mrs. Hilda Walker: "I could see it very clearly and I could distinguish large folded wings on its shoulders. It was 6ft tall and perched on the branch of a pecan tree. Its halo of light slowly diminished and it disappeared. Immediately after, we heard a loud rustling noise above the houses on the other side of the street. And then there was a white torpedo-shaped flash. Howard Phillips, another witness, states: “I may be crazy, but I saw it, whatever it was”. (June 18)
Reference: Keel 1975
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1391

Event 13448 (D614284F)

Date: 6/18/1953
Time: 02:30
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Shadow going quickly [to] tree. Manlike figure in Cape on limb. Glows. Vanishes…
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3207

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:SHADOW>>TREE:MANLIKE FIGURE IN CAPE ON LIMB:GLOWS:VANISHES…”, LatLong: “29.783335 -95.366671”, LatLongDMS: “29:47:00 N 95:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 13449 (988ED5BB)

Date: 6/18/1953
Location: unknown location, Iwo Jima
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530618
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1543

Event 13450 (A7542261)

Date: 6/18/1953
Time: 0230
Location: Houston, Texas
Description: Howard Phillips, Hilda Walker and Judy Meyers saw in a garden at 118 East Third Street a strange “shadow” on the lawn which resembled a “flying man,” and they watched it take off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 261 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_110

Event 13451 (586BF9B1)

Date: 6/18/1953
Description: At 2:30 a.m. Howard Phillips, Hilda Walker and Judy Meyers were in a garden on 118 East Third Street in Houston, Texas when they noticed a strange “shadow” on the lawn that resembled a “flying man.” They watched him take off and fly away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 261; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 202
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3531

Event 13452 (F5F70AD9)

Date: 6/19/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Laredo (Texas). (June 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1392

Event 13453 (6BED55CF)

Date: 6/20/1953
Location: California Coast
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean reports that two fisherman in CA spot UFO’s
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_498

Event 13454 (6C32A09D)

Date: 6/20/1953
Location: USA, Brush Creek (California)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: May 20, 1953, same location) At exactly 6:30 pm, second landing of the saucer at 50 m from the witnesses, and repetition of the same scenario. (Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 177) At the second encounter, in the same mining concession, both of them had gone calmly to tell the police that they had seen a little man dressed in a kind of parka coming down from a silver craft resting on the ground on a tripod. The astonished miners had seen the dwarf take water from a bucket. But, seeing himself observed, said dwarf had quickly returned to his craft which had immediately left with a roar.
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: “General Alert UFO” ed. France - Empire, 1978, p. 121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1748

Event 13455 (3BF6194C)

Date: 6/20/1953
Time: 18:30
Location: BRUSH CREEK, CA
Description: Prospectors. Saucer and small humanoids (or Greys) land again! More water samples taken.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: FLYING SAUCER OCCUPANTS; Signet Books, NY 1967. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3208

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1079”, HatchDesc: “BRUSH CREEK,CA:PROSPECTORS:SCR+OIDS LAND AGAIN!:MORE WATER SAMPLES TAKEN.”, LatLong: “39.683335 -121.350006”, LatLongDMS: “39:41:00 N 121:21:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13456 (21ABCE1C)

Date: 6/20/1953
Time: 1830
Location: Brush Creek, California
Description: John Q. Black, witness of the May. 20 incident, observed an exact repetition of the scene, including the “little man.” Van Allen saw only the landing marks, about 30 cm wide and re sembling elephant tracks.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 53 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_111

Event 13457 (15FEE147)

Date: 6/20/1953
Description: Brush Creek, California. John Q. Black, one of two miners who witnessed a landing and humanoid at Brush Creek on May 20th of this year, witnessed a complete repetition of the scene, including the “little man” with the pail of water. The little man was dressed in a suit like a parka, and he descended from a 8-foot wide landed lens-shaped silver craft with tripod landing gear. The “midget” scooped up a pail of water, saw that he was being watched, then scurried back to the craft and zoomed away. His partner Mr. John Van Allen only saw the tripod landing gear marks, which were about 30 cm wide and resembled “elephant tracks.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: The Humanoids, p. 53; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 202; Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red, The UFO Siege!, pp. 49-51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3551

Event 13458 (78EAE78C)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: Camp Polk, Louisiana
Description: Saucer crash lands near Camp Polk, Louisiana. US Army Pvt. H.J. (initials) under Sgt. R.S. (initials) in Company B ordered to stay by the saucer until the ambulance and superior officers arrive. Three Aliens walked away from the crash. One Alien was carried on a stretcher. All aliens eventually died, taken to storage facility near Washington D.C. Alien description: Large helmeted heads, tight fitting suits, legs stiff when they walked, 3.5 to 4.0 feet tall, used Alien language.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research (B3-C, RECOVERY, ALIENS)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_497

Event 13459 (B24969A9)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: USA, Arizona
Description: (Translated from French) A flying saucer crashed in the Arizona desert and the bodies of the five occupants were immediately loaded, in special coffins, filled with carbonic ice, on board an airplane that arrived the same evening at Wright Patterson, where they were stored secretly. These humanoids, one of which was female, had large heads shaped like an inverted pear, with deep eyebrow arches joined in a kind of awning, large open eyes, holes instead of nose and ears, and skin of a grayish brown. These strange beings had long arms, with four slightly webbed fingers on the hands and no fingers on the feet. Their sexual parts were visibly atrophied, as if they had not used them for a long time.(…) One of these humanoids was still alive when the rescue team arrived, but all efforts to save him were in vain. This flying saucer, found almost intact, had been spotted by the radar of Mount Palomar as it crossed California, obviously in distress and rapidly losing altitude and the radar operators, who knew exactly where it had fallen, had immediately alerted a nearby air base which had immediately sent a rescue team. (1953, Summer)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 26
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1754

Event 13460 (AC3A8A02)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: ROMANIA, near Cluj
Description: (Translated from French) Roman biologist, Alexandru Sift, was a 16 year old high school student in 1953. He saw a luminous ball descend from the sky and fall into a bush. When he approached the landing site, he was very surprised: nothing seemed to remain of this object several meters in diameter. Suddenly, as he began to move the branches with his stick, it became invisible, as well as part of his hand. At the same time, the sole of his shoes became hot and a cold push, acting on his whole body, forced him to withdraw. Very frightened, Sift ran back to town. (1953, Summer)
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p. 220, 221
Reference: Gheorghita 1975
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1755

Event 13461 (2A23128C)

Date: 6/21/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Naha (Okinawa), 9 Japanese weather observers from Okinawa see an unidentified light moving slowly for 20 minutes. (June 21, 7 PM)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1393

Event 13462 (D0DB5088)

Date: Summer 1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Slobozia, Bucharest (Romania), on a sunny day Gabriela Dima, 6 years old (later an economics student), sees a strange object above the fields. In the middle of it there is a small green window and behind it a square face with strange eyes. The window then disappears and the object flies away without making a noise. (Summer, Morning)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1400

Event 13463 (DF06A2EA)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: Ernest Harmon AFB, Canada
Description: Two F-94s pursue UFO; one crashes; unconfirmed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_151

Event 13464 (12EA4B8A)

Date: 6/21/1953
Location: DUNOON, SCOTLAND
Description: 2 observer(s). Perfectly round saucer exits cloud. Spins. Leaves (something behind) black trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 287)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3209

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “DUNOON,SCOTLAND:2 OBS:PERFECTLY ROUND SCR EXITS CLOUD:SPINS:LVS BLACK TRAIL”, LatLong: “55.933336 -4.922222”, LatLongDMS: “55:56:00 N 04:55:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13465 (2B3A3536)

Date: 6/21/1953
Time: 19:00
Location: NAHA, OKINAWA
Description: 9+weathermen. Unidentified night light moves slowly / 20 minute(s). No further details [in] in files.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3210

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “NAHA,OKINAWA:9+WEATHERMEN:UID NLT MOVES SLOWLY/20min:NFD in FILES”, LatLong: “26.033335 127.700006”, LatLongDMS: “26:02:00 N 127:42:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OKN”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13466 (C9D8BDEB)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: Yaak, MT
Description: Radar-visual sighting of six UFOs in formation. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1539

Event 13467 (1216E249)

Date: Summer 1953
Location: Muskogee, OK
Description: 2:00 p.m. The photo was allegedly taken in the Summer of 1953 by Mr. XXXXX of Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to Air Force report, at 1400 hours he took a photo of an unidentified flying object which appeared in the sky (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 53Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1540

Event 13468 (E08BC46A)

Date: 6/21/1953
Location: Naha, Okinawa
Description: Weather observers saw an unidentified light move slowly (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1544

Event 13469 (E4FF216E)

Date: 6/21/1953
Time: 7 PM
Location: Naha, Okinawa
Description: Witnesses: Nine Japanese and Okinawan weather observers. One unidentified light moved slowly for 20 minutes. No further data in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_313

Event 13470 (512435E2)

Date: Summer 1953
Locations: Ernest Harmon Air Force Base; Stephenville International Airport; Stephenville, Newfoundland
Description: Two F-94 jets are scrambled at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base [now Stephenville International Airport], near Stephenville, Newfoundland, after base radar picks up an unknown target. One of the pilots gets radar and visual confirmation, then radios that he is going into a steep climb to give chase. The jet crashes into a mountain. The base is supposedly placed on red alert.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2238

Event 13471 (B8EA52D1)

Date: Summer 1953
Locations: Scenic Avenue; Central Point, Oregon
Description: 10:00 p.m. A family is returning home on Scenic Avenue in Central Point, Oregon, when they see three entities along the side of the road only 6 feet away. They stop the car, and the beings glide across the road and disappear into the woods. They are 4 feet high, white, with satiny fur, and resemble very large geese, but with no beaks or wings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “No UFO Seen: Just Creatures,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 2 (April/May 1984): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2239

Event 13472 (8FDC9624)

Date: 6/22/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Goose (Labrador, Canada), the pilot and radar operator of an USAF F-94 interceptor observe a red light flying at an estimated speed of 1000 knots (1100 mph). It escapes the F-94’s interception attempt after 5 minutes. (June 22, 2? h 10)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case n° 2601
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1394

Event 13473 (957F5BD9)

Date: 6/22/1953
Time: 02:10
Location: GOOSE AFB.LABR, NFLD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2601. F94 crew and ground observer(s) and RADAR. Jet chases red night light / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3211

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOOSE AFB.LABR,NFLD:BBK#2601:F94 CREW+GND OBS+RDR:JET CHASES RED NLT/5min:”, LatLong: “53.266669 -60.416670”, LatLongDMS: “53:16:00 N 60:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13474 (2B4C819A)

Date: 6/22/1953
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Red Light Eludes F-94 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2601)
Reference: NICAP: 530622
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1545

Event 13475 (8E66E8F1)

Date: 6/22/1953
Time: 2:10 AM
Location: Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor. One red light, flying at an estimated 1,000 kts. (1,100 m.p.h.) eluded the chasing F-94 after 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_314

Event 13476 (730A3B9C)

Date: 6/22/1953
Description: At 2:10 a.m. the pilot and radar operator of a USAF F-94 jet interceptor flying from Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada sighted a red light flying at an estimated 1,000 knots (1,100 mph). The object eluded the pursuing F-94 after five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3599

Event 13477 (75DB4499)

Date: 6/23/1953
Time: 01:30
Location: NORTH / US90 EAST / DEL RIO, TX
Description: Air Force weatherman. Saucer drops. Stops. Heads going quickly west. “Tremendous acceleration”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3212

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “338”, HatchDesc: “N/US90 E/DEL RIO,TX:AF WEATHERMAN:SCR DROPS:STOPS:HEADS>>W:“TREMENDOUS ACCEL””, LatLong: “29.250001 -100.083338”, LatLongDMS: “29:15:00 N 100:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13478 (E104B8F5)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Description: USAF EMERGENCY Intelligence Report: Two jets out of Quonset Point have had mid-air collision at 2130E with UFO. American and Eastern Airlines pilots reported UFO. Jets fell in flames 15 miles West of Quonset Point.
Type: ufo collision
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p488)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_499
See also: 6/26/1953

Event 13479 (E7986354)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: JAPAN, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:30 p.m. Witnesses: crew of a USAF KB-29 aerial refueler. On radar, an unidentified target approached up to 5 miles, twice, during the 2 minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1749

Event 13480 (FBE30897)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: GREENLAND, Simiutak, Greenland.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:30 a.m. Witness: Weather Observer A/2c R.A. Hill. A flat red triangle and was rotating for 15 seconds, then slowly ascended for 5 minutes, before disappearing from view.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1750

Event 13481 (2A5E7DEF)

Date: 6/24/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Simiutak (Greenland), weather observer and 2nd Class R. A. Hill observed a red triangle hovering and rotating for 15 seconds, then ascending for 5 minutes. (11:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2606 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1395

Event 13482 (324F215F)

Date: 6/24/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At Iwo Jima (Bonin Islands), the crew of the USAF KB-29 aerial refueling aircraft spotted an unidentified target on their radar which twice approached within 1/2 mile of their aircraft, and once within 6 miles. The observation lasted 2 minutes. (23:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #2605 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1396

Event 13483 (C6AB9F1B)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 00:20
Location: HAMPTON BAYS, NY
Description: 30M saucer stops / midair. Dome rises above saucer! Portholes. Control panel.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3213

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “HAMPTON BAYS,NY:30M SCR STOPS/MIDAIR:DOME RISES ABOVE SCR!:PORTHOLES:CTRL PANL”, LatLong: “40.866669 -72.516670”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:00 N 72:31:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13484 (0DA34530)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 11:30
Location: SIMIUTAQ, GREENLAND
Description: Weatherman hill. Red night light hovers and spins / 15 second(s). Rises / 5 minute(s) and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3214

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIMIUTAQ,GREENLAND:WEATHERMAN HILL:RED NLT HVRS+SPINS/15sec:RISES/5min+GONE”, LatLong: “60.683336 -46.583336”, LatLongDMS: “60:41:00 N 46:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SIM”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13485 (83348802)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 23:30
Location: IWO JIMA, BONIN, JPN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #2605. KB29 air RADAR. Blip maneuvers .5mi away / 2 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3215

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “IWO JIMA,BONIN,JPN:BBK#2605:KB29 AIR RDR:BLIP MNVRS .5mi AWAY/2min:NFD”, LatLong: “33.033335 139.783340”, LatLongDMS: “33:02:00 N 139:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IWJ”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13486 (456744A4)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY
Description: “a large aircraft” of exotic design with a lighted red band around the middle (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1546

Event 13487 (158FF335)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: Bonin Islands, Iwo Jima
Description: Radar tracked an unidentified target that twice approached (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 2605)
Reference: NICAP: 530624
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1547

Event 13488 (960412C7)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: Simiutak, Greenland
Description: Saw through a theodolite a rotating red delta shaped (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Rating: 5, BB: 2606)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1548

Event 13489 (CBC0932C)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 0018
Location: Hampton Bay, Long Island
Description: A civilian woman saw something like “a large aircraft” flying very slowly and low. It had a lighted red band around the middle and was coming straight toward her house with an oscillating motion. She still thought it was an aircraft of some new design when it stopped near her, 25 m above ground. Then it flew backward over the water and hovered, making the same noise as a swarm of bees. The top section supported a series of red lights and a cabin with four portholes through which a control panel was visible. No occupant was seen. The cabin rose above the object, rotated, then glided back. The object tilted toward the west and rose toward the southeast, disappearing within 3 sec at an 80 degree angle of climb after the 3-min sighting. Diameter: 30 m. Two days later a yellowish moss was observed at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_112

Event 13490 (BE32C178)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 11:30 PM
Location: Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands
Description: Witnesses: crew of USAF KB-29 aerial tanker plane. Radar tracked an unidentified target which twice approached to within .5 miles of the airplane, and once to within 6 miles, during a 2 minute observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_315

Event 13491 (1437E3B9)

Date: 6/24/1953
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Simiutak, Greenland
Description: Witness: weather observer A/2c R.A. Hill. One red triangle hovered and rotated for 15 seconds, then climbed for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_316

Event 13492 (346F1AE9)

Date: 6/24/1953
Location: Simiutaq island, western Greenland
Description: 11:30 a.m. A weather observer stationed at remote Simiutaq island, western Greenland, is tracking a weather balloon with a theodolite. He notices a rotating red object flying from southeast to northwest and approaching the balloon, which is at 18,000 feet. The object collides with the balloon, disintegrating it. Afterward, it hovers in a circular motion for 15 seconds and departs into the wind. He watches it another 5 minutes until it is lost to view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 69–70
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2246

Event 13493 (7D268312)

Date: 6/24/1953
Locations: NAS Quonset Point; Quonset Point Air National Guard Station; Exeter/West Greenwich town lines
Description: Night. A flight of US Navy F2H Banshee jets out of NAS Quonset Point [now Quonset Point Air National Guard Station] are on a night training mission over southern Rhode Island when two aircraft in the formation collide in mid-air. The crash occurs at 19,000 feet near or over the Exeter/West Greenwich town lines, and debris is scattered for several miles in all directions. The pilot of one Banshee, Lt. Jg. Jack Oliver Snipes, is killed. An emergency cable sent to the Director of Air Force Intelligence in the Pentagon indicates that “flying objects” are seen by the pilots prior to the accident. Its distribution list includes the fledgling National Security Agency.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Exeter/West Greenwich, Rhode Island: June 24, 1953,” New England Aviation History, October 2017; Good Above, pp. 272–273, 488
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2247

Event 13494 (22D73718)

Date: 6/24/1953
Description: A woman in Hampton Bay, New York saw something like “a large aircraft” about 30 meters wide flying very slowly and low at 6:30 p.m. It had a lighted red band around the middle and was coming straight toward her house with an oscillating motion. She still thought it was an aircraft of some new design when it stopped near her, only 25 meters above the ground. Then it flew backward over the water and hovered, making the same noise as a swarm of bees. The top section supported a series of red lights and a cabin with four portholes through which a control panel was visible. No occupants were seen. The cabin section rose above the object, rotated, then glided back. The object tilted toward the west and rose toward the southeast, disappearing within three seconds at an 80-degree angle of climb after the three minute long sighting. Two days later a yellowish moss was observed at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, June 1953, case 22; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 203 (case 112)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3637

Event 13495 (BB877C7E)

Date: 6/26/1953
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: USAF Intelligence Report, EMERGENCY JEDUP JEDEN JEDFF JEPHQ JEPRS 555. Distribution: OOP, OOP-CP, OAC, ARMY, NAVY, JCS, CIA, NSA, Tech Intelligence Center Wright Patterson AFB. (see 06/24/1953 for details of report)
Type: ufo collision
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p488)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_500
See also: 6/24/1953

Event 13496 (47081922)

Date: 6/26/1953
Location: EL PROVENCIO, CUENCA, SP
Description: Extra moon hangs / sky / 5 hours. Photographs. = saucer seen sideways. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3216

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “EL PROVENCIO,CUENCA,SP:EXTRA MOON HANGS/SKY/5hrs:FOTOS:=SCR SEEN SIDEWAYS:>>N”, LatLong: “39.377780 -2.583333”, LatLongDMS: “39:22:40 N 02:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cuenca”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13497 (25663A95)

Date: 6/28/1953
Time: 09:00
Location: OVER WHITE PLAINS, NY
Description: Private pilot. 15cm saucer / 750M.alt. 386kph going quickly northeast. / USAF report / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3217

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “ovr WHITE PLAINS,NY:PVT PILOT:15cm SCR/750M.alt:386kph >>NE:/USAF Rpt/MJ#242”, LatLong: “41.050002 -73.750004”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:00 N 73:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13498 (AE84C199)

Date: 6/30/1953
Location: Ramore, Ontario, CAN
Description: Pinetreeline Radar Site. UFO was observed for, a period of twenty minutes in the northern sky moving to the southeast by at least 10 personnel of the 912th AC&W Squadron. (not tracked) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530630
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1549

Event 13499 (F45C3AEB)

Date: 6/30/1953
Locations: CFS Ramore; Ramore, Ontario; Domestic Area
Description: 11:45 p.m. An orange-colored, oval object is seen for a period of 20 minutes in the northern sky moving to the southeast by at least 10 personnel of the US 912th Air Control and Warning Squadron stationed at Ramore Air Station radar site [now CFS Ramore], 3 miles west of Ramore, Ontario. The first person to see it is A/2c Dean McDonald who comes out of the maintenance room to inspect a power unit that has caused a minor breakdown of the search radar set. He calls two other airmen to witness it. One of the two thinks the object is the moon. The first airman gets hysterical and calls the Charge of Quarters at the Domestic Area three miles to the southwest. At least seven witnesses in that area see the object, and two of them report that the moon is visible and the UFO is distinct and separate. The object soon fades away slowly to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Project Blue Book file]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2248

Event 13500 (48EF7CBC)

Date: 7/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Wollin (Poland), a 30 m metal object was seen by 5 Poles and 2 Germans as it landed in a field near the railway. It was spherical and surrounded by a flat disk with several openings. (At 7 PM)
Reference: Vallée, Passport to Magonia
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1397

Event 13501 (C8603BD9)

Date: 7/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR GUAM
Description: RNZAF flying boat buzzed / metallic 15 Mx4M wingless fuselage! Up and away / 6000 kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 547)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3218

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr GUAM:RNZAF FLYING BOAT BUZZED/MTLC 15Mx4M WINGLESS FSLG!:UP+AWAY/6000 kph”, LatLong: “14.250001 144.833340”, LatLongDMS: “14:15:00 N 144:50:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13502 (8D1E8C37)

Date: 7/1953
Description: The 4602nd AISS has taken over nearly all of Blue Book’s field investigations. (Ruppelt, p. 232)
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2249

Event 13503 (200E0FC3)

Date: 7/1953
Locations: Sea of Japan; Cal Tech
Description: Lt. Robert M. Olsson of Project Blue Book sends five supposedly unsolved UFO cases of 1953 to Cal Tech physicist Howard P. Robertson in an effort to see if any change in the Robertson Panel’s conclusions is warranted. One of them is the Sea of Japan ELINT case of April 14. Apparently, Robertson’s mind is not changed. He is now heading up the Robertson Committee of the newly formed National Security Agency, tasked with developing better use of intercepted communications and radars in order to provide strategic warning of a military attack by the Soviet Union.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2250

Event 13504 (DA518F7C)

Date: 7/1/1953
Location: SPAIN, Villares del Saz (Cuenca)
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at around 2 pm. Three small men came out of a hatch in the upper part of the UFO, approached the witness, and spoke to him. One of them gave the child a light tap on the cheek and then went back into the object, which flew away at great speed. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations of ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - pp. 175 and 179) A 14-year-old illiterate cowherd, Maximo Munoz Hernaiz, was sitting near the cows when he heard a faint whistling sound at around 1 pm, but he didn’t turn around. When he did, the machine had already landed. It was about 1.3 m tall and about 30 cm wide. Thinking it was a balloon, he went to take it, but a door opened and small guys started coming out. They were tiny (65 cm) with yellow faces and narrow eyes. The “thing” had a door at its top and the small guys jumped out. There were three of them, who surrounded him, and they spoke but Maximo didn’t understand. The little guy who was in front of him gave him a slap on the face and then they went back into their machine, hooked up to something, and jumped. They were dressed just like fairground musicians, in blue clothes, with a flat hat with a visor in front and they had a metal plate on their arm. The machine flew away very quickly like a rocket. - There were traces on the ground, examined by the gendarmerie -
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, pp. 93 to 97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1751

Event 13505 (E3723D37)

Date: 7/1/1953
Time: ~01:10
Location: HONRUBIA, SPAIN
Description: Cops. Grey-white sphere/orb/globe comes from northwest. Hovers. Shoots going quickly east. Leaves no trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3219

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HONRUBIA,SPAIN:COPS:GRY-WHT ORB COMES FROM NW:HVRS:SHOOTS>>E:LEAVES NO TRAIL”, LatLong: “39.600002 -2.288889”, LatLongDMS: “39:36:00 N 02:17:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cuenca”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13506 (85741893)

Date: 7/1/1953
Time: 20:10
Location: LA GRANDE, OR
Description: Ground and Navy jet crew observer(s). Bright metallic triangle going quickly SSE / 18K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3220

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “845”, HatchDesc: “La GRANDE,OR:GND+NAVY JET CREW OBS:BRITE MTLC TRIANGLE>>SSE/18K’alt:”, LatLong: “45.316669 -118.083339”, LatLongDMS: “45:19:00 N 118:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13507 (81ED1DCE)

Date: 7/1/1953
Location: Villares del Saz, Cuenca, Spain
Description: 1:00 p.m. A cowherd, Maximo Munoz Olivares [or Hernáiz], 14, sees a “big balloon” on the ground behind him in Villares del Saz, Cuenca, Spain, after a faint whistling attracts his attention. Shaped like a water jug, the object is metallic. Through an opening come three dwarfs 2 feet tall, with yellow faces, narrow eyes, and oriental features. They speak in a language he cannot understand. They are dressed in blue and have a sort of flat hat with a visor in front and a metal sheet on their arms. One of them smacks the boy’s face, then they reenter the machine, which glows very brightly, makes a soft whistling sound, and goes off “like a rocket.” Footprints and four holes 2 inches deep, forming a perfect square 13 inches in size, are found by police. Possible hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, March–July, The Author, 1989, pp. 92–93; Antonio Ribera, “The Landing at Villares del Saz,” in Charles Bowen, ed., The Humanoids, special issue of FSR, Oct./Dec. 1966, pp. 28–30; Clark III 270
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2251

Event 13508 (E5A67C83)

Date: 7/1/1953
Description: On this day or the next, at around 11:00 a.m. in Villares del Saz, Cuenca, Spain an illiterate cowherd, 14-year-old Maximo Munos-Olivares Hernaiz, heard an intermittent whistling soung behind him. When he turned around he saw a “big balloon” on the ground. It was shaped like a water jug and was metallic in appearance. Through an opening came three dwarfs 60 cm tall, with yellow faces, narrow eyes, and oriental features. They spoke in a language he could not understand. They were dressed in blue, had a sort of flat hat with a visor in front, and a metal sheet on their arms. One of them smacked the boy’s face, then they re-entered the machine, which glowed very brightly, made a soft whistling sound and went off “like a rocket.” There were footprints left behind at the site and four holes 5 cm deep forming a perfect square, 36 cm on each side, that were found by the police.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Antonio Ribera, in Charles Bowen (editor), The Humanoids, p. 29; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 113; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1953-07 (A0215); UNICAT, case # 438, citing The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 77
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3770

Event 13509 (596CE31D)

Date: 7/2/1953
Time: 02:00
Location: SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 small saucers hover / treetop altitude / 2 hours. Large saucer joins in / 0300hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3221

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “SHAW AFB,SC:2 OBS:3 SML SCRS HVR/TREETOP ALT/2 HRS:LRG SCR JOINS IN/0300hrs”, LatLong: “33.966668 -80.488893”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 80:29:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13510 (FCF214CE)

Date: 7/2/1953
Time: 13:00
Location: VILLARES DEL SAZ, SP
Description: 3 65cm small humanoids (or Greys) exit 130cm ovoid. Gibberish. / LDLN#93+/ r50p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3222

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “VILLARES del SAZ,SP:3 65cm OIDS exit 130cm OVOID:GIBBERISH:/LDLN#93+/r50p3”, LatLong: “39.850002 -2.500000”, LatLongDMS: “39:51:00 N 02:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cuenca”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13511 (94FE392E)

Date: 7/2/1953
Time: 1300
Location: Villares des Saz, Spain
Description: Approximate date. An illiterate boy cowherd, Maximo Munos Olivares, 14, saw a “big balloon” on the ground behind him when a faint whistling attracted his attention. Shaped like a water jug, it was metallic. Through an opening came three dwarfs 60 cm tall, with yellow faces, narrow eyes, and oriental features. They spoke in a language he could not understand. They were dressed in blue, had a sort of flat hat with a visor in front and a metal sheet on their arms. One of them smacked the boy’s face, then they reentered the machine, which glowed very brightly, made a soft whistling sound and went off “like a rocket.” Footprints and four holes 5 cm deep forming a perfect square 36 cm in side were found by police.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 29 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_113

Event 13512 (47CFC46B)

Date: 7/3/1953
Time: 17:30
Location: FRANKFORT, IN
Description: Several observer(s). 2 white saucers turn silver when sun hits them. / r137#2p94.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3223

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: “226”, HatchDesc: “FRANKFORT,IN:SVRL OBS:2 WHT SCRS TURN SILVER WHEN SUN HITS THEM:/r137#2p94”, LatLong: “40.277780 -86.511115”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:40 N 86:30:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13513 (BD8A8092)

Date: 7/3/1953
Location: Tipp City, OH
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1550

Event 13514 (D37E1F10)

Date: 7/7/1953
Locations: Atlanta, Georgia; US Highway 78 near Leland, Georgia; Cobb County; Atlanta Constitution office; Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta; Emory University Hospital in Atlanta
Description: Evening. An Atlanta, Georgia, barber named Edward Watters buys a monkey from a pet shop, shaves and kills it, cuts off its tail, then takes it with two friends, Tom Wilson and Arnold Payne, to US Highway 78 near Leland, Georgia, and waits for the first car to stop. They tell the driver, who turns out to be Cobb County policeman Sherley Brown, that they had seen a flying saucer and accidentally killed one of its occupants. They bring the dead animal to the Atlanta Constitution office, where reporter Thomas McRae notifies the FBI, which alerts the Air Force at Dobbins AFB [now Dobbins Air Reserve Base] in Marietta. The animal is taken to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where Anatomy Professor Marion Hines identifies it properly as a shaved Capuchin monkey. Watters admits the hoax and is fined $40 by a judge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Martian Monkey”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, March–July, The Author, 1989, pp. 96–102; Clark III 593
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2252

Event 13515 (B69F0404)

Date: 7/9/1953
Time: 12:10
Location: WICHITA FALLS, TX
Description: Saucer swoops over sheppard Air Force Base hospital. Very fast. Glows. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3224

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “304”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA FALLS,TX:SCR SWOOPS OVR SHEPPARD AFB HOSPITAL:VFAST:GLOWS:>>S”, LatLong: “33.916668 -98.483338”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 98:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13516 (F2E1E17E)

Date: 7/9/1953 (approximate)
Time: 18:50
Location: COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY, OH
Description: Silver saucers over aviation plant. 20 report(s) going [to] PAPERs. / r242p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3225

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS+PHENIX CITY,OH:SLVR SCRs ovr AVIATION PLANT:20 RPTS>PAPERs:/r242p65”, LatLong: “39.950002 -82.983337”, LatLongDMS: “39:57:00 N 82:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13517 (F10D81F0)

Date: 7/9/1953
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: Circular, silver UFO seen at North American Aviation plant. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1551

Event 13518 (D3823E3E)

Date: 7/9/1953
Description: A disc swooped down over the Sheppard AFB hospital building in Texas. It was glowing and moved very fast. It headed off toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, investigation report dated July 12, 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3950

Event 13519 (448875F3)

Date: 7/10/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in Johofnisburg (South Africa). (July 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1398

Event 13520 (03267C6F)

Date: 7/12/1953
Time: 10:30
Location: CLARK FORK, ID
Description: Ground observers. 2 large “upturned mirrors” follow jet planes. / r137#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3226

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “637”, HatchDesc: “CLARK FORK,ID:GND OBSs:2 LRG “UPTURNED MIRRORS” FOLO JET PLANES:/r137#2”, LatLong: “48.144447 -116.172228”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:40 N 116:10:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13521 (49D22164)

Date: 7/13/1953
Location: CHICO, CA
Description: UFO spews sparks. Sphere/orb/globe over foothills. 15 July saucer hovers over almond orchard.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3227

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “CHICO,CA:UFO SPEWS SPARKS:ORB OVR FOOTHILLS::15JLY SCR HVRS OVR ALMOND ORCHARD”, LatLong: “39.716669 -121.833339”, LatLongDMS: “39:43:00 N 121:50:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13522 (E00ED9E0)

Date: 7/13/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: CONGAREE TO/FROM COLUMBIA, SC
Description: Ground and air observer(s) both pilots. Silent orange plane-size ovoid going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3228

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “CONGAREE><COLUMBIA,SC:GND+AIR OBS BOTH PILOTS:SLNT ORG PLANE-SIZE OVOID >>N”, LatLong: “33.900002 -80.950004”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 N 80:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13523 (E6417301)

Date: 7/13/1953
Location: Shaw AFB, SC
Description: Elliptical Object Encountered By RF-80 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530713
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1552

Event 13524 (FE27CAA2)

Date: 7/14/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: WEST / NORFOLK, VA
Description: Pilots fly over top / 6 saucers. Estimated 30M diameter each. High speeds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILSON, Clifford: The ALIEN AGENDA; 1974 & Signet PB 1988. (religious interpretation.) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3229

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/NORFOLK,VA:PILOTS FLY OVER TOP/6 SCRS:estm 30M diam each:high speeds:NFD”, LatLong: “36.866668 -76.516670”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 N 76:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-200”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13525 (12E3BFEE)

Date: 7/16/1953
Location: Canada, Saint Urbain (Quebec)
Description: (Translated from French) It is nine o’clock in the morning. It is a clear day, without clouds (…) Little Jacques Simard, twelve years old (…) is accompanied by five of his companions and they go to pick raspberries on the slope of the hills of the farm of Ernest Simard, uncle of Jacques. (…) Suddenly a sound of frantic galloping reaches them. Whinnying, horses come down in terror the slope of the hill (…) under the influence of great panic. At the same time Jacques sees five or six metal discs heading towards the sun. The young boy notices that they are elliptical, that they are shiny like polished metal. (…)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Enigmes du temps présent” ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1979, p. 69, 70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1752

Event 13526 (57387C5F)

Date: 7/16/1953
Location: Salton Sea, California
Description: Lt. Col. William F. Barns attains an official world airspeed record of 716 mph in a North American F-86D Sabre over the Salton Sea, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “North American F-86D Sabre”; “16 July 1953,” This Day in Aviation History, July 16, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2253

Event 13527 (D65C3548)

Date: 7/18/1953
Time: 21:10
Location: KEY WEST NAS, FL
Description: 2 Navy observer(s). Circular night light makes series / fantastic maneuvers. Vanishes overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3230

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “KEY WEST NAS,FL:2 NAVY OBS:CIRC.NLT MAKES SERIES/FANTASTIC MNVRS:VANISHES OVHD”, LatLong: “24.550001 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “24:33:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13528 (046A2D01)

Date: 7/19/1953
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Confidential Message to the Adjutant General, Wash. 25 D.C.: An F-86 aircraft was observed in flight over the Oak Ridge residential area by a writer and his wife. While observing the F-86 through 6 power field glasses an UFO, black in color, moved out of a high white cloud directly over the area where the F-86 had been circling. The UFO began circling at a tremendous speed for at least 5 minutes. It appeared at times to be cigar shaped and at other times to be round in shape. No sound or visible means of propulsion was observed from the UFO. It flew away at tremendous speed for 3 miles where it was joined by 2 other UFOs into a ‘V’ formation and sped away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_501
See also: 7/27/1953

Event 13529 (81A34B34)

Date: 7/19/1953
Location: Oak Ridge Nuc. Fac., TN
Description: Silent black object; great acceleration, joined by two others.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_149

Event 13530 (3D709E9C)

Date: 7/19/1953
Time: 15:00?
Location: OAK RIDGE, TN
Description: 1+2 silent black glossy saucers circle. Shoot going east / extreme speed. / MJ#242+205.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 205)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3231

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “OAK RIDGE,TN:1+2 SLNT BLK GLOSSY SCRS CIRCLE:SHOOT>E/XTREME SPEED:/MJ#242+205”, LatLong: “36.033335 -84.283337”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 N 84:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13531 (657DAF7E)

Date: 7/19/1953
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Black objects maneuvered over area near an F-86 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 530719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1553

Event 13532 (4E402BE9)

Date: 7/19/1953
Locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Knoxville; Washington, D.C.
Description: 3:00 p.m. After an F-86 has been circling over a particular spot in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a black object emerges from a high white cloud and takes up its position after the plane has left toward Knoxville. “This object was extremely black in color, having an appearance of a deep black metal exterior with a fine gloss. It did not leave a vapor trail or were there any lights of shine noticed. No sound was heard. The object flew east at a tremendous speed for what appeared to be approximately three miles where it stopped. The object was then joined by two more of these same objects. A formation similar to a spread V was formed and the objects, at a tremendous speed flew in an eastward direction.” The report is made by the Atomic Energy Commission and addressed to Army Adjutant General William Edward Bergin in Washington, D.C.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Black Objects Maneuver over Area nr F-86”; “Air Space Violation at Oak Ridge, Tennessee,” July 27, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2254

Event 13533 (EAD8DA25)

Date: 7/19/1953
Description: Near the Oak Ridge Nuclear Research Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee around the middle of the afternoon a silent black flying object was joined by two others. They displayed amazing acceleration.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a cover-up 1941-1973, p. 405
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4194

Event 13534 (A7475551)

Date: 7/20/1953
Location: California Coast
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean reports that two fisherman in CA spot UFO’s
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_502

Event 13535 (8CCFE95E)

Date: 7/20/1953
Location: Omaha (Offutt AFB), NE
Description: (McDonald list) Rawin Crew Tracks 3 UFOs On SCR-584 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1554

Event 13536 (DD35B8B8)

Date: 7/20/1953
Description: Ed Ruppelt returns to Project Blue Book as either acting chief or consultant until August 31.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14; Clark III 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2255

Event 13537 (BB5185E7)

Date: 7/21/1953
Location: OFF SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: 2 fast shiny saucers. 90° turn over fishing boat and away. / r114p55.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3232

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off SANTA MONICA,CA:2 FAST SHINY SCRS:90°TURN ovr FISHING BOAT+AWAY:/r114p55”, LatLong: “34.000002 -118.516672”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 118:31:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13538 (C4BA46A5)

Date: 7/23/1953
Location: MORO ROCK / SEQUOIA NOT PLOTTED ON MAPS, CA
Description: Fireballs and 1000’ saucer very close / 4 days. Air Force jets patrol. / r173p33.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3233

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2050”, HatchDesc: “MORO ROCK/SEQUOIA NP,CA:FBLS+1000’SCR VCLOSE/4 DAYS:AF JETS PATROL:/r173p33”, LatLong: “36.544446 -118.755561”, LatLongDMS: “36:32:40 N 118:45:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13539 (F5953398)

Date: 7/24/1953
Time: 09:00
Location: MT. VERNON, OH
Description: Large silver object circles over town. Going southwest slightly faster / clouds. 9km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3234

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “311”, HatchDesc: “Mt VERNON,OH:LRG SLVR OBJ CIRCLES ovr TOWN:>SW SLIGHTLY FASTER/CLOUDS:9km alt”, LatLong: “40.383335 -82.500004”, LatLongDMS: “40:23:00 N 82:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13540 (7B120FAB)

Date: 7/24/1953
Location: Mt. Vernon, OH
Description: Large silver object circled over town. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1555

Event 13541 (E62BDA3A)

Date: 7/25/1953
Time: 02:00
Location: AUFSTEIG NEAR EBENALP, SWZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Small white disk going [to] over restaurant. Hovers. Glows green.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: UFO NACHRICHTEN. 62 Weisbaden, Germany. (Ebenalp and Amriswil,SWZ see issue #9 pg.3) clippings /Bruno Mancusi)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3235

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

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AUFSTEIG nr EBENALP,SWZ:2 OBS:SML WHT DISK >OVR RESTAURANT:HVRS:GLOWS GRN.”, LatLong: “47.277780 9.416667”, LatLongDMS: “47:16:40 N 09:25:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AIA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13542 (85139996)

Date: 7/25/1953
Description: ATIC guide, How to Make FLYOBRPTS, a 68-page manual for officials required to make UFO reports, is published.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Air Technical Intelligence Center, How to Make FLYOBRPTS, July 26, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2256

Event 13543 (DD056323)

Date: 7/26/1953
Location: Perrin Tower, TX
Description: Emergency Message to Air Defence Command: CIRVIS 3346N 9632W sighted 7 UFOs hovering at altitude of 5 to 8 thousand feet near Perrin Tower, TX. Visually observed by citizens of Denison and Sherman, TX. The UFOs were grouped in a Z (Zebra) formation, then circled to higher altitudes and faded from sight. Each UFO had one bright red light on it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (B1-F p359)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_503

Event 13544 (AAA406E3)

Date: 7/26/1953
Location: Perrin AFB, TX
Description: Sixteen-minute sighting of seven UFOs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_150

Event 13545 (B7A7EAF4)

Date: 7/26/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: PERRIN AIR FORCE BASE AND DENISON AND SHERMAN, TX
Description: Many observer(s). CIA wire. 7 UFO’s maneuver / 5-8K’ altitude. / MJ#242.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3236

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “PERRIN AFB+DENISON+SHERMAN,TX:MANY OBS:CIA WIRE:7 UFOS MNVR/5-8K’ALT:/MJ#242”, LatLong: “33.766668 -96.533338”, LatLongDMS: “33:46:00 N 96:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13546 (4C1207EE)

Date: 7/26/1953
Location: Perrin AFB, TX
Description: Ground observed seven unidentified objects with one bright red light on each object hovering at estimated altitudes from five to eight thousand feet. Visually observed from Perrin Tower and citizens of Denison and Sherman Texas. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 530726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1556

Event 13547 (15134C61)

Date: 7/26/1953
Locations: Perrin AFB [now North Texas Regional Airport] in Sherman, Texas; Sherman; Denison
Description: 9:39 p.m. At Perrin AFB [now North Texas Regional Airport] in Sherman, Texas, ground observers see 7 UFOs, each carrying a bright red light, hovering at 5,000–8,000 feet. They are in a formation of two groups of three, and one trailing, then come together to form the letter “Z.” Then they circle, gain altitude, and fade from sight. Citizens in Sherman and Denison also see the objects. Total duration is 16 minutes. This is classified as a “Vital Intelligence Sighting” and sent to the Air Defense Command, the Secretary of Defense, and the CIA.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CIRVIS Report, July 26, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2257

Event 13548 (183191B2)

Date: 7/27/1953
Location: Washington DC
Description: Security Information, Confidential Message to Adjutant General, Wash. 25 D.C.
Type: Confidential Message
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_504
See also: 7/19/1953

Event 13549 (D334AD71)

Date: 7/27/1953
Description: (Translated from French) End of the Korean War. (July 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1399

Event 13550 (F5A6B349)

Date: 7/29/1953
Time: 06:30
Location: SCIENCE WRITER / (SEEN THRU) TELESCOPE
Description: 20 km “bridge” crosses Mare Crisium / moon! Seen / 90 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3237

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, HatchDesc: “SCIENCE WRITER/TSCOPE:20 km “BRIDGE” CROSSES MARE CRISIUM/MOON!:seen/90min”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13551 (BBA0CE8D)

Date: 7/30/1953
Locations: Mare Crisium; Promontorium Lavinium; Promontorium Olivium
Description: Science journalist John Joseph O’Neill observes through a telescope a feature on the western edge of the lunar Mare Crisium that he interprets as a giant natural bridge. The observation is prematurely confirmed by amateur Welsh astronomer Hugh Percy Wilkins. Although it turns out to be an illusion, the location is still known as O’Neill’s bridge. When viewing conditions are poor or the telescope’s aperture is small, the feature resembles a bridge joining the tips of the capes Promontorium Lavinium and Promontorium Olivium. If viewing conditions are good and the instrument is large enough, the feature is seen as two small, eroded crater pits.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: The Moon Wiki, “O’Neill’s Bridge”; Andrew May, “The Lost Ruins of the Moon,” Fortean Times 358 (October 2017): 56–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2258

Event 13552 (02A174DB)

Date: 7/30/1953
End date: 8/1/1953
Location: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California
Description: A large UFO is seen for three nights over Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California. Park Superintendent Elvind T. Scoyen and his staff observe it once at close range. On August 1, a squadron of Air Force fighters sees the object streaking downward just before midnight. It stops abruptly then shoots upward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 40–41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2259

Event 13553 (3E1E437D)

Date: 7/31/1953
Location: POLAND, Wollin
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7pm a metallic object thirty meters in size was observed by five Poles and two German workers, as it landed in a field near a railway track. It was spherical and surrounded by a flat disk with several openings or apertures.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Countries” - Laffont translation 1976 - p. 259
Reference: Jacques Vallée, Chronicle of Extra-Terrestrial Appearances case no. 114
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1753

Event 13554 (B527FB92)

Date: 7/31/1953
Time: 09:30
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 bright stars = saucers with portholes. Absolute(ly) still. Then crazy maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3238

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:2/BINOCS:2 BRITE STARS=SCRS W/PORTHS:ABS STILL:THEN CRAZY MNVRS”, LatLong: “44.983335 -93.250004”, LatLongDMS: “44:59:00 N 93:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13555 (C24CDAFD)

Date: 7/31/1953
Time: 19:00
Location: WOLIN, POL
Description: 7 observer(s). 22M saucer / portholes / edge. Round dome. Lands near railroad/railway tracks. Going quickly [to] fast. / r2p191.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3239

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WOLIN,POL:7 OBS:22M SCR/PORTS/EDGE:RND DOME:LANDS nr RR TRACKS:>>FAST:/r2p191”, LatLong: “53.816669 14.550001”, LatLongDMS: “53:49:00 N 14:33:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WOL”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13556 (ED46D761)

Date: 7/31/1953
Location: Port Clinton, OH
Description: Unidentified white light viewed through field glasses. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1557

Event 13557 (1C263EAE)

Date: 7/31/1953
Time: 1900
Location: Wolin, Poland
Description: A metallic object 30 m in diameter was observed by five Polish and two German workers as it landed in a field close to a railway. It was shaped like a sphere with a flat disk around it, showing numerous openings at the periphery.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Intelligence Digest Nov., 53 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_114

Event 13558 (3F6C5E32)

Date: 7/31/1953
Location: Antarctica
Description: Lt. Robert Olsson leaves Project Blue Book. He later tells Ruppelt his 5-month tenure “was like being president of Antarctica on a nonexpedition year.” He is replaced by Airman 1C Max G. Futch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, p. 228; Clark III 55; Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2260

Event 13559 (D2D622E9)

Date: 7/31/1953
Location: Wolin Island, Poland
Description: 7:00 p.m. Five Poles and two Germans see a disc-shaped object about 16 feet in diameter land in a field near a railroad track on Wolin Island, Poland. After several minutes it rises up and flies away at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bronislaw Rzepecki, “UFOs and Ufologists in Poland,” IUR 11, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1986): 15; Vallée, Magonia, p. 203
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2261

Event 13560 (D478FCD4)

Date: 7/31/1953
Description: A metallic object 30 meters in diameter was observed by five Polish and two German workers as it landed in a field close to a railway in Woolen, Poland. It was shaped like a sphere with a flat disk around it, showing numerous openings at the periphery.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 105; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 203, citing Intelligence Digest, November 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4520

Event 13561 (F6DDCDC4)

Date: 8/1953
Location: USA, Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Description: (Translated from French) The organizer of the experience, (telepathic contact with extraterrestrials) Albert K. Bender, receives a visit from three men dressed in black (M.I.B.) and quite intimidating: “…their faces were unpleasant to look at. Their eyes shone like small flash lamps… a bluish radiance enveloped their whole body… I could not see their hands, covered by black gloves”
Reference: following November 5, 1953
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: OVNI, a pilot speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p. 43,44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1762

Event 13562 (30839AD4)

Date: 8/1953 (approximate)
Location: BAD HERSFELD, HESSE, GER
Description: Saucer photographed summer / 53. Apparent dome? See photograph section.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3240

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

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BAD HERSFELD,HESSE,GER:SCR FOTOd SUMMER/53:APPARENT DOME?:SEE FOTO SECTION”, LatLong: “50.883336 9.716667”, LatLongDMS: “50:53:00 N 09:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13563 (71C4AC9A)

Date: 8/1953 (approximate)
Location: NEAR TIMISOARA, ROMANIA
Description: Luminous sphere/orb/globe rises / woods. Stops. Drops / field. Turns off / vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3241

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

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: "nr TIMISOARA,ROMANIA:LUM ORB RISES/WOODS:STOPS:DROPS/FIELD:TURNS OFF/VANISHES ", LatLong: “45.750002 21.250001”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:00 N 21:15:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TMS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13564 (B1B7ED33)

Date: 8/1953 (approximate)
Time: 10:00
Location: SLOVOZIA, ROMANIA
Description: Child sees odd UFO over field. Square face in window. Flies off.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3242

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SLOVOZIA,ROMANIA:CHILD SEES ODD UFO OVR FIELD:SQUARE FACE IN WINDOW:FLIES OFF”, LatLong: “44.500002 25.216668”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 25:13:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DMB”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13565 (9EEF66D7)

Date: 8/1953 (approximate)
Time: ~15:00
Location: ROUND TOP MOUNTAIN, OR
Description: Fire lookouts. Bronze stovepipe cylinder/cylindrical object tumbles going south. Stops. Continues.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 547)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3243

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1800”, HatchDesc: “ROUND TOP MTN,OR:FIRE LOOKOUTS:BRONZE STOVEPIPE CYL TUMBLES >S:STOPS:CONTINUES”, LatLong: “43.755558 -121.711117”, LatLongDMS: “43:45:20 N 121:42:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13566 (431A0582)

Date: 8/1953
Location: Shirley’s Bay, off Lake Manitou, Ontario
Description: Wilbert B. Smith completes his classified report on Project Magnet for the Canadian Department of Transport, writing that it can be deduced that UFOs are 100 or more feet in diameter, they can travel at speeds of several thousand miles per hour, and can reach high altitudes. “It is difficult to reconcile this performance with the capabilities of our technology [and] we are forced to the conclusion that the vehicles are probably extraterrestrial, in spite of our prejudices to the contrary.” The DOT agrees to his proposal to set up an electronic station for a “24-hour watch for flying saucers” in a hut at Shirley’s Bay, off Lake Manitou, Ontario. Equipment includes am ionospheric reactor, electronic sound measurement devices, gamma-ray detector, gravimeter, magnetometer, and radio set.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1078–1079
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2262

Event 13567 (2D28073F)

Date: 8/1/1953
Location: Sequoia-Kings National Park, CA
Description: USAF fighters attempt to force disc-shaped UFO to land.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_152

Event 13568 (D43CBBD3)

Date: 8/1/1953
Time: 23:30
Location: SEQUOIA PARK, CA
Description: Large disk 3 nights / row. Jets circle and chase. Clever stop and away. / r137#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE; Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3244

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “SEQUOIA PARK,CA:LRG DISK 3 NITES/ROW:JETS CCL+CHASE:CLEVER STOP+away:/r137#6”, LatLong: “36.583335 -118.633339”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:00 N 118:38:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13569 (B8D58AFD)

Date: 8/1/1953
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: UFO, changing color, flickered and jumped in sky. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1558

Event 13570 (8663BBB3)

Date: 8/1/1953
Locations: Brooks Air Force Base; Kelly Air Force Base; Kelly Field Annex; San Antonio, Texas
Description: The US Air Force Security Service moves its headquarters from Brooks Air Force Base [now closed] to Kelly Air Force Base [now Kelly Field Annex], both in San Antonio, Texas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2263

Event 13571 (241ACC9C)

Date: 8/2/1953
Location: Saraland, AL
Description: Highly polished spinning top or cone-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1559

Event 13572 (3A7A2DC7)

Date: 8/3/1953
Location: USA, Amarillo, Texas.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:04 p.m. Witness: Control Tower Chief C.S. Brown. A translucent, round, light-reflecting object flew horizontally, stopped for 7 seconds, flew quickly and stopped again, and was joined by a similar object. They flew away, diverging their trajectories after 56 minutes of observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1756

Event 13573 (A790BA7E)

Date: 8/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Amarillo, Texas, C. S. Brown, head of the airport control tower, observed a round and reflective or translucent object flying in a straight line, stopping for 7 seconds, leaving again, stopping again, being joined by a similar object and then leaving in different directions after 56 minutes. (August 3, 0:04)
Reference: case Blue Book #2663 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1401

Event 13574 (4D4D9592)

Date: 8/3/1953
Time: 12:00
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: Air Traffic Controllers. Translucent saucer no balloon. Stops. 2nd identical behind it. / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3245

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “56”, **Ele

[c0mmando]

v:** “1115”, HatchDesc: “AMARILLO,TX:ATCS:TRANSLUCENT SCR NO BALLOON:STOPS:2nd IDENTICAL BEHIND IT:/BBK”, LatLong: “35.250002 -101.833338”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 101:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13575 (C3BE0E8A)

Date: 8/3/1953
Time: ~18:00
Location: WESTON RHYN GOING QUICKLY [TO] RHYL, WALES
Description: Many observer(s). Huge multicolor cylinder/cigar-shape going NNW and out to sea. Searchlight whoosh.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3246

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “WESTON RHYN>>RHYL,WALES:MANY OBS:HUGE MULTICLR CGR>NNW+OUT TO SEA:SLITE WHOOSH”, LatLong: “52.916669 -3.033333”, LatLongDMS: “52:55:00 N 03:02:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13576 (D8AF9C46)

Date: 8/3/1953
Time: 22:20
Location: LOS ALAMOS, NM
Description: Security Gd. Green ovoid fireball falls upward. / USAF Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Blue Book reports.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 301)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3247

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2231”, HatchDesc: “LOS ALAMOS,NM:SECURITY Gd:GRN OVOID FBL FALLS UPWARD:/AFOSI+AEC+BBK REPORTS”, LatLong: “35.877779 -106.316672”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:40 N 106:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13577 (7A154819)

Date: 8/3/1953
Location: Amarillo, TX
Description: Round and reflective or translucent object fly straight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2663)
Reference: NICAP: 530803
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1560

Event 13578 (6F501269)

Date: 8/3/1953
Time: 12:04 PM
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Description: Witness: Airport control tower chief C.S. Brown. One round and reflective or translucent object flew straight, stopped for 7 seconds, sped along, stopped again, was joined by a similar object and they flew off in different directions, after a total of 56 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_317

Event 13579 (C1C531C4)

Date: 8/3/1953
Description: At 12:04 p.m. over the Amarillo Airport, Texas a transparent disc stopped and hovered in the sky. A second, identical object was seen behind it. They were not balloons, according to the official Air Force investigation. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2663; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 183; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4624

Event 13580 (D0607404)

Date: 8/4/1953
Time: 16:20
Location: ONIDA, SD
Description: Observer(s) = Major Lewis. Night light zips overhead / various directions. No aircraft. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3248

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “570”, HatchDesc: “ONIDA,SD:OBS=Major LEWIS:NLT ZIPS OVHD/VARIOUS DIRECTIONS:NO AIRCRAFT:NFD”, LatLong: “44.705558 -100.066671”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:20 N 100:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13581 (64BAE62A)

Date: 8/5/1953
Location: USA, near Black Hawk (South Dakota)
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:05 PM an object in the shape of a ring, red in color, caused confusion in the minds of several witnesses. Eslworth’s radar then targeted the object which was flying towards Rapid City, while an F-84 interceptor was sent for interception and managed to get within 3 miles. At that moment the UFO disappeared at an incredible speed, but when the pilot returned to base, the UFO was still following him! Another jet then took off which finally made the unknown object go away. (“UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p. 210) It was in 1953 that one of the most mysterious cases I have had the opportunity to study occurred. On the night of August 5, several people from Black Hawk, in South Dakota, reported that they had seen several strange objects in the sky. Unidentified echoes appeared on the radar screen of a nearby air base. An F-84 jet fighter, guided by radio, took off in their direction. Soon its pilot reported that he saw one, brighter than the brightest star, and going twice as fast as his plane. When he chased it, the glow disappeared completely. On the ground, five civilians had witnessed the pursuit. They confirmed the pilot’s words. A little later, a second F-84 was sent towards the object, which continued to appear on the ground radar. This time, the pilot saw a shape, which emitted a variable luminosity. When he rushed in its direction, the indicator of his sight lit up: the on-board radar had detected the target, but immediately, the thing took altitude and flew north. The air base alerted the observation center of Bismarck, in North Dakota, 350 km away. A sergeant went up on the roof, saw the object which soon disappeared. I took care of this case myself, without being able to find an explanation.
Reference: Charles GARREAU cites Dr. Allen Hynek in "Flying Saucers: 20 Years of Investigation Mame 1971- p.52-53
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1757

Event 13582 (B7F0A796)

Date: 8/5/1953
Location: Rapid City, SD, Bismarck, ND
Description: Radar-visual; extended encounter; F-84s scrambled.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_153

Event 13583 (21DA3A78)

Date: 8/5/1953
Time: 20:10
Location: BLACKHAWK AND RAPID CITY, SD
Description: F14 chases saucer. Ground and air RADAR’s. Going quickly NNE / 15°. / MJ#244+/ 242.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 135)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3249

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “980”, HatchDesc: “BLACKHAWK+RAPID CITY,SD:F14 CHASES SCR:GND+AIR RDRs:>>NNE/15°:/MJ#244+/242”, LatLong: “44.266669 -103.416672”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:00 N 103:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13584 (48E42F2D)

Date: 8/5/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: BISMARCK, ND
Description: Many HIQ observer(s). Blackhawk object here / 3 hours. Jets chase going quickly north. / r98#65.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3250

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “510”, HatchDesc: “BISMARCK,ND:MANY HIQ OBS:BLACKHAWK OBJ HERE/3hrs:JETS CHASE>>N:/r98#65”, LatLong: “46.816669 -100.766671”, LatLongDMS: “46:49:00 N 100:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13585 (C379C3BA)

Date: 8/5/1953
End date: 8/6/1953
Location: Rapid City (east of), SD
Description: Pilots vectored and saw silvery object like the brightest star (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530805-06
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1561

Event 13586 (A25D9944)

Date: 8/5/1953
End date: 8/6/1953
Locations: Black Hawk, South Dakota; Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City; Brunswick
Description: Around 8:00 p.m. Ground Observer Corps observer Phyllis Killian spots a UFO in Black Hawk, South Dakota. Soon after, radar at Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City tracks a “well-defined, solid, and bright” object. The base scrambles an F-84 and the pilot sees the UFO. Many witnesses see the object accelerate and climb. The F-84 pursues but can reach no closer than 3 miles. Now low on fuel, the F-84 returns, followed by the UFO. Immediately, another F-84 is sent up. Before long, the pilot receives strong radar returns of a target right in front of him. Fear prevails and he breaks off the chase. The UFO goes off the scope, traveling northeast. Reports soon come from Brunswick of a fast-moving, bright blue object, similar to the Rapid City object. It hovers near an air filter center, performing more maneuvers and disappearing after midnight. Before it leaves, three more UFOs are seen at 10,000 feet for three hours. Ruppelt personally investigates and calls it “the best” in the USAF files, Hynek writes that the “entire incident…has too much of an Alice-in-Wonderland flavor for comfort.” Menzel blames the star Capella. The official file is several hundred pages long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Rapid City / Ellsworth AFB Incident (RV)”; Condon, pp. 132–136; Ruppelt, pp. 232–235; Sparks, p. 203; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, pp. 2–3; Swords 215; Jan Aldrich; Patrick Gross, “The Ellsworth AFB Radar Multiple Visual Case, 1953”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2264

Event 13587 (CBC75120)

Date: 8/6/1953
Location: USA, Hawaii
Description: (Translated from French) On August 6, 1953, from the top of an airplane, the existence of a mysterious space platform was discovered on one of the Hawaiian islands. None of the world powers knew of the existence of this space base. The pilot who discovered it said it was huge, bluish and metallic. The search order immediately launched yielded nothing; the base had disappeared.
Reference: S. DELLO STROLOGO: “What Governments Hide from You About Flying Saucers” - De Vecchi 1975- p. 135
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1758

Event 13588 (B3DCCEFC)

Date: 8/6/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Above Rapid City (South Dakota), jets observe UFOs visually and on radar (investigated by the Condon Commission). (5-6 August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1402

Event 13589 (4B090635)

Date: 8/6/1953
Location: Naval Air Station, HI
Description: Radar-visual; seventy-five lighted objects, hovering, maneuvering.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_154

Event 13590 (E0758478)

Date: 8/6/1953
Time: 03:00
Location: VINYARD HAVEN, MA
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 moons tilt / half-moon shape. Beams going down [to] switched off. Going [to] slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3251

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “VINYARD HAVEN,MA:2 OBS:3 MOONS TILT/HALF-MOON SHAPE:BEAMS ↓ SWITCHED OFF:>SLOW”, LatLong: “41.455558 -70.605559”, LatLongDMS: “41:27:20 N 70:36:20 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13591 (35AB4D65)

Date: 8/6/1953
Time: 17:00
Location: PEARL HARBOR, HI
Description: 5hr marathon. 75 night lights RADAR blips ovoids and possible figure in one.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3252

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “164”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “PEARL HARBOR,HI:5hr MARATHON:75 NLTS RDR BLIPS OVOIDS+POSSIBLE FIGURE in ONE”, LatLong: “21.400001 -157.983341”, LatLongDMS: “21:24:00 N 157:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13592 (F78399D4)

Date: 8/6/1953
Locations: Naval Air Station Barbers Point (now Kalaeloa Airport); Hawaii
Description: 5:00 p.m.–12:00 midnight. An estimated 75 objects with lights are seen by many witnesses on the ground around Naval Air Station Barbers Point [now Kalaeloa Airport], Hawaii, from the airport control tower and from the air. Many are also detected by radar. At 9:00 p.m., the crew of a Navy patrol aircraft reports three head-on passes. These close calls alarm the pilot so much he lands immediately. Jet fighters are scrambled and the same night an interceptor pilot sees a “glowing blob” rising rapidly toward him. It comes to a sudden stop just behind his aircraft then accelerates briefly until it is beside him for four more seconds before accelerating away out of sight at several times his own top speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, p. 63; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2265

Event 13593 (26480BDD)

Date: 8/6/1953
Description: At Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 75 radar blips on screen at various times around five p.m., hovering and maneuvering. Nocturnal lights and ovoid shaped objects were sighted, and possibly a figure was seen inside one of them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 63
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4719

Event 13594 (CA9D9E2C)

Date: 8/7/1953
Time: 03:00
Location: NEAR WINCHELL, TX
Description: 3 large orange night lights hover. 1 going quickly east. = bowl saucer / flat top. 2nd follows. 3rd stays.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3253

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: “4”, Elev: “468”, HatchDesc: “nr WINCHELL,TX:3 LRG ORG NLTS HVR:1 >>E:=BOWL SCR/FLAT TOP:2nd FOLOS:3rd stays”, LatLong: “31.472224 -99.161116”, LatLongDMS: “31:28:20 N 99:09:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13595 (8C4AE459)

Date: 8/9/1953
Location: Moscow, ID
Description: Large glowing disc; three F-86s scrambled, outmaneuvered.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_155

Event 13596 (AF12564F)

Date: 8/9/1953
Time: 11:00
Location: NEAR SHADY GROVE, OR
Description: 3+/ car. Bright silver 6M sphere / 150M altitude. Square windows / center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3254

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “426”, HatchDesc: “nr SHADY GROVE,OR:3+/CAR:BRITE SLVR 6M SPHERE/150M alt:SQR WINDOWS/CTR:”, LatLong: “42.611113 -122.477784”, LatLongDMS: “42:36:40 N 122:28:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13597 (DEEE0CE4)

Date: 8/9/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: MOSCOW, ID
Description: 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 60M glowing-disk and 4 night lights quickly going up [to] as 3 F86’s near. / r47p49+/ r173p30.
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_3255

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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “144”, Elev: “787”, HatchDesc: “MOSCOW,ID:2 GOC OBS:60M GLOW-DISK+4 NLTS ↑↑ as 3 F86s NEAR:/r47p49+/r173p30”, LatLong: “46.733336 -116.966672”, LatLongDMS: “46:44:00 N 116:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13598 (91B54859)

Date: 8/9/1953
Location: Moscow, ID
Description: Three F-86’s Chase Disc Spotted By GOC (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 530809
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1562

Event 13599 (3D90659C)

Date: 8/9/1953
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Description: 9:34 p.m. Supervisor Larry E. Towner and other Ground Observer Corps personnel report a glowing disc about 200 feet in diameter over Moscow, Idaho. At 10:10 p.m., the first of two F-86s is scrambled. The object lingers, with other lights seen, until around 5:00 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three F-86’s Chase Disc Spotted by GOC”; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, pp. 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2266

Event 13600 (608628D0)

Date: 8/9/1953
Description: A 60-meter diameter luminous disc-shaped object accompanied by four nocturnal lights, flying near Moscow, Idaho at 9:20 p.m., shot up and away when three F-86 Sabre jets attempted to intercept them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 30; Larry E. Towner, Fate magazine, May 1954, p. 32; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4789

Event 13601 (67908A49)

Date: 8/10/1953
Description: Wilbert B. Smith issues another report on Project Magnet, in which he concludes there is a “substantial probability of the real existence of extraterrestrial vehicles” that use a “technology considerably in advance of what we have.” The report is eventually sent to Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 185, 187
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2267

Event 13602 (33EBA6E2)

Date: 8/12/1953
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: First Soviet hydrogen bomb test (Joe 4), 400kt, Semipalatinsk Test Site
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_505
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 400

Event 13603 (C05B74CA)

Date: 8/12/1953
Location: Ellsworth AFB, SD
Description: Gun-camera (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 530812
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1563

Event 13604 (165FB6BB)

Date: 8/12/1953
Location: Rapid City, SD
Description: Date is incorrect - see 530805-06 entry (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1564

Event 13605 (ACF6D4C1)

Date: 8/12/1953
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “joe4_1st_therm” Yield: 400KT
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_1035

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: “joe4_1st_therm”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “400”

Event 13606 (A8AA817E)

Date: 8/12/1953
Locations: USSR; Semipalatinsk Test Site; Kazakhstan
Description: The USSR tests its first thermonuclear device, RDS-6s or Joe 4, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. A tenfold increase in explosive power is achieved by a combination of fusion energy and neutron- initiated fission. Scholars dispute the authenticity of RDS-6 as a true thermonuclear device, as it does not manage to produce a yield consistent with a true hydrogen bomb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Joe 4”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2268

Event 13607 (8179E59A)

Date: 8/13/1953
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “The War of the Worlds” released
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_506

Event 13608 (921239E1)

Date: 8/13/1953
Time: 02:00
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: G. Popovic and wife. Huge white-rimmed saucers going quickly [to] overhead. “Bigger than a house”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3256

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: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:G.POPOVIC+WIFE:HUGE WHT-RIMMED SCRS >>OVHD:“BIGGER THAN A HOUSE””, LatLong: “41.500002 -81.716671”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 81:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13609 (87A58844)

Date: 8/13/1953
Locations: New York City; Mars
Description: Paramount Pictures’ The War of the Worlds premieres in New York City. It is a modern retelling of H. G. Wells’s story of an invasion from Mars and features a Northrop YB-49 flying wing dropping an atomic bomb on the invading Martians. The color footage comes from a test flight. The film is produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and stars Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “The War of the Worlds (1953 film)”; Internet Movie Database, “The War of the Worlds”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2269

Event 13610 (7F7F1FAA)

Date: 8/14/1953
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: Lighted object came straight down out of sky, stopped, then sped out of view. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1566

Event 13611 (92A01991)

Date: Late Summer 1953
Location: USA, Los Angeles
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: October 52) Angelucci is taken in an Astrolabe to his extraterrestrial friend, who predicts the worst catastrophes for the year 1986. [note from vog: we saw nothing, did Angelucci die that year?] (1953, late summer)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1764

Event 13612 (A5129893)

Date: 8/15/1953 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: LAKE SALEM, VT
Description: 3 fishing. 3 silver globes buzz large passing plane! Sharp maneuvers and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 614)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3257

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “294”, HatchDesc: “LAKE SALEM,VT:3 FISHING:3 SLVR GLOBES BUZZ LRG PASSING PLANE!:SHARP MNVRs+gone”, LatLong: “44.927780 -72.105559”, LatLongDMS: “44:55:40 N 72:06:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vermont”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13613 (5DDC9814)

Date: 8/15/1953
Location: Crestline, ID
Description: Circling light changed color, white, red, green. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1567

Event 13614 (D5455F03)

Date: 8/16/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: TOURS, FR
Description: 2 saucers glide close / ground. Slow and straight as if connected. Detailed report(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3258

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “TOURS,FR:2 SAUCERS GLIDE CLOSE/GND:SLO+STRAIGHT AS IF CONNECTED:DETAILED RPTS”, LatLong: “47.383336 0.650000”, LatLongDMS: “47:23:00 N 00:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13615 (EF7824E0)

Date: 8/16/1953
Time: 2030
Location: Tours, France
Description: Claude Pasquier saw two disks flying very low, quite slowly, along a straight course, with a “hard” sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 65, 141 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_115

Event 13616 (2321DA14)

Date: 8/16/1953
Locations: Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention near Landers, California
Description: Flying Saucers International holds the first UFO conference at the Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California, featuring contactee speakers. However, George Van Tassel’s first Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention launches the same day near Landers, California, for three days with speakers Frank Scully, George Van Tassel, Orfeo Angelucci, George Adamski, and the Amazing Criswell.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, p. 91 ; Orfeo Angelucci, “A Release: On Flying Saucers First Convention,” Interplanetary News Digest 1, no. 2 (October 1953): 1; “Blast from the Past: UFO Conventions from Giant Rock in Landers,” Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Sun, July 25, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2270

Event 13617 (682DEFBD)

Date: 8/16/1953
Description: Claude Pasquier saw two discs flying very low and quite slowly along a straight course in Tours, France at 8:30 p.m. They made a “hard” sound as they flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 65; Melbourne Age, July 10, 1963; Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 203
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5071

Event 13618 (0BA61314)

Date: 8/17/1953
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture on saucers to the Southern Cross Astronomical Society in the Miami area
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_507

Event 13619 (7798E82D)

Date: 8/17/1953?
Location: Shtanivka, Ukraine
Description: Lina Ivanova Kravets is in her garden in Shtanivka, Ukraine, when she sees a trio of intruders cutting branches off her apple, plum, and cherry trees. Approaching closer, she sees they are 11-foot-tall entities wearing dark overalls, helmets, and gloves. They claim to be extraterrestrials, converse with her about God and their peaceful home world that is prone to natural disasters and somehow affected by the earth’s wars, and insist they are on a mission to rescue a missing scout team. They then point out a silvery sphere hovering just above the ground with similar tall being standing next to it. Before the lengthy encounter ends, the beings offer Kravets a piece of bread the size of a small coin. Breaking it open, she sees something dark and odorless inside, so she refuses it. The beings then walk to the sphere in a peculiar waddling manner, wave as they enter, and take off in the craft at terrific speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter Rogerson, “INTCAT 1953”; Joshua Cutchin, “The Great Alien Bake-Off,” Fortean Times 332 (November 2015): 44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2271

Event 13620 (B642F248)

Date: 8/17/1953
Description: In Ciudad Valles, Mexico at six o’clock in the evening Sr. S. Villanueva, age 37, had the engine of the vehicle he was driving fail. Two four-foot-tall beings approached, and he next saw a domed disc, 40 feet, making a humming sound. The beings entered the craft, and the UFO ascended vertically at high speed. The landing traces included crushed bushes and broken sticks in a circular area 40-45 feet wide.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 32; P. M. H. Edwards, FSR, January-February 1970, p. 11; Ted Phillips, Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, case 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5109

Event 13621 (D103B513)

Date: 8/18/1953
Time: 18:00
Location: CD VALLES, MEXICO
Description: 2 pseudo-human/entity talk trivia / cabbie / hours. “From space”. Leave / saucer quickly going up. / r113p216.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3259

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “208”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “Cd VALLES,MEX:2 PSH TALK TRIVIA/CABBIE/hrs:“FROM SPACE”:LEAVE/SCR↑↑:/r113p216”, LatLong: “19.983334 -98.755560”, LatLongDMS: “19:59:00 N 98:45:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “SLP”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 13622 (B7D56F3F)

Date: 8/18/1953
Time: evening
Location: Ciudad Valleys, Mexico
Description: Approximate date. Cab driver Salvador Villanueva, 40, observed two creatures 1.2 m tall wearing coveralls with wide, shiny, perforated belts, metal collars, and small, black, shiny boxes on their backs. They had helmets under their arms. The witness thought they were pilots of Indian race. One of them spoke to him in Spanish, “stringing the words together” in a strange accent. Trivial matters were discussed until dawn, when they returned to their craft, 13 m in diameter, through a staircase under the lower disk. The witness ran away when invited to follow them. The object rose with a pendulum motion and shot up vertically.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 32; FSR 56, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_116

Event 13623 (F23F0419)

Date: 8/18/1953
Description: In the early evening on or about this day Salvador Villanueva, a taxi cab driver, was trying to repair his broken down car out in the country near Ciudad Valles, Mexico when he was joined by two short, human looking men. They were only about four and a half feet tall, and they wore one-piece gray garments made out of corduroy that covered even their feet. They also had on wide, shiny black belts, metal collars, and small black shiny boxes connected to the collars on the back of their necks. Under their arms they carried football-style crash helmets. Because it was raining he invited them to shelter inside his taxi, where they had a conversation that lasted all night. They spoke Spanish with a strange accent. The spokesman eventually told him they were from another planet, which Villanueva scarcely believed, but he accompanied them to their craft. While walking there he noticed that the mud puddles did not get their feet wet, and that their belts glowed whenever the mud was repelled. The UFO was disc-shaped and looked like two soup plates joined at the rim, with a shallow dome on top with portholes. It rested on the ground on three spheres that acted like landing gear. He was invited inside, but declined to go. The two men climbed up some stairs to get aboard. Glowing white, the vessel zigzagged upwards, and then shot up vertically, making only a faint whistling sound. A 40-foot circle of broken bushes was left behind at the landing spot. It’s possible the presence of the UFO may have caused his car to malfunction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, citing APRO Bulletin, April 1955; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 116, citing Flying Saucer Review, March 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5120

Event 13624 (A534C16E)

Date: 8/19/1953
Time: 05:30
Location: LE PUY-EN-VELAY, FR
Description: 2 police. Large red saucer leaves (something behind) multicolor trail / sky. / J. Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3260

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: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Le PUY-en-VELAY,FR:2 POLICE:LARGE RED SCR LVS MULTICOLOR TRAIL/SKY:/J.GUIEU”, LatLong: “45.033335 3.883334”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:00 N 03:53:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Loire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13625 (EDE8A25B)

Date: 8/19/1953
Time: 21:00
Location: EAST NEW HAVEN, CT
Description: 18cm fireball passes cars. Hits signboard. H2S smell. Power outage. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3261

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, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “E.NEW HAVEN,CT:18cm FBL PASSES CARS:HITS SIGNBOARD:H2S SMELL:POWER OUTAGE:↑↑”, LatLong: “41.350002 -72.900003”, LatLongDMS: “41:21:00 N 72:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13626 (11C1FA0E)

Date: 8/19/1953
Locations: Middlestone Avenue and Front Street in East New Haven, Connecticut; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee; Anderson Laboratories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago Spectrographic Service Laboratory
Description: A small, fast-moving, ricocheting fireball rips a foot-wide hole through a metal billboard at Middlestone Avenue and Front Street in East New Haven, Connecticut. IFSB investigator August C. Roberts and Joseph Barbieri steal a piece of the sign during an investigation by Naval Ordnance personnel. IFSB sends the sample to Col. Robert B. Emerson, an Army physicist at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, who contacts friends at Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee to have it analyzed, but nothing else is heard of this sample. APRO arranges for a separate analysis of the deposits on the sign performed by Anderson Laboratories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Chicago Spectrographic Service Laboratory. They determine that the fragments consist of copper and copper oxide and are not meteoritic. Michael D. Swords suggests that Roberts’s retrieval of the metal fragments would have attracted the attention of federal officials.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “New Haven Signboard Case”; Michael D. Swords, “Tales from the Barker Zone,” IUR 17, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1992): 5–7; Clark III 728–729
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2272

Event 13627 (8A554415)

Date: 8/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) First launch of the Redstone. (August 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1403

Event 13628 (00E2F08D)

Date: 8/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Near the USAF base at Castle (California), the crew of a TB-29 bomber training aircraft observed an oval, gray object make 4 passes of their aircraft (3 times at a distance of 10 to 20 miles), then dive straight down as if it were two objects. (9:05 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2686 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1404

Event 13629 (D389703F)

Date: 8/20/1953
Location: Castle AFB, CA
Description: TB-29 crew sees gray oval object; buzzes plane, separates.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_156

Event 13630 (BC43B20E)

Date: 8/20/1953
Time: 13:40
Location: NEAR JAMESTOWN, CA
Description: USAF #AF4076 circled / UFO’s. Going quickly east toward(s) Sierras. Fiery rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3262

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “430”, HatchDesc: “nr JAMESTOWN,CA:USAF #AF4076 CIRCLED/UFOS:>>E twrd SIERRAS:FIERY REAR:”, LatLong: “37.966668 -120.500006”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 120:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13631 (34109B1C)

Date: 8/20/1953
Time: 21:10
Location: NEAR CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: TB29 crew. Grey ovoid makes 4 passes at trainer plane. Dives going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3263

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “nr CASTLE AFB,CA:TB29 CREW:GREY OVOID MAKES 4 PASSES AT TRAINER PLANE:DIVES ↓”, LatLong: “37.383335 -120.533339”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 120:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13632 (705DA8EC)

Date: 8/20/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: BURLINGTON, VT
Description: Large round black object stops over radio-tower / 3 minute(s). / r137#3p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3264

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: “3”, Elev: “345”, HatchDesc: “BURLINGTON,VT:LRG ROUND BLACK OBJ STOPS OVR RADIO-TOWER/3min:/r137#3p11”, LatLong: “44.483335 -73.216670”, LatLongDMS: “44:29:00 N 73:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vermont”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13633 (B2742160)

Date: 8/20/1953
Location: Castle AFB (near), CA
Description: TB-29 Crew Files CIRVIS Report (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2686)
Reference: NICAP: 530820
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1568

Event 13634 (5D2C64AB)

Date: 8/20/1953
Time: 9:05 PM
Location: near Castle AFB, California
Description: Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One greyish oval object made four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20 miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_318

Event 13635 (024423E0)

Date: 8/20/1953
Locations: Castle AFB; Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center; Atwater, California
Description: 9:05 p.m. The crew of a TB-29 sees a grayish oval object near Castle AFB [now Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center], northeast of Atwater, California. The UFO makes four passes at the plane, then dives vertically as if it consists of two objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “TB-29 Crew Files CIRVIS Report”; Sparks, p. 203
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2273

Event 13636 (74740693)

Date: 8/20/1953
Description: The crew of a TB-29 bomber/trainer aircraft flying near Castle AFB in California reported that at 9:05 p.m. PDT a gray oval object made four passes at their airplane (three times at 10-20 miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2686; Project Blue Book Report #12; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns, p. 21; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5168

Event 13637 (83832203)

Date: 8/20/1953
Description: At 9:30 p.m. a large round black object stopped in the air over the radio tower in Burlington, Vermont for three minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 3114, citing APRO Bulletin, 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5169

Event 13638 (8175A979)

Date: 8/21/1953
Location: MEXICO, Ciudad Vallejo
Description: (Translated from French) Salvador Villanueva states that one of the two humanoids in his presence seemed to understand Spanish while the other spoke it but with a peculiar accent stringing words together without regard for tone or punctuation. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations of ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 186 which says August 20) At 6 pm, taxi driver Villanueva was under the chassis of his broken-down vehicle on the main road when he saw two pairs of legs covered with something that looked like “seamless gray velvet”. Standing up, he saw two pleasant-looking men measuring 1.35 m, dressed in a one-piece garment from neck to toes. They wore wide, shiny, perforated belts, metal collars around their necks, and small, shiny black boxes on their backs. Under their arms they held “helmets like those of pilots or American football players”. Their small size was not too strange in Mexico, where many Indians are very small, and he concluded that they were aviators, probably from a neighboring South American republic. (…) When it started to rain, they accepted the driver’s invitation to take shelter with him in the vehicle. During the night, various remarks began to worry Villanueva and finally this statement came: “We come from a very distant world, but we know a lot about yours”. At dawn he went with them to their craft, which was parked in a clearing 500 meters from the road, and noticed that although they had crossed a muddy terrain in which he sank deeply, the legs and feet of the little men remained clean: “when their feet touched puddles of mud their belts shone and the mud moved away” He was invited to board, but Villanueva spun around and ran away. (Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 109, 110) (…) standing up, he saw an apparition, a little man barely 1.20 m tall. He asked if he knew Mexico, but the entity gave him a description of his planet. Villanueva was invited on board, accepted, and took a trip into space, he thinks he visited the planet Venus. When he returned to the city, his appearance was so strange that the person where he was going to order the part for his taxi, thought he had smoked marijuana.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1759

Event 13639 (0D7B9F0D)

Date: 8/21/1953
Time: 22:00
Location: MAUMEE, OHIO
Description: Black saucer seen. Green and red lights on perimeter. Ovoids / Peoria / APRO v2#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3265

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: “192”, HatchDesc: “MAUMEE,OHIO:BLACK SCR SEEN:GRN+RED LITES on PERIMETER::OVOIDS/PEORIA/APRO v2#2”, LatLong: “41.566669 -83.600004”, LatLongDMS: “41:34:00 N 83:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13640 (F4A99B67)

Date: 8/21/1953
Location: Maumee, OH
Description: Black oval with green and red lights around perimeter. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1569

Event 13641 (6004DB6A)

Date: 8/21/1953
Description: Test pilot Lt. Col. Marion Eugene Carl reaches an unofficial altitude of 83,235 feet in a Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Marion Eugene Carl”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2274

Event 13642 (58721DDD)

Date: 8/22/1953
Location: EAST BOLTON, QBC
Description: Several observer(s). Silver cylinder/cigar-shape quickly going down / clouds. Stops near ground. Odd noise. Shoots back quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3266

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “E.BOLTON,QBC:SVRL OBS:SLVR CGR ↓↓/CLOUDS:STOPS nr GND:ODD NOISE:SHOOTS BACK ↑↑”, LatLong: “45.133335 -72.300003”, LatLongDMS: “45:08:00 N 72:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13643 (A8737F6C)

Date: 8/22/1953
Description: On this day a silver cigar-shaped object descended from the clouds over East Bolton, Quebec, Canada. It stopped near the ground, making an odd noise, then shot up vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 3116, citing APRO Bulletin, November 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5216

Event 13644 (B92D87B5)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: Soviet tactical atomic bomb test RDS-4, 28kt
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_508
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 28

Event 13645 (B5700388)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: NEW GUINEA, Port Moresby
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:00 AM, Mr. T.P. Drury observed a cylinder in the sky and filmed it. (Flying Saucer Review No. 4 - 1971) An object in the shape of a disc emerged from a cloud and made a right-angle turn. T.C. Drury, Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Department of New Guinea, was a fortunate witness as he had a camera in his hand. He took a film of 94 frames showing the object performing apparently intelligent maneuvers.
Reference: “UFO’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Press Inc. 1999, p 211
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1760

Event 13646 (B64E7BBD)

Date: 8/23/1953
Time: 00:30
Location: ST. JOHN’S, NF
Description: 2 / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Black 14M CCLR object overhead. Telepathy = ‘silence’. 2 hours / missing time. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3267

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, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.JOHN’S,NF:2/CAR/EMEs:BLK 14M CCLR OBJ OVHD:TLP=‘SILENCE’:2 hrs/MST:see ref”, LatLong: “47.550002 -52.666669”, LatLongDMS: “47:33:00 N 52:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13647 (723BF1F9)

Date: 8/23/1953
Time: 11:00
Location: PT. MORESBY, NG
Description: Silver dart exits odd cloud. Fast 90° turns? Film going [to] USAF. / APRO Jul. '61.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3268

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “Pt.MORESBY,NG:SLVR DART EXITS ODD CLOUD:FAST 90°TURNS?:film > USAF:/APRO JLY61”, LatLong: “-9.566667 147.333340”, LatLongDMS: “09:34:00 S 147:20:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13648 (8CB0670D)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: Red and white object moving very slowly upward, observed by Ground Observer Corps. (UFOE) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1570

Event 13649 (51936D6D)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: Port Moresby, New Guinea
Description: Movie film taken by Drury (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1571

Event 13650 (1717A11B)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: Australia, AU
Description: The Drury Film (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1572

Event 13651 (4DB14FBF)

Date: 8/23/1953
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 28KT
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_1036

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “28”

Event 13652 (F4748127)

Date: 8/23/1953
Locations: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Royal Australian Air Force
Description: 12:00 noon. Tom P. Drury, deputy director of the Civilian Aviation Department at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, takes 24 frames of 8mm color film of a silvery object that emerges from a cloud and climbs quickly, leaving a vapor trail. The Royal Australian Air Force and USAF intelligence are said to have studied the film, which has since disappeared, with only a few third-generation stills of poor quality remaining. Later researchers suspect a daytime meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Drury Film / Saucer-Like Object Climbing”; Norman Cruttwell, “The New Guinea Sightings,” APRO Bulletin, July 1961, p. 6; Clark III 416–417; Sparks, p. 204; Good Above, pp. 162–163; Bill Chalker, “The Drury UFO Film Affair: A Study of a Celebrated Australian Case, Part 1,” 2001; Bill Chalker, “The Drury UFO Film Affair: A Study of a Celebrated Australian Case, Part 2,” 2001; Herbert S. Taylor, “Mystery Clouds and the UFO Connection,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 17–18; Keith Basterfield and Paul Dean, “Cold Case Review of the 23 August 1953, Port Moresby Visual Sighting and Colour Movie Film,” April 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2275

Event 13653 (A741B4A9)

Date: 8/23/1953
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada two witnesses experienced two hours of missing time after their car had stalled in the presence of a black, 14 meter in diameter circular object, which hovered overhead. During hypnosis it emerged that telepathy was used for communication.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Ledger, Maritime UFO Files, p. 38
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5247

Event 13654 (C392D0BB)

Date: 8/24/1953
Location: USA, Giant Rock, California
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: July 18, 52) At 2am, Van Tassel sees the extraterrestrial, although none of his dogs barked. At 100 meters, a round, shiny saucer is barely 3 meters off the ground. The stranger says: “My name is Solganda.” The conversation is strange, as Van Tassel barely thinks of a question before Solganda already answers it. Van Tassel can take a ride in the saucer, which runs on a “crystal battery”. The extraterrestrial also explains to him that humans were only animals and that it was thanks to them that they received spirit.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued: December 29, 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1761

Event 13655 (B4E705DC)

Date: 8/24/1953 (approximate)
Time: 21:50
Location: ISLIP TERRACE, NY
Description: 2.5M brilliant egg hovers 30M away / 20M altitude! Going north. Flame-glow 60cm all over/all about.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 614)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3269

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “ISLIP TERRACE,NY:2.5M BRILL.EGG HVRS 30M AWAY/20M alt!:>N:FLAME-GLOW 60cm ALLO”, LatLong: “40.744446 -73.194448”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:40 N 73:11:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13656 (FBDCC994)

Date: 8/24/1953
Description: Contactee George Van Tassel gets to step, for the first time, inside a flying saucer, when an extraterrestrial named Solganda wakes him up and leads him to a waiting ship, giving him a tour of the interior and a technique for rejuvenating the human body before dropping him off and shooting back into space.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jody Rosen, “Welcome to the Integratron,” New York Times Magazine, August 20, 2014; Lesla Miller Schnur, “G. W. Van Tassel’s Integraton,” The Haunted Librarian, August 27, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2276

Event 13657 (146E1740)

Date: 8/25/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: COYOTE PASS / HEMET, CA
Description: Huge saucer lights house and 1/2 acre Lot. Going quickly [to] WSW toward(s) Winchester.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 215)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3270

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “510”, HatchDesc: “COYOTE PASS/HEMET,CA:HUGE SCR LITES HOUSE+1/2 ACRE LOT:>>WSW twrd WINCHESTER:”, LatLong: “33.750002 -116.966672”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 116:58:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13658 (9B6187F3)

Date: 8/26/1953
Description: Air Force Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of Air Force: “Intelligence. Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting.” Paragraph 9 forbids public release of unexplained sightings. Paragraph 8 requires classification of radar-scope photographs of UFOs. Air Force personnel instructed to discuss sightings only with “authorized personnel.” (Note rapid drop-off of officially reported sightings after this date.)
Type: regulation
Reference: The UFO Evidence page 22, Richard H. Hall
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_509
See also: 8/12/1954

Event 13659 (63C5FD1C)

Date: 8/26/1953
Location: US
Description: AF Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of Air Force; procedures for reporting UFOs, restrictions on public discussion.
Type: Air Force regulation
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_876

Event 13660 (75E56737)

Date: 8/26/1953
Locations: ATIC in Dayton; Pentagon
Description: USAF issues Air Force Regulation 200-2, which tightens UFO reporting and investigating procedures, further restricting the release of UFO information and superseding Air Force Letter 200-5. It directs that all confirmed UFO reports be sent electronically to air force intelligence. Tangible evidence must go to ATIC in Dayton. It also confines UFO investigations to three groups: USAF intelligence at the Pentagon, the 4602nd AISS, and ATIC (although ATIC only gets reports after they go to the 4602nd). Sightings are only to be discussed with “authorized personnel.” Reports by USAF personnel no longer go to Project Blue Book, which is now only a PR front. Some good cases still go there, but far fewer unidentifieds. Only solved cases are to be discussed publicly; those still unidentified are to remain classified at the Restricted level.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting,” Air Force Regulation 200-2, August 26, 1953; Clark III 918; Swords 198–199
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2277

Event 13661 (8D4C6AA2)

Date: 8/26/1953
Description: USAF issues Air Force Regulation 200-2, which restricts UAP reporting procedures and supersedes AFL 200-5. All confirmed UAP reports must now be sent to Air Force Intelligence, and reports by USAF personnel do not go to Project Blue Book. Fewer credible unidentifieds are sent to Blue Book and are therefore kept out of future updates to Congress and the American people.

• http://www.nicap.org/directives/AFR%20200-2,%20Aug%20%2026,1953.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_49

Event 13662 (B31489F9)

Date: 8/27/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Greensville (Mississippi), an USAF pilot, a Chief Sergeant and other people, observed from the ground a light making sinuous movements for 50 minutes. (August 27, 9:45 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2692 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1405

Event 13663 (992EC32D)

Date: 8/27/1953
Location: Greenville, MS
Description: AF pilot and others observe “meandering light” for fifty minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_157

Event 13664 (1266CFE6)

Date: 8/27/1953
Time: 01:30
Location: HIALEAH, FL
Description: 2 / car. Huge green disk drops and curves back up. Green light floods windshield.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3271

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “HIALEAH,FL:2/CAR:HUGE GRN DISK DROPS+CURVES BACK UP:GRN LITE FLOODS WINDSHIELD”, LatLong: “25.855557 -80.266670”, LatLongDMS: “25:51:20 N 80:16:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13665 (D333CA5E)

Date: 8/27/1953
Location: Greenville, MS
Description: USAF pilot, M/Sgt., others, all on the ground, saw a light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2692)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1573

Event 13666 (2267CDA0)

Date: 8/27/1953
Time: 9:45 PM
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Description: Witnesses: USAF pilot, M/Sgt., others, all on the ground. One meandering light was observed for 50 minutes. No further details in file.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_319

Event 13667 (83444228)

Date: 8/27/1953
Location: Greenville AFB [now Mid-Delta Regional Airport], Mississippi
Description: 9:45 p.m. A USAF pilot, M/Sgt, and others, all on the ground, see a meandering light for 50 minutes at Greenville AFB [now Mid-Delta Regional Airport], Mississippi.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 204
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2278

Event 13668 (5582D740)

Date: 8/27/1953
Description: In Greenville, Mississippi at 9:45 p.m. several ground witnesses including an Air Force pilot, Sergeant and others watched an unidentified meandering light for 50 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5389

Event 13669 (289C866F)

Date: 8/28/1953
Location: San Rafael, CA
Description: Report to JCS, CIA, and NSA of fourteen silver-colored 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_158

Event 13670 (9854D5EB)

Date: 8/28/1953
Time: 02:30
Location: SAN RAFAEL, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 14 cylinder/cigar-shape / saucers with lights in V-formation. Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3272

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “SAN RAFAEL,CA:GOC OBS:14 CGR/SCRS W/LITES IN V-FORM:BBK#UNK.”, LatLong: “37.983335 -122.533339”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 N 122:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13671 (36CE3FCA)

Date: 8/28/1953
Location: San Rafael, California
Description: A Ground Observer Corps volunteer watches 14 cigar-shaped UFOs silently moving over San Rafael, California. One appears to be leading the formation at about 200 mph. They are first seen heading west through breaks in the clouds, then turn north and disappear behind clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 278
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2279

Event 13672 (92721B88)

Date: 8/28/1953
Description: Fourteen oval flying objects were sighted by a Ground Observer Corps watcher in San Rafael, California at 2:25 a.m. They flew silently and were in view for three minutes. A report on the encounter was sent to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA, and the NSA.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, August 1953, case 32; Project Blue Book Report #12, November 30, 1953; Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, p. 278
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5408

Event 13673 (A674595E)

Date: 8/29/1953
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR REDKEY, IN
Description: Several observer(s). Night light goes up-down-left-right. Changes color. Radical moves.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3273

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “312”, HatchDesc: “nr REDKEY,IN:SVRL OBS:NLT GOES UP-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT:CHANGES COLOR:RADICAL MOVES”, LatLong: “40.350002 -85.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 85:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13674 (78C55681)

Date: 8/31/1953
Location: FRANCE, Vernon (Eure)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4 o’clock, many people living in Vernon (Eure) witnessed a quite impressive spectacle. Among the witnesses was a police officer, Mr. Henry Buch. (…) "As I was in the courtyard of my house, with my wife and my young son, our attention was drawn to the roar of a jet plane flying over the town. Having spotted it, we were astonished to see an object - coming from a higher altitude - flying at a dizzying speed towards the ground after crossing the route taken by the plane. To our great amazement, the object stopped its course and remained suspended in the air. After a few seconds of immobility, it took off again, describing circles above the town. This maneuver was repeated several times; it was then that, following the different phases of its evolution, we could discover the presence of three other craft, which were also moving at a staggering speed, to the four cardinal points of the locality. "These three saucers were at a much higher altitude than the first one. Their luminosity was so intense that we soon had to put on sunglasses to follow their march in the sky. As we asked our landlord to come and witness the phenomenon, my wife spotted a group of “saucers”, six in number, completely motionless at an approximate height of 5 to 6,000 meters. The strange evolutions lasted about ten minutes and then, suddenly, there was no trace of “saucer” in the absolutely clear sky. (…)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p 132-133
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1763

Event 13675 (BB17FE42)

Date: 8/31/1953
Time: 16:00
Location: VERNON, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Saucer going east. Going down [to] fast. Stops. Going up [to] and circles. 2 more saucer / wild maneuvers. / LDLN#260.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3274

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “VERNON,FR:SVRL OBS:SCR >E:↓ FAST:STOPS:↑+CCLs:2 MORE SCR/WILD MNVRS:/LDLN#260”, LatLong: “49.100002 1.450000”, LatLongDMS: “49:06:00 N 01:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EUR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13676 (D70DC03D)

Date: 8/31/1953
Description: Edward J. Ruppelt leaves Project Blue Book permanently, leaving Max Futch in charge as acting chief through December.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14; Clark III 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2280

Event 13677 (3924A61A)

Date: 8/31/1953
Description: A disc-shaped object flew toward the east in the sky over Vernon, France at 4:00 p.m. It shot up rapidly to a higher altitude, then stopped and circled. Two more discs engaged in wild maneuvers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 65; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5516

Event 13678 (A61075C9)

Date: 9/1953
Location: California
Description: The book “Flying Saucers Have Landed” by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski published.
Type: book
Reference: Amazon
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_489

Event 13679 (418439EB)

Date: 9/1953
Time: 12:00
Location: SANTONA, SPAIN
Description: F. Campana. Object rises / sea. Climbs sharply going northeast / 1 min. Lost to sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3275

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SANTONA,SPAIN:F.CAMPANA:OBJ RISES/SEA:CLIMBS SHARPLY>NE/1 MIN:LOST TO SIGHT.”, LatLong: “43.416669 -3.450000”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:00 N 03:27:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13680 (4F86BE01)

Date: 9/1953
Time: ~21:00
Location: SAINTES TO/FROM PONS, FR
Description: Noisy saucer hovers 10’ over field by N137. Hits trees. Quickly going up [to] very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3276

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAINTES><PONS,FR:NOISY SCR HOVERS 10’ OVR FIELD BY N137:HITS TREES:↑↑ VFAST”, LatLong: “45.650002 -0.566667”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:00 N 00:34:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13681 (626B0529)

Date: 9/1953
Location: London, UK
Description: London, England, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1574

Event 13682 (33FAFC4F)

Date: 9/1953
Location: Great Pyramid
Description: George Adamski’s account (ghostwritten by Clara John) of his meeting in the desert with the Venusian named Orthon is appended to an already completed manuscript on modern and historical UFO reports by Irish occultist Desmond Leslie and published as Flying Saucers Have Landed. Leslie asserts that the first spaceman (a Venusian) arrived on earth in 18,617,841 B.C. [in the early Miocene Epoch] and claims that early UFOs were called vimanas in Sanskrit epics like the Ramayana. He also argues that the Great Pyramid and megalithic structures were built with levitation techniques derived from space people.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Desmond Leslie and George Adamski, Flying Saucers Have Landed, British Book Centre, 1953; Clark III 40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2281

Event 13683 (55F2B8EC)

Date: 9/1953
Locations: Westchester, California; Santa Monica
Description: Airline stewardess Gloria Lee of Westchester, California, begins to hear a voice in her head that identifies itself as “J.W.,” a resident of Jupiter. Lee insists on a physical visit. Not long afterward, as she is hanging wash in her backyard, she hears the voice say, “Well, you’ve been wanting to see me.” She looks up and sees “a saucer, big as life, flying toward Santa Monica.” She has other experiences and founds the Cosmon Research Organization to publish and study J.W.’s teachings, much of which resemble philosophy in the 1882 book Oahspe, produced by automatic writing by John Ballou Newbrough. She goes on the contactee lecture circuit.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 682–683
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2282

Event 13684 (2341D8A3)

Date: 9/1953
Location: Joshua Tree, California
Description: Genevieve A. Johnston begins publishing the contactee newsletter Interplanetary News Digest in Joshua Tree, California. It continues through spring 1955.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Interplanetary News Digest 1, no. 1 (September 1953)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2283

Event 13685 (976B0D7C)

Date: 9/1953
Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia
Description: Gray Barker starts publishing The Saucerian Bulletin in Clarksburg, West Virginia, which covers UFO reports, monster yarns, contactee tales, and the latest rumors about Albert K. Bender. It continues through October 1962.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Saucerian Bulletin 1, no. 1 (September 1953); Clark III 178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2284

Event 13686 (29D5AE55)

Date: 9/1/1953
Location: USA, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. April 21, 53) Adamski meets the extraterrestrials in a bar. They answer a series of questions he has prepared. Then, after playing belote, he takes the saucer to meet the master on board the mothership.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued and concluded August 23, 1954
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1765

Event 13687 (E8DC3DAF)

Date: 9/2/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Sidi Slimane (French Morocco), sighting by Lieutenant Colonel William Moore and 1st Lieutenant J. H. McInnis. (2 September, 9:14 PM)
Reference: unresolved Blue Book case
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1406

Event 13688 (502B1C5E)

Date: 9/2/1953
Time: 21:10
Location: SIDI SLIMANE AIR FORCE BASE, MAROC
Description: C47 crew and Air Traffic Controller. Night light buzzes C47. 90+180° turns. No plane. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 318)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3277

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SIDI SLIMANE AFB,MAROC:C47 CREW+ATC:NLT BUZZES C47:90+180°TURNS:NO PLANE:/r185”, LatLong: “34.266668 -5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 05:52:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KNT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13689 (EA210BC6)

Date: 9/2/1953
Location: Sidi Slimane AFB, Fr. Morocco
Description: Air Force C-47 Encounters Maneuvering Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530902
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1575

Event 13690 (1FABD6DB)

Date: 9/2/1953
Time: 9:14 PM
Location: Sidi Slimane AFB, French Morocco
Description: Witnesses: Lt. Col. William Moore and lst Lt. J.H. McInnis, flying a USAF C-47 transport plane. One very bright light was on a collision course with the C-47, levelled out, made 180 degree turn during 3 minute observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_320

Event 13691 (F76458AA)

Date: 9/2/1953
Description: At 9:14 p.m. at Sidi Slimane AFB, Morocco pilot Lt. Col. William Moore and co-pilot Lt. J. H. McInnis, flying in a C-47 transport plane at 140 mph at 6000 feet altitude on a training mission, encountered a very bright light that appeared on a collision course with their aircraft. At the last minute the UFO levelled out. It subsequently made a 90 degree and then it executed a 180 degree turn. It descended to 700 feet or less, slowed and seemed to hover.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 21; UNICAT, case # 767; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5564

Event 13692 (AA5EE37C)

Date: 9/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Korolev announces in a service note that the launch of an elementary satellite Prosteïchi Spoutnik [ is envisaged by means of the R7 rocket, a launcher project developed by Korolev. (September 3)
Reference: which will give the Russian sign “PS”
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1407

Event 13693 (1D95FF9E)

Date: 9/3/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Ruppelt, then director of the Blue Book project, is relieved of his duties and leaves the military.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1408

Event 13694 (2EB2DCDE)

Date: 9/3/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Very large luminous UFO flits. Hovers. Throws sticks and rocks / observers. Flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 297)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3278

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:VLARGE LUM UFO FLITS:HVRS:THROWS STICKS+ROCKS/OBSs:flies away”, LatLong: “41.483335 -81.683337”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 81:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13695 (CF7139B0)

Date: 9/3/1953
Time: Unknown time
Location: Portland, Oregon
Description: Two bright silver ovals moved very fast. Case missing from files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_321

Event 13696 (E6115015)

Date: 9/3/1953
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 5.8KT
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_1037

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “5.8”

Event 13697 (6B48116A)

Date: 9/3/1953
Description: On this day a very large, luminous UFO hovered close to ground in Bedford Park, near Cleveland, Ohio. It threw up rocks and sticks from the ground, and then flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 3126, citing Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 297
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5586

Event 13698 (93474DE2)

Date: 9/4/1953
Location: FRANCE, Tonnerre
Description: (Translated from French) A woman saw at 9:30 PM, two objects on the ground and three small men of 150 cm in height with an enormous head, wearing a helmet and boots. They ran in the direction of the devices. One entered the elongated object of 5 m in length by 1.5 m wide which extended wings like a butterfly. It put itself in a vertical position, resting on a tripod and took off, as well as the spherical object where the two other creatures had taken place. Traces were found at the location of the observation. (Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU - p. 256, 257) The witness takes the air on the terrace which dominates the city. When standing up to return to her hotel she sees, near a chapel, two objects, one round, the other elongated. Then three small characters of about 1m50 appear, wearing helmets and boots, running as if they did not touch the ground. Two enter the sphere, the other in the elongated object inside which the witness sees 2 or 3 other beings through a transparent opening. The sphere has about 3 m in diameter and seems to be lit from below. At mid-height it is surrounded by a flat annular part which starts to turn very quickly while becoming luminous. The elongated object measures 4 to 5 m in length by 1.50m in height. It passes to the vertical position resting on the ground like on a tripod. Simultaneously, in a noise resembling a jet of steam, the two devices rise in a few seconds and disappear in the stars. Traces on the ground.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Facing the Extra-terrestrials” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 46, 47
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1766

Event 13699 (3688E0C7)

Date: 9/4/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: HOLBROOK, AZ
Description: Air Force C47+marine plane and Zuni / NM station/depot/facility. Blue-green pulsing night light going quickly east / 500mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3279

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1549”, HatchDesc: “HOLBROOK,AZ:AF C47+MARINE PLANE+ZUNI/NM STn:BLU-GRN PULSING NLT >>E/500mph”, LatLong: “34.900002 -110.155561”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:00 N 110:09:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13700 (36F648F2)

Date: 9/4/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: TONNERRE, FR
Description: 5M cylinder/cigar-shape and sphere / ground. 3 1.5M small humanoids (or Greys) run to both and fly. Traces. / r8#117.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3280

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TONNERRE,FR:5M CGR+SPHERE/GND:3 1.5M OIDS RUN TO BOTH+FLY:TRACES:/r8#117”, LatLong: “47.855558 3.983334”, LatLongDMS: “47:51:20 N 03:59:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YNN”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13701 (EA220C0C)

Date: 9/4/1953
Time: 2130
Location: Tonnerre, France
Description: A woman saw two objects on the ground and three 1.5-m-tall men running toward the craft. They had oversized heads and wore helmets and boots. One entered the elongated object, 5 m long, 1.5 m wide, which spread “wings” that made it look like a butterfly. It then took a vertical position, resting on a tripod, and took off with the spherical object into which the other two creatures had gone. Traces were found at the spot.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: GEPA 68, 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_117

Event 13702 (D9D70C84)

Date: 9/4/1953
Description: Mrs. Deshais, a farmer’s wife in Tonnerre, France saw two UFOs at 9:30 p.m., a five-meter long elongated object and a sphere, both on the ground. There were three 1.5-meter (5 foot) tall men running toward the craft. They had oversized heads and wore helmets and boots. One entered the elongated object, which then spread some “wings” that made it look like a butterfly. It then shifted to a vertical position, resting on tripod landing gear, and took off at the same time as the spherical object into which the other two beings had gone. Traces were found at the spot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phenomenes Spatiaux, March 1968; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204, case 117
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5624

Event 13703 (7187DDB4)

Date: 9/5/1953
Location: CASTLE VALLEY, UTAH
Description: Movie crew. White sphere passes between 2 rock formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: DAVID, Jay (ed.): FLYING SAUCERS HAVE ARRIVED: HB World Publ. NY 1970. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3281

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: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1433”, HatchDesc: “CASTLE VALLEY,UTAH:MOVIE CREW:WHITE SPHERE PASSES BETWEEN 2 ROCK FORMATIONS”, LatLong: “38.961113 -111.133339”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:40 N 111:08:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13704 (A4D9D136)

Date: 9/6/1953
Time: 18:10
Location: GREENFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver-grey clam-shaped object north going quickly south overhead / 200MPH. / Loren Gross.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3282

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: “76”, HatchDesc: “GREENFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:SLVR-GRY CLAM-SHAPED OBJ N>>S OVHD/200MPH:/LOREN GROSS”, LatLong: “42.700002 -72.583337”, LatLongDMS: “42:42:00 N 72:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13705 (64A13D24)

Date: 9/6/1953
Time: 22:50
Location: OMAHA, NEBR
Description: 2 observer(s). Round red object maneuvers / erratic speed. Moves / short bursts.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3283

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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “313”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NEBR:2 OBS:ROUND RED OBJ MNVRS/ERRATIC SPEED:MOVES/SHORT BURSTS:”, LatLong: “41.266669 -95.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 95:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13706 (078C045E)

Date: 9/7/1953
Time: 18:30
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Technical writer. Equilateral triangle spins overhead going quickly north. 3000’ altitude below overcast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3284

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:TECHn.WRITER:EQLT.TRIANGLE SPINS OVHD>>N:3000’alt BLW OVERCAST”, LatLong: “41.483335 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13707 (A57D6BDD)

Date: 9/7/1953
Time: 20:10
Location: VANDALIA, OH
Description: Brill white UFO flies under 2 United States Navy (USN) planes. Going up [to] fast O / O / sight. / r237p158.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3285

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “60”, Elev: “296”, HatchDesc: “VANDALIA,OH:BRILL WHT UFO FLIES UNDER 2 USN PLANES:↑ FAST O/O/SIGHT:/r237p158”, LatLong: “39.883335 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:53:00 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13708 (808EE173)

Date: 9/7/1953
Location: Vandalia, IL
Description: Navy pilots (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1576

Event 13709 (4D1DF6C8)

Date: 9/7/1953
Location: Cleveland, OH
Description: Technical writer watched rotating triangle pass overhead (cf., May 22, 1960, Majorca sighting). [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1577

Event 13710 (81A110B3)

Date: 9/7/1953
Location: Littlehampton, England
Description: British pilot Neville Duke reaches 728 mph in a Hawker Hunter Mk.3 at Littlehampton, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Neville Duke”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2285

Event 13711 (60BD10CE)

Date: 9/7/1953
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description: 6:30 p.m. Don P. Hollister, a technical writer for Goodyear Aircraft, notices a grayish-blue object heading north directly over his backyard in Cleveland, Ohio, at less than 3,000 feet altitude. It is shaped like an equilateral triangle, but rounded somewhat on the sides and angles. It is rotating on a central axis. The object disappears after 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 70
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2286

Event 13712 (BDB0C3D8)

Date: 9/7/1953
Description: While flying over Vandalia, Ohio at eight p.m. two onboard a U.S. Navy FG1D research aircraft sighted a white light that shot up and away vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO News, September 1954, p. 5; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 48; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5708

Event 13713 (AF6BE8AE)

Date: 9/8/1953
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1.6KT
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_1038

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1.6”

Event 13714 (3B230758)

Date: 9/9/1953
Location: KINGAROY, QLD, AUSTRALIA
Description: Canberra times. UFO looks like a log or telegraph pole.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3286

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KINGAROY,QLD,AUSTRALIA:CANBERRA TIMES:UFO LOOKS LIKE A LOG or TELEGRAPH POLE”, LatLong: “-26.616668 151.833341”, LatLongDMS: “26:37:00 S 151:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13715 (A5440F34)

Date: 9/10/1953
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4.9KT
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_1039

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4.9”

Event 13716 (26AF95E7)

Date: 9/11/1953
Location: CHILOQUIN, OREGON
Description: Police chief / (seen thru) binoculars and others. Top-saucers seen 3 nights running. R78p169.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3287

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “1274”, HatchDesc: “CHILOQUIN,ORE:POLICE CHIEF/BINOCS+OTHERS:TOP-SCRs SEEN 3 NITES RUNNING:r78p169”, LatLong: “42.577780 -121.866672”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:40 N 121:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13717 (38229C9B)

Date: 9/11/1953
End date: 9/13/1953
Location: Chiloquin, OR
Description: Police Chief, others, watched top-like UFOs three consecutive nights. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1580

Event 13718 (5F2E582A)

Date: 9/11/1953
Description: A large yellow nocturnal light zigzagged over Fort Meade, Maryland. It vanished temporarily, then reappeared. It was also seen over Andrews Air Force Base.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, September 1953
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5854

Event 13719 (F2CA2A94)

Date: 9/11/1953
Description: Brovst, Denmark was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Les SV Viennent d’un Autre Monde; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5855

Event 13720 (15F58E1F)

Date: 9/12/1953
Location: BROVST, DK
Description: Attempted abduction / girl by 2 glowing small humanoids (or Greys) or robots. Hoax / Vallee.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3288

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BROVST,DK:ATTEMPTED ABD/GIRL by 2 GLOWING OIDS OR ROBOTS:HOAX/Vallee”, LatLong: “57.100003 9.533334”, LatLongDMS: “57:06:00 N 09:32:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13721 (7B5E4D0B)

Date: 9/12/1953
Time: 01:00
Location: NORTHEAST / FORT MEADE, MD
Description: 2 military observer(s). Large yellow night light zigzags. Gone. Reappears. Seen / Andrews Air Force Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3289

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “NE/FORT MEADE,MD:2 MIL OBS:LRG YEL.NLT ZIGZAGS:GONE:REAPPEARS:SEEN/ANDREWS AFB”, LatLong: “39.116669 -76.700004”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 76:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13722 (1C2039A8)

Date: 9/12/1953
Location: Brovst, Denmark
Description: Brovst was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Guieu (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_118

Event 13723 (6F1D122D)

Date: 9/12/1953
Description: Brovst, Denmark was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Les SV Viennent d’un Autre Monde; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5901

Event 13724 (54AAEAB9)

Date: 9/14/1953
Location: LONDON
Description: Military observer(s). Strong RADAR / 150’ saucer. Metallic. Seen / (seen thru) binoculars. Hovers / 15 minute(s). Back 22 SEPT53.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3290

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “LONDON:MIL OBS:STRONG RDR/150’SCR:MTLC:SEEN/BINOCS:HVRS/15min:BACK 22SEPT53”, LatLong: “51.516669 -0.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:31:00 N 00:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13725 (DD25BBFE)

Date: 9/15/1953
End date: 9/19/1953
Locations: Fort McClellan; Alabama
Description: Operation Top Hat, a “local field exercise,” takes place at the Army Chemical School [now the US Army CBRN School] at Fort McClellan [now closed], Alabama. The experiments use Chemical Corps personnel to test decontamination methods for biological and chemical weapons, including sulfur mustard and nerve agents. The personnel are deliberately exposed to these contaminants, are not volunteers, and are not informed of the tests. In a 1975 Pentagon Inspector General’s report, the military maintain that Operation Top Hat is not subject to the guidelines requiring approval because it is a line-of-duty exercise in the Chemical Corps.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Top Hat”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2287

Event 13726 (89B20CE3)

Date: 9/16/1953
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture on saucers to the USAF Air Reserve 9882nd Volunteer Air Reserve Squadron in the North Miami area
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_511

Event 13727 (0AFE538B)

Date: 9/16/1953
Time: 22:30
Location: LONDON, ONTARIO
Description: 2 in car. Dull white irregular 30cm chunk hangs / sky. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3291

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “LONDON,ONTARIO:2 IN CAR:DULL WHT IRREGULAR 30cm CHUNK HANGS/SKY:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “42.983335 -81.250004”, LatLongDMS: “42:59:00 N 81:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13728 (00949374)

Date: 9/17/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Across the British Isles, many viewers saw on their television screens the logo and call sign of a Houston (Texas) transmitter: KLEE. Local transmitters were unable to quell the strong interference, which lasted 3 to 4 minutes each time. Upon investigation, this transmitter had been inactive for 3 years. A BBC spokesperson told reporters that in this case, we are faced with circumstances that contradict everything we know about television broadcasting. It is inconceivable that these signals could have traveled around the Earth from this transmitter which had last broadcast them 3 years prior. It is physically impossible that they were randomly reflected by some celestial body in our direction from such a great distance. This leaves only one possibility, however bizarre it may be, that these signals were sent back to us voluntarily by intelligent people of unknown origin and for reasons currently impossible to determine. (14-17 September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1409

Event 13729 (55A02F54)

Date: 9/17/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The New York Times article from September 15th. See photo at images/1953-09-15_NewYorkTimes.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1410

Event 13730 (7A709982)

Date: 9/22/1953
Location: BAD AXE, MI
Description: Several observer(s). Object flashes red and green and white. Lands / old gravel pit. Hums. Quickly going up [to] later.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3292

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “233”, HatchDesc: “BAD AXE,MI:SVRL OBS:OBJ FLASHES RED+GRN+WHT:LANDS/OLD GRAVEL PIT:HUMS:↑↑ LATER”, LatLong: “43.800002 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “43:48:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13731 (77BC9977)

Date: 9/22/1953
Time: ~09:00
Location: ONTARIO, CA
Description: 4 USAF. “Wing tank” falls. Stops. Turns circular. Flies going quickly north / extreme speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3293

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, 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: “2”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “ONTARIO,CA:4 USAF:“WING TANK” FALLS:STOPS:TURNS CIRCULAR:FLIES>>N/XTREME SPEED”, LatLong: “34.066668 -117.633339”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 117:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13732 (5D6BF4AC)

**Date:

[c0mmando]

** 9/22/1953
Time: 11:45 AM
Location: Hayward, California
Description: Witness: civilian, Mr. Bray, using a small telescope. One thin, yellow triangle moved slowly, made a rapid acceleration and a vertical climb during the 5-8 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_322

Event 13733 (45EE6835)

Date: 9/22/1953
Description: At 9:00 a.m. an object shaped like an airplane “wing tank” fell from the sky over Ontario, California. It stopped in midair, turned into a circular shape, then shot off toward the north at an extreme speed. There were four military witnesses. Another UFO was seen later that day by a man named Bray in Hayward, California in Alameda county at 11:45 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 23; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, September 1953, case 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6217

Event 13734 (B22D19AF)

Date: 9/23/1953
Time: ~16:00
Location: EAST CANTON TO/FROM MINERVA, OH
Description: Astronomer Webb and 1. White sphere crosses US30 north going south. Brief.
Type: sighting
Reference: DAVID, Jay (ed.): FLYING SAUCERS HAVE ARRIVED: HB World Publ. NY 1970. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3294

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “E.CANTON><MINERVA,OH:ASTRONOMER WEBB+1:WHT SPHERE CROSSES US30 N>S:brief”, LatLong: “40.766669 -81.216671”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 81:13:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13735 (0E378B0A)

Date: Autumn 1953
Locations: Dutton, Montana; Conrad, Montana; Great Falls AFB [now Malmstrom AFB]
Description: Dusk. Cecil Tenney is driving near Dutton, Montana, when he sees a cigar-shaped object about 200 feet away. Apparently in trouble, it belches fire and smoke, and after a few minutes he hears an explosion. Balls of fire rain down from the sky. He tells the story to a highway patrol officer at a nearby bar before driving on to Conrad, Montana. That evening a colonel from Great Falls AFB [now Malmstrom AFB] calls and tells him to show up at the base in the morning. He is interrogated there for 30 minutes, and on the way out sees soldiers carrying bags that he thinks might contain body parts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, “Retrievals of the Third Kind: A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military Custody,” MUFON 1978 UFO Symposium Proceedings, Mutual UFO Network, 1978, pp. 77–105; Clark III 342
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2293

Event 13736 (10D337A3)

Date: 9/24/1953
Time: 10:30
Location: BEXLEY, OHIO
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Round silver disk follows plane. / Stringfield. / No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3295

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “241”, HatchDesc: “BEXLEY,OHIO:GOC OBS:ROUND SLVR DISK FOLOS PLANE:/Stringfield:/NFD”, LatLong: “39.966669 -82.938893”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 82:56:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13737 (89386392)

Date: 9/24/1953
Location: Columbus (Bexley), OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps report: silvery disk followed plane. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1581

Event 13738 (B7486374)

Date: Late 9/1953
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Night. Baltimore, Maryland, astronomer James C. Bartlett Jr. is observing a transit of the star Fomalhaut when he notices four large lights moving slowly in the sky. He looks at them through binoculars and sees that they are on the noses of two enormous cigar-shaped objects at about 3,000 feet altitude. He can also see an apparent cabin and portholes and he hears a sound like a piston engine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Two Huge UFOs Sighted by Baltimore Astronomer,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1958): 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2291

Event 13739 (3F688F33)

Date: 9/26/1953
Locations: Castel Idris; Tripoli; Libya
Description: British pilot Mike Lithgow attains an official world airspeed record of 736 mph in a Supermarine Swift F 4 at Castel Idris, Tripoli, Libya.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mike Lithgow”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2288

Event 13740 (E03C0198)

Date: 9/27/1953
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / MAQUOKETA, IA
Description: 2 / car. Small domed saucer / treetops. Speeds away when neared.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3296

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “SW/MAQUOKETA,IA:2/CAR:SML DOMED SCR/TREETOPS:SPEEDS AWAY WHEN NEARED”, LatLong: “42.050002 -90.683338”, LatLongDMS: “42:03:00 N 90:41:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13741 (ADEF0F06)

Date: 9/28/1953
Time: ~23:00
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Astronomer. 2 huge cigars / 3K’ altitude. Cabin lights / nose and portholes / side. / r137#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3297

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:ASTRONOMER:2 HUGE CGRS/3K’alt:CABIN LITES/NOSE+PORTS/SIDE:/r137#3”, LatLong: “39.283335 -76.583337”, LatLongDMS: “39:17:00 N 76:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13742 (BAF970E8)

Date: 9/28/1953
Location: Palmdale, CA
Description: (McDonald list) F-94C Tracks UFO at 200 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 530928
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1578

Event 13743 (7C710BDA)

Date: 9/28/1953
Time: 7 PM
Location: Palmdale, California
Description: Witness: radar observer of USAF F-94C jet interceptor. One object tracked at 2,000 kts. (2,300 m.p.h.) for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_323

Event 13744 (F684FEA3)

Date: 9/28/1953
Time: 7 PM
Location: Newhall, California
Description: Witness: radar observer of USAF F-94C jet interceptor. Visual observation one orange ball travelling 500-600 kts. (600-700 m.p.h.) for 6 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_324

Event 13745 (CA697BA7)

Date: 9/28/1953
Locations: South Pole; Los Angeles
Description: Albert K. Bender confides to Gray Barker and a few others that three menacing men dressed in black suits have called on him, told him the answer to the UFO mystery, and insisted that he will go to jail if he repeats it. The experience allegedly terrifies him, and he decides to close the International Flying Saucer Bureau. Barker immortalizes the episode in a 1956 book, They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, and Bender breaks his long silence in 1962 with Flying Saucers and the Three Men, in which he claims that the visitors are not government agents but monsters from the distant planet Kazik. Even Barker concedes privately that he cannot swallow Bender’s fantastic tale of abduction to the South Pole by monstrous space beings. Bender does little to promote the book and soon moves to Los Angeles and secures an unlisted telephone number. However, the book does reveal Bender’s long-time obsession with science fiction, horror movies, and the occult.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gray Barker, They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, University Books, 1956; Albert K. Bender, Flying Saucers and the Three Men, Saucerian, 1962; Clark III 189–192, 623; Story, pp. 50–51; Michael D. Swords, “Tales from the Barker Zone,” IUR 17, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1992): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2289

Event 13746 (C196C9A5)

Date: 9/28/1953
Location: Palmdale, California
Description: 7:10 p.m. In Palmdale, California, a UFO appears on an F-94C radarscope for a period of 15 seconds. The object is traveling on a 60° course at an estimated speed of 2,300 mph. It is 4 miles away when first seen and compares with a C-47 in size on the radarscope. The F-94 was moving at 345 mph at 21,000 feet. The same or another object is observed visually from another F-94C for six seconds at 7:00 p.m. The object is described as round, orange in color, and traveling on the same course as the first object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “F-94C Tracks UFO at 200 Knots”; Sparks, p. 204
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2290

Event 13747 (56A4E92B)

Date: 9/29/1953
Time: 23:00
Location: CARCES, VAR, FR
Description: Vineyard workers. Flying cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 15 minute(s). Strong red light beams going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 325)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3298

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “CARCES,VAR,FR:VINYARD WORKERS:FLYING CGR HVRS/15min:STRONG RED LITE BEAMS ↓”, LatLong: “43.466669 6.166667”, LatLongDMS: “43:28:00 N 06:10:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13748 (7093A8BF)

Date: 9/29/1953
Location: Easton, PA
Description: Television picture “began going up and down real fast,” as UFO passed overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1579

Event 13749 (84E3D6DA)

Date: 9/29/1953
Description: The vertical hold on a TV set went out when a UFO emitting white vapor passed overhead in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul Whalley, Flying Saucers magazine, October 1968, p. 26; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 73
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6416

Event 13750 (E65969E8)

Date: 9/30/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: SILVER SPRING, MD
Description: 1 observer. 8’ silver spheroid glides 300’ over house. Shiny. No glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3299

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: “104”, HatchDesc: “SILVER SPRING,MD:1 OBS:8’SLVR SPHEROID GLIDES 300’ ovr HOUSE:SHINY:NO GLOW”, LatLong: “39.000002 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “90”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13751 (0EF04EFD)

Date: 9/30/1953
Description: Project Blue Book issues its Status Report #12.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Air Force, Projects Grudge and Blue Book Reports 1–12, NICAP, 1968, pp. 215–235
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2292

Event 13752 (C3C50861)

Date: 10/1953
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS, STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF COSMIC RAYS ON BLACK MICE.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: “Caldin 1960, 103”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1767

Event 13753 (7BFD4458)

Date: 10/1953
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Albert K. Bender, editor of the magazine “Space Review”, in his October 1953 issue mentioned that he had found the key to the mystery of flying saucers, but he could not disclose the affair, since he had been forbidden to do so. He ended his article by warning ufologists to stay vigilant. After that, Bender’s magazine was no longer published. Later, in an interview, Bender claimed that three “men in black” had ordered him to stop any publication on UFOs. He would have complied, as he had a real fear of these men. Later he published a book “Flying Saucers and the Three Men in Black.”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1771

Event 13754 (D6EBB0D8)

Date: 10/1953 (approximate)
Time: ~15:00
Location: (E.PANHANDLE), WV
Description: Biologist and P38 pilot and 1. 8M saucer going up [to] and left and right and going down [to] below horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3300

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “(E.PANHANDLE),WV:BIOLOGIST+P38 PILOT+1:8M SCR ↑+LEFT+RIGHT+↓ below HRZN:”, LatLong: “39.416669 -78.500004”, LatLongDMS: “39:25:00 N 78:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13755 (D024A7D1)

Date: 10/1953 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: TAZA, MOROCCO
Description: 5 / car. Luminous top saucer going north straight and level at high altitude. Absolute(ly) plain and silent. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3301

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: “Morocco”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TAZA,MOROCCO:5/CAR:LUMn.TOP SCR >N S/L at HIGH alt:ABS PLAIN+SILENT:NFD”, LatLong: “34.266668 -4.016667”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 04:01:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TZA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13756 (8434D687)

Date: 10/1953
Time: 16:00
Location: SAO PAOLO, BRZ
Description: Druggist. Black moon-size disk crosses sun 2X. Quickly going up [to] up / incredibly fast. Contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3302

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “638”, HatchDesc: “SAO PAOLO,BRZ:DRUGGIST:BLK MOONSIZE DISK CROSSES SUN 2X:↑↑ UP/XXFAST:contrail”, LatLong: “-23.533334 -46.600002”, LatLongDMS: “23:32:00 S 46:36:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13757 (F5363F61)

Date: 10/1953 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: NEAR DUTTON, MT
Description: Saucer crash? Observer(s) interrogated / USAF. Bodies in laundry bag. / MJ#129.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3303

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “3716”, HatchDesc: “nr DUTTON,MT:SCR CRASH?:OBS INTERROGATED/USAF:BODIES IN LAUNDRY BAG:/MJ#129”, LatLong: “47.850002 -111.716672”, LatLongDMS: “47:51:00 N 111:43:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 13758 (0F98AD66)

Date: 10/1953
Description: The final issue of Space Review edited by Albert K. Bender states that UFOs are “no longer a mystery. The source is already known, but any information about this is being withheld by orders from a higher source.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Statement of Importance,” Space Review 2, no. 4 (October 1953): 1; Clark III 189
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2294

Event 13759 (7CEF0BB5)

Date: 10/1953
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Captain J. L. Kidd put his American Airlines DC-6 passenger plane into a dive to avoid a collision with a lighted UFO. Passengers were thrown into the aisles by the unexpected maneuver.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_33

Event 13760 (6BE92B75)

Date: 10/1/1953
Locations: Henry Holt; USAF Secretary Harold E. Talbott
Description: Donald E. Keyhoe’s Flying Saucers from Outer Space is published by Henry Holt. Excerpts appear in the October 20 issue of Look. His message is that aliens are here, the military knows it, and they are covering it up from the public to avoid panic. He has gotten clearance from Ruppelt and Chop to include 51 classified UFO reports from the Air Technical Intelligence Center, which runs Project Blue Book. The Air Force states that Keyhoe is misrepresenting their analyses, so he sends a telegram to USAF Secretary Harold E. Talbott and Gen. Sory Smith, saying that if he really misrepresented anything, as a Marine Corps officer he should be disciplined. The Air Force offers no comment. In the book, he takes note of a curious document (never published and now lost) prepared by USAF Col. William C. Odell titled “Planet Earth: Host to Extraterrestrial Life,” in which he speculates on aliens crossing space in search of new planets to live on once their own fails.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, Holt, 1953; Wikipedia, “Flying Saucers from Outer Space”; Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, p. 55; Michael D. Swords, “Colonel Odell and the Invasion of Earth,” IUR 30, no. 3 (May 2006): 3– 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2295

Event 13761 (FE3D9016)

Date: 10/2/1953
Location: Lancaster, Ohio
Description: Industrial engineer Jack W. Grant gives a presentation titled “Flying Saucers Have Landed” to the Federation of Women’s Clubs at a hotel. He had travelled the country for the past 6 years and was convinced the topic was of immense significance. He said the government would eventually tell the public and his presentation would help soften the blow.
Type: lecture
Reference: Newspapers.com
Reference: Newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_512

Event 13762 (35912577)

Date: 10/2/1953
Time: 02:00
Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK
Description: 2 observer(s). “Extra Venus” curves and zags over barracks. Slows. Stops. Turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3304

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “394”, HatchDesc: “TINKER AFB,OK:2 OBS:“EXTRA VENUS” CURVES+ZAGS OVR BARRACKS:SLOWS:STOPS:TURNS”, LatLong: “35.416668 -97.383338”, LatLongDMS: “35:25:00 N 97:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13763 (0C0D5450)

Date: 10/3/1953
Location: Salton Sea, California
Description: USN pilot James B. Verdin reaches 753 mph in a Douglas F4D Skyray over the Salton Sea, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Douglas F4D Skyray”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2296

Event 13764 (71C4E668)

Date: 10/4/1953
Time: 19:00
Location: CHEVILLON-SUR-HUILLARD, FR
Description: 4 observer(s). 5M fireball close / ground. Turns into cylinder/cigar-shape-shape. / r50p68.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3305

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHEVILLON-sur-HUILLARD,FR:4 OBS:5M FBL CLOSE/GND:TURNS INTO CGR-SHAPE:/r50p68”, LatLong: “47.950002 2.627778”, LatLongDMS: “47:57:00 N 02:37:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13765 (6AE471A6)

Date: 10/6/1953
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Norwich
Description: (Translated from French) At 7:15 in the morning, members of the astronomical society observed for 30 seconds, an engine in the shape of a bell with a series of portholes that projected rays of light. Below there was another source of light. The engine changed its position and flew off to the north at an incredible speed.
Reference: Inforespace n° 8 p. 5
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1768

Event 13766 (2DBEC4B4)

Date: 10/6/1953
Time: 19:20
Location: NORWICH, ENGL
Description: Astronomer and more / telescope. Saucer hovers / 3 minute(s). Lit windows / dome. 180° turn going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3306

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “31”, HatchDesc: “NORWICH,ENGL:ASTRONOMER+/TELESCOPE:SCR HVRS/3min:LIT WINDOWS/DOME:180°TURN >SW”, LatLong: “52.650003 1.333333”, LatLongDMS: “52:39:00 N 01:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13767 (079AA044)

Date: 10/7/1953
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Eng. and 1 southwest / base. Silver saucer follows test missile right up exhaust.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3307

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:ENG.+1 SW/BASE:SLVR SCR FOLOS TEST MISSILE RIGHT UP EXHAUST”, LatLong: “32.833335 -106.083338”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 106:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13768 (CE40D55A)

Date: 10/7/1953
Time: 13:10
Location: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: White sphere/orb/globe stands still / 4 minute(s). Flies going quickly north. Gone / 1 minute(s). / runway control Officer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3308

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: “5”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “SCOTT AFB,IL:WHT ORB STANDS STILL/4min:FLIES>>N:GONE/1min:/RUNWAY CONTROL OFCR”, LatLong: “38.572224 -89.794449”, LatLongDMS: “38:34:20 N 89:47:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13769 (ED0131A8)

Date: 10/8/1953
Time: 06:00
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: Postman and several. 2 12’ saucers. Slightly transparent. Retrace course. Going quickly west / ocean.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3309

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:POSTMAN+SVRL:2 12’SCRS:SLIGHTLY XPARENT:RETRACE COURSE:>>W/OCEAN”, LatLong: “33.783335 -118.166672”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 118:10:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13770 (8AE8FFF4)

Date: 10/8/1953
Time: 20:40
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: Glowing disk / high speed. 08 October. Ellipse hums and crosses sky / 1.5sec. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3310

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:GLOWING DISK/HIGH SPEED::08OCT:ELLIPSE HUMS+CROSSES SKY/1.5sec:NFD”, LatLong: “41.100002 -81.500004”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 N 81:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13771 (06F74507)

Date: 10/8/1953
Description: A glowing disc flew at high speed over Akron, Ohio at 8:40 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May 1954
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6638

Event 13772 (7903A6D6)

Date: 10/9/1953
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture on flying saucers at the Aerodex Management club
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_513

Event 13773 (C6D8CFA1)

Date: 10/9/1953
Time: 10:00
Location: ENGLISH CHANNEL SOUTHEAST / LONDON
Description: Pilots. Huge metallic saucer passes airliner going quickly southeast to Paris.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3311

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ENGLISH CHANNEL SE/LONDON:PILOTS:HUGE MTLC SCR PASSES AIRLINER >>SE to PARIS”, LatLong: “50.500002 1.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:30:00 N 01:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13774 (BFBADD6B)

Date: 10/9/1953
Time: 11:20
Location: SAMPSON AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: 3 observer(s). Silver saucer makes deafening roar! Very large and very high. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 331)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3312

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “SAMPSON AFB,NY:3 OBS:SLVR SCR MAKES DEAFENING ROAR!:VLARGE+VHIGH:NFD”, LatLong: “42.766669 -76.866670”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 76:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13775 (13363069)

Date: 10/9/1953
Time: 19:40
Location: ZAANDAM, NETH
Description: 2 orange oval blots cross sky / parallel. 3rd blot follows.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3313

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

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ZAANDAM,NETH:2 ORANGE OVAL BLOTS CROSS SKY/PARALLEL:3rd BLOT FOLLOWS”, LatLong: “52.416669 4.816667”, LatLongDMS: “52:25:00 N 04:49:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13776 (036086CB)

Date: 10/9/1953
Time: 23:30
Location: SOUTH GATE, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Ovoid with sharp edges / 1.5sec. 8 minute(s) / arc. Pale blue. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3314

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH GATE,CA:AM.ASTRON:OVOID W/SHARP EDGES/1.5sec:8min/arc:PALE BLUE:NFD”, LatLong: “33.955557 -118.211117”, LatLongDMS: “33:57:20 N 118:12:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13777 (374BB1B6)

Date: 10/9/1953
Time: 23:40
Location: HAARLEM, NETH
Description: Blue night light slowly descends. Swoops over north sea. Rises faster.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3315

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HAARLEM,NETH:BLUE NLT SLOWLY DESCENDS:SWOOPS OVR NORTH SEA:RISES FASTER”, LatLong: “52.366669 4.616667”, LatLongDMS: “52:22:00 N 04:37:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13778 (58251A37)

Date: 10/9/1953
Location: Dutch Islands, Harwich area, UK
Description: Three UFOs Flew Over Area, Tracked on Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531009
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1755

Event 13779 (D5B18964)

Date: 10/9/1953
Location: Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria
Description: 3:50 p.m. A UFO is seen at Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, discharging a white trail described as “strange shiney filaments” that cover wires and trees. A sample turns out to be a “nylon-like amorphous mass with traces of magnesuim, calcium, boron, and silicon.” It shrinks from 3 inches to one-half inch in an air-tight container.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Wispy Threads from Sky,” Australian Flying Saucer Review (UFOIC), no. 9 (November 1966): 12; Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 101; Keith Basterfield, “Angel Hair: An Australian Perspective,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2297

Event 13780 (C23A8324)

Date: 10/9/1953
Locations: RAF Bawdsey [now Bawdsey Manor], Suffolk, England; Harwich area; RAF Waterbeach [now Waterbeach Barracks], Cambridgeshire; English Channel
Description: 4:30 p.m. Three unidentified objects are tracked on radar at RAF Bawdsey [now Bawdsey Manor], Suffolk, England, at an altitude of 36,000 feet above the Netherlands. Soon they are tracked flying east to west over the Harwich area. Some jets at RAF Waterbeach [now Waterbeach Barracks], Cambridgeshire, are scrambled but can locate nothing. Airmen at Bawdsey can see nothing but four contrails heading north. The objects then reverse and move back across the English Channel at 32,000–34,000 feet. The apparent speed on the approach is 430 mph, increasing to 483 mph on the short leg over the UK and 564 mph on the return.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three UFOs Flew over Area, Tracked on Radar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2298

Event 13781 (CCFE0DD3)

Date: 10/11/1953
Time: 11:30
Location: NORTHWEST / WAUBUN, MN
Description: Farmer. Slow saucer. Antenna / bottom. S-shape object / front. Delta/triangle/box-like craft going quickly south very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 332)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3316

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: “5”, Elev: “457”, HatchDesc: “NW/WAUBUN,MN:FARMER:SLOW SCR:ANTENNA/BOTTOM:S-SHAPE OBJ/FRONT:DLT>>S VFAST”, LatLong: “47.233336 -95.983338”, LatLongDMS: “47:14:00 N 95:59:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13782 (A2DE1987)

Date: 10/11/1953
Time: 23:30
Location: DJOUGOU, DAHOMEY(FWA)
Description: Many observer(s). Luminous ovoid / 1500M altitude. Going quickly north. First seen in Benin.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3317

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “DJOUGOU,DAHOMEY(FWA):MANY OBS:LUM OVOID/1500M ALT:>>N:first seen in BENIN.”, LatLong: “9.694445 2.494445”, LatLongDMS: “09:41:40 N 02:29:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DAH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13783 (41F07E28)

Date: 10/12/1953
Time: 11:00
Location: WATERVILLE, ME
Description: 1 observer. Round silver-white object seen / 5 min. Enveloped in haziness. Going NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3318

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: “5”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “WATERVILLE,ME:1 OBS:ROUND SLVR-WHT OBJ SEEN/5 min:ENVELOPED IN HAZINESS:>NNE”, LatLong: “44.550002 -69.633337”, LatLongDMS: “44:33:00 N 69:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13784 (9C925409)

Date: 10/13/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Dutton (Montana). (October 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1411

Event 13785 (7A7E1DC6)

Date: 10/13/1953
Time: ~14:00
Location: PLEASANT HILL, CA
Description: 4 discs / high altitude scare turkeys. Emit angel hair. / r107p209.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 194)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3319

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: "PLEASANT HILL,CA:4 DISCS/HIGH ALT SCARE TURKEYS:EMIT ANGEL HAIR:/r107p209 ", LatLong: “37.950002 -122.061117”, LatLongDMS: “37:57:00 N 122:03:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13786 (B09C80FE)

Date: 10/13/1953
Location: Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Description: Object Detected on SCR-584 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531013
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1582

Event 13787 (75E58135)

Date: 10/13/1953
Location: Dobbins AFB, GA
Description: Object At 500’ On Weather RADAR (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531013
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1583

Event 13788 (1C66D032)

Date: 10/13/1953
Description: Four maneuvering, nocturnal UFOs and the fall of “angel hair” was reported to have occurred in Pleasant Hill, California this night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored, p. 201
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6804

Event 13789 (3AC07195)

Date: 10/14/1953
Time: 22:30:00.0
Location: -28.0000 135.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Totem 1” Yield: 10KT
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_1748

Extra Data: LatLong: “-28.0000 135.0000”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 S 135:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Totem 1”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “10”

Event 13790 (9AD0888C)

Date: 10/15/1953
Time: 10:00
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 3 scientists(former pilots) see saucer maneuver at 45K’ / theodolite. 40 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3320

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:3 SCIENTISTS(FORMER PILOTS) SEE SCR MNVR @45K’/THEODOLITE:40sec”, LatLong: “44.966669 -93.250004”, LatLongDMS: “44:58:00 N 93:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “13500”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13791 (1F68E61D)

Date: 10/15/1953
Time: 10:10
Location: DAYTON, OH
Description: Aero eng. / theodolite. Grey-mass / 900mph. Silent “suicidal” dive.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3321

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “DAYTON,OH:AERO ENG./THEODOLITE:GREY-MASS/900mph:SILENT “SUICIDAL” DIVE:”, LatLong: “39.766669 -84.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 84:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13792 (F707E43A)

Date: 10/15/1953
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Description: 40 ft object leaving brief vapor trail was seen by 3 gm employees (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531015
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1584

Event 13793 (A7FDA1C9)

Date: 10/15/1953
Time: 10:10 AM
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Witnesses: three General Mills research engineers including Bartholomew. One glowing grey mass with a vapor trail dived for 10-15 seconds, levelled out and the trail stopped, leaving the grey mass visible. Total of 40 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_325

Event 13794 (686CFC9C)

Date: 10/15/1953
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: 10:10 a.m. During the tracking of a Project Grab Bag balloon launch, a 40-foot object leaving a brief vapor trail is seen by three General Mills Aeronautical Lab research engineers (James A. Winker, Fletcher L. Bartholomew, and Richard J. Reilly) near Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is traveling south in horizontal flight at 1,100 mph, moving 10° in nine seconds at about 40,000 ft altitude and 25° elevation. The object goes into a vertical dive for about 10-15 seconds, then glows or flashes in the sun two or three times for 1 second each. It is seen in the theodolite as a gray mass. It levels off and the vapor trail stops.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Project GRAB BAG Sighting”; Sparks, p. 205; Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine eds., 1974, pp. 71–72; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 113–114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2299

Event 13795 (51A0DB58)

Date: 10/15/1953
Description: At 10:10 a.m. a saucer maneuvered at 45,000 feet for 40 seconds over the General Mills Research Laboratory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was viewed through a theodolite by three scientists.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 113; UNICAT, case # 265
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6847

Event 13796 (A96CFD97)

Date: 10/16/1953
Time: 16:00
Location: BRIGANTINE, NJ
Description: Large saucer going [to] WNW inland. 5-6 small spin-disks exit. All silent and extremely fast. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 624)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3322

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRIGANTINE,NJ:LRG SCR >WNW INLAND:5-6 SML SPIN-DISKS EXIT:ALL SLNT+XFAST:↑↑”, LatLong: “39.411113 -74.366670”, LatLongDMS: “39:24:40 N 74:22:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “400”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13797 (F94CFD95)

Date: 10/16/1953
Location: Presque Isle, ME
Description: (McDonald list) 25 Targets on GCA Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531016
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1585

Event 13798 (D2865EF8)

Date: 10/16/1953
Time: 10 PM
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Description: Witness: USAF Capt. H.W. Watson, Maj. G. Watson. Two white or blue lights in trail formation, travelled very fast straight and level, then made a turn. Ten second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_326

Event 13799 (C9305323)

Date: 10/16/1953
Locations: Harvard; Washington, D.C.
Description: Harvard astronomer Donald Menzel writes to USAF Director of Intelligence Gen. John A. Samford that he would like to meet with ATIC officers in Washington, D.C.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 278
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2300

Event 13800 (E37764BF)

Date: 10/16/1953
Locations: Brigantine, New Jersey; Atlantic
Description: 4:00–4:30 p.m. Emerson “Slim” F. Morris watches a large, cigar-shaped object as it approaches Brigantine, New Jersey, from over the Atlantic. It releases several smaller objects from both ends. The smaller discs are white, rotating counterclockwise, and rapidly speed away. Before the large object disappears, it emits a blinding ray of light toward the ground that hurts Morris’s eyes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2301

Event 13801 (CD0E8654)

Date: 10/18/1953
Location: MANCHE DEPARTMENT, FR
Description: 2 British airline(s)/airliner pilots. Classic metal saucer seen. No further details. / MJ#245+246 / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3323

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MANCHE Dept,FR:2 BRIT.AL PILOTS:CLASSIC MTL SCR SEEN:NFD:/MJ#245+246/r150”, LatLong: “49.500002 -1.500000”, LatLongDMS: “49:30:00 N 01:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manche”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13802 (46A51A60)

Date: 10/18/1953
Location: OVER SONDSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, GRNL
Description: USAF pilots and ground observer(s). White night light going east passes C47 / 6621 Squadron.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3324

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “ovr SONDSTROM AFB,GRNL:USAF PILOTS+GND OBS:WHT NLT >E PASSES C47/6621 sqdr”, LatLong: “67.000003 -50.700002”, LatLongDMS: “67:00:00 N 50:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13803 (E59AE318)

Date: 10/18/1953
Location: English Channel, UK
Description: Fletcher/Lemon Case (AL) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1586

Event 13804 (C1E5A423)

Date: 10/19/1953
Location: USA, between Philadelphia and Washington
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight a D.C. 6 of American Airlines piloted by Captain J. L. Kidd had left the Philadelphia airport fifteen minutes earlier for Washington and was flying at 2400 m. There were some clouds but the moon was shining brightly. The plane was approaching the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna. It was the co-pilot who saw the object first: a shining thing reflecting the light of the Moon. It did not look like an airplane and did not behave like one. It had no navigation lights. At the sight of this thing, Captain Kidd reduced his speed. The thing was motionless. The D.C. 6 was quickly approaching. “Give it a spotlight!” The co-pilot already had his hand on the switch. The two landing lights soon shone their white beams on the object. A blinding white beam of light shot from the object towards the plane and Kidd realized that the thing was rushing towards him. He had no time to warn the passengers. He pushed the wheel forward. The four-engine plane dived and the passengers were thrown into the air, the dive forming a loop in reverse. At 1500 m Kidd pulled his plane out, and the passengers fell back into their seats and armrests. The pilot called National Airport and reported the accident. He was told that there were no other planes in the air and… that there would be medical personnel upon arrival.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse” - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 63, 64
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1769

Event 13805 (B87F570A)

Date: 10/19/1953
Time: 00:10
Location: OVER CONOWINGO DAM, MD
Description: Near collision / AAL DC6 & UFO / same size. Passengers injured.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3325

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “OVR CONOWINGO DAM,MD:NEAR COLLISION/AAL DC6 & UFO/SAME SIZE:PASSENGERS INJURED”, LatLong: “39.650002 -76.172226”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:00 N 76:10:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13806 (E83135A5)

Date: 10/19/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 3 airmen / ground / telescope. Night light leaves (something behind) moons image. Navigates and returns…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3326

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:3 AIRMEN/GND/TELESCOPE:NLT LVS MOONs IMAGE:NAVIGATES+RETURNS…”, LatLong: “38.900002 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:54:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13807 (8873652B)

Date: 10/19/1953
Time: 9:35 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Witnesses: T/Sgt. Rommanis, T/Sgt. Osiecki, two others. One white white sphere with a white or red tail, ascended at 20 degree angle, performed a loop and returned. Fifty second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_327

Event 13808 (4709FF25)

Date: 10/19/1953
Locations: Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Conowingo Dam, Maryland; Washington National Airport [now Ronald Reagan International Airport]
Description: 12:10 a.m. Capt. J. L. Kidd is flying an American Airlines DC-6 between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., when over the Conowingo Dam, Maryland, his copilot sees something gleaming in the moonlight dead ahead and closing rapidly. Kidd blinks on his landing lights and the UFO beams back a blinding light back at the DC-6. Kidd puts the plane into a steep dive. Caught unaware, the passengers are tossed about the cabin, many suffering injuries. Kidd radios Washington National Airport [now Ronald Reagan International Airport] to report a near collision and complain about air traffic. Air traffic control reports no known aircraft in his vicinity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, pp. 60–61; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, pp. 34, 38; Good Above, p. 282
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2302

Event 13809 (CE294298)

Date: 10/19/1953
Description: A near collision occurred between a UFO and an American Airlines DC-6 airliner at 12:10 a.m. over the Conowingo Dam near Baltimore, Maryland. The UFO, a dark mass with a blindingly bright white beam of light, was about the same size as the aircraft. Passengers were injured in the avoidance maneuver.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6965

Event 13810 (89C764A8)

Date: 10/19/1953
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: A National Airlines DC-6 pilot put his plane into a dive to avoid being rammed by a shiny disc-shaped UFO. Passengers were hospitalized.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_32

Event 13811 (655B4CB3)

Date: 10/20/1953
Time: 14:40
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: USAF pilot. Large white saucer hovers. Vanishes and 3 small saucers seen instead!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 335)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3327

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:USAF PILOT:LRG WHT SCR HVRS:VANISHES+3 SML SCRS SEEN INSTEAD!”, LatLong: “36.850002 -76.250004”, LatLongDMS: “36:51:00 N 76:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13812 (59338999)

Date: 10/20/1953
Description: The NSA Robertson Committee report is completed and classified top secret. It recommends better and faster use of electronic intelligence in radar activity that might indicate an imminent attack, noting that the Air Force is not cooperating with the Army or Navy on these matters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 55–56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2303

Event 13813 (56DB8E2C)

Date: 10/22/1953
Locations: USAF headquarters; Pentagon
Description: Menzel meets with USAF headquarters personnel (including Col. George E. Perry) and ATIC at the Pentagon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 279
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2304

Event 13814 (039DC535)

Date: 10/23/1953
Time: 09:20
Location: ALBANY, NY
Description: 2 women. Shiny ovoid follows light plane going south. Maneuvers / all sides / higher altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3328

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “ALBANY,NY:2 WOMEN:SHINY OVOID FOLOS LITE PLANE >S:MNVRS/ALL SIDES/HIGHER alt”, LatLong: “42.666669 -73.766670”, LatLongDMS: “42:40:00 N 73:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13815 (98125A2C)

Date: 10/24/1953
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) FIRST FLIGHT OF THE SINGLE-SEAT F-102 DELTA JAGGER FIGHTER OF GENERAL DYNAMICS (CONVAIR). In 1948 CONVAIR already flew its first supersonic Delta (XF-92A). (…) The rear of the F-102 is elongated and large, and the shape of the F-102 Delta thus obtained is impressive: wingspan 11.6 meters, length 20.83 meters (this is the ancestor of the F 15, F 16 etc…) Of the first model, 24 copies were transformed by the SPERRY firm into radio-controlled aircraft.
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft” - Bill Gunston - Elsevier-Séquoia 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1770

Event 13816 (493EFD9F)

Date: 10/24/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: OFF MILFORD, CT
Description: 2 / yacht. Large round silver object over 1000mph passes behind clouds and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3329

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off MILFORD,CT:2/YACHT:LRG RND SLVR OBJ ovr 1000mph PASSES BHND CLOUDS+AWAY”, LatLong: “41.166669 -73.000003”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 73:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13817 (486B9238)

Date: 10/24/1953
Time: 21:00?
Location: CASCADE, ID
Description: State Highway Patrolman. Glowing blue-white saucer. / CSI bulletin. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 335)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3330

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: “1451”, HatchDesc: “CASCADE,ID:STATE HWY PATROLMAN:GLOWING BLU-WHT SCR:/CSI BULLETIN:NFD”, LatLong: “44.516669 -116.033339”, LatLongDMS: “44:31:00 N 116:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13818 (DF28CF63)

Date: 10/25/1953
Time: 08:20
Location: SIMIUTAK, GREENLAND
Description: White-glowing UFO hovers / one hour. 2nd maneuvers all over/all about Tsaid point/port/platinum metal and changes colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 335)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3331

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIMIUTAK,GREENLAND:WHT-GLO UFO HVRS/1hr:2nd MNVRS ALLO TSAID Pt+CHANGES COLORS”, LatLong: “60.666670 -46.583336”, LatLongDMS: “60:40:00 N 46:35:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SIM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13819 (E5D93115)

Date: 10/25/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: SANTA FE, NM
Description: Boy / 16. Metallic boat over road going [to] bushes. Takes off as observer(s) nears. / r137#6p33.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3332

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2097”, HatchDesc: “SANTA FE,NM:BOY/16:MTLC BOAT OVR ROAD>BUSHES:TAKES OFF as OBS NEARS:/r137#6p33”, LatLong: “35.666668 -106.000005”, LatLongDMS: “35:40:00 N 106:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13820 (610E9F3C)

Date: 10/25/1953
Time: 2130
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Description: Jim Milligan, 16, was driving through a park when he saw something fall in front of his car and stopped as the object landed in some bushes. He walked toward it, found a craft that looked like two ship hulls, about 3 m long, 2 m wide glued together. When he tried to touch it, the object flew away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins A 223 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_119

Event 13821 (7CBF000A)

Date: 10/25/1953
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Description: 8:15–8:30 p.m. Air Force weather observers at Lubbock, Texas, notice a V formation of 5–7 dull white lights sweep north to south. In three seconds, the formation goes from a point overhead to 3° above the horizon where they disappear. Other groups of two or more lights follow at about 5-minute intervals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, pp. 35–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2305

Event 13822 (55DEE080)

Date: 10/25/1953
Description: At 9:30 p.m. Jim Milligan, age 16, was driving through a park in Santa Fe, New Mexico when he saw something fall in front of his car. He stopped his car when the object landed in some bushes. He walked toward it and found a craft that looked like two ship hulls glued together, about three meters (10 feet) in length. When he tried to touch it the object flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albuquerque Tribune, November 3, 1953; Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 223; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7109

Event 13823 (AE3CC1AD)

Date: 10/26/1953
Time: 22:30:00.0
Location: -28.0000 135.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Totem 2” Yield: 8KT
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_1749

Extra Data: LatLong: “-28.0000 135.0000”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 S 135:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Totem 2”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “8”

Event 13824 (CCF4B9C2)

Date: 10/28/1953
Time: ~03:00
Location: BREVARD, NC
Description: Blimp races over town. Glows pink and blue. Glow extends out some distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3333

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “680”, HatchDesc: “BREVARD,NC:BLIMP RACES OVR TOWN:GLOWS PINK+BLUE:GLOW EXTENDS OUT SOME DISTANCE”, LatLong: “35.233335 -82.733337”, LatLongDMS: “35:14:00 N 82:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13825 (2EF5D28A)

Date: 10/28/1953
Location: Omaha (Offutt AFB), NE
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1587

Event 13826 (2BDBB90E)

Date: 10/29/1953
Time: 02:30
Location: MAPLETON, ME
Description: Observer(s) = Morrison and more. 3 orbs south going quickly north. Occasional “triangular” deviations / path.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3334

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: “180”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “MAPLETON,ME:OBS=MORRISON+:3 ORBS S>>N:OCCASIONAL “TRIANGULAR” DEVIATIONS/PATH”, LatLong: “46.683336 -68.150003”, LatLongDMS: “46:41:00 N 68:09:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13827 (148712A1)

Date: 10/29/1953
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Mapleton, Maine
Description: Witnesses: two high school students, including Morrison. One blue object with a flaming trail, and two dark green glowing objects with white and blue-green fringe, flew from south to north with some erratic motions for l hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_328

Event 13828 (74CC205B)

Date: 10/29/1953
Location: Salton Sea, California
Description: USAF pilot Frank Kendall Everest Jr. reaches 755 mph in a North American F-100 Super Sabre over the Salton Sea, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Frank Kendall Everest Jr.”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2306

Event 13829 (81A81A9E)

Date: 10/30/1953
Location: Mt. Vernon, OH
Description: Round, silver object circled at low altitude. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1588

Event 13830 (3A1978B1)

Date: 10/30/1953
Location: Norton AFB, CA
Description: Daytime Bright Object In Vertical Climb Near C-45 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531030
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1589

Event 13831 (EA1A7388)

Date: 10/31/1953
Time: 19:30
Location: LOGANSVILLE, OHIO
Description: ‘Huge ferris wheel / many lights’. 30cm / arms length. Going quickly west. Turns going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3335

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “309”, HatchDesc: “LOGANSVILLE,OHIO:‘HUGE FERRIS WHEEL/MANY LITES’:30cm/arms length:>>W:TURNS>>S”, LatLong: “40.333335 -83.916671”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 N 83:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13832 (260169D9)

Date: 10/31/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: UNION LAKE, MICH
Description: 2 observer(s). Blue-green haze going quickly east. Circles Detroit 6X. 11 second(s) / cycle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3336

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “UNION LAKE,MICH:2 OBS:BLUE-GRN HAZE >>E:CIRCLES DETROIT 6X:11sec/CYCLE:”, LatLong: “42.616669 -83.444448”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 83:26:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13833 (F1689F70)

Date: 10/31/1953
Description: At Logansville, Ohio at 7:30 p.m. a huge, Ferris wheel shaped object with many multicolored lights appeared in the sky. It’s apparent size was 30 cm at arms length. It flew rapidly to the west, and turned and shot off to the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7328

Event 13834 (8A605187)

Date: 11/1953
Time: 01:20
Location: TAPU, NZ
Description: Saucer spins and going down / jerks. Hovers. Quickly going up / opposite spin. Portholes / dome. Beams. Reacts / lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3337

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “61”, HatchDesc: “TAPU,NZ:SCR SPINS +↓/JERKS:HVRS:↑↑/OPP.SPIN:PORTHOLES/DOME:BEAMS:REACTS/LIGHTS”, LatLong: “-36.983335 175.500008”, LatLongDMS: “36:59:00 S 175:30:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13835 (FD53008D)

Date: 11/1953
Time: 18:40
Location: SKI, NORW
Description: 2 / car paced / domed saucer. Watches magnetized. Paint changes color. / APRO 3’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SKI,NORW:2/CAR PACED/DOMED SCR:WATCHES MAGNETIZD:PAINT CHANGES CLR:/APRO 3’62”, LatLong: “59.727781 10.866667”, LatLongDMS: “59:43:40 N 10:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13836 (5123EDA1)

Date: 11/1953
Location: Gjasjoen Bridge, Norway
Description: Mr. Trygve, Mrs. Bufflot and a neighbor saw an object rise from behind a hill, oscillate over a lake, follow their car, and stop ahead of them just above the ground. They stopped, felt “pricklings” until the craft took off vertically. A watch stopped working, and numerous people vouch for the fact that the paint on the car changed from dark beige to bright green.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Mar., 62; FSR 56, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_120

Event 13837 (BD58F058)

Date: 11/1953
Description: Capt. Charles A. Hardin takes charge of Project Blue Book.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2307

Event 13838 (44824BE4)

Date: 11/1953
Locations: Gjersjøen bridge; Norway
Description: 6:30 p.m. Trygve Jansen and two other witnesses are driving north on the Gamle Mossevei road at the Gjersjøen bridge, Norway, when they see an object rise from behind a hill, swing out over the lake, and move back to the road, circling and following their car. Suddenly it stops and hovers above the road 30 feet in front of them, emitting a green light. Jansen stops, and all three witnesses experience mild electrical shocks until the object rises and disappears. When he returns home, Jansen’s wife points out that the car’s beige paint has turned a bright green.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Carl Olsen, “Chased by a Flying Saucer!” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1956): 16; K. Gösta Rehn, “Saucer Blocked Road in Norway,” APRO Bulletin, March 1962, pp. 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2308

Event 13839 (44D5C047)

Date: 11/2/1953
Description: Changes updated for UFO reporting. New Regulation AFR 200–2A.
Type: regulation
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_510

Event 13840 (5D2C9C4E)

Date: 11/3/1953
Time: 10:00
Location: WEST MALLING RAF, KENT
Description: 300’ saucer zooms reconnaissance jet. RADAR blips / 1439hrs. / LDLN#332.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3339

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “23”, HatchDesc: “WEST MALLING RAF,KENT:300’SCR ZOOMS RECON JET::RDR BLIPS/1439hrs:/LDLN#332”, LatLong: “51.300002 0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “51:18:00 N 00:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13841 (223A7E9B)

Date: 11/3/1953
Time: 14:50
Location: DENTON, GRAVESEND, KENT
Description: Sphere/orb/globe / high altitude. Several observer(s). 400’ metal object going quickly southeast according to Lee green RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3340

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “DENTON,GRAVESEND,KENT:ORB/HI ALT:SVRL OBS:400’ MTL OBJ>>SE PER LEE GREEN RDR”, LatLong: “51.450002 0.400000”, LatLongDMS: “51:27:00 N 00:24:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13842 (A25608FE)

Date: 11/3/1953
Time: 16:20
Location: SOUTHEAST LONDON, ENG
Description: 200’ white metal sphere/orb/globe / 60K’ altitude / theodolite. Strong RADAR blip. Hovers / 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: VESCO, Renato: INTERCEPT but DON’T SHOOT; transl. from Italian. Goofy. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3341

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SE LONDON,ENG:200’ WHT MTL ORB/60K’alt/THEODOLITE:STRONG RDR BLIP:HVRS/10min”, LatLong: “51.433336 0.050000”, LatLongDMS: “51:26:00 N 00:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13843 (3928D8D3)

Date: 11/3/1953
Time: 18:50
Location: NILES, OH AND SOUTH TRUMBULL CO
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and many. 30’ orange object lights woods and countryside to 13 Nov. '53.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3342

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “271”, HatchDesc: “NILES,OH+S.TRUMBULL co:GOC+MANY:30’ORG OBJ LITES WOODS+COUNTRYSIDE to 13NOV53”, LatLong: “41.183335 -80.766671”, LatLongDMS: “41:11:00 N 80:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13844 (7FA3EC66)

Date: 11/3/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: WESTWEGO, LA
Description: White sphere/orb/globe leads 2 red / triangle-formation. Erratic course. Pause. Continue.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3343

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “WESTWEGO,LA:WHT ORB LEADS 2 RED/TRIANGLE-FORMN:ERRATIC COURSE:PAUSE:CONTINUE”, LatLong: “29.905557 -90.144449”, LatLongDMS: “29:54:20 N 90:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13845 (DFE54D2D)

Date: 11/3/1953
Location: London, UK
Description: London, England, G,V Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Tracks Huge UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531103
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1590

Event 13846 (3EF42F03)

Date: 11/3/1953
Locations: RAF West Malling [now closed], Kent, England; Hyde Park; Holloman AFB in New Mexico
Description: 10:00 a.m. An RAF NF.10 Vampire pilot (Flight Lt. Terry S. Johnson) and navigator (Flying Officer Geoffrey Smythe) flying at 30,000 feet near RAF West Malling [now closed], Kent, England, see a star-like light far above them. Suddenly it moves toward them at tremendous speed. They see it as circular and emitting a bright light around its periphery. The duration is 30 seconds. Air Minister George Ward calls it a “balloon”; when author Desmond Leslie calls him up to suggest this is incorrect, Ward tells him: “I know it wasn’t a balloon. You know it wasn’t a balloon. But until I’ve got a saucer on the ground in Hyde Park and can charge the public sixpence a go to enter, it must be balloons, otherwise the government would fall and I’d lose my job.” It is possible that this object was a Skyhook balloon launched from Holloman AFB in New Mexico on October 27 that failed to drop into the Atlantic after a 12-hour flight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Desmond Leslie, “Politicians and the UFO,” Flying Saucer Review 9, no. 3 (May/June 1963): 8–9; Good Above, pp. 35, 53; Good Need, p. 154; UFOFiles2, pp. 57, 62–63; David Clarke, “The Prince and the Saucers,” Fortean Times 406 (June 2021): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2309

Event 13847 (DBDB62B9)

Date: 11/3/1953
Location: Lee, southeast London
Description: 2:45 p.m. In Lee, southeast London, a solid target is tracked on radar by the 256th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment moving slowly at a distance of 17 miles. Through a telescope it appears to be a circular white object. The target is tracked for 25 minutes by four aircraft technicians, including Sgt. H. Waller, who says it is about 350–450 feet in diameter and definitely not a balloon. The War Office claims the object is a radiosonde balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Tracks UFO”; Good Above, pp. 35–36; Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, p. 79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2310

Event 13848 (C1F32106)

Date: 11/3/1953
Description: A very large, 300-foot diameter disc-shaped object zoomed by a RAF Vampire reconaisance jet from West Malling RAFB, Kent, England at 10:00 a.m. The encounter lasted 30 seconds. Radar returns were picked up from the same or another UFO at 1439 hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, p. 35; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7423

Event 13849 (DAF458FE)

Date: 11/4/1953
Time: 22:00?
Location: US7 NEAR SWANTON, VT
Description: Round flat object shoots across sky going quickly west. Silent. Very fast. Meteor?
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3344

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “US7 nr SWANTON,VT:RND FLAT OBJ SHOOTS acrs SKY >>W:SLNT:VFAST:meteor?”, LatLong: “44.916669 -73.122226”, LatLongDMS: “44:55:00 N 73:07:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vermont”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 13850 (8871CF3E)

Date: 11/5/1953
Location: USA, Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. March 15, 1953 and August 1953) (K.Bender) The International Flying Bureau and its foreign branches suddenly cease their activities. Its president simply tells the responsible people: “The secret being known, any research becomes useless”. He voluntarily enters a psychiatric clinic (??? it must REALLY be crazy to do that…) and will not reappear until ten years later, greatly diminished.
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: OVNI, a pilot speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1772

Event 13851 (9EA9C820)

Date: 11/5/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: TENES, ALGERIA
Description: Flying cigar seen here and Montenotte. / Jimmy Guieu. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3345

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TENES,ALGERIA:FLYING CIGAR SEEN HERE+MONTENOTTE:/JIMMY GUIEU:NFD”, LatLong: “36.466668 1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “36:28:00 N 01:22:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ECH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13852 (97C29A50)

Date: 11/5/1953
Time: 13:30
Location: BORDJ-BOU-ARRERIDJ, ALGERIA
Description: Hemisphere slowly descends leaving white smoke trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3346

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BORDJ-BOU-ARRERIDJ,ALGERIA:HEMISPHERE SLOWLY DESCENDS LEAVING WHT SMOKE TRAIL”, LatLong: “36.050002 4.800000”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:00 N 04:48:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Constantine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13853 (B2E0947B)

Date: 11/5/1953
Description: President Eisenhower issues Executive Order 10501, abolishing the classification of “Restricted.” UFO sightings are unaffected, as meaningful sightings are classified at higher levels. There are now explicit guidelines for the remaining three classification levels to prevent a systematic flood of classified documents coming from the Pentagon and other agencies. The Pentagon responds by creating its own “special access” labels to further insulate classified information from outside influence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Executive Order 10501”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2311

Event 13854 (7576CBC7)

Date: 11/9/1953
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR OMAHA, NEBR
Description: Several observer(s). Red cylinder/cylindrical object / sky. Night lights join and orbit. Phony Venus nearby?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3347

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “nr OMAHA,NEBR:SVRL OBS:RED CYL/SKY:NLTS JOIN+ORBIT:PHONY VENUS NEARBY?”, LatLong: “41.283335 -95.950005”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 N 95:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13855 (8B572B35)

Date: 11/9/1953
Description: At 11:45 p.m. a large red, cigar-shaped or cylindrical object hovered in the sky over Omaha, Nebraska. Several satellite objects orbited around it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored, p. 136; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7557

Event 13856 (F4DEF38F)

Date: 11/10/1953
Description: A. K. Bender UFO researcher silenced.
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_129

Event 13857 (53367300)

Date: 11/10/1953
Time: 19:10
Location: KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE
Description: UFO whines overhead. Saucer portholes emit flw light. Several observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3348

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “KNUTSFORD,CHESHIRE:UFO WHINES OVHD:SCRL PORTHOLES EMIT FLW LITE:SVRL OBS”, LatLong: “53.300003 -2.366667”, LatLongDMS: “53:18:00 N 02:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13858 (D3395BBD)

Date: 11/10/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: VIENNA, OH
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 30’ glowing “barrel-shape” / 150’ altitude. Roars. No planes down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3349

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), MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “VIENNA,OH:2 SEP.OBS:30’ GLOWING “BARREL-SHAPE”/150’ ALT:ROARS:NO PLANES DOWN”, LatLong: “41.238891 -80.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:14:20 N 80:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “45”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13859 (A946D215)

Date: 11/10/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: Cops and many. Slow UFO. Vanishes when plane nears. Reappears. Going quickly [to] Canada.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 346)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3350

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:COPS+MANY:SLOW UFO:VANISHES WHEN PLANE NEARS:REAPPEARS:>>CANADA”, LatLong: “42.350002 -83.066671”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 83:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13860 (E3015519)

Date: 11/11/1953
Location: London, UK
Description: Radar-visual of large, metallic object; failed intercept; near collision. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_159

Event 13861 (A9EC73EE)

Date: 11/12/1953
Time: 17:00
Location: MEINERS OAKS, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 silver saucers exit only white cloud / sky. Hover / river bed. Vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3351

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: “3”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “MEINERS OAKS,CA:2 OBS:2 SLVR SCRS EXIT ONLY WHT CLOUD/SKY:HVR/RIVER BED:VANISH”, LatLong: “34.444446 -119.277783”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:40 N 119:16:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13862 (A7FCE252)

Date: 11/12/1953
Description: At 5 p.m. two silver discs exited a solidary white cloud in the sky, hover over the river bed in Ojai, California and then vanish.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March 1954; Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7604

Event 13863 (BF882590)

Date: 11/13/1953
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Miami Herald: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture on flying saucers
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_514

Event 13864 (23836211)

Date: 11/13/1953?
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTHEND, ESSEX
Description: 2 RAF pilots. Saucer / low altitude trails sparks. Seen 1910hrs / Guildford.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3352

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SOUTHEND,ESSEX:2 RAF PILOTS:SCR/LO ALT TRAILS SPARKS::SEEN 1910hrs/GUILDFORD”, LatLong: “51.566669 0.683333”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:00 N 00:41:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13865 (61A3152A)

Date: 11/13/1953
Description: At 7:00 p.m. 2 RAF pilots in Southend, Essex, England saw an orb and a disc in the sky. They noticed that orb the was actually also disc shaped when it banked sideways.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored, p. 62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7625

Event 13866 (52241790)

Date: 11/14/1953
Time: 18:10
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: 2 observer(s). Sphere/orb/globe and disk. Sphere/orb/globe = disk also when it banks sideways. / Blue Book files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 347)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3353

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: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:2 OBS:ORB+DISK:ORB=DISK ALSO WHEN IT BANKS SIDEWAYS:/BBK FILES”, LatLong: “29.933335 -90.066671”, LatLongDMS: “29:56:00 N 90:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13867 (32BB636D)

Date: 11/14/1953
Time: 21:20
Location: CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, FR
Description: Separate observers. Large glowing green saucer going east. Sparks / rear. No further details. / r3.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3354

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHALONS-sur-MARNE,FR:SEP.OBSs:LRG GLOWING GRN SCR >E:SPARKS/REAR:NFD:/r3”, LatLong: “48.950002 4.383334”, LatLongDMS: “48:57:00 N 04:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Marne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13868 (EB78BC3F)

Date: 11/14/1953
Location: Toledo (near), OH
Description: UFO flashing various colors observed climbing. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1591

Event 13869 (7D6BACF2)

Date: 11/14/1953
Description: In 1953, two disc-shaped objects bank and fly over New Orleans, Louisiana at 6:10 p.m.On the same date, a photographer using infrared film with a red filter obtained a photo of a disembodied globe of light
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History: 1953, p. 47.) Source: Leonard Stringfield, CRIFO Newsletter, May 1954
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7662

Event 13870 (E7273044)

Date: Mid 11/1953
Location: CA
Description: Rumors a saucer and its occupant were in custody at Edwards AFB, originally heard up by ex-Naval aviator and intelligence officer George Williams. Recorded by author Frank Scully in his private notes now at the AHC.
Type: private notes
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_515

Event 13871 (04C551A8)

Date: 11/16/1953
Time: 10:00?
Location: RESEDA, CA
Description: Huge silver sphere/orb/globe follows jets. Angel hair. Lockheed investigate / MJ#247 / r70p3-26E.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3355

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “RESEDA,CA:HUGE SLVR ORB FOLOS JETS:ANGEL HAIR:LOCKHEED INVST/MJ#247/r70p3-26E”, LatLong: “34.183335 -118.533339”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 118:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13872 (030074FD)

Date: 11/16/1953
Location: San Fernando Valley, California
Description: A fluffy material streams out of a UFO over the San Fernando Valley, California, and falls to the ground. A reporter who examines it describes it as “dead-white, almost ephemeral in its delicacy and apparently electrically charged.” A similar fall occurs in the same area on February 1, 1954.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, pp. 227–228; Clark III 124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2312

Event 13873 (5DCCFA97)

Date: 11/16/1953
Description: At shortly after ten o’clock in the morning a huge silver sphere was seen following some jet aircraft in the San Fernando Valley. In Reseda, California some “angel hair” residue was seen falling to the ground after the UFO flyby.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: ed jets. Lockheed investigation. (Sources: Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, p. 49; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 100; Donald E. Keyhoe, The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 227; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7714

Event 13874 (E7CF9127)

Date: 11/18/1953
Time: 07:30
Location: MARIETTA, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = Atha. Bright red UFO. 2 jets chase. Ordered very silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 298)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3356

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “188”, HatchDesc: “MARIETTA,OH:BBK#UNK:OBS=ATHA:BRITE RED UFO:2 JETS CHASE:ORDERED VERY SILENT”, LatLong: “39.416669 -81.455559”, LatLongDMS: “39:25:00 N 81:27:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 13875 (C731A0A4)

Date: 11/18/1953
Time: 12:45 PM
Location: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: R.J. Bassett, a pilot for 31 years. One silver sphere or disc hovered several times during 45 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_329

Event 13876 (4D328DFA)

Date: 11/19/1953
Location: LE VIGAN, GARD, FR
Description: Many observer(s). Whistle. White sphere/orb/globe plunges going down. Stops. Shoots back going up. Thunder.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3357

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “le VIGAN,GARD,FR:MANY OBS:WHISTLE:WHT ORB PLUNGES ↓:STOPS:SHOOTS BACK↑:THUNDER”, LatLong: “44.000002 3.616667”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:00 N 03:37:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gard”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13877 (8FC60618)

Date: 11/19/1953
Time: 06:20
Location: PANAMA CITY, FL
Description: Very large saucer circles Navy Anti-Mine base. Goes going north. Going up [to] very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3358

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), 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: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “PANAMA CITY,FL:VLARGE SCR CIRCLES NAVY ANTI-MINE BASE:GOES>N:↑VFAST”, LatLong: “30.161113 -85.661115”, LatLongDMS: “30:09:40 N 85:39:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13878 (0A5172BF)

Date: 11/19/1953
Time: 07:20
Location: 300MI SOUTHWEST / ICELAND
Description: RAF B29. Long cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly [to] by. Row / portholes. Flames / rear. No navigation lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3359

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “300mi SW/ICELAND:RAF B29:LONG CGR >>BY:ROW/PORTHOLES:FLAMES/REAR:NO NAV.LITES”, LatLong: “60.583336 -28.400001”, LatLongDMS: “60:35:00 N 28:24:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AIR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13879 (7656BA70)

Date: 11/19/1953
Location: Fort Detrick, Maryland
Description: Bacteriologist Frank Olson is a leading scientist at the army’s Chemical Corps, Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick, Maryland. SOD supplies the CIA with an array of deadly microbes and chemicals that cannot be detected in an autopsy. It also supplies delivery methods for anthrax. The CIA pays SOD $200,000 a year for these services until 1969. Olson is duped into a meeting with MKUltra Director Sidney Gottlieb at a secluded cabin. Olson has a very bad trip and still hasn’t recovered after several days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: H. P. Albarelli Jr., A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Cold War Experiments, Trine Day, 2009; Stephen Kinzer, “The Secret History of Fort Detrick, the CIA’s Base for Mind Control Experiments,” Politico Magazine, September 15, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2313

Event 13880 (CE744ABB)

Date: 11/20/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Report of personal observations of Lieutenant Jean Demery, from Air Base 107, at Villacoublay. (November 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1412

Event 13881 (23E8492B)

Date: 11/20/1953
Time: 18:30
Location: SCRANTON, PA
Description: 2 high-altitude night lights reverse direction. Joined / 3+3 amber night lights. / L. Gross.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3360

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “SCRANTON,PA:2 HI-ALT NLTS REVERSE DIRECTION:JOINED/3+3 AMBER NLTS:/L.GROSS”, LatLong: “41.416669 -75.666670”, LatLongDMS: “41:25:00 N 75:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13882 (F544BA4E)

Date: 11/20/1953
Location: 36.55N 76.00 (Atlantic), At Sea
Description: Silver Egg Observed By Navy Unit (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531120
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1592

Event 13883 (E52CAA07)

Date: 11/20/1953
Location: Australia
Description: Australian Minister for Air William McMahon tells Parliament that all UFO reports “are still being investigated closely and recorded as an aid to further research,” but the RAAF’s approach is a bit more ad hoc.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 377
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2314

Event 13884 (F3422759)

Date: 11/22/1953
Description: Navy Capt. Walter Karig, author of the 1947 novel Zotz!, writes “Operation UFO: The Official Truth about Flying Saucers” for The American Weekly newspaper insert. He covers Secretary of the Navy Kimball’s 1952 UFO sighting and the ONR saucer probe. He emphasizes the Air Force’s 20% unexplained rate and does not rule out the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter Karig, “Operation UFO: The Official Truth about Flying Saucers,” American Weekly insert, San Francisco Examiner, November 22, 1953, pp. 4–5; Swords 217
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2315

Event 13885 (B4124AAE)

Date: 11/22/1953
Locations: Woomera, South Australia; Woocalla; Birthday Siding; Pimba
Description: 10:00 p.m. A man who works in the supply transport office of the RAAF Woomera Rocket Range near Woomera, South Australia, sees a green object like a saucer fly to the north between Woocalla and Birthday Siding. It is emitting blue exhaust. Another man driving the same route around 2:00 a.m. about 50 miles from Woomera sees a bluish-green circular object moving north. It is seen again by another man in the same area around 2:30 a.m. A fourth party sees two orange flares dropping from the sky near Pimba at 3:15 a.m. All of the objects are at an altitude of more than 5,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Basterfield, “Listing of Reports from Woomera, South Australia,” 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2316

Event 13886 (C410C06D)

Date: 11/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Disappearance of Kinross. (November 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1413

Event 13887 (EA558

[c0mmando]

DAD)
Date: 11/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Release of the film The War of the Worlds by Byron Haskin, adaptation of the H. G. Wells novella from 1898.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1414

Event 13888 (783E8529)

Date: 11/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Paul Paulin’s photograph on December 29. See photo at images/1953.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1415

Event 13889 (007EDCAF)

Date: 11/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) 4 Thunderjet of the Georgia Air National Guard crash in flames at an altitude of about 3500 m, all together. The weather was stormy, but just before the crash of the 4 aircraft, one of the pilots said: We can’t miss it!
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1416

Event 13890 (B5FDB6A4)

Date: 11/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) The US Inter-Service Command publishes the JANAP 146.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1417

Event 13891 (5035077A)

Date: 11/23/1953
Location: Soo Locks, MI
Description: F-89 pursues UFO over Lake Michigan, disappears.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_160

Event 13892 (97040764)

Date: 11/23/1953
Time: 18:40
Location: 70 MI EAST / KEENEENAW PT, MI
Description: RADAR’s. F89 joins UFO over lake. Both gone / no trace. / r173p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: SMITH, Willy: ON PILOTS and UFO’s. UNICAT Project, 8011 SW 189th St. Miami, FL 33175 USA. March 1997.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3361

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ABD: Human or animal abduction, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “70mi E/KEENEENAW Pt,MI:RDRS:F89 JOINS UFO OVR LAKE:BOTH GONE/no trace:/r173p13”, LatLong: “47.250002 -86.500004”, LatLongDMS: “47:15:00 N 86:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13893 (9710D056)

Date: 11/23/1953
Location: Kinross AFB, MI
Description: Kinross AFB, Michigan, G; UFO Intercept/Missing F-89 Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1593

Event 13894 (58A91349)

Date: 11/23/1953
Locations: Lake Superior; Kinross AFB; Chippewa County International Airport; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Soo Locks
Description: Evening. ADC radar detects an unknown object moving at 500 mph over Lake Superior. An F-89C Scorpion interceptor, piloted by Lt. Felix Moncla Jr., with radar observer Lt. Robert L. Wilson in the rear cockpit, is dispatched from Kinross AFB [now Chippewa County International Airport], south of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The jet heads toward the target under radar guidance. At 8,000 feet, 160 miles northwest of the Soo Locks, the blips of the F-89 and the UFO merge then fade from the screen. Nothing more is heard from the plane and no trace of it is found. A Pentagon spokesman claims the UFO was an RCAF C-47 that was never closer than 3-4 miles to the F-89, which has crashed for unknown reasons. In 2006, a group of divers claimed to have discovered the F-89 and taken photos on side-scan sonar, but the claim is a hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Intercept / Missing F-89 Case”; Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, pp. 13–23; UFOEv, pp. 114–115; Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 106–109; Good Above, p. 273; Andrew Griffin, “Missing! Avoyelles Parish Man’s Disappearance Still a Mystery after 50 Years,” Alexandria (La.) Town Talk, July 20, 2003, pp. E1, E3; Clark III 654–656
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2317

Event 13895 (1F96B368)

Date: 11/23/1953
Description: The famous Kinross Air Force Base disappearance of an F-89 fighter plane occurred on this date. An F-89 was scrambled from Kinross AFB at 6:41 p.m. to pursue a UFO over Lake Michigan and the Upper Pennisula of Michigan. The radar blips of the UFO and the jet merged into one near Soo Locks and Keeneenaw Point, Michigan then the jet disappeared and the UFO flew away. An extensive air search and rescue found no trace of the missing aircraft, with the two airmen named Moncla and Wilson. The radio communication between the pilot and Air Traffic Controllers has never been released. The massive search and recovery effort went on for an extensive period of time, and failed to find any wreckage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, November 24, 1953; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 13; UNICAT, case # 670; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 406; UNICAT database, case # 670
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7835

Event 13896 (15066DF1)

Date: 11/23/1953
Location: Kinross Air Force Base, Michigan
Description: Pilot Lt. Felix Moncla, Jr. and Radar Officer Lt. R. R. Wilson were in an F-89 plane being tracked on radar. It merged on the screen with another UFO, 70 miles off Keweenaw Point. The plane and its pilots never returned from the mission, and to this date, no trace has been found of either.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_34

Event 13897 (9D427B66)

Date: 11/24/1953
Location: British Parliament
Description: The British Parliament discusses the November 3 Lee case and others. Nigel Birch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, explains the sightings as experimental weather balloons. MP George Isaacs asks, “Will the Minister agree that this story of flying saucers is all ballooney?”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2318

Event 13898 (26539A26)

Date: 11/27/1953
Time: 22:00
Location: SURREY, BC
Description: 2 scientists. 7 brilliant silver disks hover and move vertically. Silent. Fade / view.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 641)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3362

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “114”, HatchDesc: “SURREY,BC:2 SCIENTISTS:7 BRILL.SLVR DISKS HVR+MOVE VERTICALLY:SLNT:FADE/VIEW”, LatLong: “49.100002 -122.683339”, LatLongDMS: “49:06:00 N 122:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13899 (2EF4B38B)

Date: 11/27/1953
Location: Keflavik AFB, Iceland
Description: Climbing Blue Light Observed From C-47 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531127
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1594

Event 13900 (7F8680AC)

Date: 11/28/1953
Location: ARGENTINA, Guapore “Los Patos”
Description: (Translated from French) Pedro Serrato and Francisco de Teixeira saw in the bay of Los Patos a strange disc-shaped apparatus inside which they were able to distinguish six people of average size, whose hair and skin were red.
Reference: A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious Ufos” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 227
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1773

Event 13901 (D33F69F3)

Date: 11/28/1953
Time: 12:00?
Location: GUAPORE R., BOLIVIA
Description: Saucer over river. Pipes. Water pours out. 6 pseudo-human/entity. Fly when observer(s) seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3363

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Bolivia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “194”, HatchDesc: “GUAPORE R.,BOLIVIA:SCR OVR RIVER:PIPES:WATER POURS OUT:6 PSH:FLY WHEN OBS SEEN”, LatLong: “-13.016667 -62.800003”, LatLongDMS: “13:01:00 S 62:48:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “BNI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13902 (68861615)

Date: 11/28/1953
Locations: New York City; Hotel Statler; Camp Detrick [later Fort Detrick] in Frederick, Maryland
Description: Frank Olson is depressed, incoherent, and uncommunicative after his LSD dose nine days earlier. His CIA contacts take him to a “doctor” in New York City, who prescribes him alcohol. He then plunges to his death from the 10th floor window of the Hotel Statler in New York City. The US government calls it a suicide, the Olson family alleges murder because, especially in the aftermath of his LSD experience, he has become a security risk who might divulge state secrets associated with highly classified CIA programs of which he has direct personal knowledge. A few days before his death, Olson quits his position as acting chief of the Special Operations Division at Camp Detrick [later Fort Detrick] in Frederick, Maryland, because of a severe moral crisis concerning the nature of his biological weapons research. Among Olson’s concerns are the development of assassination materials used by the CIA. The CIA’s use of biological warfare materials in covert operations, experimentation with biological weapons in populated areas, collaboration with former Nazi scientists under Operation Paperclip, LSD mind-control research, and the use of psychoactive drugs during “terminal” interrogations under a program code-named Project ARTICHOKE. Later forensic evidence conflicts with the official version of events; when Olson’s body is exhumed in 1994, cranial injuries indicate that Olson was knocked unconscious before he exited the window. The medical examiner terms Olson’s death a “homicide.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Ignatieff, “What Did the C.I.A. Do to His Father?” New York Times Magazine, April 1, 2001, pp. 56– 61; H. P. Albarelli Jr., A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Cold War Experiments, Trine Day, 2009; Stephen Kinzer, “The Secret History of Fort Detrick, the CIA’s Base for Mind Control Experiments,” Politico Magazine, September 15, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2319

Event 13903 (AF450A8F)

Date: 11/28/1953
Description: On this day two men, Pedro Serrate and Francisco Teixeira, were duck hunting on the Baia dos Patos, near the city of Pedras Negras in Maranhao State, Brazil when a disc-shaped UFO hovered over and then alighted on the bay, only 15 feet away from one of them. The dark blue hull was like two “basins” put together; 16 feet long, 8 feet high, and 6 feet wide. Around the perimeter was a three foot rim of transparent glass. It had two curved pipes or tubes that were pouring out water, and behind the hull was a sort of rudder three feet long. Sr. Serrate could see four young human looking men and two young women sitting in a row inside the craft. They all had red hair with pinkish faces, and the women had long hair. All of them wore dark blue uniforms. When then noticed that they were watched, the craft took off at a fantastic speed, and disappeared from sight within seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: O Cruzeiro newspaper, November 13, 1954; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 196; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1953-13 (A0223), citing J. Escobar Faria and Richard Hall
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7981

Event 13904 (8241B914)

Date: 12/1953
Location: CA
Description: Meeting of a private “industrial group” discussing matters that “confront the country” concerning custody of several beings off a saucer. Meeting was to be held at “Muroc Dry Lake” (Edwards AFB), but it was held somewhere else.
Type: private notes
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_516

Event 13905 (D3A135A4)

Date: 12/1953
Location: Sherbrook, Canada
Description: Mrs. Orfei heard a knock at the door in the middle of the night and obtained no answer when she asked who it was. When more furious knocks were heard, her Alsatian dog jumped toward the door, but suddenly retreated, trembling as if terrified and retired to a corner. Mrs. Orfei went to an upper door and saw two “indescribable” shadows go away from the house. A while later a big, round object took off 100 m away with a blue-green lightning. The police found broken bushes as evidence of an enormous weight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Oltre il Cielo, Vol. I (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_121

Event 13906 (D93C94DE)

Date: 12/1953
Location: Shirley’s Bay, Ontario
Description: Wilbert B. Smith sets up his Department of Transport observatory at Shirley’s Bay, Ontario. His equipment includes an ionospheric reactor, electronic sound measurement devices, gamma-ray detector, gravimeter, magnetometer, and radio set.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Magnet (UFO)”; Good Above, pp. 185–186
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2320

Event 13907 (6A1DE539)

Date: 12/1953
Locations: Lowry AFB; Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum; Denver, Colorado
Description: Noall Bryce Cornwell (who uses the pseudonyms Mel Noel and Guy Kirkwood) claims to have been stationed at Lowry AFB [now Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum] in Denver, Colorado, and engaged in several dogfight-type maneuvers with UFOs involving gun-camera film. His stories are bogus, and later he runs phony investment scams and becomes a contactee who describes meeting pink-haired, platinum- skinned, fish-eating Martians said to be running a Mars-Earth transportation system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mel Noel, The Mel Noel Story, Saucerian, 1960; Good Above, pp. 273–277; Kevin D. Randle, “Mel Noel / Guy Kirkwood in the 1960s,” A Different Perspective, December 20, 2010; Adam Gorightly, “Mel Noel’s Phony Flying Saucer Trip to the Stars,” Chasing UFOs, April 17, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2321

Event 13908 (F7D259BF)

Date: 12/1953
Locations: Australia; New Zealand
Description: Australian UFO researcher Edgar Jarrold is visited four times by a mysterious man who swears him to secrecy. What the visitor tells him amazes him “beyond belief,” but he never publicly reveals who the man is. However, it turns out that the man is Gordon Deller, a minor figure in Australian ufology who has some quaint and original theories about the saucers. He believes that UFOs are piloted by etherians from another dimension. He tells Jarrold this, along with some insights into a geological cataclysm and telepathic communication. Harold Fulton, a ufologist from New Zealand, suspects Deller is a nut. However, Jarrold’s obsession with UFOs leads to the breakup of his family and the disintegration of his personal life by 1955.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 632–633
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2322

Event 13909 (15918595)

Date: 12/1/1953
Location: Washington DC
Description: The Air Force announced in Washington it had set up cameras around the country equipped with diffraction gratings to analyze the nature of light from UFOs.
Type: public annoucement
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_877

Event 13910 (24F3FAC7)

Date: 12/1/1953
Location: STRASBOURG, FR
Description: 2 gardeners. Brilliant disk back and forth / sky. Going quickly south / very high-speed. / J. Guieu.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 356)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3364

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: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “STRASBOURG,FR:2 GARDENERS:BRILL.DISK BACK+FORTH/SKY:>>S/VHI-SPEED:/J.GUIEU”, LatLong: “48.616669 7.800000”, LatLongDMS: “48:37:00 N 07:48:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13911 (FB47EE43)

Date: 12/1/1953
Description: On this day in 1953, some gardeners in Strasbourg, France watched a brilliant disc move back and forth in the sky. It shot off to the south at a very high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1953, p. 056
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8100

Event 13912 (BF1AAEAF)

Date: 12/3/1953
Time: 19:40
Location: BELLMORE, LI, NY
Description: 1 observer. Pulsating orange ovoid-night light / sudden 90-turn. 1800mph. Very high.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere 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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “BELLMORE,LI,NY:1 OBS:PULSATING ORG OVOID-NLT/SUDDEN 90-TURN:1800mph:VHIGH”, LatLong: “40.677780 -73.527781”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:40 N 73:31:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13913 (E913DC44)

Date: 12/3/1953
Time: 23:10
Location: NORTH TRURO, MA
Description: Jet scrambled. Ground and RADAR shows rapid changes / speed and altitude. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 358)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “NORTH TRURO,MA:JET SCRAMBLED:GND+RDR SHOWS RAPID CHANGES/SPEED+ALT:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “42.033335 -70.094448”, LatLongDMS: “42:02:00 N 70:05:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13914 (D1961665)

Date: 12/3/1953
Location: North Truro, MA
Description: (McDonald list) B-25 / (Gnd) Radar/Visual of 700 MPH Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531203
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1595

Event 13915 (2A186AAE)

Date: 12/3/1953
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: (McDonald list) Four Objects Detected on Ground Radar PPI (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 531203
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1596

Event 13916 (834853AA)

Date: 12/3/1953
Location: Newark, NJ
Description: A tiny reddish-brown oval luminous object flying steady (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1597

Event 13917 (9C44F9D5)

Date: 12/3/1953
Location: Houston (Ellington AFB), TX
Description: Silver grey bright light with “skipping” motion (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1598

Event 13918 (B9B1E378)

Date: 12/3/1953
Description: In 1953 at 6:02 p.m. Eastern Standard Time jets were scrambled from North Truro, Massachusetts in response to a radar bogey. Ground radar showed rapid changes in the UFO’s speed and altitude. At 7:35 p.m. a pulsating orange ovoid object was seen over Bellmore, New York. It made a sudden, ninety-degree turn and shot away at over 1800 miles per hour. Unidentified radar returns were also reported that day at Holloman AFB, New Mexico and Ellington AFB, Texas.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, December 1953, cases 2, 3 and 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8156

Event 13919 (FBE9B61C)

Date: 12/5/1953 (approximate)
Time: 01:20
Location: TUCKERS TOWN, BERMUDA
Description: Saucer circles island during US and UK and FR summit talks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3367

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “TUCKERS TOWN,BERMUDA:SCR CCLs ISLAND during US+UK+FR SUMMIT TALKS:”, LatLong: “32.333335 -64.688892”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 64:41:20 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bermuda”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13920 (076D021B)

Date: 12/5/1953
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Children saw yellow-orange ellipse with 40x telescope (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1599

Event 13921 (FD5C2588)

Date: 12/6/1953
Time: 20:00
Location: TAURANGA, NZ
Description: Round chandelier saucer hovers / sky. Shoots up with loud hiss. Going quickly southeast. Pink cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 645)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3368

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TAURANGA,NZ:RND CHANDELIER SCR HVRS/SKY:SHOOTS UP W/LOUD HISS:>>SE:PINK CLOUD”, LatLong: “-37.688891 176.166675”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:20 S 176:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13922 (C1FF08B1)

Date: 12/7/1953
Location: Fort Meade, MD
Description: Army personnel see 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_161

Event 13923 (E28F72F2)

Date: 12/7/1953
Time: 21:30
Location: OVER FORT MEADE, MD(PRE-NSA)
Description: Round ashtray-saucer. Whirring sound. Erratic moves.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3369

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “OVR FORT MEADE,MD(PRE-NSA):RND ASHTRAY-SCR:WHIRRING SOUND:ERRATIC MOVES:”, LatLong: “39.088891 -76.716670”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:20 N 76:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13924 (55CC3561)

Date: 12/7/1953
Location: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Description: 9:30 p.m. Pfc Alfred V. De Bonise and Sgt1C James Conley of the 89th Anti-Aircraft Battalion at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, spot a white object, “shining like a star.” It makes a noise like an artillery shell in flight. It moves erratically and eventually falls out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 280; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, p. 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2323

Event 13925 (1E569D66)

Date: 12/7/1953
Description: Radio Moscow proclaims that saucers are “figments of the imagination of western warmongers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2324

Event 13926 (DA778403)

Date: 12/8/1953
Location: Langley, VA
Description: CIA Evaluation of the UFO situation: It was pleased to note that the number of sightings had decreased dramatically, due, it believed, to the success of its’ implemented policies. Some sightings still would have “possible scientific intelligence value”. The CIA concluded that the panel’s (name?) recommendations might have been interpreted by saucer believers as “debunking”.
Type: report
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_518

Event 13927 (7415A28E)

Date: 12/8/1953 (approximate)
Location: CONNEAUT, OH
Description: Multiple observer(s). Brown pie-plate going east over Lake Erie shore. Formal report / Ground Observer Corps (GOC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 645)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3370

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “CONNEAUT,OH:MULT.OBS:BROWN PIE-PLATE >E OVR LAKE ERIE SHORE:formal report/GOC”, LatLong: “41.950002 -80.555559”, LatLongDMS: “41:57:00 N 80:33:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13928 (B8480695)

Date: 12/8/1953
Description: The CIA reports that UFO sightings have fallen dramatically in 1953, though there are some of “possible scientific intelligence value.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, UFO Conspiracy, Cassell, 1987, p. 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2325

Event 13929 (537092A5)

Date: 12/9/1953
Time: 15:40
Location: SURGERES, 17, FR
Description: Oblong luminous object seen going quickly south at very high speeds. All colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3371

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SURGERES,17,FR:OBLONG LUM OBJ SEEN >>S @ VHI SPEEDS:ALL COLORS.”, LatLong: “46.105558 -0.750000”, LatLongDMS: “46:06:20 N 00:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13930 (52819E7C)

Date: 12/9/1953
Time: 15:50
Location: ST. EMILION, GROUNDED, FR
Description: High-still saucer turns to horseshoe shapes, 100M / DIA. Disappears!
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3372

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “11”, HatchDesc: “ST EMILION,GRND,FR:HI-STILL SCR TURNS TO HORSESHOE SHAPES,100M/DIA:DISAPPEARS!”, LatLong: “44.900002 -0.166667”, LatLongDMS: “44:54:00 N 00:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13931 (903EEC84)

Date: 12/9/1953
Location: Saint-Émilion, Gironde, France
Description: 3:45 p.m. Charles Huaut sees a luminous, golden, round object poised motionless at a high altitude over Saint-Émilion, Gironde, France. After 10 minutes it noiselessly changes position and assumes the form of several horseshoes enveloped in smoke trails. Then it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects,” April 20, 1954, p. 2; ClearIntent, p. 130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2326

Event 13932 (ABB09CBE)

Date: 12/10/1953
Time: 11:40
Location: LAGNY, S&M, FR
Description: 4 luminous spheres west going east / high speed to horizon. Green & blue. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: The TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS; S. G. Phillips 1956 & Pyramid Books, NY 1967. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3373

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: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAGNY,S&M,FR:4 LUM SPHERES W>E /HI SPEED to HORIZON:GREEN & BLUE:ABS SILENT”, LatLong: “48.866669 2.716667”, LatLongDMS: “48:52:00 N 02:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13933 (291682E4)

Date: 12/10/1953?
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR SEYMOUR, IN
Description: 3 / car. 2 rings / white smoke with lights / edges. Stop. Make abrupt turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3374

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “nr SEYMOUR,IN:3/CAR:2 RINGS/WHT SMOKE W/LITES/EDGES:STOP:MAKE ABRUPT TURNS”, LatLong: “38.961113 -85.888893”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:40 N 85:53:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13934 (24BD7627)

Date: 12/10/1953
Description: In 1953, two rings of white smoke appeared over Seymour, Indiana. These unusual smoke rings had lights around the perimeter. They seemed to stand in place, then made abrupt turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953, p. 57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8293

Event 13935 (6FE95EB4)

Date: 12/11/1953
Location: MARCILLAT-EN-COMBRAILLE, FR
Description: 1 observer. Huge white saucer brilliant rays going down. Red crescent object.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3375

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MARCILLAT-en-COMBRAILLE,FR:1 OBS:HUGE WHT SCR BRILL.RAYS ↓::RED CRESCENT OBJ”, LatLong: “46.166669 2.627778”, LatLongDMS: “46:10:00 N 02:37:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Allier”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13936 (BB6BC239)

Date: 12/11/1953
Time: 13:00?
Location: BOWLING GREEN, OH
Description: 30cm diameter disk buzzes and circles small plane then shoots away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3376

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “213”, HatchDesc: “BOWLING GREEN,OH:30cm diam.DISK BUZZES+CCLs SMALL PLANE then SHOOTS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “41.366669 -83.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:22:00 N 83:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13937 (ABE28F28)

Date: 12/11/1953
Time: 14:00
Location: WENSLEYDALE, NORTH YORKS
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape glides over valley. 1615hrs similar going up / fast in Yorkshire.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3377

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “WENSLEYDALE,N.YORKS:CGR GLIDES OVR VALLEY::1615hrs SIMILAR ↑/FAST in YORKSHIRE”, LatLong: “54.283336 -1.933333”, LatLongDMS: “54:17:00 N 01:56:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13938 (B38DECDC)

Date: 12/11/1953
Description: At around 1 p.m. a huge white disc-shaped UFO with brilliant beams of light was seen over Marcillat-en-Combraille, Allier department, France. It shot up and away, leaving behind a red crescent-shaped object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8335

Event 13939 (2C45E238)

Date: 12/12/1953
Location: BROOKLYN, NY
Description: Accountant and 2. 12 glowing saucers. 11 north going quickly south very fast. 1 circles / 2 miles radius.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3378

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “BROOKLYN,NY:ACCOUNTANT+2:12 GLOWING SCRS:11 N>>S VFAST:1 CIRCLES/2mi RADIUS”, LatLong: “40.683335 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13940 (3019052D)

Date: 12/12/1953
Time: 18:40
Location: BLACK ROCK, AUSTR
Description: 5 observer(s). Lightbulb shape going [to] over town to horizon. No further details. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 300)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3379

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BLACK ROCK,AUSTR:5 OBS:LIGHTBULB SHAPE > OVR TOWN TO HORIZON:NFD:balloon?”, LatLong: “-37.983335 145.016674”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 S 145:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13941 (B48FC296)

Date: 12/13/1953
Location: Central, OH
Description: Rocket-like UFO with white lights at both ends observed by Ground Observer Corps. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1600

Event 13942 (A7368F8F)

Date: 12/14/1953
Time: 17:00
Location: EXMOUTH, DEVON
Description: Many observer(s). Dagger-shape passes handle-first! Bright colors. Big news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3380

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “EXMOUTH,DEVON:MANY OBS:DAGGER-SHAPE PASSES HANDLE-FIRST!:BRITE COLORS:BIG NEWS”, LatLong: “50.666669 -3.333333”, LatLongDMS: “50:40:00 N 03:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13943 (0A5B1152)

Date: 12/14/1953
Description: In 1953 in England at 5 p.m. GMT many city residents saw a dagger-shaped object with many bright colors pass over Exmouth, Devon handle-end first.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Gibbons, The Coming of the Space Ships, p. 139
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8389

Event 13944 (B2DC9B71)

Date: 12/15/1953?
Time: ~01:00
Location: SHERBROOK, QBC
Description: Knock / door. Dog terrified. 100M UFO flies off. Crushed bushes.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3381

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “SHERBROOK,QBC:KNOCK/DOOR:DOG TERRIFIED:100M UFO FLIES OFF:CRUSHED BUSHES”, LatLong: “45.400002 -71.900003”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:00 N 71:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 13945 (87900F93)

Date: 12/15/1953
Locations: Hässleholm, Skåne, Sweden; Sweden; Hässleholm
Description: 2:37 p.m. While flying a Transair Sweden DC-3 in the vicinity of Hässleholm, Skåne, Sweden, pilot Ulf Christiernsson and flight mechanic Olle Johansson encounter an “unorthodox, metallic, symmetric, round object” closing in on their aircraft for about 10 seconds. It passes about 1,970 feet under the DC-3 at an altitude of 7,055 feet. Air Force Gen. Bengt Nordenskiöld calls in reports from all relevant Swedish radar stations to identify the object, and the Defence Research Institute spends many hours reconstructing the event. However, the owner of a local perfume company confessed in late December to releasing 300 hydrogen-filled balloons south of Hässleholm as an advertising promotion around 12:30 p.m. that day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 365
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2327

Event 13946 (08771224)

Date: 12/15/1953
Description: At one o’clock in the morning a terrified growling dog alerted the witness to a presence outside the house in Sherbrooke, Quebec. There was a knock on the door heard next. Checking outside the witness could see a 100-meter wide UFO flying off. Crushed bushes were discovered at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case no. 121
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8404

Event 13947 (2651F112)

Date: 12/16/1953 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: TOME, NM
Description: 2 / farm. Dog barks and hides. 4M glowing-object near ground. Rises / 45° angle going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 649)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3382

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1468”, HatchDesc: “TOME,NM:2/FARM:DOG BARKS+HIDES:4M GLOW-OBJ nr GND:RISES/45° ANGLE >>SE:”, LatLong: “34.738891 -106.727783”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:20 N 106:43:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13948 (15AA1FCB)

Date: 12/16/1953
Time: 16:50
Location: OFF PT MUGU, CA
Description: 4 aero engineers / WV2 test-flight and ground observer(s). Huge fast white saucer going quickly west. / r97#56.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3383

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), 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: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off Pt MUGU,CA:4 AERO ENGs/WV2 TEST-FLITE+GND OBS:HUGE FAST WHT SCR>>W:/r97#56”, LatLong: “34.033335 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13949 (F8E087B1)

Date: 12/16/1953
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: Group of lights changing from red to white, each appearing to revolve. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1601

Event 13950 (5CE5FCE9)

Date: 12/16/1953
Location: Mediterranean, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) Ground Radar Picks Up Objects (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531216
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1602

Event 13951 (7DA5475C)

Date: 12/16/1953
Location: Agoura (Ground site 3 miles WNW of), CA
Description: The Lockheed UFO Case (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 531216
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1603

Event 13952 (E9694F55)

Date: 12/16/1953
Locations: British Air Ministry; air intelligence branch DDI (Tech)
Description: The British Air Ministry sends orders to all RAF stations saying that UFO reports are to be classified “Restricted” and personnel must not communicate any sighting information to unauthorized persons. Reports must be sent to the air intelligence branch DDI (Tech) that is now responsible for UFO investigations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 57–60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2328

Event 13953 (D7C6775D)

Date: 12/16/1953
Locations: Agoura, California; Long Beach, California; Pacific
Description: 4:58 p.m. Lockheed Skunk Works chief Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson and his wife Althea (near Agoura, California) and a Lockheed crew (Rudy Thoren, Roy Wimmer, and 3 others) flying the WV-2 Warning Star aircraft near Long Beach, California, independently of each other observe a black flying-wing (or ellipse or crescent-shaped) object about 170–230 feet wide flying at about 15,000 ±2,000 feet altitude to the west, hovering about 30–60 miles away. At 5:04 p.m., after four minutes (to the Johnsons) and six minutes (to WV-2 crew) the UFO suddenly takes off in a shallow climb accelerating to approximately earth escape velocity (25,000 mph) to the west over the Pacific. It disappears in 10–13 seconds (to WV-2 crew) or in 90 seconds (to Johnson using 8x binoculars) after reaching 90+ miles altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Lockheed UFO Case”; Joel Carpenter, “The Lockheed UFO Case, 1953,” IUR 26, no. 3 (Fall 2001): 6–9, 33; Joel Carpenter, “The Lockheed UFO Case,” 2001; Sparks, p. 206
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2329

Event 13954 (1350947A)

Date: 12/16/1953
Description: At the test launch of a V-2 rocket at Point Mugu, California many ground observers watched a huge, fast moving white disc fly off toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 64
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8439

Event 13955 (92C01002)

Date: 12/17/1953
Location: SWEDEN, Halsingborg
Description: (Translated from French) Captain Christiansson, a former RAF fighter pilot, was flying a DC 3 between Malmoe and Stockholm. Suddenly, above Halsingborg, the event occurred. (It was then 14:30 local time): “We were flying at 2,000 meters altitude,” declared Captain Ulf Christiansson, "when I saw something that I initially thought to be a jet fighter. Its silhouette was very thin and it approached us at a terrifying speed. In a few seconds, it passed under my DC 3 at an altitude of about 1250 m. I immediately asked my mechanic, Olle Johansson, to observe it, and together we later compared our impressions. I had never seen anything like it. It was a perfectly symmetrical, spherical-looking object, something like a robot. Of a metallic white color, it left no apparent trail in its course above the clouds. Visibility was excellent. We were flying north with the sun on our right when the saucer cut across our route in a northeast direction. I must say that I had never believed in stories of flying saucers or other such objects until now. But I am eager to know now the result of the investigation opened by the Swedish Air Force.
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Les S.V. viennent d’un autre Monde” Fleuve Noir 1954 - Réédition Omnium Littéraire 1972 p. 150-151
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1774

Event 13956 (0B5B1771)

Date: 12/17/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Hassleholm (Sweden). (December 17)
Reference: case Blue Book #2838 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1418

Event 13957 (6BC88439)

Date: 12/17/1953
Time: 06:10
Location: MARSEILLES, FR
Description: Many observer(s). Great white disk / blue-short fringe going quickly southeast. X-fast. Fork-trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 368)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3384

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: “France”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARSEILLES,FR:MANY OBS:GREAT WHT DISK/BLU-SHT FRINGE>>SE:X-FAST:FORK-TRAIL”, LatLong: “43.300002 5.700000”, LatLongDMS: “43:18:00 N 05:42:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13958 (BEA1B76A)

Date: 12/17/1953
Time: 14:40
Location: HASSLEHOLM, SWD
Description: DC3 pilot. Brilliant metallic sphere/orb/globe / 700M altitude. 700mph. Big investigate. / LDLN#332.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3385

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HASSLEHOLM,SWD:DC3 PILOT:BRILL.MTLC ORB/700M alt:700mph:BIG INVESTG:/LDLN#332”, LatLong: “59.150003 13.750001”, LatLongDMS: “59:09:00 N 13:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13959 (88243E64)

Date: 12/17/1953
Location: Hassleholm, Sweden
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2838)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1604

Event 13960 (EF03C858)

Date: 12/17/1953
Time: 2:37 PM
Location: Hasslehom, Sweden
Description: Witness: Capt. Ulf Christiernsson, chief pilot for Transair, flying a DC-3. One shiny metal spherical ellipse, 2,000’ below DC-3, flew at approximately 700 m.p.h. for 6-7 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_330

Event 13961 (7F9890AB)

Date: 12/17/1953
Location: Hässleholm, Sweden
Description: After the crew of a Swedish airliner reports a wingless circular UFO over Hässleholm, Sweden, the Swedish Armed Forces orders a full-scale investigation. Capt. Ulf Christiernsson says the object is an “entirely unorthodox, metallic, symmetrical, and circular object.” Later reports claim it is a radiosonde balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 121; Sparks, p. 206
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2330

Event 13962 (9B014B5D)

Date: 12/17/1953
Description: A memo from Todos M. Odarenko, chief of the CIA/OSI physics and electronics division, condescendingly reviews the status of various government UFO efforts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Todos M. Odarenko, “Current Status of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB) Project,” December 17, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2331

Event 13963 (63488B3E)

Date: 12/17/1953
Description: In Marseilles, France at 6:10 a.m. a huge white disc with a blue fringe flew off toward the southeast at an extremely fast speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 68
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8458

Event 13964 (60378F11)

Date: 12/17/1953
Description: At 2:37 p.m. transair chief pilot Ulf Christiernsson and airline mechanic Johansson saw a nearly round, slightly elliptical UFO with a metallic shine flying close to the speed of sound in the opposite direction from their aircraft, while they were flying over Hassleholm, Sweden. The object was in sight for ten seconds. This case is a Project Blue Book unknown, but the possibility of the object having been a Russian drone was not fully discarded at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 121; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 2838; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 22; UNICAT, case # 769 citing Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8459

Event 13965 (F31B6F08)

Date: 12/18/1953
Description: Lockheed Martin test pilots Roy Wimmer, Charlie Grugan and flight engineers R. L. Thoren and Joe Ware, see a flying saucer over the Pacific Ocean while flying a Navy Super Constellation WV-2. The crew follows the object for five minutes and noticed it exhibited anomalous acceleration characteristics. After landing, the sighting was corroborated by another Lockheed Martin employee on the ground. Despite the USG contractor sending the case file to USAF Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, it was never included in any declassified Project Blue Book documentation and is not listed as an Unidentified ever analyzed by ATIC.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ufo/comments/uil3ae/lockheed_martin_documents_pertaining_to_1952_ufo/
• https://www.nicap.org/bluebook/bluelist.htm

Note: Blue Book scientific advisor J. Allen Hynek said often the Project had poor organization. It is unknown if this case was lost, purposefully ignored or forwarded to a higher-level investigation like AFOIN-X(SG), but is a relevant example of obfuscation because a UAP was observed by 5 trained USG contractor personnel and omitted from updates to Congress and the American public.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_50

Event 13966 (6168A717)

Date: Winter 1953
Location: Salisbury Plain, England
Description: Salisbury Plain, England: Flight Lt. C.G. Townsend- Withers was flying an experimental Canberra aircraft at 55,000 ft. when he picked up on the new experimental radar an UFO following his plane. The science officer went up to the turret for a visual and spotted a circular craft five miles behind them. They tried to outpace the UFO by accelerating to 225 knots but it kept up with their plane. Townsend-Withers initiated a wide sweeping turn and lost radar contact with the UFO but came into direct visual on a collision course with the UFO. Then the UFO flipped vertically in the air and climbed from 50 to 70 thousand feet, as quickly as you could say it. Description: Round, thin disc with two tail fins at the rear, appearing metallic and enormous. Leaving no vapor trail, wake or detectable sound, it vanished within a couple of seconds up into the blue sky.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_517

Event 13967 (F054B45B)

Date: 12/21/1953
Location: PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
Description: 2 brilliant objects southwest going quickly northeast toward(s) Afghanistan / French papers. CIA report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3386

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Pakistan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PESHAWAR,PAKISTAN:2 BRILL.OBJS SW>>NE TWRD AFGHANISTAN/FRENCH PAPERS:CIA RPT”, LatLong: “34.000002 71.583337”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 71:35:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NWF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13968 (02C17FCB)

Date: 12/21/1953
Time: 21:10
Location: QUANTICO, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #1654. Marines. Unknown round object lands. Emits red light. Back 01 Jan. '54.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3387

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “170”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “QUANTICO,VA:BBK#1654:MARINES:UNK.ROUND OBJ LANDS:EMITS RED LITE:BACK 01JAN54”, LatLong: “38.533335 -77.316670”, LatLongDMS: “38:32:00 N 77:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 13969 (BE2B0BCE)

Date: 12/23/1953
Description: (Translated from French) René Coty is elected President of the Republic. (December 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1419

Event 13970 (93ABBDF7)

Date: 12/23/1953
Location: Bismarck, ND
Description: 4 yellowish-white oval objects in trail formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1605

Event 13971 (37A21C18)

Date: 12/23/1953
Locations: USAF Intelligence; Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Air Technical Intelligence Center at Dayton, Ohio
Description: USAF Intelligence Col. George E. Perry writes to Gen. Woodbury M. Burgess, ADC Deputy for Intelligence at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center] in Colorado Springs, Colorado, recommending that when the 4602nd investigates a UFO sighting and it is not a conventional object, personnel should state “The information on this sighting will be analyzed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Dayton, Ohio,” and leave it at that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Col. George E. Perry, Letter to Brig. Gen. W. M. Burgess, December 23, 1953
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2332

Event 13972 (53ABCD47)

Date: 12/24/1953
Description: (Translated from French) At El Cajon (California), U.S. Navy Lieutenants J. B. Howard and L. D. Linhard, piloting F9F-2 fighters, observed for 5 minutes 10 oval and silver objects flying in a straight line at more than 400 knots (450 mph). (December 24, 8:04 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #2840 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1420

Event 13973 (21FE7FA2)

Date: 12/24/1953
Description: (Translated from French) UFO Squadron Flying Over the Vatican in St. Peter’s Square. See photo at images/1953-12-25_Vatican.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1421

Event 13974 (7458196E)

Date: 12/24/1953
Location: El Cajon, CA
Description: Two navy jet pilots see ten silver, oval objects for five minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_162

Event 13975 (AACB71D0)

Date: 12/24/1953
Time: 08:00
Location: OVER EL CAJON, CA
Description: 2 Navy F9Fs. 10 silver ovoids going quickly east / 50K’ and altitude. 400+knts. Can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3388

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “ovr EL CAJON,CA:2 NAVY F9Fs:10 SLVR OVOIDS >>E/50K’+alt:400+knts:CANT CATCH”, LatLong: “32.800002 -116.950006”, LatLongDMS: “32:48:00 N 116:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13976 (1F73A5AB)

Date: 12/24/1953
Location: El Cajon, CA
Description: Navy Lts. Encounter 10 Oval Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 2840)
Reference: NICAP: 531224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1606

Event 13977 (17868029)

Date: 12/24/1953
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Description: 2 oval extremely brilliant silver objects with mirror-like reflections (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1607

Event 13978 (5D47B6E6)

Date: 12/24/1953
Time: 8:04 AM
Location: El Cajon, California
Description: Witnesses: U.S. Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters. Ten silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts. (450 m.p.h.), straight and level, for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_331

Event 13979 (ED3C1074)

Date: 12/24/1953
Location: El Cajon, California
Description: 8:04 a.m. US Navy Lts. J. B. Howard and L. D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters, see 10 silver oval objects flying in formation at 450+ mph, straight and level, over El Cajon, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Navy Lts. Encounter 10 Oval Objects”; Sparks, p. 206
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2333

Event 13980 (5EFB7B82)

Date: 12/24/1953
Description: Ten silverly oval-shaped objects were sighted flying horizontally over El Cajon, California at 8:04 a.m. Two Navy F-9F Panther jets attempted to catch up with them but failed. The UFOs were flying at 50,000’ altitude at a speed in excess of 400 knots.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #2840; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1953: August-December, p. 71; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 22; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 184
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8585

Event 13981 (A81C2A7F)

Date: 12/26/1953
Location: CS 4859 (Mil Grid), Korea
Description: T-6 Encounters Strange Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 531226
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1608

Event 13982 (A966549C)

Date: 12/26/1953
Location: Washington (D.C.)
Description: The first of a series of articles in the Washington (D.C.) Times-Herald by Richard Reilly questions the Air Force’s openness about UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dolan, p. 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2334

Event 13983 (7D3574D6)

Date: 12/26/1953
Description: A kite-shaped or diamond-shaped object turned towards a T-6 aircraft flying over Grid Area CS in Korea at 4:25 p.m. It was orange in color and seemed translucent, with what appeared to be sparks extending a short distance behind it The object was estimated to be six feet long and a foot and a half in thickness. The military pilot got to within 600 and 800 feet distance from it. The duration of the sighting was five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8611

Event 13984 (67FC387A)

Date: 12/27/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTHWEST / SHREWSBURY, SHROPS
Description: Gavin Gibbons. Bright large silent disk hovers. Vanishes in place!
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3389

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “NW/SHREWSBURY,SHROPs:GAVIN GIBBONS:BRITE LRG SLNT DISK HVRS:VANISHES IN PLACE!”, LatLong: “52.738891 -2.800000”, LatLongDMS: “52:44:20 N 02:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13985 (B8E6BCCD)

Date: 12/27/1953
Time: 21:40
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: “Meteor” passes under clouds. Silent. Bright green with yellow band / center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 374)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3390

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:“METEOR” PASSES UNDER CLOUDS:SILENT:BRITE GRN W/YEL BAND/CENTER”, LatLong: “44.983335 -93.233338”, LatLongDMS: “44:59:00 N 93:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13986 (AB07EC33)

Date: 12/28/1953
Location: USA, Marysville, California.
Description: (Translated from French) 11:55 a.m. Witness: Yuba Airport Manager, Mr. Dick Brandt. A saucer with a bright blue light reflecting off the building flown over, hovered during the one and a half minute observation.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1775

Event 13987 (12353196)

Date: 12/28/1953
Description: (Translated from French) In Marysville, California, Dick Brandt, director of Yuba County Airport, observed a saucer with a bright blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, remaining stationary. (December 28, 11:55)
Reference: Blue Book case #2844 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1422

Event 13988 (39E8F412)

Date: 12/28/1953
Time: 04:00
Location: YUBA CO AIRPORT, CA
Description: Brilliant blue saucer hovers 300’ over airport building. Wobbles. Abrupt motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3391

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “YUBA co AIRPORT,CA:BRILL.BLU SCR HVRS 300’OVR AIRPT BLDG:WOBBLES:ABRUPT MOTION”, LatLong: “39.111113 -121.566672”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:40 N 121:34:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13989 (4AC61F8C)

Date: 12/28/1953
Location: Marysville, CA
Description: Saucer with a brilliant blue light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 2844)
Reference: NICAP: 531228
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1609

Event 13990 (EAD05A9B)

Date: 12/28/1953
Time: 11:55 AM
Location: Marysville, California
Description: Witness: Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a brilliant blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered briefly during the 1.5 minute observation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_332

Event 13991 (66741852)

Date: 12/29/1953
Location: RHODESIA, Bulawayo
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Barney Wayne photographed this mysterious craft: [note from vog: round, saucer-shaped, apparent width according to the buildings flown over, about 4 meters, so on the 19cm x 13 cm photo, the UFO measures 2.2cm by 6mm]
Reference: Moustique n° 1508 of 19.12.54, p. 15, article by Bert Brem
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1776

Event 13992 (F182AEB4)

Date: 12/29/1953
Description: (Translated from French) Observation photographed in Paris by Paul Paulin (see below). (3 h 45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1423

Event 13993 (45579365)

Date: 12/29/1953
Description: (Translated from French) On Radio Moscow: Flying saucers are mythical devices that take off from the pages of the bourgeois press every time the ruling circles of a certain capitalist country, on Washington’s orders, try to get the people to accept the new burden of military spending.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1424

Event 13994 (E06C3D3B)

Date: 12/29/1953
Time: 03:50
Location: PARIS, FR
Description: Saucer near Eiffel Tower studies city center? 2 minute(s) photograph exposure. / r147p74.
Type: sighting
Reference: STONE, Reuben: UFO INVESTIGATION; 1993 Blitz/Bookmark, Enderby, England. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3392

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “PARIS,FR:SCR nr EIFFEL TOWER STUDIES CITY CENTER?:2min FOTO EXPOSURE:/r147p74”, LatLong: “48.850002 2.366667”, LatLongDMS: “48:51:00 N 02:22:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Paris”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13995 (D2F70CD1)

Date: 12/29/1953
Time: 20:30
Location: 60 MI EAST / ROCK SPRINGS, WY
Description: C47 pilot. 2 red night lights / 1800mph. 1 zigzags and going up. Other going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1953 (6 booklets) Self published. (Index 375)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3393

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “2055”, HatchDesc: “60mi E/ROCK SPRINGS,WY:C47 PILOT:2 RED NLTS/1800mph:1 ZIGZAGS+↑:OTHER >>N”, LatLong: “41.583335 -108.233338”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 108:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 13996 (A644A67C)

Date: 12/29/1953
Description: Keyhoe has a confrontation with Delos Smith, the science editor of the United Press wire service, and a UP executive editor. Smith is preparing a three-part series debunking Keyhoe’s claims because a “certain Air Force general swears your book is a complete fraud.” Forewarned by Frank Edwards, Keyhoe counters his arguments with documentation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, pp. 85–88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2335

Event 13997 (77BBE817)

Date: 12/30/1953
Location: JOHANNESBURG, RSA
Description: Newspaper report. Saucer follows car on road in town. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3394

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

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “JOHANNESBURG,RSA:NEWSPAPER REPORT:SCR FOLLOWS CAR ON ROAD IN TOWN:NFD”, LatLong: “-26.083335 27.900001”, LatLongDMS: “26:05:00 S 27:54:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 13998 (2232FB23)

Date: 12/30/1953
Location: BENTWATERS AIR FORCE BASE, SUFFOLK
Description: Blue saucer makes crackling sound. Flashes and hisses over base.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3395

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BENTWATERS AFB,SUFFOLK:BLUE SCR MAKES CRACKLING SOUND:FLASHES+HISSES OVR BASE”, LatLong: “52.100002 1.416667”, LatLongDMS: “52:06:00 N 01:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 13999 (3F92541A)

Date: 12/30/1953
Location: Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
Description: 9:05 p.m. Pfc Norman Viet, on guard duty at the tank park in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, watches a blinking red light about 18 inches in diameter moving slowly over a tree line about 200 feet away. It soon drops down out of sight. Fifteen minutes later it is seen again, rising up and floating toward the tank shed. Viet says it is completely soundless. At 10:15 p.m. it returns, also witnessed by Sgt. Francis R. Salinder, who alerts the base and a combat team searches the area. At midnight, a red light appears above the search area, spooking a guard.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wilkins, FS Uncensored, Citadel, 1955, p. 202; Washington (D.C.) Daily News, January 5, 1954; Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, August–December, The Author, 1990, p. 75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2336

Event 14000 (170421B9)

Date: 12/30/1953
Description: On this day in Johannesburg, South Africa a disc-shaped object followed a car on a road into an outlying town. On the same day a blue disc-shaped object flew over Bentwaters RAF Airbase in Suffolk County, England. It made crackling sounds, flashed and hissed as it went over.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, cases # 3236 & # 3237, citing Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored, pp. 136 & 65
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8650

Event 14001 (54F4347E)

Date: 12/31/1953
Location: Quantico Marine Base, VA
Description: USMC personnel see unidentified object land and take off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_163

Event 14002 (24897B21)

Date: 12/31/1953
Location: Quantico Marine Base, Virginia
Description: Marines observed the landing of an unknown round object which throbbed and pulsated, emitting red lights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Wilkins U 210 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_122

Event 14003 (3CE9813B)

Date: 12/31/1953
Description: Two marines at the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia observed the landing of a round UFO that throbbed and pulsated, emitting red lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored, p. 210; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 122
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8665

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Year: 1954, 2881 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 14004 (52D1BCF3)

Date: 1954
Location: US
Description: US Satellite Program: “The U.S. Earth satellite program began in 1954 as a joint U.S. Army and U.S. Navy proposal, called Project Orbiter, to put a scientific satellite into orbit during the International Geophysical Year. The proposal, using a military Redstone missile, was rejected in 1955 by the Eisenhower administration in favor of the Navy’s Project Vanguard, using a booster advertised as more civilian in nature. Following the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957, the initial Project Orbiter program was revived as the Explorer program to catch up with the Soviet Union.”
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_519

Event 14005 (0BC1FE75)

Date: 1954
Location: US
Description: Project SIGMA established as part of Project xxxx (name CENSURED). Top Secret project that looked into how to communicate with aliens. That projects existence was revealed in the PROJECT AQUARIUS Briefing Document and is said to have succeeded in 1964 when a USAF intelligence officer met two other aliens at a prearranged location in a desert in New Mexico. Became a separate project in 1976.
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A, SIGMA)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_520

Attributes: Majestic

Event 14006 (9D499D7B)

Date: 1954
End date: 1964
Location: US
Description: USAF Investigation Summary: Evidence again challenged as “proof,” this time by panel of scientists. Conflicting versions of whether expanded investigation was recommended (and adopted) to obtain more data. Public relations program adopted to assure public UFOs posed no danger, or threat to national security.
Type: investigation
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_899

Event 14007 (4C5158A5)

Date: 1954 (approximate)
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCHING OF HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOONS FOR STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF COSMIC RADIATION ON TWO MONKEYS. (1954, unspecified date)
Reference: GESAG, Launches: “Caldin 1960, 103”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1782

Event 14008 (4FB51170)

Date: 1954 (approximate)
Location: USA, Wright Patterson
Description: (Translated from French) THE RHESUS MONKEY “MIKE” ANESTHETIZED, IS LAUNCHED IN AN AEROBEE 3 WHICH REACHES 153 KM. THE DEVICE IS RECOVERED. (1954, (around…))
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1783

Event 14009 (6DD328A0)

Date: 1954
Location: SOUTH AFRICA, Drakensbergen
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. 1937) In the meantime, Elisabeth Klarer is now 44 years old. One morning, around 10 o’clock, she sees a wonderful saucer descending. It has the shape of a cross and is topped with a white dome and measures 18 meters wide. Anxious, she wants to run away, but something prevents her. Through one of the three windows she sees a man standing, he seems to have only stumps for arms. His gaze hypnotizes her. She knows that the saucer will return.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1968
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1978

Event 14010 (DCBCF5B1)

Date: 1954
Location: AUSTRIA, Vienna
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Wanderka is part of an anti-fascist group and often unemployed for this reason. He has a moped and rides around the Vienna area. On one of these rides, he sees a shining object, in the shape of a cigar, the size of a passenger plane. [continued 1955]
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1979

Event 14011 (6F0019A7)

Date: 1954
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) George King claimed to receive messages from a Venutian named Aetherius who allegedly visited his planet in his etheric body. George King also claimed to have had a guide on the planet Venus called Patana.
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, les envahisseurs démasqués”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1980

Event 14012 (BD3821A8)

Date: 1954
Location: White Plains, NY
Description: August or September 1954; White Plains, New York, G,A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1610

Event 14013 (0AA0AEFB)

Date: 1954
Location: Dayton, OH
Description: Air Force Lt. Colonel saw two maneuvering UFOs. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1611

Event 14014 (4C6D2E56)

Date: 1954
Locations: Wisconsin; Alamogordo, New Mexico; Holloman AFB
Description: Jim and Coral Lorenzen move from Wisconsin to Alamogordo, New Mexico, to work as civilian employees at Holloman AFB.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2337

Event 14015 (8F08420C)

Date: 1954
Location: Giant Rock, California
Description: Contactee George Van Tassel begins building the Integratron at Giant Rock, California, based on the rejuvenation techniques imparted to him by space aliens from Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Integratron”; Jody Rosen, “Welcome to the Integratron,” New York Times Magazine, August 20, 2014; Lesla Miller Schnur, “G. W. Van Tassel’s Integratron,” The Haunted Librarian, August 27, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2338

Event 14016 (B375FB62)

Date: 1954
Description: An official in the UK Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical) mentions to investigator Ronald N. Russell that the DDI has 15,000 reports on file since 1947 stored in nine drawers in three wooden filing cabinets with Yale locks, doubly secured by a hinged plate locked with a large padlock.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Pitt, “‘Tell Us Please, Mr. Birch,’” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1956): 10–13; Good Above, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2339

Event 14017 (7B04FB5D)

Date: 1954
Locations: Edwards Air Force Base; California
Description: A promotional photo of a Martin B-57 Canberra bomber taken near Edwards Air Force Base in California shows a saucer-like object in the upper right portion of the frame. No one actually reports seeing the object, which seems to be trailing the B-57 in flight. NICAP photoanalyst Ralph Rankow points out that the object has dimension, does not appear to be a scratch or rub on the film, and has a pattern of light and shadow consistent with the rest of the photo.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, pp. 36–37; Robert A. Schmidt, “The Strange Case of the B-57 Photographs,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 6 (August 1971): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2340

Event 14018 (677040CA)

Date: 1954
Location: UK
Description: The powerful Type 80 centimetric radars introduced in the UK this year are plagued by radar “angels” that become a hazard for air traffic controllers. A Fighter Command investigation concludes that most of them are caused by migrating seabirds, and others are the result of “anomalous propagation.” Later computers filter out smaller echoes and increase the strength of those created by aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Gremlins and Black Projects,” Fortean Times 291 (August 2012): 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2341

Event 14019 (DEEE55B6)

Date: 1954
Location: Suffield Experimental Station [now CFB Suffield], Alberta
Description: After RCAF pilots fail to intercept several UFOs in Canadian air space, the Defence Research Board sets up a restricted landing field near the Suffield Experimental Station [now CFB Suffield], Alberta. All RCAF planes and commercial aircraft are restricted from the area. However, the effort is abandoned after the government determines that UFOs are not a national security risk. The project is kept secret until July 1967 when it is revealed by Defence Minister Paul Hellyer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Landing Site was 13-Year Secret,” Ottawa (Ont.) Journal, July 20, 1967, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2342

Event 14020 (52BA22EB)

Date: 1954
Location: Heligoland Island, off Germany
Description: Scientists were reported investigating a UFO which crashed to the earth there.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_37

Event 14021 (631B91C0)

Date: 1954
Description: Army Col. John Alexander states former Douglas engineer Bob Wood tells him he believed the SOM1-01 manual was created in 1954 with the intention it be leaked to Soviet spies as part of a disinformation campaign. The intent would be to get the Soviets to commit resources to UAP crash recoveries.

Alexander states Hal Puthoff told him the real MJ-12 group was involved in Continuity of Government in the 1950s, a plan that hardened secret underground bases and constructed some such as Mount Weather and Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV.

• UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies and Realities, Alexander, p198

Note: The SOM1-01 manual states it was allegedly taken from Kirtland AFB Building 21 Unit KB-88; it describes a recovery and disposal effort of extraterrestrial entities and technology; it claims an Operation Majestic-12 was established by special classified presidential order on 24 September 1947 and is a Top Secret Research and Development - Intelligence Group; goals of MJ12 are the recovery of materials/devices of extraterrestrial manufacture, recovery of entities and remains of entities, establishment of Special Teams to accomplish this, establishment of special secure facilities to receive, process, analyze and study these materials, and the establishment of covert operation with CIA to recover craft/entities that are inside foreign territory.

The manual also states UAP technology surpasses modern science but is benign and UAP occupants are avoiding direct contact with humans; craft shape are discs, cigar, cone and triangle; UAP occupant types are short humanoid “Asians” with pale skin and wider eyes, and even shorter humanoids with large heads, large eyes that wrap around the side of the skull with no whites, two slits for a nose and a slit for a mouth, with three fingers and a thumb. The manual claims metallurgical analysis shows debris is not from Earth; materials are stronger than current metals; solid structures have similarity to dense grain free wood and very light; some samples are engraved and not decipherable.

It states craft, devices, damaged devices, power plants, fragments are to be taken to Area 51 S-4; supplies of the entities taken to Blue Lab WP-61; Living entities taken to OPNAC BBS-01;
non-living entities taken to Blue Lab WP-61; media, recordings, maps, charts, photographs and film taken to Building 21 KB-88; and weapons taken to Area 51 S-4; civilian witnesses to CR and entities will be detained and debriefed by MJ-12.

• https://www.specialoperationsmanual.com

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_51

Event 14022 (C862AA4E)

Date: Early 1954
Location: BELGIUM, Leopoldsburg (Limbourg)
Description: (Translated from French) During the first quarter, Mr. V.D. discovered near a football field in the locality, an object 70 cm long and 35 cm wide having the shape of a semi-circular wing, whose composition seemed to be based on a grayish, semi-transparent graphite. (1954, beginning of the year)
Reference: GESAG cat. n° 1276
Reference: Comment from GESAG: a precise description of this strange object and the sketches drawn seem to indicate that it would be a debris from a German V1 of the last war
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1784

Event 14023 (D4DCE3CC)

Date: 1/1954
Description: Giant UFO Over Baltimore and Washington.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_130

Event 14024 (BDCB401D)

Date: 1/1954
Location: California
Description: Radio commentator Frank Edwards states that the US government has an “object” under examination in California.
Type: radio
Reference: Medium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_521

Event 14025 (24BE3A80)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Marignane (France).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1425

Event 14026 (D753648B)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Arras (France).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1426

Event 14027 (D875542C)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Lunéville (France).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1427

Event 14028 (8740EBAE)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Constantine (Algeria).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1428

Event 14029 (7EE92459)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Sétif (Algeria).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1429

Event 14030 (E72B35C7)

Date: 1/1954
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Ouled Djellal (Algeria).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1430

Event 14031 (F37FB273)

Date: 1/1954
Time: 19:30
Location: BRIGHTON, VCT, AUSTR
Description: Gold saucers / V-formation over golf course. Later over Armidale.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED; Citadel 1955 & Pyramid Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3396

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “BRIGHTON,VCT,AUSTR:GOLD SCRS/V-FORMATION OVR GOLF COURSE:LATER OVR ARMIDALE”, LatLong: “-38.000002 145.050007”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 S 145:03:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14032 (39226BED)

Date: 1/1954
Location: Los Angeles
Description: Ed J. Sullivan‘s Civilian Saucer Investigation Los Angeles disbands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “CSI Conclusions,” Civilian Saucer Investigation Quarterly Bulletin 1, no. 4 (Winter 1954): 7–9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2343

Event 14033 (E60914A5)

Date: 1/1954
Locations: Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia; Mount Gillen, Northern Territory
Description: 5:00 a.m. A strange object streaks across the sky over Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia, seen and heard by four Native Australians. On the same day, an anonymous photographer is taking photos of Mount Gillen, Northern Territory, when suddenly an enormous (150 feet) round object appears from behind it. It moves high, then drops low. He takes a photo, then it shoots off at high speed to the west. The photo, reproduced in the newspaper, shows a dubious-looking round object on edge with six spokes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Alice Springs Centralian Advocate, January 15, 1954; Alice Springs Centralian Advocate, February 5, 1954; Keith Basterfield, “Cold Case: The Mount Gillen Photograph, Alice Springs, 1954,” Unidentified Aerial Phenomena–Scientific Research, January 12, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2344

Event 14034 (0219C120)

Date: 1/1954
Location: over the Tyrrhenian Sea, Malta
Description: Jan. - Mar., 1954. Over the Tyrrhenian Sea, near Malta and in the Mediterranean Sea area, four RAF planes and pilots disappeared. Wreckage of one was found, which indicated an explosion was followed by fire and intense heat. Flying saucer and cigar-shaped UFOs were being reported in large numbers at that time in Italy, France, England, New Zealand, and the United States.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_35

Event 14035 (531825FD)

Date: 1/1/1954
Time: 10:20
Location: YARRA VALLEY, AUS
Description: DC3 pilot. Huge metal mushroom. Shafts / light. Going quickly northwest / 700mph. / r174p75.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1954 (5 booklets) 1994 (2nd edition) (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3397

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “YARRA VALLEY,AUS:DC3 PILOT:HUGE MTL MUSHROOM:SHAFTS/LITE:>>NW/700mph:/r174p75”, LatLong: “-37.766668 145.566674”, LatLongDMS: “37:46:00 S 145:34:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 14036 (727DD5F9)

Date: 1/1/1954
Time: 15:20
Location: HAMPTON BEACH, VCT, AUS
Description: Clear plastic-like dish rushes across skyline.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3398

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAMPTON BEACH,VCT,AUS:CLEAR PLASTIC-LIKE DISH RUSHES ACROSS SKYLINE:”, LatLong: “-37.933335 145.000007”, LatLongDMS: “37:56:00 S 145:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14037 (E441D202)

Date: 1/1/1954
Time: ~20:50
Location: HANGING ROCK, AUSTRALIA
Description: Crowd / racetrack. Saucer hover / 2 minute(s). Turns on side and flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3399

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HANGING ROCK,AUSTRL:CROWD/RACETRACK:SCR HVR/2min:TURNS ON SIDE+FLIES AWAY.”, LatLong: “-37.322224 144.627785”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:20 S 144:37:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14038 (61C31190)

Date: 1/1/1954
Time: 23:50
Location: BEACH HAVEN, NJ AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Cops and, many. Small ovoids circle large sphere. Trade places. Going quickly SSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: CUFOS documents on file here in folder 1JAN54.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3400

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “BEACH HAVEN,NJ++:COPS+,MANY:SML OVOIDS CCL LRG SPHERE:TRADE PLACES:>>SSW”, LatLong: “39.561113 -74.244448”, LatLongDMS: “39:33:40 N 74:14:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14039 (0FA05C48)

Date: 1/1/1954
Location: Unknown City, AU
Description: Airline pilot saw huge, apparently metallic, elliptical UFO. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1612

Event 14040 (72942A51)

Date: 1/1/1954
Location: Toms River, Marlton, Woodbury, and Surf City, NJ
Description: Multiple-Witness Sightings Triangulate Location (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 540101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1613

Event 14041 (5DC206CD)

Date: 1/1/1954
Locations: Doncaster East, Melbourne, Victoria; Yarra River valley; Templestowe brickworks
Description: 10:15 a.m. Capt. Douglas Barker, a pilot with Australian National Airways, is at his home in Doncaster East, Melbourne, Victoria. He sees a “metallic, mushroom-shaped object” flying over the Yarra River valley toward the Templestowe brickworks in the northwest. He estimates it is traveling at 700 mph at a height of 2,000 feet. Its apparent size is four times that of a DC-4 aircraft. It is oscillating rapidly in and out of thick cloud. It is elliptical with a “long shaft about the same length as its body hanging below it.” Total duration of the sighting is 12 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Mushroom Flying over Yarra Valley”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2345

Event 14042 (631BA5F9)

Date: 1/1/1954
End date: 1/2/1954
Locations: Naval Air Station Lakehurst [now Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst], Toms River, New Jersey; Beach Haven, New Jersey
Description: 10:35 p.m.–12:05 a.m. Navy pilot Lt. JG George G. Morgan of Naval Air Station Lakehurst [now Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst], Toms River, New Jersey, police chief Richard Clement, police officer Oliver G. Osborne, and other witnesses see 3–12 round white objects with fuzzy edges slightly smaller than the full moon hovering in the south for 90 minutes as 2 objects circled around another one. They then switch places. Some witnesses attempt to drive toward the objects to investigate. The objects suddenly depart to the southwest at extremely high speed, growing smaller until they disappear in 1–2 seconds. Multiple independent witnesses across a baseline of at least 12 miles allow for triangulation that locates the objects near Beach Haven, New Jersey, from distances of 15–40 miles. At least five witnesses use binoculars. Hynek calculates a departure speed of 90,000 mph, a hovering altitude of 4 miles, and a diameter of 1,500 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Multiple-Witness Sightings Triangulate Location”; Sparks, p. 207; Swords 223–224
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2346

Event 14043 (29A3074E)

Date: 1/3/1954
Time: 14:30
Location: BOX HILL, VCT, AUS
Description: Also Melbourne. Odd box turns / sky. Vapor ball joins it. Both vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3401

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOX HILL,VCT,AUS:+MELBOURNE:ODD BOX TURNS/SKY:VAPOR BALL JOINS IT:BOTH VANISH”, LatLong: “-37.816668 145.133340”, LatLongDMS: “37:49:00 S 145:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14044 (14DE1CCC)

Date: 1/3/1954
Time: 20:30
Location: FOOTSCRAY, VCT, AUS
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer flashes across sky. Melbourne airport/apartment inundated / reports.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3402

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FOOTSCRAY,VCT,AUS:3 OBS:SCR FLASHES ACRS SKY:MELBOURNE APT INUNDATED/REPORTS”, LatLong: “-37.800002 144.900007”, LatLongDMS: “37:48:00 S 144:54:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14045 (594C8C8C)

Date: 1/4/1954
Location: FRANCE, Marseille-Marignane
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9pm: “A rounded and luminous craft” landed on a runway of the Marseille-Marignane aerodrome (and this was not the first time!) M. Chesneau, a firefighter on duty at the Boussiron hangar, saw the craft. While he was alerting the control tower by phone, the craft took off and disappeared. But the alerted authorities searched and discovered a hundred metal debris among which several small rods about fifteen centimeters long, curved at one end and ending at the other end with a ball, a bit bigger than a marble.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Le livre noir des S.V.” - Laffont 1970 - p.117-118
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1785

Event 14046 (FD2C7D9D)

Date: 1/4/1954
Location: QUANTICO, VA
Description: 30+observer(s). Night lights hover and maneuver / treetop level / 6 days. Back 27 Jan. Jets chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3403

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, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “QUANTICO,VA:30+OBS:NLTS HVR+MNVR/TREETOP LVL/6days::BACK 27JAN:JETS CHASE”, LatLong: “38.533335 -77.300004”, LatLongDMS: “38:32:00 N 77:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 14047 (C2894DCF)

Date: 1/4/1954
Time: 18:10
Location: SIESTA KEY, FL
Description: Writer and doctor. Classic saucer hovers. Shoots going quickly southwest / incredible speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1954 (5 booklets) 1994 (2nd edition) (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3404

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIESTA KEY,FL:WRITER+DOCTOR:CLASSIC SCR HVRS:SHOOTS >>SW/INCREDIBLE SPEED.”, LatLong: “27.261112 -82.533337”, LatLongDMS: “27:15:40 N 82:32:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 14048 (1C4F407C)

Date: 1/4/1954
Location: Quantico, VA
Description: Red revolving or blinking lights, hovering and moving soundlessly at tree-top height reportedly seen for six nights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1614

Event 14049 (3DE3AC95)

Date: 1/4/1954
Location: Marignane Airfield, France
Description: 9:00 p.m. Shortly after, a round luminous machine, coming from the South, landed at the Marignane airfield in Bouches-du-Rhone Department. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1615

Event 14050 (DF7BE0C9)

Date: 1/4/1954
Time: 2100
Location: Marignane Airport, France
Description: Mr. Chesneau, fireman, saw a round luminous object slowly coming down and called the control tower to report it. When he came out again, the object had disappeared.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Guieu (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_123

Event 14051 (2CB688A3)

Date: 1/4/1954
Locations: Marignane Airfield [now Marseille Provence Airport], Bouches-du-Rhône, France; Arles to Marseille
Description: Shortly after 9:00 p.m. A round luminous machine, coming from the south, lands at the Marignane Airfield [now Marseille Provence Airport], Bouches-du-Rhône, France. There is only one witness present, a fireman at the airport named Chesneau. The machine disappears while he is telephoning the control tower. Careful scrutiny of the runway the next morning turns up a few pieces of metallic debris. The story is confirmed by a Marseille resident who is driving from Arles to Marseille and sees a large, round, reddish fireball, but places the time at 10:45 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Les soucoupes volantes viennent d’un autre monde, Fleuve Noir, 1954; ClearIntent, p. 132; Patrick Gross, “The 1954 French Flap,” March 15, 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2347

Event 14052 (42F40FEC)

Date: 1/4/1954
Description: Mr. Chesneau, a fireman at the Marignane Airport in France, saw a round luminous object slowly coming down and called the control tower to report it. When he came out again, the object had disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Les SV Viennent d’un Autre Monde; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 205
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_82

Event 14053 (35187935)

Date: 1/4/1954
Location: Marignane Airport, France
Description: Fragments were left by a reported cigar-shaped UFO with windows, which landed on the airport runway.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_36

Event 14054 (F9AA805C)

Date: 1/5/1954
Location: SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN
Description: Observer(s) unknown. Red circular object lands and takes off. No further details. / LDLN#104.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_3405

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAN SEBASTIAN,SPAIN:OBS UNK:RED CIRC.OBJ LANDS+TAKES OFF:NFD:/LDLN#104”, LatLong: “43.316669 -1.983333”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 01:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GPZ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 14055 (72D36E94)

Date: 1/5/1954
Time: 12:00
Location: TOOMA, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 bright orbs very fast going quickly west. Orbit one Anther. Turn going south